At Central YMCA Sat., Jan. 25th Lincoln Urban League V s. hear horthside YMCA, 1
Left to right bottom row: Clarence Hill, Bobby Owens, BUI \Jacobs. Top row: Clifford Robbins, Leonard Steward,
Wallace Wright, Frank Cottrell, Coach Travis Dixon.
One of the most outstanding sporting events of the week
end will be a featured Basketball game between the Near
North side YMCA. all star basketball team versus the Lincoln
Urban League quintet. The game will be played at the
Central YMCA, 17th Harney, Saturday, January 25th, be
ginning at 7:30 p. m. There are only 200 seats available,
so come early to get a good one. Admission 25c.
HAWKINS Talking ' |
A lots of leather was thrown in
the City Golden Gloves elimination
meet January 14-15. Out of this
meet stepped eight champions-.
They are now preparing for the
Midwest tournament of Champ
ions, which will be held February
18-19.
Here are the names of the cham
pions and the Club's for whom
they fought.
112 pounds Frank Campisi, YMCA
118 pounds. Dixon Adams, Le
gion Post No. 1
126 pounds_Harold McDonald,
AMVETS Post No. 2
135 pounds _Clifford Blackbird,
YMCA.
147 pounds. Howard Talbitzer,
Benson Legion
16# pounds ......Clarence Adams,
South Omaha Legion
175 pounds .John Steiner, Le
gion Post No. 1
Heavyweight_ .... Alex McNack,
Near Northside YMCA.
Out of these eight champions
are three of our own boys—Harold
McDonald, Clarence Adams, and
Alex McNack.
McDonald proved to be the sur
prise of the tournament when he
upset highly touted Eldon Chadek
for the featherweight crown. Mc.
Donald, to my estimation, will go
a long ways in future Golden Glov
es meets. 1 say this not only be
cause of his great hitting powers,
but because of his great physical
condition. McDonald is coached
and trained by Buddy MCrea
Clarence Adams, the middle
weight King is trained by Paul
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Hartnek. Adams is the former
welterweight champion and once
again proved that they do come
back.
Alex McNack, the heavyweight
champion, noted from coast to
coast for his perfect physical con
dition, has developed a KO punch
in both mitts, which he demonstra
ted to the public while pulling the
curtain on both nights of the meet.
McNack was last years (1946)
Iowa State Champion and repres
ented the middlewest in the region
al AAU tournament. Alex is
managed by yours truly (The
HAWK). 1946 AAU Boxing coach.
Good showing was made by
James Gregory, who was the class
of the tournament.The first
night Gregory won a decision, his
first fight and knocked out his sec
ond victim. His third fight, the
second night, was (another one of
those things) The crowd was stun
ned when the decision was given
to Clifford Blackbird. James Gre
gory is considered one of the bet
ter lightweights of the country. He
proved that while in the Navy._
Gregory is managed by (Your
Truly).
Sam Williams won two fights
and lost his third for the champion
ship of the welter division by an I
eyelash. Williams tires in the
third round. Sam represented the
midlewest in the Regional AAU ,
of 1946 as a lightweight. Let’s
train a little harder next time Sam
.Williams is managed by Buddy
McCrea.
Hard-luck fighters were Herbert
Gray, and Joe Glass, after putting
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A FORWARD, OiT WAS ONE OF
THAT FAMOUS 1929-30 BOaON
Bruin line which made
SCORlNS HiSTcR'/ WITH 183
AOINT5 THAT SEASON
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SCORING KNACK, BEING ' O/f
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BIG LEAGUE GOALS TO HIS
CREDIT IS COACH OF THE BOSTON
Bruins-but this hockey veteran
IS STILL ABLE TO SHOW THE TbUNCSTERS A FEW TRiCKS
Northside Amateur Boxers Make Good
‘Showing In City AAU. Meet
Kneeling left to right: Buddy Mc
Crea, Trainer City Recreation;
Terry Cole, Execeutive Committee
of the American Legion Post No.
30. Standing left to right: Her-]
bert McCaw, Commander AMVET
Post No. 2; Eugene Brown, Lt. Hy.
175 lbs; Charles Martin, 160 lbs;
Sam Williams, 147 lbs; Clifford
Triggs, 135 lbs; Reginald Hughes,
135 lbs; Harold McDonald, 126 lbs; j
Herbert Gray, 112 lbs; Paul Allen,
aMnager AMVETS Post. No. 2—
Joe Glass, batam weight does not
appear on the picture
The picture is the boxing team
organized by Buddy McCrea, Ath
letic Director of the Charles Street
Recreation Center. They repres
ented Northside Organizations as:
Roosevelt Post No. 30; AMVETS,
Post No. 2 and Charles Street Re
creation.
Buddy had four boys to fight in
the finals gaining three points
each and one in the semi-final at
one point and one champion Har
old McDonald with 5 points, all to
gether gaining 18 points, the team
was the third best in the tourna
ment. The Northside should be
proud of their clean bunch of boys.
They are taught that you must
live clean and to have principle,
and good character to do good. A
public recreation center ■ such as
the Charles Street Center teaches
clean sports and games and the art
of self defense. They thank you,
and ask for your continued coop
eration.
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up a terrific battle in the fly
weight and batamweight lost (an
other one of those) decisions.
Most disappointed fighter was
Eugene Brown.Brown trained
down from a heavyweight to a
lightheavy. At weigh in time
Brown was told to keep his shoes
on. He was three pounds over
weight.therefore he had to
fight in the heavyweight class.
Had he fought in the lightheavy ...
he would have won with ease.
Lookout for Brown in the future.
Buddy McCrea has something
there.
Tom (Sugar) Dooley, after lead
ing for two rounds of a sweet
fight, melted in the third to his
opponent. Let’s train for three
rounds next time Tom. sincerely....
(The Hawk).
John Goodwin, after putting on
a good show, tired in the third_
therefore losing decision.
Other fighters were James Wo
mack, George Bryant, Reginald
Hughes, Kippy Triggs, Harley
Floyd and Richard Morrow
Better Luck next time to those
that did not win.and listen fel
lows!.Let’s get down to busin
ess and train hard and quit drop
ping those decisions that you
should have had. They not only
reflect on us now, but in the fu
ture during our life span if we do
not strive to do better, we shall
lose even larger decisions.ser
iously (The HAWK).
The Big Question Now is....will
Buddy Young, the football Great,
of Illinois, turn professional be
fore he finishes school? The pub
lic has a tendency to look down on
most athletes turning pro in the
middle of their schooling. The old
saying is (Strike while the Iron is
Hot).
Another question in the World of
Sports, .will Jackie Robinson
play with the Brooklyn Dodgers
this year? No doubt he has more
th&n earned his chance. It would
be a great disappointment not
only to Robinson but to his great
public. Robinson led the Interna
tional League in hitting with .349,
while pacing his team to the loop
pennant. His fielding was way a
To send Robinson back to the
bove average.
Farm Club, would be like a delib
erate attempt to quench the fire
of a great star. How about it
Branch Rickey?
Speaking of Baseball.it looks
as if Omaha might have a Farm
Club for the K. C. Monarchs.
known as The ROCKETS.
Mr- Will Calhoun will be sole
owner. In a statement to the
press Mr. Calhoun stated that O
maha does not have a Negro play
er good enough to make the team.
Better look around Mr. Calhoun....
I think Omaha has a lots of hidden
talent laying in wait for just such
an opportunity. Most of our ball
players have to work for a living.
Working for a living and playing
ball, does not lead to any too much
success. Playing ball for a living
is something else again. As you
say, you have the cash, that’s all
the boys want to know.!!!
The Near Northside Y will send
its basketball team against the
Lincoln Urban League quintet this
Saturday, January 25th, at the
Central YMCA, corner 17th and
Harney streets. Admission—25c!
Buy your tickets now_there is
only two hundred seats available.
Tickets will be on sale at the Near
Northside YMCA.
Playing for the Y are Clarence
Hill, Bobby Owens, Bill Jacobs,
Clifford Robbins,^ Leonard Stew
ard, Wallace Wright and Frank
Cottrell.These oys are coached
by Travis Dixon, physical director
for the Near Northside YMCA.
In the Professional field of box
ing last night, January 20, at the
City Auditorium, I saw some very
good punching. The first event—
four rounds saw Speddy Moore of
Omaha losing a decision to Harry
Schenski, St. Louis.These boys
are Jr. welters.
The second event, Omaha’s Bob
Rushing lost a decision to a much
heavier and harder punching Jim
my Griffin also of Omaha.Grif
fin had Rushing down a dozen
times, but had to hang on to finish
out the fourth round.
The third fight brought together
Billie Cornwall of Desmoines a
gainst the fast stepping light
weight from Chicago, Herman
Mills. Mills lost the decision (Om
aha Style). Good punching and
clever boxing was put on by both
of these boys_to match them a
gain would be a treat to the public
In the special event of six rds.,
St. Paul, Mel Brown, punched out
a clear cut decision over Mike
Sofka of Gary, Indiana. Brown
staggered his man many times,
but could not floor him.this fast
punching middleweight will go a
long ways up the ladder to success
The semi-windup, eight rounds
or less, which was less.saw Bob
Nora, Omaha, pitted against Kid
Riviera, the St. iLouis Night-club
bouncer- Both boys are heavies....
Kid Riviera was too much for
Nora.therefore Nora failed to
come out for the fourth round.
Kid Riviera looks like a throw
back to the old timers. He tips the
scales at two hundred end thirty
pounds. He has no waistline at
all but he does have a mean
left and a wicked right hand. The
fans are wond°rinsr about his chanc
es with Tex Boddie.that would j
be a fight to see—!
In the main event Omaha’s wel- |
ter, Vince Foster stopped a willing !
WaUy Holm’s.the end came af- ;
ter Holm's had fielded too many
right hands.
In Desmoines last week. Omah ,
a’s heavy, Tex Boddie, knocked
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out Clarence Jones of Chicago in
the sixth round. Jones had Boddie
in trouble for a while, but Tex
weathered the storm.
ENOUGH FOR NOW.
by.
LEONARD H. HAWKINS.
Harold McDonald
New Feather
weight King
Harold McDonald the new feath
erweight King of the City’s Golden
Gloves competition, is stated to be
the first grade school lad to win
such a title. He was just sixteen
this January. He won over Eldon
Chadek former featherweight King
of 1939 team. Chadek had won
honors in Chicago and San Francis
co and he had also held the feather
weight title of St. Louis, Mo- for
two consecutive years. Chadek is
25 years old. Winning over such
odds I think McoDnald has proven
that clean living and being con
scientious of your training is a
great asset to any youth. I might
also add that Harold has his mind
set on Chicago, so watch out win
dy city—you might have a surprise
in store for you.
—Buddy McCrea, Reptr.
HOWARD U TO OBTAIN
GOVERNMENT SURPLUS
BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT
Howard University is among
the three educational institutions
to obtain surplus Government
owned buildings or equipment to
facilitate the enrollment of vet
erans under the G. I. Bill of Rights
Their applications were approved
today by Major General Philip B.
Fleming, Federal Works Admin
strator. The buildings are to be
converted into non-housing faci
lities.
The university will obtain surplus
structures to be converted into en
gineering, office, pharmcy, gym
nasium and office facilities so that
it can accommodate 6,700 students
of whom 3,900 are to be veterans.
This compares with the present
estimated capacity of 5,079 stu
dents, including 2,550 veterans,
and with the pre-V J day peak
enrollment 4,075.
Beer and the Bride
Beer and ale, the friendly bev
erages of moderation, are as in
timate a part of all that is good
in traditional American life as the
home itself.
Indeed, the tradition of ale—
for generations a synoym for
pleasant good cheer—is incorpor
ated in the very name of the bri
dal ceremony, the pillar upon
which the home and family rest.
Webster’s New International
Dictionary traces the word “bri
dal” back to the Anglo Saxon
“brydealo,” which, in Middle Eng
lish, became “bridale,” or "bride
ale.” signifying the bridal feast
in English country villages.
Ale played such an essential
part not only in the bridal feast,
but in every occasion of solemn
joy or friendly merrymaking, that
it was used to indicate not only a
beverage, but the festival at
which it was, consumed in Eng
lish country places.
Thus the modern bride, when
she walks to the altar, is a living
Inaugurates New Business
JUm Liwuio wmciimg -*-'***
Bottoms, one of his partners in
the new Joe Louis Products Com
pany, Joe’s latest business venture
The concern will put out a com
plete line of toiletries for men in
Vtuuiiig a pjiiiauc muwi lUCUVUI*
ous dresser Joe is especially loud
in praise of. Walter Lowe, well
known Chicago realtor is the third
partner (ANP)
I symbol of the inseparable role
| that good beer and ale have play
I ed in tjie development of many
of our most sacred rites—a role
so accepted that it has become a
part of our language.
OIL RESEARCH KEY TO
WEST COASTS FUTURE
Lacking coal as a source of fuel
and chemical by-products, the war
time industrial development of the
Pacific Coast is sorely dependant
upon oil for its continuance and
growth, according to R. G. Follet,
California oil executive.
“That is why research will mean
even more to the oil industry here
than it will, elsewhere,'’ Mr. Follls
said. “It will turn to a greater
extent to the development of high
value chemical derivatives of vari
ous kinds.
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SELECTED AS MEMBERS OF MIDWESTERN
ATHLETIC ALL CONFERENCE TEAM FOR ’46
—.
Three Lincols (Mo.) Tigers were selected as members of the
Midwestern Athletic all-conference team at the end of the ’46
football season. They are (1. to r.): Floyd Campbell, tackle
second team; Earl Beeks, end, chosen for second time, first
team, and Jesse James, center, first team.
CAR ENGINE WARMER
ASSURES QUICK START
Automobile engines that start
as readily in su-zero weather as
in July are promised by some
manufacturers in 1948.
A toy-sized oil burner designed
to keep the coolant in the engine
waterjacket at a constant tem
perature whether the engine is
operating or standing idle, will do
the trick.
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To better diagnose neurological
disorders the Veterans Administra
tion has launched a comprehen
sive program to train doctors and
technicians in the science of re
cording .brain waves by a machine
known as the electroencephalo
graph.
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