The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-10-18
Through
The Sports Mirror
BY Russ J. Cowans

II early scores are an indication of what viii ,
IN the bowling leagues this season. then Won can I -
ward to some rlnkng before the curtain roll
next spring The boys have started out as if tho, ,a -
SCI ne "oiu on nre instead OF husting up few flames in
small forest of friends. '''N ~
AXE Tor instance, the rolled by Ed Wallace
Johnson Florist last week Wallace found tho
the alleys at Rotary and turned in score Of o5n ~ i
out inc hgn game mark held by George Bennett Walso
came back with 225 to give him tv,o birh aIldVc
Metropolitan Bowling league. - '''
And Tom Gordon, rolling with Slim Ioncs' l,,luh
Congo hve set the pace the Motor City league onened
Monday nght at Forest Tub hanging up the high game Of
sii He was followed closely by Walter Sauls 1oad-o
man for Porers Cleaners with 222 ~ ''"'-o'i
heres an improvement in the play in both the Metro
polian and Motor City leagues and all indications nont
to a sparkling season of bowling.
Cum Posey, one of the owners of the Homestead
Grsys, winners of the championship in the Negro Ma
honsi league has exercised himself into ather about
combination in the West which has il tentaces in
the East In TRADE Abe Saperaten, owner of the
Harlem Globe Troters and booking agent for mum.
Der of teams in the Negro American league Posev
lsshes out against chose who attempting to edge
into professional Negro athletics and to eventually
control them"
Yes whites are attempting to ledge into n,ofe..
sonal Negro" baseball, and this is idle remark
Those attempts have been going since the late An
drew (Rube) Foster forced out of the saddle be-
of mental illness. They have been growing
stronger in the succeeding years
RH what have the Negro owners done to fstratc those
attempts Of whites to edge into the league Not ono
thing Instead the owners in most instances have aided
and abcttcd the efforts by their negligence For in
stance take the situation in Chicago The Chicago team
owned by Negroes is in a dcporabe condition Most of
he players have deserted because of difficulties with the
MANAGEMENT over pay. and the park is in dclapidatcd
condition. In comparison the Kansas City Monarchs own
ed by white man, is recognized Of the best
mthe country.
And if Abe Sapcraten is reaping harvest in book
agent for teams in the Negro American league no one can
be blamed but the Abe could book the
without their concent He was not booking them back in
the 920s
Now about the money the owners have gobbcd up
from the annual EasWes game? Do the boys put any of
this sinking fund TO aid either the Negro National or
goes into the Jeans of the individual owners And they're
Inc pnc who pay Saperatein enormous for hand
Ing The publicity
And Posey could start right home and do little
cleaning before he ventures to offer criticism His action
while IN Detroit last August left offensive odor which
has not been removed.
One of the Detroers who received his discharge
from the Army last week is Bob Seymour, young pro
golfer George Finley, Flint policeman and one OF
the strong supporters of golf in Michigan, is back
home following vacation spent in New York. Wash
ington, and Pittsburgh Hugh Davis, half back at
Michigan State, wears No. ID on his jersey Davis
said: 1t OK with me-" -. If Ray (Sugar) Robinson
and Bob (Bobcat) Montgomery continue their win
ming streaks it will be only matter of time before
they'll be tossed in the ring against each other An
effort has been made to build Montgomery up TO the
weterweight division, but the Philadelphia refuses
to take on sufficient weight.
Cornell university has two good sophomore halt backs
IN Cam r. Pierce and Charles r. Williams Jerome
lBrud) Holland who made A-American two years run
nng while at Cornell end for Coach ShaNey
eleven Jim Walker Iowa tackle, and Charles Ander-
SON Ohio State end will be hard to keep of Al-Amercan
selections this year if they continue their good work
Walker is without doubt the best tackle IN the Dig len
Eugene Beatty former national hurdle champion and
present principal of school in Ypsiant one OF the
thousands who have gone in for bowling Ana Beatty
losses fairly good ball DeRoy (Satche) rage anu
Fol cd in not
night in Kansas City and again the AStars defeated inc
Kansas City Monarchs Paige and fellcr pchea lniec
innings each Joe Louis is receiving rouSne reeeP"m
from the soldiers at all Army camps where he has given
exhibitions . No one has heard from Roscoe oles since
he left his trip to South America Lorenzo rack mas
put his gloves on the shelf and is now writing music