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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, August 29, 1977

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1977 Bubo Modem staff Germany Sis a Palm it prominent boxing figures from will be conducting Hie five Day Usa eur boxing officials air Witch starts Here monday at they Are Edward Urbic and Jim my Urbec will be handling the officiating Side of the clinic while Mccarron will take care of the the officials part of the clinic will cover any military boxers who a mid like to partly Pate  matches and Shii the us auteur boxing clinic jlsep1 at tree most Lumc darn Taik Contact Mike at Damn 1 the rules and regulations for ref judges and Urbec Laid they will be instructed on Bow to Olf ocl ate International Nilas properly so there will be consistency in following the Urfano of the will in the ring in actual bouts and some will both Jim and i will critique the work and hopefully something will rub we also Hope the officials will learn the re of olympic Jim Witt do us coaching to instruct the boxers in the proper boxing style for inter National says and also for boxing blows in which the Boxer will receive credit for corrective blows they also will be taught the illegal tactics that results in Disque Alicica less than two weeks ago in Urbec and Mccarron were working the us Poland boxing Urbec was officiating and Mccarron was on the of the three matches with the won two and the Only lots came in Hart the officiating Days of of Dale Back to ills first National tournament was in 1947 and his first olympic tryouts were in when Eddie seven Earrold he became a product of the Worcester boys of which there Are two in this Massachusetts the Worcester boys dubs Are Well known throughout he is Mill Active inlays dub work and presently is coaching at both Urbec started boxing at 11 years of age in the 80pound he has taught in every class ranging Iron 80 pounds to 160 pounds he attended in 1998 and and instructed boxers there because there was no official school boxing to smites the third visit Urbec to conduct clinics in he the guest lecturer for the 1361 air Force boxing fest Lulles at  Ehen and bandied the b75 air Force clinics at Ramsten arid he has also conducted10 boxing clinics for the going to the far East three times and twice to Urbec is a member of the Massachusetts boxing commission of which its members Are appointed by the Urbec waa the commissioner of the Mac for Yean from 1939 to his main activity now is to activities in other duties include Kaying the bouts for pro officials for boxing contests and issuing boxing one of the highlights of Urbens was being selected to officiate at the 1972 olympics in Munich it meant that Urbec was the United states Only representative in the each is allowed Only one official to in 1160 Urbec was selected As the first alternate for the Rome olympics but didst work he remembers watching a Young Light heavyweight his name Cassius Urbec recalls working the finals of the 1972 there were 11 Champion ship i was one of the 11 referees chosen to of Date the i beaded the list with the opening it was a Cere Mon Al with president Avery Brunda Gein the it was quite an Honor for said at 60 years of age looks in fighting a korean and a hungarian fought for the Gold said the Hun his name was won the Urbec was in the ring when wide boxing Story Bobby Lee Hunter of North Carolina come to an an lost to Dement in the final olympic this ending Bis bid to leave prison for two weeks Ana compete in the Lauda wins dutch nears Drivers Crown by Randy Barnett sets onto racing columnist Tho Netherlands s4s for All practical austrian Elk a Lauda clinched the 1977 world driving tide Are sunday by winning the dutch grand prix in an impressive drive before in a was pushed very hard near the end by Jaques Lafitte of franc but the austrian held him off to win by just driving a was the Only Driver on the same with the win Ning an one Lap was South Afri can Jodis Checkow in a Frenchman Patrick who had no third from Lap 36 Onward in his Ensign ran out of Gas on the Isth and last Lap of the a severe disappointment after another Brilliant Tam Bay was about 3d seconds off the Pace when the Gat gave he was credited with fifth two laps fourth went to Emerson fat Tipaldi of on Lap off the Pace in his sundays dutch grand prix was hard of machinery and sparked by Many minor a Only 12 cars from a starting Field of 26 finished the 197mile Mike carve Les with de Urbec t my Quroga v corps  add Bol Iii Etc the Early stages of the race were highly with world Champion James Hunt of England taking the Lead from the second Row in Superb in a sped past not Sitter Mario Andretti of and the two driven ran whee to wheel through Lap but on that the two cars Andretti Lotus Ford and Hunts Mclaren received a damaged water pipe from the Hunt was out of the but Andretti Lafitte then look the Lauda lucked in behind him and Carlos Reutemann of in a Andretti charged Back hard Tus passed Reutemann for third on Lap then saw the last Hope for a world championship banish in a Cloud of the engine on his Lotus blew up on Lap 12 an the american was out of Bod retained a slight Lead Over Lauda and Reutemann Hung in for just1 behind his Ferrari team with Andretti gunner Nus son of Sweden then began Tes attack in the remaining Lotus he was on route mams tall through Lap then tried to locked up the brakes and banged into the Ferrari from Nus son was gone from the and  anew before that Lauda had taken the Lead on Lap id from Lafue and he aus Trian Kent u until the although Lafitte tried closing on Lauda in the it obvious that Lauda had the Power on the straight where his Ferrari would pull away from the both cars Are powered by 12cylinder finishing sex to was Reutemann Sev Hans stuck of Germany in a Nib Hamlata Romeo Hans Binder at Austria in an a Spenske Ford ninth Brett Lunger of in a my Warenford and Lola in Scheckter of South Africa in a Alt five driven were two laps with Only four grand prix left to go and Lauda appears practically Umbra table with 63 Pouds to Jodi so Beckter Beu Teinann Laudas winning time Over the of Miles was one 41 w average Speed of 1uj1 he also set fastest Lap at a record one an average Speed of 18 Over the Zand Voort he has been Teanis selected for International Gra Lavu and heavyweight Ron Lyle was on the trips to tha latter iwo noun in race has officiated Intersex Rocc boxing Hampl Onshus and film two Coryell  Mulli arc do sport Cisel tournaments in the nether lands and aside from refereeing numerous nation Al Urbec officiated at the Central american Caribbean in Panama in and in dominican re publican 1971 also one pan american games in Chicago in ib9 and Winnipeg in Urbec is also one of eight inter National boxing association vials in the each country to Clink import in clinics Are Cut vernely important for the welfare of the says they Are the farm clubs of in regards to service Urbec says Many of our olympic contestants come from the armed they always have Strong Urbec is proud of his when i would Tell Jack Sharkey former weight Champion at the world How 75 and living in new Hampshire that i was he would get you see he is full blooded Urbec works As a Salesman for Charles Jacqyln which he says is the oldest american cordial Brandy he has been with the Corpany 13 years and his territory coven Rhode Island and who has conducted air Force clinics in the far comes and is the new England boxing chairman of the Amateur at Delic also As a member of the Massachusetts state boxing Mccarron assigns Alt Amateur officials and judges the 64yearold Mccarron was the Man Ager of the 1s71 Panama by Tang team in 1971 and also manager of the team in the pre olympics at Montreal in who has been officiating for the past x was a lightweight Amateur Boxer from Ian to 1937 in which be Jim qualified for the 1932 olympic games in los Angeles but a curate in the final eliminations kept him out of the the last two world championship bouts in Boston were refereed by they were the sugar Ray Robinso Npaul Pindar middleweight fight to won by and the Pende Terry Downs april won by Mccarron is in agreement with Many boxing authorities on a doubt be was the Best fighter Pound Jor Pound in the boxing undo Bubly he could do he was in the ring with former tight Wight Champ Wallace Bud sex middleweight Long Carmen Basilio and Wetter Wight Champ Tony Semarco and other Well known Jim also refereed a couple of exhibitions with Muhammad All boxed five opponents one night for Charity and i got three Mccarron respects alls ability but he feels Hie Brown Joe would have beaten Louis is a harder puncher and i think be would have caught Era with a Teft Boot but then Mccarron smiled and said those arc things Well new he vividly recalls anted featherweight Champion Willie Pep and his tight it this continued on  
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