WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, .mNE 16, 1945
THE CAROUNIAN
PAGE FIVE
Behind The
Play In Sports
BY DON DC LEIGHBUB
fl STAR GIVF.S ADVICE TO TIIK
RIDS COMING ALONG IN
BASKETBALL: TED STRONG
IS HIS NAME
NEW YORK — In my book one
of today's greatest all round stars Is
big Theodore iTcd) Stronc. now of
the U. S. Navy Seabccs, but former
ly the home run hitting right field
er of the Kansas City Monarchs and
member of Abe Saperstein’s nation-
roaming Harlem Globe Trotters
basketball team. Many critics swear
^hat if big league baseball lowered
the color bar, Ted Strong would
jne of the first Negroes to be
taken in. He has every attribute of
the oustanding star athlete; in base
ball he can field his position like
Turkey Stearns or the late Rapp
Dixon: can hit on a par with Buck
Leonard: would rival Josh Gibson
in home run hitting it he were m
the Negro National League, and
plays basketball in the style that
nake-s managers and owners like
Job Douglas of the Renaissiincc Big
''ive perk up and eye and nod the
lead The letter written to this
:olumn last September \by Ted
Strong, then stationed id Hawaii,
s indicative of what some of the
nore articulate Negro athletes real-
y think about the game they make
[heir living at and what hu|)^s and
ambitions they ente.-tain. Here's
Ted's letter in full;
I "Hello. Dan, Just a few lines to let
you know that I'm well , nd sincere
ly hope that my letter finds the,
same there.
"For quite some time I had con
templated on dropping you a line
but. after being away for so long
from civilization as we know it)
even getting back this far takes a
little time to gel you- bearings.
"While I was down in the ‘Mar
shall Island.s.' papers from home
were far and few between, ,md
even if they were two or three
months old we still thought thsy
were a Godsend, and they were.
"One of the reason.-- I‘m writing
is that I've hear fn m friends back
hom.e, pro and con, that baseball is
rapidly drawing to « close and from:
whai I could gather on a whole ilj
[was a success.
"My whole life was devoted to
baseball and basketball and. speak
ing for myself. I enjoyed every
moment giving my best for the fan.®.
It’s true they gave me hell, if I tiad
a bad day. but the moment 1 did
something nu.standing I was round
ly cheered for my eff->rls. I have a
lough skin and yet when they
ihcered me. the fooling, well words
•annot express how I rcaly felt. A
[ood feeling. I must say.
"I started this for a purpose; it’s
•bout the young kinds who arc try
ing to fill the shoes of those who
^ave gone to war. Naturally, at
^irst. no one would expect those kids
to perform like established stars,
all they needed was encouragement
and tim.c for them to fine them
selves.
"You can imagine how I fell
when my friends complained to me.
of all people, what lousy sames
the roof' Do they? 1 know, and
the answer is 'no' (period).
"The only thing I can sec Is that
the pcolc, as u whole, either are an
uninformed tot, or unappreciative.
This war has really taught me a
lot, and it has made me realize that
somewhere there's someone who is
worse off than yourself. And. the
sooner they understand that, the
better off things will be in the fu
ture. In the meantime, I say. lay
off the kids and they won't let you
down. Some day we'll be back,
maybe to play more ball, but you
must admit new blood will be need
ed. and this is the chance we prob
ably needed to give COLORED
baseball a new m.caning to the
younger generation. It's expanding,
-ver here I've seen a lot of good
prospects.
"As I'm the only real professional
ball player here, I'm in an enviable
position, and I enjoy the chance to
be of service to our boys. Plus the
good season I had didn't hurt. You
may not believe it. but In SS games
I finished with an official 515.
Pitching was far Inferior to what
I had been used to. but g(>ing to
bat better than a hundred times u
guy still must be either a pretty
fair hitter or lucky, I'll say the lat
ter (smiles).
"Before I close, I sec where my
old team. ‘Monarchs’, is having
tough sledding, but T think they
were the hardest hit of all the
teams, yet they bear watching from
what I read in you article on Aug.
26th. Now I must close before I
bore you.
“Bui one "f these days we will
get together, and I want you to
show me around the City. I've been
away so long I'll need help, but
oven if it wore like the laid time
(rcmembcr‘’i the old eiiginal Glooe
Trotlers, I'll bargain oven for that
(smile.si. Give my bc.st regards to
all; to you, old boy. the best of
everything. If you have time, drop
me a line. TED."
Joe Louis *Lays ’em In
Aisle’ On Canadian Tour
Atlanta Takes Over Lead
In Southern Loop Teams
U. S. ARMY FORCES. Central
Canada — The first stop for Techni
cal Sergeant Joe Louis Barrow on
his recent flying tour through the
vast U. S. Army Forces, Central
Canada, was the U. S. Army Air
Field at The Pas. Monitabo. Here
one point conscious GI asked the
heavyweight boxing champion for
the number of points he had toward
getting out of the Army,
Drawled Louis: "Me, why I don't
have enough points to buy a pound
of butter." Confronted with every
camera at the post, he spent a busy
half hour posing with dozens of
GI's and local urchins, two of whom
had ridden a freight train to the
post to see their hero.
Hopping in a Jc«p. which quickly
filled to overflowing with GIs,
Louis who has toured the European
md Mediterranean Theaters “f
Operations, was off to the mess hall
where he added to his present 225
pounds by downing three goodly
portions of halibut.
Following a hasty lunch. Louts
was off again in a C-47 transpoii
for the long hop to the air bass a
Churchill. Manitoba. Canada. On ar
rival. he was whisked off to the
post recreation hall to observe 130-
pGund Private First Class Anthony
Raia. of Wilsonville. Alabama, bowl
his first strike. The Brown Bomber
drawled: "If you beat me. you got
ta fight me,” but Louis, who aver
ages 175 with the ten pins, easily
topped his opponent, saving the
latter from an unofficial contest for
the heavyweight championship of
the world.
After a lenghty sports confab,
during which he answered every
question from "Who hit you the
hardest'*” which turned out to be
Al Delany In 1934, to "What do you
think of the north country?" which
was about 70 degres too cold for
him. he bdarded the the plane and
headed over frozen Hudson Bay to
the isolated, wind-swept U. S, Army
Air Field at Southampton Island.
District of Keewatin. N. W. T.
This was all new to the Champ
and he had a great time with the
Eskimo children wht> had rome to.
the post by dog sled from their
igloes seven miles away. Following
a chilly ride which ended in a wet
snowbank and a tussel with a pel
polar bear cub. Louis and his CO
at Camp Shanks. Lieutenant Lou
Krem, gathered the men in a bull
session at the post recreation hall
After a lengthy and almost futile
search for gloves that would fit hi.s
huge fists, the Brown Bomber gave
an exhibition on the punching bag.
Louis drew many laughs from liis
Ike Williams' Coach
Means For Him To Win
Against Willie Joyce
NEW YORK CCNSI — Connlo
McCarthy, Ike Williams' manager,
has no Intention of his boy repeat
ing this Friday at the Garden the
exhibition he made the last time
he met Willie Joyce. For McCarthy
has so isolated Williams that not
even the comely Mrs. Williams can
get to him.
Gl boxing fans In answering ques
tions at this session, volunU-ering
some interesting fight facU:, Among
them the fact that he hit Max Baer
273 times before he KO-ed him in
the fourth round in September.
1935, He also said that he had tried
to train down too fine in the Billy
Conn battle in June, 1941. going in
at 199 3-4. instead of his u.sial
fighting weight of 205. It required
13 rounds for him ot score a KO
“That won't happen next time,"
grinned the Champ.
"This fight I got him lonely,
rean, mad at the world." chuckl'd
-McCarthy. And at me too. All we
got to do Is ‘steak him up.' Friday
iftcrnoon and —.
"I mean he Is going to be like
he was In Mexico with Zurila.” he
added. "Don’t be sururUed if he
flattens Joyce In a couple of rounds.”
Ike. who is training at Old Bey's
Camp in Summitt. New Jersey i.s
11-13 "favorite" for the mom.vnt.
Requirements for textile bags are
30 per cent from 1044 and alloca
tions of textiles for hags are down
5 per cent.
.MI.A.N’TA, Ga. - The Atlanl.i
Black Crackers moved to the front
.11 la.-.t w.ek's play to top the
Soutli'in league by a lull game
over the Knoxville Gray.s. who lo.t
OTie out of four while tin- Black
Crackers swept a four-game scries
w;lh New Orlean.-.
Melviti 'Slicki Coleman of A’-
h iila. iinbeat-'ii m the Soiilhnii
I.e.-igiic lhi>. reason, is now leading
the leiiguc with five wins.
New Oileans Jipoed to sixf't
..Ian. failhor than they have been
it an.vlimc duiiii; the .c.i.'on with
'ti ii oi-.' ;..imc.S I', pl.iy be fore the
'irst-half eiiris. Atlant.i practically
wrecked .New Orlr;t>is chatu-es of
wiiiniiig the penaiil last week, aitd
•hey will have to face the mighty
Black Cra-kiTs four times in Atlar.
;a this week
Knoxville gave l.iMle R'lCk a
headache, but the Travelers fought
SOME OBSERVATIONS
(Continuod from page four)
they arc .saving som- of their money for a rainy day.
"In addition to the ca.sh crops sold Ia.st year, srventy-thre ■
Negro farmers on four of their own curb market.s. sold .$16,1144,54
worth of frjibi, vegetables, handicraft, mcat.s. home-bakery pi--
ducts, dair.v, poultry and canned goods products to their city neigh
bors. On one of the.sf curb maikefs alone, in two nmn’hs and
Iwelv’c selling hours, nine farm families sold Sl,.tf)7.32 worth -if
produce, or an average of $1.16 oer minuti during the operation
of the market."
One just must said something about what these Negro agn!-
are doing to help produce more milk for our city folk. So here on-
|Uotc5 again from .Mr, Jones' report:
"Neg-o farmers are ni/f only applying the vegetable.-! for
larger number of their neighbors, but bust year, in tw«t enuntie.
alone, where we have Negro agents—Orange and .Alamance coun
ties—thirty Negro farmers sold on the milk route to a local dairv.
32,172 gailnas of milk and realized a return of $8.300 40. In si',
other counties in Upper Piedmont North ('arolma, including Guil
ford County, forty-two Negro farmers .sold on the milk route an
(stimated -48,300 gallons of milk with a return of approxiniateiv
$11,592.00.”
Quite informative we hope.
I back to take one game out of the
; four played. Tins game sent Knox-
i villc from the top.
Mobile made a substantial gain
Choos when they sunk them deeper
, clan took four straiiihts.
Nashville, in handing Asheville
two defeats out of thicc played,
gained a little snuind. A.>heville
lo.st two whil' winning one with
one game being called because of
mid weather.
.V -
NEW YOR K'CNS. - Hay R-ih-
inson is going ahead v.-ith his train-
ling to meet Jimmy .McDaniel*
June lath despite the gloomy fact
' that Selective Service may call him
. iiy n iiaile. "Susar" is in training
at Grcenw'iod Liikcs for the "Gar
den" match.
AITi.AL K A-i'OI-A
BOTTLING CO.
515 \V. Morgan St.
8,000 Fans Witness Grays
Win Over Newark Eagles
WASHINGTON — The rairpag-
Ing Washington H'-mcstcad Grays
widened the gap separating them
frnm the rost of the Negro National
League contenders hci-c, at Griffith
Stadi nn. Sunday, by annexing
b()th ends of a twin-bill with the
Newark Eagles by scores of 7 to
2. and 3 to 2. A crowd of 8.367 fans
saw Buck Leonard's towering cKiuti
'V«r the 32 foot wall in right field.
328 feet away; jar Letty Hill loose
frogi his magic which, until that
mofECnt had been sufficient to re-'
tire 12 Grays in a row in the first
four frames.
Leonard’s rousing clout seemed ot
awaken his mates, for J sh Gibson
lashed to ncht for a base hit and
Bankhcad’.s high fly fell in center
for another hit Battle sigied both
jroc-f' -nx- II ■ poke to right and
seventh as Pitcher Johnny Left-
well singled behind a walk to Bat
tle and single by Jolly Johnson.
Lcftwell kept the Eagles at bay the
rest '>f the day,
LEM HOOKER ON MOl’ND
Lem Hooker, ^stari ng hi.s first
pitchmz asslgnn-ent for the Eagles
.-nice returning Irrm Mexico, was
!he victim of a thrcc-nin uprising
by the Grays in the third inning
of the nightcap. Singles by Lenoard
and Gibson, a double by Bank-
head and Hopkins erior on Jack
son's drive to deep left, turned the
trick Garnet Blair checked the
losers with two runs on six hits.
Tennis .Nationals
Sfft For \pu- York.
I frannoi express now i rcaiy icii. /\
good feeling. 1 must say.
"1 started this for a purpose; it’s
■bout the young kinds who arc try
ing to fill the shoes of those who
have gone to war. Naturally, at
first, no one would expect those kids
to perform like established stars,
all they needed was encouragement
and time for them to fine them
selves.
"You can imagine how I felt
when my friends complained to mo,
of all people, what lousy games
they were seeing And I would have
gladly given anything to have been
just a spectator to one of those
LOUSY games.
"In due time I did get around to
telling them just what I thought of
their attitude.':. I have experienced
a Ini of things in the last year or
so. We had no chance to play ball
ourselves as much as we would
have liked.
"Then when wc did. brother, we
thought we were some of the luck
iest guys in the world by being
able to play. And every chance we
had, wc did. Since reaching Hawaii,
wc had more time, but there are
thousands still out not so fortunate.
Don't you agree with me when I
say they should be the ones raising
2, and 3 lo 2. A crowd of 8,367 fans
saw Buck Leonard's towering clout
'•v«r the 32 foot wall in right field.
328 feet away; jar Lelty Hill loose
from his magic which, until that
moment had been suffici'mt to re
tire 12 Grays in a row in the first
four frames.
Leonard's rousing clout seemed ot
awaken his mates, for Jrsh Gibson
lashed (n right for a base hit and
Bankiwad's high fly fell in center
for another hit. Biittle siglcd both
men home on a poke to right and
when Hill delivered two balls to
Jackson, next hitter, Manager
Wells evicted him and called in
Hal Newcorrbe, but himself was
responsible for another run when
Benjamin's smash found him shal
low at short and got away frnm him
to let Battle home.
Until this uprising, the Eagles
enjoyed a 2-0 margin which was
gained iu their half of the same
frame. Bizz Mackey's drag placed
himself safely at first, and Huber's
hit down the left field foul line al
lowed the 48-year-ald Bizz to stride
leisurely home with the first run
of the game. Hubert scored himself
on Lefty Hill’s single to left.
The Grays iced the game in the
pitching as.signircnt for the Eagles
.■iince returning frotn Mexico, was
the victim of a thrcc-nin uprising
by the Grays In the third inning
of the nightcap. Singles by Lenoard
and Gibson, a double by Bank-
head and Hopkins error on Jack
son's drive to deep left, turned the
trick Garnet Blair checked the
losers with two runs on six hits.
Tennis Nationals
Set For .New York
NEW YORK. N. Y. — Dales fir
two major events of the 1945 ten
nis program of the American Ten
nis AsS'Ciation where announced
this week by Bctram L. Baker, exe
cutive secretary.
Coekburn Trophy matches are
i .scheduled for June 23 and 24, at
Shady Rest County Club. Scotch
Fl.nins, N J "'tional Champion-
■ ships will I 1 in New York
.August 13-19 usive.
Now York -md Pennsylvania
i teams for the Coekburn matches
' will play on Saturday, June 23, and
the winners will meet the New Jer-
; sey teams on Sunday, June 24.
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