The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-04-14
sportin' Around
By Fred Byrd

RIA question Of Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis
-.u,.son seems have the department nh in the
- !. might be- well here to pNe brcl ease history
az ,,baf has ihanspred. When the Brown Bomber Mas
w., indicted into the Army it my understanding
~ ~ ,,as Offered commissions but Joe and his manap-
~ s, that joe should do something before he received
Il. COMMISSIONS hat that someh hing was | have never
eeo abe d quite understand Giving part Of your earn
M ~ the war effort enough for the aver age person
ado jo must not nave been average in this regard No,
loe seems TO be ready for his promotion IN the armed
rs bat Secretary StmSon and staff don't seem Ia he
, as "a, it, ruling has been given as the reason
ar this re,aSal fhe laws Of this country have always
een flexible and have possessed oopholts for Suc1 ext
-en.s- lss all write Congressman Adam CLAYTON
r.on Gene Tunncy and Jack Dempsey have theirs
Neither gave ring fight for the war-cfioi
TIE Nael department also has issued an order tina,
mai affect all future athletes it inducts whether hcg
e amateur or professional They have ordered the Na1v
ahe, directors to disincgratc the navy athletes and
send thn the trout and other camps 10 bolster the
morale RS strange that with the war ID Europe almost
Completed and Japan already the run that such n or
Der should q issued now ne pont that m getting IS
that ihrec Negroes had an opporunity 10 play az the
Great Lakes football squad this year Thcv would ha,e
qualified h every respect. bat appears that the NAVY
ssi 81 70 LET this happen i Was my hope that the
Ncgroe would haze an opportunity play on Tie SQUAD
and So precedent for future athletes at Great Lakes
Res Gilbert DoddS has accused the AL as bong
ronc minded They have reversed their decision on
sloprc BIZ worlds record made in the inio-run "a
as ie chcago relays The mc WAS in64 Doad
tlthe asserted that the boys who draw the crowds can
comletc this year for military other reasons ana
he AAl took financial beating
n siemeni has been given at this writing h tie
AL officials
Word comes that if the residents o. Dallas rcxa~
want professional baseball thi, wear thcx Nh, nan,
70 wat me Negro teams. no vhrc teams have bean
rmsed wonder if the Negroes are going to ou;f.
he Whites or are the latter going to scprcgac them,
~feS
IS mark the following dates Oh our calendars:
+lS-Wednesday, $780, Central HIS Sem-fnals prep in
door track
+2O-Friday 1880 Central H. S Finals Prem ndoo,
track.
2o-Fridsy 800, Briggs Stadium, Detroit Tigers play
Cleveland Indians.
+3-Friday, $3.50, Olympia, Terranovs vs. Shapiro and
Suka VS.. Hughes
Every Monday at the Arcadia boxing show /. put
on All hockey tickets sold out even II the Red Wings
return here to finish the series
Let salute Bill Sayes Of Miller this week since
CadHel injuries the former has been CARVING tho Load
,nd has been directly responsible for Miller being ndc
ea'ea 2 indoor track so far this Good work say
The FEPC in New York was put to test when two
Negro baseball PLAYERS were given trial with the
pl0oNNn dodgers Although they not used by the
cam fo one optimistic enough to think that eenf,-
~ lhey "lll see few who the right age right size
ana rgn ability to qualify. Whether tho decision was
lN1fo remains to be seen. Usually they give play
e longer nan DAYS trial.
Sfe fou next week