i- A fIQLI-NUAN Saturday, October 8, 1049
Ueating X*he (jun
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MrMORIIS o* A GVI
3'tlßCiHlN<, ROCKS
■\' ‘A VOTiK ; .N i • Tr.c Box
)■ business !’ ~ gigantic enter*
S■ at ; fit -Ugh ;;Owerlu!
< »jtit; i- .v.'f. a potential oi
t ;delists. Built arour.o
-i -i h rif. wnisperinga and
t:' :><; a;t.: > that's the word
'*t -*•< icoitlng fur just m>w.
Wm n i • father alive to--
riny hi-’d talk it ragged ibout a
»*• named Stanley Ketchel.
‘.Vh» ialk a: i a this Ketche!
!■ you say ,?7 ' ! Well, oeeausc our
i‘.,p saw this Polish knock-outer,'
•t v thi late Hype Igoe named
T "< Michigan Assassin. ' turn the
irh i;t:c<:l ftur." Rocky Graziano
P Hormcri : gainst the Jersey
t .! lids i' ;■'! tr. game Charlie Fu
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4 "GARRISON" F’GINISH
While ;t is our belief that Gri
:■ . ■, -v. aid hi -t- mr.ij’: ally in
i . i*,oj: übem • $220,000 tor more)
g. .c for Matchmaker Ai Weil, Hai-
M.irksoß, Joe Louis, arid the
N( rr;>-Wirtr f tie merger known
so IBC if matched with Ray > Hu
go/ ■ HobiriM® we'd be lyin.e bad
if we said Rocky" figure- to
jji s RobihM r. Bui on the basts
f j lurtous killing attack he ■
v ac'i on Fusari in that memorable
“g.'.i riron finish ’ port writeis
v. talk about ail Winter long
f) . nature boy" wlv* throws,
•l oo with gloves attached to titent
•y. r:i\ di < rves to be ; .tiled the
If . Century Stanley Ketchel. F f n
: ~?,t imp ago, and wo mean by
*• , a r ound 39 years ago a ,
by the name of Philadel
fi ; Jack O'Brien, danced around
j. rcc th< head off the man
■ o fit ( red Heavyweight Cham
! Jack Johnson. Then came the
It . r. fid final round of then
t c-i ath with the seconds run
< ;,! fast as they always do in
\-t round. Ketchel hunked a
j ••• i.ik.it right fin the ek :
a ishxaan's jaw and the birdies
j tc j cc-peep-j-f: p. while the count
;k tc i'll to thousand
i .i u j 'si imagiue radio’ Mel
n lit c= vu jng the O'Brien Ketencl
1.1. -.-.. c almost 1< ..ping cut of his
.no thr.t lyrical voice of
i S'. ;r. Well now bout
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in Cut work is
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Von count or. an for speedy,
»; hHi- serviie anywhere'
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LLi-C-oki? •‘--/i..',-. .r.«tfcrWig<fcp.
that. wa.-..rt that
Mas y years passed before fanr
ho vk If'f' cents for ei.ck r-T'
dollar s vv-r.ith at the box-0i1.i..
the -T; rt:- highway A matchm-kc.
lives ii. Ihf h< pc that out of tfc<
r..i fcd£ into which hi* itchy pain
..lifers, err ich shining star as
.... fe i Graziarm wiii emerge. }?.i
is indeed the “Jackie Robinsi r<
>i r x-i itice-drcvv magnet" >1 the
rr <- : . a arena. Yes. rv.emorv is a
ty nice thing . • times- Ks ; et -
-.vhen oik loves prize lights
a- n.licit as we d<*. Jot down the
S' -••)<'< Ks 'is, .ind the- Rocky
Gr i’i.i.k for you you’t see the.,
like with min frequent regularity
than you wiii soon again set a
Jack Dempsey ,-r a Joe- Louis.
THE E 7.'/ ARI> CHARLES STORY
Thi fine* ? bit of rcadinj: a
mji ifs it,lure xht "Notre li.. >.
Story v! it'or. by Francis Wai
lace It is cboiken full of hilheitc
uiitoid leotb-aii highlights it i
ureal man, Knute Rocknt ot N('rt
Dame. But our story this wee a
trie result cf a written request
from George Webster', gTOcer out
of Nib, O. deah with a fellow
win >n we think, is mueh-too-un
l. heavyweight bos.. Ezzard
Chj.iT of Atlanta. Ga. Asked by
reader Webster it we tnmk
Chink rites with earlier day
i 0.,i - - Kid Norfolk. Tom
my i uhr an. Mickey Walker,
Ho . deb and Torn Gibbons, ouj
ayyvif! is “yes. ’
Months ago if Mr. Webster rc
• :s. wc wrote a story that was
■ photic in same respects, it was
during the period when incompar
able Joe Louis way possessor of
his royal robes We said, "if any
body hopes to fit Joe Louis' crown
his head, he'll find Ezzarri
C: > : * cut there trying it on for
: !/• d possibly making it fit
:g;y nr.cn his own head."
The press of the nation soon
afterwards interviewed the friend
ly “Brown Bomber" who gave out
with th : s statement, almost identi
cal with mire:
“That hr v Charley has go! ev
erythin:. he's genna be the
one h boat by any that wants tc
be lv ; vweight champion "
1; wee back in 1940. t fore cut
count! y entered World War it.
that we started writing about K»
v.ard Ch; rieC in this very column
Bert Williams, headman arouna
the Batcher Athletic club of Cin
cinnati. O gets credit fer perfect
•ng hi style of the then 10-yta:-
ld. six-foot tr.ll Charles. Wiliiavu?
worked dilligently with the b< a
.ng-conscious kid teaching him th<
.-ill imperunt trick < ? keeping your
glove- up er.c "hitting-froni-where
your-hard-aif Being a boxing
Cache; ourself of some 15 tu more
years -landing, wc can readily ng
prc.ciatf the service Mr Wiliiar.s
did for the rri.n who st.cci eded *•'
Louis-t lies Chari' * wc- undefe. e
.ri jr. amateur battler and wi.t
.rs tin ration > vci wen calling
i.im she grtalesf r.nn-protessionr.)
since J« e 1- ai- He was still ■:
school i. y as well ay an 'after
'*efioo eriar{.-be v ir. Max Elkits'
.u ri cirii v as M.x C lothes shop
Cindn'T-t: fight f ... litr.ially r;.v
--d •m • :in n .-aso >-ci bey w ’•*.
could t-ttr. rex and si'.ig
{,ETS Si APE El) BY
KEN OVERIJN
We -mil*: f ... y . - v.s think
hack r i ,ir •. agr: coverage ei
each young Charley «n
--gaged •- ( Lies sh: w that he
won 2t ev-. 14 by knockouts
aganift thi t st 160 pounders
match rr bd ptnoirt Tin:',
rera the r: out i übbie bursied
aaa t: i ivt ;.:..* wr.i we f all you
: : I '-VI * hat. ill! cut Os a 1.10. .
va ai i - ,-. a a-ach .it* ' r US. Vv.
i h*o V .;J: Charles fast high in
•ur mine Hcw-i .i.r it took a a-..g
--' of-t *. Ken C- .rim. former
wic.b f w*. gt king i.t.o an "ail 'are’
t ;i di\"*;'n *a dt
I Chari. £. - I. .Ot C pc with Ovfci
lin r rrtc::a-3,kc a.axi:.g aiiac.c
and (nr*, if: a loser ir. ids 2i.-t
i preity- ir. nai oic. Even then, cour
; age and detenriination tc achieve
_n tr: bh; r, were stock equipment
■1 the youth with "two z's" in nis
• .:umt See ring two knockouts tuber
.he Cverim nightmare, he went c n
tc {'iit.pc.ir.-t clever Teddy Yerosz.,
s. ’’ -rrr.tr middlewcigat champion;
j himself, and kayc-ed tough Anton
! Christofcricis. ranking' 175 pound,
i iC-nter.dei Nr w he was ready fori
b’T and Geer ty Rhein, one of i
ries many '‘Fioxing Angels’,
tamed the match. Thu? Charles
he’d glove-wizard Ovcrlin got a
draw verdict Te Schoolboy Pae
nr; m, "Ktd Wonder.’’ "Baby face
S' cko, wen same- of thi handles
-t- find ir. ,t r old scrapbook
f.ags heir-appaiera..
CAREER HIGHLIGHT
Charles started his fistic bid
who: ur. *-li memary student at
Stowe; schoi i ir. Ciiicinat!. He was
bom -m July 20 1925. at Atlanta.
Ga.. I ru ; C:ncinn,-!ißeau Jack’s
birth place The Danny Dave? gym.
Race A r pyrn and the Butene,
gym were bus early training
grounds Jak> Mintz. William El
kus. Charley Dyer. Ge<;rge Rhein
y-ung i’cut. Elkuy arc the men
: prcminentlv . ast m the "Fzzard
: Charles Sto.m . .. chapter that led •
him from b-eunty thi richest.
I title- i.u all Fistiana.
Hi ts ’Y.i'i; Fearing , nod r.
i prude iu ary sense of the word
but a ChnM.an. He belongs ti the |
j Calvary Methociist Churt-h in Cm
cino.iti. Hi- ’moustache.” source
of much jest -ud jibe, brings to;
light the far! *'aat when Charles J
I was ?. USA truck driver with the
92nd Infantry division in Italy, his
face was smooth {clean shaven i
Knowing that Joe Louis was at
t ways hi- spi rts idol, there is the
very like!.-, -.•■ossibility 'hat young
SEzzsrc imitated his tnudi i (Louis)
and started t< sprout fuzz”
under the n’ ’ In 1944. it the
Inter-Allied boxing tournament
Rome Itaiy, Charles won tit
light in avyweiaht chumpic-nship
with gre,:; east
He whtppc-d sensational Chailey
Burley Ptxtsburch dangerous col
ored eonteiide” Also he whipped
j Joey 'lt- Speller) Masim. In two
successive fights With his return#
jhe has invest! d in business enter
prise (The E:-:z» rd Charles coii
sctim) « dance nail and beer par
lor that failed before Charles cn
. t*.red the Army in World War 11.
II I E N. L
BY MRS DELLA HILL
Ray Fb-kcr •*• very ill at Good
She; twei Hospital. He .> the hus
i.r.nci of Mrs Mail 1 G 1 v Baker
of Kinstm.
Mrs. Julia Mon!: f Bay boro,
Mrs. Maine Jones • : Martbel and
Mrs Ch. Johi'K' f Nandermerc
were the guests of Mr- Edith Mil
ler of poliocksvnl*: Sui.day.
Ms Vera Jcrkew i; . returned
home f; in Good b-Xpherd Hos
pjt.ij. Wi i; f.-i her com- :
piete recover;*
Mrs. E(i-a :: ii; Earl S • a.y horn ol'
Ni•; 'elk. V- - hert c-iimg her
mi-thtr .hi was < patient at Good
Shtpherc fv-.-pi a. i:i. t ; - *:
Mrs Mile ’McDaniel i-rjc-nt tn
' week fund -'* home vi.s.ting her
husband John Ray McDaniel.
Mi* Elizi.i- h Ervins spent the
week - ad I:i■ -.- visiting ; femiiy.
Miss Elitif M ilder s visiting
; friends and rib lives in Elizabeth
City
Mr. and Mr- Ossie Grady snd
Mrs Fei.rin Ollison :-;'cm Saiu;-
lay afternoor. ;. New Bern.
The toUu v- i: .' -; of agr.cultural
:a. tiudior; fvi salt ana c- nsump
.i.'ii in i-.i'i: - ■ s ir. 1949 will
probably fc< 31 ■ it al v* the
1935-39 a. < . ..gt
On griaary cf this y. ;r. lft -ut
i ever;. BT Ante: :c..ns lived on
; the t. - Bo: - W via War 11.
i!:o:it 23 . rs cry K>o lived on
1 t.he farn:
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Firestone Tires &rsd i übcs- Eiectfic
Ranges, Washing Machines. Rad.os. Radio Batteries. !
Paint and Hardware. Many other items for Auto & Home f
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Parade Planned For
Durham Festivities
BY V«. F REED
Finns f i the combining cl the 1
Trade Week of the Durham Bus
iness arc Professions: Chain wit *
that of the North Carolina College t
Homecorning were approved here:
Monday night by the Trade Week
Committee in a meting as the Al
gonquin Club.
The parade will be staged Octc* 1
ber 35 and will be followed by < ;
football game between the North;
Car.dint College Easlcs and the
Virginia State Trojans.
The parade promises to be one
of the most elaborate in the history
of the organization and North
Carolina College Homecoming cele
brations. In addition to the Norm
Carolina College. Virginia State
and H llsicc bands, several others
have already indicated that they
will bi on hand to h- ip make the
occasion z gala < ffalr.
A b . sim-s institute- will be hi Id
doing rrs.de Week and all tusi
nesses are being urged to have rep
resenai-ve.* present to take advan
tage of the large amount c-f inf or
inalirn about how * operat • a suc -
cessful business that will be avail
able.
In connection with the plane foi
the celebration the Housewives
League, an auxiliary of the Cham,
w li conduct a contest for the se
lection of a Trade Ween Queen,
whose title will be ’ Miss Trade
W eek.’’
The prize offered in the contest
is ;. free trip- to ti e annual meeting:
jof the National Negm Business
League Convention tc- bo held at
Tuskeg! e Institute.
Mrs. Caili-i Dave proprietor of
Club B'-ulevahd Beauty local bus
iness woman, is chairman of the
Contest Committee
EIGHT \U\ RIBBONS
AT CATTLE SHOW
CLINTON Sampson Training
School is justlv proud e-f the lint'
-hr-wmr made by its representa
tives in tl:f Southeastern District
Negro Junior Dairy Cattle sr.r-w,
hr Id in Fayetteville September
9th anc 9th.
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PAGE FIVE
Ftght members; ot S* - - it
Training School part a rated '
shew representing the,, chapter of
the new Farmers of America. 2nd
were successful u, winning tu.
f ir.-t place honors, two-• -viil
place honors arjd one third ki.ic*-
honor.
Members of the Gut bri; 4ing
ibis honor to the seht-e- Included
LK-yd Wise. Menu Boyk’.n, Archie
' Lockuny, wßTftrn Kng M-tivio
Cox winners of blue rid >n.-:
Fxeii Cole and Denis Thompson,
I winners of red libbens; and Het
man Raymond, winner < f the ' - 'nite
ribbon This group was super-, istd
Iby Mr J. L. Whitt Vocations Ag
: riculture teacher cf the Sc. - -<«*
j Training Schoe-l
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