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Forest Bowling Classic to Be
Held Feb. 1-2; $800 in Prizes~

Forest Club Singles Classic
will get underway Feb. |, and
2, at Forest Club.

The classic has a very big

_purse of $800 in total prize~. |
The affeir offers $300 for first |

place $ 09 for second place;
$1CO fo: hird place; $50 f r
ourh p) <e; $25, for fifth
place, and $25. for the high
single.;

Several other prizes are to
be given. The classic is a fivegame seres across 10 alleys

Mauriello,
Thomas to Meet
Friday, 24th

With their furious battle of
nearly a year ago ir the same
ring still fresh in the memory
of thrill-saturated local fight
fans, another explosive meeting
is promised when Tami Mauriell6 and Johnny Thomas collidat Olympia Friday night, (Jar.
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Mauriello, rated toughest of

the heavyweights next.to the,

incomparable Joe Louis had to
get off the fioor to win from
the sturdy Thomas last spring.

The Mauriello-Thomas bout
Was one of the most spectacular ever seen in a Detroit ring
and drew rave notices from the
Tocal press and radio. Since then
the 23-year old Thom2s, who
hails from Florida but now calls
New York his home, hes improved greatly and his handlers
are confident that this time the
giant Negro will not only drop
Tami but will keep him down
for the count.

Jimmy Guey
Has Good Ring
Possibilities

Among the fighters to watch
this year is Jimmy Guey9 who
has won three out of his four
pro fights so tar. Jimmy is only
22 years old. He trains at W'Iliams gymnasium,:

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with each contestant bowling
only once. Many. bowlers of
~local color as well as those outistate, are expected to be~on
|hand.Pi erce Coleman is direc| tor.

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Steel Tonnage

Nearly 1,910,000,000 net tons of
steel ingots and steel for castings
were produced in the United States
from January, 1901, through August,
1946. Almost one-third of that large
tonnage of steel has been turned out
since January 1, 1938. Twenty-seven years were required to produce
the first 50 per cent of the total tonage, while only 18 years and 8
months were required to produce
the second half of the steel. -The
one-billionth ton was made in. th?

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~St. Antoine Nips |

Twin City 38-37

~ Thursday evening, January
16 in a game that had all the
thrills and~ suspense of a dime
novel, Allen Moore Ired a shot
from the center of the floor in
the last ten seconds of play
that won the game for St. Arne over Twin City, 38-37.
The game was nip and tuck all
the way with the half ending
20-19 in favor of Twin City. In
the third quarter when the automatic time out was called
with but four mintes left to
play, the score was tied at 34
all. As play was resumed Boswell scored with g follow up
aot under the basket, A minute
later P. Lewis of: St. Antoine
knotted the count at 36 all
yith a basket irom the leld.
Boswell was fouled in the - act

shooting and received two
shots: he made one. This put

Twin City ahead 37-36. With
ime running out, Moore pulled
his sensational shot from c2nter
of the floor, the ball cutting
through the nets just as the
horn sounded to end the gant.
High point iwnan o2
was Smith of Twin
ept the St. An'toine
constant dither as he racked up
17 points. Porter Lewis~ was
high point for St, Antoine with
15 points.

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Friday, January 17, the St.
Antoine YMCA Senior Basketball team, having won a close

~| victory the night before, canr2

back and defeated the New Era
hasketball club of Windsor,
Canada by the score of 17-16.
Encountering unexpected ~ opposition from the visitors, St.
Antoine team was hard pressed
to win. The score at half time
ws 12-8 in favor of the Canajians: Only one p3sint was made
in the final four minutes of play
and. that was the free throw
made by D. Shipp which proved

to be the margin.of victory.
Foster and Milben were high
point men for the Windsor
team with four points each,
while E, Harris of St. Antoine
was high point man for the
game with.5 points.

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Whats Wrong
With Swimming |
Today?

By Buddy Wilson ~*

As a swimming instructor, I
am asking ~~What is wrong with
swimming?~~ The sportsminded
Negro has not and will not parespate in one of the cleanest
sports of today. The Qegro
lfewspapers will not give swimuung a break and help build
it up. Here in Detroit we have
some of the best indoor pools
in the country, but what do the

the greatest Nega@ swimming
coaches im the country, has done
a great job in building the
sport of swimming up to,a
standard in Detroit. He also
coached the first all Negro water
polo team in the city; and built
shat famous swimming combination of T. Campbell, M.>: Dr2zas and B, Wilsom. In 1946 his
2am won the MW/,\ championship, Cleveland, Ohio,
also won the~ Department of
Recreation City Champion:hip
at the St. Ciair Pool. Mr. Gatliff, with the assistance of T.
Campbell and B. Wilson, formed
the Mid-Western Aquatic Association which was the first
Negro swimming organization in
Michigan. Mr. Gatliff has prodused some of the finest Negro
nstructc ts: Tommy Dodson of
Brewster Center; Taylor Camipbell of Elmwood Center; and
Buddy. Wilson of the St. An'toine YMCA.

The Swimming ~ instructors
would also like to know why
the Negro newspapers do not
publicize the stars of swimming,
These papers are always makimg a big headline about discrimination which happens every
day. They take some of the
leading sports as baseball, box~ng, football and ~baseball, whick
do not need such a big display,
and then spread~ it all over the
sport page, while swimming
news is put off in a corner by
itself,

Last November 17, 1946, a
three-mile Marathon was held
at Brewster on January 11, 1947
at the Northwestern high school

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a State Championship in swimming. There was not a Negro
news reporter or photographer
at either of these meets. But
you can always find them at a
basketball game evéry Saturday.
Again I ask you, ~~What is

wrung with swimming?~

Jackie Robinson |
Is Still A

Question

Brooklyn fans will get a look
at Jackie Robinson in Ebbets
Field. Robinson, who wor the
International League _ batting
championship last season will

be in \a Dodger or Montreal
uniform: depends on _ spring
training.

That~s about as close an idea
as any of the observers a Brooklyn President Branch Rickey~s
press conference -could get on
the 1947 prospects of the former UCLA three-sport ace.

Detroit to
Stage Several
Bowling Meets

The next few days will find
Detroit humming with the promise of several rich bowling contests. Among thpm are Detroit's
8th Annual City Tournament at
Paradise, Singles classic at Forest, Dixie and. Palmer Bowls,
Fourth Anrual National Negro
Singles Match Game Championship, with a edémbined total
of over $1,200 in prizes,

Detroit will sce much of
bowling stars such as: Benny
White, Bill Rodman, Joe Taylor, George Willaims, Kit Floyd,
Buster- Floyd, | Ronald Neal,
George Bennett, Henry Walker,
Denton Johnson, George Wheeler, Boots Fairfax, Ben Webster,
Fred Durrette, Morris Kilgore,
Walter Sauls, Buddy Baugh,
Robet Williams, B. Stovall and

Frank Davis, to ~say the least.

Aluminum Wire

With copper still in short supply, /

one electrical manufacturing company has turned to aluminum as a
substitute in its building wire and
cable division. The company points
out that aluminum has high elec- |
trical conductivity and ~~will remove |
one of the obstacles to building con- |
struction.~ 4

peopis do? They ignore their
very existence.
Mr. Clarence Gatiiff, ~ or of |

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DON KINDRED, new sensational heavyweight wreStler,
shown here balancing four men

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on his body. Winner in his recent tussle, he plans to wrestle
jin Canada soon.

PHILADELPHIA ~ ANP ~
Joe Gramby manager of light
-weight champ Bob Montgomery,

was singularly honored. last
week when. he was named one
of the 10 best fight managers in
the. country.

The only Negro to gair this
recognition in a New York Enquirer poll conducted by Billy
Stevens, Gramby has a String
of top-notch fighters in every
weight division. Last year he
was listed im the same poll as

BOB. CATS~ MANAGER
IS AMONG TOP TEN

nes of the best fight trainers
|in the business,

The genial, cigar-smoking
Montgomery pilot, starting from
scratch a decade ago, has worked himself into the enviable position of doing a yearly gross of
$240,000 with his prosperous
chain of leather pushers that
appear in arenas from coast to
coast. Under his shrewd guidance
the Philly Bobcat was maneuvered into the championship
four years ago.

MILLER HIGH wor their 5th
straight basketball game and

are pointing their guns for another shot at the city title,

WAYNE UNIVERSITY _ basketball team got out of the
cellar position when they gave
Western Reserve a tumble, 48 -29. The Wayne Tart\s mect
Butler Jan. 29.

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~ BUDDY YOUNG quit UniverSity of Illinois in order to play
Sunday at Los Angeles in a
professional football game. Bud
dy~s reason for quitting was
that of finance.

DON KINDRED, Negro wrestling champior, who has ~been
winning consistently in Michi
Lee Q. Murray
Kayoes Riley
In Two Rounds.

Odell Riley, local heavyweight, was knocked out in the
second round of a 10-round
main bout at Arena Gardens
when he encountered Lee Q.
Murray in a rematch, Tuesday.
Riley received a decision when
the boys met 16 months -previously. \

Mack Parshay, stable maie
of Riley got a diaw with Jimmy Roberts in a six rounder.

Roller Bearings

More than 30 million complete baE
and roller bearings were made each
month during the last two war years
by the anti-friction bearing manu
facturers.for U. S. military equip
ment. Approximately 100 million
ball and roller bearings of all types
were made during the iast war year

| ~or U. S. military aircraft alone

SHOTS ~

gan, will see action in Canada
early next week. Don~s last victim was Shiek Badui of Arabia.
whom. Don defeated last ~Monday night at Arena Gardens.

JOE LOUIS, was rumored to
be in town for the bowTing tournament.

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Willie Watkins. 18, local box~ing sensation, is predicted to
'go far in national fistic circles,
~Watkins, who is handled and
| managed by Harvey Bowie,
~started boxing when he was 15

years old. Due to a minor skin |

irritation this youhful puncher
has been out of actiom for a
few weeks but will be back
very soon.

Bruce Wilson
ToTry For *
Silver Skates.

Bruce Wilson, runner-up in
the Michigan State Two-Mile
championship, is back in training for the Silver Skates to be

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SPOT EDITORIAL:.:
NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ The Boxing Business is in a pretty bad way. Giant springboard of sport's glamour and appeal
for millions, lax and in many instances incompetent land greedy
officials have permitted recurrences most modern thinkers had
said were outlawed for all time. Let us take la peep at the ail
important matter. of proper examination of principals for a
glove contest, a situation that is underwritten entirély by taxpaying John Q. Public.
Last year Wesley Mousen, who figured in the second Bob
Montgomery fiasco, was rated of real championship calibre. In

the full bloom of his 18 odd years of life, he boxed under the

~Hennerhead of Lightweight Champion Bob Montgomery's own

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MEDICOS GIVE CLEAN BILLS

dace Readers who scan the sport pages of the nation~s weeklies
and dailies know too well without further rehearsing on my

part of the sad case of Wesley Mouzon. With arJapparent bad
eye condition existing before he climbed..thru..the..hempen
strands of that Philly ring to do battle, Mouzon today is faced
with re~irement from the ring and possible loss of sight in one
of his precious eyes. Some doctor drawing down {a livable salary paid for by us said that Mouzon was quite okay.
Incidentally, we feel that the winking by medical officials
who_use perfectly good eves in overlooking such mfstters as the
aforementioned, requires investigation from some bureau say
like the Federal Bureau of [nvestigation. If this were done |
wou!d wager a bag~ of gold aglainst a bushel of peanuts that the
rotten practices would disappear magically.
GET FACTS ON BILLY ARNOLD NOW

Billy Arnold, erstwhile punching great also from Penn
~sy ~ania, has been in the public print for some six weeks or

more recently. On faction claim that his manager has sent out
mis!eading end untruthful varns concerning an alleged eye in
jury. Other circles we k-ve contacted, men like Dan Parker,

N. Y. Daily News, amd several figures prominent in the boxing
setup, claim that Billy Arnold runs the risk of total blindness if
he is permitted to box just as gallant John Henry Lewis did
even prior to facing killer Joe Louis.

Which side is right? Have you, the folk who fiay _ the:
freight in such matters, not the moral and legal right to know
the gospel truth? What are your paid state officials, having
their photos sr/yaped in smiling manner every 15 minutes or
so, doing about all this messy business which they read in the
papers just as you and | do?

Do these said servants of yours give 4 hoot about the unfortunate boxer or is he the ~me old chessboard pawn I claim
he has been back in the slimy days of the Frawley and Horton
law boxing regimes?

WHAT IF YOUR SON BOXES?

ERE Many parents encourage their maie offspring to go in for
vigorous yastimes such as boxing, football, wrestling, basketball, etc. | am sure you would bring the attention of such matters as | talk over with you now, to the attention of your assemblyman, state senator, congressional representative, mayor
and governor were he your very own boy ~ eh what? Then
for heaven's sake let~s show equal interest in the affairs of.
other colored and white youngsters who can become the tool
of careless officialdom unless the small break in the wall is not
plugged immediately. ite

~Wisecrack of the: Week~~ ~ Bob Smith, former Rhyth
club sports lover, tugged at my coat tail one afternoem and
spilled this one: The Sunday American, a Hearst newspaper
having wide circulation in New York, gave a two page spread

~to a yarn called ~Millions in Hormones~; a distinguished Ne~gro chemist, Percy L. Julian, research director of the Glidden

company, Cleveland, is credited with discovering way to make
sex hormones out of soybeans after the Dr. Carver fashion of
soy bean discoveries. Said prankster Bill, ~Just you wait and
see, in a few weeks Hurbert Fauntleroy Julian, ex-aviator, will
drop around and tell the boys Prof. Julian of Glidden Corp.,
is a ~ distant relative of his!'~ Not bad, we thought ~ aye?

JACKIE ROBINSON SPEAKING

A west coast daily has the batting champion of the International league saying that up to last week ~I've heard nary
a word from either Montreal or Brooklyn, but I'm not worried
in the ldast. No one can blast Pee Wee Reese from the shortstop position at Brooklyn, he is just too good. As for Stankey,
he is one whale of a second baseman.~ Isn't that just like our
Jackie, a major leaguer in modest expression, las well as a big-.
league-star in all other respects in my humble opinion.

Arch Murray, crack writer for the N. Y. Daily Post, wrote
a lengthy piece on Jan. 10 entitled Robbie Getting Fair Treatment. It was a sweetheart of a spiel and maybe you would like.
to mull ovr a few excerpts even as i did: There is at least one
rap being leveled at Branch Rickey~s battered noggin those
wintry days that is basically unjust. That is the one that Jackie
Robinson isn't being given a fair chance to win ~a job on the
Dodgers this on-rushing season. Nothing coulg be further from
the truth. In the truth. In the first place it can be revealed that
at least one member of the Brooklyn bifain rust thinks Robin-.

son is going to beat our scrappy Eddie Stankey for the second
base job.

~I base my belief,~~ said Robbie's biggest booster in the,
Brooklyn inner courfcils, on the fact that Jackie can run faster
than Stankey; that he can cover more/ground; that he packs
more power; that he hits more consistently at the plate. His arm
vet bout as good and he~s an artist at making the double
play.

~A fellow who could Jedd the International league in batting with a.349 average, ~who could bat in 66 runs from the
second slot in the batting order, who could steal 40 hases and
make only 10 errors all year, must have considerably more
than just ~ something.~

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Murray, says much more. We haven't the space nor time
to recant it all for your shell-like. ears. However, we will pass
on the closing verses: ~~One point to remember is this though,
the only flaw in the Robinson future. He isn~t any raw kid.
He will be 28 when he reports this spring. He has football legs
with muscles that are subject to charlie horse. He missed 30
games last year on account of them. As a guess though, nothing will keep Robbie from making the Dodgers. The fellow was
born to be a big-lehguer. I do not think he can miss. Move over
~Eddie Stanky.~~

N. B. We like the type of sportsmen who read all fairplay ~

statements designed to change the social picture for not only
athletes ~ but ~ajl of us. One mailed this in from Harold
Ickes~ newspaper column on ~Bilbo.~ ~The fight on Bilboism
has ended in a notable victory but the struggle should go on.
it must not end until every senator and representative learns *
that relying upon the issue of regial intolerance will bar him:
from the congress.

Fire Hazard

as Hardy Bulbs
One of the best ways to prevent

Tulip, narcissus, daffodil and

fires is to clear out rubbish regularly from cellars, attics, closets.
and garages. Rubbish should be
stored only in metal containers until}

held Jan. 25-28 at Belle Isle. it is disposed of permanently,

iad en Se PS ee

hyacinth bulbs should be left in the,

ground ~each fall because of their
hardiness. These bulbs should be
divided shout every five years dure
ing August or September. ~s

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