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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 04, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 4, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 19 v corps eyes More jewels in Crown byte Saunders staff writer the decade winds Down in usar eur boxing this weekend in Mannheim and v corps boners have proven to be Kings of the ring in the 1980s. The 1989 Usa eur boxing championships Are scheduled to bang off at 7 . Tonight at the Benjamin Franklin Village sports Arena. For More on Usa eur boxers Sec pages 9.10 and 11 in today s stripes Magazine v corps boxers have slugged out 46 golds in the 80 s. Far enough ahead of Sec Ond place Vii corps that even if Vii corps were to win All 12 weight categories this year they d still fall three Short of v corps take in this decade. The most titles Vii corps Ever won in a year was five in 1981. Back when dudes like flyweight metical Zucca and Middle weight Wendell Bussey were throwing Usa eur boxing leather. That was the year Berlin also took five titles with Guys like Light Fly weight Earnest Gonzales and heavy weight san Ford Robinson. Sanford who he s the Mitt Man who decision cd future olympic Champ Ray Mercer Back in 1983 for the heavyweight title. Mercer went on to win heavyweight titles from 85-87. V corps lofty year came in 1980 As the command crawled for eight golds. Berlin s big year was 1981 with the five firsts. The 21st Talcom previously known As the 21 St support come never won More than three belts. This year May be different. The team sports inter Scricc Light heavyweight Champ Marlon Simpkins two time Usa eur chump welterweight Mark Lanton and an array of former All  boxers. But 21st Talcom coach Bill Ross in t stretching his neck on the prediction chopping Block. We re the  he roared during a training session last week. Even the presence of Simpkins would t get Ross to commit to assuring to at least one title. I Don t say Simpkins is a lock Ross fired. We re All right Hul we re not very  Ross Points fingers at Adrian Johnson Stephen Pugh and Billy Travis. He zips out a 15-word blur i on each fighter. We re not worried about anybody. If you re worried Don t go in the ring he said. Ross had been around the ring since 1947 and coached on three olympic teams. That s for May 4-5-6-7 unless otherwise dated boxing the Usa eur championships will be held at the Benjamin Franklin sports Arena in Mannheim thurs Day Friday and sunday with an number of former of  champions entered. Boxing starts at 7 . Thursday and Friday nights. Sunday s program of finals starts at i . Admission is s3 per session for adults and $ 1 for children under 12. Bowling the second group of Abc competitors moves into the King pin Center in ludwigs Burg. West Ger Many thursday for a three Day shot at top scores pos Ted by the first group earlier this week. Squad times for team doubles and singles in that order will be 9 . And 2 . On thursday. Friday and saturday. The final men s group of the Abc championships takes Over at ludwigs Burg on sunday rolling at 9 ., 2 . And 7 . Each Day through tuesday. The w1bc tournament follows the men s tourney at King pin starting a three Day run next wednesday May 10, with shifts scheduled for 9 30 . 2 . And 7 . Each Day. The masters tournament for the top All events scorers from the Abc and wisc championships is scheduled for May 13-14 at the same Lud Wissburg lanes. The handicapped mixed foursome tournament at Mannheim s Benjamin Franklin Bowling Cen Ter continues with the second of its three weekends on saturday and sunday. A $1,000 first prize is the stake. Entry fee is $12.50 per person with re entries possible. Call 380-7615 or 360-6528 for reservations. Fifty two teams entered last weekend s Competition. Baseball the Tele 5 German american league opens its1989 schedule sunday with Nurnberg travelling to Augsburg Gic Ssan playing at preseason tournament Champion Mannheim Heilbronn at Stuttgart and Frankfurt at Darmstadt. All four matchup arc double headers starting at noon. Bad Filz and Mainz draw the opening Day byes. Soccer two saturday matches and one sunday game Are scheduled for the 21st Talcom league. Mann Heim plays at Karlsruhe and Parma sons at kaisers Lau Lern saturday.  hosts Kaiserslautern on sunday. Game times arc All 2 . In v corps. Sics Badin visits bad Kreuz Nach Rose Barrack Mainz is at Baum older Wil Flecken at Frankfurt Drake Edwards and Hanau at Fulda City stadium All on saturday starting at 1 . Vii corps will have one conference mini tournament on saturday at Nurnberg s soldiers Field where Ansbach Augsburg bad Tolz Bamberg Munich Neu Ulm and Nurnberg will compete. First games Start at 9 30 . The other mini tournament scheduled Origi Nally for saturday at Wurzburg has been postponed to May 13 at Stuttgart. In the Continental sports conference Spang Dahlum plays at Rhein main Hahn at Pitburg Kucine Brogel at Ramstein and Wei Brincken at sons Terburg. All five games Start at 1 . In the German Bunde Sliga Kaiserslautern hosts bochum and Nurnberg plays at lever Kusch in Friday night games at 8 . On saturday Mannheim visits league leading Munich Karlsruhe is at vib Stuttgart Cologne at Bre men St. Pauli at Dortmund. Stuttgart kicker at Han Over Frankfurt at Hamburg and Uerdingen at . The second German league also offers two Friday games Essen at Hertha Berlin and Darmstadt at of a Brick both at 8 . Second division matches on saturday include Dusseldorf at Mainz Homburg at Freiburg Schalke at Bay Rulh Blau Weiss Berlin at Wattenscheid and Aachen at Solingen All at 3 30 . Offenbach hosts map pc and Braunschweig plays at Fortuna Cologne on sunday at 3 ., and to Complete the second league s weekend Aschaffenbur is at  at 6 . Sunday. Football in Bunde Sliga German american Nuthall on sunday Schwabish Hall plays at bad Homburg. Hanau at Mainz and Russel Shim at Karlsruhe. Eschew Csc. The German american team near bad a Irsfeld will Host ecu Isenburg Frankfurt plans die Burg and Offenbach visits Koblenz saturday in inc g a Hussen Rheinland Pfalz division. All Grimes arc scheduled for 3 . Volleyball v corps will hold one of its regular  level volleyball tournaments for men and women sat urday at Baum older. Competition will Start immediately following a meeting for All teams Al 9 . Round Robins Are planned within the Eastern and Western divisions if enough teams enter. Four units will compete in the v corps company level volleyball championship sunday at Miller Hall in Gic Ssan. Entered Are c Btry 2nd in. X2nd Field arty of Giessen hic. 1st in 13th inf from Baum Holder 622nd technical service flight of bad Kcruz Nach and the 92nd medical co of Hanau. The tourney starts Al 10 ., with teams playing Best of five matches. The four entrants Are the champions and runners up of the two divisions. Vii corps mini tournaments this weekend will replayed at  and Augsburg s Reese Cavern at at 10 30 . Sunday. Ansbach Aschaffenbur Bamberg. Nurnberg. Schweinfurt and Wurzburg will compete in the group tourney at . Augsburg. Bad Tolz gop Pingon Heilbronn Munich Neu Ulm. Schwabish Amund Schwabish Hall and Stuttgart arc scheduled for group b play at Augsburg. The 21st Talcom league winds up its regular season with Kaiserslautern hosting Worms and Wei Bruckn at Al Char Cavern on sunday. Parma sons plays Worms Al 10 .,  faces Worms at 11 . And a town meets Wei Bruckn at noon in men s matches. Women s games with the same three matchup arc scheduled for i ., 2 . And 3 . Softball slow pitch league play opens in v corps this weekend with five men s double headers and five women s twin Bills scheduled for both Days. On saturday bad Kreuz Nach visits Hanau. Baum Holder is at Giessen Wiesbaden Al Frankfurt Mainz a Fulda and Darmstadt Al Wil Flecken. Sunday s sched ule sends Frankfurt to Mainz bad Kreuz Nach to wild Flecken Wiesbaden to Fulda Gjessen to Darmstadt and Hanau to Baum older. Action starts with the first women s game at 11 ., followed by the opening men s game. The v corps league continues through july 16. 21sttaacom s preseason slow Pilch tournament a lot of experience. So he sums up his team s chances by saying we re nol Al inc  experience talking but talking Little. Tight lips and heavy fists arc this year s theme. V corps coach Dwight Moseley of Mainz an All  Boxer out of fort Hood. Texas would t commit to the time of Day let alone guarantee a title. It s a cat and mouse game he said As his entourage of four assistant coaches Hov ered about providing him More Security than advice. One assistant . Beard chimed. If anybody has any questions about us. You Tell Emlo Glove up. Moseley continued we Wanna be Semi Humble. We Don t Wanna give the of her coaches  they All did a Good Job Al that. Now it s . Sports Calendar will be held at Parma sons Hust crash Cavern Friday saturday and sunday with six men s teams and three women s teams competing. Action starts at 11 . Inc first two Days with the women s championship game set for 1 . Sunday followed by the men s title , Karlsruhe Nord deutschland Parma sons Worms and Wei Bruckn arc the men s entrants while Kaiserslautern Parma sons and Worms arc entered in the women s tourney. Both tournaments arc double elimination. The 21st opens league play may13. Distance running the Wiesbaden Community will hold its Spring tuneup to kilo ctr run saturday at the sports com plex on Wiesbaden air base. The run starts at 11 . And is open to All id card holders. Pc Rigi Starlion is $10 $11 on race Day until 10 45 . For More information Call 337-5943 civilian 06121 -78-5943. Automobile racing the grand prix of Monaco third round in the formula one world driving championship will be raced sunday on the famous Street circuit in downtown Monte Carlo. Formula one practice is scheduled for thursday and saturday with in limed sessions from 10 to 11 30 . Both Days and limed qualifying from i to2p.m. Practice for formula 3 cars and other categories is scheduled for thursday and Friday with the formula3 race slated for saturday afternoon. Sunday s grand prix of Monaco starts at 3 30 . With the race to consist of 78 laps Over the twisting and narrow streets a total distance of 161 Miles. The second round in the european championship for historic cars will take place on saturday and sunday on the Zand Vort circuit in the nether lands. The track is located just outside the North sea resort town of Zand Voort West of Amsterdam. Motorcycle racing the third round in the German National motorcycle championship series will be held sunday on the curb urging with races for All classes of motorcycles plus cycles with sidecars. Practice is scheduled for All Day saturday. The curb urging May be reached from the Koblenz Trier autobahn by exiting at Ulman curb urging. The fifth round in the european motorcycle racing championship will be held sunday on the Salz Burgering just East of Salzburg Austria with races for bikes in the 125, 250 and Soock divisions. Practice is scheduled for Friday and saturday. Motocross the fourth round in the world Motocross championship for 125cc cycles will be held sunday Al Oss the Netherlands with practice scheduled for sat urday. The town of Oss is located Midway Between  and a Hertogs Bosch. In Austria the third round in the world motor Cross championship for 250cc cycles will be held Sun Day at Wittendorf with practice on saturday. Sit Tyndorf is located Southwest of Vienna. Horse racing Holiday programs arc scheduled for thursday at two German tracks Dortmund and Hassloch. On saturday Munich and Krc fold will have racing and on sunday the Frankfurt Dusseldorf and Hanover tracks will be operating. Racing starts at 2   
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