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' Don Jordan Whips Akins; 2 WinsWel’rerweigh’rCrown
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- By BOB MYERS , .O‘S ANiGiEliES (APl—Ulnder- ated Don Jordan of Los Angeles uptured the welterweight cham- ionship of the world Friday light as he handed champion 'irgil Akins of St. Louis a bad eating to win a 15-rou-nd.deci-
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The " 24year~old challenger, a 3d underdog going into the ring at the Olympic Auditorium de- spite his rating as the No. 1 ‘con- tender, all but knocked out the 30<year-old titleliolder. He won the/unanimous verdict by a sub- stantial margin.
on. This was the first defence of
SPORTS FRONT
By PIUS CALLAGHAN
CHARLOTTETOWN’S various minor league teams go at it
oday once again. They start their practices at 7.45 the MM ' Lad action continues until 11 o’clock tonight. . The first [flew weeks those in change must find out what they , ave available. They can only do this by getting theyoungisters rut in practice sessions and trying to evaluate their abilities. This doesn’t always meet with the approval .of those young hoc- eylsts who are just to get into real competition.
MINOR LEAGUE OFFICIALS tell us that a greahmany of base youngsters just want to play. They‘don’t seem interested citakingiimeouttolearnthefinerpomtsoithegameand hese practice periods are not to their liking. _
It’s pretty hard to explain to these lands that practice essions are of utmost importance. Their desire is out here and trounce some opponent. To them actual playing. is the vnly thing of interest. Indeed some boys resent the practices so
' such that they get ‘browned air and stop attending.
THIS IS INDEED regrettable. These minor league officials re doing a great service tor minim hockey. They know much
‘ letter than the youngsters what is the best procedure to follow.
.‘he capabilities of players must first be determined before they to at one another in real earnest. There’ll be plenty of time for
_ ctual combat after these officials decide where everybody should . Y )1”. L Y (
i - Parents should certainly help the work of officials by impres-
; ing on their children that those in chmge‘of the hockey program
now what ‘5 the best procedure to follow. These oificials are well qualifiin for the job.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS are making sport headlines hose days. They have played two road games in succession and :aven’t been charged with a defeat. Sunday night they edged loston Bruins 2-1 in a game that they really deserved to win recording to ‘Red’ Storey who handled the affair. Thursday night 9' Montreal, they spotted the Canadiens two first period tallies, hen roared back to get two of their own in the middle stanza.
After that neither team could make the red light glow and be contest ended 2-2.
The Leafs haven’t beaten the league leading Montrealers this eason. Belore Thursday they had faltered three times before he Stanley Cup champions. They are still winless in their games vith the Canucks but Thursday’s tussle must be considered a moral ictory. It’s always an accomplishment to stave off defeat in dontreal but when you manage a tie after giving Canadiens a :0 margin, there is really cause for jubilation.
Toronto tackles Boston Bruins at Maple Leaf Gardens tonight md you can bet that Imlach will be urging the tailenders to go ill out in an effort to pull closer to that fourth playoff spot.
It's a tough road ahead for the Toronto club but one that :0in look a whole lot easier with a few Leaf victories in the text few games.
Perhaps Leafs will just come up with those few victories.
d BOXING IN BRITAIN is having a rugged time trying to sur- . ve. Even with two top heavyweights, the light game is having t mighty rough. Boxers are demanding bigger purses. The public efuse to turn out unless the show is something very special. The “lumber of licensed fighters is on the decrease. ' The secretary of the British boxing board of control claims here are only about 1000‘registered boxers as compared to some
3 55,000 five years ago.
It is argued that higher wages and full employment have dis- .aouraged boys firom becoming full time professional fighters. 5130 it is felt that television is making Britain a country of watch- ‘ yrs rather than participants. It is also suggested that installment iuying has left many families in Britain mortgaged to the hilt. Whatever the cause or causes( boxing in Britain is definitely I iavmg no picnic. '
THERE WERE MANY who figured that Detroit Tigers got
he best of the deal that sent Narleski and Mossi to the Tigers
., 1nd Billy Martin to the Of course when you start figur-
_ ng out who benefitted the most, you have to know how badly iach team wanted what they did get.
' Cleveland general manager Frank Lane should be a qualified
person to speak on behalf of the Cleveland club. Here‘s what
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me has to say: “We gave up plenty but we had to have a sec- , ind baseman and we got a good one in Billy Martin. llf he meets v by expectations, we'll have no regrets. He could be the means if a 1-2-3 finish and a 200,000 increase in attendance.” Undoubtedly the Tigers could give you equally good reasons vhy they are happy with Narle'ski and Mossi wearing Detroit uni-
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PITTSBURGH PIRATES’ manager Danny Mumtaugh credits
' f_ 'ionfidence for the fine success enjoyed by the Bucs in 1958. The
Pesky Pirates played top notch ball all season long and finished in
‘ l .he runner-up spot, just back of the pennant-winning Milwaukee
Braves.
V ‘ Danny explains in this manner: “What happened to the Pirates , his season was that in the process of growing up we played these tither seven teams day after day and found we could beat them.
' h ‘50 we acquired confidence. Bringing Dick Stuart up after the All-
"a'tar game was a real shot in the aim. Curt Raydon and George
‘ ‘Witt provided us with the extra starters we needed. Bob Skin-
ier became a bona fide hitter. Frank Thomas had the real big i:ear. All this plus the fact that we were free of injuries to our first team kept us going. I shudder to think what would have
‘ aappened, say, if Bill Mazei‘oski had been hurt in midseason.”
t You don’t catch Murtaugh popping off about what his Pirates ire gomg to do in 1959. He merely expresses thanks for how for-
unate they fared in_1958. i ' Danny may think that he has a real pennant contender but lie 5 not coming out and saying it.
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the crown by Akins since he won clear claim to it in knocking out Vince Martinez in St. Louis last June. * PATTERN SET EARLY
After the first few rounds of the nationally televised fight it was apparent that Aikiiis was in for a rough evening.
Atkins was an eyen money fa~ write to knock out Jordan, some- thing no other fighter had done in the Californians 55 previous fights. The 304year-old Akins was the one who was hanging on and all but wrecked in the 10th.
As it turned out, Jordan never was seriously hurt and Akins managed to stay on his feet for the full 15. An estimated 7,000 fans cheered the local youngster from bell to hell.
Referee Lee Grossman scored it 145438, judge Mushy Callahan 146-132 and judge Tommy Hart 146-136. The Associated Press had it 150-132. Scoring was 10 points per round—10 to the winner and
nine or less to the loser. BOOED FOR BUTTING
The champion was continually booed for butting, which cost him two points on the referee's card. But it was Aldus who was the worst. hurt. Jordan ripped a bad gash over the champion’s eye in the filth and had it battered- and swollen almost shut at the finish. Jordan came up with a slight out over the right eye and a worse one over the left. He fought much of the time with blood down his flace but it didn’t seem to bother much. The crowd kept a steady roar of disapproval aIs Alnins crowded in, his head bobbing up and down in the clinches, and Jordan was so minions that he swung intention- ally at Aldus just after the final bell sounded.
Jordan won the right to meet Akins for the title llor his decision over Isaac Logart and Gaspar Ortega. An overgrown light-
Wins Race At Nassau
NASSAU, Bahamas (AiPl—Dis- daining a pit stop and gambling on worn tires, Lance Reventlow drove his 5,400~cc Scarab to an impressivevictory Friday in. the 25-l-ap Governors Cup race, the secondary feature of N'assau‘s Speed Week.
The son of heiress Barbara Hutton took over the lead when rtemmate Chuck Daigh of Los Angeles, driving a twin to Re- ventlow’s Blue Bullet, was forced out after six laps because of a broken universal joint.
Reventlow covered the 112%
miles over the tricky 41,,l’2-«mile course at an average speed of 88.642 miles an hour. In addition to stamping the Scarab a prime favorite for the featured loo-lap Nassau Trophy race Sunday, the victory also Ina-liked the first time since 1924 that an American-ibu-ilt car has won an international sports car race.
Reventlow finished 1:06 ahead of .Geonge Constantine of South- bridge, Mass, who was driving a 3,910-cc class C Aston Martin.
ConStantine drove to victory in the five-lap race for big sports cars.
Constantine led from the start and covered the 22% miles of the 41/zainile course at an average speed of 87.521 miles an hour. He finished six seconds ahead of Pedro Rodriguez Jr. of Mexico City, who kept his 2,996-cc Fer- rari practically on the tail pipe of the winner from the start.
weight, he figured to give Akins a battle but hardly to dethrone a veteran of 67 fights. of which 28 ended in knockouts for the St. Louis ba-ttler.
AKINS CROWDS
The pattern of the fight fol- lowed almost identically round by round. Akins kept crowding in, throwing punches from all angles. and catching many of Jordan’s blows on his elbows, forearms and. even the top of his head.
Jordan, with his more polished elite-nice, repeatedly jarred and shook up the champion.
His best round was the 10th. He caught Aldus with a whistling straight night to the jaw and backed him into the Jordan cor- ner. Akins was almost helpless but managed to scramble across the ring to his own corner. Jor- dan kept up the bombardment in a vicious but unsuccessful at- tempt to score a knockout.
The crowd was 7,344 and the 31055 $28,548.
Jordan weighed 145, Akins 1451/5.
AUDITORIUM.
The decision was una-nlnmus and by a wide margin.
Referee Lee Grossman scored it 145-138, ludge‘ Mushy Callahan 145-132 and judge Tommy Hiart had it 146-136.
The Associated Press card was 150-132 tor Jordan.
The 24 - year - old Jordan re- ceived a tremendous ovation from the 6,500 fans. He was a 3-1 underdog as he entered the ring,
European Champ K'O’s Puerto Rica-n
MlUN‘llC‘H, Germany (AP) —- European middleweight cha m- plon Gustav Soholz of Germany Friday night knocked out Tuzo Portugez of Puerto Rico in the first round of their scheduled 10- round bout.
HOCKEY SCORES
By THE CANADIAN PRESS American league Springfield 4 Rochester 8 Quebec League Chicoutimi 5 Montreal 7 Exhibition Ottawa-Hull 9 Campbellton 4 Intercollegiate Laval 10 Mchili 1 Ontario Senior Kitchener 6 Sudibury 4 Windsor 4 C‘hatham 7 Cornwall 2 Belleville 4 Ontario Junior Petervborougih 2 Guelph 2
FUCHS HONORED BERLIN (Reuters) — Sir Viv- ian Fuchs, head of the British expedition that completed the first land crossing of the Antarc- tic 'early this year, Tuesday re- ceived a gold medal from the Berlin Geographical Society to mark a “great human achieve-
ment and scientific deed.”
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around Monet-on they call Yvon Durelle “Doux"~Freucli for “the Weet one.”
But get the free<swinlgiug fish- erman into a boxing ring and he’s anything but “doux.” Ask the 39 opponents he‘s knocked out in 76 profession-alts fights.
“Everybody down home has a nickname and everybody goes by that name, that’s all,” explained Durelle, who meets world light- heavyweight champion A r c h i e Moore in a title fight here Dec. 10.
Even Pat Oolavito, Durelle’s rely-poly trainer, 3 New Yorker with 28 years experience, calls him “Doux” but with a Bronx ac- cent.
Durelle's Nickname Belies Ruggedness As A Fighter
Durelle, described most fre- quenlly as a brawler~champiou Moore is known as a crafty boxer —startcd his professional boxing career in 1948 with a second round knockout over Sonny Ram- sey in Chatham, N.B.
NEEDS THE MONEY
Why did he pick up boxing?
“I needed the extra money and I wanted to fight, that’s all,” Durelle said in his heavy Acadian accet.
When would he give up the ring and return to full—time fishing? "I don’t know, depends on our wealth. My manager's poor and I’m poor.”
Durelle, five feet, 10% inches, sat in his rumpled mid-town hotel room between training sessions as he prepared to try for the titleE Moore has held since 1952.
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A release from the publicity director at Hollywood Park, In- glewood, California, states that the S. A. Camp Farms, Shatter, Oai1., was the leading money - winning stable at the Western Harness Meet which concluded there recently. .
The Camp Eamms won $61,048.- 25; the C. M. Saunders Stable won $39,899; Farmstead Acres won $34,170; Armsiroug Brothers won $23,595; Hayes Flair Acres took $2.1m; Herman Graham ‘Grailiam Stock Earm won $23,144; Castleton Earms won $22,871; 0. F. Elliott - $21,375; Dr. A. B. Thompson - $20,500; Ed P. Sheet- for - $20,499. These are the ten leaning money-winning owners.
Altogether the sum of $500,000 was paid out in purses at Ingle- wood for the meeting.
In the latest edition of “The Harness Horse” is a picture of the late Clair Wolverton driving La Paloma 2.01%; He was one of the most successiul trainens and drivers of his era, which start- ed when he was 15 years old in the year 1001. He gave the mare, Elia Red a mark of 2.12%. that year, and the following year he campaigned on the Great West- tern Circuit.
'“ 1909, he purchased Spooney Boy. He was a very young man then. Spooney Boy was entered in some $1,000 Stakes, but he was perfomning very discoural ingly. The price paid by Wblver- ton for him was $500. OPPOSITE. THE BEST
The groom said he was a poor feeder and to keep away from him as much as possible, but Clair found the opposite treat - ment was the best. The horse seemed to crave companionship. He loosened his hobbies four hol- es and won two of his remaining stakes and placed second in the last one. In one of these he met a field of seventeen horses at Erankfiort. Indiana. He gave Spooney Buy a record of 2.10%, and that lasted‘all his lifetime.
At that time he had a letter from Mitchell and Adams, Hali- fax, asking him to come there and train their horses. in his book he says: “I found them a delilgilitiiul lot, and very capable. There I met Frank Boutilier, trainer of the Edwards Stable, also Frank Power, the starter, who was a pretty good one, too. Then there was Peter Carroll, who later trained and raced the trotter, Bill Shla'ren, that was afterwards sold for $27,500 to Tommy Murphy. As some will
remember, he was named in sev- eral stakes by that areal driver.
“I thought Better CIarroll real- ly had skill driving a horse. While in Halifax I met George Leavitt, from Lexington, Mass. He was a super - salesman and some high-classed horses passed through his hands, among them the stallich , “Todd” and his sire, “Bingen,” 2.06%. He was up in Ha'liilax selling a Gtambet-ta Wil- kes more to one of Bouliilier's (more)
PATRONS. There were many oth- er nice fellows whose names I cannor t now recall.
“AS I look back I think of them all; Mr. Adams was the best judge of the capabilities of a harness horse. His son Frank was another whom ’I addiired and liked. He later owned the stallion “Wiaiticllirn” .- a really good " twitter.
“At this time I had sold the stallion “Rloylal Lancer” to the Adams and Mitchell Stable. That’s the way I had made their ac- quaintance. That year their stable Was the largest money-twinning one in the Maritime Provinces. hank Plaltch was undefeated, and Alice A. was the champion mare of the season Finank Patch end- ed the season with a recorder 2.14%; he was sent to the Unit- ed States the next year and took a record of 2.05 1-2 in the Wal- ter Cox Stable.
“I prevailed upon Mr. Adams to let his son Emmi-r drive Fnamk Patch in his last race at Hlali- fax. He won easily and Frank got a lot of pleasume out of That fall I returned to Indiana with a very high regard for Nova Sections, and thought 1 was a very traveled young man.
“The next year I trained at Lahayette, and among the horses I raced was IQIutaiwah 2051/2, the then champion three - year -\ old pacer. The following year, .in 1912, I raced Leila Raitchen to a record M20499.”
FOR OLDTHVIERS
The above extracts from Clair Wolverton’s book will be inter- esting to oldiimers. The writer of these notes came on the scene of action at Illailifiax in 1914, and met the drivers and owners re ferred to above. Halidax was then the racing center of the Maritimes, and here are some of the race results from that sea- son: September, 1914 - The 2.35 Trot, purse $400 - Mayor Todd (H. Kelly) 1-1-1, Jerry B. (H. Lydiard) 2-2-3, three other start~
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What did he do when not train- ing. eating, sleep-lug, giving inter- views or going on telewsxon?
“I play cards with the boys, sometimes I cheat a little.
“Cheat! Steal! He’d steal the eyes off you.” chortled his brother Placid who travels With
Durelle. his lace inipassive. said he uses the money from box- ing to improve his three-(boat fish- ing fleet that works out of Blame
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Kettering Left Huge Fortune
DAYTON, Oihio (AP) -- The late Charles F. Kettering, auto- motive genius and former Gen- eral Motors research head, left an estate conservatively esti. mated at a little more than $200,- 000,000.
Most of this huge fortune in theform of shares of C. F. Ket- tering, incorporated. was divided between the Kettering Founda- tion and a separate philanthropic trust. Details of the division were not disclosed in the will filed Thursday in Montgomery County probate court.
Kettering died Nov. 25 after suffering a stroke.
The exact size of the estate will not be known until an inven- tory is taken. However, it is known that Kettering held ap- proximately $165,000,000 worth of General Motors stock. Business associates placed the value of his other holdings, including many patents on inventions, at not less than $40,000,000.
Cash beduesrts totalling $175,- 000 were made to seven relatives.
The separate trust was set up by Kettering for charitable, edu- cational and scientific purposes.
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ears. {Olseézuy physical condition and becoming restless. Durelle com- :planed about the single beds in mélrfiave a hard time in this bed. "t sleep. I twist and turn and jumble myself up, then I hit the cold wall. I'd like to put two of these beds together and sleep by myself.” He shares the room
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olympic conipetitors was ap- proved Wednesday at the closmg session here of the 65th Amateur Athletic Union of Canada annual meeting.
The plan, to involve athletes under 17 years, is aimed at mass participation in every sport “to give the youngsters a taste of Olympic competition.” but for the nert year at least it will in)- volve only track and field. Similar to a plan now in oper- ation in the United States, it will enrol, train and stage com- petitions fior midget, junior, inter.
be limited by his age to the num- ber of events he may enter.
Cost of the program will be recovered from membership and
private individuals. DEFENDS SHOWING
Jack Davies of Montreal. pres. ident of the British Empire Games committee, in his report [on Empire Games achievements by Canada’s team, said: “I don’t know why people think our team did so poorly. We won 59 medals and 51.1 per cent of our team won a medal. Only one of our women athletes failed to get a medal and just three ath- letes finish-ed out of the first six in their event.
“There was not one swimmer who failed to win a medal and I don’t think algy Canadian team,
Is Free On $80,000 Boil
NEW HAVEN, Con-n. (All—A mail changed with receiving $126,000 in bonds stolen from two Canadian banks was free on $80,000 bail Friday.
Bernard Ezhaya' posted the bond with court officials and was released from the federal cor- rectional institution in Danbury.
Enhaya, who operates an in- dustrial public relations firm in Boston, had been held. there since Nov. 26. He had posted $50,000 of his bond shortly after his arrest Nov. 23 but had been unable to raise the remainder un-
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