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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-23
OHIO STATE

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Ioff and winging, but Ohio State
had other ideas.
|. Ohio State thus prolonged Its
mastery over the Badgers. The
Buckeyes now have taken the
measure Of Wisconsin In seven
LOT the last eight meetings. The
other game ended in q 6-6 tie,
Ivy Williamson, who took over
Wisconsin's coaching reins In
l049, still is looking for his first
victory over Ohio State.
Cassidy Gains 100
Cassidy led the Buckeye
ground attack with 100 yards In
II carries for an average OF So
yards per try. Jim Roseboro
Clipped in with 96 yards on is
carries and Ellwood 50 on "a
tries.
Hopalong threw one OF the
Buckeyes four passes and COM
pleted 1t for rs yards, TO Rose
boro in the fourth period I'd set
up the Buckeyes mail touch
down.
9 aissea sis'' ----,--s I'll 8 Tia s-sis
Ohio state scorine T0uehdOwns cas-
sadly rs, rum: Eilwoed q III, sneak,
run, /, sneak. Conversions: KRIS.
Cannayfno.
Wisconsin scoring--Touehdovn Lev
enhaeen a. runl: Thomas C.. piunEel
Ellwood tdovned bail In end rone1.
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West scored again shortly after
the start Of the third quarter
when he climaxed Q Wolfpack
drive from Villanova's % by
going over on a quarterback
sneak.
Villanova made q brief come
back midway in this third quar-
ter when Al Ciarrochi Travelled
IL yards for the Wildcats second
and last touchdown Of the day.
But N. G. State was not through
|D'Angelo recovered hammers
tumble on Villanova's II soou
after the start Of the fourth
quarter, and. after Christy
pushed the ball into scoring posi-
ton, West finally crashed over
on a quarterback sneak from the
one.
y EGEth Carolina state 1sszsa-s'4s
North Carolina state Touch,
Nardone al. runback Of blocked punt
Collar t25. pass from West, West 2 Il
plunge; 4. plungel. Conversions: Ba-
mentl. pAngeio (plaeementl.
Eonis tplacements). Christy (place-
yilianoya -Touchdovns. Nc.
e D Dianse5 on cons amisas! s Sias
-
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MICHIGAN
Continued from Page CT


its winning score early in the
second half. Van Pelt lobbing to
IMaentz in the end zone after
Minnesota stIffened on the nine
The victory was Michigan's
NTH in a row and gave it con-
tinued possession Of the famed
Little Brown jug.
Stung by Minnesota's two
quick touchdowns, Michigan re-
Isponded in the second quarter
with a drive that carried to the
Minnesota six. But the VOL
verines wound up on the is foul
plays later and needed the pass
ing Of Van Pelt and Barr to gel
them back on the track later In
the period.
Michigan's payof touchdown
march was product Of ceaseless
hammering at the center of the
Gopher line by Barr, Lou Bal
dacci and Tony Branoff. When
Minnesota braced, Van Pelt tool
Ia handod from Baldacci on the
spin series and found Maentz al
alone with q pass In the Gopher
end zone.
Michigan three times moved
for a comforting touchdown late
in the game. but fumbles and the
obstinate Minnesota defense kept
the Gophers in the game to the
finish.
Michigan -------t o. y n oil
Minnesota, --...-----I3 o o 0-ls
Michigan scoring: Touchdovns- Bar
o.. rum. Maentz 40. pass from Var
PETIT. conyersions--Branon. Van Pelt.
s.s Mirneseta scsTirE ;Teuehdpvns
lyersion--Falls.
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ming and the passing and quar-
terbacking Of George Shaw have
been two Of the most important
factors in putting the Colts in q
flrst-place tie with the Los
Angeles Rams for the Western
division lead with 81 records.
This pair win spearhead the
offense against q rugged Red
skins defense that has been
chiefly responsible for the clubs
% record. Baltimore's rabid
fans may inspire their favorites
to Guido themselves, but with
several regulars missing from
the Colts defensive line the Red
skins are expected to be slight
favorites at the kickoff.
The Colts scored three touch
downs in q wild fourth period to
gain q 1928 tie with the Red
skins In Q preseason game, and
in their first three league tests
surprised by knocking of the
Bears, Detroit Lions and Green
Bay Packers In that order. The
Bears handed them their first
setback last week. 1910. in the
return engagement.
Still working feverishly to
build a winner, the Redskins
shook up the squad again last
week, releasing End Billy Cox
and sending Fullback Rob Goode
to the Philadelphia Eagles on
waivers. In their stead they re-
signed Halfback Jim Monachino
who went through the training
campaign with the squad, but
who was dropped a week before
the season opened, and also &C.
CURED Roy Barni, a defensive
back, from the Eagles on waivers
Both will see action today.
The changes followed success
sive defeats by the Chicago
Cardinals and Cleveland Browns
after the Washington eleven hat
surprised by defeating thu
Browns for the first time In his.
tory, and upsetting the Eagles
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NUmbhnuG0 IEOm rage C-A
now has been beaten twice and Is
out Of contention.
Michigan State scored its first
touchdown with three plays that
covered IS yards the first time
the Spartans got the ball. Jerry
Planutis plunged for 5, Morrall's
30-yard pass put the ball on the
Illinois 20, and Walt Kowalczyk
rode over left end on the next
play to score.
Illinois second-period touch
down that temporarily tied the
score was made on @ sustained
march from its 50, with Jeffer-
sons 19-yard squirt through Gen.
ter the longest run. EN- Lindbeck
scored on an end sweep from the
S.
Michigan State was favored
over Illinois by two touchdowns,
despite the fact that Clarence
Peaks, the Spartan's star half
back, was on the bench with in
juries. He got in the game for
one play. q trick pass out of q
fake quick-kick formation, that
was good for 5 yards.
During the first half. the big,
fast Illinois backfield repeatedly
punched the Spartan line, but
State frightened Its defenses in
the second half and got its high
powered, multiple offense going.
The victory for State followed
its brilliant Alt victory over
Notre Dame last week, and
strengthened the Spartans' No.
6 ranking. :
M iaitSiS stats -- --- 3 IL Id
Illinois scoring Lind
beck %, rum. Conversion: Miller.
MichieAn state Scoring+-Touchdovn
Kowalczyk GO. rum: Kaiser $50. pass
run from Morrall1: Jewett 1913. pass
from MorralD. Conversions: Pianutis 8
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STATISTICS

periods of a dull game, but sud-
denly jelled in the closing period.
Arnett, q whirling dervish on
the tackles. ripped through for
his three touchdowns on two
blasts of 6 yards each and an
other Of 4. Gordy Duvall
slammed So yards. also OF
tackle. for a fourth Trojan
touchdown and Jimmy Con-
tratto passed 10 yards to huge
Leon Clarke for the fifth. Ellis
Kissinger kicked the conversions
after the final three scores, tax
ing over for Arnett, who missed
on the first two.
California broke into the scor-
ing in the hectic fourth quarter.
Jim Carmichael taking q l5-yard
pass from Hugh Mcguire after
the sturdy quarterback had In
'tercepted a Trojan pass.
The final explosion by the
10th-ranked Trojans surprised
the crowd Of 81. 900 after the dull
first three periods.
The Trojans drove 10 yards In
| IL plays for the first of the final
trio Of touchdowns after Cali
fornia stalled on the use "a.
Arnett and Duvall were the big
guns in the drive. the slashing
halfback getting the score on q
rip OF left tackle.
CALIFORNIA; lone score came
moments later. Mcguire picked
Ioff Ernie Zampese's pass on his
own 81 and sped down the side
lines to the Trojan 26. Three
plays later he pegged to Carmi-
Ichael, who made q stretching
catch while crossing the goal
line. Carlos Fackrell's conversion
try was wide.
The first play after the return
kickoff put the Trojans on the
Iscoreboard again, Duvall going
through the line so fast he was
in the clear In seconds. He went
So yards untouched.
Is sSHIsSsTn California 8 g g 2sa-ss
Southern California scoring Touch
downs: Arnett 8 t6, run: 4, run: o
rum; Clarke (10, pass from Contratto):
Duysn tbs' rum. Conversions: Kissin.
California scoring-Touchdown Car.
michael (lb, pass from MaKuirel
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STATISTICS

mage play Washington Tackle
Fred Robinson Jared John Bro
die loose from the bah and Ed
Sheron recovered for the Huskies
on the Stanford 10.
Hard-hitting Cpedell Green
slammed to the Stanford 3 in
! four plays and Haifback Mike
Monroe angled into the corner
to put Washington in front.
Stanford came boiling back
to march 70 yards to the WASH
iington 5. Washington took over
at the Q but flubbed the pitch
out on the first play and STAN
ford's Joe Long recovered on
the 10. Fullback Bill Tarr
slammed through the middle to
tally on Stanford's first play.
SsHt s ~. --.------- g g -
Stanford scoring-Tonchdown: Tari
ito, rum. Conversion: Raftery.
Washington scoring ~. Touchdown.
Monroe "a. run). Conversion: Derby.
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MICHIGAN STATE Il.
ILLINOIS ------ J.
Hoosiiers Beat
Northwestern
On Late Score

EVANSTON. H.. Oct. 20 Or
Indiana dropped winiess North
western into the Big Ten cellar
today behind the power running
Of Fullback John Bartkiewicz
and the passing Of Gene Cichow-
ski for q 20-14 victory.
The Hoosiers, in command
most of the game. had to come
from behind with a 69-yard
touchdown march in the fourth
quarter to nail down the victory
and crush the hopes Of 29,T00
Northwestern Homecoming fans.
\ Bartkiewicz scored the final
touchdown on o fourth down
one-yard sweep after it seemed
as If Northwestern would whip
the Hoosiers.
\ Trailing 1871 at the half,
Northwestern put on a 62-yard
march which started late in the
third period and ended early In
the finale with sub Quarterback
Jack Ellis, tossing q 9-yard scor-
ing pass to End Stan Dwyer.
John Eldridge converted putting
the Wildcats ahead 14-13.
Cichowski paced the HOLSTERS
TO a halftime margin with pre-
else passing. He highlighted In
diana's FIRST touchdown with a
pair Of aeriais good for % yards
and then plunged the final 3
himself.
Northwestern came back for q
7-6 lead IN the second quarter
but Cichowski took over and
passed Indiana to another touch
down and its halftime advantage.
j E.I,S1....rn ( 9 g 80
Indiana scnring--Touchdoyns Cichow-
ski q, plunge1; Bomba t33. pass from
Chichowski1; Bartkiewicz Il, end sweep.
Conversions: Hail 2.
Northwestern scoring - Touehdowns;
Foster q. plunsel;, Dwyer ~, pass
from Ellisl. Conversions: Eldridge 2.
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.Irojans WalIop
Bears, 1876, on
Late 0utburst
THE SUNDAY STAR c
washington, D. c. s''
SUNDAY 0CTOBER %. 1858

BERKELEY, Calf, Oct. 20
tR. Southern California. with
Jon Arnett setting the scoring
pace, exploded for three last
quarter touchdowns today to
trounce the California Bears,
1876. in q Pacific Coast Con-
ference game.
The Trojans' Wanted offense
sputtered through the first three
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Stanford Drops
Washington by.
Gaining III Tie

SEATTLE, Oct. 20 (P.-Stan-
ford's Indians today tied WASH
ington. TT, to knock the Huskies
out Of their co-ownership Of first
place In the Pacific Coast Con-
ference.
Stanford received the opening
kickoff, but on the second scrim-
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$4,000 to See Redskins
Clash With Colts Today

in their first two league games.
The Redskins viii be near
full strength today. with End
Johnny Carson expected to play
after missing most Of last weeks
game because Of injured tendon
in HIS foot. Halfback Leo Elter's
fractured wrist is supposed to be
sound again, but he'll be used
only sparingly If at all.
Eddie LeBaron. who had a
good day against Baltimore In
the exhibition, is expected to
start at quarterback for the Red
skins, with Rookie Ralph Gu
Iglielmi in reserve. The Colts are
reported to be laying" for the
Little Professor" but LeBaron
has Q way Of coming through
when the going is toughest, II he
gets the support Of his team
mates. ---ATCEIISON.
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Williams Upsets Tufts

MEDFORD. Mass, Oct. %
pa rapidly improving viii
liams College football team
stunned favored Tufts, 22-l2.
today.
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Kuzmuier Still TOPS

Dick Kazmaier, Princeton All
American halfback Of 1851, is
the most accurate passer In Ivy
League history. He completed
l72 Of 2s9 passes. IS going for
Itouchdowns.
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NOTRE DAVE
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IL first downs to Purdue's 6 in
the half, outgained Purdue 214
yards to 100 and yet stood TT
on the scoreboard.
Notre Dame marched to its
first quarter touchdown after
Hornung grabbed Bill Murakow-
skis tumble on the Notre Dame
40. Fullback Jim Morse ripped
of % yards and Studer sprinted
10 to set UP Schaefer's 2-yard
plunge.
Quarterback Len Dawson
passed Is yards to End Leonard
lynda for Purdue's single touch
down in the second quarter.
Dawson also converted the ex-
ira point.
Ends Bob Scannell and Dick
Prendergast changed the picture
In the third quarter when Scan
nell hit Dawson so hard he
dropped the ball and Prender-
CAST fell on it at the Purdue
26. Studer plunger over four
plays later.
Lewis Scores
Morse intercepted another
Dawson toss and ran 1t back
TO the Purdue AZ. Lewis skirted
right end on a 9-yard touchdown
run nine plays later.
Notre Danes rushing Of Daw-
son set up a safety late in the
period. The Boilermakers found
themselves with a fourth down
SO yards to 60 on their IL. The
pass from center sailed over
Dawson's head into the end zone.
Notre Dame, gaining only eight
yards on Hornung's one COM
pleted pass, surged 325 yards on
the ground to Purdue's rs during
the game. Dawson completed IL
Of 81 passes for 104 yards. Hor-
nung threw only five passes all
afternoon.
s sStSs. Dame -7 8iS $a22
Notrs Dame scoring - Touchdowns:
echaefer q, plungel: studer q. plunge)
Lewis %, end run, Safety: dad center
pass into end sone). Conversions: schae-
Purdue scoring - Touchdown; ZyEda
13. pass from Davson). Conversion:
Dawson.
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Continued from Page c.

yard touchdown run against the
Chicago Bears In the opening
game Of the season. His run
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OTHER GAMES
TODAY

Pittsburgh at New York.
Detroit At Los Angeles.
Chicago at San Francisco.
Green Bay at Cleveland.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-23

Michisen State -S o IA Oil
Illinois scoring Touchdown: LIND.
beck %, rum. Conversion: Miller.
Michigan state scortng+-Touchdown
Kowalczyk go. rum: Kaiser $50. pass.
run from MORALLY; Jewett (23. pas
from MorralD. Conversions: PiAnutis 3
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Notre Dame scoring - Touchdowns:
schsefs55 e: Plunse'; sttudsr e: piunssl;
pass into end zcne). Conversions: schae-
Purdue scoring - Touchdown: zysds
n3. pass from pawson). Conversion:
Dawson.
Evening star., 1955-05-24

family also are expected in a
crowd of about 100000.
Two American owned colts
Solarium and Bryn-are ex-
pected to be in the field,
with the winner due to receive
$52,645.
Solarium, a 33-to-1 chance.
races for 22-year-old Gerry AL
bertini. the youngest owner in
the race.
Bryn, a 50-to-1 shot, is owned
by Ralph B. Strassburger, Nor
ristown. Pa. publisher, who now
lives in Paris.
Our Babu, winner of the
classic Two Thousand Guineas
last month, is second choice at
8-to-1. Other odds include Hugh
Lupus 81 to 2, True Cavalier
100 to 8, Hafiz II 100 to 8, Dae-
mon lS to l and Tippecanoe 20
to l.. The final betting callover
Will be tonight.
Latest information indicates
that about Is of the long list
OF 3-year-olds originally nomi-
mated will go to the post. Last
year Never Say Die, a Kentucky
pred 33-to-l shot. won the Derby
Tor Robert Sterling Clark of New
YORK and Upperville, Va.
Evening star., 1955-05-24

ting contest, 6-5. with big Norm
Zauchin, a rookie, taking per-
sonal honors on three long blasts
over the leftfield wall.
Williams, plagued by aches
and pains and hand blisters de
veloped in heavy workouts since
he signed his 1855 contract May
13, received another tremen-
dous ovation from the crowd
when he took his position in
front of the chummy leftfield
wall at Fenway Park for the
start of the game.
Pops Up 80 Pitch
On his first trip to bat in the
first inning, William took three
straight outside pitches for balls
from Highlander Paul Giel. the
Giants $4,000 bonus hurler
from the University of Mime
sofa. He swung on the 80 pitch
and flied high to deep short.
In the field Williams grabbed
three soft fly balls for putouts.
Manager Leo Durocher of the
Giants said before the game
that he thinks the return of
Williams will do the same for
the Red Sox as the return of
Willie Mays did for the Giants. "
The Giants finished fifth. IS
games behind Brooklyn, in 1858
when Mays was in the Army.
Mays returned last year and the
Giants won the pennant and
then went on to defeat the In
dians in the World Series.
MILWAUKEE,, May "a (P.-
The Braves and White Sox battled
to a TT tie in an exhibition
game which was called in the
bottom of the 10th inning here
last night.
The biggest blows were struck
by Bobby Thomson, whose two
run pinch homer put Milwaukee
4-3. in the fourth, and
by Pitcher Mike Fornieles, whose
three-run triple capped the
Sox' four-run rally that
tied the game in the eighth.
Evening star., 1955-05-24
Cooper Battles
Smith Tonighta al
Turner 'sArena

The Smith-C Cooper fight series
will be renewed tonight at Tur-
ner's Arena, only this time it
will be Harold Smith. young
brother of Gene Smith. taking
on Jimmy Cooper.
Gene Smith and Cooper had
a series of good fights a few
years back. and now the younger
member of the Smith family
will get in his licks.
Harold is seeking to emulate
his older brother, and thus far
has won IL straight fights. That
still is somewhat less than the
81 Gene won at the start of his
career.
Tonight's featherweight fight
is a 10-rounder, or less. head
ing a program of six bouts OPEN
ing at 8::45 pm.
The Cooper-Smith series came
in 1851 and so when they traded
the District featherweight cham
pionship back and forth. Gene
stopped Cooper in six rounds in
1851, but in 50 Cooper returned
the compliment, also in six
rounds. A month after that
however. Gene was back on top
with another six-round knockout
The semifinal tonight is a six
rounder between Welterweights
Sonny Boy Williams and Archie
Monres. Four-rounderS are
Warrenel Lester against Ray
Tucker. heavyweights: Tommy
Curtis against Paulie Nichols,
feathers; Jack Russell against
Benny Deaton, middleweights,
and Paddy Bullock against Tony
Gallagher, lightweights.
Evening star., 1955-05-24
Schedule Gives
Bombers Break:
Trade Indicated
BY BURTON HAWKINS
Star Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, May 24.-The
next 10 days represent a stretch
in which the front-running
Yankees could apply the whip
to their pennant aspirations.
Starting tonight, when they
clash with the Senators in the
opener of a four game series,
the Yankees hope to spur in the.
soft going against second-divi-
sion clubs.
Six of the Yankees II games
in that period Will Of against
the Senators With three each
against the ever less fortunate
Orioles and Athletes. From
New York's standpoint, it's
dreamy scheduling particularly
since a pair of their close pur-
suers, Chicago and Cleveland.
will be stacked against each
other in five of their next eight
games.
And if that immediate outlook
isn't enough to iron the burrows
from Manager Casey Stengel's
brow, there are indications the
Senators are about to provide
help from another angie. BY
dispatchina Pinch-hlUter Jesse
Levan to Charlotte. the Sem
ators presumably are clearing
the decks for an influx of
players by means OF a trade.
Could be a deal upcoming with
the Yankees or Red Sox. or both.
Set for Package Deal
The Senators already have
trimmed to IS players, including
Outf1elder Ernie Oravetz and
Pitcher Ted Abernathy, who
don't count against the 25-
player limit because they're re-
turned servicemen. Whiting
other performers from the roster
would represent no problem, but
it probably is significant that
the club already is in a position
to negotiate a package deal.
Here in an attempt to reach
agreement on a trade with the
Yankees is Calvin Griffith, vice
president of the Senators. who
says he'll confer today with
George Weiss. general manager
of the Yankees. Calvin is slated
See SENATOR'S, Page ca
Evening star., 1955-05-24
Bookies Agree With Fans
As English Derby Neors

LONDON, May "a (P.-The
English Derby will be run for
the 176th time at EPSON Downs
tomorrow and the favorite, both
actual and sentimental, is Acrop-
oils. owned by 93-year -old Alice
Lady Derby, whose family gave
the turf classic it's name way
back in 1880. .t ....
The small-time "punters" al
ways back a sentimental choice.
Usually it's horse owned by a
member of the royal family.
Last year it was Queen Eliza
beth's Landau. The year before
the Queens Aureole attracted
the small bets. Neither won the
mile and one-half race on which
an Irish sweepstakes Is based.
This year in Acropolis. good
looking chestnut colt, they not
only have a colt racing in the
silks of a popular member of
royalty, but also one that has
been made the 10-to-3 choice
by the bookmakers. And the
bookies are men who never allow
sentiment to overrule their
strong business instinct.
Lady Alice is the grandmother
of the present earl and widow of
the 17th Lord Derby. horse own
er and breeder, who died in 1948.
Lady Alice has asked me to
tell you that the horse is we'll, :"
Lord Derby told a gathering of
newsmen at Derby luncheon
Monday. "All things being
equal. ! think Acropolis has a
great chance of winning. ! hope
my grandmother may be per-
suaded to bring her horse in
after winning Wednesday,"
''If this is to be the last Derby
shall see, l want to win it,"
the stately old lady said. She
not only hopes to win but also
plans to be in the stands to see
the triumph. Queen Elizabeth
and other members of the royal
Evening star., 1955-05-24
Yanks Hope to Romp
At Griffs Expense
Gordon Deal Strengthens
Giants Bench for Drive

games last year and banged IL
homers, might provide some of
the near-miraculous pinch-f1it-
ting the Giants parlayed into a
pennant last year. Leo Durocher
hasn't been able to come up
with many story-book finishes so
far this season.
While building up the Giants
bench. the deal also helps the
Pirates financially. They are re-
lieved of Gordon's estimated
$28, 900 contract.
Kuzava. the 32-year-old past
hero of Yankee World Series
victories, has an OIL record in
relief this season. He was 2-6
for the Yanks and Baltimore last
season. "a
His departure made room for
Bonus Pitcher Johnny Swango
on the Orioles roster. The Phils,
in turn. released Pitcher Lynn
Lovenguth outright to Syracuse.
Evening star., 1955-05-24
BY the Associated Press

The Giants, trying to build up
their bench in a bid to close in
on the Dodgers. have laid out a
reported $4,000 to reclaim vet
eran Sid Gordon from Pitts
burgh.
Gordon's return to New York
after five years absence was
Evening star., 1955-05-24
.Sadd|er, Lopes
.|nNon-Tit|eboui

SACRAMENTO, Calf, May "a
(P.-Joey Lopes, the local boy
from across the river. gets a
non-title crack at Sandy Sad
dler, the durable king of the
featherweights, in a po-tele-
vised 10-round bout tonight.
Saddler is more to Lopes'
liking than Carmelo Costa, who
decisioned Joey in New York
two months ago. That's because
the champion is come-in
fighter with style that Lopes
prefers
But Saddler is a solid favorite
to defeat the young challenger,
who is the 10th-ranked light
weight contender. If he can
floor Lopes for the count, it will
be his Tooth Knockout in 156
fights.
Saddler is expected to weigh
131 and Lopes about 1873.