• SPORTS • THEATRICALS • OUT-OF-TOWN • Flint - Brownsville gEGONDj • EDITORIALS VOL. XVII—NO. 20 DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1939 PAGE SEVEN Louis’ Managers Continue To Seek Camp Site Ivory McKay Fight Referee THE TANARUS% George Stales Another Camera Addict Sportsman Crabs Inkster SrpHRUPORI mirroK ! To Manage East Field Looms Crown By RUSS J. COWANS Team In tilt As Place Tennis Johnny Whiters, Pontiac janitor whose flats rugged have dented the chins of many adversaries In ring encounters, is anxious to become Pairs With •> member of the stafT of spar mates In Bob Pastor's camp, and from Wilson Makes Louis’ Sinus this position earn a place on the Louis-Pastor contest. And I sec no Announcement Brother To Win reason why Joltin’ John shouldn't be given this consideration. Os Attack Removes Title As an inducement to persuade Johnny to accept a match with the Appointment Doubles rugged Steve Dudas last month, the promoters gave each fighter a Midwest verbal promise that the winner of the contest would be matched Scales, of the first tournament sponsored a later George captain While Jimmy Johnston, Tho with Bob Pastor. Os course you and I are acquainted with the fact New York Black Y’ankees, has been ■ ; mBMPpr g®pP|§ man- Junior Tennis club ager of Bob was just In bT t ho lnk«ter that the promoters of the DudavWhlters fracas are of Pastor, by Ivory McKay not associated appointed manager the East quest of a training camp for bis dominated with the outfit sponsoring the championship in Briggs Stadium by Wilson, president of Redney In » tussle club Tom W prcvegc champ- defeated Robert . i * Mm to prepare for the who night of Bep. 20. John. The J v win the singles on the But you can’t hold that against the Negro National league. :’. yW- ftraipl't sets to _ 1' Mf?--!: ionship boxing match with Joe championship, and then paired with The Pontiac battler assigned himself to the task of preparing for game will be played at Comiskey Louis, John W. Roxborough and the battle with determination, that Dame Fortune had Park, Chicago. Sunday. Aug. 6. his brother. Willie, to capture the firmly believing Julian A. Black, co-managers of last week. cast her smile on him. and that gate of opportunity had been opened. George Scales first played pro- going into n s doubles title, ' were their sec- mo r“; So, does he do but belt the of rugged Steve Dudas, fessional buseball in his home The score in the singles match '’l \ J what daylight out ond week of looking over camp Ivory coming from a chap who has fought Pastor three times. town. Montgomery, Ala., later the champion, was 6-5. 7-3. Louis, 'sites for and with wage an uphill fight In With well-earned New joining the club in St. then notiiing upon. a victory over the tempestuous battles from * definitely decided behind to a member of the Negro National first set as Radney stubbornly Jersey, Whiters began looking forward to the anticipated match with ■"’V • jp Jk Roxborough and bava the league, forming a part of one of Black the fine back court play of Pastor. But he was doomed for disappointment as the former New almost, resisted best, base combinations looked at camps in every winner. York university footballer signed for a title match with Louis. And the second section the the in the league. Scales played sec- of vicinity within a final by you cant criticize Pastor for that. radius TO of jvory entered the defeat- base was sta- .of miles Detroit dur- In the the ond and Eddie Holt ing the past ing Latnar Binion, seml- Should Whiters get a place in Pastor's camp, it will mean that tioned at short stop. ten days. Some are 5-7. 6-0. Radney en- Pastor will profit Just that much. Whiters is a hard worker, and would good, and som eare bad. A few tinal. 6-3. Luring the season of 1923, countered a stubborn opponent in help materially in fitting Bob for his hardest test. A bout on the were just down right terrible. in the other semi- nominal compensation for the ef- George and Eddie followed other Willie McKay championship card would be only who had ' Liked Midwest finally winning 6-3. 7-5. forts Joltin’ John has put forth to make boxing a better game. western ball players JUr A final match, jumped to the Eastern Mutual as- Those close to the Louis en- McKay defeated Frank ••• • • r tourage that the Ivory sociation. Scales joining the Lin- r, said two manag- Harrington. 6-3. 7-9. 7-4. In the Our little Flora Lomax will encounter severe difficulties in re- coln Giants, of New York City, ,Mr . jHgl ers like Midwest very much, and quarter-finals. Radney drew a bye taining her national singles championship, if past performances are to then owned by James Keenan and would probably have taken it as a round, in the fit 't and then trounc- be used as a criterion. Flora has met Ora Ballard, former champion, managed by "Smokey” Joe Wil- WJMf M training camp were it not for the ed Thomas Weston. 7-5. 6-3. twice since the first of the year, and each time Flora has left the court liams. fact that Louis has a mild attack After losing the first set. 1-6. the with the short end of the score. Scales nynained with the Lin- of sinus trouble, and they don’t any McKay brothers came back to win, The first setback received by Flora from Ora was in Cleveland ap- coln Giants until 1923 when he want the champion near wa- i-3, vfi in the doubles from Frank proximately two months ago. They were scheduled to meet again in jumped to the Homestead Grays. ter. Harrington and Lamar Binion. a return engagement in Detroit, but rain forced a cancellation of the However, he was back with the These same Informants said that with The McKay brothers had defeat- matches. The last time was in Buffalo, two weeks ago. Lincoln Giants the following year, Midwest eliminated as a train- wearing the uniform until ing site, Sportsman ed Marlon Thomas and Robert Ora was national singles champion before Flora had be- Keenan .Field, Rich- Ballard 192*. He was traded In 1929 to mond, Mich., looms the Radney. 6-3. 6-2. Harrington and acquainted racquet. However, she has been able to re- as most come with a Grays for John Beck- likely spot Roxborough Rinion entered the finals against nimbleness of foot and sharpness of eye and this, coupled with Homestead and Black tain a with. was with the Grays While the hoys were waiting Hotel. Joe was busy peeking at select. the brothers when Thomas Weston an uncanny knowledge of court play, has kept her in the forefront George will The until 1931. to photograph picture* of J«»e the movie machine. Joe Richmond, >nd Harry Shaw defaulted. ranks of women tennis players. Rob sign- was according to Infor- supervised by Wil- The Montgomery boy was one of I.nuls and Pastor trying to the mants. has a track tournament was Notwithstanding reversals of the past months by Miss Ballard. ing for rhamplnnship tus- torn* machine ; half-mile with Bta»y. the group of players who their enough apace lie ■ I still believe that Flora will come through when the chips are down the formed sle. last week at the Statler when the picture was made. I in the center to ■U suddenly the Black Yankees in 1932. con- build an arena to accommodate at OTTO JEFFERY in the tournament. Or perhaps Burch will national Lillian tinuing with that club until 1933 least five thousand fans. In addi- Hi** good tight rpf- develop that right competitive spirit and go on to spring a surprise I Wilberforce Plant Among when he rejoined the Homestead ; tion. there is a large house preps by the title. for In .Michigan Is Otto Jef- winning Giays. ! ••• • • But George heard /he call Lotus and bis retinue of trainers, Midwest Tennis Meet fery, the first and only color- of Now York, and in 1936 was just a short distance bark from All-Star when Clatter Os Hoofs 1 the iithe There will be three colored players on the team the back with the Black Y’ankees ! track. ed referee ever licensed by WILBERFORCE (ANP>— The former collegians oppose the New York Giants, professional champ- By Bail Brown - Michigan Boxing Commlslon. where go has remained with the The officials of Richmond, nr- annual championships of the in game in Field, Chicago, on the night of Aug. 30. 11th Jeffery, who Is employed a ions, a Soldier's exception of 1938 when he man- , cording sourc* - as Cornell, Bernard Jefferson. to authoritative Mid-Western Tennis association motorman hy the DSR, was The men are Jerome (Brud) Holland, end; aged the Baltimore Elite Giants. have made tempting will be on the of university, half back; and Horace Bell, University of a offer to th held courts Wll- glTen his license four years ago Northwestern eggs manager? The town is less university. Aug ac- Minnesota, Scrambled is what one would call the great that berforre 7-11. following a successful cam- guard. | 55 miles from Detroit, just cording Supt. (’. C. Jenkins, is the of la- of today as beat one another so bad- beyond to paign hy Attorney Charles A. The selection of Holland, JefTerson, and Bell result All-Star Classic three-year-olds they Mt. Clemens.