The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-23
ARMSTRONG AND ROSS TO BOX FOR
 TITLE THURSDAY
Victory for Negro Will Complicate Matters;
 Odds 7 10 5
BY STUART CAMERON Limited Press Shorts EditOr)

New York, May 23.-UP)-The big story this week will be the Ross Armstrong fight for the weltcrweight title. Barney fights Henry at the Garden Bowl Thursday night Things will be simplified if Ross retains that title. But an Armstrong vic- tory would lead to one of the most complicated arguments in a sport which is long on conversation.
 Here, on the assumption that Armstrong wins, is the point: Arm strong is scheduled to meet Lou Am bers for the lightweight G35 pounds) title on July 22. Now, suppose Am bers should win that July fight. Would he also win the welterweight CAT pounds) title? You do your own reasoning and make your own de- cision.
 Despite the Garden Bow jinx which is that no champion ever has made q successful defense of his title there, Ross is 8 7-5 favori:e to beat Armstrong. the west coast negro. Ross ripply-muscled young Hebrew from Chicago, is q smarter ring workman than his California rival. On Ross side Is the familiar boxing argument that a good big man should beat good little man. Ross probably will come in at 142; Armstrong at 134. On Armstrong 8 side Is the argument which applies To many an endeavor--that youth will be served. Armstrong is 25; Ross 28.
 If Armstrong wins he will be the only boxer ever to have held both walter and feather titles at the same time. And if he should do that and also win the lightweight title he'd have set a precedent which probably would endure for all time. The other big story of the week is the British amateur golf champion ship which started this morning al Troon, Scotland. It's probable that this will be q smash item by Friday as the betting Is that an Amateur will win 1t. The expensive bit of sterling given to the British amateur champion hasn't crossed the Atlantic since Lawson Little won, for a sec ond time in succession, in 1035. But with the entire Walker cup team at Troon there's very swell chance that the cup will travel west.
 These and other things happened over the sports weekend:
 Hal Price Headlcy's McnoW, dis appointment in the Kentucky Derby and in the Preakness, won the With CTS mile, a distance admirably suit cd to him. Princeton won the hep tagonal track meet at Palmer sta dium with a total of 59 IA points The New York Giants, after losing four straight, remained National league threat by beating Pitts burgh, l8-2. Helen Wills Moody con- tinued her all-winning tennis come back by beating Margot Lumb, the energetic English gal, in the final of the Surrey championship at Surbi- ton near London. Mrs Moody has lost but one set in two tournaments.
 Dr. Randolph Manning of New York resigned as member of the American Olympic committee be- cause he doesn't think that the U. s. should compete in the l940 games In Tokio Michigan won the Big Ten track championship at Colum- bus. This Is the 18th time since 1900 that the Wolverines have won the Western Conference track crown. Harvard won the Adams cup. one of the eastern fixtures while Yale won the Carnegie cup at Ithaca, beating Cornell and Princeton.