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Chicago - IUPD - A possible
court battle loomed today be
tween the American Basket
ball league (ABL) and the
rival National Basketball as
iiociation (NBA) over the
Cleveland Pipers.
The NBA recently voted the
Pipers, members of the ABL,
a iranchise.
Commissioner Abe Saper
Mein of the ABL said Wed
nesday his league intends to
operate through the 1962-63
season - with the Cleveland
team. Earlier reports indicat
ed the ABL may be in the
process ot folding.
Saperstcin, f o 1 1 o w i n g a
meeting with league owners
and officials said he sent tele
grams to both George Stein
brenner, president of the Pi
pers and to Maurice Podoloff,
NBA president, threatening le
gal action if the Pipers failed
to remain with the ABL.
"We trust you will honor
your contractual obligations
to the ABL and we hope you
will not make legal action
necessary," Sapcrstein wired
Steinbrenner.
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"Do not continue your ne
gotiations In the Cleveland
territory or legal action will
be taken to prevent the NBA
from destroying our league
. . ." Saperstcin warned Podo
loff. Both Steinbrenner and Po
doloff said they would have
no comment until they receiv
ed the telegrams and studied
them.
"The NBA has scheduled a
meeting of ils board for next
Monday to welcome the
Cleveland club into its fold,"
Saperstcin said. "If that is
done, they will also welcome
a lawsuit."
The commissioner said the
Kansas City Steers, Pitts
burgh Rens, Cleveland Pipers
and Chicago Majors will con
tinue In their home cities next
season.
The New York Tapers will
move to Philadelphia, and the
Hawaii Chiefs will sit out the
season pending completion of
a new auditorium in Hono
lulu. Long Beach, CaW'., will
be a new ABL team this com
ing season.
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McMahon Is
New Coach
In NBA Play
Chicago -IUPD- Jack McMa
hon, a refugee from the tot
tering American Basketball
league, took the job as coach
of the Chicago Zephyrs in the
rival National Basketball as
sociation with the expectation
of losing it, he suggested to
day. "I played at St. Louis five
years," he said, "and we had
five coaches. Andy Phillip had
a 6-4 record and they fired
him because they said we
weren't looking good win
ning. I know I'm not in the
safest job in the world."
McMahon said he was in
terested in the job, for which
he signed a two-year contract,
after a "half hearted ABL dc-
(funct notice."
I "All of a sudden I was un
employed," he said.
McMahon, whose Steers
won 58 and lost 28 games in
the ABL last year to lead the
league in both halves of the
season, said he had turned
down an offer to coach the
Cleveland Pipers, who trans
fcred from the ABL to the
NBA last month.
TO WORK OUT
Green Bay, Wis.-IUPIi-Half-back
Paul Hornung, the Na
tional Football league's top
scorer the last two seasons,
was expected to work out
with the Green Bay Packers
this week. Hornung was re
lease from the Army Monday.
Indians, Rams
Beat Opponents
The Central Point Indians
scalped the CP Braves II to 0
the CP Rams walloped Jack
sonville 11 to 1, and Grants
Pass sneaked past Mcdford
17 to 16 In southern Oregon
junior baseball this week.
In the pee wee league game
Tuesday, Bill Bailey and Mike
Johnson did a good job of base
running to set the pace for the
Indians. David Bailey was
two for three, Joe Pinkham
was three for three and Bill
Bartlcy had a triple in two
hits for two times at bat. The
Braves remained scoreless and
nil less.
Wednesday. Ihe CP Rams
clobbered Jacksonville 11 to 1
in intermediate league play.
Gary Frohreich hit a two-run
homer in the second inning
for the Rams.
In junior league ball,
Grants Pass and Mcdford
played a cat-and-mouse game
Wednesday, but the Cavemen
kept in the lead. It was 0-1
for GP In the first, 9-6 in Ihe
second, 12-fl in the third, 15-9
in the fourth, 15-12 in the
fifth, 17-12 in the sixth, and
finally 17-16.
Williams and Howerton
each had three hits for GP.
Duchicn homered.
For Mcdford, Jim Cox and
Dick Brcedcn each had a
triple.
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Two Forwards
Portland - il'Pl - The Port
land Buckaroos of the West
ern Hockey league have an
nounced the purchase of high
scoring forwards Tom Mc
Carthy and Orval Tessier
from the Bnslon Bruins.
General manager Hal Lay
coe said the Iwo players were
acquired for cash, making
them properly of the liueka
rons. Tessier has scored 4.1, 59.
and 54 goals during his last
three years of regular season
play in the Quebec league.
Last year he won the leagvie's
scoring championship, most
valuable player, and most
sportsmanlike player awards.
Laycoe said he will use
Tessier, a left hand shot, at
rlghl wins.
The six fool, 211(1 pound
McCarthy scored 53 goals and
added 45 assists last year for
Kingston. He also drew tf.S
minutes in penalties and 35
more in 11 playoff games.
FIND DEATH'S CAUSE
Bnyreulh. Germany 'in
An autopsy has revealed a
punch on the chin caused 'he
rtealh of 111 year-old amateur
boxer Kmil BiOiin. who died
Sunday afler a bout ith
Wolfgang Gieiv.n. Tlie re
port said the bloo- on th chin
damaged the membrane sur
rounding the brain, learifcif to
a hemorrhage of Ihe brain.
BOXER DIES Sonny Nunez, 19, with only minutes to live,
slumps in the arms of his trainer after being knocked out in
the final round of a four-round featherweight bout in Phoe
nix, Ariz., Wednesday night. Nunez, making his professional
debut, died while undergoing surgery for brain damage. A
shattering right by Roderigo Contrerras in Phoenix Madison
Square Garden left Nunez unconscious but wide-eyed. He
did not regain consciousness. (UPI)
A
Sport
Parade
New York (UPH The sports
questions people ask most
wherever you go:
How does the Floyd Patterson-Sonny
Liston bout
shape up?
It should be one of the best
heavyweight title 'ights in re
cent years. You can't down
grade Patterson because of
the lack lustre calibre of the
"challengers" he has beaten.
But you have to consider that
most of them had him on the
deck. If Liston gets lo that
chin, you can expect Patter
son to go and stay.
But the farther It goes the
better chance Patterson has of
wearing Liston down and
winning by decision or tech
nical knockoul. This corner
leans to a knockout victory
for Liston because of Patter
son's eagerness to prove him
self against a really valid op
ponent.
Why haslh National
league dominated ihe All
Star game of late?
Because it shapes up as the
toughest day-to-day league
with a wide scattering of stars.
The American league, on the
other hand, is a two-division
selup-the New York Yankees
and nine other teams. Proof of
the Yankees' complete domi
nation came early this season
when they still stayed at or
near the top while performing
at a mediocre pace.
The hitters weren't hitting,
the pitchers weren't pitching,
they were plagued with in
juries to their top men, and
slill they were right there. It
would have had them in the
second division in the Nation
al league, it says here.
How come Arnold Pal
mer dominates the golfing
scene with so many talented
players on the tour?
Palmer has been called a
gambler on the course, but he
isn't. He practices harder than
the rest, a la Hen llogan.
Willi his tremendous strength
and stamina he hits what
look like daring shots but he
knows he can pull them off
and this lack of doubt is one
of his best winning weapons.
Having an even temperament,
he rarely heals himself. By
reaching the top at an early
age, he lost the nerve-fraying
burden of necessity and yet
has retained his tigerish de
sire for victory.
What's with Roger Marii?
He could have given his
sudden success the easy ac
ceptance of a Joe DiMaggio
and been a hero all the way.
But Maris misinterpreted the
demands ot popularity as per
secution. His refusal to accept
the price of living in a tre
mendously rewarding glass
house was a costly mistake.
Put you have to feel sorry for
hmi when he was the only
player showered wilh boos on
being introduced at the All
Star game, You can't scowl al
success and eiecl anybody
to sympathize with what you
consider to be your resultant
troubles.
Art there any good young
heavyweights on the hori
son? I'niortutulely niosl of them
are in exactly thai position.
Cassius Clay talks a good fight
and seems quite promising,
even though most of the gus
he has fought could have bern
(liked by Dorothy Dix with
one swipe of a demltasse cup.
Aside from him, there isn't
faint facsimile of a Rocky
Marciano or Jos Louis even
-.if .
4.
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OSCAR FRALEY
United Press
International
on the other side of the ho
rizon. Will the National Foot
ball league ever play a
"world series" wilh the
American Football league?
Sports, beyond the Polly
anna veil, are as much a mat
ter of big business as anything
running on Wall Street. No
business tycoon ever tried to
share a good thing with a
rival. If the AFL's money
holds out another two or
three years it will have built
both its product and its fol
lowing to attractive propor
tions. In such case, the NFL
would have to listen to over
tures simply on sound busi
ness principles. For the AFL,
only survival spells success.
OSGC Reports
Howard Prairie
Fishing Is Fair
Portland -IITD- The weekly
report on fishing conditions
as prepared by the Oregon
State Game commission:
Northwest: Fishing has been
good across Columbia river
bar; salmon angling up in bay
on Nehalem river; Cape Ki
wanda anglers have taken
some halibut and bass; salmon
fishing off Depoe and Yaquina
bays slow but should improve
soon; Clackamas river stock
ed and should provide fair to
good fishing; Timoth lake fair
for boat anglers.
Southwest: Diamond lake
angling remains slow; trout
angling on North and South
Umpqu. rivers fair: Win
chester bay salmon fishing
good despite afternoon
winds; Coos Bay charter
boats continue to make good
catches; catches remain fair
at Howard Prairie and Fish
lake.
Central: Rainbow planted
in Lost and Frog lakes and
Kingsley reservoir; Paulina
lake fair to good; Little Cultus
lake fair; Devils lake good;
good fishi"g on Melolous riv
er; good catches -reported on
Wickiup reservoir; Lake of
the Woods fair for kokance;
Odell lake good for kokanee
and trout; Klamath lake ex
cellent. Northeast: Good angling ex
pected on south fork of John
Day river above Dayville and
on north fork of river in
vicinity of Dale for released
rainbow; Bull Prairie lake
slow; Wallowa river produc
ing good to excellent catches
of rainbow from Minam to
Wallowa; Brownlee reservoir
fair to slow.
Southeait: Fishing generally
slow In most lakes, reservoirs
and streams of this area;
Snake river remains fair to
' good; Deadhorse and Camp-
hell lakes remain fair; Mann
j lake very low.
I COTTON SETS FIGHT
I Seallle -UTI-- F.ddir Cotton
of Seattle, ranked first in the
j light heavyweight division by
I the National Boxing associa
tion, will meet Pekka Kok
I konen of Finland in a 10-
round bout at the Olympic
; Stadium in Helsinki Aug 17.
ALL-STARS WIN
An All-Star local Softball
team detested John
Wheeler Logging S to 0 last
night it White City stadium.
Sonny Nunez, 19
Dies After Fight
Phoenix, Ariz.-JUPD-Death
climbed into the boxing
ring again Wednesday
night.
Sonny Nunez, a 19-year-old
Arizonlan entered the
ring at Phoenix Madison
Square Garden for his first
professional fight. Several
hours later he was dead.
Roderigo Contrerras bat
tered Nunez with a shatter
ing right cross to the head
in the final round of their
scheduled four-round pre
liminary bout and Nunez
dropped to the floor. In
stinctively, Nunez struggled
to get up - but could not.
Ring physician Dr.
Charles Kalil desperately
worked on Nunez as the
stricken fighter lay stretch
ed on the canvas. After at
tempting for 28 minutes to
Bob Cleroux
Set To Fight
Mike DeJohn
Miami Beach, Fla.-WPll-Bob
Cleroux, heavyweight cham
pion of Canada, fights big
Mike DeJohn of Syracuse,
N.Y., Saturday night at the
Miami Beach convention hall
in a television 10-rounder that
stands out on this week's box
ing schedule.
Cleroux of Montreal, rank
ed sixth among heavy con
tenders, is favored at 2-1 over
30-year-old DeJohn, who no
longer is rated among the top
10.
Cleroux, 24, is a busy maul
er with a good punch. He
scored 27 knockouts while
winning 32 of his 36 fights.
Lanky DeJohn throws less
leather than the Canadian
but he is a very explosive
righthand puncher. He regis
tered 28 kayoes among his
42 wins in 53 bouts.
This year Cleroux had five
fights. He scored knockouts
over George Logan, Jim
Wiley, Cecil Gray and Gerry
Simpson, but dropped a ver
dict to Zora Folley April 18.
DeJohn had only two bouts
in 1962. He was knocked out
by Folley, but outpointed
Bert Whitehurst.
The week's boxing schedule
includes:
Thursday - Albuque r q u e,
N.M. - Don Jordan vs. Joey
Lima.
Friday - San Juan, P.R. -Jose
Torres vs. O b d u 1 i o
Nunez.
Saturday - Miami Beach -Bob
Cleroux vs. Mike De
John (TV).
Sabu City, Philippines -Flash
Elrode vs. Teruo Kosaki
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revive him, officials rushed
Nunez to surgery at Memo
rial hospital.
The young boxer was
pronounced dead a half
hour later.
It was the eighth ring
death this year, including
amateur and professional
bouts.
Only four months ago,
March 24, welterweight
champion Benny (Kid) Pa
ret was battered into un
consciousness by Emile Grif
fith before millions of na
tional television spectators.
Paret succumbed to the in
juries April 2 and the sport
of boxing came under fire
from irate critics.
Indeed, it probably will
come under fire again.
Ironically, Nunez, who
lived in Glendale, Ariz.,
was not even matched to
meet Contrerras. The latter
was a substitute for Joe
Rodriguez of Tucson, who
was unable to make the
fight, i
The tragic Contrerras
Nunez bout was a prelim
to the North American
Bantamweight cham p i o n
ship in which Manny Elias
scored a unanimous 15
round decision over Rudy
Corona.
Rainiers Scare
Leading Padres
By United Press International
The Seattle Rainiers gave
the Pacific Coast league-leading
San Diego Padres a ninth
inning scare Wednesday night
but they couldn't frighten
them out of a 5-4 victory.
San Diego righthander
George McWilliams preserv
ed the Padres' win when he
struck out the final Seattle
batter with the bases loaded
in the ninth.
Seattle had the tying and
winning runs on the bases
when McWilliams, fourth San
Diego pitcher, struck out
pinch-hitter Bill Spanswick to
end the game.
San Diego scored three runs
in the first inning on homers
by Bobby Klaus and Ken Wal
ters. The Padres led 5-1 after
Tommy Harper's solo homer
in the fifth. Seattle's big push
came in the eighth with three
runs on five hits.
In other league games, Ha
waii scored its third straight
victory over the Portland
Beavers at Honolulu 6-1, and
the Tacoma Giants downed
Salt Lake City, 3-1.
The Spokane Indians col
lected 12 hits to defeat the
Vancouver Mountics, 6-2, as
Jackie Collum pitched his
17th complete game to take
the loss.
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CP, CWA Win
Central Point defeated Jay
Allen 7 to 6 and Communica
tion Workers of America
whipped International Har
vester 16 to 8 Wednesday
night in Jackson County Soft-
Grants Pass Girl
Defeated in Play
Portland - WPD - Treasure
Sullivan and Joan Edwards
of Portland gained the semi
finals of the Pacific North
west Golf Association junior
girls tournament here Wed
nesday. Miss Sullivan defeated Peg
gy Saunders of Grants Pass
1 up and Miss Edwards edged
Peggy Conley of Spokane on
the 19th hole.
Cathy Braiker of Yakima.
Wash., and Pat Reeves of Se
attle also moved into the
semifinals.
Miss Braiker won over
Diane Kiesendahl of Portland
2 and 1 and Miss Reeves de
feated Pam Fox of Corvallis
7 and 5.
The tournament continued
today.
Other results:
Second flight: Barbara
Saunders (GP) defeated Julie
Koegel, Gearhart, 2 up; Mary
Saunders (GP) defeated Low
ell Anne Young, Tacoma, 3
and 1.
Third flight: Candy How
ard, La Grande, defeated Su
san Boals (Medford) 1 up.
GRIFFITH TAKES MATCH
Tacoma, Wash. -WP1I- Pro
moter George Parnassus has
matched welterweight cham
pion Emile Griffith and Denny
Moyer for a nationally - tele
vised non-title bout here Aug.
18. Griffith and Moyer split
in their previous two meetings.
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Safest deep-sea fishing grounds on the
Oregon-Washington coast.
This is the year of the Silvers . . . Chinooks
too. But, the fighting Silvers will be the
game fish this year.
Striped bass, halibut, flounder, and snapper
inside the harbor. No one need go without
a fish.
Beautiful parks with camping end trailer facilities nearby.
Free parking for cars and boat-trailers at our Charleston
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in Softball
ball association play.
Tuesday night Grants Pass
downed Tru-Mix 9 to 5, and
Sam Jennings beat Butte
Falls 11 to 1.
In the CP-Jay Allen clash,
single runs for CP were earn
ed by Denny Burns, Ted Yar.
nell, Harvey Tonn, Tim Hig-
genbotham, George Touve
land, Jim Eldred and Vern
Neiswanger. Burns and Neis- '
wanger each had three hits.
For Jay Allen Jerry Shults '
slammed a home run in the
seventh lo highlight the hit
ting. John Cantrall had two
hits. Ed Cripe, Jim Reinholtz
and Chuck Hoyt completed
the hitting. Runs were made
by Cripe, Tom Perdue, Shults,
I Owen Bristlen, Hoyt and Mike
Hood.
In Tuesday's major league
game between Tru-Mix and
the Elks, Les Saffer, Bill Fer
guson and Sargent each col
lected two runs to set the
pace. Single runs were made
by Glen Reese, Kermit McLe
more and Frank Morrison.
Ferguson had two hits for
four times at bat.
For Tru-Mix, Norm Hedge
peth hit a home run. Lowell
Dean, Bill Werner and Dee
Thames also had hits. Making
the runs were Tom Marier
(two), Art Huff, Dean and
Hedgcpeth.
Games tonight will see the
Mail Tribune against Sam
Jennings in minor play at
6:45 p.m., and Keith Schulz
at Grants Pass in the majors
at 8:15 p.m. at Cheney field.
I.INESrOHKS:
(major league)
h r.
Tru-Mix .. S
GP Elks 9 S
Huff and Riggs; Browns, Saffer
(31 and Button.
Central Point 7 12 1
Jav Allen n
Neiswanger and Lane: Reinhollz
and Hood.
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