The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 15, 1949, Page 3

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1949 VALENTINO 1S College KNOCKED OUT BY CHARLES Smashing_fight fo Jaw, Sends Challenger Down in Eighth Round SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15.—(®—| Ezzard Charles, lanky master boxer, chopped down challenger Pat Val- entino with a single smashing right last night to successfully defend his world (NBA) heavyweight box- ing title. The Cincinnati Negro. a swift- footed, sharp-punching 182 pounder, knocked out the mop-haired San' Franciscan in 35 seconds of the| eighth round of their scheduled 15-i rounder last night at the San Fran- | cisco Cow Palace. Valent™o weighed 188%. ship battle held in this arena in| forty years, it was a slambang; fight that had the record crowd |featured by the clash between Min- nesota and Ohio State. The chances. of 19,550 fans cheering wildly at; times. [ Charles crushed Valentino's mle| hopes with a smashing right to the | conference. P Michigan, upset victim of Army jaw. The challenger, who had ex-| changed blow for blow in furious| rallies, went down with a. thud. He\ tried to stagger to his feet but | fell back again as Refereé Jack‘ Downey finished the ten count. | It was Charles’ second success-| ful defense since he beat Joe Wal-! cott to win N.B.A. recognition as| successor to Joe Louis last spring.| The titleholder stopped Gus Les-| nevich in August. The crowd was the largest to) see an indoor fight in Califernia. | The gate receipts of $167,870 alsol estaklished a new mark for the| state. | The Assoclated Press score sheet | and most of the boxing writers had the champion out in front at the| start of the eighth. | Referee Downey and Judge | Frankie Carter, both San Francis- cans, had Valentino in front by a | single point. Judge Frank Manfredo of Fresno had Charles ahead by | two points after the seventh. | Charles had the aption of a $40,000 | guarantee or 35 per cent of the gate receipts, which would give him | about $45,500. Valentino worked for a flat $5,000 | guarantee. Alphabet Throws Him; If's Right Next fo Station 1. 0. U. VALLEJO, Calif., Oct. 15—(®— The Vallejo Times-Herald carried | a feature story about the Ezzard | Charles-Pat Valentino fight under | the headline “SRO Only.” [ An irate reader telephoned to complain about the SRO standing room only saying: “I can’t find that station SRO on | my radio.” FIGHT DOPE Aside from the Charles-Valentino | fight last night other ring events | turned out as follows: Chicago—Kid Gavilan, 148, Hav- ana, outpointed Beau Jack, 140, Augusta, Ga. 10. | Hollywood, Calif.—Art Aragon, | 136, Los Angeles, outpointed Julio dJiminez, 138%, Mexico City, 10. Indianapolis—Pat Iacobucci, 127, | Cincinnati, outpointed Marion Rho- ten, 127, Milwaukee, 10. There are about 14,500 pounds | of steel in use in some form in this | country for every man, woman and | child in America, lin | 1948 season. the select circle last night with a: The first heavyweight champion- |stunning 21-19 upset triumph. | Montana 6. | Aggies 7. Central Washington 21; Puget| | sound 13. San Francisco 27;— San Jose | state 20. Football | Roundup { BY ED CORRIGAN l NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—(®—There | will be other college foottall games the country today, but most ot the attention will be focused on the | Lattle of the behemoths—Notre Dame and Tulane. The Irish, tied only twice in their | past 31 games, will rule a two-| touchdown favorite when they step | on the turf at South Bend, Ind.| Tulane has captured 12 straight, since losing its first game of the Only thing certain is that the; ranks of the major unbeaten and‘ untied elevens will be depleted. | Notre Dame and Tulane are among the 18 major teams which boast perfect records. ! Tulsa dumped Villanova out of BIG TEN PROGRAM The Big Ten has a good program in this| are good that the victor one will come out on top in the {last week, will be out to reinstate| itcelf at the top of the heap at the|: | expense of Northwestern. Indiana takes on Iowa in another Big Nine Enrico Bertola, THE DAILY ALASKA EMP talian Boxing Champ Fafally Hurt IRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA SEASON OVER, BUT DOLLARS STILL PITCH BY JOE REICHLER 'm‘o Company B at Unalakleet and Company C at Kotzebue. Only two more headquarter units| remain to be activated in order; to complete the federalization of} the two scout battalions, Col. Alex- ander said. Upon organization of these units, individual squads and platoon units located in villages! throughout the Territory, will be added from time to time With the Colonel on his tour was! Col. E. L. Upson, regular army in- spector general of Alaska stationed| | outfielders sold to Leen their custom, were the most opulent dealers, tringing up three! promising minor league farmhands to replace Marv Rackley and Dick Witman, a couple of expendable rival National man Preston Ward, sold Rackley to Cincinnati for about $50,000 and Whitman to the Philadelphia Phllu { for $25,000. | In unloading these second line Italian heavyweight champion, hits the canvas after a knockdown by Lee Oma in the third rcund of a boxing beut at Buffalo, N. Y. After the 10-round decision went to Oma, Bertola col- lapsed in his dfessing room and .was rushed to the hospital. He died later. P “irephoto. BATTIG KNGS ‘COAST | encounter, { O In the east, most of the attention |* will te centered on the Ivy League. | The top attraction will pit Cornell | against Yale, Army should have no | trouble knocking off Harvard, which | L has yet to win a game. ON PACIFIC COAST | On the Pacific Coast, California, present favorite to take Conference honors, goes in against Southern: California. If the Bears can over-| come Southern Cal, they would only | have to beat UCLA to nrtuallyt clinch top honors. | Stanford, upset last week by UC-! LA and Michigan's victim the Sat- | urday before, meets undexdo"‘ Washington at Seattle in a game the weatherman says will be play- ed in the rain. Other Pacific Coast Conference games include Washington State at’ Idaho and Montana at Oregon. | State. ! The top southern game of the| day will pit North Carolina, the nation’s sixth-ranking team—and undefeated—against Wake Forest, ‘ which so far has been a dlsappolnt~: 4 ment. { OOTBALL| SCORES | Final scores of college football| games played yesterday are as 1ol~ “lows: Tulsa 21; Villanova 19. Purdue 14; Miami (Fla) 0. Boston U 52; West Virginia 20. Presbyterian 20; Furman 13. Temple 20; Bucknell 19. Georgetown (DC) 21; New York U 6. . Boston College 25; Mississippl 25. Chattanooga 34; Oklahoma City 7. Georgia 7; Louisiana State O. Abilene Christian 34; Tampa 12. | South Dakota Mines 48; Eastern! Hamline 43; St. Mary’s (Minn.) 0. Santa Barbara 14; Fresno State 7. South Dakota 40; North Dakota Netraska Wesleyan 43; Midland 7. Omaha 20; Doane 6. Kirksville (Mo) 12; Cape Girar- deau 7. | | Oaks 7 Ay Here are the two top batters in the major leagues fer 1949. (above) is George Kell, Detroit third base- man, Leagud who copped American e crown with average of .3429 to top Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox who 'hit .34275. (lower) is Jackie Robinson, Brook- lyn second baseman, who led Na- tional beatin; Yeague with average of .342, g out Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals who hit .339. Averages are not official. # Wire- photo. Will be closed from 10 A. M. to 5| to P. M. Monday for cleaning. THE MIRROR CAFE 21-3 || partly (TELEVISION CUTS|, HOCKEY LEAGUE PRESS BY AS30CIATED The undefeated San Diego Sky- || hawks outpowered the Oakland || to 1 last night in a rough al of Oakland play in the division of the Pacific| oast. Hockey League. Cakland wing Frank Fisenzolph i was hit puck in the second period and five stitches were required. The cut was| reopened in the third in a n~t fight with John LeLonde of Warecki and led the at-! tack as San Diego scored three goals in the first, one in the second and three more in the third. In the northern division, the Van- couver Canucks broke a tle with| four goals in the final period to beat the Portland Penguins 5-1. Al Kuntz, shifty wing?r, got two of them, Amy Dufault and Wali Dorohoy each made two tallies in leading | New Westminster's Royals to a 7-2§ victory over Victoria Cougars. I veteran Etan The newcomer Fred Weaver DOWN ATTENDANCE AT FOOTBALL GAMES | SEATTLE, Oct. 15.—(®—Washing- | ton Athletic Director Harvey Cas-| sil will keep a tight finger on the 1U. of W. stadium’s attendance pulse {today in an effort to determine whether television is really making {it sick. Cassill said yesterday that turn- | outs had been lower than anticipat- ed this season, but it still was too early to blame video. But, he added, ! “We'll know something is wrong” | if attendance falls off at the Stan- ford game. | The trial run of televising all| | five home games this season will be | continued, he assured, but the prac- mre will be discontinued in future | if it puts a damper on the turnstiles. | ‘As a possible solution, Cassill sug- | gested limiting television to games ~ ! that are sellouts. Steel can be made strong enough withstand a pull of 500,0000 t | pounds per square inch. ; | I | from A five-hour brain operation was necessary, luplncuies Feu'l' ¢n the head by a flying | |8 HOLDING up 255-pound train axle he has just lifted from floor, John Davis, American holder of world’s weight lifting title, dupli- cates, in Paris, feat performed never. until now, duplicated. Dia= meter of axle prevents lifter from gcmng good grip. (Internc.umall {REVENGE IS SWEET; BROV/NS ARE BUFFED 50 THEY BEAT L. A. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15.—#—The Los Angeles Dons would highly pre- fer that San humiliating the All-America Conference. The Dons 20 years ago by Charles Rigoulot; | Francisco refrain |’ defending | champion Cleveland Browns of the paid dearly for the performers, Rickey was in position i to bring up catcher Steve Lembo and second baséeman Everett | (Rocky) Bridges from Montreal, and | first baseman Dee Fondy from | Mobile. | The New York Yankees brought |up Paul Hinrichs, a righthanded | Lonus pitcher from Kansas City land released veteran Hugh Casey. | The New York Giants purchased | Louis Sleater, a lefthanded bonus | pitcher from Jacksonville of the “"nfh Atlantic Lengue CAB STIFLES| AIR ECONOMY, HILSCHER SAYS i 4Conunued from Page 1) | | | |a trip to Seattle on the non- -sched- juled lines for $60 as compared to 18150 for the scheduled lines. | “The CAB is denying to Alaska | the same air policy consideration given to each of ‘the 48 States,” | Hilscher continued. “In the United States, the CAB allows, in addition | to delux service, an abundance of cky coaches and air freighters to service the people. In Alaska the| | certified carriers can handle all the tusiness, “If it is the desire of the CAB purpose.” GUARD ACTIVATES 4 MORE SCOUT UNITS Col. J. D. Alexander, acting Ad- jutant General of the Alaska Na- tional Guard, announces the acti-: vation of four more units to the westward upon his return from a 1 10-day tour of inspection. ‘Two units at Bethel were inspect- ed for Federal recognition: Head- quarters of the 2nd Scout Battal- ion, and Company D. Two others ready accomplishing its Vv?rlllqup:(‘O‘in;“ g::(m(l\:’ h:‘: bx:k:f at Fort Richardson. Col. Upson gave 31 Tabuang o 1 2 5" | the units their Federal recognition. | D.“" S e he Crowded Uil Lieut. Tom Owen of Nom:e assisted | it '\,Pons i " ; the activation, He pilots a Cessna' For the second straight day, all 195 plane, and has started going! three New York clubs put over deals g restwar . among villages in the westward, in strengthening for next season with the otject of getting the TRo Sl < Hockens, o bes Guard's training program in full force in a short time. from Fairbanks for the Alaska bar lll-“la FOR BAR FxA'\l Wallace Aiken arrived in Juneau Washington. FORMER JUNEAU COAST GUARD OFFICER PI‘IDMO’I‘ED The nomination of Louls W. Per- kins as rear gdmiral in the Coast ;] Guard to fill a vacancy to oceur! 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Thermo- OF et B panulms ‘an insulating layer of air sealed in hetween % DON ABEL 538 Wllloughb —Phqna , s e €an Francisco 56-28 win over the proud Clevelanders last Sunday be- cause the enraged Browns came on down here last night and took revenge on the hapless locals to the tune of 61 to 14. Otto Graham of Cleveland set up a new loop mark in throwing six touchdown passes, eclipsing the {ive Frankie Albert registered for San Francisco against them last Sun- day. KLAWOCK VISITORS Willard Paul and Richmond Ben- son of Klawock are stopping at the Baranof Hotel. cammcece-BERT’S FOOD CENTER--cuunaaaa Our Giant CHILDREN’S AUCTION will be held in front of our store at =-- 8 P. M. —SATURDAY EVENING——OCT. 15¢th (Tex White, Professional Auctioneer, in charge) Parents may bid for their children i | SUNLAMPS - for hedlt’:’pf SPECIAL (While They Last!) Regular $64.50 “Sun Kraft” UlTRA VIOLET LAMPS mplele with Automatic Timer NOW $32.50 Just plug into any convenient outlet and enjoy the beneficial ultra-violet rays so necessary for good health . . . They are recommended for respiratory ailments and skin conditioning. Now at the— Alaska Electric Light and Power (o. ke 3 5% 51 PAGE THREE pi L