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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
Best performances in 10 events
this year have been by Medford
men with two by Grants Pass
and one each by Crater and
Ashland.
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