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I? ' "' ' , ' ' ' ': - .V/.'': . ;.' ' r T~ " . It ,..? 7 . * . ' -?--' -SATURDAY. OCTOBER 29, 1949 Beating The Gun r " " -- --- ~ _ * v ,, , By A1 Moses ?P?? ft,. ? NOT FORGETTING-NED IRISH ~ NEW YORK^CANP) AROUND THE TIME PEARL HARBOR was - attacked, we fought a local, "lone wolf" campaign against Basket?; hall's undisputed czar.. Today he is the eyes, ears and heartbeat for the--?ix-hundred millionaires Who operate and own the stock of historic Madison Square ir- Btnien* Temple of Sports in New-York City: J -? -To be sure the iiume bf that towering figure in a sport that com . rnands the attention of SO-million fans is Ned TrUh?_ ? It ould be most difficult to convince us that Mr. Irish is free of a type of bias that would permit the relaxed association of colored ?^ 1 ??rV\ 1 _ _ - 1 _ iL - "1 ri e* ?u wiuie jruuugsiurb as general.procedure ;<Jn me- wa xcu rioors or t the Harlem YMCA. This we say in light of these facts: (a) Our files contain not less than 20 return-registered-receiDt cards -sent over an eight, year ,st,rofi'h to Mr- Iri^h with never n rcour pointed atacks On this subject (?) ^ (b) In a day in which the trend to at least make "Sports" interracial has swept aside the blistering virus that was" major league baseball's damnable 'Unwritten Law* which served to bar Negro player alone, Ned Irish has consistently resisted our plea for recognition of CIAA (colored college) quintets, worthy of competing against opposition in the universities of learning whose student bodies are predominantly Whites (?) While here and there the walls show hrcprhpi and thi? m ih.it Negro school or professional club plays ever and again our unremitting crusade plunges ahead, until all Americans, have equal entree to the baseball picture with its $20,000 salaries in the profesSiOXE '_nl_field; and withJi^.mt<>rntttiomrLglui'V and Industrial (large copor. ? HOW-ABOUT-THIS, MR. WILLIS??? Harlem has only one outstanding membership in. which, billiards can be'played under'observation that lifts the spot out of the average poll room atmosphere. That would be the Willrose musicians club, 168 W. 132 St., just off Seventh avenue. Herbert Taylor, Jul' ias Byrd, and Kleeber ("Dark Prince") Willis", are the well known Harlemits who overseer the club's activities. We address our self to Brother" Willis since We are a constant "victim'r of^his at the popular game of "One Pocket"; Look, Kleeber, if the public-demand (an advance ticket campaign) warrants enough interest in the community, would you and yUor associates consider staging a pocket Billiard match to decide the "Uptown Champion??? Players'we would nominate for such a tourney, all local_men-aro as follows: Paul Grah;my-(T>otroit~STtTh) Hafiv Colo^ "Skirmvher?+-1 Cdo not know his real name) Jersey Roy. DON'T WAGER AGAINST IT \ " V Baseball is talked all Winter long despite the presence of football, Basketball, hockey, boxing, indoor track and field meets, billiard tourneys,, bowling, etc. For that reason we submit the following information to safeguard those who bet-at-the-drop-of-the-hat: > BABE RUTH was home rumchampion from 1918-1924, 1926, 1931. making 13 years iq all'.. LOU GEHRIG won the "most valuable league player award''~thrg?i .timo&-ai<lrn thnn thn ^.mgrHnrrftr mr ^no" did and for 1h,. fnllmirinff rnnaom.- 10^7, IQ ll 1004 ] Q-in Babe Ruth/ won this award in 1923 JOE DIMAGGIO, won this coveted plaque in 1939, 1941, 1947 (as we go to press the 1949 season -.not ..been considered ...The ."Yankee Clipper" was- league batting champion in 1939-1940- Raho BitHnmrc kihg^lhrY^T Gehrig ranked above all other American league swatter* in 1934; .and George Srirawciss. 1945 7? Other Yankee home run champions were: Wally Pipp, 1916-1917; Bob Meusel, 1925; Nick Etten, 1944. N.Y. Yankees who led their loop in "Runs-Batted-In" include: Babe Ruth 1920-21, 19?3, 1926, 1928; Meusel, 1925; Lou Gehrig, 192728, 1930, 1931, 1934; Joe DiMaggio, 1941-1948; Nick Etten, 1945; Miller Huggins, Yankee pilot, won sixjAmerigan League flags; 1921^/nt 23; 1921, 1928. Puseph McCarthy; present manager of the Boston "? Red SnV if!nr) o? " vr ? xanK^e cmet tan. won eight League pennants, 1932, .1939; -494L-HM3; 194?. FrdrrTT.923-1949. N'. Y. Yankees have met and defeated i n World S e r ,ies "clashes the following opponents; N.Y. Giants, 1923; Pittsburgh Pirates, 1927; St. Louis Cardinals, 1928; Chicago Cubs, 1932; N.Y. Giants, 1936-1937; Chicago Cubs, 1938; Cincinnati Reds, 1939; Brooklyn Dodgers, 1941; St. Louis Cardinals 1943; Brooklyn Dodgers, 1947; and Burt Shotton's Brooklyn Dodgers in tlv; late-lamented 10-cent ? subway fare World Series, 1949. . . . 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'. r ?i * - . * Johnson Hornets Get Win No. 5 By Ripping Lakeview The H A Jnhi?nn Groftn Hop- ? and no defeats for the season a.? they bowled over the Lakeview high team of West Columbia 28.6 on Hurst Field Friday night. 7 Pettigrew of the hornets recoV-; H ered a fumble on the "Lalceview 23 and three plays later Prt?aal?y? sltpped~offTight end for the first tally in the contest. The second Johnson score came in the _ second quarter 'when Cochran did a nine,yard sprint to end a see-saw struggle. Williams made placeTpphtTBoykinft repeated thp scor= ing from his one yard line ' and the local lads had a 19-0 lead, which was whittled down when Lakeview put on a 62 yard march to net their only tally. Dcrvis did the scoring. Martin scored the final tally, with Williams converting. Coach Charles Bottlen's hor-~ nets moved thusly nearer to an undefeated season and some kind of. honoring titl. - - -- - - - - - Charleston Xouth?Center Opened By A. M. E. Church i . By 1. M. A. Myers ? J CHARLESTON ? The Char- t lest on Youth Center is a new ~~j project pf the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the first venture among Methodists in Sout^i Carolina. _ ' The Committee chairman administering and supervising the - Cenwr presently is the Reverend T. J. vMiles of Columbia. Tire property is located in an ideal section of Charleston, and is val- j * ued at $35,000, though the church i a was able to secure it for $15,000. 11 Elder Miles made, this disclos- v urc to members and delegates at d the North East Annual Confer- w ence in Mullins last week. : " d The Center will furnish severalLb types of services. It will be a nur sei.v for care and tutorage of the ,) very yoting children, and as a e kindergarten for those who are f< approaching wilT"p "Be^Thaven for the" old -and the v physically weak people of the --church In the Charleston area/it' ^ was announced. I iVlucfi To Do-' Star > Says At Bennett GREENSBORO, N. C. ?"Just , Because. w^-have?gfntcTi?n few o good breaks doesn't mean that 'jwe are 'in', " Jackie Robinson j. told Bennett Collect- students I si during his appearance . on the ^ campus last week. < Th,. Dodger's famous second li b_asctmui-is-intn'ently on a barfi-?. storming tour with his A.ll-Star t] team. He was, accompanied by j| " Roy Gampanella and Don New- d combe, both Dodger player.-, and i ? harry Doby of tin Cleveland an* I Indians. J The players Were given an en- h thusiasu? welcome by tin stu-t-y "dents, who listened avidly their words of greeting Strilrirxr ? ?-?* ? 1 ??"?mn-rr7-n^ nCJXL' ill h .3 j g, remprks, Robinson reminded the students that there "is still much b to be done to ,bottor race rola- t tion>. We have come a long way," ^ he said, "but. we must not be- r come satisfied and quit? An "tUTe citizens you have a great ^ responsibility; never forget this. v We must continue to- fight until ? we reach our goal". ? His words drew forth spont'aiift.us applause. The girls will niivm- forget the melf who have inudi .mill a great contribution v to America's favorite sport and S ^vilb have done so much for their h ra^' ' 13 IT'S CHEAPER ti To Have Tour Watch r' o Repaired At _ jl si WORK GUARANTKBD ti y CRYSTALS 35c fs< 1229 Taylor Street ^ 1 YOUR KAKKitV 1 SPECL wadding ^ a/Hi anniversaries, Kdr your parties, get-togethers, ^.Jiakery srrvtce. We bake lb yoi Apricot Dandies, Coffee Rings, Rolls. Bread and Special Ocrasl I Place Your Order And Li I TAYLOR'S KITC1 12 splilno street CHARLESTO ?: " "i s ' t THE LIGHTHOUSE an Ebony Publisher < i HtmE John H. Johnson, left, publish :warded the Derie Miller tropl Chicago last week. In the cente; he famd Passion play held in mstrcss of ceremony at-the sen lent of th foundation. Seen in he battleship USS Missouri dur; jorrowed from the Navy. SPORTS R EVIEW By Garnell Ilall This week end is a big day fo he sport fans in South Carolin s the scene of gridiron, actio rioves to Carolina Stadiun I vhere on Thursday tne tsene ict College "Tigers" will clas -'ith the Clnflin "Panthers," I'termined eleven from Orange org.?' The r.port events will highllgli he annual Negro State-Fair "Ben diet College "Tigers" once de L'ated bv Iht^.FIorida A .mrl tv tattlers, boasting a two gam ginning streaK, will nave razo harp and claws will put tbfl very effort to avenge the scora ?ss tie. the - Orangeburg unde ogs held them to the past yeai leverthcless, a Stallworth coac' earn is one you will have i eckon with. BOOKER MEETS MATHER It,tis the concept of t,he publi aa-t Mather?can h~>se~~alT til ami -, that sh0 plays and Booke Washington can win them ai! Imvevor. uIkii the two htgl hool t-tuns moot at tin- stadiun lather, will win. Friday wil 11 whether or not Mather is th eal boys "Jinks/' . . The' "Tornadoes" are favorite lis y<at\ Whether thy can maU stirk or not'will be "Sue7r~Fn ay at Carolina Stadium. AN JOHNSON HIGH DO IT If UllA f.vll ... .. At- * - *??**." ^>^>U Ulcil in ohnson "Green " 1 lormt.s" area hot" you can assume that the; aven't seen them in action th. car. This r tifpriFtrvg'~ three yea earn has astonished Columbians by going tins l;m-ui>dcfea: <L A hard charging line and ackfield that never says "die," ie by Avery of Charleston i heir only setback. The "Ho. ?rts" chalked up the ir__fQJiril ietory on H^rtePFrctft lasT Fii ay night by rolling over Lak iew of West Columbia 28-6 Th uestion now is "Can Johnson g y Booker jrhen they clasi ere?" ^ FORT JACKSON WINS _Xiuj-?W4 Jm ksun "Keel Devil." /on a trunlling football ga*a unday afternoon, defeating th< igh regarded Fort Benning/'Dm >oys" 7-6, before approximate! 5,000 unsegregaled fans. In thi ie army has proven that athle cs can be played in South Ca ^linu regardless of race or co4 r. As the spectators sat .wheri Vei' there war. a seat, the coach' tso nlnvrvH <? , u^a wnn? ? jrc3zriZ3Eu^ReWT?Thr mixt < :ands on the Jackson side ever; me Benning would gain wouh ell "Hold that Line Essex." Es 2X, a Negro, was a stellar Jack )n tackle on defense. Ward, an ther?Ncgrn made the Touc 1. own fc*r Benning on an enc NEEDS 01 ik ! tLTY use our "Personalized' , fur every meal, for your ur order. < Fruit Cake, Pound Cake. < nrT Pastries. ! ?t Us Serve You Too HEN BAKERY ; PHONF, 2-02S.S N. 8. C. I ' I INFOKMER COLUMBIA, & C. m??_______________ pets Miller .A ward ] i ( |M u |gjja < j I T A I bbu 1 < g| ier of Ebony and^ Negro Digest, was by at the Olivet Baptist church inr is Wi-lla Saunders Jones, sponsor cf Chaicago annually, who served as rices. Elmer Yowler; right, is preslthe picture is the flag that was on. ing the Pearl Harbor attack It was (AN Pi ?& : around from the five yd. line. If it isn't contrary to your be liefs, Port Jackson is the olace for sport tans on aunaay aneinoons. The admission is free. Music and drilling was the half r a time feature, it i" fr MM ii^i r aan o |U ~ I fet*^ ** * *'5 * ^ **"\f V . ; " Our Famil .1 : as tasty as It's trie identical < us distillers enjoy-s If you've ever hauled a t hot muffins out of a lovi oven-^-and busted one of t ?I" open, and slapped a big h country butter onto it ? thi wfint I mean by tasty! Ai tell you right here and nc | get that heap of extra tast s drinks every bit as mucl eats. I'm talking about the Pe ily's Whiskey of us Wilkei 60 odd years of distilling behind it. Folks claim for T " >^The Old-Fa 1 ^ c^nn nno M / ? / ~NOW V 50 odd pages of the recipes you ever smi and. your quarter ri( 1 mmm.. . is PROOF. 70% GRAIN NEUTRAL SP ^" ??I:LURIR|'HIHI1 ... 1 ? u 1 Claflin Sror^K Foi Vlw* tttf kJvvKvlj Jl V To Highlight Wee ORANGEBUKG ? Before a- this >out 3,000 fans here in the Fair S Grounds Stadium Saturday nighty ban hg maroon and orange clad pan- less hers of Claflin University coast- day ?d to a 31-13 victory over Paine yell College of Augusta, Georgia. Bjco The Panthers scored twice hf doll he first seven mintitea - oTpIajT Qf ind_w?re-neverTrTtrouble after- aft^ vard?. throttling the publicized hal: jassing attacK of the Georgians 7.7 ind running up their fourth win h n a row fo rthe year, all in con-~~~ 'erence competition. Face Real Test Yet Cla But the panthers, and even the B?* [Claflin rooters, v^ere not too con- All< 'erned over this game. They had S. i :wu other questions; one was vhethcr or not the panthers could! ;ake down Bethune-cookman, for the conference ehamninnshin nnH km :he other was whether or not :oach Leslie Stallworth's charges :ould beat back in succession the Ben diet College tigers, faced on Thursday during the week in the annual Fair classic in Carolina Stadium in Columbia, Allen University and-State Collegenear the- end of the season. Coach Stallworth can be expected to put everything into the Benedicr game, and when his platconed gridsters hit the stadium it is a safe bet they are going to give the tigers a battle, if not even a surprise. A weaker Claflin team held a favored Benedict to a scoreless.tie last year. With Other State Teams The tigers rested on the weekend and were holding secret sessions for this important battle. Coach H. S. Turner wants to wm, H ea d o u arte^i-Coht: pi et? ?ONE STOP' SERVICE WAVERLY ESSO STATION finr&Taylor Sts. Phone *83# Jasper Caldwell, Owner Hf! There'i mighty few that eyer t muffin as tastyasMa Wilken When -we hand our neighbors an invite t< upper, Ik's funny how fast they take ua the hopes they're going to have Ma Wilk< In thia snap?-"reading from left to ri iwapipaw say?It's Andy Kooser, a j Cap, my brother in law Tom, me, my brot and our dog Jessie. If you'd like the malt muffins and other wonderful old-fashu just you get busy with that coupon doe r~" . Harr y puts up a \ Ma Wilkens Jrink as tastinesslfs got evei it home ! mile. Each and every up according to the in of piping tastiness that Grand ely smelling away back in the ! hose muffins batch has got every 1 unk of fresh Wilken pieked up co pn you know in whiskey, during fdT want to distilling. >w ? you can So if you want to f iness in your tastiness a family ca 1 as in your tie when they set th< vou buv vourself T1 ?rsonal Fam- Whiskey the very ft is with some that turns up. I mis* i experience don't say the Witk out and out well bv youl _ ishioned Cook Book . folks wrote in for SO** 25? jht away quick 1 ? M FlMIl R? mniT IWTS THE W1LKEW FAMILY CO, UWMWCtMM, * ? - ' , I.... ' . , . i . . | L . \ * v, j "7 . [i ' ' > ? ^ ' , ' . * | urth Straight < kend Football i one badly, too. tate College bulldogs and Alala A. and M. battled to a scorg-_ _! tie hi Himtaville, Ala. Satur- ] while the Allen Univfersity lowjackeia lost to Morris ot fn Atlanta 21-7 Friday, so in the last trail, victims^ a Wolverine passing attack, ?r having dominated the first f and ending the half in a deadlock. i_ ' . Records For Teams To Date am W L T flin 4 9 0 ledict 2 10. en University 2 3 0 3. State 0 3 0 " arris College 0 3 0 Doesn't include October 22 ekend game. 3 More than n jlll CtfrtttnTTJ. Stagg of Blakely, Georgia is Medical Lab Technician of Ft. Mcpherson Hospital. He qualified for this important asslgnment on graduation from the Laboratory Technician School, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. His experience is a good illustration that U. S. ARMY AND U.S. AIR 1703 Main St. ^ t v, , ^ ^ ^ IhSGEL ' mm. vhiskey m muffins? _____ rything skinned a Am ' bottle of it is put JM ( special rules of ivfra pa Wilken got up 1880's. And each ittle last thing Pa jrf ncnniiTg fast mess 77 [ his lileiime of Iffljfcy ind out how much I j n pack into a bot- *? itr mind to it, just l\ A* ie Wilken Family rst spare moment . l\ J mY guess if you ens done mighty Th? MapUt, R.F.D. No. i Lawrancabarf, ladiaaa Would you pWoao and kin< | a.nd mo Wilken Fona Home Cooking Album Han my quarto (29#). ^ Your (?jp I ZZti*. " ?>? ? ss I Your ****** ? ^ _ Ton ooroo ooao ?? ? - ? ' ?*?*'^81 : rr ~ .".4 _ . ,- 'Yi\ ~~~\ " "..V,., .. PAGE 8EYJEN mmm?mm?m+mmmmim ^ Visit After Article CHARLESTON - W. ilbert 4 Johnson, Jr., professor of Education at 9.C. State College la latives hene' ^ summer tour of several centers. * Relatives here nduded Mrs ML Johnson, Mr. end Mrs, RE. flurray and Mrs. W.J. Williams. ? Last May Professor Johnson wrote an article, "The Registrar In English Universities," published in the Bulletin of the Association of American Colleges. In June he attended a workshop in * ? philosophy and psychology at Sarah Lawrence-College, Bronxville, N.Y. and visited relatives in Chicago, friends in Detroit and in Windsor, Canada, , leets the eye Iifel CfL Staff sets I his sights fori . ?? successful career ^ ? as lah tsshakkm r - -?~ * r'v "there la more to the Army then meets the eye." The U. S. Army offers ambitious young men things ? chance for more education and i& learn a trade, good pay, good living conditions, retirement benefits, and opportunities for advancement*, FORCE RECRUITING SERVICE Columbia, S.C. . ~ I : n Hb v ?#' * II. ? njq I^^BSe - " i .ly n. wmmm ummv ' J ^: . v ; >v^