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‘NEW YORE (AP) — To
moet. people, be always will
be The Champ. —

There were champions
before him and champions.”
who came later, but every
time Joe Louis entered a.
crowded room there was an
inevitable stir, ,

“There's The Champ,”
someone would whisper.

“The Champ just came in.” .

He may or may not have
the greatest

such

the era and the fibre of the
— but middle-

“aged. boxing fans. will
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he waan't. —

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~ “Watch that kid from

trait,” word spread Srowad
_Fingside. “He's going to be a .

. fight oa Notre Dame bexer

named Max Marek. Now be
was more. _nature, ° more
He |

oné opponent after another.
It. was the age ‘of

nicknames, Fight writers

Bomber, .The Dark: De-
smeyer and. ‘The Sepian

Sertooy were racial slurs,

bot meant to be coloriul and

complimentary. Joe never
showed resentment. He ;-

moved through life with the

same grace and eave (hat _

the

” mmarted his ting battles.
Asa fighter, his

' was swift and final<A little |

shuffle. Manotuvre his foe
Shoot the sharp left to the

“bead. Then step back and.

give the victim room to fall.
_ owed tarbaghout is pro

Second Workl War brewing
and racial bigotry rampant
in the South — boxing’s
second black beavyweight

any racial problems.

“For God's sakes,” they
advised: him, “‘After. you -
beat a white opponent, don't
smile!” a7

When be fought Max Sch-
meting and lost in 1996, kids .-
in the South ran though the

“street yelling. with glee.
_ Mothers pamed newborn
- babies: Max after’ the.

German lighter.

Tutored by a pair of black

handlers, Julian Black and_

John Roxborough, he was
captioned to avd sparking

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HALIFAX (CP) — Dak
Derkatch scored three goals
to avercome a 3-0 deficit and
give. defending champion

’ Notre Dame Hounds of

Wilcox, Sask, a3 tie with
Lac St, Louis, Que., Lions to
highlight the first day of the +

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Hounds jn last year’s final.

The Hounds were behind
+0 when Derkatch scored
with $1 seconds left in the
first period.: He fired the

ently goal:.of ‘the second Paci’ shaleit and: centre ©
Craig Park scored for New-

period at 9:03 and got the
final goal with less than six
minutes in the game. -

The Lions, the Quebec Ice

” Hockey Federation entry,

= ot thelr firet-period goals

as tid: naaaA

from Louis Reid on a power _

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» Prince Edward Island and,
Newfoundland tied 2-2.
Centre Randy | Muttart -

PEL’ entry, North River

5

Atlantics, the tie,
Defenceman ‘Rick
MacKinnon got. the other .
PEL goal. Left winger

foundland, represented by"
Corner Brook..
‘Winnipeg North . Stars’

‘than any othe ingle epatts

_ figure e including Jackié
Robinson, helped” ease
Tacial tension. .

sharecropper whose family

_joined the migration to .
‘Depression, never enjoyed: -
“the affluence associated -

with other heavyweights —

; - particularly: the current

hustlers,
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