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f 4kMsmmm m, ii. dill iiT'"1" , . (AP Wlrephoto) BOTH MLV DOWN Middleweight champion Carl "Bobo" Olson, foreground, and challenger Rocky Castellani both go down during the 11th round of their title fight Friday night. Olson arose and floored Castellani in the 12th to win a unanimous decision. Olson Retains Ring Title Both Thought j 1 Had Him : SAN FRANCISCO Wl It wasn't so much when he hit the canvas but it was a surprise when the other guy came back so strongly. That's what middleweight champion Carl "Bobo" Olson said. And that's what challenger Rocky Castellani said. Both were talking about Friday night's title fight in the Cow Palace. "It was more of a slip" when he sat down for a three-count in the 11th, Olson said after his successful 15-round title de fense. "Our feet tangled and I got hit at the same time." "I thought I had him," Rocky said. Castellani was down for the nine count in the 12th, but In sisted he could have gotten up at the count of two. "I thought I had him," said Olson, "but he was too strong." Catellani's manager, Al Naiman, said Olson is "a great champion" but is "purely a mechanical fighter who is always in good condition." Naiman made some rather vague remarks about bringing suit against the champion and his manager, Sid Flaherty, to have the title vacated and given to Castellani because Olson didn't make the 160-pound limit at the 10 a.m. weigh-in. Olson needed an extra 50 minutes to get down to the legal limit. Olson said that Castellani "depended too much on his cor ner." "Whenever we fought near his side of the ring I could hear his manager shout 'go ahead, go ahead' and when he spurted I was expecting it and ready for it." And Olson just wasn't a-kiddin'. Castellani's corner was crowded with no less than five han dlers plus Naiman and an assistant. Throughout Castellani was conscious of his corner, tossing inquisitive glances after every flurry. Olson, who won over welterweight champion Kid Gavilan in his last title defense, said the Keed "was a much smarter fighter" than Castellani. But Castellani was right there to say Olson was the best man "I have ever fought." He said he hoped for a rematch. Manager Naiman, a wealthy Cleveland contractor, was quick to say he would put up a second $125,000 guarantee for such a fight. Olson's managerial brain, Flaherty, was less enthusiastic, but he said he would go for the fight for "the same sort of money." He said plans for the champ were uncertain. He is meeting with 1BC chief Jim Norris Sunday "to talk a few things over." Ducks Defeat Tigers 74-54 BANGKOK OPi The University of Oregon basketball team tamed the Bangkok "Five Tigers" Sat urday night 74-54, bringing its Far Eastern tour mark to seven wins against one loss. Jerry Ross of Porlland was high scorer with 13 points. The Webfoots play one more game in Bangkok, Sunday night. Monongahela Wins PONY Baseball Title WASHINGTON, Pa. ATI The lhird championship effort proved to be the charm for the "wll'iz kids" from Monongahela, Pa., who carried the PONY League's natmnn I trnnhv home Saturday after notching a perfect record in the leagues World series here. The champs made a clean sweep of their four games in the double elimination tourney Fri day by smothering Chicago, 8-2, with power at the plate and the four-hit pitching of southpaw George "Butch" rotors, who fan ned 14. Monongahela's quest for the league title was frustrated last year when they were eliminated in the final round by Fairmont, W. Va. In 1952, they lost their bid for the Little League World Series title at Williamsport, Ta., with a team which included seven of their championship starters. Opener October 16 On Hunting Grounds PORTLAND (IP Hunting on Oregon Stale Game Commission preserves will open Oct. 18, the commission announced Saturday. Closing dates will be Dec. 5 for the Warner valley and Malheur public shooting grounds and Jan. 3 at Sauvies island. Shooting will he permitted throughout the waterfowl season in the Summer lake shooting area POLO VICTOR OSWEGO an The Portland de feated San Francisco. 5-4, here Friday In a polo match. Major Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE Batting Noren, New York, .3.18: Mtnoso, Chicago, .3.11; Avlla, Cleve land, .326; Fox, Chicago, .323; Mantle, New York, .320. Runs batted In Doby, Cleveland, 97; Berra, New York, 91; Mlnoso, Chi cago and Mantle. New York. 90; Jen sen, Boston, Roen, Cleveland and Stevers, Washington, 87. Home runs Doby. Cleveland, 27 Mantle, New York, 26; Williams. Bos- Ion. 22; Rosen. Cleveland and stevers, Washington, 21. Pitching 10 decisions Feller, Cleveland. 11-2. .846; Cnnsuegra, Chi. cago. 15-3, .833; Lemon, Cleveland, 17- 5, .773; Reyonlds, New York, 1U.3, .76a Grim, New York, 16-5, .762. NATIONAL LEAGUE Ratting Snider, Brooklyn. .353: Muslal, St. Louis. .344; Mueller and .Mays, iew lorn, .sm; moon, si Louis. .327. Runs batted In Muslal. St. Louis, 110: Snider. Brook vn. Ill: Hodges, Brooklyn and Kluszewskl, Cincinnati, 96: Mays. New York. 91. Home runs Mays. New York, 37; Kluszewskl. Cincinnati. 36: Saner. Chicago. .13; Hodges. Brooklyn, Math ews, Milwaukee and Muslal, St. Louis, 32. Pitching 10 decisions Antonelll, New York, 18-3, .857: Loes. Brooklyn. 9-3. .750: Nlixhall, Cincinnati. 7-3. .700; Mever. Brooklyn. 9-4, .692; Lawrence, St. Louts, 11 5, .688. Metro Squad Chosen Over State Shriners PORTLAND OPi The heavier Metropolitan team ruled as a slight favorite over the State squad, winner of the last three Shrine All-Star games, in the 7th annual charity high school foot hall contest Saturday night at Multnomah Stadium. The game starts at 8:30 p.m. with a pre-game marching pageant slated to start at 7:45 p.m. Because of their beef, the Metro squad has been given a slight edge in pre-game predic tions by local sports writers, al though Coach Mel Ingram of the State team said his charges were in fine physical condition and were mentally alerted to preserve their victory string. SNYDER NAMED VILLANOVA, Pa. M - Bob .Snyder, one-lime star for the Clii jcaqo Bears, has been named i backfield coach at Villanova Uni jversity. Snyder coached Ihe Cal gary Stampedcrs of Canada's i Western Inlerprovincial League 'last year. Unanimous Nod Over Castellani Earns $125,000 SAN FRANCISCO IIH Carl Bobo" Olson shuffled home to his wife and four kiddies Satur day with the world's middle weight crown still on his balding head and $125,000 stuffed into his back pocket. That's what the relentless Ha waiian picked up Friday night for chopping out a unanimous 15- round decision over Rocky Cas tellani of Cleveland, Ohio, before a crowd of 11,873 at the Cow Pal ace. It marked the second time that Olson had defended his title since he defeated Randy Turpin of Great Britain for the cham pionship last October. Castellani got the leavings of Olson's healthy guarantee 60 per cent of the net gate receipts, which grossed $121,470 plus an other 60 per cent of radio and TV rights. These went for about $75,000. The bout bore some overtones of the Olson-Kid Gavilan meeting in Chicago last April. The Cuban Kid asserted that a bruised right hand thwarted his bid for the title and Castellani came out of Friday night's mill claiming a fractured left thumb. Rocky said he cracked it in the second round against Olson's el bow. Dr. Don Lastretto, state Athletic Commission physician, said that the challenger had suf fered a "chipped fracture of the left thumb" and called for an X ray. But this handicap did not ston the kid from the coal mines of Luzerne, Pa., from fighting his kind of a fight back oedallinB from the pressing Olson and cut ting loose at times with desper ate counter punches. Highlights of the fight were packed in the 11th and 12th rounds. As they came out for the 11th Rocky let fly with a right and before anyone realized it, the startled champion was sitting on the seat of his pants. Rocky tripped over Olson's leg and his glove touched the canvas, but he was up immediately. Bobo scrambled as quickly as he could to his feet, which re quired a three-count, and pro ceeded to give Rocky all he could handle for the rest of the round. Bobo claimed later that their feet got tangled up and he was caught and hit off balance. In the 12th Bobo applied a crusher. A long overhand right iouncl Rocky s jaw and sent him crashing to the canvas. The game Rocky needed and look a nine-count, and to his credit, fought out Ihe round like a wounded tiger. But his hopes faded from that point on. The unanimous verdict was automatic. Referee Ray Flores called it 89-76 under California's 11 points per round scoring sys tem. Judge Fred Apostoli had it 85-80 and Judge Jack Downey scored 87ii-77s. The AP made it 89 4 -75 '2. Both fighters weighed 160 pounds and overtones from Fri day morning's hassle on the scales continued to echo around the drafty pavilion where the fight ; was staged. Al Naiman. Castellani's mana ger, insisted that Olson lost the ; title on the scales when he fail ;ed to make Ihe weight in his ; first attempt. Naiman added he Was all for a rematch in San Francisco offering the champion : another $125,000. Cardinals Favored SPOKANE M The Chicago Cardinals professional football team were slight favorites to win their exhibition game with the New York Giants here Saturday. The Cards defeated their cross town rivals, Ihe Chicago Bears, 10-0 in their last exhibition outing. Tribe Boosts Gap; Milwaukee Drops Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Sat., Aug. 21, 1954 Geertsen 24 Strokes Behind Geiberger Tops Jaycee Golfers By J. D. KAILER ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. Allen Geiberger, Santa Barbara, who took over the lead in the 9th annual International Jaycee golf tourney Thursday with a 72, managed to retain the lead despite a 77, five over par, Friday. His aggregate 222 is three strokes better than the 225 by his nearest rival and fellow Californiah, Phil Rod gers of San Diego, the tourney medalist who also had a 77 Friday. Gary Geertsen of Eugene, only Orcgonian to qualify, hit the 80's for the third straight time and posted an 81 Friday for an aggregate 246, far off the pace, 24 strokes behind the leader. Hugh Paterson, of Toronto, Can., slipped into the third posi tion With a 72-79-75226, while Mike Kosar of Cuyahoga Falls, O., Jacky Cupit of Gregton, Tex., and Bob Pratt of Las Vegas, Nev., were tied at 227. Jack Rule of Waterloo, la., one of the youngest players in the tourney and also one of the pre play favorites, was next with a 228. Four double - bogeys, Ihe re sults of pushing two irons and landing in depressions, ruined what could have been Geersten's best round. Gary picked up bird ies on the long 505-yard No. 7, plus the 150-yard 11th, where he missed an ace by six inches. "My tee game came around in good style, putting was all right and my approaches were con sistent," Geersten said. "But those double-bogeys got me. Did n't think out my shots." Aussies Lead Cunada Cup MONTREAL UP) The Austra lian pair of Peter Thomson and Kelvin Nagle took the opening lead Friday as play got under way in the second annual Can ada cup golf competition. The Aussies stormed over the 6,589 yards of the tree-studded Laval-surle-lac Club course in a total of 137 strokes to take a four below par lead over Can ada. Thomson, the ever-smiling win ner of the recent British Open, posted 35-35-69 while Nagle, his unknown teammate, had 35-33-68. Stan Leonard of Vancouver pull ed Canada into second place with a 34-32-66, the day's best round. Jules Huot, host pro, had 40-35-75. Sam Snead, world's richest hill billy, couldn't get his irons to function properly and he used up 74 strokes while Jim Demaret putted his way to a two-below par 70. That gave the U. S team 144 and put it in a four way tie for sixth. Three Share Lead In Esmeralda Golf SPOKANE Wi Three profes. sionals were tied in the lead Sat- day entering the second round of the $2,950 Esmerelda Golf Tournament. Joe Durgan of Spokane and Bob Duden and Tom Boucher, of Portland, fired three-under-par 68's in the opening round Friday to lake a one-stroke lead over the field. Bunched behind them were Joe Greer, Yakima. Ockie Eliason and Ken Still, both of Tacoma, all with 69s, and Bud Ward, San Mateo. Calif., and Bud Hofmeis ter, Hayden Lake, Idaho, wilh 70s. Cooper Tops Tourney At Halfway Mark FORT WAYNE, Ind. IIH - The chase for $2,400 first place money in Ihe annual Fort Wayne Open golf championship remained wide open as Ihe 60 top pros and 10 leading amateurs went the final 36 holes Saturday and Sunday. Pele Cooper, Tampa, Fla., who hasn't won a major tournament since capturing the St. Petersburg Open in 1949, was the halfway leader wilh a nine-under par 135. Two Canadian pros breathed down his neck with 136s Jerry Kesselring, Kitchener, Ont., and Jtudy Horvath, Windsor, Ont. Rain Delays ABC PORTLAND W A scheduled double-header in the American Baseball Congress tournament here was postponed Friday night for the second straight time be cause of wet grounds. So. barring a damp turn to the weather, the Portland American Legion All Stars will meet Gaston, and Port land's Archer Blower and . Pipe will clash wilh Hood River Satur day night in games originally scheduled for Thursday night. Krause Victor For Senators W1I. W L ret. .627 .592 .581 .568 .548 .382 .320 Lewlston 32 19 Yakima 29 20 Salem 25 18 Vancouver 25 19 Edmonton 25 21 Trl-Clty 17 30 Wenatchee 18 34 Friday's Results Salem 5-7, Edmonton z-z Wenatchee 7, Lewtston 8 Yakima 3-6, Trl-Clty 1-9 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Yakima Bears, making a stretch run to overtake Lewiston the Western International League pennant chase, closed to within two games of the Broncos Friday night but muffed a chance to scoot even closer. The Broncos, who have been finding the going tougher as the season moves along, took a 7 beating from tag-end Wenatchee while Yakima had to settle for a split wilh Tri-City, taking the opener, 3-1, and losing the 13 inning nightcap, 9-6. In the only other aclion of the night, the Salem Senators ham mered out a double decision over Edmonton, 5-2 and 7-2. The Van couver Capilanos had the night off. The Senators exploded for seven runs in the lop of the ninth to take the second-game decision from Edmonton after trailing all the way. Three Salem players were sent to the showers via the rhubarb route. First baseman Harry Warner and his companion at third, Bob Kellogg, were sent to the show ers in the second game by plate Umpire Mel Steiner for protest ing a called third strike on Kell ogg. Pitcher Jon Briggs joined them in the seventh when he protested too strongly a ruling that Whitey Thomson's bunt single was good. Mel Krause came in from cen terfield to finish the hurling job and got credit for the win. At tendance was 1,179 paid. Willamette Valley Golf Tourney Sunday Four local golf teams will tee off at 8 a. m. Sunday at Laurel- wood in the annual Willamette Valley team and individual cham pionships. The tourney had pre viously been scheduled for the spring. Eugene, Oakway, Cottage Grove and the host Laurelwood clubs will have eight-man teams. Bend is a tentative entry. Aggre gate gross scores for all eight players will determine the cham pionship. The tourney, usually a 36-hole event, will be held to 18 holes. FREE -FREE ONE LUBE JOB ABSOLUTELY FREE FOR EVERY NEW FEDERAL TIRE SOLD ALL TIRES UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED! Dow's Associated 6th & Blair Now under new management. 51. L. Dow Invites all his old friends to drop In and see him. Chisox Remain In Flag Chase NATIONAL W L New York - 'J Brooklyn JJ Milwaukee ?" Cincinnati z Philadelphia 56 61 St. Louis "j Chicago f Pittsburgh ' Pet. .627 .608 .473 .488 .479 .471 .392 .367 Friday's Besuiis Chicago 3, Milwaukee i New York 4, Pittsburgh 0 Brooklyn 6. Philadelphia i Cincinnati 3, St. Louis 2 nimirAV W I, Pel. Cleveland 86 34 .717 New York 83 38 .686 K.g0 .:.::::.-.. Delroit 53 67 .442 Boston ' Washington 49 6B .419 Philadelphia 39 79 .331 Ra t more Friday's Results Boston 4, New Torn j Chicago 8, Detroit 2 Cleveland 7, Baltimore S Wash, at Philadelphia, postponed. By ASSOCIATED PRESS Somebody must have forgotten to tell the Chicago wniie sox they are out of the American League pennant race. The go-go boys are DacK in high gear with a five-game win ning streak and breezing as if they thought they still had a chance. Mathematically, they're rignt. The figures show the Sox still could overhaul both the second- place New York Yankees and the league-leading Cleveland Indians. Two of the team's brigmest ,ln crxtflslarl in Fl-iltoV night's 8-2 victory at Detroit. I Virgil Trucks struck out six and scattered nine hits in becom ing the first American League pitcher to win 18 games. Minnie Minoso moved within five points of the league batting lead with a run-scoring triple that raised his average to .331. Cleveland defeated Baltimore 7-2 and gained a full game on the Yankees whose 10-game win ning streak was ended by Willard Nixon and the Boston Red Sox 4-3. Nixon is the first pitcher to beat New York four times this season. Milwaukee slipped another full length behind New York and Brooklyn in the National League. The Braves were beaten for the third time in four games, 3-1 by cnicagn. New York defeated Pittsburgh 4-0 and Brooklyn whipped Philadelphia 6-4. Cincinnati took over fourth place in the National League by shading St. Louis 3-2 despite six aouoie piays by the Cardinals, Nixon, skipped over in a Red Sox series in New York last week end, won his own game in Boston with an eighth inning double that drove in the winning run. Sid Hudson had to finish the ninth however, when Nixon was injured in a suae. atteniDtine to stretch nis mt into a triple. u nosen nit nis Zlst home run ana Larry Doby delivered tnree-run triple as the Indians scored six runs in the first two innings at Baltimore. The Giants scored all of their runs against Pittsburgh on grand slam home run by Don Mueller in the fifth innine. It was the second bases-loaded homer of his career for Mueller, who spe cializes in nming singles. Don Liddle, who came to the Giants trom Milwaukee with Johnnv An- tonelli during the winter, allowed only three hits, all singles. Brooklyn found the home run range against Robin Roberts of the Phils and handed the strong armed right-hander his 11th de feat. Duke Snider hit his 30th with a man on in the first. Carl Furillo and Sandy Amoros also homered. The Braves scored a run in the first inning against Bob Rush but left eight runners stranded in the next eight innings as Rush went on to his eighth victory. trn.Tismfii.'n is SUB Comii with TfjtoiiXfcV tralitit bladtl 1 SijOSaX : 14" to 42-, or 1 f IS' bow. weiihii 1 I only30lbj. 11 (with 14" bladl) W 29 Comt In for i demonstration -ind yiu'll taki it homi Loggers Chain Saw 3748 Franklin Ph. 3.2.111 v 1 ne mm w (A ft' h! V hil HARVIE WARD Always There Campbell Faces Ward in Finals LONDON, Ontario. (IP) The col or was gone but the chips were down Saturday as machine-like Bill Campbell and Harvie Ward met for the first time in the third all-American final of the 50th annual Canadian Amateur golf championship. There were no flashy slacks and T-shirts, no checkered caps, no antics. There were two men who play like big game hunters tracking adversaries who turn and strike at the first opening. Victory would come on some thing stupendous; defeat in a gal lant manner. For Campbell, from Hunting ton, W. Va., this 36-hole match of mechanical golf offered the fulfillment of a desire to win an international title. Triumph might well accompany an an nouncement that he will retire from tournament competition For Ward, it meant another pound of prestige which since Gene Littlcr's turn to profession al ranks has elevated him to the point where his name and game must be considered seriously in any attempt to pick the "best amateur golfer in the United States. Billy Jo Patton's game is sen sational today, so-so tomorrow, Frank Stranahan likewise blows hot and cold. Ward, 29, British Amateur champion in 1952, run nerup in 1953, Western Amateur finalist in 1952, NCAA champion in 1949, North and South cham pion in 1948, is always there. ward, now a car salesman in San Francisco, advanced to the final with a lopsided 9 and 7 run away from Lyle Crawford, 21, Vancouver, B. C. 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