1959-05-21 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1959.

SUGAR RAY'S TITLE New York Yankees Hit Bottom HEARING ADJOURNED

'I'll Punch You In The Nose Threat SQUARE-TOE BOOTS

At Yesterday's Stormy Session

New York, May 20.

Sugar Ray Robinson's stormy title hearing was adjourned again today to Friday, but not until after Carmen Basilio had threatened to punch an attorney in the nose.

"I'll punch you in the nose!" fiery Carmen snarled at George Mandelbaum,

one of Sugar Ray's lawyers,

Mandiebatim countered: sharpening the axe to lap off York Supreme Court. "Maybe you night in the ring. 12 Ake to see you in there with Robinson."

During Basille's 70 minutes of testimony, Mandelbaum slender, bespectacled and dark- bufred had lashed verbally at the ex-middleweight cham- pion and his attorney, Law- rence Hallsen, mony times be- Rulison allegedly was couching Carmen on answers to questions.

Hobinson's middleweight crown for his fallure to comply with Commission and Court orders to "enter into articles of agree

ent" with Basillo by May 15 for a title fight.

Would Appeal

Litle

FOR TOUR KICKING

-By PETER MOSS

Terry Davies, Britain's No. 1 Rugby Union fullback is trying a now type of boots which he hopes will bring him 0 stack of goali during the British Istos Lions team's tour of Aus- tralasia.

square

TERRY DAVIES. .wants

to be rst choloo

CRUSHING 13-6 DEFEAT

FROM TIGERS SENDS THEM INTO A.L. CELLAR

New York, May 20.

The Yankees hit bottom today. With Frank Lary pitching a 10-hitter behind a 19-hit attack, the Detroit Tigers crushed the fading world champions, 13-6, and sent them into the American League cellar.

t Robinson's case also suffered a set-back when Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission failed to provide the New York Com- mission with a mysterious "sub- aldlary contract under which Robinson would be paid for defending his

against Danillo at Philadelphin's Munt-

Mosi of the players are cipal Stadium on September 21.toes and a specially reinforced taking the boots

question seriously. Bryn Meredith has. The National Boxing Asso-

ordered the ghiest patr cintion had vaented is crown Ughtened

About Sugar

"It was my hooker has worn, Roddy Evans, Yankees 18 Terry told me: Ray on May 4, Robinson is still 100- Robinson, in a blue-and-white own idra, but when I spoke to 19st. 71b, second-row forward, yielded a |poand taler In New York sinte ettcrked sports jacket and pale the boots Arm they said they has two pairs which are lighter Yogi Berrn in the first inning of their last 22 in their plunge

had thought of It, too."

than many threequarters use. Sharpening The Axe--but apparently not for long.

How badly the last Lions

From some of the remarks it

cause

Thr

Commission restrictions

green

Inc

Chairman

Melvin L.

Krutewitch again

His new boots have

sole.

any

two-run

·

Pittsburgh was at St Louis for a night game while Cin- cinnati was at Los Angeles for a two-night doubleheader.

Results

This marked the first time in Casey Stengel's 10-year New York regime that the Yankees ever were in last place. It also was the first time the Club has been in the cellar at this stage of a pennant race since May 25, 1940. The Yankees' present 12-19, Te Tigern hil and run up kla 12th homer for tho record gives them a 387 per-totals were the largest for Chy Braves, centage--seven

points

behind game against the Yanko nis the Tigers.

Acason and the Tigers' alx-run inning equalled The biggest Lary, who now has beaten the rally against New York,

times in 23 trics, The Yankees have lost seven

homer to of their last

10 games and 18 and then held the world cham- to the cellar. pione in the palm of his hand the rest of the way. He struck angaira uphele objections team neerted a goalkickert In appears that the players are out nine and walked three in mailed the Boston Red Sox,!

The Kancis City Athletes baum's angry trades that groy repeated restriction; 11 Basilio's on Carm:p's attorney, against South Africa four years ago dottling In well. Four years ago scoring his fourth victory of the 6-2, with the help of Roger Nonbuuquete (1-4). -Maris

and the Lions roared to such effect season.

Marls 10th homer.

the Ray Herbert, who went

Detroit distance for the A's to nail New York

Lary (4-3) and Wilson; Shantz. down his third triumph, WAS

Coates (6), Moss (7), Buntivant worldng on a 3-2 lead when (8), Kucks (9) and Blanchard, Maris hit his homer with one tierra (11. LJ-Shanti (-7). MS- on off rellever BI Monbou-Yoxt 2 Inth and 9th, Manila (h). Herra 2 (3rd and 4th), Harris (3rd), quetle. The loss, chorged to UPT. Bly Hoeft, was Boston's seven in eight games.

Kay Boone, with three hits, Herbert gave up eight hits, led Kansas City's 14-bit attack,

The trend of the trial was It was during one of Mandel- Indicated by the Commission'a

Muchat's questions, Bufted Carmen made his threat, reluctant testimony largely to

they drew the Test series accompanied by n closed-list | events preceding the May 15

scored a record number of tries; Itubinion signed at Philadel-et their top scorer was deadline, ml by the repeated i gesture.

threats from Martin Machat, phiu ca May 12-three days be O'neilly with It become apparent curing to- |Sugar Ray's chief altomey, that lore the New York deadline - from trier, day's second session of the he would appeal an unfavours for the September Right. hearing that the Now Yorkable Commission ruling to the Basilio Mellite plence State Athlette Comintasion was appellate divison of the New | negotiated.—UPI,

EVANS

But

Bor

CHASES HIS

GREATEST CENTURY

By DEREK JOHN

London.

48

Tony

points,

all

in South Africa that the BBC's plans to broadcast short sum- maries were changed to running commentaries.

First Choice?

Til me Englishman Bev Risman, Irishman Dave Hewitt, and Scotsman Ken Scotland, all recopalsed place-kickers, men the party. But Davies is deter- inined to establish himself as irst choice.

He has kicked FOIRO great oals for Wales, but has lacked cumaistency. Running

tean sawroll business has cur- talled his training, but, liko the rest of the Lions, he's making up for that now.

The Lions left for Melbourne

fast Saturday and were delight-

William Ambrose Wright has made history by winning 100 England caps

in soccer. Now Thomas Godfrey Evans can do the same in cricket.ed to hear their pocket-money Evans, professional boxer turned wicket-keeper, has made more Test

appearances than any other cricketer in history. And he needs only 104 Bons, wh 201 eleven more England caps for his century.

Will he achieve that larget? The question should be decided

1 the

roming months when the master slumper will be fted in the matches against India.

There is no doubt al presonl that he is the best man tu HRIVE England behind! the stumps. His skill, which has brought him

200 more than victims in Test cricket, is as great as ever. There is no out- strading challengter for his Job,

Only Doubt

The only doubt is about his flness. Evins missed England's last three Tests Australin owing to a broken finger and, at 30, he is beginning to show agns of being more prone to nevident.

are

Several wicket-keepers being tipped as possible suc- cessors to Godfrey Evans - namely, John Murmy, Keith Andrew, Brian Taylor, Jim Parks and Roy Swetnian,

Swelman is the most obvious choice. He has now succceded Arthur McIntyre 05 Surrey'u No. I stumper and he deputised for Evans in Australia, And be hi a fighting 41 in his Tes! debut.

Bul Swetman has not yet up- «proached Ahegool-efficiency of Evans behind the "stuinps,” And, today, the specialist is favoured in cricket, a brilliant slumper nada Inir tat being preferred

brilliant butsalan and fair:

slumper.

Fits The Bill

So Evans is the only man He b who really is the bit. not only a magnificent wicket- keeper, but his competent half- Ing has produced more than 2,300 rund in Tests alone.

It was against India-in 1946 thot Evans made his Test debut, winning his first England cap. In hip first full season county cricket.

On his first tour of Australia, he set up two world records. During the series he did not concede one bye until 1,024 ritis hud boen scored, and batting in the fourth Test he tcok a record time to get off the mark, belag at the wicket 15 minutes before coring bis first run.

His Great Ambition

Yet it was a great innings. He made only ten runs, but by staying there for two hours ho enabled Denis Compion to hit a match-saving century,

Gedtrey Evans is a prosperous businessinan, the managing director of a firm of jewellers. But cricket remains his Luvourlie profession, and it 12

his great ambition to win a century of England caps before retiring.

If Evans does not miss on- other Test be will make his 100th international appearance against the South Africano at! Edybasion In June of next year.

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The

Tigers were shut out The South Africans were by Bobby Shantz for four inn- world champions then. Nowings but then unleashed a savage; the New Zealanders claim to attack that Included a homer by be tops and the Lions face an Gall Harris, a two by Eddie even greater task.

Yes, a triple and two doubles,

They may succeed again, but, win or lose they'll endear them- selves to the New Zealanders.

CHESS

by LEONARD BARDEN

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NOW MOVING INTO" PLACS ON THE SPES OF THE

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corpse" in a riotous evenil The Tigers "danced on the inning which was climaxed when Yust hit the third grand slam homer of his career,

In night games, Cleveland was at Washington and Chicago at BalUmore.

In

National League

the National League a ree-run humer by Ernie Bunks led the Chicago Cubs to

That, however, was only the coup de gruce, for the Tigers had taken a 5-2 lend in the exth inning and it was obvious the Yankees would not catch up.

Yost's second homer led vifa 7-5 victory and produced the the ninth and two walks and a eighth straight deleat for thu single by Coot Veal ended the Palladelphia Phillies, Detroit scoring nynist Jabeny Kuckt

The Phillies dropped seven games in a row three different

With Lary casing up in the times last season, but the ninth inning, the Yankees scar-longest losing streak before ed their fint four runs on two that was a 10-game span which singles and homers by Mickey | fully ended on May 13, 1956.

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Winner Muc Drabowsky lasted 0% innings and wasn't around when Banks connected his 10th homer to cllach the vletery in the righth inning. Bob Porterfield, Will Henry and Dun Elston mopped up for the Cubs. The loser was Don Card-

well.

Drabowsky, who struck out uine, departed after giving up a two-run pinch homer to Harry Hancbrink in the seventh and a single to Richle Ashburn, Hanebrink's blow narrowed Chicago's lead to 4-3, and Banks' homer did the rest.

Braves Lose

The San Francixo Giants

snapped the Milwaukce Bravest

Today's results were:

AMERICAN LEAGUE Kanan City.. 001-200-203-14-1 Boston

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six-game winning streak with a "Bayor's « 6-3 decision over the National TONIC

League leaders,

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Felipe Alou drove in three runs for the Glants, two of them coming on his eventh homer In the fourth inning off loser Bob Buhl, Hank Aaron knocked

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