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^WRPAV. JULY ?. IX*
BEATING T HE GI N
By AL MOSKS
AMRRft A.NS ALL?I NDI'.R THE SKIN
NEW YORK <ANPi?Editor's note. Monthly in,dur lutiosslly
> read "Que?t?on* and Aruwcn" column, queries come to us .iealing
, with outstanding colored and . white immortals of the. cmdcrpath.
weights. hurdles, bnadjump. boxing arms, wrestling, cycling, tennis,
billiards. bowbnfc. swimming, baskt-tbball. baseball.etc In our desire
to a>d our questioners, from hr re-ofi-in, ohce s month at least, ths
column which Tcfcll "Americans AA tinder The Skin." will react
your doo?step We hope it wtjj be Informative, free of needles* aupet'latvves,
and informal enough for you and me to grow closer. Your
correcting roe whert t am wrong, and my adding pages for you*
acrapbook Not only sports, but all types of questions and answers
amy be found here r? - '?- *???; ??? ;
always be a good sport
ANDREW (Rube) POSTER lives in sport archives a* one ol the
finest pitchers "Negro baseball has known: Rank htm -wtth such
"tan tornadoes" as Wick ware, Batch el Paige, Joe Williams. Jost.
Mender. Phil Cockrell. Dave Brown. "Rats" Henderson, Cannonball
Dick Retkhng. Lindsey. Whitworth. "Nip" Winters. Willie Foster,
"Bullet" Rogan. "Slim**-Jones, etc, < ....
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EDIfK ARCAltO. the Il?li*n wondf'f-ijofk^y whui ha* been nd
ir^. pontes lot ll yuit, It the only ruler to win the classic Kentucky.
. Derby four times Th??. |rrlt Negr.o jockry, blue Murphy. . v* h >
llournht-d muTe'^han a half -century rod*- thr.ee U*-rb> >vinnci>
aa did Earl Sande who was around about two decades ago In 1916
A.rcaru, smashed all records for Jockey's winning* m'1* *iri*le I
?on chalking up i? total of 61,666.230; aotne $?56.000 more than tlic
prey ibus record In lb35. the year Kddi< ftx-t strut*- t?? ml* ? Dt rb
winner, iNelh Flag) he finished fourth on the fdly On notes that
ftllic* aeIdo?h~w?n ine Kentu* ky ItUSTT tn fact only om avtiC n turnf
rd by "Regret' back in 1915 In 1936 Alt-arc won on "Lawfin"; in
1941 on 'Whirlaway"; 1945 "Hoop Jr." and 1947, "Citation*.
always be a good sport
SANDY^ SADpLER. sort of o pre-cnt day counteruaf of
champion A1 Hfrown. held tltr worlds featherweight nth for
months He won it in most dfcliivc manner from classy Willie Pep '
of Hartford, Cohn . on Oct. 28. 1948. at Madison Square tiarden. N
Y C.. ind^(oilt|it (inthe same rm|) i>n Feb II. to thr a mating
Willie Pep Saddh r, though losing, an unnnini<fj> decision. wajn'V 1
1 helped any by Refer. Iddk Jostph's orijr otfkiaMhg Joatph \
however, was upheld by Commissioner JCddlc Eagan at an* invest!- ,|
gallon of his work Pep's heart and his book of tricks consisting of ,
picking off a~ Ir ad and fitting off if; smoothering a left bV
x lamp>ing..JLh..tb^.lickn; steeping nt Sandy's tudu ?plnning.hls lot-nun*
the ropes "and smacking him as hrvsought escape from a U?rnage of '
blows; cleverly gjecptpg him off balance with a touch-and-go Johnny , j
Dundee trick; and toughing ractics known l?eiter' by ' street ff:ht ,
log'', gangs t'tan modern ring fighter* Pep. prat*t??ll\ blinded ?r i
both eyes looked like a ripe-red-tomato" when the 15 round- were 1
oyer The ring has seen few more Savage fights between men of |
any weights '
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1 always be a good-sport
1MB WOULD SIKIIS SAW ,
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Five records wtitt broken and "TO Led Th?- Ilravrs' Bob ?|tii
broke thr- record for most chancs a?*cr pted by it third b.x-man w:th '
. 25. chalking up 11 putouts and H assist* On the w rong Side of the
lclk<'t". fhli >HHe Elliot Tle<! the' tr.ark for "most < rrnrs~hy imakiitu (
three bobbles |
\ always be a good sport *
Jll> WII.SON, IIOMKNTF.AI) GRAYS i
Bavk in MM5 I enjoyed u dugout mtervl.au. with Ju?l Wdnoi..
whom l'Vf always callcti one of the must f *r? ? romp* tltor? b.o-.
ball- tcolored pr .whiteF ha.-. kiwm^ !!< >?.*<) U i n playing tor 22 sc.
*en* then. *1*1 was as unrelenting against t >pfligH pitcher*. bl;n'? j
'and whfie. fc* he'd be. n sinct*ebrestkini; in with the Baltimore Bl.u a |
S-.x in 1924 I
To Jud Wilson. th.\v all Ickel alike (1 h.can pit tin *.? .cut they 1
Wer. Lrft> drove., I)uxy De?n. Bullet Yoakley, Willie Foster, j
Satchel Paige. No-hit Will am.*. Dfrk . Redding and Hilton Smith ,
When the "chips were down", WiUon hit them all and for long dis- ;
lancet, ill thai The redouhtuhle l.cftv Cria'A ve ilv. .. ?1 Art rwi ?i
M ?M1 ? f ? UW.WW JII il C '
tVf on him wlut dMiWiitl' lowll tk select 4?r<'Up i f N<it.r?? Itart one <h?N
in-th*-Joife ag >. strikin u out most of thorn mot* than bnice with j
his ">oi>i an't \e<t"' l'tfti ball Wilson < ai'oo > t?af^. nd ?t?-rly ev<* 1
wdtchnl tiso GiuVr piiches foe by with bludct ing speo,d In a -ii.pl.<
sivond thousands of Negfro and White fans wr.nt -wild' ii ''jiki' wh
i-l a Grij'vc pitvh out-of-lhe park f r two run hvtm-.\ A o.
"Duty" Dean about h:l c$pcri< n< c w ith WilsonIn
193.1 at Griffith staJlum, "Wa-Htngion; ^ C . with 26.600 law*' i
wotrhtnR. Hilton Smith had the hntnestrad Grays 1 ' *n .;hp n.inth?(
inning Manager Vice IGrrts signaled Judf 16 "otVi off thr b??n''
and bat He .looked at two apecial-deliyefies of fTi,- Kama*?CilxJ.
.Taqnarrns acr ana Witn the count one-and-two on hirn. c'almly pro- '
1 -reded to whale a clean double to center and the si ( n was tied. j1
Th Grays with .new vigor, went on from there to a 21-win in th.? '
10th on Pertlow'y triple Jud Wilson's snta.h had put the fat-in-the j
fire in no uncertain manner. One night in 1944 with two down .in
the n>nth and Felton Snow's Baltimore Elites (at Bugle Field i .)
leading 4-2; Wilson strode majestically to the platter twirling his i
bat All the "Old Man" did this time was to belt a .**">r? hiorf-t trip'- '
tliat sent thu-e Grays scurrying home tor j .V4 Home-.tr:,id vrch<r . J
Anmong the h-t of N? gro and whrtestars, Jud Wilmn held gre.,tji
respect for were: ' ,
Johnny Beckwith, John Henry Llyod, Dick Lundy. Willie Wells,
Dandrige, Buck Leonard, Josh Gibson. Turkey Sterans. Martin '
Johnson. Blizz Mackey. "Cool Papa*" Bell. Tornenti and Holla.id J
The whites aside from Grove and Dean numbered Rornm.-ll. t
Freddy Fltnur.monc Ei?mshaw and Hub Walberg A common .1
uhrase that fell ea-ily from this truculent (on the field i player was
"1 hit them all. ace'Negro pitchers as w.ll as ace whne hurlers"
He was as strong as Cape-Buffalo and could fight awhile when angered
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1 Kobe son Urges Battle Against South If It j
Becomes Necessary To Go To War Soon 1
NEW YOUK ?<GNS).~t Paul tally w* Negro peopU W,. mutt <
R bcjon recciv tl a r using wel-) know our strength. We are tha do- ^
rcjjp bat It to the United State* on '.Hsivip force Th,?t * might, that's
last Sunday, when 5.000 people what they're afra d of" Continu- I
,of all shade* and fares cheered in*, he urged the N?}gro to "create 1
him, endlessly from ?he tame ne that unity now ' .'
arose to speak until he had ended He insisfVd that if we do ignite v
his hour and a half speech with a laws against lvg hing. for civil s
standing ovation tendered him rights an/1 the r ght7 to labor will t
The occabon was a welcome jbc rmmedlately granted.
1~r.wr?-a mm oy we uwnctl on Kbbesop.de mended in stentorian t
African Affair*, of which he i*:tnne?. ^If wc mm! die. let it he in t
executive secretary. at the Rock- Mississippi or Georgia Let this |
land Palarr Balho'.m be a final answer to the war mon I
After asserting thai he "Deeply gets lad them know that wr'tgill ,1
and intensely lov* the Soviet U- not help to enslave our brothers t
nion/ Mr Robrson *aid that they and sisters and eveniually oursel- \
were the firyt \o die4 for our free-. V' Rather; we will bclplu in- i
dorn and ^Kc ~TT7-edofrrmf gjl man -mrr pcacr tn our rmettlg ttKT =*
kirvft** ^ dotn and liberation of the Negrq t
But in a reaffirmation of tus and other struggling people* and I
Americanism, he declared that, the building of a new world whtuul
"to fulfill dQi responiilnlltiex as w? can all walk irv full equality | i
American^ we m4st unite, rspeo and human dignity.
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ll-bante Schedule
C.KAMBLING, LA -?A atiff
fkvtn |?mr - football schedule.,
which 'reflect* the school's policy t ?
of pUytitg th bqpt twinj from thy major
c>eter?Hc?*i ha* be*h
completed by thy athletic d<p*r;mem
oi G rambling College. <u
Btstant coac^ Lee Flea troy an
nounred her* early this week
Tlu aJJ tu>n uf T?xas Collate
of Tyler, Texas, completed the
rl<*\> it-game slate. The achpol* !
open ihc^i wo gaitw scries 4! Tyler :
September 24. and^c.iosfc"'with a
return engagement at UTren\bhng
September 23. 1930
Highlight* of th?-?echndule, which
wa* previously announced,
is i) c October IS. joust witn
Willerlofcr State at GrambUng.
lj\e October 31. engagement with
Tuskrgec at the Louisiana Stale,
fair. *n<| tin- L>ou? Bowl finn
with an 'opponent yet to be
named
1 Grambling ushers tn the '4b
season with TiU'olsor) on Septem- J
h<r 18. artd clus< wit<h the annual
chanty tilt in Huston December
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The complete, schedule ta. <*?.:
fvllowar- Sept 18; Tillotgon Col-f
lege, Sept. . 24. Texas College;!
Oct .8. Wiley College. QcJ. IS, { '
w iun?ri Tm rti ?*>? .?Uti?.U.?Fort
Valley State. Oc^.,31. Tuakegcv v
<Sia<?* Fair!; Nov . 5, TtXH 8T?t(.;
Nov' IX. I'm rie Vie*,. Nov.. 19.
Itiiihop Colltgt . Nov it, Be'hunr
CookitUni^ud Deo. 3. l lotn Howl
Parents Form
( roup To Fight ?
DC. Bias
WAKUINt ;T< >N t AN I') S t
ling. us their goal at Washington,
I) C. m Which children of all
r<uv? may pUy at any playgrounds,
parents have .organised
the Consolidated Piirnti group
hrre to t*nd kffrciittoit in th
f'ty's rrct rational facilt-tiaa.
this gr?Wip has held several
mass protesting the Thstrlci .It.
creation board's insistent* upon -
^rniifah' ttlkvnrnii.L/U t?- *"?
? r ? f ? ?' ? .* r\? , ?f iJirn.1
her* Contribute $1 ouch to the '
group's expense fund* * Th *
money w ill help * pay. po*>iM.
[H>urt ronh Charles .Houston, at
torrjex. has promised his services
free of charge.
Officers of the new" group ar ardner
I. Bishop, president. ,
W B Gill, vice president. Mr ?j
U. T Macklin, secretary and J t. "
Haley Sr . treasurer
The group has printed pnmp^ '
let expTainmfct what it Is fightim: "u
for At the,same timr it has prm'
rd letters explaining the situati n !'
io government official*, but not-i
ing has been done about these v<
ondition*
At The Ringside f
MY LUIX \ ?*( !!. OVKKBKA ' i
Now thai .the bigftght is ctv< ^
tlts/1 fr* ?-* *** *! f 'Krsel-?
?... m v iuu u ? m iiic ni?w
iravy;vfi)iht kmt{ andJor Louis
has really stepped nut of the ,(|
picture. thi< inevitable let down ^,
in boxing world has com?- * . .
Even the busy pen of, Harry
Monde), publicity director of U < \
iternatmnul Boxing club, is idle, '
rnd all h has to Cay ts? "No new*
odayV
t'hai'lrs n ofi to the Rolf links
ifjcr being told to keep off during
iris training period. p
He says he will fight in .in out ^
loor feature for a guarantee of
HOO.fkV) and thr approval of Joe
Louis and tht. IHC Hi* manager,
lake Mini/ who. provided tin j
trued dramatic rmpicnt of the "
id4**~hou: h> faint rig v. ben t'u
decision was. apnounerd^ said
Charles was not planning to fight
tb?* winner of the Maxrrn
)>" Ti-ni itrh
A* hgoUvuvy Charles'tried ?n N
yam to get a shot at CJus Lesievich's
title, he has whipped
Maxim in a split decision 15 round S<
bout in Cincinnati. in
One thing that Charles wa ds hi
to do. howeve to br champ of in
all 48 state*-by defending his g?
rrown in New York against the la
winner of .the London bout be. g<
twerft L?# Savqid and Bruce B
Woodcock. Sept 6 II,- want* th .
undisputed utlc of the world ' **
Whdc m Chicago. Charles wa<? V
? much ?uught after young man
ftci iiri''!'- ' >T flTiT <71 ?very ag?7~'?
demanded his autograph and hojN
lave It. At the National Negro
Achievement Day exposition at "
the Colisrum he received a merit ~
**ar<1 frit ni* achievement.
In the meantime hi* : defeated
[o?\ J rsey Joe W*Jcott, keenly iP|
l:Mp|?ou.t I in the outcome of Ip4
he I* ot. mjv> he will iV'ht again *?
riTl.F.S KOI TS THIS .MONTH j
In up' of the !u!I in pugilts'.c ^
gossip, tvici rea; title j< raps arc ?]
omior apt- on. next week. July
I, between Sugar R-?y Robimort.
eahorweight i.narnpmn an t K' 'j-'J
tavilan. and the other July 1,
ictween ligbtwaight king Ike Lj
Vllllam* and Enr?<}uc Rolano* _ r
Working out in Pompton Lakes, j ^
4 J., Robinson has demonstrated
hat he still can make the Wright r
or-his 14? pound battle w th
Savifan in Philadelphia, lie ,
voighed less than 149 pounds
vith equipment two wreks before
hc big night.
He even took off a day from u*
mxirfg to keep from becoming
Oo share before ?K. hisnt ?'<
trowing sfale While in training J*
>r ha# been concentrating on the ~
47 pound division, and says ?
.< thing about g iJh>j'blr meeting
vith Jake LaMotta for the middle ?
vcight crown. ,. . ..-1 i - mj
raining quarters at ParksvtHa.
4 Y. boirtn gsix rounds a day. M
out into good. ut
ihape. He is down to 1 pound*, fa
Out in California. Ike Williams w
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Oruui taking in" Km! Af?
ri<*a proved far from an eaay
p>0 !?ocnu>o of tribal suspicion*
and {.aboaa and the conitlBl
moving Bf~ different
tribes The completed >e?.
ports show that the popula
Hon of Kenya,. Kgamlu Tapgunylka
and Zanztbat pint:
< <>ratc totals over 17 millioii?-nearly
four n: till irtrmore
than the pre-census i?- /
tdnate of 13,750.000 During
the takkng\?f the census .more v l
than three million.huts were'
surveyed. Shown above are
Top left:'Thirty-year-old C.
Jackie B
On All
CHICAGO' ?:< ANP) Sei-oitd , 1
ucman Jackie Kubinsoti of th
ruoklyn Dodgers won the key- pli
one position for the National
ague alt slut team In the b?I.v|va
ijuLii" the i6th -mho VI tnaj 'T^Htj.
ague all star game t<> Im* pl.t> gu
I in Brooklyn July 12 .. \Tc
In gathering a total ??! --1.1UM.2U Yi
ilea. Itohinaoii wa? tin- hlghi si K
tc getter ip .the leagu* and m- tjfji
mil Hilly to Ti d Williams of th
rgdott Bed So* in the AmerH'tHt 'Cf
ague . Williams VSTTi last year's tic
ghe&t votegetter. too. The" itti
t. antown" outfielder tallied 2, ti.l
1446 Votes fol
i nuy * <unpaneiia. U<k1
its cateher. nor JLiwry Doby, to
ieyo|and i n <1 1 .1 naUouitlieldei.
lii 1 in iKi all ny
ui poll l." ainpanelln 1.004', so
Vhite Sox Hire )onaldson
As Seoul
CHICAGO ~-<ANIM The f4
hica|{<> While SoxHoivr finally
reapted -'the idea that there . t ,
imp -Negro" "h??cball j I ,?> r.?
orth ii< iiutirtK . 'n
I.ost week John Hjgney,' dir e? i
of the Sox farm. system, anj W
Duno il the -ignmj; of Jofiu' v,
111:1 h1*orj ftllKrVr- i-he?) ** ^
|-i III IMC till.ill C C|
hit-ago. an a.\ , II,
Donaldson watt :i;? outstanding M
American' League Hurler ...
Z vtais, he wren 1922 '33
Th. basement dwelling Wju'v
tix have been called the laugh
ig stock of lh American iengu i I't
:*caus< of their short-sightediioss n*
i nor hiring an outstanding Ne
0 prospect, as have the Clev?- vn
rvd Indians, the Brooklyn Do-Jiff,
New York Giants, an I WJ
oston Braves. ,?
The Sox home grounds. Conn 3
ley park, is right In the baCK
ird of Chicago'* crowded N?- j,
o community 1 on the Soutn "
>dr and is easily arrestable \.J
cgro patrons If they had ava l 'r,
1 themselves of a Luke Eastvr.
Montr Irvim or a Sammv-. Ki
throe, all playing in minor ;
agues, but owned by the In ||i
ans. Giant* and DtgfgVr* resotively,
the Sox could have ?
ilstered their position in thv
ague and reaped thousand* <d I
.liars
m started training for his July I
bout with! Enrique Solano* I
Iter a few daya of limbering up I
? t?. r. . o/*oi?i - - 1
ik drill*. I
Th?a ulU: bvul will determine I
lather William* ha* gone back 11
not, Voted the boxer of th<- 1
ar tn 19*8. he ha* done little in I
49 He lost two bout* to KkI I
vilan whom he had previously <1
frated, and he ?ha?be?n force I, I
pool pond hi* bout with Uolano* !
'ice becaust of injuries
Bob no* has been fighting tune '
i bouts in Mexico Cny, recently, i
LAST HdNTTF. JAIIK
A suit for $190,000 damages
alnst the city of San J<w,
ilif, has bt?a tiled by Mn
male Cornwall of De* Momes. f '
t 8h# 1* the widow of Billy V
wnwell. boxer who died after 1
fight with Pete Marline* in. .
srati this past? 4 Piled
with the city clerk, the |it
charges that the cKy Was j
gligewt m providing proper ring
eitttiaa. It claimed that pedding ]
as thin. ' .
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reelor of the E4at Africa
Istettatical d?n>anriici>t, in hi?
lofflce al mlroU, K. irya lie
hai travrlled **vef ^(HW mlW*
lof which 16,000 wm by air
latnc? he flat t.> Afncu fi?U-^_
I lowing the > war Educated at
IWulvcr-hamptnn ami Man*
Hi heater untvrrany ir. England.
| Martin was put in charge of
a Krcuun in Wtnaton Church
HI i wartime "Brians Ttuat"?
At the age of 23
Top rujht: David Waruhtu,
chief Tu'pervlaor for the cenaua
In the Kiambu district of
laps Oi
Star T<
12 vote* Jo rule second beh m
iilv SrtnmKli uf the fhdadetita
Phillies
Doby rallied In thr final day'->
'tin* to |aln 062.468 voMtf
rdr fifth amnnt American le.i
>e outfielder* behind Williama,
immy llenrtch of tha New York
inktes Dum DlMawKio. -i
d So*, and Dale Mitchell of
r Indiana
Tin poll Wl>'.conducted by th<
IK i K" lV4mne ?nd 627 aaaut ml
w | adlo station. and
? A record total of S
~ 'a ''*n N P't'ked* the all ita.i .*
r 104V
The starting lineups for the txs .
ima will be
NATIONAL LEAGUE -- Johm
Mi/e. N Y Giants. lb. Robin
n 2h. Eddie Ka/ak. St L?>\i)S
ndinalv 3b Hrtrojd (I'eew.ei I
eae. Brooklyn, us. Setninh k. c'
STANDING
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Associate Negro l're*%
latern Division W L I't'T.
lit more 24 13 "til l
w rofK 15 10 600
OliidHptiiu 15 23 30.i
dianapoliK 14 26. .310
uliVillc y 31 22V
dlcrn DiVlvion ' W L PCT
invas Cjty 27- 15 64.1
rmtnijharn " ??25- 15 H2r?
10 ajO ' , 26 IV 57.1
>u*tnn 17 17 500
. fnpO.* i6 19. 437
tc; six aattincj
INDIVIDUALS LEADERS <
Runs hatted in?Brown. Kt.\ 40.
ar?on, Baltimore, and Sum
iTH. v riwago. M
Chicago, 13, IXi.i,
LV.i mingham. 58.
Doubles- mown, KC, and M<
ird, KC. 14
Triplet -?Formcn thai. Mrniphlv
l'? i.ninglon, Chicago, 5.
II' me runs--J Davi*. Houston,
five pluyf r> Ikil ju 5 each,
(i h<fl<"Ptn/. Dli mmghtm ? l;
ifinh, Philadelphia. 5-1:
SI: ikc'outs--Collins. KC. HO. Monr.:*.
Chicago. 82
Stolen bases. Thurr.ian, KC, 10,
II. Chicago 9.
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FOOD STOKE
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Free Delivery Servtee
J. E. Barnes. Prop.
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vuncge r lower
Shop
^jneral* ? Cut FlowwaVeddiom
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Table Decoration*.
T. J AULIVAN. ItLEft.
COLEMAN
PHONfc 2-5752
150? HARDEN ST .
Cafie: 5S41MI9S
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K?my*. 7 He ia acen hattdlnf j
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Waruhtu wit educated at the
; Church of Scotland miaaion,
If .L 11| |K Hililflii Uial|
AtRU/U|> WIT KtUWIv
achool. Uganda, Adain'a col-.
_ h|je, South Africa and Tort
flartc. South Africa. He ha* ...
. recently town appointed to the
admmiatratWe <wf of the
Kenya government
llortonv Enumerators explain
1" headmen In the village of
Kamariari, In the Central
Province of Kenya, how the
_ cenaua questionnaire m completed
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land Ralph Kiner, Pittsburgh P.r-'
atea; Stan Muaiai. St Iaiuis Cat.(Una
la, and Willard Marshall,
Gianct, out fielder a
American league - Eddir R-obmTw?n,
Waxhington Senator*. lbrCa?.i --j
Michael*, Chit ago White Sox. 21),
ncorge M^ll. Ut'truli Tigrr-s, 3U.
fel, ji, (leorgr TrbMlt, Ikmli.ti
Red Sox. C, and Williams Henric.i,
ami Jcm* IhMagglo. oullu-i.'i c*
While winning hia berth a* the I
first Nrgr?Vf)layor on a major league
alt star team, Robinson ha* |
taken the lead in I>at0ng with .303.
in total hits with 100, and in
atofen base* with 17 He alio
leads thr league m runs battad I
In. and '? <tod fur the league lead I
in doubles and ti ?pie*
By playing in this game Rohm i
son will he the first person, colored
or white, to ever play In both ;
the all atai football game and the I
all star baseball game
Piggott To Coach
At A. and T. College
GKEENSHOJIO. N-X: (AN!*)Ii<
tt Piggott. lormi-r fixJtball Wfk
field ?tar at Illinois. an ! !<>r the i.
lx?X Angtde* I>on*, has igned-'
ri>rich at A and T Collcgf next .
fall, it Wiu announced fay hea l;
< u;n'h William M Bell 'luring the,
week.
AIr> joining th> A ami T a tuff j
Letpy Harris Harris will be
head haskfdball coach Pnfgott
will br track coach and assistant
football roach.
Pigieott was one of ' the Illini
backfirld stars in the HH7 Ro?c
Howl game in which Buddy .
Voting ami Paul Paiti'r?m !?./? I
team to ft 45-14 victory over
UCLAWhile
at- it)inoii lx- earned letters
in track a rut football lie
earned h 4 master's degree froin
thr University of Illinois this
year in tb June exercises
He also played a yc#r of Proball'with
the Dons ot the All-A- i
merican Conference During the
M sr hr played under Coaph Hell's
Tuskegee Army Field team.
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Support Of Negro Bj
Discussed By Leagu
BY LU1X ?J>TRBKA
illlCAGti^tANr.) Thc
tjuotuvi of /an support of N?Rim
h . . t>:\U ^toams w?> brought up
l?M wrcjr by another baseball official.
IT 8s Slmmoiu, bu*tnes?
nuiftficr of the Chicago American
tetania -
behind hi* ftarrup at
the lack of support of the American
Qianta . arm* to- ho that an
average attendance of around.
5,000 fan* have been'convhg.to
nv the Giants play double headers
and night game* at Comiakey
P?.K which ^JuT 48,000 fan*.,
wtu!?\ Negro fan* flock in much
larg'-r number* tn *ce the Cleveland
Indian* play the Chicago
Whit*- Sox .of the American league
or the Brooklyn Dodger* play
the Chicago- Cub* dn thr National
Iragut
Tab week* ago the Giants
catpr facts* to face with competition
from Jackie H till In sou. Roy
Cam panel la. l)o?? "tfPU-cbmbe and
the itiixiklyn Dodger* Only a;
scattered few fana strolled imo
spacious ' Com t sky park to ip? the
ruiw the hottest team In
Nem baseball, Wtft double
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Charles' Boss
Asks Recognition
Of N. Y. Board
PITTSBURGH. PA <ANP)
Jake Mints, managri of world]
heavyweight champion Ktzard
Charl le*. last week wrote a, letter
to Co) Eddlr Kagan. chuirman of
ihf Nr.' V..?h Statu Athletlr i-nm
ml#?iqn, asking him to recogmsc
Chariot as champiott.
New York is not a member of
the NUA and did not recognise
the winner of th* Charles Walcott
as champion. Right now in N?w
York there is no heavyweight
champion
In-hH tetter MirvU-Avrotr
"Colonel. tn Making you 10 re
cognltr Charlesas the world's
chiirnpton. you would t?e doing
the only decent thing for you to
do at the present time. I tun
sure you {will be hacked up by 95
percent of your sports writers as
well si fay the public. You will
also be doii% tlie game a good
deed."
Right or trrtfng ?
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e Team Official
header from the Houston Eagle*.
On the north aide of Chicago at
the other end of.town i? crowd of ?
more than 42.000 jammed the
Cuba' park to *<h< ?ho lWgera \
lose to thf Cuba. <>f thta massive \ \
crowd. at least one third was N> '
Sunnvons advised Una about
Negro baseball. "D ?n't kill the 1 fe
fsMMe that lays the golden efgv \
I call Negro baaeball the gooso, V
our playera the golden <gZg* . 1
In his pica for more fan sup- *>-]
port Simmons (Hunted out that
Negro nasebali negan . fONMl
operation in 1920 when the late
Itube Foiitr formed the old National
lewgur Only neontly, he
Mm. am the wnttc leagues fiQslly
recognize the N. gro player. *
"Negro Jbucball dimply cannot
yurvtve without the proper sup*
port," he said "If Nrgro batebell
dips there1 will t>e mj_other means
! prepare N.g.o players for the
majors It will he finis to those
who ore now in the majors.
. "Our h " trying
to hrep (hi old goose alive with '
the n?'Ui\ahh?. nt you give when
you attend our Ran\ri Without
your support the igooee will grow
wjcakerv and'Aoon the golden Hff nlsym
wdl . o^t- be pto? ?
|dueedH. Although
in 194? .end 104#
Simmons American Giant?t own*
ed bl league president, Dr. John
IV Martin, had not '-^recovered
from wir lows, this the year
after a poof start they tisve risen
front the bottom of their league
near tno top However, attendant
has fallen off
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Folks say we've
crowded more downright
pleasure into
this bottlejthan they
"ever dreamed of! j
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It's our own family's rscipa
If -tad weS?_bann dbtllUn^
I *v*r sine* tght?ti tlffctf
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11 of OUT family,
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Culture Taught
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Alteration and Prawing
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1 C. A. Robertson, Proprietor
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