European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and stripes saturday november 1, 1958 shift to coast aids Rise crowds up by 15% while Al suffers hip Dunn in Ivun s Nick cd Khz mopped cold by Navy s Jim Dunn 51 Ashi mid Dies whipped the quakers 50-8. To made Throe Yard on the play hut it was t nearly British victories cause reshuffling in ring Magazine heavy standings following up round knockout London Tod Beach. Fla due a Kyd yo11k aim the heavy weight rankings underwent a big reshuffling by King Maga Ine Ashe result of British victories Over America s Zora Kolley and Willie Paul Rano. Cuba s Nino v Lodi a moved into i no. 2 Ronli Iidro s spot behind Sweden s Ingomar Johansson. An for the firs Lime in years two he tons Brian London and Henry Cooper were listed in the top .10. London was ranked seventh and Cooper eight i. Johansson s first of Eddie Mae Lien past Rano Miami to Pastrano s cuts and Cooper out pointed Folley Chandler Ari. Here s the Way the heavyweight top 10 looks behind world Cham Pion Floyd Patterson 1-Johansson, 2-\ Aldes 3-Folley, Manola Garcia. Spain i Ricardo Gonzalez Argentina 7-Ike Chestnut now York a Cherif Hamia. France Sernio Caprari Italy ill Willie Pep. Hartford Conn. Bantamweight c h a amnio n. Alphonse Halimi Fiance. I Piero Rollo. Italy 2-Loo Espinosa Philippines ,1-Mario d Agata Italy i Manuel armo Piteros Cuba 5-Jose Lopez Mexico i Joe Becerra. Mexico 7-Kiyoshi Miura Japan a Engene Lecoz Annet France a Ai Asuncion Philippines 10-Booh Monroe los an Clos. Flyweight Champion Pascual Perez Argentina. I Ramon Arias. Venezuela 2-Pone Kin Potch Thailand 3-Young Martin Spain a Dommy Ursua. Philippines a Ramon gala Taud Venezuela i sat lao Vaoita Japan 7 Mario Deleon Mexico 8-Carlos Miranda Argentina a Masaji lefty Iwamoto Japan ill Mimin Ben All. Spain. Chicago up american league attendance dropped 11 per cent in 1958 with a total loss of900,184. Only two clubs Kansas City and Washington showed Fig ures higher than in 1957, it was announced Friday. The league Drew a total of 7, 296,034 for 619-games compared to 8,196,218 in 1957. Kansas City was up 24,023 and Washington 18,209. Chicago showed the biggest drop 338,217, while Balitmore was down199,590. Three teams Drew More than million fan Detroit Boston and new York but All showed a drop from 1957. New York was High for the circuit with 1,428,438 and Washington Low with 475,288. Night games also dropped Wilh 3,542,513 attending 241 after dark games ibis season compared to 3,889,023 who watched 225 games in 19157. Browns win added fans Cleveland a the Cleveland Browns exciting Offe Seis winning More than games this year it s winning customers. Attendance at sunday s game Here with the new York giants barring a bad break in weather is expected to exceed 60,000. If i does it will be the third time in three Home games that the brow shave drawn More than 60,000. In eight previous seasons in the National football league Cleve land has had Only three larger crowds in the municipal stadium for a regular schedule game. Last year 65,407 turned out forthe los Angeles game and the year before 60,042 watched a 21-9loss to the giants. In their first six years of nil play the Browns attracted Only one crowd above 60,-000 a turnout of 80,698 in 1953 to see an unbeaten Cleveland team squeak by san Francisco 23-21, for its eighth straight Triumph. The opener Here this year drew65,403 fans and 66,852 were on hand two weeks ago. Weather was idea Bolh Days sunny Blue skies and temperatures around 60. Cincinnati up the shift of the giants and dodgers to the West coast was chiefly responsible for boosting National league at Tendance a healthy 15.2 per cent during the 1958 season official league figures showed thursday. The 1958 attendance total of.10,164,596 paid admissions was the second highest in the league s 83 year history topped Only by the record 10,388,470 of the 1947 season according to Dave Grote of the National league service Bureau. Considering the fact that 1947 was a postwar Boom year the past season s total turnout was an Al time High for a Normal operating season Grote pointed out. This was the Only other season aside from 1947 that attendance went Over 10 million. Besides the san Francisco giants and los Angeles dodgers Only two other clubs enjoyed a boost in at Tendance during 1958. These were the Pittsburgh pirates Surprise second place finishers and the Chi Cago cubs who were in the first division during the first half of the season. Overall the 1958 attendance Tot was 1,344,995 More than tiie 8,819, 601 of the previous season. The dodgers accounted for 817,298 of this boost and the giants Drew 618,702 More fans than they did during the 1957 season at the pol grounds. Pittsburgh attracted 461,256 More than 1957 and the cubs had an in crease of 309,275 fans. The Pennant winning Milwaukee braves retained their Overall at Tendance championship with a total of 1,971,101, but that figure was off 244,303 from 1957. This was the first season since the braves shifted to Milwaukee from Boston that attendance fell below 2 Mil lion. The biggest drop at. The Gate was suffered by the Cincinnati Redlegs. Their turnout slumped 282,268 from the 1,070,850 of he previous All five clubs went Over a million in attendance. The St. Louis cardinals Wilh 1,063,730, was the fifth team joining Milwaukee los Angeles san Francisco an Pittsburgh. In reviewing the 1958 season Grote also came up with the Fol lowing significant attendance figures All eight clubs Drew More thana million on the Road. The Only other year in which this was accomplished was 1947. The league set a night game rec Ord in 1958 when a total of 5,005,628 paid to watch games under lights including twi night dodgers set two league at Tendance records at the coliseum. They Drew the largest National league crowd Ever when 78,672paid their Way to the season opener against the giants april 18, and also the biggest night game turnout when 66,485 attended the july 3 twi night doubleheader against the cardinals. End of the line los Angeles Jon Arnott runs into Detroit s Wayne Walker 55 and Alex Karras 71 after making three Lions came out ahead 41-24. Up photo Thompson posts win in big car 100-Miler Sacramento Calif. Up Johnny Thompson Boye Slown pa., grabbed a Lead on the 38lh Lap and held it All the rest of the Way to win the 100-mile National championship big car race at the state Fairgrounds. Judd Larson Tampa,fla., was second and a. J. Foyt Houston finished third. Thompson sped the 100 Miles ihi1 07.17, an average of 89.463 Mph Berchtesgaden 5,000 feet skiing at Rossfeld weather Clear temperature 28 degrees forecast no change. I
