SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1940 PAGE SIX PHOENIX INDEX, PHOENIX, ARIZONA JOE LOUIS GREATEST DESTROYER IN RING HISTORY Union s Stalwart Guard Florida Is 3rcwn Bomber, Greatest Fighter * nn sM Wi dD mL i 1 Beaten By in Ring History, Figures Reveal 3# summ Sporting a percentage above oilier great A knockout far Brennab and (he the veterans Bill 3tj 'Melon choke Jones •hanipions, Joe Louis, Brown Bomber from Detroit managed Lucius * j heavyweight Bill Miskie and then he v’ho now wears Ihe crown representing Ihe to get away with the middle- State hanipionship of (he world, has just to being (he weight Carpentier, S.C. claim Georges whose ATLANTA, them weight to safeguarded Ga.-— C.—outpoint- cussed in every sector of the Gate City’s “hot stove league”. a close victory 35-31. can champ, in Madison Square Garden, on February 9, ed and lost the title to Gene took the lead in the ex- Tunney. • The of the trio are Florida since <¦> records ‘beginning by Louis will have defended his title for the ninth time r •——!*r~" T citing fray at the Tunney only defended his well known. Xavier won 27 and a fielc winning it from Jimmy Braddock. sinking two free throws crown twice, outpointing Demp- and lost only one in 28 starts At half Florida was It might also he noted that Tommy Farr, the Welsh goal. time sey again in Chicago and knock- last season, winning the leading 16-15. toughie, was the only fighter to go the limit against Joe Tom Heeney. up ing out SIAC tournament from a va- South Carolina State caught j since he won the mythical diadem. near the middle of , Louis lias been a hit uncanny liant Morehouse quintet and with Fanrvcee With exception of Fair, and the lead was the Ihe third, five in the fourth, two in calling his shots, usually call- the airtight the second half two palookas Joe met early producing most times thereafter and in the fifth, two in the sixth, ing his round before the fight. na- exchanged several fighting career, Louis Has claim on the mythical Bulldogs’ passing and ir» his three the eighth, one in the Standing to Louis in before the ah the fighters who have in next tional title. Va. Union came became effective. kayoed tenth and one in the eleventh. percentages is Jess floor maneuvers gone the with him and de- knockout Wil- Armstrong, Harney in the closing limit A lot of folks think that some lard who had comparatively few in with a record of 18 wins molished the one fighter to boast of the game found the of the o?d-timers such as Bob fights, and next Dempsey, follow- and only two setbacks in 20 moments of a knockout over him. ring clean shots which put the Fitzsimmons, Jim Jefferie - , and ed closely by Tommy Burns. starts, capturing the CIAA with Max Schmeling, the Torrid game ice for the home team and John L. Sullivan, the aclnowl- Here are the records of the crown and whipping the Long on Teuton, slopped Joe in 12 rounds the victory 35-31. I edged first champion under the great champions from John L. Island Universitv seniors, Harney was high point and yet in a return battle the Marquis of Queensberry rules, Sullivan to Louis; Nathaniel Bomber title, tlie Black white national intercolllegi- night with 15 points, ' won the had superior knockout records, scorer for the worst John L. Sullivan, 12 years, had 6 Uhlan received one of the hut they didn’t comte anywhere ate champions, to climax a Armstrong and Gillon made points 25 bouts, 11 knockouts, knocked beatings in a single round ever near the of the present college each for the home team. record won 14 3 top season for a not banded any contender in the his- out once, decisions, Shadd and Edmunds were respon- champion. draws, O. even boasting its own gym. tory of the game. 1 no-decision bout. K. sible for II points and 3 points, ie- percentage, .314. had wins 19 Louis has a knockout Before tin* Bomber came along Clark 17 in spectively, for Florida. percent-) J Corbett, 17 36 age —the greatest of all it was the custom of a champion Jim years, starts, having led she pre- (35) G. F. FG. TP of .840 S. C. lo pickle for a year o" bouts, 5 knockouts, knocked out •’ :i time. He has had 37 knockouts his title tournament season in the Stitli .1 w 3 times, won 15 decisions, lost ill 44 bouts. Fight of his knock- more. Dempsey only defended SIAC conference rec- Toles 0 3 * * 4 exhibition bouts, with a outs have been in the first his title six times in seven years, one on foul, 14 McDew 1 :{ 0 2 he 1 no-decision bout. K. O. per- ord of 13 loop wins in 0 round, six in the second, nine in taking a year before stopped starts. Weston 0 I 0 centage, .139. Harney 6 11 L* These three teams—along Turner 0 1 ® & Bob Simmons, 22 years, 41 knockouts, with Ky. State Midwest tour- Gillon « 2 ® 0 ; bouts, 23 knocked out won 2 nament winner and a club Bligen 0 0 0 0 5 times, 5 tecisions, lost Tuskegee drew Now Boasts on t no-decisioi 0 0 fouls, one with aggregate of 22 wins Liferidge ... 0 0 : an bouts, | exhibitor. IC, O: per- I] 24 starts in 1939 were coach Giles yvkight j Total *6 14 3 35 j centage, .561 the best of the nation. Na- Jim Jefferies, 14 years, 22 bouts, knocked out tion-ally, they rated in the following order: Xavier, Ky. FLORIDA (34) G. F. FG. TP. I I knockout, 1 Starts draws, 2 ex- 17 Wins In 20 once, 7 decisions, 2 State, Va. Union, and Clark. Edmunds 2 3 5 0 2 hibitions. K. O. percentage, .434 Drayton 11 0 INSTITUTE, Ala.— ciently. William Robinson, Fuller, TUSKEGEE Johnson, 22 years , 54 The SIAC proved a three-horse race during the visita- Britt 2 2 0 4 Dickens, Jack (SNS) —Coach Jack Atkins, master Hamburger, Brinkley, bouts, 29 knockouts, knocked out tion season last season and insofar as aggregate 1939 rec- Glvmph 0 0 0 0 Smith, Van Zandt, Williams, mind of the spaghetti shift in foot- Shaw. twice, 4 decisions, one draw. K. go. 27-1, and Shadd 5 t 2 12 George Robinson ords Xavier with Clark with 17-2, Alabama ball, will bring his group of Mad O'Rourke and O. percentage, 537. — (SNS) (“Salty”) Glover, outstanding 0 with 15-3 chalked up 59 victories against only six defeats RICHMOND, Va. —Melvin Hill 11 21 Magicians from LeMoyne College, are top performers on the hard- last 0 4 11 their Jess WiM.il d 12 years, 2b guard on the Virginia Union University Panthers, who is setting a Fall Memphis, to Tuskegee Institute for wcod, and should improve in between them, which was by far the outstanding achieve- 0 0 bouts, 19 knockouts, knocked ou Glover, an All-CIAA guard, hails from New York City. Minor 0 0 a game with Coach Edward Adams’ excellent floor covering ability as ment in any one of the four major loops. clip this year. 11 1 twice, 4 one draw. K. Adams 0 in Hall, the season progresses. |decLions, golden quint Lo"an this O. percentage, .731. week. The season’s record of Coach w> 13 9 31 date JACK TROY MISSES POINT COUNTRY MILE Total 11 The fast floor team from Mem- Adams' basketball team to Jack Dempsey, 12 years, 7 to give the South- follows; 48 knockouts, knocked ou' an was being phis is expected bouts, EVIDENTLY thinking effort made to ern Conference Tournament Bound once, 11 decisions, 4 draws, los. Panthers OPPONENT make light of the Atlanta Crackers’ victory over the Cel- Va. Tigers spectacular once a Union one of most 2 the on foul, no-decisiot. IJiSAM Southern 34 recently when he read Reporter John Martin’s obser- games of the season. Boasting of Tuskegee 41 bouts. K. percentage, .676. tics Southern 52 D. vation that certain key men of the were a group of the best ball handlers Tuskegee 56 Gene Tunney, 9 years, 65 boutt , white pros’ lineup Lincoln Tuskegee 30 Louisiana Nor. 21 On! no in the Southern circuit, the Yellow 33 knockouts, 17 decisions, 13 not so spry and frisky as they used to be, Mr. Jack Troy, & Tuskegee 40 La. Normal 26 Jackets are determined to halt the decision bouts, 'ost one and wa> T. 48-45 28 editor contemporary morning him- A. Tuskegee 50 Ft. Benning snorts of a daily, works Sack Tigers march which the have made ore no-contest. K. O. percer.t- Banning 27 in self into quite a lather in the following passages extracted marvel, Evans, coupled with Hip;- toward the conference basketball Tuskegee 46 Ft. age, .508. RICHMOND, Va.-(SNS)—After i i Tuskegee Knoxville 19 phase daily and Gaskins, put on crown. 43 bouts, from the FERDINAND’S CORNER of his col- trailing 28-23 at th half, the Vir- igins, Roan, | Five-Game Knoxville 28 Joe Louis, £> years, 44 e TOUR Tuskegee 41 umn: University Pantihers a show that Richmond fans would 1 SUCCESSFUL 37 knockouts, knocked out once, ginia Union Tuskegee hardwood perform- "'uskegee 30 A. and T. 27 nosed out the A', and T. College !b e willing to pay clearly for a sec- The 37 6 decisions. K.O. percentage, .840. ers have recently returned from a xl'uskegee 35 Alabama “That Atlanta afternoon paper still is doing its best 48-45, in a furious, thrill ond run 26 Adtltfl to this Louis is the Aggies, trip which took them as far north Tuskegee 44 Morehouse (o try to take credit away from Shep hauler's exceptional battle last Friday night 35 youngf st champion in the history packed UNION (43) FG F T Trip Hampton Institute, and they xTuskegee 29 So. Carolina ar- Road as of ring, having only 2J basketball by taking difficulty Vayettevllle 28 the been Cracker learn pot shots at the New The Aggies who had Campbell 2 4 8 one game out of a Tuskegee 59 snowbound Richmond dropped only when he copped -he title, and as . . in Tuskegee A. and T. 33 York Celtics . No one has argued the Celtics are any bet- Mo.—(SNS) 49 riving Hyde 4 o 8 JEFFERSON CITY, total of sht played while on this from the is a into the Union Tuskegee 52 Shaw 40 can be seen above, . scare . . threw Knighton (Mo.) ; ter than the Renaissance, colorful colored aggregation . 5 3 13 —The Lincoln University time that will not easily be for- tour. Hampton 44 the deadliest runcher of all There’s only one town in which the Renaissance have never camp Daughtry 0 11 cage quintet, whose record for the Coach Adams, capable and Tuskegee 53 gotten . 124 this surrounded this sea- xTuskegee 32 Florida 42 . Fraser games played far season thorough, is . . six so done any,good against the Celtics. That’s Indianapolis Tuskegee 49 29 Tuskegee 39 Talladega 26 I Glover 0 2 14 five victories, resulting from-, son with a group of men who man- Florida Continuing their undefeated is 24 x—Games Municipal. floor smoothly and Tuskegee 37 Talladega Lost. . . up euver the effi- . Out of six games played there, the Celtics have won chalked i wins over Louisville Status, the Panthers Philander the mall and usually before more than 15,000 folks each their eighth victory of the season. Total 18 12 48 I j LeMoyne, Langston, and com- Smith, whom they defeated twice time . . . Anyway, since there is no chance for the Celticsi St. Paul will be the foe this and one defeat suffered when they and Renaissance to play in Atlanta, what’s all the hullaba- ing Friday here. A. and T. (45) FG F T Kisses Floor Near End Os Battle i split a twin bill with Langston, Montanez ...... Higgins 4 0 8 loo about? The Crackers still are a great outfit And EVANS, SPECTACULAR | the road January 31 for a Evans 9 4 23 take to they still are the only one of five southern teams to beat Evans, A. and T.’s brilliant for- i thirteen-day tour in which they record scor- Gaskins 3 0 a five the Celtics in 15 years . . . Neophyte “experts” usually wind ward, set an amazing j will play seven games with Earley i) D 0 ing twenty points in the first half ¦ ! opponents. up looking slightly silly, anyhow.” 6 0 0 the Panthers. Evans' Jones | two days preceding the against Coles 2 ! On the MR. TROY contends that no one has argued that the shooting was absolutely sensa- 1 0 tour, January 29 and 30, the Tiger Roan 3 1 6 I Celtics are any better than the Renaissance when he him- tional. In th e second half, Melvin 1 quint will play on their home court guard, Virginia State self carried a display headline over an article that started Glover, Unicoi’s All-CIAA against the West super-scorer to a lone Total 20 5 45 hoopers, very promising with lines Champion Celtics”—although held the a outfit. the “World the field goal. First stop on Lincoln’s tour will more pro champions Celtics are no world basketball than Such an exciting second half be Saint Louis, where the Tigers you are Sultan of Serbia. contest will hardly be seen in will be pitted against the De Luxe many a moon. The Aggies led, 28- Taxi cagesters, leaders in the hotly- The said afternoon paper made Ihe same mistake as race, 23, at the start of the period, but Ky. State contested Y. M. D. League and, did Mr. Troy through its sports editor, Mr. Morgan the Panthers pressed to 28-27 Wednesday, January 31. From St. will Blake, was simply atoning for a regretted mistake. Now, only to have the visitors spurt to Louis the Lincoln U. squad plays instead of misjudging the piece expounded by Mr. Blake, 32 with field goals by Roan and travel to Louisville, where it Municipal February 2 it would seem Mr. Troy would be following his lead and Gaskins. Louisville Bags W. Va. February 3 will find the Tigers impression correcting the wrong created in the minds of KNIGHTON BATS IN ONE battling the Kentucky State Thor- thousands of his readers who do not know better. Minutes later, Glover added two oughbreds, holders of the Midwest pointy by virtue of a successful champion- Troy’s citing Conference basketball It is difficult to appreciate Mr. point in field goal and the Unionites pulled ship, at Frankfort, The particular Hyde’s 34 special excellence of the Celtics in a town (In- up to After Kavanzo To Tiger squad jaunts next to Xenia. 32-29. 27 dianapolis) Rens similar dominance over foul try bounded from the rim. Chio, where it plays Wilberforce when the hold FRANKFORT, Ky.. Jan. Ofiie Knig-htrn, Panther eenVc, 27- on the sth and 6th. After a rest "'¦ ;• ** the Celtics in many towns. In fact, the Rens have beaten iSNS) —The Kentucky j|&§f|| V• • •.; >¦' ' • : ' iIfS, tapped the ball in an d Union State Co:- period February 7. the L. U. hoop- s 50 times 76 a 'ege Thorobreds- gained sweet * the Celtics in meetings and haven’t lost se- Knight- re- West Vir- made second When stei’s travel Institute, " V to them its bid. venge on tbrir a.-ch-rivals, West to >,<•',<*,* < - ries since 1934. on tossed in two completed foul ginia, and play the final two games ¦ The discussion on the Rens and Celtics grew out of the Virginia State, here last night by tries, the Panthers took the lead .muling then, shellacking of their tour against the Yellow- enough a 34-27 fact that the said afternoon paper was broad to at- never again to bo headed. 1- el ere a packed house. From th? . jackets February 9 and 10. The City tempt rectification of a misinipression created by it when Nip and tuck, the struggle con- op: ing two minutes of play to the Tigers return to Jefferson margin, again to the SIO,OOO tournament won tinued. Union held a slim end tire Thorobreds kept the lead, February 12 and pull out one of its reporters referred other at times, three points at West Virginia never coming closer later in the month for a two-game by the Rens as a “colored tournament”, and so forth. The min- Chicago News March times, a long point. Three ¦ .can 6 points* on them. series with Langston. said meet was sponsored by the Daily utes to go, the Panthers led 46-4 v the and Globe Trotters An inspired band of 26-27-28, 1939; Rens Harlem were A completed foul try bv Captain Thorobreds pros the load took the floor last night and after 51-37 Friday night. the only colored clubs invited to participate. Nine white Soupy Campbell increased STATE (34» W. (27) later, Sleet’s one-pointer placed the Ken- KY. VA. pro outfits, including Celtics who were eliminated, were to tjwo poinijs-. Seconds . (6) (0. the luckians ahead 5-4. the issue was Mason F Smith added another point. (X entered. Campbell never in A the half, ’ Sleet (10) F Wells doubt. 1 tnr (4) ATTEMPTED RALLY FOIT ED score was J.9, West Lave (2) C Dixon i Kentuckj Vir (3) Aggers attempt- gima. 10. one tne J Brown (3) G Hunter WHICH WILL IT BE. many years to come, will still sine Desperately, the At rime during a score revival but Conch second half, the Thorobreds lea bv \ | Matthews (5) G* Bowles (7) it as originally written. “Carry Ms ed j {Kentucky—Johnson VIRGINIA OR VIRGINNY? Hucles, the Wonderman, had 12 points, but West Virginia quick* Substitutes: Back to Ol’ Virginny.” (4). Pyles other plans for his cham- ly shaved the lead to C. Were it (4). Gray. WASHINGTON (ANP) The draft-rid West Virginia Saunders (3). pionship crew. The CIA A champs not for the fact 'that the Thoro- between “Virginia” anJ Ferguson (2), W. Burris, Simmons. difference unleased a passing attack, the 1 Lreds put on a splendid exhibition i “Virginny” is that in th- Oltieials—Ralib and Lawson. all stands like of which has never been seen j Pros 51-37 Friday night. way of the official adoption oi Black Eagle’s Pix in thesp parts, that held the pow- i in the closing iwo (similes of play. famous song as the state game much Bland’s erful elongatd Acmes Tor over two he would have been LENDING KIN song of the Old Dominion. Argu lbser. I Hm^- minutes. When the gu fired, < I in state legislature re- Its Premiere n m.e.nts the Has Panthers led, 48-45, having tested Monets led the Kentucky ,1 AND FRIEND cently narrowed the dicision down Sleet NEW YORK—(C)—“The Notor- and downed the toughest oppon- ¦rorers with ten points. Wells was By WILLIAMHENRY HUFF to this point. (For ANP) ious Elinor Lee,” initial picture 01-o - ent yet played, the A. and T. Col- ' '.e West Virginia leader witn \ 1 I get so tired of kin or friend “Carry Me Back to Ol' Virginny (he new Micheaux-Julian picture lege Aggies. light. Kentucky’s Matthews was a i i premiere at getting ~abounds, while Who beg me for my money; saved h\ is believed to be a reflection on the company had its at the demon of Puerto Rico, falls to the can- stronj; to a, neutral corner. Montanez was with Edna TEAMWORK excels • • les of West Virginia played tns s The habit seems to have no end Pedro Montanez i RKO Regent theatre <:<> Armstrong retained his by scoring a state by some of the legislators, A blow by Welterweight Cham- bell. title Mae starring, Oscar \f - For Union it was th-> same old ' unusual brilliant game, a* guard j n-' they think it is funny, vas following a terrific while others feel that no matter Harris of knockout in the ninth round of the sched- rbeaux, pro- tale. The “Dream possess- night’s del. at was the first Each time I lend I make a fee- Armstrong in the eighth round their technical how legislation passed veteran motion picture Team” Last t i pion Henry much is many guns. setbae:- for West Vii never think of 15-round battle. (Acme.) '¦’ror n rl Col. Hubert F. Julia ed too The whole ond’renec ¦ They paying; (hie fight in Madison Square Garden. uled tried it and I welterweight making the title read. “Carry Mr Harlem's "PV 1 Exactly what I'm saying.