European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 04, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 the stars and stripes sports monday september 4,1995 Bruno finally captures title  =. A  / Wembley England a despite having a suspect Chin and a robotic fighting style Frank Bruno deserves Praise for. Persistence. The 33-year-old British fighter sparked a carnival Atmo sphere in his country saturday night by winning a world heavy weight title in his fourth attempt with a unanimous decision Over Oliver Mccall before 23,000 at Wembley stadium fourteen years you can t beat that for  Bruno said. Now i have the championship Belt and no one can take it  it was the first time in history a British born fighter won the title in a British ring. Bob Fitz Simmons won it in 1897 in the United states and Lennox Lewis was handed the wac Belt after Riddick Bowe had dumped it in a garbage can. Loser to Tim Witherspoon in 1986, make Tyson in 89 and Lewis two years ago Bruno in his 14th year As a pro improved his record to 40-4 with 38 Knock outs v " judge Malcolm Bulner of Australia scored the fight 115 113, while Newton Campos of Brazil and Fay Solis of mexi Doi had it 117-11-1. Mccall who won the title from Lewis by knocking him out in two rounds a year ago had. One successful defense a Deci Short Over Larry Holmes in april. The Chicago fighter who weighed 234, had to protect swelling under his left Eye for 11 rounds after being jolted by a big right hand in the first round. Bruno got through with a left hand 30 seconds from the end of the seventh round but Mccall 25-6 sliced a straight right through to Bruno s suspect Chin. Bruno weighing 247, puzzled his army of fans by fighting left handed for the second half of the eighth round appearing to keep his left hand out of action. But he had the fans cheering again in the Lith with an upper Cut that sent the Champion s head up. But Mccall then went on All out attack in the 12th. On the same card Virgil Hill of Firgo n.d., gained a unania Frank Bruno scores with a left against Oliver Mccall who lost his wac heavyweight title to the briton. Mous decision Over Drake Thad i a Malawi born fighter based in Canada to retain his Juba Light heavyweight title for the eighth time. J Britain s Nigel Benn knocked out Danny Ray Perez of Albuquerque n.m., in the seventh round to defend his wac  middleweight title for the ninth time. -.,. V. Dominguez retains Crown go Alega Baychu Argen Tina Marcelo Dominguez of Argentina retained his wac cruiserweight title saturday night when he stopped Miami based Argentine Reynaldo Gimenez in the 12th round. Dominguez knocked. Down Gimenez with a hard right in the last round. The fight continued after an 8-Couni, but Gimenez s second stepped in to end the bout. Dominguez 25, is 18-1-1 with 10 knockouts. Gimenez is 19-5-2. Rookie Bailey hurls up skies into 1 by the associated press Colorado Rookie Roger Bailey exceeded his modest goal. R All i was trying to do was hold them scoreless for five innings Bailey said after the visiting Rockies beat the St. Louis cardinals 6-1 saturday night. In fact Bailey s shutout lasted until the ninth inning when Ray Lankford homered with one out. Bailey 7-5 is 4-0 since he became a starter aug. 17. The 24-year old right hander allowed five hits walked three arid struck out four. With los Angeles losing to Montreal Colorado took a half game Lead Over the dodgers in the no West. Colorado which broke the game open with a five run seventh inning had dropped four straight to the cardinals. After Bailey retired nine in a Row the string was broken when Ray Lankford led off the ninth with his 17th Home run of the season. St Louis starter Allen Watson 5-7 allowed three runs on two hits and seven walks in 6 a innings. In other games saturday expos 9, dodgers 8 Sean Berry had three hits including a two run Homer As visiting Montreal held off los Angeles and dropped the dodgers into second place. Montreal left hander Kirk Rueter 2 shrugged off a base path collision with. Dodgers reliever Joey Eischen in the. Top of the fifth and collected the win. After Mike Lansing s two run double made it 9-4, the expos bullpen nearly wasted Rueter s Effort in the eighth when the Dodge ers made it 9-8 on a bases loaded rib groundnut by Delino de Shields and a Pinch three run Homer by Carlos Hernandez. Mel Rojas pitched the ninth for his 26th save striking out Mike Piazza and Eric Karros then getting Raul Mondesi who had homered twice on a groundnut. Giants 5, mets 3 Mark Leonard hit a three run Homer in his first at Bat of the season and ser Gio Valdez 2-3 threw a four hitter As san Francisco beat visiting new York. Leonard who spent the entire season at triple a Phoenix of the Pacific coast league was recalled Friday. Barry Bonds added an rib double and a triple for the giants. Padres 6, Phillies 5,11 innings Brian Johnson made a headfirst slide into first on an infield hit with two outs in the Lith inning to give san Diego the win after blowing a ninth inning Lead. Andy Van Slyke hit a Solo Homer with two puts in the ninth tying it at 5 for the visiting Phillies / pirates 11, reds 8 Rick White 1-1 won for the first time in More than a year helping him self with an rib double during a seven run seventh inning that gave Pittsburgh a Victory at Cincinnati. Jay Bell had four hits and Orlando Merced and Angelo Encarnacion had three apiece for the pirates. The reds scored five times in the Jimmh capped by Eddie Taubensee s two run Homer. Yanks win 5th straight on by the associated press Jack Mcdowell engaging in a verbal Battle with Rickey Henderson in the Middle of the game pitched two hit Ball for eight innings saturday and new York beat the Oakland athletics 5-0 for the Yankees fifth straight Victory " Mcdowell 12-10 struck out nine at Yankee stadium including Henderson on a called third strike in the sixth. Henderson stood at Home plate for a a Milgi moment before getting into a shouting.  match with Mcdowell. The players began to move toward each other and plate Umpire de Hickox and Yankee Catcher Mike Stanley stood Between them. Some players spilled on to the Field briefly but no blows were struck. Henderson was walked to the a s dugout by Umpire Crew chief John Shulock and there were no ejections. Bob Wickman pitched a witless ninth to Complete the combined shutout. Paul o Neill singled off the Center Field Wall in the sixth to drive in the game s first run. Randy Velarde s rib sin Gle in the seventh made it 2-0. Williams hit a two run sin Gle and Stanle singled to Cap a three run eighth. In other games saturday red sox 5, Angels 4 Al West leading California lost its eighth straight game Asmo. Vaughn s two run double and Jose canse co s 2.1st Home run led Boston to a Fenway Park Victory. The Angels have dropped 11 of their last 12. Orioles 3, mariners 2 Jeff Huson s two run single in the sixth inning broke a tie and Baltimore ended a six game Home losing Streak by beating Seattle. Edgar Martinez hit his 26th Homer for the mariners. Tigers3, indians Cleveland s nine game winning Streak ended when John Flaherty s rib double in the sixth inning broke a tie and gave Detroit a Victory at Home. John Doherty earned his fourth save with three shut out innings in Relief of Felipe lira 9-9. Cubs 6, braves 4 Samreny Sosa homered twice and reached 100 Bis for the first time in his career leading Chicago Over Atlanta. Jaime Navarro 13-5 became the first Pitcher to beat the braves in consecutive starts this season. Visiting Chicago won its fourth in a Row. / Sosa also doubled and drove in four runs giving him 101 Bis. He hit a Solo shot in the third off Steve Avery 6-11 and slugged a two run drive his 32nd, in the seventh off Alejandro Pena. Shawon Dunston and Brian Mcrae also homered for the cubs. Fred Mcgriff hit his 22nd Homer and Mike Devereaux slugged his first for Atlanta. Astros 10, marlins 8 Jeff Bagwell homered As Houston built an Early eight run Lead then Pinch hitter Tony Eusobio hit a two run Homer in the eighth inning for the Host astros. Bagwell hit a Solo Homer in the fifth for an 8-0 Lead. The marlins rallied to tic  8 behind Gary Sheffield homered and drove in three runs. I shutout twins 6, Brewers 5 Kirby Puckett hit his. 20th Homer to Lead off the Bot Tom of the ninth inning As Minnesota sent Milwaukee to its fifth straight loss. The twins extended their sea son Best winning Streak to five rangers 4, royals 1 Roger Pavlik 7-9 broke his three game losing Streak and Candy Maldonado homered in his second at Bat for Texas As the rangers beat visiting Kansas City to Stop a five game losing skid. Maldonado acquired thursday from Toronto hit a 3-2 pitch from starter Dave Fleming 1-6 into the rangers bullpen leading off the fifth. White sox 10, Blue jays 4 Lance Johnson got four hits scored four runs and stole three bases As Chicago beat visiting Toronto. Johnson who tripled twice had his sixth four hit game of the season. The win was the fourth straight for Chi Cago while Toronto lost its sixth in a Row