Pag* F ira
PORTLAND INQUIRER
F rid a y . D acem b. r 28, 1945
SPORTS f ortlauà Ittqmrer AMUSEMENTS
International
Boxing Program
To Be Held
To Re-open Famed Cotton Club In Harlem
BEÀTING THE GUN
By Alvin Moses
N ew Y ear’s evening, Ja n u a ry
1, 1946, Jo e W aterm an, Boxing
P rom oter, w ill give the sports
fans a tre a t w hen he presents an
In tern atio n al B oxing C o n t e s t
styled, U nited States vs. Mexico.
T he m ain featu re brings to ­
g eth er tw o very clever boys—
vis; Tom m y Moyer, P o rtla n d ’s
g reat A m ateur C ham pion a n d
T unerio Lopez, M exico's recent
young cham pion in a 10 round
bout.
T he sem i fin al finds B o b b y
Volk, classy and sensational box­
e r facing Hoak Engle, th e pride
of V ancouver, B. C., in a 6 round
encounter.
The n ex t bouts, w hich m ay
steal the sho w as it has in pr«yi-
ous encounters, is betw een D ick
W agner of O regon C ity, and M i­
lo Savage, of Seattle, W ashing­
ton.
T his w ill be the th ird tim e
th a t these boys hav e faced each
other. Savage has w on tw o close
decisions from W agner, b u t it
w as so close on each occasion
th a t th e fans th o u g h t it should
have been called a d raw and
m any w ere of th e opinion th a t
W agner won in the last en co u n t­
er held here. These boys w ill
go 8 rounds to a decision.
T he opening bout is betw een
D uane Hoag — of P o rtlan d and
th e popular Chico Sanchez of
M exico City billed for 4 rounds.
In his last ap pearance here,
Sanchez pleased the fans by his
clever tactics and aggressiveness
an d won his bout by a knockout.
P o p u lar prices, as usual w ill
prevail.
MELTIN' POT
NEW YORK, (ANP) — BEAU JACK and WILLIE
JOYCE, one out of Georgia and the other from the Hoosier
state, Indiana, thrilled 15,000 fans who paid around $70,000
to see them fight 10 rounds in Madison Square Garden,
Friday, Dec. 14 . . . Pardon me, dear readers, if I used the
word “fight” in the opening sentence . . . Those two brown­
skinned gamecocks engaged in the most savage imbroglio
these eyes have witnessed since the night we watched
BAT BATTALINO fight KID CHOCOLATE a decare or so
ago.
Wish I had a device w ith me that would have recorded
the num ber of actual punches thrown by those two crowd
pleasers. The amazing Beau Jack, after an 18 m onth lay­
off, turned in a m ighty neat evening’s w ork to win over
the unpredictable m aster of the left hook from the city of;
G ary even though the wise guy betters had it doped out i
the way F rank Forbes,Leonard and company voted the |
thing 7:3, 7:3, and 7-1 (even))-2 . . . The rum or that has I
Beau Jack tangling a bit w ith “John B arleycorn”, we haven’t
confirmed as yet but, say it isnt’ so, Jack, for th at is one
opponent (the bottle) you and no other scrapper will ever
whip, savvy keed???
“UNHAPPY” CHANDLER, the $50,000 baseball boss
with as much authority (compared to Judge Landis) as
Chiang Kai Shek has with Communist China, fizzled again
o . . I for one didn’t expect anything savoring of fairness
for baseball’s problem child (status of future Negro players)
from the ex-governor of the border state—Kentucky . . .
Chandler never has been w hat you and I call “right on
the colored question . . . Be that w hat it is, we did think the i
ex-football star would from the standpoint of political ex­
pediency in his own behalf, bring the m atter of policy for
our players out into the open . . . He could have driven to
cover the forces who have stripped him of all his voting
powers until he stands as nothing more than a glorified
office boy or baseball opportunist.
A ndy K irk and his o rch estra w ith B everly W hite w ill re-open H arlem 's new est, sm artest n itery
C
lub
S udan. The hot spot now ow ned and operated by N egroes w ill cater exclusively to th e e x ­
We will continue to fight on vhe basis of fair play
clusive set. K irk s bund w ill featu re new com positions and give to N ew York diversion seekers the
for (a) colored players signed to contract by m inor or b est in m usic b o th sw eet 'n ' hot. F orm erly th e C otton C lub th e n ite ry has been rem odeled and.
m ajor league clubs having full suppor of m agnates around red eco rated an d according to predictions w ill "o u t-sm art" o th er cab arets in gay M anhattan.
the circuit; (b) a fair shake of the dice-box for for NEGRO
LEAGUE CLUB OWNERS in the m atter of prices for play­
A FFID A V IT
S tate of O regon)
ers taken from their clubs sim ilar to present arrangem ents
)ss
with w hite leagues et al, et al. . . . 1946, does not have
to be as dismal for our own ball players at some of us think C o unty of M ultnom ah)
Of a verity we cannot win our common fights in this
connection simply by guzzline gin in a cocktail lounge
with the custom ary popping off; We’ve 18 million Negroes)
got to line up solidly behind the Burleys, Bostic, Dollo
Wilson, Smith, Graves, Washingtons, Moses and others, who
carry the ball against the opposition on a day in and day
out basis . . . Only in this way can we win in 1946 or 2046
and—th a t’s that.
N. B. (We will answer questions from readers through­
out the country following our 1945 sports summary.)
-THE
r L 06E R AND
STILL ,
CHAM PION !
" U N C O N S C IO U S
L IE S T H E H EAD
■THAT W E A R S T H E CROWN'
WAS THE BOXING M O TTO IN
1938 WHEN CHAMPS GOT KO'D
BUT KEPT THEIR. T IT L E S DUE
TO T H E OVERWEIGHT CLAUSE
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HOD
FREDDIE
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COMMISSION
CHAMP FOR.
BEATING YOUNG
C O R BETTM f
JOEV
AR CHIBALD
WAS HOD
2 ROUNDS
,LV KRElGER WAS RECOGNIZED 8V P E TE
CHAMP EVERVWHERE BUT IN
SCALZO-
AND CALIFORNIA AFTER HE'D BUT STILL
D a l h o s t a k . w h o d xo ' d S teele . REMAINED
r S o l LV 700. WAS ALLOWED TO
FEATHER­
TAIN 'HE CROWN AFTER A DEFEAT' WEIGHT
We being deposed, do sw ear
and say th a t the conditions of
865 P o rt Co., A.P.O. 0331 c /c
P ostm aster, San Francisco, Cal.,
are deplorable. T hey a re sta tio n ­
ed on O kinaw a, h aving to beg or
steal ratio n s and food necessary
for existance. T h eir C om m ission­
ed O fficers are w h ite and urge
and tell th em to steal for th e ir
w an ts We also sw ear th a t they
in n u m b ers p revailed upon us to
see pro p er officials of The N a­
tional A ssociation for th e A d­
vancem ent of Colored People and
m ake public th eir plig h t in the
A ssociated N egro P ress or any
o th er m eans, including oth er in ­
tereste d publications. W e also
sw ear th a t we have in o u r pos­
session o riginal sig n atu res of 83
of th e 213 m en in th e Com pany
w hich a re av ailable to proper
channels of help to these men.
S tan ley B en n ett
signed
C huck C aldw ell
signed
(Seal)
Subcribed and sw orn before me
this 10th day of D ecem ber, 1945.
O iver E. Sm ith
signed
N otary P ubic for O regon.
My com m ission ex p ires Oct. 25,
1949.
Under
New Management
NEW MAYER
HOTEL
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Modern
Conveniently Located
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N. W. 4th a n d G lisan
Portland, O regon
NIGHTLIFE IN NEW YORK
HAPPY
NEW YEAR
BARGAINS
IN HOMES
B y A lv i n Moses
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NEW YORK—(ANP)—The cool night winds mould men
| and women, even as does the heat of the noonday sun in
this work-a-day world of ours. Some 15 years ago I formed
the friendship of A rthur E. Paris, m anager of M urrains
cabaret, 132nd St., on Seventh Avenue.
Sitting here in a nook of the popular C elebrity club jo t­
ting down these reflections, his career has all the elem ents
of an oratio Alger best seller. During the late 20’s A rt was
considered one of the country’s best am ateur swim m ers “A m erica’s L argest Home S eller“
AT 7171
having been especially honored in this connection by the 328 S. W. W ashington
American Red Cross association. Before entering the realm FR A N K U M cGUIRE — Nice,
m odern, 4 room , 2 bedroom
of nitelife ranging from the th eatre to every phase of club
hom e—close to school, stores,
and cabaret life, Paris had been schooled in th e best uni-
bus and church. Easy paym ents.
evrsity the ctiy of Boston affords. Upon first meeting, one
Q uick possession. O nly $1600.
gathers the impression that A rtie is a bundle of atomic en­ J . D. M orris A T 7171 fo r m ore
inform ation.
ergy fairly bursting to get an idea across to his listeners.
Frank L. McGuire
FR A N K L. McGUIRE — Special!
I’d say from experience this impression is a true one.
M odern, 5 room hom e—garage,
basem ent. L arge lot. Vi block
His is a mind which must lend itself to something creative.
to bus, close to school, store.
He once.thought to be a surgeon but could never quite di­
Easy term s. Q uick possession
vorce himself from the field of business adm inistration, real
— ow ner occupied. O n San R a­
estate, acting and journalism . White and colored friends
fael betw een U nion and W il­
who swear by him fele tha the would have been a top man
liam s. J. D. M orris AT 7171
for particulars.
in the field of medicine, ju st as he has made the grade in
FR A N K L. McGUIRE—6 room , 3
every other line he has been identified with.
bedroom hom e— one floor. C e­
m en t basem ent; m odern plu m b ­
As m anager of one of the M urrain-owned cocktail
ing. N ear tran sp o rtatio n . W alk­
; lounge and cabarets Icoated on the buseist corner in Harlem,
ing d i s t a n c e . Easy term s,
Paris brings a sort of personal touch to this gay spot. Un­ m onthly paym ents. P e r f e c t
believably, he si here, there and everyw here at the same
title. Q uick possession. J . D.
moment. Out of .nowhere comes th at soft, polished voice
M orris, AT 7171.
FRANK L. M cGUIRE—5 r o o m
of his asking you “are you enjoying yourself?”
hom e— 2 bedroom s. Q uick pos­
As 1945 moves on to the limbo of yeras th at are no
session. O nly $500 dow n, $25
m onth. T otal price only $1700.
more, this w riter thinks of ranking men of all races and
L arge lot. J. D. M orris, AT 7171.
creeds in the am usem ent world. W e know of none who
FR A N K L. M cG UIRE—8 r o o m
deserve greater commendation for the successful e f f o r t
hom e— all hardw ood f l o o r s
they’ve put forth than A rt Paris. We m ight also m ention
dow n; b asem ent; furnace. On
bus, close to stores, s c h o o l .
that he is interested in the career of the fine looking singer
E asy term s. C om pleteley fu rn ­
nkown as “The Voice,” who is nitely attraction at M urrains.
ished. J. D. M orris, AT 7171.
Paris feels th at here is an artist who because of the FR A N K L. M cGUIRE—B eautiful
7 room hom e—basem ent; 4 ga­
quality of his voice and all-around stage personableness,
should rise to high position among the nation’s forem ost \ rages. P a rtly furnished. Im m e­
diate possession. On carline.
singers during 1946 Much success to you A rtie Paris and
Easy term s. L arge lot—fru it. J.
your protege . . . “The Voice.”
D. M orris, AT 7171.