Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 171, Decatur, Adams County, 21 July 1943 — Page 6

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Jimmy Bivins Enters Heavyweight Ranks Cleveland Negro Is Contender For Title (By United Press) Jimmy Bivins, Cleveland negro, has moved up from the light heavyweight division and now id among the contenders for the heavyweight crown worn hy Sergeant Joe Ixmis. Bivins asked the national boxing association to move him Into the unlimited division when he r—nounced his claim to the light h'avywelght crown. That places Jimmy in the contenders' circle along with Billy Conn and Mello Bettlna. * It will be after the war before the boys will have a chance to do anything about deposing the brown bomber. But chances are Jimmy Bivins will be around to take a crack at Joe. Jimmy has taken on aolne of the bent men the ring has to oftrr and has beaten them. Some of them are Tami Mauriello, (Jus Leanevich. who took> over Jimmy's light-heavy crown. Bob Pastor, and Billy Hoose Hut tight ins Isn't the only thing I that Jimmy knows he graduated : from high school In Cleveland .1 few years ago just one half a percentage point away from the valedictorian. He also was quite a high school athlete and begun boxing while still pursuing his studies. Then, after graduation, he won the amateur ■ welterweight title of Cleveland In 1138. Th- following year he went

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[through the best the country had to offer in the 160-pound ilass o. the golden gloves tourney and won I the till- In Chicago. In 1940. the colored boy turned pro anti acquired a manager. One day. Jimmy and his train* r "WWzzbank" Cartel walked in--1 to a jewelry store run by ClaudShane in Cleveland. Carter eaid. "Mr. Shane, here’s the greatest lighter in the world ' '■ You manage- him." Shane put Jimmy to work as a ’’ porter in his store* until lie got him ’ his first fight. For that fight, Bivins received 520, S I That didn't last long and neither did Jimmy's job as porter, be , cause he soon was raking in ai - Irsee |3,500 every time he- entered the- squared circle. Jimmy always has had one, ' peculiarity he demands tliut he b- , i allowed to keep the- gloves that he i , wears in eve ry fight he wins. 1 However, not so long ago he packed up his entire glove* collec1 ■ tlon It was a large one- and 1 shipped it off to an army camp. Jimmy doesn't appear to la- slat I *-d for that army any time soon. 1 because he’s married anil has a sou I Jimmy, Jr. Most of the- time lie gives the '' impression of being lazy —hut when j the- Ih-II rings. Bivins becomes a I vicious piece of fighting muchiti-, ! cry. o - MAJOR LEAGUE Ejy. JtW STANDINGS ] NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G B , St. Ixitils 49 2k .636 Brooklyn 4# 35 .5X3 3% , Pittsburgh 43 36 .544 7 Cincinnati 40 40 .50010% i Chicago 36 44 .45014% < Boston 33 42 .440 14% , Philadelphia 36 46 .43015% | New York 33 4N .407 IX 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE 1 W. L Pct. Q.B. I New York . 47 30 .610 1 Washington 44 3X .537 7% Detroit 40 37 519 6% I Chicago 18 3X .Son X 1 St. Ixiuls 3x 39 .494 9 Cleveland 37 41 .474 10% : Boston 36 42 .462 12 Philadelphia 34 48 .415 15% ’ YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League < Pittsburgh 1. Philadelphia 0. t Only game scheduled r American League * No games scheduled. ( —■ 1 o — Production of chetnieah and al- • Bed products in Canada in 1941 » reached a total value- of |304 million. as compared with the pre. - vious record of 5 193 million in 1940 I CORT Tonight & Thursday ITS AN OCT-ANIMM'T RIOT! He’s alt-out for National Defense .... •nd she's all-out for him! STUART EVELYN ERWIN • VENABLE *LSO - THREE STOOGES Com edy Howl, "SACK FROM THE FRONT* PLUS—' Daredevils of the West" Mfc Inc. Tas O—O Frt A Sat-Roy Rogers *»tho Cmwbeyr Ssm. Mow. Yusc—*O4a4e Dwgss" A "Muroer ta Times Square"

City League Games 1 Played Last Night St. Mary's And Schafer Defeated 1 Cloverleaf and McMillen team! were victors In opening games in the second half of the City soft ball league Tuesday night at Worthman field. Cloverleaf was forced to com-.-from behind to defeat St. Mary's, 7 to 5. in the opener. The losers ‘ counted four runs in the first two innings but Cloverleaf tied the count in the third and picked up single runs in the fourth, fifth and seventh. Scoring nine times in the first three innings. McMillen won a freescoring tilt. 10 to 7, from Schafer in the nightcap. The winners obtained only five hits, but were aidid by walks and Schafer errors. The Kennedy Kits of Van Wert. , ().. will play a double header exhibition here Friday night, meeting G. E. Club In the opener and wind- ! Ing up with Cloverleaf. laist night's scores by innings: It II E Cloverleaf 004 110 1-7 71 St. Mary's 130 001 0 5 6 3 Arnold. Pettibone and M. Ladd; It. Lengerich and Faurote. Schaf. r 00l 121 2-7 9 5 M< Millen 324 010 X-10 5 3 B. Scherer and Stoppenhagen; Vizard. Johnson and Snyder. o Pirates Take Only Major League Tilt Rip Sewell Scores 14th Win Os Year By United Press Hip Sewell outpltched Dick Barret last night to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a I to 0 win over the Philadelphia Phils. The Ripper turned In his 14th win against two losses under the lights In Pittsburgh. Both teams got five safeties. Here Is today's major league schedule: In the National league, the St Louis Cardinals play host to the New York Giants for a twin bill The Boston Braves invade Chi-1 cago for a single contest. Brooklyn and the Reda cross i bats at Cincinnati In two games.] and Philadelphia and the Pirates meet at Pittsburgh in an afternoon gam*. In the American league, the St. Louis Browns will be In New York to play a twin bill. 1 The Chicago While Sox and the Boston Red Sox play two In Boston. Cleveland visits Philadelphia for an afternoon game, and the Senators play host to the Detroit Tigers In a night game at Wash- 1 Ington. 1 Sailor la Medalist Bill Chambers, husky 32-year- 1 old sailor from the Great Lakes naval training station, has taken medalist honors In the All-Ameri-can amateur golf tournament In Chicago. chambers—who la a storekeeper third class- turned In a 36-hole card of 145. Second place is shared by a pair

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of lads from Chicago—Art Doer-. Ing and Frank Kovack. Both have 141 Montgomery Wins Lightweight champion Bg>b Montgomery won a 10 round unanimous ! derision over Frankie Willis in Washington last night. The dusky champion coasted through the first six rounds and then turned on tbe heat in the last four frames. — o 1 ' Plan Legal Action On Portal-To Portal Pay Operators May Soon Begin Legal Action Washington. July 21.—(UP) —A spokesman for the southern Appalachian coal operators says that the operators soon may begin legal action to find out whether the Unitrd Mine Workers have a legal right to portal to-portal pay. John Lewis hss made the ports’-to-portal claim the main issue In ' the United Mine Workers' wage 1 dispute with the operators. The operators' spokesman says that tbe 1 operators had expected Lewis to] back up this claim with some sort of legal action. And he adds that tbe operators may seek the legal test It tbe union doesn't do so first. The operators may learn whether Lewis is planning new moves sfter a meeting of the United Mine Workers' policy committee tomorrow. A federal court sitting at New

( Orleans early this year ruled that metal miners were entitled to por-tal-to-portal pay, * o General Electric Profits Reported Schenectady. N. T„ July 21 — General Electric company's profit , available for dividends for the first half of this year amounted to |2L--061.629 or 73 cents a share of common atock. compared with 520,681.435 or 72 cents a share for tbe same period last year, president Gerard Swope annouced today. These amount.* were after provision for federal taxes on Income and for post-war adjustments and contln--. gencies amounting to 5136.000,000 in tbe 1943 period and 594.000.000 In the 1942 period, an Increase of 46 per cent. Totsl of employes for the first six months of 1943 amounted to 5227.000,000 compared with 5166,000.000 for the same period a year earlier, an increase of 38 percent. Net sales billed shipments) during the first half of this year amounted to 5626,871.j 716 compared with 5412.383,825 for , the first six months of hat year, an Increase of 52 percent. I . Identify Boy Bandit As Florida Resident Williamsburg. Ky.. July 21 — (UP)—The body of tbe boy bandit of Willianwburgh has been tentatively identified as 13-year-ol<| Jack Barber of Jacksonville. Fla. Sheriff John Faulkner dlscohed thia morning that C. T. Barber of

Notre Dame Football Card Is Announced Irish To Play Only Three Games At Home Notre Dame, Ind.. July 21—(Special) — Announcement of Noire Datne'e football ticket prices was made today simultaneously with the opening of the season ticket sale. The sale of tickets to Individual games will open Augmct 1. Individ- ’ ua! game applications will be mailed at the end of the month. The complete 1943 schedule, announced for the first time today, Hept. 25 Pittaburgh at Pittsburgh Oct. 2 Georgia Tech at Nortre Dame. Oct. 9 Michigan at Ann Arbor. Oct. 16 Wisconsin at Madison Oct. 23 Illinois at Notre Datne Oct. 30 Navy at Cleveland Nov. C Army at New York Nov. 13—Northwestern at Evanston Nov. 2v lowa Preflight at Notre Dame ' Nov. 25 Great Mk<vi at Chicago The three home games will be available to fans under the season ticket plan at a total cos! of 16 60 Including tax. for sideline seats in preferred locations that would otherwise cost |8.25. The season ticket folder alao describes a partial payment or layaway plan under which only a down payment is necessary now. There will lie a 12.75 top for reserved seats for the Georgia Tech. Illinois and lowa pre-FBght games, with 14.40 box seats and $1.50 end zone weats. -■ — Japs Admit Shipping Problem Aggravated (By United Press) Japan admits its shipping problem has been aggravated by Allied submarine attacks. The Japanese minister of communications, in a speech recorded by the United Btates foreign broadcast Intelligence service, said the war situation Is liecoining Increasingly grave, moment by moment. Firmer Nazi Custody Os Italy Foreseen Crumbling Os Sicily Is Cited As Cause Allied Headquarters, North Africa. July 21.—(UP>—A man wellinformed on Italian politics— Reynolds Packard, former ma eager of the United Press bureau in Rome —says the reported meeting un Monday between Hitler and Mussolini certainly can’t have been very pleasant. Interpreting the reasons for the latest rendesvous between the two Axis leaders, Packard says tho crumbling of Sicily's defenses undoubtedly prompted the meeting. As a result of the conference, Packard predicts Nasi military and secret police organizations will take a firmer custody of Italy, since he says too many of II Duce's own aecret police are almost openly antl-Fascist. Packard says there is no doubt that Hitler stormed and stamped before Mussolini over Italian defenses of Sicily, going into detail about the wholesale surrendering of Mussolini's soldiers. if the conference took place on Jacksonville had tentatively identified the boy as bls adopted son. The Florida man said his son had left home July 12 bound for Indnapolls to visit at his brother’s farm. The youth was shot and killed during an exchange of gunfire with Mrs. Eva Philpot of Williamsburgh. She caught the boy rifling tbe till of her filling station last week. BURKE’S Standard Service Five Feints Mercer A Winchester Sts. I V A LOAN WILL HEU» YOU-1 I »'«’!•»• «« some tn and ulk I I!!' h ’F T * -re w ® be nc oblige- I | bon if you do net mke a lawn. I •FECIAL SERVICE I If you need a loan and are unable I ■ tee you any Tuoadoy or Saturday | | evening Just wvtte or bhona <» I I the time you want to eoe us. I I Sew SMw siwv — Tafcokaeo Mq I I sscaroa ingtASA I j j

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Monday as has been reported. Packard says there in one disappointing feature about the meeting so far aa the Allies are concerned. It means that Mussolini was In northern Italy for the parley -and unable to view the (tombing of Rome from hie balcony.. o Marshal, Soldier Die In Gun Fight San Angelo. Tex. July 21—(UP) —an assistant provost marshal at the San Angelo army air field and , a soldier charged with desertion are dead as the result of a gun fight. Tbe shooting took place when the provost marshal -Lieu tenant Thomas Henry — went to Eola. Texas, to arrest private Adolph Mikska. The details of the shooting have not been revealed Lieutenant Henry was an attorney at Salem. Maas., before entering 1 the army. 0 —— • > A total of 5.753,000 short tons of sugar, raw value, will be available ( in the continental U. S. in 1943. or about one-sixth less than normal consumption. •

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