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12 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Tuesday, August 2, 1949
New Ring Syndicate Head
Is Old Hand at Promoting
By FRANK ECK
(AP Newsreitursa ftporU Editor)
New York It seems strange
to see anyone but Mike Jacobs
sitting in one of the chairs from
which he promoted 26 world
heavyweight title fights. But
James D. Norris sits there these
days.
Detroit millionaire Norris is
the new president of the Inter
national Boxing club of New
York. And if anybody thinks
the son of James Norris, a na
tive of St. Catharines, Ontario,
who made his fortune in wheat,
Is a new hand at promoting he's
all wet.
Norris, who looks much
younger than his 42 years, has
been connected with various
ports promotions "for about
17 years," as he puts it.
"We promoted Joe Louis
fights before Mike Jacobs ever
heard of him," says Jim rather
modestly. "We put on about
six or eight of his fights in Chi
cago and Detroit before Joe be
came champion.
Promoted Dempsey Fight
"We also promoted Jack
Dempsey's last fight in Chicago
It was a four-round exhibition
with King Levlnsky In 1932, the
second year of Dempsey's first
comeback."
The "we" Norris talks about
Includes his father who is presi
dent of both the $6,900,000 Chi
cago stadium and the $5,000,
000 Olympia Arena in Detroit
and has owned the Detroit Red
Wings of the National Hockey
League since 1933, and Arthur
M. Wirtz. Young Jim Is execu
tive vice president and secre
tary of both arenas.
Wirtz, more famous for his
Sonja Henle Ice productions,
is In a number of business
ventures with young Norris.
They have the Indianapolis
Capitols of the American
Hockey League and the Oma
ha Knights of the U.S. Hockey
League. They also operate
New York's Center Theatre
and both are In the IBC.
In Detroit It's the IBC of
Michigan and in Chicago It's the
IBC of Illinois. Here in the big
city the boxing writers refer to
the IBC as the OBHM (One Big
Happy Monoply). But Jim Nor
ris takes It all in stride, even to
the extent of joking with the
boys who say this is a bigger
boxing monoply than Uncle
Mike Jabobs ever dreamed of
Markson IS New York Head
Norris' right hand man in
New York is Harry Markson,
who ran the Twentieth Century
b. during us final year of ex
istence. He is the IBC's man
aging director here while Al
Weill, former fight manager, is
matchmaker.
Although Norris and the IBC
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Joe Louis Arthur M. Wirtz
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James I. Norris
gained much prestige by pro
moting the Ezzard Charles-Joe
Walcott heavyweight title fight
in Chicago, he says his biggest
promotion was the second
Rocky Graziano-Tony Zale fight
Indoors in Chicago Stadium in
1947. The bout drew $422,918.
The IBC, he says, made
about $50,000 on the Charlcs
Walcott bout but "lost a cou
ple of thousand dollars" when
Jake LaMotta recently stop
ped Marcel Credan of Casa
blanca for the middleweight
crown in Detroit.
Norris believes the IBC, de
spite cries of monoply, will be
a boon to boxing. He thinks
there's still time this summer
for .'.'three or four big outdoor
shows.
The big attraction, of course,
is the heavyweight battle be
tween Charles and Gus Lesne-
vlch in Yankee Stadium on Aug.
10, even though New York's
boxing commission remains firm
In refusing to recognize the win
ner as champion.
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Ezsard Charles Gus Lesnevich
taafcsil , , v. i-
Lee Savold Bruce Woodcock
Robinson Holds
Wide Margin in
National Batting
New York, Aug. 2 WP) Nearly
every week, it seems, another
challenger looms up to take a
whirl at Jackie Robinson, but
the star Brooklyn second base
man still holds a wide margin in
the battle for the National
league batting title.
Six men now have tried to
dislodge Jackie, since he took
over the lead late in May. The
latest being Enos Slaughter of
the St. Louis Cardinals.
Through games of last Sun
day, July 31, Robinson owned
a torrid .364, 36 points higher
than Slaughter's runnerup .328.
The Cardinals' flychaser led
teammate Al (Red) Schoen
dienst by one point.
Corners Defeat
Knots Three 'C
League Squads
A defeat of the Four Corners
"C" leaguers Monday night by
the Midget Markets threw the
league into a three way tie for
first between those contenders
and the Keizer Oilers.
The Markets blanked the pre
viously unbeaten Corner crew
4-0 on the one-hit pitching of
Dan Feller. In the only other
game of the league the Oilers
slammed out 11 hits to collect a
16-6 win over the Schreders.
Triux Oileri 544 J 16 11 0
Schreder' 040 2 0 3 7
Kepplnner, 8hafb (2) and Ntwlon; Smith
and Syrlm.
4 Corner 000 000 1 3
MldveU 220 Ox 4 1 1
Llndberc. Bprtels (2) and SchrensMt;
Peller and Oborn.
Ned Irish
"We figure the fight will pay
off around $150,000," says Nor
ris, "and will do $175,000. Ring
side seats, about the first 20
rows, are selling for $16.50."
(Some experts figuie the fight
will do well to draw $100,000)
"The big heavyweight attrac
tion of the future, though, will
take place when the winner of
this bout meets the Lee Salvold
Bruce Woodcock winner, It
should be here next June. It's
too big a match to hold in
doors." Savold and Woodcock meet in
London on Sept. 6.
Norris plans for other
outdoor shows this year in
clude a Sept. 14 match be
tween Rocky Grnzlano and
Charley Fusarl, a possible
middleweight title bout In the
Polo Grounds "the end of
September" between LaMot
to and Ccrdan; a test between
welterweight champion Ray
Robinson and Steve Helloise
and a rubber match for the
featherweight crown between
Willie Pep and Sandy Saddler.
The IBC includes some of the
biggest names in sports. Ned
Irish, Madison Square Garden
executive vice president, has the
same title with the IBC, Tru
man Gibson, Chicago negro, is
secretary of each IBC. Louis
is director of boxing.
The board of directors in
clude Norris, Wirtz, Louis,
Irish and Gen. John Reed Kil
patrick, Garden president.
Have Exchange Rights
Norris explains that when
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Medford's Sewa&e
Plant Operates
MpHfnrH Aue. 2 (flV-For the
first time in its history, the city
of Medford did not dispose 01
sewage in free-flowing streams
today. A newly constructed
trunk line sewer to the camp
White sewage plant went lnio
service.
The nlant capable of handling
sewage for a city of more than
40,000 people, was built during
a t&'W p it's t pfm w
Teacher Leads Parson jtI
Scandinavia on a six-weeks preaching tour, is beaten by Arne
Andersson, Sweden's "flying school teacher," in an exhibition
1000-meter race at Stackhlom. (AP photo.)
Louis officially retired In March,
he had a chance to tie up with
the Tournament of Champions.
"I thought we'd be better off
to get Joe Louis in with us,"
says Norris. Two months later
Mike Jacobs sold his Twentieth
Century Sporting Club interests
to the IBC. The syndicate then
took over the T. of C. and tied
in with the Garden. Thus, be
sides exclusive boxing rights to
the arenas in Chicago and De
troit, the IBC has Yankee Stadi
um, the Polo Grounds, Garden
and St. Nicholas Arena for box
ing In this city.
Norris, who attended three
prep schools Lawrenceville,
Blair and Roxbury but "never
got to college," has always been
interested in sports. He played
some football and baseball.
When he was 21 he turned to
horse racing.
Today he Is master of the
Spring Hill Farm at Paris,
Ky., where he has 12 brood
mares and three stud horses.
He has a dozen horses in train
ing. Best horse he ever own
ed is Nell K, a homebred bay
filly.
Nell K, a 3-year-old daugh
ter of the obscure Crowfoot
who cost $3,000 at a 1939 dis
posal sale, won $42,275 this
spring by taking such filly
stakes races as the Acorn at
Belmont, the Prioress at Ja
maica and the Gazelle at Aque
duct.
"Horses are my own idea,"
says Norris. "Some people say
it's a sucker's game, but not
me."
"Well, you have years when
you break even," he says
rather proudly.
Williams-Ross
In Mat Mainer
Al Williams and Tony Ross are
billed for the main event in the
Tuesday rassling show at the
Salem armory in a bout which is
scheduled to give the winner a
crack at Frank Stojack.
Al Szasz and Buck Weaver are
listed for the semi-final with Tex
Hager and Billy McEuin listed
for the opener.
Corvallis Woman
Golf Medalist
Portland, Aug. 2 VP) Gracie
De Moss of Corvallis is the wo
men's medalist in the 1949 City
golf championship.
Miss De Moss tied yesterday
with Helen Thompson of Med
ford in an 18-hole round. Each
had 70s. They went an extra
nine for the honor, with Miss
De Moss carding 39 and her
rival 41.
Get Ready for
Hunting
Season
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Dignified Chamber Heads Acts
As 'Victim'-and Then Is
Los Angeles UH Harry G. Bolin, dignified 47-year-old
president of the Eagle Rock Chamber of Commerce, didn't
know what he was In for when he volunteered to be the
"victim" of a mock hanging.
To publicize the Eagle Rock Wild West Centennial celebra
tion, Bolin let them dangle him from a parachute harness by a
hook attached to a portable crane.
Two hundred spectators applauded, thinking it was part of
the act when the winch on the crane slipped and Bolin fell
10 feet to the ground.
He was treated for a broken ankle and a two-inch gash
on his head.
the war for the army camp, it
was acquired recently by thi
city from the war assets admin
istration.
In addition to Medford, thi
plant serves the veterans admin
istration domiciliary center a'
Camp White, and will serve Cen
tral Point when that town con
nects with the main trunk line.
Medford has in the past dump
ed much of its sewage into Beai
creek, which is a tributary ol
the Rogue river. Central Poinl
also uses this method of disposal
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riding in one of the events of the International Horse show at
White City, London.
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