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Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-13
MIRACLE MAULER
DEFEATS ANG0TT
IN COMEBACK GO
BY JACK CUDDY

NEW YORK, June ~. CUP)-
Henry Armstrong, the Miracle
Mauler" who upset ex-lightweight
champion, Sammy Angott at Madi-
son Square Garden last night, is
in line now for another shot at the
lightweight croWn-one of the three
diadems the great Armstrong once
wore simultaneously.
Armstrong hight-lighted the most
amazing comeback campaign in ring
history by winning the unanimous
10-round decision over the bull
shouldered italian from Washing
ton, Pa, who entered the ring ia
vored at 8-5
LOOSED DYNAMITE
The 30-year-old Los Angeles Ne
gro won this hard fight from 28-
year-old Angott because of the
shrewd explosions of the dynamite
still packed in the perpetual mo-
ton mans aging body. Hammering
Henry took command of the fight
in the fifth round, when his smash
ing hooks to the head staggered
Angott and deprived him of his
usual "zing' for the rest of the
right.
The crowd of 1884 fans, which
paid $55,502, found no fault with
the decision of Referee Eddie Jo-
seph and Judges Bill Healy and Jim
Gearns. The fans were convinced
that Hmmerin' Henry had won by
definite-thoGgh small-margin
over his rugged "Cutey" opponent,
who was so inherently thought that
he rallded to win the tenth round.
During last nights bruising bat
tie, Armstrong suffered such Sc
we're gashes of the lower lip that
he may be forced TO postpone his
return engagement with Willie
Joyce at Los Angeles, June 26.
Meanwhile, Angott's right eye was
almost closed when he climbed
down from the ring.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-13
M AR K KETS
L. A. PRODUCE

Los ANGELES. June u up
PUNCHED VEGETABLES: Steady. Per
Crt. Beets 2iz-3 doz. 75c-1 =; carrots @
doz 75c-1.OO, ordinary 10 fair lo-5oc.
iced crts. Imperial 6 doz. 25o-3.25; chard
2la-3 doz. 25-1 so. green onions uoz.
! 1872. y. ordinary tc Iair 1.o0-1.5o leekS
3doz = 0O-2 - mustard ( doz. i3c-l uO.
parsley doz. best 2.OO-225. ordinary to
fair 25-l So radiSheS small red doz
300-3. 50. Spinach 4 doz. 2.0o-2 -; turnipS
pa 3 do2. 1.Oo-1.l5, ordinary TO fair
5O-75c
CANTALoUPES: Steady. Vide range in
quality: Imperial crtS Jbo. 1SS 3oO-3.5O,
best 3 25-3 so, OBS 4.00-4 10, ordinary 10
fair 3.o5-4.tO: 3GS $4,000: poor to
ordinary 3.OO-4 co. ass best 5.5u-6.0O. fair
4 O0-4 So ordinary 3oo-4.o % pony 12S-l6S
? 2O0-25O: Pony 45S-54S g. Sol 90; JbO. flats
1. .75-2 On. std. flats 1.5o-1.75: HONEY
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ASS 4 eo-4 -; pony 45S-53S 3.o0-3.5o.
EGGPLANT: slightly weaker: Imperial
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CUCUMBERS: Steady. san Diego flats
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-13
Margaret Osborne
Advances in PlaV

BERKELEY, Calf, June II. (UP)
Margaret Osborne. San Francisco
tennis star and national doubles
champion, advanced TO the final
round of women's singles play to-
day in the California state cham
pionships, easily defeating Alame-
das Shirley Cation, Ga, 60, in
the semi-finals.
Dorothy Head and Daphne Buck
ell met for the right 10 oppose Miss
Osborne in tomorroW's finals.
Mems singles semi-finals matches
today pitted Tom Brown, UniVer-
sity of California star, against Nick
Carter, and Rodney Sackett against
Norman Brooks.
Three tournament championships
being decided today brought Miss
Head and Barbara Scofield togeth-
er for the junior girls singles ti-
tie, Aryilla Mcguire and Bea Sprin-
ger for the girls under Is title, and
Conway Cation and Bill Beale VS.
Straight and Stanley Clark for the
iGnior boys doubles crown.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-13
Baseball Popular
In Overseas Areas

WASHINGTON, June II CUP'-
Baseball is the most popular sport
among American troops overseas
both for recreation and as a topic
OF conversational report from Fred
J. Corocoran, former tournament
manager of the professional Golfers
Association, said today.
Corocoran, now an American Red
Cross director, has returned from a
tour Of overseas camps. He said:
Our boys in the British isles
want professional baseball to con-
tinue through the war because it is
a great help to their morale
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-13
BY JACK CUDDY

NEW YORK. June u (UP)-The
come back victories of Henry Arm
strong provide increasing proof
that there is a certain powerful
sense of decency that survives to-
day in boxing.
Armstrong. one of the most fam
Gus boxers in ring history, won his
goth bout in 90 comeback engage
ments last night at Madison Square
Garden when he took a 10-round
decision over Sammy Angott, form
er lightweight champion. The bout
drew a gross gate of $55,502, bring
ing the total of Armstrong; come
back gates close to 100000. Those
figures are important because they
crystalize the greatest come back
campaign in the history Of the
lower divisions.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-13
By PAUL SCHEFFELS

NEW YORK. June y 'UPl-The
overall performance OF the Gin
cinnati Reds for most of this young
season has been so generally made
uuate that the baseball spotlight
has failed to focus on two of the
best individual performances Of the
year-those of Frank Mccormick
and Lonnie Frey
Mccormick. 3O-year-old first base
man. set the National League on
fire when he hit the big time for
the first time. The 200-pound ma
tive of New York City led the Cir
cult in seven hitting departments in
his first three years up. He was
chosen the loops most valuable
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-13
l.. A. HAY
LOCAL BUTTERFAT
Lou Nova Knocks
Out Paul Hartnek

PORTLAND, Ore, June y. (UP1
Lou Nova got the knockout he
wanted against Paul Hartnek last
night-a knockout upon which cos
mic LOUIS immediate fight future
depended.
His performance will rate him a
fight with Lee Savold at Chicago
June %. Nova's manager, Ray Car
len, prompted by a sudden premo-
milton earlier this week, had re-
fused to sign for the Nova -Savold
scrap. pending the outcome Of last
nights fight.
Nova come in last night to boos,
out reversed his earlied procedure
TO loosen a furry of lefts and rights
which left Hartnek helpless on the
floor after a Minute and 33 sec
onds of the third round.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-13
Anglers Sending
Fishing Material
ToU.S. Soldiers
BY DOUG BILLMEYER

SEATTLE, June 12. CUPD-PreSS
dispatches have related how Amer
lean doughboys battling the Japs
ON Attu spotted some huge trout
in Massacre creek and were axiouS
to chase the JapS off the island
that much faster so they and their
buddies could try their luck with
flyrOd.
Now that they have earned
Well-deserVed chance for some an
Cling on Attu, we hope they got
their limit-both in Japs and in
these oversize Aleutian trout.
To the soldiers in Alaska, and in
many overseas outpoSts, fishing
forms a welcome means of recrea-
ton. Many sports clubs along the
coast are aiding in sending fishing
equipment to troops in Alaska and
elsewhere.
In these days when tire and gas
oline rationing are Curtailing fish
ing expeditions for the civilians at
home, many anglers are jumping at
the chance to share the fun of sport
fishing with some soldier overseas
ACCEPT DONATIONS
Donations of fishing equipment
for soldiers in Alaska are being ac-
cepted by the special service Off
Ger. overseas division, port of en-
barkation, Seattle, Wash.
Both salt and fresh-water equip
ment are needed, but right now the
most pressing need is for reels and
fly rods, but all types of general
gear that could be used by the boys
up north will be gladly accepted.
Just to show you how these gifts
are appreciated, here are some ex-
cerpts from letter written by Sol
dier Harvey Barnhardt, a young Ia
conan who had fishing as his hob
by before he was called to duty in
the South Pacific.
He writes to thank MYc. Frank
Sherman, a Tacoma sportswoman,
for fishing equipment forwarded to
him. This is what he has to say:
Some fine presents have been
given me by my parents and
friends, but without a doubt in my
mind l think the fishing tackle you
sent me, here, thousands of miles
away, was the finest example of
friendship 1 can ever hope to re-
ceiVe
BUDDIES AROUND
All my buddies gathered in my
tent the night I got the package.
Everyone exclaimed over the fish
ing tackle -.
II made a neat siX-foot bait cast
ing rod from a piece of bamboo l
picked up, and l have done quite.
well casting fly weighted with
couple of shot, fishing from the
edge of the reef. We lind the best
fishing is from boat tied up to one
of the many small reefs out in the
lagoon. The first time out, ] tied
up to a small reef about $50 yards
off shore, and L don't think my
sinker touched bottom all after
noon. Those fish were really Bit
ing.
They were purple, with thickly
covered yellow spots and dorSal
fin running the length of the back
with sharp, long spines. They ran
about two pounds and were IA in
ches long With my light bamboo
rod, right here in the middle of
cocoanut land, the fishing was fast
and furious
So, because anglers have hearts
as big as some of the yarns they
spin, fishing equipment for Soldier
Barnhardt and his bCddies con-
tinues to pour in to Pacific Coast
ports for shipment overseas.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-13
L. A. STOCKS

LOS ANGELES, June u CUP - Stocks
in oderate trading on the Los
Angeles Stock Exchange today There
were three issues up, eight down and
three unchanged in a turnover or 4.325
shares.
The list: Broadway Department Stores
100 at 121@ down y; Blue Diamond 300
a; $50. down .O5; Farmers and Mer-
chants Il at 412i4. up 2le: Transamerica
100 al 9. down y Edison Com. 100 al
22as, up Il Southern Pacific 100 at 26".,
down II Bandini 200 at IL, down y;
Sunray 100 at 3. down X Union 100 al
1875, unchanged; Creameres Of America
100 al 8, unchanged; Consolidated steel
Com 100 Al los, down !, Pfd. 100 AT
20a. down i Pacific Clay 100 al G-.,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-13
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO June 10 CUP - July oats
edged up a fraction to new % year
high on the Board Of Trade today. An
otherwise dull tone prevailed on the eN-
change with wheat firm, and rye mar
Towly irregular
Wheat eased 10 up \ To off \ on the
close. oats up q to p rye was unchanged
TO up y, ana corn unchanged al OPA
levels
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-13
Junior Firemen in
SofibaII Victory

The Junior Firemen Oh I'll Cehtio
boasted a 1877 victory over the
Troop Il ball club today after they
downed the Scouts in one-Slded
contest Thursday night.
Playing for the Scouts were B'
Sessions, B. Sessions, Maroni, Rlo-
die. Nickel. Burke, Blackard, Chris
tian, Lunder and Patterson.
Members of the fireboys team
were Nice, Groebi, Patterson, Hen
ry. Holt, Wong. Salmer Kafiord'
Bobbitt and Henry.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-13
Greet Sense OF
DecencyPrevails
I'm Boxing Came

Mead was wrong, apparently. as
Armstrong's later successes and
gates proved. But big Eddied died
not knowing it. He died broke but
shrouded with a decency that even
the Dempsey case will not be able
to crowd out.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-13
L. A. LIVESTOCK
ANGELES, June lo 0'Pl-

LOS ANGELES. June 12 UPl-
State Market News:
CATTLE: Salable $50. steers and heiferS
lacking: medium to Low choice steers
quoted l4-l6; COWS steady; common 10
medium COWS q5O-ll -: Gamers and cut
tiers 500 25; no bulls sold.
CALVES: Salable 100 steady. medium
to good light calves and VealerS 135O-l5
HOGS: Salable $50 steady 10 10 cents
lower; good 10 choice 2o0-25O lbs, 10. 10
Is. .25. top IS. 25: few go lbs. 145O-14.75;
sows scarce; good to choice feeder pigs
l7.50-1S.
SHEEP: Salable 50; good 10 choice
spring lambs quoted 15-15.50.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-13
LOOMS

This season, Frey seems likely to
hit the jackpot in his first 40
games, he clouted .305 to become a
batting bulwark for the Reds.
Mccormick and Frey each drove
in a run as the Reds Walloped the
Cubs, IA, yesterday in Chicago's
first mornin gbaseball game. The
Il a. m. starting time drew a ladies
day crowd of 9,707, including 5,307
paid-the largest forenoon throng
o. the year.
The New York Yankees stretched
their lead to three games over idle
Washington last night b. trimming
the Athletics, 2-1, in a night game
a Philadelphia The loss dropped
the AS into a three-Way tie with
Boston and Detroit for fourth place.
Nick Etten's potent bat helped
the Yankees, held to four hits by
Crie Arntzen, to victory. Etten
clouted Arntzen's first pitch for a
home run in the third. In the
eighth, he led off with a double.
After the next two men went out,
Etten tailed on George StirnweiSs'
single
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-13
Mccormick Frey
Setting Hot Poce


for The third straight year. But for
the past two seasons lie mad been
il a dismal batting slump
TAKES SLUMP
Exactly what happened to Nc
Cormick was something of a
mystery. He fell to 269 in 194l and
hit only .277 the following year.
Now. in his eighth year in the big
leagues, he is on the road back
with a bang. Official averages
credit him with the circuits sixth
best batting mark at 1926 for his
first Al games, while his defensive
work at first base has been up to its
usual excellent standard.
Frey's past performances have not
been so brilliant. He started his
career with Brooklyn, went to
Chicago for a season and then to
the Reds in the winter of 1898. Now
he is in his l1th season.
Lonnie reached 800 only once,
his first year with Brooklyn, and
his chief claim to fame, besides his
excellent work at second base, was
the fact that he pilfered % sacks
to take down the league base steal
ing title in 1910.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-13

AT SAN DIEGO - Jack Chase,
former state middleweight boxing
champion, easily scored a technical
knockout last night over Billy Nc
Coy Of San Francisco in six rounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-13
L. A. POULTRY
l.. A. BUTTER & EGGS

LOS ANGELES, June u tUPl-
quotations for butter ana eggs have been
discontinued Indefinitely By the Los An
geles Produce Exchange.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-13
SEALS TR0JNCE
ANGELS 2T01
IN CONTEST
Bv UNITED PRESS

Pacific Coast league baseball
teams turned in four low-scoring
games Friday as the San Francisco
Seals nipped the leasue-leading
Los Angeles Angels to l in the
best pitching duel of the day.
San Francisco's victory evened
the series being played in the bay
city at two games all, and brought
the Seals to within six and one
half games Of the top place Angels.
Red Lynn. Angel hurler who pre-
viously had won nine games and
lost one this season, allowed only
four hits. while Al Epperly was
holding Los Angeles TO five. Lynn
lost the game in the first inning
however. when q walk. singles by
George Metkovich and Henry
Steinbacher and Gus Suhr's long
fly produced two runs fer the Seals.
NOSE OUT ACORNS
The Hollywood Stars nosed out
the Oakland Acorns. 3 to 2, at
HollyWoods Gilmore Stadium, even
ing the series at two all John Dick
shot. star left fielder. hit a home
run in the fourth with one man
on. while Jack Devincenzi hit a cir
cult clout for the Oaks in the ninth.
Roy Joiner held the Oaks to seven
hits. while losing pitcher Ralph
Buxton was allowing eight
Portland's Beavers moved to with
in a half game of the fourth place
Oaks by downing Seattle 4 to and
taking a two to one lead in the SER
les being played al Seattle
The Beavers won in the third
when Les Floyd and Rupe Thomp-
son singled, and Larry Barton con-
nected with a home run ball. Al
Herring pitched eight-hit ball for
Portland to win over Rainier Pitcher
Syl Johnson.
PADRES LEAD
San Diego took two to one lead
in its series with Sacramento, the
visiting Padres defeating the luck
less Solons to 2 despite Sacra-
mento's l3 to lead in hits.
The Solons used three pitchers
against the Padres, but three costly
errors aided San Diego in collecting
its winning runs. Twelve Solons
were left on base, as Pitcher Chet
Johnson of the Padres was hit free
ly.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-13

NEW YORK-Hort Hamilton
Kid Mccoy, 1855, Detroit. outpoihted
Johnny Jones, 152, Pittsburgh go.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-13
PROTECTED HENRY

The gates were rung up on 90
different cash registers after the
death of fat Eddie Mead, a man
who was no angel but one who was
50 pugilistically pure that he for
bade Armstrong to make this come
back campaign for fear he might
go blind. This campaign was for
hidden by big Eddie, who died heart
sick and broke merely because he
would not risk the eyeSight OF
Armstrong, the grand little Negro
warrior whom Eddie respected and
admired above all others.
Eddie Mead died on May 25, 1912,
broke and Stunned by his fair
weather friends who had played
along with him during the glorious,
golden days when Mead and Arm
strong were cutting a wide financial
swath that reached its height in
1898 when Henry wore three crowns
simultaneously: the feather, light
weight and Welter diadems.
Mead's penchant for playing the
horses drained him rapidly of the
purses he received from Arm
strongs fights. He had little left
when Armstrong lost the last of
hir titles to Fritzie zivic, and then
tried to recapture the Welter crown
from Zivic. Between the two Zivic
fights. on Oct. 4, 1910, and Jan. II,
1941, Armstrong underwent an
operation on his battered and cash.
ed brows. That operation hadn't
healed properly on the night of the
second bout with Zivic. Mead wasn't
quite sure of that. But when he
saw Armstrong; eyes in the dress
ing room that night he notified the
press that Armstrong had retired
and would never fight again-"as
long as I live
WENT BROKE
Mead hewed to that promise al
though he went completely broke.
Meanwhile Armstrong telegraphed
him and phoned him, asking for
come back attempt, assuring big
Eddie that the eyes were all right.
Mead lost a wife, automobile,
weather friends - everything.
although he could have boarded the
gravy train" again by matching
Armstrong for a couple of fights.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-13
TOWN TEAM TO
TRY FOR TITLE
MARINES TACKLE
LOOP PLEADERS
MONDAY NIGHT

The FL Centro Town Team will
have an opportunity to sew up the
championship for the first half of
play in that city's softball league
Monday night when that club meets
the strong Marine outfit.
The Town Team leads the scrap
with five wins against no losses but
the Marines trail but short dis
tance behind with four wins and
only one loss.
If the Town Team players take
the contest it will sew the title up
for them but if the Marines are
victorious it will give them a tie for
first place.
The league is being run by halves
and a playoff of three games will
no ctoUpJ al tl,p apd pf tla caocon
Imperial Valley press., 1943-06-13
TOWN TEAM HOLDS
LEAD IN LEAGUE

The FL Centro Town Team clung
to its perfect record in softball
league standings Saturday although
the Marines were hard on the El
Centrans' heels with an 800 per-
centage III the standings.
Five games have been played by
each club thus far and only one
team, the Telephone company, has
failed to win any of its contests.
Following are the STANDINGS.
Evening star., 1943-09-20
japanese Plot 10 Kill
U. 5. Flyers Revealed
Chinese Execute Youth.
Linked to Elaborate PIon
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING. Sept. 20.-A Japa-
nese secret service plot to assassi-
nate members of the United States
14th Air Force in China was dis
closed with the announcement that
2l-year-old Chinese was executed
today by firing squad.
The youth was hired July Is at
Pengpu, Anhwei Province, by the
japanese secret service chief there,
the Chinese Central News Agency
reported. He was said to have been
promised reward of 100000 puppet
Chinese dollars If he carried out an
elaborate plan designed to create an
incident between the American and
Chinese airforces.
The plot was said to have called
for the killing of Americans and then
the distribution of provocatory leaf
lets saying the killing was the work
of Chinese airmen in protest against
unequal treatment -. .
The agent was supposed to return
to Penpu to receive the award,
The news agency said he received
10000 Chinese dollars and $4,000
puppet Chinese dollars for expenses
and left Pengpu July II. Ne arrived
In Chungking August 10 tAnd was,
arrested wlfk later.
Evening star., 1943-09-20
Hero Of StaIingrad
Smashes 10 Within
80 Miles Of SmoIensk
Another Soviet Column,
Striking Down RoiIrood,
Is Nearing Kiev
BULLETIN.

LONDON up. The Red
Army has captured Velizh, IS
miles northwest of Smolensk,
in a push which carried the
Russians to point only 10
miles from the White Russian
border, while in the south a
town only 8 miles from Meli-
topol was taken, Moscow an
nounced tonight.
BY the Associated Press
MOSCOW, Sept. 20-Red Army
troops under Gen. Andrei Yere-
menko, hero of the battle of
Stalingrad, cracked through the
gateway to Smolensk on the
central Russian front over the
week end as the Soviet advance
shifted into high gear all along
the active 700-mile battle line, a
Russian communique announced
last night.
Victory guns doomed out in Mos
COW again as Russian troops drew
nearer to Smolensk and Kiev, two
great German bastions on the Dnei-
per River. In the north the Red
Army moved to within 80 miles of
Smolensk, capturing Dukhovschina,
while another Soviet column, strik-
ing down the railroad from Nezhin.
was only AZ miles from Kiev, capital
of the Ukraine.
The Russian war bulletin indicated
the Red Army was sweeing west
ward rapidly, meeting only lightly
armed Nazi rearguards as they cap
tured village after village. Huge
stocks of food and munitions were
falling into Russian hands, but
there was little mention of the heavy
armored equipment which the Ger
mans expended so prodigiously in
the earlier days of the campaign.
The Smolensk area apparently was
a focal point of the present drive
with Gen. Yeremenko bearing down
heavily from the. northeast while
another column under Gen. VASTLY
Sokolovsky pushed into Yartsevo on
the left flank
Smolensk major city on the ap-
proaches to White Russia, was one
(See RUSSIA, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1943-09-20
Allied Fleet Reported
Steaming Up Aegean
Off Turkish Coast
New Talk Of Thrust
Into Balkans Stirred
By Ship Movements
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Sept. 20.-An Allied
war fleet was reported steaming
up the Aegean Sea off the west
coast of Turkey today, stirring
new talk of an imminent lunge
into the Balkans.
Italian refugees reaching Turkey
reported the presence of the large
concentration of war vessels and
London morning newspapers quoted
them as saying Allied forces had
occupied the island of Castelrosso,
most southerly of the Dodecanese
group, 4 miles from the Turkish
coast and 80 miles east of Rhodes
These refugee reports were linked
in London with similar accounts
four days ago of Allied occupation
of the islands of Samos, Lero and
Cos (Coo), all in the Dodecanese
north Of Rhodes, and with the re-
ported departure of Britain's 9th
Army from Middle East bases.
Italians Outmaneuvered.
Rhodes itself. largest island in the
group, was reported last week to be
under German control after the
Nazis overcame the Italian garrison
in several days of bloody fighting
Refugees estimated that 25,OO0
Italians on Rhodes were outma-
neuvered and crushed by 5000 Ger
mans supported by dive bombers
from German-held Crete to the
southwest
An early cleanup of all German
forces in the Dodecanese chain was
anticipated in London. The Allies
hold air superiority and the sur
(See RAIKANS PAGE A-2)