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Boxing Suspended 90 Days in Pennsylvania; Agencies Investigate 'Doping' of Johnson . By RUSS GREEN Philadelphia OJ.R) Given an ultimatum to clean up boxing or ihut it down for good in Pennsylvania, the State Athletic commission and local police be gan separate investigations to day into the "doping" of light heavyweight Harold Johnson be fore hi television fight last Friday. Gov. George M. Leader, ang ered over the "horrible circum stances" of Johnson's collapse alter two rounds of his fight with Julio Mederos, suspended professional boxing for 90 days within the state, exempting only five bouts which previously had been scheduled. The governor stated in Har risburg that not only was it es " tablished "without a doubt" that Johnson had been drugged from a doped orange given him before the bout by a total stranger who asked for his autograph, but his handlers "deliberately withheld the knowledge from ring com missioners." High Time for Inquiry 0 "If there are individuals or " groups of individuals involved in boxing who would not hesi tate to endanger human life tot whatever nefarious ' purposes they might have in mind, it is indeed high time to have a most searching investigation of the en tire sport," Leader said. Johnson, who easily outpoint ed Mederos in a previous bout, lost the rematch on a technical knockout when he collapsed on his ring stool at the end of the second round. He told the com mission that a stranger asked him for an autograph on the street before the fight and gave him an orange which "tasted bitter." He has been under po lice guard at Hahnemann hos pital since the bout. While the commission will op en hearings into all aspects of the bout next Friday, city police Inspector John F. Driscoll plan ned to question Johnson's own ers, manager and handlers at city hall today. Fluctuating Gambling Odds Driscoll said he wanted to in - vestlgate fluctuating gambling odds and "other mysterious cir cumstances" surrounding the bout. "I'm not at all satisfied with the explanations, and the bet ting odds on the fight reflect ray doubts," Discoll said. "In his first bout with Med eros, Johnson won 9 out of 10 rounds," the inspector said. "In this fight he had just come in fresh from knocking out another contender. Yet the betting odds en Johnson started at 9-2 and dropped all the way down to even money. Even there, at even money, the bookies wouldn't take any bets." Driscoll said he planned to quiz Pete Moran, who has an Interest in Johnson; Tommy Loughrey, the fighter's manag7 er, and Skinny Davidson, Joe Rowland and Lou Gross, John son's seconds. He said he would talk to everyone who was in Johnson's dressing room prior to the bout. ' A it si ' : (? FIGHTER APPEARS TO BE DOPED As handlers tend to light-heavyweight Harold Johnson (on knees), Dr. Joseph Ayella (right) moves into ring to examine the fighter. Ayella, who stopped the fight between Johnson and heavy weight Julio Menderos of Cuba in Philadelphia, says that Johnson "appeared to have been doped." Mederos was given a Tko victory and Johnson was sent to hospital for tests to determine if anyone "tampered" with an orange he ate before the bout. MedfomwO&Tribunb San Diego Cops 8th In Row; Bevos Lose Eugene Clobbers Spokane Indians By UNITED PRESS That old home atmosphere must be just what the doctor or- . dered for the Eugene Emeralds of the Northwest Baseball Lea gue. The Emeralds clobbered Spo kane 15-0 at Eugene last night to take over third place in the loop as lefty Berly Hodges tossed a nifty three-hitter. Tri-City scored twice in the sixth to edge Yakima 3-2 with pitcher Dale Bloom quelling a ninth-inning Yakima rally in which the Bears got one run and almost pulled it out of the fire. Tom Agosta was the hitting tar as Salem scuttled Lewiston 4-2. His single in the fourth sent two runs across and his sixth inning single plated, the final Salem run. Oregon Ducklings Outslug Rooks Corvallis (U.R) The Oregon Frosh outslugged the Oregon State Rooks 16-13 in a wild base ball game yesterday that saw 11 errors. Don Lane, Frosh pitcher, hurled until two were out in the ninth and Ron Whitaker finished up by striking out the final Rook batter. , Promoter Anticipates $500,000 Gate for Bout San Francisco U.R) Co- promoter Jimmy Murray smil ingly declared today "this fine weather practically puts a $500, 000 gate in the bag for Monday's fight." Murray made that statement as 45 workmen were setting up the ring andfield seats in Ke zar Stadium, where Don Cockell of England will try to take the heavyweight crown from Rocky Marciano at 11 p.m. EDT Mon day. The co-promoter said he was "practically certain" that .more than 40,000 fans would swarm into the concrete and stucco oval, where the football Forty-Niners play. By PETER HAYES -United Press Sports Writer-. Rookie John .Carmichael fired a four-hitter at Hollywood last night for a 5-1 San Diego victory that lifted the flying Padres into second place in the Pacific Coast League and ran their win streak to eight straight. It was the longest victory rec ord for any team this season and hoisted last year's champions past Los Angeles to within one game ot the league-leading- Seat tle Rainiers who downed the Angels, 4-1. In other games, San Francisco took two from Sacramento, 2-1 and 1-0, and Oakland outslugged Portland, 9-8, to drop the Bevos from fourth place to sixth place. Carmichael's victory tended to substantiate his pre-season no tices. Reputed as slow to reach top form, the 25-year-old right hander won his first game after one defeat last week when he hurled a three-hitter against Portland. His cracking curve ball won him 20 games with Yakima of the Western' International league last year and, except for one lapse, he had it well under con trol last night. That was in the sixth when Gail Henley socked his first homer of the year. Carmichael fanned seven and walked two. The Pads collected eight hits off Cholly Naranjo 2-5 and Cal Hogue and won it with a three-run rally in the bottom of the sixth. Joe Brovia's seventh homer in the eighth with Billy Consolo and George Metkovich aboard gave the Oaks their comeback victory in Portland. Oakland col-, lected 14 hits, the Beavers 13 with reliefers Bud Black 1-0 the winner and Earl Mossor 0-1 the loser. , Mptkovirh' hart ihm hpst, ni"ht. at the plate with a homer, two doubles and a single. Portland's Don Eggert drove in five runs with a single and a double. LINESCORES: (1st came 7 Inningi) Sacramento :.010 000 0 1 4 1 Death Takes Tom Burns Vancouver, B.C. U.R) Tom my Burns, the only Canadian to hold the heavyweight boxing championship of the world, died here yesterday at the age of 74. Burns, whose real name was Noah Brusso, held the world's title from 1906 until 1908 when he lost the championship to Jack Johnson after successfully defending his title 11 times. The famous Canadian fighter was ordained a minister in Coal inga, Calif., on Christmas Day, 1948, and made his home there. He was in Vancouver on a visit to confer with a religious group here and collapsed at the home of John Westaway and died at the Vancouver General hospital. Burns was born in Hanover. Ontario, and was the idol of Canada during the two years he held the championship. 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