The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-01-31
The Sports Mirror

uou,gomery, the mitt-throwing Bobcat from
bop .h; will turn his attention this weekend to an
~oep", ~ commit premeditated assault on Samm,
qlsm "nrrent holder of the championship among light
Dasss The assault is scheduled for Friday night in
tins SQUARE Garden and slated to go IL rounds-ol
n II is an oNer"els"' oo''' '"e'eio'e A"so'' e'o"'
In nj be in jeopardy
evils that had the House of Boxing toterinl
sr;nk Of destruction before Joe Louis arrived and
WA himself soidly in the boxing family. was the over
M houts engaged in by champions of those divisions
's n ,Ss heavyweight limit These bouts held ia
M "rowus worn by fighters of very poor quality and
as mscbancal equipment The procedure is concrete
*l The champion fears the challenger and is not will
| n. Y. rsk losing his title So it is with Angott.
4 |, VA, not so long ago that Montgomery gave
smmy lesson in the art OF boxing, and, Judging
- Il. recent actions, Sammy remembers wildly the
Tin, siven him by a competent and efficient in
..,or The pupil has not yet arrived on equal
L,e with the teacher.
RI, 4, would be much better for boxing If
,r;on stood coura geously in defense Of his crown
.,S time he entered the ring instead of hiding be-
ii an overweight match. Not only would this i'm
,r. the quality of the champions, but would also
emulate interest in the boxing game, which, nciden-
I'M, !, in need of such stimulation.
n the ponderous list of great and outstanding Negro
ss who have been hurled into the maelstrom of pub
|,,rlaim there is a sparkling array of those who be
n, Of the speed and spring in their ebony legs have
n nown and glory with their achievements in the run
w broad hmm The list starts with Sol Butler onetime
houe college football and track star and finishes with
rEs Robinson former UCLA track luminary.
Bsween Butler and Robinson can be found the names
Ned Gourdin DeHart Hubbard Jesse Owens and Eu-
\. Peacock four of the greatest running broad jumpers
srdn Hubbard and Owens world record holders
Als Peacock one of the few men who has exceeded
itt He accomplished this feat in 1885 when ne leap
i!s feet inches
Courdin now lieutenant-colonel and COM
nander Of the 372nd, guard duty in New York,
holds the distinction Of being the frat Negro athlete to
k.sk at world record. This occurred in 1921 while
Courdin was an undergraduate student at Harvard
University In a track-meet with Yale, Oxford
and Cambridge, Courdin leaped rs feet inches to
ueeed the world record of "a feet inches made 70
yar before by Pat O'Connor.
Thi. record withstood the onslaught of jumpers
until that warm day in 1925 when Hubbard Compel
nt for the last time a. member of the University Of
Michigan track team, came laundering down the path
On his last jump to hurl himself through the air for
distance of rs feet 10 7-8 inches, smashing Gourdins
record and establishing new mark for the event.
Then came the remarkable performance of Owens
Ann Arbor that May day in 1885 when he startled the
ietc world by cracking two world records and equal
1.-TWO others of the most amazing performances IN
rk history On that day Owens churning up tremendous
.d propelled his 1.-THE body through the air for dis
he Of 26 feet. 8 Ia inches.
While he never equaled the record breaking perfor
nes Of his predecessors and contemporaries. Edward
ron former University of Iowa star has lasted longer
m any Of the others. HI was winning championships
Nin 1924, and still going strong in 1910 lie top
his career by winning the Olympic title in 1882 the
d Negro 10 win this event Butler won 1t IN 1874 ano
Ven in 1886
One of the things annoying Negro sport activities this
u is the tire raoning. This is especially true OF base
and basketball Both depend of buses for travelling
Every Negro baseball club in the country travels II
BUS, making Jumps from Kansas City to New York, Of
York 10 Florida This method of travelling has beer
ployed since the middle of the 1920s. But what vii
owners now that they are not able to buy tires FOL
ug buses The profits are not enough to permit TN
ms 10 travel by train.
The same is true of basketball teams. Two OF TN
ms travelling the most miles each year are the Harlem
zoe lrotters and New York Rens, each covering more
y 10000 miles between November and April Righ
Inc Globe Troters are the West Coast for serie
games. The team has been the road since las
anlnglving Day. The Rens their annual laun
cul the country and will be headed South for
hes Of games
r,erhaps the baseball owners will have figured on
ass'nlng new by the time the opens in April
er answer to the question will probably be the answe
. oy the basketball teams.