1944-09-30

September 30, 1944 THE PEOPLE'S OBSERVER Page Sp.ort Briefs By WILLIAM HILLIARD Sporting Edito1·, The Peoples Observer Portland's Colored Merchants being last year. He e.ven had him lost two in a row to be completely on the floor twice. knocked out of the worlds cham- • pionship race in Cleveland · The Woody Strode With Merchants got only six hits. during I March Field' Local Footballers Take to Road Portland's prep football teams took to the road for the first pre– reason tilts, save for the Lincoh. Cards who engaged the Salem Vik– ings here. DeNorval Unthank Jr., made the trip to Longview, Wash– ington, with the Quakers of Frank– lin where they came out on the short end of the score. Pacing Sabin high's jaunt to Gresham were William Graves, Stanley Cage, Travis Jackson and Junior Freeman. These boys form the main body of the Sabinites grid machine. Costello Cruz lived up to pre– dictions by virtue of his eight round T.KO. of Joe Kahut. Cruz, by his elimination of Kahut, earn– ed the right to meet Fritzie Fitz- patrick, hard hitting 20 year old youngster who is the present fistic rage of Los Angeles. Fitzpatrick chilled Billy "Killer" Sulivan in one minute and defeat– ed Watson Jones, touted heavy- • weight of Southern California, in a torrid ten 1·ounder by the deci– sion route. Patronize Our Advertisers the two games that they played... Woody Strode~ the former all– Lind and Pomeroy, the Northwest coast end from U.C.L.A., is still girls champs, swept all of their maintaining his athletic ability tournament games to emerge world while wearing one of Uncle Sam's champions as far as women soft- uniforms. Woody is playing foot– ballists are concerned. Each one of ball for the Fourth Air Force ...................... ~,m~--~QT··~•~.;zam .. ~~==-.n~=~~ ...........-.... .-~--.-~ ..... the girls' wins was a shutout. Flyers of March 'Field, California. During their recent game with the Turkey Thompson Kayoed Washington Redskins of pro-foot- Elbert "Turkey" Thompson, ball fame, Strode blocked a punt among the top ten ranking heavy- by Sammy Baugh and snagged a weights of the country, suffered the pass to give his club a first down. first knockout of his long profes- .Leading the way again for the sional ring career. Thompson en- San Francisco Clippers, Kenny tered the ring a one to six favorite, and passed his mates to victory but Pfc. Al Hart, a former 26 mates to victory over his hometown year old athlete of Xavier college, rivals, the Los Angeles Mustangs, upset the dppe bucket by minister- as the Clippers drubbed the 11-lus– ing a one round KO to the turkey tangs 20 to 13 ... Four of the ... The former worlds feather- American Professional League foot– weight champion, Jackie Wilson, hal( teams feature colo1·ed players. punched his way to a ten round The Oakland Homets came. up in victory over Cleo Shans of Los a find in young Gene Pro,vost, late Angeles in New Orleans last Sep- of Sacramento Junior College. tember 19. ' Provost took a punt on his own DJ Lloyd Marshall and Jack Chase in a recent game with the San Di– ego Gunners and stiffed armed hi's! are to headline a boxiug show at Gilmore Stadium come September way all the way down the field for a touchdown. CJ. Chase, although being knock· ibo~-i-~;.;;.;.;~.;.;.....;...~=~--=-=~""t1~1- ed out by Oharley Burley last After a slow start, Walter Ricks week, has beaten Marshall once edged out Jack Tomlinson 1 up on the 19th hole to win the champion– and the othe1· time they met ht held him to a draw in a thriller in Fris- .ship honors in the third flight at co. 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