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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1944
Grays Beat Barons 4 Out Of 5 To Retain Championship
WHEN PITCHERS MEET
BKi.
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John Ridloy (right) pitcher for tho Michigan Chronicla Panthers,
and Curtis Daniels of Brewster YSO. shake hands during the
championship game at Van Antwerp Sunday. Brewster defeated
the Panthers 7-6.
Women League Starts;
Velma Lunch Sets Record
By JAMES E. WILLIAMS
The Motor City \v’omen'n Bowling
League got off to a successful start
Wednesday nuihl at the Paradise
Bowling Alleys a< 15 teams endeav
ored to get into the spotlight . .
The Acme Florists led tne way with
a team total of 2409 pins, R i B vus
second with 2140 and the Twelve
Horsemen was third with 2044 . .
Mrs Gassaway of the Acme Flor
ist scored the highest single game
with a 203. ... A very unusual
thing happened during the league
bowling, either a team won three
games or it lost three games . . .
The teams competing in the league
are Gatvtn Motor Sales. Picket
Fence, Dr. Owens. Settles At Son,
Supreme Linen. Acme Florist. Cozy
Corner, O'Donnell, E M Rnggs
Burnett's Health. Adams Service.
B A: B. formerly Mundy Sisters. Al
hambra Case arid Club 666
The Wolverine league
Velma Lunch, scoring 2736. made
the highest thiee-game total for
the season in beating Wards' Beauty
Studio by 77 pi ns. Iwist week
Wards' Beauty Studio scored 2664
pins for the team total . Sportree'a
Aquarium was third with 2344 . .
Flank Davis of the Dr Powell
Johnson team led the field with a
atngle game h.gh at 233 This is ore
pin less than M Kilgore scored last
week . . . Charles Blake of Velma's
l.unch took the second high wqth a
220 and Benny Blackman of Wards'
Beauty Studio was third with a
207.
Dixie Bowl
Wav ne Spaulding w ill conduct his
bowling school at the Dixie Bowling
alley Sunday morning at 11.
Palmer Bawl
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tato Chips, Club Delissa. Jones
Cleaners, Northeast Athletic club.
Highland Park and the Composite
Lodge . .r. The Victory Five led
with 2412 pins.
’ Force - Tuskegee
Football Match
Draws Interest
Unprecedented .nterejt is being
manifested in Detroit s first night
football game, following last week’s
announcement that Tuskegee and
Wilberforce will play here at the
University of Detroit Stadium on
the evening of Friday. Oct 20.
Despite war conditions and low
er enrollments than usual both
Tuskegee and Wilberforce are said
to have excellent teams
The contest will be sponsored by
the A’pha Kappa Alpha sorority
assisted by the Alumni of both
schools and more than 15.000 spec
tators are expected to witness the
battle
Immediately following the game
a recept.on and dance will be ten
dered the visiting players and out
of-town guests at*the Labor Temple
Auditorium. Montcalm and Park
streets Already hundreds of out
of-town visitors from such places,
as. learning. Flint, Ypsilanti. Sagi
naw. Grand Rapids in the state, and
Cleveland. Toledo and other Ohio
towns.
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BIRMINGHAM NO
MATCH FOR THE
HOMESTEADERS
WASHINGTON—The Washington
Homestead Grays retained their
world championship here on Sun
day by taking the fifth game of
the Negro world series from the
Birmingham Black Barons. 4 to 2.
before 10.000 fans in Griffith stadi
um here. The Grays had previously
won three out of four games played.
The champions jumped on Saylor
in the inning to chase three
runs over the plate, a lead which
was enough to win the game. Jerry
Benjamin and Sammy Bankhead
singled after Jim Bell had flied
out. Burk Leonard was ordered
passed. Hoskins grounded to Piper
Davis at second and was thrown
out. Benjamin scoring on the play.
Manager Welch ordered Saylor to
walk Josh Gibson, but Jud Wil
son. playing third for the Grays,
inserted a timely single to score
Bankhead and l>eonard.
Put It On Ire
The Grays scored their final run
in the fourth Roy Welnacker,
southpaw hurler for the Grays,
started things with a double,* was
sacrificed to second by Bell, and
scored on Benjamin's single. That
was the end for Saylor, Johnny
Britton replacing him on the
rubber
The Barons scored one run in
the fourth and fifth, putting togeth
er two singles with an error by
Wilson to send Britton over the
plate in the fourth Two hits and
an error tallied the final Baron
marker.
Win In Pittsburgh
The Barons won the game in
Pittsburgh Saturday. 6-0. behind
the three hit pitching of Johnny
Huber, who held the hard-hitting
Grays to three hits and struck out
six.
The Barons scored one run in the
second, and then shoved three runs
over the plate in the sixth
Ray Brown, leaning pitcher in
the Negro National League held
•he Barons to one hit in the game
Thursday at Birmingham as the
Grays won. 9-1 Jim Bumpus, for
mer southpaw for the Motor City
Giants in Detroit, was on Ihe mound
for the R irons and gave lip 11 hits,
issued six walks and fanned six
Brown fanned five and issued three
free passes
The Gravs won in New O-leans,
Tuesday, 6-1. a« Walker held the
crippled Barons to five hits A 1
Savior was nicked for eight blows.
Roy Williams
Paces On 628
In 2-Game Win
Roy Will.ams, bowling in the
anchor slot for Adams Service,
paced his team to a two-game win
over Cook es Lunch in the Motor
City Bowling Leazue games at
Paradise Bowl. Monday right Wil
liams put together games of 237.
216 snd 175 for 628 and the Service
outfit rolled up a total of 2696
against 2594 for the lunch team
Tmv Raldw n was the b g no;«e
Ale as the team swept
•he three-game sor e* with Burton
Star.*. 2743 to 2500 Baldwin had
601 on games of 212 223. and 168
Porte * Cleaners non two from,
Dixe Challengers. 2535 no 2.3.51
Walter Sauls paced the attack with
5.31
T ■'m Phili p* vr>n three from
V.-re FUrift to 2.V36 and
Pa-ker House Sau«»:e won two
:amf« from Row!. h. • ’n.«t
1 total pin-. to 2*43 Watson
Pealtv wpo *hrer f om Morroco
Temple 2>4* to 2320 \.«oc a*ed
Fleefie \» >n *hree Tom Spartinf.
-233 to Ifi.l Tho Wn]\p« won three
from Harlin: FUris* 2443 • 2231
The 1 m on: -a R - lost me s to
Sportsman cluh hut on in total
pints 2423 to 24’!
Ike Williams
Fredd’e Datvson
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So Intense has been the Interest
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fight of the Tigers to win the flag
In the American league race that
they would just give the name of
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Walter Simpson
ion a slight
glance without
recognition, and
then pass on to
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possibilities o f
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Rut Simpson
was a much dis
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last summer, es
pecially after he
had won th e
Michigan A A I
high jump championship with a
leap of 6 leet, 4 inches. It was the
first time Simpson, former Michigan
State Normal ace, had competed in
two years.
However, that was not the best
jump Simpson ever made. His best
mark was at the Illinois Tech Re
lays in Chicago in 1941 when he
went over the bar at 6 feet. 5 inches I
to win the championship. He grad
uated from Michigan State Normal
the following year.
While in college he competed in
the high jump and high and low
hurdles.
But Simpson is leaving athletics
behind for the time He left this
week for Washington where he w ill
< nroll in the Howard University
Theological Seminary, to continue
his studies for the ministry. He
was ordained last January.
Since leaving college Simpson has
been employed as physical director
at St. Antoine Branch YMt'A, and
aim taught in River Rouge.
Going with Simpson to Washing
ton will be Ihe good wishes of those
sport fans who have watched him
perform since those days when hev
was a student at Cass Technical
High school.
* * *
BcMdes getting a better brand of
pitching than that dished up by the
Birmingham Black Baron hurlers.
the Washington Homestead Grays
gave their pitchers a healthy sup
port at the plate to maintain the.r
designation a* world champions of
Negro baseball.
The Grays collected a total of 45
hits in the five games played, an
average of nine hits a game. Buck
husky first sucker, paced
the Gray attack with eigr.t hits in
16 official trips to the plate, giv.ng
him a batting average of 500 Josh
Gibson was close beh.nd with six
hits in 14 trips for a 428 average.
Sammy Bankhead collected seven
hits in 20 trips to the plate for 350.
Steele wax the big man In the
Baron offense, helping himself to
1 seven hits in It trials for an average
lof 157. Lockett collected six hits in
It official times at the plate.
The crippled Barons oulhit the
Grays in only one game, the fourth
game which was plaved in Pitts
burgh last Saturdav. nicking Carter
and Walker for 11 blows, five off
the first named
The Grays ran up a total of 37
runs in five games, w hile the Barons
could only send 12 across the plate.
The fielding was practically even,
both teams committing 14 misplavs.
* * *
Jesse Owens w a< ju.<; as surprised
as his friends when he read the
storv m the daily papers which
stated that he had been invited to
compete ag.s:nst some of the best
athletes in aggneet in Pari*
No one has approached me on
sin h a proposal." -.aid Owen- in t'np
dining room of the I.ucy Thurman
Branch YWCA I read the stnrv
m the papers, and I want to let ail
of my f-lends know th-t* Im not in
the army vet I'm -till employed a*
tre Ford Motor corripir.v
However. I would not he averse
■o competing in a track meet in
France, prov iding I m invited I'm
•i E''od condition right now. having
2i' en a number of exhibitions bur
in? the summer "
Jr-se revealed that he h»d donh
•he hundred vard dash in 9 0 dur
ing a practice session this summer.
*nd figures that wi*h a little more
work he could rut this to 9 6.
Owens comnrlrtt in the last
Ol\—-ic. one held in l't.lK fn
Berlin, wincing the 100. t2OO
- -r-ints, and c’nturinc the
running • m*d **imn H* also an
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Brewster Victorious As
Panthers Protest Title
The Michigan Chronicle Panthers
and the Brewster YSO softball
teams played one of the most stir
ring, breath-gasping games in the
Senior Softball Championships at
the Van Antwerp Playground Sun
day. The Panthers had played
Brewster three and a half innings
Wednesday, but were halted on ac
count of darkness. It was decided
that the remainder of the game
would be resumed the following
Sunday at 4 pm,
Sharp Technicality
From approximately 3:30-4 30 the
baseball diamond on which the
game was scheduled was occupied
by an outside baseball team. Less
than 10 players of Brewster team
were present aT 4:30 which would
have been forfeit time in a non
championship game. The Panthers’
manager. L. C. Harris, claimed the
championship on a forfeit, but in a
gesture of good sportsmanship his
team was willing to play. And the
game started at 5 p m., an hour after
the scheduled time. It was la’.er
ruled that a championship game
could not be won on a forfeit, and
that each league maintains its own
rules.
Dramatic Inning
All seemed well for the confident
Panthers and all was well till in
the final inning with Brewster at
bat John Ridley had performed
well for the Panther* on the mound
and Curtis Daniels had likewise ac
counted well for Brewster's end of
the pitching. Brewster was up
against a two-run lead with no men
out The murmurs of excitement
increased as each second passed, the
Panthers realized they must crush
the Brewster chances of scoring:
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Brewster realized it w'as either do
or die. Russell Carter was the first
to face Ridley in the seventh in- j
ning. He singled safely to infield i
Daniels singled. Gussman walked. |
Burgess singled to make the score
6-5. Robert Evans hit a hot ground- j
er between second and third, with
two men out scoring Gussman and
Burgees to make the game 7-6 in
favor of the Brewster YSO, which I
made Brewster champions of the
Michigan Chronicle Senior Softball
league and the Michigan Chronicle 1
Panthers the runner-up Both
teams played a very good brand of
baseball and showed signs of a
well-organized team.
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Hamilton ‘Rolling Mill* was second
and Joe Ralozos ‘Motor Bldg » was
third Leo Shoemaker was tourna
ment director.
CORRECTION
The Michigan Chronicle published
a statement coneerning the Brew
ster Rifle club, September 16. which i
should have read: Brewster won 52 j
awards in the State Rifle Meet. ;
There is a small fee charged for the
use of ammunition.
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