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Friday. January 25. 1946
PORTLAND INQUIRER
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SPORTS Portland inquirer AMUSEMENTS
Atlantans Give
Champion Joe
Louis Ovation
LOCAL BASKETBALL TEAM
DEFEATS GLOBE TROTTERS;
OUR OWN PATTERSON STARS
The Harlem Globetrotters re­
ceived one of their few and far-
Between defeats at the hands of
Portland’s top amateur quintet,
Fee’s Rollerdrome, Sunday after­
noon at Jefferson high school.
At the half the Globetrotters
were leading, 21 to 19, but the
Rollerdrome piled in five con­
secutive baskeats soon after the
opening of the second period to
lead, 29 to 23. The Trotters came
back and tied the score at the
end of the third quarter. Baskets
by Patterson and Perkins again
put the skaters out in front, and
Singer and Radio
Anouncer Is a
Manila Booster
By Tom Carrigg
Associated Negro Press Foreign
Correspondent
MANILA, P. I.—(ANP)—One of
this city’s chief boosters is Calvin
Parrish, a 28-year-old singer and
radio announcer.
Unable to get a break in Seat­
tle, Wash., Parrish came here in
1938 to accept a job in a local
mitery at a small salary and im­
mediately introduced American
night club methods into his club.
One night he met A1 Naftley, the
owner of radio station KZIB, and
the two became friends. Naftley
liked Parrish’s style, voice and
appearance and took him along
as guest star on his radio pro­
gram. He was a definite hit and
accepted the offer to serve as an­
nouncer for the station.
He worked there 14 months,
then became announcer and radio
advertising salesman for station
KZRH, which was opened in 1939
by the H. E. Hitchcock company.
Hitchccok While with KZRH he
met Miss Thelma Apura, a beau­
tician who wished air-time on
his station, and the two were
married. An offspring was born
of the union before the Japs cap­
tured this city.
Although an orphan, he had his
saddest experience during the
Japanese occupation here. He
was imprisoned at Santo Thomas
internment camp and when he
was released he discovered that
the Japs had killed his wife and
baby. While staggering from the
blow, Parrish still sings and con­
tends that “Manila is the best
citv in the world.”
they never again were headed. In
the closing minutes of play the
Skaters used “freezing” tactics
and the barnstormers started to
double up— leaving a Rollerdrome
man free under the basket for
quick baskets to cinch the game.
Insulators Win
In the other half of the double
bill, the Northwest Insulators
handed the Astoria Naval Air
Station five a 52-36 licking. Both
teams fought neck and neck for
three quarters, but in the last
period the Insulators, led by Roy
Pflugrad, started to spark and
rolled up a commanding lead.
Rollerdrome (39)
Taitt
F
(2) Moore
Perkins (19)
F
(4) Hudson
Patterson (10) C
(3) Phelps
Stremick (4) G
(6) Clayton
McClean
G (11) Cumberland
Substitutions: For Rollerdrome
— O’Connell (4); for Globetrotters
—Price (2), Davis (2).
Referees—Lakefish and Neiss.
Astoria NAS (36) , (52) Insulators
Hiatt (4)
F
(10) Stitt
Lewis (6)
F
(1) F. Smith
Mattson (14) C
(3) Osterhaus
Baguley (4)
G
(13) Pflugard
Patterson (4) G
(6) Jackson
Substitutions: For Astoria —
Hayes (2), Ogle (2); for Instula-
tors—Scott (6), Parks (4).
Referees—Neiss and Lakefish.
Negro Baseball
Prexy Retorts
CHICAO, Jan. 23— (UP)—The
two Negro major leagues have not
announced that they favored
keeping their players out of or­
ganized baseball once the Negro
ccircuit gain a sound financial
standing, President J. B. Martin
of the American Negro Baseball
league said Wednesday.
Martin challenged Commission­
er A. B. Chandler s statement in
Dallas, Texas, that the Negro
leagues wanted to keep their
players “in their own class.”
Martin said that at a meeting
of American and National Negro
league president with Chandler in
Cincinnati January 20, there was
no mention of Negro leagues
keeping their players from or­
ganized baseball.
The chief objective of the con­
ference was to discuss means of
placing the Negro leagues in or­
ganized baseball to further player
advancement, Martin said.
OUT
OF
ADAM'S HAT
ATLANTA— (ANP)— Joe Louis,
the heavyweight boxing cham­
pion on current tour with Luis
Russell’s orchestra, said in an in­
terview here last week that he
intends to knock out Billy Conn
“as quick as possible” when they
meet in a championship bout in
June.
I ouis said neither the actual
date nor the place of the bout
has been officially decided upon.
“I will start training on March
1 at French Lake, Ind.,” the
champion stated. “Later, I will
continue my training at Pomp-
ton Lakes, N. J., which is the
same place at which I trained
for other championship fights.”
Queried about his golfing ca­
reer-hobby, Louis said he had
once posted a 68 and that he con­
sidered Clyde Martin the top
golfer in the country.
Despite a heavy downpour, At­
lantans gave the champion a
great ovation, several thousands
crowding the municipal audito­
rium for the engagement.
Ralph Cooper, master of cere­
monies and well-know “great” of
the stage and screen, asked Louis
several questions about the ap­
proaching fight and there was a
round of applause when the
champion said: “I’ll be feeling
good on the night of the fight
JACK CLAYBORNE
I Tuesday night in The Auditorium.
A drop-kick enabled Clayborne
tó take the final fall.
Joe Campbell, San Francisco,
appearing here for the first time,
Jack Clayborne, colored heavy­ bested Bob Johnson, Chicago, in
weight, resorted to football tac­ two straight falls. Charley Hart
tics to gain a two-out-of-three downed Amio Kallio in a home­
falls victory over Andre Adoree, town match, and Herb Bergeson
Frenchman, in the feature con­ and Norvall Stockstill grappled to
test of the wrestling card held a draw in the 20-minute opener.
Clayborne Gains
Two-Fall Decision
Fight to Save
Condemned Youth
neys at any time before the death
sentence was passed.
Rape charges were brought
against Street after he had been
jailed on charges of robbing the
Kerr Tire and Rubber company,
where he had previously been em­
ployed. Street was a leader in a
movement among Kerr workers
to obtain bask wages due them
under the Fair Labor Standard
act. No Negroes were allowed on
the jury panel nor were they per­
mitted in the courtroom during
the brief trial. Even members of
his family were barred from the
courtroom.
Contributions for the defense of
these men should be sent to the
National Federation for Costitu-
tional Liberties, 205 East 42nd
Street, New York City.
NEW YORK— (ANP) — An ap­
peal for funds to save the lives of
Willie McGee of Laurel, Miss.,
and Sherman Street of Jackson,
Miss., who were sentenced to
death for rape after jury deliber­
ation of two minutes, was made
this week by the National Feder­
ation for Constitutional liberties
whose action in the case has al­
ready resulted in a stay of execu­
tion of McGee and Street, who
were to have been put to death
Jan. 4 and 6.
An ominous wave of lynch vio­
lence throughout the south, in­
cluding a series of such cases of
legal lynchings, was reported by j
Louis Burnham, organizational
secretary of the Southern Negro
Under
Youth congress who went to Jack-
son and Laurel on behalf of
New Management
NfCL to check (Tcts in these cases
and arrange legal counsel. Filing
of appeals has resulted in auto­
matic stays of execution o f both j
men. Funds are needed immedi­
ately for legal defense of McGee
and Street.
McGee, who was held without
bail for 30 days in the jail of a
Modern
nearby county prior to his indict­
ment, was denied any visitors ex- j Conveniently Located
cept his mother and was without
A L B E R T D E X N IO , M anager
counsel until the trial. Brought
to the courthouse under military i
N. W . 4th and Glisan
guard, he was unable to communi­
Portland, Oregon
cate with court-appointed attor­
Interracial Choir
Presents Concert
The Interracial Youth Fellow­
ship Choir will present Faure’s
Requiem in public concert during
the latter part of March. The
choir, under the sponsorship of
the Portland Council of Church­
es, is directed by Joseph Edmis-
ton, instructor of music at Silver-
ton High School.
Art Dimond, president of the
choral group, announces that
membership will be closed from
February 3rd until after the con­
cert in March, and urges all pros­
pective new members, who wish
to take part in the presentation,
to report for rehearsals, which
are held at 4:00 p. m. each Sun-
I day in the Centenary Wilbur
Church, S. E. 9th and Ankeny.
and I’ll be doing my best.”
Great applause greeted the
champions confirmation that he
had contributed purses of $189,-
701 and $132,431 for the Army
and Navy Relief societies. Louis
said he enjoyed the three years
and eight months spent in the
services, because it gave him an
opportunity to travel and meet
people.
Cooper pointed out that Louis
has fought as many fights, since
winning the world’s heavyweight
crown on June 22, 1937, as all
the other heavyweight champions
put together.
Guild Charges
Detroit Mayor
Incited Hatred
DETROIT — (ANP) — Repre-
cussions of the recent mayoralty
election are being felt here now
as a result of action taken by the
National Lawyers guild relative to
spurious literature reported to
have been circulated by cam­
paigners for Mayor Edward J.
Jeffries. Charges of “deception
and fraud” are being hurled into
the lap of Jeffries supporters who
are furtner charged with inciting
racial prejudice through the dis­
tribution of handbills in white
neighborhoods bearing such slo­
gans as “Negroes can live any­
where in Detroit with Franken-
steen mayor,” and “ Equality in
the City Hall” along with pictures
distorting the featnres of both
Frankensteen and the Rev. Char­
les A. Hill, candidate for the
common council.
The Lawyers guild says this lit­
erature violates both city and
state laws which forbid circula­
tion of statements exposing racial
groups to hatred, contempt or
ridicule, unless name and address
of the author are given.
During the campaign it was dif­
ficult to find the printer of the
literature but Richard Franken­
steen, Rev. Hill and the PAC
were determined to get to the
bottom of it. As a result the print­
er, Floyd McGriff, owner of the
Home Gazette, a neighborhood
newspaper, is charged with print­
ing the pamphlets bearing "state­
ments violently inflaming racial
prejudice, The matter has been
turned over to the Detroit chap­
ter of the National Lawyers guild
for presecution.
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