NBA Names Marciano No. 1
Heavyweight Title Aspirant
Washington (U.R) The Na
tional Boxing Association Satur
day picked slugging Rocky
Marciano as the number one
challenger for the heavyweight
crown worn by Jersey Joe wal
cott.
The NBA, in its quarterly box
ing ratings, rated Former Heavy
weight Champ Ezzard Charles
as the number two contender
deserving a crack at Walcott
the man who took his title away.
The association's highest
praise, however, was saved for
Light-heavyweight Archie Moore
Hurley Charges
Matthews Being
Double-Crossed
New York (U.P.) Jack
Hurley, manager of heavy
weight contender Harry Mat
thews, announced Saturday he
would confer on Monday at
Flemington, N. J., with Felix
Bocchicchio, manager of cham
pion Jersey Joe Walcott, regard
ing a September title fight.
Matthews is scheduled to fight
Rocky Marciano at Yankee sta
dium on July 28 for the right to
a September shot at Walcott s
crown. But Hurley fears the In
ternational Boxing club is "try
ing to double-cross me and Mat
thews again."
Hurley accuses managing
director Harrv Markson of the
IBC and matchmaker Al Weill
of trying to sign Marciano and
Walcott for the September bout,
without waiting to see who wins
the Matthews-Marciano fight on
July 28.
Standings
American League
W
1. Prt GB
33 .621
New York 54
Ronton 48 38 .558 S'i
Cleveland 1 39 .557 5'i
Washington 46 39 .541 fii2
Chicago 47 43 .522 8'i
Philadelphia .... 38 42 .475 12"2
St. Louis 35 33 .398 19
Detroit 28 58 .326 25 'i
National League
Brooklyn 58
New York 52
St. Louis 50
Chicago 45
Philadelphia 42
Boston 38
Cincinnati 35
Pittsburgh 26
22 .725
31 .627 7i
38 .568 11 i
41 .523 16
44 .488 19
49 .424 24
52 .402 26' x
66 .275 37 'i
York; Coley Wallace, New York;
Clarence Henry, California and
Harry Matthews, Washington.
Leading a similar list among
the light - heavyweights was
Randy Turpin, the Briton who
battled Sugar Ray Robinson
twice; Hal Johnson, Pennsyl
of Missouri. Moore was picked
as the logical contender to fight
his division champion Joe
Maxim and also as an "out
standing boxer" in the heavy
weight division.
Others named as outstanding
boxers in the heavyweight divi
sion were Roland Lastarza, New
vania and Jake LaMotta, New
York.
Turpin was also picked as the
logical contender for Robinson's
middleweight crown, followed
by Charles Humez of France.
Top boxers in this division were
Ernie Durando, New Jersey;
Dave Sands, Australia and Gene
Hairston, New York
The logical contenders for
Kid G'a'vilan's welterweight
crown were Billy Graham, New
York, followed by Johnny Sax
ton, also of New York.
The NBA picked Jimmy Car
ter, New York as number one
behind Light-weight Champion
Lauro Salas of Mexico while
Ray Famechon of France was
the number one choice behind
Featherweight Champion Sandy
Saddler of New York.
In the Bantamweight division,
Jim Carruthers of Australia
headed the list of contenders for
the bantamweight crown worn
by Vic Toweel of South Africa.
Flyweight Champion Y o s h i o
Shirai of Japan had as his num
ber one contender Dado Marino
of Hawaii.
Robinson Fined
For Argument
Pittsburgh (U.R) Second
baseman Jackie Robinson has
been fined $50 and third-baseman
Billy Cox has been fined
$25 for their roles in an argu
ment during Thursday night's
game between the Dodgers and
Reds.
Robinson was fined for kick
ing his glove about 60 feet into
the air to show his displeasure
with the umpires. Cox was fined
for prolonging the argument
with the umpires.
Medfoi
Goodman, Addis Gain Top
In Major Loop Bat Races
New York U.R) Billy
Goodman of the Red Sox and
Bob Addis of the Cubs, both of
whom started the season as
bench-warmers, took over the
league batting leads during the
past week from last year's cham
pions. Goodman, Boston's 26-year-old
handyman, raised his aver
age eight points last week to
supplant Ferris Fain of the Ath
letics as American league leader
with a mark of .343, according
to statistics released today for
BASEBALL
FRIDAY'S SCORES
National League
Brooklyn 6. Pittsburgh 2
St. Louis 7. Boston 2
Philadelphia 7. Cincinnati 3
New York at Chicago, rain.
American League
New York 6. Chicago 3
Boston 9. Cleveland 2
Washington 6. St. Louis 5
Detroit 2, Philadelphia 1
day games played through July
17.
Addis maintained , his .331
mark of last week and moved
into the top spot as Stan Musial
of the Cards lost 10 points and
dropped to second with a .323
average.
Woodling Rises
Gene Woodling of the Yankees
had a big week, boosting his
average 12 points to .326 and
jumping from seventh to second
place in the American league
race. Fain, the 1951 champion,
lost 12 points and fell to third
place with .324. Behind him
came George Kell of the Red
Sox at .321, Mickey Mantle of
the Yankees at .319, and Al
Rosen of the Indians at .315.
In the National, Jackie Robin
son of the Dodgers dropped four
points from last week but moved
up one notch to third with a
.314 mark. Whitey Lockman of
the Giants and Enos Slaughter
of the Cards were tied for fourth
at .312 each, while Toby Atwell
of the Cubs lost 13 points and
dropped from third to sixth with
.311.
Sauer Holds Fast
Hank Sauer of the Cubs re
tained his major league lead in
runs batted in with 74 and in
home runs with 23. Walt Dropo
of the Red Sox, who went on
a record-tying 12-for-12 spree,
moved into a tie with Rosen
for the American league RBI
lead with 57 each. Yogi Berra
of the Yankees topped the
American in homers with 20.
Nelly Fox of the White Sox
was the major league pacemaker
in outs with 112; Lockman was
tops in runs scored with 63; Al
Red Schoendienst of the Cards
led in doubles with 24; Harry
Simpson of the Indians was first
in triples with eight, and Pee
Wee Reese of the Dodgers led in
stolen bases with 18.
Philadelphia (Simmons 8-3 and Hob- Amnna tho nitfhrc Prsarhpr
Jerts 13-6) at Cincinnati (Raffensberg-1 , ,f t- j j i.-
ler 10-7 and church i-5 two games.1 Roe of the Dodgers retained his
Coast League
Seattle 6-3. Oakland 5-2 (1st game
8 innings)
Sacramento 4. San Francisco 2
Hollywood 3, San Diego 2
Portland 4, Los Angeles 3 (11
innings)
Western International
Va: couver at Wenatchee
(postponed)
Lewiston 6. Tri-City 4
Salem at Spokane (postponed.
grounds)
Yakima 7. Victoria 0
SI NDAV'S PROBABLE STARTERS
(Won-lost record in parentheses)
American League
Chicago (Rogovon 8-7) at New York
(Kuzava 5-4).
Cleveland IWynn 10-8) at Boston
(Brodowski 4-2 1.
Detroit (Gray 8-10 and Wight 5-4)
at Philadelphia (Kellner 6-9 and New
som 2-2) two games.
St. Louis (Cain 6-5 and Pillette 6-7)
at Washington (Marrero 7-4 and
Porterfield 6-9) two games.
National League
Brooklyn (Wade 9-5) at Pittsburgh
(Dickson 6-14).
Boston (Wilson 8-7) at St. Louis
(Boyer 5-5 or Staley 12-8).
New York (Jansen 9-5) at Chicago
(K.nppstein 6-b)
Helbig Inks
Pact With
Beaver Nine
Portland U.R) General
Manager Bill Mulligan announc
ed Saturday that the Portland
Beavers baseball club has signed
Dwane Helbig, 19-year-old sopho
more football and baseball star
from Oregon State college.
Helbig will join a growing list
of young Oregon diamond pros
pects deserting intercollegiate
play for the Beaver camp and is
regarded as a "sure-fire" profes
sional prospect as an outfielder.
'We're quite happy about
getting Helbig," Mulligan said.
He said Helbig would join the
recently-signed Bottler brothers,
Ron and Bill, at Victoria in the
Western International league
next week.
Plays Immediately
Mulligan said Helbig would
play immediately for Victoria
and would join the Beavers in
spring training next year.
"He's quite likely to be in a
Beaver uniform next season," he
said.
In his debut in Northern Di
vision baseball this season, Hel
big made the all-star team and
was named to a second spot on
the Ail-American squad. He is
a heavy hitter and plays tight
defensively.
Helbig's turning professional
will.jolt Coach Kip Taylor's foot
ball hopes at OSC because the
former Roosevelt high at Port
land star was regarded as one
of the best prospects to hit the
Corvallis campus in many years.
SIGNS WITH RED SOX
San Jose, Calif (U.R) Bos
ton Red Sox Scout Joe Steph
enson Saturday signed Infielder
Clarence Gibson of Modesto,
Calif., to a contract and the lad
immediately was optioned to the
Magic Valley club of the Class
C Pioneer league. Gibson, 18,
weighs 170, stands 6 feet tall.
unblemished 7 - record. Bobby
Shantz of the Athletics was the
"winningest" pitcher with a 16
3 mark, while Jim Hearn of the
Giants and Vic Raschi of the
Yankees each had 10-2.
Average height for men in
the U. S. is five feet, eight and
one-half inches.
Sunday, July 20, 1952
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Great Circle Takes Victory
In Big Sunset Handicap
Inglewood, Calif. (U.R)
Great Circle, who hasn't won a
race since capturing the " $205,
000 Maturity at Santa Anita a
year ago, came back Saturday
to score a surprise neck victory
in the $54,750 Sunset handicap,
closing feature of the highly
successful 5 0 - d a y Hollywood
park meeting.
Great Circle clung to the heels
of the pace-setting Admiral
Drake, the six to five favorite,
and raced him into defeat in the
mile and five-eighths marathon,
and then withstood the closing
charge of the stretch-runners.
Stormy Cloud got up for sec
ond, Wistful finishing third and
Sturdy One fourth, cutting the
favorite out of any share of the
purse.
In the secondary feature, the
$24,400 Ei Dorado handicap for
Wooton Misses
First Triumph
Medford's Derald Wooton,
bonus boy pitcher with Great
Falls in the Pioneer league, was
robbed by the catch of a line fly
of his first professional baseball
win.
Playing against Ogden, he
was the pitcher of record in the
eighth inning, when Great Falls
tied up the score 7 to 7 and then
loaded the bases. The liner was
hauled in to retire the side.
Great Falls went on to win the
game 12 to 7 but Wooton was
relieved with the status still 7
to 7.
Gives Three Hits
Wooton was sent in during
the third inning with the score
5 to 1 for Ogden. There were
one out and men on first and
second bases. The first batter
Wooton faced hit a line drive
scoring one run but he got the
next two men out and chucked
for the next four innings.
Wooton gave up three hits,
walked six and struck out five,
allowing no earned runs. Score
at the end of the seventh frame,
his last inning was 7 to 3.
The game was the third or
fourth in which Wooton has seen
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the International City Managers
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Couples Deadlock
In2-Ba1l Meet
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with 37s were three other
couples. Warren Lesseg and Mrs.
Bob Shepherd, Jack Wood and
Mrs. H. E. Nulton and Bud
Hayes and Mrs. Maxine Hammond.
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