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Show 'll By I red W" two-poi- nt one-poi- n Jesse Bowdry, UPI1 YORK Light heavyweight contender Jesse Bowdry is favoted at 1 to beat Sonnv Rav in their TV (ABC) f.ght at Chicago Stadium Wednesday night Oh Henry! 27-- st 21-1- 5 4 i 0 two-poi- 12-- 8 two-poi- 1 iome-U- p tr ver , v business of throwing tantrums and bats, Ted Williams. Tony Johnson, Ted's Outbreak Utah high schools intensify their league activity this week with thiee more circuits be- sixth ginning conference competition. Most of the action will be in the northern part of the state where Region 2 begins league warfare. Top games there send Ogden against Bear River on the field, 8 p m., and Weber at South Cache Defending Class A champion Box Elder opens its league competition at home against Logan, while North Cache entertains Davis, and Bountiful plays at Ben Ixtmond Region 5 also opens Its campaign with Provo at Carbon, Payson at Orem and Springville at Spanish Fork. Big practice games find Tooele meeting East Thursday afternoon in Salt Lake City and Bingham at Millard. the 1957 Class B Dixie, champs, open agamst Parowan at St. George. 4 0 17-5- TV-radi- 5 26-5-- 0 By Bob Salmon ' The Boston Red Sox slugger, with one vicious fling of his bat after striking out in Sundays game with the Washington Senators, nearly brought his controversial and starry career to an abrupt end. The bat, hurled with all his might in flaring disgust, sailed 75 feet into the stands and hit an elderly woman fan sitting in a box seat just to the right of the Red Sox dugout. The woman, Mrs. Gladys 69, and, coincidentally. Red Sox general manager Joe Cronin's housekeeper, luckily received a glancing blow on the and suffered only a temple Hef-ferna- n, bruise 6 ' Da-ve- McMullin Is Finally A Winner Uumpire Files Report Plate umpire Bill Summers said after the game that he was filing a full, written report ofi the incident to American League President Will Harridge, as is customary 'after any untoward action in a game. Williams wa practically Inconsolable after the game "I just almost died when I realized what had happened, he sid In the Red Sox dressing room. "I nearly got sick when I went back out to the outfield I was mad at myself because I wanted a base hit. But I didnt mean to throw the bat that w ay. "I started to flip it along the giound but the sticky stuff (rosin) on my hand stuck to it and it left my hand on the fly Instead. I was sick An hour after the game, Cronin announced to writers still at Fen-wa- v Park awaiting further comment on the incident that manager Mike Higgins had been signed to a contract to pilot the team next season. The feeling was extremely strong among writers here that the signing had been moved up hastily as a sort of "delaying action" to take attention away from the Wijliams incident. The Red Sox quoted Mrs as absolving Williams of anv blame. "It wasnt Teds fault, she was quoted by a Red Sox spokesman as she was given first aid In a room beneath the stands. However, sports writers were j , e Former (UPI) world featherweight champion Willie Pep today debated whether to quit the ring followTKO defeat at ing his clear-cu- t the hands of reigning king Hogan (Kid' Bassey. Bassey flattened Pep in the ninth round of their scheduled e bout at Boston Garden Saturday night. It was officially a technical knockout but Pep was helpless as he struggled to his feet at the count of 10 after previously taking an eight-couin the same round Sportsvvriters asked Pep after the bout whether he would fight again He first answered "yes, but then added "I'm going to cue it some thought. He nursed a slight cut over the left eye and two minor ones on each side of his nose. two-tim- non-titl- one-ye- gaunt-lookin- al 2-- 1 18-1- 3 In Summary won exactly $6 325 on his first pio tour and was hardly paying his own way McMullin played the most consistent golf of the Hesperia Open, lie had rounds of for a 271 total. 17 under par. Hef-fern- Gene Littler was second with 272 Dow Finsterwald place with won iinally was stopped in the 10th round of a bitter brawl and soon retired from tne ring. Whatever happened to Tony Johnson" Hes now a bartender at the Gold Coast Cafe on New Yorks East Side. Columbia R I Baltimore defeated the r' third 274 Jerry Barber finished In a tie for fourth place at 275 with Fred Hawkins and Ken Venturi. Hails Braves MOST VALUABLE player m National League during 1958, Hank Aaron clinched the flag for Milwaukee yesterday. Hank's Homer Sews Up Brave Pennant Milwaukee slugger, is a sleeply looking guy but hes wide awake when the boys are playing for the big dough. g It was Hank whose homer clinched the 1957 pennant for the Braves and it was Hank who batted .393 against the New Yoik Yankees in the Woild Series as Milwaukee won its first championship. The big dough was In the center of the table In Cincinnati Braves again Sunday as the needed only one victory to clinch the 58 flag and once again Hank was swinging that devastating bat. The score was 5 and Aaron figured in five of the runs driving in four and scoring a fifth. Hank Aaron, the llth-innin- o 6-- 9-- pin-poi- Dominated By Soviet Stars Wins Grand Prix 2-- 0 plus a full pickup load! Carries 6 passengers Bushville - HamLOS ANGELES (UPI) ilton Richaidson, veteran U.S tennis star, provided the proof' Sunday that Peruvian net star Alex Olmedo is not yet the man who will lead the American Da-vis Cup team to victory. Richardson met Olmedo, named to the Davis Cup squad be-- I cause he currently Is residing In the United States, in the finals of the 32nd annual Pacific Southwest Tennis Tournament. At the end of four sets the former New Orleans tennis star had given the college youngster a 7 lesson in the game. Richardson, using his abil-- I shots, played to Weight-Liftin- g lty to Olmedos weakness, his back-- ! hand In the match game he had 01- -' medo at match point six times befoie he finally broke through on the 26th point of the prolonged STOCKHOLM (UPI) Rusplay. sias muscle men walked off with five of the seven titles at stake in the 1958 world weight-liftin- g championships The other two titles went to the BERLIN (UPI) Jean Behra of France won the Grand Prix of United States with Isaac BerBerlin Sunday in a Porsche. ger of Brooklyn, N.Y., winning the featherweight crown and Kono of Sacramento, excluded from her room at Sanc-t- a Tommy capturing the middleMaria Hospital wheie she Calif., weight championship. spent the night following pie-- 1 Alexei Medvedev completed the cautionary near sweep Sunday night Soviets Williams blanched and a look of defending his horror spread across his face by successfully title. The Russian hoiswhen he turned and realized the ted a total of 1,067 pounds bat had sailed into the stands. Dave Ashman of San Diego, un-1 He raced to her side, weeping finished second in the final controllablv from emotion, to olf-e- r Calif., event of the five-da- y meet by his apology. The Calilifting 1,006 pounds. Mrs. Summers Umpire quoted fornian gained some consolation Heffernan as saying, Dont feel when he set a world record for as blood streamed badly, Ted, 331-- 7 fiom her forehead. 1 know you heavyweights by snatching opunds. didn t mean it Williams visited her at the first aid room between innings and then took the field to the accompaniment of as loud a chorus of boos ever heard here agamst the fiety outfielder. However, he dtevv long and lusty cheers thiee innings later when he doubled home the second of Bostons two runs in the victory. 4--6. Ameri- can League champion Yankees for the thud straight time, Boston blanked Washington, Chicago nipped Kansas City, and Cleveland beat Detroit, Braves Richardson Beats Peruvian knuckleball pitcher, hurled a against the New York Yankees as Baltimore NEWPORT, - teww- fighter, fiequently appeared on nationally televised bout over a career including 23 victories and 8 defeats He was strong and a good puncher, grad-- j uallv building up to a prominent lanking among contenders for title. Archie Moores The climax came, however against Tony Anthony in a TV fight at New York in 1956 and It wasnt a happy ending. Johnson 6-- er 2-- ht aftermath. Pep Ponders Ring Quittinq BOSTON United Press International A possible BOSTON (UPI i fine or even suspension was awaited fiom American League headquarters today following a temper tantrum by Ted Williams that could have had a tragic 1 1 j a rugged of the year when he blanked Cincinnati in the last two innings. The secund-plac- e Pirates officially were eliminated whils sitting In their novel rooms inasmuch as their scheduled double-neadwith the Phillies was postponed because of rain. Wiliie Mays boosted is leagueleading average to .342 with a single and a double in three trips as the Giants beat the Cardinals, and Sandy Koufx of the Dodgers picked up his Uth victory with a 1 decision over the Cubs. Spahns 21st win 3--1, Happened To Tony Johnson? at the SUPERB Region Opens Nearly Has Official Play Friday Tragic Ending , turned back the challenge of the English yacht Sceptre In the first of the match for the America's Cup. er Whatever Despite the odds, tins shapes up as the most significant bout on the weeks boxing schedule it should indicate how much young Bowdry of St, Louis down push in the final period ; has improved lecently lhe mistakes can be co! reeled Jesse 21, is ranked (jay s gbout as unpredic0penlng table as the bounce of a football. among contenders Rav, 22, is un- without a change in personnel That was the chief evaluation rated Coach Bob Devaney of WyomKv had Faunce Monday ing is sure lus team would have Ray of Chicago beat Bowdrv in Loach two of their thiee pievious bouts, alter viewing the Tucson game beaten Kansas State on Satuidayi but he is an underdog this time films if his hadn't fumbled the The Aggie offense moved well ball soplayers because of Bowdrys unbeaten often Kansa State demarbut left Arizona, feated Wyoming 4 string of 11 starts since his last against gins tor adjustments befoie FriDenver Coach John Rolling' fight with Ray. In their senes, they divided day nights game with Denver. team was trailing onlv late tv o decisions in 1956, and Ray With no setious injuries, Utah in the third penod when he dewill same the start unit State second the knocked out Jesse in cided on fourth down pass with round, July 24, 1957. Bowdry' which opened the season against seven to go from th Denver 37. record includes 19 knock- Arizona It would have worked, except for list includes Quarterback Merrill Johnson one thing outs. Rays in the1 seasoned appeared R six kayoes opener "Johnson did a good Lightweight Scrap Faunce Coach o said, "and (NBC) fight job, Friday's ilV'sUnd.nTat at Washington, D C , brings to- his failure to report to the of-' least 10 from the nearest gether lightweights Gale Kerwin for yards the Aggie conversion In the defensive man. Oklahoma State of Valley Stream, N Y., and Frankie Ryff of New Yoik. Nei- fourth quarter will be chalked caught fire from that point and as experience gained. Im sure ther is rated. went on to a 4 victory. we won't have the player cheek-- n because at favored is Ryff Others Fare Well problem again this season." of his speed and skill. However, Otherwise, Skyline teams fared Johnon The five a yard penalty Byff cuts easily. Ryff, 26, has well on opening day. New Mexico record that includes only son changed Utah State's decision New Mexico A&M, to try for two points after scor- thumped three knockouts Kerwin. 23. lias 16-on the running of halfback in the final two minutes of Don Perkins and mg list. seven kayoes on his ., Brigham Young Heavyweight contender Alex le Sume be- downed Frenso State, 29-W'llU this it Coadi Faunce explained Miteff of Argentina meets ,H the birlliant play of fullback to were foi "We way go going Besmanoff of Germany in a W'c'dun Jackson. at Seattle, Tuesday night the winning point on a two point In the only conference game, Miteff Is ranked eighth. Mesman-of- f play, but after the penalty, I Utah smacked Montana, as exto for team instructed the the will go bout Their is unrated 20-tie. The players still wanted to pected. not be televised. Colorado State U., idle a but and fourth Other Fights try for two, day, plays at Drake and New The week's boxing schedule al- eight situation is too tough. Mexico meets Texas Western at Overton Curtis got a good solid so includes: in the only kick on the PAT, and it was on El Paso Monday: Tlajuana, Mex. this week. games before line was The blocked. it Billy Peacock vs Kid Irapuato. The big game Saturday sends outStockton, Calif Baby Brown vs. Wildcat center Ted Urness Brigham Young against Utah at Herman Marquez Richmond, smarted our center and right Salt Lake This contest Calif Lou Gage vs. Buddy Mc- guaid. They learned something could decide City. the Skyline chamtoo R I. Donald. Providence, Pat Oil the bright side, Johnson pionship. McCoy v Gordon Parker. New and Montana v Orleans Arthur Persley vs completed four of eight passes at Wyoming Mont , In anothertangle SkyBillings, 82 for less one Thats yards pass, Dupas line game on Saturday, following 28 and lie had than : moie Calif yards Watsonville, Tuesday a Friday night game between Johnny Ortega vs Ross Padilla. for the entile 1957 season. In the Denver and U,ah S,a,e at an Fresno, Calif Jimmy Caiter ball carrying depaitment, fullback Leo Ducharme averaged 4 3 yards vs Rudy Jordan Thursday: Los Angeles Davey on 20 rushes against Arizona, Moore vs Kid Anahuac. McKees- right halfback Buddy Allen averport, Pa Jimmy Chavez vsDon aged 5 6 yards on 10 carries, and left halfback Oveiton Curtis had Alderson. Wallingford. Conn HESPERIA. Calif (LPD Chico Vejar vs. Frank Keating a 4 7 aveiage on 11 running plays, g Denver, which lost its season John McMullin, a Tokyo Leo Espinosa vs, Kiyoshi Miura. opener to Oklahoma State Uni today is beginning to Saturday: Hollywood, Calif. versity 31 'to 14, brings a strong pay off the Fair Oaks, Calif , Neal Rivers vs. Hank Casey. tunning game to Logan and a backers who gave him a grubterrific line battle is almost stake to v Ins hand on the axsuied befoie the 8 p ni kukoff. golf til cult McMullin collected $2,000 SunDenver coach John Honing holds a edge on the Aggies in series day when he won the second anstanding, but hai yet to defeat nual $17,000 Hesperia Open. Utah State at Logan The 1956 The battle was an Utag victory, er is working under a 2vear An estimated 7,500 fans aie contract with his baikers They expected for the Friday game, pav his expenses on the pro tour At least two Skyline Confer - and m return they get half his ence gild coaches must be con- - winnings Saturday BALTIMORE Hoyt Wilhelm, vinced that a college player on i Up until Sunday McMullin had won, n ' V. By Karl Klages Count on the Utah State Aggies to rebound from last Saturday's 7 to 6 loss at Arizona, and to give Denver1 University stiff opposition in a home opener Friday night at Logan. We made some glaring defensive errors against Arizona during two Wildcat drives, one a 74 yard touch- Weekend Sports r,'4 ' . fifth two run double In a four-ruinning and then clouted his 30th homer with one on in the seventh. His homer proved the decisive wallop when the Redlegs hamYVarreu mered out southpaw burst m Spahn with a five-ru- n the bottom of the seventh. Fast-ballDon McHahoa preserved with him He cliiched the 1957 championship for the Braves with an llih Inning homer against the Cardinals last Sept. 23 ana wrapped up the 1958 pennant for Milwaukee Sunday when he drove in four 5 runs in a champagne-poppin- g victory over the Redlegs. The slugger hit a i 14-- i That's the password in topsyturvy Milwaukee today wneiel theyre saluting Henry (Hank) Aaron, the man who brought the Braves their second straight National League pennant. Aaron is taking all the adulation somewhat matter-of-factl- y because supplying pennant-clinchin- g blows isn't exactly a novelty ' est-De- m T Friday In Top Match NEW two-poi- Ags Sonny Ray 22 1058 PFPTEMBFR (Cache County) Utah MONTUY Logan, 10 underdog, ruined the debut of Jim play will become biaska, whuh won onlv one of best North Carolina mtieasingly popular because games In 1957, tied tlie scoie on Tatum's as Ken team in thiee yeais theie is almost as good a haute halfback Pat Fischers to gel the two points as theie is to kickoof return and then diove 46 Trobridge ran 15 ard 20 vards for yaids for the winning touchdown touchdowns and Ron Podwicka !coi e one Penn State had duven 70 yaids to plunged one yard for another. Many I psets Quarteibak Norm Snead, early in the fouith Theie weie five major upsets go ahead, on the first big week end of the period .stalling his fust vaisity game, passed for three touchdowns and season but not one could be Pittsburgh, another higldy-rat-e- d eastein independent, whipped set up a fourth to give Wake traced to the new rule In fact, Noith Carolina State Foiest its smaslung tnumph over the onlv major game det iried by UCI-and heavily favored Maryland Wake-Foiean extra point was 'lexas Tech s" beat Noith Carolina, routed Wake A&M. which Foiest of Texas outgained Maryland 211-8Maryland, upset 34-and 194,96 passing. m the other on won rushing top upsets. was yards Floyd Dellingers The Maryland never got inside the Fasy For Pitt placement line. final plav was set up, however, Pittsburgh handled I'CLA with Wake Forest The armchair fans got their because Texas Tech gambled and ease, out gaining the West Coast a made conveision team 220-8yards rushing under fust look at the new extra point the superb diiection of Quarter- play In the nationally televised eailier Nebiaska engineered the top backs Ivan Toncic and Bill Kali-de- game in winch V. nderbilt beat The teams tried Toncic plunged for the first Missouri, upset of the day when it scored a conversion af7 victory over Penn State, Pittsburgh touchdown and passed for the ter all three touchdowns but didwhich figuied to be one of the, 56 yards for the second n't make a single one. North Carolina State, a strongest teams in the hast Ne-- new Down Lnited Pi ess International The first results aie in on college footballs new optional extra point plav and they indicate a sui prising trend to gamble for two points instead of playing it sate for one Press Intel national A United autvey of 20 major games Saturday shower the coaches tried the conversion 58 2 pass-ru- n 524 per cent of the time witn a The of suciess peietentage kuk pioved suc"safe cessful 61 3 per cent of the time. Theie were a total of 103 touchdowns scored in the 20 games tried pass-rusureed The teams conversions 59 times and veie successful 31 times, and tried conventional kirks 44 times and were successful 27 times The ttend indicates the controversial. T sy Mew slwaakee fakes ff a ig hf flag THE HERALD JOURNAL 4 MILWAUKEE, Wis (UPH By New York Y'ankee standards, the people here are still as "bush as ever. league "Bushville" still goes zany when the Milwaukee Braves win a pennant. A thiong of 20,000 was at Gen. Mitchell Airport Sunday night night when the Braves returned home from Cincinnati where a lew houis before they had won their second straight National League pennant with a over the Redlegs. Downtown, horns honked, hawkers squawked and college students danced in thd street far into the night. The spontaneous merrymaking for the Braves started a few seconds after Billy Bruton made tie final out at Cincinnati. Within minutes, special police were bu y keeping a steady stream of honking cars moving down Wisconsin Avenue, the citys mam street. The sidewalks, which were almost empty a short time before, soon resembled a busy shopping day. Mayor Frank Zeidler joined the fun on the sidewalk and extended heartiest best wishes to each member of the Braves for victory in the coming World Series." 6-- 5 Pastrano Looks To Battle With Patterson LONDON (UPI) Third-rank-e- SAVE GAS BUY RAMBLER Four Square reasons to buy Centuryg Club BOSTON Featherweight champion Hogan (Kid) Bassey of Nigeria scored a technical knockout over fomier titleholder Willie Pep In the ninth round of their e bout. non-titl- Sunday CINCINNATI The Milwaukee Braves clinched their second straight National League pennant by edging the Cincinnati s, 6-- LOS ANGELES Hamilton Richardson of Arlington, Va , defeated Peruvian Alex Olmedo, the final round of the Pacific Southwest 7-- 6-- 9-- m tennis tournament. RusSTOCKHOLM, Sweden sia won five gold medals to capture the world weight-liftin- g championships while the United States was able to win only two NEW INTERNATIONAL TRAVELETTE!- PRIVATE BUSINESSES Economical tramportation of both man and material. 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Why, I cant even hurt my wife, grinned Pastrano, who has everything it takes to make a fine heavyweight except lor a knockout punch. The Miami, Fla , fighter is here for his Sept. 30 return bout with Britain's Brian London, whom he outpointed last February. "If I keep on winning, it must get me in with Patterson, Pastrano said, pointing to a record of 48 wins, five draws and five defeats. "Floyd takes on those who wont hurt him." NEW YORK Intentionally upunbeaten set previously First .Landing to win the 69th running of the $114,390 Futuuty at Belmont Park. Red-leg- vic-to- iy DISTILLERS PRODS. CO., N.Y. STRAIGHT BOURBON hHISKW |