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TONY GALENTO FINALLY GETS A ' MATCH WITH JOE - _ i STADIUM BOUT IN JUNE TO BE SET TOR HEAVYWEIGHT Tit Go He’s Been Yelling * For ^ -y Galento finally talked f»i* '••qy into it and now he’ll have ti * tM his way outof it F! Joe Louis will defend his heavyweight crown against New Jersey’s bouncing beerbarrell at *v Kankee Stadium in June. r *s nothing official about it ye‘ ’t T'romoter Mike Jacobs Ptiilly Promoter Herman Taylor and Joe Jacobs, Galento’s manager, fiave been jawing about the pro position ever since Tony climbed all over Abe Feldman in Miami last week to kayo him in 3 rounds. It’s sure to go through today. John Roxborough, a Louis co manager has confirmed the bout from Detroit. He set the date as probably the last week in June. The signing was held up by a souabble between promoters Mike and Herman. Taylor has Galento j I to a 5-year contract should he win I and then do a walk-out. I Galento isn’t considered a serious 1 Ihrrot to Joe’s supremacy and say that he’d find it difficult to get past such high ranking contenders as Lou Nova, Max:e i Baer or .Rcscoe Toles. ! But Tony has undoubtedly built himself into the biggest possible drawing card—even with those i ouest'onable kayos—with his spa- j ghetti training diet and his lusty, . “everybody’s a bum but Galento” ' statements. In fact tho only person who gives 1 j Two-ton more than a round against Louis ia Mrs. Galento’a hoy Tony, himself. Ife’ll walk into that stn ! dim’, ring next month yelling, “I’ll | flatten that bum with one punch." Hut fistic experts are wondering if Tony will last long enough to throw r, punch. * TW P. LAW OF CONTRACT A RET is purely gambling tran euction but it is often confused with the term wager. A bet being •neri' e. gnmbl ng transaction can not be enforced in a court of law. for where such agreements have not been declared illegal and wholly void by statute, the same results will bo reached by the courts any way on the grounds that such con tracts are held contrary to public policy. WAGER is a promise to giv . money or money’s worth upon the determination or ascertainment o! an uncertain event or fact. I am sroiny to give you an illustration, so that you may get it straight. If should happen to be on a hunting trip together in the swamps and pnch of us should kill u buck and you claimed that your; weighed more than t had shot. Then an agreement between us that the beaten party would pay for supper and all other expenses HENRY TO FIGHT DAVY DAY H __ ' Announcement of the Henry A rmstrong-Davey Day welter - weight title fight here March 21 featured a flurry of activity on the boxing front today. Day, a stablcmate of former welter champion, Ramey Ross, who lost the title to Armstrong, Is a seasoned campaigner and has compiled an impressive record through the Middle West in the past two years. The decision drop ped by the Chicagoan was a close «ne to Txm Ambers, then light weight champion. -0O0— Johnson Tops AAU Sprint List * Secdings were completed yester day for the 60-meter dash, the 65 TOeter high hurdles, the 1,000 meter sprint medley relay and the 1,600 meter relay at the fifty-first an ■nual national AAU track and field championships at Madisor. Square Garden on Saturday. Lead ing1 performers of the season top the draw in each event. The sprint field is headed by Ben Johnson, the defending champion; Herbert Thompson, winner of 20 straight dash races this year; RHEUMATISM R ill EVE PAIN IN FEW MINUTES ' To relieve ilie tort ’-ring pain of Ilheumu tism. Neuritis. Neuralgia or Lumbago. in a few minute*. get the Doctor’s formula NHR1TO. Dependable—no opiates, no nar cotic*. Does the work quickly—must relieve worst p*in, to your satisfaction in a few minutes or money •ark at D lgiriat*. Don’t * offer. LV. Nl’KITO on t!ii guarantee today. f the trip (made before the re sult as to the weight of the b' chr , is known) is a wager. If, however! while you were baek in the woods [ hmd weighed bci'jh bucks and knew that yours did not weight as much as the one 1 had shot it would be a bet. MUTUAL CHANCES OF GAIN AND LOSS are essential to a wa ger and the uncertain event or fact must be the only thing to de termine the result. Insurance is •. wagering contract but if no los aid only gain could result from the loss or damage of the subject outer of the insurance the contend would be void on the grounds o'1 public policy. THE GENERAL RULE is that one sights la written instrument will not be permitted to say later that he did not read it or intend to agree to its terms. If he can not read it is his duty to have some reliable person read it and explnin it to him. Eulace Feaeock, former national tltleholder and Mozel Ellerbee, the National Collegiate A. A. sprint king who is making his New York debut. The ranking hurdlers are Fred Wolcott, the national and N. C. A. A. Timbers opping champion who was unbeaten all last year; Roy Staley, who broke the "0 yard world record three times this sea son; Allan Tolmich, world record bolder and former national title holder, and John Collinge, the Iowan who has been close to record time in his western starts. -o Oo— JOE LOUIS TO BOX JACK ROPER IN L. A. IN LATE APRIL MATCH IS A TITLE BOl’T IN ALL STATES EXCEPT NEW YORK They pulled an old man out of the scrap heap of heavyweights vailable to challenge the heavy weight title now so securely held by Joe Louis, when they recent ly signed Jack Roper, a 36 year >ld pug to meet the champion in \ 10 round bout in Los Angeles on Vpril 24. The bout will be considered lit tle more than an attractive conces sion for bhe thousands of visitors to the coast for the San Francisco Fair, giving the customers p chance to get a clescup of the methods used by the “Bomber’’ in disposing of irritable challengers. -o_ Patronize Our Advertisers 15 Negro Fighters Qvahfy For the Chicago Golden Gloves Finals by 01 Harrington 1 A . , -".rs—-mr—“"'hS .----r-■_*______ nil.. ... 1 •‘C AN i RUN DOWN TO THE CORNER TO CALL UP MY MUMMER, SIR, AN’ TELL HER I BEEN A BAD BOY AGAIN?” , ‘ M A ’ _±_—_* „ '_ Publicity Director Wants Photos of Golfers Cornhusker Golf Club Mr. B. G'allowuy 242E Grant St. Omaha, Nebr. f ell 27, 1939 Dear MV. Galloway: You no <1 vibt will remember me. I’m the fellow you helped home publicity director of the Associa tion last year at Minneapolis. So , now becomes my duty to make i>, big splash about our annuai ^ Tourney at St. Louis this coming! Summer, 1 know you’ll, be here, I want you to gather all the photo’s you possibly can of local golfers, swinging clubs. Send them to me at St. Louis, Argus 2312 Market St., St. Louis, Mo. Me ami my wife are down spend ing a few’ weeks visiting relatives, we are returning to St. Louis next week. Now come on! Get those pictures in the ma'l as soon as pos sible. Help me make this the big gest Tournament of our History. Thawing you for your coopera tion and wishing you much success, I am very truly yours, Sanders S. Mason, Co. St Louis, Argus 2312 Market St, St. Louis Mo. -oOo AMATEUR BASKETBALL ( TOURNAMENT Team entries in the City Recrea tion sponsored Roys' Amateur Ras : kelball Tourney are flooding the office of Harold Crawford, Tourna ment director, with late entries bringing the number to Id. Ry en try dealine time March 10, Mr. Crawford expects to have a.-, least 20 teams entered in both the “A" and “B” divisions. An extension of five days has been granted in the deadline time to enable players participating ir the State High tournament and in the current AAU meet to com pete In this tournament. Mr. C rawford emphasizes, how ever, there will he no more ex tentions granted beyond March 10. Players wishing to rc-acquaint themselves with the tournament^ rule.; may obtain a copy at the Main Recreation Center. 24th and Pratt Streets. Entries for the Girl’s Amateur Basketball Tourney which begins immediately after the termination oi the bo>’s meet n to be govern ed by ai;prox'mately the same rules. The deadline for entries is March 11. It is to be run off March 22nd to 28th. -nOo— RATING THE RECORDS TEDDY BUNN SCORES The marvelous Tedely Bunn picks r, guitar out of this world on an o.her record made for Bluebird un der direct supervision of Hughes Panassie. IF YOU SEE ME COM ING. This number, a slow blues, is easily the best of this group to date. The orchestra, known as the Mozzo-Ladnier quintet, fails to im press .with ROYAL GARDEN BLUES. Bunn also turns a fine bit of vocalizing on the first side. Red Norvo’s ned band does all right by itself on Vocalion WILL I GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU VERY WELL and KISS ME WITH YOUR EYES. The director’s xylo I phone is featured in solos on both * } 1 . j side^. That same ‘‘kiss” title gives Fats Waller a chance to get off for Blue bird. After a vocal and piano chor us, Fats turns to the electric or ( pan and plays one of the grandest I solos ever mixed on this instru ment The coupling is LAST (NIGHT A MIRACLE HAPPEN ED. Paul Whiteman’s swing wing, wit'eut Jack Teagarden, has in tcresting arrangements of I GO E(TP THAT and NEVER FELT LETTER. NEVER HAD LESS for Deeca. The Four Modernaires are respons'hle for much of the plat ter’s pleasing qualities. One of Hal Kemo’s best numbers, GOT A DATE WITH AN ANGEL, has been re-issued'on Vocalion. The re verse side is PURSUIN’ THE BLUES. Vocalion’s success with the re cently released set of boogie woo gie numbers is followed with a re ally solid sender on Brunswick by Harry James and The Boogie Woo gie trio. The titles are WOO WOO end BOO WOO, with Albert Am mons on one side and Pete John son on the olher. Grab this, by all means. Bob Crosby has another ho1, pair on Decca, SKATERS' WALTZ swung into a fox trot and EYE OPENER featuring Bob Zur ke at the piano. You’ll like the platter. DEX.IGHTFUL DEr/l RUM and I WANT MY SHARE OF LOVE, in soft swing style, am a new Artie Shaw pairing on Plueb rcl, There are vocal choruses and plenty of Shaw’s clarinet Aided by the piano the Ink Spots contr'bute the sentimental IF I DIDN’T CARE then romp into KNOCK KNEED SAL in their highly rhythmic style on Decca. and loads of it, is SWEET ADE Anothcr Decca featuring harmony | LINE and YOU TELL ME YOUR 1 DREAM AND I’LL TELL YOU ' MINE by the Mills Bros. Benny Goodman’s full band, with clarin et doing all sorts of tricks, plays SHUT-EYE and GOOD FOR NO THING LOVE on Victor. Smooth precision swing. Another version oi | SHUT-EYE is by Glenn Milleror Bluebird. This band is deservedlj ' nt;ar the top of hot groups. Th( coupling is HOW I’D LIKE TO BI 1 WITH YOU IN BERMUDA. I Teddy Wilson, with Benny Car ter running wild on alto and Ror ; Eldridge blowihg his lips off or I the trumpet, along with Billi< Holliday’s unequaled.warbling, ha: . another remarkable Brunswick Two oldies are revived. MORI THAN YOU KNOW and SUGAR 1 .don’t care at all for Eddie South’: j 1 ot Bluebird o# HERE KATI, ii which he takes a scat vocal, coup , led with MARCHETA. The disi i sounds like a waste of time. Glet Gray combines a sweet tune, LASH | NIGHT A MIRACLE HAPPENET j with a hot number, HOBOKEN I BUCKET, on Decca. The latter i: | r direct tteal from the “The Ok Oaken Bucket.’’ Another notewor I thy Vocalion re-issue is the fa j nrous Red Nichols disc of IDA ; SWEET AT APPLE CIDER anc FEELING NO PAIN. If you havt Chicago, Mar 2 (AM^)—Of the 32 amateur boxers who have fought their way to the semifinals and finals of the Chicago Tribune’s 12th Annua! Golden Gloves tourna ment, to be held at the Chicago stadium Friday night, 15 are Ne groes. These are the survivors of over 20,000 starting boxers in 47 communities throughout the Miel west and South Those who qualified, after fight ing at the stadium last Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights are Willie Noon. Catholic Youth or ganization, Chicago, flyweight; James Joynce, Gary, bantam weight; William Parson, Danville, 111., and Homer Williams, Savoy A. C., Chicago featherweights; Joflwmy Pleasant, Savoy A. O., lightweight; Jim Bivens. Cleveland, Vernell Williams, Gary, Johnny Pea, Davenport, la., and Milton Jones, St. Louis, welterweight. Curtis McDaniels, C. Y. 0., Chi cago, and Ezzard Charles, Cincin nati, middleweights; Joe Murdock, Detroit, Jim Reeves, Cleveland, and Shelton Bell, Dayton, O., light heavyweight, and John Washing ton, Dayton, heavyweight. As is usually the case, colored fighters dominated the tournament. There are qualifiers in every weight class, and all °f ^oU1 groes, thus assuring at least ont •urpiving 147 pounders are Ne : champion. Others who have caught i the crowd’s fancy and looms as I likely winners are Reeves, Plea j asnt and Williams I One of the smoothest Ughtweignt in the tourament, James Edgar of Detroit, seemed headed for the championship until he was disqua lified in the quarterfinals Wednes day night. Having his white op ponent, Bob Moorley, of Sioux City la., on the verge of a knockout, Edgar became over anxious and hit on the break. The referee’s act ion in stopping the bout and award ing the decision to the bady beat en opponent was roundly booed, and Detroit representatives indica ted they would protest the action. |n other instances, boxers bad clipped opponents on the break but none had been disqualified. Outside of Washington, who plays tackle on the Wilberforce football team, there were no im pressive heavyweights in this year’s tournament. Among the I light heavies, Altus Allen of Chi | cago was touted as the smoothest sisce the days of Joe Lou:s, but I he was eliminated on a close deci sion by Ragon Kinney, white, of For! Smith, Ark. Sports.ranship in the crowd seemed better this year than pre viously, with the specators occa sionally booing decisions they thought should have gone to color ^ ifef! boxers, ., ___* MID-WEST CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT ENDS IN A DRAW not the original, get this for your library. Van Alexander, the chap who under his right name arranged A-TISKET A-TASKET for Ella and Chick, has a band of his own that takes another step forward with the Bluebird of HONEY BUN I NY BOO and OH L I’M EVIL. With his trombone working to perfectiop, Tommy Dorsey smooth | ly plays I’M SO WEARY OF IT | ALL and NEVER AGAIN for ! Victor. Slipping into a mellow ori i ental mood, John Kirby, leads his 1 boys through a beautiful tune, j DAWN ON THE DESERT, then ! goes to town on THE TURF, all i of which makes a grand Vocalion. - Mozelle asd May Hopk ns, who call themselves “the bandanna girls”, ; harmonize in the manner of the Boswell sister.^to dish up PARI | TIME papa and money is HONEY for Decca. I’d like to hear what these gals cook up in the way of geniune harmony. They havo real possibilities. Another : platter from Decca’s “race list” is TLL WORK UP TO YOU SOME DAY and OLD BACHELOR BLUES by Son Bonds. IN SWEETER VEIN Kay Kyser has another Bruns wick success in I PROMISE YOU and HEAVEN CAN WAIT. Wayne King, with his wailing saxophone renders KISS ME WITH YOUR EYES and THE MOON IS A SIL VER DOLLAR on Victor. The lat ter title occupies the Seger Ellis “choir oT brass’ on Brunswick, along with WE SPEAK OF \ OU OFTEN. The result is a disc that's neither too 'hot nor too sweet If ! you care for X) Kavelin, you may [ like his Vocalion of BLv£ ITAL IAN WATERS and I LONG TO [ BELONG TO YOU This band is definitely not of my weakness. Now that the WPA version of “The Mikado” is attracting na i tional attention, Larry Clinton has 1 recorded his hot interpretation of I’VE GOT A LITTLE LIST from that operetta, coupled with SWEET LITTLE BUTTERCUP from that , | other Gilbert and Sullivan Favorite | i “HMS Pinafore”. WE’VE COME ! j A ONG WAY TOGETHER and j NEVER AGAIN are on Brunswick 1. by Horace Heidt. Jan Garber has a smooth platter of THIS IS IT and ALL THE TIME on Vocalion. Two other Vocations for lovers of sweet dance music are LAST NIGHT A MIRACLE HAPPENED coupled with the sardonic LET HIM LIVE, by Tommy Tucker, and SltUT EYE plus WE'VE COME A LONG WAY TOGETHER. ^k \ By Billy Davis Bill Davis of Kansas City and Webster Epperson of South Dak ota fought a close fight at the Auditorium Friday night, March 8, which ended in a draw They fought for six rounds, which was the semi-windup on a card that was headed by Carl Vinciquerra who was given the decision over Char ley Belenger, the heavyweight champ of Canada. The decision was loudly booed by fans who thought that Belenger had won. Belenger had the f ght all the way through. Carl was booed when he left tihe ring. Belenger was the last to leave the ring. The fans jarred the auditorium with cheers for him. Neaves and Epperson are heavy weights. They fought for the Ne gro Middle West championship. Both boys are clever fighters with a lot of punch. Both put up a very smart fight, although there were not many’ blows landed. BITJDY McCRAE WINS ON TECHNICAL KNOCK-OUT Knock-out McCrae, one of the most color ful boxers on the card, won his fight on a technical knock-out over long lank Lloyd Davison of Sioux City, Iowa. McCrae as usual with his clowning antics, carried the battle to his opponent at all times. Buddy is very popular with the fans, all of his fights are good, His fight before this one with Pat Kissenter of Kansas City, was the best fight on the card. It was a slug feast which ended in a draw. New Comer also on Card Another new comer to these parts, who fought a tough little i fighter, was Allen Carson of Kan I sasi City He is a middleweight and i tc is a fine looking chap with a lot of good chances of becoming a good fighter. He attends school at Western Reserve in Kansas. He lost the decision to Stanley Novak ' I of Omaha. Ono more year of (fighting and a little more experi ence and Carlson should become a great fighter in his division. LITTLE JIMMY MURPIIY TRAINS WMCA BOXERS Murphy has charge of several great fighters of the YMCA. His team won the championship of the Golden Gloves of Omaha He is do ing great work at the Y with his hexing instructions His boys are getting the best of boxing experi ence that can be given. Read the Omaha Guide
