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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1962
Page
5
Nigeria’s Dick Tiger dominated Gene Fullmer to win the World Boxing Association middleweight title at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Tiger landed head shots and body work, leaving Fullmer bloodied with a planned rematch set for January.
Arizona State University quarterback John Jacobs earned the Western Athletic Conference back of the week for his 8 of 12 passing for 186 yards and three touchdowns in ASU’s 44-8 victory over San Jose State. Utah’s Dave Costa was named lineman of the week after anchoring a defensive effort in the tie with New Mexico.
Houston's 15 hits and seven Dodger errors help the Colt .45s win 11 to 4 against the Dodgers in a Mesa game. Wally Wolf pitched for the Colt .45s, while Joe Moeller started for Los Angeles. Jan Martin drove in key runs as Houston built a big lead.
NCAA Rules Committee chair Herbert Crisler urged new protective gear or legislation to curb increasing head and neck injuries in college and high school football. He warned spearing and goring may be banned and noted headgear boosts riskier head-first tackles despite fewer facial injuries.
Gallup High School football player Mike Mallory 17 collapsed on the practice field and died hours later at an Albuquerque hospital. Doctors say a brain injury, possibly from the Sept. 28 Salenton game, caused his death after unconscious transfer from Gallup to St. Marys and then St. Josephs. He was a senior starting guard and among the smallest players on the team.
Texas is a 12 point favorite to beat Rice, Northwestern a 20 point favorite vs Notre Dame, Alabama listed as a 16 game winner against Tulsa, and Wisconsin an underdog to Ohio State in a Big Ten clash. Other ranked selections include USC over Illinois and Mississippi over Vanderbilt.
Fred Haney was named the Major League Executive of the Year by UPI for turning the Los Angeles Angels into an American League pennant contender. He earned 21 of 24 votes, routing John Quinn of the Phillies who received the remaining three. Haney credited farm-system use and later developing his own players, plus 21 trades involving 30 players in 1961 and 20 trades involving 24 players in 1962.
Ara Parseghian of Northwestern Wildcat fame earns Coach Of Week honors after guiding an underdog to an 18-14 comeback win over Ohio State. The Akron native praised his players and revealed he altered the offense to showcase freshman quarterback Tom Myers from Troy, Ohio.
Pittsburgh backer Lenny Litman says the Pittsburgh Rens of the ABL cannot continue after the league failed to deliver promised funds. He will refund season ticket money and send home 17 players from McKeesport, including star Connie Hawkins, while offering contracts to any civic group willing to operate the franchise.
Roy Holt, father-in-law of middleweight champion Gene Fullmer, died of a heart attack in San Francisco after attending the Dick Tiger fight. Holt lived in South Jordan Utah and worked for Kennecott Copper Corp. He began suffering in the second round and was taken to Franklin Hospital after the bout.
Oscar Fraley reports on the Open Air thriller where Dick Tiger defeats Gene Fullmer in Camblestick Park to claim the middleweight championship. The bout is described as brutal and primal, with Tiger using superior skill to outslug Fullmer who retreat's by the fourth round.
In San Francisco Dick Tiger wins the WBA crown from Gene Fullmer after a grinding 15 round thriller. Fullmer bleeds from multiple cuts while Tiger lands faster, with Fullmer’s son DeLaun watching and Tiger predicting a rematch.
San Francisco held a noon ceremony in Union Square honoring the NL champion Giants after the team declined a parade following the World Series loss to the Yankees. About 2,000 cheered manager Alvin Dark and players Kim Davenport and Willie McCovey as Davenport urged five more years of success and McCovey wished for a career with the club. Dark expressed hope for a world championship next year.
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