Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 June 1944 — Page 11

SATURDAY, JUNE 17,1944

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American Giants To Fight It Out WithBucheyes, Victory Field June 24

MILWAUKEE. Wis., June 10.— Claude (Buddy) Young, fleet Illinois freshman, led his team to the 23d National Collegiate Athletic association track and field championship last Saturday as advertised— but even without him the Illini probably wouldn't have had much trouble in winning. Scoring in 10 of the 14 events, Illinois rolled up 79 points, far ahead of Notre Dame’s 43. Michigan, the perennial Big 10 title winner, was third with 40. Young, unbeaten in the dash events this season, added to his laurels by winning the 100-yard event in 9.7 seconds, and running away from his field in the 220 in 21.6. He picked up a second place in the board jump, behind Ralph Tyler of Ohio State, and with Illinois far out in front in the team contest, was scratched J from the 220-yard low hurdles.

Negro American League Standings • w L Pet. Birmingham (Black Barons) 11 5 .687 INDIANAPOLIS (Clowns) 11 6 .649

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Chicago (Amer. Giants)— 3 1*2 .200 Y. M. C. A. Soft Ball Teams Meet Saturday

Teams in the YMCA Industrial Softball League will engage in league contests Saturday, June 17, beginning at 6 p. m. as follows: P. R. Mallory vs. Allison at jDouglas Park, Diamond No. 1. Park Theatre vs. RCA at Douglas Park, Diamond No. 2. International Harvester vs. Ell Lilly, Belmont Park. Curtiss-Wright vs. Lukas-Harold, Northwestern Park.

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Taking recognition of the hot fight now going on in the Negro American League pennant fight for first-half honors, the management of Victory Field has relinquished the open date being held on its schedule for the Indians on Saturday night, June 24, so that the Cleveland Buckeyes and Chicago American Giants can play-off one of their important games that evening. With a sensational string of victories, the Buckeyes have fought their way into the thick of the first half title scramble, which closes July 4. Since last appearing in Indianapolis, the Buckeyes’s pitching staff has been reinforced by the return of Willie Jefferson from Mexilo and he has been going great, as has his brother, George, and Eugene Bremmer. The American Giants, with Lefty McKinnis, Ralph Wyatt. Art Pennington and Leroy Sutton back in their line-up, again have gained the form that carried them to the league's second-half championship last year and within one victory of upsetting the Birmingham Black Barons in the titular play-offs. In the future, bus service will be available for all games, stated Wfcftley O. Jackson, promoter, yesterday.

Clown Hurlers Keep Team in Hot Race

Roosevelt Davis of C'ineinnntiIndinnapolis continues to blaze the trail for the league's hurlers with r. wins ami no defeats. He has struck out. 27 batters in 43 innings, allowing only 8 bases on luills. Antonio Ruiz, also of Cin-Iml.,. has won 4 while dropping one. Despite an 11-point-skid. Arl Wilson, Birmingham's slugging shortstop, maintained a comfortable lead in the-Negro American league batting race with a mark of .403 as Parnell Woods, Cleveland third baseman, moved up' into runnerup iM)sition with an average of .382, according to figures released tins week by the Howe News Bureau of Chicago. Jesse Williams . Kansas City shortstop, follows with an unchanged mark of .346, closely (railed by Sam Jethroe, Cleveland outfielder. who has ,34o a t ier faiiliug .">1 points. Bonnie Serrell, Kansas City second baseman, is next with .324. Neal Robinson, versatile Memphis outfielder, continues* to set the pace in specialized batting, now leading the league in runs batted in, 17: stolen bases, 10 ; home runs. 2. and total bases, .‘{7. Jim Ford. Memphis second baseman, is ahead in lilts, with 26. and Rubber Hyde of Memphis still is tops in runs, now having a total of 17.

DDT GRANTS BUS SERVICE TO AND FROM VICTORY FIELD FOR ALL COLORED BASEBALL GAMES

Bus service to and from Victory Field to coincide with colored baseball games will be furnished in the future, officials of the Indianapolis Street Railways have announced. Arrangements to accommodate patrons of the colored teams were worked out by. Promoter Wesley O. Jackson, in collaboration with the street car officials and the Office of Defense Transportation. Service began with the contest between the Clowns and the Birmingham Black Barons Thursday night. In announcing this new service, an official of the street car cora- | pany said: ‘‘We understand there I has been some criticism of this company because bus service to Victory Field has not been heretofore been furnished when colored' teams were playing there. It should be remembered we are un-

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By COMMISSIONER ( . B. POWELL PLAYS BIGGEST ROLE IN ARMSTRONG DAVIS EIGHT OKAY: KAY ROBINSON TO BE HONORABLY DISCHARGED SOON FROM ARMY. NEW YORK—Henry Armstrong has finally been okayed to tight At ( Rummy) Davis in Madison Square Garden for Mike Jacob's 20th Century Sporting Club on the night of June loth. But behind the announeement that the former holder of three world titles at the same Hme was going to light the main ► vent at the Garden is this inside story of bow it all came about. Tlie decisive factor in the verdict of the New Pork State Athletic Commission to sanction the fight lay in the affirmative vote of the j lone Negro on the three-man cornfission. Dr. C. B. Powell, publisher of the Amsterdam News. Gen. John J. Phelan, venerable chairman of the powerful body, had originally expressed his unofficial opposition to the fight because of poor exhibition put up by Ray Robinson and Armstrong in their first meeting last year. However. it was said that Col. D. Walker Wear the third commissioner, favored the fight as proposed by Mike Jacobs. Dr. Powell said be wasn't ready to vote. He wanted more time to think it over. Meanwhile. Jacobs went ahead and set flic ArmstrontDavis tight for June 0th at the Garden on a basis of Armstrong’s sensational knockout over Aaron Perry in Washington. Gen. I*heifui wired J a col is to stop advertising the light since it had not been officially approved and then called a meeting held June 1 of the commission to vote on the issue. The GeiieraL's vote went against tlfe proposal. Col. Wear and Dr. Powell were paired in the affirmative, thus giving Jacobs the go sign. Powell, in a press eonferenee, Mated ills position as being in favor of the “fair and impartial” \iewpoint. As a result, he has increased in stature and respect among the higtiine sports writers .on the Broadway beat as well as in the eyes of the fans. Text of his statement on the matter handed to the press at the Commission offices follows: “My decision to vote in favor of Henry Armstrong's appearance in New York on June 1) was based on the following considerations: (1) He has passed the rigid qualifying physical tests for the armed forces of the Unitde States, thus proving he is in good physical condition. (2) He lias been engaged in a number of closely contested, hard->fought ten round bouts, jn the last year, which further proves him physically fit. (3) During his comeback, he has met virtually every ranking light and welterweight fighter of national prominence. In each of these bouts, excepting the one against Ray Robinson (generally considered the best welterweight of modem times) he has given an excellent account of himself. During this time he has defeated Sammy Angott. Fritaie Zivic, John Thomas. Ralph Zanelli, Maxie Shapiro, Aaren Perry, l ad knocked out Juan Zurita, (the NBA lightweight champion). The Shapiro and Perry fights were also knock-onts — victories for Armstrong. (4) Against Beau Jack, ontstanding boxer and then lightweight champion, he lost only after ten hard, gruelling rounds and the decision was close. (5) His opponent in the proposed June 9 bout at the Garden, A1 Davis, likewise boxed Beau Jack ten hard rounds before losing a decision. Davis also stopped the present lightweight champion, Bob Montgomery, w T ho defeated Beau Jack for the title, in 63 seconds. It would, therefore, It unfair to deny Armstrong the

DON DSLEIGHBim privilege of fighting in New York, and on the basis of the reasons herein stater, I feel that T justify tlie decision to vote my approval of tin- contest. It is my firm conviction that this action squares with the facts and circumstances and that all conclusions should always follow established principles, and should apply to all clubs so that little ones should not lie taken advantage of because they are small, nor big ones penalized because they are large." • • • Meanwhile one of tin 1 biggest surprises to tin* local and national loxlng front was tin* annoucenient from reliable sources last week that Sgt. Walker Smith, better known as Ray (Sugar I Robinson, was due to get an honorahcl medical dis- < barge from the Army in a few days.

der the wartime supervisibn of the ODT and are compelled to submit any change in regular schedules for their approval. This governmental agency demands that season schedules be submitted in advance, in order that proper arrangements may be made without disturbing regular service. ^This has now been done, and of course we are glad' to furnish the service.” Promoter Jackson agreed that the season schedule for the* colored teams playing : at Vicfbry Field were not worked out successfully until last week,- whereupon he immediately submitted them for ODT’s O. K. No question of prejudice or discrimination on the part of the ODT or the street car company officials was involved, he said. Schedules are made up by American Negro League officials in Chicago.

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