European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday May 6, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 Vii corps dominates semis writer Mannheim West Germany the Road to Gold at this year s Usa eur boning championship weaves through wet Ryburg Schweinfurt Stuttgart Etc. Vii corps. Through 12 of Friday s 16 semifinal bouts Vii corps has landed boxers in eight of sunday s 12 championship tights with a shot at placing boxers in 11 title bouts. Among the three returning champs to see Early action Only the 21st Talcom s 156-Poundcr Mark Lanton moved on. Lanton came out blasting against Vii corps Jonas Grice of Stuttgart for two eight counts in the first round. The body shots Hurt him said Lanton. I figured d work the body and slow him Down in round two and but by the end of round two things settled , though not Rock steady landed several stiff jabs. He started throwing different combinations. I picked up on it later. He Kinda confused me said Lanton. The two settled into a finesse Mode in the final round Grice pursuing Lanton. Lanton countering. I be gotten Strong since i went to All army trials in january said Lanton has been the Usa eur welterweight Champion in 1985, 86 and 88. Vii corps Success was t without it s controversy. After 125-Pound Edwin Delgado decision Ned v corps Hiram Morales v corps coach Dwight Moscic by steamed. They re officials Are choosing they want to go into the finals Mosc Lcy said. Every punch Delgado threw was a but How about that second round Delgado right that floored Morales Morales he threw a combination he got caught he went Down he got up and he took the rest of the fight said Mosc Lcy. Delgado said plainly whoever wins it Don t mat Ter. I just Vii corps coach Al Johnson said when my people lost did i complain heartburn ii came As Schweinfurt s Thomas Wil army Boxin Ham decision Ned v corps Michael Turner of Bautin Holder. Though no words were heard from the entourage of v corps boxers at Turner s Corner the glares of disgust were there. But All was t controversial. Nurnberg s James Crisp cracked v corps Kenneth Moore of Mainz at 1 13 of the second round in the 165-Pound fight. Clean Cut and simple. Right hand lands and referee Al Robinson says enough. Crisp faces v corps Louis Depp of Gic Ssan for the title. Depp stopped the 21st Talcom s Walter Muchl Bauer at 1 59 of the first round. Schweinfurt s Elden Woodland landed a big chunk of Wood 1 18 into the second round of his Light welterweight fight to Stop Mannheim s Billy travers. No questions asked. Woodland landed a tree and travers went Down like a two by four. I just threw it and it hit him Woodland said of Fth punch a Short but lethal straight left he uncorked As the two crawled in Side. Travers took it in stride after his coach . Ross climbed to the apron of the ring and waved the fight off. I just fought a Good fighter travers said. He s got a lot of Good Woodland a Chapel s assistant offered his own Praise of travers. He s a Good fighter. Travers is Strong but he did t hit upset special of the night was turned in by Vii corps Abel Rodriguez of Ansbach manhandled corps Thomas Green last year s 125-Pound usar eur Champion from Hanau. The Southpaw Rodriguez established firm control in the second round by Landing sweeping rights and Crisp straight lefts. At one Point the fighter slugged nonstop for 20 seconds slowly working their Way around the ring. Woodland then Rodriguez hit the Button with a left which slightly dazed Green. Green came out heavy in third round but Rodriguez just out muscled him. When i go to fight i m in shape to fight anybody in my weight class said Rodriguez added. Some Day you la Sec me on to with a Aba or wac Belt around my Vii corps suffered a setback in the 139-Pound Battle As Joseph Hoskins of Wurzburg last year s 132-Pound Champion was disqualified by referee de Coughlin for numerous holding violations in a bout against v corps Edward Robertson of Fulda. V corps Only other Early Winner was nato Garcia of Dix him a sub Community of bad or Cugnach. Garcia stopped Vii corps Clifford Graham of As Schaffenburg at 2 22 of the first round to earn a title shot at Delgado. Said Garcia of his win it was my Hook and straight Graham a Southpaw crumbled like a Cracker under Garcia s steady smothering of left Hooks and straight rights. I went ahead and put him out because i did t want to keep pounding him said Garcia of Fth telltale left Hook and right. My left was Strong i seen it in his eyes Garcia said. But Graham begged to differ. He caught me with about two left Hooks and never Hurt me. It was a straight right hand that said Graham. He just caught me with a Good shot. He got Good timing. But 1 Wanna let him know i can hit just As hard As he maybe next year. V corps earned another win As Terry Williams of Baum older lowered the Boom on Vii corps Jeffery Austin of Bamburg at 2 16 of the third round in the 147-Pound semifinal. Williams will meet the 21st Talcom s Duclas Bron son for the title. Bronson beat teammate Adrian Johnson to open the door to the finals. Harry Washington outlasted Vii corps Adrian me Kenzie to set up the 132-Pound title showdown against Rodriguez. Larry Fleishcer in 1975 Larry be Sfier Dies of 58 new York a Larry Flisher founded the Aba players association and As an agent represented some of the big Gest names in the sport collapsed and died thursday following a Squash game. He was 58. Fleishcer was stricken in the locker room at the new York athletic club the Aba said and was taken to Roosevelt Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 2 38 . Under Fleisher s leadership of 26 years Aba players became some of Fth highest paid in sports. Neu Ulm Giessen bowlers cling to leads in Abc tourney by Walt Morrissette staff writer ludwigs Burg West Germany All events Leader Steve Bair and teammates red Bradley Dave Shadic and Doug Perkins of the ecu Ulm outlaws were one squad away Friday from the team title in the american Bowling Congress All stars championships at the King pin Center in Pattonville. Ron Nealis and Bennie Johnson of Gic Ssan arc still atop the doubles Leader Board at 2533 after the second squad doubles ended Friday. However two pairs scrambled into the top 10 Friday. Taking third was the Ramstein duo of Kevin Lewis 651-5561207 and Mark Stanfield 602-5701172. They have a 2379 total and a 198.25 average topped by Lewis 221 in the first game. Moving into seventh place were Mike Abies and Ron Randall from Spang Dahlum. Abies 494-5961090 and Randall 595-6651260 combined for a 2350 total and a 195.83 average. Randall s 259 sixth game paced the duo. The outlaws were still in first place with 4586 pins after the 35-Tcam con Tingent in the second squad rolled thursday. Last year s team Champion Ramstein inn was still second with 4568 pins. The Darmstadt travellers came in thursday night and killed 4527 pins to take third place and Knock Stuttgart beneficial and the Rhein main Cru sirs Down into a tie for fourth with 4486 pins. The travellers were paced by Rich Ard Bjornas whose 507-6971204 included a 697 second set that was one pin off Ramstein Bowler Damian Este Viz High series. Bjornas Strung out games of 207,265 and 225 in that set. Backing up Bjornas were Dennisia Zublick 566-6361202michael Ellis 499-5551054 and Shelton Beach 549-5181067. The Worms equalizers cracked the top 10 thursday. The 4450 posted by Rick Holmes 1028rob Rhou 1134woody Powell 1140 and Roy Jones 1148 was Good enough for the eighth spot. The 60 teams in the third and final squad will compete sunday. That s when the outlaws will find out if the will split the first place loot of $845and when runner up Ramstein inn will find out if it will get the $609 Sec Ond place prize. Strikes and spares Hanau s 32-Lanc Stalc of the Art Hesson bowl will Host the 1990 masters tournament director Oskar Linz said. Bowlers will Sec a Shorter faster tournament because of the eight extra lanes. This will allow Linz and his staff to stage the Abc in six Days instead of the current nine Day format. Bowlers will Sec a faster crisper masters tournament May 13-14, Linz said. The european masters is switch ing to a Aba Stylc one game show Down in match play leading up to a two game final. Match play was two games in previous tournaments. This will make the bowlers concen trate from the first Ball on Lenz said. He knows there arc no second chances. It will also be More inter Esting to the fans because they won t spend several hours watching the same Stuttgart s singles Leader Steve Cook will pocket the $260 first prize unless someone in the final squad surpasses his 221.1 in the singles. Hell find out on tuesday. The sin Gles runner up gels $215. About $3,700 in prize Money will be awarded in each of the categories team doubles and single Sand a local car Dealership has put $1,000 for the Bowler fires the tournament s first Ever 300 game
