Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-28
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAW BY FRANCIS sTANN
OF This and That

NEW YORK, JULY 27.-There is little betting
Floyd Hurricane Jackson heavyweight title fight
that those Stool odds favorng Patterson are more or less
token figures Insiders that less money will ride on
the outcome (becase nobody thinks Jackson can fight
than on any championship bout in heavyweight history
There is big trouble the Giants ball club apparently
what with Willie Mays refusing speak to Manager Bill
Rgney who wants to change Say Heys batting stance
Rigney himself lampooning his hess athletes and even
Johnny Antonell making with the acid quip.
When Rigney asked his 18-year- old bonus rookie Mike
Mccormick, II he wanted to start this week. the
younger nodded assent Whereupon Rgney loudly spoke
up in the dressing cali right but you'd better pitch
shutout That's what it will take to win the way these
guys are hltng Antonel earlier had sad Every game
pressure when you pitch for the Giants" Then
Johnny went out and got licked by the Cubs 2-1.
When 10 Of the Nations leading jockeys were asked by
national magazine to the greatest horse each
had ever ridden, there nine different replies Willie
Shoemaker and Dave Erb settled for Swaps the others
voting this way Ted Atkinson tom FooD Eddie Arcaro
(Citanon, Johnny Longden Count Fleet Willie Hartack
Rardstown, Eric Guerin Native Dancer, Hedley Wood
house Three Rings Bill Boland Iddleground and Conn
sMcCreary Devils Thumb
=. WHEN COOKIE EAvAGETTo succeeded Chuck Dresser
as manager of the Senators he gave his players carte
blanche to hit and Do it your owrfash the sign
when feel there's chance Of pulling of" Cookie
told his troops Lavageto sadly says up to now not one
player has taken it himself to give the sign only
time anybody tries the hitand-run is when order
Ally Vanderblts ceverneSs at naming his race horses
apty well known now Liz Whitney Lunn getting
cute colt by Shut Out has been christened Don Larsen
after the Yankees perfectgame pitcher Some years ago
another Shut Out colt was named One Hitter Pretty good
horse, too.
Whatever became of the United States supremacy in
boxing? According to the National Boxing Associations
latest list of the 10 leading chalengers in each weight
division total Of 80 fighters, only SO Americans and
the other A foreign United States pugs fare best in
the mddeweigh class mine of 10y and in the heavy and
welter divisions (eght of 10 in each Unsurpsng is that
all 20 of the bantam and yweghts are foreigners but
revelation that only three Americans among the top
10 light-heavies.
JULIO MEDERoS OF CUBA who took such savage
beating from Alex Mtef of Argentina at Capitol Arena
last night, blamed his defeat big blond Spanish
speaking cop and the District Boxing Commission At the
Weigh-in the policeman looking like Superman with his
gun and crash helmet served interpreter and translated
the rules to both Mederos and Mite with such forceul-
ness that Julio claimed he SHOOK" They said If
didn't make good fight they would take my money and
put me in JAIL Mederos quoted his dressing room
And although the Boxing Commission wanted to hospital
ze him for observation, MederoS would have of it.
I just want to get out of town." Julio insisted Because
of the unfavorable publicity before the fight angster
frankie CARLOS linked with it, squad of police
men were at rgsde and their presence further shook
him. Mederos claimed
An oddity in connection with the torrd National
League race is that the five Of the conending
clubs-Milwaukee Brooklyn, Cincinnati ST. Louis and
Philadelphia-played only total of Is games the MI
Fred Haney OF the Braves in IA games and Aston
Fred Hutchinson of the Cards and Mayo Smith of the
Phies did all their playing in the American League
One OF the dubious attractions in connection with the
Patterson-Jackson fight Monday the Polo Grounds will
6e the temperance after nine years. of Harry Baogh
may the better participant emerge Victorious as ring
announcer The old master Of the cche quit Just before
Jim Norris and the IBC took from Mike Jacobs Baogh
returns because he is buddy Of Lence the dress
maker who is promoting the fight.
COL. HARVEY MILLER WRITES: Whatever became
OF minor league first baseman named Wimpy Quinn?
During World War II in Honolulu had charge of athletics
Tor Marine garrison troops There some fine baseball
played in Hawaii. One Of the USING teams was managed
by Dan Topping another by Bob Crosby Very few minor
eaguers made those service teams the end of one
season the players voted the outstanding performer of
the entire league Passed up such as Musia Rowe
and Pesky and Overwhelmingly honored was QUINN all
class and another Joe Judge for He belonged Los
Angeles but was to go to the Cubs Where did he go?"
Tom Meany whose baseball books are so widely read
is revamping his "Artful Dodgers" for A. S. Barnes in
anticipation OF Brooklyns to Los Angeles Two ma
tonal magazines are readying prohles OF Ray Harris
heavyweight from Cut and Shoot, Tex who has jumped
TO No in the world ratings They bound to mention
that for pet Harris keeps live ninefoot alligator in his
back yard.