Ezzard Charles Retains Title In 15-Round Decision Over Maxim

By Jill!!! LISKA

CHICAGO. May 80 - (AP) - Heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles handed a stinging boxing lesson to inept light heavyweight champion Joe Maxim for a unan- imous 15-round decision in their title bout at the Chicago Stadium tonight.

Charles, vicious and persistent. made his eighth title defence a lharp belting all the way of a vary and cautious - punching Maxim, who was bleeding and puffing at the finish.

There was no question that Maxim was outclassed in his at- tempt to dethrone the Cincinnati Negro who had beaten him three times previously before either was a. champion.

Referee Frank Gilmer voted for Charles 78 to 72 and the two judges. Tommy Thomas and Ed l-Iintz saw it 85 to 65 each.

The bout, watched by millions of television viewers but less than 10.000 Stadium patrons, followed the same pattern almost from start to finish.

Charles carried the fight to Maxim both at close range and in long-distance exchanges. A half-hour after the fight, the bat- tered Maxim was being adminis- :ered oxygen and was mumbling

inooherenuy to his handlers. There were no knockdowns.

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The Associated Press ' had Maxim winnin only 'r'I' round. the ninth lg: which OI: CHARIJO 31' inrtchingigginnfd three powerful . e s w c amost stunned Char- 0 . ... .. .. .. .. . .. w 11 d W 500 M1 Baseball Besull ..:::.. ':.:.., 3 31' e 1118 ' 1 3 5 rest going to Charles. 0 0 AMERICAN LEAGUE Charles neve h d t A t b 1 R about Maxim's vi:-auntaed left llfohrii u 1 C 1 gnlzand-....... 4113.0 m g : newly-acquired right-hand sock Trout. while (8) and Robin-

whlch had flattened Englandls Freddie Mills for the l1ght-heav,v- weight crown in London early this year.

The sparse crowd was pulling for Maxlm, but had little occasion to cheer. The Cleveland Italian seem- ed to have little or no defence against Charlcs' crisp in-fighting.

From the 10th round on. Maxim was laboring to stay in the fight. He was bleeding from a cut over his right eye and was clutching and clinching at every opportun-

y.

The official attendance was an- nounced at 7.226, paying a grass of 377,314. This was far below ex- pectations of more than 3100.000. but the television fee was a help- ing sl00,000. Charles got 40 per cent of the gate-television re- ceipts, while 20 per cent went to Maxim.

Arctic Prince Is Easy Winner Of 17 2nd Derby

By Jim Chanibera

EPSOM. Surrey, England. May 30 - (AP) -Arctic Prince, an Irish-owned and bred colt. turned '1I'le Derby into a runaway today, winning by six lengths at odd or" 28 to 1.

The fast-stepping pride of bur- ly, grey-haired Joe Mccrath. blazed up the stretch to victory over 32 other three-year olds in the 172nd and richest running of the classic before a throng of more than 500,000 at Ancient Ep- som Downs.

Moorath, one of Ireland's lead- ing racehorse owners. ls managing director of the Irish Hospitals Trust, organizers of the Irish Sweepstakes. one of which was based on today's race.

one of the many longshots. Arctic Prince scored by the great- est margin in 20 years. The brown son of Prince Chevalier-Arctic Sun shook loose from his rivals at Tattenhaim corner. a sharp benda half-mils from home. Jockey Charlie Spares never let up until the winner was under the wire.

It required a photo to separate the next three horses with Sybil's

Nephew getting second a head over Signal Box. Le Tyrol. owned by Ralph

Strassburger, an American residing in France, was fourth. The 9 to 1 pre-race favorite. Ki Ming, never had a chance after the first mile of the 1 1-2-mile

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event and finished far back. If Ki Ming had won. his owner, Billy Le,v On. would have collect- ed 060,000 on a 361.60 bet made 1? months ago.

Ley On received 1,000-1 odds against his horse winning a par- lay on the Two Thousand Guineas and The Derby. He won the first race May 2.

Sybil's Nephs-w.,owned by Lord Milford, was a 5-1 chance. while Signal Box was 20 to 1. Signal Box is another Irish-owned and bred colt, from the stable of Frank W. Dennis.

The crowd included Queen Eliz- abeth. Queen Mother Mary, Prin- cess Elizabeth and Princess Mar- garet. An attack of flu kept rthe King away.

Arctic Prince's easy victory in the slow time of 2:39 2-6 was worth 554,561 to his owner.

Following the first four in order were Crocodile. Le Vent, Nyangal. Sun Compass. Turco II. Expedit- ious, Medway. Stokes, Zucchero and Malka's Boy. Arcot was last.

While Sox Run Win Slreak To 14 Games

(Canadian Press)

The blazing Chicago White Sox ran their win streak to 14 games Wednesday, boosting their Ameri- can League lead to two full games by a Memorial Day holi- day sweep over St. Louis Browns, 5-2 and 8-1.

The runner-up New York Yan- kees were knocked off twice by Boston as the Red Sox upped their win string to 10 by scoring 11-10 in 15 innings and 9-4.

Two more White Sox pitchers- Billy Pierce and Randy Gumpert -'went the route against the low- ly Brownies. The Sox staff now has the remarkable record of 18 complete games in 36 (including one tie) while only five enemy pitchers have lasted against them.

Vern Stephens' homer in the 15th inning gave the surging Red Sox in first-game verdict over the Yankees after blowing an early lead. They pulled the sec- ond game out with a five-run spurt in the seventh.

The double loss cost the Yanks two full games in the pennant race. It was the fifth in a row they dropped to the Red Sox at Fenway.

Cleveland moved past Detroit into fourth place by dumping the Tlgers twice 3-1 and 4-1 and Washington came out of a nine- game losing slump by whipping Philadelphia 6-2 in the second

game after dropping the opener 9-5. Brooklyn's National League

lead was sliced to 1 1-2 games over St. Louis Cardinals. The Dodgers split a pair at Philadel- phia. winning 5-3 and losing 9-5. The Cards knocked off Pittsburgh 4-3 and 7-3.

Bobby Thomson's 11th inning single with the bases lull gave New York Giants an opening 6-5 edge over Boston Braves but Vern Bickford got the Braves an even break with n seven-hit de- cision in the second 645. It was his seventh victory.

Forest Burgess hit a three-run homer in the ninth off Ewell Blackwell for Chicago's 5-1 sec- ond gsme win and a split. Clncy took the opener 6-5 as Barney Mccoakey drove in three runs with a homer. double and single.

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Fans have accounts of the running of Can-

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adn'a racing classic, The King's Plate. which was won by Major Factor with Alfie Buvington up last Saturday at Toronto's Wood- bine Track, but if they haven't read Jim Coleman's version of the event. then they have really missed something. Coleman may be an eminent sports scribe, bill he has missed his calling. He should be on the stage. His ac- count of the 92nd running of the cvent would make must present- day comedians look green with envy when it comes to laughs. C O C

Says Jim: "When Alfie walked into the paddock about 3.30 on Saturday sufiernoon, the Major snecred at him and Alfie sneered right back. Trainer Pete Mc- Cann who had taught Alfie how to ride, instructed Alfie to 'bring 'im back alive' and went on to the more important job of look- ing after the Major's stable- mate, a hussy named Britannia. So Alfie and the Major went out on the track and the band was playing and no one gave the Major so much as a second look. They scuffled into Stall Number Two in the big starting gaic, right next to Libertine, the fav- orite. Llberiine sneered at the Major and the Major lowered his eyes and blushed slightly.

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"When the gates swung open, Alfie out-broke the horse and had to go back for him .C'mon. pardner,' said Alfie as he tied himself back on. 'The tractor is going to pull this here starting gate into the infield and we'll look pretty silly in the inf1eid.' And it is just as well that the Major came out of there in low gear because the horses were hanging together in front of him and it was no place for you unless you were wearing your heavy gcalpads. Alfie adjusted his cap and waved to a couple of blondes in the infield and then ihe -Major started picking 'em up and putting 'em down but not at a very fast clip. As they went

past the clubhouse, Alfie waved at Eddie Taylor. the Major's owner. and Mr. Taylor frowned

and pointed to show the way that ihe rest of the field had gone. 0 O I

"Alfie saluted slleepishly and began to sing to the Major. Now. anyone who has heard Alfie sing knows that Bing Crosby is in no danger. Alfie's singing is remin- iscent of a switch-engine pushing a string of flats up a steep grade. The Major may not be a music critic but he pinned back his ears and snarled a few times. Far away in the distance, Alfie could see a cloud of dust and realized that the other horses must be in front of the dust. 'After them. Bucephalus,' he commanded and he gave the Major a very severe kick in the slats.

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" 'Pursue them relentlessly,' yelped Alfie but he was chuckling to himself because he couldn't have reached the flying leaders with a bullet from a .303 rifle. They ambled down the back- streich and Alfie's arms were sore from keeping the Major's chin off the ground. 'Lls1en you crumb'. he snapped in the Major's car, 'I've carried you this far- now you carry me the rest of the way! So. Alfie started looking out at the lake because it was a nice. hot day and he thought he would like to go swimming. Suddenly the trees were passing him more swiftly and he noticed that a couple of horses had passed him going backwards. 'This must be some mistake,' he mused. 'maybc we fell right back into 'the next race.' But he recognized a couple of more steeds that passed him. in reverse. and he perceived that

indeed. these were his rivals ill The King's Plate. Then. the Major was moving like a big

locomotive and Alfie sat on his

black. laughing and, yelling and whistling warnings at all the level-crossings. 'We'll just go

Home by way of North Toronto.' yelped Alfie happily as he steer. ed the Major round the final bend and took the overland route. I O I 0

"It was quite a picture-Alfie

Record-Breaking Speed

By TED SMIT INDIANAPOLIS. May 30 - (AP)

Lee Wallard from Aitamount. N. Y., a relaxed. grinning streak of gold and black, won the 35th annual 500-mile Memorial Day speedway race today at the ripe age of 40 and set a track record for blazing an ' mobile speed.

Wallard took the lead at the start. surrendered it to four oth- ers early in the race, regained it at 210 miles and held it the rest of the way. He drove the last 30 miles without one shock absorber. He shed his exhaust pipe at I27 miles.

He averaged 126.244 miles an hour for the long grind around the famous 2'5-mile track.

Wallard's time was 3:57:38.05. the first time the race has been run under four hours. The old speed mark was 121.327 set by Bill Holland in 1949. All six cars that completed the course beat Holland's record time.

Only one minor accident occur- red. but the terrific pace forced 25 of the 33 starters to quit, an all-time record.

Double winner Mauri Rose. also holder of one co-championship. rolled over in his car on the north- east turn when the right rear wheel collapsed. He crawled out unhurt.

Mike Nazaruk of East Meadow. N.Y., finished second, two laps behind Wallard, and Jack Mc- Gral:h's car, with Manuel Ayulo driving relief, was third.

Bobby Ball. like Nazaruk a first- time starter, finished fourth. Henry Banks. 1950 national rac- ing champion. was fifth. -

Records were set all along the way.

Top favorites were the team of Duke Nslon and Chet Miller. but Miller dropped out at 142 miles. and Nalon. although he won 10th place, had to quit at 380 miles.

A crowd of more than 100,000 saw Wallard win 315,800 in lap money. 820.000 for first place. and enough side prizes to bring the total to more than 850,000.

Loretta Young of Hollywood, was waiting to kiss the happy Wallard who wound up the race

Montreal Man Wins 360.000 In Sweepslalles

(By The Canadian Press)

A Monti-ealer won close to 060.- 000 wlth a. second-place ticket in the Irish Sweepstakes today and Ottawa and Montreal residents won about 90,000 each.

John Murphy became the top Canadian winner in the Epsom

Derby slweep when his ticket was -

drawn on Slibyl's Nephew, the horse that finished second.

Shirley S. Slinn, former Ottawa aldennan and H. Meadows of Montreal hit the jackpot when their tickets were drawn on the show horse, Signal Box.

At least four others won 31,120 for drawing tickets on also-rans.

Therese Trepanier of Three Rivers, Que.. was the big winner in the Quebec Army. Navy and Air Force Veteran.s' S-weep. net- ting 334.600 with a ticket on the Derby winner, Arctic Prince.

crouching there. kicking and shaving and swearing and. may- be. praying a little while the Major covered the ground in great flying leaps as he passed horse after horse. 'Come on. baby.' pleaded Alfie but the Major needed no urging now and he was snorting and chewing on air and his eye-balla were rolling in his head because he could still

see a couple of horses ahead of,

him. They came thundering home together and. although they had started late, they finished early. They thundered past the finish- ing llne and the crowd was cheering and looking at their program to see what horse had just dropped.in. fhonl Mars.

"The Major pulled himself up

as he coasted around the turn and then paused for a deep breath. looked up at Alfie and

said: 'Well. what do you think of that?-And that, klddlel, how Alfie and the Major won the 92nd running of The King's Plate.”

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by driving two extra laps. He fin- lshed standing up in his car and waving in jubilation.

Wallard drove the smallest, un- supercharged engine on the track - a Belanger special with a piston displace of 241 cubic inches. It was entered by Murrell Belanger of Crown Point. Ind. .

Minor Baseball

In a minor league baseball tilt at the East End Diamond yester- day evening, the North End Bombers and the East End Aces battled it out to a 19-19 deadlock after nine innings of play.

Darkness limited the teams from continuing the game to break the deadlock.

Harry McGee was on the mound for the Aces with Jimmy Duffy doing the catching while Cobey Brehaut was the Bombers' hurler with Jimmy Longaphie receiving.

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By The Associated Press Leading Baismcn Player and Club G AB R H Pct. Robinson, Dgrs 38 14:1 34 57 .104

Abrams, Dgrs .. 30 84 1'! 32 .381 Fains, Athletics 30 136 19 51 .378 Musial. Cards . 3'! 162 32 49 .371

38 138 24 51 .370 32 109 25 40 .367

Runs batted in: National. Sni- de-r, Dodgers 35; American. Wil- liams, Red Sox 42.

Home runs: National. Hodges, Dodgers 15: American, Williams, Red Sox 11.

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GALT. Oni,, May 30 -(Cl?) - Howie Meeker. right winger with Toronto Maple Leafs. said today he may not continue his hockey career if elected to Parliament.

Meeker is Progressive Conser- vative candidate for the Federal by-election in Waterloo South June 25.

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""Tigor” Steele 3;; Round TKO Over Bud Ramsay At Victoria

Welterweight Roy "Tiger" Steele. 148, of Charlottetown, scored a third-round T. K. 0. over simmer- side's Bud Ramsay. 143. in the main event of a five-bout card staged at Victoria Rink last night under the sponsorship of the On- paud Community club.

Attended by scale 500 fight fans. the card provided an excellent ev- ening of action-packed entertain- ment. '

Feeling his opponent out caut- iously in the opening round. Steele opened up with a furious attack in the second that sent Ramsay to the canvas twice for a nine-count. Ramsay failed to answer the bell for the third round.

Light heavyweights Johnny Rus- sell, 1'10. and Louis "Kid" Lafferty. 171, both of this City, provided the big crowd pleaser of the night when they belted one another around the ring for eight rounds in slam-bang fashion to draw dec- ision in the semi-final event.

other decision bouts on the card saw Bud Lund. 108, City. Island lightweight champion, fight a six. round draw decision with Char- lotietown's Duck Trainor. 140, while in the curtain raiser. Kid Callaghan. 134. City, battled to a four-round draw decision with Tiger Ferguson, 138, of Crapsud in .a scrappy contest. '