Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, February 14, 1953, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 11
- By FRITZ POLLARD for GLOBAL NEWS SYNDICATE
By FRITZ POLLARDx
, New York, (Global)?By the time this goes to press, many of j
the boys will be on their way to training camps. 1 understand the i
pitchers and catchers for the Dodgers are leaving the early part
HI' of this month. That means that Joe Black will have to give up
H\ some of his business activities, stop selling cosmetics for a while
I tand concentrate on pitching . . . Campanella will be catching baseH
balls instead of catching some of those dollars tha troll across
I his liquor store counter. It is rumored that Larry Doby may be
traded to Detroit by (the Cleveland Indians, which will give the
H folks in Detroit something to cheer about.
There is still a question mark around the Sam Jethroc deal
H of the Boston Braves . . . Luke Easter says he will have one of
I - his best seasons . . . Wond comes out St. Louis from owner Veeck
that "ole Satchmo" is -still traveling along.
The unfortunate incident when Hank Thompson was brutally
clubbed by a cab driver, should teach all of our athletes thtjt~tt ?
H isn't wise to be an exhibitionist, because there are nlwavs some
Mjealous guys around the corner ready to lay it on." . . . The rumor :
is still in full bloom that Willie Mays may be back with the Giants I
this year.
Jackie Robinson was asked what he thought of the rookie second
baseman Junior Gilliam who is being brouht down from Montreal
to the Dodgers. Jackie's reply over the radio was that he hop- t
ed the boy would be all they say he is and that if he should be a
good enough to replace him at second base, there will always be r
I . some other place on the Dodger roster for him. Jackie also stated a
that he would do all he could to teach the boy every trick of the a
game?and believe me, Jackie can do just that. As you know,
Jackie has quite a temper and this story has been told by several *
I of his friends: ^
The catchers on various teams out of earshot of the public
when Jackie first started playing, called him everything from a ^
skunk to a gorilla and continuously tried to annoy him while at
I bat Although Jackie boiled over, he fully realized that this was Y
H part of the game, but often wondered especially why the umpires, q
who know there is a rule against profanity, never punished or said
In one game when Jackie was being harassed with vile proH
fanity, by one of these men, he turned to the umpire and said,
<rWhat's the matter?do all of these catchers belong to Lucky Luci- .
I ano's gang?" There was a period of silence. Jackie turned around,
the pitcher thew the ball and Jackie proceeded to hit a home le
I rim. So now, Jackie says the less said about umpires the better.
Arthur Daly of the New York Times tells this one: On the
brighter side, pie Dodgers were playing an exhibition game in
Macon, Georgia. The Ku Klux Klan had made threats against je
Jackie and he was very nervous, not because of himself, but be- c(
cause of what might happen otherwise. The story goes on to say
that Jackie, who has proven now that he can control himself, cool- Je?
ed his aggressiveness and his highly competitive instincts, there- j ^
fore, it was known that he would never make the first move. ;rc
Before the gam^ he was warming up, playing catch with his *g.
back to Pee Wee Reese. Reese, knowing the tension under iQi
which Jackie was laboring, turned and with all his boyish charm, |C?
I smiled and said, "Get away from me, you human target?if they ! w
shoot at you they might hit me and I don't look good full of holes." j th
I Robinson laughed?the tension broke. A few days later, during an !
exhibition came, tauntine in th*? ct QnHc time rrn?iinn nnitn rmuYh I
I But it suddenly stopped when Reese beckoned Robinson to him, p<
put his arms around his teammate, which was a supreme gesture of TI
defiance to men with little minds. j vj
Tuskegee Cagers Turn Tables And ' ,
Spank Florida Rattlers B\ 60-49
By Curtis M. Cooper dc*r the basket and slinking it J ]e
Tuskegee Inst-, Ala. ? A fast in from falling positions. When j y(
and accurate shooting five from things were about to get out ofjtQ
Tuskegee saw their range here j hands, Gracia would take over se
Monday night and slipped a winj^nd take the ball out court toiar
pass the Florida A & M whack-! t,0?l things dowft. The buzzer I
ing .them to the tune of 60-49. |.sounded for the half wtih Tus-,n(
The Tigers from Tuskegee took kegee leading 31-24.
the court at the beginning of the' With the third quarter under M
' - -j gnrne
with a determination to way. each player on both teams I
get back into the win column nnri b.-g-in?tn?get thai caution 4th A
thought that Florida was to be foul on them. Florida elected to,
the victim. Charles Bonner'start- take their men ourt with fourjji
ed the scoring for 'skegee and the fouls on them, but Tuskegee
tigers were never headd from went along with their same1 V
here on. Willis Hockett and Bon-[starting-lineup. Florida's second!
ner racke'd up the scores for Tus- team seem to work against Tuskegee
and the Tigers led at thojkegeo better-than the first five co
quarter, I6-1S. and shot baskets for basket a-.,h
Florida was showing strength Utainst-their- opponents, frt-lnTon-'*
and control of the backboard but tinned to play heads up ball for
was not able to head the tigers.t famcoe and helped bring hisj11
Here the entire 'skegee team bo- b?nm within five points when the pr
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tfin to look like a million dollar., buzzer ended the third quarter
group on the floor with each of with 'skegee still ahead 44-39.
the five time after t '"mi i a. li 1111 I 11H 11 i ih mi ih n in i i
^ through the strings. jnt0 the game at this point and, b(
I Rege' Gracia demonstrated that j that seem to be'just what Tus-jt](
he belonged on the first Ave for kegee was waiting for. The Rat-] |1(
Tu-skegee; working the ball un- tiers seem to be ready to movc^j,
from here on but the tigers jr
C I I matched basket for basket and
I rrs CHEAPER 1 when Florida begin to throw , q
J To Have Your Watch J ithe _ball away the tigers begin nt
# # to slip away. With the confidence
1 Repaired At J of the win, the tigers started toL
C ' < I play with their opponents giv- .
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SEEKING SIAC and Nation- tournament champion. First
'age Honors?The Florida A row, left to right, Charles Wanind
M. Coliege Rattlers, a pc- za, Tallahassee; James Blair,
ennlal contender (or national Knoxville, Tenn.; William Rice,
md SIAC basketball honors, Sandusky, Ohio; Herbert Dixon,
re again one of the nation's top William McCoggle, Walter Mcluints,
Ed Oglesby is serving Griff, Freddie I)yles, St. Peters
lis third year as head coach. bur*, Fla., and James Lawfhe
team is defending league rente, Tallahassee. Second row,
lorris Has Upset Several Sally Leag
Vin Over Favored Colored Players Si
avannah State Atlanta, Ga. ? indications art
o 4 nir~ /-n \ ! that several South Atlantic LeaSumter?-Morris
College s has- i * ,
.. .44 j , ! cue clubs are .ready to make ust
atball quintet warmed up fori** - ? x , ,
i , O 4 J 4 41 o f competent Negro baseball
5 crucial Saturday meeting with , K A
., ... .. , plavers and one or two exped
lien University by a surprise H . . ... ..
ctorv over Savannah State Col- to init'ate tbc,r sorvlces W"h thl
go last night. 64.36. 1953 basebaU scas0n'
It was-the first defeat for Sa- T1* Savannah Ind.ans bus,annah
State in their ran for manager Walt Campbell dasle
1953 SEA Championship and c'oseS| _ fV^' , ,Un..er.,.li,,t!
aves Morris with a 4 win 0 loss 14WVV' ai4U ?4"vo' 7?'
inference record. ypar ANS' ^ ^aitrng only foi
The entire Morris Team play- tbe P*ayers ^ } e ?? ea
1 an aggressive game under the s'**n before emP ovint csc nev>
ackboards regularly snatching sources ?* P?wer?
bounds from the ready hands of The Sally Lea6uc move comes
avannah's 6'-7" Williams. If any- after Neero Players havc seemec
ae thine could be named as the _to mash, idogn.racial burners ir
i use of the "Hornets win. least 10 communities othei
ould be the aggressiveness of j
,e entire squad I CharleS WailtS
Highest scorer for the Hornets |.
as Sandy Whitfield with 16-AllOttier C{<l'Ck
aints; Carl Lewis with 13 and . TVxl
honaas Brown with 10. For Sa- At jL10clVy tltiC
annah, Cook led with 11 points1
id Williams followed with 10. D<,,ro". Mich (CNS)? Having
. the preliminary game Lake disposed of 23 year old Tommy
ity High School defeated Mayes- Harrison ,n a ninth round techHe
Institute 36-33. ! mcal knockout, Ekzand Charles
Tomorrow night, the Hornets chose ,hL' tlme '? ??'
to th? t ij.li. At 'he would challeni'f thr> tA/inrinT
?!jr Iiuai 10 ^tie lUIIIUUUOlC /\ln
University Yellowjackets. The ?' I*16 R?c'ky Mamano-Jerse\
eflowjackcts are the only team J"" Waleott on AP,il >?'h
Beat Benedict College this "I'm ready now for a title figh!
asoh in inter-state competition. any ,imc now" 31 >'car olrt Ch'"'
Id are out to upset the four los said' "And ' ,hink 1 shou,d
mie winning streak of the Hor- fcu ,hl' f,.ls' ont' !l sh"1
^ " the Marciano-Walcott winner. I
The preliminary to the Allen- pJan to kerp at toast
orris til; will begin at 7 *V M. onte month unnl thc ^ampion
- ship fight comes."
/n ~ I /1 .. The former champion mav
L LOCky liavilan ? ve t?. wait awhih- for that
la f\ Ti "big" one. For International
Ifthts l)avey r()r Boxing Club has already anl^plf
At* Crn\iTn financed that it wi.i natch the
r CHCl ClOWIl Mureiano-WalcMt wwner against
Chicago, 111. (CNS) ? It's a vow the winner of the FY! 1 At A l out
cky Kid Gavilan that takes on :n Now "S ork betwci u Hex I.ayne
highly touted Chuck Davey -"id Roland l.i Staiv j_n a snn.i*-.Wednesday.
The" Kerd is so ou r title battle
nfident that the ligiit won't last ,, t . ,TT
e scheduled If) lounds that lie
"about eight rounds." V ^
incurred in this optimistic feel- w# Y
g. He pronounced 'Gavilan '
>w the Kid was in better spirits
avilan has several things plan j
?d. Topmost will be a 10 week """
eatrical tour for which h(. has STRAIGHTEN Y
?en offered $50,000. He also!
A A 1 1 A k Aft i?
lans to shoot for the middle-- in 10 MINU
eight title after beating Davey. j
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Vork On Brion Boul ?our ha,f w,,, !
' 20 days or mo
St Louis (CMS) Lii'ht henvv , _ _ _ ,
eight Champion. Art hie Moore,
uno into town this week to sign Is I he C
>r a 10 roimd non title boxing "*'
rnteh with Argentina heavy \
eight, Ceasar Brion The fh-h pyvi\ I
scheduled for February 25th ^f \ A
ere in Archie's home tow f
ack away from them. The bu/z- ^
r sounded and the hall.. went j - \ ^
ild. Eaeh one now aware that! ^ >
le Tigers had beat the Rattlers; , ?'v % \
ent wild and all jumped for | \
>y with thinks, that we were- 1' ]',
?ain on the road. , ||pi^&S3fr * /
Willis Hockett was high sc'Or-1
ir man with 17 points. Charlesi ??~ "1
onner was ?behirxd with 16. For M ttw^5p8| tt??va V ,
lorida, high scoring man was ,
vin with 14 points. l
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left to right, Bobby Thompson, Irvin, capt.. St. Augustine; HarTampa;
John Carter, Joel Gor- old Donald, Mack Clayton, ! c
don, Hartford, Conn,; John Jacksonville; Maurice Graham, |f
I'urvis, New York; George Ciil- Wilminton, N. C.; John Cuyler, 5
liam, Tallahassee; Herbert Hartford; Charlie White, Tam- jC
Beacham, Tampa; James Cash, pa, and John KJrkwood, Toron- '7
Miami; Billy Heed, Tampa, and to, Canada. The team won 26 *
Joe McKinney, Tallahassee. of 28 games played in '52. 1
Third row, left to right, Willie ?(Staff photo by H. Jones) ^
ue Teams May Use Tuskegee Nine j.
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r than those represented in the lea-f* J.11I/0 ^ j
-jgue, arid to have brought their By Curtis M. Cooper
?! home clubs considerably more in \i
[gate receipts. Some of the smash-i Tuskegee Inst., Ala.?The 195S;$
I ing has been done by the major edition of the Tuskegee Institute'']
; league, who in some instances, 'Golden Tigers' baseball team c
have simply assigned a player to made their first appearance here'i
.'one of their farm clubs, u.ungj Monday in the year's first prac- '
. I need and ability as the onlytice session. Thirty-eight men at- i
t1 measurement. tended the fir* work-out withlj
t. Jacksonville and Montgomery,) thirteen veterans from last year's!
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both, agree that if such assign- team returning. .= f
I ments reach them from their pa- Under the guidance Of Allison f
t rent clubs they'll have to put.Figero, the tigers are a sure bet \
such players to work. And it for atlcast a better season than t
; seems certain that they must that of last year Coach Figer0 v
, play against Negroes, whether. has to date-^ehethrt^-TofaTori
i-they have any on their teams or. twenty-one games. The season's
* n0** . ' opener against Bama State here, j
But last year* in North Caroli-;fias no^ been completed with ar- *]
na, South Carolina and Virginia, ' rangements and activities sched- \
local clubs signed Negroes from ulcd for that day
their own communities and in all . _ . .,,A.. ,
. , e . ,1 Lettermen returning include. 1
but South Carolina, these played
more than part of one game, asj Amos Barker, Eddie Lova e, im t
occured at Rock Hall in South rnie Clark. Ronald Braynon, Cur,
Carolina when the recruit was re-jtis Cooper, 'Jerry Coleman, Joe
) leased pending settlement of the' ~ . . .. ?
4 , , . . tjuTkp v; 5-04. /\rtnur oenneivs
'practice bv the leagues bosses.
rpi _ o. 11 i . t field goal in the last two ?ecIhe
Sally League consists of
clubs at: - onds ?f P^y gave ICS boys a
Augusta, Columbus, Macon. 55-54 victory. E. Bennett led
, Savannah, Charleston, Columbia. Burke scoring with 19 points.
Jacksonville and Montgomei v.
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Saturday, February 14, 1953 ? ?PAGE SEVEN
Race Must Free Itself Of Imposed J|
Limitations,, Carey Tells Session
Philadelphia ? Negroes must true facts. " ;
ee themselves of "?elf-impos-|. n,, f^wn Hall affair was mm 'V"MH
i limitations before equal several programs during the
ghts can become a reality. Dr. day commemorating the adoption
rchibald J. Carey, Jr., Chicago 0j Congressional Resolution ' S
linister and alderman, declared proposing the 13th Amendment ..
unday evening at Town Hall,, j vvhich abolished slavery. Other
Dr. Carey, who spoke at the eVents included ceremonies at Inublic
meeting of the 12th an- dependence and Congress Halls
ua! observance of National and a dinner at Franklin Instireedom
Day, said Negroes too f0r delegates appointed by
ftcn feel they are not want- the governors of their states.
d and restrict themselves to cer- Carey sajd co,ored Americana
tin neighborhoods and publ.e mU5( caJt off their ..ahacktea ol
laces without finding out the|doubt,, and consider rhemselves
first-class citiaens due the same
SenedlCt CEg6rS Irights and privileges of others. t
*? m m He?warned that?prejudice ean
Jrop A WO AO , not survive in America.
Vflllpv i "As long as America tolerates
. I. CllICj , Ol/Caiuv: bigotry," he declared, "it denies
A favored Benedict team dron- ttself a wealth of untapped tal
ed two games in the past week ent an<^ great American prac- ..t|
ailing victims to Fort Valley tice of discrimination must be a
hate and Claflin College. The bolished for the good of all man
Georgia >team edged the locals kind."
3-72 in the last few minutes of Ile added that America in
heir contest Saturday night in seeking international goodwill
he Benedict gymnasium, and is dealing with peoples Of the
riaflin upset Benedict 85-77 Mon- earth of which two-thirds are,. _
lay night in Orangeburg. colored, and pointed out that upSampson
and White continued til Negroes of this country are
is the "big guns" in the Bene- accorded fair treatment the
1 ict lineup. Sampson tallied 25 United States will never wilt, the
joints against Fort Valley and 23 snpport it desires,
igainst Claflin. White accounted "We must continue to press
or 24 and 18 in the two games, our fight for equal opportunities,
Benedict's next two games are he declared, "for in the final anaigainst
arch rivals Allen Univer- lysis it will be the relentless and . v-SH
;ity and State A and M College, determined efforts of the colOfrhe
Tigers meet the Yellowjack- ed people that will-bring about
;ts of Allen in the Benedict gym civil rights."v
>n Saturday night. Dr. Horace Mann Bonds, presiVeems..
Joe Travwick, Myles dent "' Lincoln University who
VIcAfee, Frank Bannister, and als0 sPoke al thc said
Donald Green. Of the lettermen thal not an^ was t<a
eturning only two are assured lhe Amenc?n colonies set_forth
rom the outset, positions on the here in ln tm ln } 'J
irst team. All position, are open. the declaration of Independence,
tut with hustle and will that this 'or ltd***?** being. Ot aR at"
>unch put up last year; rookies Ipns .as well. ... '' . ."I,'
vill have their, work cut -out to *? ' .
ireak into the starting line-up. Gets Washington
Pitchers, as usual again this A tfr-.-.J-iBB
.ear, will be the main factor at; Appointment , >1;: ^
ruskegee. Long has Tuskegee! Washinton, D. C. (CNS)?42 - '
vished fo rtwo good starters. A-1 year old Harry Watkins, Wash^ain
this year, there seem no ington Negro, has just been apiope!
But, with what we have, pointed Methods Examiner in
wt will put up a good fight un-'this city's new personnel office,
til the last man is Ourt. j Watkins will get $5,800.
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