European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday May 15, 1977 obscure e Vangelista gets title shot tomorrow night the stars and stripes Page 21 All ends retirement against Spanish Rocky by Tom Whitfield Landover my. Up heavy weight Champion Muhammad All. Who claims Sylvester Stallone stole his movie idea and won an Academy award with it gels a Chance to take it out on the Spanish Rocky monday night. The 35-year-old All making the first appearance since his Short lived retire ment flights obscure Alfredo Evanglista of Spain in a 15-round title match at capital Centre. Evanglista backers Don t hesitate to compare their Man to Rocky even though the movie character lost and got his face messed up. You be seen the picture. This is the same Story an unknown kid getting a shot it the world championship said de Mafuz Evangelista s american representative. Mafuz thinks the 22-year-old Evanglista at 208 pounds can eventually tire Ali enough to take advantage in the late rounds. The Ali Camp is confident there will be no late rounds. From what five seen the kid is very deserving of Bis ranking said Ali s Trainer Angelo Dundee. But he s from Europe an unknown Quantity and Ali s not taking him too lightly after what happened against Jimmy Young last year. The Champ is prepared Young considered a stiff at the time gave Ali a Lough 15 rounds last Spring when the Champion weighed 230 pounds. This time. Ali will enter the ring in the Low 220s. There s a drastic difference in Condi Tion said Dundee. I d say he s 2-1 or 3-1 Over the condition he was in for Young. He s getting his rest and in the Public rela Germony Tennis regional Dean Fuentes capture singles championships Lions area he s Only doing what he has to , perhaps with history in mind has not risked embarrassment with predictions during his Well attended Public work unknown suckers Are hungry. They want a new car. New carpet or the House $85.000 is More than he would have made in his life in Uruguay Evange Lista s native country said All who will gel $2.75 million. These suckers Are dangerous when they re fired up. They get inhere against me and they think they re fighting for their mama. They re thinking if 1 lose they re Gonna torture my the Champ and his travelling circus almost did t have a Gate to hype. The right arranged by embattled promoter Don King has twice come under intense scrutiny by the american broadcasting co., scheduled to telecast it first there were questions concerning the Validity of Evangelista s world rank Ings no. 8 by the world boxing association. No. 10 by the world boxing Council. Later a newspaper reported thai Evange Lista had a Cataract condition and the Man land state athletic commission under abcs prodding ordered a special examination. Evangelista s eyes were pronounced feel said evangelists who moved to Spain in 1975 and became a naturalized citizen five weeks ago. When All these false stories come out in the papers. All and his Camp Are worried. I m taking this As just another fight with the willing Ness to has fought professionally fewer than 20 times. His Victory total de pending on which promotional handout you read is Between 12 and 16. His Only loss in his most recent fight against Italy s ionian Zanon in Early february. It will be Ali s ninth defense of the title to regained by knocking out George fore Man in 1974. Before he retired several months to Star in a film depicting his life. Ali won a disputed decision Over no. 1 con tender Ken Norton last september. Also on monday night s card expected to draw 8-10,000. Junior lightweight Champ Alfredo Escalora of puerto Rico faces Carlos Becerril of Pomona calif., in a 15 round title fight. Lightweight Champ Roberto Duran of Panama faces Javier Muniz of los Angeles in a 10-round non title fight giving the card three world champs something King claims has never been done before. Wurzburg. Germany Berlin Becky Dean and Heidelberg s Chris Fucles walked off with the women s an men s singles championships respectively. Here saturday to wrap up the three Day Germany Dodd eur Tennis tournament. Dean beat Kaiserslautern s Kathy Van Drak. 6-4, 6-3, to Register her second straight singles championship and give Berlin the women s Crown for the fourth straight year. Kim Jones walked off with the title in 1974 and 1975.fuentes got by top ranked Frank Romeo of Zwic Brucken. 6-3, 7-6, for his Champion men s bin Glen championship can Fuente Heidelberg Del Frank flow Wei 3. 7-i. Third place by Vandrak Del Conni Martin Muntoni. . Consolation semifinals Martin Del Pill mines Iwu Rourl. Vanorm Del we Liem Slem ,9. Men s doubles championship Mike a Mimi ten ie.lreuo1ern of Carpenter Tim Holladay Mann Tom. T4, m. Third place pm clan Gujt Tadel Del too Ourma stall Apostolou Heidelberg. I31. T-1.consolat Ion semifinals Durnam Apo own Del rain a Burc Jon Tiwi Umon unit no. � 7 Keller Glam Hinni ale am a Hob lantern from sweeping the doubles Competition by beating Deanna Merritt and Betsy Tudor 4-6,6-2.7-5, in a 2 4-hour kept Vandrak under constant pres sure with a Strong net game. The first set was tied at 4-4, but Dean broke Vandrak s serve and went on to win. Then in the second set. Dean hit several Fin place ments and kept the pressure on. Romeo was Down. 4-2, in the second set but rallied to take three straight games. Fuentes won the next game and they split the final two to Force a tiebreaker. Fuentes Strong net game was the differ ence in the sixth seeded Carpel or Iio Laday tandem carried the fight to Collins and Mausolf through two Lough sets but the champions Strong placements meant the and Tudor who had pulled off a big upset by beating top seeded Wiesbaden in Friday s semifinals got off to a fast Start in the title match but the third ranked Heidelberg duo. Which had ousted second ranked Wei Brutten in an upset of their own Friday bounced Back to hand Kaiserslautern the won the men a women s and Overall championship. The red raid ers beat out Heidelberg in All three Divi Sions 20-19, in men s action 20-15 in the women s and 40-35 Overall. Heavyweight Champ Muhammad All at toe training table eating his one meal of the Day in preparation f or Evangelista bout women s singles championship been own Del Kate Vandrak Kanerva Ternfr-1,6 3 third place Susan Onevoe wire Burgl Del Grace Erdosi to Munich. �-0, i 0. Consolation semifinals Onevoe Del Bruit Auer i frankly Roll. Derooi Del Marr Turner i Stuttgart. 9 1 women s doubles championship Valerie Hill Katen Heidelberg Del Deanna mar Ritt Belty tudorlkaiwrslaulernl.4-0,62. Third place to Liomin zeil it in 0,-l Carla iibadefll.6- .4.h Consolation semifinals Hooper Miosoty Del Corryl Reclam Draina Gre la handful. I Grihin gut Tarton Del Kim Graves actor Berlin 16 ship win. The win was t that much of a Shock because the two players had split two regular season matches and Romeo had been top seeded by the committee be cause he was runner up to Kaiserslautern s Rick Thompson in the 1976 championships. Kaiserslautern s Mike Collins and Dean Mausolf lived up to their top Seedin the men s doubles Competition whipping Mannheim s Dave Carpenter and Tim hoi Laday in the championship match 7-6. 6-4. However. Heidelberg s tandem of Valerie Hill and Karen Miles prevented kaisers two f fed of Baltimore Lyga classic Towson my. Jane Blalock and Argentina s Sylvia Bertolaccini led 11 players who bettered Par with four under Par 69s Friday to share the Lead after the first round of the $55.000 Lyga greater Baltimore Carrier of i Ake Worth. Fla. A runner up twice this year was one stroke behind at 70. Six golfers finished with 71s on the first 18 holes of the 54-Hole event at the 6.390-Yard Pine Ridge Golf Champion Betty Burfeindt. Marlene Hagge. Dot Germain. Marlene Floyd. Joyce Kazmierski and tour Rookie Cathy Mant had 71s. While Japan s Takako Kiyomoto and Judy Meister had 72s. Three shots off the . Of Highland Beach. Fla., the Lyga s fifth leading Money Winner this year had five birdies in a scorching 32 on the front nine then shot a one Over .17 on the Back nine that included a bogey five on the 404-Yard 15th Hole. Both Blalock and Caincr. Who also had five birdies enjoyed exceptional putting rounds. Blalock. Forced to withdraw at at Lanta last week with Back problems said she counted Only 30 putts and considered it an exceptional performance. Carrier who finished second at Atlanta needed 33 putts and did not three putt a single , who plays out of Houston. Tex., was the major Surprise of the open ing round with three birdies on the Back nine and five altogether for her round which was marked by Strong . From Charleston. sprinkled six birdies in her opening round while Hagge missed Only four greens attributing an improvement in accuracy to hard work on the mechanics of her Austin. Pam Higgins and Sandra Palmer were among 11 golfers posting even Par 73. Five others were at 74. Including Sandra Spuzich. While Judy Rankin of Midland. Tex., the Lyga earnings Leader last year and Kathy Whitworth of Kich Ardson. Tex. 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