"The Sports Corner”
Should Boxing Be Abolished ? ?
Out of his hard-won experience
in battling his way from the bot
tom to the top and his intimate,
life-long association with the sport,
the Manassa Mauler, now 68, says
No! But, in his article, “The Box
ing Mess—And What to Do About
It” in the October Reader’s Digest,
Jack Dempsey pulls no punches.
In noting “a depressing series
of deaths, scandals and investiga
tions of hoodlum control,” he thinks
it is “no wonder people say “Abol
ish boxing!”
But he insists that a great sport
that “puts the very highest pre
mium on physical fitness, courage
and manliness” can be saved, and
offers six rules that he feels would
do it:
1. “Protect the fighter with prop
er physical examinations ... a
thorough examination one week
before each fight, another the day
of the fight, and a brain test after
the fight if the boxer has taken
excessive punishment or been
knocked out.”
2. “Change the judging system.”
Jack protests against the “point
system" by which, when there is
no knockout, two judges and the
referee decide the outcome by
totaling points given each round.
“I have refereed hundreds of fights,
and the scoring of the judges has
often made me wonder whether we
had been watching the same con
test.” The referee, he thinks,
should decide who wins.
3. “Oust the hoodlums. . . . When
they are swept out,” he says, “there
will be a lot less talk about fixed
fights.”
4. “Make fighters earn their
chance at a championship.” Demp
sey is against the “automatic re
match,” thinks a challenger who
loses to the champ should go back
to the foot of the class and work
up again.
5. “Give fighters economic pro
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tection.” A.s an example of this
need, he cites Joe Louis who made
millions with his fists, yet “wound
up broke and owing Uncle Sam
more than a million dollars.” He
thinks fighters as well as ballplay
ers should have a pension program.
6. ‘‘Put boxing under national
regulation.” Jack thinks the rules
should be the same in 50 states —
and administered, along with ev
ery other aspect of the sport, by
a Federal boxing commissioner.
We are not likely to see a more
down-to-earth report on what’s
wrong or a more fascinating dis
cussion of what to do about it. But,
after all, what better authority or
more qualified advisor could any
publisher offer than “the greatest
fighter of them all”?
ICE WORM BOWLING
When the dust had settled it ap
peared that league standings hadn’t
changed as far as position. The top
four teams all split their games
two and two, while Dorothy’s girls
won four games from the Vitamin
Q’s, thus improving their standing.
Results after Wednesday night:
High team game—Notelco 704,
576, 559. High team series—Notelco
1839. Starlites 1519, Polaris 1516.
High individual game — Mary
Honsberger 194, Polly Eberle 186,
I. Schick 184. High individual scr
ies—I. Schick 493, Polly Eberly
487, Pauline Martinez 440.
SPORTS ODDITY
Embarrassed officials at Tokyo’s
International Sports Week found
out today — the last day of the
competition — that they had been
flying the wrong flag from Thai
land’s flag-pole. It turned out it
was the Costa Rican flag, which
has the same design as Thai
land’s, but reversed colors. Costa
Rica’s flag was taken down and
Thailand’s flag raised — belatedly.
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Nooks’ Season
Begins Dec. 5
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
NOME NANOOKS. 1963-64
The Nome Nanooks will under
take an ambitious 17-game sched
ule against other high schools in
Alaska when they journey to Eiel
son AFB High School Dec. 5th.
Eielson, the defending State
Champions, will be the first of
three rugged road tilts to kick orr
the 1963-64 basketball season.
The Nanooks will tangle v/h'
the powerful Lathrop High ScroV
“five" on Dec. 6 and 7. High-Ugh*
ing the home session will be th
return visit of Lathrop High on
Thursday and Friday, Dec. 12 a1
13. These five games will undoubt
ed; v provide the Nanooks with
their toughest two series for the
campaign. Other teams on the
local schedule are: Bethel, St.
Mary’s and Covenant High School
of Unalakleet. Eielson will be met
only one time, while the other four
schools will face the Nome quintet
four times during this season.
NOME HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE
Dec. 5—Eielson AFB. there, 8 p.m.
Dec. 6 and 7—Lathrop High, there,
8 p.m.
Doc. 12 and 13—Lathrop High,
here, 8 p.m.
Jan. 3 and 4—Bethel High, here,
8 p.m.
Jan. 10 and 11—Covenant H;gh,
there. 8 p.m.
Jan. 17 and 18—St. Mary's High,
here. 8 pan.
Feb 7 and 8—Covenant High. here.
8 p.m.
Feb. 14 and 15—Bethel High, there,
8 p.m.
Feb. 21 and 22—St. Mary's High,
there, 8 p.m.
The Nanooks will also take part
in the Nome City League this com
ing season. Present plans call for a
16-game slate in this league. The
local high school boys will play
each of the other four teams four
times during the season.
The City League is tentatively
set to open play on Nov. 19. This
will afford the Nanooks a chance
to iron out some of the rough spots
in their new system of play. New
Coach, Ray Tinjum, assisted by
Milt Johnson, will strive to play
a hustling, interesting style of
basketball this year.
Practice officially opens for the
high school on Nov. 1st, so there
will probably be several “ragged”
contests played before the NHS
“five” settles down and starts func
tioning smoothly. Interest seems
high as nearly 30 candidates have
indicated they will vie for the
starting spots. A squad of 10 will
be selected each week for traveling
to other schools. Tom Ellanna and
George Johnson have been selected
as managers.
Men who carry their wallets in
their inside coat pocket rarely
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and usually have few close friends.
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\ ogi Named
Yankee Manager
NEW YORK 13 — Shy, fun
loving, likeable Yogi B rra has
been named manager of the New
York Yankees.
The popular 38-year-old Yankee
great succeeds Ralph Houk, who
was promoted to general manager
Tuesday. Houk, in turn, replaces
Roy Hamev, who resigned because
j of ill health.
[ Since Houk’s promotion, there
had been widespread reports that j
Berra would be the new manager.
Those were confirmed yesterday.
Berra — a short, stumpy catch
er, outfielder and coach — has
spent his entire 17-year major
league career with the Yankees.
No other Yankee has played that
long.
In making the announcement,
Dan Topping, co-owner of the
Yankees, said Berra had been
signed last week and that the
contract was for one year at Yogi’s
request. Topping said Berra’s sal- j
ary would be less than he received
this year as a player-coach — re
portedly $45,000. Topping also said
Berra would no longer be an ac
tive player.
In his early years with the
Yankees, Berra was often the tar
get of jokes and ridicule. But no
one was more serious about base
ball and few made a keener study
or it. Despite his outward appear
ance of clumsiness and his diffi
culty in expressing himself at
times, Berra possesses an analy
tical mind with a seriousness and
devotion toward baseball that is
matched by few.
Raymond Douglas was installed
as acting postmaster at Koyuk on
September 30.
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>odger Pitcher Arrested
On Drunk Driving Charge
LOS ANGELES </P> — Dodger
i 'lchcr Johnny Podres, who was
c ut with exotic dancer Tania Dawn
in the wee small hours, was
charged in Los Angeles today with
drunken driving. After he was
booked and released, newsmen
complained that the man who drove
him away almost ran them down.
Police said Podres, the winning
pitcher in one of the 1963 Dodger
Yankee World Series games, was
observed weaving for several
blocks, making wrong turns and
driving on the wrong side of the
street. Officers said he flunked a
test that detects alcohol on the
breath.
After an hour at central jail,
he was released on $263 bond. A
man who identified himself as a
Dodger employe escorted him out.
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