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LONDON (APl—As far as a lot champion Floyd Patterson con— if British fans are concerned, big. ceded the Cockney plasterer bat-
blonde Henry Cooper has
the tered his way to a chance at the
world heavyweight boxing crown title Tuesday night when he out-
sewed up. Even those who don’t much of his chances
think agains.
pointed Zora Folley of Phoenix, Ariz. Harry Levene, London promo-
DiMaggio Greatest Player
NEW YORK (AP) — At the New York Yankee press con- fereuce Wednesday in which it was announced Casey Stengel had been rehired as manager for the next two years, a newsreel reporter asked Sten- gel to name the greatest player he ever managed.
“I‘d have to say Joe Di- Maggio.” Casey answered. “He didn’t play too long for me but he was tremendous. He was amazing. He did everything right. He had the natural in- stinct. He could do everything. He could hit. he could field, he could run and. he made every thing look easy. And he played in a park that was not: suited for him.
“If DiMaggio had played in Fenway Park, for instance, he would have set hundreds of records. He was just great, just tremendous.
“Now if you want to know who i: my second best player, I‘d have to say Yogi Berra. He catches every g ne for me. He can hit, he can throw, he can run. He also has to use his mental powers as well as his physical powersx He is the manager on the field. He runs the show. He, too, is tremend- ous."
“Hold it, Casey," said the man, “I'm almost out of film.”
“Now if you want to know who is the third best player I ever managed. . . .”
' Ever Managed. By Stengel
"Just a moment. Casey,” in- terrupted the cameraman, “I have just run out of film."
I. L. Players Seek Pension Plan
NEW YORK (APl—Player rep— resentatives of the International Baseball L e a g u e Wednesday passed a resolution calling for an appropriate pc_.si0n plan.
Details of what the players con- sider appropriate were not an- nounced. A statement from the players’ counsel said that 99 per cent of the players in the league were paid-up members of the Baseball Players Association of the International League.
Leaf Player Sold To Tigers
TORONTO tCPl Toronto Maple Leafs of the International Baseball League Wednesday an- nounced the sale of shortstop- second baseman Bobby Johnson to Detroit Tiger‘s.
Johnson, 22, joined the Leafs last season them the Detroit or- ganization.
Toronto general manager Rudie Schaffer‘ also announced the pur- chase of pitcher Al Pehanik, who won- 17 games and lost 12 for Augusta of the class A Sally League.
SPORTS FRONT
By PIUS CALLAGI-IAN
THIS IS THE NIGHT that Whippet Billy Watson and Gene Kim'ski get together at the Sports Arena. The reason for the meeting is the British Empire Heavyweight wrest-ling crown...
Folks have watched these two great martmen on teleViSion for the past couple of years and have decided that both are about as good as you can find in this wrestling game. wa‘tson is al- ways the people’s choice wherever he appears but Kiniski is the type of fellow that seems to always incur the wrath 'of the spec- tators. That’s something that Big Gene appears to like and he’s at his best when the crowd is dead against him.
‘WATSON HAS the knack of keeping in good with everybody and it’s almost a certainty that Prince Edward Islanders Will be no different than folks in other places. They’ll. undoubtedly be howling for the Whipper to stop the rugged Kiniski in this best two out of three falls. But the Whipper will need to be more than a nice fellow to put Killer Kiniski out of the way.‘ The 275fpound challenger from Edmonton, Alberta, has plenty to back -up his boastfulness. Right now Kiniski, termed the Arizona Wildcat“ is faster. bigger and rougher than ever. And brother that’s saying a mouthful.
BUT WATSON has pretty fair qualifcations himself. He weighs 235, stands 6 ft. 1 and has invented two of the most .ef- fective wrestling holds ever seen. There’s Whipper’s canadian Avalanche in which his oppontent is taken over in a series of spectacular cartwheels and ends up on his back with a bodil- shattering thud. He has another hold more fearsome than / any- thing else he use. He calls this one his Canuck Commando Un- conscious. Billy prefers to win with the Whip but if he gets ag- gravated enough, he’ll let go with his drastic hold and the ef- iiect is really devastating.
50 IT LOOKS like the very tops In wrestling tonight at the Sports Arena. As tune—up for the main attraction, Cowboy Len Hughes and-Tony Baillarrgeon will match wits with All Pasha and Bull Montana in a tag-team match, also the best two out of three falls.
Again, the villains will be Pashi and Montana and there’s no doubt that the big crowd will be pulling for a Hughes-Baillargeon victory. \
The action starts at 8.30 tonight.
WARREN SPAHN, who beat the Yankees twice in the recent world series, is a fellow who will long be remembered by Mil- waukee fans. Yes, you can add Yankee fans as well.
Spahn got the assignment for that sixth game and had his chance to win his third and retain the world crown for the Bra- ves. But things didn’t. turn out the way Fired Haney had planned. Spahn was terrific but he still emerged as the losing pitcher.
There was no one who Would dare blame Spahn for the de~ feat. And 3 Milwaukee sports writer puts his thoughts of that sixth game in these words.
"Warren Spahn didn’t lose this sixth game of the world series. the Braves lost it—-——lost it with impotency at bat when a hit or even an outfield fly would have produced the big run, lost it with an error in fielding a routine single to centre field, lost it with highly debatable judgment in the coaching box at third base and lost it with equally debatable judgment to pitch to Moose Skowron in the fatal tenth.
“No, Spahn didn’t lose this game, the Braves lost it. What they did behind him. or didn’t do, was just too much. He should have won in nine, and the score should have been 21 or more. The seventh game should not have been played."
Do you agree?
FOOTBALL FANS are really have a fine time for them- selves this season, with telecasts every Saturday afternoon of the Nova Scotla League.
Last Saturday Shearwater got a terrific scare when they tan- gled with Stadacon‘a. The sailors weren’t supposed to be a bit annoying but they all but upset the heavily-favoured Shearwater twelve. Stad had the better of the play but two very costly fum- bles cost them the ball game. When they were marching steadily toward the Shearwater line, fumbles on the two and seven yard lines ruined their chances for two more touchdowns.
The sailors, however, appeared pleased with their showing and well they might be. They all but upset the Shearwater lads.
There’s more of the same this Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
IT’S BEEN A LONG time since a fight with no title at stake has created so much talk as the coming scrap between George Chuvalo and Pat McMurtry Friday night in Madison Square Gardens. The fight will be seen locally on television beginning at 10 o'clock local time.
Chuvalo, who hails from Toronto, will be the favourite in the betting and with the Canadian folks who will be watching their television sets. He’s had 14 pro fights, won 11, lost 2 and got one draw. Both Jack Dempsey and Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight champions of the world, thinks Chuvalo is likely looking prospect.
In McMurtry, he’ll meet a capable opponent from Tacoma, Washington. He’s 26 years of age and termed by those in the know as a most aggressive boxer. McMurtry is on the comeback trail and naturally doesn’t want Chuvalo to stand in the way of his progress:
It has all the earmarks of a most interesting bout.
TORONTO ARGONAUTS and Montreal Alouettes may have a lot. of fun in the rest of the regular Big Four football schedule. Both teams served notice they are still very much in the pic- ture by most convincing triumphs over Tiger-Cats and Rough Riders. However, Alouettes are in a much better spot than the poor Argos. They lead Toronto by five points and each team has
ter, talked Wednesday about a Cooper-Patterson match in Lon- don next. Junc. He said he may be flying to the United States within the next few days to talk over final tenms with Patterson's manager, Cus D’Amato.
SING RHAPSODIES
British sports writers rhapso- dized about Cooper‘s brilliance even while conceding the decision might easily have gone to Policy.
Their exuberance was under- standable.
If Cooper fights Patterson here in June it will be the first heavy- weight title fight held in London since 1908, when C a n a a ’ 5 Tommy Burns defeated Britain's Jack Palmer by a knockout.
A Cooper-Patterson title match is likely to produce the biggest gate in British boxing history— and a hefty take for both fighters
Jim Wicks, Cooper’s manager, said it’s his man‘s life ambition to get in the ring with Patterson “but not for peanuts." He added Cooper will want a purse in the region of £30,000 ($840001.
As the prospect 0f the match with Patterson shaped up, Cooper appeared unlikely to go through with plans for a title fight with British h e a v y weight champion Brian Lon-don scheduled for Dec. 31.
REST THEN WARMUP
Wicks said he plans a rest for Cooper and maybe a warm u.) fight in spring before the Pattei- son meeting. .
Folley said Wednesday he thinks Cooper has a good chance against Patterson.
“‘Cooper's a good boxer and jabs well," said Folley. “'I‘nat’s how Patterson can be beaten "
Harness Racing On Mainland
SAINT JOHIN, N.B., (CP) —W'illriam Burt reined four win- ners in an eight-dash harness racing program here Wednesday night. He drove Meadow Bird In the fiastest mile. 2.12 4-5; had a double win with Bold Venture
and also finished first with Colby Rose. ' Other winners were Hero’s
child, Jeanne's Pride, Flashy and Onton Adam.
MONCTON. —— (CPl —'— Abbe- land, owned by J.S. Watt of Lit- tile River West, Que, was the lone double dash winner at a harness racing card here Wed- nesday nigh-t. ’
Single victories went to Jolly Mark, Nellie, Glendale, Jean Smart, Millie’s Son and First Again.
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The daily double paid $189.60-
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NEW YORK (APl—Oharles Dil- lon (Caseyl Stengel, who failed to win the pennant in only one of his 10 years as an American League manager, will pilot the world champion New York Yair
ney each piloted/a pair of win- ners under the wire in a Wed- nesday afternoon harness rac- ing card sponsored by the Truro Horsemen’s Club. The regular season ended earlier this week.
Daniels drove Axwortvhy Pet- er. owned by Dr. J.A. Delaney of Monrcton and Lucky Jollity to victory. Pinkney was at the reins of Busy Erick and Debra H.
Reject Offer \
For Title
NEW YORK (AP) —- Ned Irish 5 a i d Wednesday heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson’s man ager rejected a record-equalling offer of $300,000 for home televi- sion of a title fight in Madison Square Garden.
Irish, executive vice—president of the Garden, also disclosed that Cus D’Ama‘to, Patterson’s man- ager, was offered six dates in the Garden at low rentals and re- jected them all.
Irish said the 8300.000 bid was made by the National Broadcast-
Bout
ing Company on behalf of a razor company, radio ~ television spou- sors of the weekly International Boxing Club’s Friday nights. The Garden executive said the Inter» national Boxing Club had agreed to withdraw from the Friday night program on Dec. 5 in order to permit a heavyweight title fight to be held that night.
“And at no time was an op- ponent to be named although Emil Lence had assured us it would be one of the top three con— tenders," Said Irish.
kees at least for another two years.
The 68~yeai=old strategist qul- eted all rumors of retirement. Wednesday when he signed his sixth two-year contract calling for an estimated 980,000 annual sal» ary. He reportedly earned $70,000 in 1957 and 1958.
The signing was announced at a mammoth press conference by co-owner Dan Topping and gen- eral manager George Weiss. The grizzled pilot appeared none the worse for wear following the gruelling world series victory in which the Yankees overcame a 3<to-1 deficit to defeat Milwaukee Braves in seven games.
N0 CONCERN FOR MONEY
“I am very happy with my new contract,” he said. “I’m not con- cerned with the money end of it, however. ' ’
“I‘m pleased that. the manage mont and Weiss wanted me back. No, I had no thought of retiring at any time this year.
“How much longer I’ll manage depends on- my health and whether they want me back. A man of my age has to go from year to year. If I felt I wasn't
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Bruins Tie Rangers 4-AII * lnSpeciacular 3rd Period
NEW YORK (APl —_ The bat- tling, Boston Bruins staged a spectacular third period scoring outburst with four goals —- tvhree Within a span of slightly more
Wrestling Here Tonight
Whipper Billy Watson and Gene ‘Killevr’ Kliniski clash tonight at the Sports Arena in what is ex- pected to be the most action- packed mat card ever held in Charlottetown.
Whipper will lay his British Empire Wrestling title on the line in this headliner.
‘Killer’ Kiiiiiski is a former foot- ball star and a real rugged in- dividual. He has wrestled all over Canada from Newfoundland to Vancouver and is also well-known in the United States.
Watson is also well-travelled and has proven his mat power over challengers from all over the British Empire, including far—off India. He is very popular to wrestling fans and was also re- cently voted the outstanding athlete of the half-century in the miscellaneous sports bracket. in a Canadian press poll by sports editors and sportscasters.
There has been a lot of rivalry between these two mat-men. Every time they meet in the ring they go at it in earnest. This should really' prove a thrilling program. This feature is the best two out of three falls with no time Iimllll.
There will also be a heavy-
{our games to play. Ai‘g05 could grab the third playoff spot by whipping Alouettes twice and Ottawa twice. And then Montreal would have to lose one of their two games with Hamilton. l _ Hamilton should win at least one from the Als but can Argos", grim the Alouettes twice. That‘s the chore facing the Toronto‘ cam.
weight tag team with Tony Baill— argeon and Len ‘Marvcl' Hughes taking on Bull Montana and Ali Pasha. This will also be the best two of three.
Action gets underway at 8230.
than three minutes~to gain a 44 tie with New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden Wednes- day night. Bronco Horvath pro- duced the equalizer with less than two minutes to play to keep the Rangers winless in four National Hockey League starts.
Boston, p l a y i n g lethargic hockey for the first two periods suddenly erupted midway in the last stanza.
Leo Labine ignited the Bruins With their first goal at 8:23. It seemed to upset Ranger goalie Marcel Paille, who was filling in for l n j u r e d netlminder Gumip Worsley. Seven minutes later Doug Mohns connected on a 20— foot screened shot. 'Ilhen Jerry Torppazzini. aided by fine relays, cut the deficit to 4-3 some 34 sec- onds later.
I Horvath, a to r m e r Ranges, fired home the tying goal on an angle shot that found the left— hand corner of the cage at 18:27.
First period: 1. New York, Prentive iPopein, Bathgatel 4:44; 2. New York, Prentice tBathgate)
Longden Honored At Celeberafion
CHICAGO (AP) - John Long- den. 48-year-old jockey who has ridden 5,236 winners, more than any other rider in history, re. turned to Sportsman's Park Wed» nesday for a celebration.
Longden, recovering from a broken leg suffered at Del Mar Sept. 7. made his first appear» ance here since winning the Sportsman's riding championship at the 1934 fall meeting.
Longden received a gold watch for that achievement and was given a similar timepiece Wed nos-day. A race Wednesday was named in his honor.
11:20. Penalties: Labin-e 0:47, Fontinato 6:44, Armstrong 9:29, 9:29, Hanna 624.
Second period 3. New York, Sullivan, 8:08; 4. New York. Po- pein (Bathgatel 17:13. Penalties: Ciesla 5:16; Hanna 655; Labine 1537; Sullivan 18:48.
Third period: 5. Boston, Labine (Chevrefils, Mohns) 8:23; 6. B05. ton, Mohns (Flamanl 15:26; 7. Boston, Toppazzini (Boivin, Gen dronl 16:00; 8. Boston, Horvath (Reibel, Stasiuk) 18:27. Penalties: Flaman 5:42, Sullivan 18:27.
Siengel Signs New Pac’r WiihY‘anks;$80,000‘Fee'
well ‘it would be silly for me to stay. And I’m getting to the stage where I could get sick pretty quick.” v
Topping. acknowledging that Stcngel received a “rewarding” contract, lauded Casey for his job in the world series.
“Caseyhas done some great things for us during the 10 years he’s been with,” he said, “but I think his greatest achievement was winning the world series this year. We’re proud to have him with us.”
Dupas Given NocI
Over Gil Turner
MONTREAL (CPl—Fast and elusive Ralph Duipas of New 0r- leans jabbed and slashed his way to a one-sided lO-round decision over veteran Gil Turner of Phila- delphia Wednesday night. Dupas weighed 1441/2, Turner 152. DUIDHS, who was 23 Tuesday, staged a belated birthday cel— ebration as he completely con- fused his heavier opponent en route “to a unanimous decision. A Curly-haired Cajun, a pro since he was 14, Diiipas danced in and out behind lightning~fast left jabs and sharp rights as he took the lead in the first round and never yielded the advantage.
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NEW YORK (APl——Rock Colu- vito, more renowned for his strong arm than for heavy‘ m:- ting with Cleveland Indians, wound up with the American League slugging crown. _ .
The right - handed swmgiug outfielder sluggied .620, accumul- ating 303 total bases iii 489 at bats. His 148 hits included 26 dou-
Saliva Test Discloses Drug, Three SUSpencIed
NEW YOR ’APlb—The New York state harness racing com- mission Wednesday ordered the suspension of the owner, groom and trainer-driver of the pacer Widower Creed after a saliva test of the horse disclosed the pres- ence of a drug.
Suspended, pending further in- vestigation, were Howard F. Beis— singer of Hamilton, Ohio, the driver-tsrainer; Thomas H. Loss of Swanton, Ohio, the owner; and Harry Johnson of Shelbyville, Ind., a groom.
The commission said the saliva test was taken. Sept. 30 after Wid- ower Creed finished third in the $50,000 Trans America Pace at Yonkers Raceway. "‘he suspension includes all horses owned en- tirely or in part by Loss 0 trained by Beissinger. .
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Colaviio Grabs American“ League Slugging Crown
r. three triples and 4-1 ’IIOIIK'I s blStatistics compiled by The sociated Press also SIIOIV that L. nie Banks of Chicago Clubs pro- duced the highest slugging :1th‘ age in the National League uit 'bl'rbiie 25-year-old Colavito was runnerunp in both the home runs and runs batted in department‘s. In 1957 he finished [an rich—‘- place tie in the slugging listings FIRST SINCE WILSON,
Banks became the first . ' or to win the Slugging l. giggle Hack Wilson in 1930. In his fifth season with Chicago. the 27- year-old shontstop also led the National League in homers and RBI’s. I
A right-handed batter, ‘Banics amassed 380 total bases in 617
trips and collected 193 hits. Ilia
extra-base output showed 24 dou- bles, ll threeabaggers and 47 homers. He placed fifth among the slugging leaders in 1957.
Slugging averages are coni- puted by adding the total bases on all bits (one for a single, two for a double etc.) and divniing the aggregate by the number of official times at bat.
Mickey Mantle of New York Yankees trailed Colavito With a .592 mark. Mantle, whose 4-2 homers topped the league. was the slugging leader in 1955 and 1956.
Kansas City's Bob Cerv ranked third at. .590, followed by Ted WII- liams of BostOn with .584.
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Final Card of the Season
SPORTS ARENA
” , CHARLOTTETOWN Thursday. October Ibrh, 8:30 pm.
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British Empire Heavyweight Championship Best 2 out of 3 Falls to a Finish
WHIPPER BILLY WATS-ON
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Promoters have been trying to sign this match for three years
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TONY BAILLA’RGEON
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