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THE CAROLINA TIMES
SATURDAY, .irNE 1‘Hli,'1943
ENRY ARMSTRONG DEFEATS ANGOTT
SPORTING WORLD
NEGRO BOXER WANTS TO MEET JACKIE CONN SAYS HOLLOWAY
SPORTS
OUTLOOK
BT. LOrWOOD HOUiOWAT
NEGRO BOXER WANTS TO
MEET JACKIE CONN IN
BfNG
The current boxing craze at
Cannp Butner has aroused tht
ire of a noted Nrfj?r% boxer, “K,
O. Kid Downing:'’ tojsuch an ex
tent that this afore^mentioned
pugiliat wishes to tie with
Jackie Conn, heavyweigh’
boxer and brother of Bilh
Conn, heavyweight title cont
ender, who challenged Champ
ioB Joe Louifi for the world
Heavyweight championship
sometime ago.
Both men are stationed at
Camp Butner, N. C. Downinr
is in the Medical Detachment
of the 971, Air Base Security
Battalion, while Conn is in tht
S09 Infrantry Outfit of the 78th
Lightning Division. Neither
has done any big purse boxinp
M yet, but be/ore their induct
ion into the armed forces, both
were well on the way to fam«
in Boxing Circles. Downing de
feated “Big Jim Anders”, who
had held the Golden Glove
championship for three years
in Chicago to place^ this covet •
ed bauble around his own mid
riff. Anders was a former stud
eat at North Carolina ColleRt
in Durham and played basket
ba on the same team with
‘Legs’ Downin^r, the brother of
the boxer . at Camp Butner
K- O. Kid Downing gained so
much fame from his boxins
cweer in Indiana and Chicago
thafTie^was the reclpehl oFt]
pi^ise ^rom HeavyweiJrht
ehampon Joe Louis, whd pred
icted that the "kid” woud be
come heavyweight champion
some day. Champ Louis called
Downing in and gave him a
few pointers which would be
nvaluable in the ring.
Billy Conn, the heavyweight
•ontender who lasted in th"
Ing with Joe Louis as long oi.
'onger than any of the rest o1
lis contenders and had the
jhamp thinking that at last h
was ready to give up his crown
^ the brother of the boxej
stationed at Camp Butner. li
Jackie Conn is any way a.*-*
powerful as his brother in th(
ring, a match between him anc
Downing shoud be a clash bet
ween two who are about evenly
matched, and should make tht
Aght fans in this section mos*
happy to witness the efi^oun
ter. Jackie has been receiving
ftome very important pointer-
on ring-culture from his broth
er, Billy while Downing has be
en on the receiving end of in
formation handed out by Joe
Louis. This double match of
brawn and bi;ain should be th>:
topis' in Service boxing centers
Downing is a native of Ind
iana.! He stands 6 feet 4 inche.^
and weighs 200 or more. Jackiv
Conn weighs 185 pounds and i?
over six feet tall. The Conn
family is of Irish-Americar
descent and ^re natives of Pitt
sburg, Pennsylvania. Up to tht,
present time, there hasn’t beer
a mixed big-name bout of thi^
kindTin this vicinity, but thii
writer is quite sure the Cami-
Butner officials will approve
of this tilt. !
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Hammerin Hank Best
In Bout Between
Former Champions
In a ten round battle stag
Hammeriii’ Hank Airmstroiicc
Angott who is considered by th
be the lightweight champioit
lightweight Chanq)
To Meet John Greco
In Non-Title Tussle
Lifchtweight Chanipion Boh
Montgnrmery and Pvt. Johnnv
Oreoo of the Canadian Army
were signed today for a lO-round
overweight- bout at, Yankee
Stadium on Saturday after
noon, June 26.
>
It will he- ‘New York’s first
(lay time fight in 20 years.
Montgomerj' won the New
York and Pennsylvania version
of the world’s lightweight title
with a surprise decision that de
throned Beau Jack several week^
apo. Greco recently defeaten
Terry Toung at Montreal.
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To Hasten Victory
No American wants .^Us war
to g9 sae mlnnte beysnd tlw
Msas we can bring it to a tIo-
tortoos ead. T« haaten tkai
victorr—to save possibly tlw
lives sf mUlioBS of stf b«ys
SB MV fsr fimg fraots—(t Is
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Ills Btsst yen eao ds is littte
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rliloe effered by ear beys la
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—yoa lend ysw moaey.
3'J at Madison Sftnare Unrtlen*
rung up a decision over Ssmmy
e National Boxing Association to
Bank was the same buzzssaw
fighter in this tilt who once
had the three cornered crown
perched precariously upon his
dome. He paced the match from
start to finiah with bllows ak'm-
ed at the retired and returnee'
mid-riff and face. In the slnuKh-
ter. Hank suffered a badly bust
ed lip and was forced tq, caH in
a pbysieiai).
Before dropping in on Promo
ter Mike Jacobs to pick up hi.s
check of *about $15,200. Sammy
colliected in the neighborhoon ol
$12,900 — Henry kept a date
with Dr. Alexander in New
York. The doctor had to Cut
away scar tissue from ins'dc
the lower lip and take nine
sitiches in the wound.
Henry explni/»ed that his
fights in Hollywood with Willia
Joyce June 26 and in Portlaud,
Ore., with Jimmy Garrison, Julj^
13 would have to be set back. At
the same time, a scheduled scrap
between Armstrong and Light
weight Champ (New Tbrk ver
sion) Bob Montgomery had*
be taken off the slate
arily.
Instead, Anpfott, who put up
one of the top tussels of his
career, probably w i! 1
be matched /ith the winner of
the June 26 scramble bet A-eon
Montgomery and Canadian Armv
Private Johnny Greco.
There is the possnnH!y, too,
of. a. return match between Artu-_
strong and Sammy, who hil a
crowd of 13,364 customers ou»
of their seats and roaring mjal
of the way. Bnt this will have
to wait until Henry’s mouth is
all in once peice again.
Champion Joe Tries Hand At Refereeing.
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Pittsburgh; Pa.—Fresh from
lew box office records with the
New York Cubans in Colum
bus, Toledo and Cincinnati the
fast traveling Homestead
Glrays are headed for addition
al honors when they meet Kan
sas City Monarchs, with Sat-
chell Paige, over the weekend
The world champions from
Kansas City play tho Negro
National League ;hampions on
Thursday, Junt 17th in Wash-
ingtoiC D- C., under the Grif
fith Stadium lights. Thp sec
ond tilt between these two re
cord breakers will take place
&inday afternoon, June 20tb
at the same Griffith Stadium,
with a double bill as an added
The Price of ViJlory
TAXES AND
WAR BONDS
It Takts Both
feature. '
Western Pennsylvania base
ball fans will see this high
powered attraction on Wed
nesday night, June 23rd at
orbes Field, Pittsburg under
the Pirates’ lighting system.
Over 75,000 baseball addicts
paid to watch the Grays and
Kansas City Monarchs in foiu
tilts last year. Now'that-each
team is leading its respective
circuit, more money in circu-
iatiofti no indocenjent for ca;f
owners to travel away from
home and fans starving fod
heads-up baseball, the present
series figures to outdo last
yeail^s paid attendance.
The spectacular and incom
parable Satchell Paige will
take part in each game, a feat*
ure in itself which overshad-
^6ws any five star attraction to
be seen in Washington or Pitts
burgh. The Grays will make a
:hoice between Ray Brown,
John Wright, Charlie Shield*-
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BLAB
BT JOE HOPSON |
Phil in five heats. Pep’s .^ix-
month "prrnce’* period between
title tussles ended' May 20.
New York State Athlotic
CommSssion suspended' Kddie
\rklker, manager of ex-chsmpion
Chalky Wright, for failing to
appear last Saturday to sign for
a June 25 title about with Wiliie
Pep.
Walker didn’t show up lie-
nause fto one except the New
York Commission was quite
sure just how long AVillie was
going to be champion. Lnst
Saturday, Pep had a date to
take on Sal Bartolo in Boston
on Tuesday. Although that oiio
was 15 rounds, the New York
Commission said it would not
reeognize the tussle as a titl'
tilt. ‘
PEP WON
Pep finished in front, so
there was no dispute. But on
Saturday, three days before tne
Boston bout. Walker couldn’t
see any point in signing up for
a championship, go, when inlv
New York was sure it wouM
still be a championship Outing
when it was held.
And when Eddie failed to ap
pear, the Empire State’s cohsis
tent solons of swart releasei
Pep from any obligation to tako
on Wright, although less than
two weeks before they had in
sisted that Willie would have to
put his title pn the line against
the ■ winner of last Fri'lay's
fifjht between Chalky and Phil
'Berranoja. WrFght flattened
In announeing today’s rius-
pension the commission said it
was “for actions detrimentil to
the best interests of boxinfj''
and was “indefinite, pending !»
hearing” for Walker next Fri
day. The commission pointed
out the suspencion applied only
to Walker and that CKalTty “is
authorized to make his own
matches” while Eddie is on the
sidelines.
Bob Montgomery, Philadelphia
Negro, was recognized by tli.t
Pennsylvania State ^Athletic
ComriiTssion as lightweight
champion of the world.
In clarifying what it termed
a “muddled situation,” the
commssion said it recognised
Montgomery, not only beenuae
he re^ntly defeated Beau Jiiek
in New York, but also because
Montgomery had beaten other
ranking contenders.
The commission said th-t
Sammy Angott, holder of Hhreo
decisions over Montgomery, had
voluntarily vacated his NB V.
title and that he would have
“to challenge for the title he
vacated.”
Pvt. Norwood (Barney) Ewell,
former Penn State star now sta
tioned at Camp Lee, Va., file.!
his entry for the 100-an"d 2-metev
dashes and broad . jump in the
National AAU track and ' field
championships at Triborough
Stadium on June 10 and 20.
or^Edsell Walker. The firs’
three have won all league gam
es so far.
In the past two weeks, th(
Grays’ heavy sluggers have
gone on a mad hitting spree,
and Josh Gibson will not be
the toy he was last year, when
Paige held him hitless during
the entire series.
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