European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday. May 22,1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 Wurzburg Lowers Boom twice Crippen Huberty Stop foes in semifinals by Bucky Fox staff writer West Berlin that chronic Boom you heard saturday night came from a couple of Box ers. Randal Crippen Boom the Light heavyweight finished Berlin s Jeff wooden 50 seconds into the third round. Don club cry Boom the super heavyweight lev eled another Berlin victim Ron Viers. One minute into the first round. Another Wiir Burg Winner lightweight Joe Hoskins added to Vii corps collection of five victories in the semifinals of the Usa Keur boxing championships. The finals of this four Day meet Start at i . Sun Day. Vii corps has a shot at eight titles v corps seven 21st support command one and Berlin one. I m just proud of these Guys beamed Vii coach Al Johnson tired of v corps domination of the preliminaries. To drown out v corps Thunder and a crowd delirious Over its berliners Johnson rolled out his big guns. First came Crippen. The Man with the Hammer Hook. A Guy planning to reach the olympic trials. Crippen reached wooden s head first. A right Hook Hurt the Berliner in the opening round. In the second Crippen found the Range with his dangerous left. Wooden wobbled against Crippen then collapsed on his Stool when the Bell rang. Wooden came Back Tor More in the final decked him twice while his Vii corps team Usa eur boxing mates Sang. Slam that s when referee Hector Cardona finally called off the attack. Said Crippen i thought i had him in trouble in the second round but he s in a lot better shape than i thought. He ran for 21/ rounds but my Hook caught him. Wooden insisted i could be gotten Back up and beat him. He was not hurling while wooden spoke his Berlin teammate Viers was taking a beating at the gloves of Huberty. It was a Ift Hook and right Hook said Huberty. A 206-Poundcr from St. Paul Minn. He tried to lean on me. So i stepped to the Side and popped him with my left when referee Marco in Ricrdo said enough with just 60 seconds gone it became the quickest smut of the night. Huberty will have to beat another Berlin Boner if he is to win the super heavyweight title. That s Ken Thomas a 228-Poundcr from Jackson Ville Fla. Right after Duherty sped to Victory. Thomas used three rounds of slow motion to win a 3-2 decision Over wild Flecken s 240-Pound Wilford Jackson. Midway through round 3, Jackson appeared headed for the final. His combinations had Thomas stumbling and bleeding from the Mouth. Suddenly Thomas awoke. He rallied with a wicked assault that stunned Jackson ignited the fans and con Vinced the judges. Thomas who admitted he thought he was through before his onslaught said that s the hardest i Veblen hit since i be been fighting. But the credit goes to our coach Larrv Oil son. All that running he teaches stamina Wil Ryburg s Hoskins wanted to run. He s having trouble making the lightweight cutoff of 132 pounds so he made sure to go three rounds against Gic Ssan s Young Craig Thomas Llo skins won a 5-0 decision. I have to lose weight. That s Why it lasted so said Hoskins the 1986 lightweight Champ. I could be finished him. But after weigh ins this morning. I gained to 138, and i be got to get Back to 132 by to Morrow s after sweating three rounds. Hoskins pulled on his wet weather gear then jumped rope and ran. Giessen s Jeff Clark hardly sweat at All in his Light middleweight Victory. His rim makes might pounding of Mannheim s David Sanders forced 21st support come coach Bill Ross to say no More before the second round could Start. Hooks. All right Hooks said Clark who faces Gic Ssan teammate Kevin Bonner in sunday s final. Ross said he called it Oft after he waited and waited and waited. With 10 seconds to go during the one minute break his eyes were still Glassy. We re not in the Butcher Sanders after just two open fights endorsed Ross decision. He s a hard Hitler Sanders said of Clark. He s Strong and a Little bit More experienced than me. But i la be Perry must shed 57 pounds of ploy end byjoe Mooshil Lake Forest Iii. S. S4s me photo Ken Coo rj4 Jones and Troy Johnson and the others Are Jay Norvell of Iowa and Greg Clark of Arona state. I m willing to go to War with those people Ditka said. The quarterback problem which Cen ters around Jim Mcmahon appears re solved As Long As Mcmahon remains healthy. Mcmahon had minor cleanup surgery in his right throwing shoulder and the slight dislocation in his left shoulder did t seem to bother him. Jim threw better than he has in a couple of Dilka said. Jim har Baugh showed what hard work can the bears also have Veteran Mik Tomczak and Rookie Jeff Burger a free agent out of Auburn. Ditka said Burger is throwing belter than Tomczak did when Tomczak came up four years ago but that s because he came from a school where they passed More than they did at Ohio As for the 10 no shows including first round rookies Brad Muster a full Back from Stanford and Wendell Davis a wide receiver from Louisiana slate Dilka said "1 hold no grudges. Well go to tamp to Platteville wis and Lake in from there. Anytime you Don t practice you Hurt despite the Lack of wide receivers Dilka said he will Pul in his new Offen Sive sets ibis season. We practice them with the backs Dilka said. We re going to Pul prow Pic on the defences. The Ball in t going to one Man 30,40 or 50 times a
