FRIDAY MARCH ID, 1954 "
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
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HOW AND WHEN PADDY DE MARCO WOfTTlfLE
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HEY LOOK. MA. THE SKY'S THE LIMIT
i . and the tieui llohttreinht chompeen -of the world!"
Meet Ihe New Lightweight King
By JIMMY BSVESLIN. ' !
NEA Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK (NH:A) This Is
a quick, around-the-r-oom introduc
tion oi a pugnosed Brooklyn land
owner who evicted James Carter
' from the lightweight championship
of the world.
He Is Pasquale Joiieph DeMarco,
better known as Pqddy DeMarco.
He is the newest fixture In your
Friday night tistio picture and, li
you listen to him closely, you get
the idea that he lcitends to stay
there for some tlmn.
If there were siit people who
gave Paddy DeMarco a chance to
win the 135-pound' championship
before he climbed Into the ring, i
they must have been hiding in the
Madison Square Garden base
ment. Even they could ask, "Who is
the guy and where did he come
from?"
ANSWER
You put that question to the new
champion and you get a flood of
excited words. "Me a Johnny-come-lately?"
he howls. "Listen,
I should' have won this title over
tv.'o years ago. They've been giving
me a run-around since the time
I beat Terry Young twice and
they turned me down for a title
shot because I was only 18.
Gayle Talbot:
A's Please Joost But
Skipper Isn't Fooled
By GAYLE TALBOT
TAMPA, Fla. Wl Though he is,
naturally enough, Itlghly pleased
with the great pace his Philadel
phia Athletics havp been setting
: in their exhibition games, Eddie
Joost is too smart to have any
illusions about whore they will go
when the firing begins In earnest
next month, t
' The American league's only
Ireshman manage declares he
would rather be whisre he 1s. start
ing to build a team and, his own
career . at the' same time, than
taking over a f!rstdlvislon outfit
where he would be expected to
nroduce or else. He could have
had in mind the trials facing
Waller Alston, Brooklyn's new
field general.
LAST ! '
"I hear everybody is picking us
to finish dead laiit, even below
TIMEOUT
L4lj
. "Next flrhf. Irv to . act the nod
from the Judges instead of a dame
In the third row:-
Baltimore," he said equaoiy.
That's ereat as far as I'm con-
cerned. Now if we- surprise them
and finish sixth or seventh we
will feel , we have accomplished
something.
"I know this much already, that
we got what we wanted - in our
trade with the Yankees. We got
some young tolayers who are show
ing me the kind of hustle I want
to see. They're really fighting for
regular Jobs now that they know
they have a chance, and I would
say now that all four of them will
be in my lineup on opening day.
I would hate to trade back."
DEAL
The deal, most discussed of the
winter, brought the Athletics out
fielders Vie Power and Bill Renna,
first baseman Don Bollweg and
catcher Al Robertson from the
Yankee system in exchange for
pitcher Harry Byrd and first base
man Ed Robinson.
The world champions drew
some criticism at the time for
having disposed of Power, a Puer
to Rican Negro who hit a hand
some .349 for their Kansas city
farm last season and who showed
promise of being the first member
of his race to break into the Yan
kee lineup.
CONVINCED
"it was lust that we could give
them what they need now for
what we need to build on," Joost
says. "Nothing else was Involved.
I'm convinced from wnat 1 ve at-
ready seen that Power is going
to make us a great player."
The Jury still la out on Boooy
Shantz, the little left-hander who
set a sensational 24- 7 record two
years ago but fell oft abruptly to
5-9 last year when he had the
miseries In his throwing arm.
Joost is hopeful, but the hard truth
is that very few pitchers ever have
regained their former effective
ness after such an experience.
Hermistoty Signs
Ex-Notre Darner
HERMISTON !fl Walter "Buz'
Evans, a 1048 graduate of Notre
; Dame University, : has been ap
; pointed' basketball coach at Her.
Jmiston HH;h School.
? F.vnns. who has coached Junior
hgh school basketbsil and football
live years, succeeds Dave weison,
J who resigned. i
woman's Jingle
PALO ALTO, Calif. Hn-Edltor
i Peter Orothe of the Stanford
j Daily .- frownlngly assigned cub
sportswrlter Miss Lee Hansen to
; interview track coach Jack
Welershauser "and hurry right
, back." The comely Miss Hansen
; returned very late. 8he said the
i coach stopped practice, Intro
' duced her to each a thlete and or
dered the boys to answer any
questions asked.
"Everybody seems to remember
that Paddy DeMarco lost to John
ny Gonsalves and Tony DeMarco
and guys like that In the last year
or so. But they don't think about
the raw decisions they were and
they forget all about the guys I've
beaten.
'Who are they? Well let's start
with Sandy Saddler. I beat' him
twice. And I beat Billy Oraham.
LISTED
"Now. you want some light
weights? All right, when I was
hot after the title I chased Arthur
King, Eddie Chavez, Orlando Zu
lueta, Teddy Davis. Enrique Bo-
lanos, Dennis Pal Brady and Gon
salves. -.
"Now, I'm the champion and
they seem to think it's a surprise,
Well, if it weren't for me getting
sick In May ol 1951, Jimy Carter
never would have gotten the title.'
Paddy DeMarco was in line for
the shot at Ike Williams and when
he went into the hospital with vi
rus, they gave it to Carter. "Well,
it took me three years to get it
from Carter, but I waited and it
was worth it."
SMILE
DeMarco is a dark-haired, stur
dily-built guy who flashes a smile
worthy of a high-priced dentist. He
grew uo in the rough Navy Yard
section of -Brooklyn and began
fiEhtine in 1925.
Since then, he has carefully
stashed awav each of his ring pay
checks and now lives in a sprawl-
inc 28-room red brick house in
fashionable section of Brooklyn
When not in the ring, he's usually
with his wife, Betty, and two chil
dren. --
A former choir boy, he sings and
plays the harmonica once a week
at veterans' hospitals around New
York. When he isn't doing that, he's
out on the golf links ncai his home,
chopping up the course. Or, he
might be at the fashionable West
minster Kennel Club show Willi his
prize-winning boxer.
RUMORS '
Rumors around town pinned the
blame for Paddy's sidetracking
during title light time to his
late manager, Jimy Dixon. He
and Paddy had a father-and-son
relationship and It left little
room for any "influence guys."
Paddy gave the manger's share
of his $11,000 purse one-third
to Jimmy's widow, Mrs. Kitty Dix
on. ,
On the fistic side. Paddy showed
surprising form against Carter. He
gave up his billygoat style and sub
stituted 15 rounds of speed and deft
hooking off a left Jab.
He has a rock-hard chin and was
In race-horse condition which
Paddy DeMarco figures to remain
in, now that he s boss.
Bradley,
USC In
Opener
By SKIPPER PATRICK
KANSAS CITY I Basketball's
most cherished prize, the National
Collegiate championship, goes up
for grabs tonight with four long
shot entries squaring off in semi
final games.
"The team that gets hot and
stays hot" will become the cham
pion, in the words of Southern
California Coach Forrest Two
good, "Everybody has a chance."
Twogood's Trojans, Pacific
Coast Conference champions, and
the Bradley Braves, an at-large
entry, play the first game.
Two Pennsylvania teams," La
Salle College of Philadelphia- and
a;-large Penn State, follow,
SELLOUT
A sellout crowd of more than
9,800 is assured for both tonight's
games and the finals tomorrow in
municipal auditorium. The cham
pionship tussle will oe leievisea
locally- and nationally by NBC.
The games are scheduled at 9
.m. and 11 p.m. EST.
Each of the teams got in a brisk
practice session in the auditorium
yesterday afternoon, ah oi me
players were in excellent physical
condition. -
The Penn State squad was han
dled by - Assistant Coach John
Egll, since Coach Elmer Gross
became 111 en route and was left
iu Pittsburgh. He was expected
here today by train, however.
GOLA
Because of the presence of Tom
Gola, only All American to survive
the siege of upsets in tne regionais,
La Salle (24-4) has been Installed
a slight favorite over Penn state's
(17-5) Nittany Lions.
Bradley (18-12), finalist in both
the NCAA and NIT in 1950 and
the biggest team in this tourna
ment, Is favored over Southern
California (20-12).
Penn State has a great com
petitor in center Jesse Amelle, at
6-5 the tallest man on the Lions
squad. He was voted Most Valu
able Player In the Iowa City reg
ionais over All Americas uon
Schlundt of Indiana and Bob Pettlt
of Louisiana State.
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Coaches Eye Change
Of 'One & One1 Rule
KANSAS CITY, l.-B The na-
lion's college basketball coaches
moved Into the second day of their
annual convention Friday, still
trying to decide what, if anything,
to do with the rules of the game.
They scheduled two sessions for
rules discussion and action. But
Floyd Stahl, coach at Ohio 8tate
and chairman of the rules recom
mendation committee, indicated it
would be Saturday before any fi
nal action would be taken,
TWO CHANCES
Almost two thirds of the coaches
answering a pre-convention ques-
LOOKS BAD French bantamweight Dente Blni stares as he
protects his face after receiving a couple of solid whacks
from opponent Honore Pratesi, who won their fight at Paris.
Torgeson's Bat
Hot for Phils
BRADENTON, Fla. . Iff! Earl
Torgeson is making Philadelphia
Phillies . president Bob Carpenter
glad he chose Torgeson over Ed
die Waitkus to be the regular first
baseman. ...
Since Carpenter sold Waitkus- to
Baltimore this - week, Torgy has
been hitting the ball like never be
fore. Thursday, for example, the
bespectacled first sacker pounded
out a triple, double and two sin
gles to lead the Phils to a 12-10
victory over Milwaukee. .
Third baseman Willie Jones cel
ebrated his return from the B team
with a home run and three RBI's,
All race horses hecome ollici
ally one year older ench January 1,
regardless of the actual date of
; foaling.
Utah's general deer season opens
this year on Saturday, Oct. 23.
Woods, McPhee
In 3rd Meeting
VANCOUVER, B.C..W1 Bobby
Woods of Spokane and Ken Mc
Phee of Vancouver will stage their
third lightweight set-to in the main
event of a boxing card here
April 1.
Their first meeting here was
called a draw. Woods won the sec
ond bout.
Woods is being billed as the Pi
cilic Northwest lightweight cham
pion as a result of his win over
Georgie-Dunn of Edmonton, Alta.,
at Spokane this week.
Tourney Fan
Record Looms
EUGENE Iff! Attendance at
the 1954 Oregon class A high school
basketball tournament may bent
the record set in 1952 when Wade
(Swede) Halbrook's scoring feats
were the big attraction.
Crowds at Thursday's three ses
sions totaled 7.240. bringing the at'
tendance up to Friday morning to
39,734, That was about 1.000 more
tlian at the same point In the 1952
tournament.
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NIGHT
Bill May
Reach
Congress
WASHINGTON Ifl Sen. Edwin
C. Johnson (D-Colo) said today he
feels "pretty optimistic" about
his chances of pushing through
Congress his. bill to drive business
out of baseball.
Johnson said In an interview
that the Justice Department is
moving In on baseball right now
in an effort to get the Supreme
Court to overturn its decision that
baseball Is not subject to the na
tion's antitrust laws. '
"If my bill doesn't pass," he
said, "I feci certain the Supreme
Court will take back its protection
of baseball."
Johnson, president of the Class
A Western League and the leading
congressional spokesman on base
ball matters, -said this is so be
cause the Justice Department
now has a clear antitrust case
which it can bring against August
A. Busch, owner of the St. Louis
Cardinals. .
- Justice Department officials in
dicated that if Busch Is using base
ball to help peddle Budweiser beer,
nothing in the recent Supreme
Court decision prevents the gov
ernment from moving against him.
Busch Is president of Anheuser-
Busch, 8t. Louis brewery which
makes Budweiser. He also oper
ates the Cardinals and Johnson
said the baseball club is a "wholly
owned subsidiary" of the brewery
company.
The Colorado senator said the
beer company is able to write off
losses incurred In baseball for tax
benefits in its brewery opera
tions. . . .; .
Nats Post
Second Win
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Syracuse Nationals lost a
flip of a coin for second place in
the Eastern Division of the Na
tional Basketball Assn., during the
regular season, but the Nats are
leaving nothing to chance in the
play-offs.
The Nats won their second game
In as many starts in the Eastern
Division round-robin eliminations
by converting 45 of 63 free throws
tor a 75-68 victory over the New
York Knickerbockers Thursday.
The Minneapolis Lakers,' mean
while, clinched a spot id the semi
final In the Western Division play
offs. The Lakers got 28 points
irom ueorge mnan m n au w
victory over Fort Wayne Thursday
night.
Exhibition
Baseball
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday's Results ,
Detroit (A) I. Boston (A) 0 !
Chicago (A) 5, Philadelphia (A)
Brooklyn (N) 4. New York- (A)
Pittsburgh (N) 8, Washington (A)
8 ..,.. .
New York (N) t, Chicago (N) a
Cincinnati (N) 9, Bt. Louis N) 2
Philadelphia, (N) 12, Milwaukee
(N) 10 , : . , . ,
Baltimore (A) 7. Cleveland (A)
tlonnalre said-they, don't like tho
present "one and one" foul rule
which gives a fouled player two
chances to make a free throw.
But they did not -approve of any
of some 14 suggested revisions. ;
The college eoacnea - pu&od
through the "one and one" rule
two years ago on a combination
of strength from the Pacific Coast
and the Big Ten. ; .i '
One suggestion up for - discus
sion reverses, the present rule.
SECOND CHANCE
Instead of awarding a second
tree throw if the player misses
the first one, it would give a eee
ond chance only If the player
made ftit first shot. .
The opposition to this change
claims the penalty would be too
severe. ,
Another Idea is to give the team
fouled possession of the ball after
the foul shot if it Is made. This
would mean that after every suc
cessful free throw. the .team that,
-made the point would take the
ball out of bounds-at the' mid
court line. This one Isn't very po
pular either.- v, . .a
RED SKELTON-KFJI-7:00
Enjoy.perfect
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Pat
Lowrey, 14A, Detroit, outpointed
Gene Parker, 145, Indianapolis, 8,
FAIL RIVER, Mass. Henry
Smith, 144, New York, stoppea Al
Frins. 148 'i, Fall River, 2.
NEWARK, N.J. Jerome Rich.
ardson. 1G2, New York, knocked
out Irish Jackie Wilson, 161, Bos
ton, 1.
PHILADELPHIA Bolden Ab-
ratns. 134. Philadelphia, and Hen
ry "Toothpick" Brown, 1J5, Phlla-
aclphia, draw, 8.
19 Lettermen
Greet Stahley
MOSCOW, Idaho Ml Coach
Skip Stahley counted 19 lettermen
among 67 hopciuls who turned out
for spring football practice at the
University of Idaho Thursday.
Stahley said two other lettermen.
Jay Buhler and Jerry Lte, are
expected to report later.
Al Rosen of Cleveland who led
the American League In 1953 with
43 home runs, hit 25 at Cleveland
but only one in New York,
Rainiers Pound
Marines, 13-1
SAN DIEGO ll The Seattle
Rainiers pounded out 15 hits. In
cluding four home runs, to defeat
the San Diego Marine Recruit De
pot, 13-1, .in an exhibitton baseball
game nere inursoay nignv.
Lonnle Myers and Pete Hernan
dez shared the pitching duties for
the Pacific coast Leaguers and
held the Marines to three hits.
Clarence Maddern, K. Cnorlton,
Joe Joshua and Joe Erautt pro
duced the homers for the winners.
Cnorlton and Erautt also batted In
three runs each.
Brenner Stops
Billy Corbitt
VANCOUVER. B.C. M Bill
Brenner of Vancouver stopped
Billy Corbitt of Sedro Woolley,
wash., in the fourth round of tneir
scheduled 10-round middleweight
bout here Thursday night.
Corbitt was floored three times
in the fourth round before the ref
eree halted the fight.
In six-round semifinals, light
weight Len Walters, Vancouver,'
outpointed Teddy Hal, St. Louis;
welterweight Frenchie Bellanger,
Vancouver, stopped Brave Junior,
Portland, in the second round, and
Tony Greb, Stockton, Calif.,
knocked out Jack O'Brien, Brem
erton, Wash., in the third round
of a welterweight bout.
ABC Tourney
Opens Saturday
SEATTLE liB The biggest indoor
sports tournament In the world be
gins a six-week program tomorrow
when 32 teams launch the 1954
American Bowling Congress.
More than 16,000 bowlers will
fire at the clustered pins before
the 51st ABC ends May 3. They'll
be shooting for championships
and for approximately 1200,000 In
prize money.
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