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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Sunday, June 28, 1959 Right Hand Revalation To Marvel - Bt NORMAN MILLER New York -(UPD- The "mys tery" of Ingemar Johansson's right hand now is a revela tion for the world to marvel at. "My right hand was ready," jubilantly gushed the , new world heavyweight champion following his third -round knockout victory (over Floyd Patterson. He held up his right fist and looked at it ad miringly. "I told them all I knew my right hand - and now Floyd Patterson knows it," he went on exuberantly. - For weeks during training for his title shot, Ingemar "never showed any observer his right hand punch. He told them all he did it to save his sparring partners, but no one believed him. And they scoffed at the dimple-chinned Swede and the "mystery" punch which he kept to himself. It was on the basis of Jo hansson's lack of a powerful right hand that most training camp observers picked Patter on to beat him. ' "If he hit me, I don't know it," Ingemar said in his dress ing room after the fight, using the present tense to denote "the thrilling past half-hour in which he realized his fondest dreams. Jab Much "I get him two good left hooks in the first round," the . Swede continued. "I jab much to see what he will do. In the second round, after it is over, he gives me a funny, how you call It, dirty look. I wonder why. "But In the third round he backs away from a left and my jight catches him-straight -a he starts back in. "That is the fight," he summed up with a shrug. Rocky Marciano, the retired champion who was standing by. added his praise from ' "A helluva right hand " the KQCK gruuieu. And in Patterson's dressing room, manager Cus D'Amato unhesitantingly agreed. . "There's no question now about that mysterious right hand of Johansson's," D'Ama to commented. Patterson stood by glumly dressed in street cloths, one hand leaning upon the Yan-; kee Stadium cubicle ordinar- ily occupied by Mickey Man tle. His spirits ;we: e so crushed that he rarely said anything, leaving D'Amato to handle reporters' questions. "I think Floyd Patterson will become the first heavy weight in history ever to win back t he title," D'Amato shouted for all to hear. During a normal year more than six million business enterprises in the U. S. hire labor at some time. 1 nUlI .. CO "iqi WTAUA Mitchell CUSHION SPUN SEAT Firm, ymt wfl cusMom to givtt yov that rttftng oi air com fort. 4 colon. BEUttf TUltflAt IAIL , TOP CARRIER So practical.... o good looking! Rtfo (d ! carrier installs quickly omd mily: will mi mar cor finish. CAR COOLERS Wide Selection BOAT LIGHTS and ACCESSORIES . Check Our Selection Economical 12 wmm Medford 09 N. Riverside 9 aim. 6 p.m. Johari's Dm By JACK CUDDY United Press International New York (UPD - Ingemar Jo hansson of Sweden, who look ed like Jack Dempsey and tied his knockdown record in win ning the world heavyweight championship, i s perfectly willing even eager - to try it again in September if de throned Floyd Patterson thinks it was a fluke. Johansson and his handlers made that clear today even as they celebrated his stun ning t h i r d-round technical knockout over Patterson at Yankee Stadium Friday night -in which handsome "Ingo" tied a Dempsey mark by scor ing seven knockdowns in one round. Edwin Ahlqvist, Johansson's "advisor" from hometown Goteborg, Sweden, said, "We want the contracted' return fight at Yankee Stadium be fore 80,000 people in Septem ber. They didn't come out to see him at the drenched sta- j dium last night, but now they win. next xime. Burly Ingemar scapegoat of the 1952 Olympics but now an international idol - said, "Yes, they've seen my right hand and so has Patterson' Never Saw "Thunderbolt" But Patterson actually did n't see that right fist-that "Goteborg thunderbolt" - ear ly in the third round when it exploded on his chin as part of a left-right, one-two punch, and dropped him to the can vas for the first of seven elec trifying trips. It was the heavy, booming right that dropped him five times, a left hook once and a left-right-left once. Handsome, dimpled, brown haired, at 26, became Swed en's' first world champion in any division when referee Ru by Goldstein refused to count over the number Patterson the seventh time, but waved his hands in signal that the fight was ended, that Johan sson had won on a technical knockout. The time was 2:03 of the third round. 'It was -unbeaten Ingemar's 22nd straight . vic tory and 14th knockout. The threatened with a sec ond postponement by two hours of rain at the stadium Friday night, turned the 5-1 underdog into the first Euro pean world heavyweight champion in a quarter century- since Italian Primo Car nera lost the title to Maxie Baer in 1934. Patterson's Second Loss Patterson, with blood flow ing from his nose and his eyes glazed, with , grogginess, suf fered the second defeat and first knockout of his career of 37 fights - and in his fifth defense of the crown. A return-bout contract pro vides that Ingemar give 24-year-old Floyd a return shot at the title within 90 days somewhere in the United States. And the contract stip ulates definitely that Johans- WW? - CUSTOM TRAILER HITCH OPEN SUNDAYS CLOSED SATURDAYS Complete Stock IfiNmnH POINTS SET fuel PUMP Sixes for "oil oooalor make. .GuowntW good at "gjnol aquipmanr. NIC-L-SILVER BATTERIES $15.95 exch. 12 Volt THIS IS THE PLACE Grants Pass 237 Hiway 99-S. Week Days 2 up son Bombs '..-Patterson Hor Boxing lialett son's entire purse from Friday night be held in escrow until he fulfills the contract. Promoter Bill Rosensohn, who estimated he lost about $75,000 on Friday night's hard luck bout, has Johansson un der contract for the return Patterson fight. Slender, young Bill said Saturday, "I haven't decided where to put the return fight. It may take me a week or so to pick the site. . Johansson scaled 196 pounds to Patterson's 182. Machen Kayo Not Fluke The amazing Swede proved dynamically that his first round knockout of previously unbeaten Eddie Machen the top contender, at Goteborg, last Sept. 14, was not a fluke. It was that kayo by European champion Johansson wh;ch won him Friday night's world title shot. Johansson's victory climax ed the greatest shame-to-gloryH story in ring history. His own countrymen branded ' him a coward after the 1952 Olym pic boxing finals at Helsinki. Ingemar was tossed out of the ring for running and refusing to fight in, the second round of his bout with the late Ed Sanders of Boston. In t r a iiii n g for Friday night's fight, Ingemar refused to throw his right hand full strength, "'because I don't want to ' hurt my sparring partners." Moreover, he ap peared amateurish. But he threw the right Friday night. Promoter Rosensohn estim ated the crowd at 30,000 and the gate at $425,000. No official, theater-TV fig ures were announced. Johansson was guaranteed $100,000 against 20 per cent of the net gate-up to $50,000 and 20 per cent of "promotion al nets" fro mtheater-TV, ra dio and movies. Patterson was to receive 30 per cent of the net gate and various percentages on a slid ing scale, ranging up to 80 per cent, on the promotional nets, from theater-TV, movies and radio. -.' Government Care Of Aged Attacked St. Louis - (UPD ,- A medic charged Saturday that at tempts by the federal govern ment to supply hospital, sur gical and nursing home treat ments to persons over 65 "would open the doors to the eventual socializing of medi cine." Dr. Ernest B. Howard, as sistant executive, vice presi dent of the American Medical association, said the . best health care could be achieved "only if we continue to work as individual to individual, as physician to patient." In an address before the an nual national meeting of the American Association of Re tired Persons, Howard discuss ed legislation now before the House Ways .and Means com mittee in Washington. This legislation, he said, would en title some 16 million persons eligible for social security ben efits to hospital, care. But Howard said the legis lation would be a "dangerous and gravely harmful prece dent" and would "inevitably . . . reduce the quality of med ical care." . . John Hedlund Captures State Junior Golf Title Portland -fUPB- John Hed-i lund of Oswego won the Ore gon Junior golf championship Friday with an 8 and 6 win over Eugene's Pete Geertsen Glen Canyon Dam Strike Phoenix, Ariz.-IUPB-A strike will be called at. the giant $421 million Glen Canyon dam July 6 unless the prime contractor, Merritt-Chapman and Scott, agrees to pay sub sistence, a union spokesman said Saturday. The strike action was au thorized in a unanimous vote by representatives , of the 17 unions that make, up the Phoe nix Building and Construction Trades council, according to A. E. Williams, council presi dent. ;,; Williams said a picket line will be thf own around the northern Arizona project un less the contractors meet the terms. The union seeks subsist ence pay on grounds the dam is in an isolated area. The company refuses to concede to the subsistence money, but will go along with pay raise demands, since the federal government will un derwrite pay increases up to 85 per cent, but will not sup port subsistence pay. W - Ml 0 0 FIGHTING POSE-Sweden's Ingemar Johansson is shown in fighting pose before the bout against heavyweight ' champ Foyd Patterson. Friday night Johansson's "secret weapon"' right hand punch was no longer secret. It bat tered Patterson to the canvass for the full count in the first 2 minutes and 3 seconds of the third round. Patter son went down seven times before going down for the final time. , Yang Edges Edstrom For Decathlon toga Klingsbiirgh, Calif .-(DPD-Na-tionalist China's C. K. Yang has replaced Rafer Johnson as the National AAU decath lon champion. ' Yang" won the distinction early today after plodding through the 1,500 meter run with a slightly pulled leg muscle. The husky 25-year-old just did edge Dave Edstrom, 20-year-old University of Oregon ace. He ran up 7,549 points for the 10-event , contest to Edstrom's 7,544. . Yang had to come from be hind. It was a powerful . 14 foot 2-inch leap in the pole vault that gave Yang his edge. v ; '' ":-.-,. "I am very happy: to. have won," said Yang, who ad mitted his leg tightened up during the 1,500 meters. "I didn't think I would make a very good time." He actually didn't make a very good time, picking up only 102 points" with a 5:27.8. But it was enough to win. Third place went to Mike Herman, formerly of New Four Thinclads Win Two Events in Ashland Meet Ashland Bob Berryman and Merle Ford, Eagle Point, and Dave Mansfield and Bob Evans, St. Mary's of Med ford, each won two events Friday evening in the all comers track meet sponsored in the '36-hole final at River- side. Boys championship honors were taken by Fred Taylor from Riverside who defeated Oswego's Kent Huth 3 and 2. Jennetl Beats Sullivan - Sue Jennett of Oswego took a 3 and 1 decision over Treas ure Sullivan of Ashland for the girls' championship. In the girls' match Miss Jennett was 2-down after nine holes. She didn't lose a hole on the back side. On the 12th she pulled even. Then, she won the 13th, 16th and 17th to wrap up the mantle. In Pee Wee comp'etition, for boys under 12-years, Mike Truax defeated John McCul lough 6 and 4. Truax and Mo Cullough are both from Sa lem. , Jay Gorman,' Waverly de feated Chuck Allen, Medford, 4 and 3 in the boys' first flight finals. CalamAy Jane and Wild Bill . Hickok are buried on Mount Moriah in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Poison Oak? Try a Bottle of ZEMACOL You must be satisfied oi your money cheerfully refunded. Get bottle today at WESTERN THRIFT York University, who had 6,760 points. Phil Mulkey, Southeastern AAU champ from Memphis, Tenn., was fourth at 6,346. Yang, -who plans to begin full time studies this fall at UCLA, scored less points this year than he did last year in the Nationals. He scored 7,625 in 1958, to 7,754 amass ed by winner Rafer Johnson who was forced out of this year's competition because of injuries suffered in -a recent auto accident. . Edstrom, -who said he al most vomited during the 1,500 meter race and was afraid he wouldn't finish, was not un happy about his finish. His point total was higher than any previous meet. Yang was behind by 20 points after the first five events. And he fell further behind in the seventh event when he was out thrown in the discus by Edstrom, 141-10 to 124-6. But Yang made , his great pole vault and a good javelin throw and that was it. by the Ashland city recrea tion department. The meet attracted 24 per ticipants in high school and junior divisions. ' Berryman took the 100 and 220 - yard sprints. Mansfield won the high jump and pole vault and Evans the broad jump and low hurdles in the high school class. Ford recorded his double win in the junior 75 and 150 yard races. The meet was the second of four on the Southern Oregon college track this summer. Others are planned for July 10 and 24. EVENT WINNERS: . High school division 440 red Keith. Medford. :61 220 Bob Berryman, Eagle Point, 24.1; 100 Berryman :10S: high jump Dave Mansfield, St. Mary's, Medford. 5-2; broad jump Bob Evans, St. Mary's, 19-8; shot Ron Saker, Phoenix, 43 ft.; pole vault Mansfield 9-6; discus John Mc Cartney, Ashland, 112 ft.; 120 low hurdles Bob Evans :15.9; 440 re lay Medford team of Kent Blew. Dick Gordon, Phil Humphreys, Fred Keith, :49.7; javelin Gary Ayres, Eagle Point, 153 ft. Junior division 120 low hurdles Morse Cham berlain, Eagle Point, :21.9; shot Johnson, Eagle Point.29-3; Javelin Fred Dixon, Ashland, 127 ft.; high jump Bob Corliss, Eagle Point, 3-8; 75 Merle Ford, Eagle Point, :10.6; 150 Ford HIS. Coal reserves of the U. S.' comprise 40 per cent of the j world total. BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main ' PHONE SP 2-4440 Ingemar Toasted in Homeland By KLAUS ULLMAN Stockholm (UPD Sweden toasted its greatest sports hero today in gallons of aquavit-as- potent a , "punch" as the one which made Ingemar Jo hansson the heavy weight champion of the world. An estimated 3000,000 Swedes stayed up all night to hear a direct Swedish language broadcast from New York's Yankee Stadium - and it wasn't long after Floyd Pat terson went down for the last time that everybody else in Sweden was up. ' Crowds paraded through the streets of Stockholm and Goteborg . . . Fireworks soar ed into the sky from islands in the West Coast Archipelago . . . Orchestras mounted on trucks toured downtown sec tions of Goteborg playing rock and roll and Dixieland music ... Bakers on their morning runs handed out free buns and cakes to kids '. . . Everywhere utter strangers kissed and hugged each other. Biggest in Memory It all added up to the noisiest and biggest celebra tion within the memory of the oldest Swede. "Skal . . . skal . . . skal to Ingemar," cried crowds in res taurants and bars which were open all night by special po lice permission. And "down the hatch" went glass after glass of aquavit-the famous Swedish "white lightning"-a 100-proof brandy that Swedes say makes vodka taste like milk. 1 , The state-owned , radio net work, which" frowns on box ing and does not make direct broadcasts of fights on grounds that they . promote brutality, even joined the act with an enthusiastic report of Johansson's triumph. It was hardly heard, however, be cause fans already had heard the direct broadcast via Lux embourg and were in the streets celebrating. In Johansson's native Gote borg, enthusiasm reached a fever pitch. The city has just completed a 55,000-capacity stadium and hopes to see Ingo fight there sometime after his return bout with Patterson in the United States. "This isn't a bad blowout," shouted one celebrant, waving a. bottle. "But we're only prac ticing for the day Ingo comes home." Beavers Bounce Solons Twice United Pre;, International Portland swept both games of a Pacific Coast league dou bleheader at home Friday night with league-leading Sac ramento 3-2 and 5.0. The wins gave Portland a 2-0 series edge and were the third and fourth wins in a row for the Beavers. The second game victory by Ken Johnson, who pitched a fivef-hitter while taking his ninth win against four losses, put the Beavers within 2Vfe games of the front-running Solons. In the first game Portland scored early to gain a 3-0 lead over the Solons. Winning pitcher was-' Bob Schwarzkoff who registered his second win of the cam paign as against two losses. Glenn McMinn r e 1 i e' v e d Schwarzkoff in the seventh inning when the Solons ral lied for one run. American Students Held in Germany Baden-Baden, Germany-fl3PD -German police have arrest ed two American high school students on charges of rob bing an elderly woman of her handbag, it was announced here Saturday. Police spokesmen identified the youths as John W. Hail ing, of Salt Lake City; Utah, and Arnold Rathburn, of Seat tle, Wash. Both are 18 years ' old. i The spokesman said the ; boys told police they live with ' their parents. Their fathers j are stationed with the U. S. Air -Force at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. "The boys are being held in jail until it is decided what ! to do with them," a police of ficial said. HERTZ TRUCK RENTAL Available at HOPKINS RICHFIELD SERVICE McAndrews at Court Phone SP 3-9068 SIPdDIRTrS NEW STRIKEOUT RECORD Sandy Kofax, 23-year-old southpaw pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers', shows grip he used to set a new strikeout record for night games. Kofax fanned 16 batters in game 'against Phila delphia in Los Angeles, defeating the Phillies 6 to 2. Kofax fell one short of the National League record of 17 strikeouts, pitched by Dizzy Dean in a day game. - Drag Races Drivers Cautioned oh Rules Drivers who plan to partici pate in today's drag races at Camp White were cautioned by officials of the Timing as sociation about "safety rules and regulations. All vehicles in classes other than stock and sport cars un der 2,700 cubic centimeters displacement will be required to have a 360 degree safety shield surrounding the bell housing of the engine: This shield must be made of steel, at least, one-fourth inch thick ness, and anchored to the frame of the vehicle. At the drag races held two weeks ago there was some misunderstanding on this point. SOTA officials stated yesterday that any vehicles not meeting this requirement, pr any other point of the rigid safety inspection performed on all entries in the races, will not be allowed to compete on the strip. 100 Entries Foreseen ' . Some- 100 entries are ex pected in today's affair. Sev eral cars that were not com pleted for the opening drags are expected to make their initial appearance of the sea son today. : - Several hundred dollars worth of trophies are being given to the winners of each class, for top time of the day, and to little and top elimina tors. The little eliminator award will be presented to the top car of all classes that can legally operate on the street, plus altered coupessedans. Winner will be chosen from class winners by elimination. Time trials begin at 10 a.m. with the eliminations being staged after lunch. The gate will open for entrants at 9 a.m. Seating and concessions are MONTH 0FMIE0I1LY FORDS and HERCURYS 15,000 Mile Fordomalic & Mereiry Trutniuiii Carries CRATER Main & Fir Sts. (gp Phone SP 9-4547 'WHERE GOOD SERVICE IS UNI available for the spectators. Signs will be posted from the "Y" in north Medford to the scene of the races in west White' City off the Crater Lake highway. SOCKED BY TAX LEIN San Francisco - (UPD Sid Flaherty, who managed middleweight champion Carl Bobo Olson and heavyweight contender Eddie Machen, was hit Friday with a tax lien of $12,336.29 which' the govern ment contends he owes in back taxes. ' The Hartford (Conn.) Cour ant, dating back to 1764, -is the nation's oldest continuously-published daily newspaper. 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This summer he has been serving as southern Ore--gon coordinator for the Ore gon Olympic DeveloDment program of the Amateur Ath letic union. Spinas attended Orc;aiP State college before enrolling at the university and was a varsity track man at both schools. He took part in foot ball, basketball and track at Medford High. , Warren LaBounty, who has been Ashland school PE su pervisor, will become elemen tary school PE consultant for the Salem public schools this fall. He has been a director in Ashland summer recreation and commissioner of soutlrn Oregon junior baseball. Closure Ordered On Clackamas Portland-(UPD-P. W. Sehnpi- der, state game director, Fri day osdered an emergency an gling closure below the River Mill dam on the Clackamas river. The move was a protec tion measure for snrinn Chi nook salmon that have con centrated below the Rir Mill impoundment, he said. 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