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(SATURDAY, JANUARY 15,1944
[Kansas City To Send 15 In Quest Of Rich Tourney Title
ROBERT GUNN IS
MADE PRE-MEET
PICK BY FANS
With the entry list swelling each
•nd every day, the first annual nat
ional singles match game champion
ship tournament, sponsored by ths
Michigan Chronicle with the sanc
tion of the National Negro Bowling
association, moved rapidly toward
the days of competition for the
richest prize in the history of Ne
gro bowling.
The tournament, a 69-game test
across 16 alleys, has a top prize of
$750 to the winner, $375 to second,
$175 to third, SIOO to fourth, and
SSO to fifth. In addition, the winner
of the 24-game preliminary, start
ing Feb. 3 and continuing through
Feb. 4, will win SSO, and each of
the 10 leaders in this test will win
back their entry fee of $25.
The winner of the tournament
Will be deterrpined in the round
robin of 45 games in which the 10
leaders from the preliminary will
compete, starting Feb. 5 and termi
nating Feb. 6. The games will be
ro.Ved at Paradise BowL
Jumps To Front '
Kansas City jumped into the lead
In entries when 15 bowlers from
that city filed entry to compete for
the lucrative prize. Included in the
list of rollers are Bob Elmore, Al
vin Walton. Ted Buford. Cecil
Booker, Harold Swain, Ben Traylor,
C. Cain. Lloyd Davis, Otto Straw
ther, Clarence Kerford. Louis Dud
ley, Veruie Ross. Harvey Baldwin,
Bill Brihson. and Harry Carter.
Sam Merchant, former, member
©f Friars Ale who returned to New
York after the finish of the 1943
season, telephoned last week that
he will have his entry in by the
first of the week. Merchant also an
nounced that no less than, seven
©ther New York keglerg' would
Compete in the tourney.
In the meantime George Ben
nett was in Louisville, Cincinnati
and Indianapolis to pick up some
entry in those cities. Bennett wired
back that he had been more success
ful than he had anticipated.
Bob Robinson and Tommy Clark,
members of the Woodlawn Alcu
mens, were the first Chicagoans to
enter the tournament. Clark has
won every tournament in the
Windy City this season and has to
his credit a 300 game, rolled at the
White City alleys last December,
Gunn Made Favorite
Right now Robert Gunn, lead-off
man for Porters Cleaners, has been
made the big favorite to capture
the rich prize. Gunn leaped out in
front when he captured the second
tournament sponsored Great laikes
Mutual Insurance company at Para
dise Bowl, rolling up a total of
1665 pins for the eignt games across
16 alleys, finishing with an average
•f 208.
Tiny Baldwin and Ernest (Boots)
Fairfax;, members of Friars Ale and
pre-toumament favorites, finished
second and third respectively, Tiny
Collecting 1635 Fairfax 1620.
While the high average rollers
will naturally catch the eyes of the
bowling fans, this does not mean
that one of them will be able to find
the ’•pocket" when the barrier is
lowered and the boys begin firing
the title. Some dark horse can get
•'hot" and blast his way to a lead
the favorites can not overtake.
Russ J. Cowan, director of the
tournament issued the statement
this week that Jan. 22 is the dead
line for filing entries which will ap
pear in the special program that
will go to press wtih information
•nd pictures about the bowlers.
Brewster Quintet
Keeps League Lead
Brewster regained its winning
wavs Sunday when the leaders in
the Detroit Basketball association
trounced Kirlin. 36 to 34. Sunday
Might at Hackett Field House, to
retain a one-game lead in the
Jcague.
It was the shooting of the veteran
Ennis Stafford who accounted for
the Brewster victory. F.nnis hang
ing up 12 points. Brewster went to
the front early and held a 21-9 lead
• t the half.
SUffrin defeated the Police. 42-
Rfl; Jaglowicz trimmed Dearborn,
24-21.
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Smiling Boy Gunn, laud-off man for Portm Claanars. scored hit
second consecutive tournament victory Saturday night whan ha
piled up IMS to win the second special tournsy sponsored by the
Great Lakes Mutual Insurance company. Last waek Bob gathered
1610 to win first place which carried SIOO with it. Saturday night
Bob had big gamss of SS7 and 235. He's now pointing for the first
annual national singles match gams championship which will be
held at Paradis# BowL February 3-i.
Faye Kersey Paces As
O’Donnell Wins Three
By ALFONSO CATO
Weaker sex! Who said ao? Well,
at least Motor City femme keglers
didn't appear week et all when they
took to the alleys last Wednesday
e\ entng after resting for the Christ
mas holidays. The girls turned out
in full fftfee and put on e fine ex
hibition of pin spilling for the many
spectators that turned out to wit
ness the games.
Faye Kersey, bowling In third
position for the second place W B
O'Donnell girls, set the pace for her
team with 184. 191. and 189, and
helped the defending Motor City
champs win three from Mundy
girls. O'Donnell registered games
of 761, 779, and 836. while their
rivals hit 715, 748, and 792.
12 Hersemen Win Twe
The leagub leaders. 12 Horse
men's girls, won two from Dr.
Owen's Ten Pinner*. The league
leaders, although they won the best
two out of three in the contest, lost
one game in the league race to the
O'Donnell's w’ho won three. The 12
Horsemen are only three games out
in front of the defending champs
I.a Drain Powell was high for 12
Horsemen with 185. Scores: 12
Horsemen. 740, 681, and 699; Dr.
Owen, 705. 622, and 715. Sarah Gor
don was high for Dr. Owen with
190.
Supreme Linen won three from
Floyd's Cleaners. Scores: Supreme.
664, 671. 744; Floyd s. 470, 661. and
657. Hazel Thomas. ; captain of
Supreme, was high in the match
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with 194. and Ro.*e Stewart was
high for Floyd s with 128.
Garvin's Motor Sales femmes won
two from Cozy Corner. Scores: Gar
vin, 722. 683. and 716; Cozy Corner.
643. 715, and 622. R. Johnson was
high for the victors with 191. while
Gladya Andrew Grey was high for
Cozy Corner with 165.
Club 666 lost two to Alhambra's
Case. Ollie Neal set the pace for
Alhambra with 195, while Lucille
Strickland's 183 was high for Club
666. Scores: Alhambras 673.723. and
760; Club 666. 675, 655. and 666
Settles and Son won two from
Career's Lunch. Scores: Settles, 654,
701. and 711; Carter s Lunch. 685.
643, and 690.
Progressive Victory Win
The Progressive Victory girls
finally came out of their slump an<P
won the best two out of three from
the Regent Figure Skaters. Chris
tine Lewis, captain of the Victory
girls, was high for her team with
124. and M. Carr was high for the
Skaters with 135.
In the final contest of the evening
Acme’s Florist won three from
Picket Fence on a forfeit
How They Stand
W la
12 Horsemen 36 9
O’Donnell 33 9
Garvin’s Motor 30 14
Dr. Owen a 26 17
Settle 2« n
Supreme Linen 27 18
Picket Fence 25 20
Acme’s * 25 19
Club 666 22 21
Alhambra** Case 21 21
Mundy’a 18 27
Carter’* Lunch 16 26
Coey Comer f 4 9*
Regent Skater* 12 33
Progressive Club 10 35
Floyd's Cleaner* 6 38
Kappa, Omega
Win Thrillers In
Fraternity League
The few fan* who ventured out
Saturday night to the Frat League
games at the “Y” were treated to
many thrills and spills. The first
game was late starting, but it was
#o Ailed with excitement that no
one bothered about the time.
Kappa and Nacirema squared off
In the first game and until the third
quarter it looked like a walk-away
for Nacirema. Both teams had diffi
culty In finding the basket at the
outset, but Nacirema pushed out in
front and led at halftime, 19 to 12.
Kappa came back strong in the
second half and caused Nacirema
a plenty of trouble, winning 41 to
38.
Vfcn Hargis, with Id points. Wil
liams. Bryant and Green accounted
for all the Kappa scores. Smith led
the scoring for Nacirema with 12
points, and was ably supported by
Street. Stewart end Home.
In the second contest. Omega met
a very formidable foe w-hen they
took Sigma for a 58-50 licking. In
the first half Omega took a com
manding lead of 24 to 15 and held
on until the finish. While Omega
was scoring 34 points in the second
half. Sigma scored 35.
Bryant led the way for Omega
with 16 points. J. Hill, S. Hill. Har
ris, and L. Hill followed with 12,
10. 9 and 7 respectively. Stone
street was the high point man for
Sigma with 19 points, follow'ed by
Stanford 12. Lee 8, Gwynn 6, and
Broadnax 5.
League games will be played
again on Saturday at the "Y**; start
ing At L3O. .
LA MOTTA FACES
ZIVIC FRIDAY IN
10 AT OLYMPIA
Jake LaMotta and Fritzie Zlvic,
opponents in Nick Londes’ fistic
headliner at Olympia next Friday
night, have met three times and in
every fight experts and fans vio
lently disagreed with the decisions
LaMotta was given the first de
cision over Zivic in Pittsburgh.
Then followed a tremendous
squawk from sports writers and
fans alike. A poll of ringside ex
pert* showed 90 per cent favoring
Zivic.
The two fighters were rematched
for Pittsburgh. This time Zivic was
given the decision and, strangely
enough, the same men who had
championed hi# cause before,
turned on the referee and judges
with terrific broadsides. LaMotta
had won this one, they said.
The third match was moved to
New York's Madison Square Gar
den and again LaMotta won the de
cision only to have many of the
nation's leadiQg experts disagree
violently with the verdict.
Now comes the fourth meeting
at Olympia. Zivic, fresh from a
knockout victory over Ossie Harris
a week ago Monday in Pittsburgh,
comes into the fourth meeting
amazingly confident
“I have LaMotta’s style complete
ly solved." he said. “11l never re
tire as long as I can get easy touches
like him."
Plenty of Zivic money already
has showed around Detroit and is
being gobbled up by LaMotta boos
ters.
Promoter Nick Londes is work
ing on a supporting card and ex
pect to have it completed within a
few days.
The two fighters started work
outs at the Monroe A C on Mon
day.
THE BOWLERS'
HALL of FAME
By ALFONSO CATO
Entries are coming In from many
parts of the country for the big
national singles tournament to be
held at the Paradise Bowl Feb. 3
through 6. The 69 games across six
teen alleys affair will reward its
participants to the tune of SI7OO.
with $750 going for first prize. The
bowler that finishes second will
get $375 for his trouble.
The first day of the tournament
will sec the keglers battle it out
in a 24-game elimination. The ten
high men emerging from this con
test will bowl 45 games in the round
robin to determine the winner.
Each of the ten will get back their
entry fee, and the one who finishes
with the high total pins for 24
games will be given an additional
SSO for finishing first.
* * #
We salute Robert (Bob) Gunn,
star member of the league leading
Porter's Cleaners, who won the
second successive Paradise Bowl
clastic last Saturday evening. Gunn
registered 1665 for eight games
across eight alleys, and took down
SIOO. Tiny Baldwin, star member
of Friar's Ale five, finished second
with a 1633 and SSO. while Earl
(Boots) Fairfax, another member
of Grady Jackson's Friar’s Ale, took
down $25 for his 1620.
The Motor City women keglers
will hold their first classic at Pal
mer Bowl Sunday. Jan. 30. The
classic will consist of four games
across eight alleys, and SSO will go
for first prize. $25 for second and
sls for third. The entry fee for the
classic is set at $3 per entry.
With the announcement of the
Classic by Mrs. Virginia Dolphin
Sauls, this will mark the first time
in the city's bowling history that
such a classic has been held for
Femme keglers. The winners in the
classic will be determined by high
total pins.
The Majestic Hotel, of Cleveland
was in the city last Sunday and
took on two local teams. First, the
timber topplers took on the fast
moving Palmer Bowl five up at the
Palmer, and lost the match to the
local lads. Scores: Palmer 640, 866.
and 899 for 2605: Cleveland. 844. 819.
and 767 for 2430. In the invaders
lineup were: De Hart Hubbard.
Tho%pson. Wilberly. Patton, and
Wilhite. In the local lineup were:
Walter Sauls, who turned in the
highest single game of the contest,
310; Arthur Gassaway, Ennis. Beav
er. and Frank Davis. Ennis had the
only two remaining 200 games in
the match.
Later on In the evening the boy*
from the Buckeye state dropped a
match to Adams’ Standard Service.
Adams team had little trouble
crushing the invaders.
Thi* column received a letter
from Orbra Houston, former star
bow’ler with Sewell All Start of
Chicago. Private Houston is sta
tioned at Camp Berkeley, Texas,
and would like to know if he could
enter the National singles tourna
ment that will be held at Paradise
Bowl In February. The star bowler
said that he may be able to get in
tow'n the day the tournament gets
underway.
George Bennett, and Earl (Boots)
Fairfax, will take on two of the
best white bowlers in the city Sat
urday midnight at the Paradise
bowl. The local boys will tackle
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Two Chicagoan* who will compete in the first annual national
single* match gams championship are Bob Robinson (lafL) mem
ber of Sewell's All Stan, and Tommy Clark, anchor for Syls Short
stops. Both bowlers have averages above 180. and Clark racantly
turned in a 300 gams.
RUSS J. COWANS'
SPORT CHATTER
As things stand now, Robert
Gunn, lead-off man for Porters
Cleaners, appears to be the princi
pal threat in the coming first an
nual national match game cham
pionship, but there's many a slip
between the cup and the lip. Young
Gunn may experience a slip in his
search for tbe Golden Fleece of
$750. .prize the successful bowler.
Oval-faced Bob, a most likeable
chap, became the dominant factor
in the minds of local bowlers this
week when he duplicated his feat
of the previous week to win the
second of the special tournaments
Great Lakes Mutual Insurance com
pany is sponsoring at Paradise
Bowl. Gunn, who has been bowling
two years, collected a pin-fall of
1665 in the eight games across 16
alleys, Saturday night This gave
bim an average of 208 for the eight
games
Gunn, a protege of George Porter,
had a high game of 257. followed
a minutes later by 235. He was on
a scoring spree and could not be
stopped.
Indications of what the competi
tion will be in the big tournament
was offered when Tiny Baldwin,
after a shaky start piled up enough
timber to finish in second place
with 1635. Ernest (Boots) Fairfax
was third with 1620.
While Gunn has been made a big
favorite by the local followers of
the bowling lanes, there are indica
tions that affable Bob will have to
continue his scoring spree if he ex
pects to take down the largest
chunk of the prize money. With
Cleveland. Indianapolis. New )Tork,
Toledo, Cincinnati. Louisville. Chi
cago and Kansas City sending their
best keglers, there will be a merry
battle to take dowm top money and
the title of national Negro singles
match game champion.
Therman Gibson, and Fred Bujack.
Ten gamea across ten alleys will de
termine the winners, and the pair
with the high total pins for the
contest will take down the SSOO
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Bob Montgomery, the Philadel
phia lightweight who gained a 10-
round decision over Joey Peralta,
Mexican, last Friday night at Olym
pia, is just about the busiest fighter
ever to be teen in a Detroit ring.
Montgomery was on the move from
the opening bell in the first round
to the final bell in the tenth round.
Montgomery is not the type who
just flails his arms and wild and
reckless abandon. Instead, he's for
ever moving in against his oppo
nent with a concentrated attack on
the head and body. Bob is a busy
man.
One of the best looking fighters
on the card was Leßoy Willis, a
product of t Brewster Recreation
Center who was making his pro
fessional debut Although he was
outweighed by seven pounds, Willis
showed excellent boxing skill, a
good left hand, good judgment of
distance, and fine foot work. Ha
should go places. „
On the other hand. Kid Davis,
chief of the pin boys at Paradise
Bowl, was outclassed in his match
with Sammy Hughes, an exper
ienced welterweight Davis was
overmatched by his handlers and
took a severe lacing from Hughes
before he was the victim of a tech
nical knockout
In a cartoon, drawn by Alston
and appearing on the editorial page
of this issue of the Michigan Chron
icle. CoL Edward O. Gourdin is
pictured as "a great all round ath
lete at Harvard." and the holder of
“the world'* broad jump record in
1921. He was a member of the 1924
Olympic team and national penta
thlon champion in 1921 and 1922."
Col. Gourdin is at present com
mander of the 372nd infantry.
But one of Gourdin’s greatest
achievements is overlooked. He was
the first Negro to break a world
record in the field of sports when
he leaped 25 feet. 3 inches in a dual
meet between teams of Harvard
and Yale and those of Cambridge
and Oxford
Gourdin had defeated Abrahams,
of Cambridge, a few minutes be
fore in the 100-yard dash, walked
to the jump pit and made his rec
ord on his first effort. Abraham
went to the 1924 Olympics and won
the 100-meter dash.
Porters Cleaners Tied .
By Johnson-Harris Five
Making a complete sweep of the
three games with Tom Phillips Post
Monday night at Paradise Bowl,
plus the awarding of a decision in
a controversial match of a few
weeks back. Johnson-Harris, de
fending champions, went into a tie
with Porters Cleaners for leader
ship In the Motor City Bowling
league. Porters lost one game to
Sensation Bar.
Capt. Bill Rhodman paced the
Johnson-Harris team to a *2664 to
2553 win .over the Phillips keglers
as he collected 579 on a high game
of 215. .
Hefty Ben Webster, rolling In the
second slot for Porters, captured
individual scoring honors of the
evening as he went on a pin-top
pling spree. Ben opened with 255.
had a middle game of 180. and then
blasted out 231 for a blazing 666.
Adams Standard Service trounced
B. A C. Club, 2518 to 2429. Friars
Ale ran up tbe top score of the eve
ning, 2888, but could only win one
game from the Watson Realty
bowlers who rolled 2865.
Capt. Ernest (Boots) Fairfax
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paced his teammates with 619 on
222, 196 and 201. Tiny Baldwin had •
609 on 183, 181. 245. Jira Anderson
was top scorer for Watson with 607
on 211, 205 and 191. Acme Flowers,
with Smith bitting 625 on 220, 225
and 180, dropped two to Detroit
Maroons, 2731 to 2592.
Delmonica Bar outrolled Nacire
ma, 2554 to 2432. but lost two games.
Darling Florist, paced by 17-year
old Willie Williams, won two from
Associated Electric. 2671 to 2571.
Williams had 564 on a hign game
of 257. Harlem Cleaners downed
Motor City Elks in two games.
2505 to 2299 Edwards All-Stars
won two from Sportsmen Club,
2513 to 2491.
EIGHT STRAIGHT KAYOS
CAMP KILMER. N. J—ln th#
past six months, Pfc. Hugh Murphy
of Hartsville, S. C., 170-pound mid
dleweight, has chalked up a record
of eight straight knockouts as a
member of the post boxing squadL
He had never entered a ring before
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