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*1*THE RINGSIDE
i- .?", '"By Charles J. Livingston
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fc- ^AgEWELL TO FISTICUFFS
Chicago walterwoight whom
a frp'experts once agreed had all the
Jjjb''' earmarks of a potential ring great,
has said goodbye ..to fisticuffs.
,j\ . Johnny Bratten, whose dazz7ling
speed and ring craftsmanship
^UftCe carried him to the waiterweight
championship, admitted
sadly that he had come to the end
of the trail. The kid who once was
ry- the toast of Chicago, and who
j' ojice was likened to Sammy Man
M- del,-was hanging up hi**^gtove*
\Xw-' 'for keeps. , . I
J P. ?As yet, no one lias come up with
v'-hr." was responsible for'Bratton's
":\are in the ring. But this writer:
* is of the opinion that Johnny's'
"f^^trou' ies started when he parted j
rtSeiK v- - ... conp
ny with former manager. |
H?War(1 Frazier, and ace truing];,
Larry Aniadee, although later A!?^./''irmdeo
worked with Bratton under)
*5Vv?i ]ij8 new manager.*
; Johnny was a product of a Chi-j
?cago fight club which operated at'
the Savoy "ballroom on the Southside
during the post-war years."Also
fighting out of the club were
such promising mittmeh as "Rapid"
Bob Satterfield, Freddie Dawson,
Luther Rawlings, Sylvester
"Perkins and tieorge Berry.'
All later distinguished themselves
iii the professional ring, but
the one seemed most destined for
> greatness was Bratton.
This converted southpaw impressed
fight experts even in his
amateur days.-Later -as a pro, he
mnvfllH raniHlv {rtfaiAKm lifrVilnrnifrVif
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and walterweight divisions. While
still a kid fresh out of high school,
Bratton met and ' defeated such
seasoned ring veterans as Ted
Christie, Gene Spencer and the
then TftgMyfrggamfcd Cleo Shans.
?f. Diftihf thosamq period he tangled
with great Chalky Wright,
former featherweight champion of
\r; . the' world, and lost on a close del
-? cision. '
Aftey'dropping another TazorcTose
decision -to Ike Williams,
u "tToney Boy" Bratton, as he was
to be known later, won six strai*
ght before meeting and defeating
JWfflUii Joyce * "3n two ' sensational
flrr" " failles that firmly established him
as a comping champ.
Quickly, Midwest fans went over
? board for t.he Chicago Wisp '0
- .-ihe-Will? Even those who disliked
m Jii'^Bfowboat flifctids went - to see
his fights, as Johnny kept the Chicago
Stadium turnstiles clicking
and the promoters happy. So picturesque
was Johnny in the ring,
t}u^;experts began comparing him
v Atitlf Mr: Boxing himself, Sugar,
Ray Robinson. j
A clever fighter, who could
feint and punch with amazing
swiftness, Bratton was also a
dept at slipping under punches and
countering with a murderous right.
. f -l^)rta9Ufei he was co?lne33
.. . ^lersbnffie^ ashe' rolled, ducked
and boxed ,his out of danger.
~ .<Jln .an' out ?1 the ring he was
managed by two of the most
crafty men in pugilism. Frazier
and Amadee. Together they built
the Southside fancy dan into a
v. leading box office attraction. Frazier
even ran a contest to select
. a nickname most suitable for office
attraction. Frazier even ran a
contest to select a nickname most
suitable for Johnny. Thereafter,
jfc'-. . the words "Honey Boy" Bratton
was emblazened acrossed Johnny's
robe and that of the gravel-Voice
Amadee, and Fj-azier.y ^ ?
Another Frazier publicity stunt
showed Johnny standing on a handerchief
while slipping and otherwise
evading the punches of h -i s
sparmates. It was this stunt that
linked him to Mandel, a master o f
the art of slipping punches.
But his success did not last.
Boxers from the East were bro,v.
ught in, and one of them Sammy
Angott, a veteran of several ring
-Wars, won a disputed decision over
him.
After that Gene Burton defeated
Johnny twice within four mon
ths. Then former lightweight
champion Beau Jack fractured his
r- * -J- - jiwr to win on a TKO in eight
rounds,
.'Somehow, however, Johnny man
F,". aged to recover the dash and finesse
for which .he was famous. On
P351, he won the Nation
ssociations version of
eight title, but lost it
later to Kid Govilan.
i.time, he has been a n
, looking great at tiediocre
on other occaamazing
thing was
d liek some of the best
middies in the busi->uld
lose to such ordin-1
i as Livie Minelli.
e leading walterweight
J) OF SPORTS !
and middleweight;* he has beaten
are Pierre I.anglois, Laurent !
Dauthriille, Joe Mieeli and Kohby 1
Pykes. His poorest showing was against'
Del Flanagan, a welter with
a powder-puff punch. That o n e
convinced Johnny's" last manager i
and perhaps himself that he w a s
through.
But Johnny- had lost what aj>peared
to be an important battle
even before that. Several months
ago, he and Frazier parted ' over ,
financial differences. Then for "a
while he and Amadee disagreed.
Johnny won I.arry back, but Fra
, zier, his publicity stunfs anif eye,
catching gags, were lost to Brat
' ton for keeps;
Thu? did Johnny's first troub- j ^
les start, as I see it; failures and j
adversities that recently culminu- :
ted in his FAREWELL TO FISTICUFFS.
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MT. CALVARY CHURCH
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Hartsville?Sunday school was ,
opened at the usual hour by the '<
Superintendent. Sunday., being a ^
jjood day, attendance was, very
pood. The lestfon was discussed in
the various classes, and from tho j |
review it was readily seen tha?
^everyone learned some valuadHe *
points from it.
Service began after S. S. with .
hymn 371and the order of service.
The sermon was delivered by
the pastor, Rev. W. E. Gainey. His .
text was "Repent Ye" taken from !
Mark 1:4. He said "after John was '
put into prison, Jeans camp into.,
Galilee and preached the Gospel,
telling the people to r.epent and
believe in God. Men need to fepent
now as they did in John days Love
is stronger than death. In order to
make someone believe in you/ you
must first catch their .heart.
The choir sang beautifully, adding
to the enjoyment of the service.
Collection was offered b y
The Stewards. '
We were proud to have one
member back with us who previously
attended college, Miss'Jean
Toney. Benediction.
Sunday night, The Golden Trumpeteers
Singer^ rendered a musical
program. Everyone ?;that attended
enjoj/fed it.
Estelle Keitt, Kpt.
NEWS OF WOODRUFF, S. C.
NEW BETHEL BAPTIST
CHURCH
" Rev. F. S. Jones?Pastor
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Sunday school began at the usual
hour with Supt. Mr. T. M. McElrath
and staff of teachers present..
_The_lesson. was discussed
by the various classes and reviewed
by the pastor. The attendance
banner was won by class No. 4.
Mrs. Irene Floyd and Mrs. Wylie
teachers. T.he offering banner remain
in class No/ 5, Mrs. Nancy
Allen and Mrs. Styles teachers.
irraypr?service, 1
our pastor brought the message,
(Matt. 11:5), Theme, A Message
From Jesus Christ To John The
Baptist. This was a wonderful
message and enjoyed by all.
At night (Mark 7:24), Theme,
He Could Not Be IJid. This was
an inspiring message and long to
be remembered. The Pastor's Aid
Club met Friday nig.ht at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison
Winn, this was a wonderful occassion
and a delicious repast was
served.
Rev. and Mrs. A. D. Duncan
vvpro-t.he nv?r night gnjest of Mr?
and Mrs. David Robihson recently
also Mrr Lawrence Young was,
supper guest o'x the Robinson
family.
Mrs. Virginia Riser and Mrs.
Louise Ferguson of Ohio is here
visiting Mr., and Mrs. Frank Ferguson
and Mr. and Mrs. John W.
Fant and other relatives. Also Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Ferguson Jr. and
Children are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
| Frank Ferguson.
Mr. Clark McCIintoch and Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph McCIintoch of N.
J. are the holiday guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Willie Smith and Mr. and
Mrs. D. Cox.
- Miss Peggy A. Parks left Saturday
for Washington, D. C. and
Virginia. ???
| The Usher Union met Sunday
night at Moore Chapel, Rev. W. R.
Kennedy Pastor. Mr. Fowler Pres.
A nice program was rendered.
Several cars from Woodruff
attended the funeral of , Mrs.
Mamie Ferguson of Washington,
D. C., formerly of Union County,
held at New Hope AME 7\<m. in
Sedalia, S. C. Rev. Jones of Washington,
D. C. officiated*, M. S.
Uallaham Mortician in charge.
She leave to mourn 5 children, 1
brother and a host of relatives and
friends.
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' >We are praying for the sick.
KinimT L. Parks. Rpt.McCOLL
NEWS
Mrs. Thelma Davis of New
York is here spending a few days
with relatives and friends. The
three way program for the first
threy months in the year Sunday I
night rendered at Beaver Dam I
Church, Rev. W. G. MrFady
pastor. This program was very
short and 7fne and liighly enjoyed
by :rll. Amount raised, The-service
w,as very inspiring Sunday
morning at the above name church
und attendance was good. Collection.
.S-40.50.
The funeral services of Mr.
I!. M.farther was held at the St.
'like Church Sunday evening. Rev. _
W. Ware pastor. ~
Mr. M. Carther took sick o n
lis job Tuesday and died WednesIny.
S?>rvant~Of God Well Done. ~
Mr. J. I!. Mdrris, Undertaker, i n
barge.
The Raby Contest of the
sTAAC P was of much success
Sunday evening at the Shiloh Rapist
Church, Rev. H. ' Wright
xastoxv. These babies really - re- ?
sorted jsome money amounted to
13S8.89. All babies were able t o
Rev. H. Wright gave us a wonlerful
address which was full o f
vonderful thoughts. This address
was highly^ epjoyed by ell in the
lbsent of the President, the Vice
president presided the meeting.
He went about it in a very, nice
way. This meeting was of much
interest.
The picnic at the old McColl
School was a quite, enjoyable J
gathering. It brought about hun- j
dreds of people to see the nice
games.
The Stokes Hill Masonic Lodge
gave the Eastern Star lbdge a
swell forth supper. This was a
swell afall', all kinds ol good eats.
Our sick friends, Mr. Will Fuller,
Mr. Henry Davis. We trust
these sick friends will soon b e
out. (
Rosa L. Bethea, Rpt.
SHADY GROVE AME CHURCH
Rev. Willie Jefferson?Pastor Sunday,
July 3, 1955 was another
high da? at Shady Grove.
Sunday School opened at the usual
hour with the Supt, Bro.
Frank Harrison and co-worker at
their post of duty. Lesson taught I
by Rev. A. A. Leevy.
Devotion conducted by Rev.
Leevy, Bro. S. P. Ruff and Bro. M.
D. Davis. Then the pastor came
before us with the order of service.
1st hymn 534, Prayer by Rev.
Leevy. Scripture reading from St.
Matthew, Summary of Dec. 2nd
liynin 235, Missionary offering taken
by the Ushers, Mission prayer
by the pastor, song by the choir.
The pastor then brought, to us a
wonderful message from. 23 Ps., I
An4-4L you1 dm^t-have-tr Slrephei d r
you should have heard this message.
Everyone enjoyed it. Invitational
hymn, Singing by the choir
and ushers..
Collection was taken up hy the
officers. The Lord's Supper was
served. W'ewere glacl to see Sis.
Annie Ruff and Sis Carrie Ruff
hack to the house of worship after |
being sick. We are sorry to hear
of Sis. Susie M. Harrison on sick
list. We are praying for all the
sick.
At 3:00 we went with our pastor
to Rev. Sis. Simmons Church'.'
in Arthur Town where he preaehed
as never before from St. Matt.
On last Sunday June 26,' the
men still trying to catch up with
the women. Bro. Vernon Cook in
charge had Rev. C. J. Whattaker
to preach for them. Rev. Whattaker
who has only been preaching
a short while came before us as
if he had been preaching all his
life with a message on faith and
what it mean to have faith i n
God.
With such preaching as we are
having at Shady Grove, there is
no reason far anyone to be lost. If
you want to hear good preaching'
and have your soul revived, come*
to Shady Grove.
I'/inei Mae Jackson
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Morning W&t?riness and Thyroid Deficiency^|
People who feel fatigued when arising in the morning after a sound; [
and mo^t energetic when it's time to return to bed at night, may be ;
suffering fro.rn a mild thyroid deficiency described by doctors as "the \
hypometabolic; state." ?; ?""? I
Some of these people chronically y v V v . r w.?1 ;
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pains, and have been labeled un- / (| *
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age of thyroid hormone in body | i ~~\ ' ' / ^
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by Dr. B. A. Watson, of Clifton metabolic rate is not the only inSprings,
hP Y., published recently dicatiun of thyroid .deficiency as
In the New York State Journal of had been generally assumed. The
Medicine, it was found that women , morning tiredness, aches and pains
are much more prone4to this state " were much more reliable signs of j
than men, and also that its inci- " the condition. Trial treatment with !
dcncc increases with age. dried thyroid given orally was [
. Of almost 15,000 patients ad- - found to be a reliable method of
mittcd for various complajnts^to diagnosis. If the symptoms disap^
the Clifton Springs Clinic and San- peared, the hypometabolic state?
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more than 200 were suffering from Continued treatment with dried]
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est rate was among patients in extract in tablet form, called_Pr6?>
' their fOrtleS and Afiios."TfT~Dr." Told, produced lasting improvement!
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snouici eonsiGor tno diagnosis of ing a feeling of complete welW
hypometabolie state before label- being in very many. As ? test^
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tient as a psychoneurotic, hypo- porarily in a few patients. Theiri
chondt lac. finxfety state, etc." symptoms returned almost knmes-J
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