Canadian Took Heavy Beating
Cassius Clay defeated George Chuvalo in 15 rounds at Maple Leaf Garden in Toronto. Despite taking about 1000 punches, Chuvalo never fell, drawing a roaring ovation from 14,500 fans. Clay, 24, aims for a bout within two months in Toronto or London against Henry Cooper.
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Murray Rose
Associated Press
Toronto
Cassius Clay
Game
George Chuvalo
Canada
Maple Leaf Garden
London
Henry Cooper
End Of Bout Stirs Little Interest On Theater TV
The Cassius Clay George Chuvalo title fight drew sparse attendance and minimal interest on closed circuit theater TV across 40 outlets in the US and Canada. Estimated gross under $110,000, far below prior telecast expectations, with US outlets hosting 30,739 of 90,375 possible tickets and Canadian sites reporting 15,600 of 43,300.
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Associated Press
Cassius Clay
George Chuvalo
United States
Canada
Toronto
U.S
American Broadcasting Co
British Broadcasting Co
United Kingdom
Early Bird
Chuvalo Stuns Clay In Close Maple Leaf Gardens Bout
Cassius Clay praised George Chuvalo after a 15 round unanimous decision at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. Clay said he could have stopped Chuvalo if not forced to adjust training. Chuvalo, an underdog, claimed he could win with more time to train and noted the fight was close. Manager Irv Ungerman said they deserved the decision but would avoid protests going forward.
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Doppler
Arthur Grafton
Louisville
Cooper
Ernie Terrell
Terrell
World Boxing Association
Chicago
WBA
Grafton
Edward Jacko Jr
Kentucky
Chuvalo
Husky
Main Bout, Inc
Eduardo Corletti
London
Jack Hand
Associated Press
Toronto
Sonny Liston
Floyd Patterson
Cassius Clay
George Chuvalo
Maple Leaf Gardens
Ontario
the Gardens
Patterson
Irv Ungerman
Bookies Pin Giants and Dodgers in pennant race
Reno bookies list the San Francisco Giants at 5-2 to win the National League pennant amid holdouts by Koufax and Drysdale. The Dodgers remain 5-2 favorites to repeat as NL champs while Minnesota and Baltimore sit at 3-1 in the American League co favorites.
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Los Angeles
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Drysdale
Dodgers
Sandy Koufax
Don Drysdale
Minnesota
Baltimore
Grapefruit Roundup Five Exhibition Tilts Rained Out
Ken McMullen powered Washington with two homers and five RBIs to beat Kansas City 6 4 in a rain shortened game. McMullen added 18 home runs last season and 11 RBIs this spring. Other results: Minnesota 2 0 over Los Angeles in a five inning rain delay. Pittsburgh 6 5 over Chicago White Sox. San Francisco 2 1 over California. Chicago 12 10 over Cleveland. Several games were rained out including Mets vs Yankees and Orioles vs Tigers.
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Gil Hodges
McMullen
Senators
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Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
Chicago White Sox
San Francisco
California
Chicago
Cleveland
New York Mets
New York Yankee
Baltimore
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Dick Green
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Dodgers
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Peewee Oliver
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Jerry Kindall
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Andy Kosco
Atlanta
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Houston
Boston
New York
Detroit
Tampa
Winter Haven
Phoenix
Sarasota
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Fort ‘Myers
N. l
St. Petersburg
Fort Lauderdale
Clearwater
Trout Fishing To Begin Friday In Mobile Area
Mobile reporters note trout season opens Friday as Col. R C Marshall of the Mobile District says engineers cooperate with Georgia Power and Buford Dam operations on the Chattahoochee for the benefit of fishermen.
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Mobile
Ala
U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers
Col
R. C. Marshall
The
Georgia Power Co
Buford Dam
Chattahoochee River
North Georgia
Exhibition Baseball Results Sparse and Rain Affected
Readable box of exhibition games lists Minnesota beating Los Angeles 2 0 in 5 innings, several rain affected matchups including Washington 6 4 over Kansas City and Houston Philadelphia with rain. Also notes multiple city venues and forecasted or weather affected games.
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