European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b the stars and stripes monday june 15,1992 Road to Barcelon confident Griffin grabs 106 Crown by de Schuyler or. Worcester mass. A Light flyweight Eric Griffin has won two world championship Gold medals and is supremely confident he will get an olympic Gold. A i done to think there is anybody in the world that can beat me a the 24-year-old Griffin said after winning the 106-Pound championship at the . Olympic boxing trials. If it seems Griffin is cocky it should be noted that Griffin is 5-0 in bouts against Ernesto Marcel of Cuba the second ranked 106-Pounder in the world. Griffin of Jasper tenn., overwhelmed Mario Bueno of the army from fort Hua Chuca ariz., 70-16. In his semifinal and final bouts . Boxing trials was credited with 164 punches under the computer scoring system. Griffin can make the olympic team by beating the army a Bradley Martinez of fort Hua Chuca in the Box offs june 2628 at Phoenix. Griffin out pointed Martinez in the quarterfinals Here. Sergio Reyes and Paul Ayala who grew up together in fort Worth Texas had a sparse crowd in a uproar by staging a neighbourhood Brawl at 119 pounds. Reyes of the marines from Cample june n.c., beat Ayala 71-20. The decision was booed mainly because of the wide margin. Even Reyes said a i beat him but not by no 50  Pepe Reilly who finished a nine month suspension in March for testing positive for the anabolic steroid Zandro Lone won the 147-Pound title. Reilly of Glendale calif., who qualified for trials by winning the National Golden gloves title scored with counters and blows to the body for a 34-27 win Over Jesse Briseno of Kalamazoo Mich. Jeremy Williams of Long Beach calif., used a stiff left Jab and Good defense for a 36-17 win Over swarming Montell Griffin at 178 pounds. Griffin of Midway City calif., is the reigning National Champion. Chris Byrd son of . Olympic coach Joe Byrd won the 165-Pound title. The lanky left handed Byrd a three time . Champion from Flint Mich., jabbed and counter punched his Way to a 41-17 win Over Michael Demoss of the marines from Camp Lejeune. Dannell Nicholson of Chicago rocked James Johnson of Lawrence mass., with both hands to the head and won the 201-Pound title 47-17. Six More finals were to be held sunday. If a trials Champion beats a most noteworthy opponent in the Box offs on june 26 or 27, he makes the olympic team. If the opponent wins then there is another match june 28, with the Winner going to Barcelona. Other most noteworthy opponents will be Ayala at 119, Briseno at 147, Demoss at 165, Terry Mcgroom of Chicago at 178 and Bobby Harris of Worcester at 201. Mcgroom lost to Montell Griffin in the semifinals while Harris was beaten by Johnson also in the  flame lands in Spain Spain apr the olympic dusk saturday after a six Day Emp uries is flame arrived at dusk saturday alter a six Day crossing of the Mediterranean sea to begin a tour of Spain that ends at the summer games in Barcelona a Rowboat brought the flame onto the Beach at this ancient port 75 Miles North of Barcelona serenaded by a chorus and the haunting sound of to Unora oboe like instruments from this catalan Region of northeastern Spain. The flame then was used to Light a cauldron built on a Greco roman Wall More than 2,000 years old and that cauldron invited the first official Torch of the 43-Day relay. The first Torch was carried by Miquel Noguer a yachting Gold medallist at the 1980 Moscow olympics and the Only person of catalan origin to win an olympic event and by former Spanish Cross country Champion Carmen Valero. A protestor jumped on the Wall during the ceremony and draped a Banner saying a Freedom for catalan Yak on the statue holding the cauldron. It is the first of Many such banners expected during the olympics. A vocal minority of catalans want Independence from Spain. More than 25,000 people lined the Beach to Welcome the flame. The flame will cover 3,690 Miles on its trip around Spain. Among the 9,484 Torch runners and bicyclists will be 72-Ycar-old olympic chief Juan Antonio Sam ranch. The flame ignited by the suns rays a week ago in Olympia Greece will travel by plane ship and hydrofoil a As Well As on bicycle and foot a during its sojourn. The Cost of the relay which ends at the july 25 opening ceremonies in Barcelona is $10 million a half of which is being underwritten by corporations. The flame will be escorted at All times by 120 police and civil guardsmen arranged in three concentric Security  returns loses withdraws Neu Brandenburg Germany a Katrin Krabbe her future clouded by a drug investigation lost her first race saturday since German track officials lifted her four year suspension. Krabbe ran the 100-meter preliminary heat in 11.70 seconds to finish second behind fellow German Andrea Phillip who ran an 11.46. About 2,500 people and a huge Media contingent were at the meet in Krabbe a Hometown in Eastern Germany where she is still adored despite a scandal that May keep her out of the summer olympics. After losing the heat Krabbe decided to drop out of the finals and blamed the pressure from the Media spectacle. A i thank the spectators for their interest but the psychological pressure from the Media fuss is too great for me Here a she said. Phillip won the final in 11.34 seconds beating German Manuela Derr who ran an 11.66. Krabbe the world Champion in the 100 and 200 meters was making her Long awaited outdoor debut. The German track and Field federation suspended Krabbe and two other sprinters grit Breuer and Silke Moeller on feb. 15 after drug tests showed that their urine samples although drug free had come from the same person. Upon Appeal the federation on april 5 cleared the three of manipulating the tests and allowed them to compete in Germany. But the International Amateur athletics federation is now looking into the Case. That could keep Krabbe one of Germany Stop medal hopefuls out of the olympics. Krabbe 22, and the other two sprinters Are products of former East Germany a sports program which encouraged athletes to use performance enhancing drugs. Krabbe her two colleagues and Trainer Thomas Springstein have denied wrongdoing. The Magazine Der Spiegel in a Story for publication monday said Springstein reportedly gave the anabolic steroids without their knowledge. The Magazine quoted German businessman Theo Koenig As saying Springstein admitted exchanging the women a birth control pills for performance enhancing drugs then switched their urine samples so they  be caught. E runners Katrin Krabbe tries to relax after her debut  nips Zmeskal Keswick tops men Baltimore a Shannon Miller staked her claim As America s finest female gymnast by edging three time National Champion Kim Zmeskal and Scott Keswick won the menus Competition saturday in the olympic gymnastic trials. Keswick who finished fridays com Pul sories with a narrow Lead Over Chris Waller held onto the Lead throughout the optional. The top seven finishers qualified for the olympic team that will compete at Barcelona Spain next month. Keswick a Junior at Urcla finished with 116.022 Points. Waller who graduated from Urcla last year was second with 115.200. They will be joined on the . Gymnastics trials squad by 1992 National Champion John a Quot Iberger Quot _ 114.978trent Dimas 114.428do Roet Lisberger 114.978jair Lynch Minick Minicucci 114.394and Lance Ringnald 114.098. A clan a Chainey Umphrey 114.020 just missed by finishing eighth and Kurt Thomas 1976 olympian who had hoped to make a comeback at age 36, finished 16th. Scores were weighted by last months . Championships which accounted for 30 percent. Minicucci and Ringnald Are the Only male returnees from the 1988 team. On the women a Side Miller and Zmeskal will almost assuredly renew their rivalry at Barcelona. But for now they Are two of the eight women on the training squad that will work out in France next month. Six will make the final squad and one will be a travelling alternate. In addition to Miller 79.056 Points and Zmeskal 78.916kerri Strug 78.175dominque Dawes 77.908michelle Campi 77.860kim Kelly 77.801wendy Bruce 77,381 a at 19, the oldest member of the squad a and Betty Okino qualified for the training squad. Campius score was derived solely from last months nationals in which she finished third. She did no to compete this week after dislocating her Elbow during practice tuesday and undergoing surgery. Okino who finished second behind Zmeskal in the 1991 world championships missed the trials because of a stress fracture in three vertebrae. She petitioned successfully for a spot on the olympic training squad. Saturdays optional events comprised 40 percent of the Overall scores. In addition scores were weighted to include the nationals which counted for 30 percent. Zmeskal 16, won the nationals and Miller missed them because of an Elbow injury so her scores in the trials counted 100 percent. Miller established control on 1 thursday during the compulsory is and maintained that Lead even though Zmeskal opened saturdays Competition with a perfect score on the vault a the Only 10 of the trials and the eighth of her career