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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                18 the stars and stripes wednesday july 1, 1959 Ace Brave aces top All Star Hill staff Snew York up Elroy face upbeat in Relief Ace of the Pittsburgh pirates and Milwaukee stars Warren Spahn and Lew Burdette were named tuesday to the National league All Star team s pitching staff b " Bjk braves manager Fred Haney. Haney who will Lead the no stars against the american league at Pitts is Burgh july 7, also picked Don Drysdale los Angeles Johnny Antonelli san fran Csc Limo vinegar Bend Mizell St. Louis and Gene Conley  the Milwaukee manager in filling out the rest of the team whose starters were selected in a poll of the players stuck close to the voting except in two cases. He chose Stan Musial fading 38-year-old Cardinal Star to appear in his 16th game despite the fact he had received a Mere three votes from the players. And he picked Pittsburgh s Dick Groat As the alternate shortstop As leading vote getter Roy Mcmillan Cincinnati is sidelined with a broken  s selection of Conley also was a Surprise. The 6-foot, 8-Inch right hander was traded by the  he refused to report to Spring training until he finished the National basketball association Campaign with the Boston celtics. J he has a 5-4 record this year compare to an 0-6 slate with the braves last season. Another Factor is that no other member of the Phillies was r. Serious candidate for the team and every team in the league must have at least one player on the squad. The no starting team,.As picked by the players is Catcher Del Crandall first base Man Orlando Cepeda second baseman Johnny Temple shortstop Ernie Banks third baseman de Mathews and outfielders Wally Moon Willie Mays and Hank Aaron. The alternates added by Haney Are catchers Smoky Burgess and Hal Smith infielders Ken Boyer Groat Bill Mazeroski Frank Robinson and Musial and outfielders Joe Cunningham Vada Pinson and Bill White. The coaches will be manager Eddie Sawyer of the Phillies and manager Danny Murtaugh of the pirates. Face Drysdale Mizell Smith Cepeda Groat Cunningham Pinson and White were All named for the first time. Spahn has appeared in six previous All Star classics and Mays has appeared in five. The seven Man pitching staff composed of three left handers and four right handers has a combined Mark of 66 victories and 30 losses this year. Antonelli stands 11-4, Burdette 11-6, Spahn 10-8, Conley 5-4, Drys Dale 8-5, Mizell 9-3 and face 12-0. Face also has a string of 17 consecutive victories All in Relief dating Back to last season. Perhaps the most notable Pitcher left of the team is the reds Don Newcombe who has won his last seven games and has an 8-4 record. Newcombe has appeared in fou Rall Star games the most recent in 1955 when he was in route to a 20-5 season forthe  Henry Chicago cubs arid pirate Bob Porterfield Are the squad s batting practice pitchers Pittsburgh s Sam Narron is the batting practice Catcher and or. Robert Feron Milwaukee will be the Trainer. Gomes knocks out Kelly for new England title Providence . A Harold Gomes 129, Providence became a double new England Champion monday night by knocking out Jimmy Kelly 129%, Lowell mass., in the third round of a scheduled 12-Rounder. Already holding the new England featherweight title he thus annexed the area s Junior lightweight championship. Gomes is the world s third ranking featherweight. He cleared the Way Hamilton resigns Pittsburgh Job to head West coast conference for a world Junior title contest with Paul Jorgensen port Arthur Tex. About 7,500 paid approximately $25,000 to witness the card records in both attendance and receipt for Rhode Island. Tommy Tibbs 133, Boston re gained his new England Light weight championship by a unanimous decision Over Tommy Gar Row 135, Claremont . Jackson Brown 158, Boston successfully def ended his new eng land middleweight title through unanimous decision Over Willie Green 156%,  Jamiel 168, Warren won the Rhode Island Light heavyweight championship through a unanimous decision Over Jojo Sanches 167, his Warren neighbor. In the feature fight gome dropped Kelly four times in the second round thrice for an eight count and the fourth time As the Ell sounded. Gomes landed a fast right left combo As Kelly came out for the third ending the bout. Pittsburgh a Thomas j. Hamilton director of athletics at the University of Pittsburgh since 1949, quit monday to become executive officer of the newly braves Down . In Charity Milwaukee up the Mil Waukee braves beat the new York Yankees 8-3, for Charity monday flight with Reserve Catcher Stan Lopata who has yet to get a hit in regulation play this year drive v. Opata Adcock 1,1 Jiin three runs with a two run of Jer and two singles. Usually sure handed Yankee five errors before 30,554 per is who came to watch the sex ution game r Between the Riva Sitlie Jasut two world series and 91 so a Iise Cash will provide scholar "1 needy Milwaukee High of children and  for new York sandlot. Bar ves first baseman Joe and who won a pregame Home a i in contest homered Over 9f Field Fence with no. One on i h fourth. Lopata s Homer came is Covington on base in  has batted 16 in Ririe the season As a Pinch  Jias failed to connect formed athletic association of Western universities. In his new Job the 53-year-old, Silver thatched former Navy foot Ball Star and coach will act in the capacity of a commissioner to pro Mote better College athletics Hamilton s five year contract with the association comprising the University of California South Ern California Urcla and the University of Washington is effective sept. 1. Salary terms were not disclosed. This is an Opportunity that i considers film role offers Ingemar denies retirement report evasive on time site for rematch new York a Ingemar Johansson the freshly crowned heavyweight Champion said Mon Day he would give dethroned Floyd Patterson a return bout probably in september and that he would like to fight for 10 More years. The handsome 26-year-old swede also said that he planned to make movie after the next Patterson fight. Johansson discussed his future plans As he left by plane for a Florida vacation with his attractive Fiancee Birgit Lundgren and members of his family. He plans to return to new York Friday and leave the same Day by plane for his Home in Goteborg Sweden. A hero s Welcome awaits him there. Doctor s opinion he denied a swedish report quoting or. Gosta Karlsson his personal physician that he planned to retire after two More fights. Later Karlsson said at Goteborg that his statement had been mis interpreted. Ingo has never hinted about retirement said Karlsson who was in Johansson s Corner when Ingo knocked out Floyd Patterson in the third round Friday to Winthe title. This was Only my personal opinion i thought the Wisest step Ingemar could take would be to retire from the championship after a couple of title fights and accept the generous offers he has received from various film  Why should i Stop now that i am on top Johansson told the associated press after being asked Fla. Crowd greets Ingo upon arrival Miami a world heavy weight boxing Champion Ingemar Johansson flew Here monday for four Day Seaside vacation with a Florida Friend. A crowd estimated by police at 500 persons swarmed x around the plane which brought the 26-year old swedish Boxer from new York City. They reached out to shake Ingo s hand and some yelled a Wel come in swedish. The collegiate looking Champion grinning in Blue Blazer and Gray flannels tried to acknowledge everybody s  spoke English fluently As he greeted fans and chatted with newsmen while half a dozen policemen escorted him his Fiancee and others in. The party to the terminal. To comment on the first reports from Sweden. Ill keep fighting for the next 10,years at least. For sure three or four years anyway. That s the Way i feel  asked whether september would be the month of the return and if it would be held again in Newyork Johansson replied likes new York september is about right. 1 like new York and would t mind fighting Here again. But i cannot Tell  would Patterson be easier to beat the next time i Don t know he said. He said he would do most of his training in Sweden this time and would come Over Here about two weeks before the fight. Clarence Floyd one of Johans son s sparring partners when he trained at Grossinger ., saw the fighter off. Floyd said he is going to Goteborg in july to help the Champion prepare for the re match. If he beats Patterson again did he have any contender in min for another fight no i do not know who i will fight then he replied. I Don t care who it is. I probably will continued on Pate w could simply not turn Down Hamilton told a hastily called news conference. It has been a wonderful experience to work for a great University such As Pitt. Now Here s a Chance to work with four great  Hamilton repeatedly stressed that his personal relations with Pitt officials chiefly Chancellor Edward h. Litchfield had nothing to do with his resignation. I be been Happy in my Job Here Hamilton said but i feel i la be More useful out  said he received the offer about a month ago and talked with Litchfield a week ago. He was very understanding an wanted me to  a University spokesman said Litchfield probably would name a search committee comprised of University officials alumni and interested citizens for the Job offending a successor to Hamilton. To live in san Francisco rumours of Hamiltons leaving cropped up last week. He first con firmed them Only sunday saying that he was considering another Job offer but he declined to say More until he had talked it Orwith Litchfield Hamilton said he would make his Headquarters in san Francisco and probably would leave for the West coast with his family some time around the first of August. Asked if the new Job paid More than his current Post at Pitt Hamilton laughingly remarked it will be enough to keep my family fed and pay the  in a decade at Pitt Hamiltons work extended far beyond football. Under his direction wrestling gymnastics soccer and Squash were added to the athletic program an Plant facilities were increased con stantly. Ehlers condition serious Buffalo apart Ehlers 60,former general manager of the Baltimore orioles and the Phila Delphia athletics was reported in serious condition after suffering a heart attack. Ehlers now a scout for the orioles was stricken while watching the Buffalo Miami inter National league game Here Satur Day night.  fight new York a Floyd Patterson suffered a punctured left eardrum in his Knock put defeat by Sweden s Ingemar Johansson last Friday the former heavyweight Cham Pion told the new York Post monday. In an interview with Post columnist Milton Gross Patterson said a punch to the ear apparently aggravated a slight injury he had had before. Physicians say such an injury unless infectious could be cleared up within two weeks. Patterson said he slept most of saturday except for a Short session at Home with the doctor. In discussing his third round knockout loss to the surprising swede Patterson told Gross he s a thinking fighter. He outfoxed me. He tricked me before that right and i should t have let myself be tricked. I was fooled by him. It looked to me like he was fighting a defensive fight Only a defensive fight. He was pushing out that left Jab Only to keep me off i thought and he did t hit me with it at All at least i Don t remember feeling it. And it was nothing. He was just sticking it out kind of flicking it. By the second round neither one of us had done anything. I was expecting the crowd to boo us. Andi hate to hear the crowd boo me or the other fighter. I figured i had to do some thing. In the third round i was More aggressive. I was waiting for him to do something with that right hand. Three times before when he stuck out the Jab i found myself moving straight to his right hand. I was right in line with it. Three times to did t do anything about throwing the right at All. I kept think ing maybe he does t have a right. Maybe that s Why he never used it in training. It looked to me that he d had the Chance but had t done anything about it. It looked to me like he d be willing to go 15 rounds that Way and that s How i made my mistake. I was careless. The next time he let the left go i was t even watching his right All i was watching was the left. After the left moved in just As i d done before and that s when he caught me. The right followed the left and i was right   
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