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HE’S ON THE MARK™- Vfc. f,aw f rr»»ro T, f:.‘llis of \>w York.
former New Vo?k f niversity track js»t »t. s*»tß Into position for a prat
tle® session before leaving Jaruu to reßirn lo the I .States to
»?* the Army's Olympic tryout. FHi*-.. winner of the b«!f mile
event in tbr »~t F nsi Cot?!»m:*n*t Army Olytnpir trio 1 1 heM early th»y
months is o jtvmner in tlie KyvikytK Comr»vao<i Anti 'tifrrafi Artillery
Alitotustir A' eopon.r lottery on ok ,g »>nv:», f-jr vv ill n oit*pete for a berth
©ts the t . S. team to the summer Olympics. m
Al The Ringside
v A
SUGAR ft A! uin .rKmi.i
BO3ONO «on i> yNO
UP SET MV\nr -
Monday night Jaiie ?.;< '-ii? b'
a big nighi in the •.-rid •- box
ing. On that •■-'x-iHix ID r<a>v)
Robinson, middle •» ;:. : • t . h impi v,--
Os the v-nj-lri, -xui to i in
the select ci eir ■( nien \x’. , Suv/e
won three tb!. ’ . ; n -i :' h,rir -a
retry R.h .' ili
frown Joey Maxim, i.> .... the
light heavyweights
In this l 'ont ti>r : 'i£n nv-n
will he at a disadvantage hi •
Mfflhfr 'if ways, Mr will h< on
the sheM eiifi of the vt eight
by a* teas* 1 1 pounds | Al i*
tip. he Min meet the li*.ivie!
opponent of his careen Age
seems to he creeping up on him
to the extent that a number
of fans doubt Shat hr can U*4
a fill I •") foil n,) s jn ,11, ! niii
Then Joey Maxim h afe ■■ » : ...
sets, t in. that . ‘ Jbil
son. Joey is ,»m of tito ibsofS
lighter:- in the c■ n--. H,- , s ; Jt , ex
cel lent boxer, hard 'oj .-, •i, i. i ■
Joey also i. (vinfitf.-i'.i .... , ;i;i
whip Robin-op
Tor- ho (t u Ju-.-.-i in Vo,
ket Stadium, hut it w-jR not Re
televised A t:e ■ .0 op y -. .., p,
houses thl nigh C < r Mon. i; • -
ever, 1 i'll! ...' -• tj- hsi*'.' Jr.
those- 1 b 1 e?0!'...: - ,
in person
This fight, .vo rrnof... or ~f
the rare .eras: - . 1 y . -
Ray ■' d; . rjtv • ,
Hog If. is ■ br-y- .i th it Maxtr*
IS too big .md iOn ~ . .j .. p,,-..
to let ■, tjttk ry.-np him over
* 15 - round <0 "1 ••'i-tv >i - :(j. 1 :-
e knrv km; 1 tr •
because Maxim not a hard
puncher, and R-- i- very licit.
Joey rarely . n kayoed even
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HE KNEW IT WAS COMING, b " 4 ex-heavywcight champion Ezzsrri Charley fright* could do nothing
Shout it but that sh« terrible sight from his eyes, 15* wasn't »Nf to shut off enough of heavy champ
**il«Poey Joe" Walcott’s stiff rights to regain the he*.vy diadem. Ex-champ Charles joined the long list
of mum who have tried to regain their crowns and failed. Though the title fight is over, fight tans all
nrnr the eeosttj' ant atiW “pro”' and "eon" on the not come »t the ranhtleaver session Charles and hi*
ipmaagwr W«te slill rending the air with implication* that the referee was too partial to “mie man” WntMdd,
j 1
•’ .'•'•.•• l t.ftt.'i' shicrgir.g boa ‘
I' r - 51 ? f- 1 1 * c se f '} \> ad • ant a se s I
‘bv Rddnsori. this ring- 5
..id'---'. pvGT» ,: »bi. ; .*' \g of loyally,
P-'k;- h” in-id;■'••• right k t:*
■f )k “ i k- d, With _f4 ; u:-k .
n .-pupd'’ r.* rkif! in roid o ! .*t and ;
Vnf<:td for fhc f > f*,
this COV*ld tgr.'T v> >s | f n hr x
st.Hu.r! lof-'. o'*’ •*?>
u\ r i Un» tii» ">vadvh, l||«
i’fdiiht jiuv !»*’ pi>oii£?h in
<h\v;y|*t -x.ig 1 'v. 3(H |»pj so
. :»«>?* th in g of a fight of
it
Thin foels, however, • <
it.>B* thi> ‘.vii’ Vtr ;••« tcu,:- r e d’'Jppjl'jo ;
a. •: fa •v, pn sib] y id ore bor a ip>e or j :
i' •' •? :s. a •' • • ••• • * ft •; S• *:• a • w»* h *bn
h-.-dr;. ,i:v agaa?v:;t him in this; ’
n\vi \ -.1 -.r?Nm-.i> i\ \ v , i
*0 n»i v*. sr\i{ n of iKoir
• f••■•:..i;i . . Dot -u ' -mr-p I
1,.’- Tot. rd-i w<- ] 4 r t'v'} .revoiigc
• wmv t Ch • T')- Jmm 2.3 in *
D.t.M?? .bidTir.k by ?:VvnVd that*
biw t r;ri- > a red -anno thi: tone for i
:-:u.S|?en.mon b* :..- : nv.-in£ u.ith June 2:
\g-v«" y orlc fc.i- bb. <;■'■:•{ ovo. ai(-d
. <l.O t.i ..iso ?.» ti.j ».-R jja cl lo f
p«-stpon<-- h;.- lerr-.ai.rh with Vejar )
I'jocaose of this oy<\ and he al- • t
n.-st 1 \-f ds.- bout. t
•n will ‘have tu ligM imic; s hard- d
jf) Wr jEZZm
yr. ' ' j/ ' "
r;
Will Roby Maxim Tilt
Match Ezz-Jersey Bout?
NFW VOT?T; ' ANP.) V/as the
Clia? •»'■ v/ad-'ott fiTijit .» preview ).
of ’"uat to <• ’/p"-Tl rh‘>n ' T-1
Ka\ ftobirp-ori after Joey f
rrrr.’/n n t
Hrrr on ha*'*' rj n
o.iT ;>•!"i ; ;op. rharh'v. «<ovrr more >
than an r/'dTf .'n Vodd. heavy- p
weight, addl'd pounds to I'd- nor- f»
mai Ip-avirst 1 to pi * ; c> him .
power aeajnst th° thi? po : nd Wal
(■{J! ( ' l :r»rir•.* rbi/d' ro'ianc* 1 ■.**?* '
fr>> merly on his ypeod afoot "ducb
made the
tire fpiiri’-y Bid that added
*a’elt 3 ll d idrs’t. he 3 p (!bar 1 «■*s 100 ;
much. I
it fYiadf* hi m 3,1 ra.sv target ■
for VVah'Mtt when fhr old fel
low vvik fresh And mrryifi.g
thot weight could have been
too much for Ifth vd At snv
tovif. U : alcott, "ho nr v rr lived
down that stinker with Re*
t nvnr in Madison Square Oaf*- fj
den mana.gefi to last (he 15 j!c
round** against his foe.
Satchel Paige's String Os
Scoreless Innings Stopped
’<■■■ STO - ‘ART) - The great
> ■'hrl Paige, considered by St,
I. - and many others fans as
-1 ,! [o .* relief hurler in the Atne
■ scan league, .saw his great score
s' • in Hugs pitch ■■. ->k es'ded in
ihr vi-.nrieroiis F-''vi'vav park, home
cf the Boston Fed Sox
i |i<- 8< j .mi-; horler had a.
t r nnl rev i?i«insrs pitched
streak of :-*t; M coins when
(hr Hnni.i'i n hoys, murder to
.•m'tiiy pile hers on fheh home
Hampton Schedules Ten
Grid Games Next Season
HAMPTON. Va Hampton In
stitute'.- Piro’e, will take on a
t.<p o schedule next f--U. Ath
letic Director and Head Coach
Kerry It Jefferson has revealed.
The Pi? ales will open at home on
September 'JO with a new oppo
tnC Fayetteville State Teaciiet'a
College .a non-conference team
The conference slate begins with
S ■- ji>, i »,n y •■!'■ at Raleigh the
foHtiwing week arid quickly reach
y. a climax in home games the
:, -: i \ ■ '.vi' k.i .wilii Nci tii rare
linr, College me North Carolina
A ; "id T. I • ipectively Foliow-
State Thinclads Place In
Central Meet, Eye LA Go
<
or to whip V<!j:n thi- time. Never
•bcl;s. Chico veil! not win unless
he has toughened up his midtec
tioti much more than it was in
their first boot
This ringside) sticks with ’>-mey
for victory.
THE GAftGLXMAX
Did that mean anything to Rob-
Iprob
Well, .Robin,son supporters arsuc
that rbaii*’ never the killet
)imf kiii'ijj' p .-- :And they also
guy Mist . Mui i ui nc-vcr could
pi'nrh vitli Walcott who ready
.sacks pO'-ev :n eithru of his huge
■,i.l»,
Anv wav you look at if, n«h
inson is supetior so Charles
/I fighter and Mixlm is no*
!H.r punisher Walcoll. D Mn,
the Walcott Charles fight
may not mran ton mu<h In
the comparison between the
toys who m!v it in Yuokfe
yiadlom come June f‘. At any
rate, things arc looking up i#
Harlem and already, ihr IRC
reports an advance tick'd *!|ie
..f 100,000 for the night of
June 2S.
It looks Hkc another soil ot.M
ight and fat pur.-a for the Har
em dandy.
grounds, climaxed 3 6-mo
ninth inning '■ally with *
grand slam homer to overcome
a J run Brown lead to win
TTsuallv an excel leu! control
pitcher. Paige was wild m this
'game The loss was his second
| against five victories
! Until this game the gve.t pa.ige
I had an earned run average of 1.91
jand five straight victories, all in
iclief, to )\i'- credit
ing another non-conference tilt
with Maryland State College,
whom the Pirates upset, 20-0. last
year, are the usual games with
Virginia State, Lincoln, Howard,
Morgan, and Virginia Union.
Barring inroads by .elective «»>•.
vice scholastic incligibilfUff', or
financial difficulties, the Pirates
will have two dozen let'e rate n
back in the fold. Most of them
have been first-line performrs. on
either offense or defense or both,
for the past two years
BFC ——
Next Event
S;n. June 2!
: I
MILWAUKEE, Wis —Two North
i Carolina College thinclads placed
i»n the Centra! Collegiates Olympic
| trials here las* Saturday on Mar-
I quette University's track and one
iis scheduled *o be enteied in the
i Olympic :-em?.-f:nai- at Los An
■ gejes this coming Saturday, June
*ll
£>i
Lee Calhoun, slender hurdler
from Gary, Indiana placed se
cond in the HO and third in
the 220 hurdles. His NCC
teammate, Andy Graham of
Sniilli Henri, Indiana, was sixth
in the mjle
Calhoun, who has tied the CTAA
record arid won she event in most
of the major conference meets
this season, is scheduled to jotir
; rey *o Lns Angeles for ti c Olym
pic semi-finals He will be entered
!in the AAU mstari of the NCAA
t - .as&JflSKSSsy.' i^bsfih&ai
STAR PREP HI'KLFR , . .
Frank Baumann Jr,, star I#- j
yeur-»Sd southpaw sSrikeotrt ear- i
pert, display* the form which j
ha« made him. a top pitcher for
the B*. Eons* Centre.! high The j
majors reportedly fc> re hid <•« I
mim. ■• :
PLANS FOR ULL
STAB GAME ABE
BEfNG PREPARED
OfJKTT.’RROHO— With the great
p;;! crowd in the twelve - ychr
history of the event in prospect.
'he imni'al ail-star baseball '.las
sie <>i| come off in Memorial Sta
dium Here Auguc.-.t, 10th with •
galaxy of the most outstanding
colored ball players in the nation
' (.in hand.
The team selection committee.
headed b* jvoino'er A J Ham
mond? has under consideration .<
number of: the nation’s most out*
.-•rndinc trains under considers*
t?o The 'can' intact, * l ili come
from the North or the Kras', and
■ will op ope e an aggregation of
stars from all over the South
, Hammonds said that prelim
! Inary reports have been re
ceived and assembled on hun
dreds of the best Negro ball
players in the South and de
clared. 'hat ‘we are sure are’ll
have the greatest array of tal
ent ever assembled at one
place '
Tbc announcement of the
team selection, and also names
of the individual players who
•a Ul make up the all tar team
is expected to be made some
time. soon.
Meanwhile, preparations are
continuing to make the game’s
sidelights the most, brilliant ever
staged in this section of '-he
country As an added attraction.
Hammonds revealed that the game
! committee is making an effort to
secure several outstanding Negro
personalities for the game.
We do not wish to make any
piema'ure announcement,” he said
"but we are expecting to have
-■imp very famous people from'
other field- besides base bail with j
i, in Greensboro on August 10th.’
BFC
Hot Stove ;
League .»
JACKIE. C.AMTPY O’v TOP g
IN ALL STAR POLL ! pn
Two men who seem to he on I vy
then wav to another poll victory ;
m the balloting for the 19th ma- so ,
ior league All Star game are
Jackie Robinson, second baseman. j
and Roy Campanella, catcher, of j fS
ih- Brooklyn Dodgers 17,
They lead In the voting for f ;h
their respective positions for .f,.,
the National league (earn rh'
which will meet the American no
league AH - Stars, Tuesday,
July s in Philadelphia.
The Afro - American and a; j" e
number of other Negro newspa
pers are conducting the poll in
conjunction with the Chicago Tri
bune, founder of the game and
headquarters for the voting. <
Out of the National league race j
; in Vote.? are center fielder Sam ;
i Jethro.? of the Boston Braves.
C first, baseman George Ciov.e of >
> tin Braves and outfielder Henry i
Thompson of the New T ork
Giants,
Three outfielders are close
;eefion of the trials since he will
be running the colois of the Ca
tholic Youth A.-vocintion of Chica
go.
The cuivy - haired timber top
per negotiated the 120 hurdles in
the fast time of 14 6 to finish a
nr ond behind Joel McNulty, the
Big Ten champion from the Uni
versity of Illinois Others who
Placed in this event were New
quist. Notre Dame; Philbee, Brad
ley, and Eenick, Michigan
Calhoun was 3rd in the 220 low
hurdles, finishing behind McNulty
and Grant of Bradley McNulty,
the only first place repeater in
tiie event, won the 220 hurdles in
a time of 24,4
Graham v, ho set a new CTAA
record for the mile this Spring,
ran a fast 4.10 time. But this was
just enough to place him as l,.ynn
Truex, undefeated miler and Big
Ten champion of Ohio State, set
a sizzling 4.13.2 winning pace Rich
Ferguson, Iowa; Wayne Rollins,
Marquetet. Tom Monfree. Wiscon
sin; and Frank Albertson. Ten
nessee; finished ahead of Gra
ham.
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All in the Gome:
pERTAIN STABS found l~ *
V-' temple near Bagdad indicate,
that men iO’L.ght wi*h their fists and
wrestled centuries before the
Greeks and the Remans . . , Heswer
sang of a pugilistic contest . . . Ox
ford and Cambridge held their first
regatta In l«? 9 , . . Fans In Britain
"gamble up »« one million dollars an
nually on the outcome of soccer
contests . , , The record payoff was
made a few years ago to a British
housewife—it was $95,909 for a
wager of four shillings (abowt $9
| centsi . . . Possible earnings of
j rodeo riders are so huge In com
parison with ranch work pay that
i many cowboys quit their job# and
spend the entire rear on tbe rodeo
circuit . . . The walking horse has j
J three gaits--flat-foot walk, the mo- ;
■ nlng walk, and the canter . . . Dog
! racing became popular when H was !
changed from an afternoon to rren
j *"*' sport and did not bare to com- !
i pete with borne racing . , . The '
; Amertoan-tered greyhound i# the j
| greatest epmoier. while ihe trbh-
I bred h.*\« the stamina f ir tong d««-
i
J ' ' '" ' * •■• '• ••
Sugar Will Be Singing The
Swan Song In Maxim Tilt
NEW YORK - Sugar Ray Rob
ison, admitting he »• 'pretty near
re end of the road, declared last
•eek that ''you're seeing the last
t Ray Robinson in the ring,”
nd indiea'ed that his light hea
yweiebt title shot at Joey Max
n June 23 may be his last pro
sesional fight
In his by- lined article in the
sue of Took magazine out June
?, the middleweight king also in*
iredly belittled his old friend,
ae Louis, although the name of
ie erstwhile Brown Bomber was
ot mention'd.
They'll never say. He should
rive quit,' about me,” Ray moor
ed
Hobby appeared to hate Joe
I.outs in mind throughout bis
enough in the race to rive the
American league a possible
all-Negro All Star outfield
Orestes Minoso of the t bl
cago White sov is a verv close
second to Dale Mitchell of the
Cleveland Indians in the bat
tie for left field, Larry Dotty
of the Cleveland Indians is a
mor« distant second to Don Di-
Maggio of tlie ISoston Red Sox
in renter field, and Harry
Simpson is i fighting third in
the battle for right field.
I uko Kudo) of lhe Indians i a
eak fifth in tiv voting ft>r first
ase man. and Hector Rodriguez is
weak fourth at third ha: <•. The
(C ontimied on page 7)
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,VEEK ENDING SATURDAY__ JUNT. 21, 1352
•article, entitled, Tt Hurts To
Grow Old. H*’ repeatedly al
. i Unled to hls desire to quit th«
ring before he got his brains
Itealfn otrt' by some strong
armed youngster roming up
; ”1 got too much pride.'' Robin -
• ; ,m wrote in Look "A lot of
people hive seen roe fight and
liked whal I gave then:, and I
.um't want them to see me m.b- i
' | ling around a ring. I don't want,
ito he v them ayim... !• -a;
: | shame'."
;j As ‘o retirement. Ray gave
‘impression that, the match next
I Monday night at Yankee Stadium
1 could, to all Intents and u u-po
'.signal the end of his professional ;
I rig career, especially if Maxim •
! neats, him
I 1 have this fight with Joey
'Maxim and maybe a return
•mulch;’ he said, 'and after that
I have a few charity fights Bat
h',. pretty near the end of the
mad for Sugar Ray."
Calling him elf ;m old man' in
•Luok he gives hi? agv as 31
• Rob y revealed that boxing has
lost its excitement for him . and
•has become a drudgery Moreover
■he admitted he's slowed down
c msidcrably 1 get hurt " iiu:u 1
didn't used to get hurt,'' he con.
plained.
■ "Six year: ago." ho writes a
• man. would throw a punch at me,
- and I’d mon* my feej a tittle, or*
» itwist my body a little, and that •
punch would travel right by me
i can't do that snv more"
He disclosed he's a little afraid
't's t '..o thy.when facing a tough
•ir-ron. rvt. T don't like to get
| punched," hr said.
Robinson indicated In hls
Look piece th.it lie'll have *
nine at show business after
retiring from boxing
‘Tvc iot i liito lug n:t worked
[ ot.,t„” hi* said So pretty soon y#
may be seeing me in night spnas
■ud the theatres dancing ft l '
• tnonty. instead •• in Ihe ring
fighting for money."
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