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Thursday, Auguit 22. 13S7
Rademacher Seeks World Crown
In Professional Debut Tonight
Pete Fights
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At Seattle
Seattle. Wash. TIP) Firts and
figures on tba Patterson-Rademach-er
fight:
Place Hick's Stadium.
Time 10 p.m. pt(. t
Probable Attendance 20,04.
Probable Gat S3S0.009.
Radio and Television None.
Weather Clear and warm.
Money Division 1250.0OO irnmr
antee to Patterson. Rademaeher fi
nancial barkers and promoter jack
Hurley split (ate 00-40.
By HAL WOOD
Seattle, Wash. (TP) Power
house Pete Rademaeher, who
has never fought a professional
battle in his life, finds out to
night If he Is the Cinderella man
of the century or just another
humpty-dumpty.
The Olympic champion makes
his deput into the pro ranks bynole fjnae
tailing un reigning woria Heavy
weight champion Floyd Patter
son, in a scheduled 15-rounder
for the title at Sicks Baseball
field.
. A crowd of about 20,000 fans
is expected to pay in the neigh
borhood of $300,000 to witness
what many claim is the zaniest
sports production of this or any
other year. The bout is slated to
start at 10 p.m. (p.s.t.)
However, promoter Jack Hur
ley said he would start it earlier
if all the customers were in
their seats.
"I have advised all customers
to be here by 8:30," said Hurley.
"Then if ever. -thing runs smooth
ly we may start the main event
as early as 9:30 to help out east
ern newspapermen with dead
lines." Most Expect Kayo
Most expect Patterson to kayo
the balding 28-year-old ex-Army
lieutenant in one or two rounds.
But you can't get Rademaeher
to subscribe to that theory.
"I'm strong, I'm big and I can
hit hard," says Pete. "I think I
can win. Otherwise I wouldn't
be in the ring."
Patterson, who knocked out
Tommy (Hurricane) Jackson in
defending his title only a month,
ago, claims he has trained just
as hard for this bout as he did
for any of his others.
"Floyd doesn't underestimate
anyone," says Manager Cus
D'amato. "He is ready for any
emergency hoping for a first
round one-punch kayo but set
for 15 rounds if necessary."
Outweighs Champ
Rademaeher will go into the
ring with all the physical advan
tage on his side. He'll outweigh
the champion by about 20
pounds at 210 to 190. His reach
is 3V4 inches longer and he is
about two inches taller.
But there the advantages
cease. This will be Patterson's
34th fight and he has been beat
en only once an eight-round
decision to Joey Maxim in 1S54.
He ,has knocked out 13 of his
last 14 victims. -
There is no wagering on the
bout, since nobody has come for
ward to pick Rademaeher.
There's not even any betting on
which round Patterson will score
a KO.
BILL CATEY CAPTURES
RVCC SENIOR DIADEM;
DEFEATS STACEY 1-UP
Clark, Harum
Tussle Aussies
Chestnut Hill, Mass. Wt
The first good American-Australian
clash in the National
Doubles championships pitted
'Mark horses" Straight Clark
and Dave Harum against Aus
sies Roy Emerson and Bob Mark
in a quarter-final match today.
Clark is the Philadelphian
without a national ranking and
th Miami-born Harum is rated
25th nationally but they showed
exceptionally well Wednesday
in scoring a driving 11-9, 6-4,
i i.r 13.11 victory over U.S.
Davis Cup captain Billy Talbert
and Gil Shea of Los Angeies ui
a third-round battle.
On the other hand, the Au
stralians have experienced little
competition in reaching the
quarter-finals. They took an
fi-4 6-2. 6-2 triumph from
Tamps Farrin of Philadelphia
and Henri Salaun of Cambridge,
Mass. ,
Althea Gibson and Darlene
Hard gained the women's semi
finals by defeating little Velmar
nnrlrson. Fort Meade, Md.,
Wednesday and Margaret Vain
er, Boston. 6-4, 9-7- u
,wn titlists probably will be
rested now until Friday or Sat
urday to make the most oi me"
gate attractiveness.
TraTVERSHIP TIED
Columbos, Ohio flu Pre
turney favorite Jack Nicklaus of
Columbus, Ohio.. and Dick
Youngberg of Northbrook, 111.,
held a two-stroke lead today go
ing into the second round of
the International Jaycee Golf
tournament here.
The two 17-year-old par bus
ters carded one under par 71's
in Wednesday s first round play
on Ohio State university's Scar
let course to lead the 103 jun
ior qualifiers.
Bill Catey, one of Rogue Val
ley Country club's longtime golf
ers, celebrated his 60th birthday
yesterday afternoon in an ap
propriate manner.
He won the senior club cham
pionship. The postal employee
defeated accountant George Sta
cey 1 up in the hard-fought 18-
A par five on the last green
won the tussle. The two seniors
were all even after 17 holes.
green
They reached the 18th
each with three strokes.
Two-up was Catey's widest
margin. He held that advantage
after the nine-hole turn but Sta-
cey bounced back to take No.
10 and 11 holes and square up
the match.
Stacey took the opening hole.
Catey won on No. 2 and never
trailed after that. The new
champ had a 39-41 80 card
while Stacey recorded a 42-40
82.
Government Could Do Well
To Call on Cus, Jack in
Monopoly Busting Work
Seattle, Wash. (IP) If the
government's anti-trust division
fails in its efforts to break up
the so-called monopoly of the
International Boxing club, it
might do well to call on a lo
cal duo.
Promoter Jack Hurley and
fight manager Cus D'Amato are
ready if they can get the prop
er assistance, to blast the IBC
right off the continent.
"In fact, as long as I man
age the heavyweight champion,"
says D'Amato, "no challenger
who is tied up with the IBC in
any way will get a chance at the
crown."
Did that mean that such men
as Eddie Machen, Hurricane
Jackson, Willie Pastrano and
GI Ringman
Picks Floyd
Karlshrue, Germany (IP)
A GI boxer who fought both
Floyd Patterson and Pete Rade
maeher said Patterson would
keep his heavyweight title to
night but will have "a rough
time."
Gordon Gladson, 25, of Spo
kane, Wash., was defeated by
Patterson in the 1952 Olympic
Trials and has sparred more than
100 rounds with Rademaeher,
who was his teammate on the
Washington State College boxing
squad.
Patterson went on to win the
Olympic title. Rademaeher did
the same in 1956.
"Patterson's experience should
make the difference," Gladson
said. "But Rademacher's tre
mendous size and power should
give him a rough time.
"Patterson is a small heavy
weight at 186 pounds. He's not
what you'd call a heavy puncher,
but rather sharp in his reactions,
fast on his feet, and accurate
with his punch.
"On the other hand, Rade
maeher is heavier and very fast
with is hands. Besides, he hits
the hardest of any fighter I've
been in the ring with."
Leafs Keep Hold
On First Place
By UNITED PRESS
It took the Toronto Maple
Leafs more than a month to get
atop the International league,
and fromt he way they're play
ing of late, apparently they plan
to stay there awhile.
The Bisons kept pace, howev
er, by defeating the Rochester
Red Wings, 4-1, behind the five
hit pitching of Walt Craddock
who ran his record to 15-7.
The third-place Richmond
Virginians slipped six games off
the pace by dropping a twin
bill to the Havana Sugar Kings,
9-4 and 4-2, the second game in
11 innings, and the Columbus
Jets defeated the Miami Marlins
9-4 in other action.
TOURNEY STARTS
Williamsport, Pa. (Tfl The
11th annual Little League World
Series, postponed one day by
rain, got underway today with
two games scheduled. Monter
rey, Mexico, and Bridgeport,
Conn., met in the first game and
Escanaba, Mich., and La Mesa,
Calif., in the second.
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others would be left out in the
cold?
Means It. Too
I mean just what 1 said, re
plied Cus with heat, "and I'm
going to investigate anyone be
fore he gets a crack at the crown
even that new No. 4 man
from Cut 'n Shoot, Texas, Roy
Harris."
D Amato and Hurley appear
to make the perfect team when
it comes to hating the IBC. They
both are strong believers in the
art of free" enterprise.
"I get so mad when I hear
the men from the IBC say that
I'm not being fair because they
gave my man a chance to win
the title from their man," says
Cus. "That's not true they were
forced into it.
"And I hear rumors, probably
started by my enemies, that I'm
not letting Floyd Patterson take
the spotlight as a champion
should.
Free Appearances
"Well, aU I know is that he
appears five or six times a week
at boys' clubs and other things
like that. And where former
champions got $500 to $2,000 for
appearances like that, we do it
free."
He also rapped critics who
claimed he and Patterson were
mercenary in gettmg $250,000
for the Pete Radamacher fight
here tonight. '
mat s smy, ne replied, in
the first place, Floyd will get
to keep only about 10 per cent
of the purse because he already
has made so much money this
year that taxes take 90 per cent.
The reason we took this fight
was to prove that an independ
ent promoter could handle a big
bout without any help from the
IBC. And in the future we'll
book bouts only with independ
ent promoters."
Eugene Cops
State Title
Oregon City (IB Eugene
won the 24th annual Oregon
state Softball championship on
Wednesday night with a 3-0 win
over Corvallis.
Bob Willis hurled the win, al
lowing just three hits and strik
ing out 12. It was the second
shutout he hurled in the tourna
ment. He was voted the most out
standing pitcher in the tourna
m e n t following Wednesday
night's game.
Jack Hurley
Rates High
As Skipper
By BILL McFARLAND
Phoenix, Ariz. Iff) You're
really got to know this guy Jack
Hurley to appreciate his genius.
He's the fellow promoting
what is becoming known as the
fistic-farce of the century the
world heavyweight champion
ship fight between Floyd Patter
son and Pete Rademaeher, the
Olympic and amateur, champ
ion.
The match Itself la a para
dox of Hurley's own sentiments
regarding the fight game, in
which, for most of his 60 years,
he's made his liVing.
As a fight manager, and he's
classified as one of the most
capable in the business, the
worst words he has for a fight
er is to caJJ him "amateur."
Champion Flattened
What did Hurley, who has
been stuck with a variety of
nicknames ranging from Deacon
to Professor say when his mag
azine cover champion Harry
Matthews was flattened by
Rocky Marciano?
- "He turned amateur on me."
That's Hurley the fight man
ager, and he detests "amateurs."
Now there's Hurley the pro
moter, and he's no novice at
this. As the boys around Chicago
will tell you, the Deacon used to
be a big man in the windy city
int . his type of enterprise.
The fact he's using an amateur
in one of the slickest deals since
the Dutch bought Manhattan Is
land from the Indians is a cred
it to his ability in the promotion
department of his profession.
Hurley is honest with him
self, his fighters, and the public.
He tells you what he's doing,
and he tells you why.
Got His Chance
He got his chance to make
some money when Patterson won
the title. Patterson's manager,
Gus D'Amato, is from the Hur
ley school, after a fashion. The
fashion is both hate the Interna
tional Boxing club. If nothing
else, this promotion is a get
even whack at Jim Norris, who
Hurley used to claim gave him
the run-around with regard- to
Matthews. ,
Probably the biggest reason
Hurley is getting away with this
seemingly illogical title fight is
that they like him in Washing
ton state.
Antelope Hunt
Delay Ordered
Salem m Gov. Robert
D. Holmes said today that be
cause of extreme fire danger
he had ordered one of three
special antelope hunting sea
sons delayed two weeks.
The area is located in por
tions of Harney and Malheur
counties and is designated as
area No. 3. It had been sched
uled to open this week end
but now has been tentatively
set to open Sept 7. continuing
through Sept. 11.
Hunts in areas No. 1 and 2
will continue ai scheduled
from August 24 through 29.
LA MESA CHAMPION
Watsonville, Calif. (TP) La
Mesa, Calif., last night added an
other junior baseball title to its
standard by defeating Covina,
Calif., 5-3, in the finals of the
Region 8 Pony league playoffs.
Previously the San Diego suburb
has placed teams in the national
Little League playoffs at Wil
liamsport, Pa., and the Colt
League national tournament at
Ontario, Calif.
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