European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse R a " " i 7 it. At i a m sgt James p. Harrold recalls his Days pushing leather. Boy How he could hit by Henry b. Kraft s&5 Ramsten Bureau of them Ever knocked me Down but boy. How that toe Louis could hit ,. That what m sgt James f. Harrold lays about his boxing Days when he was a. Sparring partner for uie Brown bomber Anulf for Jersey Joe Alca Iff Harrold 310 pounds of muscle who Vitarius Leet St a sergeant major of the ,72nd, ordnance in at Kaiserslautern Ger Many. And toe s never fought a professional f bout. He teen in the army 21 la a Vii he took up Amateur boxing when Heg a teen Ager Back la Kansas City to. 7 won the Golden gloves Champion ship of Titie Missouri Valley and Liat was about As far As i cared to go in boxing the says. 41n, the heavyweight ranks is. Peci Auy some feel the effect of their1\flght years later. I did t think it was worthwhile even with the big Money involved. To this Day 1 have had no Day Joe Louis Sawi Astel him to comes to his Compton lakes u training Camp. Where he was pre paring for his first match with Germany Shue slime Ling in 1936. 5 weighed 2as pounds in Siose Days Harrold recalls and during that training s sparred with Joe Louis for about 14 rounds. I concentrated specifically on Over hand rights. I was his sparring partner for about three years before 1t was All Oxer and boxed about 150 rounds with him. He never knocked me Down but boy How he could kept suggesting that Harrold fight professionally the big sergeant remembers but Harrold just did t like the idea of getting his brains knocked out in the ring. He bad his Eye on professional football. T played Semi pro football with the Kansas City Brown bombers for a time he 1950 Harrold was in Kaiserslautern and Walcott came to Germany to fight i was asked to help Walcott As one of his sparring partners at Mannheim says Harrold. They gave me time off and i went there to spar with him and get Himin Harrold shared the ring with Louis at it Riley kan., when Louis was inducted into the army. He and the Brown bomber put on some exhibition bouts. I did t see him again until after the North african invasion outside of Oran Algeria sometime in 1944. To sir. I never regretted not being professional Boxer and choosing the army instead. I would t do it differently no if i to 1 Goren 6ft Bridge re r it neither vulnerable. South deals reasonable. ,.north s jump raise to four hearts is a to a demand bid that designates Good Trump 1 support but no aces Kings voids or singletons. South s persistence1 to Slang was based on the hop of finding partner with a Queen in either minor suit or else Adou Bleton Clab the opening Lead of uie Jack of clubs was taken in the closed , apparent losers in the Black sus Declarer saw that is Only Hope was to strip " out them is and then throw f in the opponents in an Effort Tor obtain a favourable Spade tramps we re drawn with on pull and. After cashing the top diamonds. Soul led a heart to the Dummy in order to Ruff out.,. A the Pike red mond. Ther. Came moment in to Days the King and another club. West played the ten and his partner permitted Hill. To hold the trick. Trie Deuce of Spades was returned and Declarer went into an agonizing huddle. He finally chose to put up the Queen of Spades from Dummy but when East covered a f h4 a Jou Dillu Lliel 114 a slam contract was actually result of a thinking. Had he taken the time to Analyse his opponent f play to tie previous trick therel would have been no occasion for i the setback. V iwas enterprising with the King the contract was sunk. In the postmortem Declarer explained that he had a 50-50 proposition going for him and had merely made the wrong guess. We cannot agree with him however. At the moment when the opponents were thrown into the Lead either defender could have won the club trick since East was marked with the Queen by virtue of West s opening Lead of the Jack. If West had the King of Spades which was what Declarer assumed it would have been Natura for East to Over take the club ten in order to make a Spade play for his part Ner. When East permits the ten of clubs to hold the trick it can Only be because he himself has the King of Spades and prefers Mohave his partner break the suit. Declarer should therefore Praylow from Dummy on the Spade play in an Effort to catch the King on his right. Contr Telic 1s6j, the c3ilci�io Tri Hutt the stars and stripes Whiting from Kaiserslautern Germany Michael Norell expresses his opinions on jazz polls and gauging the artists by Thos who vote we be decided to let i views be aired Here. On some pointy we Are in full Accord and like Korell would Welcome any solution you May have to offer on the matters. By the same Token we Are to disagreement with Norell on certain areas of discussion. But Yoa can All read and draw your own conclusions. Well Welcome replies with the jazz marquee serving As a sort of sounding Board his letter follows v after Reading the results of the Start and stripes jazz feel compelled to express a few opinions to someone with an interest in the whole thing. I have Long suspected that the major tsp of people who vote in polls of this nature do so not on the Basra of a knowledge and real appreciation of jazz hut on the basis of 7, knowing a few famous names. " not that i would take exception to Miles Daris Gerry Sutt Sefaj Cannon Boel Adderly John Coltrane Etc. These men Are tit Stanig performers and ought to be at the top of any poll what to me at least confirms what five said is the spectacle of Frank san Alt a the top male jazz Singer in the business. This is prep Osterout. Sinatra to great but he s no jazz sincer he s a pop Singer. Sty famous name idea pertains Here because if your reagent were jazz aficionados instead of name droppers Sinatra would it ban received a vote. Instead someone like Joe Williams Jinmy Jon Hendricks or Oscar Brownjr. Would have been at the i Hae nothing against Frank Sinatra i just it sick seeing can shifted us a jazz Singer. I have another Gripe for what it s Worth. Why should instruments rarely found in the jazz ensemble be Given equal status Witk instruments nearly always presented specifically baritone sax am flute. Each of these categories is dominated by one Man Muth Garnand Mann respectively and i am inclined to believe that were to not for Mes is Muligan and Mann neither baritone sax nor flute would be included on any polls. Naturally who else has a Chanc of winning. In the rhythm Field there Are dozens of important drummers pianists and bassists. If. Say Brubeck wins this leaves out pianists like John Lewis Oscar Peterson Horace Silver Etc All Ceuta Iuler greater contributors to jazz than Herbute Mann whose sole Lattu Cufa seems to be that Bei the Only musician of prominence who on gute. To go on with a list of creative in wymers and left out m the cold would be pointless. It is easy enough of course to expound upon a problem Obj hmm a the current system could stand so new Reris Foni along with polls in Down beat Playboy Etc. Perhaps certain categories be subdivided. For instance there is much divergence musicians like Joan Lewis and Horace Shver and Between Art Blakey and Joe Morello. In to inf thurr bit straight in Asician driving extremely Funky mrra Iciano. I personally have Heck of a time voting fat thes example if nothing to vote for baritone sex in run in of Huijan h far and away the outstanding perform nor but in be Field say to piano i am Edna or drawn by my three favorite i Ewe babe dec and Silver Bat for different reasons. I usually Don t bother to wot in this category or for a group or a drummer or a bassist. I know i have not presented much of a solution if any at All but perhaps you could make something out of the subdivision idea. One last comment aisle Davis As the outstanding fax personal Ity great heavens a serious Case of a me consciousness i m afraid Miles is a Brilliant and creative musician and will be recorded a on of the really significant jazz musicians but As a personality he be really nothing. Possibly if you renamed the category greatest contributor or something a Little More Graceful it would have mow meaning. People Tike Louis Armstrong and Oscar Brownjr. Ant Lionel Hampton Are for what Worth Armstrong and Hampton Ai More far greater personalities than Miles Davis maybe of splitting semantic hairs but to me there is a difference betwee someone Monk Davis Coltrane who is important and someone is a personality which none of the above three really Are. In any Rase. I doubt if my letter is instructive but As one of readers and a jazz enthusiast i wanted to express an opinion what it May be � v european scene. And heard the -49th army Etaf Headquarters in Verona Italy proudly boasts of jazz combo. The members of the group Are m sgt Jackie Alexander trumpet Sec James Kramer jr., Alto sax sp4 Jack Follett Tenor sax sgt Russell Schmiechen. Baritone sax sgt Albert trombone sp4 Richard Prato Drums sp4 Marcellus Sturgis and pfc Victor Navarra piano. " the German jazz festival a biannual event that alternates with the Berlin jazz Salon will be held i Frankfurt Hay 31, ,1-3. Complete details will be announced Here shortly. The italian ministry of tourism has submitted the film moment in jazz Rome. Moments in jazz As an unofficial in the documentary class of the Cannes fam festival Progress at the French Riviera City. Wednesday May 16,
