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CASSIUS CLAY Phantom Punch Ends §} (ia SCREAMS HIS DEFIANCE, AFTER BEING DECLARED WINNER Fight In One Minute By MURRAY ROSE LEWISTON, Me. (AP)-- Heavyweight champion Cassius Clay, knockout conqueror of Sonny Liston in the record time of one minute for a heavy weight title fight, hollered for "The Rabbit--Floyd Patterson" today, while boxin world buzzed talk of other fiasco A short right hand to knocked out the aging, champion for a '12 count" confused and controversial fin- ish that had many of the 4,280 fans in the heavily police guarded Central Maine Youth Centre yelling "fake" and Uhx,' But the undefeated Clay, un perturbed over reported threats on his life, shouted, "That was my secret--it was a phantom punch. It was lightning and thunder--fast as lightning and booming as thunder from the heavens."' we was 3 a R good, g an the with the jaw former Ina right-hand punch," said the ton, listed as 3 several years older didn't quit. The blow my left cheekbone been knocked down made me groggy. | knees but fell the because I was off balance It was a lick Patterson, the two-time heavyweight king and bit Clay wants next four months He him. I'm more anxious than ever meet "There wa cious about concerned chairman Boxing Commi thing is that The people money' s Nothing the early hands down 1 but I've got seconc good the to hin as fe said Georg the Maine ion didn't ge worth much moment from the plodding former cham- with one pion, out to nail Clay Another Cloud Shadows By THE CANADIAN PRESS When St. Bernadine, the "father of boxing," died in the 13th century, the sport died with him for more than 400° years until the English revived it Tuesday night, cries of "fix,"' "fake,"' "fraud" were heard in| many theatre Canada and the United when heavy- weight champion Cassius Clay knocked out Sonny Liston with a 'phantom punch" in the first round The controve Lewiston, Me cloud over box teenth time in the and once again obituary beir The heay the key to When it dies so does the the sport--little by little But then comes another heavyweict match and the prospects a big purse--and the sport j revived" until the next time And the potential matches for Clay, against Floyd Patterson or George Chuvalo of Toronto, that could air the box- Ing arenas once more. For tele- vision provides fantastic purses in heavyweigh hampionship matches and a t dor the 1 emain in States rsii J nockout nast ump decade, sport's a ng for last he t he 4 weight boxing division Succ rest § ¢. of along of re are lor corpse ist warm REACTION CRITICAL Clay hea fr Tuesday of causti over weight @. drew a lot t} nignt comments Ti wo In Londo Brit weight champion Henry ( watched the fight beamed Early Bird satel He com mented The American be getting fed up British heavyweights better than that The first big sporting ever beamed live to from the United States at 3:30 a.m. London drew wry comments from two former British champions Tommy Farr, who lost round decision to Joe when the Brown Bomber was world heavyweight. champion, Said This is the blackest night in boxing, and I missed my beauty sleep to see this shocker." Terry Downes, former world middleweight champion, said My wife Barbara can take a er punch than Liston The BBC's Harry Carpenter told millions of Britons: "Boxing has been set back| ® good many years by what we have seen here." GETS BIG BUILDUP Other British observer Similar ritical Wa fight ended, The bout sal: re- 90 € must Horizontal! can pub] do eV started time. It a ld A of th i d Clays fi cmaacatt Europe} 7 Louis |*" Boxing ceived a heavy buildup British press and on television BBC-TV had than three hours grams leading up to lhe itself--which lasted More than 1,200 fans jammed a {Radio-Television Hous¢ the fight relayed by Ear "It was hardly worth cing a night' disgusted fan But in Stockholm Ir hansson, former champion, called ( tom knockout ingly light ove head--"just Johansson fo hi 1 which helped Floyd Patterso son regained the ing year Swedish boxing promote win Ahlqvist said toda bidding for a title fight be Clay and Patterson ber in Sweden WANTED MONEY While many fans pre eis of s Paris sleep heavy iay blow mar\ ellou wa zhtinir m p BACK were 1 The it ended too soon r really nothings unmarked Lis believed! with the No, landed onjdelayed fall, 1eV before to my former only lappened danced and circle qi? n 1 cial pro f f studio at French to ly Bird Sac Said one mat yvwei rhand right tc } tween ltr ij dis pointed at the outcome of ( bout with no serious persons return were Liston few asked fo money back bu may disturbance At Richmond orted that 9 000 commentar rerun i crisis dev Arena por nost of wa 1€ about engro low Cleveland turned out crowd fore the Seems j 104 the the place Probably one of the ointed spectators was the big yeorge Chuvalo, get a match with the jand preferred Liston Chuvalo, who last Fe Patterson a rough rounds although ion, remarked "My baby could \that punch."' ; at ton ( bes es have incident mou} Wa rowd of unt when motion el f whe taken tion aught-- most di Léwis- ar anadi who had hoped jhe winner /a Se or losing the ume fight 60 seconds hi right fig} there punch right fell on rolled over, right knee back again In the meantime, Joe Walcott heavyweight pion, never counted once he tried to steer Clay neutral corner, When 1' Liston his back in rjhis It! his sey mer said to rab he |down ring, the canva When Liston |rubbed Liston's looked towards the again. Then he left the go over to the aekenger the gone iston timekeeper across hit now arose giove referee started Wal the then ' iss med by » had counted to 12 befor up and that Clay won on a knockout Walcott rushed ated the fighters as |ton got back, sepa It was with a chorus of boos Russo verified that the knoc out time was one minute, Thu the 23-year-old now call himself the Ring as well the Greatest" broke one est records in the book 1ore WIPES OUT RECORD By taking out Liston. for second straight time--this jin 60 seconds--he ight} rec ord time of 1 weight title Burns Dublir lay's quick first-round tht title fight The fight, which was 8 outlets in the States, Canada and Mexico beamed ov by Bire ked ' storm sed mont "King as 28 for a heavy fight set by when he beat March kayo was knockout is rifl the wei ele hht han em- t ) ) wa I erseas atellite much of hotly-disc Bea ki a am h is ethrone Patter follow hat which favorite W I the ton a strange a prohibitive quit in his corner round, claiming houlder, Clay quit after the fourt ng he was blinded by love sixth an veighed pound a urpri and List in ay ht 206 on 2 HAS a he n 21-0 RECORD who. turned nning the ht etur le Re rit rh W A pro in r Olympik A Ve rown iding ight 1 he ran int i d, including now the b he knock The he out Ked out of Be ypediton ro re) setup, drew of |$201,000 t 4,280 customers accordin P televi be-|tinenta motions, In ion +} he and other shters each $600,000 cluded fi earned ay, as usua t word t before about | got in las an u eaving the Said "I told everybody ret but J "t reveal told the what I to do to the ol If I oing cople they fight knew I was going big bear I'm just My 12' come de I out round eryone the the in Clay Then Clay caught Liston referee Jer- another for- cham First got! Cassius about|Dack and peered to the knock-|heavyweight title fight? the Liston had fallen back on)the Walcott and! McDonough of Portland timekeeper fighters, Clay | the slugging! heavyweight sott had been in- timekeeper oe |spec tators--those » Lis- | live had | watched and declared|han¢ right that travelled ont, Clay the winner on a knockout. | few then the fans let loose! Liston k y 0. "The of the old- th time wiped out the y- Tommy Jem Roche 1908 12th a heavy cast United | and th u a first hs fight in 7-1) after in- had h ink H l 1960 light has {wo promotional {Was and {pacity to Inter-Con- {Prices With|match at Paul Sauve Arena rights prob- the first |Tickets at $10 apiece arena, I had it was wouldn't -+have to knock first too fast for ev punches just blur." Mii SONNY Did 'Jersey Joe Blow The Count? By WILL LEWISTON ajblew the count Clay a got to and then fell on GRIMSLEY Me. (AP)--Who} in the bizarre} Sonny Liston! Walcott «appeared con used He looked around dazedly for |the timekeeper. Tnen he hov- jered over Liston START FIGHTING AGAIN it Jersey Joe Walcott When Liston fell back a sec- battered old ex-champion|ond time, Walcott watked to the who served as referee? edge of the ring. Liston Was it time-keeper Francis|and the fight contiausd--in Me? |state of chaos. Clay belted the Was it Liston who lay on the|challenger three times before canvas, got up, fell again and|Walcott rushed in to end the then became in one minute 'flat| fight. quickest knockout victim in| Then history? nounced The controversy continued to/champion Muhammad rage today while some stunned|The time: One mixute." | who saw it) Said George Russo, millions whojof the Maine Boxing Commis on closed TV--vyelled|sion: "There was nothing sus and "fake!" +picious about the fight." connected with an over-| Liston complained ajthat he was waiting ».und}Walcott"s count canvas heard it befoie| The timekeeper toisaid Walcott was looking at crowd and never at hm Was rose | Johnny Addie "The winner and an- still ~ Alj chairman and the fix!' Clay rward fo hear} inches. The 215% He never thumped to the he lay a moment to get to his feet ol back McDonough, he where trying fall again CanadaFightFans Far From Pleased By Some fans $10 down to $2 Tuesday night to ie THE CANADIAN PRESS 30,000 Canadian paid prices ranging performances were also among the most booed, Loud hoots of disgust filled the Playhouse Theatre after the fight. 4 crowd of 3,500, including Opposition Leader John Diefen- baker, showed up for the fight) at the 4,000-seat Ottawa Coli- seum and raised cries of anger after the bout. Reaction was rucku : that} the same at the Coliseum in ton, (ue bec City. where 3,000 spec- red | 'ators showed up at the 10,000- Me arena Good crowds boxing from of fight world beamed television to! and auditori see 60 second heavyweight title by losed-circuit theatres, arenas ums across the country Most raised a bigger after the brief performance ( iu lay and Sonny Li tar show, muster the Lewiston we by the 4 tacie _ in|2! ggg a p the f of the at enthralled iseat rin od were attracted and Calgary-- crown |2)186 Edmonton's 2,727-seat after Jubilee Auditorium where tick-| ,/ets cost from $6 to $3 and 2,500} "at the 6,600-seat Calgary Corral which charged prices from $5 » $3 Few re brevity of which Clay retained by knocking out Li only one minute of round Closed-circuit trong ir tern' Canada Ont he spec his ton the firs TV Hastern fans howed attendance and! in| DRAWS wi We ce but 3,000 a Winnipeg -Arena, charging $5 to' $3, filled 3,000 of its 7,800 had no closed-'seats and about half of the 1,200 cuit TV and in Vancouver/seats<in Halifax's Queen Eliza and London, Ont., the bout wasibeth High School auditorium jbeamea to subscribers of cable'were occupied at°$7.50 to $5 a 'television eal fg Maple Leaf Gardens in 'Tor- seals onto, which packs in about 14, 000 for National Hockey League ame attracted 3,200 fans at) rices scaled from $7.50 to} $5.50. A Toronto theatre charg laling $6.60 seat filled about} ca- half of its 1,000 chairs and an} paid|Oshawa theatre charging the} the'same price had only 260 of its! 972 places occupied Five-hundred each paid $10 to was thejsee the fight in the high school house jauditorium at Moncton, N.B., vere pur-| lwhic h can hold 1,300 and the 1,100 enthusiasts, /4,000-seat arena at Victoria, leaving only 100 seats empty B.C., charging $5 and up a seat, But those two best-attended was one-quarter filled ALCS A? PNT LR IE LOOKING Par ge... nt ario r interest Saskatchewan ; Smale ir 1,000,000 rhe Uni t} i] romole had said ivailable inada, Mexico sell 630,000 * CROWD { turnout Montreal crowd of $7 vere al lo the and catior n ¢ te States and hoped to HAS BE! The be al in Cani a where 6,000 to see a of to $2 Playhouse theatre in Fredericton, N.B next to a "he closest full chased by SAVE DX OI ATTENTION FARMERS ! Why Pay More on Premium Quality GASOLINE - DIESEL & MOTOR OILS Farm Tanks Available CALL TODAY 668-3341 SHOCK PROOF WATCH That can take all the roughness that ster can ever give 14.95 THE WATCH WORLD 24 Prince Street 723-6922 The Sunshine any young Pr it Nere's one ed. from Shop LISTON HAS A DAZED AND PONDERING LOOK, FOLLOWING QUICK FINISH By THE OSHAWA TIMES, 45 |CALLED 'EM 28 YEARS Wednesdey, Mey 26, 1965 Sports Official Ends His Colorful Career By DON ANGUS DARTMOUTH, N.S, (CP)-- Johnny Fortunato has had his eyesight and parentage ques- tioned and has been called a meatball and a bum--all the traditional vituperations heaped upon an-umpire and referee. But in 28 years: of officiating baseball, basketball and foot- ball in New England and the Maritimes, he earned a reputa- tion as a color guy, and the inevitable abuse was often mixed with affection that is rare among fans. "Fortunato, yer a bum but we love ya," echoing across the basketball court of Boston Gar-|| dens difting some forgotten game years ago, is a sample. | Now 50, Fortunato retired this \spring and now manages a bowling alley here. But the individual style that marked more than 4,500 games at which he officiated during his career has made him something of a celebrity "You hit, he shoots," his/ jannouncement of a foul in bas- |ketball, became his signature} jin the Maritimes, and the |stocky, round-faced man often| jhears the exclamation as a sort| jof greeting from friend and! |stranger alike. | "It's followed me out on the} | street," Johnny Says | "Fotch," son of an Italian| immigrant, was born in Boston} jand won a William Cardinal| JOHNNY FORTUNATE, UMPIRE AND REFEREE /O'Connell sc holarship to Boston College after being named out- standing athlete in the city's) When baseball died, Fortun- Roman Catholic school system,|ato concentrated on basketball. He played quarterback for his|"In 10 years," he says, "there alma mater but after univer-|will be more kids playing bas- sity he turned to refereeing, |ketball in Canada than will ever ve: si ee be playing hockey." | MOVED TO HALIFAX Not that he has anything} As chief referee in the New\against hockey. "My idols are England College Basketball|gpob Cousy and Gordie Howe. | | | Fortunato was chief referée for the Canadian intercollegiate basketball championships here in March. Then he turned in his whistle for a cigar. New Record Short Fights THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The shortest heavyweight title fights on record 1:00 -- Cassius Clay Sonny Liston, May 25, at Lewsiton, Me 1:28--Tommy Burns Jem' Roche, March 17, at Dublin 2:04--Joe Schmeling New York 2:06 -- Floyd Patterson 1962, at Chicago 2:09--Joe Louis Mauriello, Sept New York 2:09--Tommy Bill Squires, July Colma, Calif 2:10 Sonny Floyd Patterson, July 1963, at Las Vegas, Nev 2:20---Joe Louis over Roper, April 17, 1939, at Angeles d--Rocky y Joe Walcott, at Chicago :29--Joe Louis over John guy Lewis, Jan, 25, 1939, at New York 2:56--Joe Louis over Baer, Jan. 9, 1942, at York James J out Jack round April troit, 'but knockout NEED... FUEL OIL PERRY Day or Night 723-3443 |Conference, he. worked many| "Gordie Howe--any man who |games in Boston Gardens can play for 20 years in a body "I was in games when Bob|contact game like hockey and| Cousy and Tommy Heinsohn,|still be outstanding has to e| both all-Americans, played for/the greatest. He's 'got heart. » Holy Cross in the 1940s, They} ------ were great ball players even then." Cousy retired last year after a brilliant career with Boston Celtics and Heinsohn was a top scorer with the National Basket- ball Association champions last} season } During summers 'Fotch"| was an umpire in the New Eng- land pro baseball league and in 1949, the year the circuit folded, was named the league's top umpire by 16 major league scouts; selected over such men jas Nestor Chylak, Hank Saur,| John Flaherty and James Duffy, all in the American League now However, Fortunato didn't go on to the majors. In 1947, Okie O Connor, chief eastern scout} for Brooklyn Dodgers, asked him to umpire the playoffs in the old Halifax and District | League. He moved to Halifax to live in 1950. '"'The people took to me and I took to them." Fortunato says the H and D league was the best outside organized: baseball, a training ground for many aspiring ma- jor leaguers, but blames its 1959 demise on lack of support from the majors SHOULD BE ASHAMED "Nova Scotia can be proud of its contribution to baseball. . . and the major leagues should over 1965, over 1908, Max 1938 at Louis June over 2 over 25, Liston Sept Sonny Tami at over 18, 19 4 $46 Burns over 4, 1907, at over 99 Liston Jack Los Marciano over J May 15, 1983 Buddy New Jeffries knocked Finnegan in one 6, 1900, at. De- the time of the is not recorded, Facts And Figures Last Night's Fight) ana tne maj LEWISTON, Me. (AP)--Facts) Among those who made it to and figures of the Cassius Clay- ithe big leagues were Dick Sonny Liston heavyweight title|Gernert of Boston Red Sox, fight Gair Allie of Pittsburgh Pirates, Attendance--4, 280 Zeke Bella of New York Yan- Gate--$201,000 ge Moe Drabowsky. of Kan- Site City Athletics and Al Centar angler of Houston As tros. 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