European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday August 1,1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 bengals top rams 14-7 in Hof game Canton Ohio a the los an Geles rams were playing an Early prac Tice game but the Cincinnati bengals were on a Mission. With backup quarterback Turk Scho Nert throwing for one touchdown and running for another and David Fulcher intercepting passes to set up both scores the bengals took a 14-7 Victory in the annual acc pfc Hall of Fame game saturday. Rams coach John Robinson said these Are preseason games. We Don t worry much about  but the bengals coming off a 4-11season a year ago went into the exhibition As if it were a playoff game. We took this serious today Fulcher said. Some people say it s Only a preseason game. But for us it s the first game on the Road  Fulcher set the tone by stopping drive with a second Quarter interception that was followed by the bengals first touchdown a 4-Yard keeper by Schonert. Later his 43-Yard interception return set up the winning touchdown. I made a Rule for myself at the Start of Camp he said. I m a forceful player and i m often around the Ball. So i decided if the Ball comes my Way i m going to catch  Schonert was traded two years ago bythe bengals then was Cut by the Atlanta Falcons in the preseason last season. The bengals picked him up again but he spent the season As a Holder. It Felt Good out there he said. It was Good to get Back out there and  it was his diving touchdown which supplied the first Points. That might have been the first time i Ever Dove into the end zone. That s fun he said. How did you like that 3-Inchvertical jump. I was scared because i had so much  bengals coach Sam Wyche said we made our share of mistakes but we had opportunities and that s what the coaches will take to the team the next time we re All together. Defensively Fulcher did a lot Osgood things. The defense came up with rams running Back Robert Delpino is stopped by bengals linebacker Tim Inglis in the third Quarter of saturday s Hall of Fame game. The turnovers. You have to give most of the credit to the  earlier in the Day linebacker Jack Ham tight end Mike Ditka wide receiver Fred Biletnikoff and defensive tackle Alan Page were inducted into the pro football Hall of Fame. Schonert 31, in his second stint with the bengals entered the game in the second Quarter in Relief of starter Boomer Esiason. Schonert completed 7 of 11 passes for77 Yards and one score. Esiason completed 2 of 5 passes for 101 Yards including a 62-yarder to Eddie Brown. Fulcher a third year safety out of Ari Zona state intercepted a pass from Hugh Millen to halt a rams drive at the Cincinnati 10 with 5 19 left in the second  Schonert came in to com plete his first six passes for 73 Yards capping the 12-play, 85-Yard drive with his touchdown. Fulcher intercepted another Millen pass on the rams first Possession of the third Quarter and returned it 43 Yards to the los Angeles 4. On first Down Schonert hit second year wide receiver Ira Hillary with the touchdown pass to make it 14-0 with 5 32 left in the Quarter. The rams closed the scoring on a 94-Yard drive in the fourth Quarter with Rookie Keith Jones of Nebraska scoring on a 2-Yard sweep. Rams starting quarterback Jim Everett completed 7 of 9 passes for 72 Yards and left after the first Quarter. Both teams had appeared once before in the Hall of Fame game the rams eating the Houston oilers 17-6 in 1971 and the bengals losing to the Washington redskins 17-9 in 1975. Mcgirt Kos Davis in first round new York a buddy Mcgirt knocked out Howard Davis in the first round retaining his International boxing federation Junior welterweight title Sun Day and almost certainly ending Davis quest to turn olympic Gold into a world professional title. Mcgirt in his first title defense since winning the Belt last february set Davis up with a left hand then finished him with a right 2 minutes 45 seconds into the fight. Davis failed in a third attempt to win a professional title a feat accomplished by the other four 1976 . Olympic boxing Gold medallists. This is probably my last fight the32-year-old Davis said afterwards. For the 24-year-old Mcgirt it is just the beginning. Now Mcgirt takes on another olym Pic Gold medallist 1984 featherweight Champion Meldrick Taylor on sept. 3 at a site to be determined. Davis came out in characteristic style dancing to his left and throwing jabs. But Davis punches were Short of the Mark As Mcgirt circled and stalked his opponent. Mcgirt landed several punishing left hands to Davis body before the finish. Mcgirt hit Davis with a right to the head that knocked him into the ropes near Mcgirt s Corner and the Champion sent him to the Canvas with a left. Referee Joe Santarpia reached the count of 10 As Davis was rolling to his Knees and trying to use the ropes to stand up. Mcgirt jumped on the lower strand of the ropes facing the crowd at Madison Square Garden s Felt forum and raised his hands in Triumph As fans shouted buddy buddy  Mcgirt of Brentwood ., was the crowd favorite although Davis also i from nearby Glen Cove  Mcgirt now faces Taylor whom he was supposed to have fought last june 12. Mcgirt won the if title when he stopped Frankie Warren in the 12th round on feb. 14. Mcgirt then came Down with tendonitis in his Elbow and was unable to fight Taylor in june. When the fight was reset for sunday Taylor s handlers backed out because of a scheduling conflict. Taylor s record is 19-0-1, the dra doming in april 1986 against Davis. Davis lost a 15-round decision to Jim Watt in Scotland on june 7, 1980, failing in his first Effort at the world boxing Council lightweight title. He fought for the same title on june23, 1984, losing a 12-round split decision to Edwin Rosario in puerto Rico after he was knocked Down with six seconds left in the , who weighed 1393/4 pounds is now 32-5-1 with 13 , 138, is 38-1-1 with 32 Knock outs. His Only loss came in an earlier fight against Warren. The fight was scheduled for 15 round Sand was billed As the final 15-Rounder on . Soil since the if will now conform with the wac and world boxing association rules limiting title fights to 12  fight however ended about 42 minutes before its scheduled completion after Davis thus failed to join sugar Ray Leonard Leo Randolph and the Spinks Brothers Leon and Michael As 1976gold medallists who went on to become world  two other scheduled 10-round fights two time world lightweight Cham Pion Rosario knocked out Javier Cerna of fort Worth Texas at 2 40 of the first round and 19-year-old Aaron Davis of new York stopped 37-year-old Sammy Floyd of Louisville ky., at 1 18 of the seventh , 140, who lost his Aba title to Julio Cesar Chavez last november stopped Cerna with a left uppercut and improved his record to 28-3 with 24knockouts. Cerna is 17-6 with five knockouts. Bow fakes 24-hour race Franco champs Belgium a italian Roberto Ravagli anchored a Bow m3 to Victory sunday in the 24 hours of fran co champs endurance race part of the european championships for touring cars. Ravaglia teamed with austrian Dieter quester and West German Alfred Heger to finish the race three laps ahead of the Ford sierras 500 of West German Klaus Ludwig and belgians Thierry Boutsen and Pierre Dieudonne. The Bow m3 of frenchmen Jac ques Laffite and Olivier Rouillard and belgian Jean Michel Martin came in third trailing by five laps. Twenty seven cars started the race in Southern Belgium. All through the night three bows had battled for the Lead and Ravaglia s car surged ahead around noon five hours before the end of the race. It followed a briefs Ell when the Ford Sierra of Bri ton Steve Soper had taken the Lead. Soper s car fell Back to fourth place 10 laps behind