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6-rThe Montana Standard, Tuesday March 1971 mm Bounds to 215 for Ali, and the story of the fight which ended opp'ng not expected. fight had always been overshadowed by the controversial Ali. For Ali defeat foiled his bid to become the second man in history Floyd Patterson was the only one to win back, the heavyweight championship. By ED SCHUYLER JR. NEW YORK (AP) Machine-like Joe Frazier put on re-lentless pressure, knocked Muhammad Ali down in the 15th round and pounded out a unani mous 15-rourid decision to retain his world heavyweight cham pionship nose and was badly swollen about both eyes but he kept coming, slamming his shots to the body and firing to the head more often than is his custom.

The constant pressure paid off for Frazier who won recognition from five states as heavyweight king by knocking 15th with a bid to end it. Then suddenly Frazier's hook flashed and the sellout Madison Square Garden crowd of more than 19,500 on hand for the world-wide televised fight went into a frenzy. Ali got up at four and took referee Arthur Mercante's SSSTbS reDruary, isru. But he needed to beat All, also known as Cassius Clay, to attain full recognition from the public. He did it in decisive fashion.

If the pattern of attack fol- Towed by the two fighters was what most observers expected, one thing that happened was wer showing Weariness, the fight was close alter nine rounus a Ali used his superior reach to spear the ever incoming Then in the 10th round, the RnM in oaph fitrhtpr WSS and promoters hoped wouki bring a $20 million to $30 -million heean to change. Frazier won tne lum Dy a -mandatory eight counthetiUimiftampIorir "Out Blister Mathis in II rounds urr 1968. He" wtjn tmlvcrsal recognition from boxing's 7 -Mondays nightr Frazier, who took control of the fight in the 10th round, sent Ali crashing to the canvas with a thunderous left hook in the 15th that balloned Ali's right cheek to a grotesque shape. It was all Ali could do to last the round as his remarkable comeback bid ended and Fra- zier gained, universal jecognk. tion as the world's premier Ali, going down to the first defeat of his professional had come back to take the 14th round with a flurry of head punches and charged out in the one of the most incredible comeback attempt, in orts history.

In Frazier's command performance over the final six founds, Mercante had it 4-1-1 Recht 5-1 and Aldala 4-2 all in his favor. rOTnvaDy divided, with both fighters getting good ovations on the entrance into the ring for the I M. At A. doui mat was seen Dy an estimated worldwide audience of 300 million in 36 was seen on closed-circuit television in 370 locations in the An estimated 3,000 fans were on hand Monday night at the Civic Center to watch Joe Frazierls 15-round victory-over Muhammad Ali on closed- circuit television. "I gg MMW HI Bj United States and Canada and 33 locations in Great Britain.

The average price for a closed-circuit ticket was about $20. Those watching in the Garden paid from $20 to $150 if they were lucky enough to buy a ticket when they went on sale. If they didn't they still could purchase tickets at fight time scalpers for from $75 to $700. narrow margin but then almost scored the 24th knockout of his career in the 11th. He hurt Ali with a smashing left hook to the head, drove him to the ropes withtwoTirore lefts and aright to the body and had him staggering around the ring.

li was. clearly, in trouble as tottered lo his corner, at Bie end of the round and the celebrity-laden throng that paid an indoor live record boxing gate of $1.25 million went wild. Frazier kept up the pressure in the 12th and 13th rounds as Ali's trainer, Angelo Dundee, and his alter-ego, Bundidi Brown pleaded with him to take charge. 1 doira't tihlnk iremeiftch1 He did in the 14th round But then came the 15 th round, the round which told the Sports of the Times Worth the price etfar JtrfcClmiri By ARTHUR DALEY NEW YORK The multi-million dollar fight in Madison By HAL BOCK NEW YORK (AP) "I don't think he wants a rematch not right anyway r'Lsald Joe Frazier moments after he scored a unanimous 15-round decision over Muhammad -Ali to retain his world heavyweight championship Monday night. "Who's the champ? Who's the champ?" Frazier repeated the question three times.

Al though he had scored a one-sidr ed victory, he hardly looked like the winner. His face was lumpy, especially around the eyes. It was price he paid for carrying the fight to Ali, often charging into the ex-champ, head lowered and apparently oblivious to' any blows be absorbed. Clay was taken to a hospital and Bundini Brown, one of his handlers, said he had a broken jaw. It was not certain in what round it happened.

Frazier, who put in a full the most confidence, con fidence to the "point that' he openly taunted Ali by dropping a his hands to his sides and laughing at the deposed champ in the fifth round. Frazier made no effort to win the round. Although the f-yearrold" Frazierj who weighed 205 "The first thing I asked him after the ain't-through, are He said, 'get 'em ready; we're gonna set "We'll be back. Three years ain't gonna be three years no more and we're gonna go back to war. The car was in the garage for three years but all the bumps and clinks are out now." Brown referred to Ali's lengthy absence from the ring while his draft appeal was being argued in the courts.

But there was no disputing Frazier's triumph, no claim of victory from Ali's camp. "He never acted like he won'," Brown reported. "I think he was satisfied just not being knocked out." Although Ali didn't go down until the final round, Brown said the injury to his jaw occurred earlier, "sometime between the ninth and 11th rounds." It was in the 11th that Frazier belted Ali into the ropes with a smashing left hook that buckled his knees. "He was on queer street," Brown related. "He took three or four good blows and if I ever prayed, I really prayed then.

But we ain't through yet." Then he lavished praise on Frazier. "I always called Joe Frazier a turkey, but he's not a turkey," Brown said. "He's no ordinary champion. He's a real champ. When we come back we're gonna have to take the title from a champ." LZlhe Frazier solid body and head punches as Ah reeled around the ring until the bell ended the fight There was doubt who the winner was.

Mercante voted for the unbeaten heavyweight king Frazier, eight rounds to six with -one- evenr- Artie- Aidala- voted for Frazier 9-6 and Bill Recht had the winner in front 11-4. Frazier's great exhibition of endurance and. his pressure punching display was the high point of an unbeaten 27-fight pro career which until this night's work for his purse and looked it, excused himself from the posWight news conference. "Let me go straighten my face up," he said. "I ain't this ugly." Frazier said he dropped his arms, during the fight "to let him Icnow he can't hurt me.

I feel stronger now than when I went The champion made a point: Of calling Ali by his former name.Ca ssius He- the name "Clay" three times at one point, each time emunasizmg me name that Ali discarded after winning the heavyweight crown in 1964. i "Let me tell you one thing, though," said Frazier. "That man takes some punch. I hit him some shots, and he took the best of them." Frazier said he decked Ali willi a left hook in the 15th round, "that came from the country. I reached way back play at Great Falls; and Froid, slipping past Westby 65-63 in the Eastern Division at Glasgow.

i There was no challenge game in the Western Division, where Alberton goes to the tournament as division champion. Scoreboard Montana Basketball Scares By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Monday's Results Northern (Shelby) Conrad 63, Shelby 61 Southern (Livingston) Huntley Project 72, Lodge Grass 65 (overtime) Northern (Great Falls) Belt 53, Kremlin 49 Southern (Laurel) Ryegate 48, Rosebud 47 (overtime) Eastern (Glasgow) Froid 65, Weesrby 63 EXHIBITION BASEBALL Chicago (A) 6, Minnesota 2 Pittsburgh 9, Detroit 3 New York (A) 2, Atlanta 1 Milwaukee 4, California 3 Boston 3, Cincinnati 2 Houston 2, Montreal 1 New York (N 3, Philadelphia 1 St. Louis 11, Kansas City 7 Washington 4, Baltimore 3 (13 inn) San Francisco 7, Tokyo Lotte Orions 5 Chicago (N) 6, Cleveland J) San Diego 8, Oakland 6 PRO BASKETBALL NBA Buffalo 114, Portland 98 Milwaukee 104, Seattle 99 ABA Indiana 1 IB, Carolina 105 COLLEGE BASKETBALL NAI A Tournament First Round Ken. St 100, St. Thomas (Minn) 65 Stephen Austin 91, C.

Asheville 73 Other Colleges Colorado 77, Iowa State 73 HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION Joe Frazier lands a left hook on the jaw of Muhammad Ali during their championship fight Monday night in New York's Madison Square Garden. Frazier knocked Ali down once to retain the title and hand Ali his first professional setback. Frazier weighed 205 to 215 for Ali, the heaviest either had been in his pro career. (AP Wirephoto) Ali taken to hospital, friend praises Frazier State tourney fields complete By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Other Class winners who Accuracy at the three throw moved into state competition Garden Monday, night worths penny. Rarely does anything so expensive live up to advance billing or: exceed expectations.

But the wildly ex-. citing exhibition of primitive savagery that Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali put on over 15 exhausting rounds was an epic that: fit the price tag. FRAZIER WON A DECISION because he punched himself out so completely that he just didn't have that extra little zing to put into the one wallop that would have finished it by a knockout earlier. And Ali was still vertical at the end because he was just too pround a man, too magnificent an athelte and too gjutsy a warrior to let himself stay down. He had been toppled in the 15th round by one of those uncountable Frazier left hooks that disarranged and puffed up the right side of the Ali face until it looked aa though the former Cassius Clay had been stricken by a bad case of the mumps.

But Frazier was no bargain at the final bell. His right eye was almost closed and his profile was a mass of welts. The margin of superiority was reasonably clear-cut with Frazier ahead on the cards of all three ring officials. Nor did the crowd react in angry disapproval as is normally the case when the spectators let wishful thinking misdirect their emotions Everyone sensed that Ali had failed. HE FAILED GLORIOUSLY, though, in a strange sort of bout where neither floated like a butterfly nor stung like a bee, supposedly his normal method of operations.

His dancing speed fled early was hit more often by Frazier In 15 rounds than he had been hit by all his other opponents together ifl a hithertoT unbeaten career. In the 11th round the relentless Frazier he attacks with the ceaseless whirr of a buzzsaw began to take Ali cruelly with those ferocious left hooks. He exploded one and Ali went wobbling all over the ring, staggering woozily at the end of the round as Frazier's flailing left kept missing the finisher. Frazier was still missing in the 12th and 13th when he had an inviting target in front of him, an Ali whose defenses were feeble and whose own punching fires were hardly embers. But the 14th the former Cassius Clay came unexpectedly back from the dead, pounded the startled Frazier and detoured his trip to oblivion.

He almost went out again the the last round but survived in some miraculous fashion. Wait a minute. It wasn't a miracle. Frazier was just too tired to complete a job that had begun to look easy. As the hands of the clock advanced toward the finish of the fight, Frazier pinned Ali in a corner and leaned against him, his face a mask of weariness and his grin a bloody smirk.

une in uveriime munaayjiigui were ueuT wno aeteaiea Kr em-propelled Huntley Project to a lin 53-49 in Northern Division NEW YORK (APJ Vanqu- Ished Muhammad Ali took-ff for a hospital to have his puffed jaw x-rayed after losing to Joe Frazier Monday night but sent, word through a -spokesman that Frazier is the "real champion" -for now. Ali stood up scores of newsmen who settled for numerous replays the 15th round place in the State Class bas ketball tournament in two weeks, while Conrad rounded out the eight-team tourney field with a 63-61 win over Shelby. TiHas firnsQ was HnmrxH 79. All however, had maintained Ali lost the crown outside the ring when he was stripped of it because of his conviction for refusing induction into the Army: Ali fought in the courts for his right to fight again after a exile, he came back to beat Jerry Quarry and Oscar Bona vena and earn- the shot at Frazier. "Kill the body and the head dies," Frazier had sa id before the fight and it was this plan he tuuunvu ill uuiiuuig aij ui loss after 31 pro victories.

Frazier suffered a bloody he; for that one." 1 Ali landed flat on his back from the punch, made it to his feet at the count of four and took the mandatory eight-count from referee Art Mercante. "I couldn't help him getting up," said Frazier, "but I knew he was going back down." However, Ali remained on his feet for the remainder of the rr Frazier and Ali had carried rn a tiinnlmr rammentarv and both-were warned several times by Mercante to stop the taiirino v' 'He was laying alot of ghetto talk on me, saying he was gonna kill em and that," said Frazier. "I just said, 'I'll do the same to Asked if he thought Frazier had broken Ali's jaw, with that devastating left in the 15th, Yancey Durham, the champion's manager, said, "I ain't no doctor and neither is Joe. If he can still talk, his jaw ain't broken." It was later that Bundini Brown said Ali's jaw was broken. Frazier said he thought the punishment Ali absorbed on the ropes had taken a heavy toll on the challenger.

At had seemed to be pawing at even clowning with the charm). think he was clown- ingr said frazier. Ill tell you, those shots add up. They slowed him down. He couldn't get off those ropes." Ali had pledged to crawl across the ring on hands and knees if he lost to Frazier.

"No, I didn't make him do that," said Frazier, "but I want him to apologize for all of the things he called me." "He mumbled something after the fight, but I don't know what it was he said," Frazier added. Frazier said his future plans were unsettled. "We haven't talked over the future yet," said Frazier, "I gotta get away and talk it over with Yank (Durham)." "Man, I gotta live a little. I've been working for 10 long years." 2 fight fans stricken, die NEW 'YORK (AP), -Madison Square Garden officials said two spectators died of heart attacks during Monday night's Joe Frazier-Muhammad Ali heavyweight championship fight. Their identities were not immediately disclosed.

standing players were Ron Ueland, a promising freshman linebacker at Montana State University, and Buddy Walsh, the bulldozing fullback headed for the University of Montana PETRINO If 65 by Huntley Project who in Referee impressed overtime hit 9 of 11 free throws and was paced by Paul Ob lander's 29 points. Adrian Bird led Lodge Grass with 23 in the Southern Division meeting. Already decided in previous challenger competition were tourney representatives Malta in the Northern Division, Red Lodge in the Southern Division, Plentywood and Fairview in the Eastern Division and Eureka and Stevensville in the Western Division. The Ryegate Demons won their first state tourney berth in history Monday night by edging the Rosebud Wranglers 48-47 in overtime, advancing to the State Class basketball tournament March 18-20 in Helena. A 43-43 tie ended regular playing time, with Rosebud scoring a futile two points in the last three seconds.

Rocky Nelson of Rosebud topped all scorers with 23 points, and Lynn Dale led Ryegate with 18 in the Southern Division contest at Laurel. MEW WHEELS Uea. up MOUNTED FREE PUT YOUR SUMMER TIRES ON NEW WHEELS mm APPLIANCE CENTER knockdown on closed-circuiL- television- before Drew- "Bundini" Brown, one of Ali's handler's brought a message 'You'd have trouble talking if your jaw was puffed up a little bit," Brown said, "but he was still trying to talk. He and Frazier congratulated each other and said to each other, 'you're a real champ. "This was the first time I've seen him go 15, but I had no doubt that he could.

However, he was rather tired tonight. It was a gruelling fight." 7 fighters to attend tournament Seven fighters, representing the Silver Bow Boxing Club of Butte, will compete in Golden Gloves matches Thursday thorugh Saturday in Las Vegas, according to to team coach Doc Jordan. Bouts will be conducted in three classes novice, for those with eight or fewer fights; intermediate, for more experienced fighters who have never won a state championship; and open, for the most experienced fighters. Three fighters from Butte and two each from Helena and Anaconda will comprise the contingent, from here. They will be accompanied by Dick Pickett and Mike Soderstrom, who work with Jordan in the training of the boxers.

Fighting in the novice division will be Bob Blake of Helena at 125 pounds and Dave Jany of Butte at 165. Competing in the intermediate class will be Tim O'Leary of Helena at 139 and Wayne Burns of Butte at 147. Completing the Silver Bow group and participating in the open division will be Bill Clark of Butte, 125; Tom Gates of 132; and Mickey Morris of Anaconda, 165. Central group to meet tonight The Butte Central Athletic Association will conduct an "important" meeting at 8 tonight in the" high school cafeteria. "All members are urged to please attend" the said Otto Simon, athletic director at Butte Central High School.

Sob FeSiTDuii NEW YORK (AP) The man closest to the action came away surprised that it lasted so long after watching "some of the best punches I've ever seen." "The way they were hitting each other I was surprised that it went 15," said referee Arthur Mercante. "I thought it would be more wide open on Ali's part. I was surprised to see him in close so much, slugging toe to toe. "But it was a beautifully fought fight, and they threw some of the best punches I've ever seen. They both could take it." And it was the fourth time he has been in the ring with Frazier.

"But in the fights I've handled he always exhibited a ferociousness in the ring. next fall on a football scholarship. Petrino, in his playing days, was quite a performer, according to local football buffs. After earning all-state honors at Butte Central and competing in the 1955 high school Shrine Game, Petrino played four years at Western Montana College where he was named to the Frontier Conference all-league squad. PETRINO WILL assume his new duties Monday.

Friday will be his final day at Central. Applications for the Butte Central football position will be accepted until March should be sent to Father Robert J. O'Donnell, principal; Butte Central High School, Idaho and Park, Butte, 59701. Applicants should be qualified to coach both football and wrestling. A social studies major, especially in American history, is preferred.

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Central captured three divisional championships in Petrino's reign. At Central, Petrino also was an assistant basketball coach and taught five American history classes each semester. PETRINO CALLED the Carroll College job "a great challenge and a great advancement for me and my family. I'm really happy with the position and I feel I can get. the job done," he added.

"I've got mixed emotions," Petrino admitted. I love Central. I am a Maroon and I'll always be a Maroon." The Maroons produced serveral stars under Petrino. Probably his two most dut- By HUDSON WILLSE Standard Sports Editor Bob Petrino, who has had super success as Butte Central's head football coach the past six seasons, is stepping up to the college ranks. Petrino has been hired as Carroll College's head football coach.

He succeeds Tom Kelly, who resigned last fall and. is now the Saints' athletic director. The move was an nounced by the Rev. Joseph D. Harrington, Carroll president.

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