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SPORtllLG^WORLD The Sports Bazaar By Wd. i. M THIS TIME ITS REALLY TRUK. Spring is here and * k »ott- b«ll. These Durham boys and srirla hjuwe been lealiy tanikij: their •oflitAll aervouisly during the past ftw'days in spite of the frequent A|M-il abmwer* thut ^use them to cut their softibail practjce neaa* ion« ahort. It’a the »ame atory thii spring, all tf the vacant lotsi are f«n of member of thi» and thi4« tram (w th« makintf) and nei*h- )»oring window glaaieamre tsaHy >n danger. On* evidence of haw seriously Ourhamite* are tp.iing their'i ft- ball this Muon haa been th« timely and wise organiZii.ion of a •ofttiall Imcp* amO'Dg the race te&ms in the city. Ten le^ing soft ball teams were represented at thjfck first meetinjr TJLAT THE CUbOUP had at the city hall last Tue«d^iy night and th«y are ex- tr«ni*ly anxioua thait the high type of team spirit and a(portsman- •hip exist amon^ th« wioua team# thixMighout th« season, (^d hornets End Spring Practice Softball League] Organized If managed correctly (^d t ^iU be) this league is going a iugtn plan*. The games will no Iqo^t be robibed of their color by low typ« arguments and “dis cussions'* th^t broke up a game •r two last season. Games will not be broken up becaus« some ai«mt>er of an “en«my” team fail* to return foul»d balls. Sev- •T^ other falsicies of last years gamM Are going to b« eltnfinat- ej this season becaose at Tues day’s meeting the fellows decid ed to have H high and . mighty Commissioner of softball whose decisions in disputes will be final and who. if n«cesssry will suspend a»y pUyer or team th^ goes* against the rules and tt'&;cs of the softball league. HILLSIDE PARK TO PE UGHTED IF THE CITY COUNCIL gives the recrejiltion department lights fni: the Hillside Park, the lights are going to be beneficial in more than one respect. Not enly will lights at the park allow the playingr of two or three more softb^l games after seven o’clock but they will alao keep a few more of the city’s boya and girls out of some of the “mis- ccier' that some of them got in to last smnnMr. Here’s hoping that the peti tions that almost everyone in town l^lve signed will bring re sults in the form of lights. " NAMES MAKES NEWS AMONG OTHER THINGS, the the national high school basket ball tooniament at Fayetteville a fortnight jilgo served to show ikat the most popular name F ve fellows t^J^ing part in the tourney bore the family name JoRhson and not one of them were related in any way. There was Albert Johnson of Hillside (Durham) Johnson of Cjiimden, S. C.; Johnson from Atlanta, Ga.; Johnson ol Gary,W. Va.,. ard Johnson from Charleston, W. V. The i^me Williams came next in the running with three. They came frVm Durham, Cam den, and Gary, W. Va. OTHER t;AME IN PAIRS ~i There were two Browns from Gary, Ind.; two Todds from Smithfield; a Jones from C|dm- dtn and another from Charles ton, W. Va., two Elliott from Fayetteville, and Tuckers from Hillside and Smithfield. Tournament Ends Cage season Voted Best Athlete NEW YORK (AN?) —-The Trace Writer’s association, com posed of metropolitan scribes, in solemn conclave this week voted Greg Rice, tiny South Ben occount^nt and Notre Dame grad, the outstanding athlete of the ^ack and field season, this we€*. He received 47 points on spven firs^ choices and four se cond choices as ftgainet 27 points f.->r Jim Herbert, New York uni- verity’s great middle distance runner. .... __ The scribes wrangled for a full two hours before being able among the nations represents- ’ to come to any agreement. EiSfh tive is the name . of JOHNSON. * Please turn to page seven Langford And Johnson Lauded By Writer BY MABE KOUNTZE BOSTON, (A N P) —“Among I the great warriors of the Queens-' berry, arena whose n^lmes are in- j ■eribed oq the scroll of pugilis tic fame, that of Sam Langford, | the battle scsrred colored hero of many hard-fought battles, shines with dealess lustre.” Tliere you have the le«d-off eh«l>ter tribute a* written in "Bihck Dynamite,” the amazing •r.d authentic series of Negro bcxing history compiled by none ether than N^ Fleischer, editor of Bing Msgazine. Each book is attractively illustmted aikd excit in*. I Excitii^ eaough is Langford’s ring record of over 26Q battles. Am! tUs fighter wlto "wasn’t •van' a middleweigfa, decording to Bodcm standards” fought anybody, big or >mai]. He even f ought imek johiMonl Pull up a ch^ and raed that Mvt Pinscher writes about this as be quotes the N. T. Police . Gaiette ia fais bo(^ Okay Well: ‘'With a MAneness and capa* city for punishment that aeeoMd beyond the powers •f a hnoMui beinc« Sam th*- colga4 fightr «r. we%ifa« - 16« pounds, tied li r«nda at the Lin- ^ A. C., of CkelMfv April Z9. with ootweigli' 10 . HfiM awarded the decision.” But the story which you’ll find in “Black Dynamite” gliows tb^ Johneon could not knock out Langford who was bor in Wey- mu'uth, Nova Scotia, MfJvh 4, 1886. - "A|b 1^ middleweight, not even the renowned StanTey Ketchel, cni' of the dealiest hitters that ever shocked fun opponent into Pl^Bje turn to page three BY ED GLEED JACKSON, iN. C. —The bask etball seiAion of the • U. i g h, i^houls and elementary schools' of Northampton County was b( ought to a dramatic close here oij I^t Saturday v^th the upset victory of Rich Square_ High School over Seaboard Uiu'h. This victory by William S. Cteecy High is even more than sensa tional because for oveV ft quar ter of the game Creecy High wi>.B forced to play^ with only four men on the floor. Despite this obstacle, this hard fighting little team cflme through with a 25 to 1^ win. The unqueationably superior Girk High School team from Garysburg more tBan dou£le3 the score in their final game with the girls from Seabo^lrd High, the final score being 37- 14^, ■ In the elementary division, t.he girls team from Conway end ed on top by defeating the Jack son girls 26-16. In the final gfilme be^een the boys of the elemen- tery division we saw a wonderful exhibition of ball handling. Jackson’s cagers cAme from be hind in the third quarter And went on to win by the close score of 29i26 from Allen Chape] Blue Devils. TWENTY-EIGHT j TEAMS COMPETE There were twenty eight teams competing in this' year’s tourna ment. This is quite {I bit differ- erce from the first toumaisenit which was held ten years ago with only four teams competing. The tournaments are sponsored by the Extra-Curricular Activi ties Association which is compos ed of the teachers of Northamp ton County. This association has as its President, R. M. Piincipal at Garysburg. Mr. Earl is a graduate of Shfi^ Univer sity. J. N. Gill, Vice preeident .of the Association is the principal, of Coates High School of Sea board. J. M. I^wrence, Principal of Jackson Elementary school was the manager of the tourna ment. Other members of the associ^ion are J. H. Bullock, D. Bell, G. N. Reid, H. McManus, Hollis Creecy, Mrs. C E cliark. The men named above also officiated during the tourna ment. ' Nortl^ilnpton County has a right to be proud of its Associa tion for its is very versatile in its activities. It sponsors all sports activities as well as tics, debating, Glee Clubs, Ora torical Contests, and Field I^y*- If you could see just what these men have to work with, you would appreciate the won- Please turn to p^e seven Represen tati ves W City SoftbaU Leagues Gather BY WILUAM “SMILING*' TUCK DUIRiHiAM — The representatives of ten softball teams of the city gi^jthered in the city hall on the night of Tuesday, April 9, for the formation and oi^ranization of a citywide softball league. The i main purp«»e of this on^isation will be to create more unifo^ | gcitbaii now that basketball itind mity in the matter of selection and use of players for the in- ' Aileniion Drawn To Sotiball FOUR INK SPOTS SUE "APES” DURiHAM ' partnient of — The jdithletic de- Hillside Park High sci'ool has turned its attention dividu|iJi teams a»d for more re^ gularity iii th einaking of sche dules. Ulti«ers of tl}e league wtre elected at this initial mieet- in.t and the teams represented were recorded u memibers. Don^d Love was unanmo^sly elected to head the organization as president and assisting him will be Parham Donnell as vice- president.' Milton Johnson is secretary of the organization with W. S. Taylor as ossistant; Cb*JLles Joyner was elected treasurer and Lathrop Alston, director of public information. Members of the executive cc'mmittee of which the presid- flt is automatically a member #.ie: George I. Woody, Earl Lam beth, Theodore “Ted*‘. Stroud, and J. T. Tucker. Aside from the election of officers," the main topic for dis cussion was the admission of a spring football are things of the ' pjLSt. Coach H. Riddick res- eoftball team representing Hill- ponded to the requests of many Bide Park high school into student softtbal enthusiasts and halgae. The cTiief point of con- hi>s consented to le«id in t h e toTition was that ihe players org^iiiization of a team. Possibly that might Join the Hillside team ' thtre will be several teams and would deprive other teams of iuiia-mural games will feature the services of main players, tiiid that the team might dis- baiid before the end of the sea son. However, the group finally decided to admit the Hillside teem on the condition that Coach H. Riddick would guai^itee the COjitinuance of the team through the summer. It 'will be left with the pUyers which team they de- sirt to join. It was left with the executive committee to decide what access- ments would go with the lea gue. The publicity manager and general secretary will record re ports from all games during the recess hours as well ^ some of the vacant afternoon hours. If Hillside team is definitely made a member of the citywide sct'bball Ic^^j^ue their games will be played against other members of the league, naturally, but there will be mainly intijB^murals if the team is not admitted. Monarchs Begin Training In Tex. Spec^nl to the TIMES MARSHALL, Texas — The KirNsas City Monarchs, 1940 Champions of the Nejfro Ameri- Ciin Baseball L^ue arrived here this week to prepare for the 19 40 season. The Club will use the Wiley College Park for their tri^ining field. Maijiger Andy Cooper, who h:i3 been in charge of the club tor: the past three seasons, feels confident that the Monarch# will be’in the thick of the fight for the 1940 pennant. It has aljray:^ been the policy of the Monarch nagement to give young players a chance, and this^ season more than 15 young rK)^i^. reik>rted' td Ifyl'jeger Cciyper on his arrival at the Texas Gamp for a trial with“the iD4^ cl)i^pions. One of the most promising rookie pitchers, is Lefty Bryant, who hails from Kansas City, Missouri.-Lefty has made a gre^At record for the past two seasons, pitching for the All Nations Regal Theatre TUESDAY—SPECIAL^WEDNESDAY WAYNE MORRIS IN Jk lleliirii Of Dr. X 5c ALSO Co—Jy-' Beiiw II Or Else—«Uo—Pli|4«« THURSDAY BARGAIN DAY COLORED PICTURE lOc Birthright also BOB STEELE Heading Sorlli m to games he pitched against the best clubs in the tournament. It is expected that Bryant will be heard from before the se^ibon gets along the way. Several f ihe other youngsters were mem bers of the Satchel Paige’s All Stars under • the management of Newt Joseph, former star ENTERTAIN— CHARLOTTE — The Lovely Eight Soci^ club entertained at a Dinner party at }the home of Mrs. Lucille Torrence on South McDowell St. Thursday evening. A variety of early spring flow ers were arralnged throug'hout the home. Games were enJoyed drring the everting, after which a delicious tWo course chicken dinner with all accessories were served'. Members present were: Nationally famed quartet, ^:- cording to, a letter from Moe Gale, Inc., are suing a popu1fl Southern four for grabbing a date from them, and “aping” their style. Impersonfuting tha longvtera the copyists are allege ed to have worked the entire state of ^Florida.—Ted - Yates Champ May Face Godoy Again In June NEW YORK (ANP) — Joe Louis, hepvyweig’.:t champion who completely annihilated Johnny Paycheck in less than two rounds in Madison Square Gorden a week ^o Friday night, will have only thret more fights and then retire from the ring — as undefeated champ. This Vl^is revealed by a source close to Promoter Mika JIaeobs this week. The thrte-fight program, the source stated, did not include an other Garden fight because of the poor gifke at the Paycheck bout. This is the probable line-ujp of the three pre-retirement- bouts; Arturo Godoy, probably Yankee stadium the of June. (2) Either or the winner of Gdento-Maxie Baer in latter i^ftt Bob Pastor the Tony bout slated S Krellberg. Louis is to portray the role of J. Edgar Hoover, G- man boss. Mesdames It^fairy SKjtt, president, ^ AYankee stadium Please turn to p^e seven against for Jersey City on M^V 28. This b£tUe will take place in New Y'ork or Detroit in Septemlber. battle in Billy Conn, champ and TEN TEAMS REPRESETED current light-hejii>ry the man Jacobs would like to huve succeed Louis. Il^omoter Jacobs said to the the informant: “Louis has a dude rilnch business and h i s money well invested. Owning to join Manager Cooper in a few d^a^s to help condiHon the club, feels confident tUab several of his last season youngsters will m^e it hard for the regulars this The te^ms that had representa ti’es at Tuesday’s meeting wftre Royal Athletic Cltib, W. S. Tay-' close to a million he doesn’t lor; Walltown, Donald Love; think kindly of getting hit much Barq’s Yji^kees, J. T. Tucker; mere and is aching to forget all Elites, Charles Joyner; Albright anout the ring. Three fights are YrUikees, W. Hayes; Three C’s,^what he wants alhd he will get third sacker of the Mt narchs. Spmuel Nance; Olympic Juniors, * them. Each of them is a big Joseph, who expects to join T/hester Wehb; Businessmen, ^ mney shot and will bring him a John Long for Lathrop Alston; small fortune.” ^ Bucc\fiHeeTs, John Long for Au- j Altho Louis left for Detroit thor Morris. ^ this week he will return to New The next meeting of the lea- ^ York on May l when he is sche- gue will be held in about two duled to stjlrt work c.n a picture weeks at the city hall after the'called “The Sign of the Zomlbie” executive conmiittee hat had in a Bronx Studio under the time to meet. ' direction of Producer Sherman ^Hilton Smith, the Monaich’s Pitching ace, ^Jnd one of the lead ing pitchers in Negro Baseball, who has been made several offers to play this sea&on in Mexico, turnea" all offers down and is now in camp. Smith play ed winter baseball in Cul^ this winter and reported in mid-sea son form. Several exhibition gi;mes have been scheduled be lli ttic HEARTof HARLEM^ OfTering every facility of hotel comfort at modern ratct...un equalled location.., unescelled cuisine. Newly fumith(i. Mod- r-nized, under new man «|emcn t. LARGE ROOMS with private bath From *2 Single, *2.S0 Double without private bsth ' ^ From *1.50 Single, *2 Double WetHf £f Mmthh lUtn WALTBK W. tCOTT, Man»fr Hot*l THEBE8A 7it> Am. at 12S» tt, New Vm* Oily BaseSb|L411 Club and several other fore the opens the regu'^ aea- semi-pro clubs. He also partlclp- son at Birmingham, May 12. ftted in the Wichita Kansas j The Monarchs will open their National Seilii-Pro Clubs 'a n d ^ home season at Kansffc City, Tourni'linent, winning the‘•only , May g6th. FIRST SPRING DANCE Fats Waller -AND HIS OreMra Armory U R H A M WEDNESDAY NIGHT APRIL ITtfc ADMISSION — $I-1P Advaaea ttclcats wlA lia sold- Tax Includad DOORS OPEN AT 7 F. M. A&T Choir To Appear Here A&T College A CapellaTChoir AT B. N. Duke Auditorium tk WED. APRIL 19tli 8:IS P. M. AosplcM Dmrhmm Chapter A T CiUag* Alrnnni Attociatloa GENERAL ADMISSION — — — — SOe STUDENTS
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