Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 226, Decatur, Adams County, 25 September 1953 — Page 7

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Marciano Wins Over LaStarza In 11th Round ’ NEW YORK, (UP> — Rocky ! Marciano, the awkward but awesome heavyweight champion whtjse r explosive fists pulverized Roland LaStarsa Thursday night, began looking for another challenger today, • . : \r The unbeaten “block butter'’ from Brockton. Mass., battered pi|j collegian LaStarza Into such } bjoody helplessness before 44.562 - at the Polo Grounds Chat referee •Ruby Goldstein stopped the bbut at 1:31 of the 11th round'. That technical knockout victory was the bull-shouldered champion’s 45th consecutive professional triump, and his Quest for another “victim” appeared restricted’ to I four possible opponents.. According to manager Al Rocky’s th|rd defense of the crown —to be tniade probably next jPebnrary— will be against ex-champ-ion Ezzard Charles, Nino VaMat of Cuba, Dan Bucceroni of Philadelphia or Don Cockell of England. But the preferred Charles must first win a return bout over flarold Johnson of Philadelphia. ■ J The outlook for none of Bhe mentioned quartet Was bright in view of the , murderous beaming gave Thursday night to the New' Yorker who had given ' the Champion the closest fight of his career back oil March 34, 1950. By the scanty margin of three points, Rocky won a disputed ; split 10round decision over Roland that night. ’i. j i j; “He improved 5,000 per <Bht since then,” declared Roland, alfer the beating which opened cuts on his right eye lid, the bridge of his noee, beneath his left eye. his right ear, and floored him fort a count of eight in the Hth round. “Yes, he’s 5.000 per cent better.” repeated the former student at City College of New York, who suffered the first knockout in his Career of 57 professional bouts, and 4iis fourth defeat. i “He hitst harder,” explained 20-year-old Roland. “He hits more often. He has faster combinations. -~v. —-4 ——; — j —

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And he’s harder to hit himself.” • Despite his improvement, how ever. Rocky missed many punches. He floundered at times. And in the 10th round, he fell to the canvas in a corder when his right swing merely grazed LaStarza’s body. Despite his awkwardness, however Rocky suffered only a slight cut on his lower lip in the first round. Rocky. 29. wks dissatisfied with his own awkward but awesome performance. He figured he should have knocked Roland out much earlier. “But 1 just couldn’t get going,” said the modest champ. LaStarza’s trainer, Dan Florio, had nd compliments for the 185pound champ. He charged that Marciano had used foul tactics throughout the fight against LaStarza, 1843-4. His accusations -were partially borne out by the referee’s actions in penalizing Rocky the sixth round on a foul for low blows, and in warning him for butting in the second round, hjiting on the break and bitting after the bell in the third,, and striking low in the seventh. . MAJOR AMERICAN LEAGUE p W L Pot. G.B. New York _._ 44 99 49 .699 Cleveland 90 61 .596 10% Chicago ___■ 86 65 .570 13% Boston 81 69 .549 19 Washington ___ 75 74 .503 24% Detroit 59 92 .391 41% Philadelphia ___ 57 94 .377 43% St. Louis 54 94 .358 46% Thursday’s Results No games scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. Brooklyn 103 48 .682 Milwaukee 91 61 .599 12% S& Louis 82 69 .543 21 Philadelphia __ 82 69 .543 21 New York 68 83 .450 3a Cincinnati 67 85 .441 36% Chicago 63 .417 40 Pittsburgh ___ 49 102 .325 54% . Thursday’s Results No games scheduled. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent,, try a Democrat Want Add. It brings rOsiilts.

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Kansas City Takes 2nd Playoff Game By.UNITED PRESS / The Kansas City Blues held an impressive, two-game ijnargln over the Toledo Sox in the final American Association playoffs today as the two teams prepared to clash tonight for the third time in the series. Kansas City won the second game of the finals Thursday by a score of 9-8, in a wild, free-sjwinging affair that saw the score tied five times and seven homers knocked out of the park. Bob Cerv and Forest Smith each hit two homers ’orthe Blues, while" Toledo round trippers were bagged by Billy Queen,: Jim Solt and Sam Jethroe's blow came in the eighth yith one on and put the Sox in the' lead, 8-7. It was his 30th home run of the season. Some 6.100 Spectators saw the Sox fall apart in the ninth inning with three of their five errors for the evening being committed in that frame by Shortstop Billy Klaus. They afforded the tying and winning runs. Cerv’s first homer in the second gave the Blues a 1-0 lead, but Queen retaliated with his four bagger in the last half of the inning to evert the scdre. Jim Biideweser scored on Bill Skowron’s singje and Cerv’s second homer made it four to one in the third. It was his 24th homer of the year. i The Sox camp back with a threerun rally in the eighth, making it 8-7 in favor of the Sox before the ninth inning blpw-up. The Blues tagged four Toledo pitchers for 14 hitswhile the Sox grabbed 12 safeties off three Kansas Cisy httrleis. \ __ Veeck, Stockholders Meet In St. Louis ST. LOUIS. Mo., UP — Bill Veeck, president of the. St. Louis Browns, mefets with the club’s minority stockholders today to get. their approval on moving the Browns to another city. Veeck and his associates control 79 percent of the club’s stock, so the session was considered only' a formality. ■ , . However, a group of St. JLouis businessmen planned a final fight ter keep the team here. Three leaders of the group announced they will fly to New York and “lay their cards on the table’’ at the American League meeting Sunday. Rhapsody In Blue One Os Holiday Features Fort Wayne. Ind. —One of the most lavish of the many costume spectacles, in the 1954 edition of “Holiday on Ice” will be the hand-somely-staged presentation of George Gerfehwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” the first time the iinortal' American composition ever has been presented on ice. This all-out episode in “Holiday,” which will open an eight-day run at the Coliseum in Fort Wayne next Friday night, features the entire skating past. Including the four major stars of the show. Jinx Clark and Rudy .Richards, and Joan Hyldoft and Michael Meehan. “Holiday” will play nightly at the Coliseum at 8:16 p.m., with the exception of Sunday (Oct. 4) when two afternoon shows are slated at 1:30 and 5:30. A children’s matinee —hall price tu youagiitcxa, eighth a

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Indiana, lowa To Test Powers In First Game CHICAGO UP —The two teams rated the most potent In the Big Ten grid race get into conference action Saturday as Michigan State makes its league debut against lowa while Ohio State tanties with Indiana. ; On paper neither of the opponents, both deep in the second division last year, figured to be more than a test for the highly rated Spartans, who won the national title in 1952, or, the Buckeyes, who finished third In the Big Ten last year. \. lowa was a 14 point underdog, and Indiana was rated 19 points beneath the Buckeyes. But in the case of the Hawkeyes, a defeat by a narrow score, or even an lowa victory, wouldn’t be too great an upset. Coach Forrest Evashevski of the Hawkeyes has pointed his team openly toward the Michigan State clash and the two clubs will boast a similar attack from a single wing. Evashevski too has a completely veteran line and his backfield could

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find out in a hurry whether Michigan State’s secondary has the class to go through this year. Michigan State with a 24 game winning streak, also will be bolstered by veterans for virtually every position, but Coach Biggie Munn’s team lacks overall else and it was questionable whether its speed'could hold up through the league race. Saturday’s game will be the first test of Michigan State as a football playing member of the conference since it was accepted ga the 10th team in the league in 1949. Ohio State was rated even higher than Michigan State in the preconference outlook and It too was a 19 point favorite to win this weekend. The Buckeyes were doped to have the strongest line in the league and two of its backs, quarterback John Borton and fullback Bobby Watkins, were expected to star. Every otner Big Ten team also will be\ln action against a nonconferepce foe. Big Ten clubs were favored in all but one game and in that contest Southern California was rated a touchdown better than Minnesota. Illinois, at \ home, was a two touchdown choice dver Nebraska, while Northwestern, at home, was rated 19 points better than lowa State. Purdue will be a seven point favorite at Missouri, while Wisconsin held the same edge over Penn

State for their ggme at Madison. \ Michigan was a two touehdowa favorite aver Washington at Aaa Arbor. Jim Wall Winner Os C. C. Toomey ( Jkn Wall copped the Schafer trophy for the third time running Thursday afternoon at the annual Chamber of Commerce ■golf tourney at the Decatur golf club, leading the field with a 70 score. He also received 16 for his performance. Seventy six members and nonmembers of the CC participated In the afternoon matches, swarming the course in what is said- to be one of the largest crowds that has ever turned out for t!he event. After the divot-diggers and duffers o( Decatur slammed the pills for about four hours, ttiey settled down to a tasty and filling chicken dinner served at the Boy Scout cabin at Hanna-Nuttiman park. Kenneth Gaunt romped in second, also handicapped, to win S 6. Gaunt is not a meftnber of the Chamber. Recent winner of the Decatur A city golf crown for the second time, John Baumann, proved true to form and led the regulation players with a low gross score. Baumann’s adversary in the city

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matches, Doe Viaard, tied ter —9ond Mot with a conteader in the top bracket, BiU Kuhnle, with low gross scores. In addition, there ware 20 other prizes given out for showing a variety of skill* on the fairway: placing the bail closest to a given spot on the tlalrwaye and - slamming the sphere up closest to targets which were set up. The entry fee eras |l, including the meal, and is reported to have been a great success. Grocery Bids To Be Taken By County Quarterly bidding for groceries for the Adams county home will take place the first weak in October. it was stated today by the county auditor’s office. Specifications may be obtained at the auditor’s office. f Bluffton Freshmen Here Monday Night The Decatar freshmen football team will meet the Bluffton freshmen at Worthman field Monday at 6:20 o’clock. No admission will be charged and the public is invited to atend. The Bluffton freshman-sophomore squad defeated the Decatur freshmansophomore team, 20-0, at Bluffton earlier this week.