Where DoesJoe Rate WithRing Greats

Os All Fighter*Some ContendHe It Greatest

By Boss J. Conan*Within the short space of fire

years Joe Louis has mo\e<i froman obscure :ad gangling youngamateur fighter to the heavyweightboxing champion of the world.

Rack in the spring of 1933 Louiswas just emerging from his firstlest in the Golden Gloves tourna-ment, after having been selectedss the most promising uovtce lu thetournament. However, his exa.'cdposition was shaken somewhatwhen he dropped decisions to Stan-ley Evans. Max Marck. and Clin-ton Fridges in later month'.

Then he waded through the 1933-34 Golden Glove* tournament,bowling over his adversaries withsuch reckless abandon that be wa*the most talked of amateur fighterIn the country when he turned pro-fessional Jt\!y 4. 1934. scoring »

knockout over J*ik Kracken. Hereceived JSO for this performance.

Following his favorable ventureInto the remains of the pros. Louiseontinued his drive of knockouts,stopping such trial horses as Char-ley Massere, Jack O'Dowd, WillieDavis. Lire Ramag®, Charley Par-ry. CbaMev R®‘ziaf. Pt mo Gar-ners, Max Raer. and Paulino I'z-cudun. *

Impressed with 'his remarkableachievements the populace hailedJo« as the heartl*** murderer oftha ring. His blistering 'wo-flstedat'tck had raised boxing out ofths morass of depression, andwriters and f*n« were lauding hisseeming Invincibility.

Then came the fight, wi‘n MaxSetameling The durable and we'l-coodltloned German smashed ths*seaming InvinHb ry by knocking

out in 13 rounds af®r plas-tertng ’he Rrown Rotnber's jiwwtth more than sf* right-handpunches.

With the full realisation that h®bad made a serious mistake in hisbattle wi'h Schmelinz. Loji« * !ar-.ed another campaign wi'h meheavyweight championship a« h:«objective. In this march up '0 th®throne room occupied a' that timeby James j, Braddock. Lo ns mow-ed down Jack Sharkey, A! Ettore.Jorge Brescia and Natie Rrown toearn a title bout wrh the oh\m-pion.

Rraddock and Louis me' June 23.1937 .in f hicago. and the RrownBomber lifted the crown from theaging Jersey Jim in the eighthround.

Since lifting - he rrown fromP addock, Lpuis ha* successfullydefended hi championship seven•:mes, scoring knock outs in * x ofthese r •'counter* Natie Mann.Harry Thomas 'lax Schmeling.John Hr" ■ l_#>w laik ‘Roper•rd Tonv Galento succumbed toLouts' lethal punch®* before theprescribed scheduled di«t an c eFarr, although ru’ ’o i hhon* wasin an upright position when ‘lie fi-nal bell rang

In defending bis •: > sev n time*Louis has established a n< w recordin pugilistic history. This surpass-es ‘he best efforts of James J. Jef-feries ar.tl Jack Dempsey And thisbrings up the question of how doesLouis rank with the great* of theprize ring.

There are many who contend•*ia’ L"Uis i« th® g ra’»*> heavy-weight of all time* The*® ardentd'Sriples of the champion charge

i tb® »chi*vements of fxnii« Inthe pa«‘ four rears warran* 'hisclaim. This claim, they c barge i*emphas z®d bv ‘he champion'* ac-complishment* since he acq .1 *—<lthe crown.

There Is no question about Louisbeing one of the best, if not thebe«t, equipped fighter* ever to stepinto the ring The champion packs« knockout punch in either handi.« a capable boxer, and possessess stout heart. This latter qua itywas demonstrated In hi* first bat-tle with Max Schmeling

Os course thoee who dispute this« 'aim charge that Louie was ahl*to attain this record because of’he deplorable condition of thepresent crop of heavyweight* Rut.be that as It may. any fighter whocan wade through a welter of op-position a* Louis ha* done in thefive years, must he reckoned withwhen eny claims are made aboutthe greatest heavyweight champ-ion*.

Rcott. *ecded two !n the:nen> singles. won bis war ia - o thefinals by defeating Marina Hie.Middletown. Ohio. 6-1, 6-2 RobertRennet, Chicago, 6-2. 6-3; John-son C Well* West Virginia andI!>3S junior champion, S-ld. 9-7. 2*oWell# being forced out in >he thirdset because of Hines.®. in the quar-ter tinal match. Scott won fromllen-v Graham. Cleveland. 6-2. 6 4.and 6-4 n the semifinal.

Hnnter KliminatedClarejQi e Hunter. Detroit, went

to the quarter-final. bu* was elim-ina'ol hv Henry Graham. Cleve-land. Pete Whittake:, Detroit,wen' to the second round. Nor-man Morris and T«.sac Rivet#. Dc.troit were stopped in- the firstround

Lillian Burch-Van Buren lost to

Aar.es Uiwsun. t'leveland, 6-3. 2-6$-6. in the filial.# of the women’ssing>.« Robert Ryland won thejunior singles championship

Clarence Hunter paired with Lil-lian Burch-Van Buren to win themixed doubles title from T. R.Lawson and Agnes Lawson. Prai-rie View. Texas. 7-T>. 6-4. LillianRurrb-Van Buren later teamedwith Ague# Lawson to win thew nnter « double* title; defeatingHumr*hr ey and Pollard, 6-2 6-0.

George Riley ScoresAnother Knockout InUpper Michigan Bout

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Th> !*'< recent victories of(leorge R iey indicate that he musthe reckoned with when the atatewelterweight title la decided.

Ijosinz to Tony Pallatin. of Chi-cago. In a dose battle at MackPark more than a month ago, Rileyhas punched out decisive victoriesin hi? latest, starts. He scored aknockout over Joe McCoon. SaultWelterweight, in ’wo rounds. Hi*latest victory was a technicalknockout over Jark Sena, Ohio, inthe eleventh round. Friday nitht.

Riley had Sena on the floor threetimes in the fourth round, snd soImpressive wss hls work while Inthe ring that the Sault fans havecone for him In « big

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Scott Wins TitleHunter And Burch-Van Buren Paired To

Win Mixed Doubles CrownWTLBERFORCE—LIoyd Scott,,Prairie View, Texas,

won the Mid-Western tennis tournament here Friday whenhe defeated Robert Ryland, Chicago, 6-1, 6-2. 3-6, 6-4.

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able to get to the qnarter-finals In the Mld-Westerntournament at Wllberforreuniversity, last week, bnt hewa# more successful In themixed doubles when he pairedwith Lillian Borch-Van Borento defeat Ted and Airnes Law-son. T-i, 6-4. The veteranHunter was stopped by HankGraham. Cleveland In the men’ssingles. 11-6. g-3, fc-tk Mrs.Burch-Van Bnren was defeatedby Mrs. Arnes Lawson, 6-8, 2-6.wifi. Mrs. Flora Lomax. l»3schampion, did not defend herlaurels. She l« now In Ilnmp*ton to defend hei* nationalchampionship.

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Runners MadeOlympic Marks

By Eddie TolanAs executive director of the 75

years of Negro Progress Exposi-tion, many friends have asked ifthe field of athletics would be theoutstanding exhibit of the fair.F’erhaps many feel that because ofmy past efforts along the aboveline the major emphasis will beplaced into this channel.

I do believe (not because of myathletic experience! that fewrealise that thla field has donemore to break down racial barriersand establish international goodwill than any other. It would be acomparatively easy matter to designthe exposition so that the field ofathletics would be the most out-standing attraction at the fair Forexample, events depicting the his-tory of the Negro on the cinderpath could be Just this.

Drew HorsFew people would consider it

worth thelP while to see HowardDrew’ winning his semi-final heatin the 100-meter dash at the ltt'liOlympic Games in Stockholm.Sweden and learning why he failedto appear for the final race Per-haps, a few people would like tosee Harry Edwards, a Negro a’hleteof the West Indies, finishing thirdin the 100-meter dash at the I'tjnOlympic Games at Antwerp, Hol-giitm or Sol Butler, best Jumper atthe l*S. In the same games a* hehurt himself in the qualifying;rounds.

No doubt more would like to «epthe Olympic Games as conductedIn Paris. France, in 1924. whereDeHart Hubbard . ad Ned Gourdinfinished first and second in thebroad Jump. While others wouldprefer seeing the 1928 OlympicGames In Amsterdam. Holland,where Jack London. Negro fromBritish Guiana, could get no bet-ter than sixth place In the finalsof the 100 meter dash or why PhilEdwards, the Negro athlete, tun-ning for Canada could do not bet-ter than fourth in the meters,or still again see DeHart Hubbardwinning the broad jump again andEd Gordon competing in the sameevent.

Breaks Jump RecordS Cator, from Halil, failed to get

a place In the finals but a weeklater set anew world's record forthe broad Jump In Paris. France.Because the 1922 Olympic Gameswere held In Los Angeles, few ifany would waste their time to seethose events again, however. Ne-gro athletes finished first In the1«0. 200, high Jump and broadJump and placed second and thirdIn both 800 and 1500 meters thisin the 20n and 100 meters respec-tively. Phil Edwards of Canada cot3rd in both 800 and 150n metersthis tlflje.

In the eleventh Olympiad in Ber-lin many would enjoy seeing JesseOwens winning the 100 and 200meters, broad jump and being amember of the victorious 400 me-ter relay team or to be thrilled byseeing Williams and Woodruff win-ning the 400 and 800 meter runs;or to ae« Cornelius Johnson andDave Albritton tie at anew world'srecord height. W* also had otherathlstea who got second in the 100.200. 400 metars and the high hurd-les. Phil Edwards got 3rd In sOOmeters, making him the tir«t raceathlete to ever make three Olym-pic and place in eat h one.

Highest AwardI have just briefly mentioned

the results of onr athletes In thaOlympic Games, the highest hon-or an amateur track athlete ennreceive. There are other events thatwould draw a targe number ofpeople to see our race bora rotn-

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