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Patterson hit the Hurricane, or the "Animal" as some of his friends call him, with everything in the book last night. By practically everybody's standards except Referee Harry Kessler's, he won big, as they say. But he still didn’t beat anybody. Jackson should be saluted as a warrior and as a monument to human indestructibility but the fact is that he can’t fight a lick. Hurricane is about as grotesque a gladiator as any since Primo Camera, and Da Preem, at least, learned to use a left jab. SPEAKING OF MONUMENTS, Jackson’s 12-round loss to Patterson may have been the biggest he’ll leave on the fistic scene. Nobody, not even a physical freak of his proportions, can absorb many more punches. There was scarcely a round when he wasn’t stunned into semi-insensibility. About half the time he couldn’t find his corner after the bell. When he stood up for the 10th heat Hurricane rubbernecked at the balconies of Madison Square Garden as if to place himself. It is almost impossible to describe Jackson without running the risk of an accusation of deliberate fault-finding. And, incidentally, down rating Patterson. Yet aside from his incredible fortitude, Hurricane can offer nothing as a fighter. He has an 30-inch reach but his movements are the rigid ones of a wind-up toy made by a man who took on too much saki because of trouble at home. There are times, in coming out at the bell, when he resembles a woman looking for change in her purse on a bus. In exchanges he paws like a drunk fighting his way past an old-fashioned glass-beaded portiere. He gets all the worst of it. Patterson must have landed 50 of his best punches on Hurricane’s jaw and face alone, yet couldn’t put him down. And the winner had just stopped 11 straight men. CRITICIZING JACKSON'S fighting ability, of course, doesn't boost Patterson's. But there is hope for him. The 1952 Olympic Games middleweight champion is only 21. Last night was the first time he's ever fought 10 full rounds, much less a dozen. On the credit side, he licked an awkward, taller man who weighed 15% more pounds and who had twice conquered Ezzard Charles, although this no longer is considered a mark of distinction. On the debit side, Patterson couldn't drop a foe who disdains defense. The Brooklynite had Jackson wobbling in the first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh.... Well, just about every round. In the final round it seemed impossible that Jackson could remain standing, but he did and he won the crowd over. He won over Referee Kessler, too, whose verdict of 6-5-1 in favor of Hurricane brought a gasp of disbelief from the gathering, although the verdicts of Judges Bert Grant and Harold Barnes had been announced earlier and Patterson was assured of the decision. It was 10 rounds to 2 on this personal scoreboard, nor was it the only 10-2 verdict at ringside. But Kessler is not a new boy to boxing and may have seen more than Jackson's sheer ability to sponge up punishment. IN THE PATTERSON dressing room there was only moderate jubilation. Floyd looks and acts far older than his 21 years. He sat on a rubbing table and listened to the fight writers' questions as if he'd been doing it for years. “I thought I might knock him out in the third round,” Patterson said, quietly, “but when it didn’t come off I just figured I was in for a long fight.” “But why?” a reporter asked. “You hit him all night with your best punches and had him rubber-legged in almost every round.” “I expected him to stand up,” the kid murmured. “He is a very durable person.” Harry Markson, managing director of the International Boxing Club, buttonholed Boxing Commissioner Julius Heelfand immediately after the fight and said: “Well, commissioner, I guess that means Moore and Patterson in September for the heavyweight title. That is, of course, with your sanction.” From Helfand he only got sanctity and austerity. “We’ll give the match serious consideration,” he replied. Markson winked on his way out. PROBABLE PITCHERS Detroit. - NATIONAL LEAGUE The match was scheduled for September 1st, with the following players: Patterson, the favorite, won a split. In the decision to take another step along the trail toward a shot at the vacant heavyweight title. —AP Wirephoto. Golfers Play Today In Try at Beating Open Champions In the try at Beating, open champions of the National Golf Day competition, the National Open Champion, the National Open Champion, and the National Open Champion, the National Open Champion, are expected to win the national open championship. The score, with benefit of handicap, is matched against those of the champions. The ladies try to beat Fay Crocker, Women’s Open champion. The men try to outshoot Jack Fleck. Fleck and Miss Crocker play at the par 70 Oak Hill Country Club here, site of the National Open starting Thursday. Fabius Likely to Be 1-to-2 Favorite Today By JOSEPH B. KELLY Star Racing Editor STANTON, Del., June 9. Calumet Farm’s Fabius, who dashed Needles’ Triple Crown hopes by winning the Preakness three weeks ago, is certain to be 1 to 2 or less to win the $35,000 added Leonard Richard stakes against a weak field of 10 rivals at Delaware Park today. With predictions calling for hot but clear weather, the largest turnout of the season—approximately 30,000—is expected to jam the park for the only weekend program of the meeting without opposition of a Jersey or Maryland track. On paper, the 19th Leonard Richards, lines up as little more than a workout for Fabius, who is scheduled to take on Arch rival Needles for their showdown race next Saturday in the Belmont Stakes. Hartack is Hurt in seeking his fourth stakes triumph of the season, Fabius, loaded with 126 pounds, will give away from seven to twelve pounds today to his upset-minded opponents. Fabius’ regular rider, Willie Hartack, the 1955 national riding champion, suffered a painful foot injury yesterday when he was jammed against the starting gate aboard Fighting Frau before the fourth race. X-rays showed no fracture as originally feared but there was some question. Action today whether Willie would ride. Generally conceded the best chance of upsetting Fabius is Joe W. Brown’s Lucius Beebe, a mediocre 3-year-old which finished a fast closing third in the Kent Stakes here last Saturday at 1.5 miles. Lucius Beebe gets in with 114 pounds and will be ridden by Jockey Tony Ferraluolo. In the Jersey, Fabius beat Lucius Beebe easily, however. Countermand Ready Brandywine Stable’s Counter mand, fourth in the Kent after being sidelined since suffering a bruised heel in the Kentucky Derby is set to run his best race. Arnold Kirkland will ride Countermand, which totes 119 pounds. Mrs. Cecil B. Fishbach's Frosty Mr. 119, the upset winner of the Chesapeake Stakes, will probably be the fourth choice at 15-1. The rest of the field will be anywhere from 20 to 89 to 1. Others in it are the Frank Bonsai trained three-ply entry of Montpelier’s Nahodah, 114, Shuk; Cedar Farm’s Cedrus, 114, Batcheller, and Mrs. Augustus Riggs IV’s Grand Refrain, 116, Culmone; Christiana Stable's Ricci Tavi, 114, Nelson; Eugene Constantin, jr.,'s Roman Fan, no boy; Mrs. J. H. R. Thouron's Happy New Year, Westrope, and Elemendorf’s Bill's Sky Boy, 114, Valensuela. If the field remains intact, the race will gross $52,550 and the winner will earn. $39,650. The purse will be decreased $750 for each scratched horse. The richest previous Ricgrds was in 1964 when Full Flight picked up a $31,690 purse. Calumet Aims For Fourth Win In Oaks Today NEW YORK, June 8 (AP). Mrs. Gene Markey’s Calumet Farm will shoot a pair of prize 3-year-old fillies, Princess Turia and Beyond, against seven rivals today in the $50,000 added Coaching Club American Oaks at Balmont Park. Calumet has won three running races of the famous mile and three-eighths event, and the winner will join a list which is a virtual “Who’s Who” of filly champions dating back to 1917. Princess Turia has a chance to become the third Calumet miss to capture the triple crown for fillies the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs, the Black Eyed Susan at Pimlico, and the American Oaks. Wistful and Real Delight made the sweep for Calumet, while Twilight Tear also won the big Belmont race for the Kentucky establishment in 1914. Principal opposition to the Calumet pair appears to be Doubledogdare, who brought the 2-year-old filly championship to the Claiborne farm in 1955. Doubledogdare came within a nose of beating Princess Turia May 4 in the Kentucky Oaks, and gave her five pounds. All starters must carry 121 pounds today. Also entered were Mrs. Vernon Cardy’s Levee, Meyer Kaplan’s Noor’s Image, the King Ranch. Dotted Line, Sam E. Wilson, jr.’s Lady Swords, the Twin Oaks Stable’s Roman Princess and the Darby Dan Farm’s Killamey Bey. Eddie Arcaro will ride Beyond, > a daughter of Citation, and this < late closing filly is believed by < many to have a chance to defeat i her stablemate. Princess Turia’s i jockey is Henry Moreno, replac- 1 ing Willie Hartack, who was as- < signed to handle Calumet’s J Preakness winner, Fabius, in the i Leonard Richards Stakes today it Delaware Park. I Swaps-Porterhouse t Duel Renewed Today j INGLEWOOD, Calif., June 9 t (&).—Swaps and a wide-awake j Willie Shoemaker dual anew with , Porterhouse in the $50,000 Ar- , gonaut Handicap at Hollywood , Park today. Shoemaker and the 1955 Ken-, tucky Derby winner will be out to avenge the surprise head loss i to Porterhouse in the SIOO,OOO , Californian on May 26. That was the one in which i Swaps came bounding into the ( stretch three lengths to the good, - only to have Willie ease up too soon and Porterhouse charge up ‘ on the outside to win. The consternation of the mul-. titude which had bet Swaps down 1 to 1 to 3 drowned out the happy cries of the Porterhouse set, re- 1 warded to the tune of 13 to 1. i Shoemaker himself manfully i See RACING, Page A-13 1 MAJOR LEAGUE standings _ SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1956 AMERICAN Standings 11!< -| S „!? jg^ypi ° fa3ii i3i f J e jr B0t”n, 6; chiS 0- Now Totfc —I 2| S| 51 31 4j 6i 6| 31| M| .6SS| Ctaaniand 4|—l 1| 11 4|"6| 5| 5| 36| 10 ,565| 3% Datrn*"." w!” . O' «H I| »l 4| 4| 4| 21 19| .»37| 5. r 7 C D m 1 « nd ;»«»on 2| 2| 61—1 5] 4| 2| 4| *4] »! .522) 5% chirlso*» W n^tTn r * Dntwt 5| 4| 01 3H H»l»l23 13 .sdTffi ,»olt. 4| 2| 2| 2| 4f—| ~4| 4| 22| t6| .458| 1% \^ar. n »i «i «i <>i BhfwmwMsnm Vt B Aw ln '?"k Ko *' C *V 2 1 1! 2 I 4 I *1 II *l-1 16| Ml .3911 11% Cblcnio at Boston. Lost |lB ”0 19 22 23 26 30 28 j ] I NATIONAL jl|f J1 ft 1 Rasa its restarts? L -.. . f» » a J , . C-j wtu.. s: at. 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But the glow long since has vanished, for the trigger-tempered Cuban also is threatening to match his 12 losses of last year much sooner than suspected. Pascual has lost seven games, including his last six in a row. He hasn’t won since April 28, when he beat Baltimore for the second time. His earned run average is an inelegant 7.29 surpassed for inefficiency on the club only by Bob Wlesler. He was clobbered again last night, yielding four rapid runs to the Tigers before being chased in the first inning. Billy Hoeft took it from there, restricting the Senators to six hits as Detroit breezed to a 7-0 victory before 4,704 customers. Homer Production Drops That shutout, incidentally, was the third inflicted on the Senators in their last eight games. Homer-happy here early in the season and at one point trailing their foes in home run production by a 17-19 margin, the Senators since have belted only six homers here. Meanwhile, the opposition has whacked 19. It all adds to considerable gloom. Bucky Harris isn’t the type to gloat, but the Tigers’ manager must extract more than a weeny bit of satisfaction from his club’s performance over the past two years against the team that fired him. The record reads 22-5, with Detroit owning the big figure. And the next time the Senators beat the Tigers this year will be the first. They’ve played five, lost five with Detroit. Hoeft is living it up against the Senators, too. He has opposed them six times in the last two seasons, has six wins and has completed all games. Pascual, bashed for 15 homers this year, figured in setting a Griffith Stadium record. He walked Bill Tuttle to start last night’s drab affair and Wayne Belardi then lashed a homer over the right field fence. A1 Kaline followed with a blast over the new fence in left field. It was homer No. 61 here this year, surpassing the mark established in 1938. The Tigers pried another run from Camilo with one out when Ray Boone walked and Frank House and Frank Bolling delivered singles. That was enough for Pascual and Bunky Stewart and Tex Clevenger finished up adequately if unexcitingly. If third base had been designated home plate for the night, the Senators would have scored a run. They advanced one runner to that outpost in the second inning when Jim Lemon doubled with one out and shifted to third on Lyle Luttrell’s grounder, but Ed Fitzgerald stranded Jim with a grounder to Boone. Detroit boosted its lead to 5-0 in the fourth against Stewart when Bunky walked House with the bases loaded. They added two runs in the sixth after Belardi doubled. He moved to third when Luttrell gummed up Kaline’s grounder and scored when Charley Maxwell grounded out. Kaline took second on that play, stole third and scored after House filed to Carlos Paula in right. Hal Griggs will attempt to halt the Tigers tonight, with Steve Gromek due to pitch for Detroit. The clubs will clash in a doubleheader tomorrow starting at 1 o'clock. Althea Beats Brough MAN CHESTER, England, June 9 (Jf). —Althea Gibson came from behind to defeat reigning Wimbledon champion Louise Brough 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 today and win the women’s tingles championship of the northern England tennis tourney. SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1926 WYNN CHECKS YANKS IN AL Redlegs' Fans Getting Pennant Fever Early By the Associated Press The Cincinnati Redlegs added fuel to their fans' pennant fever with their fifth straight win over the Brooklyn Dodgers in Cincinnati last night, yet added only five slim percentage points to the Red lead in the tight National League race. But the 6-4 Redlegs victory kept intact their 1,000 record this season against the world champion Brooklynites—one of the two teams Manager Birdie Tebbetts says his team must beat. "We must play Brooklyn 500 ball the rest of the year," Tebbetts said. "We have 17 games left. If we split with them it means we will finish five games ahead of them for the year, since we have already taken the first five. The other team that Birdie thinks important in the pennant chase is Milwaukee, a team that Tebbetts' men have had trouble with this year. "We must play 500 ball the entire season with Milwaukee," the Redlegs pilot said. Wants a Patsy "Since we have only 15 games left, we must win nine of them, because of the seven played so far with Milwaukee, we have lost five." The Redlegs manager figures there's one other thing to find— A “patsy”—a team against which the Reds can have continued success. “If we do all of this, we’ve got a good chance of going all the way,” he said. “Tebbetts is playing “Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Moe” with his catchers and he can't lose. One homered to put his Redlegs in the lead and the other belted one last night to keep them there. It was Smoky Burgess who smacked one to beat Philadelphia and gain first place Thursday. And it was Ed Bailey who hammered a two-run shot in the victory over the Dodgers. The Redlegs needed the win. The Pittsburgh Pirates stayed right on their heels, beating St. Louis, 2-0, in 11 innings as Bob Friend became the first 10-game winner in the majors this season by outdueling Murry Dickson. The Cardinals gave up second Arlington Auto Racer killed at Greensboro GREENSBORO, N. C., June 9 (AP). —Harold R. (Dickie) Reynolds, 25, of Arlington, Va., was killed last night when his midget racing car crashed through the fence at the Fairgrounds track and overturned. Reynolds, a mechanic at Bob Nay’s Annandale (Va.) garage, was to have raced in the United Racing Club’s competition at Williams Grove, Pa., tomorrow, driving a car owned by Johnny Divers of Alexandria. He attended Washington-Lee High School, along with Wally Gore and Bill Wynkoop, currently top-point men of the Old Dominion Stock Car Club of Manassas. Reynolds, Wynkoop, Carl Anderson and other former W-L students originally competed in the roadster car racing at the old Hybla Valley (Va.) Speedway in 1949 when Ronnie Cash of. Alexandria, their friend, was fatally injured in a race. Reynolds continued racing roadsters through 1951 and alternately appeared in a car owned by Gus Frederick of Alexandria and Nay’s machine. During Army service in France, he suffered a fractured foot when run over by a truck and afterward walked with a slight limp. He became affiliated with TIGERS, 7; SENATORS, 0. Kiv-1 Him Zttrr.*::::: I} hj § j Paul* n 4 0 O a 0 0 Sieve™, lb 4 0 1110 1 BlSeVA:::::::::  In 7th. 2 Strukhout (or Cicvener In oth. Detroit 400 102 000—7 Washington. 000 000 000—0 RuhlfS; Fallne. Stolen base—Kaline. Sacrificed Or—House. Double play—Boone and Belardi. Lett on bases—Detroit, The Washington, 9. Bases on balls—Pascual. 2: Stewart, 3: Hoeft. 4: eleven car. 1. Struck out—Stewart. Koott. 7i Clev enter, *llll*—Oft Oascual. 4 In H Innutes: oS Stewart 7 In 9% innings: of Clevenger none In 2 Innings. Buns and carneo runs—OK Hoett, 0-0- oO Pascual. 4-4; o {"Stewart. 1-1: off Cleve ger. E o U°..n.«f-S5-gV. to the Bucs, but fell no farther than third in the tight NL race as the New York Giants trimmed 1 fourth-place Milwaukee, 7-2. It was the seventh loss in nine games for the Braves. In the American, Early Wynn's five-hitter checked New York, 9-0, as second-place Cleveland cut the Yankees' lead to 3½ games. Detroit battered Washington, 7-0, setting a home run record for Griffith Stadium, and Boston beat Chicago's White Sox, 5-3. Baltimore defeated Kansas City, 6-3. Friend Strikes Out Nine Friend spun his second shut out over the N.L.S. top hitting (for average) club with a six hitter that packed nine strike outs. He now has 20 consecutive scoreless innings against the Sea BASEBALL, Page A-13 UPHILL VICTORY Britons Upset U.S. Women In Cup Golf SANDWICH, England, June 9 (ff). Britain's golfing queens upset the strongly favored Americans today to win the Anglo-United States Curtis Cup competition for only the second time in nine tries. Trailing 1 to 2 in matches after yesterday's foursomes, the British captured four of today's six singles to win 5-4. Mrs. Roy Smith won the key match, defeating Curtis Cup veteran Polly Riley of Fort Worth, up 8, 36 holes. It pulled the British even at 4-4. A few minutes later, Angela Ward, playing on her home course, the wind-swept Prince's Course, completed a 4 and 3 victory over Mary Ann Downey, of Baltimore. The victory duplicated Britain's only previous triumph, 5. At Muirfield, Scotland, in 1952. The biennial competition began in 1932. The United States has won six times and the 1936 matches ended in a draw. Nasby's midget circuit last year when he drove a Ford owned by Francis Pyles. He made several money finishes in the midget racing with NASCAR at Old Dominion Speedway a year ago. Reynolds this year was racing the powerful Offenhauser car formerly handled by Chuck Arnold of Stamford, Conn., ‘MacNair’s national midget racing champion of two years ago, and was rated with the consistent money winners of that group. Reynolds was Eastern roadster champion in 1951. He started midget racing in 1953 after his discharge from the Army, and raced on tracks from New York to Daytona Beach, Fla. Reynolds’ wife, Chloe, his 6-month-old daughter Dianna Lynn and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry R. Reynolds, all lived at 2515 North Pershing Drive, Arlington. Other survivors are three sisters, Mrs. Goldie Appleton, Vienna, Va.; Mrs. Alice Hensley, Plumt Hill, Va.; Mrs. Mary Ann Davis, Kittery, Me., and a brother, Alfred H. Reynolds, Falls Church. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 am. Tuesday at Arlington Cemetery. ALL-STAR BALLOT Her? It the ballot for your use in voting for players for the All-Star Game July 10 at Griffith Stadium. You may vote as often as you please from now until the polls close midnight, June 23. Vote only for the eight positions indicated, as the opposing managers will select their pitching staffs. AMERICAN LEAGUE First base Second Base Third Base Sherlstap. Lefus rsßisrflsU <mm»mmmmmmmmmmmvmmmmm vMRWBMwlt mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mm Address... MAIL TO ALL-STAGE GAME, THE EVENING STAR, WASH. Floyd's Victory Over Jackson Has Costly Aftermath By MURRAY ROSE Associated Press Sports Writer NEW YORK, June 9 (AP). —A million-dollar heavyweight title production in September between flashy Floyd Patterson and Light Heavyweight Champion Archie Moore hinged today on a broken bone in Patterson's right hand. The fracture of the fourth metacarpal bone—the little bone back of the knuckle—may prevent the 21-year-old Brooklyn prodigy from swinging his precious mitts for a period of six weeks to three months. That could doom an outdoor extrava gang in Yankee Stadium. There was hope, however, that the healing time may be quicker. The bad news on the break struck like a delayed bomb. Nobody knew it until more than a half hour after the speedy pre-cision puncher had whipped Hurricane Tommy Jackson in a thrilling, no-clinch 12-rounder last night and virtually sewed up his lucrative shot with Moore. Used Both Hands The news was hard to believe until you saw the splint on the modest youngster’s right hand. For it was in the 12th round that Floyd touched off a final stick of dynamite in an effort to stop his almost indestructible opponent. And he used both hands in firing a rapid volley of punches that had the "Animal" from Far Rockaway wobbling and almost ready to fall. There was jubilation in Patterson’s dressing room and talk only of Moore in September when Floyd finally permitted commission. Physicians to examine his "hurt right wrist." He hadn't even mentioned that to newsmen. He said later he hurt it in the sixth round, but it didn't bother him much. Dr. Alexander Schiff discovered the break. He said he moved the bone back in position, then placed the fourth finger in a splint. “I hope it will stay in place,” said Dr. Schiff. “We will take X-rays at the commission offices Monday. A broken bone usually takes six to eight weeks to heal. Whether it would be a punching hand at that stage I don't know. In my opinion, it might not be a punching hand for three months. Patterson could do all of his other training, however.” D’Amato Optimistic Cus D’Amato, Patterson’s manager, was more optimistic. “The fight still could go on in September,” he said. “If it takes two months to heal, it still would leave Floyd plenty of time. He could do all of his training but the punching. There would be at least four to six weeks to box and that’s plenty.” Harry Markson, managing director of the International Boxing Club, didn’t even know of the injury until informed of it by the Associated Press. Before leaving Madison Square Garden, Markson had relayed word from IBC Chieftain Jim Morris that the club hoped to stage a Moore-Patterson fight in Yankee Stadium for the title, if the New York Athletic Commission and other boxing bodies would so authorize it for the championship. “This may alter our plans,” said Markson. “Everything will depend on the X-rays. We hoped to promote the fights in the week of September 17th or September 24th so we have a good period of time on our side.” Julius Helfand, after congratulating Patterson, said the commission “would give every consideration to a request for calling it a title fight.” 17th Straight Win Patterson proved himself a worthy contender for titular honors in scoring his 17th straight victory and 30th in 31 fights. He was awarded only a split decision but in the opinion of most of the 11,255 who paid $66,038 for the nationally telegraph fight and in the eyes of 29 of 30 boxing writers Floyd passed his big test with flying colors. Most of the ringside critics had Patterson far ahead. Judges Harold Barnes (8-4) and Bert Grant (7-5) voted for Patterson while Referee Harry Kessler cast a minority vote for the 24-year-old Jackson, 6-5-1. See FIGHT, Page A-13. 