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Fight Round By Round

SAN FRANClS('O tAPt-Follow- big is the round-by-round of Man- Marciano-Don

day night's Rocky Cockell fight Round one

(iocltell landed the first punch. I

his corner with a slight drip of blood from inside the nose. Round Four y Marciano quickly threw I right to the head. Cockell landed I good right to the head. After a flurry of

Ihort left hook to the head. They punches in close Cockell came out

moved

in close for an exchangelwith I bleeding nose and what ap-

with no damage. Marciano landed,peared to be I cut high on the I light right to the neck. Mart-ianovforehead. They kept shooting at

Itepped iii with two straight leftsieach other from long range. Cock- Ed OVCI” liathf DOD Willi 3”

iMarciano Retains World Heavyweight

Title With 9th Round TKO Over Cockell

By Jack Hand

SAN FRANCISCO. (AP)-Rocky courageous Don Cockell home to England on Monday night, a blood-spattered technical victim in 59 seconds of the ninth round in the fifth de- l fense of his world heavyweight title. I Referee Frankie Brown enfolded the fat hog farmer tin his arms to stop him from further punishment after he .reeIed drunkenly toward the ropes.

1 Cmkeu had bee" Along as he could. lie didit'no-ok' through the ropes for a count illlhke 3 HHUH ml hm it was up,

Marciano his shield

W” WII9" ""3 bell 7”” 9"d'"3 y parent early that he couldn't go on the eighth rotind. Out for the ...(m.hi,m an nigm V kill thc Unbeaten -i0:V9a1”Uld l I-Sager for the kill. Marciano was

Bmcktun. M355-. Sllltii-It'll Nl'3F"l- iliruuing hard rights with reckless HIP. abandon. Time after tiitie he

and the Eiiglisltinairs nose was ell stepped in with a left and right fury of his animal attntk iii the missed his target but he always

reddened. Rocky again came with I left and Don missed with a right over Rnckyis head. Don landed I good left hook to the jaw and followed with another short

left Marciano ducked under one left and landed I fair left him- Ielf. Don missed a swiiigiiig left

Ind Rocky connected with I right he the rotind ended.

The crowd was estimated at N.-'

Ml. Round Two

The Eiiglishiiiaii fit-kcd away with a light left and they closed in clinching briefly ('ot-kell lauded I left. Rocky I good right and they Itood in close exchanging socks to the head and body without any obvious damage. Marciano crossed I straight right to Donis chin which glanced off Vlllhfllll hurting the Englishman The champion came up with right and stiff left to the chin. missed with I right. Inland another right and took two light jabs to the face. Marciano missed with I left and landed ti

right. The cioud seeiiietl to be enjoying the action although nobody was hurt.

Round Three

Coekeil landed the first punch. I Ight left. Rocky connected with two Imacks to the head. one I good right. The l-Iiiglisliinaii landed two uppercuts and began to crouch more than usual for his style. Cockell caught I hard right with hi: Ihoulder. avoiding damage. The champion connected with two

fair left hooks The challenger landed I left but took two solid piuiches ltarriano sllN'lPt"l another

Night off l'ton'.I chin. Neither man thus far was able to inflict any obvious damage. Marciano hooked I terrific left to ('ockell'ii thin that Ihook him up. They were fighting at the bell and Marciano went to

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lano landed I good left uppercut and the two were fighting fiercely.

Rocky threw I right to the body and followed with I good solid right to the law. Toward the end of the round Cockell was still trying to mix it but Marciano stayed right on top.

Round Five

Between rounds they worked on ;Cockell and the cut at the hairline of his forehead. Stepping out for .the fifth Marciano. iiniriarkeil 'moved in booking to the head. A right to the jaw shook the English- lman and.Cockell retreated. Marci- anolcontinued punching and Don :continued to back up. Marciano landed one left btit missed wildly .with an overhand right. Cockell's forehead began to bleed Igain. Cockell tried to fight back but an nverhand left again shook him up toward the end of the round.

Round Six

Marciano opened the sixth with a light jab and missed with a right. As Don stepped back Rocky con- nected with I jotting left hook, icockell landed lightly with a left land I right but I moment later Marciano hurt him with I left hook. Don shook up the champion in I savage exchange and in the exchange the Englishman came out with his face I smear of blood apparently from I left hook to the eye earlier. Marciano shifted to the body and missed with I right that spun him around. They stood in close clubbing each other. Cock- ell hacked into I neutral corner and was hurt with I solid right to fit! Jaw. Don looked hurt as he went. Io his corner It the bell.

Round Seven

The two butted heads as they Vcame out for the seventh Marciano ;dogged the Englishman across the ring and Don's punches seemed to. lack authority. Marciano was still unmarked. Marciano moved in close his head low Ind Don It one point looked toward the referee In if objecting to Rocky's head mo- tion. They stayed in close, maul. ink and as Don leaned buck Marci- ann hooked him three times to the chin.

Round Eight

They walked out cautiously for the eighth. Rocky beat Don to the punch with I straight right and I left and I right to the head and Cockell was obviously hurt. Rocky threw punches rapidly and Don was in bad shape. He fought back gamely but was taking I heavy beating to the head and body. Marciano backed him across the ring and ruined punches from all angles. The courageous English- man refused to go dnwii under the barrage and even brought I roar from the crowd as he fought back. A heavy overhead right. I left. In- other solid right and Don was in serious distress again. Again and again Marciano banged away and with one right It the bell sent (Tockell head first through the ropes near his own corner. e must have been hit twenty-five times.

g Round Nine

Don came out slowly for the ninth and threw feebly. An over- head right put him down slowly on the seat of his pants for it count of seven. Cockell still tried to punch and Marciano put. him down again.

Cocltell rose Igatn III the count of five but weaved around the ring. clearly out on his feet. Referee Frankie Brown stopped the fight. throwing his arms about the beaten challenger. be- fore Rocky could land another blow. The time was 54 seconds of the ninth round.

7... . -. . -.a. Ball Practice The Parkdale it softball practice ion the Parkdale rlianiond at 545.

Everyone intcrcsterl in playing tsoftbiill is invited to attend.

l.imis will hold

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and Puttees. Medals will be worn. Officers will wear gloves.

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had another coming up. lrook SECONI) suzy.Q m(;,H1- l Cockcll was eiery bit as strongi as the champ in the early rounds, bulliiig him around in the clinches and pushing him off in I manner that rcniiuded the "experts" how far they had been wrong on Farr 'ltl )cars ago. Roth referee and jiiilge llowney. gate Cockcll the second round andj

A terrific Suzy-Q right iii the .jaw. following up bittcr punish- ment. dropped tiockcll for an eight-count early in the ninth.

Unwilling to surt'endcr' he drag- ged himself to his feet but Mar-

.ciano cut loose with a furious mp 0”,” judge had it emu Other; lbarragc that sent Cockell doivnilhan that it was 8 clean sweep jonce more. This time lie got Ilplfor H". chmmt p at five hut backed off. xteavittg, . -7. p

to bring the merciful ending fi'om thc relcree. l While he lasted. the hecfy Bri-

'.ton put up a whale of I scrap.l

Softball Meeting . , , T' is Evening belying his horrible performances.

:10 lhr g.Vm- HC just didn't havel meeting of the City Softball IIIIP punch to match Rockyis norilmiigiie Will be held thi eieningi 'the ability to keep on taking those in the City Hall at R: 3.

iwild swin s. In the last few sec-' Miittcrs under consideration ands he was an open target but will be the 8Pl!0ill1lllE Of an 9X' I target that Iliiays kept coniing ccutive. drawiiig up. of rules for back for more, leiitziic play anti tie admission i Cockell bled front a gash ttll liisi”l ,”Al”' lcams "It" We leilglles forehead as early as the fourth Mill" "iB'"5 lime . Slgnmed mum and bkmd spm.”.d hm" his their inti-ntioiis of eiiteiing clubs. phase at the same Hum .nm.e was y()tiier.s i ho wish to enter teams

. . - d tonight. Ac- I red mark on his right clicek 5l'(fl'l(l be "" hml? lin me mm. toidiiig to tciitatiie -plans the . lczigiie will be iiiitierviay in two

i Referee Brown scorcil it 495-

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this evening mg

;38'r2 and Judge Jack l)uwiicy and -judge John Bassanelli both had it

49-39 all with Marciano out in 'front. The Associated Press also had it 49-39.

Cockell at 205 pounds was his .lightest in itiaiiy fights and Marci- ano It I89 was his heaviest ever as ii champ. The tlnglishnian was I" share for the battle of his life land went down swinging to earn jthe respect of the ClISIfttllPI's.

As the Battersea Blimp left the ring. he drew a loud salvo from the crowd of close to 23.00!) that had gathered in the chill twilight at Kezar stadium.

If the l6l,&-foot ring bothered Cockell it didn't show. At times he outboxed the champion with his sharp left. Once in the sixth round he crashed home I beaulifiii right on Marciano's chin when Rocky surged in wildly.

Twice Marciano pounded home I body punch after the beihin the

was backed into I neutral corner under I body barrage. It was dif- ficult to bear the bell at ringside so Rocky couldn't be blamed. The first Englishman to fight for the heavy title since Tommy Farr went I5 rounds with Joe Louis in 1937. Cockell fought back gamely

-Tluseball In Brief

By THE CANADIAN PRESS American League Unchanged. Tuesday": Games

Kansas City at Washington IN! Detroit at Baltimore tNl Chicago at New York LN) tClcveland at Boston

i Wednesday's Gaines iKansas City at Washington lDc-troll It Baltimore

Chicago at New York Cleveland at Boston

National Leagiie

W Pct. Gill. Brooklyn 25 5 .833 -W lNeiv York 15 IR .536 lltiilivaiikea 16 I4 .533 it ('liicago lti I5 .316 9': St. Louis iii IR 300 10 .Pittshurgh ii iii .379 lJl'-- (Iincinnati I0 ill .357 I4 yfthiladclpliia 9 19 321 is

v Monti.-iy'ii RA-suits Pittsbiirgli 0 St. Louis ti TiicAday'ii Gamel iPhiladclphia at Chicago Pittsburgh at Cincinnati iNl New York at Milwaukee IN) Brooklyn at St. Louis iNt Wednesday"; flames Philadelphia at Chicago Pittsburgh at Cincinnati New York at Milwaukee tN) vn at St. Louis (N)

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weeks time.

Davis Results

. l.()Nl)0N IAPH-Denmark. Eng'- land and Italy won their second roiiiiti matches Monday to com- plate the quarter-final hi-ncket in lthe Eiiropcan zone Davis Cup ten- lnis competition

The ig surprise was the closc fight te heavily favored Danes Ihad with lightly regarded South Africa. finally surviving 3-2. Den- mark. with a veteran team. is co- lfavorite with defending Iitlist Sweden amt Belgium in the wide-

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The quarter-final pairings are Is follows? Britain vs. India. Italy vs. Denmark. France vs. Sweden. iChile vs. Belgium.

The European chainpions must Iplay the winner of I match be- ltween the American and eastern zone winners for the right to chal- lenge the United States for the il)avis Cup. Australia is challeng- iing in the American 1.one.

tPouIi'on Drops

lsparring Partner

l Harry "Kid" Poulton. boxing lbctter and hitting sharper than lite has in years. dropped a spar- ring partner twice yesterday af- ternoon during I workout in the .Navy Barracks. ' Poulton was boxing with P.0. .('.aiuei'un of the ll.M.C.S. Port- age when he dropped the sailor

with a left hook in the second roiuid in the third round Poul- ton nailed Cameron with I right upper:-iit and again the sailor went to his knees.

('ameron is ii former light-

weight cliainpion of Scotland. He is a crew iiicmher of the Portage which spctit the weekend in port here.

Altogether Poultiin went through I2 riiiiiids yesterday. He boxed six rounds with rugged Gaston Roy.

' tthree roiinds with Cameron and

worked out on the punching bag: for three rounds.

He meets Gary Simon at the Forum next Monday night. He weighs 1.39 pounds and expects to go into the ring against Simon at that weight. He shottld give the aggressive and crowd-pleas lllt' Simon is rugged evening.

Gaston Roy is benefiting plenty from his workouts with Poulton and instructions from Don Train- or Roy and Poiilton have been

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BOX! Sir.-Back in the 1930's. one of the; most popular performers to lppelrl in local rings was Danny Mac-I Cormack. Although born in Souril. he was adopted by the entire ter- ritory, for his success in the squar- ed circle. . At one time in his career Danny held the welterweight champion- lship of the island. He enlisted in the Army in 1939. While overseas he took part in 35 fights without I defeat. Some of the titles he won were the Borden area. the First Division. and the Aldershot C -' championship. The lat- ter tuuinament was held to pick I

made it. After that the team went on I boxing tour. and he saw I good deal of the ring.

Among the mittmen he fought. before going overseas were Tom- iuy Claybourne. Jim Mooney. Dan Mullins. Leo Kelly, Johnny Shaw. I-Earl Kinsman. Cecil Braithwaite. Kid Nickersun. Benny Binns. Jack Burns and Joe Permentel. At the time Danny was headlning bouts in this city. there was still another Souris boy seeking fame in the squared circle. He was Charley McDonald. Veteran fight followers who saw McDonald fight I-Ialifax's Ron Wallace in the Maritime Amateur tournament. at the Forum July. 1937. still claim Mc- Donald should have been declared the winner. In the second round Charley dropped Wallace for two nine counts. At the end of the scheduled 3-round botit the offic- ials callcd it a draw. They had to come out for an extra round and Wallace was given the decision.

McDonald and his brother lost their lives in a drowning accident in Souris in l9.'iR.

i70h9.V ltlccluskey. the Maritime- middleweight champion. alsol ranked number two for the Cana-I dian middleweight crown. puts his title on the line against Gary Simon of New Glasgow. N.S.. It the Halifax Forum May 17. This will be the third meeting between .the. pair. McCluskcy having won the previous two. Simon opened lhis 1955 campaign I few weeks ago It New Glasgow where he put the sleeper on Boston's Billy Mays in 27 seconds of the first roitnd. :Simnn is the most sought fighter lin the Maritimes. Six days after his meeting with McCluskey. he will do battle with Charlottetown's Kid Poulton. The Ieml-final to Poulton-Simon will be popular Gaston Roy. his opponent is I south paiv batller from Halifax by the name of .lohnny Griffith. Roy should meet I willing mixer in the person of Griffith for he is one of the ruggcst battlers to perform in Maritime rings since Billy llolin the durable Dane of New Waterford. N.S.. who performed in local rings back in the 1930's.

Among the boxers Griffiths met are Bob Brown, Ted Doncaster, Bernie McKinnon Ind Coby Mc- Cliiskey.

It looks like the end of mg trail for Arnold Fleiger. the popu- larg Chatham. N. B. lightheavy weight. On Saturday nite last Fleiger was blasted out in six yrounds at the Glace Bay Forum thy Al Hogan. Three short years ago this same Hogan wouldn't be ltloori enough to he ii sparring partner for Flciger. let alone knock him out. Arnold began box- mi: in 1949 and run up an impress- Iive string of victories in Ontario and Maritime rings. Among the lniittmen he has -fought are Coby l'llcClttskey. Ace .ilcCliiskey, Gor- die Wallace. Roy Woiilters, Yvon Durellc. Harry Pnulton and Ossic . Farrell.

V Flclget is leaving behind him an impressive record for present

Maritime boxers to shoot at if they

can. All told he competed in 95

professional fights.

I am. Sir. etc. Wll.FREl') o. MCCLUSKEY Charlottetown.

mixing matter: quite freely and their drills are watched by I large number each day.

I Roy meets Johnny Griffiths on it-he semi-final next Monday. Grif- fiths ll Inother rugged Inttlgf tandphas fought nearly all of the ilPatlInK middle-weights in the Mari. itimes.

By JOE REICIILER

NEW YORK (AP)-'-Except for fireballer Bob Turley and 8 couple of lesser lights. players traded by one major league club to another since the end of last season are not faring too well. I check dis- closed Monday.

Turley. of course. is pitching just about the best ball in. the American League. The strong-

iirmed righthander. one of the 18 players who figured in the gigantic winter deal between Baltimore and New York. has won six of seven for the Yankees.

Even more spectacular than his winning record has been his strike-

ster has fanned 69. easily tops in both circuits. He has permitted only 25 hits along the way for a spectacular below 2.00 earned run average.

Three of the nine players ship- ped by the Yankees to Baltimore are gone.0f the others. only roo- kie Hal Smith has given manager Paul Richards cause to smile oc- casionally. The yotithfiil catcher has nailed down the first string job with timely hitting 1.313! and solid receiving

AVERAGES POOR

Gene Woodling in batting only .219. Gus Triandos. the big first baseman. is doing I little better with .2tifl.

Shortstop Willie Xliratida. at .2-l2 hasn't been fielding tip to expecta- tions and pitchers liarry Byrd and Jim McDonald have three games between them.

Shortstop Bill y Hunter. who came along with Tiirlcy and Don Larsen. has lived up to his dc- fensive reputation but has a .l8ti batting average. Larsen has been shipped to Denver.

Bob Bieman. the outfielder who came to Chicago White Sox alongl with Walt Dropo and soiitluiaw Ted Gray in a deal that sent Fer- ris Fain. Jack Phillips and Leo, ChristantcB in Detroit. is hitting .316 and ranks fourth in the league with 24 runs batted in. .

Drnpo is hitting .250 and Gray; hasn't won a game but neither liasi Cristante. and Pain has I .267y mark on top of I still badly swol-y len knee. 4 Cleveland is still waiting for Ralph Kiner to break loose from I Ilump. The former National League home run king has hit: four home runs for the liidianst but he's driven in only it runs and has it .215 average.

Sam Jones. whom the Indians shipped to Chicago Cubs along!

out surge. in 62 innings. the speed-:

Bob Turley Only Real Prize In Traded Baseball Players

Burgess. hitting also has improved his batting average since the trade but Ridzik'has lost both his starts and Palys has made only two hits in 10 times at bat.

Biggest disappointment has been Ray Jablonski. traded by St. Louis Cardinals along with Gerry Staley to Cincinnati for relief pitcher Frank Smith. Jabbo. who drove in 100 or more runs two years in I row with the Cards, is hitting .202. Stalcy has split six decisions while Smith has I 1-1 record.

ivith a bundle of cash for Kiner. already has distinguished himself by pitching the malors' only non- hitter.

Jim Grcengrass. the outfielder who was traded by Cincinnati to Philadelphia along with catcher Andy Seminick and outfielder Glen Gorbous for Steve Ridzik. Smoky Burgess and Stan Palys. was roar- ing along at a .406 Pace until he was sidelined by a leg injury. Neither Seminick nor Gorbous. I native of Vulcan. Alla., has dis- linguished himself in any way thus far.