The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-09-14

u.Saer and thus move into challenging nosion for
y trv At the heavyweight crown resting securely on the
Mead Of Joe LOUIS
II .eems that Pastor was unable to Withstand -.
heavy body punishment which was the center OF The
.,sck launched by Pretty-Boy Conn. These var;ou.
excursions to the mid-secton by Conn caused crum
hing of Pastors physical structure
Ms al this point that the loud rumble Of other hort
me within the hearing Of the fight fans They hear dis
|n the heavy punishment absorbed by Pastor in his two
Ibouts with Louis-two bouts in which Bob husbandeG
|enough punishment to do him for life time especially
|the last bout in which he was stopped in the eleventh
round.
In this bout Louis sofcned Pastor for all future on
moments of the New Yorker. Those knockdowns in the
first asd second rounds and in the eleventh deyasa-
ting and left their effect the physical makeup of Pas
|h He has been the same lust as Others who have
| felt the sting Of Louis powerful punches
Prior % the Conn-Pastor bout WAS tentatively an
nouncd that the winner would be the logical contender
|for the heavyweight crown But in rendering Pastor null
and void Conn did not evidence sufficient hitting power T.
make him serious threat for the bauble now in Louis
possession.
The common concensus of those in CaulAower
Alley that Conn, in addition lack of hitting pow
needs to add at least 10 Is pounds to his
weight before he be considered serious threat to
Louis supremacy.
The knights of the niblick. flushed with the balm of
ssucessfu summer finding rather hard to nut the
pu drivers and whatnots in winter storage and for
THAT the boys and gals ready TO DISPUTE the right
|of the pig,kin uggers to court tickle Miss Autumn
So H. H. Bickham has conSpircd with that other ar
dent supporter Of the ancient game from Scotland Jean
|efe Worlds. and they preparing for the last
und-up kickers handicap
Mr. Bickman who has been going about asking oucs-
tons about the national amateur which will be held here
reW up with the information that there will
be more prizes larger prizes and more food at this tour
nmcnt han at the one last year SO sharpen up your
fangs oil W your best driver knuckc down the puer
|aibe Raehman Golf Course Sunday Sept % The pur
SUI scheduled to start at early hour in the morning
Th0 s Of prospective starters. according to ever
present Mr. BckmaS will include professionals. amateurs
and the good old dubbers. The latter should be out in
arge aumbor in hot pursuit of those fine prizes which the
Detroit Amateur Golf Club, sponsors of the
| VIII present to the winners
John BroSher is dead! This will not mean much to
the baseball fans Of today However to those fans who
attended baseball games at Mack Park back in the
ing 92O the passing of John BroSher the death
one q the most colorful fans to walk into base
| bal park IN America.
Brosher became baseball fan of the first mag
niude John Tenny Blount had acquired the
Detroit Stars in 1919. Brosher talked for the Stars,
argued for them, and bet his money their chances
to win games.
Known far and wide as "Thc BISCUIT King" Brosher
Would swing into the ball park bag containing six
EVEN SanN in one hand and fat roll of bills IN
ne Other From the time of his arrival to the final out was
made the heavy voice of Broshcr could be heard he
urged h aNorlte to victory shouted his defiance at
muse VINO were on the opposite side of the fence
And then those baseball discussions each and every
'y ~ mont Of his restaurant al 1903 81. Antoine. The
S1aA was the favorite eating place for all players IN
ga huhe Foster. c. l. Taylor and others who had at
aNed hgh rank in the baseball league Il was common
urence TO hear lively and noisy discussion between
nSher and RUDE Foster Foster could always get the best
bohei IN these arguments because of his deeper know
T ase q the game but he couldn't out yell the Biscuit
k and tins was pleasing to the large crowds which
would coneregate.
And hose fans will not forget BroSher and the auto
e winch he rode to and from the ball park dom
a bosher ever learned to drive. Most Of his time va
uuNG 10 eating sandwiches during the trip. Bazoned
King" 80 " O
But these days had passed into the limbo Of for
so"en things with Brosher. ! encountered him
Unth or so ago, and did not display that old hre
.nen mad set him apart from the maddening crowds
~ the bail parks. When mentioned about the heavy
~" ne had placed the Stars and the trips he had
%aue with the team, he passed it by with wave OF
e nand and began to talk about economic condi-
BrOsher.
stl baseball needs few more fan like Brosher Ills
TL.ulueSs to the team was a stmulant n the PLAYER
bom wore by Brosher, and tried TO the utmost TO BRING
ne M zone to join the friends of better and hap
su, dys-Foser Blunt, c. !. Taylor. Chrstobe Tor
and many others who the back bone OF Negro
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