Evening star., 1963-01-27

Lemon Unduunted
By Salary Cut
BY MORRIS SIEGEL

OF ALL THINGS: welterweight Champ Emile Griffith
may defend his title in preliminary" to the Liston-
Patterson fight in Miami Beach, April A. Promoters
trying to talk Griffith into meeting Luis Rodriguez
lightweight ruler to hypo theaterTV which fig
ures to be dud with only Lston Patterson the
attraction at $6 ticket The bouts would be spaced
within an hour Of one another
Jim Lemon, nicely recovered from surgery on his
shoulder last fall recently underwent another operation
The Twins sliced the limits per cent-off the
$S5,OOO salary they paid him in 1882 but Lemon isn't
squawking "They paid me lot Of money for those
three base hits got last year." he said
Managing major league ball club has It's privileges.
Johnny Pesky, the new Red Sox skipper, will be
honored at the Boston writer's dinner Tuesday. 1t
will be the first time Pesky has not had to buy his
ticket for the affair.
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION department: On the eve
of the Cassus ayCharlie Powell fight Powes manager
proclaimed his fighter to be "n the best shape of his
career" Powell after the Knockout said nasty
Of flu was responsible for his poor showing. The
Packers claimed they didn't get Ron vanderKeen because
the team doesn't offer mo cut" contracts Minnesota,
which did sign the late blooming passing STAR said 1t
didn't offer no-cut agreements either.
Art Rooney, owner Of the Pittsburgh steeers,
out strongly for the construction of new stadium for his
city for two reasons. new plant is badly needed
and plans call for the $25 million project be built less
than block from Rooneys home.
NIL OWNERS WHOSE original thinking was to
discontinue the Runnerup Bowl game IN Manu. nave
changed their minds in view of the $4,000 turnout for the
Pitt-Detro game recently They will insist extra
penSe money be permitted the competing teams however
George Halas, who caused the uproar in the first
place with his indisceet announcement Of National
Football League investigation into the conduct Of certain
players up with beated praise for the way
Commissioner Pete Rozele is conducting the probe.
Budd Thalman, in his weekly press release Of the
schedule of his various Middle teams forwards the follow
ing note "Md-term examinations provide the opposition
for Navy athletes next week"
RANDALL. KRAMER OF Alexandria suggests the
Senators stage Retirement Night in behalf Of the thou
sands of retired Federal employees living in the
He forwarded the offer to newspapers he wrote, only
after the idea got him from the Senator'S
The Southeastern Conference will win many popu-
larity contest with its most recent decision Girls
now eligible to participate in athletics in the SEC
On the same teams with men?
Manager Ralph Houk's decision not to give Mickey
Mantle shot at the Yankee first base job brought no
gripes from Mantle who declared my Job is to get on
first base not play It," Tulsa University basketball
player has left himself open to charges of shaving points
He recently became licensed barber.
Doc Greene in the Detroit News, reports bar In his
town displays the following sign outside:
"TBIABTNFL. Translated it MEANS This Bar Is
Approved by the National Football League"