August 17. 1945
PORTLAND INQUIRER
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Championship Straggle to Go 15 Rounds
Kennedy-Kahut
Bout Likely to Be
Sellout Friday
Negro Track Star
Victorious In
Over Seas Meet
Gainesville or LaGrange, both in
Ga., never competed against a
more remarkable sprinter than
the Negro leatherneck.
“He’s built like a plow mule,”
he said, “but runs like a thorough
bred racehorse.”
His “rooting section” included
Commander George C. Griffin,
former Georgia Tech track coach,
who refereed the meet; Navy
Lieutenant Alex McCaskill, who
played on the Georgia football
team with Hunnicutt and later
coached at Athens High School;
Navy Lieutenant Gene Ransom,
end on the Atlanta Boys High
eleven of 1934; and Marine Ser­
geant Ernie Harwell, former At­
lanta sports writer and WSB ra­
dio announcer, now sports editor
of Leatherneck Magazine.
With the heavyweight Cham­
SOMEWHERE IN THE PACI­
pionship o f Oregon at stake and
FIC (Delayed)—William Oliver
two of the bosi heavies in the
Hunnicultt still boasts much of
Northwest doing the honors, the
the flash he displayed on the
Friday night bouts at the auditor­
University of Georgia track and
ium give every indication of being
gridiron, but even a Georgia
a sellout. The first bout in Port­
cheering section could not help
land sinve VJDay will bring to­
him overtake Marine Corporal
gether “Moose” Kennedy of Van-
Edward N. ^Greenidge, a Negro
couver and Joe Kahut of Wood-
sprint star, in the Central Pacific
burn. They are very few that
Mary-Navy track meet.
need to be reminded of the last
The Macon soldier, a private
time these two battlers met. It
i first class, had to be content with
was a knock down and drag out
second place in the 100-yard dash,
affair with Kennedy on the floor
third in the 220, and the know­
ni"e times before the end of the
ledge that he “pushed” the Mar-
bout and Kahut all but K.O’d in
| ine phenoenon to one Pacific-
the seventh round. Kahut finally
service record and a tie for an­
other.
won by a technical K.O. in the
ninth round but it was nip and
Hunnicutt, who would like to
r«'s Vo e-o ' N \ .
tucky until the last punch was
be back at his coaching job in
MOOSE” KENNEDY
thrown.
various acts are of almost pro­
Friday’s predictions include
fessional standard by the time
everything from a draw to a K.O.
the big show goes on. The cir­
in the first round in this 15-
cus is directed by Ray Dennison
rounds of legal mayhem. Every­
of
the park bureau’s recreational
body and his brother have said
staff.
they are going to see one of the
which promises to be one of the
best Joe Waterman has ever
A number of entertainment
JUST RIGHT
staged. Kennedy has blood in his Willie Joyce still has a perfect features, open to the public
eyes and is out ofter revenge. He record in the Garden, despite his without charge, are announced SHOE REPAIR SHOP
has won the right to a retur" loss of a decision to Tippy Larkin by the Bureau of Parks and Pub­
match by two very short K.O.’s of Friday night in ten spirited lic Recreation for this evening Ladies 4 Gents Shoes Repaired
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Messrs. Mike (Irish Giant- O’- rounds. Every one of his fights and the coming week.
326 N. W. 5th Ave.
Grady and George Tracy. He has been a good and exciting one. “Puss in Boots,” the pageant
promises to do the same with the His loss Friday night by a un­ that has become an eagerly
Woodburn Walloper. Kahut has animous decision was traceable awaited summertime event spon­
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not had a bout since the last to Larkin’s superb boxing, his sored by the park bureau’s rec­ W I> e the N eed T im H e ouses
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Kennedy fracas because of a advantages in reach and the fact reational division, is to be pre­
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broken hand caused by the noggin that Willie “went” for everyone sented this evening and Satur­ C all M r. B D u is rn tr s, ic t BR. to SeU
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W E M A K E D R A P E S U IT S
of aforesaid Kennedy. It is all of the Tip’s tricks. A crowd of day evening at 8:30 o’clock in B U R N S fc a T p W p ra E is T E a l N — R e a lt o r «
C lean d in g and P r e s s in g
healed now and Kahut promises 13,451 dumped more than $60,- the main part o( Laurelhurst
C orn er 5th and Oak
317 N. W. 3rd Are.
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to put Mr. Ken"edy in the land 000 into Uncle Mike Jacob’s till. park. It will be a costume af­
of nod in short time. Our pre­ At 1 3 8 Tippy was a boxing fair in six episodes with the
diction is, barring toe-holds and stylist from way back. Joyce at dances of villagers, gypsies, fair­
wrist loc”s, it will be a helluva 137 Vfe seemed a trifle slower than ies, forest fawns, dwarfs, butter­
O U T OF
fight.
usual but that might have been flies, water-lilies, fireflies and
A D A M 'S HAT
The bout scheduled to go 15 a comparative appearance because various animals contributing to
rounds or less will have a great of Larkin’s tempo.
the colorful scenes. Feature roles
supporting card. The first bout The bout developed just as the will be taken by Colleen Weaver,
tí amld ¡XL
will go on at 8:30 P. M. and form chart said it should even Caryl Brown, Louise Wright,
tickets are on sale at the J. K. though
HILTON
Walsted, Jean May, Joan
most of the so-called “ev- Grace
Gill Co., 5th and Stark St.
and
Joyce
D’Arcy,
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perts” (including this scribbler), Carroll and Tillie Wichensheiser.
picked Joyce, blinded no doubt Edna Kennedy is general di­
by the glitter of the Gary boy’s rector
the pageant and will
winning streak. Larkin’s big act as of
commentator.
The groups
weakness is a china chin. Ob­ of children having part
in the
viously against a not too violent spectacle have been trained
by
betler he figured to take charge, the recreational directors at the
which he most emphatically did. different park playgrounds.
The amazing thing about Joyce’s
too, promises to
performance was that he, a very be Entertaining
the
dance
demonstration
at
smart boxer, went for dozens of the park bureau’s Civic recrea­
Larkin’s feints but even more tion building on S.W. 13th av­
ioBBy J o n e s
amazing was that he permitted enue between Jefferson and
AUTOMATIC WATER
TURNED IkiS T R IC K
Larkin to stage late spurts in sev­ Main streets, the evenings of
HEATERS
f ir s t m a n t o w n t h e
AND TW O B E T T E R
eral rounds to win the stanzas af­ August 21 and 22 at 8 o’clock.
OIL HEATERS
BAiTlSH ANO USLAMTEUR |
W ITH HIS FAMOUS
ter Joyce had established definite The different dance techniques
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THE SAME VEAR (l9 ll)
superiority in the early part of the pupils of Faye Knox and
WOOD AND COAL
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the
heats.
Referee
Ruby
Gold­
O K U TOURNEYS TOO f
RANGES
Ashrow have been
stein voted 7-3 while Judges Joe Jeannette
KITCHEN WARE
learning
in
dance
Angello and George Lecron both cources have the been summer
built
into
W o L awson
found by a margin of 8-2 PV program titled “Ages ef Wo­ a
10 Day Special
tabbed Larkin winning 6-3-1.
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