Sugar Ray Robinson’s waning glory in boxing age
AP News features recount Sugar Ray Robinson’s career arc from a 20 year old featherweight phenom to a 45 year old middleweight touring the globe. The piece notes dwindling crowds, faded pay, and the sport’s harsh economics as old champions struggle to draw. It also places contemporaries Willie Pep and Carl Olson in the context of aging ex champs and sharpens the image of boxing’s changing fortunes.
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Bobo) Olson
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Hansen Feels 18-Foot Vault Within Reach
The 1964 Olympic pole vault champion Fred Hansen, now a Baylor University Dentistry freshman, predicts an 18 foot effort this pre-Olympic year. He recalls his clutch wins, his Tokyo Olympic leap of 16 feet 834 inches, and his plan to marry Marian Cole while pursuing orthodontics.
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Littler Wins Brazil Open in Sudden-Death Playoff
Ramon Sota of Spain defeated Gene Littler of San Diego in a playoff on the first extra hole to capture the Brazilian Open golf title after last night's Charles Town results were disrupted by line trouble.
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Kelso Eyes Gold Cup Return As Trainers Anticipate Race
Kelso, the famed gelding, faces possible runs in the Jockey Club Gold Cup and the Washington International at Laurel on Nov 11 after an inflamed eye sidelined him from the Woodward. Trainer Carl Hanford defends Kelso’s career, praising humane care from Mrs Richard duPont, and notes Kelso’s strong earnings amid cautious plans for future races. Reds hire Mel Harder as pitching coach after stints with Cubs.
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Ussery's Alley upends jockeys in race riding style
In Oklahoma born rider Robert Ussery rises from spinach picker to top jockeys by creating a new technique. He avoids the rail, stays on an outside post on a fast horse then uses a downhill run to the rail at a well barred turn, a path now called Ussery's Alley.
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