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THE TIMES RECORD, TROY, N. MONDAY APrVL i960 15-Rounder Slated For Wednesday In Montana By THK ASSOCIATED PRESS 33 REV. GEORGE C. ST. JOHN V.

i lh( seco (J lime nighl when a a long-lime contender, at Bozcman L- ,7 UW mcct in 3 15 the Montana Stale College Field House, It will be telecast by ABC at 10 p.m. EST Fullmer. 28. ot West Jordan, Utah, won NBA recognition as champion by stopping Carmen Easilio in 14 rounds last Aug. 28.

He then outpointed Spider Webb in a title defense at Logan, Utah, Dec. 4. Giardello has blown several chances for title shots in the past. Now, at 29, it may be loo late for the Philadelphian. He had a so-so 4-2 record last year, bowing to Tiger Jones and Dick Tiger.

Joey beat Tiger in return and also whipped Holly Del Flanagan and Chico Vemar. His record is 17-5 including 30 kayos. Fattened Record Fullmer has won Jl slraight to fallen his record to 51-4 including 22 knockouts. The Friday night NBC vision feature matches couple of tall, shardp-hilting lightweights in Lennie Matthews of Philadelphia and Doug Vaillant of Cuba at Miami Beach. No.

4 lighlweighl contender, has a 24-3-1 record including 14 kayos. Vaillant's record is 20-1-2 including 12 knockouts. Good Lighlweights A couple of olher good light- eights, Carlos Hernandez of Venezuela and Alfredo Urbino of Mexico collide at Los.Ange- les Thursday night; Hernandez is the 20-year-old prospect who stopped Featherweight King Davey Moore in a non-title scrap. Welterweight I nd Charlie Scolt of Philadelphia meets a townsman, Frankie Kid) Anslem, for the Pennsylvania 147-pound crown in 12 rounds at Philadelphia tonight. The program also includes: Tonight At New York (St.

Nick's), Jose Gonzalez, New York, vs. Billy Flamio, New York, welters, 10. Tomorrow At Los Angeles, Alejandro Laborante, Argentina, vs. Andy Isaac, Loi Angeles, heavies, 10; at Trenton, N.J., Santiago Ramirez, New York vs. Danny Livingston, Trenton, lights, 10.

Thursday At Paterson, N.J., Al Milone, New York, vs. Jay Anderson, Paterson, middles, at San Jose, Luis Molina, San Jose, vs. Zeke Lucero, Sacramento, lights, 10. Favor Kelley In Boston AA Marathon Boston (AP) As usual, Johnny Kelley is the man lo beat in tomorrow's i of the Boston AA Marathon. In the last four years Ihe slim, personable English leach- er from Groton, has finished second three times and won it once.

That winning effort, incidentally, was a record 2:20.05 for the 26-mile, 385- yard course from suburban Hopkinton to Boston's Back Bay section. Kelley, 29, lasl year brought the U.S. its first Pan American crown since 1908. In the last four years in the Boston Marathon he hasn't been beaten by an American. The 1960 running ot the Marahlon a aside from a group of a a i a only two foreign runners listed on the roster of 197 who are scheduled to start.

They are Veikko Koivumaki and Paavo Kotila, both Finns. Both are highly regarded and are generally considered Kcl- ley's biggest threat. In the seven years Ihe Finns have won three firsts, three seconds, three thirds and three fourths. Bui one of the strongest do- meslic fields in years also could give Kellcy trouble. Heading Ihe pack is Jim Green, a Saugus, schoolteacher who finished eighth last year.

He is ranked as one of the United States' fastest-rising distance runners. Other lop candidates include LI. Alex Breckenridge of the U.S. Marines, Tony Sapienza and Al Confalone of the BAA. Gordon McKenzie of Ihe New York Pioneer Club and Billy Smith of Hamilton, Ont.

Results In American Assn. St. Paul 9-1, 0-2 Indianapolis 5, Minneapolis 4 Houston 4, Charleston 3 (12 inn.) Denver 11, Dallas-Ft. Worth 6 St. Peter's A wards Event Wednesday Rev.

George G. SI. John will be the principal speaker at St. Peter's annual sports awards i i slated for 8 p.m. Wednesday at St.

Peter's Lyceum. Donald Caswell and William V. Donnelly are cochair- nen of the event. Frank R. Hart will act as toaslmaster.

Trophies will be the first four teams in the league with presenta- being made by the following: Siena (first place) by Stan Aransky; John H. Lodge ilr. Hart and Rev. M. Curiis Hughes, spiritual director Father Hughes will present tro- llies to the three outstanding fageri of: the last season.

Rt. Rev. Msgr. Matthew will be a guest, of honor and will make ip orts- presentation. Tourney To Start Tonight The llth annual YMCA Open Invitational Basketball Tournament starls tonight with three games at Bonef leel Gym.

Tap-offs are scheduled for 7, 8 and 9 oclock. -The 7 o'clock piece pairs the Cohoes Alumni, with Cohoes High All-Scholastics, Dick (Butch) Heroiix, John Gorski and Bob Hrynczuk; against Albany's Benarde A.C., slocked with former collegians including Wayne who won the most valuable award for a player whose team was eliminated in the first round of the recent LaSalle Alumni tournament. The Pillsfield, Panthers, the only non-New York State team in the tourney', face the LaSalle Alumni at 8 o'clock Lou Grimaldi, one of the Mechanicville Whiz Kids from championship teams of 1952 and 1953, is on the Panther squad. The 9 o'clock contest mstchei St. John's of Amsterdam "gainst the Castleton Merchants.

The Johnnies are led by Fred Guziclek, the LaSalle Alumni tournament's most valuable -player. Guy.ie- lek hooped one-game LSI of 41 points. mri right RUTGERS OUTROWS TWO Sew York (AP)--A burly all Rutgers heavyweight ere got its season off on the rigl note Saturday on the Harlem River, defeating Boston (Jniver- tity and Columbia. DRIVE YOUR SELF CARS TRUCKS FOR RENT CALL BE 5-0122 Troy Track Rental INC. TROY Ctai.

Grtnicr JeSn Shctfivn Sam Snead Birdies To Win Greensboro Open Greensboro, N. c. (AP)--Sam Snead birriied the last (wo holes yesterday to win the Greater Greensboro Open Golf Tournament for Ihe sevenlh lime with a closing 69 (or a 270 total. He was 14 under par and two shots ahead o( runncrup Dow Finsteru'ald who shot a final 68. The victory was the 105th major PGA circuit triumph for Snead Loses Golf Match 3rd Time" New York (AP)--Sam Snead, NBA Middleweight CrownlirBout With Cunningham, New Flyweight Champ Boston Sports SWEET TASTING--The laste of victory several forms, all of them here adding up lo another win for Sam Snead, who look the Greater Greensboro Open yesterday with record 270 score.

He tastes victory by holding his scorccard in his mouth, and refreshing cup of water. (UPI Telcphoto) who once pocketed $28,000 dence of their appreciation to while winning 13 straight tele- lh vision enlf ma who came 'and to encourage those unable nounced next year's tourna- and the open team division sine ment would carry a $20,000 A pr 7. ABC Pinmen Set To Begin 7th Week Toledo, Ohio (AP)--Bowlers in Ihe American Bowling Congress tournament are i (he seventh week of the meet will 47-year-old Snead in his 28 as a. professional and earned him $2,800. The While Sulphur Springs, W.

pro be a lucky seven for them. In the last week, the contestants have found the current Sponsors ot the a standings hard to beat, The las; yesterday lo up the change i top 10 of any di urse money from the sched- vision occurred in the doubles uled 517,500 to $20,000 as evi- April 12. ton the first Greensboro tour- lamcnt in 1938. purse. Finslcnvald, who was third in his last three tournaments before coming here, picked up 51,900 for his second place finish.

Don i of Boirego Springs, closed with a 66, the day's best round, for 277 and third place, worth $1, 400. Snead's total on fhe rpunc of 68-66-67-69 was stroke low er than the record for the Star mount Forest Country Club's course set 15 years ago by Byron Nelson. vision golf matches, lost a single match with Mason Rudolph for the third lime yeslerday. The occasion was Ihe reshow- ing of the controversial filmed television malch on the "World Championship Golf" series on NBC, which Snead later ad- milted he lost purposely after discovering he had an illegal 15th in his bag. NBC, the network said yes- lerday, decided lo repeat the match originally shown on April 3 because ot "Ihe unusual interest in the match" and the "controversy which has arisen over the circumstances." The match was filmed in Bermuda in De cember.

Mildly Rebuked Since Ihe April 3 showing and disclosure ol Ihe circumstances, Snead has Been mildly rebuked by the Professional Golfers Assn. for "poor judgment" and one of the co-sponsors' of the TV show has withdrawn. Yeslerday, in a statement laped last week, Snead said on Ihe program: "There's quite a lot of controversy over the TV match and I would like to clarify the fact when I discovered I had 15 cluhs in the bag I had already lost the. malch 10 and 8, so therefore 1 thought the show must go on and we'd try lo make (he best of il. i did not inform Mason Rudolph of Ihe fact because I was afraid it might make him a little jittery and play poorly.

Deserved to Win "But since he played much better than 1 did be deserved to win. There was no such thing as i Ihe malch on TV. 1 had already losl Ihe malch (under Ihe rules) when 1 discovered the number of clubs." Rudolph, who said il was "a wonderful feeling a Snead," said in his laped slate- Carolina, to win the Greater Greensboro Open a lo compete this year to atlend events since April the boos i cvcnia auitr rtpiu me DOOR- rtv umnei HI i a the fulure." They also an- ter learn division since April 10 honor lasl April, Cardinal Cush Fischer Ties Soviet For Chess Lead Mar Bel Plata, Argentina AP)--Bobby Fischer, 17-year- old Uniled States champion and Russian grand master Boris Spassky finished in lie yesterday for first place in the International Chess Tourna- menl. Each had mi points in Ihe 19-day tourney. The New York youngsler earned his lie Saturday in the final round when he won and the Russian was held lo a draw- Fischer defeated Argentina's Luis Jlarini in 34 moves.

Spass ky was lied by Argentina's Bernardo Weslcr in 20 moves. Fischer wound up with 13 victories, one loss and one draw. Spassky won 12 and played three draws. A victory counts one point and a draw a half point. was being repealed yesterday, A'o.

9-Pitch Slinis By JIMMY DEMARBT Newspaper Enterprise Assn. It is not the yardage which properly describes shot as a pitch shot. It is the character ol the swing. Ordinarily, shots hit to the green from distances from 25 to 75 yards are referred to as pitch shots. They are powered and controlled by swings which involve, lo a lesser degree, ill the elements of a full swing excepting the force with which the bail is contacted.

Hit pilch shots with eveiy hit as much authority as Ice-shots. The distance involved is reduced by the club, the length of the back.s-.ving and what is put into 1 it. Natural momentum OPPORTUNITY For young man with telei experience and knowledge of offict to auiit Manager of National Paint Concern in Tri-Crty Area. Liberal company with opportunity for advancement in this field. Man selected will receive two weeki training.

Sab-nit reply in writing to A. Q. Ronk, 276 Central Albeny, New York. hitting area. The hands, lull pitch-shot swings inever divorcing themselves from lo full swings always hit the ball as hard as the size and ef- onably allow you to.

Thai is the way to regulate distance and guarantee uniform i i technique. their coordinated relationship with the knees, hips, arms and fort of the backswing will reas- shoulders, literally follow the momentum ot Ihe club and into the beginning of the follow through. In nearly every given shot i eveij- given snot a i misconception I situation, the beginner will be lo believe that swings are al- relying on the seven, eight and most all the same length with nine irons and the pitchini distance controlled by more or wedge in hitting pilch shols. less ertorl in the hitting a a later will dictate The good player docs every- the choice of one of these, clubs thing he can lo permit him to for shoU of various yardages fully jptnd the poiver of -wing as he moves the club into NEXT: The nd shot. There has not been a change lion Arcnoisnop Jiicna.

in top 10 of the singles Gushing of Boston lo the standings since April 11, Ihe all- dinalate. Scribe, Dies Ncwlon, Mass. (AP)--Elijah W. (Bill) Cunningham, 64 iports writer and columnist for the Boston Herald, died yesterday at his home after a long illness. A nalive of Patlonville, he was of English, Scotch and Irish descent.

Both his a fathers were Presbyterian clergymen. His a and mother were Texas schoolteachers. In 1915 a few a College alumni in Texas established a scholarship and set lip a contest for il. Bill tried for it and won, entering a that A a center in football, he wrote for Ihe campus publications and played Ihe piano in the house at Hanover, N. H.

He served in World War 1 and his first newspaper writing appeared in the Boston Globe April 20, 1819. was an eyewitness description of Ihe war- ravished cily ot Rbeims--writ- ten lo a friend on The Globe staff. Bill's firsl job was as sport writer for the Dallas Morning News, In the early stages of his career he married Doris Estelle Wilde of Attleboro, Mass. In 40 years as a reporter he covered almost every heavyweight boxing championship, all World Scries and major football games. He was a talented after- dinner speaker until forced to undergo a throat operation foi cancer.

His larynx was removed in 1958, ending his oratorical ca reer. But he soon picked up his daily column. Less a Iwo months after his operation he was in Rome covering the election of Archbishop Richard Al a dinner in Cunningham's ing referred to him as "every body's friend everybody champion." Plans Defense Bangkok, Thailand (At')-- matchmaker who is expected iri Thailand's Pone Kingpelch, Ihe Bangkok nexl lo FU'u-nloM tCHIlS With the newly crowned flyweight boxing champion ot the world, may his first title defense in in about three Aprii'T'but'The The tall, thin fisherman's son weeKs so ne cniiln delhroiied (my Pascual Pern of cuslomed lo the climat-' Argentina by split decision in uimau. 15 rounds Saturday in a whopping fistic upset. Return Bout Perez, 34-year-old vcleran, has Ihe right lo a return bout within 90 days.

His manager, Lazaro Koci, said yesterday Perez wauls the rematch as soon as possible. "I'll win the next lime," said Perez. Koci said he had received offers from Japan and Brazil but said he a to talk first i George Parnassus, Los Angeles Saturday's Collegiate Scores HA5KBAIX Hob art UPI Cornel? Unloti 0. Falrleljsh nickinton lAfaytttf 3, n'pdrtej-an i. 3.

Quetui PraU n. Hojton 6. Harvard 1. Rhode Lslaiid 1. Vrrmoiit 10, Ixwp I el and U.

a a a NYU Brooklyn College CCNY B. client 4, (12). 20. Columbia 3. Worcester "Tech S-5, MIT SMfn Hall Princeton 5, netware 4, Army 2.

1. Kt. Jnhn'e 0. Norwich 3-n. Coast 7-2.

VanrttrbUt 9 Kentucky S-3. Tlie Citadtl 7. Wnnhmston Carolina Stale West i a DAvldnon A Miami A-7. Jack3-nv-tlle P'ore-it 7. Marshall 6 (10).

Auhdrn 13, nichTnond fi. Vltclnla Tech 5. JKrJifwn SU(e S-7. l-O. Ohio a i 1-3, Pitt 0-2.

NorftuvcsUrn i-2. Union Navy Ifi, Prjtvceton fc. S. Colgate It. 10, TSifU fl.

Army 17, 3. Hofxtra Cornell 13. Harvard 12. 20. Darlmoulh 13, Middlrbury 1 Johns Hopldni 17.

VfrginU 6. Baltimore U. terms with the Thailanderi. Pc ei 'i swelterin gonline had the fight postponed" two weeks so he King Sees Victory Pone's victory, making Thailand's i world champion. was witnessed by King Phumi-! pol Adiildcj and Queen Sirikit" After the boul, the King iunv 'i' moncd Pone to his box to eon gralulate him.

The defeal was only tht jpc end of Perez' career and end'er." a reign of 5 years, 5 ruler of the 112-pound i i i Boxing experts, who had Perez fight before, said he wji" far off form. Pone, although i pro fivi years, has had only 20 Notts''' siona! fights, all in Thailand His record is 17-3. The 24-year-oId, S-fooWSV'V" champion almost quil the last spring because of an au'tc injury. His jaw was broken iV Ihe accident and he was lined nearly a year. Pone towered 8 inches over Perez and his long reach a a was a vital factor.

The Thailander's triumph" pointed up (he rise of oriental boxers in worldwide com pet i lion. A month ago Flash Elorde of the Philippines knocked Harold Gomes of Providence, at Manila and won thV'' world junior lighlweighl title. PROMPT EFFICIENT PLUMBING SERVICE DAVID FOLEY, JR. PLUMBING HEATING htduitrial-ResidenHal 14 HOUR SiRVICI 4 XALK Mi. AS J-5341 St.

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