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Newspaper Page TextTWELVE MEDI-ORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday. May 7. 1937 ESasilio Bout Pleases Crowd; Amos Lincoln Stops Mathias Carmen Basilio, welterweight champion of the world who aims to enter the ring against mid dleweight titlist Ray Robinson next summer or fall, displayed the persistent boring in styie he may employ against the Su gar Boy as he exhibited his tit ular talents last night at Hed rick Junior High school here. Basilio went three fast crowd pleasing exhibition rounds with his heftier and adept sparring partner, Leo Owens. It was the feature attraction for an esti mated 1000 fans although a heavyweight bout was billed as the main event. The champ is a fighter who always keeps in shape and his sharpness and con ditioning were apparent as he moved with ease, class and pol ish through his repertoire of fisticuffs. In the finale of the regular fistic program, Amos Lincoln, 194, a Portlander barely turned 20. stopped aging Bill Mathias, 210. Oakland, Calif. Referee Earl Yoakley halted the action after 1:49 of the fourth canto of a projected 10-rounder. Nelson Victor Willard (Battling) Nelson, 145, Portland, found Joe Man ual, 147, Oakland, Calif., a low target, elusive at times, but landed his punches frequently and recorded a unanimous and decisive verdict in the six-panel semi-windup. The preliminary bout had the most free wheeling until Kenny Dixon, 150, Klamath Falls, ran out of steam. The Klamath youm, maKing nis nrst pro start, scored substantially in the early portion of the four-round er to gain a decision over Frank Coe, 151, San Francisco. Jim Fisher, 180, San Fran cisco, won by technical knock out over Porky Jimenez, 185, Klamath Falls. Referee Hugh Jennings raised Fisher's hand after 1:38 of the third round of the scheduled four-stanza ruckus. The welter king's sparring match had the multiple purpose here of sparking interest in the champ, giving him the added incentive which comes psychol ogically from working before a crowd and keeping him in tune for forthcoming bouts. Manag ers Joe Netro and Joey DeJohn had Basilio working on a var iety of punches and tactics. Netro expressed pleasure in the way the champ "did a couple of things right" that were being tried, particularly crossing over with his right. Concerning the boring in strategy in the exhi bition, the manager pointed out that Gene Fullmer made the mis take of standing back and pro viding a target when he lost the middleweight crown to Rob inson last week. Both Basilio and Owens wore heavy headguards and the cham pion's had a bar to protect his prominent nose. Basilio, 151, and his sparring mate each tossed some potent punches. There were flurries and let-ups with neither fully pressing the ad vantage because of the nature of the workout. Pokes at Ref The champion added zest to the occasion by taking a few playful pokes at referee Yoak ley. At the end of the exhibition he raised the hand of his spar ring partner. Owens is a boxer of recognized capability in his weight in the East. Against Mathias in the main, Lincoln scored consistently with his left glove and came through frequently with a telling right. The Portlander was working his GET O O OR GIH AT Lea Motors 5th at Bartlett Phone SP 2-6185 rival over, thoroughly against the ropes when Yoakley called the cease fire. Mathias, said in his corner to be 27 or 28 but appearing much older, had some what the better of. it in the" slow first round. After that Lincoln had command most of the time against his tiring foe and scored a knockdown as Mathias went through the ropes in the second round. The Oaklanders nose was bloodied in the same frame. Lincoln connected with a 'stag gering right in the third round and only the bell prevented the end of the encounter at that stage. Mathias showed disap proval of low blows on a couple of occasions. Lincoln, agile for a man of his weight, chalked up his 39th triumph in 43 fights last night. He has lost three and fought to a draw in one fray. In the semi Nelson landed punches with regularity in the opening chukker while Manual connected with few pokes. In the second the Californian mix ed it better. Nelson had the ad vantage on the basis of his up surge in blows at the end of the round. The Portland fighter took the third round by a size able margin, and had the edge in both the fourth in the fifth. The final frame was just about even and both battlers opened up at the finish. Nelson's margin given by Judges Jim Zack and Don Cain and Referee Jennings averaged at about 35 to 25. There were a lot of fireworks in the first round of the Dixon Coe affair. Dixon scored a knockdown, was then staggered by Coe yet came back to have the San Franciscan in a groggy state. The stanza drew wild ap plause from the spectators. Dixon smashed home rights time and again in the fray. Coe couldn't consistently stop them. The Klamath youth piled up points well in the first two rounds and his sheer weariness kept the engagement from be ing lopsided in the last two per iods. Judges Zack and Cain gave Dixon a 22 to 18 margin and Jennings called it 22-19. After one round of the curtain-lifter it was just a matter of time for Fisher over the plucky but outclassed Jiminez. Porky was down once for a man datory eight count. Basilio is thought to be the first reigning world pro boxing champ ever to demonstrate his fistic prowess in Medford. He mixed pleasure with business by going fishing on the Rogue with Medford Mayor John Snider and Guide Jack Shoemaker. He caught his limit of trout and ex pressed a desire to return tp the Rogue country with his wife. The titlist has exhibition ap pearances set for Eugene and Longview, Wash., before a reg ular non-title fight at Portland on May 16. A May 27 scuffle is projected at San Francisco and a bout at Seattle may be fought during the current stay in the west. - Joey Basilio, brother of the champ and recently turned pro, was with the welter king in Medford and served as a second for Owens. The fight was promoted here by Harry Chipman Enterprises in cooperation with the Port land Boxing club. Chipman last night announced plans for an outdoor card here the last week in June. BASILIO IN ACTION Carmen Basilio, left world welterweight champion, connects with a left and right to the head of Leo Owens dur ing a brisk flurry in their exhibition match at Hedrick junior high school gym last night. The fans showed their enthusiasm with rous ing applause at the end of each round and Joe Netro, co-manager of the champion, said he was pleased with the workout, in which Basilio tried several new punching combina tions in preparation for a coming match with Sugar Ray Robinson. OSC Gets ND Victory Over Washington U. Corvallis U.R) Twink Pederson, Oregon State short stop, hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning Monday to give the Beavers a 7-6 win over Washington in a Northern Division baseball game. Oregon State had only five hits but 15 walks aided the Bea vers. The Beavers scored their first five runs with just one hit. Bum 'Ugly Duckling1 Provides Winning Hit; NL Race Tightens By FRED DOWN United Press Sports Writer Gino Cimoli, the "ugly duck ling" of the National league champion Brooklyn Dodgers, is the latest example that some times the best trades in baseball are the ones that are never made. A mere .111 hitter in 36 at bats last season, Cimoli was the Dodgers' No. 1 trade bait all winter. They eventually kept him only because nobody else was interested. Today, the 28-year-old native of San Francisco is batting .316, has driven in 10 runs, leads the team with 25 hits and is the hero of the Dodgers' 5-4 four- hour, 14-inning victory over the Braves Monday night. Cimoli broke it up with his fifth hit of the night, a solo homer off Red Murff to lead off the 14th frame and give Sandy Koufax his first win. The Chicago Cubs whipped the New York Giants, 6-2, in the only other National League game Monday while the Balti more Orioles ' defeated the De troit Tigers, 8-6, in 13 innings and the Kansas City Athletics walloped the Washington Sen ators, 8-2, in American league games. x Brush Back Battle At Ebbets Field umpire Lee Ballanfant called managers Walt Alston and Fred Haney to the mound to warn of a "bean ball" League Leaders BY UNITED PRESS National League Player & Club G. AB R. H. Musial, St. L 16 69 9 28 Hoak. Cin. 18 58 10 23 Aaron, Milw 17 78 19 30 Groat. Pitts. 18 69 11 25 Robinson, Cin. 16 70 13 23 American League Williams, Bos. 14 51 Simpson. K.C. 19 73 Fox. Chi. 16 61 Mantle. N.Y 17 52 Minoso. Chi. 16 62 13 12 12 22 28 22 18 21 Pet. .406 .397 .385 .362 .357 .431 .384 .361 .340 .339 Home Runs National League Aaron, Braves 6; Adcock. Braves 6: Sauer. Giants 5: Campanella. Dodgers 4; (twelve tied with 3 each). American League Williams, Bed Sox 5: Skizas. Athletics 5: Simpson. Athletics 5; Sievers. Senators 5; Zer nial. Athletics: Lollar. White Sox; Skowron, Yanks all 4. Runs Batted In National League Fnrillo, Dodgers 19; Sauer. Giants 19; Aaron. Braves; Ennis, Cards; Jones, Phils, all 16. American League Sievers. Sena- ators zu: Simpson. AtMetics 19: Lol lar, White Sox 15; Zernial. Athletics; Maris. Indians; Tuttle, Tigers all 13 Pitching SDahn. Braves: Sanford. Phils: Trucks. Athletics and Narleski. In dians all 3-0; eight tied with 2y0. duel after starting pitchers Lew Burdette and Don Drysdale both were guilty of "dusters" in the first frame. Ed Mathews homered in the first inning but Carl Furillo blasted a three-run homer in the bottom of the inning after singles by Cimoli and Sandy Amoros. Cimoli filled in in cen ter field for the injured Duke Snider with Amoros taking over in left field.' Mathews walloped another homer in the sixth inning and Joe Adcock blasted his sixth of the season in the eighth to pro duce a 3-3 tie. The Braves went ahead in the 12th an singles by Mathews and Andy Pafko fol lowed by Johnny Logan's sacri fice fly but Cimoli doubled and scored the tying run on Furillo's single in the bottom of the in ning. Then came Gino's second hom er his first also broken up an extra inning game against Robin Roberts, April 16. The victory left the Dodgers only one game behind the front-run- STANDINGS By UNITED PRESS National League Brooklyn Cincinnati St. Louis Philadelphia New York Pittsburgh W. L. Pet: GB 13 4 .765 12 5 .706 1 11 7 .611 2'i 9 7 .563 3 ',2 8 9 .371 5 7 12 .368 7 5 13 .278 8"i 5 13 .278 8!. 2 Monday's Results Chicago 6, New York 2 Brooklyn 5, Milwaukee 14 innings) American League , W. New York 12 Chicago 11 4 (night. Boston Kansas City Cleveland Detroit Baltimore Washington 10 10 8 9 10 7 10 4 16 Pet. GB .706 .688 12 .556 2a .526 3 .500 3 ',2 .474 ;4 .412 5 .200 9i2 Monday's Results Baltimore 8, Detroit 6 (13 innings) Kansas City 8. Washington 2 Pacific Coast League W. L. Pet. GB Los Angeles Seattle Vancouver Hollywood San Francisco. San Diego Sacramento . Portland 16 8 .667 16 10 .615 1 15 10 .600 1!2 14 10 .583 2 14 ' 12 .538 3 12 14 .462 5 7 17 .292 9 5 18 .217 10 'i Monday's Results Vancouver 1. San Diego 0 (comple tion of Sunday's game called because of curfew). San Diego 4, Vancouver 0 Only games scheduled John Pannucci will captain the Syracuse University baseball team this spring. Repair money? Go to HFC When you need money for home or auto repairs, or for any good reason, remember, you may borrow up to $1500 from HFC. One day's serv ice, up to 24 months to re pay, friendly money counsel when needed these are rea sons why more people borrow from HFC each year. OUSEHOLD FINANCE ning Braves, Kaiser Beats Giants Don Kaiser, 22-year-old speed baller, pitched a six-hitter to gain his first victory for the Cubs and help hand Ruben Go mez his first loss after three straight wins for the Giants. Ed Winceniak's two-run single was the key blow of the Cubs' four run sixth-inning rally that broke open the game. Jim Brideweser's first hit of the season, a double, drove ia two runs in the 13th to give the Orioles their victory over the Tigers. The blow followed a double by Gus Triandos and an intentional walk to Dick Wil liams, providing relief pitcher George Zuverink with his sec ond win. Bob Nieman homered for the Orioles. Rookie Jim Pisoni's grand slam homer climaxed a six - run first inning rally and Ned Gar ver protected it for Kansas City the rest of the way with a neat six-hitter. Gus Zernial had sent the Athletics in front with a two run single as the Athletics dealt Chuck Stobbs, a 15-game win ner last season, his fifth straight loss. LINE SCORES: National League Chicago 000 024 000 fi 7 2 New York 000 000 101 2 6 1 Kaiser (1-1) and Neeman. Gomez. Ridzik (6). Worthington (8) and Westrum, Katt (8). Loser Gomez 13-1). 14 Innings Milw. 100 001 010 001 00 4 13 0 Bkln. 300 000 000 001 01 5 12 2 Burdette. Murf (13) and Crandall. Drysdale, Labine (7), Craig (131, Kou fax (141 and Campanella, Walker (10). Winner Koufax (1-0). Loser Murff (2-1). HR Cimoli (2nd). Mathews 2 (2nd and 3rd), Furillo (3rd), Adcock (6th). American League Washington 000 100 001 2 6 1 Kansas City ..601 000 OOx 8 10 0 Stobbs, Ramos 2 and Fitzgerald. Garver (2-1) and Smith. Loser Stobbs (0-5). HR Pisoni (2nd). 13 Innings Bait. 003 001 020 000 08 13 0 Det 400 020 000 000 06 11 0 Moore. Zuverink (7) and Triandos. Lee, Aber (7). Gromek (8), Bunning 19), Crimian (12) and House, Wilson (12). Winner Zuverink 2-0. Loser Crimian (0-1). HR Nieman (2nd). Medforlv,Tribune Will Shoemaker Gets Suspension for Error Top Marks Indicate Threat To District Meet Records Los Angeles (U.R) Jockey Willie Shoemaker hauled his golf clubs out of the closet to day and prepared to sit out a 15 day suspension imposed on him by stewards of Churchill Downs for misjudging the finish line of last Saturday's Kentucky Derby. Shoemaker didn't blame the stewards for suspending him he blamed himself for the act of misjudgment that probably cost his mount, Gallant Man, victory in the race as he was nosed out by Iron Liege. When informed of his suspen sion, Shoemaker said philosoph- Dodgers May Move West San Francisco U.R San Francisco Mayor George Chris topher and Supervisor Francis McCarty will go to New York Thursday to talk with baseball officials about bringing a major league franchise to San Fran cisco. One of the officials they will see is Walter O'Malley, presi dent of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Christopher said San Francis co "has an excellent chance of getting major league baseball by the start of the 1958 season, if the Dodgers move to Los Angeles." Skin Divers Bill Emigrant Jaunt Oregon Skin Divers club will meet at 1 p.m. next Sunday at Emigrant" lake southeast of Ash land. Officers said that the activity will be instruction. The group met last Sunday at Jackson Hot Springs with ,Ken Mikesill as a new member. The club now has a member ship of 12 persons, it was reported. ASSISTANTS NAMED Cambridge, Mas U.R) John Yovicsin, Harvard's new head football coach, has named F. Alex Bell, Roger Robinson and James Lentz as his assistants. 128 E. Main St., 2nd Floor PHONE: SP 3-5301 America's Newest BACKYARD SENSATION! tether mx Regular 16.95 $CD)95 SET COMPLETE No Money Down! Plastic cord, 10' pole. Easy to set up, take down. Fun for young and old. 122 EAST MAIN PHONE SP 3-5348 Store Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ically, "They think they're do ing the right thing, so I guess there's little I can say about it. I just made a stupid mistake in judgment and that's that." Names Couldn't Be Printed Shoemaker revealed he re alized his mistake the - instant after he stood up in the irons at the 16th pole and said the names he silently called himself couldn't be printed in a news paper. N "Then I laid the whip to Gal lant Man again, but it was too late. I didn't pull him up when I eased up in the saddle, but the change in my position caused him to hesitate" momentarily just enough that we dropped from a nose to a head behind. He didn't break stride, though." The suspension prevented Shoemaker from possibly riding Gallant Man in the Preakness at Pimlico May 18 and the lit tle jockey will be unable to ride until May 23 at any major track under the Churchill Down ban. Shoemaker said at Churchill Downs the identical coloring of the poles'tended to confuse him, agreeing with Gallant Man's trainer, John Neiud, that the finish line is obscured at the track. ' His miscue cost Shoemaker 10 per cent of the winner's share of the purse $10,700. "Somethin's gotta give." That seems for sure concerning the Class A-l District 6 track meet next Saturday afternoon. Given good weather, thinclad athletes should smash records in at least several of the events when Grants Pass, Crater, Ash land, Klamath Falls and Med ford high schools contend at the Medford stadium. , Predictions are based on per formances already this spring. District records have been bet tered in' no less than six events. In five of these contests the top mark is better than the state meet record. , Three Grants men have ex ceeded the 12 feet 2!i inches established by Lew Breazeale and Benson Foley, Medford, in 1954. They are Phil Paquin, 13-3, Stan Lewman, 13, and Mike Sparlin, 12-6. Five Better for Tornado. Marks better than district have been recorded by Medford athletes in five events this sea son. Wally Larson has run the low hurdles in :19.1 and the highs in :14.1. District marks are :19.6, by Frank Morris in 1951 and Wally Larson in 1956, and :14.6 by Jack Morris in 1950 and Larson last year. Neil Plumley's 58-3 XA shot put is better than the 54-7 heaved by Jack Moad in the 1953 dis trict test. Bilbee Lane's 1:59.1' half-mile compares to the 2:01 set by Bill Werner in 1947. The half-mile relay team of Lorin Christean, Mike Russell, Pete Kershaw and Larson have tour ed in 1:30.4. The district mark is 1:31.2 by Bill Buckingham, Bill Pruitt, Lou Bittle and Jack Morris, Medford, in 1950. There have been near record performances by district thin clads in six other events. Chris tean has run the 100-yard dash in :09.9 (which equals the state record) and the 220 in :22.4. Dis trict bests were :09.8 and :22.2 by Bob Leslie in 1934, the oldest records on the books. Quarter in :49.9 Russell has circled the quarter-mile in :49.9. The district tops was :49.6 by Ray Johnson in 1941. Jerry Close, Medford, has broad jumped 22-6 com pared to 22-8V by Dollarhide of Lakeview. in 1940. Fred Thomas, Grants Pass, has high jumped 6-11 and the record was put in . the ledger by Gary Dawes at 6-2 in 1947. Lary Smith, Crater, has hurled the javelin 191-9, indicating a threat to the 192-3l by Ed Bingham in 1953. Other best marks this season are by Terry Boatman. Grants Pass, 4:34 in the mile, and around 146 feet by Jerry Stub blefield, Ashland, in the discus. District tops are 4:28 by George Fullerton, Ashland in 1946 and 156-7 by Jack-Brophy, Medford in 1954. 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