The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-06-28
The Sports Mirror

Rased on past records, Archie Harris Big Ten and
ona Collegiate champion in the discus looms as the
IL Negro who will walk off with championship at the
kona AAU meet to be held in Philadelphia this coming
xekend Harris, stalwart member of Indiana univer
KS football team during the past three years has sur
sed the American record on several occasions and has
np within few inches of the world mark of ia feet
10 inches. Harris best mark is 173 feet 7-8 inches
There will be speedy sprnters in the short dash
but none Of them seem to have the speed to halt the
curyfooted Harold Davis the speedster from Califor-
! However, Norwood (Barney) Ewel. Penn State flyer
been showing remarkable form this Spring in the short
she's and may spring upset and wipe out the defeat
Wis handed him last year in the AAU in California
4 Leo Tarrant, Alabama State bullet: Mozole Eerboa
9skegecs Crimson thunderbolt, and Tom East Cheney
kege will be among the boys nipping at Davis heels
Ed Duggers, Tufts college and &c. IA champion in
high hurdles, and Joe BaptiSte Junior college, Sacre-
na Cal, would probably fight it out for top honors in
! hurdles if Fred Woolcot speedy Texan was not en-
led in the high and low hurdles Woocot beat both DUG
RS and Baptiste last year although he earlier had lost
/ high hurdles to Duggers at the National Collegiate
eet An outsider is John Saunders Miami university Ok
Sd o. winner of the hurdles in the Central CAA meet
Milwaukee two weeks ago.
There no one who can approach Les Steers the high
mpng sensation from Oregon university Steers recently
|che
Lou Nova, the physical culture addict has been sign
by Promoter Mike Jacobs Joe Louis opponent when
heavyweight champion defends his precious crown for
nineteenth time since the bright June night in 1887
ne IL from the aging brow OF James j. Brad
tck But there some fans who believe Nova the
mpnous appe-cheeked westerner. should meet Billy
pm before ne encounters Louis in the ring.
But the Nova crowd will not listen to the proposals
Conn match Lou and his manager, Ray Carlen have
Pared up their hind legs and voiced vociferous oppos
to this offer informing Jacobs and his Gathering store
Fih that We want Joe ard no else
While Nova has been humping his chest like Tarzan
heoaring Carlen has been believing challenges at
us large chunk of the fight fans have constructed the
|a that Cosn beat the Californian This thought de-
oped IN stature after Conn remained in an upright posi-
Tor thirteen rounds before his panes carved pattern
me canvas In his title tusse with Louis Conn proved in
Eai mach that he's tough hombre.
When Archie Harris heaved the discus ia, Sd
hes last Friday to win the in the National Coegi
Athletic association twentieth annual meet he was the
d colored athlete to set world record since 1885
e owens set three world records in May of that year.
b the following year Cornelius Johnson and Dave AL
| 0on cracked the world record in the high jump by
fping feet, "a inches.
Ned Gourdin the first colored athlete to set a
" record cracking running broad jump record back
iS2O when he jumped % feet inches the first man to
exceed 20 feet. The old mark had whstood the as
PUT Of jumpers for % years.
Five years after DeHart Hubbard representing the
EyrSty Of Michigan for the last time smashed Gour
f1srecord
Gll Cruer and Albritton were holders of the former
Az nigh Jump record which Les Steers smashed last
lmday Cruer and Albritton had scared the bars
ieet Sd inches. Albritton is now coaching the
ck team at Alabama State and Cruter is coaching at