MONDAY, FEBRUAPY 3, 1958
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
PAGE NINE
Today's Sport Parade
Lesnevich Favors
Ring To Gridiron
By OSCAR FEALEY .never had it, so I'm easy with
United Press Sports Writer . him. And if he needs a few extra
NEW YOUK (UPt -The big dollars he can always pick it up
boys who turn to pro football are caddying.
missing the financial boat, former "Naturally, I want to see him
litfht heavyweight champion Guslget an education, because that's
Lesnevich said today, Because something they cant ever take
they could hit the boxing jackpot
in five or six years without get
ting hurt. '
"I'd rather see my sun go into
boxing than play football," Lesne
vich insisted. "In football they get
all busted up for nothing, in bas
ketball the physical strain is mur
der and in baseball only the real
top stars make the big money."
But in boxing, Gus argues, tal
ent is ! scarce that anyone with
the ability and desire can hit the
top swiftly.
"And they won't get liurt doing
it. either." he said. "In my day,
when I was getting started, they
never stopped a bout for a cut or
anything like that. They wanted
to see you get killed. But now
they arc cautious and a man who
keeps himself in condition and
learns properly is in no danger
at all."
NOT HUNGRY
The trouble now, he says, is
that the kids aren't "hungry."
"My family had no money," he
explained. "We were poor folks.
So when I'm 15 years old I go
down- to the amateurs and start
fighting. I guess I made more
than $500,000 and, while I fought
19 years, I'm not walking on my
heels because 1 trained hard and
took care of myself."
But even his 15-ycar-old son
isn't intcmstcd in boxing.
"He's not 'h u n g r y,' " Gus
laughed. "When he needs a few
bucks he comes to the old man. I
away from you," Gus added. "But
it he had the talent, I'd like to
see him box. As it is, he's crazy
for football."
Gus rubbed a taped ankle as he
mentioned the word. He sprained
H a while back catching football
nasses with his boy.
DYING, BUT NOT EXTINCT
Now a traffic representative for
a trucking concern, Lesnevich
mourns the fact that boxing is
dying" but doesn't see the' day
when it will become extinct.
"In New York City alone there
used to he seven fight clubs run
ning each week, he recalls.
Now I don t believe there are
that many in the whole country,
But the amateurs will help to
keep it alive and there still is big
money to be made, even though
the government takes most of it
"Look at the coming Carmen
Basilio-Ray Robinson bout," he
illustrated. "They'll take about
$250,000 each out of that one, and
the government won't take it all.
There's still big money to be
made."
That's why he thinks the burly
collegiate footballers who turn to
the pro gridiron and other sports
as a profession are making a mistake.
"Pro boxers are born with the
talent," he cautions. "But some of
these big guys must have it. As
college guys they can spell psy
chiatrist. They ought to go see
one."
Oregon,
Stanford
To Clash
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Stanford and Oregon clash Mon
day night to open a week of Pa
cific Coast Conference basketball
play that's bound to shuffle the
conference standings.
On Saturday, after a Friday
night warmup, the leading Cali
fornia Bears and UCLA Bruins
clash at Los Angeles. On Friday
the Bears journey ' to Southern
California, the Bruins play host
to Washington State College and
Oregon meets Oregon State. Ida
ho plays at Washington Friday.
On Saturday Idaho is at Oregon
and Washington State at South
ern California. ,
Stanford sank 31 of 41 tree
throws Saturday to kill Oregon
State's bid for a share of the con
ference leadership. The Indians
won 69-57.
The Indian first string played
all but the last four minutes
against the Beavers, who played
without Lee Harman, their lead
ing playmaker.
In the only other Saturday
game Cal, playing under the di
rection of assistant coach Rene
Herrerias, whipped Santa Clara
University 54-46. Cal coach Pete
Newell was away.
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By HARRY GRAYSON
NEA Sports Editor
NEW YORK (NEA) Some
what longer ago than it is decent
to talk about, a day in New York
would start with a cup of coffee
and then a hurried trip to Lou
Stillman's Gymnasium in time for
its noon opening.
Every day it seemed there was
a fighter scheduled to work out
who was too big a name to pass
up.
There would be a crush of a
; couple of hundred fighters patient
ly waiting for the big-timers to
use the facilities and then clear
away for the run of the mill pugs.
' The spectators' section was
packed. The seven telephone
booths in the back of the room
were filled with managers trying
to arrange matches.
As late as 1947, Stillman's was
a gang scene with every move
made by the flamboyant hoodlum,
Rocky Graziano, duly noted.
But the other evening, for the
first time in several years, we
went up the rickety flight of stairs
leading from Eighth Avenue's
sidewalk and caught tho late ses
sion of this famous training place.
It was. as it always is to one
who was around when there was
boxing, a shock.
Freddie Brown, the trainer, was
leaning against the lone ring in
use, talking to a couple of heavy-
set kids who were sparring. There
were four 'youngsters shadow-boxing
in the other ring. A handful
of nondescript kids in bathrobes
and bandaged hands walked
around.
Al Weill, who managed Rocky
llarciano and three other world
champions, was standing off to
one side talking to Lou , Stillman.
There was a guy in one of the
phone booths. Otherwise the place
was empty.
"He gets more fighters in here
at night than he docs during the
day," Brown said. "This kid in the
green shirt is Rudy Williams. He
might bo a good lighter some day
w
is.
velop a fighter today?"
You wcrk with Vince Martin
ez," Frankie Jay, who once man
aged fighters but now runs a sa
loon, snorted. "Can you imagine a
fighter like Martinez qualifying
for a championship match?
"Remember the night Harry
Greb cuffed Mickey Walker
around pretty good for 15 rounds
at the Polo Grounds and then they
fought a few more rounds for the
benefit of taxicab drivers in front
of Billy LaHifi's Tavern on West
48th Street?"
"Benny Leonard bets $1,000 to
$10,000 that he takes out Richie
Mitchell in the first round," re
called Bimstein. "So tryin' to win
the bet he gets careless and Mitch
ell has him on the deck.
"Benny looks at his corner.
'Don't worry, I'm gettin' up.' he
says. He does and is beautiful tak
ing Mitchell out in the sixth."
The remainder of the evening
was spent in a long argument be
tween Bimstein, Jay and a couple
of others as to whether Leonard
was a better boxer than Irish Pat
sy Kline.
It' was. of course, old-timers
reminiscing. But it was a lot bet
ter than standing in Stillman's
Gymnasium and watching the last
scraps of what was k major sport.
US, Aussie
Skiers Scrap
For Slat Title
BAD GASTEIN, Austria Of) A
nip and tuck battle shaped up to
day between Austria's triple
Olympic gold medal winner Toni
Sailer and America's ' Wallace
(Bud) Werner of Steamboat
Spnngs, Colo.
The prize Is the combination
title of the world Alpine ski
championships. The title is award
ed to the skier with the best over
all showing In the slalom and
downhill races.
Werner, a freckled and lanky
21-year-old, was fourth in the
slalom yesterday. Sailer was sec
ond. They are exactly three sec
onds apart.
Werner's good showing came
as a surprise. The slalom is not
his specialty. He is an excellent
downhiller, though, and usually
does fairly well in the giant slalom.
U.S. coach Othmar Schneider
predicted that the battle io. me
combined crown would be among
the trio of Sailer, Werner anu
Switzerland's Roger Staub. The
giant slalom is scheduled for
Wednesday and the downhill Feb,
9.
Josl Rleder of Austria, who won
the slalom crown, was given less
of a chance because he is small
and light and therefore handi
capped in the downhill.
After the men's' slalom, the
Austrians are ahead with 22
points. Other scores: Switzerland
11, Japan 8, United States 7,
France 4, West Germany 3.
By ARCHIE DEES
Indiana University
I score most of my points on a
turn-about one-hand tump shot any
where along a radius of from
15 to 18 feet from the goal.
Under the Indiana system, I al
ternate a lot in the pivot and float
in from the corners. Always moving.
I take a pass from eitner me
guard or the corner man any
where along my lioating or cuuing
path, generally with my back to
the basket.
I try to set up the shot with a
head and shoulders fake, some
times by a ball fake.
With the defensive man going
with the feint, I execute a jump
ing turn toward the basket, hold
ing the ball high in both hands
and then shoot a push with either
hand, falling back from the de
fender's recovery as I shoot.
If the defense is ganged up.
such as sagging in with two or
three men, you can go for the shot
fairly sure of either the bucket
or being fouled.
Dodger Ace
Said Cheerful
Venturi
Registers
Golf Win
PHOENIX. Ariz. UK-Ken Ven
turi of San Francisco sank a three
foot putt on the 18th green to' win
the $15,000 Phoenix Open.
"I've never been as nervous,"
he said.
After dropping that putt worth
$2,000 in first money, he sailed
his white cap into the madly
screaming gallery of 7,000 the
largest in the history of the Phoe
nix tournament,
Venturi, a 26-year-old with little
more than a year of pro experi
ence, won this 72-hole tournament
the hard way. He started the final
round with a 1-stroke lead over
Jay Hebert, Sanford, Fla.
He saw that lead melt after the
first nine under the heat of a sub-
par round by Walter Burkemo,
Franklin Hills, Mich., and the
pressure of Hebert.
Buikenio climaxed the finest
round of the tournament as he
dropped a birdie putt on No. 18
for a day s total of 65 6 under
par for the 6.585-yard Phoenix
Country Club course.
That gave him a total of 275
9 under par. He had started the
round six strokes behind the lead
ing Venturi.
Hebert missed a seven-foot putt
on the final hole and finished -in
a tie with Burkemo.
Venturi was teeing off on 17. He
said he knew what he needed to
tie one birdie and what he
needed to win two birdies.
He sank a four-foot putt to go
one under on the par-4 17th; and
then the short one on the 18th.
Tied for fourth at 279 were
young John McMullin, Alameda,
Calif., and Bill Collins, Grossing
er, N.Y. Each pocketed $950.
At 280, with $800, was' Paul
Harney, Worcester, Mass..
TIME OUT
Jim Norris
Draws Award
CHICAGO Wi The Packey
McFarland award for the man of
the year who contributed most to
boxing will be presented to Jim
Norris at the sixth annual Chi
cago Boxing Writers' Assn. ban
quet Maroh 23, it was announced
Monday.
Norris, president of the Inter
national Boxing Club, will be hon
ored along with middleweight
champion Carmen Basilio, who
two days after the banquet will
defend his title in a rematch with
Weighs about 65. But you can't; Sugar Ray Robinson at Chicago
get him fights. There's no clubs,
Williams came out of the ring.
Brown pulled the boy's mouth
piece out. started unbuckling his
lieadguard.
"I've had 12 fights," Williams
said. "I'd like fightin' every week,
but the man says they got no
place to put me. So I work all
day.
"I've been
Stadium. Basilio will receive
'Fighter of the Year" award.
Robinson will be honored as the
'Most Meritorious Competitor."
SERVICES FOR MOORE
LOS ANGELES (UP Funeral
services will be held Tuesday for
George P. Moore, who once man
aged former b o x i n e champion
talking about it for Henry Armstrong. Moore died
a long time, but 1 mean it this Friday at the age of 84
trip, stillman roared. "I m going I
to wait until the spring and then
turn this joint into a parking lot.
Boxing (s a thing of the past."
Downstairs, on his favorite stool
at the end of the bar, Whitey Bim
stein, the trainer, seemed to agree.
"I go to work up there, but
with what? How yuh goin' to de-l
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GLEN COVE, N.Y. (UP)-Roy
Campanella, Los Angeles Dodger
catcher who suffered a broken
neck in an auto accident Jan. 28,
was reported "cheerful" and
showing steady improvement to
day.
Harry Gifford, administrator ' of
the Glen Cove Community Hospi
tal, reported Campanella s lung
infection is almost cleared and his
temperature is slightly lower than
on Saturday. Gifford said Cam
panella also is eating strained
food and apparently enjoying it.!
The three-time National League!
most valuable player shows only
slight improvement in his para
lyzed right arm, Gifford said.
BALL FARE
City Lea "lie
at Altamont Jr. High
Hal's Sport Shop vs. .National
Guard
YMCA vs. Oregon Foods
Ron Delaney Sweeps
Boston AA Mile Run
"I fuesi you think II i odd I can
shoot 150 but can't teach you,
Louise, but some fine playeri
just can't Instruct!"
Patterson To Texas
NEW YORK (UP) Heavy
weight champion Floyd Patterson
and manager Cus d Amalo were
en route to Houston, Tex., today
for a four-round exhibition bout
Tuesday night. Patterson also will
fight an exhibition at Philadelphia,
Feb. 18.
NBC Suggests
Bleacher Special
CHICAGO OH The 50-cent
bleacher seat is a thing of the
past in the major leagues but it
is returning to some phases of
baseball.
The National Baseball Congress
Mpnday proposed that each of Its
48 state tournaments include 50
cent bleacher seats as a means
of attracting larger crowds.
The organization established a
maximum price of 90 cents plus
state tax on grandstand seats tor
the state playoffs. No restrictions
were placed on box seats.
BOSTON ( Irish Ron De-
lany. the turkey-trotting marvel
of track, is looking ahead to the
1960 Olympics while adding to his
victory string at the expense of
all challengers on the indoor cir
cuit. "I want to win the 1,500-meter
championship in the Olympics
again in . 1960," the ViUanova
senior from Dublin said.
Unlike some gold medal win
ners who complained of a letdown
after victories, at Melbourne two
years ago, Deluny said he thinks
his competitive desire was whet
ted. .
"When I . won in Melbourne it
was a great thrill," he said, "But
U decided : right then and there
that I had another job to do in
four years retain my champion
ship." ,
Although there may be some
runners who can upset Delany
outdoors, there is little doubt he
is the king of milers on the
boards. '
The flying Irishman with his
funny running style posted his
18th straight indoor mile triumph
Saturday night with a 4:05.3 el
fort in the Boston AA games.
Delany. If pressed, appears I
cinch to break the world Indoor
mark of 4:03.6 set by Denmark's
G u n n a r Nielsen. However, he
thinks the three-quarter mark
must be hit in 3:02 to accomplish
that feat.
Jim Beatty of North Carolina
was a surprising second in the
mile, followed by George King of
the New York A.C., Burr Grim of
Maryland and Phil Coleman of
Chicago.
Other outstanding performers
were Charlie Jenkins or ViUa
nova, who won the 600 In 1:10.:
Dave Scurlock, the Sugar -Bowl
quarter mile champion from
North Carolina, who captured the
1.000 in 2:1L1: and Deacon Jones
of Iowa, winner of the two-mil in
9:01.1.
Lakeview Girl
Records Ski Win
BOISE, Idaho I Jean Sau-
bert, defending national Junior
girls champion from Lakeview,
Ore., won the Junior girls expert
combined title-inline eighth an
nual Cranston Cup ikl meet at
Bogus Basin Sunday.
Brent ,WMeman,oi Y a K l m a,
Wash., woir the expert combined
title in the men's division,
- Both won the downhill events
and placed second in the slalom.
The intermediate boys title was
won by Johnny Jonas of Boise and
Yakima's Sally Schefter captured
the intermediate . girls crown.
tans Tear
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SUITS REWEAVING
Seattle
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T:
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SYDNEY, Australia (UP) Tony
Trabert of Cincinnati, Ohio, and
Ken Rosewall of Australia won
the two singles matches Sunday
in the second day of the round
robin professional tennis tourna
ment at White City. Trabert
whipped Lew Hoad of Australia,
6-3, 6-4, 6-4, in a best of five set
match. Rosewall beat Rex Hart
wig of Australia, 6-4. 3-6, 8-6, in a
best of three set malch. ,
AUSTRIANS TAKE SKATING !
LONDON (UP) -Radio Prague ;
reported that lngrid Wendl of Aus-1
tria won the European women's
figure skating championship Sun-,
day night at the Bratislava Win-!
ter Stadium in Czechoslovakia. J
Hanna Walter, an 18-year-old stu,
dent from Vienna, was second. I
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