European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 23, 1998 the stars and stripes Page 25 Thomas nabs super heavy title by Bucky Fox staff writer West Berlin and the Winner Wil Bert Young for the heavyweight title. He beat me on experience said Yount 25, who entered the ring will seven fights. Said Pillman the oldest Boxer in the tourney the Guy i fought said i was too old to tight. Now he can say an old Man beat  tinman s pounding shot blood from Young s Mouth All Over Young s face shirt and shoulder. It was the kind of Bloodbath Wurzburg s Randal Crippen wanted in his Victory Over Louis Depp for the Light heavyweight Crown. Crippin j crippling blows forced v corps coach Dave Oliphant to Stop the fight 1 s8 into the second round the Only non decision of the 10 bouts. He head bulled me kept driving in with his head Crippen complained. I wanted to Hurt him. He made me mad and i lost my  Crippen s left Hook found ill target enough to induce two standing eight counts in the second round. One came on a Crippen Low blow. Depp from the Cic scr. Subco Muni to of Friedberg did his share of grab Bing. He also took Crippen s death left with courage. If he s Back next year said Depp i m the Champ not year. He can t whip  Hanau s Garry Grant fulfilled his comeback Hopes. After losing in the finals of 1986 and k7. He struck Middle weight Gold with a s-0 decision Over As Chait Enburg i Michael heard. Grant s right Hooki whirled round the heard All three rounds. In the third round. Grant seemed Content to let heard off the ropes for More punish ment. After receiving his medal Grant said. I wanted to Check my stamina out. Peo ple said i could t go three. I wanted to  Harryl Loving and Alex Benson boxed in a Light welterweight Bash you could Call a plug feel. Then again there was nothing festive about it. Call it a slug fist. Loving from the Hanau Subco Muni to of Gln Hauson won a s-0 decision. Dul this was no shutout. Wartburg s Benson decked Loving in the second round of the ultimate in your face fight. The knockdowns were legit very legit said Loving. He was much stronger than i am. I went up to 139 pounds and i m usually at 132. But i was t  Loving won with his nonstop punches. Benson after fighting in the open Divi Sor for just the third Lime said i got robbed. 1 Hurt him and he did t Hurt me once. He stunned me with a couple of combinations but he never Hurt me. They were pillar Patter  Ansbach i Calvin Beach Al complained about his welterweight loss to Mannheim s Mark lantern. I thought i landed More punches said Beach. Lanton slugged through Beach s reach for a s-0 decision. The Victory gave Lanton his second Crown in three years it also gave 21sl support command its Only title. Lightweight Joe Hoskins of Wurzburg also won his second title in Ihrcke years. Hoskins did it with a s-0 decision Over n Umberg j Ken ii Smith. Smith sent Hoskins Down on his baggy shorts and Hurt him Wilh a Low blow in the second round. But Hoskins bloodied his Vii corps to Cammic with a constant attack. Al bantamweight Eric Shields of Augsburg retained his title with a 4-1 decision Over Adrian Mitchell of Baum Holder. Shields left Hook had Mitchell looking Hurt in the second round and spilling blood Between rounds. But the Baum Holder Bear stung Shields with a right Hook that floored inc Champion. Mitchell looked Hurt again later in the third round yet again he decked Shields this Wai much tougher than last year said Shields he was hurl but when 1 slacked off of him. That gained him  sunday s other fights had Hanau s Thomas Green winning a s-0 decision Over wild Flucken i Anthony Molina for the featherweight Lille and Kevin Dormer taking a 3-2 decision Over fellow Fried Berg fighter Jeff Clark at Light Middle weight. A a baseball Ramsden hands Nurnberg first loss 10-9 byte Saunders staff writer Kaiserslautern West Germany la was Homecoming Day for the Ramstein rams and they celebrated by taking the wind from the Tail of the Nurnberg pirates in German american baseball league action by posting a 10-9 Victory sunday. The pirates who suffered i hair first loss and Ramstein arc now both 1-1. Ramstein which Calls vog Cloch its Home held marked it first Home game As a member of the 0-a league. Despite impressive statistics by the pitchers mis cues turned the game into a anything can happen event. Farm Ace thrower Dan Jacobs 3-0, went 8% in nine for the win while collecting 10 strikeouts sur rendering six hits and walking rive. Gene Bragano relieved for the final out and earned the save Tiller dishing out a two run single to pirate Catcher Gar Den Bierschenk that brought the score to 10-9. Nomberg s John pics 3-1, struck out 11 while going the distance and giving up seven hits walking sin and hitting two batters. Bad Fielding helped Ramstein jump out to a 9-2 Lead after the act innings setting the stage for a blow out. Considering the butter fingered Numberg Field ing it could have been worse. A second inning example after a walk and two strikeouts shortstop Jeff Karth singled to put men on first and second. Bragano who started in Center Fidd then switched to third base lofted a Fly to Center. Ntim Borg s Ron Joshua booted the Fly and two runs scored. Anrce More errors and the rams led 5-2. The first three innings we try to play Good tight Ball said Nurnberg coach William Hupp. Alter that we normally get  the Only thing rolling was the Ball As Ramstein shot up four runt in the third highlighted by right fielder Clint Harris s two run single. As Hupac said they would Nelm Borg started battling Back. Pirate second baseman Quenton Brooks drilled a two run Homer to left Field in the fourth and the Numberg swingers touched Jacobs for four hits and four runs in the fifth including a triple by Reis for a 9-7 score. Ramstein went up 10-7 after a Fielding error fielder Choice and throwing error by Catcher birr Schynk. Nurnberg made its final bid in the ninth bul could t make up the difference. In the ninth ram Pitcher Jacob sandwiched two outs Between two walks but Felt n Joll of pain in his Arm. Ramstein brought on Bragano for Relief. Braga a went to a full count on Bierschenk and came in Wilh the heat sensing a kill. Bierschenk lined the shot to left for two runs. Bragano then and struck out Brooks to end the game. About Jacobs. Rams Cin coach Mike Hall Mann said i think he  a muscle in his Elbow. He pitched Tough. I really did t think he d go past six innings. Bul he s has gone inc distance in his last two  Jeff Karth and Harris each had two hits apiece for Ramstein. Harris three time Ramstein most valuable player in the now defunct Continental sports conference baseball league had three runs batted in. Braves Blank Blue sox on Martel s one hitter Stuttgart Bamberg s Alan Martel pitched a one hitter and struck out 13 As the braves won a 10-run Rule cd by blanking the Stuttgart Bleim in German american league action sunday. Bamburg sewed up the Victory with four runs in the top fihe eighth inning. The braves opened with two runs in the first inning off Blue sox starter Gar Ian Diamond. They came on a walk and singles by Martel and Charlie Harris. Bamberg added a run in the fourth two in the sixth and one in the seventh before lowering the Boom. A Sharp single up the Middle by Jack Williams in the third was the Only hit Martel allowed. He walked one. Diamond allowed eight hits and struck out i. Darmstadt 10-0, Mannheim 0-17 Darmstadt West Germany the Cornels and Amigos swapped five inning 10-run-Rule one hitters Ron Bev. Ans getting Darmstadt s and Bill Dick Man recording Mannheim s. The comets began their first game scoring on . Perez two run Homer in the first inning and closed it by drawing four straight walks off Dave Hallcy 0-2 in the Bottom of the fifth. In Between they scored four runs in the second one in the third and two in the fourth. Martin Helmig singled in the fourth inning to spoil Bevans no hitter. The Amigos broke things wide open in the Nightcap Wilh a seven run third in Ning. Those runs came on iwo single by Ivan Dejesus one each by Bill Ragle. Curtis Kennedy and Peter Jackson Richaid Jackson s double and four walks. Bevans ruined Dic Lunan s no hit i tort Wilh a two out single in the fourth. Gie�cnl2, bad of Liz West Germany the Brewers jumped off to a 4-0 first inning Lead and were never headed As they dubbed the 0-j twins in a seven in Ning 10-run-Rulc contest. Mark Porter had two doubles and drove in four nuns. Jerry Britton banged out a double and a single and Herbert Solo collected two singles to Pace the lieu in attack. Bad toll chipped in Wilh nine Erron Anil six walks. The twins run came in the third when Reggie Sims doubled stole third and came Home on a bad throw