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PAGI TIM TUESDAY, MBRUARV 13, THI fADUCAH SUN-DEMOCRAT Liston Is Overwhelmieg 7-1 Fight Favorite Murray Strengthens League Lead Lip Takes Glances Against 'Ugly Bear' In $5 Million Bout By JACK HAND, Associated Press Sports Writer MIAMI BEACH. Fla. (AP)-Heavywelght champion Sonny ini Racers Could 'Bama Stalls ivrirrni 1 i Kentucky Bid Cinch A Tie On Saturday Liston. an ominous 7-1 favorite, is expected to button the lip of A Cassius Clay Tuesday night at Convention Hall in a heavy- weight title fight that couia oe a snocKing mm ion mismaicn. JOHNSTON CITY.

Feb, For Clincher By ROSS M. HAGEN Associated Press Writer TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Is Clav a hoax? Or a new golden boy? The.true story of Sunday with the semblance of a smile on his grim, expression 24-Murray State strengthened its Ohio Valley Conference lead here tonight, mistreating runner- less face. Upstart Alabama smashed the up East Tennessee 96-75 to build 114-game advantage In the Kentucky wildcats, 65-59, in a Southeastern Conference basket league. ball upset Monday night, Murray now is 9-3 in the con Second-ranked Kentucky went ference and 14-8 overall while East Tennessee now stands at Into the game highly favored, this 22-year-old former Olympic champion will be told when he has to put up or shut up against the man he calls "that big ugly bear." Thegabby poet from Louisville unbeaten in 19 pro fights, has been popping off so long that his spiel sounds like a recorded message from an answering service "I'm" the king, I'm the king.

I'm the greatest. Ain't I beautiful? I'm too pretty to be a fighter. I'm going to whup that ugly 1 but could never solve a sticky 7-4 in the OVC. Alabama zone defense. The Racers, in winning.

J. played what probably was their Rugged Bob Andrews and J. W. Berry were the scoring stars in the Tide attack, but it was the Alabama defenders who KAY HUGHES Sparks Indian Win oest game of the season. "We could have beaten them by 50 points," said publicity man Joe claimed the hero role.

PJC Downs Tom Erwin. We tore up their zone, hitting well from the out Kentucky saw dreams of I bear. If he whups me I'll crawl 1 across the ring and kiss his feet. side and getting great passing and ball control to work in for clinching at least a tie for the SEC title go up in smoke. It was only the third loss of the I'm predicting eight to prove 'I I'm great." Murray State the short Jumper." Bill MacDonald, a Miami sportsman who guaranteed a live gate of $625,000 at Convention Hall appears to be sure to take a licking.

He also has to pick up the tab for expenses which put the nut close to $800,000. With the top ticket for the golden circle prices at $250 and other prices ranging from $200, $150, $100, $50 to a low of $20, there has been a decided apathy at the box office. Hard figures are impossible to come by. One estimate said $330,000 was in the till. It appeared that $500,000 would be about the best the promoters could hope for although the house is called for over a million dollars.

Depending on the turnouts at the closed circuit outlets, Liston could get as much as $1.3 million and Clay as much as for the night's exercise. Listen gets 40 per cent and Clay 22i2 per cent. However, Liston also is the president and a 50 per cent owner of Intercontinental Sports, the parent promotional group, which gets 37l per cent season, and in conference play, A That is the Clav nartv line. Saturday night Murray enter for Coach Adolph Rupp's delivered with the glibness of a tains Tennessee Teh, last year's Frosh 83-68 carnival pitchman while he OVC winner, and a victory Cotton Nash, the Kentucky woma clinch a tie for the league stares out into space. A publicity campaign, pat ace, had one of his worst nights of the season.

He scored only With both teams playing championship. After that the urday during his final workout for Tuesday night's title fight with champion Sonny Liston. AP Wlrephoto) terned after that used by the pretty sloppy basketball. Padu- Racers play away from home one field goal, and when he left CLAY BARE KNUCKLES LIGHT BAG-Squelching a rumor that he had hurt a hand during training challenger Cassius Clay uses bare knuckles on the light punching bag Sat- Fight Notes, Facts, Figures late Gorgeous George, has hoist in a -season-ender with More- the game on personal fouls, he had only nine points. Teammate cah Junior ground out an 83-68 victory over the freshmen of Murray State College at head.

ed him into the No. 1 'spot among the challengers although Cal Luther's Thoroughbreds Ted Deeken scored 18. he has beaten few name fighters grabbed a 4-0 lead and never uaK Monday night, the second time this year PJC has beaten while compiling a 19-0 record Alabama ripped to a 7-0 lead before the shell-shocked Ken-tuckians scored with nearly six trailed- in the game. Murray the Colts. moved out by ten, 17-7, on a free throw by Al Varnes with with 15 knockouts.

Because of Clay's "Big I Am" speeches, this curious match may gross as high as $5 million, ine victory gives PJC an minutes gone. The Tide ran the margin to 14-2, before Nash Cabbies Say Tickets In Price Range Of Tourists 18-8 won-lost record for the year. 12:03 In the first half. Then Jim HTT. scored a one-hander.

Jennings converted a three- me inaians end tne season largely through closed circuit Kentucky spurted to within Wednesday against the Vander pointer with 3:07 left to make television which has 1,103,451 seats available at some 271 thea two points, 29-27, near the end bilt freshmen at Lone Oak, of everything. it 36-19, a 17-point lead. Stu Johnson gave Murray a 22-point, 46-24, a 1 i lead with a By MURRAY ROSE PJC took a 37-32 first half ters and arenas in the United of the half, but Alabama staved off the thrust- and left at inter Associated Press Sports Writer The delay between Clay's priced Sonny Liston-Cassius Clay fight tickets and that the tourists will have to do the buy ead, on a basket by Gino Peck over Doug Jones last March 13 and weighed 207 on June 18 when he stopped Henry Cooper MIAMI BEACH. Fla. fAP basket just as the horn sounded.

highly publicized mouthing be irora the corner with four sec Cab drivers say the Miami na The Racers came out gunning fore, dunng and after the sec States and Canada. Theatre network television, is carrying the bout on closed circuit. There is no free home television, of course. ing. in the fifth round.

mission with a 35-29 edge. It was Alabama's fifth straight victory and its second straight upset The Tide, proving to be onds left, ending 20 minutes of tives won't go for the high in the second half and Benny The tourists, burned up over Dasketball that had been give- The greatest expects to be ond Liston-Patterson fight at Las Vegas and this match and con the cool weather, aren't storm Goheen made it a 25-point ad and-take for both sides. The about 215 for Liston. SEC spoilers, knocked off Ten ing the gates either. The prices half was marked by floor mis Liston tipped the beam at stant repetition has dulled the appeal of the glib snake oil.

vantage, 61-36, on a free throw with 14:15 to go in the game. There will be a radio broadcast by the American Broadcasting are 520, $50, $100, $150, $200 and takes. 21514 last July 22 when he stif $250. nessee Saturday. Andrews had 22 points for the Tide, while playmaker Berry had 17.

KENTUCKY ALABAMA Sonny Haws' Injuns began to fened Floyd Patterson in 2:10 of Co. The 15-round match is sched salesman. Reports connecting Clay with the Black Muslim movement, a Negro supremacy Johnson hit a pair of gratis shots with 10:48 showing for a 26-point, 70-44, advantage. Mayfield Defeats Lowes the first round of their second fight at Las Vegas. His heaviest uled to start at 10 p.m., EST.

But both the natives and the find the range in the second quarter and opened up a six-point, 63-57 lead with 6:15 left, Liston needed only two min OFT 6 li Berry 6 5-7 17 With nine minutes remaining sect, also have eaten into the Louisville Lip's gate appeal. There are some who think was 219i2 on March 8, 1961, when he stopped Howard King 3 4-5 lOHowland 2 4-3 visitors know a good buy when they see one. Pianist Van Cli-burn sold out Convention Hall, site of the fight, at a $3 top 1 7- Andrew 7 0-10 22 utes and six seconds to knock Floyd Patterson loose from the title at Chicago in 1962. The Jennings scored on a layup to put Murray in front by 29 points, 77-48, and the Racers went on moved out by 13 points, 76-63, with three minutes to go. The biggest margin was the final Deeken Conley Nash Ishmaet Mobley Kron Gibson Harper 5 0-0 lOHickey 2 2-2 6 5 0-0 10 Perry 4 0-0 Clay, the man who says he 1 0-0 2 Moses 1 04 2 "floasts like a butterfly and menacing mauler who now MURRAY, Feb.

24-The 0 0-0 0 Schmcher 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 score, 83-68, or 15 points. makes his home in Denver took in the third round at Miami Beach. The Bear expects to weigh 215 for Clay. MIAMI BEACH (AP)-Tale of the tape for the world heavyweight title fight-Tues two powerhouses of the Third to build a 31-point lead three times, 79-48, 81-50, and 83-52 (with 6:25 left), each on baskets 24 11-14 Totals 23 IMS 65 Totals Paducah got a boost early on Kentucky 2 3059 District put on a preview of The $250 for ringside seats care of Patterson in 2: 10 of the first round in their rematch last Alabama 35 3065 stings like a bee" will have some sobering moments of thoughtful contemplation in these hours before ring time. They will watch carefully for their expected showdown in the and there are 600 of them rep six quick points by Kay Hughes as he connected on his first by Johnson.

Personal fouls Kentucky, Deeken 5, Conley 5, Nash 5, Mobley 2, Harper. Ale- July at Las Vegas. district tournament, and May- resents a record high for regu Murray, which controled re day night between champion Sonny Liston and Cassius Clay: oama. Berry, nowiand 3, Andrews 4, three shots from the floor. 'You'll be going home be field wound up victorious 48-39 Hughes took scoring honors any signs of panic at the weigh- LISTON CLAY at the Murray State Sports lar seats for a fight.

According to the Ring record book, the previous high was $25 for a bounds 52-45, hit 40 of 71 chances from the floor for 56 per cent while East Tennessee was buck tween the first and third rounds," Liston told newsmen in. for the tnbe with 23 points, fol Arena tonight. nicKey perry 2. (est). Georgia 81, Vanderbilt 69 30 Age 22 215 XWeight 215 eting 31 of 80 chances for 39 lowed by 19 by Ron Alexander and 11 each by Peck and Jesse Neither team was hitting well, possibly because both had good heavyweight fight in London, England, May 11, 1922, between George Carpentier and Ted per cent.

6-1 Height 6-3 44 Chest Normal 42 84 Reach 82 44 Chest Normal 42 Yopp. defenses operating. Johnson led the way for Mur ATHENS, Ga. (AP) Geor Chest expanded 4Vi (Kid) Lewis of England. Car Jerry Miller scored 19 to pace Murray with Gary Quint add Lowes started as if the Blue ray with 22 points, followed by gia overpowered Vanderbilt 81- 36 Waist 34 Biceps 15 Jennings with 20, Gene Pendle Devils intended to sweep May- pentier won on a first round knockout.

A sign of things to 69 Monday night to win its sec Forearm 13'. ing 14. ton with 18 and Scott Schlosser field out of the house. Before Paducah hit 50 per cent and ond straight Southeastern Conference basketball game at the with 16. 25 Thigh 25 16 Calf 17 17V4 Neck 17 15V Fist 12 Mayfield could collect itself, Murray 31 per cent from the come? Miami is having a boom sea JrfSWK MeWnftt JW) '19-95 i i I I P-Tu Mock I I I Mil It To I I A 7 tJ I 'ack, I I 1 1 fcll' town, I 1 1 3Z or Dork OdVa.

-f f' Houston Fraizer scored 17 Lowes had surged to 7-1 lead. new Coliseum. floor, and PJC controled re x-Offlcial weights to be announced day points to pace East Tennessee. ot tne tignt. bounds 47-43.

Paducah hit 19 Then the Cardinals made their move. They put on a scoring Jennings was Murray's top re- MIAMI BEACH (AP)-Facts and fig of 25 and Murray 16 of 22 free bounder with 17 recoveries. burst that moved them ahead Jimmy Pitts and Lee Martin led the Bulldogs to victory with Pitts scoring 31 points in a game in which Vandy led only once at 3-1 with 50 seconds gone. Mar ures ot tne world heavyweight title fight Tuesday night between champion Sonny throws. son despite low temperatures and rain.

The high Sunday was only 65 degrees and the low 49 which is considered polar bear weather here. Yet a vacant Quint was Murray's top re- before Lowes could rally and stem the onslaught. usion ana nay: Date Tuesday, Feb. 25. MURRAY Jennings tin had 13 points.

Place Miami Beach Convention Hall, ine Blue Devils never re room is as hard to find as a Pendleton bounder, and took game honors with 14, while Hughes and Yopp were grabbing 11 each for PJC. fight capacity 16,000. covered from the swift come Television Closed circuit to Theaters Clay backer with money to VANDERBILT GEORGIA Johnson Varnas and arenas, nationwide. Radio-ABC. plunge on the challenger.

back and never again held the lead. Paducah 37 4683 Time 10 p.m., Eastern Standard Tlmt. Murray 33 3668 Grace Green Lee Miller Schurig 4 5-7 13 Waller 4 0-0 0 2 0-1 4Bagby 6 1-5 13 4-6 22 Crenshaw 3 4-4 10 6 3-5 15 Pitts 11 9-9 31 0 0-0 0 Martin 3-4 13 Schlosser Goheen Lowes had an off night at the PADUCAH (S3) WUson 6, Darnell 6 Yopp 11, Peck 11. Hughes 33. Winn 2 Distance 15 rounds or less.

Prlces-S20, $50, $100, $200, $250. Gross gate Fighters guaranteed $625, Rudy Clay, the heavyweight free throw line as well as in the renrod. Hawler Alexander 19, Thomas 3 0-0 kid brother of the challenger, 000; arena scaled for $1.1 million. Duncan. MURRAY (68) Schmidt S.

Miller 19, Closed circuit Approximately 1,100,000 makes his pro debut on the Calvert 1 1-2 W.Taylor 0 2-3 Hines 0 2-2 M.Taylor 0 6-10 6 3 Mathews 0 0-0 0 2 Danner 0 0-0 0 2 Stith 0 0-0 0 2Ack'mann 0 04 0 seats at $4 up; could gross about Quint 14. Hopp 10. Tanner 4. Booher field. They missed enough free throws to have changed the complexion of the game, hit Tuesday night card.

Rudy, 20, UMJ. Goebel Totals Lambert 8. Gambill 1 04 Fighters' purses Liston, 40 per cent and extras, possibly, $1.36 million; Clay, meets Chip Johnson of Naples, in a four-rounder. 8 4-4 8 2-6 9 4-4 3 1-3 8 0-0 3 2-2 0 0-1 1 2-2 0 1-2 40 16-24 ting only 15 of 30. wn per cent, possioiy sew.ow.

ETSU Fighters' records Liston 35-1, 23 knock Mayfield, meanwhile, was hit College Scores Monday's College Basketball Results Bv The Associated Press outs, never stopped. Clay 19-0, 15 knock outs. Cassius Clay has been getting Scheuerman 7 0-0 14 Stiltner 4 4-5 12 Gibson 1 0-2 2 7 0-0 4 4-5 1 0-2 Scoring 10-polnt must system for each ting 16 of 21 free throws, 12 of them by Jimmy Youngblood, who had 14 chances at the line. heavier with each fight. He won round by referee and two judges to be announced at fignr time.

the Olympic 178-pound title at Malone 6 2-2 14 6 2-2 Rules Eight-ounce loves; mandatory The Cardinals bested Lowes Rome in i960. He scaled 202V, eigm-couni; no inree Knockdowns rule; Frazier 7 3-3 17 7 3-3 Purdue 05, Illinois 74 Indiana 108, Wisconsin 82 Georgia 01, Vanderbilt 69 Bowling Green 106, Marshall 17 Virginia 79, North Carolina 64 Centenary 94, Tulsa Valparaiso 74, Marquette 68 Murray 96, East Tennessee 76 Tennessee State 101, McKendree 61 counr on ngnters floored at end of a in field goals, scoring 16 to the when he won a close decision round to be continued Into rest period. Fox 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 Blue Devils' 12. Newbold 2 3-5 7 L. Miller 4 2-4 10 2 3-5 4 2-4 Mayfield hit only 35 per cent Gallagher 0 0-4 0 Henry 0 0-0 0 Totals 26 17-26 6 Totals 2 23-12 II Vanderbilt 44 Georgia 40 41 1 Personal fouls Vanderbilt, Calvert 4, Gambill 4, Miller 3, Grace 3, Hlnes 2, W.

Taylor 2, Green 2, Lee, Thomas. Georgia, Waller 5, Crenshaw 5, Mathews 4, M. Taylor 3, Martin 2, Pitts 2. Atendance 10,000. Florida 92, Georgia Tech 73 GAINESVILLE, Fla.

(AP) -A sharp-shooting University of Florida basketball team upset Georgia Tech Monday night, 92-73. After a see-saw first half, the Gators went ahead to stay when Tennessee Tech SI, Middle Tennessee 76 of its field goal attempts, far off its usual pace. Lowes was hav W. Miller 0 0-10 Hatfield 0 0-0 0 Totals 31 14-22 76 0 0-1 0 0-0 Delta State 92, Southeast Missouri 90 Colorado 56, Oklahoma State 54 Southern Illinois University II, Kentucky Wesleyan 77 Austin Peay 77, Eastern Kentucky 67 ing even poorer luck, hitting just 33 per cent of its shots. vi an bisk iuj, Montana si Murray 46 5096 Youngblood, with his 12 free 4' ETSU 24 5276 NBA Box throws, was high scorer for teams with 18 points.

For Lowes, the highest scor BOSTON DETROIT OFT OFT Havllcek I 3-3 19 Butcher 1 1-1 3 Heins'n 11 5-5 27 Duffy 1 2 Personal fouls: Murray, Pendleton, Johnson 3, Varnas 2, Schlosser 4, Goheen 3, Walker, Goebel. ETSU, Scheuerman 3, ing output was by Charles Wil-kins, who scored 12. IN THE V- K. Jones 1 2-2 4 Ferry 3 3-3 9 center Bill Koss scored a tip-in with 50 seconds left in the period. That gave Florida a 41-40 S.Jones 7 6-7 20 Harding 11 1-4 23 The two teams have drawn Gibson 3, Malone, Frazier 2.

Fox, Newbold, L. Miller 2, W. Miller. into opposite brackets In the halmme advantage, Third District Tournament, Loscutoff 1 0-0 2 Howell 5-6 17 Ramsey 1 0-1 2 W. Jones 4 0-11 Russell 3-5 21 Morel'd 4 5-5 13 Sanders 6 6-1 lBOhl 9 i-t 22 Scott 7 4-5 18 Totals 44 25-31 113 Totals 46 23-31 115 Boston 4 30 23 it 14-11 After that the Gators never starting next week.

led by less than five points. Ky. High School Basketball Brooks Henderson led Florida Detroit 24 30 21 33-1 IS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MAYFIELD 11 23 39 48 LOWES 9 16 39 MAYFIELD (411 Malon. 11. scoring with 23 points Personal fouls Boston, Havlicek 3, Heinsohn 4, K.

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Kentucky Up To 2nd In Poll second on all report cards. joined the elite after impressive notches after a 69-63 loss to St UCLA broueht its record to 22- sw-SJ ana SW-81 ctories nvpr By MIKE RATHET Associated Press Sports Writer UCLA's all-conquering Bruins, rolling unchecked toward the Joseph's, Pa. i Bowling Green and Marauette. UCLA, wound un with 4lfi 0 last week by beating Stanford 100-88, and moved still another step closer toward becoming the respectively. votes, substantially more than first undefeated season among Kentucky, boosting its record Presented By E.

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1 team in the nation in the and took over the No. 2 snot Air-CelM lubber CasMea fcf CMtfwt in 1956-57 to go through an entire season undefeated. The Bruins have only four games remaining, against teams they already have hftflfpn Wflchinotnn fi XIhel Shan JlS hr Strenda aespue a 72-71 loss to wake Forest, received 258. while Michigan drODDed to third latest Associated Press poll while turning in the most im OH an 89-75 loss to nnesnrn TTl Tod Tan. with fine nlmr i pressive report card of the Duke held the fourth snot while Parentheses, season records thramh t.

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6, each received one first-place vote. Behind Oreeon State cam- ers and sports casters.grabbing J.UCLA (3i) 1 Kentucky (2) 20 2 356 3. Michigan (1) 11 3 332 Ouke 11 4 251 Wichita 1 5 235 6. Oregon Stat (1) 23 i 195 7. Davidson 21 1 136 i.

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