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Challenger
: In Best Shape Ever Tell-Tale Signs of Staleness Disappear as Trainers Ease Off Stiff Training Schedule
United Press Sports Writer N. J, June 18—Through rest and relaxation]
By JACK CUDDY, GRENLOCH, Jersey Joe Waleott had--
regained needed for Wednesday night's title fight with Joe Louis.
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The 31 year-tid Camden Negro passed tests in condition yesterday:
ONE: Dr. Vincent Nardiello of the New York boxing commission’s staff declared Jersey Joe was in bet and mental condition than for his first fight with Louis in December. TWO: The stocky, muscular scrapper in the purple tights was far more buoyant and alert during five rounds of light sparring
than during Tuesday's lethargic] Jersey Joe Walcott only five days) §
drill. THREE: He took confident command of his final press conference and he surprised about 40 sports writers with his mental agility. = Iron Curtain Comes Down At the close of that conference, ‘Adviser Felix Bocchicchio announced that the iron curtain bad descended upon Walcott and that there would be, no more interviews until after the fight. Newspaper men will be permitted to watch his light sparring sessions on Saturday and Sunday, but they will not be permitted to talk to him. Jersey Joe was held incommunicado for a longer period before the December battle. Despite Trainer Dan Florio's earlier denials of staleness, Dan admitted today that Walcott had been given a “complete rest” Wednesday and that he had done only 213 miles of roadwork yesterday. Sharpens Left Jab Moreover, Jersey Joe did not attempt to extend himself during his five rounds in the outdoor ring. He sharpened his left jab and practiced barraging with his
Experts Differ On Louis’ Condition
POMPTON LAKES, N. J, June 18 (UP)—The experts were still differing today on the condition of Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis. With his return title bout with
punch, But in the opinion of others who watched him work four more rounds yesterday against four different sparmates, Louis still is easyito hit. He's not moving too fast—although he’s down to the 215 pounds he expects to carry into Yankee stadium next Wednesday night—and he can’t rock with the punches like he used to.
his four sparmates hit the deck. After the workout, he registered 197 pounds—one more than on Tuesday. He expects to weigh between 194 and 195 for the fight. During the press conference, Walcott said he would be willing to defend the title in September, if he won Wednesday night. He explained he had a contract for a return bout with Louis, in spite of the champion’s repeated announcements he would retire. What if Louis insists upon retiring? “Walcott replied, “I got a contract that says I got to fight him; but I ain’t got a contract that
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NEW YORK, June 18 (UP)— Thirty-four sectional qualifying centers for golfers seeking the 210 places in the 48th U. 8.
Amateur championship at Memphis Aug. 30-Sept. 4, were picked today by the U. 8. Golf Association. Qualifying medal play rounds will be held Aug. 18 with defending champion Robert (Skee) Riegel of Glendale, Cal, and British ur Champion Frank Stranahan heading the tiny group of former American and British titlists exempt from qualifying. Joe Dey, secretary of the USGA, sald the entry deadline is 5 p.m Aug. 2. Golfers will enter qualifying rounds at centers nearest their home. Single © 18 - hole match - play rounds are scheduled for Aug. 30 and 31 in the tournament proper at Memphis, first championship round ever held in the South. Two 18-hole rounds will be held Sept. 1 and 2 with the semifinals Sept. 3, and finals, Sept. 4, set for 36 holes. Qualifying centers: Phoenix, Los Angelés, Francisco, Denver, Miami,
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Clowns Get 10 Hits, Down Red Sox 7 to 1
The Indianapolis Clown nh feated the Memphis Red to 1, in a Negro American League! game before 1400 fans at Victory Field last night. Luis Cabrera "|pitched eight-hit ball ‘for the victors. The Clowns connected for 10 hits with catcher Sam Harriston| collecting a home run and a tworun single in the seventh. There were none aboard when he hit his homer in the second inning.
Harry Dunn Reaches Olympic Trial Finals
TOLEDO, O. June 18 (UP)— Harry Dunn, 155%, Indianapolis, qualified for the championship round of the U. 8. Central Re-
here last night as he decisioned Bill Curro, 158, Detroit. Dunn will fight in the finals of the middleweight division.
ND Club Links Meet
The Notre Dame Club of Indianapolis will hold its annual golf tournament at Highland, Thursday, July 15. John J. Carey, chairman, has announced the following committee members to assist him in arrangements: Michael Duffecy, John B. Joyce, oy Keach, M. Francis Carey, Thomas Welch, John R. Welch, Thomas Bulger and David Fox.
CHICAGO, June 18 (UP)—The Chicago Cardinals have signed Richard Wedel, Wake Forest guard, to a 1948 contract, President Ray Bennigsen has announced. Wedel, from Ft. Pierce, Fla., was drafted by the Cards Jast winter.
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IN THE SWIM — Sandy Snow [left] and Sally, Roberts, of Kenosha Youth Foundation, will get in the swim of things Saturday night"as Kenosha and Chicago's Town Club compete at the Riviera Club here in a triangular tank meet. The races between the three women's swimming teams will include a national | junior free style race. The girls above, however, are backstrokers.
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Texas Red-Blue Crabs Give Heinke a Feast
By EDWIN C. HEINKE, Times City Editor FREEPORT, Tex., June 18—In nature’s mysterious ways, the crabs of Indiana's White River must have communicated
that an old friend was coming
gave him a six-run lead going into the eighth inning when he allowed two runs on Ben Warren's homer. Toledo got its runs in braces of two in the last three innings
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trip blast in the Red Birds fourrun seventh inning gave Columbus an 8-fo-4 victory over Louisville at Columbus.
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belt- with a socket in it. The heavy, squat second growth hickory pole ‘sets in the socket and takes some of the work in landing a tarpon. There we were, shooting up and down the seven-mile river, armed with much lighter tackle and about 45-pound test line, looking for tarpon that weighed 100 pounds up. Buzzards in Offing If we had hooked into a tarpon, he'd have taken that boat of ours: up and down the!
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river a sight faster than ‘the Mmentless white homes with all
the crabs passed the word around that mullet was on the breakfast menu. Two at a Time We started pulling up these big scuttling babies two at a time. Some of them dropped off just like in the old White River at home and some of them stayed on and crab-danced back into the water. You take about a dozen of these crabs, which are about eight to 10 inches across, drop them alive into a vat of boiling water and you've got ‘something. But we hadn’t intended to go crab fishing and we cast off and pulled the outboard back into the river and tied up at a bank where Doc’s car was parked, and back to the hotel. We're headed for Palacios or some place or other in a little while and some trout fishing. Maybe we'll go out again for king or even tarpon. None of these writers knows next where we're going. We just leave it up to our genial host, Andy Anderson, outdoors man of the Houston Press, a ScrippsHoward newspaper, who is “selling” the Texas Gulf coast fishing to us Yankees. On to Mexico They've sold us already but we haven't told Andy because we want to run this trip clear down into Mexico. 80 «goodby to Freeport, a delightful little town of some 9000, where the natives work at the $200 million Dow Chemical plant
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