The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-03-13
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HW AONhL LIN 1~e
canadian welterweight sham-
,,en Johnny Greco failed TO live
n, ~ me expectation OF MS
hsckors Friday night IN ms
bout with local Danny BOY
Wrll,ar,g He eked out a split
decision over Williams. but the
hoo from the 1876 spectators
- Inc Olympia indicated That
Crero was Tar from impressive.
on the same card Leroy Wits
squared things up with haioio
Jones. DeToi, fighter wins
took the decision
JURY REPORTS
A iury Of prominent ililnols
sportsmen returned a verdlct oil
accidental death IN us lnvesu-
cation Of the death q hgn'
heavyWeight boxer Sam Baroual.
TIE Jury recommended ihat
Baroudi's manager, Mike Spl-
reIh and his trainer. AL Warner
10 barred from boxing for HE.
Bsroudi died in Chicago two
weeks ago after being KNOCKED
out bv Ezzard Charles
CHARGES will probably be
dropped against Charles IN view
~ the iurv's decision Referring
10 Spinelli and Warner the jury
ssld ,hev had proven them
selves totally unworthy OF pro-
fesional recognition in anv de-
cree and completely disrepdtable
either as handlers, sportsmen'
or citizens
MEDIc'S ADVICE
DR. L r. Pearman who has
examined some boxers tol the
state. saws III is difficult 10
note heart murmur when ex-
aiming q boxer. largely due 10
ether noises He has suggested
that the Michigan Boxing Com
mission require al boxers APP
pesrine IN Michigan 10 show
that they have had an electro
cardiograph within year y
csrdiograph is the SureSt way
of determining a heart ailment
He said The medic would like
"a see this system adopted by
the National Boxing Association
NO PLACE FOR HUMOR
Max Baeg, former heavyweight
hampton. took time out 70
tis st boxing officials for in
petence in examining light
3. Because Of the recent deaths
ia boxing the game. the Cali
fsrnia State Assembly Commit
tee or Public Morals will meet
with the State Athletic Com
mission az Los Angeles Thurs
dav Baer in his speech 10 the
Touchdown Club al San Fran
cisco declared thar the physical
examination given boxers be-
fore their ring appearances Is
lust a Joke
NEW RECORD
Gus LeSnevich knocked out %
wear old Billy Fox in one min
ute and fifty-eight seconGs OF
the first round in their cham
pionship fight az Madison
Square Garden last Friday night
This is the first time In the
history OF the light heavyweight
division that a fight has ended
IN the first round LeSnevich
viii probably fight Ezzard
Charles. the number one light
heavyweight contender in July
at Yankee Stadium.
JERSEY JOE HITS WINDY
CITY
Jersey Joe Walcott. forcmos,
! challenger for the worlds heavy
weight championship, meets Au-
stin Johnson in four-round
exhibition al the Chicago Coli
scum Wednesday. The fight was
originally scheduled for last
night but Walcott asked for the
extra day for additional train.
ing.
Quick CHANGE
Sammy Gee, Detroits best all
| around athlete last year has
left the famed Harlem Globe
| Trotters TO report for Spring
training in Florida with a Bl ook-
! lyn Dodger farm club. Gee stands
d good chance OF moving up Ia
! another division in the Dodgers
| system
ABOUT FACE
Because of the refusal Of
two Eastern Schools TO partici.
pate in It's Jim Crow tournament
the National Association OF In.
tercollegiate Basketball decided
overnight TO lift its ban on Ne.
gro players. The two schools
Manhattan College and Siena
College, refused TO participate
although they have no Nero
players on their teams The
tournament started Monday in
| kansas CITY
BROOKLYN TO CHICAGO
Haliback Elmore Harris. track
TAR was sold TO the Ch,cseo
Rockets. He was formerly Win
me Brooklyn Dodgers of Inc
.All-America Conference Harr,s
VINO Is "a years Of age ioinad
me Dodgers during the early