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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Tuesday, July 27, 1971
Ai conquers Ellis with TKO0in 12th
HOUSTON (-') - Muhammad
Ali, the dancy, boxing master of
old, unleashed a two - fisted at-
tack in the 12th round and stop-
ped former sparring partner Jim-
my Ellis in the Astrodome last
night in his first fight .since los-
ig a heavyweight title fight with
Joe Frazier.
The end came at 2:12 of the
final round with the outgunned
Ellis completely helpless from
a barrage of lefts and rights
that sent him reeling around the
ring.
Ali was content for most of
each round to use his reach ad-
vantage and spear Ellis repeatel-
ly with what is one of the best
left jabs in boxing.
H o w e v e r, he occasionally
shook Ellis with a short right
hand counter or right hand off
the jab, especially in the 10th
when Ellis again was badly hurt.
Ali opened the 12 round as
though he would be content to
win by a decision. Referee Jay
Edson and both judges had Ali
ahead after 11 rounds, Edson by
a lopsided 110-93 which, under the
10-point system, meant he gave
Ali every round. Judge Earl Keel
had it 108-102 and judge Ernie
Taylor had it 107-104.
But suddenly, about midway
in the last round, Ali hurt Ellis
with a short right to the jaw,
then drove him back with a left
hook to the head that buckled
Ellis' knees.
Ali leaped to the attack and
began driving Ellis around the
ring with straight lefts and
short rights that left Ellis help-
less.
Edson said he stopped it "be-
cause his eyes were bleary. There
was no question in my mind he
was hurt. Angelo Dundee was
ready to come into the ring."
Ellis almost went down twice
from Ali's two-fisted attack and
was standing along the ropes
with his hands at his sides when
referee Jay Edson signaled a
halt.
It was a brilliant exhibition
of jabbing, footwork and pre-
cision punching, and Ali's best
showing since his return to the
ring after a 312-year exile be-
SPORT SHORTS:
Mets give Gibson
second shutout
By The Associated Press
NEW YORK - Bob Gibson
tamed New York on five hits and
streaking Joe Torre belted a
two-run double, leading the St.
Louis Cardinals to a 4-0 triumph
over the Mets last night.
Gibson, 8-9, recording his sec-
ond straight shutout and 47th of
his career, was in control from
the start when he retired the
first eight batters.
The Mets were able to get
more than one man on base in
only two innings, the fifth and
seventh.
Torre, the National League's
leading hitter, gave Gibson all
the runs he needed with a two-
run double in the first inning.
Twins to* *Bosox
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL --
Rich Reese opened the ninth in-
ning with a triple and then
trotted home on pinch hitter
Jim Holt's sacrifice fly as ihe
Minnesota Twins nipped the
Boston Red Sox 2-1 last night.
Reese was credited with his
leadoff triple when his sinking
line drive got past Boston's
Reggie Smith and rolled to the
fence.
Cubs club Expos
MONTREAL - The Chicago
Cubs tripped the Montreal Ex-
pos, 5-2, last night behind the
three-hit performance of Jim
Hickman.
The Cubs had nicked Mon-
treal starter Steve Renko, 9-11,
for a run in the first but the
Expos bounced back with single
runs in the second and third to
take the lead.
Then Don Kessinger opened
the sixth with a single off Ren- 4
ko's glove. When Renko threw
wild on an attempted pickoff,
Kessinger went to second. He
came on to score the tying run
on Glenn Beckert's single.
After Billy Williams flied out,
Jim Hickman singled, moving
Beckert to third. Then Ron ~
Santo singled, giving the Cubs
the lead.
Canham seeks
lights for ,
'M' stadium
DETROIT sU)--The University
of Michigan plans to light Mich-
igan Stadium and is going to
play night football games in the
massive 101,001 - seat structure&
in 1972. the Detroit News re-
ported yesterday
The News quoted Athletic Di-
rector Don Canham as saying:
"I plan to ask our Board in Con-
trol of Intercollegiate Athletics
for permission to spend the
money for the lights at the
board's first meeting in Septem-
her.
1 lie cost of lighting the sta-
dium was estimated at $250,000.
Canham was quoted as saying
funds for the lighting would
come from Michigan's share of
NCAA football TV money and,
from professional football exhi-
bitions in the stadium.
He said the lighting would be
sufficiently bright to permit
night-time television of games.
-Assoeiate Pres
MUHAMMED ALI just manages to avoid a left from Jimmy Ellis
in the second round of their heavyweight bout in Houston last night.
Ali, however, managed to get in more than his share of shots as he
gained a 12th round TKO over his former sparring partner.
cause of a draft evasion con-
viction which recently was over-
turned by the U.S. Supreme
Court.
The fight was the first of a
planned series of three by All,
who is gunning for a rematch
with Joe Frazier and the heavy-
weight title he held before be-
ing stripped because of his draft
troubles.
It was a fairly even fight for
the first three rounds with
Ellis, the former World Boxing
Association champion who was
giving away 31%s pounds, forcing
the fight and giving as good as
he got.
But in the fourth round the
29-year-old Ali, who weighed
220%,., the heaviest of his career,
shook up Ellis, 189, a couple of
times and from there on le was
in charge.
In an earlier boit in Net
York preceedig the Ellis-Ali
confrontation, f o r m e r world
champion Emile Griffith, tuning
up for another middleweight
title match, pounded out a
unanimous 10 - round decision
over Nessim "Max" Cohen at
Madison Square Garden.
Griffith, a five-time former
world champion three times at
the welterweight 1 e v e I and
twice as a middleweight, took
charge in the third round and
easily outpointed the 29-year-
old Morrocan born Frenchman.
Lose Bowl
Nicklaus held on to second place
with $167,713.
Russian wins match
MOSCOW-Tigran Petrosyan,
Soviet chess grandmaster, won
his semi-final match last night
against Viktor Korchnoi in a
tournament to pick a challenger
for the world chess champion-
ship.
Petrosyan will m e e t U.S.
grandmaster Bobby Fischer in
the challengers' finals in Sep-
tember. The winner of that
match will play Soviet champion
Boris Spassky next spring.
Major League Standings
Bryant seeks open i
By The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES-Coach Paul
"Bear" Bryant of the University
of Alabama football team says
he wishes all teams could be
eligible to play in the Rose Bowl
game.
"I'd like to see the Rose Bowl
open," said Bryant who was a
player for Alabama in 1935 when
it beat Stanford 29-13 at Pasa-
dena.
"I sure would like to see it
open and I'd like to see it soon,"
he added. "I'm not going to tee
off too many more times."
Bryant had some support
from Coach John McKay of
Southern California who com-
mented, "We should never ac-
cept the Big Ten's No. 2 team."
He and McKay were in agree-
ment on one other major point
-that the National Collegiate
Athletic Association may have
to adopt separate rules for uni-
versities engaged in major foot-
ball.
San Diego trades
IRVINE, Calif. - The Ban
Diego Chargers traded two of
their biggest men yesterday for
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Jerry Le Vias, the Houston Oil-
ers' wide receiver who was once
a standout at Southern Metho-
dist.
Offensive tackle Gene Fergu-
son and defensive tackle Ron
Billingsley were dealt to Hous-
ton.
The 290-pound Billingsley is a
five-year veteran who was San
Diego's No. 1 draft pick from
Wyoming in 1967. Ferguson, 285,
is a three-year veteran from
Norfolk State. Both stand 6
feet 8.
Palmer in race
NEW YORK-Arnold Palmer's
$50,000 victory in the Westches-
ter Classic last weekend shot
him into the race for this year's
top money winner on the pro
golf tour, an achievement he
hasn't accomplished since 1963.
Palmer, with three victories
this year, has collected $164,749.
Lee Trevino, who failed to
make the cut at Westchester, is
first with $197,219 and Jack
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East'
W L Pct.
Baltimore 60 38 .612
Boston i7 41r .581
Detroit 51 48 .515
Naw aYor 51 4 1 .500
Clesvilad at1 59 .410
Washington 40 58 .408
Oakiand esi3is .643
Kansas City 52 45 .536
California 49 54 .476
Chicago, 40 54 .455
?Minnrota 45 54 .444
Milwaukee 40 57 .40
Yesterday's Results
Minnesota 2, Boston 1
Other clubs not scheduled
Today's Games
New York at Chicago
Kansas City at Detroit
Oaklnd at Bltimore
Californiaaat Cleveand
Washington at Minnesota
Boston at Milwaukee
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NATIONAL LEAGUEJ
East
Citsurg'i 6 5 6 .44
Chicago 54 46 .540
St. Louis 55 47 .539
New York 51 47 .520
Phiiladelpit 44 50 .431
Miotreal 40 61i .t96
West
San Francisco 62 41 .602
Las Angeles 53 49 .620
Atlanta 53 52 .505
Houston 50 50 .500
Cincinnati 40 56 .460
San Diego 36 68 .342
Yesterday's Results
Chicago I5, Montreal 2
St. Louis 4,New York 0
Houston 7, Philadelphia 4
Other clubs not scheduled
Today's Games
Chicago at Montreal
Houston at Philadelphia
Cittsburgh at Los Angeles
Cincinnati at San Dirge
Atlanta at San Francisco
St. Louis at New York
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