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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday august.5, 1959 rangers get Ahl Barons Star Stratton new York up the new York rangers of the National hockey league monday acquired Art Stratton a 23-year-old Cente who lives in Winnipeg man., from the Cleveland Barons of the Amer ican hockey  Patrick Ranger Genera manager said he gave a substantial amount of Cash Wing i Aldo Guidolin and the optional services of a Center yet to be deter a gained to get Stratton. Patrick said the outbid other nil clubs to obtain the Rookie. Stratton like current Ranger tars Andy Bathgate and Andy Rebenton scored better than a Point a game in his first year with Leveland despite a badly bruised Nee suffered last january. The in Ury kept him out of eight games. Totalled 76 Points when he Hurt the knee Stratto was the Ai in s top printmaker. He finished seventh with 29 goals and 47 assists for 76 Points the same number he collected the previous season with Winnipeg of the West Ern league. That was his first am pain As a professional and he was voted Rookie of the year in the Western league s Prairie division. The acquisition of Stratton will give coach Phil Watso i nine Cen ters to choose from in training Camp this fall. The others Are holdovers red Sullivan the team Captain Larry poplin Hank Ciesla and Earl i Garfield Brian Cullen drafted from Toronto de Hoek Stra another $20,000 draftee who played with Quebec s three River club and two promising Ranger farmhands Bill Sweeney Buffalo and Ted Hamson Vancouver. Stratton who wears contacts uses is married and has one child. The stars and stripes Pic ii Fiu a Skirca Poge 19 Rosensohn resigns after feud with partner new York a bitterness remained the. Find a in i _., _.,. Keynote As Bill Rosensohn severed All connection with Rosensohn enterprises inc., monday which promoted the first Floyd Pat Terson Ingemar Johansson heavyweight title fight and held a contract for the rematch. I am resigning As president and director and Hope to dispose of my one third Stock in Terest before the end of the week the so called boy. Promoter announced at a press con Ference monday. Rosensohn said that last Friday when his feud with new York attorney Vincent Vellella flared in Public he offered to sell his one third interest to Vellella for $75,000, or. Buy Vellella s two thirds interest for $150,000. He said he set the deadline for acceptance of his proposal As noon monday and that Vellella did not favor me with even the Courtesy of a  " Vellella said he had tried to. Get in touch with Rosensohn but circumstances prevented him from contacting the promoter. In any circumstances he said he would not buy without first having an Opportunity to Hoover the firm s books. . Skipper 1st at Chicago Chicago up. Stanley Ogilvy Larchmont ., Avon the first of the five race series in the International Star class of the North american sailing Champion ships monday on Lake Michigan. Ogilvy took the Lead Over 30other ranking Skippers about a third of the Way through the con test and held it the rest of the Way. The race delayed about two hours because of bad weather assailed Over a 12-mile, Windward Leeward course. Other top Skippers in the order of their finish were Charles Barnes Gull Lack Mich. Bill Parks Chicago Robert Lippincott Alverton . Dur Wool Knowles Nassau Bahamas Gary Comer Chicago and Samuel Board Islip,. The race was to determine the North american championships and the . Entrants in the pan american games. Two of the race s contestants a 1 r e a d y were pan american entries representing the Bahamas and Cuba. Polished Driver Cedartown a. Up Dou Sandars Only Amateur Ever to win the Canadian open 1956is known for being Long and accurate off the tee. The 26-year-old golfer says his Driver and seven Iron Are his favorite clubs. Navy and tickets gone for South Bend tilt South Bend ind. Apall tickets to the Navy Kotrc Dame football game in South Bend oct. 31 have been sold ticket manager Robert o a Hill said monday. The Gamp Wiir to Tho 83d in what has become the longest continuous major intersection series in College football. Powerful mad George Strickland above r i g h t re strains Cleveland teammate Vic Tower during a Fin rep after Power Hail collided with Balti More s Al Pilarcik in a run Down play right photo. Umpires Charlie Berry arms out stretched and Jim Honochick and tribe manager Joe Gordon 35 try to quiet Power. Balti More won 5-2. A up right Havana triumphs 3 times in one Day Over Toronto Toronto a the Havana sugar Kings of the International league put together something of a baseball rarity monday when they won three games in one Day. When the seven inning Nightcap of sunday s Doublede Acler with to Ronto was suspended after four innings because of. The curfew triple header was set up for Mon Day. The cubans led m-0, when Sun Day s game was called and went on monday to win by the same score. Then the cubans Defeated the Maple Leafs 5-4, in a nine inning game and finished the triple head or by taking a seven inning affair 5-2. Ulrich to quit cards for other ventures Lake Forest 111. Up Chuck Ulrich defensive tackle for the Chicago cardinals said he is quitting football to devote full time to private business and , 28, starred for the University of Illinois before joining the cards five years ago. Skene leads Polo win Santa Barbara Calif. Up the Menlo circus club of Menlo Park Calif upset the defending Champion Oklahoma team in the Intel circuit Polo finals 9-5, Bob Skene one of the two 10-goal play ers in the ., got seven of the winners goals. The bitterness Between the two partners came to Light at a press conference last Fri Day following a meeting of the directors meaning Rosensohn and Vellella during which Vellella s vote elected Irving Kahn As a third director. Kahn is president of teleprompter inc., which had the ancillary rights to radio to and movies to the first fight and has them for the second. He and Rosensohn were not on Friendly terms and Rosensohn had said he would handle the ancillary rights for the Sec  himself. Rosensohn Vad called Mon Day s press conference to give his own statement on the situation and when Kahn and Vellella walked in he pointedly made it. Clear they were uninvited. They remained and took part in the verbal Exchange of brickbats with the retiring president. At one Point when Kahn was discussing ownership of ancillary rights Rosensohn said or. Kahn if you talk like that i la ask you to leave the  Rosensohn said he hoped to re main in the boxing picture in som capacity but he was vague As to his plans. He said at first he would sell his Stock for $75,000 to any one but not to Vellella or Kahn under any circumstances now As they did not. Meet the deadline. He later hedged somewhat on that when someone asked if he would sell to Kahn. He said redid not know. Vellella says loss higher he did reveal that he had lunch with officials of Madison Square Garden indicating the Garden which promotes weekly boxing shows might get into the picture the Garden however said it was not interested in acquiring a one third interest in Rosensohn enter Prises inc. Vellella complained he had not1 been permitted to see the books covering the last fight and said the promotional loss on the fight in which Johansson won the title by a third round knockout was closer to 870,000 than the announced $40,000. The promotional expenses were a fantastic $300,000." he said Al though conceding that this figure also covered attorney s fees for the trial of the suit by Eddi Machen to Force Johansson to meet him before he met Patterson. Vellella said he was confident the rematch would take place sept i continued on Pace 22 Squaw Valley site praised for games new York Rudd Prentis , president of the organizing committee for. The 19 50 Winter olympics promised that facilities at Squaw Valley Calif., will be second to  Squaw Valley has been trans formed from a primitive area deepen California s High sierras into a  self contained Community with sports facilities Sec Ond to none in olympic history Hale revealed at a press Confer ence. Costing More than $10 million the planned facilities Are More than 80 per cent Complete Hale said. The California businessman reported that Squaw Valley now is easily accessible by four Lane High ways from san Francisco and Reno. Jensen s wife says botox Star May quit Crystal Bay Nev. A Boston red sox Star Jackie Jen sen s wife said monday night he probably will retire from professional baseball at the end of this season. I spoke to Jackie in Boston saturday she told reporters after the Boston Globe quoted an in Formant As saying Jackie will quit. He has been unhappy for Sev eral weeks and i believe he Ismore serious now than Ever before about giving up baseball for  she said that Jackie s separation from his family is no Good and added that he does t like air travel which has become such a part of modern baseball. X she added that Jackie who was a Long Long Long cough Danville a. Up mrs. A. B. Seward 60-year-old Milliner has coughed up a pin which she swallowed when she was 10 Yea sold. Voted Tho american league s most valuable player last year turned Down an invitation to play in the All Star game ii los Angeles be cause of the Long flight from Boston. Mrs. Jensen the former swim Ming Star Zoe Ann Olsen has been on the Road with her Hus band in past baseball seasons but she was t Able to go this Yea because of a new baby. They live at Lake Tahoe near Here  
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