Word: saxtons
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Texas' scrawny (5 ft. 11 in., 160 Ibs.) Jimmy Saxton, a crazy-legged halfback who takes off in all directions, prompted one opposing defense man to counsel: "If you miss Saxton, just wait a minute. He's liable to be back." > Arkansas' light-footed Lance Alworth (6 ft., 175 Ibs.) is the key man in the Razorback's fast-breaking backfield. Says Arkansas Coach Broyles: "He's what we call an even and leavin' man. When he's even with you, he's leavin'." >Texas Christian's Guy ("Sonny") Gibbs...
...took Welterweight Champion Carmen Basilio nine bruising rounds to win back his title from Johnny Saxton last September in Syracuse. He needed fewer than two rounds when Johnny tried a comeback in Cleveland last week. Basilio shot out of his corner at the opening bell, chopped at his challenger with a vicious, two-fisted attack that sent ringsiders' memories back to the second Louis-Schmeling fight of 1938. By the end of the first round, Saxton was on his heels. Midway in the second, a wrist-deep right to the midsection made him drop his guard; a left hook...
Cavalcade of Sports (Fri. 10 p.m., NBC). Carmen Basilic v. Johnny Saxton for the world welterweight title...
...After too many years of timid boxing and tainted decisions that gave him the world's welterweight championship. Johnny Saxton tried his hand at honest fistfighting. For a few rounds at the Syracuse War Memorial Auditorium, he moved in and traded punches with Challenger Carmen Basilio. By the time he backed off and tried to defend himself, he was so beaten up he had nothing left. In the ninth round Basilio pounded him senseless. While Saxton was being lugged to his corner, the onetime Canastota (N.Y.) onion farmer knelt in mid-ring to give a prayer of thanks...
...late. Welterweight Champion Carmen Basilio discovered that he never had a chance in his title bout with Challenger Johnny Saxton in Chicago. Carmen ran himself ragged trying to catch his man, but ex-Champ Saxton stayed on his bicycle, avoided a knockout, and for his reward, received a unanimous decision that shocked sportswriters and spectators alike into a long Bronx cheer. "I just don't know why people feel badly because I won," said the new champion...