RS af SESS SST * Carmen Basilio, training for a fight with Sugar Ray Robinson, takes a look at giant South African heavy- At left, looking on, are Captain Johann Eloff, manager of “Potty” and Carmen’s brother, Joey Despite his size, it is doubtful if the South African Weight Ewart Potgeiter. Basilio. boxer will make. much of a name for himself in the ring. Gert Whyte's SPORTLIGHT ¢ O you want to get rich at the races? Brother, you’re on your way to the poorhouse tight now — via the Marpole Bridge. It’s been said a million times before but I’ll say it again — you can beat a race but you Can’t beat the .races. Remember the turf axion: Il horse players must die roke.” Any punter. who stops kidding himself knows this is true, Uunfortunately, the _ last thing a horse player wants to ad 1s the truth. That goes Or all of us. : The next best thing, then, is 0 learn how to bet so that 9Sses are kept to a minimum. €re are some tips: i Sea play a progressive or Oubling” system on_ the “ory that you must hit a Mner evenually and get your "ginal investment back. Pe oh how it works if you 2 losing streak of a dozen races: W 0 Fourth loser —---- 16 Fifthloser. 2.= = 2-- 32 Sixth Joser 22 =.— 64 Seventh loser - 128 Eighth loser ---- 256 Ninth loser -_- 512 Tenth loser —---- 1,024 Eleventh loser - 2,048 Twelfth loser ---- 4,096 Unless your name is Ford or Vanderbilt you’ll have stopped betting this system long before your twelfth loser comes up. Don’t play jockeys except * when two top horses are even- ly matched and one has a better rider. Don’t bet a horse at less than even money. ‘Don’t bet on distance events or horses in sprints. Don’t be scared off a long- shot if your handicapping selects him to win. Don’t bet mares or fillies until September unless they are outstanding in-your handi- capping. Don’t play a horse that hasn’t raced for a long time. Don’t play every race on the card. Don’t bet more than you can afford. : Don’t bet on time ‘figures, for conditions change with each race. Don’t bet a_ long-striding horse on a sloppy track. Follow these rules and you won't win over a period of time — there isn’t such a thing as a winning system — but the Road to Ruin will become longer and pleasanter. sprinters in distance Hank Bauer is not belligerent, body ever hit nobody.” chief crime probably was his status as a well-known athlete. Every sports figure of any stature at all has to contend with the wise guys and fans who, often.lubricated by a few belts, insist on getting either palsy-walsy or nasty with the star. It was this constant pres. sure on Ted Williams, especial- ly in his career’s early stages, that helped produce some of the Red Sox slugger’s more celebrated blowups. In the court of public opin- ion, the athlete is. generally made to look bad if hei reacts to this heckling as you or I probably would. So he dis- ciplines himself to brush off the hecklers with a smile and walk away. Boxing champions have the vorst time of it. Jack Dempsey would get challenged so many times that he finally had some- one around him at all times to brush them off in a nice way. “Here I was, the heavyweight champion of the world,” said By JOE MILLER th his c Without attempting any prejudices, it is likely t YOGI BERRA Dempsey. “Yet I needed a bodyguard.” Ever so often ,however, an athlete will lose control. Joe Benjamin, the old San Fran- cisco lightweight, often was accosted by those gin-filled g but fans love to swing on stars characters who wanted to brag to their friends that they took @ punch at him. Joe usually would them off, but one night Market Street bar he was ver ally pushed around by an un- pleasant drunk and forgot him- self. The conversation went like this: “IT saw Ace Hudkins beat you,” the drunk started out. “That’s right; it’s in the book,” Benjamin replied. “I saw Billy Dowd beat you, too.” “That’s book, too.” “saw you lose a lot of other times, too. You took some real clobberings.” “Listen, I fought 126 fights and won 116 ofithem. And you never saw me win a fight?” “Never saw you win a fight.” “Well,” said Benjamin be- fore letting fly with a right hand, “you will tonight.” @ Reprinted from AFL-CIO News. right; it’s in the Sixth World Youth Festival is featuring major sports program Sports wil] play a major role during the World Youth Festival in Moscow this i pidy ] g competitions will be held from July 30 to August 9. Apart from the youth sports competitions the following activities are envis- c aged by the festival program: international get-together of tourists, open tournaments for the festival participants in volleyball, chess, table tennis, cross-country running, tests to qualify for the festival sports badge. An international hikers’ rally will be organized in a picturesque spot in the envi- rons of Moscow. Exhibition performances and meets in national sports may be organized by request of delegations. There is some talk that Canadian and American delegates may stage an exhibi- tion baseball game. Competitions will be held in the following. sports: MEN: Track and field, gym- nastics, swimming, diving, ‘weightlifting, wrestling, cycl- ing, football, volleyball, bas- ketball, rugby, badminton. WOMEN: Track and field, gymnastics, swimming, diving, table tennis, volleyball, bas- ketball, badminton. Only individual titles will be contested in track and field 5 Leningrad folk dancers practice for the youth festival. athletics, gymnastics, s wim- ming, springboard diving, weightlifting, freestyle wrestl- ing, table tennis and badmin- ton. Team: championships will be contested in football, rugby and cycling for men and in volleyball and basketball for men and women. The. organizational commit- tee will furnish referees for all sports on the program. Compe- tition will be held under the international rules for the par- ticular sport. 4 JUNE 21, 1957 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE 1% come airman a rn nee aren nore OA A NI enn ne