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THE F LINT SPOKESMAN

EVERYTHIN ~NSPORTS

By BENTON B. STEPTOE

WHEN JOE WALCOTT PAUeHED AT LAST

In St. Louis many years ago Joe Walcott, the greatest
punching welterweight champion of all time, was on a tour in
which he was meeting all comers. The St. Louis boxer who
was picked to box Walgott knew that he didn~t have a chance
with the ~Barbadoes ~Demon.~ So what does he do? He
visits Walcott at the latter's hotel and pleaded to be allowed to
stay four sounds. He told about his old father wanting to see
the-match, about how had up he was, etc. Walcott softened
and agreed that he would let his opponent go the distance.

' In the second round the unknown landed a well-planned ter
rific right on Joe's jaw, which shook up the champion,, almost
knocking him down.

Walcott went back to his corner, burned up. The bell
sounded and, as wa~ customary in the final round in those days,
Joe grabbed the St. Louis Boy~ 8 gloved-hand and shook it.

~Mistah Walcott, why you do that? This ain't the last
round,~~ reminded the challenger.

~It's the last round for you, boy!~ snapped Joe and a

second later Walcott~s murderous right crashed against the St.

Louis lad~s chin and on to slumberland he went.

ROBINSON CHARGED OF ROWDY TACTICS

Leading his touring colored All-Stars against Bob Feller
and his Major Leaguers, Robinson's deportment left much to
be desired in the minds of many of his most ardent hometown
admirers, If Jackie Robinson attempts to give National League
umpires the vociferous protests he gave Plate Umpire Gordon
Ford of the Pacific Coast League at Wrigley Field the night of
Oct. 25, no fewer than 12,140 local eye witnesses, including
Manager Leo Durocher of the Dodgers, vision a rocky road

for our sepia Montreal second baseman and leading hitter of.

the International League for 1946.

Umpire Ford, rated as one of the best in the Coast League,
was so set back by the incidents that after the game he informed Bill Geistner, Winter League director, he would not work
in anymore exhibition games outside of organized ball in which

- Robinson played.

Robinson's wrangling was always over called strikes. On
the first occasion, Jackie was on deck when he halted the game
to bark at Ford on a called second strike on the batter. When
he took his place as the next batter, he broke loose with another
verbal assault on the umpire, again on a called second strike.

Later, while Robinson was a runner of second, he twice came
in to hold up the game while he blasted Ford on called strikes.

SONNY WOODS MAY JOIN BUFFALO BISONS

There is some talk that Sonny Woods, one of our great
figures on the basketball court, may be seen in action with the
Bisons. Let us all hope that the deal comes through, the Bisons
can use a player of his ability.

CHARLES BARBER INJURED

possible fractur f. th ht
COLUMBUS, Ohio ~APNS~ os ane

foot,. He said. that he was cross~Charles Barber, 57, 641 E. Ful- ing at Parsons Ave.. and Liv
ton St., about 7:50 p. m. Friday, | ingston Ave., when a Ford drivNov. 15, was taken to St. Fran- | en, by Edward Funk, was backcis hospital and treated forj|ing in an attempt to leave the
abrasions of the left knee and curb, struck Mr. Barber.

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~~ | ivicQuillan - Pep Match To
Headline Fight Card Dec. 3rd
in Buffalo~s 5 Memorial Auditorium

One of the best peices
bouts to be staged here in years |
is expected to take place at
the Aud. Dec. 3 when the fabulous Willie Pep, World Feather-Weight Champion, takes on
Buffalo~s Bebby McQuillan, form2r national amateur champion, in a ten. round bout for the
Hudson Boxing Club. Pep has
lost only one decision in nearly
110 pro battles while MecQuillan, recently out of the Army,
has been going great guns
around Detroit, where he captured the Michigarr state lightweight crown. Among Bobby~s
recent victims were the wellrated Sandy Saddler, New York
featherweight, whom ring experts rate as one of the leading
contenders for Pep~s' title.

McQuillan, 23 years old, has
been tossing leather since 1938,
when as an amateur, he won
the Port Huron District championship and the. Michigan State
championship irf-the 112-pound
class. Since then Bob has had
a lively career in the amateur
and pro field. He captured the
118 pound amateur District and
Michigar State. championships
in 1939. In 1940 he moved to
Buffalo, N.-Y.. The same year
he won the Niagara District
Golden Glove Championship,
and New York State Championship in the 126 pound class,
as well as annexing the Niagara
District Golden Glove championship in the 135 pound class.

The following year, he won
the 126 pound District Diamond
Belt Championship and Hearst
All American Diamond Belt in
Detroit. He kept up his pace
among the 135 pound leather

slingers by taking the All
Americar crown in Boston,
Mass.

Bob entered the armed forces
in 1943,and served. until 1945
when he was honorably discharged. While in the service
he had 35. fights, winning ll.

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Bob has had 22 pro fights of
which he has won 19 and lost
but three. His 19 wins consisted of~rmine kayoes and ten decisions.

In. the past year he gained
the nod over Art Price. (twice)
Johnny Varcy, Sandy Saddler,
LeRoy ~ Willis, Al. Gomez,
Charles Smith and Bill Eddy
of Michigan.

Bob is a high school stad
ate. His manager is Eleger Harvey. He has done. the majority
of his fighting in Michigan. He
was bornm in Port,Huron. He
holds Joe Louis as his idol, and

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HONOLULU ~ ANP ~ The
11,000 sports fass who attentcd
Honolulu -stadiym' here last
Tuesday applauded the exhibi- |
tion boxipg participated in by
Heavyweight Champion Joe
Louis against his. Hawaiian opponents, Cleo Everett and Wayne Powell. Joe took on his two
opponents for six rounds each,
but spared thent a knockout.

Prior to the bexing show, Joe
played golf matches with the
territory. golf champion, Stanley Werner, and the, governér.

In both.mateheg the score was
tied, but a later game with
Sen. Francig Brown and Happy
Cooper of Oahu county saw the
champion lose~ by a score of
78-72.

During his stay in ~Honolulu,
Joe and his party was constantly swamped by female admirers. When questioned about
their beauty, Joe admitted they
all were pretty..

The champion~s party ~toured
hospitals, Nuuaup YMCA and
Punahou ~ school recorded ~for
MBC and NBC. ~In~ an interview

really gives his supporters their; with reporters Joe declared that

money's worth.

the Negro Press is the greatest

Sport News Around Buffalo,.N. Y.

By. THE EYE |

Well, here we go ofice again,
but: this time we have to kind
of forget Buffalo.

Here is an interesting item,
that I picked up over the week.
Did you know that Buddy
Young, football star at Illinois
received 25 good pro offers while
serving with the U. S. Navy
but Buddy refused them all
and went back to college at
Illinois. Wise kid.

There has been ~some talk of
a Joe Louis vs. Curtiss.Hatchetman) Sheppard meeting in
Baltimore. Mike Jacobs probab
~ly wouldn~t OK this one. Mike

wants the champion in New
York again where the real money is. And Mike likes the old
do-re-me.

At Cleveland Artie Kevine
gave Sugar Robinson a _ real
scare when Ray was knocked
down for a count of eight but
they always pay off on the winner and again the great Sugar
won by a knockout. We~ll stick
with Ray to win the welterweight championship.when he
battles Tommy Bell. Jersey

Jones, great | publicist,. is now
beating the drum for Charlie

Burley; * Pittsburgh~s good mid: |
dleweight. The 160 pound class
promises a lot of action with
champion Tony Zale, Rocky Graziano, Charley (Cdming champ)
Burley, Jame LaMotta, Jimmy
Edgar and others. Henry Brimm
our local flash, with a little polishing, will: be right in line: to
tackle these rough customers.
Just before I ~close; I am goimg to give you ~a~ list of some
of our sepia stars on the gridiron, with Mixed College teams.
Yale, Levi Jackson; Illinois,
Buddy Young, Pat Patterson,
Bert: Piggott. Pittsburgh, Bobby
Lee; Nevada University, Bill.
Bass, Horace Gillam; Ohio State
Ernie Parks, Richard Jackson;
UCLA, Robert Mike; Oregon,
Robert Reynolds; Wichita, Lin
wo4i Sexton; Michigan, Gerfe
Derricotts, Len Ford; Iowa
Hawks, Emlin Tunnel, Earl

Banks; Indiana U., Mel Groomes
and Jim Bewar; Iowa Teachers,

Dave Jackson; Cornell U., Hillard Chollet, Creole.

THE SPORTING SPOTLIGHT

By Webster Smith

ANOTHER JESSE OWENS?

CANTON, Ohio ~ APNS ~
The Spotlight this week falls on
a youngster whdmn I feel all
Cantonians' should be proud. of
and become better acquainted.
The sport he. participates. in
doesn~t make as- many headlines
as the other major sports, but
it probably depends more upon
the individual himself than the
others. His name is J. V. Clifford; the sport, track. Last
Spring as a sophomore at McKinley High, he ran the 100
yard dash in the pherfomenal
time of 9.8 seconds, breaking
the old existing school mark
held by Ernie Parks, eclipsing
two tenths of a second off the
old mark. Last Spring he was
defeated only ance in the 100
(a defeat he later avenged.)
Clifford was suffering from a
cold amd finished 2nd to Corbin of Warren in the time of
10.1 seconds, far off his best
time. To add to his achievements this amazing youngster
also ran the 220 yard dash in
the remarkable time ~of 22 seconds flat. He failed to qualify
fot the 100 ceuase, he was disfor the 100 because he was disin the. district meet, thereby
causing him to lose his chance
for the state 100 yd. title. How
to atone for his failure to qualify for his pet specialty. To add
to dis laurels, he won the 106
yard dash this summer in}
Cleveland, while participating
in the Junior Olympics. He was
awarded a p@sition on the AllState Track team. I~m gure that~
the times that Jesse. ~Owens |
turned in as a sophomore were

16 and has two more years of
High School competition left, it
is not at all unlikely that he
will equal Jesse Owens~ marks,
as he is bound ta improve. He
takes his running seriously and
every refuses to participate in
other sports he likes so he can
concentrate wholly on track.
He hope to earn a scholarship
for himself so he can go to
College and continue his track
career. He is as good a student
as he is a track star. Here~s
hoping that he gets that scholarship and goes on to greater
glories. His hobbies? Oh well,
he likes the soda fountair~ menu,
an occasional movie, and gossiping about track.

-DEXIE IS STILL DIXIE
Nevada~s cancellation of it~s
gontest with Mississippi and
Penn States cancellation of its
game with Miami, 24 hours lat
ever he firfished 3rd in the 220

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Fans in Exhibition Bouts; Gives
$1,000 Each to Honolulu NAACP, Vets

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Joe and his party departed for
Los Angeles,to make ready for
a Mexico engagement with Daniel Peck. Before leaving, he
gave the local NAACP group
and Hawaiiar Veterans ~ outfit
$1, 000. ~each.:

Accompanying him on_ his
tour will be Cleo Everett. Stadlum management announced
that $53,000 has ben paid to
see: Joe in the. exhibition matGneS... lig J ~ ~

~BRUISING |)
GUARD ~ Hoselle | ~Smith, Detroit, Micigan, 180 pound. guard, |

MOREHOUSE~S

He earned is Chenille ~M~ for}
two consecutive.years, 1941-42,
as a fast charging, hard tackling
guard. The three~ years~ that hey
spent im the army did not~ take rf
any of the football. knowledge
away from Smith, Smith. played
a sterling~ ganie of ball when
Morehouse: defeated South Carolina State 26-13. He is expect.)
ed to help the Tigers ~to victory |
when they. encotinter the Lane

lanta, Ga.,.
23rd.

~on Saturday,- Nov.

cles. It is a defirfite step in Democracy. Intolerance, bigotry,
race hatred and ignorance have
been prevalent too long. Since:

Competitive Sports arg the two}
leading factors in fighting these
evils, we should commend. the}
action of these two ~schools, The/
players involved are: ~Horace|*
Gillom, Massillon all-time great,
who is rated by West ~ Coast }
Coaches as the greatest offen--
sive ends in football; Bill Bass
of Monogahela, Pa., whose pass
ed the} Nevada. offense, ~this season. The Penn State stars are
two former prep school stars
from Philadelphia; | Wallace
~Triplett I1f,* sparkling. halfback, | e
is Bene ~end. The; ken, of Ne
B igginss: of P; h er- * with~ the facu

ties of both schools. are astting
a fine example. -The Cleveland }
Browns will be handicapped by
the absence in the lineup of
Marion Motley, their leading

trays

their sterling~ Guard. Miami!
wishes to stick to the tradition
of lilly-white sports contest. Because they are ~Still fighting the
Civil War~ they will miss seeing two o fthe nations finest
~gridders ~in action. ~

We hope that the. actions taken by Nevada and Penn State
will opert the eyes of Sports
Lovers, and soon make interracial teams and.sports; a coast
to coast and border to border
~affair.

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BEATING THE GUN ~

By ALVIN MOSES
BASKETBALL HAS SOCIAL SIDE
NEW YORK+~(ANP)~ELECTION NIGHT in ~Hele

saw an overflow audience pack Renaissance Casino for the
opening whistle of the 1945 professional basketball season.
While generally conceded to be the king of all indoor sports
boasting a national turnout of 80 million fans. back in 1945,
basketball's social side attracts men and women almost as
much-as does the dazzling playing of the paid exponents.,

JUST A BRIEF PERSONAL NOTE.

Bob Douglas, head man of the classy Renaidesile Big
Five known the country over as the moulder of champion teams
since 1929 to the present, has known your humble reporter
virtually since boyhood, Just before the Rens trotted out on
the floor to wage battle against the Bridgeport, Bullets the Connéciicut ~wih ie Gomez, crack colored player, in their lineup, Bob spied n me sitting-in a press box with my wife, Lillian,
and carne over. He was flanked~ on: one side by the man who.
took over balipayer Lou Gehrig's post, Commissioner Samuel
2 Ba' tle and newsman Dan Burley of the Amsterdam staff.~

While 1 hive been coming to see~ the Rens swarm over
the best colored and white teams available years prior to ~29,
only since that year has ~Uncle Bob~ as fans lovingly call him
issu-d hie press pass to me in a~virtual ~hubby ~and wife~ manner. He spoke~ of that to my wife who bravely smiled through
it all while hiding AS cold: of two weeks~ duration,

AUTOS F ROM THREE STATES

New. Jersey,. ~Gorinecticut and our own state! car ~_
were much i in CMIGERC Ra iin icwal. bobs esw if

The battery of ' white feporters auia ceisréd and: white
photographers minglin ng freely with game officials Jack Bourne
and ~~Crip~~ Romney whetted the fans~ appetite for what was to
ipa Bridgeport line up, with the following club~ roster name-: Badger,. Rodia,, Petrocick, ~Ostal (sensational door shot);
ried Bowden,; Sazake~/and, Ernie- Gomez; ~the last named
being the sole player: of color. on the visiting team.:

To the band tune of ~Hail, Hail, the Gang~s All Here,~
the mighty 1946 Rens dressed in their traditional yellow and
black-numbered uniforms ran, out. onthe floor as ~bedlam
broke loose in the cheering. sections. |. This season's squad 'considered by Douglas as one-of his best, shape up like this: Veterans~Hank DeZonie,.Clarence (Puggy) Bell; ~Capt.,: Eddie
(Eel) Younger, Sonny. Wood~ and Benny Garrett; Newcomers
~-the highly publicized Nathanie} (Sweetwater) Clifton, ~for~mer Chicago H.S.; os Xavier University wonderman 3 the
pivotal position, ca led by experts a ~point-a- inute~~ ayer;
Jitamy 'Usry, clevér Litcéln - College: eae eae Filter
Brown, former Harlem~ ~Globetrotter ace known to. ~the. probesr,

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aie from anywhere. within 15. feet of the basket: ~for séme
10~ or 12 minutes the opening squad of Bell, DeZonie, Wood}
Clifton, and Usry must have thought it was rain~ng basketballs
in the opposite goal side. The Rens chalked up 34 markers at
hhalftime bs 13 less,by: their pressing ~epponents ~byu gnly after
many ~fa ha d given the Visitors an even chafce to win. How-, SPOILED FUN.-.

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Pever, ib! heer t until the ex-Long Island University star Eddie

- Younger, gmallest player from. point of'size, entered the contest

that the game becaine a ~rout with the Rens ringing up 71 points

to 47 for the tired and outclassed Bridgeport five. ~
FASTEST. MAN ~OF MODERN~ GAME | j ~. Yonngery one-of the truly great thinkers and tacticians oF
thé" game Dr,* ~Naismith discovered many, years ago, is in my
apinioh the fastest player in.the world. We say fast in the
sense that the 5 foot 2 inch bundle of atomic energy wheels on

|a dime better than all the college or professional players we ~

have seen at Madison Square Garden in the last six years.

The second he hit the floor restauranteur Joseph Wells
and patrolman Freddie Sealy turned to wife and self and said:
*~*Now..watch the fireman put out the blaze.~~ That is precisely

swhat~ Younger did for under his inspired ball handling that had

the Bullets all at sea, Clifton, Bell and Sonny Wood made shat

after shot of the most sensational order until it narrowed, down

to a case! of how many points the Rens would win by. ~f
Ge CREST OF THE WAVE |
~AY ROBIN N was on the deck for an eight or nine

edant~ experts differ) two weeks ago out Cleveland way ina
battle* with hard-punching * ~Killer Levine (white) Brooklyn
bad boy... To the undying credit of the ~~uncrowned welter
king,~ he got off the floor to nny Levine out in the remaini
és of the~final round ~ 2."Whew, what would thousa
lem: kids said ~had~ ae kept Robby down? Some
dave ago Joe (Hoss) Steele and Jack Jones, Harlem sportémen, wanted to bet on the subject of whether or not Robinson
er ever been floored fit J his. pro career. - Robinson passwhile they were a @ the ~poi ~A have
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Re Crescent Club youngsfér if measured by any standar
Still think Robinson can lift 160 pound crowd from Tony Zale
but likest*ve told him se many times~"~A hitter bas a chanee
with: anybody~ and Zale is even a better smasher than Levine, |
Robinson.... just don~t forget our advice and polish him ~
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car. One of the men got out, df
the vehicle with a stick of dynamite in his hand and was attempting to light it when Mithell rushed into his business
~place and got a gun. When fre
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ATLANTA ~ ~ANP ~ Pou
action on the part of Clarence
Mitchell, co-owner of. the Mitchell and Jenkins, ~Steak house
on Auburn. avenue, prevented a
possible explosion in the Negro
section last week. At first reports, it was stated - that the )
Columbians were ~~responsible| companions attempted, to set off
for the bombing attempt.~ | the explosior. The first match

According. to the. steakhouse.| broke, sthé second went.out. arid
owner, three young white men| Mitchell stopped the application

The businessman said the rgen
had several pieces of d:
The driver of the car kept
motor running, while one of

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