European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes sunday August 30, Mackay defeats Laver As Olmedo loses cup Start Forest Hills . A big Barry Mackay Dayton Ohio stole the Thunder of his More illustrious teammate peruvian Alex Olmedo Friday and hammered the . Into a 1-1 split with Australia in the opening matches of the Davis cup Challenge round. Under heavy pressure after Wimbledon Champion Olmedo had gone Barry Mackay. Inspired Tennis Down before Neale Fraser in the opener the foot 4-Inch airman third class turned on an exhibition of sparkling inspired Tennis to Cut Down Rod Laver 7-5, 6-4, 6-1. In a staggering upset which Shook the favored american team Fraser his left handed service com ing off his Racket like Cannon shots whipped an off form Olmedo in a 2-hour, 19-minute Duel 8-6, 6-8,6-4, 8-6. The crowd of 10,000, which sat almost Borely through the open Fng match Rose to its feet repeat edly to cheer Mackay s powerful performance. The opening Day split added importance to saturday s doubles match which sent Australia s Wimbledon and . Champions Fraser and Roy Emerson against the makeshift . Team of Olmedo and Earl Buchholz jr., St. Louis. At 18, Buchholz is the younger player Ever to compete in the Challenge round. Nevertheless i was his spectacular serving ant volleying performance which forced Fraser and Emerson to five sets in the . Final last weekend at Brookline mass. Decision in this 16th straight Challenge round meeting Between the .. And Australia Row must go to the final Day sunday when Olmedo plays Laver and Mackay meets Fraser in the singles finals. Victory goes to the Winner of three of the five matches. Olmedo the lend lease inca from Arequipa was supposed to be the Savior of the Davis cup this year for Uncle Sam but that Honor went to Mackay a slashing Reck less canno Baller who suddenly found finesse. Had delicate shot the Crew Cut midwesterner who will be 24 monday and who will get out of the air Force three Days later played with Little Cau Tion against Laver but he had the delicate shot when he needed it and his All around court play was Brilliant. After struggling through the first two sets against the Young Lethander who whipped him in a Marathon semifinal at Wimbledon Mackay turned Loose his in the final set and had the Shell shocked Laver swinging at air. In one game of the third set the fifth Mackay served four double faults yet pulled it out. He played the game with Boyish gusto often leaping off the ground with both feet and emitting a delighted cry when he made a Good shot. As is his wont mat Kay mixed his double faults with his service aces in about even doses but what made him the master was his ability to return Laver s service continued on Page 22 the Long View new York up the grand stand at the new Aqueduct race track is 350 feet deep More than the length of a football Field and most foul lines of major league baseball Parks. Fullmer wins Aba Middle title by halting Basilio on to in 14th san Francisco up Gene Fullmer a battling backtracked from Utah won the National Box ing association s world middleweight championship Friday night with a knockout Over Carmen Basilio in the 14th round. The fight was stopped Early in the 14th stanza by Basilio s seconds and brought a tremendous round of Boos from1 the crowd of about 12,000 in the co Palace. Fuller had just landed a stunning right to the jaw when Angelo Dundee Basilio s acting manager yelled to referee Jack Downey to Stop the fight. Basilio protested and tried to keep on going but was stopped by his seconds. The time was 39 seconds of the 14th. Chison top indians 7-3 boost Lead to 22/ games Cleveland up i Sherman Ollar known As old faithful to his Chicago White sox teammates stretched their american league Ead to 2va games Friday night with a three run Homer that beat he Cleveland indians 7-3, and mapped their eight game winning Streak before 70,398, largest crowd3f the major league season. The Triumph behind Bob Shaw s even hit pitching was the sox s oth in 15 meetings with the tribe his year. It was Shaw s 14th Vic Ory against four defeats. Lollar s Homer his 20th this ear came after reliever Jim Grant had opened the inning by serving Ingles to Nellie Fox and Jim Lan Dis. Grant the loser replaced Start r Jack Harshman in the fifth when the sox scored once to take3-2 Lead. The sox jumped into the Lead n the fourth when Al Smith singled advanced to second on an Enfield out and scored on Jim of canny s single to left. Mcanany Vas sacrificed to second by Shaw and came in on Aparicio single. But the indians pulled even on a reak play topped off by Aparicio s growing error. With one out and giants Jones shuts out los Angeles 5-0 los Angeles a the san Francisco giants fattened their National league Lead to three games and frustrated a crowd of 66,068 Friday night by flattening los Angeles 5-0. Sad Sam Jones went the route for the giants scoring his 17th Victory and Willie Mays provided the bulk of the offensive punch with a three run Homer a double and single. The giants who had lost three in a Row were billed As a weary club but they opened energetically accumulating seven hits and All their off loser Don Drysdale in the first two innings. Jones now 17-12, gave up eight hits but did t walk a Man and struck out 11. This was his fifth Complete game against los an Geles this season. In those five games he has allowed Only five and has pitched two shutouts. Tysdale who was 14-6 at the fast on his feet Detroit up Art Brand Riff 190-Pound Rookie halfback of the Detroit Lions set the South Ern conference indoor record for the 60-Yard dash and the outdoor record for the 100-Yard event while to Virginia military Institute second All Star game break Early this month suffered his fourth straight loss. He is now 15-10. Willie Mccovey the remarkable san Francisco Rookie extended his hitting Streak to 12 games with a double and a single and drove Ina run. The crowd was about 5,000 under the expectations a few had predicted it might reach 80,000. The Mays Jones giants now have whipped los an Geles six times in nine meetings at the coliseum this year but the dodgers still hold a 9-8 Edge in the season series. Drysdale major league strikeout Leader started sharply raising his strikeout total to 200 by fanning Jackie Brandt on three pitches in the first. He wound up fanning the Side but Mays Mccovey and or Lando Cepeda interrupted with consecutive doubles and the giants led 2-0. De Bressoud smashed a double to left Center with one out in the second and Drysdale went wild and walked Jones on five pitches. Mays sent Drysdale to the Bathhouse by slamming his 23d Homer an Arch ing shot Over the Loftfield screen. The dodgers got to Jones for three hits in the first and had the bases loaded with two but Charlie Neal killed their chances by flying out. Roger Craig Stan Williams and Chuck churn shut out the giants Over the last 7% innings. The four los Angeles pitchers picked up a total of 11 strikeouts. Tito Francona on first Rocky col Avito smashed a shot off third base Man Bubba Phillips Chest int Short Loftfield. Francona reached third and cola Vito second As Aparicio and second baseman Fox chased the Ball. Aparicio finally threw late to second and when the Ball got past first baseman Ted Kluszewski covering the bag both Francona. And cola Vito raced Home. Colavito was credited with a double. Chicago went ahead again 3-2, in the fifth finishing Harshman. A walk to Fox and Landis double brought in Grant. Lollar popped up and Kluszewski was intentionally walked to Load the bases. But Fox scored on Smith s soft grounder to second before Grant retired the Side. The indians immediately got even in their half of that Frame on a walk and singles by Vic Power and Minnie / Minoso. But with Power and Minoso on base with one out. Shaw escaped by forcing Francona to Fly out and fanning colavito. Sherman belts Grant Fullmer a 7-5 underdog was Well ahead on Points at the time and the Only Way Basilio could have won would have been by a knockout. Basilio was weaving on his feet groggy when Dundee leaped onto the ring apron Yelling referee Stop the fight the bout under California rules is officially knockout for Fullmer. Although Basilio was not knocked off his feet it was officially ruled a Knockdown when he was dumped on to the second rope in the 14th. It was a bruising Battle from the opening Gong with Basilio forcing the Pace and getting his face painted with lefts rights and elbows for his trouble. In nearly every round Basilio backed Fullmer into the ropes or was decoded there by Gene and then full Mer would come out swinging with lefts and rights that rocked Basilio s head. Because he backtracked a la Gene Tunney when he won the heavyweight Crown from Jack Dempsey More than 30 years ago Fullmer got nothing but Boos when he left the ring. However it was part of the strategy planned by Fullmer and his wily manager Marv Jensen. They had three plans and allow them worked. Through the first eight rounds Fullmer backtracked steadily and then reached out with a counter punching left Jab to keep the on rus Hing Basilio off balance. Al ways Fullmer s blows were to the head. In the ninth round Fullmer Sud Chicago a u it Clevela Dait n in 4 snap judgment new York up from 1910until the photo finish camera was introduced in 1936 very few deadbeats for first place were called and none for the other positions last year there were More than 400 of them. An Alclo. S3 ,401 Power in 401 21 322 Minoso if 402 Landis of 513 Francona of 410 Lollar. C 41,1 colavito of 411 Clu Usu Tejkl in 3 0 2 Juci Xci. Tii a o 0 a Tor Eson in i 1 0 Strickland. 31 302 Smith if 411 hold is 400 1 Hlll lab 3h 501 Fitgerald o 311 Mcanany of 411 itar Shimin. P 100 Livora. Of 100 Grunt p 100 Shaw p 200 Locke n 100 a Vul 100 totals 30 7 12 totals .13 37 a ran for Kluss Sowski 7. A to Oiin ded out for Locka a. 000 210 4007 12 i 000 20 0003 7 in h r Erbb 80 0 t 3 3 2 5 4 53342 244.41 1 3 30000 Chicano Cleveland Shaw w. Li-4 a Karslian a Grant a 8-0 local of i pitched to 2 Bat torn in thy pitched to 4 Butters in 7ih, a Strickland Aparieio. To a Chicago 27 13. Cleveland 27-10. Lou Chicago 10, clovoland6. 2bcolavito. Landis. So put Gorald. Fill Lollar. Bli Snath. 8fox, Shaw Strickland Smith. H1haparielo, Lollar 3, Smith Phillips Mcanany Minoso. We Locke. A Paparella. Soar Hungo Chy Lak. T252. A70,308. Gin reds pick up pair for farm system Cincinnati a the Cannati reds have signed two More 21-year-old rookies to their far system. Assigned to Visalia club of the California league were Catcher Gerald Lawrence of Elkins w.va.,and Stanley Kurdyla an out fielder from Newark , Denly shifted his attack. He Sank a left wrist deep into Carmen s belly and the Syracuse ., fighter doubled up and covered his face and stomach with his arms. Full Mer could t get in to apply the finishing touches. Fullmer switched from head to stomach and Back to head again through the next three rounds. Then he became a headhunter. In the 13th, with Basilio who weighed Only 156 to 159% for full Jer obviously tiring gentleman f continued on Page 22 Colts give up 1st to trim skins 23-10 Baltimore a the Doughty defense of the Baltimore Colts hogged the attention again Friday night even though it gave up its first touchdown of the exhibition season in a 23-10 Victory Over the Washington redskins. The redskins did t score the to until the last minute of the ame played in 80-degrees tempera Tures before 22,409 fans. Gino Marchetti the Colts All pro defensive end ran 16 Yards with a recovered Fumble for a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage of the second half. The other Colt defensive end Don Joyce knocked the Ball Loose rom Washington quarterback Eagle Day to set up the to dash. Coach Weeb Ewbank mixed up Lis Colt Backfield first string quarterback Johnny Unitas work Fig with Rookie halfback Hal and curly Johnson and full Jack Billy Pricer. They marched 70 Yards for a touchdown on nine plays after the opening Kickoff the payoff coming on a six Yard pass rom Unitas to Rookie Wofford College end Jerry Richardson. Quarterback Eddie l e b a r o n moved the redskins 95 Yards for heir touchdown. He tossed a 16. Yard pass to halfback Jim Podoley o Climax the March. Big payoff Tijuana Mexico up thearnest daily double payoff Ever recorded was $12,724.80. A pair of Flores named Rock Lite and Slick trick won the first two races athe Caliente race track on july 4, 954, to set up that payoff
