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VIW 7i Vnitti Press
Paddy Driscoil Foresees
Hard Road Ahead for Bears
Wednesday. September 25, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
New York IP They stood
there, toe to toe, the one a sleek
black panther and the other a
whipcord little man made out of
barbed wire, and they hammered
each other with a mad abandon.
It was the 11th round in the
howling din of Yankee Stadium
Monday night as Carmen Basilio
stripped the middleweight crown
from Ray Robinson's jet black
locks, and it must go down in
ring history as one of the great
est rounds ever fought.
You can talk about the night
Luis Angel Firpo, the Wild Bull
of the Pampas, knocked Jack
Dempsey out of the ring.
But I'll take that 11th round
as Basilio opened with a left
to the chin, followed it up with
another and hurled Robinson
against the ropes.
Robinson Comes Back
Talk if you will about that
"long count" round when Gene
Tunney got the "big 14" from
the timekeeper and went on to
take the heavyweight title from
Dempsey at Philadelphia.
But when Robinson, blood
streaming from his nose, surged
off" the ropes and buried a vicious
right hand in Basilio's body, they
were pounding out a saga of
strength and courage which will
live as long as men like this
brutal sport.
Give me a tale, if it's your
desire, about how a bitter, venge
ful Joe Louis sprang out of his
corner and lowered the curtain
of darkness on the Black Uhlan
from Germany, the sorrowful
figure which was Max Schmel
ing. But when Robinson sprang
forward like a cougar, slashing
a series of hard rights and lefts
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to the chin and then shifting to
the body to double the hurting
Carmen into a pitiful knot, this
was leather mitten history in
the making.
Go on, hold out for the round
in which the knotted fists of
tough Rocky Marciano ended an
era as they battered a gallant
but aged Joe Louis into limbo on
a night in Madison Square Gar
den. But when Basilio came out of
that pit of pain and lashed back
with a savagery which sent Rob
inson back on his heels, the
crowd in Yankee Stadium rose
en masse and howled its accolade
of greatness.
Goes On To Win
You might think they had been
greater rounds when this same
Robinson, blood streaming down
his face, launched a crazy last
ditch attack which drew the cur
tain of darkness over Randy Tur
pin to win back this same cham
pionship. Or even that thriller
when - Marciano, trailing on
points, fired a long shot punch
from left field which toppled
the heavyweight crown from the
head of old Jersey Joe Walcott.
But as Basilio reached out of
nowhere, fighting on heart alone,
to win that 11th round Monday
nigh, this was oie of the tough
est little fighting men you'll ever
see. He was out on his feet but
he marched up alongside such
greats of gameness as Billy Pe
trolle, Tony Canzoneri, Tony
Zale and tough Robert Ville
main, the Frenchman whose
credo was "They shall not pass."
For Carmen came back to win
that round and eventually the
fight. But that 11th round told
the story, and it was as tough
and thrilling and bitter a round
as ever has been fought inside
the squared circle.
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Bears have more backfield
speed, an added quarterback
with experience and a strength-
SPORTS
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Wooden Shoe 7
Crater Inn Motel 7
Union Club 6
Ross Lumber 4
Lillie's . 4
Jorgensen's Dairy 3
Trail Creek Lumber 3
Silver Dollar - 2
Paulsen's Thrift Market 2
Jack's Drive Up 1
Motor Haven Motel 1
Results:
Hawkinson's 4 (J. McCready 564)
2412; Jacks 0 (L. Erickson 426) 2184.
Wooden Shoe 3iR. Barr 518) 2442;
Ross Lumber 1 (H. Culy 525) 2412.
Crater Inn 4 (G. Riggs 478) 2318;
Paulsens Thrift 0 (F. Doty 494) 2176.
Lillie's 3 (M. Clark 415i 2014: Trail
Creek 1 (A. Mitcneitree 447) 1941.
Jorgensen's 3 (I. Schroeder 465)
2289; Silver Dollar 1 (A. Swoape 463)
2190.
Union Club 3 (V. Cummings 459)
2064; Motor Haven 1 (M. Little 421)
2041.
High games Joan McCready 211;
Elsie Baker 206: Helene Culy 201.
Split conversion Helen Clark
3-7-10.
VICTORY LEAGUE
Standings:
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Clave Construction 11
Hearin Lumber Co 10
Pioneer Club 9
Quality Market 8
Team No. 5 6
Earl's Eastside Market 5
Rogue Sportsman 4
Team No. 10 4
U. S. Bank 4
Sewing Machine Center 3
Pick's Apparel 2
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ened pass defense, but Coach
Paddy Driscoil forsees a tough
road toward a second straight
Western division title in the Na
tional Football league.
"We won it last .year," he
grimaced," by half a game.
We're better, I hope, but I don't
think we've improved as much
as some of the others. '
"This year Detroit added
Tobin Rote to go with Bobby
Layne. Los Angeles has every
thing in material, but needs con
sistency, and if San Francisco
improves its defense, it's got the
offense. I can't see an easy
road."
Driscoll's chief problem, It ap
pears, will be how to shuffle his
aces. Three rookies seem likely
to make the team and all of
them might become overnight
standouts tackle Earl Leggestt,
who will play both offense and
defense, and halfbacks Ronnie
Knox and Willie Galimore.
The Bears retain quarterback
Ed Brown, who led the league
in passing in 1956, and fullback
Rick Casares, the league leading
ball carrier. Then Zeke Brat
kowsky, a rookie star in 1954,
returned from military service.
"We've got a one-two punch
at quarterback," Driscoil said.
"We will probably alternate
them, but if one has a bad day,
we've got the other ready to go.
And don't overlook George
Blanda.- He can keep us going
too."
Results:
Clave Construction 4 (Sandy Kes
sler 492) 2117; Team 10 0 (Marie
Trautman 407) 1821.
Hearin Lumber company 3 (Janice
JJohreich 420); Davis Tramfer
(Edith Redfeild 392) 1846 .
Pioneer Club 4 (Alice Monroe 450)
ziMo: sewing Machine Center 0 (Yvon'
ne strooel -387) 1795.
Quality Market 1 (Helene Culy 430)
1882; Tfiam S 3 (Eleanor Lenz 452)
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i-'iacocK 442) 1B93; u. s. Bank
(Norma Grange 369) 1530.
Rogue Sportsman 3 (Doris Web
ster 446) 2030; Pick'i Apparel
(Twyla Maggenti 415) 1790.
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New York Group
To Make Offers
To Four Teams
New York (IP) Mayor Rob
ert Wagner's optimistic state
ment that New York may acquire
a major league team to replace
the Giants and Dodgers was
founded on the fact that a group
of local businessmen is planning
to make offers to four National
league teams.
These teams, the United Press
learned, are the Cincinnati Red
legs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pitts
burgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs.
The Redlegs already have turned
down one offer from the group
which, incidentally, includes a
current stockholder In a Nation-1
al League club.
This is what the group thinks
of its chances of buying one of
the four teams:
Cincinnati The group is sure
the Redlegs are for sale but that
Powell Crosley does not want to
sell it to someone who will take
it from Cincinnati.
Philadelphia The group has
no idea whether Bob Carpenter
will sell but will make him an
offer.
Pittsburgh One member of
the group told the United Press,
"If the Redlegs do not come to
New York, I believe there is a
very good chance it will be the
Pirates."
Chicago The same member
told the U. P.: "Phil Wrigley is
a very wealthy man but we be
lieve he might be induced to sell
the Cubs." .
Ebbets Field
Haunted House
Brooklyn Iff) There's a.
haunted house in this town today
called Ebbets field.
At 10:17 p.m. Tuesday night,
the Dodgers finished what prob
ably was the last baseball game
they'll ever play in Brooklyn
a 2-0 victory over the Pittsburgh
Pirates and turned the field
over to the ghosts of games
gone by.
Only 6,702 diehard fans out
of what once was baseball's most
loyal and fanatic following were
on hand for the "death" of the
Dodgers.
No Ceremonies
Since the Dodgers have yet to
admit officially that they're
leaving, the occasion was not
marked by any ceremonies.
But the players, the fans, the
park employees, the TV and
radio broadcasters and the sports
writers marked the passing of
the Bums in their own way.
The players held a beer-and-
crab fingers "farewell party,"
courtesy of catcher Roy Camp
anella. The writers and the
broadcasters joined in. The park
employees gathered in little
groups under the stands for fare
well toasts. Some of the fans
were seen crying.
Basilio Awaits
Ray's Statement
New York (IP) Sugar Ray
Robinson was expected to make
a statement about his future to
day that would clarify the middleweight-welterweight
picture.
Carmen Basilio won the mid
dleweight crown from 37-year-old
Robinson Monday night, but
he can form no plans until he
learns whether Sugar Ray will
try to recapture the title or hang
up his gloves.
Robinson's purse for Monday's
fight was $483,666 without movie
money. It was the richest of his
career; but it will snrink mucn
under the U. S. internal revenue
bureau's anticipatory tax lien of
$514,310 against it.
Basilio, whose purse was
$211,629, said, "I'm clear with
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