European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes sunday August 9, 1959 Johansson confers ? with ring promoters in Paris Paris a what was said an decided at a Paris meeting be tween world heavyweight Cham Pion Ingemar Johansson and Sev eral fight promoters has become the biggest mystery in boxing. At stake is a rematch betwee the swede and dethroned Champ Floyd Patterson tentatively scheduled for sept. 22.presumably the rematch and the possibility of an interim bout if Ingemar decided to postpone his fight with Patterson were the principal topics of conversation be tween Johansson and fight promoters who were in Paris at the same there Are about As Many versions of whom Ingemar talked to and what was said As there Are persons adds up to the wackiest 48 hours in boxing begin thurs Day when Johansson stepped off a plane from Sweden and promptly disappeared. In Paris at the time were Bill Rosensohn Jack Solomons and Truman Gibson. Rosensohn is the former president of Rosensohn enterprises inc., which staged the Patterson Johansson fight handholds the contract for the rematch. Solomons is a London is president of National boxing enterprises inc. That Ingemar and Rosensohn t conferred secretly is definite. They both say that was the purpose of the Paris meeting but there unanimity ends. Solomons says he talked to Inge mar thursday night Over a three hour supper with the Champion and his adviser Edwin Ahlquist according to Solomons it was Justa social visit. He denied that he had gone to Paris to sign up Johansson for a British fight before his return bout with want you to know that in t so he told reporters in London upon his return. It would have been ridiculous of me to try to sign up Ingemar Solomons added. But he admitted that he made a Friendly Sugges Tion that Johansson consider Mak ing appearances on British com Mercial in Goteborg Ingemar and Ahlquist flatly denied meeting there were still other contradictions from the swedish told reporters in Paris before boarding the plane for the return to Sweden Friday that he was ready and willing to meet Pat Terson in new York sept. 28. Asked about a possible tuneup fight before the Patterson match Johansson said no i have a con tract and i will fulfil but Ingemar s mood seems Mohave changed by the time he stepped off the plane at usual sunny disposition had clouded Over and he seemed Mohave doubts about the sept. 22 match in his Hometown Johansson began to talk about an accounting of his share of the june 26 purse. I need the account tomorrow saturday to be ready for a fight with Patterson by that Date sept. 22 he told newsmen. If it does t come the fight will have to be postponed till a later Cannes on the French giants Edge reds Tor Antonelly s 16th Goodman big gun As Chison tip nats Washington a Billy Goodman s three run producing singles and Bob Shaw s eight hit pitching added up Friday night to a 4-1 Chicago White so Victory Over the Washington senators. The Victory preserved Chicago s game and a half american league Lead Over Cleveland which Defeated Balti More 8-5.it was the 20th defeat in their last 21 games for the last place senators but the 7,702 fans who swathe loss swelled Washington s Home attendance to 480,124. The senators Drew Only 475,288 All last , Fischer was the loser for Washington although he might have fared better with some Field ing help. In the first inning Nellie Fox reached base on Ron Samford Serror took second on Jim Landis hit and scored on Goodman s the third Landis beat out an infield hit stole second and Casein on Goodman s second single. In the fifth Luis Aparicio singled stole his 35th base took third Ona sacrifice and scored on Good Man s bunt single. Goodman Thor Goodman also had a hand in Chicago s fourth scoring inning the eighth with Hal Woodeshick pitching. Goodman walked an Sam Esposito his Pinch runner came around on Zorro Versalles error and a single by Jim s Lone tally came with two out in the seventh when Harmon Killebrew Roy Sievers and Pinch hitter Julio Becquer punched out successive singles. From Lions to Laws Detroit
