European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse To Belt ing line february the stars and stripes Page 17 Muhammad heavyweight championship against Leon a had seven pro r by us olympic Light Champion in certainly Hollywood twist to the storied won the olympic Light kit including stops with the York awl san France with the Minnesota Hants w Gold medal in a is made a prohibitive favorite Over Spinks for title bout at vegas when re t t airs 23rd Lytle at the sports parti Iton hotel will be televised live fiscal is s a lesson up oilman Marvin Otthat teamed a lesson in his futile to buy uie american league from Charles Finley dont Llma one said the Rill be Nice and who owns what is said to be the Independent Oil Vimpany in the uld he still was interested in major league baseball till have to reassess everything i hard leak he uld be thought he had a rubber Deal when he announced last be and Finley had agreed on he Lue Vitora Ute hinged on whether null get out of the remaining 10 a Lute for use of the Oakland president of the Laid the Only Way Oakland 1 break the lease was to have the 1 league giants Lake the san f out of their name and play at Imp games in san Iraq George Moscone its the Brief announcement 7 that negotiations ended left him l he uld be had been told Early an agreement was owned the dispute on traditional Between Oakland and san cities just hate the hell out of i theres no rhyme or whats everybody Bay area cant support two e baseball receives Ith Angels the Cali he has rejoined i will handle special assign american league learn an guided the Angels during w was named the year in when he u a third place finish in the of to the major leagues Lor a to Rill Start it Shii few other weight Champion Danny tue Rod against David of and a Loro und Light heavyweight fight Between Jesse Burnett of los Angeles and Eddie Gregory of new who is getting has approached this fight differently than any other he has refused to speak to the news but that veil of silence was expected to be lined before he climbs into the ring against 1 there has been much speculation As to How much longer Alt will most observers do not feel this wifi be his last but there also is a general feeling in the fight game that whoever All rights before he it will not be Ken All cleared the Way far the Spinks fight by making a formal agreement with the wac to sign for a fight with the i by april but the lure to get All into the ring for a fourth fight with Norton the first three were All Tough is it2 and there is considerable 36 24 Weloth 220 205 he Toht doubt that anyone will come up with thai kind of Money plus about another 11 Mil lion for who is getting will be fighting for the heavyweight title with less pro experience than anyone since Pete a Dom Cher fought Floyd Patterson in was Rademacherk first pro the 1936 olympic heavyweight knocked Down Patterson in the second round but was stopped in the its nothing but a said it All boils Down to a i Rounder for the heavyweight title and that but the former Marine from Louis also said the pressure is now on i know the responsibility the heavyweight title Spinks was not required to go More than three rounds in any of his ibs Amateur and in his first five pro fights he boxed Only a total of 11 he opened his pro career with a five round knockout of Bob then followed with one round knockouts of Peter Jerry Mclntyre and Pedro a Oslo and a three round to of Bruce then last he was forced to go to rounds against Scott Ledoux in Las vegas and he almost lost a Chance for his Early title but he kept it alive by gaining a draw with Ledoux and the clinched it with a id round decision Over Alf to Reg hell in Las vegas Spinks total rounds As a pro Are All has gone is rounds nine times including his last three his record is with 37 and this will his tilth de sense since he regained the title by Knock out out George Foreman in eight rounds he first won the title stopping Sonny Llalon in seven rounds and later was stripped for refusal to accept military with 33 will be making his second defense of the wac 128 Pound class title he won with a 15round decision Over Otei in Otei has record with 28 besides the Burnet Gregory there will be a id round Light heavyweight match Between Michael Spinks of leons younger and Tom feel Cha of new and two id round Middle weight fights Alan Minter of Britain Sandy Torres of puerto and Marcelo i leones of Peru Tony Chi Averll of Kansas retains figure skating title by feed Rothenberg a Linda fall Anne neede4 her Early Lead to survive the dazzling performance of Samarie Allen and wifi the senior ladies title at the figure skating championships Friday defending had built a commending Edge after the school and Short but skated Sze whal tentatively in the final four min utes of the free skating she executed a triple toe but Cut att Herple out of her fir Ogram and stumbled on double the Ludaes we Wortel Guif marts to Worth 50 percent those awards were Good enough to give Frati with a total of seven ordinals and but it was the blonde Allen with her triple sat How assignments for and seven double before the end of her near c the crowd gave a rousing 18yearold she then concluded her Prog Arn Ului a pair of bus standing Allen of Garden received awards of mostly and one out of a possible winning the free skating Seg ment and finishing the Overall Competition in second place is ordinals and Allens clutch performance carried her from the fourth place position she had held after thursday nights Short program and qualified her for the world championship in Ottawa next joining Fratianne and Allen in the world Competition will be Priscilla Lex who won the Bronze medal with a third place finish in the free Franklin Kos Kates for american title Philadelphia uple halt Frank in won the North american Light heavy weight title Friday when he scored a sixth round to Over Richie Kales at the spec referee Charlie Cerullo slopped the fight Al of the sixth the 175pound Franklin of Philadelphia caught also 17s of Early in the second round with a Short right hand to the jaw that floored him for a count of and an Overall total of 20 urinals and i Felt i could have done Frati Anne in looking Forward to Ottawa and to doing a belter Allen was buoyant smiling and laughing with feel she i skated Well All week and i had a feeling i was going to skate earlier Charlie Tickner met Dave Santee Challenge and won the Short program to gain a commanding Lead in the senior mens the re Ruerup to Tickner after the third Day of compulsory has said if he skated Well in the Short exercises his rival might fold under the but it didst happen that Way at skated first and did but then from stole the he got the crowd stomping with an Early triple double Loop then displayed some of the nifty est footwork convincing the judges of his superiority and moving him into a powerful position to repeal As National mens in the Short program at mandatory jumps and six of the seven judges favored Tickner for first with the Low Wissemer picking in the Overall continued on Page i
