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-OL XIX —NO. 19
The Sports Mirror I
Bt Rum J. Cowim ksw. 1
There was a big question confronting the promoters
,en they appeal to Walter O. Briggs, owner of the De
,it Tigers, for the use of Briggs Stadium for a game he
een the Homestead Grays and Baltimore Elite Giants,
id this question whirled around the deportment of the
w who will attend this game on Aug. 3.
Before Cum Posey, co-owner of the Homestead Grays,
and told friends that he had been successful in obtaining
e use of Briggs Stadium for the game, they had told him
out the deplorable deportment of some young rowdies,
pecially on boats and at dances and picnics, and urged
jn to have ample police protection to have these rowdies
feted from the Stadium. This, they warned, would
\e the race from much humiliation and avoid anv dis
traction on Briggs’ part.
The owner of the Tigers, eager to establish a
better relationship between all racial groups, broke
tn established rule of permitting only three or four
outside events in the Stadium during the season. But
Briggs will have reason to regret this generosity if
colored fans do not conduct themselves in the ap
proved manner.
For instance, those boys who love to rush about
the grandstand waving a handful of currency as they
attempt to make a bet, can rest assured that they will
be warned, and if they persist in continuing their un
savory action, will be ejected from the park. Tho
same rule holds good for those who want to lacerate
themselves into a frenzy with the contents of a flask.
This is an opportunity which colored base ball fans
ve boon seeking since 1921. and they will not permit a
k rowdies to undo what they have been working toward
ring the past 20 years.
• • • • •
The ninth annual East-West game will he played in
icago Sunday and indications point to a crowd of better
an 40.000 rabid baseball fans in the big park at Thirty
th and Wentworth. This will exceed the crowd of last
nr when almost 40,000 sat and watched the East defeat
* West.
Although the hopes of the West have been brightened
r the appearance of Satchcll Paige in the uniform of the
insas City Monarchs, the East still rules the favorite to
in the game and go into a 5 to 4 lead in the annual Clas
. Paige is not the pitcher he was six or seven years ago
len he entered the game as a member of the East pitch-
I staff.
The East, according to records, has a pitcher who
iithe equal of Paige. His name is Impo Barnhill and
he’» a member of Alex Pompez’s Cuban Giants. Barn
kill has been winning consistently this year, and, ac
cording to baseball experts in the East, is the best
pitcher in Negro baseball.
The East also packs a heavy punch. Buck Leon
ird, Roy Camponello, Buck Easterling, Will Hoskins,
Jerry Benjamin, and Red Purnell are dangerous hit
ters. Campanello is leading the National Negro league
with an average of 3SO. He kept hks average over 400
until the middle of June when he struck a slump.
Leonard has been noted for the past seven years for
his heavy hitting.
Os course the West has Neil Robinson, Memphis out-
Ider who has broken up two games with his hard and
nely hitting. Neil may come through again, just as he
* done in the past.
The infield the East will present is better balanced
V that of the West. Leonard, Seay, Butts, and Easterl
f are tine fielders and good hitters. They hold an edge
tr Taylor, Horne, Allen and Moore.
Judging those players on their records made this year,
n picking the East to win the game. I don t believe that
? score will be one-sided in favor of the East, but I be
ve the boys from the Atlantic Coast will have sufficient
*rgin at the end of the nine innings to conclusively prove
fir superiority over the West.
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DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1941
Big Crowd
For East-West
Classic
50,000 Fans
Expected At •
The Game
CHICAGO—With promoters pray
ing for a day of bright sunshine,
prospects are favorable for a crowd
of iio.ooo to he seated in Comiskey
Park Sunday afternoon when play
ia called for the ninth annual Hast
iest game, the diamond classic of
the year.
Last year close lo 40,000 rabid
tans paused through the turnstiles
at Comeskey Park, establishing a
new record for the contest between
the best players of American Ne
gro league and those of the Na
tional Negro league.
The increased attendance will be
attracted to the park by knowledge
that » better crop of players will
be in the uniforms of both teams,
plus the added attraction of Leßoy
(Satchel! i Paige, the elongated hur-
Irr who is tolling for the Kansas
City Monarchs whenever he's not
blasting the ball past batters In
some jerkwater town.
This will mark Paige's first ap
pearance in the Hast-West contest
sime lfiK when he was on the
mound for the Eaat. The big pitcher
niHde his appearance on the rubber
in the fourth inning after the West
had staged an uprising. Norman
(Turkey| Stearnes was at the plate,
swinging his big hat as Satchel
took up the burden of stifling the
rf.lly. The tying run was on second
and one out. ’
Paige always packed with col
or. heaved three pitches past
Stearnes. and then duplicated the
teat with the succeeding batter to
retire the side. The West never
threatened again.
Hut Paige will fnrp stiff opposi
tion on the mound, judging from the
record of his chief opponent Impo
Harnhlll. right-hander, Barnhill is
best pitcher In organized
baseball right now, topping suoh
stars as l.eon Day, Ray Brown, and
Fred Mrlleiily in the Negro Na
tional league.
The Hast will have the advantage
both in hitting and fielding at first
base. Buck Leonard. Homestead
tirays. rated above Jelly Taylor.
Memphis Red Sox. Dick Seay. Black
Yankees, Is a veteran of much ex
poranee at second base. Clarence
Israel, Newark, and Lick Carlisle.
Grays, are flashy fielders and fair
hitters. Billy Horne. Chicago, (s top
among the West's second sai kers.
Henry Butts. Baltimore, is rat
ed the best short-stop In Negro
hasehall, and therefore, gets the
call over Newt Allen, a veteran of
1* years. Parnell Woods. Jackson
ville Red Caps, is tops among the
third sackers in the West, and Is
erpml to But k Kasterling. Grays, of
Felton Snow. Baltimore.
The F.ast has the edge in the out
field with Red Parnell. Philadel
phia; Fill Hoskins, Baltimore;
Mickey Varcas. Cubans; and Jerry
Benjamin. Grays. The West will
Outstanding Golfers To Play
In Louis’ SI,OOO Tournament
The first annual .loe Louis SI,OOO Open Golf championship slated for Rackham
pols course Aujr. 12, 13, 14, will bring the best golf talent in the country to Detroit for
this three-day event.
According to Bernard Odell, director of the tournament, players will come from
as far west as California and Washington; from New York and Massachussetts in the
Ka»t. and from Texa*. Alnhama.i
Louisiana and Florida in the South.
Aaide from the flock of vUitlng
proa in quert of the which will
go to the winner, there will he a
large number of amateur* cumset*
ing for the trophy. Dr. Remu* Roh
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Toles And Delaney Meet July 30th
FACES ELITES
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Terrlpp M< IhnTir, »»!«■ right-hand
pitcher who Is H new addition to
tho mound staff of flip Home,
stead Grays, Mill bp used by
Manager Vlr llurris In onp of thp
irmiiPK against thp llnltlmorp
Elite Giants at Briggs Stadium,
Sunday. Ang. :t.
Robinson Wins
Over Champion
| Title Was Not
At Stake
PHILADKLPHIA—Hay Robin
| son. former Detroiter n nd now one
I of tho leading contender* for the
lightweight boxing titlp, madr an
other step Monday night toward hi*
objecti vp by defeating Sammy An
gott, Chicago. National Roxing as
sociation's world lightweight cham
pion.
Robinson, who ha* run up a envi
able record cf knockouts, failed to
add Angott to his kayo victims
but he was decisive In his win.
There was no question about the
w inner at the end of the ten rounds.
Roth fighters weighed
pounds and a half over the light
weight limit. Angott's title was not
at stake.
have Nell Robinson, Memphis, a
crack batsman; Han Wilson. St.
Louis; Willard Brown, Monarch*,
and jimmy Crutchfield. Chicago.
In Roy Campanello. Baltimore.
th« Last has probably the out
standing catcher in either leagu*
Camiytnello is a pood hltier and
•* fine receiver. Pepner Rassett and
Larrv Brown will do the receiving
for the West.
inson, who will defend his crown
In the National Amateur at River
Rouse Park the week before the
Loula Open, will he among the
aimdn purees competing.
Extra trimming* for the tourna
ment will be encased in the smart
ly attired caddies who will p**'k
the bag* for the competing player*
The 157 caddie* hate been careful
ly selected by Eddie Jackson, one
of the competing pro*.
Brand new blue and white Jer
sey* have been purchased for the
selected raddles who come from
the Detroit Oolf rlub. On the front
of the Jersey* 1* monogrammeri
“Joe Loula Open,” and on the bark
la “Sprlnghill Farm."
Detroit 'Tennis Club
To Send Players To
Windsor Tournament
A large entry of the best player*
In the Immediate district will com
pete In the first anmnl Invitational
tennis tournament which will he
held Aug t as part of the Eman
cipation pay celebration In Jnrk
son rail*. Windsor. Ont.. according
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Whirlaway, the little red hose
with a big tail, juat toyed with a
field of «Mi|ts recently in a prep
race for the Classic. Os course
there are many Rond coltß to shoot
at Whirlie in the Classic. All I ask
is for Trainer Ben Jones to put up
a good jockey, and 1 know he will,
and home Whirlie will come and
all of the others will he tagging be
hind hint. And he won’t have to
make that famous rush.
Where do young trainers
get that show •oil stuff liy
working horses faster than
races are run In the afternoon,
meaning Mr. Cater worked that
filly tangled a mile in 1:37 for
a race. Pete Coyne worked the
colt Peaeo (bailee a mile and
a., eight in 1:Iff Hon do
they expect a boss to hate any.
thing the day of the race.’ Why
they leate their races on the
track. Yes, punch training says
K 11. Gallic*. the crack Negro
trainer from Maryland, got right
off the train with his nags and
started to win races. Remember, I
told you that he would win with
Jete Jr. and Dispenser, and that's
what hi did. Now there are $2,500
races to be run out here yet and he
holds a strong hand in such events.
Swing and Sway not with
Sammy Kaye beat out the crack
colt, our Boots. Mr. Hall says it
was a fluke. War Helic beat out
Foxhrough for $50,000. Doggone
Jockey T. Atkinson who rod" the
best race of his life, but that's
rah tig, boys. In the king of sports
miracle* happen*, It seems.
Rpn Jones, the miracle man from
Parretl. Mo., runs one-two-three In
thp Arlington Park Futurity. Or boy
what a feat. He had no fourth en
try, or else. Many var's and yar’s
ago I told you about this trainer.
Dickie Dean has some goody things
pick Handle has the longest thumbs
Razry always eats a race track
meal, Pitch till you win. hov«,
Broadway Joe could walk on his
hands better than on his feet. John
ny Burdette has something to he
thankful for. a fine young son R
.1 Ormsby always picks the nags.
Black Frank, stick to your pool,
you're not a good bridge player.
Dotted Swiss.
DPW Maintains Fast
Pace By Defeating
Electric 58, 11 To 7
DPW. defending champion* tn
thp Labor league, maintained Its
fast pare by trimming Klectrle SR.
11 to 7 at Northwestern Field Sun
day morning. DPW i« in a two-way
tie for second plac e with DSR. both
teams having won 9 and lost 2.
Teamsters are leading the league
with 10 victories against one defeat.
The Drw hatter* pounded three
opposing hurlers for 11 hits while
Jefferson was pitching over six
misplays as he held the foe to
six scattered Hows..
to Walter Perry, chairman of the
committee of arrangements.
The Motor City Tennis cluh will
send a teapi of player* to compete
in the tournament, and there will
alao be players from the St. Clair
and Armstead clubs of Windsor.
Tha committee ha* purchased
silver cups for the doubles, singles,
mixed doubles and also five medals.
Checker Tournament
Melvin Clark, winner of the first
international checker tournament
which will be held in conjunction
with the Emancipation Day cele
bration at Jackson Park. Windsor.
Aug. I. will be back to defend hi*
laurels In the second annual tour
ney.
See Major League
NEGRO BASEBALL
BRIGGS STADIUM
Sunday, Ainnist 3rd
DOUBLE HEADER
HOMESTEAD GRAYS
Undiaputed World's Colored Champions
BALTIMORE ELITE GIANTS
Greatest Team in the East
FIRST GAME STARTS AT 2 P. M.
Tickets on Sale at Briffs Stadium
NEW BOXING INSPECTOR
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Boxing Commissioner Pctry Fish
er is shown here presenting
newspapermnn |(ollo S. Vest with
his credentials making him the
lirsl Michigan Negro eter to be
named Boxing Inspector. The ap
pointment was continued la«t
week by a nnniinmis ~,te of the
entire Athletic Board of Con
Homestead Grays And Elite Giants
Plav At Brines Stadium August 3rd
O t/C V.
Buck tu 1917 two of the best Ne
gro base hall teams came to De
troit and played otic- of the best
game soever seen in the then Navin
Field, now Briggs Stadium. The two
teams were the late Andrew H.
• Ruhc'i Foster's Chicago American
(Rants, and the late I Taylor s
Indianapolis ABCs. The. cime
went 17 innings before darkness
called a ;halt with the score tied
at 2-2.
The players laboring for Foster
w*re Judy Cans, Pet Hill. Frank
Dunc an, Leßoy Grant. HI wood
t Bingo) DeMoss, Bill Francis,
Bruce (Buddyi Petwjiv, Di< k Whit
worth, Tom Johnson, and Jesse
Farbeur. on tile Indianapolis team
were Shively, Oscar Charleston.
Jimmy Lyons, Ben Taylor, Frank
Warfield, Magnus Clark. Dave j
Malarc her. Stringbean Williams,
Dicta Johnson. J< ffrics. and Powell.
First since l»2t
From if 17 to PJ2I a number of
colored teams paired at Navn
Field, the last game being that be
tween the Detroit Stars, then own
ed by John tT*nny» Blount, and
Foster’s Chicago American Giants.
on Sunday. Aug. two other top
iiotch Negro teams will meet in a
double-header’at Briggs Stadium,
the first since the game in 1921. The
two trams for th cAug 3 date are
Homestead Grays and Baltimore
Klites.
The Grays won' the fiist half of
the split season In the National Ne
gro league, the Elites finished third.
The Elite* are pacing the second
half of the league schedule with
the Grays in third position.
The Grays will fires* nt n strong
lineup against the Giants. The
Homestead team has a good pitch-
I in? staff, some excellent hitters,
! and fine fielders.
The leading hitter on the cluh
is Buck Leonard, the registered
| mortician from Rocky Mount. N. C
I Leonard, who will he a member of
( the eastern team In the ninth an
nual East-West game in Chicago
Sunday. i« rapping the hall at a
I .‘tfij clip. He h.m slammed out I<s
home runs Hr finished the season
j of UHO with a hatting average ot
I .‘’.so
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other t*p hitters on the < luh are
•lerrv Benjamin. former < enter
lielder for th Itetrot' Star*. «i'h
3iv Huy Wh rely. the fastest man
in ili*> league. Whatel.v i* hatting
Uay Brown. who < nines from
Payton, o is the ranking pitcher
on Hi* staff. He won J 7 <oit
sociitive j.am«s last v< ar. including
exnihition (sintests. Brown i< th* 1
highest K.iarlcd play.r in ih* 1
le *gue.
.lohn f'nminn* lit*, catcher 'r the
Kllte Plants. is the top hlil*r in
the National Negro league H*' held
an average of 4ka until the latt«-i
part of June when he slipped to ,iv*i
Campancllu Is a product a' t r
Philadelphia sand lot a and i> lu«t
Hu years es age. pill tf.efivi Hos
kins. a former member of the !>•
♦ roit Stars is hitting the hall to
the tune of *t|2.
Pill P.vrd is the ere mi of th*-
Klite pitching staff, having won IT*
games agninst five defeat*. Ryrd
"as also top Baltimore hurl*r i.is*
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Roscoe Sails
For Argentine
Aug. 1
Thf boxing mateh between Ro»-
coe Toles. state heavyweight cham
pion. mnft Al Delaney, Canadian
heavyweight title-holder. has been
moved back to July r.o, according to
nn announcement made this week
bv the promoters of the show will
he held at Arena gardens Bowl.
The show was jnovi >1 hack from
the original date of July ;*.'i to the
present date because o! Delaney's
holdup at tlie border by immigra
tion authorities. The officials want
ed to know about pe eney's eon
duct while he wa« hoxinc in New
York some month* ago before
scant inu him permission to enter
tlie I'nlted States.
But that ha- been cleared now
I anti Delaney tnen a clean hill of
; health and he open hi* train
ing at Motor City gym. Michigan
and Beach, this week
Tnln will Pave immediately
after the mat'll w:th Delaney goinr
direct In New York where he will
I board a steamci for Brazil on Aug.
1 to sail to Bu nn* Aires He w ill
be accompanied b\ George br
renew aid Eddie Pierce, the later
a middle weigh' from New York
Roscoe i« slafecl for three bout*
in Argentine, the hist with one of
th< b# -' of the ii op of heavy,
weight* in South America. If the
Detroiter is successful In defeat
ing his first opponent he will be
pitted against Alberto Jjivell. cham
pion of South America There 1*
also the possibility of him meeting
Arturo G el r the Chilegon cham
pion during his sojourn in Sou s h
America
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Grifnn \dams Lefty Brown, and
Rov Williams
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