European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1977 the stripes Poge 25 Scheckter chalks up win at Monaco by Randy Barnett Auto racing columnist Monaco driving a South Africa Jody Scheckter sped to a Startt finish Victory Here sunday in the 35th running of the grand prix of it was the South africans second grand prix win of the his first one scored during the opening round in it was also the 100th it Victory for a Ford co Worth although Scheckter commanded the his win Here was a close he had led Austria Niki Lauda Ferrari by More than seven seconds going into the final but finished less than a second ahead of this hard charging who had a fuel feed problem near the end of the admitted that he slowed Down too much during the final Lap to assure his not realizing How quickly Lauda was turd and about 30 seconds behind Lauda came his teammate Carlos a Cut Mann of Argentina to make for a Strong Ferrari fourth was Germany Jochyn mass who was hounded All the Way by american Driver Mario Andretti Andretti crossed the line just a half second behind and their Duel was a highlight of the sixth came australian Driver Allan Jones in a at the beginning of the 76lap Monaco Scheckter made an excellent Start and flashed up the devote Hill just ahead of Northern Ireland John who had pole position in a Brabha Malfa Watson was never More than a second behind Scheckter during the first third of the while Reuteman ran in the 3 spot and Germany Ham stuck Lauda always pushing stuck on the 1mb Brabha Malfa caught and he parked it and jumped his driving suit scorched on the Chest i dont know what stuck said during his Long walk All of a sudden the car was on and i didst waste any time getting with stuck gone from the Lauda moved up to then passed his team mate Reutemann on Lap 28 to take Over the third Watson continued his Pursuit of Scheckter through Lap then spun and fell to third with Lauda moving four laps Watson spun again when the Gearbox locked and the Brabham Effort was Argentina cuello Kos sub Burnett in 9th to win wac Light heavy title Monte Carlo up1 Miguel Angel cuello of Argentina recovered from a fourth round Knockdown saturday night to win the vacant world boxing Council wac Light heavyweight title by knocking out Jesse Burnett in the ninth round and sending the american to Hospital sunday with a broken there ought to be a Law against some one hitting that said Burnett who spent seven years in a Calif Oman jail for armed the los Angeles fighter stepped into the title bout with three Days notice when briton John Conteh refused to defend is Crown in Monte Burnett boxed As though he was out of shape and tired from a 22hour flight with four stopovers from los Angeles two Days he moved sluggishly Al though he decked cuello with a Crisp right to the Side of the head in the fourth he failed to follow it when he punched me Down i was sur said who boasted his record to it want a big punch but it caught me off i was surprised More than Jesse burnetts Dis closed that cuello broke one of burnetts ribs in the third slowing the Ameri can up for the rest of the Gerulaitis tips Pugarelli in italian Tennis finals Rome a Vitas Gerulaitis beat Tonino Pugarelli of Here sunday and became the first Ameri can to win the mens singles in the italian Tennis open since the swept both singles utes in the tournament As Janet Newberry beat Renata Romanova of Czechoslovakia in straight of Howard walked off the Clay Center court with 000 in prize Money and the title no Ameri can has held since Barry Mckay Defeated Luis Ayala of Chile in the american humiliated Pugarelli in the first set with four Beautiful aces and a splendid Back hand in the Gerulaitis received tougher opposition than expected from who played with an ailing shoulder after pulling a muscle in the semifinals Rugby tournament slated for Garmisch Germany thirteen Rugby teams from throughout Germany Wolf compete May in the memo rial Day Rugby sponsored by the Augsburg Rugby the tourney including championship and Consolation round Stwell Start at 1 saturday sundays action will begin at 11 site of the tourney will be near the Garmisch teams entered include toe British army of the two each from Bamberg and one each Iron bad Tow Marmisch and As Well As two from the hosting Augsburg which is splitting into two the american stars Superior style emerged at the crucial stages of the mainly the two tiebreak in which he looked Cool and Pugarelli tried to be More after losing the first two and often had Gerulaitis in the 22yearold Blond Playboy from seeded eighth in the Tournai was plagued by errors throughout the second set but managed to hold it through a 72 tiebreak despite repeated at tacks by the Isth ceded in the third the 27yearold son of a roman zapped an evidently tiring and error plagued Gerulaitis by winning five straight Gerulaitis came Back in grand form in the fourth acing to love in the first and seventh obviously demoralized by catcalls from the crowd which was disturb ing his seemed to Call apart in the but came Back to take the tiebreak cuello hit him with a hard right and broke his left rib one from the Reid despite his Static Burnett appeared marginally ahead on Points going into the ninth round because of his crisper then he ran into cellos right Hook which sent him reeling onto the where the argentinian followed up with three Quick lefts to the face As Burnett spun off the ropes and crashed to the Burnett got up at seven but didst really know Why and mexican referee Raymundo soils counted him put on his it seemed a Quick Burnett but he hit hard with both hands and cracked my rib with a right Early he was just As tired As but he had the Burnett want too difficult but i was surprised by his said who at 173 pounds had a three Pound advantage Over the whose fight record dropped to he kept coming and he put a lot at especially in the first four Argentina now has two world Light heavyweight champions because Victor Galindez holds the world boxing association Aba there is Little likelihood that the two will meet in a preliminary lightweight Bruce Curry of the decision Ned Juan Antonio Merlo of japanese retains wac title Japan up world boxing association Aba Junior Fly weight Champion Yoko Gushiken of Japan retained his title with a 15round split Deci Sion Over venezuelan challenger Rigoberto Marcano Here Lauda then began his charge after but was Able to close Only to seven seconds until the drama Scheckter unwittingly provided on his final stowing finishing seventh was Jacques Lafitte of France eighth Victorio Bram Iffla of Italy ninth italian Driver Ricardo who piloted his Shadow Ford very Well in his for Mula one while 10th was Jackie icky of Belgium in an Ensign Patrese and icky were one Lap off the Jeanpierre Jarier of France finished Lith in an ats and 12th was Rupert Kee Gari of England in a Hesketh both Drivers were two laps there were no other world Champion James Hunt placed As High As fifth until the engine blew on his Mclare Ford on Lap also retiring with mechanical problems were Sweden Ronnie Peterson and his six wheel Tyrell Ford teammate Patrick Depal ller of Peterson dropped oat with Brake problems while running fifth on Lap eight Depalmer was in the Battle with mass and then his car quit on Lap 46 with a broken along with his Victory Scheckter recorded fastest touring the two mile Street circuit in 1 seconds at an average Speed of Miles per he covered the 76 laps Miles in 1 57 seconds at an aver age Speed of alter six Scheckter continues to Lead for the world driving now having 32 Laudas total is route Mann has 23 and Andretti indy 500 continued from Page 21 Back onto the track until late in the Day and her car was first in line at the starting apron when qualifications she was to be first in line when the final time trial period opens at 1 Australia Mem Schuppan became the first foreigner to qualify for the May 29 while Swiss grand prix Veteran Clay Regazzoni presumably will get his second Chance sunday to make the Regazzoni returned from Monte Carlo late saturday afternoon after falling to qualify for sundays grand prix at Monte last sunday he crashed while trying to qualify for his first last years Speedway Rookie of the qualified on his cars third and final attempt at a Speed off mites per hour the slowest now in the tentative on his second qualifying run last sunday he ran out of fuel in what he charged was miscalculation by his pit Tom saturdays fastest Quali Fier at also made it on his cars final the other qualifiers Satur Day were Bill Lee Kunz Steve and Joe year old who was fifth outlasted the Romanova in a tight Duel from the As the match was marked by poor serving and Newberr of la Brake to Manovas service in the seventh and ninth games in taking Only 25 mantes to win the first after trailing m in new Berry fought Back to be then stayed Back in the tiebreak As Romanova netted several volleys to Settle the in the women double Brigitte cuypers and Marise both South toppled Bunny brining and Sharon both in a mens doubles Raoul Ramirez of Mexico and Brian Gott Fried of the Defeated Byron Bertram end Bernie both South puerto Ricos Gomez stops Yum to win Lightfeather title san up puerto Ricos Wilfredo Gomez captured the world boxing Council Light featherweight championship saturday with a 12thround knockout of Champion Yum Dong Yum of South Gomez knocked out Yum with a right Cross and a left Book at two 20 seconds of the 12tb the unbeaten 20yearold puerto rican suffered a Knockdown in the first round and was behind through the first three rounds when he took several Hooks and uppercuts from the Swift in the fourth Gomez turned the fight his Way by changing his instead of wildly swinging at the crouching the puerto rican fired a series of jabs that opened a Cut on the koreans after that Gomez dominated the hitting the korean with right ten jabs an Hooks with both by the Lith round Yum was bleeding from the Mouth and from cuts Over his left it was the 17th consecutive Victory for who has Only a draw in the first fight of his professional to mar his sums record dropped to Gomez becomes the fourth puerto rican to hold a world joining Esteban de the wac lightweight and Alfredo Escalera and Sammy the wac and Aba Junior lightweight Gomez earned and Yum