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Newspaper Page TextSUGAR RAY KNOCKS OUT OLSON IN 4th By JACK CUDDY ' United Press Sporti Writer Los Angeles (U.R) Champion Sugar Ray Robinson, elated at his "no fluke" knockout over Carl (Bobo) Olson in their re turn middleweight title fight, aid today, "I would like to make my next defense against Carmen Basilio in New York. The 35-year-old Ray, who again flattened ex-champ Olson Fri day night, before 20,000. at Wrigley Field, explained, "Chair man Julius Helfand, of the New York Boxing Commission asked me to make the New York de fense, and I would like to do It." Basilio of Syracuse, N.Y., is an ex-weltherweight champ. Ray added, "Maybe I'd really get a chance to show whether my legs are. gone against Bas ilio." He said he didn't get a chance Friday night because his right to the body and terrific left hook to the chin, knocked out San Francisco's Bobo at 2:51 of the fourth round. Ring History Repeals Coincidentally, it was at 2:51 of the second round in Chicago, last Dec. 9, when Robinson climaxed his comeback by re capturing the middleweight crown for the second time on a kayo over Bobo. That December ending came so quickly and unexpectedly that many boxing men consider ed it a "fluke." Accordingly, Ray and Bobo went into the ring at "even money" for their scheduled 15-rounder at sunset Friday. There was so much uncertain ty about the outcome that an estimated 20.000 fans paid an estimated $200,000 gate. The state's richest fight Friday was additionally gilded by $100,000 from radio and television. Champions and challenger were guaranteed $75,000 each by the Hollywood American Legion Stadium which promoted the bout. Each had the privilege of taking 30 per cent of the net receipts if they exceeded the $75,000 guarantee. The estimates Indicate that 30 per cent would be about $78,000. Both Need Dough Both Ray and Bobo need their purses badly. Robinson owes the government $81,904 in back taxes, and Olson's wife announc ed Friday a separate mainten ance suit that wil tie up and perhaps absorb all his assets. Friday night Olson, scaling 160 pounds to Robinson's 159V4, was just beginning to come on well in the fourth round when the cloudless sky fell in on him. In the fourth session, Bobo was warned for the second time in the bout because he insisted on keeping the top of his head in Robinson's face. Bobo land ed a hard left hook to the head then a right to the temple that knocked the champion sideways. He followed with a right and left to the body as an exchange started. Then wham! Robinson shot a straight right to Bobo's body, and boom! a left hook to the head that dropped Bobo on his back on the canvas. He rolled over and tried to get up, but was only half sitting when counted out. "It happened so fast, I don't remember anything about the knockout," Olson explained glumly after the fourth knock out and ninth .defeat in his career of 75 fights. It was Rob inson's 137th victory and 90th knockout in his remarkable record that includes but four de feats in 145 bouts. Mrs. Olson Asks Separate Support San Francisco (U.R) Mrs. Carl (Bobo) Olson, estranged wife of the fighter seeking to re gain the world middleweight crown tonight in Los Angeles, Friday filed a series of court ac tions aimed at tying up all of the fighter's past, present and future financial assets. Athe same time, Mrs. Olson moved to dismiss her original suit for divorce, filed earlier this year, and asked instead for sep arate maintenance and support for herself and their four chil dren. In November, 1955, Mrs. Ol son field suit for divorce, charg ing extreme cruelty. She asked for a "fair share" of the com munity property, estimated at $200,000. After the divorce suit was fil ed it was revealed that Olson was the father of another four children by another woman liv ing in the same neighborhood. Fabius Wins Preakness; Needles 2nd Baltimore, Md (U.R) Calu met Farm's Fabius gained sweet revenge for his Kentucky Derby defeat Saturday when he beat mighty Needles in the 80th run ning of the $132,800 Preakness Stakes and buried his rival's dreams of a triple crown victory in his dust. After taking the lead on the turn into the stretch, Fabius. second by three-quarters of a length to Needles in the Ken tucky Derby two weeks ago, had all the speed he needed in the straightaway to mumble Needles in the middle jewel of America's triple crown of the turf. The son of Citation, winner of the Preakness Stakes in 1948 and the last horse to sweep the golden diadem, flashed across the finish line a length and three-quarters ahead of Needles, who trailed the field as usual but failed to overtake the win ner in the closing yards of the mile and three-sixteenths race. Wallace E. Britt's No Regrets, seventh in the Kentucky Derby, was third, with Winding Way Farm's Gold Ace fourth. Needles started to run after loafing along in the rear of the eight other starters when he neared the end of the back stretch. Jockey Dave Erb had the mighty son of Ponder, anoth er derby winner who failed in the Preakness, running at his best, Erb drove Needles through one hole, then through another and just as he did in the derby, swept around- the last three horses in his bid for victory. But this time Needles did not have the finishing kick he need ed as determined Bill Hartack, on Fabius, drove his mount with might and main to give Calumet Farm its fifth victory in the classic. Use Tribune Want Ads Bailey Wins Feature Run With 4:06 Berkeley, Calif, (U.R) Aus tralia's Jim Bailey, running for University of Oregon, won a "tactical" victory over UCLA's Bobby Seaman today in the slow lime of 4:06. In the feature mile race of the Paci fic Coast conference track and field championships. TIP IOk HAPPY LIVINO (Save Your (Sac GEnas ever-all SAFETY $695 SPECIAL $695 MINOR TUNE-UP THIS MONTH ONLY '49 to '56 Ford Passenger Cars and Light Trucks WE WILL CHECK COMPRESSION FIRST THEN IF O.K. We Will . . . 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In the National league, Lew Burdette's four-hitter kept the Milwaukee Braves in first place with a 3-2 clutch victory over the New York Giants as the second-place St. Louis Cardinals pounded out 18 hits to beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 11-5. In other Saturday action: Ray Moore's relief pitching helped Baltimore beat Detroit, 5-4; Hec Lopez t w o - r u n , ninth-inning homer gave Kansas City a 5-4 decision over Boston; Cincin nati out-slugged Brooklyn, 10-4; and Dale Long's hitting led Pitts burgh to a 7-4 win over the Chi cago Cubs. Score's 15 strikeouts fell one short of his personal record and three short of the major league single game record held by team mate Bob Feller. In gaining his fourth win of the year, Score had had a one-hit shutout until Roy Sievers homered in the ninth inning. Senator Pitchers fanned nine Indians and the combined total of 24 whiffs set a modern major-league mark for two teams in one game. Sour note: Washington pitch ers walked 11 batters, score sev en. The Yankees were outhit but were assisted by walks, an error, and a wild pitch as they gained their fourth straight win. Bob Turley was the winner, with help from Tom Morgan, and Howie Pollet the loser in his Baseball trnTnAY-'S WITKITT.TS Pacific Coast League San Diego 4, aacramenio j Hollvwood 6. Los Angeles O San Francisco 6, Portland 4 Seattle 14, Vancouver 5 National League . Cincinnati l , rsrooiti.vn o wu. Milwaukee at New York, ppd.. cold. Philadelphia 4. St. Louis 2 (night) Chicago 3, Pittsburgh 2 (night) American League Boston at t-nicago New York at Kansas City Washington at Detroit 2 Baltimore at Cleveland 2 Northwest League Lcwiston 8. Spokane 4 Tri-Citv 6, Eugene 3 Wenatchee 8, Yakima 3 SUNDAY'S GAMES National League Chicago at Brooklyn 2 St. Louis at New York 3 Cincinnati at Philadelphia 2 Milwaukee at Pittsburgh 2 American League . New York 8. Chicago 7 HO. night) Boston 5. Kansas City 4 (night) . Washington 5. Cleveland 4 (11. night) Detroit 3. Baltimore 1 COLLEGE BASEBALL Friday Scores Washington State 8. Oregon 6 Washington 1, Oregon State 0 Oregon Coll. 10, Eastern Oregon 1 Oregon Tech 16, Sothern Oregon 9 Yesterday's Scores By United Press NATIONAL LEAGUE Milwaukee ,-3 11 0 New York 2 4 1 Burdette and Crandall: Worthlngton, Grissom (8), Wilhelm (5) and Katt. i n n lllttfKU -- - Pittsbureh - 7 13 1 Chicago TV'U"'"Vn , TT- 1 A Val. entinetti (5). Davis (8) and Landrith: Munger, Kinger (5), Face (9) and Kravitz. St. Louis Phllnriclnhia Dickson. McDamei ( ana sarru; 11 5 8 0 10 1 Rogovin. Flowers (1), Owens (2), Ne gray (5), Miller (7), Meyer (9) and Lopata. ' Cincinnati 10 14 0 5 , 10 2 Rmnklvn Klippstein, Black (6). freeman to. and Burgess: Newcorabe- Templeton (3), Koufax (6), Roebuck ft) and Cam-panella. first AL start. Burdette had a two-hit shutout going against the Giants until the ninth inning when the Giants scored twice to menace his lead. Del Crandall led the knuckle bailer's support with a pair of homers good for all three Braves' runs. The Cardinals' 18-hit attack, which included seven extra-base blows, tied the N. L. high for the year held by the Cubs. Rip Re pulski led the way with a hom er and three singles and Wally Moon also homered as Lindy McDaniel got credit for the vic tory in relief. Baltimore committed five er rors but rallied to win as reliever Moore allowed no hits over a five-inning span. Giant castoff Billy Gardner doubled home the eventual winning run in the eighth inning. Reliever Duke Maas of the Tigers was charged with the loss. Lopez saved the A's from their fifth straight home loss when he clouted his sixth homer in the ninth inning after pinch-hitter Tim Thompson had reached base on an error. Tom Gorman got the win and Bob Porterfield, victim of Lopez' blast, the loss, both in relief. The Redlegs made it four-for-four against the World Champion Dodgers this year by hammering out 14 hits in their win today. Don Newcombe was charged with the loss as Joe Frazer, John ny Temple, and Smoky Burgess homered for Cincinnati. John Klippstein was the winner, with relief help. Jackie Robinson homered for Brooklyn. Long drove in four runs for the Pirates with a homer and a double to pace the Pirates' 13-hit attack against the Cubs, and now is batting .396. Le Walls also hit a two-run homer for the Pirates as Nelson King got credit for the win with relief from Roy Face. Sunday. May 20, 1956 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE STANDINGS MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS By United Press NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet Milwaukee 13 6 .684 St. Louis 17 10 .630 Cincinnati Brooklyn ...15 11 .577 .14 11 .560 Pittsburgh 13 12 .520 New York 11 15 .423 Philadelphia 8 17 .320 Chicago 7 16 .304 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet New York 20 11 .667 Cleveland 16 11 .593 Boston 14 12 .538 Chicago 12 11 .522 Baltimore - 15 16 .484 Washington 12 16 .429 Detroit -. 11 17 .393 Kansas City 10 17 .370 League Leaders (As of Friday) AMERICAN LEAGUE Plaver & Club G AB R. H. Mantle. N.Y 29 110 33 45 Maxwell. Det 21 67 16 25 Boyd. Balti. 25 58 9 21 Berra. N.Y 29 112 21 40 Snyder, Wash 27 86 10 30 GB. l'i 2 3 51i 8 8 GB. 2',i 4 4'i S'.a 7 8 8',i Pet .409 .373 .362 So 7 .349 NATIONAL LEAGUE Boyer. St. L. . 26 101 23 41 Repulski. St. L. . 22 72 17 29 Bailey. Cin 20 60 70 24 Lone. Pitts. 26 98 18 38 Moon, St. L. . 26 96 21 36 .406 .403 .400 .388 .375 Home Runs Mantle. Yankees 15: Berra, Yankees 12; Post, Redlegs 10; Boyer, Cardinals 9; Jablonski, Redlegs. Thomas, Pirates. Banks, Cubs and Gemert. Red Sox all 8. Runs Batted In Berra. Yankees 33: Mantle. Yankees 22; Boyer. Cardinals 27; Jablonski, Redlegs 24; Lemon, Sen ators 21. Runs Mantle. Yankees 33: Yost, Senators 23; Boyer. Cardinals 23; Lo pez. Athletics 22; Berra, Yankees 21; Moon, Cardinals 21. Hits Mantle. Yankees 45: Boyer, Cardinals 41: Berra, Yankees 40; Long, Pirates 38; Moon, Cardinals, Kuenn, Tigers and Goodman, Red Sox all 36. Pitching Ford, Yankees 6-0; Law rence, Redlegs 5-0; Sullivan. Red Sox. Larsen, Yankees and Freeman, Red legs, all 3-0. Frenchman Tips Larson Paris U.R) Art Larson of San Leandro, Calif., and Bob Perry of Los Angeles suffered stunning defeats at the hands of European Davis Cup players Saturday in the French Interna tional Tennis Championships, leaving only two Yank survivors in the men's singles. French champion Paul Remy scored the tournament's first major upset by eliminating Lar sen, former U. S. titleholder, 5-7, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, while Italian Davis Cupper Giuseppe Merlo whipped Perry, 6-2, 6-3, 6-0. He was joined in the round of eight by Italy's Nicola Pietrangeli, who turned back Luis Ayala of Chile, 6-4, 6-1, 0-6, 5-7, 6-4. Budge Patty of Los Angeles and Herb Flam of Beverly Hills, Calif., did not play today. Darlene Hard of Kontebello, Calif., and Dorothy Head Knode of Alameda, Calif., whipped Francoise Lemal and Andree Soisbault of France, 6-0, 6-2. appeal plans if the AAU, be tween now and the reopening of the courts in September, should either reinstate him or change some of its "antiquated" rules on expense money. Red Raiders Lose To OTI LaGrande U.P.) Oregon Technical institute turned back Southern Oregon college 16 to 9 Friday in the Oregon Collegiate Conference baseball tournament here. Oregon College of Education whacked Eastern Oregon 10 tol. ALDERTON SIGNED Calgary, Alta. (U.R) John Alderton, former co-captain at the University of Maryland foot ball team, has signed a contract to play with the Calgary Stam peders of Canada's Western Foot ball Conference. The 220-pound end played one season with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the Na tional Football League. ATTENTION SPORTSMEN! 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