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'Norris Wanted Kick-Back For 1949 Title Fight'
NEW YORK (UP)—The government's anti-monopoly suit against the International Boxing Club brought forth charges today from Sam Becker, a Cincinnati promoter, that he would have been forced to pay a $150,000 "kick-back" fee to gain a heavy-weight title fight for his city.
Becker, who was accompanied by a husky bodyguard when he appeared in Federal district court to speak his piece, said he especially wanted the Ezzard Charles-Jersey Joe Walcott title fight in 1949 because Cincinnati was Charles' home town and he was convinced there would be a sell-out crowd.
He came to New York, he said and approached James Norris, the head of the IBC.
"Norris told me that the IBC owned both Charles and Walcoff and that if he promoted a fight involving them it would cost $150,-000." Becker told the court.
Becker he asked Norris why he wanted such a big amount of money and Norris replied that "we have to take care of Joe Louis."
Norris, Becker said, explained that the IBC had given the heavyweight champion $150,000 to retire undefended and set up a tournament of contenders to replace Louis as title holder. In previous testimony, IBC attorneys, issuing a general denial of all charges, had said that Louis signed up four title contenders on his own and without either Norris or any other top officials knowing about it.
Boxers Fight Talk Sweetly
NEW ORLEANS (UP)—Two middleweights who showed respect for one another in the ring today also voiced mutual admiration following the 10-round split decision victory for local middleweight Charley Joseph over Milo Savage.
It sounded like a fine setup for a rematch.
Joseph, who skipped around the perimeter of the ring and racked up his points in the early rounds, called the Salt Lake City slugger "one of the best I've met."
Savage, coming in at 141, said the local speedster was "very fast, and if they take him along slowly, he may develop into a very good fighter."
"He caught me with a couple of good rights," Joseph admitted. "But he never hurt me."
said Savage: "He never hurt me either."
Indians First Baseman Fights Back From Polio
By UNITED PRESS
Vic Wertz is well on the way today toward making a con. that would rank among the most dramatic in sports history.
Felled by polio last summer, the 31-year-old Cleveland Indians' first baseman is slugging the ball at a 429 clip and ranks as one of the Tribe's big hopes of preventing the New York Yankees from making a runaway of the American League pennant race.
Big Vic—he's back to his prepolo weight of 190 pounds—blasted a homer, double and two singles in four trips to the plate last night to lead the Indians to a 5 to 2 triumph over the Kansas City Athletics. The outburst gave him a season's record of nine hits in 21 triples to the plate. He has hit two homers, knocked in five runs and is taking up the slack left by the departed Larry Doby.
Herb Score Wins
Herb Score, the rookie strikeout king of 1955, breezed to his first victory of the new campaign behind the Indians' nine-hit attack. Striking out eight batters and yielding only five hits. Hector Lopez collected three of the hits off Score, who fanned 245 batters last year and has struck out 18 in two games this season.
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Rookie Rocky Colavito and Al Rosen also homered for the Indians.
The Yankees rolled on to their seventh triumph in eight contests with a 4 to 2 verdict over the Baltimore Orioles.
The Red Sox, meanwhile, suffered their fourth straight loss when Pedro Ramos, who celebrates his 21st birthday Saturday, pitched a three-hitter to give the Washington Senators a 4 to 1 triumph.
Dodgers In First Place
In the National League, the Brooklyn Dodgers took over undisputed possession of first place for the first time this season when they beat the New York Giants, 7 to 2, in the campaign's first meeting of the arch-rivals.
of the contest was provided by 37-year-old Jackie Robinson when he stole home for the 20th time in his career in the second inning.
Harvey Haddix's two-hitter and Stan Musial's 540th double of his
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Bobby Shantz Injures Back
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UP)—Bobby Shantz, who has been plagued by injuries since he won 24 games during the 1952 season for the Philadelphia Athletics, pulled a back muscle last night, but Kansas City Athletics trainers said he probably will be ready to pitch again in about five days.
The little southpaw suffered a fractured wrist on his throwing arm during the 1953 season and has had a tough drag in returning to top form.
Athletics officials emphasized that Shantz' pitching arm now is in good shape and that he should recover from the back muscle trouble without further complications.
It was Shantz' second start of the season. Earlier he beat the Detroit Tigers 4-1 with a five-hitter.
He was ineffective last night when he left the game after $3\%$ innings against the Cleveland Indians. The Indians had slugged him for four runs on six hits, including homers by Rocco Calavito and Al Rosen.
Thursday, April 26, 1956.
career sparked the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6 to 0 decision over the Chicago Cubs, while Frank Thomas' single drove in the winning run in the seventh inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6 to 5 in other NL games.
Today's Pitchers
New York at Baltimore—Byrne (1-0) vs. Wilson (1-0).
American League
Washington at Boston—Brodowski (0-1) vs. Brewer (1-0).
Cleveland at Kansas City—Wynn (1-0) vs. Kretlow (0-0).
(only games scheduled) National League
National League
Brooklyn at New York (night)— Craig (1-0) vs. Worthington (0-1). (only game scheduled)
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Mickey Mantle, New York Yankee centerfielder, is powdering the ball from either side of the plate this year, hitting .500 right-handed and .417 left-handed. And although his batting average would seem healthiest while hitting right-handed, he's hit all of his home runs batting left-handed.
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