European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday May 21,1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 Grant s b Buck y Fox suit writer West Berlin Riddle who s buried in Grant Tomb answer not Garry Grant. Grant a staff sergeant from Hanau might have been riven up for dead Tat year but he s alive and punching in ibis weekend s Usa eur boxing championships. Punching hard. So hard that Grant stopped kiting in j car Tito redeem at 1 29 of the second round in their middleweight semifinal Friday night Grant s All the Way Back in the Finali where he a meet Asch Altenburg s Michael heard sunday. He surprised me said Redfern in i sweat drenched locker roam. I really thought i d have an by Why in the weigh ins. Grant was mouthing off Laving Vii corps was nothing said Redfern. I wanted him and i went after him Early. But he had Good defense. I could t get the second round. I was out of it i ran out of Juke. He caught me with an overhand right thai stunned me then came in with that Grant called that combination everything but the Kitchen sink surely he threw in the microwave the Way he burned redeem. Crant spent much of the first round covering up. Sort of rope a dope without the rope. Then came Grant s charge. He turned into such maniac he hit Kedem sons after the Bell ending round i. That Coil Grant it warning Point but the Hana hitter was about to make his own exclamation Point via his gloves my tags messed up on me Crant said of his Early Back up his talking Usa eur boxing strategy he had a Good left Hook but his right hand there was nothing to it. 1 walked right through Why the Sadden mean Streak "1 was looking at Ihetu coach said Grant i was ticked off at him. You know what he Grant was referring to his wednesday confrontation with Vii corp coach Al Johnson. Johnson a chief warrant officer out of Augsburg dressed Down Grant after constant harassment from the Stair sergeant that Bitterne goes Back to the 19e7 finals. Gram purposely failed to make weight to avoid fighting Baumhoffer j legendary Kevin Bryant. Johnson an others claim Grant punted out Johnson said after Friday s tight i told Grant what ticked me off you did t iry last Johnson s coaching strategy against Grant was to just stay on top of him press him. He always has a problem making weight so he can be worn out1 Gram a Washington d.c., native in his third Sarteur meet hardly wore out Friday. Neither did heard in his 3-2 decision Over Giesar Sraymond ass Cassia. The a Schaffenburg middleweight rebounded from alost first round to consistently land his Jab. The main thine i wanted to do was work on the body to slow him said heard a georgian who last year fought at fort Riley Kan. I m not the Quick est Boxer but i know things to slow a Man Down. Heard Victory Over blackmail not Only eliminate last year s Light heavyweight finalist but Alia kept Fri Day from becoming Giessen rout three other Giessen boxers won Kevin Bonner Ove Wurzburg i Alexander Stewart and Jeff Clark Over Ansbach i Jonathan Cann Chad at Light middleweight and Louis Depp Over Wurzburg s Eric Harrington at tight , a 51. Louis mute Man. Won by unanimous decision. So did Clark another hunk from the nation capital. To the quickest Light middleweight haul Mann Heim s David Sanders turned hit one two on Berlin s Douglas Stinson that stopped it 31 seconds into in second round. Not bad for a 24-year-old sergeant ill his first open fight. I should pc started when i was younger said Sandon. From Newaygo Mich. Another Michigan Man Randal Crippin out , started when he was 12. Now he s 20 and headed Lor saturday s Light Cav Wrighi semifinals thank to his Quick work. Crippin a 6-fool-3 slugger threw his heavy left Hook at Malcom Cope and the Hanau botch went Down 1 22 into the first saw before the tight he had kind of a soft body so i a Cal with my left Hook to the body to slow him Down said Crippin. Crippin lakes on Berlin s Cit wooden in saturday s7 . Card. Wooden Shook the Cole sports Center with his 4-1 decision Over Parma sons Willie Berliner heavyweight James Graves rocked the Hoium with his ominous Hooks. His problem was finding his Mark Carl Pittman of Fulda. Pili Man spent 2vi rounds dodging Graves Hook Sand Landing Long jabs. Then with tinman in control he bore in even hurting Graves with a left silenced the crowd with his 4-1 decision. That vaulted him into sunday s heavyweight final against numb org Wilben Young who stopped Haugh older s Gregory Bro a at 1 27 of the Hie night s last bout super heavyweight Ken Thomas of Berlin ignited the crowd by pounding Neu urn s Kennedy Boom to the Canvas Thomas won it i in into the first round the quickest fight of the night. Accent s Smith sets 13-6 pm Mark Brussels a Centt sea Smith etched his name in the Dodds record Book Here Friday when he cleared13-6 to highlight the activity in the Ben enor track and Field 13-6 Effort erases Bob Stenson s name from the record Boot the Frank furl Star cleared 13-3 in 1977 to set the record. The Mark was expected to fall because Smith and several other athlete i have been turning in Good vaults consistently. Mannheim s Jay Wilson went 13-9 once and Smith Munich s Jason pct Asand Pitburg s Vince Killcy All had cleared 13 with regularity. Nigh school track the record overshadowed the individual achievements of i latin s Charlene Johnson who sped to Victory in the 100and 200 and also won the Long jump and accents sue Sargent who prevailed in the 400, triple jump and High jump. Charlene beat her Sisler Carlo in i winning the dashes in 12.62 and 25.84 Johnsons also ran the last two legs on Hahn s winning 400-Mcier relay team Cuba Fluenc anchoring the group to a si.24 time. Charlene took the Long jump with a 16-11 a leap. Teammate Stephanie Powell also won both hurdles events taking the 100 in 16.2 and the 300 in a very Fine 49.29clocking As Hahn romped to Victory with 148 a regional Stuttgart the Vilseck Falcon swept the Germany a prep track championships Here thursday and boys edged second place Munich 88-81 and the girls cruised past futda90-71. Vilseck sprinter Anthony Mccomb nosed out oly mid som fun of the Black Forest Academy in both the 100-Meterand 200-meter dashes taking the Century in 11 Flat and the 200 in 22.7.augsburg s Terry Elliott had the Best personal Day on the boys Side. He won three events even though in team finished sixth in the boys meet n Charlene Johnson. Beats sister in 100,200 Elliot won the 110 High hurdles 300intermediates and the triple jump. Munich s Ken Kramer won both Long distance races Kramer fins had the 1,500 meters in 4 14.2, just ahead of Vilsick s Tony Mceady Kramer romped to Victory to the 3,000, Bis 9 19.0 Healing Cammic Rob Naylor by More than 25 the girls Side Vilock i Cora Brown sprinted to close victories Over Berlin s Lisa Freeman in the 100 and 200 meters. Brown was clocked in 12.8seconds in the 100 and hit the tape in 27. To two strides ahead of Freeman inthe 200. Brown also won the triple jump at 34feet 3 inches. Bridgette Mel Ger abetted the Vilseck domination by winning Bot the 1,500-meter and the 3,000 Meier won All three relay events. Germany aaa Recto a Heidelberg Mannheim s Wil lab Wlton a Jim beka., wins in slow time son had to Settle for a 13-0 Effort because of in cooperating weather Here Friday in his Effort to establish a Dodds pole vault record in the Germany aaa track and is eld pole vault was one of four finals staged on opening Day of the two Day meet in other events Wiesbaden s Jason co also found the wind too difficult for a record achieving feat in the 1,500meters, but he recorded a sparkling 4 04,6 Lime Stuttgart s Lavaughn Alle captured the triple jump with a 44-614 leap and Mannheim s Andre Green Hadan almost identical number in taking the shot s toss was a half Inch longer than Allen s Nils look two championships. Tiki Laurei won the 3,000 in11 23.s and Sheila Meriweather went 16 a in the Long a Michelle Grajek won the High jump at 5-0 and Kaiserslautern s Dawn Derrick captured the discus championship. The aaa Champion Liris finish up saturday the top four finishers in each event Advance to the Central european championships Neil week at Otto Sholz. Germany a Kitzinger Germany foul weather hampered the action at the Ger Many but Pitburg s Killcy Hanau s Grady Walker and Frankfurt International school s Chris von Stensch still turned in impressive performances in winning individual championships. Killcy hit 13-0 in the pole vault forthe third Lime this year. Walker won the triple jump with a 41-0 leap and von Lenzsch took the shot put with a 50-4 boys championships went to s Lamont Johnson in the 1,500 meters and Linburg s Mike Gen Grich in the High jump both in disappointing efforts because of the wind and rain. Johnson had a 4 1 �.49 clocking and Gingrich managed Only 5-10 in the High jump. Numberg ath Zelcs look two of. The three girls championships determined Friday Lisa Richardson posting an11 37.66 clocking in Ihu 3,000 meters and Christine Tilo winning the discus with a 99-2 other Friday championship went to Baum older s Jocclyn Hubbard who recorded a 16-3v champions will be determined saturday with Field events starting at 10a.m., an hour before the running pro Gram. The top three performers in each event Advance to the Central europeans. Aln sports television Horn rering or Ailious 10 30 pin. A Afirdi. Baseball or basketball program to redetermined 2 . Sunday radio hone racing Preal Tomi 11 06 pin. A tartly
