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THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1951THE BOONE NEWS-REPUBLICAN, BOONE.ICharlesmm mKO7th to Winv.%•mm*GAL AUGTAAVf RE4EH7EPPREACHER ROE TO PR HE H/G 9 wm tH A ROHEGTOPPEP HIM AT to/f As A t * * t V 4— a - ^ A fc*OP To JULY GALHAP VET rb GCORLHfG Ur 0/a LMA6O0W/M OVER POGTOHL01Pittsburgh, July 19 (UP) Jersey Joe Walcott, the oldest man ever to . win the heavyweight boxing championship of the world, credits his left hook and his Christian faith for his seventh-round knockout of Ez-zard Charles. •,?';% % .The 37-year-old Walcott, a 5to 1 underdog, sent Charles crashing to the canvas for a count of 10 after 55 seconds of the seventh round of a 15-round match last night watched by an estimated 60.000,000 televisionspectator*. Charles had held the championship for two years and one month.“I hit him with a hard left hook.'* Walcott said *Tm happy that I finally won the championship but I might not have if God hadn't been on my side. If you keep putting your faith in God, he will hear your prayers.Walcott, who had lost four previous championship matches, said he would fight ‘anybody’’ now that he is champion.The new champion, father of six children, rose from the relief roles and grubby jobs such as collecting garbage and digging ditches to score one of the greatest upsets in heavyweight championship history before 28,272Father Of Sixfh* rrritiH tn c#»g* a37 Years Old,New ChampionInWalcottking, who was baptized ArnoldRaymond Cream, and, because life begins at 37, I’m ready now to defend against Charles in a return bout, or against any other contender.”A pre-fight contract provides that Walcott must defend against the 30-year-old Charles within 90 daya. ; ’ v '; :,*_fCharles, who suffered a deep gash under his right eye and a three-fourth inch cut in his lower lip, laughed off the secondknockout of his career today.”W’hat Happened?I don’t understand what happened, he said with a wide grin. I don’t remember being counted out. I guess it was an accidentAccident* will happen. But 1 know I can lick him when we fight again. 1 did it twice before in title bouts,*you know.’’Walcott broke Charles’ winning streak at 24 straight when he dropped Ezzard, flat on his face on the canvas, with a left hook to the chin in the seventh round. He hadn't been beaten since July 25, 1947, when he lost a decision to Elmer Ray.Class A Softball LeagueStandingsW.Bide-A-Wee 7Western Auto ...... 8r. nu u - - iSOFTBALLLEAGUE(By United Press)Denver and Omaha battle tonight for the Western league lead at Denver.Denver beat Omaha 6 to 2 last night to come within a fraction of one percentage point of tieingthe Cards. ‘Barney Schuitz, who jcined the Bears three weeks ago, curbed the Cards to five scattered hits and blanked them after the opening frame.Regardless of how the Bear-Card session comes out, both have more than each other to worry about. Last night, the Wichita Indians climbed to within two and one-half games of the i top by lacing Lincoln 4 to 2.Pueblo, in fourth place, ldst to Sioux City 4 to 3. A Texas league single by Ed Bressoud drove in two runs in the eighth to give the Soos the win.Cellar - dwelling Colorado Springs took a double headerfrom Des Moines 10 to 8 and 13to 4.The Sox won the opener in the seventh mning when Andy Skurski homercd with one on.Today’s schedule; Omaha at Denver, Des Moines at Colorado Springs, Sioux City at Pueblo (2) and Wichita at Lincoln.Western LeagueMiOmaha For Lead,Denver BattlesCrownGIANT OF THE GIANTS -77/ee/A yr*s20-0AME W/HHER GtHCE ¥7.HE'*rof*mgyp#mm¥Mv*1»** ** mrBy Alan Mavar^ MAF/Rlt;*rPfTCHER/HTHEMAJOR**\ 70I r2gamess TH/G-A• *%IP THEPAR BeRA
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