anaheim-gazette 1953-02-18

High Court Reverses Decision on Fight; Giardello Gets Nod By JACK HAND NEW YORK (LP)—A State Supreme Court justice Tuesday reversed Bob Christenberry, athletic commission chairman, and declared Joey Giardillo the victor over Billy Graham in their Dec. 19 boxing bout in Madison Square Garden. This is the fight in which Giardello at first was declared the split-decision winner only to have Christenberry alter a judge's card to make Graham the victor. In an 11-page decision, spiced with a pointed observation that boxing commissioners are "not presumably appointed on the basis of their expertise in judging prize fights," Justice Bernard Potein annulled the action of Christenberry. Justice Botein said there were "no facts to indicate why the two commissioners, Christenberry and Dr. C. B. Powell chose to override the decision of their own acknowledged expert," Judge Joe Agnello. Nothing that judges and referees are designated on the basis of skill and experience, Justice Botein said "substantial scoring differentials among ringside officials ordinarily excite no alarm in boxing circles and split decisions are no rarity." Giardello thus won the fight for the second time in two months. First he was declared the winner by a 2-1 vote of the three officials. Then he was an "unofficial winner," pending a review of the cards. Still later, the same night he lost the fight on the reversal of Agnello's card. Now he gets the decision—his second disputed split win over the New York welterweight. Graham and Giardello, a ranking middleweight from Philadelphia, get a chance to settle their differences in the ring rather than court March 6 in a 12-round rematch at the garden. Original Score The original decision was scored like this: Judge Agnello 6-4 6-4 Giardello. Referee Ray Miller 5-4-1 for Giardello. Judge Charley Shortell 7-3 for Graham. Williams Cagers Win First Place In City League Bob Williams Sporting Goods clinched the city championship. Auntie Winner Of $10,000 Race At Santa Anita ARCADIA UP—S. S. Barnett's Auntie, well rated by Jockey Ray York, won the $10,000 Three Rings Ranch handicap Tuesday over a field of five rival mares and fillies at Santa Anita park. Favored in the betting, Auntie finished half a length in front of On Balance, with Mab's choice in third. The time for the mile was 1:38 1/5. Auntie paid $7.50, $4.20 and $2.90. Oh Balance $5.10 and $3, and Mab's Choice $3. In the supporting feature, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Roberts' Skyler won the major part of the $7500 purse in a race at six furloughs for 4-year-olds and up. The time was 1:11 1/5. Skyled paid $15, $6.70 and $3.80, and Bridle Rings $4.80. The highest payoff for place and show came in the fifth race when Sienna II, a 3-year-old filly bred in England, making her third start in this country, finished second and returned $115.90 to place and $39.60 to show. 17 Thoroughbreds Named to Run in Hialeah Feature MIAMI UP—Seventeen turf-running thoroughbreds were named Tuesday to compete at Hialeah Park Wednesday in the $15,000 added Bougainvillea handicap to be decided at a mile and three-sixteenths on the infield grass course. The Bougainvillea is a warmup for Lie $25,000 added Miami Beach handicap on closing day, March 2. Laudy Lawrence's Ararat 2nd, from France, and Arnold Hanger's Iceberg 2nd, from Chile, will carry equal weight, 119 pounds. Another importation to be seen in the Bougainvillea is Darby Dary farm's Agitator 2nd, the fastest miller in England last year. Agitator 2nd carries 110 pounds, the same impost on Carolyn K stable's The Eagle a recent Hin-the New York welterweight. Graham and Glardello, a ranking middleweight from Philadelphia, get a chance to settle their differences in the ring rather than court March 6 in a 12-round rematch at the garden. Original Score The original decision was scored like this: Judge Agnello 6-4 6-4 Giardello. Referee Ray Miller 5-4-1 for Giardello. Judge Charley Shortell 7-3 for Graham. Graham stood stunned in his corner as the small crowd booed. After a brief consultation with commission officials, Johnny Addle, ring announcer, announced the decision was "unofficial" pending a recheck. The recheck came about 20 minutes later in the officials' dressing room where Christenberry and Dr. Powell examined the cards. The third commissioner, Leon Swears, was not present. Agnello's card was changed to 5-5 in rounds and the point score was altered to make his vote in favor of Graham on points, 7-8. Agnello had given the 10th round to Giardello by one point. The commission gave it to Graham by two points. Agnello had given Graham a one-point edge in the fourth. The commission made it a two-point round for Graham. Announcement It was announced by Christenberry that Agnello had not lived up to commission rules in scoring the fourth and 10th rounds. There were no changes in the other cards. Justice Botein found the commission's reasoning "so vague as to be meaningless" as to what rules Agnello failed to follow. "No facts are furnished to buttress this conclusion," he said. The justice did not make a ruling on the powers of the commission, skirting that issue. He only touched on that subject in his conclusion: "Even assuming the dubious premise that the commission had the power to change the decision, upon a finding that Agnello had scored honestly, but incorrectly in two rounds," he said, "there is no reasonable basis in the records for such a finding. Accordingly, the petition must be granted and the action of the respondent, State Athletic commission, in changing the vote cast by Judge Agnello is annulled." Feels Happy At Summit, N.J., where he is training at Ehsan's for the rematch, Glardello was hilarious. "I feel very happy," he said. "I have no argument with the commission or the Commissioner Christenbery. This time I'll show them all. It won't be close. In my mind, I thought I won the Williams Cagers Win First Place In City League Bob Williams Sporting Goods clinched the City Basketball League title last night with a 49-86 victory over Ritz Cleaners. Led by Bruce, who scored 19 points, the Williamsmen stayed ahead of their opponents in every quarter but the first when Ritz held a one-point lead. Each player on Williams team will receive individual awards. Taking over second place in the league was the Optimists who defeated Cotter's after a closely waged battle in the first three periods. The Optimists led by three points at the end of the first period, by six points at the end of the half and by only two points at the end of the third stanza. Smith and B. Bielfeld tied for scoring honors with eight each for Cotter's while J. Herrera paced the Optimists with 12 tallies. Williams 49 Ritz Cleaners 34 Boyd 7 Berg 7 Pannier 19 Stuart 6 Sirringen 19 Muskenthaler 19 Hammelon 19 Huesca 13 Bryant 6 CEMENT POSES TRADE PROBLEM ISTANBUL UP—Greece wants Turkey to buy its cement from Greece instead of Yugoslavia. That's been one of the points at issue in trade talks between the two countries. Informants say Turkey has been buying large quantities of cement from Marshal Tito's government because (1) the price is lower than the Greek price and (2) Turkey hopes to develop a bigger trade with Yugoslavia. The dispute over cement comes at a time when Western diplomats are hoping that Turkey, Greece and Yugoslavia will be able to effect some sort of cooperative defense agreement for the Southern Balkans. upset by the news, "It's a terrific shock." he said The Bougainvillea is a warmup for the $25,000 added Miami Beach handicap on closing day, March 3. Laudy Lawrence's Aruraj 2nd, from France, and Arnold Hanger's Iceberg 2nd, from Chile, will carry equal weight, 119 pounds. Another importation to be seen in the Bougainvillea is Darby Dany farm's Agitator 2nd, the fastest miller in England last year. Agitator 2nd carries 118 pounds, the same impost on Carolyn K stable's The Eagle, a recent Hinleah winner. High weight in the Bougainvillea is Brush Burp. He will carry 123 pounds. Generous Alumni Saves Football For Fordham Uni. NEW YORK (P)—Fordham university, which reputedly lost $50,000 in football last season, decided Tuesday to continue the sport in 1953 because of the generous response of alumni to an appeal to buy season tickets. Fordham has arranged a nine-game schedule for this fall and Coach Ed Danowski said he expected his team to be "better off" last year because of the presence of more than a dozen two way players on the team. This was in reference to the new rule limiting substitutions. Cage Scores By The Associated Press Santa Rosa JC #2, City College of San Francisco 71. Kansas 89, Kansas State 74. Tampa Christian 59, Southern Metropolitan 49. Granada Tech 54 Arkansas State 54. Illinois 62, Baylor 54. Pulman 106, South Carolina 65. White Forest 49 North Carolina 62. West Contra Costa JC #2 Sacramento JC #2. Arkansas JC #2 Washington State 62. Tampa 64 New Mexico Aggies 35. San Jose State 52 Freestone State 60. Manila JC #7 Santa Clara Prosh 70. MONKEY JOCKEY—Mickey, six-pound monkey, takes a ride atop Rex, a 50-pound pointer at Pinehurst, N. C. race track. The pair are pets of Del Cameron, head trainer for the Newport Stock Farm stable at Pinehurst for winter training. The monkey had a habit of jumping on the dog and digging his nails into Rex back at the latter run with horses during workout; so Cameron has a special saddle made for Mickey to use. WORLD TITLE WINNER CONGRATULATED — Tenley Albright (center receives the congratulations of Valda Osborn (left) of England and Gundi Busch of Germany as she stands on the podium at Davos, Switzerland, after winning the ladies' figure skating championship of the world. The 17-year-old Boston, Mass., girl is the first woman to win the title for the United States in the history of the sport. Miss Buech, the German champion, finished second and Miss Osborn, the European champion, finished third. Gazette Bragan, New Stars, Sees HAVANA (P)—Bobby Bragan newly named manager of the Hollywood baseball team of the Pacific Coast League, paused the midst of packing for his trip to California and commented: "I seem to go from one hot spot to another." Bragan managed the Almendara team of the Cuban Winter League which winds up its season Wednesday. Cuban fans think something is wrong if Almendara doesn't win the pennant, or least scare the wits out of its client rival. Havana. This year Almendares finished third in the four-team league. Havana won the flag. "Here in Havana, some of the sports writers have given me works," Bragan said with a smile. Old Saying "There is an old saying that the president of Cuba, the chief of police or the manager of the Almendares get blamed for everything." Bragan said he was "delighted with his appointment to the Hollywood job." "They play great ball out the coast," he said. "I'm stepping into some big shoes there but Fr Haney, the former manager, told me here recently Hollywood be a fine club." The post offers a great challenge. Bragan continued, pointing out that Haney, en route here, manage the Pittsburgh Pirates won the coast pennant in 1952. WORLD TITLE WINNER CONGRATULATED — Tenley Albright (center receives the congratulations of Valda Osborn (left) of England and Gundi Busch of Germany as she stands on the podium at Davos, Switzerland, after winning the ladies' figure skating championship of the world. The 17-year-old Boston, Mass., girl is the first woman to win the title for the United States in the history of the sport. Miss Buech, the German champion, finished second and Miss Osborn, the European champion, finished third. Dykes Eyes Title Chance MIAMI (P)—Bobby Dykes, eyeing a crack at the middleweight title, said Tuesday he would go all out in his fight with Joe Meceli at the Coral Gables coliseum Wednesday night. The lanky middleweight from San Antonio declared he would try for an impressive victory over Miceli of New York and then ask that he be recognized ahead of Ernie Durando as a contender for the title vacated by Ray Robinson. Durango, Paddy Young and Bobo Olson are the three most likely candidates being considered for the championship, according to Robert Christenberry, chairman of the New York state athletic commission. Dykes said that his manager, Jimmy Parks, informed the national boxing association, co-sponsors of the tournament with Christenberry that he would fight Olson, "any time or any place." Miceli, a 24-year-old army private, also was ready for the ten-round bout which will be televised nationally. The New Yorker who is noted for his left handed uppercut, said he was anxious to even the score with Dykes at this second meeting. Dykes won a split decision over the soldier in a ten round last year. The fight is scheduled to start at 7 p.m., PST. Twenty Turn Out For Baseball at Anaheim High Twenty candidates turned out Monday afternoon for the first baseball practice at Anaheim Union High school. Returning to Coach John Wallin's squad are seven lettermen who were a part of the 1952 team that tied for second place in the Sunset League. Fullerton was winner of the title. Also returning was a two-year letterman, George Bishop, who batted a solid 1000 in his last six times at bat in last year's play. Those turning out for Monday's practice included: Gayle Herbel, Val Weithorn, pitcher; Bishop, Dave Moody, outfielder; Dennis Ryan, first baseman; John Clark, Lupe Gonzales, Pat Roberts and Ben Mattox. Newcomers reporting were: Frank Doretti, Leroy Holtman, Larry Morehead and Clinton Wells, all catchers; Dave Stephenson, Rudy Peralta and Paul Grover, all southpaw pitchers; Joe Villasenor, Dick Bielefeld and Don Leigh, all right handers; Ronnie Sabol, outfielder and Joe Clark, combination outfielder and infielder. 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B. state (439-7) Gazette SPORTS Bragan, New Manager of Hollywood Stars, Sees Post as a ‘Hot Spot’ VANA (P)—Bobby Bragan, named manager of the wood baseball team of the Coast League, paused in midst of packing for his trip California and commented: “I seem to go from one hot spot either.” Bragan managed the Almendares of the Cuban Winter League winds up its season Wednesday. Cuban fans think some is wrong if Almendares win the pennant, or at scare the wits out of its arrival. Havana. This year almendas finished third in the team league. Havana won the ore in Havana, some of the writers have given me the “Bragan said with a smile. Old Saying here is an old saying that the ent of Cuba, the chief of po- the manager of the Almenget blamed for everything.” Bragan said he was “delighted” his appointment to the wood job. They play great ball out on an astard, he said. “I'm stepping some big shoes there but Fred, the former manager, told me recently Hollywood has club.” The offer presents a great chal-Bragan continued, pointing at Haney, en route here to be the Pittsburgh Pirates, the coast pennant in 1952. Tiger Jones Wins Split Decision Over Womber MILWAUKEE (P)—Ralph Tiger Jones, Yonkers, N.Y., welterweight, Tuesday night outpunched Danny Womber, Chicago, to win a split 10-round decision before a slim crowd of 2398 at the Milwaukee arena. Jones weighed 154¼ to Womber's 151. Referee Dauber Jacger scored it 7-5 for Womber but two judges gave it to Jones by 5-3 and 7-2. Former Yale Star Taken by Death WEST HAVEN, Conn. (P) — James M. “Jimmy” Noyes, 39, former Yale athlete, died in his home here Tuesday night. Noyes started as a pitcher for Yale's 1937 baseball team and had played high school and prep school football and baseball. ANAHEIM GAZETTE, INC. Theodore B. Kuchel, President Max Bealer, Vice-President Mrs. Henry Kuchel, Secretary-Treasurer H. C. Burkheimer, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer ANAHEIM GAZETTE NOW—Doors Open 6:45 P.M. ALAN LADD—DEBORAH KERR “THUNDER IN THE EAST” get blamed for everything." Gagan said he was "delighted" his appointment to the wood job. They play great ball out on ast," he said. "I'm stepping some big shoes there but Fred the former manager, told are recently Hollywood has club." Post offers a great chalBragan continued, pointing at Haney, en route here to e the Pittsburgh Pirates, the coast pennant in 1952. Gagan plotted Fort Worth in Texas League from 1948 until signed this winter. Like Fort Worth," he said. When the Brooklyn manage- -Fort Worth is a Dodger dified John Reeves as presit was for me the last straw. Branch Rickey, now genmanager of Pittsburgh, got Fort Worth club as part of the lyn organization, before he to Pittsburgh, Reeves built into a fine ball club. It has nificent stadium, plays fine Mr. Rickey sold out at lyn, things weren't so good Worth. After the 1951 seaexample, Brooklyn offered manager's job at St. Paul. wanted to promote me to a ague, and cut my salary. I have known then that my was not there. Reeves is WATCH!