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MAIL TtllUNI, MeJfers!, Or. Wednesday, Jun 24, 1959 Floyd Seeks To .Prove -His Worth EDITOR'S .NOTEt Cut D'Amaio. the manager of world haarywaight chain pioa Floyd Pattarion, be lieves Thursday's bout against Johansson will opan . tha ayat of folks who hava "undarratad" Patterson. In tha following dispatch, ha tails why ho thinks this fight will saa Patlarson start9 to establish himsalf "as a graat fighting cham pion." By CUS D'AMATO Manager, oxld Heavyweight Champion Floyd Patlarson (WriUan For UPI) Chatham, N.J. - It would be foolish to single out one of a fighter's bouts as more im portant than another, and yet Floyd Patterson and I both feel that Thursday night's fight with Ingemar Johansson is just about the most import- - ant of his career. i Floyd is a sensitive boy, and naturally he is disturbed by some of the things that have been said about him. He wants to set the record straight to prove that he Is a worthy champion - and a first rate opponent like Jo hansson should give him the chance. I cannot stress enough how loyal Floyd has been to me, He has understood the objec tives of my fight against the International Boxing Club, and he has cheerfully sacri ficed popularity and to some degree financial reward to help me in that battle. Now we can begin to be more ac tive, and I hope that the Jo hansson bout will be only the beginning of an era in which Patterson will "establish him self as a great fighting cham pion. Ranked Contenders Of course, I don't go along by any means with all those who keep saying Floyd has fought only so-called "bums." Every one of his title bout op ponents, with the exception of Pete Rademacher, was ranked among the top four contenders. If they have been disap pointing against Floyd,' it cer tainly is not his fault. He is ready to meet the best-the tougher the better. 3- Everyone has been im pressed by he way Patterson has looked in training for the Johansson fight.' I think he has matured physically to a great extent. He is stronger without having sacrificed any of his speed or agility. The result has been more training camp knockdowns than he ever has had before, and the way he worked over tome of those bigger men who were acting as his sparring partners convinces me that he will have nothing to fear from the 15 pounds or so he'll have' to give away to Johansson. Can Floyd Take Right Ths big question, of course, Is whether Floyd can take Johansson's powerful right hand. In a sense that is put ting the cart before the horse, because one might say that first Johansson has to hit Floyd - and then we'll start worrying about Patterson's reaction. He has onet some good hitters in the past but none cf them have had aim Floyd vs PATTERSON 8 &5 7 - , - v Exclusive" "'s ' ' 1 A' ABC Radio f N j I Coverage'. sr " " KYJC Not on home TV! (Patterson, MaRiisson Ureal! Camps, Mead 'for . Mew YorEf (For Thursday TOtDe Scrap A sellout crowd will see the Floyd Patterson - Ingemar Jo hansson heavyweight title boxing bout Thursday night in the Craterian theatre screen. Theatre seats were reported sold out Tuesday for . the closed circuit television show ing. Doors at the Craterian open at 5 p.m. and the fight starts at 6:30 p.m. By JACK CULLY United Press International New York (CPU Champion Floyd Patterson and Swedish Ingemar Johansson broke camp today and came to New York for their world heavy Sport Parade New York-fliPD-They were saying it couldn't be done long before the doctors gave up smoking so this corner has to go for the 4 to 1 price ana pick Ingemar Johansson to make smorgasbord of Floyd Patterson inside 10 rounds at Yankee Stadium on Thursday night. Call the men in the white coats, if you will. And point out that Ingo hasn't as much as smashed an egg with his siege gun right hand in train ing. But you don't have to go back to "David and Goliath, or even as far as Eddie Ar caro, to prove that the favor ite isn't always in the picture and every underdog has his day. Sees "Somedlng" They chuckled at another foreign bloke named Max Schmeling a few years back when he was being readied as . a sacrifice to young Joe Louis. One cartoonist depicted "Herr Mox" as a man going to the electric chair and, when the fight was delayed by rain, showed Schmeling as a man reprieved. "I see someding," Schmel ing said stoically. Louis had won 27 in a row, 23 by knockout. Schmeling was 5 to 1 to become num bers 28 and 24 respectively. But he had indeed seen "some ding." To the consternation of the chalk players, young Joe was flattened in the. 12th heat. So much for odds and favoritism. Which brings us to the mat ter of firepower. There are pugilists who can "take you in any serious trouble. One thing is certain though. Floyd certainly can't afford to get careless against an oppon ent as dangerous as Johans son. He'll have to be alert and thinking all the time. I think it is important that Patterson was able to have that bout with Brian London at the be ginning of May. It was just what he needed to sharpen him up for a fighter of Jo hansson's caliber. I believe his performance Thursday night will be a real eye-opener for all those peo ple who have underrated him so badly. THURSDAY NIGHT Ingemar JOHANSSON ABC RADIO NETWORK 1230 kc weight title fight Thursday night With Patterson now fa vored at 4-1. Because of the early weigh in Thursday, both fighters de cided to spend Wednesday night in the city. Heavy support for champion Patterson caused the odds to jump from 7-2 to 4-1. A few "sportsmen" quoted longer prices and there were indica tions Floyd would go into the ring at 5-1 or 6-1. Ring Construction Finishing Workmen were putting the finishing touches on the ring, erected over second base in Yankee Stadium, and on the By OSCAR FRALEY United Press International out" with one punch and there are those who have to belabor an opponent as if they were beating a rug before the target goes horizontal. Floyd Patter son is one of the latter. He does not have the one-shot opiate of a Dempsey or a Marciano. Behind When ... Boom The "Rock" was blowing the title to old Jersey Joe Walcott the night ,he went after the heavyweight hat. Then he launched one from right field, clipped old Joe on the kisser and, while he hit him a few more shots on the way down, Jersey on that one boffo had been launched all the way back to his native South Jersey. Louis was to feel that fire power too. Of the fight against Marciano in which Joe reached the end of the road, Louis recalled: "It was like a guy beatin' you with a lead pipe. No matter where he hit me, itH raised welts." Marciano's tactics consisted merely of swinging both hands until there was nothing left standing but the referee. When he finally beat down the other man's arms and got a shot at the chin you could go collect all your wagers. Yet even the Rock dropped when he caught it on the button, as he did before he rallied to beat ancient Archie Moore. So there is a theory here that Patterson, who has been floored by such inept me chanics as Pete Rademacher arid Roy Harris, could wind up extremely uncomfortable sleeping without a pillow on Thursday night. Because from the manner in which Ingo de stroyed Eddie Machen, there can be no doubt about his punching ability even if he has preferred to give that right hand a rest in training. After all, Tommy Farr looked like the world's big gest boxing bum in training, but Louis had to go all out to get the decision. Jimmy Braddock was a 1 to 10 under dog against Max Baer when he won the title. Ezzard Charles was a 6 to 1 favorite the night Walcott knocked him out and Louis was 10 to 1 when he took a split de cision from Walcott in the biggest holdup since The Great Train Robbery. Price means nothing. Punch means everything. Getting old Fearless to pick Johansson may be the greatest psycholo gical boost Patterson could get but being right" hand happy, Ingo's 'my man. ISNT THAT RIDICULOUS Anamosa, Iowa -(DPD Fri day and Saturday have been designated "ridiculous days" in Anamosa. The Chamber of Commerce, which named them, said they'll be devoted "to "ridiculous" bargains in all stores. : . League Leaders United Press International NATIONAL LEAGUE Player it club G AB R. H. Pet Aaron; Milw 67 277 51 108 390 White. St. L 60 207 37 74 .358 Cepeda, S-F 88 272 48 91 .335 Moon, L.A 60 219 39 73 333 Temple, Cln. 67 265 47 88 332 AMERICAN LEAGUE Kuenn, Det. 59 235 37 Kaline. Det. 61 239 -37 Runnels, Bos. 62 242 41 Woodl'g. Bait. 60 190 24 Fox. Chi. 65 266 36 85 84 81 62 86 362 351 335 326 323 Runs Batted In National league Banks, Cubs 67; Aaron, Braves 63; Robinson, Reds 59; Cepeda, Giants 57; Pinson, Reds 51. American league K illebrew. Senators 53; Skowron, Yankees 52; Colavito, Indians 47; Allison, Sena tors 47. Jensen. Red Sox 47. Home Runs National league Mathews, Braves 22; Banks. Cubs 19; Aaron, Braves 19; Robinson, Reds 16; Ce peda, Giant 15. American league Killebrew, senators 24; Colavito, Indians 22; Mantle. Yankees 18: Triandos, Orioles 17; Lemon, Senators 17. Pitching ' National league Face, Pirates 1 1-0; Mizell, Cardinals 9-3, Anto nelli. Giants 12-4; Burdette, Braves 11-5; Newcombe, Reds 8-4; Law, Pi rates 8-4. American league Larsen. Yan kees 6-1; Wilhelm, Orioles 9-2; Lary, Tigers 8-3; Mossi. Tigers; Shaw, White Sox and Grant, In diana all 5-2. eight-row working press sec tion and the 9,000 paying field seats. Promoter Bill. Rosensohn reported that the stepped-up ticket sale was boosting the advance well beyond the $450,000 mark and indicating a gate of more than $600,000. That would mean about 40,000 spectators. Athough European cham pion Johansson is unbeaten and although he knocked out top-rated Eddie Machen in the first round of his last bout, a poll of 64 sports writers, here for the fight, showed 52 pick ing Patterson and only 12 se lecting Ingemar. Fifteen Swedish writers in the poll were almost split. Eight favored handsome Ingemar and seven voted for the cham pion. No Home TV Patterson and Johansson are scheduled to square off at 10:30 pjn. Thursday. There will be no television to homes. However, it will be radio broadcast to homes by ABC (KYJC, Medford) Bookies reported light bet ting on the result' because of the scarcity of Johansson money. There is some wager ing, however, on how long the fight will last and how long each boxer will last. It's "even money" that the scheduled 15 rounded doesn't go more than eight rounds, regardless of the winner, and 4-1 that it doesn't go 15 rounds. Should there be rain Thurs day night, the fight could be postponed to Friday - night and, if necessary, to Saturday night. Suit Filed By Machen New York - (DPD - Heavy weight contender Eddie Ma che and James D. Norris' Chi cago Stadium corporation are suing the principals in Thurs day night's heavyweight championship bout for more than a million dollars. That sum is being asked in federal court as damages for Ingemar Johansson's failure to give Machen a return bout before meeting heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson. The suit, which was filed Tuesday, was the second legal action taken by Machen in connection with the alleged return-bout contract. Earlier, the Redding, Calif., fighter had been turned down in fed eral court in his request for an injunction that would for bid Johansson to fight Patter son. Machen alleges that Johans soon is bound by a return bout contract signed in Gote borg, Sweden, on Sept. 13, 1958, two days before Swedish Johansson knocked out Ma chen in the first round of their bout there. Johansson contended in the earlier action that he was not bound by the contract because Edwin Ahlquist, who signed the pact "on behalf" of Jo hansson, had no legal right to do so . and because it was signed "under duress." Seeded Netters NCAA Winners Evanston, 111. (DPD Eight seeded netmen in the National Collegiate Tennis champion ship moved closer to a show down today in the fourth round of play. All eight scored convinc ing victories Tuesday, and only one - Jon Erickson - was extended into three sets. Top-seeded Whitney Reed of San Jose State, got off to a slow, start but rallied to whip Bill ' Hinkle of Texas, 10-8, 6-0. Hinkle held a 5-3 margin in the first set before Reed hit his stride. Second-seeded Don Dell of Yale, Reed's chief rival for the singles crown, also ad vanced by whipping fellow Ivy Leaguer, Bob Bowditch of Harvard, 6-1, 6-1. Ron Holmberg defeated Harry Doyle of Washington, 6-1, 6-1, while fourth-ranked Jerry Moss of Miami scored a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Dick Keeton of Texas. Ned Neely of Georgia Tech also moved into the fourth round by defeating Bob Hill of San Jose State, 6-1, 6-1, while Max Brown of Notre Dame, ranked eighth, scored a 6-0, 6-2 win over Neil Drury of Texas. Tulane's Crawford Henry downed Jack Kennedy of New Mexico, 6-2, 6-1. TO OPEN STADIUM Portland-(DPD -Oregon Sec retary of State Howell Ap pling is scheduled to open the new Fairview Farms Lit tle League baseball stadium officially here Saturday by throwing out the first ball. Opening ceremonies will be gin at 1:30 p.m. SPORTS Don Megale Entered in Net Tussle Entries of six of the top men and women players from California and Oregon already are in the hands of Rogue Valley Tennis tournament committeemen. The tournament is set for Saturday and Sunday, June 27 and 28 at the Southern Ore gon college courts in Ashland. Among those signed is Don Megale, Corvallis, runner-up in men's singles in the Red ding Calif., meet last week end. Megale will be the favo rite in singles in the local tournament. He ranked high in the Pacific northwest while on the Oregon State college varsity. He is now a tennis coach at OSC. He was basketball and tennis coach at Klamath Union high. Others are Jim Jackson, Portland; Bud McCoy, Sacra mento, Calif.; Earl Brooks and Denny Todd, Klamath Falls, and Mrs. Kay O'Bryan, Red. ding. Jackson 4xh In Area Jackson is known for excep tional play at OSC last year. During the summer of 1958 he played in northwest tourneys and gained the 'rank of fourth best in the area. McCoy is Jackson's doubles partner and is strong also in singles. Brooks is tan older player who has scored wins over both Megale and Jackson in recent years. Todd teams with Me gale to make one of the strongest doubles combina tion entered. He had a good record as OSC's No. 2 player this spring. Mrs. O'Bryan is a several times winner of the women's singles at Redding.' She has been a winner in numerous mixed doubles competitions in northern California. She will team with Jackson in the Ashland tourney and the two some will be among the fa vorites. Mrs. Brooks is entered in singles and mixed doubles. A girl who was runner-up in women's singles and mixed doubles at Redding is expected to have her entry in by Thurs day's deadline. Persons wishing to enter the Rogue Valley meet may tele phone Dick Joy, Ashland, tournament chairman. His number is MUrdock 9-7731. Rivalry will be in junior men's singles and boys' singles as well as men's and women's singles and men's and mixed doubles. SIGN BONUS PITCHER v Cincinnati, Ohio-(UPD-Larry Duval, a 19-year-old pitcher from Luray, Va., has signed a "very high" bonus contract with the Cincinnati Reds. The youngster, who tossed three' no-hitters in high school, will be assigned to Nashville of the Southern Assn. SWIMMERS SCATTER Miami Beach, Fla. (DPD A 12-foot shark chasing a school of tarpon in shallow water sent bathers sourrying -for shore here Monday. Life guards warned the swimmers as the shark went over a sand bar after the tarpon within sight of several resort hotels. Ordinary windows of glass screen out most of the sun's ultraviolet rays. THEN WE RECOMMEND THE FINEST. ...AN Artcarved . DIAMOND RING For over 100 years, the name Artcarved stamped inside a ring has meant un questioned quality and value. And every Artcarved ring is backed by a written guarantee on all four quality points cut, color, clarity, and carat weight. As experienced jewelers we know that Artcarved rings are truly the rings you can h xiiT0 nit Convenient Terms If Desired! LAWRENCE'S Your Friendly Family Store Specializing in Fine Silver, Diamonds and Watches 130 EAST MAIN Est. 1908 Pam Stacey Medalist, Takes 1st Match in OGA Junior Golf Girls medalist Pam Stacey, Medford, won her first round match Tuesday in the Oregon Golf association junior tour nament at Riverside club in Portland. She defeated Gretchen Hei deman, Oswego, 3 and 1. An other southern Oregon en trant, Treasure Sullivan, Ash land, won 6 and 4 from Margaret O'Dea, Mt. Hood. Miss Stacey took medalist laurels in Monday qualifying with 43-38, six over par. Miss Sullivan qualified for the championship flight with a 91. In the boy's championship Chuck Allen, Medford (82) lost to Fred Taylor, River side, 6 and 5. Results for other Medford entries yesterday and their STANDINGS United Press International NATIONAL LEAGUE W.. L. Pet. GB Milwaukee . 39 28 .582 San Francisco .. 38 31 Los Angeles 38 33 ,551 .535 Pittsburgh Chicago St Louis 37 33 .529 3'i 34 33 .507 5 30 36 .455 . 8'.', Cincinnati 30 37 .448 9 25 40 385 13 Philadelphia Tuesday's Results Chicago 3, Cincinnati 1 (night) Milwaukee 9, St. Louis 5 (night) Los Angeles 4. Phila. 3 (night) Pittsburgh 5, San Fran. 1 (night) AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet GB .556 438 1 .530 14 .523 2 .515 21,4 .453 6i .444 7 .439 7,i Cleveland 35 28 35 30 Chicago Baltimore . 35 31 34 31 34 32 29 35 New York . Detroit Boston . Kansas City 28 35 Washington 29 37 Tuesday's Results Baltimore 5, Cleveland 1 (night) Boston 10, Detroit 4 (night) 8 Chicago 4, Washington 1 (night) New York 10 (Kansas City 2 (night) PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB Sacramento Vancouver , San Diego . Portland .. Spokane .... Salt Lake Phoenix .... Seattle ...... 41 30 33 33 33 35 35 40 42 .577 39 37 33 35 35 31 30 .542 .529 .500 .500 2',i 3',i 5'i 5Va .500 OV2 .437 10 .417 ll',i Tuesday's Results Phoenix 5, Vancouver 0 Sacramento 2, Spokane 1 Salt Lake 3, ForUand 2 (12 in- Ings) v San Diego 9, Seattle 1 NORTHWEST LEAGUE W. I Pet. GB Salem , 39 21 .650 Lewiston 30 29 .508 8 ',4 Eugene 29 28 .508 8,a Wenatchee 30 32 .483 10 Tri-City 26 35 .426 13 ',4 Yakima 24 33 .409 13 Vz Tuesday's Results Salem 5, Tri-City 3 Wentachee 9, Eugene 3 Yakima at Lewiston, pp, rain. Today's Schedule ( Tri-City at Salem ' Eugene at Wenatchee Yakima at -Lewiston (2) Oregon Dunes Area Slated for Study Salem-(DPD-The State Natur al Resources Committee will give first priority in the next two years to study of a pro posed Oregon Dunes National Seashore Recreation Area and creation of a State Natural Resources Committee. This was decided at a Tues day meeting of the commit tee. The group also favored creation of an Oregon Con servation Council to coordi nate such activities as Con servation Week, Wildlife Week and Red Hat Day. Gov. Mark Hatfield, chair man of the committee, noted some opposition to creation of the Dunes National Area near Florence and said a careful study would be made. qualifying scores were: In the boys division Doug Olson (86) downed Gary Snel grove, Coos Bay, 3 and 1 in second flight; Larry Berg (90) lost to John Lindstrom, Prine- ville 1 down in fourth flight; Rich Knight (90) beat Ray Heysell (91) 4 and 3 in sixth flight; Tom Clark (100) won from Tom Tongue, Forest 240 Enroll In Baseball School Here Medford city and school district recreation programs got into full stride yesterday with the opening of the pee wee baseball slates. A total of 240 boy's signed up for the baseball school at the senior high diamond on Monday the first day of the program. They were divided into three groups - 113 in the'. Sandblowers, for ages 9 and 10; 93 in the Peewees, for ages 11 and 12; 40 in the in termediates and Cubs for ages 13 and up. Monday was mainly a day for organizing. Tuesday morn ing the youngsters were segre gated into groups and a gen eral workout was held. Medford Giant and Yankee intermediate teams open their seasons on Monday and next Wednesday the cubs will start their slate. Registration at Hawthorne park .yesterday totalled 25, with many of the youngsters coming and going. The arts and crafts program was dem onstrated and a story hour held. Seventeen registered for water safety at the Hawthorne Park pool. Fourteen of those were on the pool staff, it was explained. RACE DRIVER RECOVERED Indianapolis, Ind. -(DPD- Ray Crawford of Pasadena, Calif., was discharged from Metho dist hospital Tuesday where he recuperated from injuries suffered during the 1959 In dianapolis 500-mile auto race Crawford sustained broken ribs and spine injuries when his car hit a wall during the race. 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The two, Tyrone Pickens and Wally Wagner, walked out about 6:30 a.m. today cold, tired, hungry, but un hurt. The boys told searchers that they built a fire when darkness fell and then crawl ed into a hollow log to sleep. When they awoke this morn ing they walked to the Sutton creek road where they were met by State Police Officer Dwayne Lowry and Tilla mook County Deputy Sheriff Del Walpole. ATTENTION Miners & Prospectors Mr. Don Wllch, field rprcicnU-(1 rive for White's Electronics will be at our store Sat. & Sun. June 27 8c 28th to demonstrate their new Mineral & Metal Detectors. HAL'S SPORTING GOODS St AGATE SHOF 902 N. Riverside 1 1798 - Medford Help Us CELEBRATE The 40th ANNIVERSARY of Your Car" Corner of Riverside & Jackson EM if
