Today's
Sports Parade
By OSCAR FRALEY
United Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK (IP) The push toward retirement which
Irish Billy Graham was given by a fistic “nobody” pointed
up the fact today that boxing isn’t the long-time career
which it used to be “in the good old days.”
Graham, a veteran of “only” 13 years in the ring, con
templated retirement after being beaten by one Christ
Christensen. Billy blamed his legs and admitted he might
be about through.
Which would leave only four valid “old-timers” still
in action.
They are, in order, ngnt-heavyweight champion Ar
chie Moore, heavyweight challenger Ezzard Charles, light
heavyweight Joey Maxim and welterweight champion. {Sid
Gavilan.
There was a time when boxers lasted in the ring just
about as long as the average man handles a normal job.
Bob Fitz Simmons fought for 33 years; Tommy Farr stuck
with it for 28 years; Jack Johnson 27 years; Jack Demp
sey and Max Schmeling, each 25 years; Jersey Joe Wal
cott 24; Sam Langford and Battling Nelson, each 22; and
Benny Leonard, Chalky Wright and Arturo Godoy, each
21 years.
Twenty-Plus Vets Numerous
These are just some of the better known among more
than 50 men who fought 20 years or more.
Yet Moore, who risks his title against much younger
Harold Johnson at Madison Square Garden on Aug. 11,
is regarded by many as just about washed up in his 19tli
year of boxing. As the oldest active competitor in point
of service he has had 141 bouts, winning 117, losing 19
and boxing five draws.
Charles, as the second oldest competitor in the ring
in point of years, has been boxing 17 years and is in his,
14th as a professional. During that time he has had in
the battered neighborhood of 100 bouts.
Maxim, a former light-heavyweight boss, also is in
his 14th year as a professional and has had more than
100 bouts. While Gavilan, in only his 12th year as a box- .
er, has had some 115 fistic engagements.
LaMotta And Pep Retire
Two members of the old guard who called it a career
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in recent months were former middleweight boss Jake La-
Motta and one-time featherweight king Willie Pep. Bobo
Olson is approaching the veteran status, with nine years
Os milling behind him, while 10-year man Johnny Bratton
is about through and Sandy Saddler is finding that time
marches on as he looks back on nine active years.
But the moderns find it virtually impossible to reach
the 20 year class, and Moore just possibly could fall short.
In his recent bouts he has been well over the 175-
pound limit, fighting at as high as 190 pounds. To get
down to his title limit he has to strip it off too fast and
that may weaken him and slow him up.
Johnson isn’t the greatest light-heavy threat in his
tory but he did win cne of four close 10-round affairs With
Moore. With the added five rounds, against a Moore who
figures to run down in the late frames if he is weakened
making the weight, Johnson could take the title.
In which case old Archie might call it a day, too.
Johnson Cotton Co.
Defeats Jaycees 6-2
Johnson Cotton Co. defeated the
Jaycees last night by a 6-2 score
on Herman Godwin’s three-run
homer. The Jaycees were leading
the Johnson team by a score of 2-0
going into the bottom of the fourth.
Doc Corbett walked and scored on
GOGO Jackson’s double and then
Jackson scored on a wild pitch to
tie the game at 2-2. Roy Tart sin
gled and Spell was safe on an er
ror, then Herman Godwin hit his
homer over the leftfielders .head to
put his team out front by 5-2 score.
Both teams collected 6 hits apiece
but the only man on either team
to get more than one hit was Lan
don Barefoot witn two singles. Rain
interrupted the game several times
last night so after six complete
innings the game was called with
the Johnson team out front by a
four-run margin of 6-2.
It is not definite whether the
games that have been rained out
will be replayed or not. Henry
Hutaff says that he will probably
leave it up to the individual teams !
as to whether the games will be i
rescheduled.
THE DAILY RECORD, DUNN, N. C.
JAYCEES AB R H
West ss S 11
Sechrest p 3 0 0
Johnson c 3- 0 1
Furr lb 3 11
Jackson If .30 1
Barefoot cf 3 0 2
Godwin 2b 2 0 0
J Wilson rs 2 0 0
I Blackburn If 2 0 0
I Total 24 2 6
JOHNSON AB R H
Goff If 3 0 0
Corbett c ....2 11
Godwin, B. 3b 2/ 11
Jackson ss s 3 11
Tan 2b 3 11
Spell p .: 1 o
Godwin. H. cf . 3 11
Bass lb 3 0 1
Royal rs ~2 0 0
Total 24 6 6
Jaycees 011 000—2
Johnson 000 510—6
Doubles: Jackson, B. Godwin.
I Homers: H. Godwin,
i Base on balls: Spell 0, Sechrest 2.
Struck out by: Spell 0, Sechrest 0.
Major League Standings
National League
W. L. Pet.
New York " 61 30 .670
Brooklyn 54 37 .593
Cincinnati 47 45 .511
Milwaukee 46 44 .511
Philadelphia 43 43 .500
St. Louis 43 46 .483
Chicago 35 52 .403
Pittsburgh 29 61 322
Tuesday’s Results
Chicago 3 Brooklyn 2, 10 inn.
New York 2 Cincinnati 1, 13 inn.
«t. Louis 4 Philadelphia 2
Only games scheduled
Wednesday’s probable Pitchers
New York Maglie 9-4 at Chicago
Rush 6-10.
Brooklyn Erskine 10-9 at Cincin
nati Podblelan 6-3, night.
Philadelphia Roberts 12-8 at Mil
waukee Conley 8-4. night.
Pittsburgh Law 8-12 or O’Don
nell 3-8 at St. Louis Poholsky 2-3
Slight.
Thursday’s Games
Brooklyn ,at Cincinnati
Philadelphia at Milwaukee
New York at Chicago.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis, night
American League
W. L. Pet.
Cleveland 61 28 .685
New York 62 29 .681
Chicago 57 34 .626
Detroit 39 49 .488
Boston 37 50 .425
Washington 36 50 .425
Baltimore 3? 58 .356
Philadelphia - „ « 30 sft- .346
Tuesday’s Results
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j Many Home Runs
: Changes Record
j Os Association
By WILLIAM O. TOME
. United Press Sports Writer
t ATLANTA OP) The an
i guished howl of “give us
[ more room” krose from the
pitching fraternity today af
ter one of the biggest Sul
phur Dell home run sprees
of the season moved Nash
ville’s Bob Lennon to with
in a hop, skip and a jump
of a new Southern Associa
tion record.
The husky i/eft-handed swinger
deposited four balls over the short
Dell rlghtfield fence last night to
tie a league mark of four home
runs in a doubleheader and give
him 43 for the year.
Lennon how needs only 10 more
circuit clouts to surpass the record
of 52 set by another Vol, Charlie
Workman, for the number of home
runs in a season.
The Vol slugger enjoyed one of
his best nights of the year as Nash
ville halved the twin bill with the
Atlanta Crackers, winning the first
4-1 and losing the second 14-13 in
a lather of base hits.
TWO HOMERS FOR RAMBONE
. In other get-togethers around the
circuit, Memphis stopped league
leading New Orleans 5-4; Little
Rock hammered the Mobile Bears
9-3, and the Birmingham Barons
wen over Chattanooga 9-5.
In addition to his home runs,
Lennon clouted a double and single
to give him “six for eight”-in the
two games and he drove in eight
runs to push his league-leading
RBI total to HO.
The first contest was the oppo
site of the second as Joe Margo
neri pitched a five-hitter to be
come only the 10th Vol pitcher to
go nine innings in the 50 home
games. In the nightcap, 32 players
saw action as the two teams bat
tered 31 hits, including seven home
runs. Paul Rambone’s ninth inning
homer, his second of the game,
powered in three runs and spelled
defeat for the. Vols.
At Memphis, Chicks Ken Landen
berger and George Noga each hit
two-run homers in the fourth in
ning to give Mary Rotblatt and
Dixie Howell sufficient margin for
the decision. The loss oosi the Pels
a half-game of'thrtr leai|, leaving
them only one game ahead of the
Crackers.
Little Rock Manager Pat Mullin
found his Travelers could win after
watching them drop four straight
since he took over the team. Russ
Sullivan clouted a grand-slam home
run to give lefty Dick Heeksema
a big boost as he successfully scat
tered 12 hits to the Bears.
Dave Benedict won his 10th
game, a five-hitter, as the Barons
pasted Chattanooga, easing the
pressure of a Lookout drive to push
Birmingham out of third .place.
Benedict and Bill Currie matched
pitch for pitch until the Barons
jumped ahead to stay with three
in the sixth inning, •
THE STANDINGS
W. L. PcL
New Orleans ;. 61 42 .592
Atlanta ,'SB 41 .586
Birmingham ; 6ft 46 .554
Chattanooga ......... 54 47 .535
Memphis 49 50 .495
Mobile 42 59 .416
Little Rock 42 59 .416
Nashville 39 58 .402
Detroit 12 Philadelphia 0, Ist.
Detroit 4 Philadelphia 3, 2nd
Cleveland 5 .Boston 5, tie game, 16
innings, curfew
jljBW York 4 Chicago 1,
Washington 9 Baltimore J
Wednesday’s Probable Pitchers
Chicago Trucks 12-5 at New
York Wiesler 3-h, *
. Cleveland Houtteman 9-5 at
Boston Brewer 6-5.
Detroit Zuverink 5-4 at Phila
delphia Dixon 2-5, night,
i Baltimore Turley 7-10 at Wash
ington Stone 7-3, Qight.
Thursday’s Game*
Baltimore at Washington, night
Detroit at Philadelphia, .night
Chicago at New York ..... ....
Cleveland at Boston •'
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Over Tigers
The Athletics defeated the Tigers
Tuesday morning by 7-6 score to
hand the Tigers their first defeat
of the season. Hie Tigers had won
four straight ball games without a
defeat until the A’s trimmed them
by the one run margin yesterday.
Bud Hudson was the winning
pitcher for the A’s and was also
the leading hitter for the Athletics
with two for three and David Dix
on had two for four to fallow
Hudson in the hitting attack.
The loss was the first of the sea
son for the Tigers and was the
second defeat of the season for Joe
Thmas who now has a record of 4
wins and 2 defeats. Wallace Dixon
with two hits, including a double,
was the leading batsman for the
losing Tigers.
Athletics -
Athletics AB R H
B. Allen 3b 4 0 0
T. Jones 2b 310
David Dixon lb 4 2 2
J. Wilkins ss 3 2 1
B. Hudson p 3 0 2
J. Tart c 3 11
C. Lee If 2 0 0
Danny Dixon cf 10 0
G. Pope cf 10 0
B. Wellons rs 0 10
D. Lee rs 2 0 0
Total 26 7 6
Ti * er s AB R H
B. McLamb 3b 3 0 0
R. Goodman lb 3 11
J. Thomas p 3 0 1
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L. Godwin If • 3 0 0.
M. Hyatt ss 2 11
W. Dixon 2b 3 12
M. McLeod cf 3 0 0
J. Whittenton rs 110
T. Prince rs 10 0
L. Godwin c 3 0 1
Total 24 6 6
Doubles: B. Hudson, W. Dixon
Triples: Joe Tart
Base on balls: Thomas 3, Hudson 3
Struck out by: Thomas 7, Hudson
10
Dodgers Beal
Cards 7 To 2
Team W L Perot.
Tigers 4 1 .800
Cardinals 3 3 .500
Dodgers 3 3 .500
.Indians 2 3 .400
Athletics 2 4 .333
The Dodgers defeated the Card
inals 7-2 yesterday for their third
straight win of the season. The
Dodgers started off as one of the
weak teams in the KPL but they
have made a good come-back. The
Dodgers won the ball game on er
rors* by the Cards.
George Lee pitcher for the Cards
had his third no-hitter of the sea
son going into the last half of the
final inning with two outs when
B. Clifton hit a hard pitch back
through the box for an infield hit.
Lee pitched a one-hitter but gave
up 7 runs to the winning Dodgers
cn errors.
The Cardinals managed to get
six hits but oniy two runs,
Sturgill with two for thret
George Lee with two for two
the leading hitters. # ; «
DODGERS AB R 9
A. Bass 3b 3 0
B. Clifton ss 1 3 jB
J. Jordan c 2 1 -.40
H. Pope lb 3 0 JO
L. Godwin p 1 2 M
J. Pope 2b 11 ;
D. Bass cf 2 0
J. Whittenton If 2 '
J. Godwin rs 1 “9
B. Overman rs 1 Ojjt
Total 17 A : JB
CARDINALS AB R I
L. Dudley 3b 3 »
J. Sturgill c 3 O\J
G. Godwin ss 3 ofl
G. Lee p !.. 2 I'3
G. Neighbors lb 2 O,J
F. Godwin If '. 2 0 1
W. Jones cf . 2 0
B. Thornton 2b 1 0 |
D. Bennett rs 2 0-1
Total 20 S' l
Doubles: L. Dudley, G. Lee. . 1
Base on balls: G. Lee 4, Godwin;
Struck out by: Lee 7. Godwin T.,;,j
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