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o ttCMTWEOWRU 'OREGON KAIL TRIBUNE Tudr. July 30. 1857 Champ Batters Hurricane for TKO in 10th Patterson Blames 'Ring Rusf for Late Decision New Yrk an Tommy Hur ricane Jacket, defeated Monday night in tha bout lot the world championship heavyweight title, wai lakan to Maadfiwbrooic Hos pital in East Meadow, N. Y., lor xamination toitay. Doctors at tha hospital said thay would have no statement to make en his conditioa aatil lha examination was coaaplatad. It was not revealed why Jackson entered tha hospital. By JACK CUDDY Unaed Press Sports Writer - New York ID floyd Pat terson, youngest ot hfcyweiht champions, bjumed "ring rust" today for his belated technical knockout over Tommy Hurri cane Jackson in his first defense of the crown. "I should have put him away early for the full count instead of letting him last for a TKO in the 10th." said the 22-year-old champ, who stretched his win ning string to 19 straight before 18.101 at the Polo Grounds. "But I hadn't fought in eight months since winning the title against Archie Moore and I was rusty." He promised, 'I'm going to de fend the title three or four times a year to keep rust away, start ing with Pete Rademachcr next month." head with this fight, although the gate was disappointing be cause of the threat of bad weath er yesterday and the long betting odds." The gross gate was only $187, 718 and the net gate $161,367. There were only 13.305 cash cus tomers in the Giants' ball park. Although Lence received $175,000 from TV-radio the same amount he had guaranteed Patterson he doubtless lost money on his first venture into big-time promotion. Before the fight, he had stated he needed a gross gate of at least $200,000 to break even. Jackson, fighting for 20 per cent of all net receipts including TV-radio will get about $67,270 for his beating. MEDrotUw4aTBIBUKE SIPdDIffiTS A caosule description of Mon day night's heavyweight cham pionship fight: Round 1. Patterson staggered Jackson with a left hook and a right cross, then drew blood from the challenger's note, with a two-handed attack. Tha cham pion dropped Jackson with a right for no-count at tha bell. Round 2. Patterson again floored Jackson for a six-count with a jolting right and al though the challenger tried to retaliate, Patterson shook him with rights and lefts lata in the round. Round 3. Jackson's nose con tinued bleeding. Patterson calm ly waited for openings and scored with sharp lefts to the head and rights to the body. Round 4. Tha challenger at tempted to press tha attack but in a toe-to-toe exchange Patter son scored with a series of com binations that staggered Jackson again. Round 5. Midway in the round. Patterson hurt Jackson with a straight right to tha body. Tha challenger rocked Patterson with a right to the chin but tha champion rallied to win tha round by a clear margin. Round 6. Patterson connected with a left to tha head and a right cross to the jaw that stopped Jackson in his tracks. Jackson stayed in close and took a beating through most of tha round. Round 7. In one of his best rounds. Patterson pe p p a r a d Jackson with left jabs to the chin, then shook him with a right to the chin. The challenger was almost out on his feet at lh bell. Rund 8. Patterson brought blood streaming from Jackson's nose with repeated lefts and rights to tha head. The champion pummeled Jackson as if he were a punching bag. Round 9. Jackson continued to move in but was floored by a whistling right to the chin for a four-count. Jackson bounced back up and tried to counter. His left eye was swollen almost shut as the round ended. Round 10. Referee Ruby Cold stein inspected Jackson between rounds. The challenger scored an overhand right, one of his best punches of the fight. Then Patterson launched an all-out two-fisted attack that jarred Jackson's head from side to side. Goldstein stepped in and stopped the fight at 1:52 of tha 10th round. Seattle Guarantee Biggsr The poker-faced youngster who floored Jackson three times and battered him into a helpless, bloody wreck, said he would be delighted to defend next against Olympic champion Rademacher, an amateur, at Seattle, Wash., on Aug. 22. He'll get a gurantee of $250, 000 for that defense. He re ceived only a $173,000 guaran tee for his lopsided blasting of Jackson, who wasn't credited ' with a single round by referee Kuby Goldstein, the two judges or the United Press. Despite his claims of rust, Pat terson weighing 184 pounds to Jackson's 192Vj was much more impressive Monday night than he was 13 months ago, when he had to be content with a split 12-round decision over the "iron man" from St. Albans, N. Y. But Patterson had suffered a fractured right hand in the fifth round of that first Jackson fight. Today he was unmarked and uninjured. Promoter Lost Money Little Emil Lence. the first independent promoter to stage a heavyweight title fight in 20 years, hoped to use Patterson in two or three more defenses in New York perhaps one or two in a big armory during the cold months. Dress manufacturer Lence said, 'I have established a beach- Defender . Tells Story Of Fight Editor's Note: Floyd Patter son, who successfully defended his world heavyweight cham pionship with a lOth-round TKO over Hurricane Jackson, tells in the following dispatch, written exclusively for the United Press, how he scored his victory. Canadian Brand of Ball Brought to Portland Soon By FLOYD PATTERSON World Heavyweight Champion As Told to United Press New York W He didn't hurt me. He didn't mark me. But that Hurricane Jackson is as game as they come. I wanted to win this fight for all of the people who believed in me, including myself. And I thought I was winning it all the way. - You ask me, did Tommy win any rounds-arid I'll ask you fel lows who saw the fight did you think he won any rounds? I thought I had him all the time, but he sure wouldn't go down. I thought he was hurt and it wouldn't have surprised me if they had stopped the fight be fore they did. One Good Punch He had one good fighting punch. It was an uppercut, whenever he landed. I think he was stronger, too, than when I fought him the last time. Be cause I know I was a lot stronger myself in this fight and he would have folded up if he hadn't been stronger himself. Yes, he kept talking to me in the ring. He kept saying, ' Come on and fight, you bum, you" and I just kept right on giving him everything I had. And he kept right on taking it. He seemed to want to keep on fighting at the finish when the referee called it off. But I think he would have gotten hurt if we had kept on going. It could have been a very fhort fight, too. I thought I had him knocked out in the first round. But the bell saved him. Funny thing to me about the fight was that as it went on it seemed Jackson was easier to hit and I knew I kept hitting him more often. But he just wouldn't go down. Concentrated on Head He kept throwing punches, too. But as the rounds went on I thought his punches became weaker and weaker. And I kept concentrating on his head, trying to land a blow that would stagger him. One thing that impressed me about him, he is not as easy to hit in the body as he appears to be. So that was why I kept going for his head. Now I'm going right back into training again to fight Pete Rademacher on August 22. There won't be any vacation. I want to keep on fighting to build up a good name for box ing. Who do I think is the logical contender now? Well. I feel that Rademacher is as good as any other. Personally, I don't care. I just want to fight as often as I can. I want to be a fighting cham pion. And I think I started to prove tonight that I am. REAL TEAMWORK Somers. Iowa IW Baseball manager Ed McNeil decided his second baseman needed a change. So he married her. Mc Neil pilots the Cedar Valley High School girl's Softball team. By HAL WOOD United Press Sports Writer San Francisco W Cana dians "sold" United States on the game of hockey and next month some ambitious young men from Vancouver, B.C., set out to sell the Canadian game of 12-man football to Americans. The Grey Cup champion Ed monton Eskimoes and the Van couver Lions of the Canadian league will play Canadian foot ball in Portland, Ore., next Fri day at 8:30 p.m. in Multnomah stadium; and in San Francisco Aug. 11. This is one of the few times the Canadian brand of the game ever has been put on display in this country although a couple of years ago the Eastern Cana dian games were telecast on a U. S. network. The Canadians firmly believe that their brand of the game is far superior to that of the 11 man Amercan style. It is faster, more wide-open, there's more room to maneuver on the big field, they claim. Dick Diespecker of the Lions advances the opinion that Ameri cans will like the game more than their own once they get the hang of it. "For instance, there are five men in the backfield, and all five can be in motion at once without penalty," he says. "And most of the time all are in mo tion before the ball is snapped. No Fair Catch "Then, there is' no such thing as a 'fair catch' on a punt or kick-off in the Canadian game. The' would-be tacklers have to stay five yards away from the receiver until he catches the ball then the receiver must try to run with it." The field for the Canadian game is 15 yards wider, 10 yards longer and has 25-yard end zones compared with the 10-yard end Team Minus Two Pros Dunedin, Fla. ftPl Nine of the nation's top professional golf ers will represent the United States at the annual Ryder Cup matches in Yorkshire, England, Oct. 4-5, but Dr. Cary Middle coff ' and Jimmy Demaret will not among them. : The PGA Executive Commit tee Monday named as members of the 1957 U. S. team: Jack Burke Jr., Tommy Bolt, Dow Finsterwald, Doug Ford, Ed Fur gol, Lionel Hebert, Ted Kroll, Dick Mayer and Art Wall Jr. PGA President Harry Moffitt said Middlecoff and Demaret are not eligible because of a rule which requires that golfers par ticipate in the last two PGA championships to be eligible for the Ryder Cup team. Neither Middlecoff nor Demaret played in this year's championship, Middlecoff did not enter and Demaret cancelled out at the last minute because, he said, "36 holes in one day is just too much for me." Both would have made the team on a point basis in cup standings. Delaney Avenges Mile Defeat Dublin (W Ron Delany of Ireland has avenged his recent defeat by British star Derek Ibbotson, but neither runner could approach Ibbotson's new mile record of 3:57.2. Delany, the Olympic 1,500 meter champion who finished second to Ibbotson in his record run at London on July 19, turn ed the tables here Monday by coming from behind to win in a homestretch duel. Because of the soft condition of the track after a heavy over night rain, Delany was timed in 4:05.4, one-tenth of a second slower than the Irish record he holds. .Ibbotson was timed in 4:05.9. zone for the American game. Against our six points for a touchdown and one point after, the Canadians score six for a touchdown and one point after, and additionally they have a score called "rouge" which is good for one point. "The rouge is the most thrill ing part of the game," says Dies pecker. "When the ball is kicked into our 25-yard end zone, 't must be run out. If the ball carrier is tackled before he gets to the goal line, it is a rouge." Have Many Americans "We have the 'Mr. Football' of Canada playing for the Es kimoes" says Diespecker. "That's Jackie Parker, the former Mis sissippi State quarterback. I think he draws around $20,000 per season for the Edmonton club and is worth every bit of it." Among the other American names on the Edmonton roster are Frank Anderson and Curt Burris of Oklahoma; and John ny Bright of Drake. Americans on the Vancouver team include backs Paul Cameron and Primo Villaneuva of UCLA; and Emory Barnes, the University of Ore gon high jumper. The Vancouver club has been in business only three years and the first season lost 15 out of 16 games but the team never has lost money, says Diespecker. Auto Show On Tonight An evening full of thrills and crashes is in store for Rogue val ley auto fans this evening at the Valley View speedway. The Joie Chitwood show makes its annual performance. Stunts get underway at 8 p.m. and the program is to be fol lowed by a couple of hardtop races with entrants from "the home oval. Advance reports say that such daring drivers as Harry Wool man, Art Noble, Bob Hanna, Lucky Beaucheyne and Bob Christy will display their prow ess acts that take both skill and nerve. Woolman, who operates this unit of the show is to make an 85-foot ramp to ramp leap and to dive a car through the air into a burning pool of gasoline. Ex pert car roller Noble has the job of being blasted with 20 sticks of dynamite. He and Han na vie in a car wrecking derby and Hanna will dive an old car through the air and crash into junk autos. Beucheyne is the motorcycle trick and daredevil rider, while Christy is slated to ride through a flaming board wall on the hood of a speeding car. String Bean, a bicycle expert, leads the clown performance. "he Chitwood show is using new Chevrolets for the first time this year. Pro Football Teams Announce Exhibitions Philadelphia (IP) The Na tional Football league today an nounced a 36-game 1957 exhibi tion schedule with the champ ion New York Giants starting the warm-up campaign Aug. 9 against the College All-Stars at Chicago. The exhibition program will close Sept. 22 when the Giants visit the Detroit Lions and the San Francisco Forty-Niners play host to the Philadelphia Eagles. The league will, open its 38th season Sept. 29. Bert Bell, NF commission, said most of the exhibitions are scheduled by newspapers and other organizations for charity. He said about half a million dol lars is raised annually for char ity in NFL exhibitions. The exhibitions chedule: (X de notes night game): August Aug. 9 New York vs. College All-Stars at Chicago-X; 14 De troit vs. Cleveland at Detroit-X; 16 Los Angeles vs. Washington at Los Angeles-X; Chicago Card inals vs. Green Bay , at Miami, Fla.-X; 17 Chicago Bears vs. Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, Fla. -X Philadelphia vs. Baltimore at Hersliey, Pa.-X; San Francisco vs. New York at San Francisco; 23 Detroit vs. Philadelphia at Toledo, Ohio-X; Los Angeles vs. New York at Los Angeles-X; 24 Cardinals vs. Green Bay nfr Austin, Tex.-X; Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh at Akron, Ohio-X; Bears vs. Baltimore at Cincin nati, Ohio-X; 25 San Francisco vs. Washington at San Francisco X; 28 Green Bay vs. Philadel phia at Milwaukee, Wis.-X; 30 Bears vs. New York at Dallas, Tex.-X; 31 . Cardinals vs. Los Angeles at Portland, Ore.-X; Washington vs. Detroit at Birm ingham, Ala.-X; September Sept. 1 San Francisco vs. Cleveland at San Francisco; 2 Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia at Philadelphia; 6 Los Angeles vs. Cleveland at Los Angeles-X; 7 New York vs. Green Bay at Bos-ton-X; San Francisco vs. Cardin als at Seattle, Wash.-X; 8 Bears vs. Philadelphia at Kansas City, Mo.; Baltimore vs. Washington LOOK MA, NO HANDS Memphis, Tenn. (If) Dis tance swimmer Jose Cortinas swam a mile and a quarter down the Mississippi river in 27 min utes Monday while training for his planned 300-mile river swim. Observers weren't particularly impressed by the time until they discovered how he did it. Cor tinas swims with hands and feet tied. STAR DIES Madison, Nnd. (IP) Tommy Thevenow, star shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinal baseball team in the 1920s, died Sunday eve ning of a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 53. at Baltimore; Detroit vs. Pitts burgh at Buffalo, N.Y.; 13 Los Angeles vs. San Francisco at Los Angeles-X; 14 Pittsburgh vs. Bears at Pittsburgh-X; Cleveland vs. Detroit at Cleveland-X; Wash ington vs. Green Bay at Winston- Salem, N.C.-X; 15 Baltimore vs. Cardinals at Louisville, Ky.; 19 Washington vs. Los Angeles at Mobile, Ala.-X; 2i Bears vs. Cleveland at Chicago-X; 20 Cardinals vs. Baltimore at St. Louis-X; Green Bay vs. Pitts burgh at Minneapolis, Minn.-X; 22 Detroit vs. New York at Detroit; San Francisco vs. Phil adelphia at San Francisco. Yank Girls Eye Britons New oYrk (W Althea Gib son, Louise Brough, Darlene Hard, and Dorothy Head Knode will try to give the United States its 21st straight victory over Britain in the Women's Wight man Cup Tennis matches at Sewickley, Pa., Aug. 10-11. Selection of the four stars to make up the U. S. team was an nounced today by Mrs. Margaret Osburne Du Pont, non-playing team captain. The United States, which de feated Britain by a 5-2 score in the seven-match scries last year at Wimbledon has not lost the series since 1930. Miss Gibson, newly - crowned Wimbledon champion from New York and Miss Hard, this year's Wimbledon runner-up from Mon tebello, Calif., will be appearing in the Wightman matches for the first time. Miss Brough, former Wimbledon champion from Bev erly Hills, Calif., and Mrs. Knode, of Forest Hills, N. Y, both have appeared in the series several times. GIANTS SCRIMMAGE Burlington, Vt. API Tha New York football Giants will scrimmage for sweet charity Wednesday. The Giants will scrimmage against nearby St. Michael's College, with all pro ceeds being ear-marked for the benefit of the disaster fund of the American Red Cross. The north central states of the U.S. have an unusual num ber of goiter cases because the soil and water here are deficient in iodine content. No-Hitter By Anderson For Medford Jerry Anderson twirled a no hit game for the Medford Cubs against Ashland here yesterday. The Medford club won 2 to 0. Meanwhile, at Grants Pass, the GP Cubs got a scare from the GP Bears, but came out on top. 4 to 3. This left both Medford and Grants Pass Cubs tied for first place in the Southern Oregon Junior Baseball Cub league at four wins and one loss. Ashland remains in third, with a two and three record, and the Grants Pass Bears hold down last' posi tion with ought and five. Final Games Final games for the Cub league are next Monday, Aug. 5, when Medford goes to Grants Pass to play a game that will de cide first place, and Grants Pass Bears go to Ashland. The intermediate and south ern division pee wee leagues wrap up their season today and tomorrow. Pee Wees Pee Wees plays this afternoon, with the undefeated Medford Tigers meeting the Mediord Wildcats here, and Central Point going to Eagle Point. The Tigers have sewed up the title. Central Point stands to gain a possible tie for second place, supposing a Wildcat loss in the Medford game and a Central Point win in the other game. Intermediate clubs mix to morrow. Medford, assured of the championship with five wins and no defeats, will face Talent here. Second place Central Point goes against Ashland at Central Point. There may be a make-up game later this week between Talent and Ashland in this league. I.INESCOBES: Cub League R H E Medford :.200 000 x 2 2 0 Ashland 000 000 0 0 0 1 Anderson and Goddard; McKinnis and Dickerson. GP Cubs 10 012 x 4 GP Bears 010 000 23 1 Cole and Martell; Barlow and Hamilton. DROBNY WINS Gstaad, Switzerland (IP) Jaroslav Drobny of Egypt and Don Candy of Australia defeated Budge Patty of Los Angeles and Pierre Darmon of France, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1, Monday to win the men's double crown in the Swiss International tennis champion ships. 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