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way point of the 200-mile open class championship motorcycle races at Daytona Beach,
Fla.. Lennie Waldo of Columbus, Ohio, makes a perfect landing.
Clay’s Next Foe?
Uncle Sam In April
Or Bonavena In
By JOHN G. GRIFFIN
L'PI Executive Sports Editor
NEW YORK (UPI) —It’S
either Uncle Sam in April or
Oscar Bonavena in May lor a
triumphant and surprisingly
gracious Cassius Clay.
“I want to fight again, but I
just have to wait,” Clay
admitted in the wake of his
completely expected but still
impressive seventh-round knock
out of aging challenger Zora
Folley Wednesday night In the
last heavyweight title bout that
ever will be held in famed
Madison Square Garden.
The thing Clay Is “waiting”
on is a ruling by the U.S. Court
of Appeals In Cincinnati, which
will decide whether he has to
show up for induction Into the
Army on April 11. If the court
says he must go, then Cassius
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must decide whether to obey—
or go to jail.
If the court rules in his favor,
the way will be clear for Clay
to make his next title defense
against Bonavena, a clumsy but
hard-hitting Argentinian, In
Tokyo May 27; And perhaps for
another defense eight weeks
after that, say sometime in
July, against Thad Spencer of
San Francisco.
No Verbal Punches
Clay, when he wasn’t tussling
with questions about his future,
was being exceptionally kind to
Folley in commenting on his
triumph Wednesday night.
Things went almost exactly as
expected in the scheduled 15
rounder, and Clay wasn't In any
mood to rub it In. He spent a
couple of rounds taking Folley’s
measure, dumped him on his
ear with a thundering left-right
combination iu the fourth round,
and finally sent him sprawling
on his face with a whiplash
right for the knockout at 1:48 of
the seventh round.
Clay, the man who once
sneered he would “punish”
Floyd Patterson—and did—and
later taunted Ernie Terrell
throughout their bout by de
manding he call him by his
Muslim name “Muhammed
All,” went to unusual lengths to
be kind to the 34-year-old
Folley.
“He hurt me," said Clay,
“especially with those right
hands.”
Clay never appeared hurt to
lingsiders, and the “admission”
seemed a rare gesture for him
to make.
Folley also related another
out-of-character Clay remark
after the fight—“He told me I
was a good fighter and the only
reason he beat me was he was
younger.” Folley also disclosed
that this time there was no
taunting by Clay inside the ring.
Apologizes For Blows
"He never spoke to me,”
Folley said. “I said something
to him, though. A couple of my
left Jabs were low and I
apologized.”
Follwy actually won the first
two rounds on the cards of all
three ring officials, There
wasn’t much action In these
sessions, and Clay said his
handlers berated him for
“toying around.”
“I wasn’t playing around,”
Cassius said. “I tried to move
fast, but he was slick, he was
tricky, he was fast, and he was
hard to hit. He wouldn’t move
in on me and against a great,
skillful, scientific boxer you
have to slow down.”
Clay declared Folley “gave
me a better fight than (Sonny)
Liston, or Patterson, or Ter
rell.”
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Griffin Community Center.
Registration- will begin at 9 a.
m. and last until 5 p.m.
Sign-ups are open to boys nine
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Boys who attain the age of
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those who will not attain the
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Boys must be accompanied by
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Little League personnel will be
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Margie Yates
Bowls 481
Margie "Yates bowled a 481 ser
ies and a 173 game Wednesday
in the Koffee Klub League.
In other games, Nellie Pitts
bowled a 187, Evelyn Downing
had a 189, Lee Stapel bowled a
171, Sis Cranford bowled a 161,
Barbara Triplett rolled a 166,
Gwen Skrlne bowled a 175, Ber
nice Zleberer had a 174 and
Lorraine Keeney a 166.
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NBA Playoff
Standings
By United Press International
Division Semifinals
Beet-of-five
Eastern Division
Series A
Cincinnati 1 1 .500
Philadelphia 1 1 .500
Series B
Boston 1 0 1.00
New York 0 1 .000
Western Division
Series A
W. L. Pet.
San Francisco 1 0 1.000
Los Angeles 0 1 .000
Series B
W. L. Pet.
St. Louis 1 0 1.000
Chicago 0 1 .000
Wednesday’s Results
Phila. 123 Cin 102
Thursday’s Games
San Fran, at Los Ang.
St. Louis at Chicago
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draft choice from North Texas State, has signed with
the St. Louis Cardinals to give the NFL club the first
Beatle-type backfield man in professional football.
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‘The Stilt’ Does It All
Even Loses His Pants
CINCINNATI (UPI) —Wilt
Chamberlain did everything
Wednesday night — he even
ripped his pants.
But despite the fact the
Philadelphia 76ers lost one pair
of extra large basketball shorts,
they will go Into Friday night’s
National Basketball Association
playoff battle against the
Cincinnati Royals with a 1-1 tie
after whipping the Royals 123-
102 Wednesday night in their
best-of-five Eastern Division
semi-final series.
It may not have been the
most surprising result of the
season but the 76ers were losers
in the series opener and one of
the reasons was the play of
Connie Dierking, who virtually
neutralized Chamberlain by
scoring 29 points and pulling
down 18 rebounds.
So Wednesday Chamberlian
was out to change things. He
achieved his aim in less than 12
minutes.
By the end of the first period
the 76ers had an unbeatable 13
point lead and Chamberlian had
besides ripping his pants from
front to back. The incident
caused a delay in the game
while the all-pro center repaired
to the dressing room for a quick
change,
The brief delay was a small
consoloation for Coach Jack
McMahon, who said later, “Wilt,
completely dominated the
game, When he turned toward
the basket on the first play I
knew what kind of night we
were in for. His passing hurt us
(11 assists) and he completely
‘ controlled the offense.”
The 7-1 standout hit 16 field
goals and wound up with 37
points, while cutting Dierking’s
total to 21. Hal Greer and Chet
Walker amply backed up
Chamberlain with a total of 48
points.
Four teams will get the
chance to play Thursday night,
In two Western Division semi
finals St. Louis takes a 1-0 lead
into a game at Chicago against
the Bulls and San Francisco,
with a 1-0 edge will be hosted