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SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1945
ODT Ruling May Stop Playing Of 1945 East-West Game
OTHER SPORTS
ALSO WILL BE
HIT BY EDICT
WASHINGTON—The new ruling
Of the Office of Defense Transpor
tation may force the cancellation
es the 1945 East-West baseball
classic which is played in Chicago
•ach year.
The ruling, which was in the
form of a request bv the ODT,
*as addressed principally to
baseball owners and asked for a
15 per cent reduction in travel
M compared to 1944.
• • •
TIIE MAJOR LEAGUES have
• nnounced that their 1945 All-Star
game 18 definitely out and that the
1945 world series may not be
played.
The Negro American a d Negro
National leagues, which use many
of the parks owned by the majors,
will naturally have to follow the
•etion of the park owners.
Going a step further, the ODT
laid down a policy which may
mean the cancellation of the can
cellation of the annual Wilber*
force-Tuykegee football game in
Chicago during the month of Oc
tober. and also the game in Wash
ington where the Tuskegee Army
Airfield Warhawks defeated Mor
gan college last fall.
Th.s policy of the ODT is ex
pected to cut out one-fourth of
a l passenger rrilrs traveled by ath-
I«tic teams, professional and ama
teur.
Moreover, the policy will curb
the traveling of such basketball
teams as the Harlem Globe Trot
ters and New York Ren# although
the latter ciub ha* been playing
n of its games close to or in
New York, tms sea.-on The Clone
Tto ter# nave oeen p.ayug on tne
Pat ific Coast
The ODT rulings are
1 Games will or played only ;n
the mure city of one or tne other
CO : pct.ng teams Exh.bition games
cm neutral grounds will be can
to.!. d.
2 Team rosters, when traveling,
v. U be reduced to a minimum.
3 World »Tne« gardes will be
h.id only if transportation a d war
CoTd tionv at the time permit.
4 X!1 clubs w .11 re-examine their
r f'diilc.- and make such tians
p"f ?i n >,<v mgs a- are poss.o.e
Plenty Of Power
In Two Bombers
Of New League
PHILADELPHIA —ls it s bombs
that na-chall fan* want heavy
hitting. many runs ar.d n gh «coie
- ‘hen. if a name mean* anything,
the I‘nited State* Ha-enal! lr.igue
w !1 j rov.de plenty--The Paver
f n R’ack Bombers and the Chi
cago B; wri Bombers
T e Chicago outfit is wc'l
known to fans n tne nudwert,
v e.'t and south The team has been
pla.Mrg inrir ende”’ ba-ehali un
der tne veteian Jim Foster for
►eve:al year*
Pi"ct .-*ii ha* lone been * mecca
f O' g mired tv-eha,! Tne fans
F* e oeen .iemandmg a h-g le «cue
representative. ar.d th .* sear
w .11 ne the fi st yea that they
v lave a:i "pp i ‘ mity
Joe Mingm. a veteian baseball
fr m. i< owner ond Purlin White
is • anager of the team.
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Elks team. Ha has 64 points to his credit in only six games of
pi«y.
Only 4 More Gaines To
Go In Chronicle Loop
Bv JAMES I. WILLIAMS
The >e wrd half of tne M .gan
Cfi: a. ; r.e Basket nal! !.c_.c
charactc red by a deterrr net
group of vour g men « h.v. c tie
will to win. Of co',.: se. they car t
w.n every cn.e, but thrv .re si r
ing the r. best w u o* lose T r.s
..- e-pe> illy t: e. f Yp> • F •
..nd Parser Rc rc.it <v . T re
team* .vco at t ie bo’tom of tne
ladder during t.ie ft -t r-a’.f of ’ o
!o.,gue. but the .-co-id naif f r
t -.e n { v r; all they ad f •i.'t
•star’ to finish to -e’ • e ft- *l < .ok
' the S. pc '• I,,fe I - ,r,r t
’•ophy that w; 1! be given • > •-e
v nmng team at the close if the
season.
• • •
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bv ere po ; ♦ i"9-3Rt from the
po ve: f ’ Yps; F k< George Peax*.
' ;*n 2‘» p.- ■ bolstered B - gz*.
wh le J «rut try R,v * led the F.lks.
• • •
rXRKLR RUCRFATION p aved
a hr i .• f ;l but losing game to the
agg cv v e a-'d expe’-ienced Heart
of Got o*. 23-21. H ,u e Teasley
led P.v ,c's a .*h * v p*. r.t* while
W e S'.'vrs c'l Gis F.r.ncy led
the F is« w th six ap e.e.
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NAGIREMA AND
SIGMA VICTORS
IN FRAT GAMES
By GEORGE W. GADDY 111
Basketball enthuiiasts were
treated to two thrill-packed games
at St. Antoine street branch YMCA
Saturday night. The Nacirema
club five downed the Omegas in
the first game. 41 to 34. In the sec
ond contest the league-leading
Sigmas gradually wore down a
stubborn Kappa team to win
handily by a 32 to 17 score.
The first game was a scoring
duol between Omega's '‘Bill" Rrv.
ant. the league's leading scorer
who ran up 15 points, and Willie
Street, leading point-maker for
the Naciremas who tallied 16
points
LeVonn Smith, veteran renter
of the Naeirema quintet, elertri
fled the crowd with several one
hand pivot shots from the floor
as he dropped In 13 points.
The smooth-working Nacirema
combine of Street. Horne, Van-
Beuran. Smith and Russell gained
an early lead and maintained it
throughout the game Thr Omegas,
sparked by the spectacular snap
shooting of ‘ Bill" Bryant and the
skillful defensive play of Harris
Fletcher and Nelson Long, a for
mer Eastern High cage luminary
were a ’hreat right down to the
final whistle Their spirited play
kept the spectators on their feet
during most of the contest.
• • •
THE SIGMA ROOTERS wr-e
confident of an easy victory for
their team m the S i g m a-Kappa
-ame Apparently no one told the
Kappa* Early m the first quarter
me Kappas led by a 11 to 3 mar
gin
With Hew eu Williams. Ernie
Marshall, Cr.f Van Hargis and
Johnson playing trteir best game*
of the year ’he Kappas outplayed
the Sigmas through the first three
quarters of the came At the end
of ’he third quarter the league
leaders found themselves dead
locked by the fizhting Kappas in
a 16-point tie score
With the beginning of the la<t
qu.-rter the over-anxious Sigmas
began to display champ onsh.p
Arm Sinford. wth a total of 11
•o ot«: Stones tree?, with nine:
R-vat*. wutn six. and Swart son
a t.n five began l to drop the ball
’• :o.:;h the hoon from all angles
vs the co :rt They ran up the
command n: total of 32 to 17
po.nt* over the tiring Kappas.
Box *core:
As the second ha’.' of the season
get* under way the individual
scoring race beg ns to t.ghten up
Only 19 points separate ?h e first
six leader*
Scor.ng 15 pe n?s Saturday nigh*
the Omega .* B 11" Bryant vaulted
nto tr.e lead wit.n 69 po.n’s. The
flashy Bryant hav.ng played in
only four leag e games, sports an
average of better than 17 points
per game.
• • •
HOR XCE COLEMAN, steady
bell ringer of the Alpha attack
v • i 61 pc* "■?.< dropped to second
place AS hi* team wa« idle th.*
veek W ’ e Stree*. la*? year#
w •me*’, t''ok •:r i place as "Son
ny ' held to two po.n.s
by tne hast! ng Omegas this w eek.
a-d H -«pped to s.xth p ace in the
-landings
The Standings
Plaver Team Pt* A\g.
Bi-yant Omega 69 17
H Coleman —Alpha 6! 12
Y. Street—N pm* AO '2
O Russell Nac en a '6 1!
C Van Ha’gi* Kappa 53 10
Horne—Nacirema 50 10
Leon Spencer
Slops Francis
Spencer. Detroit light*
<v eight. - ued a technical knocs
>it 'ver Kid Franc:*, Panama, in
•ne th; d rou’id of an e.ght-round
h it at Arcadia Monday night
Fra -s wa* boo red four times in
the t’vst r >md o'lce n the >ocoi d
"d third Referee Claten'e Rosen
■•opped the b v jt a* Francis 'a .led
* > ' ird a b'o a,.
In other bouts Gene Boland. 145.
dcfca’ci Flo'd Lav w-eur. Matzy
Pv-c-. 117 sapped Tommy Nflson
w ’h 'he fir-t bow Fd Prince, 130,
’v on b\ a te hmcal R’ockout over
N than Rndge-. C mt DfMarlo’
‘O. beat Fra' r- Olsoway. flooring
i,m twice in lour rounds.
Miller Whips
Northern, (iO-25
M.'.'er l».gh school trampJeo
Vo tne ’i tu the.: fir-t dual track
mec of the -ea-on, 60-26. at
V > the n H gh Tne T: ojans s wept
tie 30-yard low hurdles. 400-yar<t
rfa.-h and tie m e. while North
r-n fa ed to dominate a s.ngle
even’
.dciSf.
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RUSS J. COWANS'
Sport Chatter
The Office of Defense Transpor
tation ha.* asked all sports to re
duce passenger mileage 25 per cent
on a “home field basis." Play on
"neutral" fields will be eliminated.
Specifically, this is what ()DT
asked of baseball in cutting Its
mileage 25 per cent: games will
be played onlv on the home city
of one or other competing teams.
Elimination of exhibition games
on "neutral" fields except at
army and navy establishments.
Pre-season training will continue
to he held at places in or near
the home city of each team.
• • t
LAST JI NE 11 Balt note Elites
and New Yor* Cuban Stars played
a dnublrhcadcr at Briggs Stadium
brf up 25.500 paid laiii’, the Elites
winning the first game. 8-5. and
the Cubans winning the second,
5-1.
On July 2 ’he Chicago American
Giants divided a doubleheader at
B .ggs Stadium before 18,640 fans,
the Red Sox winning the first
game. 11-5. and the Giants taking
the second game. 5-1.
» • •
LEROY (SATC HEL) Pa ge held
the Chicago American Giants to
three hit- to w.n the fir.-t game
of a doublcheader at the Stadium,
Aug. 6. and 26.684 fans witnessed
the first same of a doubleheader,
•he Monarchs winning. 2-0. The
Giants won the second game. 15-8
And on Sept 3 the New York Cu
ban Stars won a twin oiil from the
Baltimore Elite# before 13 963 fart--,
the score of the first g<< r.r oer g
4-3. ar.d the fined game. 5-3.
I nder the latest ruling of the
Office of Defense Transportation.
*ueh games a* those played at
Brigts Madium last year, will
not be permitted this summer,
providing there s no change in
the ODT.
• • •
ALEXANDER POMPEZ, owner
of the New Yor* Cuoan Stan*, was
in Detroit la.-t month to consult
with Jack Zeller, ge: eral manager
of the Detru.t T.-ters. As a re-ult
of this conference. Pom peg was
given the date of Jure 6 for a
doybleheader w ith some team to
oe -i w cit’d later.
But. if this rul.ng is enforced, the
pi op.-ed garre Potr.pez has sened
uled w .11 have to be cancelled.
• • •
The winner of the decathlon is
usually cons.he.ed tie greatest a'.l
ar 'und athlete. Thus conclusion
BARNEY EWELL
SELECTED TOP
AA U ATHLETE
NEW YORK Cp! Barney
Ewell of Camp K.lmer. N ,T. the
one-man track tea"" who <u.-orrd
!0 points n ’he Nat onal Amateur
Xf'.e’ic U-'ion meet Satu-day
v at Mai.sort Squa-e Garden,
v a.* chosen Monday a* the out
standing a'hlete ,n the event.
Ewell won the broad jump
and 60-vard dash to provide all
of Camp Kilmer's points. He
was chosen in a vote of specta
tors. receiving 3.073.
The former Penn S’ate ace and
Na’ional Co'lez ve broad jurrn
and sprin* champion leaned 23
>e* »! mche* to take broad
ump title Ft:lace Peacock, for
mer Temple ur. ver-i?y star and at
ore ’me Vs >na! A AT’ 'lrdoor
md o itdoor broad jump cham
pion. wa* th.r.d
f PL. FXX EU. came back a few
minutes la’rr to capture the 60-
vn-d dash in 6 2 seconds, leading
Herb Thompson, fornte: !y of Jer
-•'v C’v b t row of t v, e Manhat
•an Coa.-’ Gua d. to ’be ’are
Fd D: :ger. so rer Tuft* college
-tar and rx-Na’ opal Co’ egiaie
huH'.r* champion, won *he 60-
vard high rt md’es in 7' seconds
He wa* second it* ‘he low hurdles.
Rudy > mms. represent ttj the
P o'veer A C of New You fin
sned second to J. v R.afYe ty,
w''.’e. of N> v Yvk AC u the
rle S mms led ”ae race for the
ha'' as re w>< c’.oc- d in 57 4
Rafferty'* * me w - 4.!7 5
Flm.a e Haris 'ormclv of Mar
ian college a ".A no v -.inning for
•lie S'" ■>t \ C of N w York. » ( vv
•he 600-yard run n*> ng out J m
tv HerbC't. G'and S’ree? Boys'
c! a of New Yo"k. Herbert Me-
K -lev. ex-Boston m.versitv quar
to--mile". was third.
\ former Xav
ier un ver- tv New Orleans' star.
el w "t Ko ,v,, e:h W testier. Mar
q e"e ver- ty , so • in
*'f i . tin iu high iump Dave Al
h-it’on S gna! Cor-j'* A C former
Ohio State and Olympic star, was
third
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stems from the fact that the con
te.-ting athletes participate in 10
difTerc: t events, and the winner is
determined by the point system.
The decathlon evenis. in the or
der of their runoff are: First, day:
100 meters, running broad jump.
16-pound weight throw, running
high jump, 400 meters.
Second day: 110 meters high
hurdle?, discus throw, pole vault,
javelin tnrow, 1500 meters.
• • 9
JIM THORPE, con.-idered by
sport authorities as America’s
greatest athlete, won the AAU
decathlon in 1911 and the AAU
and Olympic decathlon in 1912.
Glenn Morris won the AAU
decathlon in 1935 and the AAU
diid Olympic in 1936.
In rerent years Bill Watson ha.*
won the AAU decathlon title
twice, rapturing the gruelling
test in 1940 at Cleveland, and
again in 1943 at Elizabeth. V J.
Watson did not defend his cham
pion.-hip ,n 1941, nor d.d he com
pete in 1944.
• • •
BIT WATSON, former Univer
sity of Michigan track captain, is
preparing to regain the crown thi?
year, thus becoming the only ath
lete m the history of America to
ho.d the championship three t.m.e;.
The b.g athlete has already
started training for the big test,
and hopes to be in top .-nape by
next August, the time when tne
decathlon will be held.
• • •
"Satchel Paige, great Negro base
ball player. He has been a success
ful pit ner for 20 years. Some say
Paige ;g the all-time greatest ball
piayei of his Not in my books.
The greatest Negro ball player I
ever saw was a fellow named M«»n
--:oe who pld.'ed third base for the
Philadelphia G.ant.- "
The aoove is from E V Durlu g's
column wh.ch appears in the De
troit Times ea. h d*...
• • •
DI'RI.ING has reference to Bill
Monr »e. former second baseman
for The Chicago American Giants.
Morjloo played second and third
for the Ph.ludeiph.u Giants before
coming west to join Rube Foster's
team in 1907. He played with the
Chicago t> an ntil 1915, along w ith
such o* Pete Hill. Fra' k Dun
can. Jv.-.-e Bat oer. Walter Ball.
Booty 'A ,nst n. Ji»e Green, Pat
Dougherty, 81l Lindsey, ana
800 <er.
Monroe Is bracketed with El
wood 'Binsoi DeMovs and the
late f rank XXarfield as the three
top second basemen of Negro
baseball. Some of the old timers
consider Monroe the peer of all
guardians of the second base.
s S v
“Sportee’ Jackson
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ROBINSON WINS
OVER LAMOTTA
IN FOURTH TILT
NEW YORK Ray "Sugar"
Robinson, uncrowned king of the
welterweight division, gave an
other njasXerful demonstration of
pugilistic .n Madison
Square Garden. Friday night, be
fore 18 000 roaring fans.
Robinson, the master boxer,
out-hustled, out-punrhed. and
out-fou*ht Jake I.aMotta for the
third time in their four meetings.
• • •
"SUGAR RAY" defeated Jake in
their first bout in the Garden two
years ago. The heavy punching
LaMnt’a handed Ray his fir*! de
• feat ir 41 starts at the Olympia in
Detroit, in 1943 Robinson won
over LaMptta in a return bout in
the Olympia ring, jus? before going
in'o the army the same year.
In their fight Friday night La-
Mo’ta with an eight and one-half
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PAGE FIFTEEN
Black Barons To
Have Same Power
CHICAGO. 111.—Winfield 8.
Welch dropped into Negro Ameri
can League headquarters here to
check up on the baseoall situation
for 1943 and announced happily
that the Birm n;ham Black Bar
ons, whom he had managed to the
league crown the last two years,
had the power to make it three
titles in a row.
Welch had just returned from
the West Coast where he handled
the role of road business manager
for the great Harlerrt Globetrot,
ter* basketball team, who are
again proving a sensation every
where they play
Welch added that he will open
spring training officially :n Bir
mingham March 26 but wilt ha\e
his pitchers there March 20.
pound we aht advantage forced the
fightirg all the way. but he was
out-classed by the fast stepping,
ring wi'-'e Rqbinson.
This was Robinson's ninth con
secutive triumph since he rece ved
a medical discharge from the army
last October.
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