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Evening star., 1960-09-18
VMI Defeats
Indians With
Lute Spurt

WILLIAMSBURG. va, Sept.
II (AP).-Quarterback Howard
Dyer scored twice and passed
for a third touchdown today
as Virginia Military Institutes
Southern Conference football
champions launched their 1860
season with a 1921 victory over
William g. Mary.
Not until the final quarter,
when Dyer broke a 21-2l tie
with a one-yard touchdown
plunge and then wrapped up
the triumph with a 12-yard six
point pass to End Dick Willard,
were the heavily favored Key
detS sure. of winning.
In a wild first half in which
the lead changed hands three
times and the score was tied
twice, both teams showed long
range scoring punch. After the
intermisSion it was a rugged
defensive struggle until the last
nine minutes when the Keydets
finally got their express train
offense back on the rails.
VMI O21 l2-33
WILLIAM d MARY Z IL o 81
W&M-stoy. 10. run barton, kick
VMl-Jones, 4. run Mitchell, kick
XMI--Dyer, I. plunge Kiek failed
W&M-Porach. IS, run with tumble
Barton, kick.
vMi-Kern. 4 plunge Kern, pass
w&M-Porsch, 10, pass from stoy
vMi-Dyer. i. plunge CKick failed
VMf-wiiiard, r.. pass from Dyer
pass failed.
Evening star., 1960-09-18

TACOMA, Wash, Sept. II
(AP).-Paul Harney. a 3l-year-
old professional from Worcester,
Mass, who has yet to win q
golf tournament this year, shot
a 5-under-par 66 for a 54-hole
total 203 to take a 1-stroke lead
at the three-quarter mark of
the $25,000 Tacoma Open to-
day.
Tied for the runner-up spot
at 204 are Ernie VosSler Of
Midland, Tex, who fired a Sc
today, and 26-year-old Dave
Mari of Houston, whose third
round So dropped him out Of
the flve-way tie for first place
he shared when play began
today.
Long-hitting George Bayer
from Gleneagles, ILL.,, clipped
flve strokes from par for a 80
on the incoming nine to shoot
q IS, the days best card. He
climbed into a three way tie
for fourth with Bob Duden Of
Portland, Greg, and Lionel
Hebert Of Lafayette, La. who
had rounds of SO and SO,
respectively. for their 205s.
Bill Casper of Apple Valley,
Calf. and Fred Hawkins of
El PaSo, Tex. stroked SO and
are in a tie for seventh at
206. Defending champion Dow
Finsterwald Of Tequesta, Fla,
shot 66 for a 207 and a ninth
place deadlock with Bob Goalby
of Crystal River, Fla, who had
a 81.
Harney will pocket an extra
SIS. 900 If he can remain in front
of the pack through tomorrow's
final round since he is one Of
four previous winners of this
tourney bidding for repeat
victories.
FinSterwald, with two pre-
vious triumphS to his credit,
could profit even more hand
Evening star., 1960-09-18
NAVY -----22
BOS. COLL 7
2 Long Punt Returns
HeIpArmy Rout Buffalo

WEST POINT, N. Y. Sept
II (AP).-Army crushed Buff
falo, 37-0, today with a five-
touchdown attack that includ-
ed a 75-yard punt return by
Sophomore Dick Eckert and a
similar 7l-yard romr by Half
back Glen Adams.
Two other Army scores were
nullif1ed by holding penalties,
In the earliest season opener
in Cadet history. Army got up
steam after a slow start. The
crowd of 1880 included many
who Travelled from Buffalo,
hoping for an upset by the
Bulls.
Bob Fuellhart, Army's new
lonely end, joined his mates in
the huddles in a departure
from the previous system but
he lined UP wide when play
started.
Eckert showed fine speed anc
-canny running ability in ,his
75-yard jaunt on a punt return
in the first period. Adams
moved from second-string quar-
terback to right half because
of Roger ZailskaS' injury
.rambled II yards with another
punt return in the third
period.
Coach Dale Halls team also
Evening star., 1960-09-18
STATISTICS

ing pass to Halfback Tommy
Mason, completing a march OF
70 yards in IL plays. Howard
Kisner kicked the extra point
California, which scored on
a 33-yard field goal by Jim
Ferguson in the first quarter
gained a first down at the Tu-
lane / early in the fourth.
But California lost a half
yard and in four trys Tulane
took over. Minutes later the
Bears got to the Tulane 7 on
second down but again the de-
tenders held.
Poor punts by Ted Miller
gave California both of its
scoring chances.
The first went out of bounds
at the Tulane 36. The Bears
earned a first down and moved
to the 81. Quarterback Randy
Gold threw an incomplete pass
into the end zone but Nugent
was charged with pushing the
receiver and the Bears had q
first down at the /.
Tulane then staged a great
defensive stand. Mason slammed
Jerry Slattini for a 2-yard loss
A Tulane offside moved the ball
a yard and a half irons the
goal. Dave Michiels, 2l3-pouno
guard. stopped 205-pound Bill
Patton for no gain. Gold, with
an apparently clear field in
front of him, threw an incom-
plete pass and on the fourth
down Joe LIE Sage and Ed
Reynolds held George Pierovich
inside the Q.
| TULANE ------- o 7 q. o.
CALIFORNIA ------- 2 q o o.
California-Field goal, Ferguson 80.
Tulane-Mason 8, pass from Nugen
/ Usner. kick.
Evening star., 1960-09-18
'Bono ops Georgia,
2l-6, in TV Feature

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept
II (AP).-Alabama's Crimson
Tide uncorked q startling Of
fense, succeeded in bunting
Georgia's vaunted passing at
tack and smothered the Bull
dogs, '2l-6, before a national
television audience today.
Billy Richardson, a 168-
pound junior fullback, was the
big gun in an Alabama attack
that piled up more points than
a Crimson Tide team has scored
since beating Furman, 29-6, in
1858.
In the first half alone. when
'Bama poured it on for a 2l-O
lead at intermission, Richard
son gained Sc yards single
handed-two more yards thar
the entire Georgia team made
on the ground.
But Richardson wasn't the
only factor in Alabama's daz-
zling offenSe in the first half
The running of Tommy White
the passing and running Of
Quarterback Bobby Shelton anc
the running of Quarterback Pal
Trammell all played a major
role in humping the defend
ling Southeastern Conference
champion Bulldogs.
For Alabama, the victory
showed the greatest margin ir
Southeastern Conference play
since a 27-0 triumph over Ten
nessee in 1854.
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Touchdown Club
To Hear EIius

Bill Elias. new head foot
ball coach at George Washing
ton University. will be the
principal speaker at the Touch
down Clubs luncheon for the
Colonials at noon tomorrow at
the club. 14l4 I street NV.
Also listed to speak will be
Dallas Shirley. president of the
George Washington Lettermen,
who recently returned from
Rome and the Olympics where
he officiated at basketball
games.
SportscaSter Jim Simpson
will be master of ceremonies.
Evening star., 1960-09-18
Quantico Routs
CO|legidns

QUANTICO. Va, Sept. II
(SpeciaD The Quantico Ma
rines football team opened its
season with a 800 victory over
the D. C. CollegianS, a Wash
ington semipro outfit, here
today.
Quarterback Tom Mauldin
scored on a 12-yard option
play to end a 73-yard drive in
the first quarter for the OPEN
ing touchdown. From there the
LeatherneckS rolled up the
score steadily and finished with
a total yardage advantage of
348 to SO.
Quantico plays its first game
in defense of its interservice
championship next Saturday
at Fort Campbell, KY.
coLLEGIANs % 0 o %
QUANTlCO ------- IL 8 14-39
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STATISTICS

broke into the scoring column
on plunge of 4 yards by Full
back AL RuShatz, a 2-yard burst
by Jim Connors, a 16-yard pass
from Tom Blanda to George
Kirschenbauer and a 23-yard
field goal by Blanda, the first
string quarterback. Blanda
added a 2-point conversion on
a pass to Adams and booted
two placement conversions.
Buffalo was held to a total
of 73 yards, moving the ball
only 81 yards on the ground,
Army wound up with 397 yards,
263 on the ground and 1874 in
the air.
ARMY SIS IL O-37
BUFFALO U u o. q
Army-Eckert IS. punt return tkicS
failed.
Army-Rushatz 4, run adams, pass
Army~connors =. run tBlanda
Army-FG. Blanda %.
.Army-,AdamS ~, punt return
my-Kirschenbsuer 16, pass from
Blanda kick fsiledD.
Evening star., 1960-09-18
STATISTICS

yards with an intercepted pass
in the final l12 minutes. A later
touchdown on a 70-yard desper-
alton pass by Virginia Tech was
nullif1ed by a penalty.
Gabriel and Taylor combined
to spark the Wolfpack on a o.
yard fourth period scoring drive
which made it 21-14 with about
22 minutes left. VPI had tied
the count at 14-14 late in the
third quarter.
( Gabriel hit End George Voll-
mer with two passes totaling 80
yards during the March, and
Taylor. a junior. picked up 81
yards including the final 7 on
an end run.
The victory snapped N. C.
States 9-game losing streak
after the Wolfpack edged Vir-
ginia Tech, 1913, in the 1859
opener.
Gabriel, also junior helped
N. c. State to a touchdown in
the second period with three
straight competitions good for
"a yards. The Wolfpack went
88 yards on is plays.
Virginia Tech tied it on a 39-
yard drive capped by Quarter
back Warren Prices 5-yard
slant into the end zone with
about 2 minutes left in the half
N. c. State made it lat when
Taylor went into the end zone
from the 5 to end a 63-yard
drive spanked by two Gabriel
passes totaling 81 yards. VPI,
aided by the running of Half
backs Johnny Watkins and
Terry Strock. tied the score
near the end of the third quar-
ter.
VPI 0a 7 r N-I4
North Carolina State-D'Antonio 8
run (Shaffer kick).
vPI-Prince 3, run tsizemore, kick.
North Carolina State-Tsylor 5. rur
lShaffer, kicD.
YPI-Vausht /, run (SiEemore kick)
North Carolina State-Taylor Z. rur
tShafIer kick.
North Carolina State-D'Antonio A
pass interception (D'Antonio, rum.
Evening star., 1960-09-18
Gam, Gronine Spark
Georgia ech Victory

ATLANTA, Sept. IT (AP) -
Sophomore Stan Gam lived
up to his advance billing as a
passer today and exceeded it
as a runner as he guided Geor-
gia Tech to a 1913 victory over
sluggish Kentucky.
The stubby quarterback COM
pleted five Of the first seven
passes he threw, one for a
touchdown, and kept the Ken
lucky defense of balance with
clever running bursts and two
other touchdown drives.
Chick Graning shared top
honors with Gam. The junior
Evening star., 1960-09-18
STATISTICS

halfback scored touchdowns
on runs of seven and five yards
and grabbed Cams 11-yard
pass for another.
Georgia Tech preserved a
35-year-old record Of never
losing a home opener in the
Southeastern Conference.
Gam, most widely public
lied Georgia Tech sophomore
in years, got valuable help
from Graning and Junior Half
back Billy Williamson. And
Marvin Tibbetts, senior quar-
terback, emerged from Cams
shadow with a tremendous 27-
yard run which set up the
Engineers second touchdown,
Sophomore Jerry Woolum
finally gave the Kentucky at
tack some potency in the second
half after Quarterbacks Tom
Rodgers and Jerry Eisaman had
failed to pierce the Tech de-
fenSe. =
| Woolum cooliy engineered
touchdown drives Of 86 and SO
yards in the fourth quarter
the first in 10 plays, six OF
which were passes. His 5-yarder
to Fullback Jimmy Poynter
gained the Wildcats their first
touchdown. Charlie Sturgeon
scored the second on a 6-yaro
run after Woolum's passes got
them in position.
KENTUCKY o 0 o l3-l9
GEORGIA TECH - 3 13 o -;
Georgia Tech-Field goal. Wells, "a
Georgia Tech-Granins Z, run (WeHi
oeorsia Tech-aranins II, pass from
Gam kick failed. '
Georgia Tech-Granins o. run ovens
Kentucky-Poynter 5. pass from Vol.
lum (MaYfield kick.
Kentucky-sturgeon 8, run lpas'
Attendance-4O.594.
Evening star., 1960-09-18
Tulane Defeats
California, 7-3,
0nLongD Drive

BERKELEY, Calf, Sept. II
(AP). = Tulane parlayed one
touchdown drive and a pair Of
goal line stands today to beat
the University Of California,
7-3, in their intersectional
opener before a crowd of 37,500.
With "a seconds remaining in
the first half, Quarterback Phil
Nugent threw an S-yard scor-
Evening star., 1960-09-18
Paul Horney Leading
By Stroke at 7 ocomo /.

somely from the bonus arrange
ment. since the sponsor will
pay him $500 if he's top man
at the conclusion of play.
Julius Boros of Mid Pines,
N. c., a two time former cham
pion. and Doug Ford of Crystal
River. Fla, who won it in
1855, are in the field at 209 and
2l6 respectively.
The field will be cut for to-
morrow's final round to 81 pros
and 10 amateurs with 2l7 to-
days cutoff point. Today's gall
lery totaled 1000 to bring the
three-day count to 1880.
Evening star., 1960-09-18
Juniors Star
ASH. E.. State
0utIasts vPI

RALEIGH, Sept. II (AP).-
Quarterback Roman Gabriel's
deft passing and halfback AL
Taylor's running gave North
Carolina State a 29-l4 football
victory over Virginia Tech to-
dey in the season opener for
both teams.
Wolfpack Fullback Jim
D'Antonio put the icing on the
victory when he Scooted A
Evening star., 1960-09-18
Muirs Wins 9TH

Jimmy Mairs Of Takoma
Park won his seventh straight
feature race at Old Dominion
Speedway last night, taking
over from Lionel johnson of
Unionville, Va, on the 18th lap
and winning by about half a
lap at the end of Is. johnson
was second and Ray Dovell of
Staunton third.
Evening star., 1960-09-18
Wins in Walk

BRIGHTON, England, Sept,
II (AP).-Don Thompson OF
Britain, who won the 50-kilo-
meter walk Gold Medal at the
Rome Olympics, strode home
an easy winner in the 53-mile
London-to-B Brighton walk to-
day. Thompson covered the
course, which starts outside the
Houses of Parliament in Lon.
| don, in 7 hours 81 minutes.
Evening star., 1960-09-18
FOOTBALL
THIS WEEK
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
FRIDAY
Washington State at Denver tn).
Iowa State at Detroit (n).
Southeast Missouri at Drake tnl.
Hardin Simmons at Mississippi South
Brigham Young at San Jose State t).
SATURDAY
Area
Texas at Maryland.
Villanova at Navy.
The Citadel at George Washington tn).
Virginia State at Howard.
Virginia Military at Buffalo tn).
Boston College at Army.
Brown at Columbia.
Colgate at Cornell.
New Hampshire at Dartmouth.
Holy Cross at Harvard.
Delaware at Lehigh.
Lafayette at Pennsylvania.
Rutgers at Princeton.
Boston University at Syracuse.
Connecticut at Yale.
Michigan State at Pittsburgh.
Tennessee VS.. Auburn at Birmingham
Ala.
Florida State at Florida.
Mississippi VS.. Kentucky at Memphis.
North Carolina State at North Carolina
luke at SOutn CaTOllna M.
Furman at Tampa (n).
Alabama at Tulane tn.
Georgia at Vanderbilt tn).
West Virginia VS.. Virginia Tech at Rich
mond.
Houston VS.. Mississippi State at jackson
Miss. (n).
Clemson at Wake Forest
Virginia VS.. William and Mary at Nor
folk tn).
Davidson at wofford cn).
a MIDWEST
Dayton at Cincinnati (n).
Indiana at Illinois.
Oregon State at Iowa.
Kansas at Kansas State.
Oregon at Michigan.
Oklahoma State at Missouri
Minnesota at Nebraska.
California at Notre Dame.
Southern Methodist at Ohio State.
Northwestern at Oklahoma.
CLA at Purdue.
Xavier (Ohio) at Wichita tn).
SOUTHWEST
Tulsa at Arkansas.
Colorado at aylor tn).
Texas Western at North Texas State tn)
Georgia Tech at Rice.
Texas Tech at Texas Ann tnl.
Arizona State at West Texas State tn)
Colorado State University VS.. Air Fore
Utah at Arizona (n).
Marquette at College of Pacific tn).
Texas Christian at Southern Californi
tn.)
Wisconsin at Stanford.
Idaho at Washington.
New Mexico at Wyoming.
(n). Denotes night game.
Evening star., 1960-09-18
STATISTICS

Skelton got two Of the Ala
bama touchdowns, on runs OF
one and nine yards. White got
the other on a 3-yard end
run.
Georgia got its only touch
down in the waning seconds.
Billy jackson. a sophomore
halfback, took an Alabama
punt on the Georgia 19, wrig-
gled through Alabama defend
erS to the sidelines and raced
78 yards to the Alabama three,
From there Francis Tarkenton
fired the ball to Halfback Dan
Davis in the end zone as the
final buzzer sounded.
Otherwise. Georgia got close
only once. reaching the Ala
bama Is in the second quarter
Tarkenton failed on four pass
attaV1ovote
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1960-01-30

Willett. A lovely luncheon was
served and there were gifts ga
lore. All had a good time.
Among the guests were Mines.
Marion Smith, Pelzonia Robin
son., Myrtle Dunn, Henrietta
Harrison, lola Reese, Evelyn
Smith, Helen Williams, Alma
Harvey, Catherine Jones, all of
Robbins; from Chicago, Mines.
Gladys Washington, Ruth Will
liams and Clara Rainge. All ex-
pressed their appreciation for
being invited.
Mrs. Katie Anderson Pres.
Mrs. lola Littlejohn, Sec'y
Mrs. Katie Gardner, Rep'ter
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1960-01-30

flow and raw sewage is back
ing into bitches, sewers and
streams creating a typhoid
menace. The sanitary congestion
will jeopardize an area from the
Indiana State Line to Chicago's
Both street in the very near fu-
ture.
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1960-01-30
representatives.

Representatives.
when I received the endorse
ment of the Democratic Cen
trial Committee" John p. Dohm
concluded, Il pledged myself to
the solution of this problem and
I now ask your help and sup
port in the April 18th PRIMARY
Election to attain this pro-
gram" Dohm's appeal was met
with enthusiastic applause.
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1960-01-30
Storm Wate Floods

Storm water floods from back
ing sewers complicated by the
sanitary lback-up are bringing
the double edged sword" of
flood and pestilence to the very
doors of citizens living in South
west Cook County's residential
and industrial ~centers, he as
serted.
'Piecemeal legislation such as
was introduced in the Legisla-
ture at the last session by area
representatives is no answer"
he warned, because diversion
in one area brings back-up and
disaster to another area"
"The only answer" Dohm con-
tended, "is a State Flood Con-
troll Authority and a program
to contain all storm water and
sanitary drainage in a network
of large sewers for disposal
into the Cal-Sag development
and sanitary district channels"
THE Federal government has
always cooperated in the solu-
ton of similar problems in other
states where Federal programs
such as the Cal-Sag are under
way, but Illinois has not pro-
vided a State Flood Control Au-
thority for this purpose and the
United States Government is
stymied," Dohm pointed out. "It
is impossible for the Federal
Government to cooperate with
dozens of local agencies who
lack funds and authority" Can
didate Dohm. charged.
The Democratic Candidate for
State Representative urged the
local leaders to press for imme-
diate action to establish a State
Flood Control Authority by elect
ing him to the State House of
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1960-01-30
DOhm, Candidate
For State
Representlve

Flood control, storm and
1seMu1noS ere e5eu!eIp GIgl!ups
Cook County's most pressing
problem" a caucus of civic and
political leaders was told last
week as they heard John p.
Dohm, the Democratic Party'S
endorsed candidate outline a
program for legislative action
to solve the flood situation that
threatens millions of dollars in
home and business investments
over a wide area.
THE State of Illinois must
have a State Flood Control Au-
thority with powers to meet
the storm water and sanitary
crisis that threatens Southwest
Cook County" Dohm emphasiz-
ed. "A State Agency empowered
to initiate immediate action in
cooperation with the Federal
Authorities who are developing
the Cal-Sag Area along with the
cooperation of multiple county
sanitary districts is imperative
if a disaster which imperils the
health, safety and economic de-
velopment of the area is to be
averted," State Representative
Candidate John F. Dohm charg-
ed.
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1960-01-30
Club News

The Unique Sewing Club re-
vealed their Secret Pa in a
gala party at the home of Mrs.
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1960-01-30
Thousands of Acres
Stripped of Cover

Dohm went on to point out
that thousands of acres of nat
ural cover are being stripped to
provide homes, highways and
industrial plants in connection
with the Cal-Sag project. SAM
tary sewers he claimed are be-
ing choked to the point of over
Evening star., 1960-07-28
Pitcher browns
While SWIMMING

PALATKA, Fla, July %
(AP) .-Elio Ribet, a pitcher for
the Palatka Redlegs baseball
team of the Glass D Florida
State League. drowned yester-
day while swimming in Silver
Lake near here.
A teammate, vladimir Mira
bel, said the 18-year-old Ribet
apparently had a cramp while
swimming. Mirabel said he
tried to rescue Ribet but the
200-pound Havana youth was
thrashing around so much he
couldn't pull him to safety.
Three youths went to help
with a boat and Ribet was
pulled out after about 10 min
utes under water.
Frank Hancock, president of
the baseball team, said Ribet
was left behind when the Red
legs went to st. Petersburg for
a game last night because he
was not scheduled to pitch.
Hancock said it is against team
rules for players to go SWIM
ming during the season.
Evening star., 1960-07-28

persisted in such tactics in the
next round.
British sports writers lam
med into Welsh fight fans for
staging what they called one
of the most diSgraceful ring
side riots they had witnessed in
years.
1T was the most disgraceful
fight I have ever seen," The
Daily Herald's Tom Philipps
exclaimed.
"One of the most disgrace
full scenes I have ever witnessed
in British boxing" The Daily
Mirrors Peter Wilson wrote.
Rereree Criticized
Referee Eugene Henderson's
decision was the flash point for
a sickening outburst Of mob
fury" Wilson reported.
rs this the way you treat
American fighters over here? ?
protested De Johns brother
and manager.
I'VE have never experienced
anything like this anywhere
else"
But from De John himself
there was only the casual COM
ment:
"I've had rougher fights in
the States"
Evening star., 1960-07-28
Don Jordan Appealing
Ban by California

wrong" said his new manager,
airline executive Kirk Kerko-
rian. He picked up the one
time street fighter from East
Los Angeles after Jordan lost
his title to Paret at Las Vegas
two months ago.
Jordan's camp says they'll
appeal the commissions ruling.
Meanwhile, Kerkorian said he'll
try to get a court order to force
Paret to meet Jordan in a re-
turn fight.
Jordan's chances to force
Paret into the ring are about
nil.
The Paret camp, looking for
ward to greener box Office pas
lures, want none of Jordan.
The National Boxing Associa-
tion, too, has indicated the only
way Jordan will ever get an
ether shot at the l47-pound
championship will be to fight
his way back into contention.
So, at 26. the 1.-the Negro who
whipped Virgil Atkins for the
title in December of 1858, ap-
pears washed up.
Evening star., 1960-07-28

LOS ANGELES, July % (AP) .
Don Jordan, the eX-welter-
weight champion. says his next
fight is not a rematch with
Benny kid Paret, the new
champion, but a scrap with the
California Athletic Commission.
The commission just about
killed Jordan's hopes to meet
the Cuban when they refused
to grant Jordan a boxing Ii
cense. The terse announcement
yesterday accused Jordan of
actions detrimental to the best
interests Of boxing"
: Commission Secretary Clay
ton Frye declined to elaborate.
But he added:
The action seems very final" Z"
It's no secret the commission
has taken a dim view of Jor-
dams choice of friends, includ-
ing ex-gambler Mickey Cohen.
However, Jordan testified at a
recent commission hearing that
his onetime ASSOCIATION with
Cohen has broken OF.
You really can't put your
finger on anything Don's done
Evening star., 1960-07-28
Welsh Fight Fans Riot
Over DeJohn's Victory

PORTHCAWL, Wales, July %
(AP).-Mike DeJohn of Syra-
cuse. N. Y. was nursing only
a slight cut over his nose today
as a souvenir of his fight with
Dick Richardson. European
heavyweight champion, and an
ensuing riot during which the
fans pelted the ring with a
variety Of objects.
The explosion came after
Referee Eugene Henderson dis
qualified the Welshman in the
eighth round of a scheduled
10-round fight for butting. The
crowd, which had sat in a
drenching rain in the outdoor
arena, promptly went into
action, hurting bottles. chairs,
newspapers and umbrellas in a
wild demonstration.
DeJohn f1oored Richardson
three times in the first round,
and again in the sixth, but on
the whole it was a butting,
wrestling exhibition which
aroused the ire of the specta-
tors, who had expected much
more from the two men.
Warned for Butting
The American punish h e d
Richardson with jabs and
hooks. The referee had warned
both men about butting at the
start of the seventh, and stop
ped the farce when Richardson