TUESDSY, I SPTEMBER 25. 1962 Liskin Remains Solid 3-2 ravorite To. Dethrone Patterson ins Title Fight .CHICAGO (P) Sonny Liston, the hostile challenger with the big left hand punch, re main e 4 a 32 favorite over Floyd Patterson yesterday as intereit mounted in tonight's l- round 1 / 4 vorld 'heavyweight title fight at Comiskey Park. • ' Prospects of fair, cool weather encouraged the promoters to expect a crowd of 35,000 paying about $750,000 with a $lOO top for the "live show at the ball park of the Chicago White Sox.'' l, ' However,' the ball park was only the stinlin for a vast audi ence to seq the bout on closed Circuit teleNiision, which had over one million seats available at I prices ranging from $4 to $lO. Ring time is ; 9:30 p.m. EST and I the fight will go on,.even'if there is a drizzl/.. If the promoters' forecasts hold up, the total gate will be close to $5 million, counting ticket sale, theater; TV, radio receipts of , about $400,000 and movie rights of $200,000. Chicago and a 100-mile ' area is blacked out on theater TV. I The' nation will hear the radio ABC account. . , Patterson may receive the rich est purse of any fighter in history With a chance of pocketing $1.7 million to Liston's $400,000. The old record is the $990,445 that Gene Tunney was paid for beating Jack Dempsey. in the famous count". fight in Soldier Field, Chicago, Sept. 22, 1927. • • Lacrosse Meeting There will be a meeting for all per Sons interested 'in fall lacrosse at 7 p.m. ,Thursday in 241 Irec - ?eation Building. Look Sharp c. Sharp g g Be BARBER SHOP Beaver Ave. Next to SOnoco Lowest Price a ‘ln Town 0000•••••••••••••••••••• LOCAL AD • , • • STAFF • , i • M NNfhttflff, iw.n~tf • Important • OTanization Meeting Tuesday Sept. 25 7 p.m: 131 Sackett • -Carripulsory! sssose4srossessoseesssss THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. .UNIV'ERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA KEELER'S Complete Self-Service Shopping... EVERY DEPARTMENT IS COMPLETE Textbooks . . . You will find books for all your courses in our downstairs self service department Artist Supplies . . Serve yourself on our first floor. Engineering Supplies . . Choose your slide rule or drawing set from such fa mous lines as Dietzen, Gramercy, Post, and K & E. Outline and Review Materials for all your courses. A Complete selection, including Schaums, College, and LMlefield-Adatis Outline Series, Also Data Guides. For Language Courses , Disc - Ed LP fecords for French, Russian, Spanish and German courses. • Also , , STORE HOURS Monday Tuesday • iednesday ' 8 A.M. - 9 P.M. Thursday Friday t 8:45 A.M.-9 P.M. Saturday - 'HI 5:30 KEELER'S 206 East College Avenue opposite the East Campus , Gate 200 West College Ave ... opposite Hammond Engineering Building IS FOR ME! College Stationery, Studio Cards and Souvenirs. Serving Penn State Students Since 1926 Stengel, : Lopez : Sign N i ew COntrads By The Assciciated Press Icago!koguiqe the fortunes of the Grizzly, old Casey Stengel and soft-spoken Al Lopez, familiar fig ures on the baseball scene for many years, signed contracts yes- terday to manage their respec tive clubs again in 1963. Stengel, 72, agreed in New York to return as skipper of the defeat ridden New York Mets, who made their debut in the National League only this season. Lopez, 54, signed an unprece dented two-year contract in Chi- . The University► Book Store, Inc. White Sox" through the 1964 cam paign. He is finishing his sixth seasOn with the White Sox. Salary terms. were not disclosed • in other case, The announcement of Stengers return came from club President George Weiss in this last week of the current campaign with the Mets wallowing in the league's basement 60 1 / 2 games behind the front-running Los Angeles Dod gers. PAGE NINE
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