West Side Old Timers Score 8-5 Victory Over Nacirema 9

Whitfield, Dillard Steele, Olympic WinnersDon’s RadioTakes OneFrom Blues

Willip Cheeks’ sensational WestSide Old Timers continued thenwinning streak and widenedth-i! lead in the Detroit TribuneSoftball League Sunday whentlirv defeated Nacirema 8-5 at

Atkinson Field.Dons Radio defeated Royal

Pine 17-10 at Atkinson FieldWinning pitcher for the Don-wa* Banks who relieved J T.Robinson in the 4th inning witht c coic tied.TWO HOMERS HIT

Homers by William Maloneind Uus Fenney helped the[>ons to defeat their cellar mates.

Mike's Soda Bar handad theAlphas an 8-3 defeat Sunday

In the Belle Isle game. TheAlphas started out in frontand held a lead until the fifth

I inning when A1 Lewis horn*ered for Mike with two men

on base making the score 4-3in their favor. From then onthe Alphas were unable to

catch up.Winning pitcher for Mike was

tivnk Saunders who pitched theii >t five innings; he was re-lied by DcLoach who pitchedihc 6th and 7th Losing pitcheikas Joe Holloway, who pitchedI good game, but failed to get|o .and fielding support from hiseliminates.

A1 Lewis who rapped out theloner that put Mike in theend is leading the league inemo inns with a total of five.HANDINGS W LVest Side Old Timers 5 1 jf.kc’s Soda Bar ft 2 ifacirema 4 4llpha Phi Alpha .3 5lon's Radio Shop 3 5 jloyal Blue 33 '

Next week's games will he |laved at Atkinson and Belle |

il<* at m 30I

loyals’ Jethroes Pinch • HittingBALTIMORE— (NNPA) —San

e*hioe, outfielder with the Mon-real Royals, pinch-hitting for’alt Vothe. Royals’ pitcher,oublcd in the eighth, went tomd when Ernie Groth, Balti-tr e Orioles’ pitcher,* htt him:th the ball trying to pick him

ff. and scored on a single byobn Simmons, right fielder, theovals lost last Friday night. 6-5.

’hilly Stars.eading LeagueThe two top teams in the

taro National League will faceirh other Friday, Aug. 6. atrltimorr The Philadelphiatars are leading the league fore second half, followed closely

r the Baltimore Elite Giants.Last years champions, theP" York Cubans, are having augh time staving out of theliar this sear,landings—2nd Half

W L Pel.nila Stars 8 3 727 jRltimore 9 5 642,tmestead Grays 33 .500f’vark 4 5 444 1,Y. Cubans 4 6 .400iY. Black Yanks.... 2 8 .200

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3etr uncDETROIT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1948

Ted Rhodes Wins In Robinson fsFirst New York Golf TournamentCollectsOne GrandFor Efforts

KOSLYN. N. Y. (NN-i’A)—Tod Rhodes, Los An-jroles pro. and Eural Clark,

Los Angeles amateur, walk-ed olf with top honors lastThursday, in the first annualRay Robinson jrolf tourna-ment. sponsored by theCiotham C.olfers at the Encri-neer Golf Course under theauspices of the Eastern GolfAssociation.

Heavyweight Champion JoeLouis lost out in the amateurplay but put up a great battlefor the consolation prize, los-ing to John Cammeralla ofNew York on the last hole.Although he shattered par only

once on the rugged Engineei jcourse Rhodes thoroughly out- Iclassed the other 30 professionalgolfers who entered the tourna- |ment against him. finishing with ia 291. ten strokes better than jhis nearest competitor, Charles jSifford of Philadelphia. Sifford !placed second, fifteen stroke- !under Howard Wheeler of Phila-delphia and Joe Roach of NewYork who tied for third, andsixteen strokes undet the 307carded by his buddy. Bill Spiller.also of Los Angeles

PRIZE WORTH SI.OOORhodes' first prize play was

good for SI.OOO in cash, secondplace brought S7OO. and thirdprize was good for SSOO.

Opening the tournament playwith a 76 Rhodes next carded aone under par 69 by sinking «ixbirdies three on the first sixholes for a teo round total 6f145. He then came back witha 73 and fired another 73 in thefinals to win the tournament

Wheeler took the lead in theopenimr round with a 73. Hethen faltered and shot l 79 wRhodes went Into the lead. Hebettered his position with a74 but in the finals againsoared to an 80.

GRANT DEFEATEDThe youthful Clark in defeat-

ing 52 year old Judsoii Grantof Los Angeles for medalist hnn- ,ors displayed some brilliant golfat times.

At one point in the matchbetween the two men. Clark wasleading Grant by one up whenthey teed off Grant was awayand his approach shot stoppedtwenty feet from the pin. Clarkdiagnosed his shot, walked fiftyfeet up the fairway, went backand sent his approach shot fif-teen feet from the cup Grantthen stepped up and sunk abi-die three Clark, with thepressure on him. nonchantlywalked and also holed a birdiethree There were loud cheersfrom the gallery of some 2.000people.

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Fatal Hit

Will Robinson'* Trojan* drop-pad their first game in tha Da-troit Amateur Baseball Fader-

ation to tha Athletic*. 6-1. Thagame waa played at Bella Islelast Sunday. A member of tha

Athletic* team it shown gettinga hit off tha Trojan pitcher.

Trojans Lose IstGame In Playoffs

Will Robinson's Trojans losttheir first game in the DetroitAmateur Baseball Federation splayoffs Sunday when they metthe Athletics at Belle isle Finalscore of the game was 6-1.

The playoffs aie being runon a two-game-knockout system,which means that any team los-itiK two games is dropped out.This means that the Trojansstill have a chance to win theLeague championship. This is thethird time that they have beendefeated bv the Zeppa. the Ath-letics pitcher.

The game was a close one un-til the seventh inning whenthe Athletics got two homerswith men on base. Until thispoint the score was 1-1 Losingpitcher for the Trojans wasWendell Burke. The Tiojam playtheir next game Sunday.

Sweetwater Inks'Trotters Contract

Abe Saperstein. owner mana-ger of the Harlem Globetrotters,announced this week that he hassigned the famous Nat (Sweet-water) Clifton.

Sweetwater is a 6 foot 7 inchcenter who graduated fromChicago's DuSahle school in '42.He formerly played with theNew York Rons and the DaytonMet.*.To Run With Tatum

Clifton will become * runningmate of Reese "Goose ’ Tatum.Sonny Boswell and Ted Strong,a combination that should reallyclick.

Although Saperstein did notreveal the terms of the contractgiven Clifton, it has been al-leged to ranne around the SlO.-000 mark. This makes him oneof the highest paid players inprofessional Negro basketball.

Amateur GolfersReady For Tourney

James P. Poole, tournamentchairman of the Detroit Ama-*teur Golf Club, announced that

Charles StallsBivins Bout

The District of Columbia Box-ing Commission announced thatthe Ezzatd Charles-Jimmie Biv-ens boxing match' which wasscheduled for August 9 was re-scheduled tentatively for Sept.13.

Charles complained of an ail-ing back that had halted histraining period. The fight wasoriginally scheduled for lastMcnday night.

Auken To Lead16th DistrictAmerican Legion

Elden Auken. popular Tigerpitcher from 1933 to 1938. hasbeen nominated to lead the 18thDistrict American Legion AllStars into action against CharlieGehringer's Detroit Districtsteam in the 4th Annual AllStar game to be played inBriggs Stadium Aug. 15

The All-Star Game Committeereports that the event is shap-ing up very satisfactorily. It is

.expected that with tickets pricedfrom 51.50 down to 50c and nowselling at all Ford and Lincoln-Mercurv dealers, Legion posts.Lippman’s Tool Shop. Cunning-ham’s Griswold Store and Cun-ningham's Schaefer Store, thegreatest crowd in its history willattend the All-Star game this

[ August 15. bringing the largestcontribution in your years toDetroit's Old Newsboys Good-fellow Fund.

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plans and entry handicaps had"been completed for the fust an! nual tournament to be playedlat the Rackham Golf CourseI starting Saturday. Aug 7, and! extending over a three-weekperiod.

The organization is two yearsold and is affiliated with theUn'ted States Golf Association

1 as an Associate Member.Officers in the club aic M A

Kelley, president; Basby Tciry.vice president; treasurer, Nor-man Kenner; recording secre-tary. Catherine Williams.

Qualifying rounds to deter-i mine handicaps for the tourna-

ment play were completed lastweek with many outstandingDetroit golfers participating.

MRS. STEWART TO COMPETEAmong those who registered

are Mrs. Alice Stewart, winnerof the Six City Tournamrts holdin Cleveland early this summer.Thelma Cowans, Dorothy Me-CauUey, Odell Bradley and EdGifford.

Trophies will he awarded for.hree divisions. champion-hipfight, first flight and secondflight. There will t>e a l.aiiesdivision with two flights, A andB.

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Wolcott MayFight In Fall

Open war has been declaredbetween the two outstandingboxing promoters in the nationtoday. The well established 20thCentury Sporting Club headedby Mike Jacobs made a quick .retaliation to an assault by the

'younger Tournament of Cham-jpicn.

When Promoter A nay Niedi-rreiter triumphantly gave nut hisnews that Gus Lesnovich wouldseek to *

regain his title tromFreddie Mills in Sept at F.bbct- IField, and on the same bill Mid-dleweight Champion Tony Zalcwould defend his title againsttlu Frenchman. Marcel Ccidan,the 20th Century's Sol Straussannounced a fight between JoeWalcott and Ezzard Charles, outstanding heavyweight title con-tenders. to be held at YankeeStadium on Sept 22. the niehtbefore the scheduled mtei national double header set up b\ INiederreiter of the Tournament !of Champions agency

Tt begins to look as though jthe battle for promotional su-premacy will outshine the battlefor the (?) soon to be vacateoheavyweight championship

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spo«TS j4By Conklin Bray

In «.pitr* of his mother's pies'. statement * couple of ag°

Or Satoh >till claims to hr just 41, and. according to H. G SaNing-rr. of the Detroit News, this mak< « him practically a .ecruit a.> far a?

;ige is concerned among Negro hall playe ' Dick Redding was win-

ning games at 4t»: „ohn Berk wo. th hit a 4SS f-»« »t homm a’ 47 SmokyJoe Williams pitched until he was 30. and John Henry Lloyd played ,first base foi the Lincoln Giants until hr w.is SS

WILLIE SPARED WILLISWhen Leroy Willi- fought Willie Pep woi'.ds feathe- weight

champion, here at Olvmpia this spring many right fans wonde ed ifthe champ hadn’t slipped some because of hi- airplane accident andother troubles. Pep was unable to do \ ery much with W ills and treally looked as though he might ha\c had he been more aggressive.

However, if anyone has any doui.it about the ability of P> p ;u-t lethim look at the record he has set since the Willis fight. He ha« be«nmerciless in all of h s subsequent fights winning them ail hv kn k-outs and TKO' H latest victim was Young Junior, of Sp-mcfmlo.Massachusetts, whom hr kayoori in the first round of a m-n-titk boutin Utica. New Yoik. last Wednesday night. Juror -p arc fr* m h-corner in full >ail at the start, but the champion took the wind.fmmhis sail with a left iollowed hv a right hook to the jrev. Pep weighed131. Junior, 133 1 _•.

Luther Burgess one of Pep recentlv vanquished opponents,fought New Orleans Joe Brown to a draw at New Orleans ’.ast Sun-

Iday Burgess, a lot a* 1 fighter was knocked ou’ hv -,t Flint Mich-igan, earlier this summer.

FRIEND OR FOEIt will he interesting to lra;n when the Olympic Scuad returns

whethei the colored track and field stars won the:- honor? becauseof Coach Dean Cromwell, or in spite of him F nr the comments .nthe an preceding the races, the latter would seem to he the case Ihope foi the sake of good sport-manship that the former was thecase. It had been alleged that Ununwell had allowed his personalprejudices to interfere with his work a- track and field head coach.The complaints against him had been spei ificully pointed nut thathe was giving considerable attention to Mel Patton who finishedfifth when the 100 metet finals were run off.

1 OUT OF THE PAN—INTO THE FIREIn trying to dodge the Cincinnati Bombshell. Ezrard Charles.

Gus Lesnevieh sailed across the ocean blue, to meet the Britishfighter, Freddie Mills, who wa> considered to be something of apush over for the champion, but as late would have it, despite thebetting odds of 3-1 on old Gus. Mill* pummel* i and outclassed Gusto win the world’s light heavyweight ciown Asa result of this Gusfinds himself in a position wbe.e he has to bar gain on equal termswith Charles, outstanding contender for the c. wn so recently heldby Lesnevieh, and also a candidate for tne heavyweight champion-ship if and when Louis deems to vacate ;i

CAMPANELLA. CLASSY CATCHERShag Shauchne-sv, International League President, claims that

Rov Cainpanella is the best catcher he ha- seen in ten wars • Oam-| pattella played with the Newark Eagles of the Neg-o N -t: nal League

! when he was 15 years old—and then was definitely a big leaguer."Shaughnessy said.

• MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSES TO IMPROVELou GifTrls has been placed in charge of the maintenance and

operation of the city’s six municipal golf course' in anew move to

j improve the efficiency of the staff. Otffels says that beginning \ug-, ust Ist each course manager would hr responsible so- th«» conditionsof the greens on the course Beiore this, gi e<-nskerpers we r rrspon-sible to the maintenance division.

WAYNE GETS MICHIGAN STATE GRIDDERBob Sherrod, left halfback from Battle Creek. M"h. ha« tram

forced front Michigan State College to Wayne I’nive-sitv and willplav football there thi*» fall Sheriod wa- a standout m MichiganState drills early in the autumn of I'i47 and became a -eg t l,v mem-ber of the Spartan traveling squad He never quite ea-ned i tv-'nicposition In high school fie was on the All-State team, wh lea stu-dent member at Rattle ('■ rrk High School. Sherrod will be in therebattling for a stalling position when Wavne start? p act ice A .gust ,30 th

MAKE MINE SOUTHERN STYLEHeavyweight Champion Joe I,oui» is hooked for a southern tour

to make a series of exhibition fights, Harry Mendel] announced last jweek Louis experts to choose hts -pairing pa-titers from local tal- sont. as he is not carrying anyone along

Eittlen Tunnell. former University of lowa football star signedby the New York Giants of the National Football League, is thefourth Negro to he signed to a contract in that league in moderntimes Kenny Washington was the first, and ? \rt playing with theLos Angeles Rams. Woodrow Strode, former UCLA gir t. also played a couple of seasons with the Rams Boh Mann. of the Univeisitv ofMichigan’s famous Rose Bow l team of last year wa- the third, beingsigned to pJav with the Detroit Lions, this t ear

The entry of Tunnell may also have some effect on the baseballclubs of Manhattan Island.

Tunnell is a six foot, one inch, IRP wound native of Philadel-phia’s Garrett Hill This is somewhat lu. for the tvpe of resistancea passer or pass receiver runs into, hut then their are others whohave done well with much smaller stature

DETAILS OF THE DOBY HEAD PLAY"The plav that cost Boh Lemon and the Indians the game in last

w eeks series with Philadelphia ran be attributed to the over-zealousness of Doby rather than an error. However. Dohv was charged witha two-base error. With runnes on first and second, two out and theIndians leading by one run in the last half of the eighth. Don White.Athletir’s third baseman, lifted an easy fit to short left-center

Dale Mitchell called for the ball, and Manager Boudreau railedfor Mitchell to take it. but Doby kept coming and moved in front ofthe left fielder Dobv lost the ball in the sun It hit the tip of hisglove, then bounced off his head After the game he was disconso-late. "I didn't hear them calling." he said, "I was just trying to getthat ball. Then I lost it in the sun for a second and canto on throughmv glove "

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Ewell Runs2nd In 100Meter Race

Three American.*, whohappen to he N < grit s. r# pre-sent inp the l nit < and St a tea <n

the Olympic sram* * '-ringheld in Stadium inLondon, Kurland, njristyredwins in the track moot, onesetting 1 a now world recordand another tying a l?o2mark.

Mai Whitfield. ‘hr Unkv Or toState U runner, e.-tablisn* *

nrv.> record l"i KOO meters whennr won thr heat M»>nd*\ m tft*rC'Vtfd t ■ Tie of i 4ft 2

Han tson Dillard the BaldwinWallace act w'on t'-r lon meter

in foi L’r.ele Sam. and in doing~o tied tn< w ••rid record f* r theand -tancr. If'2 <t by Ralph Met-rai f e. in 1952

Dilla d’s t luniph w «.* easilythr most exnMitl one of theentire rr.e«*t. Hr• ad' established

j as the greatest hurdler the world| r. a * f r iniowr. he r xtended| hirr.v .f tr bee e rnt of tr,efastest sp nt. :-

The Ohio flash got off to alightning start and led thefield all the way to finish ashade in front of veteran Bar-ney Ewell. The finish was soclose that a photo was re-quired to pick the winner.Ewell thought himself to bethe winner at first and put onquite an elated demonstrationupon finishing.

j Dillard"- \""to v tame ** a re-*w*?d of imrsttr.g determ.nationto iii ~-,# up for .sing out in theEvan .-ton Olympic tryouts in hiespecialty, the hurdles.

WRIGHT FOURTHWavne University’* L :enro

W ght captured fourth place *nI the broad pimp. W.lhe Steele of

i C il.forma won thr broad jumpl with k leap of 25 feet, ft Inches.

| Stef le won 'n sp;*e of a leginjury sustained earlier in theday Because of th'< pulled ten-don Steele had to fo.ego hi* last

: sou: jumps, fortunately for himI his fust tump \s as cood enouah

Ito win the evppt Wright's fourthplace jump was 24 feet. 5 4 in*.

Youths Groups InBooker T. WashingtonTrade Show Exhibit

The YMCA. YWCA. BoyScouts. Gul Scouts and cli'tcharacter huiiding agencies n, *~'ithe city lecreatioh departmentwril play an important rote nthe coming Tiadc Show, *p n-

I-ored bv the B "'ker T. Wash-ington Trade As-, trial ion, .: vs a*

j eported h> the EntertainmentCommitter tecmtly The-r ag* n-

J nes have been invited u pa:*It, pate m an elaborate s.e * or.festival which will demonstrate|'he \ i*„i important'* fp*. v, ~ieducation fni young mm and> ruing women

D . W 1 1" ’stirs p irent:and popular donti-t whose fameas .in impressa: so is Mtnn-'vmiand whose cort-.h it- n • *h<*I'n.iovnient of thousand* of menand women in tlie■ a*m* • t •■■*■.-through the l SO is well knownto Detroiters, ha* a, * ept» and thechairmanship of the C'm.mitteewhich will plan and stage theaffair. Music will piav an im*portant role.

Changes in plan* <a>! for the| elect! nos a Queen of the[Carnival 1 mstcai of a Queenof the Trade Show This queenwill reign only over the Carni-val vv hirh take* place on Wed-nesday night. Sept 15 Miss Ma-lar H Linton, chairmen of theCarnival Committe* will soonannounce how candidates for thehonors will be selected Materialfor the souvenir hook has beenc* nipiled and the hook will goto press m the next few day*.

FoxworthKOs Banks

CHICAGO (NNP\i-Bob Fox-worth. F,,st St Louis. (11l ) lightheavy weight, knocked out Char-ley Ranks, of Cincinnati Mondaynight July 2ft in the seventhround of their scheduled 10-round bout at thr Marigold Gar-dens.

Banks prov ed difficult forFoxworth in the early rounds,hut a sharp light sunt him tothe canvas for the count in Ih#seventh

Foxworth weighed 1774 toBanks’ 1744.

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