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I PAGE TWO UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL, URIAH, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1967 3 1 Griffith Loses Middle Title on Decision ANY WILLIAM NEW YORK -Nino Benvenuti, who brought the middleweight crown to Italy for the first time Monday night, held court immediately after his unanimous 15-round victory and decreed that vanquished Emile Griffith should have another chance. The officials' decision couldn't, be disputed, but Benvenuti, still over being given a chance at the title." promptly said, "I'll be glad to give him a rematch. ru fight The partisan crowd of 14,251, including 500 fans who followed their idol here from Italy to cheer him to victory withe chant, 'NI- NO, NI- NO," swarmed toward the ring even before the official decision was announced. They jammed, into the ring to congratulate Benvenuti by climbing over the press section. Benvenuti had come out like a tiger in the first round, and in the second he decked.

Griffith with a stiff right uppercut the jaw. The 28-year-old Italian, Interest Grows in Grid Clinic Here on April 29 Whether you know it or not, it's almost time to be thinking about football! What" with the typical midwestern and eastern football weather we've been having, which has set back the development and action 17 track and field and baseball this spring -something fierce, it seems at good time to remind one and all that there will be spring football practice in the North Bay League and at Ukiah high for the first time for several weeks next month, and a football clinic, open to all interested gridders, coaches and fans, at Ukiah high school on Saturday, "April That's just a week from Saturday, and the acceptances from Prep, Junior College and other coaches and from fans have been coming in steadily to Ukiah high school's Mort VandenBerghe, who with Bob Creed is. arranging the details of the day-Jong clinic on football fundamentals, tactics, -technique and theory. The first gridiron clinic in memory held here on a professional level will run from 10 a.m. to, 4 p.m.

and will take place in Ukiah high school's Ohessall Gym, or other rooms. and, weather permitting how we, hate that word -on the Ukiah high school football field. Registration and donuts and coffee warmer-uppers will be at 9 a.m. Supt. Don Halverson and Coach Mort VandenBerghe will welcome the guests and outline the clinic plans at 9:45 a.m.

The faculty, already assured reads like a "who's Who?" of the gridiron world in northern California. Lively Demonstrations Before lunch break those attending the conference and gridiron clinic, known simply as the Redwood Empire Coaching Clinic, will have heard Phil Sarboe, former Washington State, Humboldt State and University of Hawaii coach now mentor at the new college of the Redwoods; George, Byers, Irvington High School, and. Dave Strong, former University of Michigan punter and present recreation director for Ukiah. After the Byers will lead a demons tion on defenses on the field, with Varsity football players the men in the defense chess alignments; Stan Peters, former San Francsico State star, will lead a demonstration of offensive effective at Laney College; backfield drills that have proven Bruno Pellegrini, former Santa Clara star will go into detail on Vallejo high school's effective defensive coverage; and the Rotary All-Star coaches will conduct a special clinic panel on various aspects of the game. of football.

A party will follow at the Municipal clubhouse. Coach Mort VandenBerghe, director of the clinic, has received acceptances from many high school and junior. college coaches. from throughout the Mendocino County Sonoma, Lake and Humboldt areas, but stresses that the clinic is open to all who are interested in the game of football. The fee is a modest $2 for the entire day's classes in many aspects of the sport.

The response so far has been gratifying to clinic directors VandenBerghe, -Bob Creed and Al Snarski, who make up. the Ukiah high school Varsity football coaching staff. But the more, the merrier. and the better. Ukiah Wildcat Boosters Association members and other dyed in the wool football fans will be able to understand the intricasies of football techniques, patterns, philosophy and tactics and to follow the ball and the moment by moment strategy, offensive and defensive moves in the game next fall.

So, rain or shine, attend the first Redwood Empire Coaching Clinic Ukiah high school, Saturday, April 29, at 10 a.m. Benvenuti's Reception Proves Memorable One By MILTON RICHMAN NEW YORK (UPI) -A delicately featured, sha y- haired, 28-year-old first fighter, who looks like the lead in one of those Italian movies, has proven rather conclusively that Cassius Clay doesn't know. what he's talking about. The debonair, continental-type young man who did all 1 this is Nino Benvenuti, and if you haven't been keeping-abreast of such things; the new middleweight champion of the world. cI Clay, who is about to leave us, says that when he" goes' boxing will be dead.

He'd neyer say that if he had been at Madison Square Garden Monday night. He'd never say that if he saw how Benvenuti climbed off the canvas after a fourth round knockdown to paste Emile Griffith from- ring post to ring post and snatch the crown off his head. Roared Like Niagara And he'd certainly never say that if he heard the Niagara-like ovation which greeted Benvenuti at the end or saw how his ecstatic Italian countrymen rushed up into the ring to hug and kiss their new hero. "I never heard a reception like that in my whole life." said one of the patrons who witnessed the excellent contest. The patron who made the remark happened to be an expert, on such matters.

He was "Rocky Marciano, who has heard a' tew cheers himself in his time. winner of 72 of his Ta fights, may have done the same thing for: boxing that a fellow like Joe DiMaggio did for baseball. Everyone seens this guy; Nee also suffered a cut on the bridge of his nose in the second. round. Crimson Mask Until the ninth round the cut cascaded blood, covering Benvenuti's face with a mask of crimson.

His cornermen finally able to stop a flow of blood in the 10th, but the challenger's vision apparently was not hampered. But Benvenuti's attack bogged down in the third as the squat Griffith, weighing pounds compared to 159 for Nino, scored heavily with welt-raising body punches. In the, fourth, Griffith had his' moment of glory by knocking down the Italian for a five count. Benvenuti, wobbly from the punch, shook his head in amazement as he climbed off the canvas, Griffith moved in kill. But the Italian, winning for the 72nd time in 73 pro bouts, shook off the effects and took the next three rounds in courageous fashion, Not Hurt at All "The 1 knockdown, is the only punch that hurt," Benvenuti, a 12-5 underdog, said later.

"I never say it The rest of the fight, he didn't hurt me at all." Griffith then won the eighth, ninth and 10th, but that was his only flurry until he managed to launch an attack in the 14th. By that time it was too late to pull out the victory, however. he'd come back to the corner, we'd tell him he was behind," said Grittith's manager, Gil Clancy. don't know what was wrong. We'd tell hint to stop just using the double jab and start throwing the right.

when he'd use his combinations, he was okay." "I tought a bad fight," said Griffith. "I don't want to take away from Benvenuti. My opponent fought a very good fight." Smiles at Friends The 28-year-old champion, who visibly shook Griffith several times late in the fight, I doted on the adulation of the LITTLE SPORT By Rouson SPoRTSMANS. SPORTS MANS SPORTSMANS CAFE CAFE CAFE Cassius Clay Loses Another Draft Decision CINCINNATI (UPD-Cassius Clay, his legal avenues reduced to a one-way street, is only ten days away from having the word private or 8 prison number--in front of his name. 25-year-old heavyweight boxing, champion, -indefatigable and invincible in the ring, suffered two, more.

losses. in. the courtroom Monday. in. his long tight to ayoid induction into the Army April 28.

His appeals were rejected by the Supreme Court and the U.S. sixth. circuit of Appeals. He now has only. an appeal to the Supreme.

Court on the circuit court rejection between him and the Army. Or a federal prison. Clay. Muhammad who Ali, prefers the to be called- he name took upon becoming. a member of the Negro supremacist Black Muslim cult, had said in the past he would prefer prison to military service.

Monday, he said his actions would guided by Allah. "I'm ready to go," Clay said from Chicago. "I won't say where I'm going. The almighty (U.S.) government has laws. 'and Allah has laws.

It's up to me to make a choice between the government's laws and the law of Allah." The choice, he said, would be Allah. "I'm going to obey the laws of Allah first." Clay said. "I'm ready to stand up to machine gun fire just to protect my religious beliefs." The Supreme Court refused without comment to hear Clay's appeal for an exemption on grounds, that he is a claimed Black in Muslim minister. He his suit that Negroes have been discriminated against by the Selective Serivice System. He asked that the entire draft svstem be declared unconstitutional and a three-iudge panel be named to hear his appeal.

In the sixth court decision, a three-judge court ruled there was no Constitutional involved and they felt "Congress did not feel draftees should have the right to litigate the validity of their induction before acceptance for national service." Such action, the ruled, would disrupt the entire draft system. Baseball Standings By United Press International National League W. L. Pet. GB St.

Louis 4 0 1.000 Cincinnati 5 .833 Philadelphia 4 1 .800 Chicago 3. 2 .600 Houston 3 3 .500 2 Atlanta 3, 3,500 2 Pittsburgh 2 San Francisco 5 .167 New York .333 01 Los Angeles 0 4 .000 4. Monday's Results New York 9 Pittsburgh 6, night Chicago at Philadelphia, ppd. rain American League 0 W. Pet.

GB Baltimore 4 2 .667 Chicago 02 2 .600 Kansas City 00 2 .600 New York 60 cum .600 California 3 .500 1 Detroit 3 3 .500 Cleveland 2 2 .500 1 Washington 2 3 .400 Boston 2 .400. 1 Minnesota 4 .200 3 Monday's Results Wash. at N.Y., rain Cleveland at Minn. ppd. rain was.

pure bedlam and outside some people were singing some of Verdi's operatic passages. It Was. a pight. to remember. It.

was. a night in which Clay was proven wrong. In contrast to footwesipon is soccer's the foot. offensive crowd. During the frequent clinches, he'd smile at his friends mock hecklers, nod to his wife, Giuliana, and dig his left into the champion's ribs as calmly as a 5-year-old kid in a bloodless wrestling match.

He looked dumbfounded when his trainer, 'Libero Golinelli, prodded him to go after, Griffith aggressively in the last round. Nino simply knew he was so far ahead a that he didn't need it, he tried to comply with orders as he dutifully launched another attack. Griffith knew before the official scorecards were announced that his brief reign, lasting less than a year since he won the title from Dick Tiger, was over, and the cheers of the crowd drowned out Johnny Addie's voice as announced, "Referee Mark Conn has it 10-5 Benvenuti; judge Al Berl 9-6 Benvenuti; judge Leo Birnbaum 10-5 Benvenuti. The winner by unanimous decision Nino Benvenuti." Warriors Hope They Can Come Back in Home Tilts Can Giants Find Formula To Playing Winning Ball? By SARGIS. SAN FRANCISCO -The San Francisco Giants, with manager Herman Franks, would just as soon their fans forget the National League season is a week old and pretend it all begins today.

And, it does in fact, for, the Giants in their home playpen with, the unbeaten St. Louis Cardinals providing. the opposition. The Cards, behind Bob Gibson, the Giants and Juan Marichal exactly a week ago in their home opener in St. Louis.

The Giants went on to lose four more games in a short swing through Atlanta and Cincinnati while winning, just. one. the man pitched the only winning game Gaylord Perry has the assignment today against the Ray Washburn with a crowd of 000 on hand. Week long rains have damnened the whole area but Candestick Park is in good shape because the- infield has been covered since last Friday. The Park has undergone some minor sprucing up and the trees and shrubs planted outside the main gate last year have sprouted to give the general area a far better, appearance than in past years.

However, some rain was forecast for today. Today's game marks the start of the 10th year in San Francisco for the Giants and the player still on the club who was with the Giants in" their final year in -New York is Willie Mays: Willie though, is a doubtful starter today because of a pulled hamstring. In fact, he hasn't played since last Thursday, game in which Perry pitched a four-hit shutout over the Braves for a 2- 0. victory. Last year this time, Gaylord wa's fighting to get a start while Marichal already has been a winner twice.

a loser thus far this year and gets a chance to gain his victory on Thursday when he pitches against Al Jackson of the Cards, On Wednesday, the season's first home night game, Bobby Bolin goes against Larry Jaster, the Dodger killer. The statistics for the Giants in their first six games all are on the negative side and have manager Franks scratching his brow and wondering what has happened to his Cactus League champions since they started playing for real. The pitching hasn't been as' bad as the 1-5 record indicates. What's been missing, outside of Mays sitting out three games, is runs. In all, the Giants have scored just 11 thus far.

As a team, the Giants are batting .211 and have just four hases on balls while striking out 51 times. Ollie Brown leads the club with a .400 average, while Mays is hitting .222, McCovey is at .174, Jimmy Hart at .091 and Tom Haller at .111: Handyman Jimmy Davenport, who has been playing shortstop. has a .294 average and Ken Henderson is batting .286. "We've to start hitting one of these davs," said Franks after the Cincinnati Reds beat his Tigers, 4-1 and 6-0 Sunday. The Cardinals, on the other hand, are.

wearing out the ball and lead the N. L. with a 4-0 mark. Lou. Brock has five home runs already the team's rnne two long ball punch of Roger- Maris Orlando has been providing key hits.

Marathon Field Ready By 'PAUL ROBBINS. HOPKINTON, Mass. (UPI)This quiet central Massachusetts community was battening down its hatches and clearing its streets today the start Wednesday of the 71st Boston Marathon. The maraton, a 26-mile, 385- yard grind which winds from, here over every conceivable bump, wrinkle and hill en route to. Boston, attracts the wildest crew of track buffs and bugs.

The world's top marathoners rub shoulders. kick shins and trade expletives--in several languages with hundred over-ambitious teenagers, health addicts and middle-aged track has-beens-or never-wases. About 600 runners--a staggering 732 entries have been 2 awarded starting numbers but even the sponsoring Boston Athletic Association (BAA) doesn't expect that many to show up for the start of the long-distance stampede -are expected for the a scene Cecil B. DeMille would love. for Position A blob of humanity, most of it in its together underwear and sneakers.

piles to await the starter's gun. There's a little jostling as the start grows near -like money was being thrown away nearby. Semple, the Scottish BAA trainer who considers it bis personal duty to marshal the combatants into a pack containing a respectable amount of dignity and class, stalks the restless crowd. "Stay on the, r-r-r-road," he gr-r-r-rowls. "Keep your-r-r-r place.

'Cut out that r-r-r-r-1 rowdvism." Last vear he found one of America's top hones with his number. on upside. down. It nearly cost. the runner his life as the rugged kinsman, annoyed that anyone might desecrate the race by wearing an down number, tossed him out of the Sd4 Wsc cal 8H Carin Big Trackfest SAN, FRANCISCO (UPD -The biggest area track meet of the season takes place this Saturday when San Jose State and Washington State call on California.

The Spartans have beaten the Bears nine meets in a row, but California has a real chance this time. Bear coach Sam Bell says that each team has about 50 sure points with the rest up for grabs. lost an 85-69 fight with Oregon last Saturday but Bell Monday told the Northern California track writers that he knew his Bears would lose when a bad pass exchange cost Cal the 440 relay. Bell praised hurdler Paddy diate hurdle vent as expected McCrary, who won his in intermeand also ran a best ever 14.4 flight of high hurdles to third that event. He was also third in the 440.

Walters, assistant coach at San Jose gave almost an identical prediction of the 'each seven first Spartans clash. He said places sewed up and five events can go either way. Stanford meanwhile hosts mighty Southern Stanford. weather permitting. The Indians have yet to win a dual clash and don't figure to start against the Trojans, possibly the nation's top dual meet team.

But Stanford, coach Payton Jordan said that his team spirit is tremendous. "We have had 15 best-of-life performances this year, and school records. We have had some problems with injuries, and the rain has hurt us, as it has hurt everyone else. But I think we'll have some big surprises this summer (in national Ex-Pirate Turns Back Bucs, 9 to 6 By United Press International Success stories come in different wrappings, and Don Cardwell will settle for an imitation blue ribbon as a starter. Although his pitching performance wasn't a gem, and he'd like evervone to believe it was just another game, Cardwell derived immense personal satisfaction from his first victory as a New York Met Monday night when he beat his former Pittsburgh Pirate teammates 9- 6.

The Mets-Pirates game was the only one played in the TOYOTA CORONA PRICED LIKE PEANUTS p.o.e. Options, freight, taxes extra $0 hol 90. mphl Owners repert 30 ml per gat. Optional Automatic Transmission 12 inne warranty Portal Service anilable, to GALVIN'S TOYOTA Old: 101 Notti SAN. FRANCISCO (UPI) The San Francisco Warriors, down 2-0 in their best-of-seven.

playoff series with the Philadelphia 76ers for. the National Basketball Association championship, -were hopeful today playing before the hometown fans in the third and fourth games will get running. But, with star. point-maker Rick. Barry Fred Hetzel hobbled by a sore a ankle, at best part-time performer and center Nat Thurmond bothered by a painful hip bruise, the Warriors need a near collapse by the 76ers to make that come me true, starting with the third game at the cow palace tonight.

The fourth game also will be played at the Cow Palace Thursday--and a fifth game, if necessary, is scheduled for Sunday at Philadelphia's Convention Hall, site 'of the first two game's. The 76ers, called by many the best team ever in the pro ranks, used outstanding shooting to beat the Warriors in the first game of this set and then 'showed they are, equally, effective in a defensive type game to beat the Warriors last Sunday in the second Wilt Chamberlain, the former Warrior super star, has been a bear on defense in the playoffs. In Sunday's game, he picked-oft in the set a record and time and again turned away San Francisco shots which looked like sure baskets. Philadelphia won by 31 points, 126-95. "That was one of Wilt's best a said Philadelphia coach Alex Hannum, who last year was fired by the Warriors because he could not devote 12 months of the year to running the team.

"I'd have to sav his play has been the big difference." Bill Sharman, who replaced Hannum as San Francisco coach, said just about the same things about Wilt, whom he played against a few years ago. "Wilt simply killed us on the boards." said Sherman of the big center's performance in the first two games. Sawchuk Saga Continuing TORONTO -The. Terry Sawchuk story continues tonight with the Toronto Maple Leafs trying to close a chapter on one of the greatest goalie comebacks in Stanley Cup hockey history. Sawchuk, donning protective gear only because! starting goalie Johnny suffered.

a finger injury. has brought the Leafs to commanding 3-2 lead over the Chicago Black Hawks, in the best-of-seven semi-final series. A victory tonight sets up an all-Canada final. with the Montreal Canadiens, who swept the New York Rangers in four straight. If the National Hockey League champion Black Hawks win, the series goes back to Chicago for the final game of the match-up Thursday night.

Sawchuk made 127 saves in the first four games in stopped another 36 shots on goul two periods Saturday. went into the net after a shakey opening period performance. by Bower who was first game of the series. The Leafs have a record of five wins, three losses and one tie record over Hawks in Toronto and are favored to win tonight. Chicago Coach, Billy Reay, majors Monday.

The other scheduled National League contest, Chicago at Philadelphia, was postponed because of rain. The only two games listed in the American League, Washington at New York and Cleveland at Minnesota, also fell victim to inclement weather conditions. Akiah Daily Journal BUSINESS GUIDE More is your weekly guide to variety of services and merchandise offered by leading Ukiah Merchants. Consult the Journal Business Guide for your neads. AUTO REPAIR BODY SHOP Auto Painting Brake Service' and Frame Straightening Wheel Aligning Wheel Balancing Radiator Repairs Glass Installation Townsend Bros.

South State and Wabash Dial 462-3932 ELECTRIC SERVICE GATLING dental Commercial Wiring Licensed. Conte Dial 462-3152 confident. however. that the. Hawks would win tonight and again in Chicago.

He said he "satisfied with the way we played Saturday and we'll be back in Chicago Thursday." IKIAH PHONE LAST TIMES TONIGHT The Venetian Affair PANAVISION: METROCOLOR 2nd Technicolor Hit! Hotel Paradiso Mores ADDED Color Cartoon News Benvenuti's admirers who traveled here from his home in Trieste, Italy, for express purpose, urging him on. But before the evening was over many of other Garden customers also joined in the general cheering and some even borrowed miniature Italian flags from the visitors across the sea so they could wave them also. Articulate Emile Griffith. the lyrical, Little Virgin Islander who always was to explain his victories didn't crawl into any shell simply because he lost. He was ready to explain that, top.

His eyes were puffed, his heart was heavy and his mouth must have felt as if it was stuffed with cotton, but he still had to have his say. "I lost my title to a good man and I'm not gonna complain," he declared. "I had my chance and I didn't do it, that's all." Over in Benvenuti's quarters, most of his Interrogators were lost because the new champ speaks Italian but no English. "A destra A destra," he said. explaining it was his right hand which sent Griffith spinning to the floor in the second round.

A Mere Scratch The only mark on Benvenuti's face was a cut on the bridge of his nose but he dismissed it as a mere scratch. Griffith knocked Nino down in the fourth and by the sixth Benvenuti had a message for one of his seconds, Aldo Spaldi. "I'm going to win," he. told Spoldi. "I took his best punch, got up, my head is clear, now and I'm going to do it.

Do. you hear. me?" Spoldi podded. Benvenuti kept word. bene Sta, bene over the aver again emotional even Inside his dressing room.

it starting pack. It took a few minutes to straighten out the mixup before the runner, sporting a readjusted number, got back in with the rest of the Hopkinton i herd. The Madding Crowd Once underway--some waving and. smiling, some already puffing and a few earnestly headed for Boston's Prudential Center the mob chugs the side street before entering the dipsy-doodly haul to route 135. in Framingham.

Once. their picture is taken by a relative or friend, some will drop out: others take a deep breath and I plod Down 135 through Natick to Wellesley, then Newton's famed Heartbreak (huff, puff) Hill on to the fringes of Boston, and finally the Rru. For those who can keep it down, there's a beef stew dinner. The Japanese have taken up where the Finnish entries left off, the last two races after Belglum's" Aurele Vanden: driessche in 1963 and to smash a four-vedt Hold by the 'Fins. LOOK OF THE IRISH DUBLIN, Ireland (UPI) Dublin's Rugby Union Club detested an American team from san Francisco Tuesday, 14-0.

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