Judo to Make Its Debut in the Olympics
... It May Become More Democratic
NEW YORK UP) — So judo has
been added to the Olympics.
“Very good,” said AAU Judo
Chief Joe Knight yesterday. “May
be this will help make the sport
more democratic.”
Democratic?
Sounds like all may not be well
among the judo folks.
“Well,” said Knight, who lives
in Cleveland, “the sport is strictly
political. Why, the black belt
people in this country are trying
to get me out of my AAU job be
cause I want to enforce the AAU
rules. This is very bad for the
sport.”
The black belt indicates a step
on the judo ladder. A novice
starts out with a sixth rank white
belt. Then he goes to the fourth
and fifth white belt. Next is the
third, second and first rank brown
belt. Then he gets into the big
time with a first degree black
belt. He can go all the way to the
10th degree black belt. That’s
tops.
“The sport is controlled by the
Kodocan in Japan.” said Knight.
“It was started in Japan by Dr.
Jigoko Kano around 1882. His son,
iRisei, now is the president of Ko
docan and also the International
Judo Federation.
“The Japanese version of judo
has a lot of Oriental philosophy
attached to it. They claim weight
means nothing. That it’s the char
acter that counts. Yet I haven’t
seen one of their champions under
180 pounds.
“I don’t know how in the world
they are going to score in the
Olympics. For example, to get a
black belt from Kodocan, a com
petitor must show as much char
acter as ability. For example, he
couldn’t be caught drunk or taking
advantage of his knowledge of
judo.
“There is no set standard for
getting a black belt and there is
no one in this country authorized
to award it. Why, you can wait
as long as two years after apply
ing to get your belt from Kodo
can.”
Knight said there are 50,000
practicing judo athletes in the
United States right now. Some
have learned from Japanese in
structors.
“But,” he said, “I get the im
pression they teach us what they
want us to learn and nothing
more.”
He saw a ray of silver lining,
though.
“The Russians just hired eight
of the top Japanese judo instruc
tors to get them ready for inter
national competition. The Rus
sans will give them a hard time
and they’ll have it coming to
them.”
The Manassa Mauler,
Jack Dempsey, Celebrates
GGth Birthday Anniversary
NEW YORK OPt — Jack Demp
sey celebrated his 66th birthday
Saturday with a wish that box
ing would take steps to save it
self—and its fighters.
“TV, or rather too much TV,
and the people who profit from
it, has put the independent pro
moters out of business,” the Ma
nassa Mauler said. “There are
few, if any, small clubs anywhere
in the country.
.‘Those clubs were the source
| of talent. Without fresh talent,
| boxing is dying.”
! Dempsey suggested that a
fighters’ pension fund could be
established with a percentage of
television fight receipts.
“A small percentage, just one
per cent,” he said.
Today Dempsey is a trim 200
pounds, only 13 more than the
| day 42 years ago when he knock
ed out Jess Willard for the
heavyweight championship. He is
a successful New York restau
j ranteur.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Marlin
and son Larry, all ardent fisher
men left for Unalakleet for a
week’s fishing of the king salmon
which are now running in that
area.
Gov. Egan Names Five
Persons to Advisory
Reapportionment Board
JUNEAU — Gov. William
A. Egan Saturday named five per
sons to the Advisory Reapportion
ment Board, which will recom
mend changes in the new ap
portionment of the State House
of Representatives.
The State Constitution requires
that the House of Representatives
be reapportioned after each cen
sus.
Appointed to the board were
Irene Ryan of Anchorage, Jack
Hinckel of Kodiak, Douglas Gray
of Juneau, Richard Greuel of
Fairbanks and Clinton Gray of
Nome.
All but Hinckel are former
members of the Legislature.
Hinckel and Douglas Gray were
both delegates to the Constitution
al Convention and both worked
on the reapportionment clause in
the State Constitution.
The Reapportionment Board,
Egan said, will probably hold its
first meeting in Anchorage next
month.
Egan said he had received fig
ures on the state’s military and
civilian population, by election
district, from the Bureau of the
Census Friday.
Egan declined to disclose the
figures at this time. He said the
Bureau of the Census had fur
nished them to the state speci
fically for the use of the Reap
portionment Board in making
recommendations on legislative
apportionment.
The reapportionment will be
; made on the basis of the civilian
| population of each election dis
I trict.
! The Advisory Reapportionment
! Board will have 99 days in which
j to make its recommendations to
I the Governor and Egan will have
another 90 days in which to an
nounce the actual reapportion
j ment.
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Light Aircraft Granted
Transportation of Gas
With Passengers
ANCHORAGE — Alaskan
operators of light aircraft have
been granted relief from a regu
lation restricting the transporta
tion of gasoline and passengers in
the same plane, Federal Aviation
Agency officials announced re
cently.
Special Civil Air Regulation
No. SR-447, now in effect, permits
aircraft of 12,500 pounds or less
to deviate from Part 49 of the
Civil Air Regulations by carry
ing up to 20 gallons of gasoline
as cargo along with pasengers.
However, the gasoline must be in
airtight containers of at least 28
gauge metal and of not more than
10 gallon capacity each and pack
ed in wooden boxes. The new
regulation does not apply to
scheduled operations.
Under the old regulation air
craft could not carry more than
50 pounds of gasoline in one quart
containers.
Federal Aviation officials ex
plained that the special regulation
was made so that hunting, fishing,
logging, mineral, and other groups
could carry sufficient gasoline to
operate outboard motors, chain
saws, cook stoves, lanterns, and
other related equipment at their
camp sites.
FAA pointed out that other pro
visions of Part 49 still apply ond
that each operator is required to
furnish the Chief of Flight Stand
ards Field Division No. 5 in An
chorage with the type of aircraft
registration number, area in which
the aircraft is to operate, a state
ment that such carriage is neces
sary to meet the needs of pas
sengers, and that air is the only
practical means of transportation.
In addition other specific condi
tions must be met, according to
I the special regulation which will
| continue in effect until June 15,
1963.
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Order of Eastern Star
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Bev Morgan
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