EIGHT MEDrORD (OREGOW). MAIL TRIBUNE V
Tuesday, July 29, I9S2
Marciano Tops Challengers
After 2-Round Matthews KO
By JACK CUDDY
New york (U.R) Chall
enger Rocky Marciano, who
knocked out Harry Kid Matth
ews with three explosive left
hooks, looked forward with rel
ish Tuesday to his battle for
the world heavyweight champ
ionship with Jersey Joe Walcott
probably in New York on Sept.
24.
"I believe I can lick Walcott
or any man I step in with," said
the jubilant still unbeaten block
buster from Brockton, Mass. who
belted out Matthews of Seattle
at 2:05 of the second round be
fore 31,188 in Yankee stadium
Monday night.
Walcott, 38, who saw the 27-year-old
challenger blast Matth
ews to the canvas for the full
count in his own corner, said,
"that Rocky will be a terrible,
terrible tough opponent."
Disappointing Gate
Promoter Jim Norris, disap
pointed somewhat at the gate
of $215,707, said he would make
the September match as soon as
possible. It will be staged at
a New York ball park if Wal
cott's manager, Felix Bocchic
chio, can get his New York lic
ense renewed. Rather than see
the fight go out of the state,
Chairman Bob Christenberry of
the Boxing Commission may
grant renewal despite his objec
tions to Bocchicchio's back
ground. Meanwhile, Marciano will
rest for at least two weeks at
Brockton and then return to his
training camp at Greenwood
Lake, N. Y., and begin prepar
ing for his attempt to wrest the
heavvweight crown from Wal
cott. $52,000 for Rocky .
The swarthy challenger will
receive about $52,000 for reg
istering his 42nd consecutive
victory as a professional and his
37th knockout. Handsome brown
haired Matthews will also get
about "52 grand" for suffering
the fourth defeat in his career
of 106 fight.s and his second
knockout. He hadn't been beat
en in his last 70 bouts. Each
will get 30 per cent of the net
gate.
Rocky proved he could take
it, as well as dish it out. He
received a thorough trouncing
during most of the first round.
Boxer-puncher Matthews though
out - weighed 187 V pounds to
179, repeatedly knocked short
armed Rocky back onto his heels
with long left jabs.
And he countered Rocky's
wild right-swing misses with
beautiful straight right counters
to the head. One of those right
counters nailed Marciano so ter-
MEDF0RDjf&TRIBUrfS
Moore Wins
Hardtop Run
Don Moore drove to victory
in the hardtop main event last
Friday at the Medford Speedway
in a racing night marred by
many aocidents.
Moore was trailed by Frank
Danley, Bernie Miller, Morris
Woods and Herb James. He turn
ed the tables on Danley, who
finished ahead of him in the sec
ond heat. x '
Danley had a better - than-av-erage
evening though. He fin
ished first in the three-lap
trophy dash and in the six-lap
final heat. Moore was third in
the final heat.
Other heat winners were
Rusty Phillips, Bernie Miller,
and Herb James.
The special event was won
by Tuni Bulis.
Four cars crashed through
the fence during the evening.
A fifth lost a wheel and drove
into the pit.
rifically on the chin that it
seemed Rocky must go down.
But he just kept marching in.
Near the end of the first round,
he landed several left and right
smashes to Matthew's bodys.
Kid Takes First
The first round was Matthew's
by a wide margin, and Rocky
returned to his corner with a
large mouse under his left eye
and his nose bleeding freely.
Rocky, the 11-5 favorite, con
tinued his bobbing and weaving
attack in the second session.
Early he landed a left hook that
staggered in the scientist from
Seattle. Matthews fought back
until a minute later Rocky sud
denly caught him with another
left hook to the head that
stunned Harry in his own corn
er. With lightning sequence, two
more left hooks landed on
Matthews' chin and dropped him
to his haunches in the corner.
He slithered onto his back and
tried gamely but unsuccessfully
to rise as referee Ray Miller
counted him out.
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Sport Wty By
- StSTK OSCAR FRALEY
Pa ra d e rSsif eUn,,ed PreM
yrVL Sports Writer
Helsinki (U.R) The Olympic
ideologies had another black eye
Tuesday and so did basketball
referee Vince Farrell of Newark,
N.J.
Farrell was. the "cause cele
bre" and the principal target in
the Olympic basketaball tourna
ment Monday when what must
have been the Uruguayan boxing
team found itself dressed in bas
ketball togs. The result put the
long-awaited U.S.-Russia contest
completely in the shade.
Too Many Toots
Basketball has been warned
for a long time that there is just
too much whistle blowing. It is
believed that Farrell now goes
along with that theory. His little
whistle touched off a minor riot
in the basketball arena appro
priately known as "Messu-halli."
It sure was.
Vince blew so often that the
indignant South Americans
found themselves with a four
man team as they played the
French. The whistle screeched
again, and now there were only
three.
Players Blew Back
Then the Uruguayans blew.
One named Wilfredo Palaez,
who looked like a first class
middleweight, looped a round
house right to Farrell's kisser.
Not to be out-done, a frustrated
wrestler named Carlos Rossello
clamped a rear throat latch on
Farrell and body-slammed him
on the nice shiny hardwood
floor. Farrell lay there stunned
and let that be a lesson to basket
ball referees and baseball um
pires all over the land.
All of this the resultant boos
of the French fans in the aud
ience was too much for a very
brave young man named Garcia
Otero.
I don't know whether there
are any more at home like him,
but if there are, every fight
manager in New York is prob
ably on his way to Uruguay right
now.
For Garcia, tragedy and fierce
desire to get into the act stamped
clearly on his face, charged the
stands and started to work his
way right up through the entire
assemblage. His left hook needs
polishing, but the lad has a fine
right cross.
It Took 4 Cops
Four cops found that out. And
it required all of them to drag
him from the hall.
The Russian-American game
which followed had all the fierce
flavor of four o'clock tea. You
will get more action in a long
distance telephone argument and
more thrills riding an oxcart.
The Americans poured it on and
kept pouring it on. When the
whistle finally blew maybe the
guy was aervous it was Old
Glory over the Hammer and
Sickle, 86 to 58.
Real Chummy
There was more handshaking
than at a political convention. A
lot of "old palsy" hamming for
the cameras and everyone was so
intent on preventing an "inci
dent" that they looked almost
apologetic every time they
dropped in a field goal.
One thing sure, from now on
the Uruguayans get all my bas
ketball business. Never could
stand all that whistle blowing,
myself.
Coast Star
Returned to
White Sox
Chicago (U.R) Outfielder
Jim Rivera probably will 'start
in center field against the New
York Yankees Tuesday night for
the Chicago White Sox, the team
which brought him to the major
leagues and then sold him down
the river to the St. Louis Browns.
Browns.
Rivera, who won virtually ev
ery honor, including Rookie of
the Year, in the Pacific Coast
League last season, was shuffled
off to the Browns in a Decem
ber deal to bring Catcher Sher
man Lollar to the White Sox.
In complicated maneuvering
Monday the White Sox sent Out
fielder Ray Coleman to the
Browns on waivers and sold
Catcher J. W. Porter, reported
ly a $65,000 bonus player sign
ed to the Memphis farm team,
from the Colorado Springs, Colo.,
farm team for an undisclosed
sum.
For these men, the White Sox
received Darrell Johnson, hitting
.282 in 28 games with the
Browns this year, and Rivera,
who batted .255 in 95 games with
S. Louis. Both came on waivers.
Raniers Trounce
WIL Cousins 7-4
Vancouver, B.C. (U.R) The
Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific
Coast League walloped their
farmhand cousins of the West
ern International League 7-4 be
fore 6,000 fans at Vancouver
Monday.
The Rainiers handed Paul
Calvert the exhibition victory as
they exploded for four runs in
the first inning and coasted
home. Calvert allowed only five
hits while his mates nicked
Capilano pitchers Paul Jones
and Van Fletcher for 13 blows.
Vico Doubles
Seattle put together their
four run barrage with a base on
balls, George Vico's towering
double, another walk, an error
and Maddern's double.
Catcher Claude Christie was
big bat for Seattle going three
for five and driving in four runs.
Vancouver tied the ball game
up 4-4 in the third with two
runs after they had added two
in the second but Calvert hung
on and blanked them the rest of
the way.
Seattle scored their winning
run in the fifth when Al Lyons
singled, stole second and came
home on Christie's single.
Standings
W. L. Pet. G.B.
Brooklyn . 61 28 .625
New York 57 32 .640 4
St. Louis 55 41 .573 S',i
Philadelphia 49 46 .516 15
Chicago 47 47 .500 16 'j
Boston 40 53 .430 23
Cincinnati 39 57 .406 25 V2
Pittsburgh . 27 71 .276 38 ',s
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L. Pet. G.B.
New York 57 40 .588
Cleveland 54 43 .587 3
Boston 52 42 .553 3,i
Washington 51 45 .531 5i
Chicago 51 48 .515 7
Philadelphia 44 45 .494 9
St. Louis 40 59 .404 18
Detroit 34 il .358 22
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OLYMPIC RECORD Cy Young of Modesto, Calif., hurls the
javelin at Helsinki to set a new Olympic record for the event. He
tossed it 242 feet 0.S4 inch to give the United States its first
javelin victory in history.
Hornsby Gets One More
Chance; Takes Reds1 Post
New Yor k (U.R) Seven
weeks after he was ignominously
fired by the St. Louis Browns,
stone-faced Rogers Hornsby re
turned to the big leagues Tues
day as the Cincinnati Reds' new
manager.
Same 01' Rajaw
And it was the same old Horns
by unyielding in his demands
on his players and brooking no
interierence from the front of
fice, j
"I didn't tell Hornsby much
about the team," Cincinnati Gen
eral Manager Gabe Paul ad
mitted as he announced the man
agerial change. "I started to but
he cut me short. He said, "never
mind, I'll wait and see for my
self." Ex-Bevo Runs Reds
Hornsby will take command of
the Reds when they return to
Cincinnati on August 5 from
their current Eastern swing. Un
til then, he will continue his
scouting trip while one of the
coaches, probably Earl Brucker,
runs the team.
The signing of Hornsby as
tounded the baseball world be
cause the one-time great slugger
apparently had been "black
balled" as a manager when the
Browns dropped him on June 10.
Brownie President Bill Veeck
announced then that the players
had presented him with a
placque calling the, firing of
Hornsby "the greatest play since
the Emancipation Proclamation. '
Veeck "Happy"
In St. Louis, Veeck said Mon
day night that he was "happy
to hear that Hornsby had been
hired and wished him luck."
Paul, in his first year as gen
eral manager, said Hornsby's
contract runs through 1953 and
strongly indicated that Rajah's
uncompromising attitude toward
the game the reason he was
fired by the Browns was the
very reason he was hired by the
Reds.
"He is baseball through and
through, and he has demonstrat
ed that winning is paramount
with him," Paul said in a joint
statement with club owner
Powell Crosley.
U. S. Hookers Score 103
Points in Olympic Runaway
Helsinki (U.R) The Unit
ed Stales upset Japan to win
Ihe Olympic 800-meter relay
swimming championship Tues
day. The Yanks set a new Olym
pic record of 8 minutes 31.1
seconds. It was 14.9 seconds
under the 1948 record set by
the U.S.. but also broke a
mark set .by the Japanese in
the 1952 trials.
The Japanese" established
themselves as firm favorites
when they set a new Olympic
record of 8 minutes 42.1 sec
onds in the semi-finals Mon
day. But the Yanks rated as
No. 1 challengers with second
best qualifying time.
Today -he Yank quartet
scored the upset that Uncle
Sam sorely needs in his race
to catch up to Russia's point
total.
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Helsinki (U.R) Ttfe powerful
defending champion United
States basketball team ran up
the largest score of the Olympic
tournament today by beating
Chile, 103-55, for its fourth
straight victory, while three
American swimming stars quali
fied for the 400-meter free-style
final. j
Ford Konno of Ohio State and
Wayne Moore and Jim McLane,
both of Yale, were the three
American swimming stars quali
fied for Wednesday's 400-meter
freestyle final as Jean Boiteux
of France set a new Olympic
record of 4 minutes, 33.1 seconds.
Best Time Konno's
Another new Olympic mark
was set in the women's 100-meter
backstroke trials by Geertje
Wielema of Holland, who swam
the distance in 1:13.8.
Konno had the third fastest
time of the eight 400-meter free
style qualifiers, winning the
third heat in 4:38.6. Moore won
the second heat in 4:42.0, while
McLane just qualified with a
4:42.2 clocking.
Boiteux splashed home inches
ahead of Per-Olaf Ostrand of
Sweden as he won the opening
heat and broke the one-day-old
record.
Miss Wielema led eight quali
fiers into Wednesday's 100-meter
backstroke semi-finals, bettering
the old Olympic standard of
1:14.2 set by Karen Harup of
Denmark in the 1948 games at
London.
Californian In
Barbara Stark, Berkeley,
Calif., was the only U.S. entry
to qualify for the semi-finals,
barely getting under the wire
with the eighth fastest clocking
1:17.9. Mary Freeman of Wash
ington, D.C., and Coralie O'Con
nor, Worcester; Mass., failed to
make the grade for the semi
finals. -
Six-foot, nine-inch Clyde Lov-
elette, the University gf Kansas
All-America center, led the U.S
basketball team to victory by
stationing himself near the
Chilean goal and flipping in 25
point over the heads of the South
Americans
In women's snrinsboard div
ing, Patricia McCormick, Los
Angeles, led the field after the
first three dives with a total of
42.50 points. Zoe Ann Jensen,
LISTEN, YOU! New York Yank
ees' Casey Stengel, backed up by
Yogi Berra, tells umpire Bill
McKinley they don't like his deci
sion on a play in the second game
of a doubleheader with the Indi
ans at Cleveland. Yanks won both
games, 7-3, 8-1.
OSC Grid Star
To Face LA Rams
Corvallis (U.R) John Thom
as, captain of last year's Oregon
State Football team, has been
added to the list of college all
star players who will meet the
world champion Los Angeles
Pams in Chicago August 15.
Thomas, who also played
catcher for two years on the
OSC baseball team, is the sec
ond Oregon Stater on the all
star team. Jim Clark, big guard
from Honolulu, was selected ear
lier this year.
Thomas said he would not
play professional football this
fall. Instead, he plans to return
to Oregon State to complete his
last year of baseball eligibility.
CAR OVERTURNS
A car driven by Melvin R.
Cooper, Trail, overturned off a
curve of the Crater Lake high
way near Shady Cove early this
morning, state police reported.
Cooper told officers that he
dozed at the wheel, and the car
went into a ditch, overturning.
He was unhurt, but the car wai
damaged somewhat.
Yesterday's Scores
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis 3 Brooklyn 2
Only game scheduled
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Monday's Results
Detroit 12 New York 2
St. Louis 6 Washington 3 (night)
Only games scheduled
Oakland, Calif., runnerup in
1948. was fourth with 35.69
points after three dives.
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