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THE CAROL fN IAN
RALEIGH, N f , SATURDAY, JULY IS. 1960
Floyd Patterson Kept Pre-Fight Injuries Secret
IUST LIKE. DADDY Going to the “office" with rind is an even higher treat for this couni
iter than it is for most H< 's Elston Howard, Jr. 1 son of the Yankee catcher, and he's shown dur
a visit to Yankee Stadium (t PI PHOT Os.
NBA Honors Patterson,
Late Rudell Stitch As Best
PROVIDENCE. R. 1. ANT
Th* National Box me Ami
I reek announced • ba: hue
lectori heavy vr mi:; •him
Plovd Patterson and . v its
dell Stitch an June box-i s
[month.
Patterson, who repaired h. title
with a sensational three-’.ound |
knockout. Os ir.g enter Jo:
in New York las' June 20. leoi-ncri
recognition for tlr.it
Fast-Rising Cuban Outscores
Virgil Akins, Remains Tops
LOUISVILLE i ANP’—l.’. - Rod
riguez. a boxing cuur ith a f.v*
pair of hand; wenthc-ed two * : \
blasts by veteran V gil Akr - ty, •
ram'" on fas- ;n ‘hr v rounds to
outbox the for’"e: w r-]tr weigh?
champion and score- a >,nar. me
-10-rour.il derision n a brut h, ■
last Wednesda nigh? t" -' n-■
ted the fa” i!y of the !ate : ■ xci
Rudel! Stitch
Tn a sense Rod: Tier, a rarkmg
welterweight contend' • from C-.'
w'lth an unbeaten record, kept a
promise to S*h I uis •• ,->* to pave
fought Stitch, a local favr: Jo bo.
for® the boxer-" e : re
trying to rescue a f id t
drowning tr. the v
of the Ohio R v*-
However, ail the participants.
Including boxer* promoters
and triiners contributed to the
cause All paid their way into
News Service To Select
AII-CIAA Football Team
DURHAM - Too !. -h
meeting of the CIAA authorized
the CIAA news sen- ■
an all conference football team for
1960.
Approval for the news so: vice',
action came bv unanimo-.-- agree,
went of the coffe-.-encf a* • f.-’th
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i?.4y NORTON WINS jßflv Norton, left breaks the tape
to pHn the final of the 100 -meter dash with a tune of 10 4 Frank
Budd, second from right placed second and Dave Si me. right,
Red with Paul Winder, not shown, lor third place. Wlitre White,
iStitch of Louisville, was honor-!
ed posthumously for his unsuc-!
1 cossful attempt to rescue a friend!
from drowning. It cost, him his 1
life.
Rudcl! at the time was rated
, highly Among the contending wrl- 1
; lot-weights and in line for a title!
fight.
In other changes announced by
the NBA. Sonny Liston of Phila
: deiph::i WiS moved up to the No.'
the arena as did the I,non ring
side fans Thirty five per cent
of the proceeds from the bout
was donated to Stitch's widow
and six children.
Si itch once won the Carnegie
Foundation's hero medal for res
ting a man from the same Ohio
River on a previous occasion
In last week s bout Akins, who
won the welterweight title in t.he
final hr of an elimination tour
nament from Vince Martinez but
lost it shortly aft.--wards to Don
■ Jordan: stunned Rodriguez in the
ci-ond and tru-d rounds, hut the
fa nr o\ r.g Cuban avoided further
. damage
Rodriguez. ’ er -c? :p Aktns with
• ft 1 est-r• _ht combinations in the
! Mcvo.th and eighth rounds but
couldn't put over the coupe de
grace.
sr >? i on
Plans are for the News Service
-1 -te ha! lots to all CIAA
football roaches who will be asked
to norm rate candidates for all con
ference berths.
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! 2 heavyweight spot, while Sugar
Ray Robinson was moved down to
No. fi among the middleweight
i contenders. It was the first time
since he became headliner that
Robinson has been rated so low
The NBA. who suspended Rob
inson some months ago .or inac
tivity. recognizes Gene Fullmer of
Balt Lake City as middleweight
' champion
Sports Writer’s
Son Promising j
As A ‘Crooner’ I
I
| NORFOLK, Va. <ANP ---Choos
ing a different career from that of
his well-known father. Wendell
Smith Jr., a 20-year-old rhythm
and-blues singer, was reported
here to be not. only making it on
his own but showing promise of
becoming an outstanding artist.
The son of sports writer and
boxing analyst Wendell Smith Sr.,
of the Chicago Daily American, the j
youngster is being guided bv his
mother. Miss Sarah Wright.
The ex-wife of Wendell Smith
Sr., Miss Wright, who holds a
Broadcast Music Inc., composer's
license, has offices located or,
Broadway and currently handles
some JO acts, including a number
of promising youngsters from the
| Norfoik-Portsmouth-Suffolk area.
A former music minor at. West
| Virginia Slat College, from which
j Wendell Sr. graduated before hr
| started writing sports, Miss Wright
: has already helped her son to re
| cord his first song A lively R. and
B beat, it was titled "Puddin 1 Pie
Some critics, while comment
ing on the liveliness of (he re
cord, also praised young Smith
\s shoving talent as a singer
said Billboard weekly of the
ernrd: I ins shoui bv Smith
n a driving rocket Talented
trtisi !( should score in K. and
It. market.”
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second from left, finished bth They were all trying for a berth
on the Olympic squard via the Stanford, Calif. Olympic final*.
(UPI TELEPHOTO ).
Two Serious Hurts Are
Revealed By Champ
NEW YORK ANP)—Floyd Pat
terson revealed for the first time
here last week the inside story of
how he kept two serious pre-fight
injuries secret m order to avoid
postponement of his rematch with
Ingemar Johansson last June 20.
According to a syndicated news
paper report. Floyd, who regained
the title with a sensational three
round knockout of Johansson, in
jured both his right and left hands
in training, but only bis trainer,
manager and those closest to him
knew about it.
Tlie report was based on an in
terview with Patterson at his
Rockville Centre. Long Island
home It rpioted Floyd as .saying
that at worse, he feared the inju
ries might post pone the rematch
for which he had waited a full
year.
PUNCHES TOO HARO
One of the injuries, according
to an orthopedic specialist, stem
med from the power behind Floyd's
right hand punches The other was
the result of an accident while
working w :th the speed ball. Both
were very painful and kept his
handlers worried.
Patterson said he was spar
ring one day with Julio Medcr
os when he felt a stabbing pain
Despite Records, Mays And
Banks Nosed Out For Honors
CINCINNATI ANP' Despite-|
the fact that eenterfielder Willie
Mays an shortstop Ernie Banks!
were leading the league in batting I
and home runs respecively, both
were nosed oui in the balloting for i
playcr-of-the-mont.h award, as the ’
National L ague June award went !
to pitcher Lindy McDaniel of the
St. Louis Cardinals
M vs of the San Francisco 1 •
Giants, finished the month with
a .361 batting average, to top. all
NL h;,t tor". The Say Hey" kid was j
also turning m his usual sparkling
performance afield.
• i
Minosa Is
Hit By A
Pitcher;
Fights Him
DETROIT (ANP) Orestes
Minoso, who for the past few sea
sons held the dubious distinction
of being the player most frequent
ly hit. by opposing pitchers, got
tired of "mg made a target, and
fought ba-k at. a Detroit, hurler in
the first game of a 4th of July
doubleheader here.
Minoso. tine Chicago White Soy
loading hitter, was struck on the
shoulder by pitcher .Jim Bunning
in the first game and presently
lost his temper Evidently feeling
that, Bunning deliberately threw
at him, Minoso tossed his bat at.
Jim as he started toward first, base
and made an arch in the direction
of the mound, before being re
; rained.
Rut as the two exchanged i
hot words, Son Manager A1 Le
per hustled in and restrained
the Cuban senor. Flayers from
both benches also raced onto
the field, blit there were no
further incidents
Running also hit Mtnoso’s re
st ime, although he protested that j
game
Minnie war elected from the [
game, although he protested that:
he was acting in seif defense He [
I in his right elbow immedtal-
Lv after he had delivered a
punch. The. pain became more
I severe each time he used the
hand and his handlers finally
decided to take him to the or
thopedic specialist.
The orthopedic diagnosed that
| Patterson punched so hard that
| certain bones were displaced in his
; forearm and upper arm. Thus each
time Floyd threw a long right with
force, the bones rubbed against
each other, causing the pain.
As a remedy, the arm received
whirlpool treatments but it was
j finally decided that this was
sweating all the strength out of
the arm. Thereafter, the arm was
closely guarded.
LEFT HIT STEEL FRAME
The second injury—to the mur
derous left hand that nailed Jo
hansson occured on June 15.
Punching the speed bag, one of
i Floyd's lefts went, off the mark and
j his fist struck the steel swivel to
i w’hich the bag was attached. He
1 thought at first he had broken the
hand. It wasn't, but he suffered
severe bone bruises and swelling in
j the third points of the index and
i middle fingers of his left hand. It
j was swollen up until the time he
i entered the ring.
: Banks, the big gun in the Chica
go Cubs lineup, was leading all
other hitters in home runs, with
22. as the month drew to a close
However, despite their re
cords. the selections committee
cast, nine votes for McDaniel, to
only eight each for Mays and
Banks. McDaniel did pitch good
ball during the month He appear
ed in 13 games and had an earned
rur. average of 0.75 for 24 1 3 in
nings.
Pancho Herrera, a rookie with
the Philadelphia Phillies, finished
third with five votes.
returned In the second game and
collected a. single, which figured
in a, fourth-inning Sox tolly.
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RECORD AND RECORD-SETTER—A smiling John Thomas, of Boston IJniversity, stands
besides the sign showng his new world record mark of '-feet, 33 4 - inches. Thomas was recently
compering in rhe Olympic men's track and field finals. Thomas, with the aid of his new record, has
made a berth for himself on the IQhO Olympic tram (UPI TELEPHOTO).
Banks Ahead Os Previous Homer
Record At All-Star Break Mon.
CHICAGO AND’ V ■ -
Banks, a slugging shortstop of th-
Chicago Cubs, not only led all
National League homenm siugge’
before the All-Star break July 11.
but for four full days before th
game he was topping his own rec
ord for that period in the season.
The scourge of NL pitchers,
Ernie got one of the longest
homers off Phillies hurler
( urt Simmons Tuesday ■.lu 1 v
5) to eclipse his previous high
homer total of 23 at all star
time Despite his effort, how
ever, the Cubs, in the midst of
» batting slump save for Ernips
time In hitting, lost the game to
the Phillies. 3-2.
The following day. Ernie improv
ed on his record again He wal
loped another homer off Rob Gib-
I son the former Harlem Globetrot
, >or basketbd 11 star, to lead the Cub?
|to a 10-1 victory He drove irt a
George Altman struck the heaviest
blow of the day. He drove in a
total of six runs to celebrate his
1 first starting outfield assignment
in 10 games.
Bank's homer, like each of AJ<-
man's came with three men on the
bases