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COLORED BOXERS MIGHT
WIN ALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Oakland, Calif., Feb. 19, (ANP)
Believe it or not there is a chance
that every boxing championship
might be held by a dark skinned
fighter within a year’s time, if the
boys are given a crack at the ti
tle in their respective divisions.
And of the eight boys to be men
tioned, seven of them are Colored,
(one already being a champion) the
other being a Filipino, with a skin
blacker than some of the Negro
leather pushers in question.
I start off with Joe Louis, who
is generally recognized in all box
ing circles, except that in which
James J. Braddock resides, as the
Uncrowned Champion. That the
Brown Bomber is figured to add
Braddock to his list of victims
when they meet is proven by the
fact that in all corners of these
United States, a “White Hope” is
being sought to “regain the title”
for the white race
Next is our current title holder,
J|ohn Henry Lewis, who rules the
light heavyweight (175 pounds)
ranks- While Eastern scribes be
lieve the local boy will enter the
ring as a short-erder in the bet
ting whim he meets Jack McAvoy
for the title in New York on May
8th, in case he loses, we have a
top notah contender in A1 Gainer
Tho New Haven, Conn., b«y has
wins over Braddock, Lou Brouil
lard, AJ MeCoy, drew with P.oeen
Woom and holds two victories over
Bob Olin, from whom Lewis won
the crown.
NEW STAR ARRIVES
In the next division, the light
weight (135 lbs ), a new slar has
tho spotlight- He is Pedro Monta
nez, a colored Puerto Rican who
■cored such an impressive victory
over A1 Roth the other week in
New York that big-time sport ed
itors dubbed him the “Joe Louis of
tho lightweights " Jt was Pedro’s
ninth straight win since arriving
and Roth classed as a No. 1 con
tender, (received a worse beating
than when he lost to the champ
ion, Tony Canzoneri.
We are forced to return to the
West Coast when discussing the
featherweight (127 lbs.) title as
pirants. Another boy from the
movie section, Henry Armstrong,
who is California champion. Arm
strong has whipped all the boys of
bis class here and is now fighting
lightweights to keep busy. Freddie
Miller is the NB.A. title holder,
but is not recognized here or in
New York and efforts are being
made to match the pair while Mil
ler is on the Coast, but the Cin
cinnati boy ducked the match by
claiming ho could not make
enough money. The California
Commission has asked the N. Y.
boxing fathers not to recognize
Miller until he meets the Negro
flash.
While he is not recognized en
tirely, Sdxto Escohar, another
Puerto Rican defeated Lou Salica
to gain the bantam weight (118
lbs ) crown in the eyes of the N
Y. Commission. In most sections
he is classed as the champ, but
has failed to garner the N. B- A
sanction.
In the flyweight (112 lbs ) class
Small Montana, a dark skinned
Filipino, defeated Midget Wolgast
in a local ring to capture the ti
tle- Incidentally his real nimc
brings beck remini scense of a
great Negro fighter, being Ben
jamin Gans
Farfetched? Yes, but possible.
GORILLA COMING BACK
In the middleweight (160 lbs.)
ranks, we have two challengers
for Babe Risko’s belt. They are
William “Gorilla” Jones and Oscar
Rankin, Los Angeles boy. With
two recent kayo verdicts over the
tough Tait Littnmn, Jones prob
ably gets first call, especially as
he is now a tablemate of Joe
Louis- Rankin’s win over Jack
Gibbons places him a dose second
bo the Akron boy.
While Barney Ross is looked
upon as the most secure crown
holder, we find Leon Zorrita of
L A. as a contender in the welter
weight 147 lbs ) class. Zorrita,
whose right nanys is Willie Collins,
is now seeking a match with A1
Manfredo, State champion; Peter
Jackson, now the California light
weight king, might also do better
in the above division since he has
knocked out the former welter
weight champ. Ceferino Garcia,
who recently went 20 rounds with
Ross without being knocked down,
but lost two decisions.
9
Red Menace Scares
Robert S. Abbott
Mayor’s Emissary
Chicago, Feb. 20—(ANP)—
The roseate dream of John P.
Davis for a National Negro
Congress flowered into fulfill
ment Friday night in the
Armory before approximately
12,500 persons who had braved
izero weather and disregarded
(countless wild rumors.
Early in the evening the ro
seate dream gave every prom
ise of being a horrible night
mare. The trouble started early
jin the day when finances were
i found to be hopelessly inade
quate to meet unexpected ami
unanicipated expenses. The
serpent bad not, however, then
; offered the apple. That came
(when the Communist party of
fered the much needed cash.
'The l*arty and Comrades, con
fident that their offer would be
accepted had meanwhile set up
ja press room complete with the
official weapon, a mimeograph
ing machine, and a headquart
ers room from which t'he dic
tates of the Red Rovolution
could flow and control the Con
gress.
Col. Wm. J. Warfield of the
Eighth Regimetnt* however, de
clared that Moscow would not
rule as long as he headed the
Regiment. He thereupon issued
an edict that there was to be
no Congress at all. This caused
great perturbation among the
faithful, for this manifesto was
issued at 7 :30 p. m., only a half
hour before the time set for the
presentation of the gavel of
■ wood from the desk of Freder
ick Douglass to the Chairman
of the meeting, Charles Wesley
Burton, attorney, social worker
and former Congregational pas
tor. After great effort enough
money was obtained from non
Communist sources to enable
the meeting to open. But Com
rades had been incarcerated by
the minions of the1 law in the
! ensuing confusion.
The troubles of the evening
[were not over, even after the
meeting was started. A place on
the program had been reserved
!for the presentation of the May
or of the city of Chicago, Ed
jward J. Kelly, by Robert E. Ab
bott-, editor of the Chicago De
fender. Inasmuch as the Mayor
I, .
is sunnuig himself in Miami he
sent in his place Judge Joseph
Burke of the circuit court. But
the judge never spoke for by
[some blunder he and Mr. Ab
bott were ushered into the room
that the Comrades had fitted
| out as a press room, Mr. Ab
bott in glancing about the room
! let his eyes fall on some of the
|printed material scattered there,
In horrified tones the editor
mid that he would never allow
! his good friends to participate
| in. a Red meeting. An SOS to
the speakers’ platform brought
| I)r. Julian Lewis on the run to
persuade Editor Abbott to pro
1 -eed with his introduction. Dr.
Lewis is associate professor at
the University of Chicago and
head of the Society for Medical
Aid to Ethiopia who was pre
sent to introduce the visitor
from Ethiopia.
I The Editor was adamant in
his refusal, despite the earnest
pleas of Dr. Lewis. Meanwhile
Dr. Lewis did some thinking
and decided that lue wouldn’t
introduce the Ethiopian as h id
ihcen announced earlier.
i It was little wonder then that
John 1*. Davis opened Ills re
j marks with what ho called a
candid statement that the Con
i greas “will not bo dominated by
THINGS
THEATRICAL
By Franklin Frank for A. N. P.
DIARY OF A COLUMNIST
To Dave’s Cafe and there to
learn that Joseph Richardson
Jones, their new producer, can’t
emcee his own revue- Jones is an
NBC writer and star and the ra
dio bigshots won't let him appear
in public at a night club—Then to
look over Earl Partelle’s first
jshow under new colors and learn
the golden blonde boy is ailing al
though working. At the DeLisa he
has brought out what is current
ly the best spectacle of the South
Side—From there to the Grand
| Terrace where Congressman Ar
thur W. Mitchell sits with his par
ty. Fletcher Henderson’s swell
music helps a show top-heavy with
Idancing. With the clock lazing
I along, to the Annex where a quar
tet of clever chorine do a stand
out hoofing number on four huge
dice. One of Clarence Weems’
smooth ideas.—‘Finally by jitney
cab driven by a cow-boy, yawn
lngly to home and bed.
From the mail bag a letter from
Buffalo. Bernice (Tanya) Bruce is
as great a sensation at Buffalo’s
jVendome as she was in Chicago,
which is saying plenty. She gives
three of her amazing contortion
appearances daily—7:30, midnight
'and 2 a- m. At the rate she is go
ing she will be on Broadway or in
any political party. ** He con
tinued with a pledge of “all
that I have I give to the cause
of these Negro people. He state
ed further that the Congers*
was a congress of American
citizens who believe in the Con
stitution and the 13th, 14th and
lf;h Amendments thereto. Mr.
Davis also asserted that the
movement embraced every re
ligious faith. He called on the
forces of righteousness to rally
to the cause.
Mr. Davis apparently' hoped
that his remarks would set at
rest the rumors and buzzings
that have persisted since the
early announcement of the Con
gress. These rumors had the
congress everything from a pre
liminary Republican convention
inspired and financed by the
Liberty League to a meeting of
the Communists of America
under a new name that would
join the long list of organiza
tions affiliated with the party.
Time and further progress of
the convention alone can an
swer what has assumed the pro
portions of a Great Enigma, to
which only one person holds the
answer.
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And she is only 18- Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!
ORGANIZE ENTERTAINERS
From Washington writes David
|H- Peter to tell me of poor pay
! meted out to performers in the
Capital City, some drawing as lit
tle as $7 weekly He is currently
attempting to organize entertain
ers there for the bettering of con
I ditions generally along lines
suggested by this column two
weeks ago. This ought to be done
by some responsible person in ev
ery town with professional per
formers in any numbers. This, of
course is preparatory boforming
a national organization with pos
sible affiliation with the A. F- of
L.
There is no reason why each
city could not have a standard '
minimum rate of pay for each !
kind of emtertaining, such as chor- :
us girls, singles, etc- This can be
done effectively only with unity.
An individual performer can’t
buck the shrewd cafe owner unless
that entertainer has a big name
or unusual bargaining ability. I
want to hear from more of you
Ion this idea- Write to Franklyn
Frank, Associated Negro Press,
3507 South Parkway, Chicago.
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and Bubbles imitation by those two
amazing juveniles, Kenneth and
LeRoy Best thing in the new
Dave’s Cafe revue.—Dorothy Der
rick’s expressive gestures with her
singing. Wasp-waisted Valda’s ac
robatic fiance routine. By the way,
is it true the motor companies got
their ideas for floating power from
watching Valda’s educated hips?
—The Gypsy scene closing the
first section of Sammy Dyer’s re
vue at Grand Terrace—Geary
Johnson’s truckin’ with Bullfrog
singing- One of the few boys
around town with a style all his
own.
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(ANP)—An alleged attack up
on the colored youths, white
matron of Cheltenham Reform
atory which resulted in four col
ored youths inmates of the in
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