European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes saturday october 1, 1977 botox sold for Guesstimate $16 million Boston a Haywood Sullivan a onetime Journeyman Catcher and buddy Leroux who spent nearly 25 years administering to pro athletes As a Trainer won a lengthy bidding War thursday in acquiring ownership of the Boston red sox one of baseball s most successful franchises. Mrs. Thomas a. Yawkey widow of the millionaire sportsman who owned the red sox for 43 years until his death in july 1976, and the estate s co executors Joseph Lacour and Joseph Curran ended months of speculation by awarding the club to a group headed by Sullivan and Leroux. We have to Hammer out the contract but for All intents and purposes the club is sold Lacour said at a news conference adding the closing is expected oct. 31. Lacour flatly refused to disclose even a Ball Park figure involved in the Sale say ing the executors wish to keep the red sox finances  however Best guesses were the club went for about $16 million. Lacour said that Sullivan and Leroux were awarded the franchise and its real estate including Fenway Park after executors studied five kids. He named the unsuccessful bidders As former red sox Star Dom Dimaggio International industrialist Martin Stone Boston businessman Jack Satter and at of corp., which includes Rawlings sporting goods among its hold Ings. We weren t always confident Sullivan said. We be been working on this for about 11 months. We went through the same process As the other people did. The executors obviously liked our group. They met with All of our listed partners who proved they were financially  Sullivan 47, said something like this comes around once in a  being around this business gets into your blood and i be been in it Ever since i came out of College he added. Everyone strives to go  i m an aggressive Type of person and sports have been my main interest Al though i m involved in several other operations said Leroux 45. It goes Back exactly 25 years when i became an assistant. Trainer with the Boston Bruins. I m very Happy to be part of  Sullivan and Leroux said that it would be premature to discuss any possible How they stand american league East new York Boston Baltimore Detroit Cleveland Milwaukee Toronto w l pet. Go .623 3 3 West 99 60 96 63 .604 96 63 .604 72 87 .453 27 70 89 .440 29 66 93 .415 33 53 106 .333 46 w l pet. Go 100 59 .629 91 68 .572 9 89 70 .560 11 82 76 .519 17v3 73 86 .459 27 63 95 .399 36 i 62 97 .390 38 a Kansas City Texas Chicago Minnesota California Oakland Seattle a clenched division title thur stay t results Boston 7 Toronto 3 Baltimore 6, Detroit 3, night Cleveland 4, new York 1, night Kansas City 6, California 3, night Seattle 2, Texas 1, night National league East w go a poll Adelphio Pittsburgh St. Louis Chicago Montreal new York l pet. 99 60 .623 93 66 .585 6 81 76 .516 17 81 78 .509 18 74 85 .465 25 1 96 .389 37 West w l pet. 96 63 .604 86 73 .541 10 80 79 .503 16 73 86 .459 23 go a los Angeles Cincinnati Houston san Francisco san Diego 68 91 .428 28 Atlanta 60 99 .377 36 x clinched division title thursday s results Montreal 7, Philadelphia 2, night Pittsburgh 5, new York 2, night Houston 4, los Angeles 2, night pro hockey exhibitions thursday s games Cleveland 5, Pittsburgh 4 new York rangers 4. Philadelphia 2 Washington 6, Toronto 2 changes in the red sox operation or personnel but they emphasized that the alone will have full control in charge of management and policy making. The executors decision to award the club to Sullivan and Leroux was made wednesday. The winning group got a big boost when mrs. Yawkey agreed to be come a limited partner. Sullivan and be Roux have been very Friendly with the Yaw keys for Many years. Leroux also was listed As a limited part Ner. Others Are Albert f. Curran a Boston attorney who will be the club s Legal advis or former Kentucky s and Boston celtics basketball great Frank Ramsey or. A thur m. Pappas a former Harvard football Star now a Boston orthopaedic surgeon and Samuel Tamposi a new Hampshire Indus trial Developer. Ali retains his Crown on unanimous verdict continued from Page 21 that Point in the 10th. In the 10th, the Champ came out dancing and landed several jabs and six to eight Good left Hooks after that. A solid Hook Shook shavers at the midpoint and Ali backed  up at least twice with solid combinations to the head. It seemed As though the Acorn As Ali dubbed the challenger might run out of Gas and not finish. Shavers never had gone beyond 10 rounds and had been on the Point of exhaustion in the 10th in winning two fights last year. But although Ali had claimed acorns fall in september shavers would not quit. After Ali had the Best of the Lith and 12th rounds shavers began a rally. With 40 seconds left in the 13th round he caught Ali flush with a right hand to the face and again the Champion showed Why he takes a punch As Well As any heavy weight in history. Then in the 14th, shavers keeping the pressure on walked through Ali s jabs and pounded a smashing right to the jaw with 30 seconds to go then sent Ali reeling into the ropes with another blasting right 15 seconds later. It set up the finish that had a Garden crowd of 14,613 roaring throughout the final three minutes. Shavers very tired but seemingly aware that he was losing went All out. He landed a Good right Early and another solid right with 1 45 left in the 15th round. Then after Ali flurried to the head shavers shot Home a Good right and a Hook. Ali also was dead tired but not about to Yarborough pads Lead in Point standings season s earnings Daytona Beach Fla. A Cale Yarborough s Victory in sunday s old do minion 500 at Martinsville va., enabled  to extend his Lead in Lascar s grand National Point standings. Yarborough now leads six time cup Champion Richard Petty by 219 Points with five races left on the 1977 schedule. Sam Sommers drove to a fifth place finish and now is tied with Ricky Rudd in the Rookie of the year Competition. Yarborough leads the Points standings with 4,155, followed by Petty 3,936 Benny Parsons 3,782 Darrell Waltrip 3,727 buddy Baker 3,276 Richard Brooks 3,088 James Hylton 2,876 Cecil Gordon 2,860 Richard Childress 2,855, and Bobby Allison 2,783. Yarborough also continues to Lead in Money won this season with $342,376, Fol Lowed by Petty $277,365 Parsons $221,496 Waltrip $205,193 Baker $154,726 David Pearson $141,726 Brooks $103,160 Donnie Allison $87,220 Hylton $73,175, and Neil Bonnett $72,530. Bruins sign Saskatoon goalie Boston up goaltender Dave Parr Boston s second round pick in Las Spring s National hockey league draft has signed a two year contract with the ruins. Let shavers take control. With the clock ticking off the final min Ute Ali landed a Hal dozen punches to the head being especially effective with the left Hook and shavers appeared ready to topple. Suddenly the challenger whipped Home a right to the jaw that backed Ali off the Champion s eyes glazing. Shavers stumbled after  but Ali came Back with about a dozen unanswered head punches that almost put shavers away. However the Bell rang and saved . It was Ali s 19th successful title defense for which he got $3 million. He ended up earning every Penny. Shavers got $300,000 and the satisfaction of at least proving to his detractors that he could take a punch although Ali s right hand in t much any More and that he could last the Dis Tance. Ali who now has won 21 of 22 Champion ship fights has a 55-2 record. Shavers who finally got his big Chance after fighting As a pro for nine years now has a 54-6-1 re Cord. The Garden crowd paid $722,217 to see the fight which was nationally televised including the new York area by Abc. And the fans got their Money s Worth. There were Boos at times for the Lack of action but Ali entertained them with his showmanship and shavers with his doggedness. Then the two combined for the rousing final act that sent most people Home Happy although shavers rooters naturally were disgruntled. Ali said before the fight that sparring partner Jimmy Ellis a knockout victim of shavers in 1973, told  he hits real hard. Don t take   for the most part the Champion did to especially in the closing rounds when it was put up or shut up. Something Ali never does. Shavers had said ill put a lot of pres sure on  and if i hit  on the Chin hell  he put on the pressure and he hit  on the Chin but Ali walked away the  m just a natural puncher said Sha vers. Thursday night he met a natural punch taker and he failed. Also Harold Alfond a Massachusetts shoe firm operator Ernest Dade a retired Boston businessman Thomas Dibene Detto a new England native who recently joined a new York investment firm Earl Groper related to the owners of the Mon Teal expos Rodgers Badgett a Kentucky Coal executive and . Stevens inc., widely known concessionaire. Sullivan realized a dream. A former Star quarterback at the University of Florida he chose baseball Over football when he signed a Bonus contract for More than $100,000 with the red sox in 1952. He went into the army later that year serving in Korea. He finally joined the red sox at the end of the 1955 season. Plagued by a Back injury he played just 60 games in five years with Boston before being traded to Kansas City. He played three years with the old a a then became manager at Birmingham in the Southern league in 1964. He returned to Kansas City As manager in 1965, then joined the red sox As vice president in charge of player personnel at the end of the year. Leroux spent five years As assistant Trainer of the Bruins in the National hockey league. He then moved up to the celtics serving As head Trainer for 10 years As the club became a National basketball association dynasty. Leroux switched to the red sox As Trainer in 1966, serving through the 1974 season. He left to become a co owner of the new England rehabilitation Center in nearby Woburn. He also is involved in several other Busi Ness operations. However he said he plans to devote full time to the red sox explain ing i have key people in All my other of  the red sox began As a baseball team in 1901, with about 200 persons on hand for a March 7 ground breaking ceremony at the Huntington Avenue baseball grounds a former circus grounds. According to the northeastern univer sity archives the team first played under the name pilgrims but switched to red sox in 1907 after general Charles Taylor bought the franchise for his son John. Nahl is forced to fold for financial reasons Lewiston Maine a the financially struggling North american hockey league has folded president William Rocheleau jr., also co owner of the Maine Nordques said sunday night. He said the league had discussed the possibility of carrying on this season with Only five teams but one of the five Utica,n.y., would have had to be carried along financially by the other four. The Nahl was to have opened its sixth season in october. The league s sixth club Syracuse n.y., folded last season after winning the league championship. Major league top ten Carew Man Bostock Man Leflore det Singleton bal Rivers by Rice bin Bumbry bal Bailor Tor Brett pc Cowens pc based in 440 at bats. American league g a r 151 602 149 581 151 639 149 523 136 557 158 634 130 506 120 487 137 558 159 600 123 103 99 86 76 102 74 62 104 96 h pet. 232 .385 194 .334 209 .327 170 .325 180 .323202 .319 160 .316 153 .314 174 .312 186 .310 Home runs Rice Boston 39 Nettles new York 37 Bonds California 37 Gscott Boston 33 re Jackson new York 32. Runs batted in Bonds California 115 Hisle Minnesota 114 Hobson Boston 112 Cowens Kansas City 111 re Jackson new York 110. Pitching it decisions Gullett new York 14-4, .778 uldry new York 16-6, .727 up it Torr Kan Sas City 16-6, .727 Lyle new York 13 5, .722 Barrios Chicago 14-6, .700 to John son Minnesota 16-7, .696 Wise Boston 11-5, .688 Rozema Detroit 15-7, .682. National league g a r h pet. Parker ugh 156 630 107 214 .340 Foster can 155 605 122 196 .324 Templeton St 147 600 93 194 .323 Simmons St 145 504 81 161 .319 girl they can 151 572 113 181 .316 Hendrick so 148 527 73 164 .311 Luzon ski Phi 147 547 98 170 .311 Rose can 159 646 93 200 .310 Smith la 146 484 102 148 .306 Randle by 136 511 76 156 .305 Home runs Foster Cincinnati 52 Burroughs at Lanta 41 Luzon ski Philadelphia 38 Schmidt Philadelphia 38 Garvey los Angeles 33. Runs batted in Foster Cincinnati 147 la Laski Philadelphia 129 Garvey los Angeles 114 Burroughs Atlanta 113 Cey los Angeles 110. Pitching 16 decisions c a n d i r i Pittsburgh 19-5, .792 Forsch St. Louis 20-6, .769 Seaver Cincinnati 20-6, .769 Chr Stnson Phila Delphia 18-6, .750 John los Angeles 20 7, .741 Carlton Philadelphia 23-10, .697 Treuschel Chicago 20-9, .690 2 tied with .636