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.
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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.
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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.
He won the title, which had
been vacated by Jim Jeffries, by
defeating Marvin Hart in a
bloody 20 round bout in Los An
geles, Feb. 23, 1906.
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Chicago ;(U.R) Archie
Bride and Bob Satterfield, two
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futures, meet for 10 rounds in
the Chicago Stadium tonight,
chiefly to fill the television com
mitment of the International
Boxing club.
McBride originally signed to
scrap with a former Olympic
champion, Floyd Patterson, rated
a solid light heavyweight title
contender, but when the latter
was attacked by ptomaine poi
soning. Satterfield, beaten 19
times in 58 fights, agreed to be
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