European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday january 30, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 19 ready to go monday s Madison Square Garden participants strike up a pose of eager Ness in new York. From left Are Emile Griffith Doyle Baird George Cuvalo and Buster Mathis. The Griffith Baird Winner will take on Stan Kitten Hayward on feb. 24, and the Cuvalo Mathis Victor will meet heavyweight contender Jerry Quarry on March 10. A photo Tiro Garden winners to get another bout new York a the Gar Den waved a Carrot in front of the four main event fighters for monday s boxing doubleheader at the big Arena. The two winners will earn another feature shot this Winter. This monday it will be Emile Griffith the former welter weight and middleweight Cham Pion in a 10-Rounder against newcomer Doyle Baird of a Ron Ohio followed by a heavy weight 12-Rounder betwee George Cuvalo the Canadian Champion from Toronto and big Buster Mathis of grand rapids Griffith Baird Winner will get Stan Kitten Hayward of Philadelphia on feb. 24," said Teddy Brenner the Garden matchmaker. The Cuvalo Mathis Winner will get Jerry Quarry a heavyweight title con tender from Bellflower calif.,on March 10." disputed decision Griffith who dropped a disputed decision to Hayward i Philadelphia last oct. 29, now is ranked no. 2 by the world boxing association and no. 3 by ring. Baird is ranked sixth by both. Hayward is ranked Sec Ond by ring and no. 2 Amon the Junior Jiddle weights by the Aba. Cuvalo is ranked fourth bring and seventh by the Aba. Mathis is ranked eighth by thew a but is not included in ring s top ten both have win Ning streaks going Cuvalo at six and Mathis at five. All four fighters attended luncheon at the Plush Voisin on the East Side i d like to say Good Luck to snowmobiles foiled Oakland my. A Spon sors will try again next year to hold the first annual Maryland state championship snowmobile races at deep Creek Lake. Two attempts were made this year last weekend and this were called off for Lack of Snow. George but i Don t mean it said Mathis. He then handed Cuvalo a picture of the Cana Dian fighting Dante Cane of Italy. From the Angle at which the picture was taken it appeared As if Cuvalo was about to hit Cane Low. Punches will go astray occasionally said Cuvalo with a shrug. He stopped the big ital Ian in the seventh round in to Ronto nov. 12."Buster is a pretty Good fighter said Cuvalo. Ill take care of him in the said hell be fighting on his 31st win will be Nice for my birthday said is my big Chance said Baird my first shot in the balding 30-year-old new Comer who said he Learned to Box in an Ohio Reformato yearned the Garden Chance by holding middleweight Champion Nino Benvenuti of Italy to a draw in Akron last october. Girl jockey smashes race Barrier wins Nassau Bahamas a pert pig tailed Barbarajo Rubin broke the sex Barrier tuesday by racing against bahamian male jockeys at Nas Sau s Hobby horse Hall and won the race. The 19-year-old former exer Cise girl had failed in attempts to race in Florida when jockey boycotted her scheduled race after she obtained a jockey s License. Barbarajo had been set Torace at Hobby horse Hall Satur Day but she was barred because she had not applied for a License in time. There was no official objection to her Riding Here but the minister of tourism spoke other behalf saying it would be a Good thing if she were allowed to ride for the publicity that the Bahamas would get. It was smooth sailing with officialdom after that. The jockeys did not want Torace with her at first according to Victor Rodriquez a local jockey. Rodriquez said Garry Bain one of the top jockeys inthe Bahamas this year had said thursday that he would not race against the Petite Young woman. Rodriquez said several other jockeys voiced the opinion that if the jockeys in the United states would not ride Why should we let her ride Here apparently the mood melted tuesday according to Rodri Quez. Rodriquez said they calmed Down after two or three Days when they found out that shews going to he said the jockeys would probably Welcome her if she Rode the 109-Pound girl rider Wonky three lengths aboard Fly away and brought her backers$2.90, $2.45 and $2.20. Panthers hold first Fairmont state cagers crack top ten list in Small College vote new York up Fairmont state of West Virginia overlooked in the Early part 01the Small College basketball campaigning made its presence known tuesday by jumping onto the elite list of top 10 teams inthe latest weekly United press International Falcons unbeaten in 15 starts this season and shooting for another naia Tournai sent be path cracked the top Brack of the rankings for the first time this season by being selected the nov 10 squad by the up i aches rating Board Fairmont runner up to ceh Ojito tops nil scorers by 8 Points new York a Phil Esposito whose Superior play at Center has helped Boston open seven Point Lead in the National hockey league s East division held an eight Point Lead tuesday in the circuit s individual scoring race. Esposito boosted his totals to30 goals and 43 assists for 73 Points in last week s game while former teammate Bobby Hull maintained second place with 65 Points on 31 goals and 34 assists. Hull and Detroit Frank Mahovlich Are tied for the Lead in Howe of Detroit is third in Points with 64 followed by Stan Mikita of Chicago the defending scoring titleholder 58and Alex Delvecchio of Detroit another Veteran with 54. Red Berenson of St. Louis Isth Only player from the West division in the first 10. He is i eighth place with 51 Points. Two other St. Louis standouts Jacques Plante and Glenn Hall continue to Lead the goalies Withan average yield of Only 2.04 goals a game. The leading scorers g a pts. 1. , bos 30 43 73 2. B. Hull Chi 1 31 65 3. Hove Dot 24 40 64 4. Mikita clip 17 41 58 5. Delvecchio Del 17 37 540. Hodge bos 26 20 52 7. Bellveau Mil. 19 33 52 8. Berenson St 21 m 51 0. Ullman Tor 4 30 50 0. Pappin Chi 21 27 48 jogs keeps Europe title Copenhagen a left Abbing Tom bogs of Denmark tuesday night staved off 15rounds of attacks by italian Chal Enger Piero Del papa to win Ala Row decision and retain his european Light heavyweight title. Trial state of Ohio in last year Snail championships ran its record to 15-0 saturday night by walloping Steubenville 103-65. The no. 10 ranking is the highest this season for coach Joe Retton s High scoring fal cons. At one time in the Campaign they were rated let then dipped to 13th last week. Only major changes in the Small College ratings from a week ago saw defensive Gian Ashland move from fifth to third replacing Central stat which slipped to fourth and Evansville ninth last week dropping to 12th. Kentucky Wesleyan retained the no. 1 position for the eighth consecutive week. The Panther received 24 first place votes and a total of 322 Points on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 breakdown. Wesley an has a 13-2 Las vegas remained the no. 2 team with 264 rebels 13-3 received three first place 16-1 moved into third followed by Central state 9-3southwest Louisiana 12 4stephen f. Austin 14-1 Southwest Missouri 10-4cheyney state 11-2puget sound 14-1 and Fairmont state. Southwest Louisiana advanced one notch from sixth to fifth s. F. Austi seventh to moved up sixth and spiralled upward from 10th to ninth. Howard Payne garnered two first place votes in the balloting. Other first place votes went to Ashland Central state . Austin Southwest Missour Fairmont and Eastern new Mexico. Central state the defending naia champions lost ground in the balloting when the Gauraud ers dropped a 73-58 decision to Eastern Michigan. Ashland once again utilized it defensive prowess As the eagles stopped Wittenberg 35-28 an Wheeling 52-30. New York up tiie United Small College basketball Alines with first place votes Ami von Ost Econis in parenthesis eighth week earns Point Kentucky Vesle Yau 24 .13-2 322 Nevada Las vegas 3 13-jt 264ashland 1 16-1 209 Central state 1 9-3 177 Southwest Louisiana g 12-4 164 s. F. Austin 1 14-1 161 Southwest Missouri 1 10-4 130 Cheyney suite 11-2 87 Pupel sound 14-1 go 0. Fairmont state 1 t.15-0 78 1. Howard Payne 2 31 2 Evansville 2s 3. South Dakota state 244. Tie Alcorn american International 16 6 Tuiel Springfield a Ittenberg j3 8. I tie Eastern new Mexico Al Mcmurry Northern Arjuna 12 Shin disease shares Ioe Tokyo a new Yor jets quarterback Joe Namath who has faced some of the toughest football opponents without flinching retreated to Day when he met a Vietnam vet eran suffering from a skin infection. It s Okay it s not catching air Force sgt. Gerald Powers of Buffalo n.y., assured the foot Ball Star. Namath was visiting a Hospital in Tachikawa near Tokyo As part of a govern ment sponsored tour of military installations in Japan g u a a Okinawa and the Philippines. Namath is accompanied by Jim Otto of the Oakland raid go jets go the players distributed team stickers and signed autographs some on the casts of patients. Namath and Otto approached Powers and after discussing York giants and Marv Fleming of the Green Bay packers. The players spent about two hours touring the wards and Fleming Drew chuckles by wearing a jacket with the words m suffering from a skin infection similar to Poison Oak explained Powers. Namath and Otto quickly shifted away but Powers assured them it was not catching
