European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 03, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday february 3, 1969 the stars and stripes Page on birthday Griffith eyes title go in Heilman bout new York a Emile Griffith will fight on his birth Day for the fourth time monday night but it will be the first time he will celebrate the anniversary without the title. I feel almost naked without one said the former three time welterweight and one time middleweight Champion. I Hope to get the middleweight title Back from Nino Benvenuti this Virgin Island native who will be 31 on monday was the welterweight Champion when he won fights on feb. 3 in 1962,1963 and 1966. Griffith continues his ques for a fourth title fight with Ben Venuti when he takes on Andy Heilman of Fargo n.d., in a 10-Rounder at Madison Square Garden. Heilman is subbing for Doyle Baird of Akron Ohio who was forced to withdraw Satur Day because of torn Muscles in his upper left Arm and a Back , Mathis meet in a co featured heavyweight12-Rounder that will follow the middleweight clash George Cuvalo the Canadian Cham Pion from Toronto will take on Buster Mathis of grand rapids and Mathis Are the betting a Good Advance Sale Harry Markson the Garden boxing director anticipated a crowd of 13,000 or More will contribute Between $125,000 and $150,000 at prices ranging from$5 to $20. Griffith has been guaranteed$10,000. Heilman making his Garden debut will earn $7,500.chuvalo will get 25 per cent and Mathis 221/6 per cent of the negate. There will be added incentive for the winners. The Middle weight Victor will meet contender Stan Hayward of Philadel phia at the Garden feb. 24. Thech Valo Mathis Winner will get a shot at contender Jerry Quarry of be Flower Calif., at the Garden March 10.victories Over Heilman and Hayward could earn Griffith the title fight with Benvenuti in the summer or fall. Griffith lost won and lost with the italian in their three clashes. He also Losta disputed 10-round decision to Hayward in the latter s Hometown of Philadelphia on oct. 29 and is eager to get Back in Thering with him. Wants revenge i want that fight almost As badly As a title fight said Griffith. I beat him in Philadelphia and i la prove it when i get him the next Griffith has a 57-10 record including 19 knockouts. Heilman 27, who lost a 12-round decision to Griffith june 11 at Oakland has a 39-4-3 record with 21knockouts. Cuvalo Winner of six straight since he was stopped for the first time in his career by Joe Frazier july 17, 1967, has a 53-14-2 record including 45 has a winning Streak of five and a 28-1 record including 19 knockouts. The onetime Blimp s Only loss was an Llyn round technical knockout by Frazier at the Garden last march4. On the same card Griffith lost to Benvenuti. Royals sonics Trade Cincinnati a the Cannati royals have obtained a Tucker from the Seattle supersonics for Veteran John Tresvant Littler leads san Diego by 2 after 54 san Diego a Gene Littler emerged from the shadows of Golf saturday to take Atwo stroke Lead after a Seesaw Battle with Jack Nicklaus in the third round of the $150,000 Andy Williams san Diego open Golf tournament. The 38-year-old pro from nearby la Jolla whose last major tournament Victory was inthe 1086 world series of Golf shot a five under Par 87 and posted a 54-Hole score of 209.this was seven strokes under Par for the , whose Only Victory in this tournament was in 1954when he was an Amateur went into the final round sunday atthe Torrey Pines Golf club with a two stroke Lead Over shot a 71 for 211. Tied at 214 on this 6,844-Yard,Par 36-3672 course were Bob e. Smith who had a 70, and Dick Lotz 71.larry Ziegler a newcomer to prominence led the Way into the round with a one stroke Lead Over Nickalus and three Over Littler. Going into the ninth Hole the three were tied but Nicklaus broke it with a Birdie 4 when he reached the 527-Yardhole in two shots and two putted to get and Ziegler made the turn All even. Perfect game aids Guenther Bowling sweep san Jose Calif. A Johnny Guenther of Fres no Calif., hit a 300 Gam saturday and went on to win the $60,000 profession Al bowlers association san Jose 251, he shot his Way past four opponents in the finals and collected the $9,000 first prize and the $10,000 which the american broadcasting up for a televised 300 perfect game for the transplanted Seattle native came against his second opponent do Johnson of Kokomo. Ind., whom he beat 300-189.in his first game he beat Buzz Fazio of Delton Mich. 203-195. Others he Defeated during the final were Billy Hardwick of Louisville by. 233-214,and Wayne Zahn of at Lanta 268-194. Stars and Stripe sports it quickly developed Inlo Atwo Man show when Ziegler faded out of the picture with a 75for 215. Littler registered three Bird ies on the first five holes of the last nine to go , trailing by two baseball to try again tuesday to pick a Czar West German cops ski title Durango Colo. A Walter Demel 33-year-old Mem Ber of the West German olym Pic team won the 15-Kilometer Cross country race of the combined championships of the . Ski association s Rocky Moun Tain division saturday with a time of 50.04. Demel who won the Bronze medal in the 30-Kilometer race during the 1966 world Champion ships at Oslo Norway outraged his nearest competitor by More than one minute. Mike Gallagher of killingtonvt., was runner up at 51.32 while Italy s Levio stuffer was third in 51.42. Brehmer expected Back St. Louis up coach Joe Brehmer of the St. Louis University Billiken was expected to be Back on the Bench for the next Billiken game wednesday at Tulsa after hospitalize Tion for hypertension aggravated by a diabetic condition. Miami up baseball tangled search for a new commissioner continues tues Day with Walter o Malley again expected to play the dominant role. O Malley in his final year a president of the los Angeles dodgers before turning Over therein to his son has not been Able to get his candidate elected. But o Malley also has enough votes to keep any other candidate from getting the nod. The owners Are trying to replace William was fired a meetings in san Eckert who the Winter Francisco in have been mentioned in recent weeks for consideration for the Bavasi a former o Malley aide now running Thesan Diego team said his first Choice was Feeney. But he said if Feeney could t make it he was in favor of Minnesota Mccarthy who covered the world series for a National Magazine. Vince Lombardi Genera manager of the packers has also been mentioned but base Ball men Aren t expected to give Belleair Fla. Up Curtis person or. Of Memphis,tenn., won the inaugural inter National seniors championship tournament saturday with a 72 Hole total of 290. Person edged Ray Pulim a Lincoln Park Mich., by one shot when Palmer missed a seven foot putt at the final Green. Person 58, had a finishing four Over Par 75, while Palmer closed with a 73, for his 291.third place went to Norton Harris key Vest Fla., with 296. Him much consideration Early december. Later that month the owners met for 20 hours in Chicago without Bei Gable to agree on any one candidate. Backs Feeney Omalley is backing Chub Feeney the vice president of the san Francisco giants but he has been unable to win much american league support. John Mchale the new pres ident of the Montreal expos was a Compromise candidate atthe last meeting but he has taken himself out of consideration to devote himself to his duties of running the Burke the shaggy haired president of the Newyork Yankees was the Early front runner when Eckert was fired. But Burke failed to get much National league withdrew his name from consideration at that Point but there have been reports that he is Back in the running takes majority in a three fourths each league to name the new of the stumbling blocks is the rivalries Between the two leagues because neither league wants to name a Man noted Fortis association with the other league several non baseball names be past wit cause most of disassociation has been football. Wrigley Boycotts owners meeting Chicago a owner . Wrigley of the Chicago cubs said saturday that the Rush to select a new baseball commissioner does not seem logical and he will not attend the major league owners meeting in Miami tuesday. The cubs will be represented instead by vice president John Holland. I can t see any reason Why we should be rushed into this thing sheer sports columnist. That s Why i m not going Down to Miami outside the fact that i May wind up in la just be going through the motions Are being rushed into a vote when we be been sitting around for years doing nothing. Now they want us to hurry. I just does t seem logical. Besides continued Wrigley continued on Page shots birdied the 18th, but lit Tler in the last threesome be Hind him matched it to the de Light of his Hometown admirers. Tied at 215 were Phil Rodger with a 68, Bob Charles. 72, and Ziegler.. Open Champion Lee Trevino made a run at the Lead ers on the first nine but fell Back to a 74 for 218.another local favorite. Billy Casper blew himself out wit four bogeys on the first five holes of the backside and Roundup with 76 for 223. Ziegler who got into the run Ning with 70-69139 in the first two rounds struggled in at38-3876. Even with Par 216 were George Archer 69. Dave Stockton and Tommy Aaron with 70s Tony Jacklin. 71. Annbruce Devlin and Dow Finster Wald with 72s. The leaders Gene Littler 7 -72 j7 2i� Jack Nicklaus 68-7271-211dick Lotz 72-7i1 214 Bob e. Smith 73-71 70 -214hil to ilk is 7".-7. Ii -21ii Larry Ziegler 70-ti" 7h 215 Bob Charles 74- a 215 Eorge Archer 7i-74 -218 Dave Stockton 74-7 70 -218 Tommy Aaron 74-72-70216 Tony Jacklin 72-7 -71 216 Bruce Devlin 72-72-72216 Dow Finsterwald 69-75-72216 Ray Floyd 73-75-69217don january 74-73-70217 Howie Johnson 72-73-72217 Jimmy Powell 75-70-72217 Wrigley told Harr Chicago s american Petty outruns Foyt Riverside Calif. A Richard Petty in his first race in a Ford won the seventh an Nual motor trend Riverside 500-mile race Forstock cars saturday. Petty of Rand Leuw n.c., won his spurs in recent years As a ply Mouth Driver but he switched to Fords this year just Plain was a. J. Foyt of Houston also in a 1969 Ford. Third was Parnelli Jones of Tor Ranee Calif., a so in a new Ford Jones had taken Over for David Pearson who got official credit for third. This track s perennial favorite Dan Gurney a race marked by mechanical casualties dropped out with mechanical problems. Gur hit few collisions Petty took toe Lead just Ney t from Costa Mesta talii., was driving a Era Iii fwu Mark and held on in a Dis Mercury Cyclone. Gurney has won five tin j Oft Iylis is bailing ability Art in the Swen years this race has been run. Butch Baird 72-73-72217jack Montgomery 76-68-74 -218 Tom Shaw 76-74-68218 Mason Rudolph 74-74-70218 Al balding 76-71-71218 Jack Ewing 72-75-71--218 Miller Barber 72-74-72-218 Lee Trevino 75-69-74- 218 Paul Harney 73-71-74218 Dean refrain 74-7174-219 Steve Reid 77-73-69219 Dale Douglass 75-74-70219cesar Sandulo 77-71-71219 Randy Petri 72-78-71219 Joe Goldstrand 72-75-72219 John Lotz 73-73-73219 Hugh Royer 71-78-71230 Bob Brue 75-74-71-220 Dave Reagan 74-73-71220 Ken stir 74-74 72 -220 Mike Fetchick 73-74 73 220 Harry Toscano 73-74-73220 Dan Skea 74-72-74220 John Schlee 73-7.1-72--220jim Colbert 71-75-74230 Harold Henning 72-7276-220charles Coody 74-73-72--221 Lionel Hebert 72-76-73-221 Bill Garrett 75-73-73-221 Jolany Pott 7273-76-221bob Lunn 75 70-76221 Bob dec Keflon 72-73-76231dave Eichell Erger 70-74-77221 Bert Greene 76 74-72222 Bui Collins 75-7v72 222 Jerry Abbott 71i -14 222 Bob Goalby 76-71-73223 Bert Yancey 73-77-v.v 223 Don Massongale 77 7 73 223 Julius Boros 76-71-73 223 . Sit is 72-77-71 223 Art Wall 7s-6ji-7j 223billy Casper ?7.v76-223 Bob local Lisor 74-1 7s-223 Bobby Nohola 74-t6-74--224 Bruce Cra Upton 74 7074-224 Ray bolts k 74-74-224joe Gilbert 72-77-75 -224 Jim Wiechers 73-75-76-224 Paul kenyan 73 74-77 -224 Everett Vin Ani 76 72-76 22george Johnson 73-17 75-225 my ten rot sink 75-73-75-225 Chuck Courtney 74 t6-75-228 be win Weaver 4 ?3-7ti -235 Kermit Sarluy 77-73-75-225 Ron Cerulo 77-6079-226 Rhyan 76-74 77 227 Bui 72-77-78-m
