he was born walker smith, j.r.. walker smith, j.r.. i think the ladies liked sugar ray robinson more. [laughter] he was a young fighter on a young boxing team based in a church in harlem, and they went into watertown, new york to fight. he was just 15-years-old, and there was a fighter on the team named ray robinson, but ray robinson got sick, and so young walker asked the manager, george gainford if he could fight in ray robinson's place. george didn't think he was good enough, but the young walker smith browbeat him in the locker rooms and said, coach, please, let me fight. i'm ready. walker smith fights, but george gainford, the manager has to change the name on the fight card. he has to -- he doesn't have an extra fight card, so he uses the fight card that says ray robinson, and he told the referee that the kid stepping into the ring now is ray robinson, so he fought and he knocked the other kid out, i mean, boom, boom, boom. his skill was apparent even then. there was a sports editor named jack kate from the watertown newspaper. j

smith, today in the east bay. >>> a search is on for the man who held up a walker at gunpoint on the iron horse trail in pleasant hill around 6:00. the mugger approached his victim near the intersection of bancroft and hookston roads taking his cell phone and cash and running north on the trail. one person is dead and another on the run after a shooting in oakland. a police chase ended in a house at 13th and 33rd after a car crashed into it. police say all four people ran to or detained. one was shot by police. a hand gun was found nearby. this was one of several recent officer-involved shootings. >> this was something that happens a lot. a young man killed by the police. we want to find out what can be change and how stuff like this can change. >> the chase began when they spotted the car they believe was involved in a different shooting on friday. >> oakland city leaders will take a step in the quest to build a baseball stadium for the a's. they will look into funding and environmental study for the stadium along the waterfront. it's the victory gorgelin site. this site was chosen after major league baseball p