The Atlanta Journal from Atlanta, Georgia • 32

urman Sports Tuesday June 14 1960 PAGE 32 JOE ADCOCK MAKES Yanks Braves Draw Aces to lush oes Gift Tips for ather stopped the Associated Press Wirephoto 4 Babe in Arms PURCELL RACE DIRECTOR a Airweave by Van Heusen IN VENICE 4 Slack iesta for athei Turn to Page 36 Dacronairs OLD GLENMORE $1295 Label DOWNTOWN LENOX Your Bright Choice in Light Bourbon HafdwarbMutuals Charge It Vi Monthly light heavy a storm of charges were con form of a motion complaint filed in Court for the Atlanta native to a five year in to LIBERTY NY June Jeannette 13 day old daughter of Rolf Johansson is too sleepy to care about the attention being given her by Uncle Ingcmar The heavyweight champ took time out from "his training to relax with his family or training reports see Page 35 BISHER ONCE AGAIN IN 'BEST STORIES' BOOK fered $100000 earlier to throw the fight but had refused La Motta was subpenaed as the opening witness in the long await ed investigation of boxing by the Senate antitrust and monopoly subcommittee Before La Motta took the stand it was reported that an under world figure had threatened his life The racketeer was said to have warned La Motta in a telephone call that he would be the if he talked freely to the investigators This one is porous yet not revealing Of soft ventilated 100 Soft collars won't wrinkle ever Auto matic wosh weor drip dry Ideal for ather ideal for the boss of the washing ma chine KEKTUCKY STEJUGHT BOURBuM WHiSKiY 86 PROO CltMiiJiE CiSTiUESlEMft LOOlSVimW Turley finished in somewhat wobbly fashion but their over all performances were neverthe less of key importance to man agers Charlie Dressen and the Stengel Burdette encountered a four run San rancisco outburst in the very first inning featured by a three run homer by Orlando Ce peda But he settled down there after to wind up with a route going eight hitter and the sluggers did the rest Turley who shut out the Chi cago White Sox in his previous start carried a one hit shutout into the eighth inning when the Athletics rallied for five hits and all their runs WASHINGTON June 14 (UPI) ormer middle weight champion Jake La Motta with a death threat from the underworld hang ing over his head told Sen ate investigators Tuesday his 1947 fight loss to Billy ox was He said he had been offered $100 000 to lose La Motta testified that he was when the referee stopped the Madison Square Gar den bout in the fourth round and gave the victory to ox on a TKO La Motta grim faced and tight lipped said he took the dive in exchange for a promise that might be to give him a shot at the middle weight crown La Motta said he had been of LA MOTTA TESTIIES HE THREW OX IGHT California district court in the New York action against the Los Angeles Chargers and Charles lowers Papers filed in support of the motion state that the Los Angeles Chargers paid McKeever a known Giant scout $1000 to as sist them in signing halfback lowers already under contract to the Giants and fullback James Varnardo whom McKeever sup posedly had undertaken to sign for the Giants Atlanta Journal Sports Editor urman Bisher has for the 10th straight year been selected as a contributor to the book "Best Sports Stories of the selection which appeared in The Jour nal last summer was named the fifth best news feature story of the year by a panel of three judges John Hutchens one of the judges commenting on the story which dealt with the formation of a second major league All Star game said: or another the indignation quotient doesn't seem to be very strong in this year's Sports wherefore this blast at the acquisitive instinct strikes me as particularly in addition to the good sense it No Interest or Ci ing Charges month after the work is com pleted Claims service In every county of every state and many more benefits Tells Story In ace of Death Threats Short point or medium button down collars Cool Lightweight 100 Cotton Wash Wear NEW YORK June 14 WL The New York football Giants Mon day accused Los Angeles Charg ers and Ed McKeever now general manager of the Boston Patriots of the American oot ball League with fraud deceit bribery and double dealing The Giants tamed in the for amended US District northern district of Mississippi southern division was well as in UPI Telephoto ON INIELD LY By GREGORY AVRE Atlanta Journal Assistant bporls Editor Atlant a International Raceway a two year old infant that taken its first step yet has a new race date and ironclad as surances that no one will be stood up this time Pat Purcell general manager of NASCAR who was retained Monday as racing director for AIR announced Monday night that the raceway had been grant ed a July 31st sanction for 300 mile grand national race Hie purse will be $35000 Originally scheduled to run November of 1959 AIR had cancel their plans when financial troubles beset the operation Tins however was cleared up once and for all Monday afternoon when after six months money up with over a in aid Art Lester an who was signed contract as president of AIR also reached an agreement with con tractor Jack Smith to com plete the idle layout lock stock and barrel The contract calls for $635816 to be paid Smith in installments with the final payment due one Get the whole story from ALLEN STANORD AGENT 800 PEACHTREE BLDG TR 5 4711 Insurmct for roar HOME BUSINES3 SMITH agreed to to roll in time for time trials prior to the actual race date Other business transacted Mon day included paying off all old debts incurred during the two years since the track was first started and the awarding of the concession rights to Berio Inc of Philadelphia Lester also announced that Don veteran race writer and public relations executive was CIRCUS CATCH Ends Up in Prone Position Burdette Turley Both Notch Victories as Teams Make Moves on the other hand has have the track ready UNITED PRESS International was told that confirmation of the threat and possibly the identity of the mysterious caller were ex pected to come out during ques tioning of La Motta La Motta one time idol of thou sands of youngsters and fight fans said he decided to go along with the while he was in training for the ox bout He said his spleen was ruptured and he knew he would be in if ox hit him hard there Actually La Motta admitted un der questioning ox did not harm him seriously before the 175 pounds of flesh was hitting me in the face but I hurt La Motta declared Directing the cross examination was John Bonomi former New York assistant district attorney who helped convict such rack eteers as Gabriel Genovese rank Carbo and Johnny Dio during his career La Motta said he just stood there in the ring while ox threw a number of punches Then referee The controversial weight match drew criticism from New York sports writers who' charged that it was a Authorities later investigated but La Motta denied any wrong doing Tuesday the boxer ad mitted he lied to them La Motta said that before the ox fight he was having trouble getting bouts because: was too He said he was known as the even before he won the middle weight title Bonomi asked him directly if his fight with ox fixed so you would lose is that cor La Motta stared somberly at the wall facing him he said La Motta told the investigators that he had earned an estimated one million dollars during his 13 Charge Vs Monthly No Interest or Carrying Charges Hammer ell in Rome Then they arrived in Rome where the "hammer really fell Another friend had dropped this little bomb in a letter to the Buttses with nothing more than a mad attempt at good humor but with magnificently poor timing: top of the 'Godfrey he wrote Tarken ton has decided he wants to study engineering and has trans ferred to Georgia Tarkenton being a quarterback of some caliber and a man of importance to the Georgia football team1 it was all Mrs Butts could do to keep the coach from throwing himself coins and all into the fountain in Rome took me about three hours to realize that he was just kid Butts said they were the three most miserable hours I spent in Now all has worked out quite well Godfrey has been admitted to summer classes at Georgia with the promise that if he passes his work and maintains a high standard of behavior play football again for Georgia next fall And Tarkenton has decided he care for engineering after all Wally said "1 think the people who handled theGodfrey case were more than fair to him just thankful they were good enough to give him another chance not a bad bov He just seems to have a natural talent for getting into After the topic of Godfrey passed there came time for a brief discussion of some momentous points of the journey never been as rich as I was in Wally said I counted my money one time I had $122000 and this was great Then I had to go out and spend $20000 for SAN RANCISCO June 14 The World Series pitching heroes of 1957 and 1958 may be set to hurl the Milwaukee Braves and New York Yankees back to the heights Lew Burdette the toast of Milwaukee in 1957 and Bob Turley 21 game winner and Yan kee Series minute man in 1958J and beginning to look like staff aces again after a wretched ss start this year Burdette relegated to relief roles early in the season scored his third straight win as a start 43 cr and raised his season mark to 6 2 Monday night with a 12 5 victory over the San rancisco Giants Turley who was dropped com pletely from Casey pitching plans for a spell gained his third consecutive victory and increased his record to 4 1 with an 8 4 decision over the Kansas ss City Athletics gs The results of the only games played in 'the majors Monday moved the Braves to within 3 ss games of the National League lead and the streaking Yankees to within one game of first place in the American League Burdette started slowly and when of behind scenes maneuvers AIR came million dollars fr lexible singkt limit of liability Low price No extra premium fof driv ing to work No collision deductible if you hit an animal or fowl fc $200 personal property protection Convenient premium pay ment plans 10 discount on all compact cars Reduced premium for most second cars 55 Dacron polyester 45 Wool Choose from a wealth of colors oxford Cambridge gray char coal olives browns blues medium and dark shades solids and neat patterns PLEATED OR PLAIN All sizes in regulars longs shorts Stay neat looking keep sharp crease DOWNTOWN LENOX 79 Peachtree 86 Pink year in 1941 and extended to 1954 Dur ing that time he fought 125 matches Asked his present occupation he replied La Motta held the middleweight title for two years losing it to Turn to Page 35 irst Basemnn Snags Short ly A Distinct Taste for Tea ATHENS Ga June A familiar landmark had been restored to a familiar location Monday in the Classic City revived and bustling on the hot opening day of summer school Wallace Butts world traveler adventurer and a recent convert to the afternoon tea break habit in England had returned to his desk in the football office at the University of Georgia He looked very much the same though he announced that there were seven pounds more of him was that tea habit that did he said play a great game when they sene that tea Eng land Everybody scrambles for the best looking cookies on the tray Being the competitor I am I usually succeeded in getting the biggest richest cookie and how the tea hour fattened Since early May Coach Butts and Winnie his winsome wife had been touring Europe rom England: to rance to Geimany to Switzerland to Italy they played the tourist game Ra Ev erything was going famously until they leached Milan Italy There Coach buns picKea up some mail ana a cupping out Bill Godfrey fullback andstalwart of the Southeastern Conferencechampions had been dismissed from school The coaching staff had 'withheld funvn 4 Vi Al oliinf IfL'nrnnlltl iJisner choosing to allow him to enjoy his leisure But some well meaning acquaintance had decided that Coach Butts should be kept well informed can imagine what pleasant company I was for about two he said in Milan Italy with my best fullback a disciplinary case back home and me able to do nothing about it? 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Dist: Prods Co a Straight BoUrbon Whiskey 86 Proof ootball Giants ile Suit Accusing LA of Bribery Atlanta Suurnat COACH AND MRS BUTTS They Hitch a Ride in a Real Gondola a history teacher when I coached in high school and I got something extra out of seeing the places taught about funny thing Winnie insisted on taking me to see Stratford on Avon birthplace Well we get there and I look over at Winnie and dozing right at the height of the A door opened and there was a commotion in the next room Lou McCullough an assistant at Iowa State was visiting with the Georgia assistants and the unmistakable noises of a football dis cussion rose into ine air In a moment Tourist Butts was trans formed into Coach Butts again I think about playing this he said mournfully conference games and only two at home with no ends that ever played in a game and only two Jackies that have ever played and no safety man and no second quarterback and one team with a part of another and no experience and no depth I just know what going to do brutal Coach Wallace Butts was home Established 1863 GleiffiW JAKE LA MOTTA Admits Boxing ix fight career which began Oh the Misery of the Season He viewed the Coliseum in Rome with awe and some delight that he did not have to sell season tickets to the place He took a gondola ride in Venice He bought lace doilies in rance Dutch dolls in Amsterdam gloves in London and Swiss watches in Lucerne and took warmly to rench cooking the things you expect of a he said really went heavy for that tea habit in England I got so I began to look for 4 o'clock to come enjoyed the sightseeing more than thought I would I was AIR Sets July 31 Date Lester Named President THE YANKEES had long since salted the game away on the strength of an early attack that built a 7 0 lead in four innings Bill Skowron homered and drove in four runs and Tony Kubek also homered for the Yankees In exhibition games Herb Score pitched four hit ball for five in nings as the Chicago White Sox beat the Chicago Cubs 7 0 in six inn ngs The Pittsburgh Pirates downed Salt Lake City of the Pa cific Cud Leag ie 8 2 and the Cleveland Indians edged the Cim cinnati Reds 5 4 BASEBALL The base ball bill which would liberalize the drafting of players from team to team was in the lap of the Senate today There was no indi cation how soon it might act The bill would provide that each major league club could own or control only 40 players exempt from draft by rival teams A player would not be subject for draft until he had completed four Turn to Page 34 BISHER Sports Editor Check the advantages of Hardware Mutuals Sentry Auto Policy 11 A Vt A SA 1 AH eLa ''v ISHLk 51 Si JWi idSt IK a KwO I WimiiHw111 JI 1 JM i iirtilir draa I III RM 'I A VS 1 ''71 I I I ft 9SS Xs' I IwMIM IWl aW aiSSW? 1 iSsS Xsw' Ul' 1 iwWKwk 'A xVWSWsS 'i as in break out the JI best mIA Si ver I jgf BIG SAVINGS! 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