European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Page the stars and stripes sunday february 2, 1969 miss Gabl Schranz win again St. Anton Austria up Karl Schranz and Gertrud Gabl made it a clean sweep for the powerful austrian ski team sat urday by winning the men downhill and the ladies special slalom of the Arlberg Kandahar Alpine classic on their own Home Gabl 20, also took the Kandahar trophy by Topping the combined standings. Schranz at 30 called aus Tria s grand old Man of Alpine skiing shot Down the 3,900-meter course in a new record time of 2 27as minutes to score his third world cup downhill wiil this St. Anton hotel owner who won the Lau erhorn and Hahnen Kamm downhill last month improved his own four year old record of 2 35.17 minutes by Al most eight seconds. His teammate Heini Messner had to Settle for the second spot for the third time this season clocking 2 27.77, while the tall German Franz Vogler finished third in 2 28.32. In the women s race held inthe morning miss Gabl clocked a 1 31.40 on runs of 43.90 and47.48. France s Florence Steurer and Isabelle Mir were secondhand third respectively in 1 32.46 and 1 34.24. Top american in the women Competition was Kathy Nagel of Enumclaw wash., who finished fourth despite a High no. 24 Start ing position. She was timed in1 35.24. Karen Budge profiting from a High number of dropouts and disqualifications finished ninth with 1 37.69.kiki Cutter of Bend ore., did not Start because of a knee in jury sustained in a Friday train ing american gals had bad Luck. Barbara Cochran of Rich mond vt., sixth in the first heat and Cathy s sister Judy 12th run both fell on the second course. Marilyn Cochra was a casualty in the first run. Spider Sabich turned in a per Sonal Best in the downhill and scored America s Best placing Ina downhill this year by finishing eighth Friday. He was clocked Ina Fine 2 30.19. Finishing among the top 10 i quite a thrill for me especially after the bad spill i had Friday the Tahoe City calif., skier said after the yanks finishing included Jim Barrows of Steamboat Springs colo., in the 22nd spot Billy Kidd Stowe vt., 24th, an Dennis Mccoy Bishop calif., in 40th High placing helped Sabich to a tie for ninth place in the world cup standings sharing the spot with Switzerland s Jean Daniel Daetwyler who was fourth saturday. Both have 42points. In the cup of nations Competition Austria increased its total to 688 Points leading franc with 592 with the . A Distant third at 226. Ring Champ visits Hospital Cooper scores at South Hul Selp by Bob hovers a . Bureau London is welter weight fullback Rocky Valeira grinned like a kid in a Candy factory As the Broad shouldered Guy in the dark suit put his Southpaw signature on the Plas Ter cast folded to Rocky s Gimpy left leg. How did you do it asked Henry Cooper the native Lon Doner who puts his european heavyweight title on the line feb. 27."soccer," said Vieira 39, of fall River mass., and nearby Brockton. An air Force tech sergeant Vieira quit his own welterweight career after two professional out that s Rocky Marciano s Home town said Cooper. Vieira s smile stretched wide rat Cooper s mention of Marciano former world heavyweight King and along with the Lowells and the lodges one of the big name sin Massachusetts. Beaming his approval during the Exchange was 75-year-old heavyweight Jim Wicks the Jolly Pink faced impresario who has guided the fortunes of the stylish Cooper throughout his profession Al rounds from bed to bed from Ward to Ward Cooper made the rounds of the 7520th Usan hos Pital at South Ruislip air Sta s been a pleasant visit Henry said after his tour an lunch in the Hospital dining his first visit to South Ruis lip arranged by the Hospital Schief physical therapist Sidney d. Frame Cooper signed dozens of autographs with his famous left was this same hand executing a devastating left Hook that sent Cassius Clay crash ing to the Canvas for the Only Knockdown in the Louisville lip s remarkable pro was in 1963 before Clay was Champion and Cooper i confident he could have put Young Cassius among the Sweet peas if it had t been or the was definitely Hurt. But at five the Ben rang and Biscorner had time to revive icim. I think i could have knocked him out because i Seldom let a Man get away once i have Himin trouble Cooper said with Assurance. But Clay was smart. He did t give me a second during the intermission he came out for the fifth an began to work on my Eye. I have a Light skin and Al ways have Cut easily. Clay s style was Tough on me. He threw lot of punches on the move that grazed and scuffed the referee stopped the Duel at the end of the fifth with the gladiators covered with blood from dripping cuts around Coop or s left Eye. Three years later when cooped Peter Cuen Boru International 16-0. No one knows How much he could take because he was Sel Dom hit with any authority but without his Speed he prob ably would have been an Ordi nary Cooper contended that Sonny listen the Man dethroned by Clay went into his two encounters against Cassius with no in Tention to of Jugh. 51f Aimini in Jiff can Knock Clay Down it s difficult to imag Ine Why a hitter like listen failed to do him a lot More just looks like Sonny was t trying too is confident he will win his feb. 27 defense wit italian mauler Piero Tommasoni in Rome. After that he would like an other crack at the heavyweight Crown. Both he and Wicks said a sum Mer bout against Jimmy Ellis world boxing association titlist would be a lucrative draw in if Ellis and Joe Frazier recognized As Boss of the heavies in five states Ever Settle their score then Cooper would pounce on and invite to Challenge the and his manager share the conviction that Frazier would frock Ellis. Good shape despite the telltale scar tis sue Over the eyes. Cooper now 34, looks in fighting fettle. In still carries no More than 190 pounds on his 6-foot, 2-inchframe, and what he May have lost in Speed he More than compensates for with the Wisdom of 14 years slipping and chucking punches. Cooper s vulnerability is nose Cret. A Cutter and bleeder he has prolonged his career by Bath ing his face in a special Herb skin has always been too sensitive for brine the bracer used by most old timers. But i achieve much the same result with an Herb solution. It definitely helps Cooper said As he Rachis fingers across the creases in the left or no herbs Henry has compiled an impressive log of40 wins 10 defeats and a draw. Two of the losses were Knock outs at the hands of Ingemar Johansson and Floyd Ingemar and Floyd the hardest hitters Cooper has faced it s difficult to say. Others probably hit me just As the knockout punch strikes in a vulnerable spot and before you know what happened you re out of it. There s no pain in a fight like because of a naturally Lith figure Cooper has never had trouble with food. Protein diet i go for proteins just before fight but i m not really Touchy on wife is italian and we eat th3 italian menu. Of course Cut out dishes like Spaghetti when i a in fight night approaches the routine includes daily Road work sometimes up to five Miles. Danny Holland Cooper s Trainer of 14 years bikes along with his master on those spartan s getting a bit too of to run but he s still one of Thebes Cut men in the a lethal left Hooker. Coope Hopes to Plant one of his patented bombs on Tommasoni whiskers Early in their Rome Are a lot of Guys at the 7520th Hospital v to will be cheer ing for him to do just that
