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Friday. Ja n u a ry 11. 194C PORTLAND INQUIRER Paga Fly# SPORTS iJmllaui) iuqittm- AMUSEMENTS HAZEL SCOTT Black Barons CANCELS TOUR Name Sampson Manager Sport Fans' Eyes Agog at Coming Boxing Card By TED YATES NEW YORK: R ecently Hazel Scott inform ed her husband C on gressm an A dam C. Pow ell, Jr., th a t she w as going to have a baby and th e idol of C afe Society, S tar of radio, stag e and screen, ad m itted th a t the stress of ap pearing before th e concert stage and p reparing for th e arriv a l of the stork had h e r in a w h irl— th erefo re cancelled h er to u r th a t w as to have exten d ed through 1945, 1946 and 1947, w ith bookings in m any E uropean countries. More th an 100,000 persons in various sections of th e U, S. and C anada w itnessed th e a rtist in her la te st trium ph . It has been rep o rted th a t gross receipts had exceeded expectations and th a t th e a rtist played to capacity audiences everyw h ere, often the engagem ent was a sellout m onths in advance. Ir^ only one instance did the to u r h it a snag------ if it m ight be term ed as such. T h at w as in W ashington D. C. w h ere Miss Scott w as b arred from playing at C onstitution H all by th e D. A. R. If th e incident w as intended to besm irch the sta r has w on for herself a rep u tatio n for sw inging the classics, or even h e r con gressm an husband it did nothing of th e sort. As a m a tte r of fact the publicity if a n y th in g g u a r anteed overflow ing crow ds and h er appearances w ere a sm ash success a t th e box office. T he to u r n e tte d unanim ous praise from th e critics. O ddly enough it w as clim axed w ith an engagem ent a t C arnegie H all on BIRMINGHAM (A NP) — Tom my Sam pson, fo rm er second base- m an, has been nam ed m anager of th e B irm ingham B lack Barons, Tom H ayes Jr., ow ner, announced here Ja n u a ry 1. By C hesley E. C orbett Sam pson becom es th e th ird m anager of th e B irm ingham club d u rin g th e six y ears Mr. H ayes has held th e local franchise in the N egro A m erican league. The new m an ag e r succeeds W. S. W elch w ho piloted th e Black B arons to league titles n 1943 and 1944. W elch cam e to th e club in 1942, succeeding “C an d y ” Jim T aylor. The Black B arons w ill open spring train in g h ere at Rickwood field around M arch 26. T hey have th e ir first gam e of the spring train in g seasons scheduled for M arch 31 at Rickwood. N ovem ber 26 last—m erely a few blocks aw ay from Cafe Society U ptow n th e scene of Miss S co tt’s sp ectacu lar doings as an o u t stan d in g n ite club en tertain er. Engaging in th e classics and h er ow n o riginal com positions th e program w as a spicy e n te rta in m ent m enu th a t abundance in class in th e u ltra m odern fa sh ion and found th e a rtist accom p anied a t re g u la r in terv als b y an in stru m en tal trio led by G ene Sedric. B ut having a grand b aby is m ore im p o rtan t th a n having a baby g ran d to Miss Scott, a cred it to h er race. "SN OO KS" LACEY Documents Reveal Britain's Future Colonial Policy LONDON, (A N P)—T he fu tu re of B ritain ’s colonial em pire w as disclosed h ere recen tly in th e i form of tw o g o vernm ent docu m ents. One w as from th e secre ta ry of state for colonies and th e o th e r was know n as a “w hite p a p e r” on in te rte rrito ria l o rg an i zation in E ast A frica. A circu lar from th e colonial se c ie ta ry w as en titled “C olonial D evelopm ent and W elfare,” com m and 6713. The “w hite p a p e r” w as reg istered “colonial n u m b er 191.” The colonial secretary o u t lined a p lan for th e “o peration of com m on services” an d a m ore ef ficient policy for “economic d e velopm ent, com m unication and research .” T he T anganyika ra il w ays w ould be com bined w ith the K nya and U ganda railw ays under th e se c re ta ry ’s plan. A new in te rte rrito ria l organiza tion for E ast A frica w as advocat ed in th e so-called “w hite p a p er.” Elected to Society At Illinois U. CHAMP . A , 111. (A NP) — R uthe C of Chicago, a fresh m an a* U niversity of llinois here, , been elected to the O m ega B eta Pi, honorary p re m edical professional society. R u th e is th e d a u g h ter of Mrs. S. B. Cash of 709 E. 40th St., Chicago, is a m em ber of th e A lpha K appa A lpha sorority and has m ain tain ed a stra ig h t B average ev er since she has been in th e university. From fa r and n e a r boxing fans a re eag er to know the resu lt of Jo e W aterm an’s best boxing p ro gram s w hich w ill ta k e place th is night (Friday, J a n u a ry 11) w hich w ill bring to the sporting fans G us L evesnick, p resen t holder of the title of “L ight H eavyw eight C ham pion" vs. Jo e K ahut, th e W oodburn farm boy, recently r e leased from th e arm y, b u t w ho is now rated as th e fifth best light-heavy boxer in the w orld. T hey are scheduled to m eet in a n on-title contest in P o rtlan d to night, and th is fig h t has been publicized th ro u g h o u t th e nation as one w hich m ay determ in e w ho w ill m eet th e w in n er of th e Jo e Louis-B illy Conn bout in Ju n e of th is year. L esvenick is w ell know n, b u t Joe K ahut, a boy reared in a sm all tow n, w ho as he is now train in g is helped an d assisted by the e n tire tow n, u n d er th e g u id ance of K ah u t’s fath er, has his best chance. W hy? B ecause th is fight has been publicized. T he sport fans all over th e nation w ill tu n e in, read th e pap ers and be interested in th e bout. They w ant to know w ho is this boy, Joe K ahut, an unknow n, a W oodburn farm er, w ho has r e cently acclaim ed honors suffici e n tly to be nam ed L ig h t H eavy w eight No. 5 in th e nation. W hat chance has he against th e “P rid e of N ew Je rse y ” and p resen t L ight H eavyw eight C ham pion of th e W orld. W ell, th is question w ill be settled tonight, as we go to p ress th is A. M. Will experience, rep resen tin g th e present cham pion, L esvenick, w ith th e cham pionship and experience w ith , him , or tftc 'Y a ffiifr B oy,” Joe K ahut, a clean liver, w ho doesn’t sm oke, d rin k o r dissapate, re p re senting youth and stam ina, w in? T his is w hat th e fans, all over the nation, are w aiting to see. B O X IN G AUDITORIUM Friday Ni ght . . . January 18th PORTLAND'S ANNUAL M A R C H OF D I M E S BOXING SHOW Don't Miss Joe Waterman's Greatest Card To Help Make Strong the Weak Legs Of Little Children — FEATURING — TOMMY MOYER IN A 15-ROUND FIGHT FOR THE WELTER WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF OREGON A lso on the Card: "SNOOKS" LACEY, fastest, cleverest boxer on the Pacific Coast . . . DUANE HOAG, tornadic W ichita, K ansas Fireball A gainst a Good Opponent T ickets Go on Sale at J. K. Gills W ednesday Morning . . . January 16th PORTLAND'S A N N U A L M A R C H OF D I M E S BOXING SHOW GUS LEV ESNICK
