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Modern Pug Better Equipped Than Old Heroes of the Ring
United Press International
The modern boy has better equipment to be a fighter than the old heroes, promoter Jack Barrett insists, and the magic box which almost killed boxing eventually will save the sport so that he can prove it.
"Television gobbled up the 'name boxers' and suddenly there were none," Barrett analyzed. "In the process, it closed the small clubs and with nowhere to box, the kids didn't have a chance to develop."
But closed circuit television eventually will revive the younger crop's ambitions and give them places at which to work, he contends.
Barrett is in position to know. Given his "walking papers" as matchmaker at Madison Square Garden, he has become a "traveling promoter."
"It got to the point where television had used up all the 'name boxers.'" he said. "Then it suddenly realized its predicament and began yelling for anybody. In my year as matchmaker at the Garden I brought up such as Gasper Ortega, Yama Bahama. Don Jordan and Ace Armstrong, just to name a few.
"Now everybody realizes that talent has to be developed on a local basis," he added. "One thing television did was to make an untold number of new fans. On top of this, those in the business are discovering that the kids are eager to box and, if they have the proper incentive and the right handling, they can be as good — if not better — than the fighters of any past era."
Barrett's contention is that the youngster of today is physically better than those of the past because
of generally better living and eating conditions.
"It was a rough go when I was a kid up in East Harlem," he grins. "You had to fight to stay alive. Eating was something you did when you were able. I ran a newstand and I had to be able to whip anybody in the neighborhood or get run off."
Jack's natural reaction was to enter the ring and, as a bantamweight of 118 pounds, he lost only two decisions in 24 bouts. But being "too active," he soon invested in his own gymnasium and then began to manage fighters. Eventually he dipped into matchmaking, after piloting Heavyweight Tami Mauriello for a spell.
As an example of interest, he pointed out that since he began running shows in Buffalo "You can find 50 fighters in the gym there every night."
"Closed circuit television is going to be the answer," he insisted. "It can save boxing because you can put on a local fight card and then have the main event piped in on closed circuit. It gives all the unknown boxers a chance to work and you still have a good feature. Meanwhile you are building up local names which swiftly can become national."
To the kid who wants to box, Barrett has sound advice.
"He has to have a gym available, somebody to teach him how to box and a smart manager who won't bring him along too fast," Jack says. "Meanwhile, the boy has to lead a clean life and work at another job in the beginning to guarantee him a good living. It takes real dedication and smart handling."
Don Buddin's Improvement Silences Red Sox Fans' Jeers
United Press International
If they gave awards to the guy who tries the hardest he'd be one of the first in line. If they honored the most improved baseball player in the American League he'd be right there, too.
And yet, this doesn't mean that dark-haired Don Buddin of the Boston Red Sox is an example of that brutal old saw: 'Sure, he tries hard. And he's probably good to his mother. But can he play baseball?'
The 28-year-old shortstop (he had a birthday last Thursday) is definitely of major league caliber. But for some reason he has been the target of the most verbal abuse heaped on a Red Sox player in many years.
At one stretch last season it appeared that fans were coming out to Fenway Park solely to boo Buddin. It almost seemed that they would sit there, waiting. And when and if Don booted one they'd open the catcall dikes. "They come out to watch Ted Williams and to boo Buddin," one observer said.
And don't kid yourself. It bothered the serious minded kid from Olanta, S. C. Jeers of the kind he heard would bother anybody.
"I made up my mind to try all the harder," he says. "I figured I had to prove to them, and to myself, that I had it and could make it in the major leagues."
Things, quite naturally, went from bad to worse. The more Don tried the more tense he became in critical situations.
Signed right out of high school to the Red Sox farm system, Buddin had been heralded as a great prospect all the way up the line. When he finished two years army service after his rookie year in 1956 and returned to the team for the start of
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But his batting average was .237 in 1958 and .241 in 1959. His fielding, though spectacular at times, was erratic. At times he even looked bad on balls hit straight at him.
That's when Rudy York, the former Detroit and Boston slugger and now a Red Sox coach, stepped in.
"I began working with Don last August," said York. "He was pulling the ball too much, hitting a lot of foul balls. And he wasn't swinging at the right pitches.
"Don has a great pair of wrists," says York. "And he works hard at the game and has a better memory of the pitchers this year. He's got the tools and ambition to be a .300 hitter, and if hard work will get him there, he'll make it."
WRA Sponsors For KU Klinic Last Weekend
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The Women's Recreation Association played host Saturday to a group of high school women, WRA sponsored its first KU Klinic which replaced the Playday that KU had for the past few years.
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Cups, Trophies, Medals
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The women were served refreshments and a special program consisting of exhibitions in modern dance, tumbling and fencing was presented.
The high school women participated in clinics of swimming, modern dance, archery, tennis and volleyball. The women registered with one clinic, remaining with that clinic for the morning instead of participating in each sport as was the previous procedure.
The women were given special pointers in each clinic by KU physical education majors and instructors. They became acquainted with any equipment that may not be available to their high schools.
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The participating high schools were: Wyandotte, Shawnee Mission East, Sumner, Washington, all from Kansas City, Kan.; Topeka, Olathe, Atchison, Ottawa, Osawatomie, Haskell, Russell and Lawrence.
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The 'Brickyard'
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — (UPI) — Pat Moelder had to look twice to see if it was true. During her lunch period a group of boys, most of them on the football team, were playing drop-the-handkerchief.
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Suddenly, everyone's excited about Gerry Staley, the 39-year-old "new" pitching ace of the American League, who hasn't given up a run this season.
Staley Sparks Sox In Role of Fireman
"The guy is simply terrific," says his boss, Al Lopez, White Sox manager.
"Terrife, hell," snorts Casey Stengel. "He's fantastic."
Staley, on instructions from Lopez, walked Elston Howard purposefully to fill the bases and then induced Hector Lopez to hit into a forceout at the plate. That brought up pinch hitter Yogi Berra and Staley got him to hit into a forceout at home also.
They had good reason. So far this season, Staley has pitched $17-\frac{2}{3}$ innings without yielding a run, earned, unearned or otherwise. He gave a masterful exhibition after coming to southpaw Billy Pierce's rescue with none out in the ninth inning after Mickey Mantle doubled and Roger Maris singled to cut Chicago's lead to 3-2.
Either description will do for the unassuming Staley, who was credited with his third straight victory Sunday when the White Sox took over first place and halted a four-game Yankee winning streak by defeating them, 8-3, in 10 innings.
Now the Yankees had one out left and Stengel brought Kert Hadley in to swing for pitcher Johnny James. Relying chiefly on his sinker, Stailey got Hadley to hit the ball where he wanted him to—on the ground—about 10 feet to the right of first base.
The White Sox won the game with a five-run burst in the 10th, which was highlighted by a three-run homer by Jim Landis. But after the contest, everyone talked about Staley's pitching rather than Landis' hitting.
It wasn't a hard hit ball and second baseman Nellie Fork ordinarily would have stuck it in his back pocket. But the infield was wet due to a steady drizzle from the fourth inning on and as Fox went after the ball, he slipped and bobbed it. Fox finally found the handle, but it was too late. The tying run had crossed the plate and Hadley was credited with a "bleeder."
Staley then got the side out and the White Sox went on to win in the tenth.
Stengel only wanted to talk about Staley, a pitcher he sold to the White Sox in 1956.
"I thought the man was great last year," said the Yankee manager, "but I think he's even better now. I told my men when he came in from the bulpen to watch out for that low ball. He gets that sinker of his right around the knees. All you can hit off him is dirters and that's exactly what he made us do."
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