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Friday Boxing Card Promises Real Action
Leo "The Lion" Turner Challenges
Proctor s Victor, Roy Miller in Ring
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Tickets will go on sale Thursday morning at the J. K.
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The resolution, which urged action by the Mayor s Comm ttee on Unity and the
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accept their responsibility to the people of this country and to employ the best available
chance, w’ell you gotta hand it to the guy that is really players without regard to race.
tops.
Who did the requesting for C
"Whereas.” the resolution said in part, "as a national sport and pastime, the con
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duct of professional baseball clubs is a matter of intense interest and concern to the
our own Leo “The Lion Turner.
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entire population of the United States . . . it is the responsibility of baseball clubs" to
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fast following the 10th round
SlQff Sergeant Charles B. see to 11 that ihe best available players in the country be employed to play on these pro-
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Ga.. a Mar- fessional teams,
Roy Miller that no one knew ine Corps Combat Correspondent
just w'hat he wanted. It was an
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The City Council which "has consistently condemned and opposed practises of
‘on the spot’ challenge to the
yard handicap probably cost Mar- discrimination" urged "managers and owners of baseball teams of this city to abandon
winner.
Arrangements
were
ine Corporal Edward N. Green- discriminatory practices . . . in the hiring of players for their respective teams."
made and Friday night will ridge a record for the 220-yard I
dash in the Hawaiian Amateur
Athletic Union’s recent track and
field meet.
The husky Negro, 22, of 1356
Clinton Street, New York City,
came in a scant yard behind
Robert Sovetts of the Navy,
whom he granted a 5-yard head
start.
Green ridge was credited unof
ficially with lowering the Ha
waiian mark of 22 seconds. So-
vett’s time for 215 yards was 21.8
seconds.
Greenridge won the 150-yard
handicap in 14.5 seconds giving
the Fleet Marine Force track
men one of their six firsts and
helping them to cinch third place
behind the Navy and the Hono
lulu Army-citywide aggregation.
It was the first meet of the
season for the Benedict College
alumnus, who copped the nation
al junior 220 in 1941 and ran
second to Marine Harold Davis
in the national 220 of 1943.
He packs 190 pounds on a 5-ft.,
8in. frame.
Copies of the resolution were sent to the Brooklyn Dodgers. NY Giants. NY Yank
ees and Mayor La Guardia.
Boxing Team Chalks Moose' Kennedy To Famous Southwest
Up Great Record
Appear in Smoker At Athlete Vactioning
PEARL HARBOR T. H.—One H lld s O n H o ilS C
In Portland
of the greatest records ever es-
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tablished by an armed forces A smoker featuring a„ exhlbition
boxing team has just been chalk- bout by “ Moose” Kennedy and
ed up by the all-Negro squad 10 amateur events will be held
from Naval Ammunition Depot, Thursday night at 8 o’clock in
the Hudson House gymnasium.
Oahu, T. H.
Jim Coffel, boxing head of the
From the opening lounds of recreation association, and Fred
the Navy Tournament of Cham Williams, project services advis
pions, conducted throughout the er for Hudson House, are in
Plans are underway
LEO "The Lion" TURNER
entire Hawaiian area, the boxers charge.
of this remarkable team fought to hold smokers at the dormitory
see two of the best scrappers
gymnasium regularly, Williams
their way through the best op
on the coast tie up over the ten
reports.
ponents the scores of station in
round route. Leo has gone un
defeated the entire year.
Roy
the area could send against them. BLACKSOCKS WIN OVER
Miller is undoubtedly one of
Coming up to the finals with ASTORIA NAVY AIR PORT
the fastest and hardest hitters
Vanport Blacksocks beat Astor
the astonishing number of seven
to breeze through Portland. It’s
fighters still victorious over all ia Navy Air Port Sunday, June
a natural, folks, and the winner round decision to Mickey Pease comers, four of the seven went 17. The final score was 8 to 5.
after breaking his hand in the on to win titles in the light Batteries for the Blacksocks
is anybody’s guess.
L’l Abner comes back to the second round of their bout. weight, junior welterweight, and were Lockheart, pitcher, and
wars following a two round KO James meets the popular Marine middleweight classes. By virtue Pepsicola, catcher.
For Navy
of Johnny Davis two weeks ago. Johnny Gates in a ten rounder of these victories, the four will Air Port, Bren, pitcher, and
Since then Li’l Abner has got on Friday night also.
fight the Army champions for Whitlow, catcher.
This card really
promises the Pacific Ocean Area titles.
himself a wife. Maybe Leroy
Durst who he meets in another plenty of action. Everybody on
In the bantamweight class, Ed
ten rounded will be his wed- tap packs a knockout punch and ward (Tiger) Brown, seaman lc,
we bet that more than one of and an ammunition armed guard
ding gift.
Everybody remembers Man these naturals end via the KO of 1922 Highland Street, Baton
uel James who lost a close ten route.
Rouge, La., claimed the crown.
Weir (Harry) Hart, seaman lc
and barracks master-at-arms, of
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52 Spring St., Delaware, Ohio,
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vanquished a Marine opponent to
take the lightweight title.
William Squalls, seaman first
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class and barracks master-at-
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arms, from Jacksonville, Fla.,
scored the most spectacular vic
tory, leaving a Marine junior
welterweight hanging on the
ropes in a technical knockout to
take the championship in the
140-pound class.
Bennie B. Deans, coxswain, an
ammunition motor dispatcher, of
100 Waverly Ave., Newark, N.
J., breezed to victory in the mid
first ' man to win the I
dleweight bout with his usual
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Deans was the 1942 Golden
Gloves national champion in his
weight, and last fall won the
Central Pacific title here.
This aggregation of champions
is coached by James Weeks,
chief specialist (athletics), of
Dallas, Tex, a former lightweight
THESE ARE
who fought such ring personali
THE ONLY 3
(4th and S. W . Jefferson St.)
ties as Tony Canzoneri, Tony
GOLFERS
EVER To WIN
Herrara, Lou Vines, A1 Green
3 OF THE FOUR
field, and others. At one time he
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coached the University of Okla
homa boxing team.
Mr. Raymond Von Lewis has
just returned to Portland from
Texas college, Tyler, Texas, to
spend the summer months with
his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Trammell of 1226 N. Larrabee
Ave., before returning this fall.
While a student at Texas col
lege, Lewis played halfback on
the college football team. The
Texas college Steers, with their
ace players, won all games ex
cept one to Wiley college.
The Steers play in Atlanta,
Go. Negro Educational Center of
the South and other cities. With
the final games in the flower
bowl in Jacksonville, Fla.
The Blacksocks would like to
book a game with any strong
club in this area.
They will
travel up to 220 miles. For in
formation see Henry James, 2619
Cottonwood, Apt. 1492.
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