1944-10-30

Pag~ 2 THE PEOPLE'S OBSERVER October 20, 1944 Sport Briefs in his ring life was by the hands of Jake !LaMotta, a slam-bang, give nad take fighter from Detroit. TURNER GETS REVENGE CHANCE B.v WILLIAM HlLLIARD Sporting Editor, The Peoples Observer After throwing punches galore in the rain at Kenny LaSalle and still losing the decision was no laugh for Leo "The Lion" Tur– ner, who gets another chance to prove that he is the master of the two. The Lion meets Mr. LaSalle Playing good football for the big colleges this year are quite a few sepia gridiron stalwarts. Heading the list are Buddy Young and Paul .Patterson. Both are freshmen in college. Young is also the sprint king of the nation's collegiate ath– letics. These boys are just about the hottest football backs of the }"ear. Any coach would stop worry– ing if he could get a hold of the talented twins of Illinois. In a game with the Great Lakes team of Great Lakes, Illinois, Young and Patterson paced their team to a 26-26 tie in a game that saw these two top pigskin toters dazzle theirop ponents with long distance football running. Young ran the longest touchdown jaunt of the day when he scooted around end on the first play from scrim– mage to run 93 yards to a touch– down. eleven. Art made a touchdown and scored an extra point in their first game. Doing his bit at Franklin High is Robert Johnson, who is second string halfback for the var– sity squad. LOUIS BACK IN STATES this Friday, October 13, in a battle Staff Sgt. Joe Louis, world's to prove whether the Frisco Kid's heavyweight champion, returned to victory was a fluke or not. Turner this country after a seven-month is again training at his camp 111 tour of the European fighting Toppenish, Washington. fronts. Joe said he had met two Anotl\er top fight looms up 111 American soldiers in Italy who of- the six rounder featuring Kelly fered a definite threat to his title Jackson. This boy Jackson showed after the war. The British heavy- that he had lots of stuff weight champion, Freddie Mills, initial scrap here against Eddie lost his title in a recent bout in: Weller. England. Mills was after an ex- I At last the Portland . football hibition fight with Louis... Lloyd j fans egt a peek at the highly touted Marshall defeated Jack Chase in j Kenny Washington this Sunday. their 10-rounder at the Hollywood I The Portland Rockets play the League Stadium to stay on top in I San Francisco Clippers, who fea– their private efud. Marshall has I ture Kenny on their offensive at– won two bouts now with Chase, tack. Kenny was the all-time great another ended in a araw. i on the coast when he starred for Chalky Wright failed in his at- •U.C.L.A. - Wildcats were in town last Sun– day, October 8. Anderson played a great defensive game for the "Cats," who took our Rockets by surprise and annexed their first victory in the. American pro foot- ball league. The Order of the Sapiens are to tackle a Chinese aggregation of football ability when they tangle with Fred Lee's·squad. Lee's outfit has won all of their games to date. Paul Robeson Jr. is filling in his dad's shoes at Cornell, where he recently made a touchdown and converted tow extra points. His dad, Paul Robeson, Sr., was once an all-American... Art Sheph.erd is playing end for the Benson Tech tempt to regain his featherweight I Chuck Anderson lived up to ex– crown from Willie Pep of Hart-l pectations when the Los Angeles . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ford, Conn. Ltttle Chalky put up I The Wardrobe VALET All Types and Styles of Shoes CLEANED & SHINED EXPERTLY Dry Cleaning and Laundry Agency MACEO ffiCKS, Prop. 203 N. W. 6th Ave. --------------~ a gallant fight, but Pep proved to! be too f~st on his feet. Pep has i lost only one fight during his ca-l I reer, that being to Sammy Angott, I the former lightweight champ. Ray Robinson launches his ring j return against Izzy J anzzio. Rob- 1 inson was to go overseas with Joe Louis but took ill and after a stay in the hospital was given a medical discharge from the army. Ray is a welterweight, and his only defeat I r--·-----......··-··-··-·-··-··-··-··-··-·-··-·-··-··-··-··-··-··-· I BART SCHAFFNER j & MARX C:LOTHBS I t I i i i I I ! l i i DOBBS HATS ARROWSIDRTS INTERWOVEN SOCKS BOSTONIANS, EDWIN CLAPP SHOES C:LUB AC:ME - 1504 N. Williams Avenue -- EAst 6127 Welcome to Our Members and Their Guests MATINEE FROM 6 to 9:00P.M. EVERY SUNDAY EVENING 1 ._ 1 2013 N. Williams Avenue BIRO'S Portland, Oregon MUSIC - SANDWICHES tWlashington at Broadway J DELUXE FOUNTAIN SERVICE +- -------·-·-··,--._;----------·---++ =============================================================g;;;;===================================;;;:a