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THE cro Peers gece: OE ee _SATURADY, MAY 10, 1947

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LOUIS CALLS OFF
JUNE TITLE BOUT

NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ The
current crop of ~heavyweight. Challengers will have to do some
more fighting and offer more
competition than they do at present if they expect Joe Louis to
take them? gn. In Joe~s opinion,

~* Nowe of the present group is a

worthy contender for his crown,
which explains his decision to
cancel the scheduled title bout
on June 26 at Yankee Stadium.
_ According to a spokesman. for
the 20th Century Sporting Club,
~Louis intended to box in June,
but the lattsr date was agreed
upon in order to give the various
challengers an ~ opportunity to
fight each. other and determine
the best available opponent.~~ The
Brown Bomber, however, will
chance his crown in September
if a suitable opponent can. be
found by midsummer.
Meanwhile, the club is engag
2d, in arranging a match between~
light heavyweight champion Gus

Lesnevich of Cliffside Park, N
Y. and former light heavyweight
title holder Melio Bettina of Beacon, N. Y., to be staged May 23
at Madison Square Garden.

Louis suggested that a California match, under the promotion
of Frank Sinatra, be worked out
between Jersey Joe Walcott of
Camden, N J., and Joey Maxim
of Cleveland, each of whom took
a decision from the other~in two
bouts last year. The winners of
the New York and California
contests should then meet each
other in New York.

Sol Strauss, acting director of
the club during the illness of
Mike Jacobs, said, however, that
if Joe Baksi of Kulpmont, Pa.,
decided to enter the elimination,
~He will be given consideration.~
Earlier this month, Baksi, who

defeated Bruce Woodcock in the
seventh round in London, turned
down a title match with Louis.

Harlem Globetrotters Win 127 of 128

Games in Hawaiian T our

By HUBERT H. WHITE. HONOLULU. ~ (ANP) ~ The
_ Harlem Globetrotters are now

back in the: States, but they are)
During |

not. forgotten in Hawaii.
their Hawaiian tour, the team
won all but one of the 128
games played~that one defeat
brought about when the Hawaiian teams, fed up with losing
every game, imported two former island players to give them
~some help.

_Financially, the tour was a
success for the Globetrotters. In
~ Civic auditorium here, where
some 24,000 fans paid admissions
to see the games, Mackay
Yanagisawa, ldécal promoter, and
Abe Saperstein, owner-manage1
of -the Globetrotters, realized
$27,613.59. For the whole show
in the islands, I would = say,
50,000 people saw the boys play.
The expense of bringing the
Globetrotters and the two former island basketballers. here
ran around $16,000.

" The Globetrotters | sustained

their one defeat at the hands of
Ephraim ~Red~ ~Rocha, Hawaii~s
contribution to bigtime basketball and a member, of the University of Oregon team, and Wat

score to 36-all.

Misaka, great little guard of the
University. of Utah, who were
fiown here for the game. The
score of the ganie was 44-41 in
favor of the All-Hawaii Stars.
The Stars~ attack was spearheaded by Rocha wtile Misaka
laid down a brilliant defense,
both keeping the Globetrotters
so busy that they had little or
no time to put. on the fancy

shows they had planned.for the
evening.

Rocha pulled a_ brilliant shot
from the floor which brought
the All-Stars from behind to tie
the score at nine-all. They followed their advantage in the
second quarter to take a 13- 9
score, ending up at intermission
time with a 23-17. lead.

In the third period, the two

~teams were batiling it out with

the Stars leading by five points
~32-27. T Globetrotters then

rallied behind the shooting of,

John Scott, Marques Haynes and
Erman Robinson to boost the
With only six
minutes to play, in what was
now a ~knock-down and dragout~ game, Pressley, the Harlem

~ FREEZE OUT ~ARMSTRONG |
|AS FIGHT MANAGER:

~WASHINGTON ~ ~ANP ~

~| Sparks ~literally flew last wegk

when the Armstrong-StevensonHursey ~~~managerial. muddle~
was aired before the district boxing commission. Smuggy Hursey,
who -had been co-managed by
Henry Armstrong, former triplechampion, and the Mighty Mel
Stevenson, expressed-his desire
to divorce himself from Armstreng after the May 5th fight
with Aaron Perry. Armstrong re.
sented the brush-off without be>
ing given a clear-cut reason.

The boxing commission based
its decision upon the instruction
of the rule book, which said a
boxer could have only one manager. Therefore, it is permitted
to recognie only one manager,
and said that whatever agreement exists between Stevenson
and Armstrong is no affait of the
commission.

Armstrong said that he had a
legal and basic contract with
Stevenson to book fights for
Hursey until he is 21, and that it
is necessary that the matter be
turned over to the New York

Boxing guild, of which he is a:

member. Just, what action it will
take is~ uncertain but it is likely
that the guild, whose members
kandle most of leading fighters,
of the country, will freeze-out
the prospective champion, by not

permitting him to meet the bet- |

ter crop of boxers.

Henry -further stated that he
did not wish to stop the up and
ccming figher, ~because. he believes that he has 4 future, but
it is quite possible that the guild; will act, regardless of his will.
Just before the first; quarter,!

Believing that there is something else involved in this situaation, on which he could not put
his finger, Armstrong told the
commission: that he was. of the
opinion that Smuggy was acting
-as a robot, moving upon the ad
&

aged to pull his crew ahead), This lead was cut down when

Rocha tied the score on a personal foul by Bernie Price.
During the evening, Rocha,
with his defense leader, Misaka,
paced.21 points. The last. four

points of the game were made |:

on fouls.
The~ final game of the circuit
saw the: Globetrotters handing

the All Stars a stinging defeat,

of: 57-42.

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vice of his manager, and that he
believed that one Norman Saunders had persuaded Stevenson to
break partnership with him.

This accusation was denied by! ]
Stevenson who in turn accused
Armstrong of working under the
advice of Al. Weil. -Armstrong
pointed out that Weil was booking Hursey with Stevenson when
he came into the picture. He further stated that as matters now
stand he receives only one-third
of the proceeds from fights and
it would be very stupid on his
part to give half of that to Weil.

Smuggy~s one contention was
that Armstrong had made several

him, claiming that in some instances he had been over-matched, mentioning specifically the
last fight held with Arnold at
Uline Arena. This agreement was
defeated when it was pointed out

mistakes in booking fights for~

~ PORT Ss
SSP ACTCS |

BEATING THE GUN

By ALVIN MOSES

REGGIE PEARMAN-PENN RELAYS

| ~ NEW YORK.~(ANP)~THE CINDERPATH WORLD
qxpected Herbie McKenley, Jamaica, B. W. I., and the University of Illinois to put on a reasonable facsimile of what
JESSE OWENS used to do around 1936, at. the recent Penn
relays held at Franklin field, (Philadelphia). The sky-towering human antelope lived up to advance notices and did just
that. McKenley was the one man we all figured out as the
key figure of the. historic classic which is a ~must~~ on sport
fans~ lists, year after year: Possibly~ no one but old EMIL
VON ELLING, N. Y. university coach, and one or two of his
mates kned that REGGIE PEARMAN, 22-year-old Violet

that Hursey had won every fight:
s'nee Armstrong had begun trairiing him.

The young fighter finally asserted that he had made up his
mind to have only. one manager
and that it would be Stevenson,
however, he hoped that Mel and
Hank would work out a satisfactory agreement.

Since Hursey is only 18, the
Boxing Commission. would not
recognize anyone as his manager

without the consent of -a legas
guardian. The befuddled young.
ster agreed to bring down his
aunt, Mrs. Annie Reeder, the foilowing day in order that she
might sign the contract making
Stevenson his legal manager.

The contract previously signed
by the co-mana2gers for a proposed fight between either Dannie
Kapilow or Tommy Bell set tentatively for June 16 was tabled
for further action.

Candy McDaniels
Stops Sebastian

{In 10 Rounds

By Hubert H. White

HONOLU ~ ANP ~ Several
mainland fistic champions having
some Negro blood have found
Hawaii a happy hunting ground.
The fighters say they make more;money here than in the States,
although it is more expensive to
live out ~here.

~Candy McDaniels is one of the
boys: He hails from Cincinnati

} and the Marine corps and claims

to have seen action at Bougain
nawa, Iwo Jima and Manila.

Candy put~ on a most impressive show last Thursday night
at the Civic auditorium. He won
the decision unanimously over
Flashy Sebastian, Filipino battler.

However, it seems ~he could
have, finished his foe long before
tne 10th. Sebastian never came
forward to receive his blows~he
backed throughout the fight.

Candy started out as if he was
going to end the fight in a hurry, mut he just Gould not catch
Flashy. In the seventh round,,Sebastian threw caution to ~ the
winds and gave Candy several
lefts and rights to his head and
body. Edward Morrow knocked
out Sammy Drew on the same
card.

Royal F amily.

~Ends South

| African Tour

BEAUFORT WEST, South Africa~~ ANP ~ Tired from a 60 -day tour in the interest of establishing ~~a closer link between
South African and the crown,~
the British royal family consist~ng of King George VI, Queen
Elizabeth and the two princesses, breathed\ 4 sigh of relief as
their journey drew to a close
last week. The official tour was
completed on Saturday with a 30
{minute stop at Beaufort West for
a short ceremony.

Following the exercises, the
royal family took a\ train. for
Capetown, where they planned
to remain a f2w days béfore sailing for home. All but the remotes: parts of the dominion. were
visited.

Teacher Outlook ~-,

In 1920, 22 per cent of all college
students in the United States were.
attending teachers college; in 1945- }.
46 only 7 per cent.

ence circles., quaker, representative were standing still. -

ville, Guadalcanal, Saipan, Oki-|

freshman half miler, was primed for the ~~ of his short
and meteoric career.;
UPSET ILLINI IN MEDLEY RACE.

~On the opening day of the 56th annual edition of the
games, Illinois had romped off with two relays events thanks
to ~McKenley~s machine-like racing: Those relays were the
440 won by the Illini with Bill Mathis, William Cook, George
Walker and McKenley in the near-record time of 41.7; and
the distance medley traversed in 10:10.8. Pearman was
slated to run the 880 yd. leg, while his baton-carrying mates
at their respective distances were Milt Parker, 440, Homer
Giilis and Kaplan running 220 legs respectively.
McKENLEY~S QUARTET BIG FAVORITES

In ~weather that was.more suited for football than for
cinderpath effort, the buzzing throughout the crowded stands.
gave NYU. scant look-in. with AMlinois. and, the sensational
Herby McKenley.

But they forgat to-rate Peetu who ~in his half oiiberst
anchor turned in ~the Second fastest time in the history of the
relays with a sparkling 1:51.5 that meant the difference between defeat and victory that will be talked about for seasons
to come. One-was to conjure up such immortal names as
Johnny Borican and Long John Woodruff, seven-league-boots
superman who turned in a 1:51.2 880 leg at these games

en Pearman must have been only a high school junior, for
Woodruff's feat was accomplished back in 1939.

LICKED WESTERN-CONFERENCE ACE
BOB REHBERG, Illinois runner, is known as_the fiiest
half-miler (1.52.3) and miler, (4:15.2) in Western confer
this Nordic racehorse with the betting 100 to | that he would
not come close to so doing: ~Reggie:passed a Penn. speedster
who had: been touched off: five~Yards" ~ahead~ of him as if the *
Then he took sail,
good fashion, after the easy-striding and self-contained in a
victory sense, Illini stalwart.

The crowd in. the stands was literally going wild now.
Like one man they rose to their collective feet, some unable
to cheer, as if they had wool ig their mouths, so astonishingly.
superb was this Negro lad~s effort. Now the gap was only
five yards coming off the final turn as the ex-Newton High
school prodigy gave his all.

Suddenly he was abreast of the now-flying Rehberg. lads
the final steps of this memorable. race thundered this lionhearted Illini ace and the sensational Pearman of New York.
A few steps from the tape Rehbert cracked under the strain~
and the relay was in the bag: for Coach Von Elling. His
teammates fairly smothered Pearman with hugs and_backslaps.

Stout fella, this Reggie Pearman, the surprise package of the 53rd Penn relay games.

WE SEE IT THIS WAY,

THE 20th- CENTURY sporting club will trot our Ray
Robinson against George (the spoiler) Abrams on the night
of May 16.. I predict that Robinson will whip Abrams

thusiasts.

MARCEL CERDAN. scored: over the good-boxing Abrams.,.. No pulling of punches, fans, no perhaps or hesitations,
just our usual~ manner of going away out on a limb much. in
advance. it Bnd ial

~Well, Pearman had to make up 15 yards on|..

It may be years before a half mile like the one he}.
raced. on April 25, will be witnessed by track and field en-|

decisively, even a more clearcut win than the one Frenchie}

a Fak cei, Sen cgen a bates od
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HONOLULU. - Ane ~ Ro: ket

show mainlanders_ that - ~Hawaii ment.
has_someé of the finest baseball]
players. to be found in any state;
or territory, arrangements. have
been completed to have a Haw-|
aiian team play in the series of
games at the National. Baseball
congress in Wichita,. Kan, in. ag
gust. 3
The Hawition team will~ ~yie}
against such stars as the Kansas
City Monarchs and CGubm All-| nounces that it is glad to:play
Stars. Negotiations were handl- the ~Negro league and: that ~there
ed by Abe Saperstein, ownet of is a swell opportunity ~for us to

~

the Globetrotters, during the bas- add some fine friends. gee $

as a porcupine is from a orale? ~Jobs wmked~ his: eyes at
characters who spoke out of. the~ ~side -of their) mouths ~as asi did
the late, unlamented Al (Scarface) Capone.~ Strauss does
not hide. his dislike ~of panderers, gamblers ~ and ~éther' ~such
individuals who today, é as back, in. the. lush ~ 120 ~srrinfest, the
fight racket. tis stat

Strnuss' is much: in ae sport news Kdeiliioals these >afternoons. He is trying desperately ~to~ line up an. opp fient for
the. most destructive brown: ~man who: ever walked this t terrain,
namely... Joe Louis Barrow of Lexington or: Lafayette,, Ala.
| Louis. since 1937, has been.barred ~inthe pathweiy; afi aspirants
i for his ~title | worth | roughly $3,000,000 Hower: laiten year
stretch) to the man ints of amet him ~ Jb He~ ~ to
the ring floor.. ere | roils ee hae vat en
BAKSI, SAYS NO-0-0:0- = Pepin hee

Big,. seemingly, "delkwhiea ee ~Ba aK Sn py oy
conqueror. of England's, fruptrated, Bruce ~Wopdee ek ithe
sort of hombre I dike. First ~of all. the: ex-coal miner, is fhonest
and forthright. ~ Earning: ~elose. ~to '$150,0004 in~ bye mente
(Mills ~ "aiid Woodcock) ~on British. doit, Baksi hag 5-A
fused a June date with, Louis. Thru: his manager yes "bai
in substance: ~I. won't be. eat ~for, a ~man; like, us, sume
September.~~ bag é wong:

I find~ only one hing weeed ~wich fridad~ ~Baksi't logic in
this connection. ~Whether! September~ ~or December, ~he should
meet Joe Louis ~under ~ one. "eondition,~at. ~ a, $dfal ' Sath eying
or on a fishing: trip,. What. Louis. wauld do. a doubting, Baksi
would. call. for immediate action by-/humanexsocieties.;: 4-41:

As we stated two weeks ago, in this column, ~only~ ~Jersey
Joe Walcott, and - Melio~ (southpaw) ~Bettina~ ~loom /as june
playmates for the: ~kiss. of. death~ boxing man. from. A abama.
You can ~carry:thesball: from there) if you ~elect ta: buti.as::for
me, Lauis~s:'toughest. ~opponent, one! whom hé: ~earinot hiele, is
Old Father Time. ~Strauss isin California, os with ~Joe

now. a

CINDERS. IN. OUR. EYES

Last year, the Cincinnati Cree

~cents were here, but ~though; they
put. on a great show, very? few
fans ~ attended. the _game. it is
viewed. by. some that Hawaiian
fans were ~spoiled~ tesausctitey
had seen,_so many, major league
players during the war... $

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~Baseball Extra~JACKIE~ ROBINSON Ibi~ a fousifig~ time
run on Friday, Apnl | 18, and seéms well on he way Ace; specoming a full. fledged. Igdge-member in the big | leagues, just
as We did in the INK. with, Montreal, bravo: ~Robbie. START- -
| LING HEADLINE OF THE. WEEK: ~The: AAU. } ~(Amateur
Athletic ~union) \is in: need - of smelling salts. if what we hear
rings ~ true. ~ ~First~ BUDDY~ YOUNG | was lost ~td the'''1948

American Olympic squad because of ao bigwig~ czarism:

this. week: ELMORE HARRIS, ~America~s lympic: hope. and
current holder of:the national.AAU. outdoor. 440-yard: crown,
with a record of 55 victories in ~60 ~starts, has: tuined~profes--
dott! coinifig: the BROOKLYN DODGERS | of ~the: ~All-America Football ~conference...:*Formerly a~ grekt* ~athlete at~ Morgan. college,.Baltimare, Hace has heaten Illino's Laws
reputed superman, | Herbert McKenley, of Jamaical i.
out of 23 teate. of speed and. stamina with the Fecha West
Indian ace,... |.) 16 this keeps up, we wor t haw to READ
the _ august emateur-governing body out of hesing. ~
opinion will. chase them out post-haste. iS ~
Maybe Harris. would have turned vihelieun. for the
big money league football dangles:before.its prospects~ anyway, but I am not forgetful of Elmore's: ~~peeve~ against the
AAU that kept him sulking this past ~winter whén fans came
out in droves to see him race. against GEORGE GUIDA
(never kept the date), Villanova~ s crack 600~ ~and 500-yard
While at Morgan Harris. played: sheotball but -was

&

specialist.
known best for his cinderpath: feats.
On second ~thought,: that? previous. statémetiy: ~of ~mine
which claims Elmoré Thomas Harris ~starred moré ontrack |
than he did at football while ~at Morgan ~and Notmal "High
school.is purely ~an UNDERSTATEMENT on my ~part as |
will endeavor to prove here, and now. While at Morgan in

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On May 23, at Madison Sq. Garden, MELIO BETTINA,
Joe Louis~ most dogged and_persistent tormento for a title |;
ehot, steps in. with GUS LESNEVICH, 175. pound title holder.
We have seen Lesnevich in most of his important (in town)
bouts; he does not fare so well against a good heavyweight
and for an ~~exhibit-A"~ rehash we give you his -blooper
against one LEE OMA, in~the Iong ago, remember?~
So-0-0, we pick cagy, south-pawing ~Betiina to win ~over Lesnevich in what we hope will not be a ~~smellout~~ like was the
Bettina-Jimmy Bivins imbroglio of a few moons back.

whenever this much-talked about tourney gets. under ~full
swing. Only Walcott and Bettina figure to trouble the Ohioan
with the murderous clout.... But, and here we were never
more serious.... LET'S HAVE NO MORE OF THOSE
STICK THE TWO COLORED BOYS IN THERE AGAINST
EACH OTHER FIRST, like when Bettina lifted the title (175
pounds) from TIGER JACK FOX, if you are keeping your
scorecard close to you as | am endeavoring to!... CHARLES
cannot lick one~JOE LOUIS BARROW. He is too small,
not rugged enough to stick around after Joe tags him right,
and has too much heart which would backfire (in a Louis
match) and cause Charles to flicker out as did Conn and
Mauriello.
SOL. STRAUSS. AND~JOE LOUIS '

NEW YORK.~(ANP)~Sol Strauss, if you weté not
aware of it, is~ first-cousin to Michael Strauss Jacobs, boxing

| overlord... He~ isan attorney and inasmuch unlike Jacobs in

~certain highly important matters close to the slimy - industry

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jiron,:
EZZARD CHARLES figures to lick all of the eliminators |.

11943 and 1944, Harris ~was ~nominated: for~ ALL-AMERICAN
in Negro school circles. ~He, scored 16 TD's im ~43:atid scored
five more than.that total for the Baltimore college the~ folldwing ~seasan, the. year Morgan and~Ed ~Hurt ~were ~undéféated
and~unscored \upon~remémber football fans? At NORMAL
HIGH, Elmore, was a_.star, in:: baseball,. track, and on the grid_It is reputed, and, deservedly so, that the 24-year-qld
track whizzbang (meaning -that--he~ can outrun: the -wind)- is
COURAGE personified, éxaictly- the type * ~ big white
squads go. huning for. 2 Bsmt sat
Another.Negro. player jin dddition~ to. Has ~has ~been
signed by the ~GRID D: ~caached i en great
CLIFF BATTLES. He is ~SAMUEL. ANDREW. GAMBLE, 6
foot t-inch, 207 pound énd from: West: Virginia State -collége,
who played basketball and served: for three years ~with~a com.
bat engineers~ division overseas. Hei is-a miner~ (coal) in the
off season and with his pro-grid eargings, hopes | to further a
medical career. fio
In that league now. we > bad such, stars as;. Bernie Jefferson, Chicago Rockets: Bill Willis, -Marion Motley andiHorace
Gillem, Nevada U., phenom; with~ Buddy~ Ydung ~ ~a~ tikely
signer. The NFL, rival circuit, have Kenny ~Washington. ~and.
Woodrow Strode with the Los Angeles Rams, O yez, the Los
Angeles (AAC) Dons have signed~Davie. sida ~ ne

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