Bronze Reporter [Volume: 5, Issue: 28]

Sports...Folks... and Facts

Promoter C. W. Smith and his;
staff are dreaming up ideas right
and left in an effort to stimulate
a healthy interest in boxing in
Detroit. His latest plan.is to
match a team of youthful Detroit |

fighters against squads from
other centers on his biweekly
shows at the Motor City Arena.
The first on the new program
will be June 21 against a Chicago
team,

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Joe~ Hemphill, the Chi
heavyweight who. defeeated

ago
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Groom of Detroit for the | Na
tional. Golden Gloves schampionship last year, will head the |Chicago team that opposes Detroit's
best.

Hemphill will face Dave Mundy in one of two six-round bouts
on. the card. Sammy Allen) will
provide the opposition for~ Detroiter Gene Gresham, the |1957
National AAU lightweight ~champion, in ~the other six- -rounder.

Ernest Hill, 1957 AAU middleweight champion and Detroit's
160 pound representative on the
team, will seek his third: straight
pro victory when he meets Archie
Winfield in one of the four- round
bouts..

Other members of the Detroit '
team are Irish Billy Collins and
Ducky Dietz. Donnie Deters, 1958
Golden Gloves lightweight champion, will make his pro debut in
a local bout on the card when
he meets Jimmy Wright, |Sagi~aw 175-pounder, in the 8:80 p.

1. opener. Wright. has jeight
straight victories to his credit.

* * * |

Aside from collecting: local interest, Smith placed a bid for
some ~of the national business by
offering former~middleweight and
welterweight oro. ~hp ong
Basilio a guarantee ~Sf $30,
meet. Mickey. Crawford: ~of |S tin
naw in a bout at Briggs Stadium
later this year. *

Smith made the offer tbs Basilio~s managers, Joe Netro and
John DeJohn last week. Crawford
also~ hasS a fight scheduled for

Smith was so right when he
said: Detroit has some fine prospects. Two of the top mittsters
in the ~city aré heavyaveight Dave
Shoulders and lightweight | | Leroy
Jefferies. At present time men
on the ring-rail are saying that
featherweights and gta oe

sporter. was on the: scene Wednesday
pantry~ Club where the $52,000.00 Buick
fent.is being held. The final practice day

at

rth~ many enjoyable scenes to golf enthusiasts.

eating a Cote bar;:
teasing: his fellow. players with |
quips like don~t you ~dare hit
one further than than 1~ _ or that
was a good. you. 5
when you ae
rnot get his seore,
many Ohs and Ath~s
gallery as he seemed to hit the
ball wjth ease.

The

Charlie~ Sifferd, Your reporter

and photographer had a little |,

chat with Sifford who is a very
likeable person.
~The. course is in. good, shape

considering it~s. young age.~ ~~No:

2 and. 15 are two of the hardest
holes out. here.~: ~Sifford was in
close agreement. with the other
touring pros as to what what
the winning score ~would be. He
estimates the; twinning ~ score
would be ~approximately: "283 or
284 over the 72 hole grind. Siffordy himself, has been off the

ttournathent trail ~fnce last Feb
ruary, the month: he won the
Long Beach open shot, a one over
par seventy- -three.

~Negroes are not recognized in
professional Golfsimply because
Negroes don~t have sponsors and
therefore we cannot ~comptee in

are going good.

\.. roy Jefferies is an ex-college
bo, who can box and punch, and
has 2 world of color. He has won:

over Half of 200 outs by knock-.

outs and: the only scrappers who

have ~beaten, were national:

figures. ~ 7~ ~,
es ~ #&

John Brown, manager
trainer of 19-year old Dave Shouk

ders,, is not the only one in thé
@|and last year played. for Tucson

city *who- thinks that maybe th
smooth wo ing heavyweight ig
~~ yess ne Some who saw
et with Osee.
ches Po! the: abt: Motor City
show saw flashes *tHat reminded
them-of: sietsaneaibentenetiecitel
when he attracted so much attention at the start of his career.
Shoulders started at, the Chippewa and Cherrylawn Boxing
Club~ in 1955. He went ~into. the
army for two ' years and turned
professional ~after ~he;' Came out.
the~ Chippewa- Cherrylawn ' club,
Brown, who is boxmg director for
also instructs Albert | Williams,
middleweight;
lightweight; and ~William Mack,
a 160- pounder.

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ly. Negro. in the. Buick |: tournament~ is a fellow named}

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~ments, Negroes. would stand a

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tournamen'

When askéd ~ e~ thought
}was the man to. beat he said one
of twenty-five f in naming
a few, we caught-the. names of
Barber, Couchuck, Player, Snead;
~Venturi and ~a host of - others.

My personal pick is-Ken Ven~turi,~ what's -yours?. His. winning
score is: 280.. -

See 7 at~ the. tournament.

By WALTER ~Samo s

Saginaw~s: Al Jackson appeared
as a catcher with the Kansas. City
Monarchs against the. DetroitClowns in a Negro American
~Baseball League at Veteran~s Memorial stadium Monday night and
the Monarchs buried the Clowns
under an 11-hit assault to. ~post
a 15-7 win.:

Jackson, an ex-Saginaw High
School athlete; had one hit for
the Monarchs, Goose Tatum. of
basketball fame manages 7~ Detroit team.

~ & ~

Jimmy Ellis, the former Sag~inaw High School: and Michigan
State football star, will~ leave
within two weeks. for Regina,
Canada, to try fora ~naiipack
berth with the Regima Rough
Riders of the Western Division
of ~the Canadian Pro:: League.

Ellis didn~t connect in tryouts

with two National League teams

in a southwest: pro circuit.

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Come July. 11,. at Madison
Square Garden,; Saginaw, will. be
put in the: fistie limelight. and
if Mickey ~ Crawford, Saginaw~s
~gift. to. boxing~s welterweight. division, can defeat Gasper Ortega,
he, will * pecame, the No, 1,chal
Jenger for V. irgil ARES, port
acqpined, SLOWR, ee Ley cy

Crawford will be favored to
defeat Ortega, but the fight, will
be a risky ~one, for Ortega is
is avery unpredictable fighter,

_ If Mickey. does.defeat Ortega,
his manager,:..Art. Greenwald,
probably will think. twice before
sending him into the ring. with
Akins this. year, for Akins has
reached his peak... He~s a dangerous, hard hitter; who may be
easier to whip in a year or. two,
after being. softened up a bit.

The loquacious Greenwald: has
brought. Crawford. along wisely
so far. But now. the. strategy
thickens and Art can~t afford to |

|make many. mistakes.. He has ~a

valuable: boxing af ~
his wing.
~ eke

Blooper Softbal], strictly ~a
game for the non-pros and ~designed to encourage fathers ~to
get back into the swing of things,
will make its debut in Saginaw
on June 23, according to the City
Recreation ~ Peiaaivsri ra

Games will be played Monday
night, starting at 6:15 at Handley School and ~at Weber. At
Handley, one more tcam is needed to make up a four-team di
vision. Already entered are the |

Handly Dads, Hemmeter. Dads
and Audra Francis Dads.

FAMU CLINICIAN ~ Ray
Crowe will serve as.a consultant for the basketball section
of the 14th annual Florida A
and M University Coaching
Clinic, June 9-13. coach Crowe
has written basketball history

3 | in the State of Indiana at Crip
us Attucks High School.in Indianapolis. Lectures scheduled

| for Coach Crowe are ~Varying

Offenses,~ ~Adapting Defenses

to Material,~ ~Basketball Drills
and Demonstrations,~ and

~it you dent Vike gossip,

don~t read this. column)

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT
~hat soldier home on leave
who has left his wife and moved
in his white girlfriend? Mr~
(Censored) took the three kids; } a8 b 3
A li ae be
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Leon | Chandler, our able and
affable sales maftager, who is
also an. accomplished fisherman,
has come up with these angles
on angling:
<h good line ig the best insur
*! ance a fisherman can have. The

most expensive Tod or the most
expensive reel cannot help to
land a_ good ~fish umless_ the

~lline is| dependable. It is good |-:/ common sense to replace, an old

line which may be weakened

| with age with afresh new one.

e &.

When a line. becomes twisted
through use of revolving. type.
spoons or lures you ~should first
check to determine: whether or
not the swivels are turning freely. Replace swivels which may
have become rusted or ~corroded.

Twist can someti
moved from a line: by. detaching
lure and snagaateeet and: by
trailin the line~ behind a moving
boat.

ns *%

Beginners wil] find a enidelt
line, such as Cortland Super
PLION, to have. less tendency to
to loop and tangle than monofilament when used on their spinning reél. ~
~ e % 2: Your bait casting reel wilf per
form much more. satisfactorily if:

a few. drops of oil are placed
on the level-wind worm. gear
each hour or so, during a days~
fishing.

Many ~ ~people have.the mistaken idea that fly casting is
difficult and is reserved only
for the expert~which is untrue.
A. novice can actually learn to
fly~ cast, (with properly balanced
equipment) easier than he can
master the technique of handling
a bait casting outfit. Fishing for
pan fish | (bluegills, crappie,
perch, etc.) with a fly rod and
small cork-bodied poppers provides. ~great fishing fun _and is
available to everyone almost everywhere.: & & ~

Kéep ~a pair of wire cutting
pliers in your tackle box for
emergency use should you of
a a ema become hooked ac
cidentally.. |

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ERA oven

a! ~era. ended June 12. at
~Wayne State when 28 athletes
were awarded undergraduate degrees. in commencement ceremonies.

The ~ ~passing of the 1958 senior
class marked the end of the socalled. ~big time~ athletics at
WSU in place of the more modest outlook. ~of the Presidents~
Athletic Conference.

~Heading the list of graduates
Was) John Telford, one of the
~ation~ $ top quarter milers while
at Wayne State. He used up his
eligibility | in 1957' and completed
requirements for a BA in liberal
arts this spring.

Also included in the graduates
were the last of the scholarship
holders of former athletic days.: "e nsore AP ee A
-1with him. Now. how long can

that last. Folks say the kids are
sleeping in said girl-friend~s basement. Soldier-boy~s leave is up
soon and who knows what will
happen then. {

goise in general, and Negro lawwers in particular. He was really
going to show these poor Flinites how to move ahead>

Folks are wondering. what he
tells his little daughter when
she asks why she can~t go to
the same school as all her white
neighbors.

Seems that Mr. _~cenbored) has
a bigger mouth at the meetin~
than he does downtown.

P.S. Mr.~(Censored) if you do
not like this why not get one
of those ~good lawyers~. you were
talking about sueing. -

812-270.- ~~
~That north side ~wife who
had to call ~police to protect
her from -her husband. While
there, police found numbers

be ~re-|-slips and books. Mr.~(Censored)

was arrested for ~possession of
gambling equipment. Moral: If
you play the numbers don~t beat
your wife.

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is the
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