WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1937
RIGHT IS MIGHT Underdog Larry Baker (right' of New York throws i hard right to the
jaw of second-ranked welterweight Gasper Ortaga July 3rd at the Miami Beach ~rium i ritiie
second round of their bout. Baker scored a 10-round split decision victory over Mexico’s Ortega. (UNIT- j
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CLOSE CALL FOR MANTLE—The Now York Yankees' might-y
oiugger. Mickey Mantle calls upon every our re ol speed, to
avoid bemg picked o« first base by Vic Power during the Erst
wrung of © recent Yarskee-Kcmsas City Athletic game m New
York. The Yankees continued their mastery by winning threa
straight over th-tfc KC ’cousins.'’ (Newspress Photo),
“Tombstone” Smith To Battle
Frenchman In Hollywood Boot
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (ANP)
Charley "Tombstone” Smith, one
of the leading contenders ‘for wel
terweight title honors, will battle
Marcel Pigou of France in a feat
ure 10-round bout that will be tet
levised nationally over CBS tele
vision from Hollywood's Legion
To Host Jr. Tennis Tournament
LYNCHBURG, Vs. (ANP)
The National Junior Boys and Girls
Tennis tournament will he played
July 31 to August 3 at North
Carolina College at Durham, ac
cording to announcement last week
by Dr R. Walter Johnson, Lynch
burg, Va., Dublic relations director
for the Junior Development Prog
ram for Tennis.
North Carolina College has hos
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SUCK INDIAN— -in th® first inning of a r«c®m gcnn* between the Yanks and th® Cleveland
Indiana at Yankee Stadium. Al Smith o i th® Indians resorted to some fancy diving to elude
the tag oi Gil McDougald at second bas®. b sequence; l)Smith begins diving leap; 2> Oil
fc'dl; 3)Gil whips mound - soo las®; and 4} Smith is called W«' by the yjnp. (Nows*
pieta Photo).
) Stadium, it was announced last
| week.
The two will meet Saturday, Ju
ly 13.
Pigou, one of France’s leading
middleweight.*! with 20 straight
wins, replaces Holly Mims, vet or
i an middleweight on ythe card
(cd the event sine? its imn cent ion
The tournament is open to beys
and girls. 18 years of age and tin
der, but, there are also events in
the tournament for participants in
the ago group* of 15 to 18; 13 to lb
and under 33. Events in th» a
bove a;.e groups are set for boys
and girls, while there will b duo
bles events for hoys and girls a
lonu with mixed doubles.
At The
Ringside
j BY CHARLES I. LIVINGSTON
For Associated Negro Press
PAVtT.RSON-RAMvMAt’HFR TI
TLE BOLT V FARCE
• There >s an oft-spoken phrase
| more rue-mint:ful than most of us
j care to M,ri.it, which holds that
j “Circumstances Alter Cases."
i Just eight months ago prior to
| his fight w»th Archie Moore Floyd
! Patterson rot on a rubbing table
I in the plush training quarters the
J VP-C had provided for him at Chi
j rago's. Spvr'rnian Park race track
i‘ and mono a ..nlcmn promise to me.
Speaking in almost prayerful earn
er! nes; iha then ambitious chal
j IcagOi frrm Brooklyn promised
! tl.-.7 if I: v the heavyweight
i title in the forthcoming fight, he
! •itilii 'be a fighting champion in
j t!;f- Joe If.ii- tradition; that he
j would <i !, nd it with dignity a
j gainst ail worthy opponents,
i Later when he fooled the odds
i makers and knocked out aging Ar
i chie in five rounds in the Chicago
j Stadium to become the youngest
j fight-.r ever to win the title, he
j vowed to make good his premise
| t(. me and T filed a story from
j ringside toiling sports fans about
! Floyd’s ambition But since that
j n:ght 1: on has done little fist
I lighting (none in defense of his
j ‘it ho. and he has obviously forgot
i ten his pledge.
As this is written, plans are
afoot < i match Patterson with
one Pete Fadmacher for an
j August d< sense of his title. Now
(his Rademacher, who says he
i is reluctant to fight profession
ally because of his age, is an
unknown as far as pro .boxing
goes. Fie has never had a pro
fight, and his .vole elaim to
fistic greatness is bused on the
fact that he bowled over <a
bunch of nondescripts in Aus
tralia last fall to become the
1056 Olympic AMATEUR box
ing champion Vet, as fantastic
as it may seem, be is about to
inherit v. hat it takes some pro
fessional boxers » lifetime to
achieve an opportunity to
fight for the world heavy
v, debt championship. WHY?
i This is the qm-stion that is being
i asked by fens and experts alike.
Why? they psk should boxers who
have earn pa mod for years as pros
- tor that ot portunlty be pushed a
sido to make room for this rank
amateur.
That is a question that badly
MOORE TO FIGHT ANTHONY II SEPTEMBER
|
’Ole Archie j
Threatened
By Officials
LOS ANGELES. Calif. in a !
verbal agreement Monday, Av- !
chie Moore whose light heavy- j
weight title is hanging by a World j
Championship Committee ultima- j
turn,said he would fight Tony An
thony here in September.
The proposed bout, promot
ed bj singer Frank Sinatra
and his business manager.
Hank .Sanicola, has many hur
dles to clear, namely approv
al by the California Athleut
Commission.
Julius Helfand in New Votk
Monday gave .Moore until noon
Tuesday to corue to written
terms or forfeit hts title, Ilel
j far.ii is. New York Stale Ath
letic Commission chairman and
president oi the World Cham
pionship Boxing Committer:
Moore, his manager, Charley
; Juhn.nn. and Anthony and bis
- manager. Ernie Brate. met for two ,
1 hours Monday in the oTfice o:
Attorney Jules Covey, who is re- i
; presenting Sanicola and Sinatra
| A source close to the discussion '•
j said a verbal agreement was .
: t cached, but none of the principals j
j would agree to be quoted. Braea !
: explained;
Under California rules the |
.State Athletic Commission has j
to announce it first— and we i
don't want to get in bad with j
■ the commission right off the \
\ bat.”
Covey said, "I am drawing up j
an agreement which will be pre- j
] sented for approval to the Califor- j
nia Athletic Commission Tuesday.” j
Commission Secretary Clay
, ton Frye said he could not
comment on the feasibility of
the proposed fight until he
saw the agreement. Frye added
the bout would have to meet
with the approval of Helfand
and the National Boxing Asso
ciation, with whom California
has a working agreement.
; Opposition to the bout was pro
j rnised, however, by the two local
| fight clubs the Olympic Audito
! rium and the Legion Stadium.
Georg? Parnassus, named Moh
j day as new Olympic match-maker
commented at a news conference:
"We <th- local clubs) have the i
; right to lose money so we should j
have the right to make money.” j
Both Parnassus and Jackie Leon- j
avd, Legion matchmaker, said they j
objected to “amateurs” such as Si- j
j natra and Sanicola promoting a !
' bout in competition to their li
censed clubs, which operate week- j
ly.
Moore, who last defended
his title 13 months ago against
Y'oiande Pompey of Trinidad,
said, "Em anxious to get in
the ring with Anthony ”
Anthony, rangy and dapper
in an Ivy League suit, said. "I
think I have a good chance of
beating Moore."
Sinatra and Sanicola teamed in j
1047 to promote a fight between j
Jersey Joe Walcott and Joey Max- j
no. which failed both artiscally and j
financially. Walcott won a dull 10-
round decision and the bout report
edly, lost several thousand dollars,
Sanicola said the site of the pro
! posed fight is. Gilmore Field, home
I of the Hollywood baseball team in
j the Pacific Coast League.
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needs answering by Patterson and
his manager, silver-crusted Cus D’-
Amatc. For it is they who in the
end must give their approval to
this rotten ting.
There is a third figure In the
backgroun I lurks Jack Hurley,
boxing promoter and a man with
a sharp eye for a buck. He is push
ing the bout, and has stated pub
licly that Patterson and Rademach
cr could gross upwards of $300,000.
Last week Hurley was busy picking
a site (Seattle) and date <Aug. 22)
for the fitht, while Patterson, v'ho
Is in training for his ensuing title
fight with "Hurricane’ Jackson,
July 29. and D'Amato, looked be
yond Jackson to Rademacher, Ob
viously both feel that Jackson is
a pushover; that Floyd will chill
Tommy and proceed to fatten up
on Rademacher.
But what about Patterson’s
obligation to the bona fide con
tenders? Isn’t it unfair for him
to pass up fellows like Eddie
Machen, Harold Carter, Bob
Satterfield and even Moore to
fight Rademacher? What about
bis good name in the eyes of
the public upon whom this far
eial match with Rademacher
will be so Blistered”? These
questions, too, need answering
by Floyd and Cus.
| Prior to the Patterson- Moorp j
! fight 1 asked D’Amato, a supposed
j ly present-day crusader, to pro-
J Get Floyd against the traditional
pitfalls, in and out of the ring. He
assured me that Floyd “is a fine
boy” and he would see to it that
hi* ring earnings arc not squand
ered. He would make of him a
fine champion,
But Cus big blunder was risk
tarnishing Floyd's ring record with
the phoney Rademacher match.
Os course Jackson, for al! his
awkwardness, could change ali
this. It’s true that few, least of
all this writer, believe lie will
beat Floyd, But bums have
done it before and it could hap
pen to Patterson if he persists
in taking the “Hurricane” too
lightly
If that happens, Patterson would
go down in history as the most i»-
conspicious heavyweight champion
in history.
The circumstance* have chang
ed, but they could change again.
Seiler think it over Floyd.
THE CAROLINIAN
HE FLYS THROUGH THE AIR Cubs’ third baseman Fruh-
Banks indulges in a bit of aerial gymnastics as he tries to snare
foul ball hit by Redlcgs' Don Hoak in the third inning of the Jo -
ist Chicago-OiiHiinr.ati game in Chicago, and almost fails into his
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i:jgr League Roundup
CHICAGO (ANP) -- Crippled j
i weekend performance in Washing- J
i ton. Hobbled for several weeks by
a persistent groin muscle sprain, I
Doby returned to the Chicago ;
White Sox lineup after his team j
threatened to slip from contention ;
in the American League race.
He was a factor in two victories ;
I in Boston Then against the Wash- i
ington Senators, the veteran out- 1
fielder had his best series o? ihe i
season.
In the first game, he kept the j
Sox in contention with a ringing |
double that, drove in three runs I
and paved the way for the win
ning run later in the 4-to-3 vic
i tory
in a 6-to-1 Saturday after
noon victory, Doby had a
pair of singles and one KB!
In StUiday’s doubleheader,
which the Sox split. Larry col
j lected six hits, including a
game-winning' triple and a pair
of home runs Chicago won
the first game with a 4-run
ninth ining rally, 7 to 6. and
lost the second after catching
j up from a 9-to-3 deficit, in the
tenth. 10 to 9.
After missing twice in his effort
j to hog his 10th win of the season
i Ruben Gomez finally accomplished
; It against the St. Louis Cardinals
l to kep the redhot New York Gt-
I ants winging Gomez gained a 5-to
j 3 triumph over the Cardinals in
! the first game of a Sunday double
| header to become Ihe first Nation j
al League moundsman to gain as
many victories. Ruben has lost five.
Following him closely, was
Brooks Lawrence, whose pitching
! s helping to keep Cincinnati Red
legs in NL contention. He gained
his ninth, against four defeats, and
his fourth in about two weeks, as
he beat the Philadelphia Phillies,
C to 1. George Crowe helped with
his 15th home run ofthe season.
Wiilie Mays was a big man
in the Giants’ l-to-0 12-inning
decision over Cardinals last
Saturday He set up the game’s
only run by blasting a triple
and scoring on a single. In
the first inning be turned In
; one of bis characteristic cat-
‘Queen City’ Sluggers
Stage Several Upsets
By BILL JOHNSON
CHARLOTTE - The onruehmg
Crovc Sluggers threw an upper
cut at Thrift’s plans to regain first
place in the City-County Negro
league here Saturday by upset
ting the I'igers in an <l-7 thriller.
The loss was Thrift’s third
straight and. it dropped them
two full sanies behind the
pace setting Southside Bomb
ers, w ho enjoyed an off day in
the schedule.
The Belmont Blurs, an early
season disappointment. came
through with a 3-3 victory over the
Pneumafii Red Sox iri a game that
was held to seven innings at Bel
mont. Harold Johnston, a young*
stem making his debut in the tough
competition of the City-County
loop, herd the Red Sox to six wide
ly scattered hits for his first and
Belmont's fifth victory of ’.he cam
paign.
■Johnston got plenty of help
from Charley Grier, Junior
McClure and John Staley, who
set the pare on offense with a
pair of base hits apiece. Ed
ward Thompson, the losing
pitcher, led Pneumafii at bat
with a triple, double and a
single.
The Charlotte Black Sox polled
into n deadlock tor second place
with Thrift by overpowering the
winlcss Mohawk Giants in a 15-5
run-nwfiy. William “Slick" Walk j
er’s crew Iced off on Jama* Bill- j
ings for « <o!h1 of 10 hits.
John B'iee and Sonny Massey
were the ringleaders, the former
getting three hits in five at bats
i rises.
With a man on first, Wifiii
saved hurier Stn Millet some
grief when he made an over
the shoulder one-handed grab
near the center field wall
In that game, incidentally, Sam
J Jones turned in a great pivhr. ,
i exhibition for the Cardinal-- bit!
i escaped the defeat when he tv ns
| retired for a pinchhitter in ihe l tth
: frame
Hank Aaron sm.-eked a S-om
I homer in Milwaukee’s 13-to-fi vic
! lory over Pifsbitrgh, giving young
luan Pizarro, the Braves' rookie
lefty, his fourth victory against
five defeats. Working in relief
dun hurled 3-hit ball for 3 and 2-3 i
innings. The roundtripper \v,-s As ••
on’s 21:d. He moved into th major J
league leadthe followin') afternoon !
v. ith his 32nd, a solo blast aguin-.d 1
Uie Pirates
As r.f Sunday nmcni if Aornn 1
was batting .332. leading the majors
with 93 hit< and with 62 RBI? He
also was the National Leaim: p >ce
setter in runs with SJ, one ahead
of Willie Mays.
Frank Robinson. Cincinn-ii j
outfielder, was fourth in Na
tional League hatting «:'s> a
mark of .333. He was tied for
second ir> the number of l i>-
with 93 His tc.inimate Urn. e
was lied for fifth in Hi’.!- iv;U>
42
Mays was fourth in BBC
with 4fi. Willie continued to
lead in sinien bases wit : "3
He was Gxfli in batting with
a .318 mark.
Ernie Banks of the Chka.-ri C
was among the home run lead''! - !
with 14.
Sepia King of home run. Roy
Cninpan .hu still clouts thei.i orcu- I
sionally. His 2-run hmer p;,ve the j
Brooklyn Dodgers a 2-to-1 * u boy
over the Chicago Cubs
Bob Bovd continues t" -t ,■ up
among the leading batsmen m the ■
American League. Tie. lith<‘ first
rocker for the Baltimore 0.-ici- s :
had a 343 mark as of last Sunday ■
The only other t< n A— r;r in ;
Leaguer above the .300 roar', vt?
Minnie Mirinso of the White S"\ I
lie was batting .302
'chile the latter was pounding four !
>■ hits in five times up.
SATURDAY'S RI SC! rs
j AT BELMONT
Pneumafii b °
Belmont 3 11"
Thompson and Hoover: Johnston
and Grier
AT THRIFT:
Grove -1! 0
Thrift 7 0 0
Sanders and Patterson: Stowe
. and McCullough
, AT BROOK HILL VILLAGE.
Black Sox If* IP 5
Mohawk Giants r> 0 J
_ Walk-”, end Moore Bilim ;-: ;• ■ I
Ingram.
JITY COUNTY I L AGUE
■STANDINGS
W L P< i
Sourhsme .7 2 .779
Thrift a 4 .fion
Black Sox . i> i •• ••■■*
Belmont 5 <» '•-!
j Grove 5 r. • :i "
Pneumafii ... 3
Mohawk Giants ii 7 n;j
WHERE THEY PLAY
(Sat., July 13)
All Star Game at Griffith Pm -•
(Charlotte). Game time 3:30,
QUESTION: Does the North Car
vice offer free house plans?
ANSWER: Yes. Free house plans
j ea nb* obtained from the Ext* i -
ciion Office, at State College in Ra
leigh or through local county
farm or home dc-mona I .ration a
genls
"■Vi! Jm.-ui in ilv' bargain. Top Iff t , Banks wail'* for the ball, then
’•**;:' in's i: isht ; fur it. Bottom li ft, he misses natch as he loses
(•-.' life ed • of the dugooi and the ball bounces behind
iiim (mini a.- he frits to regain ids equilibrium The Cubs won,
6-0. t UNTED PRESS TELEPHOTO L
j Cn The Charlotte
SPORTS SCENE
WITH BILL JOHNSON
i.irn F SHOTS ABO! I
BIG SHOTS
The popular City -County loop :
has final.’become of age. The i
'. op a sarrii-nro circuit which op- !
orates on a shoe-siting budget, is
moving itr All-Star game to Gris- .
tiih Park Saturday.
It's the first time officials i
have di cided to use the big
park for their classic. They I
could b;< the jackpot. Full
credit lor the move should
go to Rev. Seth Vanlanding
h.im, :m untiring worker with
big ideas.
Perhyos i h i s !
thought will cool J
off a bit or at
least t ike your
mind off the hot j
weather: High j
school football j
players will op- j
cn practice in
.rust five weeks, j
;. First game is j
; less than seven j
'weeks away. I’a- \
trior department .
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JOHNSON
i • >1 ie.il II I H. iii .
| h nc Jeh"/""- C. Scdih University :
1 sidclrackiti" track for basvitali o '
j on,, of us minor sports next I
J’oy McSlw iin, the one tbnc '
Smith 5 football sinr, is di
rector oi athletics at the City
Phi ibis sutrun-r And i
Itohert V, liton, who has cr,n
sidcralilc experience, lias luan ,
i appidnted coach at Second
Ward. He succeeds Jack lion- j
sen, one ol ihe most success- ,
Sul cage mentors ever to head
the Tigers. Walton v. ill have
to rebuild since most of Jack’s
b;<f stars graduated,
t Big Leo Johnson, it is said, will j
l have a tom '• time cmt ling on an- :
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•>t'•.••>• Cr,hi card locally, insiders
ay i, i< -mer heavy king of the
iati took a dive in his last ap
i.•■■arm., t. Maybe, Leo had a bad
:!.t. h i can't go along with
1 the idea that he sold out. This
c >i-nei feels Leo has too much
pride and respect lorhis ability tc
I stoop so low.
OMPUANT-KELLY REMATCH
IS SET
I.>Pie Robert Oliphant, who has
! been h wing rough goings in the
i<-ca! rings of late, is getting an
; u'her chance to beat Jim Kelly.
The welterweights will headline
1 fight card at the Park Center
i here on Tuesday night, July Iff.
Promoter Joe Lassiter said Satur
day n total o? five bouts, 32 rounds
of boxi .will make up the card.
In addition to the Oliphant-Kelly
bout, Lassiter has announced a
Heavy tussle between Noil Wallace.
: Incai h her. and Billy Walters m
; six-round preliminary bout. Wal
nv : former golden glovj champ.
• K.O <;d 1.,e0 Johnson here several
. to, , ks ago. Ke also has a victory
i:vn John May, another of the
Nc;::-.i heavies who ranks high lo»
s caliv.
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FIGHTING BACK
R, -caching here last week
land Indians slugger, is terorizmg
l noted that Luke Ester, former
I Cleveland Indians slugger, is ter
i ranging pitchers in the Internation
i ,ii Li ague with his explosive bat.
A member of the Buffalo Bisons,
. ’.like is biding at a .315 clip, has
| driven in 61 runs and clouted 22
| ouridtrippers, according to latest
I averages.
He is being watched closely by
n .ijnr Je . ip scouts and may get
' i second chance at the big show.