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S « p l* m b « r 21, 1945 PORTLAND INQUIRER Samarra-Mills Battle to Draw 3?; Seelie S am arra, the popular N orthw est H eavyw eight W rest ling C ham pion and the titled English W restler, Lord A lbert Mills literally fought to a draw in th e m ain event at the A udito rium on W ednesday night. A fter w restling for 35 m inutes of a scheduled one hour bout, S a m a r ra gained the first fall w ith n flying toe hold. The titled E ng lishm an was unything but a gentlem an during the e n tire bout and won the second fall to even th e score in 7 Ms m inutes. T he n ex t few m inutes of the bout it was hard to tell w h eth er it was a w restling or a boxing m atch as th e tw o w restlers w ent at each other w ith lefts and rights. This m elee was started by Mills, but the referee stopped the bout calling it a draw . N ext w eek’s bout w ill find See lie facing the w inner of last W ed nesday’s sem i-final m atch, P erri D cG lane in a one hour, 2 o u t of 3 falls m atch, D cG lanc having p u b licly challenged the w inner of the S am arra vs. Mills m atch. On the sam e card, Lord Alb. Mills will m eet the w ily and tough R ube W right in th e second half of the double m ain event, and Lew N eu m ann will m eet F ritz Schnoble in a one fall th irty m inute special event. Doors are open at 8:20 and serv- i ice men and wom en are alw ays i adm itted free. RED CROSS DOES ITS XMAS SH O PPIN G EARLY W ashington, D. C.—Red Cross s already preparing little gifts for those G I’s w ho m ay not be in th e ir ow n hom es by C hristm as. A m illion and a q u a rte r individ ual gifts, not to m ention club- size kits of decorations, etc., are already being p repared for the troops of occupation. IllllllllllllllllllUilllllllW INQUIRER "ADS" BRING RESULTS JUST RIGHT SHOE REPAIR SHOP Ladies & Gents Shoes Repaired 326 N. W. 5th Ave. WHY 8E P age 5 Cleveland Runner Sets Pace In Meet At Frankfurt, Germany FRANKFURT, G erm any— (De layed)— The hottest pair of legs to race around a Gorm an track since Jesse Owens gave the lie to th a t super-race theory at the B erlin 1 Olympics in '36, failed to have the I M editerranean T heater of O pera- I tions track and field spad from a 69-54 defeat by the Eurean T h ea te r cham pions, before 30,000 at Victory stadium Monday, A ugust 27. Bill C arnegie, Tuskegee In sti tute student, w ho fights "Big" Bill B ettis in one of the six rounders on Joe W aterm an's "T alent" boing cards at th e A ud itorium F riday night. C arnegie weighs around the 200 pound m ark and will be out to w in th a t $100 cash prize to be aw arded the best fighter of the night. 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