The Omaha guide., 1946-11-09
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BY Jocko MaxweH

NEWARK, N. J.-CGlObaD-
Some sweet day top flight athletes
will learn that the underdog opp
osition is not to be treated light
/, ly. Failure to respect the punch
inf ability, the intestinal fortitude
and the rock-ribbed defense of
Buster Tyler cost Beau Jack,
welterweight kingpin, a hairline
| decision last week at the Elizabeth
Armory in the Garden State. We
agree that the bout might have
been called q draw but certainly
the former shoeshine boys eff
OTIS would not have given him a
clear cut decision over the Newark
battler. It vas evident after the
first few rounds that Beau Jack
looking over the hill to future
battles for mamoth purses, felt
that he could put Tyler to sleep
whenever he pleased. Such was
not the case, much to Jacks dis
pleasure.
We admire the fighting spirit
Of Freddy Burgess. New Univer-
sity halfback in last Saturdays
NYU-Gettysburg game. With his
team trailing Z to 6 with two min
utes to play, Burgess fumbled the
ball on Gettysburg'c four yard
line. Gettysburg recovered and at
tempted to kick out Of danger. 1t
was a fine so yard boot. Burgess
playing safety man, caught the
ball and aided by good blocking
emulated Red Grange as he side
stepped, swerved to and fro and
reared over the Gettysburg goal
line for the game-winning six
pointer.
Paul Patterson's great all round
play for Illinois resulted in the
fighting Illini pulling one of last
Saturdays biggest upsets in the
whipping Of the highly favored
Michigan IS to 9. Once again
Buddy Young was held in check.
however, in bottling up Young
Fritz Crisler gridders permitted
Patterson to run at will, spelling
their downfall.
SPORT NOTES
Rolling on almost unoticed by
the football enthusiasts is the
Florida A & M Eleven. as vet I'M
defeated. Eddie Hurts Morgan
College powerhouse looms up as
CIAA champions their victory
over Lincoln u~niversity's fine club
was most impressive. Jimmy Reed
as trainer and Frank Lemo as
manager r doing an impeccable
job in handling 20 year old Billy
Fox of Philadelphia, a light heavy
weight who has fought Al times
and chilled his opponent in each
bout. A Fox-Lesnovitch bout is in
the making with a tentative date
being Jan. 18th in Philadelphia
under the promotion Of Herman
Taylor. Dolly King, the former
Long Island University courster
and more recently a Renaissance
sensation, should click with the
Rochester Royals of the National
Basketball League. Monty Irwin,
Newark Eagles fence buster,
holds a unique record. He won
batting championships in both the
Negro Nation League and the Pu-
erto Rican League. needless to
say, major league scouts are camp
ing on his doorstep. Bob Douglas,
congenial owner of the famous
Renaissance Basketball Team, in
forms us that the Rens ring up
the curtain on their 28th season
when they match baskets with the
strong Bridgeport Bullets, eastern
professional basketball champions
at the popular Renaissance Ca
sino. Despite the fact that his
oponents say he's shifty but not
speedy, Levi Jackson, Yale's big
freshman fullback continues to
blast through stiff competition to
make the old Eli graduates praise
him to the heavens. Joe Louis
big IS karat thrill came, not in
the squared circle, but on the golf
course where he 'moidered" ole
man Par by a 68 count. Douglas
Hertz, sporting a heart a. big as
a watermelon, is doing a terrific
job promoting the Armistice Day
game at the Polo Grounds be-
tween the North Carolina A & t
College gridders and the u. S.
Navy Submarine Base Sea Raid
ers. Proceeds go to a most worthy
charitable organization, the Asso-
ciated Football Charities, who aid
the less fortunate, regardless of
color or creed. You couldn't sup
port a finer cause Gotta breeze
along now, see you next week