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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 10, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 22 the stars and stripes a in Idoy july 10 perfect game top thrill Dusty Boggess colourful Umpire Dies in Texas Dallas up Dusty bog Gess 58, the colourful outspoken National league Umpire who considered Willie Mays the greatest player and Don Lar sen s perfect world series game his greatest thrill died monday in a Dallas Hospital from chronic lung , a Terrell tex., native who began umpiring inthe Western league in 1939, came to the majors in 1944 and Umpire in More than 5,000 games until his retirement in1963. He had played minor league baseball for 12 years and Ralston upset by Yugo s Pilic in pans meet Paris up Nikola Pil Teof Yugoslavia monday beat american Dennis Ralston 6-2,6-3, 6-1, in the second Day of the International professional Tennis tournament at Roland Garros  other singles matches Australia s Fred Stolle easily disposed of Jean Claude Molinari of France 6-1, 6-1, 6-2.john Newcombe Australia beat Pancho Segura u.s., 4-8,6-4,6-1,6-2. Cliff Drysdale South Africa beat Tony Roche Australia 6-3, 6-3,6-4.ken Rosewall Australia beat Luis Ayala Chile 6-2, 6-3, 8-2.in a men s doubles match John Newcombe and Tony Roche of Australia beat Robert Hail let and Jean Claude Molinari of France 6-0, 6-1, 8-3. Big train bout tops boxing card by the associated pres Samos big train Lincoln of los Angeles once a ranking heavyweight contender meets Joey Orbillo of los Angeles in a10-round feature bout at los an Geles thursday in a Light wee of boxing action. The schedule wednesday at Laj vegas Nev., Eugene Parker san Jose call., is. Billy Cole Nan Losangeles lights 10. Thursday at los Angeles Joey Orbillo lot an Geles is. Amos big train Lincoln Losangeles heavies 10 at Portland Maine Jimmy Mcdermott Holyoke maas.,  Marsh Las vegas Nev., Light heavies 10. Oilers Bishop in fold Houston a Veteran offensive guard Sonny Bishop has signed a two year contract wit the Houston oilers of the Ameri can football league. Became somewhat of a legend in the Texas league by playing every position on several occasions. He Umpire in the Texas and International league before moving up to the majors. Boggess. A brewery representative in Dallas at the time of his death was very critical of major league players. His remarks were usually within earshot of the press. Players Don t slide anymore they crawl they apologize for stealing a base Boggess once said. Tycobb would break records now they be never thought of because nobody could handle those spikes of his he said. Positioning important Boggess once explained whatsit takes to make a Good Umpire it s the Angle you get that makes the difference. Umpiring schools Aren t taking this int consideration much any More. They re taking big fat Guys who could t run the 100 in an hour and asking them to cover the same ground As a fast Skinny  be got to cheat. Does t a second baseman cheat on double play situation his string of games include four world series and five All Star games. His biggest thrill inthe majors came in the 1956 world series when Don Larser iof the new York Yankees pitched a perfect game. He Umpire second base. The stands were packed but you could t hear a sound not even a Vendor Selling hotdogs Boggess recalled. Billy Martin had been hollering like a Canar for seven innings but even he was quiet toward the  was never anything like it he said. Mays Over speaker Boggess considered Mays Center elder for the Francisco giants the player of his major umpiring career. Sanest league Mays is the greatest player be Ever seen Boggess said. A lot of texans will consider i sacrilege but even though i played some Ball with Tri speaker i d have to pick Mays. He has a keen mind and he can beat you every Way. Mickey comparison shebeen quoted a Mantle no Umpire has  decided to become an Umpire in 1939 after several rough seasons As a player in the Texas league i got the idea it was a Tough living the first week when i had to Hitchhike from san Antonio to Mitchell s.d.," Boggess once said. I worked through South Dakota and Nebraska Al summer then stayed around to work the playoffs. When the year was Over i owed the league $12." take that and that Sonny listen head during their scheduled 10-Roundcr at san former world heavyweight Champion pounds Francisco s cow Palace. The bout was stopped in the seventh and listen awarded a to a plume worm Neavy Weini Champion away at Henry Clark with a Long right to the Louis rates listen no. 3 contender Las vegas Nev. Up former world s heavyweight Champion Joe Louis said monday he believed Sonny listen should be rated no worse than third among contenders for the heavyweight Crown off his seventh round knockout win Over Henry Clark saturday in Sanfrancisco. Louis said at his headquarter Shere that he is working with Detroit hotel Man sunny Wilson in attempting to match listen with Michigan s contender bus Ter Mathis this  believe listen s Strong performance against 28-year-Oldclark proves Sonny deserves a High ranking among Conten Ders Louis said. It seems to me he should be rated no worse than third behind Jimmy Ellis and Joe Frazier or Joe Frazier and Jimmy Ellis if you would rather put it that  Louis said he believed listen should be ranked above Jem Quarry who lost to Ellis in a world boxing association match and Mathis who was stopped by Frazier in a Newyork title  i have just talked to wilsonian Detroit and he has authorized me to negotiate wit Uliston and his manager Dick Saddler for a fight with Mathis in Detroit later this year Louis said. French owner confident Roque Pine favo Redin Trot classic new York a the owner of Roque Pine France s Queen of the world Trotters expressed Confidence monday that she will win the $100,000 Roose velt International Trot for the second straight year saturday night. Henri Levesque made his comment at a drawing of Post positions on the site of the statue of Liberty on Liberty is land in new York , a 7-year-old Mare Drew the no. 6 Post for the Blu ribbon event of harness racing against seven other Trotter from the United states Italy Austria new zealand Canada Sweden and West Germany. Roque Pine was made the Early 5-2 favorite Over Carlisle of the United states 3-1, an fresh Yankee of Canada at 7-2, for the la i mile race at Roose velt raceway on Long Island. The Mare never took a bad step this morning Levesque said through an interpreter i scoffing at reports his world renowned Mare had suffered leg trouble. She is in Good Condi Tion and i am very  drove Roque Pine to or. Fager assigned top weight for Haskell Oceanport . Up tartan stable s or. Fager who qut dulled archrival Damascus in the suburban Handicap july 4 at Aqueduct monday was assigned top weight of 134 pounds for saturday s running of the 1100,000 added Haskell Handicap at Monmouth . Fager who will carry two More pounds than he did in the suburban won the 1 14 mile race by two lengths Over bold hour with Damascus third Kenneth h. Lennox Mon Mouth s racing Secretary an handicapper assigned bold hour 116 pounds the Sam weight he carried in the suburban and listed Damascus the 1967 horse of the year at 131 pounds two less than he carried in his Duel with or. Fager also assigned 116 pounds were fort Marcy the 1967 turf Champion and proud Clarion the 1987 Kentucky Derby Winner. Out of the Way Winner of the Jersey Derby and the Massachusetts Handicap was the top weighted 3-year-old at 115  reality whose fifth place finish in the suburban marked Only the second time in his career he has run out of the Money was declared out of the Haskell. Victory in the International Las year after Jean Rene Gougeon had missed by a head in 1968,but he is putting Jean Rene Back in the sulky this time. Fresh Yankee the Canadia Mare who finished second to Roque Pine in the International last summer will leave from the no. 2 Post. The coveted no.1 spot went to cumene of Italy. Carlisle Drew the no. 3 spot. Be chant of new zealand Drew no 4, Epsom of Austria no. 5, Simmerl of West Ger Many no. 7 and Kentucky fib Ber of Sweden no. 8. Penn a grabs National youth roving Crown Philadelphia up Penn athletic club s 17-year-old eight cared Crew won the National youth championship on the Schuylkill River sunday and helped earn the Joseph f. Felger memorial trophy. The winning Crew compiled 58points. Litch Flold rowing association of Kent conn., with Many top new England school crewmen in their boats was runner up with 50 Points Litchfield Crews won titles in the fours with coxswain pairs with coxswain and pairs without coxswain. Oyster Bay n.y., won the doubles and finished third in Points with 20, West  rowing club of Buffalo n.y., won the four cared title and the singles title went to Vesper of Philadelphia. Standings Pacific coast league Ca Itcan Oili London lol pet a Tiqua 51 Phoenix 53 37 san Diego 45 40 incl Ampol Oklahoma City. \6 44 Denver 33 47 Western do Villon Spokane 47seattle 3 Hawaii 40 Tacoma 30portland 3 37 41 44 43 45 47 .653 .544 s t .529 14.53 9 .450 15 .413 11 to .513 i .47 j .4m m .423 11 .420 a Vancouver 34 monday Reid in a nver 3, Hawaii 1portland 7, Vancouver 8 san Deleito 3,  my 1phoitnlx 0,  1 Only games International league won Loit pet. Rochester 3 139 38 38 33  .513.500 .4m .81 Toledo. Jatawn Vlf. 40 oolumbu438 Syracuse. 38 Buffalo. Lou Lavylla. 3� 42 Richmond. 3$ 44 monday Ruiu Rochester be. Buffalo or Jacksonville 5, Richmond 0 8yracu�e 3, Toledo 0louuvwe 8-3, Colum Lnu 12 Eastern league monday Mui Reading 3, Binghamton l work Waterbury 2i a Flold 4-1. Elmira it Southern league monday Reid in Charlotte 9, Montgomery Iash Evillo at  rain Only Rumba  Texas league monday re us Arkansas is Albuquerque 9 manual 10, Elpaso 8amarilla 1,  0. Dot Lam fort Woith at Sun Aii Ionio pour a ruin Pat sign 8 More vets b6ston  
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