SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1943 hTHE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE - - A RELIABLE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY PAGE TWENTY-ONE
ONE OF THE SURPRISE TEAMS Bennett Sets New League Record ¦ v. ¦ Hv. I LEADOFF MAN Navy Champ ALBERT CLARK Race Tightens In COLLECTS 690 At Home On A Furlough WINS BOMBER Wolverine League 2ft!)o By RUSS The close fight between Gordy grudge game, to 2570. Horace ’* ' COWAN -~ '--, -' ¦>.( . V T',‘ ,'r *'*¦'- V NEW MARK Strccty and Jim Sm;th were the * FOR - ' j PLANT TROPHY Cjntractors and Friedenbcrg Fur- v* Heavyweight Champion of the mainsprings :n the Great Lakes’ niture for leadership in the Wol- Scoring Spree Helps Navy Otis Johnson, officer's stewart win, S’reety getting 537 and Smith Jim Owens Catches Flu; verine Bowling league, continued 555. Walter Smith- was high for -j first class, is home on furlough from 4 yy;, L sgsL^j? Friars Ale To Hold their heated battle Friday night, me losers with 514. Ready Power r r Trinidad, British West Indies. Unable To Fight _jcC., over the won two from Velma Lunch. 2526 ¦&S' w ’ and when the roiling was Tie For Second Johnson has been in the Navy for _Ws 1 ' I I ’ In Finals two teams were still in first and to 2318 Yates collected 564 for SIS® four and one-half years. He began second place. the winners, while Blake led the ‘ Capt. George Bennett, lead-off as a mess attendant third class and By JIM BUTLER Gordy kept a strangle hold on Lunch team with 521. hitting 561 ? man for defending cham- first place winning three games With John Daugherty fIL ». ;- r :>,.V''rr. , js‘\vj Friars Ale. has since received six promotions. Amateur boxing tournaments once f flt ” ’'.’^^t^v-'v^^ middle game of 226, high mark v, pion in the Motor City Bowling sponsored by the local daily news- from Jax Five. 2439 to 2325. Mans- on a %\ , ? Since being in the navy, he has seen Leashay V v?i r - papers. have not been lost from lack field leading the attack with 505. of the evening. Confection- MB league, went on a scoring spree Islands, won Grill, service in the Hawaiian of interest. The Manning was high for the losers ery two from Lark 2622 Monday night team mrde a defense workers as his Australia, China, the Solomon Is- have taken the entertainment by with 480 At the same time Freid- to 2208. Tod Morrison gave aid sweep games with Daugherty’s efforts with 527, complete of the lands and Trinidad. This is the the hand and with two tournaments enberg was sweeping the three- to game Harvesters, 2419 while Chamber had 553 and Bos- 7 Forest Club. When the smoke of first time has been home led the sport out into the open with senes with §§J® r Vi Johnson setting pace with ley 531. Rad Morris paced the the evening had cleared Bcnr.ett rip-roaring success. to 2256, Knox the H| ; JHSW since Joining the navy, 527. losers with 555 on a middle game had a of 690 for the Ford Bomber Plant in Ypsilanti .- collected total Getting his start as a three the of 211. Finley was second with 532 -= . boxer Lakes won from , at gave the second amateur boxing Great InJp .jy ”y\!MB three-game series, a new scoring the Brewster center, Johnson con- Schmidt Beers in a hard-fought on a middle game of 222. |P ~ tournament promoted bv factory '^C*—•——' IB *®ora3j .'s&&s£~ tinued sport navy, mark for the league The old mark the in the and employees. Friday night; the firs* rl«, " was by r,eßoy Pope former became heavyweight champion hav- *>. 685. set by * ¦ contests were sponsored Ford 'iv of ing defeated George Pace at ivNfcc V . • '*•. v >;> a- -, 1 member Porters Cleaner* last Civic Local 600. Final bomber bouts were >? year. Pope is no* * member of the auditorium in Honolulu in 1940 '• S in the Local 50 20 East .... IV v , \« . TI held hall. - n J forces. One month later he defeated Boyd The ¦ -v.. . / 8 armed Michigan avenue, under the super- Williams, champion of army Eenmtt opened with 286 came the in vision of Miss Olga M. • Madar. Ypsi- / * % / JP' back with 208 and finished with an unofficial bout. Johnson has had W \% ; lanti recreational director. / B- 'vJißßFi#'' /x*i 246 Alt- sixty heavyweight bouts since being ¦ a.* Friars defeated Fores* Flashy Clark 2713 (Boots) in the service, and has won them Club. to 2405 Ernest Surprising the evening’s pro- HALL on BOWLERS’ Fairfax all Fifty six were won by knock- had 528 and Maceo Kelley gram was Light Heavyweight Al- followed with 511 Capt Roy Wil- outs He challenged Joe Louis three bert Clark, younger brother o; CL liams paced Forest club with 527. times after becoming champion. "Dancing” Dave Clark, top- ..'-w He is married to Evelyn once -••dWB Nacirema Club Wins Johnson man in the light heavy- FAME world's OF necessary for Friars who lives with his sister. Etta Wil- - It was Ale weight race, who punched out a vic- By ALFONSO CATO at 35 West to win three from Forest club to liams Bcthune. His other tory pride ard are over Rufus Knighton, Dr Powell Johnson, former presi- "livers, and Aim? D. May, with maintain a tie for second olace. as sisters Eva Richardson. Ellen joy of Johnson, and a brother, Grosse Ille Naval Base. Both 1800 votes. Hazel Thomas is next Nacirema club swept the games Edward battlers were scrapping under Ford dent of the Metropolitan ’»ague. and Simpson Johnson, all who live in with 1700 votes. with Vulcanizers. 2575 to Detroit. Rouge’s banner. Dr. Fred Slaughter, dominated the entering its It is a military secret just what The contest is now 2515 Frank Davis and Booker led In the same style as his brother LT.A W.-C.1.0. tournament over the turning Mr. Johnson has seen in the Islands, .hirti week. the Nacirema attack. Davis Albert came out in the first round week-end down at Paradise Bowl but it is safe to say that they pa- On* of th« surprise team* of the year in the to right, standing, are: Nora Jackson, Charles in 530 and Booker 519. Aiken wa« and nailed Knighton with a hard when they won the doubles. Dr the big noise Simp c trolled 24 hours a day, and had quite woman's division of the Motor City Bowling Young, sponsor, and Wright. row for on with 524 right chop which put Rufus on the Johnson registered 594 for three Nal Bottom Johnson. a few scraps with German sub- Holman Williams league is tha Horsathoa Bar. This is the first are: Nola Duke, Gladys Farley and Capt. Effie Harris maintained a canvas for a short count. Knighton comes, and hi? partner set the alleys grasp place by taking marines. season of competition for tha team, and the Khindy. The is tenth place firm on first lost the second stanza when he acci- in fire with 630 for three. Their Horseshoe Bar in After his two weeks furlough Is majority of tha players had their first expe- in the official league standing.—Edwards photo. three from .Associated Electric. 2571 dentally fouled Clark. Two rugged, •otals for the contest was 1224. Not Beats Sgt Jones to 2397 Paris, up. Johnson will his duties rience on tha allays this season. From left as Bob leadoff man resume hard-hitting lads tore into each bad. Their closest rivals were C at Tr.nidad. British West Indies. for Johnson-Harris. clicked with other and made feathers fly. Out Tellis and W. Sauls, who bunched NEW ORLEANS. Holman Wil- 545. Thomas was top scorer for the of all the excitement of seven bouts 576. and 613 for 1189. liams fourth ranking middleweight Electric with 461. and two junior the * * * Superior exhibitions and the most active Life moved up to a tie Clark-Knighton performance stood The Alliance o? Postal contender place National division, outpointed Travel Ban By Office Of Defense for fifth with Adams Standard Chronicle To head and ears over the rest. Employees city tournament will get fighter in the by Service winning two from H. Chief Comes On underway Sunday. April 4 at 12 p m. Sergeant Anthony Jones, Tuskefee Brau. dropping the to latter team Flashy Jim Owens, brother of Sixteen teams willtake to the alley.* Army air corps in 10 gruelling seventh place The 2436 score was Sponsor popular amateur champion Eddie to determine who will be boss of rounds at the Victory arena here to 2379 in total pins in favor Base of H Owens, was ill with the flu and un- the alleys in ’43. William Howard Friday night, March 26. The aggres- | Negro Brau. Dr. Whitby set the pace for Hits Baseball Owners Hard able to come out for the finals. In made the announcement over the siveness of Jones in the fourth, fifth the Superior players with 461, while the semi-finals Owens outwitted week-end. and sixth rounds was offset by WiW Tom Gordon high League By RUBB J. COWANS was for HI Brau Ball I Indian Chief Twohouse foe a clever hams’ masterful boxing skill dar- with 525. decision over the soldier’s choice Romaine Johns announced that ing the remaining rounds. CHICAGO—Negro baseball was took two ROY SIMPSON Adams Service from By ! Chief Twohouse substituted for the rational girl champs. Club In the eighth and ninth rounds the Leashay 5 Retains dealt a knockout blow here Monday Porters Cleaners, 2556 to 2511 a* Owens was beaten by Joe Andary Congo, will take a sponsor was on its feet Jones rallied Foster With baseball weather almost on new' crowd when Joseph B Eastman, director collected 571 and Horace of Annunciation in 126-pound Thursday evening the girls gamely in the tenth round. The tana Streety here plans are being designed to the when of the Office of Defense Transpor- had 525 Robert Gur.n was class will make their debut in their new clamored for a return match. top scorer Porters sponsor a Triple-A and Class ’A tation, notified the owners o' the for with 542. Five-Day Leave colorful uniforms. The girls will Herbert Jones, local boxing mar- Loop followed bv Walter 519 M.chigan Chronicle league. Teams Paradise Lead teams, Sauls’ Brown Negro league gath- Walter Montgomery. bowl vel easily decisioned Joe of American Tom already contacted are ready to go. former for ’Walkerville Canadian crcd here for a week-end meetirg. Phillips Post won three from Brewster Community Center light Beer. W B. O’Dornell will sponsor Baton Rouge in the six round semi- George’s 2563 to 2393 Some of the lads are doing their Confectionary blasted the Thomas top for Gordy, that the ban on private bus opera Barbecue. heavyweight champion, has growr the championship aggregation. final. Midget dropped Brown in the were scorers Reasonover and Brown t ed for top spring training in the Brewster uah Thomas ;.i>n cannot be waived into a heavyweight. Five days out * * * third, fourth and fifth round. Ford Panthers for three games Sun- Mansfield 547 and honors 541 each Community Center gym. with 528 Dr. J. B Martin, president of the with Turner w-as of the armed services Montgomery- Virginia Dolphin, national singles, In the other prelim# Joe Miller day at Paradise Bowl to increase high point man for George’s Bar- The Michigan Chronicle league put inspiration New Eastern wa* knocked out of Negro American league, had earlier all of his into one and all event champ, and president outpunched Ringer, the Kid in four becue with 499 w 11 consist of two eight-team di- their lead In the Paradise Bowling third place by losing three games •ought a rulirg from Eastman’s off.ee punch and almost sent bad Rufus of the women’? division of the heats; Melvin Bartholomew and Palmer Bowl won two games from visions which will play half of their league. The score was 2650 to 2256 to Acme-Johnson, 2525 to 2292 Fred o" the banning of the use of private Williams to sleep in the first frame. Motor City Bowling league, took Charley Wright fought to a draw in Cadillac Beverage, lost the games at home The Triple-A di- Knox and Chambliss were the top Slaughter waa top scorer for Acme- wned buses for transportation of but Indigestion set in during the second the lead in the Miss Queen Pin a four; George Godfrey, orthodox senes. 2559 to 2553. top vision willbe open to any organized scorers for Lcashav, Knox getting Johnson with 538. with Dr. Powell 'aseball teams. The owners re- Wash was round and Montgomery who had popularity contest over the week- Crescent City pug. scored an easy man for Palmer Bow l with 555. and club strong enough to play. Class 63“* on a high game of 203. and Johnson second with 527. John Pet- mained here until Monday, awaiting failed to take advantage of an easy end. Mrs. Dolphin registered 2100 victory over King of the Gloves, ec- Joe Sorrells was top A w be open to teams which have Chambliss collecting 522 on a middle t.ford was high for New Eastern tne verdict of Eastman. for Cadillac ill knockout win over Williams bowed votes. Thelma Baldwin was second centric free French soldier, fa a with 543 won not organized than three game of 206. Cleaners with 509 The president of the league, fol- Sensation Bar two been more out of the trophy picture after tak- with 2000. Minnie Duncan. Miss thriller, and First Clas# Petty Offi- from Williams Stars. 2398 to 2260 years. In this way no Class A club ing Gordy Contractors held on to ?ro. Velva Lunch won two from Ford .owing the receipt of the notifiea- a hard Rufus-punch to the stom- Queen Pin of ’42. is tied for third cer Leonard Ceasor won the judges’ Standing will be matched with a ©id place although they dropped Tigers. 2517 to 2374 Charles Blake t on. said that the wartime restric- club com- ach. Both Williams and Montgom- place with Rosalie Simmons. Carry i decision over Kenneth Hurvt W L posed of player? with ery two games to Victory Legion. 2466 led .he Lunch attack 531. ’;ons on the use of private buses will more ex- are Local 600 scrappers. with while Johnson-Harris to 2443. William Yates led the Vic- Brewer paced the Tigers with 506 probably prevent operation of teams 56 19 perience Fateh's Aid Friars Ale 48 27 As director of the Michigan Brewster n Eddie trainer •. -— — —— tory Legion assault with 541. while The Ford Wildcats won by the league *utch. ¦ ¦ three Simpson, “North End’s Most Ernest Mansfield and George forfeit. “That makes it practically im- Nacirema Club 48 27 Chronicle League, I. Roy who is helping Local 600 Athletic S:mpson Vulcanizers ... ‘4 managers to Popular Rendezvous” possible for our league to go on." 31 am asking all send me Coach John Gallo with the boxing Superior ‘¦¦aid Martin. "Our traveling prob- Life 43 32 their name and rddress so they may team, was in the corner of Nathan Adams 43 32 for Felix. YOUR FAVORIH • ems are necessarily complicated be- Service be contacted in the near future Nevertheless Futch failed to Hi Brau Beer 42 33 league talk the famed 135-pound cham- we play * of games additional information The cause lot in forest WINES fir BREWS Globe Trotters smaller towns where we just can't Club 41 34 will elect a president, vice presi- pion out of the way of the two sharp Quint Tom 34 Phillips general get railroad accommodations. Our Post 41 dent. manager and secre- fists of Frrnk Abronatis, who also Palmer Bowl 39 36 at organiza- six teams normally did all their tary-treasurer its first represented Local 600. Porters Cleaners 38 37 toinal meeting. Other pouts on program traveling in the buses owned by the the ended Cadillac Beverage 33 42 with the following results: George LIQUOR clubs, and the Negro National Navy 29 to 25 Sensation Bar 32 43 Freeman. Romulus Air base, de- Beats league operated on the same bans." CHOICE FOODS .Associated Electric 30 45 cisioned Nelson, of Annun- While it is possible that some of C pl. McCall Keeps Wilbur George's Barbecue 29 46 ciation; Nick Local the teams may use the railroads Palise. 600. beat Okla The Harlem The Trotters led at halftime, 13 Williams Stars ...... 25 50 Leo Lerotte in the 112-pound TULSA. 3s a means of transportation, possi- WinninglnEngland class: defeated the white to 12 and increased their lead to 10 Nick Globetrotters bility of the league operating this Palise. Local 600. defeated Leo Navy Ad-Stars In points in the third period The vic- Lezotte, Norman. Okla. season seem remote Local 50 in the 135 division: SENSATION right now Be- (ANPWFight- the before 5.000 fans tors then turned on a whirlwind Taylor IXINDON. Eng— Charles Wing. 600, all Coliseum here cause of the short jumps between And Gunn So Mc- Local took in a Tuesday night. passing attack mixed with ng is h s job Corp. James three rounds from • benefit same on some cities in the East, there's a possi- William Cook. A U S. Engineers, was right 29 o clowning They k pt the team Call. Romulus Air Base, exhibi- ' BAR* March 23. The final score was whit? and in & bility teams in the Negro National Win Doubles Prize in h:s element when he put on h;s 'i J dlpß? 25 playing ‘•catchup" , tion bouts James fought Jack Jf J 1300 Owen at Cardoal league will use trains for transpor- new S. uniform. MiKer i Bob Powell. Trotters* forward, hit Other Trotters scoring were Runt U. filler and Joe Louis Sullivan bat- tation. The team of Fanny Taylor and And since that memorable day the loop for seven field goals for Pullina with two field goals, and tled Bob Atkins Let Philbm was UZZIEL LIE UZZIEL LEE. Prop. George Quinn and Ben Linton. Robert Gunn captured the he's plenty of boxing on the h gh scorer of the game which is all ore free toss; Jackson, center, with house had a very good referee. both of Detroit, attended the league prize iff the mixed « do. in addition to the the more remarkable because of the one free toss; Goose Tatum, guard, double* at the serious meeting held at the Grand hotel Palmer Bowl, last week, piling up business of becoming one of slipperyness of the floor which is with three and one; Marcell, guard, Uncle The club owners attending 1203 Ollie Neal and Charle* Sam's fighting men In Britain six tired a great deal for dancing Both failed to, score. and Singleton, meetinr were J L Wilkinson and S.rgleton Jimmy teams found the footing uncertain guard, scored one basket. finished second with 1197 months. has met three Bri- Tom Y Baird. Kansas City Mon- The standing of the teams in the :.sh boxers and came off first in BOWL FOR YOUR HEALTH AT archs: T H Hayes and W S Welch. league are: each encounter. Birmingham Black Barons: William W I J mmy is a modest lad. not In- NoLouell Vs. H Margolis. representing S\d Tol- Taylor-Gunn 21 6 cline! to discus* his exploits But lock. Tarrytown, N Y. owner of the Clowers-Durrettc 21 6 for all h « reticence, he's heavy- PALMER BOWL TO Clowrs; Drs. W S and MONARCHS Cincinnati Butler-Smith 19 8 weight champ of his outfit and B. B. Martin. Memphis Rod Sox; Clanton-Session 17 10 in.nod the army .iftcr two years of FREE INSTRUCTIONS EVERY MONDAY. TUESDAY and FRIDAY AFTERNOON Louis Bout J B Martin, owner of the Chicago Bailey-Mcyers .17 10 life as a professional boxer. High- VIRGINIA DOLPHIN, Champion American Giar.ts and president of Duncan-Portor 15 12 Lght of h.s pre-war career was By National PLAY BARONS HOLLYWOOD. Calif-There will the league and R S Simmors. busi- Johnson-Bosley 14 13 h.s victory over Pompei Robinson be no fight between the Argentine ness manager of the Chicago Ameri- Wells-Lloyd 1.3 14 at For*. Leonard Wood. Mo. ngleion champion, Albert Lovell, and Joe can Giants ar.d secretary and pub- Neal-S 13 14 J mmv McCall is the «on of Mr* licity league Louis, world heavywe.ght cham- director of the Davis-Davi? 1.3 11 Ye-a McCall. 2302 Leona street. It was announced by league offi- Lyman-Hamler 12 9 Houston. And 'o h.s delight, he ON APRIL 25 pion. > Lloyd Shadd-Roystrr !! boy Maj. Gen Irving J Thill.pson. cial* that Davis. Memphis 16 found another Houston at the OPEN '-wm OPEN outfielder been traded to Chi- Brady*Brady 10 14 Epps That »gjg A.rector of arm." emergen**.; relief had Pyt Frink H ¦ KANSAS CITY. Mo -The Kansas cago for (Coo! Papn> E 6 perfect. and currently Joes commanding John Bell. Session-D Por’er 15 m-ide hi? I.or.don leave City Monarchs expect the following Bell started h;« career with *hc St officer, said today, in reply to l