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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 ED PRESS TELEPHOTO). S " ".'T' t * : j&Y --& * i / li 4 £\ , 's* •ssgt'. ,s':-; \ \ ■*'*}'O'' v ' ... - ' •■ ■* 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 » K ., „;;c;rv j r ';;rf rf v? j \ ' • •# 1; f •'*' 4s •- i It U I % % V iJ® C" ,'■ -1 wfc"*" 5 : 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. ! -■■■■ 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 i .. .. 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 . I ;.i 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- : ffUfttsyo obtl kpMWMtftf SJ * ■ BouAon'Wlliisltfjjl I „„ fc 1 iMM, . .jwSj, l KENTUCKY BOURBON BLENDED WHISKEY I r«{. MoL’RBON OE LUXE COMPANY. DIVISION OF NATIONAL DISTILLERS PRODUCTS dOPOtHHION i.OlilSVllii KY KENTUCKY BLENDED BOURBON WHISKEY— -86 l-HUOF—CONTAINS «S% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS PAGE ELEVEN •>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. i 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.