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WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1053
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Sugar Ray Signs For Match;
Deal Phony Says Basilio Camp
I rtilLAUELPHIA (API - The
president of the National Boxing
, Assn. said today that Sugar Ray
. Robinson will . he reinstated as
middleweight champion if Carmen
; Basilio is willinj to fight him here
on Sept. 21.
"If there is definite assurance
, (hat Robinson and Basilio will
. fight in the near future," Dr
Ward Wylie said at his Mullen,
; wAa., home. "I'm certain the
t mner would be recognized as the
world champion."
Robinson. 39, signed a contract
. here Tuesday to fight Basilio on
Sept. 21 in Philadelphia's 100,000-
teat Municipal Stadium.
I The big question, however, was:
will Basilio, the No. 1 middle-weight
contender, agree to the
..fight. His camp would offer no
assurance that he would and Ba
'siiio was unavailable for com-
ment.
The fight would be promoted by
J Samuel Rose, a city councilman.
,,who was not present at the news
conference. He is ill in a hospital.
Robinson would get 45 per cent
,of an estimated $750,000 to one
i-million dollar gate and the same
percentage of more than $300,000
Kin television and radio receipts.
- Basilio would receive 20 per cent.
By signing, Robinson partially
.fulfilled a New York State Athletic
-Commission ultimatum to sign for
j-a Basilio fight by Friday or lose
his title in that state.
The NBA lifted Robinson's title
.by edict on May 4 after repeat
edly warning him to sign for a de-
:.Miles' Homers
Lead Victory
Leonard Miles poled two home
T-runs jn three trips to the plate to
'give the 827 ACW squad a 7-3 vic-
tory oyer the Church of the Nazar
ene nine in the opening game of
the Klamath Falls men's Softball
season at Conger Field Tuesday
night.
In other games the Market Bas
ket explpded for' a 15-6 win over
the Kingsley Field squad and Hal's
Sport Shop sailed past the Mould
ing Crafters for an easy 14-1 tri
umph. Linescore:
R H E
Nazarene 030 OftO 03 2 9
827 ACW 222 001 x 7 7 2
Jones and Ellis; Posey and Lingo.
fense against Basilio. Robinson
won the middleweight title from
Basilio March 25, 1958, but hasn't
fought since.
John DeJohn, co-manager of Ba
silio, said the Robinson deal
sounded phony.
"We're certainly not going to
let Hooinson dictate terms and
Beavers Drub
Phoenix, 5-3,
Sacto Wins
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
At 37, Vic Lombardi is no base
ball youngster. But the little Port
land southpaw was strong and
crafty as he hurled the Beavers to
a 5-3 triumph over Phoenix Tues
day night.
Lombardi gave up only six hits
as the Beavers stayed at home
to humble their old nemesis in a
Pacific Coast League makeup
game. Lomnarm now is 3-1.
Portland so far this season has
beaten the Giants' four out of
seven times. Last year the Beav
ers won but 3 of 22 games with
Phoenix.
The Beavers remain at home to
night, too. to start a three-game
series with the Spokane Indians
bolstered by ihe recent acquisition
of sluggers Jim Baxes and Steve
Bilko.
But Portland also displayed
some slugging in beating Phoenix.
The biggest blow of Portland's 12
hits was Jack Littrell's first home
run of the season.
In Tuesday night's only other
game, Sacramento s Solons in
creased their first-place lead to
lVj games over idle San Diego by
beating bpokane 6-5.
COMPETE IN RELAYS
VILLANOVA. Pa. (UPD The
Villanova University mile relay
team will run in Friday night's
track meet at the Los Angeles
Coliseum. The squad, unbeaten
this season in the mile, includes
Joe Manion, Nick De Angelis,
Charlie Stead. Ed Collymore and
Jim Blackburn.
accept
said.
them meekly," DeJohn
Basilio's other co-manager, Joe
Netro said "We've got to be sat
isfied."
, Al Klein, a men-Jier of the Penn
sylvania Athletic Commission,
said the deal had been in the
works for 10 days.
"I have $10,000 Robinson posted
in bond money that savs the deal
won t be a phony, Klein added.
"When Basilio and his managers
realize the financial aspects of the
deal. 1 m confident they 11 sign.
Klein also commented on
statement by Marv Jenson. man
ager of Gene Fullmer that' Basilio
will not sign "because we have a
signed contract with promoter
.wman Kotnscnud lor our serv
ices in Syracuse in July."
"My information," Klein said
is that Basilio has not signed
10 ngnt fuinner.
George Gaintord. Robinson's ad
viser, said that if Basilio does
not agree to the match, Sugar
Hay stilt would fight in Philadel
phia on the same date against
European middleweight champion
Gustav Schultz.
Gainfoid said Robinson had not
defended his title because "in
Robinson's tax bracket it doesn't
pay to tight more than once a
year.
Asked why Robinson turned
down recent New York and Texas
offers of a $500,000 guarantee for
4a per cent of an unknown gate,
Gainford said: "Nobody came up
wun me money.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hitting Harmon Killebrew
Senators, drove in five runs with
a pair of homers for comeback
7-4 victory over the Tigers.
Pitching Danny McDevitt
Dodgers, gave up five hits, walked
none and struck out six for 3-1
victory over the Phillies, who
were blanked on two hits for
seven innings.
MINOR LEAGUE
Minor League Results
. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
International League
Miami 3, ColurrAus 2 10 in
nings -Buffalo
6. Rochester 0
Toronto 5. Montreal 3
Richmond at Havana, postponed
i American Assn.
" Dallas 6, Houston 3
Omaha 8. Fort Worth 1
Indianapolis 5, Minneapolis 2
Other games postponed
The University of Washington
will have 23 football lettermen re
turning for the 1959 season.
Ole Bardahl
Files Protest
CHELAN (API - An official
protest against a vote cast by the
Miss Thriflway camp for postpon
ing the final heat of Sunday's
Apple Cup race was filed Tuesday
by Ole Bardahl.
Bardahl, Seattle businessman
who owns the Miss Bardahl, said
the Thriftway was damaged at the
time the vote to delay the race
was taken.
"Their vote was an intentional
delay on their part to repair their
boat to make a later start," the
statement Bardahl will submit to
the American Power Boat Assn.
board of directors read.
Miss Bardahl and Miss Thrift
way were tied at 700 points when
the vote was taken. Miss Pay 'N'
Save, the eventual winner, had
800 points.
Because of the whitecaps on
Lake Chelan a series of votes
were taken during the afternoon.
Each time the vote was 5-2 against
running the final heat.
Bardahl's charge was denied in
Seattle by Willard Rhodes, owner
of the Thriftway, and Bill Muncey,
her driver.
"The rule book stales that we
had a right to vote regardless of
any damage to our boat," Rhodes
said.
One of the Thriftway's sponsons
was damaged by buffeting waves
but Muncey said the boat could
have been repaired for the final
heat.
Merlin, Prospect To Clash For5B Crown
Saturday afternoon the Malin
Mustangs, sub-district 5B baseball
champions, get an opportunity to
annex the District 5B title when
they play host to the Prospect
Cougars at 2 p.m. in Gem Stadium.
A sudden death arrangement.
the playoff, will decide the dis
trict kings, with just one name, a
seven inning affair.
Coach George Hanson's Mus
tangs are sporting a 4-1 league
record, their only loss being a 5-2,
SIGN TWO HEAVIES
NEW YORK (UPI '-Matchmaker
Teddy Brenner has signed un
beaten Montreal heavyweight Rob
ert Clcroux and Reagan (Buddy)
Turman of Tyler, Tex., for a May
a bout at Madison Sauare Gar
den. Their eight-round fight will
be a semi-final to the feature be
tween Nino Valdes of Cuba and
Pittsburgh's Alonzo Johnson.
COINTY B LEAGUE
(Final Standings)
W L
Malin 5 2
Merrill 4 2
Sacred Heart 1 4
Bly 14
Non-League
Henley 4 j
Pet.
.714
.200
.200
.667
no-hit decision to the Merrill Hus
kies last Friday.
Malm has an over-all . season
mark of six wins and three losses,
with the only defeats in non-counting
Ramos he,ing to Henley and
the KU Jayvces.
The Mustangs met the Jayvee
squad again Tuesday alternoon in
their final warm-up readiness for
Saturday's upcoming crucial tilt
with the Cougars.
Hanson's choice on the mound
to iace the Prospect crew is right
hander ltandy Miller, the slim
junior who was undefeated and un
scored upon in lctigue action. The
No. 2 Malin huiier is big Rick
lllian, who handles the back-stopping
duties when Miller is on the
hill.
Hanson will be counting on the
hitting performances of Miller, ll
lian, Don Johnson and Ron Mul-
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Prospect, led by coach Al Gard
ner, boasts a 5-won. Most con
ference mark. The other members
of the valley side of the District
5B League are Jacksonville. Tal
ent. Butte Falls and St. Marys,
although the Crusaders did not
Held a baseball team this season.
"We lack experience but the
hustle is there. We have only one
senior on our team. Tom David
son. He is credited with all five
of our wins. We have three fresh
men, two sophs and the rest
are juniors," commented Gard
ner. The Cougars stepped out of con
ference three times this year and
were topped each time; two loss
es coming at the hands of Rogut
River and one from Eagle Point.
Both schools are A-2.
"It's not an excuse but we
didn't use Davidson against either
Rogue River or Eagle Point. We
might have fared better but
thought it best to save him for
league games," Gardner added.
GIANTS OPTION PITCHER
SAN FRANCISCO (UPD The
San Francisco Giants Tuesday op
tioned pitcher Marshall Renfroe to
their Phoenix farm club in the
Pacific Coast League. Renfroe
failed to make an appearance for
the Giants this season.
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