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By L. T. WALKER
INTEGRATION IN SPORTS
Several recent sports items seem to indicate that
integration in sports is on the upgrade. Recent re
leases carried these items:
I.—Collegiate Athletic Association took the iV.
C. A. A. swimming championships from the Uni
versity of Georgia because of its policy on segrega
tion. Because five of the NCAA teams which were to compete
in the meet on March 26-28 had Negro athletes the commit
tee thought it advisable to award the championships to Ohio
State. Tennesse State, and Central State (Wilberforce) en
tered swimmers. In the future the championships will be
awarded to schools which will permit all entries to partici
pate. Looks like Talmadge lost another battle.
II~The downtown Kansas City hotels opened their doors
to the Negro coaches attending the convention of the Nation
al Basketball Coaches Association. The Negro coaches of the
association had refused to attend the convention in Dallas,
Texas because they were denied full privileges, including
equal accomodations.
It seems like a step in the wrong direction when only
one of the sixteen coaches attending the Kansas City con
vention accepted accomodations in a downtown hotel. I hope
this does not mean that we prefer second class accomodations.
May be the reason was based upon finance? Usually, how
ever, the rates in “our” hotels are equal to some of those in
the other hotels. )
III—i-Savannah, (Ga) broke the Sally League color line
for the first time since the circuit was organized in 1904 by
adding two Negro players, second baseman A1 Isreal and
outfielder Juunior Reedy. (Talmadge’s face is red again).
The Jacksonville Tars of the Sally League also added three
Negroes to the roster, shortstop Felix Mantello, outfielder
Horace Garner and second baseman Henry Aaron.
IV—Minor League President George M. Trautman ad
vised the Cotton States League President that Hot Springs,
Arkansas could not be dropped from the League for adding
two Negro pitchers, the Leander brothers. Trautman is
studying the case and will render a decision later. In the
meantimes the Leanders are pitching in the Cotton States
League (including Mississippi).
V—^Art Statum of A. and T. College won the NACC
heavyweight boxing championship at Pocatello, Idaho. Dan
Quarles, a 178 pounder, and Roland Walton, a 125 pounder,
helped Statum to a fourth place tie for A. and T. (10 points)
^ith Michigan State and San Jose. Idaho won with 25
points, Wisconsin was second with 19 and Louisiana State
third with 16.
These isolated items did not just happen.' It has been a
long uphill battle. I am sure that the works of Mack M.
Green, Executive Secretary, and the National Athletic Steer
ing Committee for Integration of Negroes in Athletics have
been instrumental in bringing about many of the improved
conditions.
BASEBALL QUICKIE QUIZ
Questions
1. What is the difference between a passed ball and a
wild pitch?
2. What is an earned run?
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Answers
1. A passed ball is charged to the catcher and a wild
pitch to the pitcher. Neithr fall under the general
category of an error.
When a legOy pltcheaTiall is so higli, wfde, or low
that the catcher does not stop and control by ordinary
effort and as a result a runner or runners advance it is
a wild pitch. It is just another ball if there is no ad
vance by base runners.
When the runner or runners advance because of
of the catchers failure to hold or control a ball that
he should, then it is a passed ball.
2. An earned run is a run for which the pitcher is held
accountable. It shall be scored everytime a runner
reaches home base by the aid of a safe hit, sacrifice,
stolen base, put outs, base on balls, hit batter, balk or
wild pitch, before fielding chances have been offered
to retire the side. When runs are scored aft^r field
ing chances to retire the side {on errors committed)
they shall be considered unearned.
Of course an unearned run only helps the pitcher’s
average. Every run that crosses the plate goes into
the scoring.
A & T-Howard
Game Rained Out
GREENSBORO
The annual Easter Monday
Baseball Clagaic, featuring How
ard University and A. and T.
College, scheduled for last Mon
day at Memorial Stadium, was
washed out.
The game began in a slight
drizzle, came to a halt in the
bottom half of the second Inning
when a sudden downpour sent
players and fans scurrying for
shelter. George House, Aggie
centerflelder, had just doubled
..to right center for the first hit
* of the game and was advanced to
third on a SMrifice by Willie
Bryant when nostillties ceased.
New Films At
Local Library
An untisual selection of films
are available for loan to interest-
' ed groups and clubs at the Stan
ford L. Warren Library thlaJting the ball with power, and
T>el
office of the librarian, Mrs. R.
N. Moore.
month, according to an an
nouncement this week from the
This month's selection in
cludes a package of ten films on
Political Education, In addition
to this feature, the regular Adult
Film Project at the library lists
seven other miscellaneous titles
available for loan.
The films may be secured by
calling at the library or by tele
phoning 4-4784.
NCC Harriers Win 5 First Ploces
JOE LOUIS PUT BOXING ON ITS FEET, IS
GREAT GUY, EPIC FIGHTER - PAGEANT
Joe Louis won more for his
people than he ever won for
himself, says a pepetrating ar
ticle in the May issue of Pageant
Magazine. “The shining story of
his climb to fame and fortune is
not only a great American
story,” says pageant, “it’s an
important one.'’
Twenty years ago, boxing hit
an all-time low. Then Joe Louis,
the young man with uranium in
his fists, came up from Alabama.
Joe was a guy who meant busi
ness. A clean, honest guy with
a punch and a killer instinct and
a hard-burning passion for the
ring.
From the beginning, says Pa
geant, Joe r’ard back and put
boxing on its feet. More than
that, he made it possible for
Negro boxers to enjoy the same
rights as white...for all Negroes,
in every profession, to hasten the
lowering of the color line by at
least 10 years.
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In ‘34, when the chips were
down on boxing, Joe had al
ready won 12 fights in the Mid-
dlewest, states Pageant. His
mentors, three influential Ne
groes, tried to book him at Madi
son Square Garden. The Garden
refused—no Negroes allowed.
In stepped Mike Jacobs, an iii-
dependent promoter. “I'll pro
mote him in the East,” said
Mike, “on one condition—that
he win every fight as fast as
possible.”
Jacob's know-how, contacts
and savvy got Joe a New York
fight with celebrated mastadon
JOE LOUIS
. .a legend ..
Primo Camera. The referee
stopped it in the sixth round.
Camera, 65 pounds heavier was
a bloody, helpless wreck. The
audience, predominantly white.
took Joe to its heart—and the
color line in boxing was utterly
destroyed once and for all. From
then on, Pageant points out,
Joe's climb to the top was me
teoric.
He came one cropper—when
Nazi Max Schmeling knocked
him out. In ‘38, after beating
champion Jim Braddock, the
Bomber fought Schmeling again,
and, In an all time classic of the
ring, knocked Schmeling out in
the first round and sent him
back to Germany with a crack
ed vertebra.
After that, barring his stint in
the army, "It was clear sailing
for Joe until ‘47, when the aging
King of the Ring fought Jersey
Joe Walcott and won—but in a
15-round close decision victory.
A year later, he fought Walcott
again, knocked him out and an
nounced his retirement. But in
‘50, the Bomber came back to
fight Ezzard Charles, and, over
weight and slow^-up, he took
a terrible beating.
The last chapter came in ‘52.
Bruiser Rocky Marciano knock
ed the Old Warrior through the
ropes in the eighth. Joe hung
up the gloves—this time forever.
“But what did it all mean,
Joe?” asks Sidney Carroll in
Pageant. “Was it worth it?
The answer has been summed
up by Bob Considine, with
brilliant simplicity. “Joe, You've
given boxing more than it pro
bably deserves.”
Can Joe Black
Escape Second
Year Jinx?
NEW YORK
Nothing seems to be going
right for Joe Black these days.
Just this weekend in the first
game with the Yankees, Joe
was sent in as a pinch runner.
The fleet of foot athlete got cut
down trying to stretch a double
into a triple. Then when Duke
Snider hit his two run homer,
the game could have been all
tied up had not Joe gotten erased
from the base. So the Dodgers
lost by a score 5-4.
Black has not been getting his
lumps only as a pinch runner.
It’s his pitching for which he’s
famous and which has been sad
ly amiss all spring. Dressen and
all Dodger brass keep telling
you not to worry but still Joe's
getting hit and hit solidly.
“All Black needs is more
work and I haven't been able to
give it to him,” explains Charlie.
"He’ll be all right. There’s
nothing wrong with his arm.
We’ll give him plenty of batting
practice work and he'll be just
as tough as he was last year
when the games count.”
But so far Joe has allowed
13 runs and 27 hits in just 25
innings. This is not only a far
cry from last year's form but
it's got everyone bringing’ up
the sophomore records of Jim
Konstanty and Joe Page, the
brilliant relievers who did so
miserably their second year.
Black himself isn't too worried.
After all, he says, he's a last
starter and was so last year.
Just wait until the season’s on
its way and everything will be
okay.
Lucky Strikes ... by JOE BUCK
Well, here w«
go again! '*no-.
ther N b^baU
season has star,
ted and I sure
hope It ends the
same way it did
last year—the Dodgers as Na
tional League Champs. It looks
like a four-team pennant race
among the Giants, Cardinals,
Phillies and of course the Dod
gers. j
We had a good spring training,
and “Doc” Wendler, our trainer,
claims this is the best condi
tioned Dodger team In years.
Even Roy Campanella looks
streamlined. Our favorite joke
used to be, "If you want to get
in shape fast, just take three
laps aroimd Campanella!” We
can’t kid him this year. He’s hlt-
jhind the plate he’s as smooth
as a putt on Lucky Strike. And
man, you know how smooth that
is!
Russ Meyer, Preacher Roe and
Carl Erskine are going to be
tough to beat this year, and don't
overlook Jim Hu^es. Jim came
to the club last season during
the pennant drive and did a
fine Job. As a relief pitcher, he’ll
be big help, especially to me.
Baseball fans know that no
thing beats better pitching. Just
like cigarette fans know that
nothing—no, nothing — beats
better taste. And Luckies taste
better! I smoke 'em. And fellows
^e Campanella, Dressen, Reese,
Shider and Hodges, all smoke
Luckies. They know, Just as you
do, that It’s the enjoyment from
a dgarette that re^y counts,
and you get enjoyment only
from the taste of a cigarette
Luckies are made better to taste
better—cleaner, fresher, smooth- ‘
er! Be Happy—Go Lucky! j
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BATTINQ^OiraD — Junior OUllam, who though senuitioiud
the new Brooklyn Dodger second baseman during spHiir tnUninr has
been weak at the bat, is shown taking the **Dressen” treatment. This
i ieans hours and hours in the batting cage, learning how to sUy away
-J from the bad ones, and to “murder” the good ones. (Newspress Photo.)
Shaw Outlasts NCC, 15-14
in Loose, Slugging Contest
RALEIGH
Ben Whaley's North Carolina
College base ball team sustained
its first loss of the season here
Saturday when Jim Lytle's
Shaw Bears scored a 15-14 win
over the Eagles at Chavis Park.
Shaw scored three _runs in the
second inning, two each in the
fifth and sixth, piled up seven
runs in the eighth and one in
the ninth. The Eagles' big in
nings were the 5th and 6th when
they piled up 5 runs each- The
NCC nine scored 2 runs in the
1st and 3rd, and their last tally
in the 7th inning.
Cunningham of Shaw was the
winning pitcher. Bill Low, NCC
frosh star of Richmond, Va., was
credited with the loss. James
Squire, right field, and Donald
TOnSSMTii “1st baseman, each’
scored two hits out of five times
at bat to lead the Eagles. Sam
Jones, Shaw first baseman, hit
three out of four and Jowers,
Shaw shortstop, slammed 2 out
of 3. The NCC-Shaw affair,
which was part of Shaw's All-
High School Day program, was
NCC's first conference loss.
Earlier, the Eagles defeated
Howard University and Winston-
Salem in conference wins.
Tan Hurler In
Witii NY Giants
HAVANA, CUBA
In this city of 33 radio sta
tions and a million inhabitants
who are torrid baseball fans,
you would naturally find strong
partisanship among the major
league teams. Tiiough the Cu
bans hear most all games from
the states, their favorites are
the Giants and the Dodgers.
McCullough Sets
New Standard
In Twin-City M^t
WINSTON-SALEM
North Carolina CoUege’t
track team won five event* in
the Winston-Salem Relays on
last Saturday.
The Eagle harriers copped
first place honors in the medley
relay, the one mile run, the
440 yard run, the high jump,
and the javelin.
Jim Courtney, who scored
12 points for the individual scor
ing record in the meet, was one
of the NCC medley relay team
that also included Jim Mullins,
Bob Baskerville, and Andy
Graham. The medley time was
3:36.3. A. and T. and Winston-
Salem Teachers College ran be
hind the Eagles.
Graham won the one mile
run in 4:37.1: Thompson of
Winston-Salem, and Wilson of
A. and T. trailed the fleet Gra
ham.
Courtney’s winning time in
the 440 was 91.4. He ran ahead
of Boyer^ of A. and T. and Sm-
ory of Winston-Salem.
Charley McCullough, Char
lotte sophomore who was a bas
ketball standout, broke the
meet’s only record in the hi|^
jump. He cleared at 6 ft. 5 and
one eighth inches. Lyon of A.
and T. followed with 5'11” and
Hamilton of A. and T. placed
third with 5’ 10”.
Tossing the javelin for 179
feet, Courtney, the NCC ace,
wound up a nearly perf^ day.
He was on the winning medley
team and copped second place
in the 880, relay.
Other NCC thinclads placing
in events were Glover Hill who
came fourth in the 220 yard
dash, Graham, second place in
the two mile run, and Courtney,
Baskerville, Hill, and Mullins in
the 880 yard relay.
'Junior' Gilliam
Quietest 'Bum'
BROOKLYN
Jim “Junior” Gilliam, whose
contract was bought from Mon
treal this week by the Brooklyn
Dodgers, has already earned the
distinction of being the quietest
Dodger. Junior just doesn’t open
his mouth to say anything at
anytime, fellow players will
tell you. A very solemn youth.
Junior spends most of his time
listening, that is listening to
baseball talk.
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