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Title Fighters Have Much 111 Common; Friendly Foes NEW YORK UT1 Carmen Basilio and Gene Fullmer, the two young bulli who battle for the middleweight title at San Fran cisco Friday night, have much in common. Both started boxing at the tender age of eight. Each have similar slugging styles. Each won and lost right back to Ray Robinson the now vacated title. Both are happily married rftime folks" who dote on their children. Each is an ardent hunlr a:J fiierman. i-Both arc breeders. tut there the similarity ends. For while Fullmer raises mink, Basilio breeds hunting dugs. It is, in a way, the story of the fight. Because come Friday the feeling in this corner is that it's going to be a bad night for the mink market and Fullmer well may feel like a future lady's Giant Boss Says Team Wpn't Beat Itself Out Of NL Pennant PITTSBURGH (LTD Take it from Bill Rigney, his San Fran cisco Giants are the scrappiest bunch he's ever managed and a team that won't beat itself out of the National League pennant. "Those other fellows are gon na' have to beat us," Rig warned prior to- Monday night's game against Pittsburgh, won by the Bucs, 6-0. The bespectacled and graying field boss of the Giants wouldn't make any flat predictions, but he appeared to be oozing with silent confidence. "Look at 'em out there," he pointed proudly to the Giant players taking warmup. "They're in high spirits. There's lots of kidding going on among them and that's a sign of a fighting ball club." Many Reasons For Success In analyzing his Giants. Rigney agreed that there were many factors that contributed to San Francisco's success this season, but he added a few of his own. "That boy at second base (Daryl Spencer) and the guy we have at third (Jackie Brandt) haven't got too much publicity. Standings Unttad Press International National League W. L. Pet. CB San Francisco 71 53 .573 . Los Angeles 69 58 .543 3'i Milwaukee 67 57 .540 4 Pittsburgh 65 61 .SIM 7 .Cincinnati 61 64 .4K8 W'i Chicago 59 4 .480 ll'-i St. Louis 57 70 .449 15'i Philadelphia 52 74 .413 20 Monday Night's Results .Los Angeles 8 Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 6 San Francisco 0 Chicago 3 Milwaukee 0 (Only games scheduled.) American League W. L. Pet. GB Chicago 74 48 .607 ... Cleveland 73 51 .589 2 New York 62 63 .496 13'i Baltimore 60 62 .492 14 betroU S 61 64 .488 144 Kansas City 58 66 .468 17 Boston 57 67 .46018 Washington 50 74 .403 25 ..'Monday's Results Baltimore 11 Detroit 0 Chicago 4 New York 2 , (Only games scheduled.) Pacific Coast League W. L. Pet. GB Salt Lake 72 62 .537 Vancouver . . 71 62 .534 4 San Diego . 68 65 .511 34 Portland . 67 65 .508 4 Spokane - 67 67 .500 5 Sacramento 65 68 .489 64 Seattle 63 69 .477 8 Phoenix 60 75 .444 124 Monday's Results Salt Lake 12 Phoenix 0 Vancouver 7 Portland 1 (Only games scheduled) Northwest League Standings ' '. . . . YW. L. Pet. GB. Wenatchee- 28 25 .528 .. Salem ' 28 26 .518 . 4 Yakima . : 28 27. .509 1 Eugena ' 28 29 .491 2 Lewiston 26 27 .490 2 Trl-City 25 29 .462 3 4 Monday's Results Salem -10 Eugene 9 Wenatchee 7 Lewiston 3 (Only games scheduled) but they deserve it. They've helped us plenty. "Brandt always was an out fielder in the majors, but when Jim Davenport got hurt" last week Jackie took over at third like he'd been there all his -life, His glove work has been excep tional. .Rigney also singled out short s!op Eddie Bressoud as "the guy who glued us together. He's hit timely for us and his defense play can t be questioned." Bressoud was inserted in the lineup on July 3 and has been tljere ever since. That's just about the time the Giants de clared themselves as a team to be reckoned with in the pennant crtase. All-Out Effort By Pitchers Turning to his pitching staff, Rigney said his "big five" of Johnny Antonelli. Sam Jones, Mike McCormick. Jack Sanford and Stu Miller have given him an ' all-out effort. Among them they had recorded 63 of San Francisco's 71 victories going in to Monday night's game. All but Miller take their regu lar turn in pitching rotation while SUi has been used as the "spot" starter. The Giant manager acknowl edged that the remainder of the schedule favors his team to a certain degree in that it has 18 home games to be played. "But the funny thing is that we haven't been a very good home team this season," he said. "Actually. I think we've been better on the road. Regardless of where the Giants play out the rest of their sched ule," Rigney feels certain that "it's gonna' be a pretty interest ing September." furpiece harried by Basilio's bea gle pack. Friendly Enemies Basilio and Fullmer are friendly "enemies." Each is highly complimentary of th other s courage and roughhousc ability. And this mutual admira tion may be the reason why. al though each lost the last duke to Robinson, both men voice the be lief that this will be their toughest fiRht. "I made just one mistake against Robinson the second time." Fullmer said today by tele phone from ban Francisco. "I let him hit me on the chin. It was the biggest error I ever made because anybody can knock you out with one shot if it lands just right." Basilio, Fullmer contended, is not a one-punch stopper. "But he'll be rougher than Rob inson because he fights three min utes of every round while you have to chase Robinson for two and one-half minutes of every rdund," claimed the 28-year-old Mormon mau.er from west Jor dan, Utah. Fullmer, who was named after Gene Tunney and idolizes Jack Dempsey, began boxing at eight while watching amateurs train in an old garage. At that age he stood on a table to punch the bag and shortly thereafter was box ing at "smokers." Football Too Rough "I played basketball and foot ball in high school," he said, "but they were too rough." So he devoted full time to box ing and won a number of ama teur titles before turning profes sional, lie had won 17 straight before entering the Army and serving 12 months of a two-year hitch in Korea. Basilio's story is mucn the same. Built along the same rugged lines. Carmen also came up through the amateurs, enlisted in the Marines at 17 and spent 24 months on Guam and at Pearl Harbor. Basilio has an edge in profes sional experience, at 32 having had 74 bouts of which he won 54, and lost 13 and kayoed 27. Full- mer in 53 bouts has won 49, lost four and flattened 21 rivals. HIA TUlMf HEADS NEW LEAGUE It has . been revealed that Branch Rickey (above), 77, has been named president of the Continental League, the proposed third major baseball league, and his con tract has been purchased from the Pittsburgh Pirates. , Dick Hall Dominates PCL 'Stats' SAN FRANCISCO (UPD-Dick Hall, whose slow-ball pitching has carried Salt Lake into first place in the Pacific Coast League, dom inates nearly all phases of pitch ing in official statistics released today. Hall's 16 wins are tops in the league, and combined with only four losses, give him an .800 per centage, which is also the league's best. His era. of 1.80 is low among league regulars and his six shutouts is also a league high. Ken Johnson's 212 innings pitched make him the league's hardest working hurler, while Dick Stigman of San Diego is strikeout king with 152. Earl Francis of Salt Lake has the dubious distinction of issuing the most walks, 93. Spokane outfielder Tom Davis led PCL batsman with a .342 average. Rotund Steve Bilko of Spokane moved into the home run lead with 25 and his 87 runs-batted in led in that department. Bilko won both titles in 1956 and 1957. He played last year in the major leagues. Davis' 182 hits put him far ahead in that department. Behind ,Davis in the batting averages came Seattle's Hal Be van and Salt Lake's Sam Miley at .333. Observer, La Grande, Ore., Tues., Aug. 25, 1959 Page 3 MONKEY ON HIS BACK GHILO OP 4Tue THr,- wnue MAYS L : ZTvtjH rum Lpfrf I I J, ATTZfUMNT J)t . VvJ JL : peo&.iM Jsyk tTpr Vim s TE t,YMJTaMA TIC iVii- T yvLi. is. Twr Yif-Jt- 1 Mt HASCt-V GUM "'""'"l'' 1 OUT FiSOM I f-'rjl 1 His CAP Avy AVXie v, I Roseburg Nine Gains Finals In Legion Baseball Tourney IIOSEBL'RG (I I'D IVe tournament favorite Hill, ings, Mont., bounced back Mon day night after a second round loss to einnmaic muse, lii.iliu. from the region 11 American Le gion Junior baseball tournament here with an 8-1 vie lory. Roseburg cinched a berth in tin. finul round by edging Seattle. 5-4. in the 0eiiing giin-.e o( tin night. Wally Lito smacked the fjrst home run of the tourney in the Billings second inning after Wayne Bell tripled and scored on a single by Bob Fry. l.ito's blast was an inside-t he-park home run, deep into the right field corner. Hillings scored four more runs in the third on lh-cc walks, two singles, a stolen base and a passed hall. I'ete Cochran tripled home the final llilluigs run in the sixth inning. Boise's lone tally came in the eighth. Bub Adams was hit by a pitched iball, stole second, and went to third on an infield out. He scored on another infield out. Billings will play Seattle to night tor the right to play un beaten Roseburg in the finals Wednesday. Roseburg e;lK'J the Seattle club, 5-4, us ce.iterfielder John Livingston stole home with the winning run in the top of the ninth. Livingston drove, in the tying run with a single. As he stole second base, an overthrow into centerlield allowed him to move to third. He then raced home with the winning score. Seattle bunched its scoring all into the third inning. Jim Harper led off with a double and prompt ly stole third base. Pitcher Bill lngersol tripled and scored on a single by Greg Thompson. John Gregory singled, and both he and Thompson scored on a double by first baseman Stu McDonald. Come Downlown Tomorrow Night For La Grande s Gala Fall Opening Pro Gridders Survive Week- End Tilts With No Injuries United Press International Apparently most of the Nation al Football League teams came out of last week-end's exhibition play without any serious injuries. "George Hulas. Chicago Bears' owner-coach, has stepped-up prac tice sessions for today and Wednesday before the squad pushes off for Houston. Tex., for a Saturday game with the Pitts burgh Steelers. Halas reported his squad in "good shape" after last Satur day's victory over the Philadel phia Eagles at Lynn, Mass. The chumpion Baltimore Colls, who whipped ,tho New York Giants in the Cotton Howl last Friday, were back at their train ing base in Westminster, Md., prepping for a Friday night game with the Washington Redskins in Baltimore's Memorial Coliseum. Del Shofner, who suffered a charley horse against the Red skins in Los Angeles last Friday night, will be ready to play again Saturday when the Rams meet the undefeated Chicago Cardinals joyed a day off Monday but are expected to resume head knock ing today. The Detroit Lions cut five play ers from their roster, including Tom liychlec, who made the club last year alter a year in the Army. The others cut all were newcomers halfback Carl Smith of Tennessee, guard Harry Jacobs of Bradley, linebacker Jim Bald win of Murray State and center Dan Mc Grew of Purdue. Smith was the highest draft choice" to be dropped. He was picked on the ninth round. The Lions play the Giants In Detroit Friday night. CANADIAN SECTION SET TORONTO (L'PI) A team made up of Tom Gayford, Toron to; Brian Hcrbinson, King, Out.; Jim Elder, Aurora, Ont., and Norman Elder, Toronto, will rep resent Canuda in the questrian events at the Pan American Games in Chicago, beginning at Los Angeles. The Rams en- Aug. 27. 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