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TIIK CAROLINIAN
PAGE FIVE
Behind The
Play In Sports
BY IION I>Y LEHillKI B
liEilAKT 111 KB.\i(l> AS r»|-
MISSIO.VKK 01 H.ISIBAM.
Wori.l) IH. "NAll n.M.’
NEW YUKK I 1-. us i;t l l>:i k
lu llii- Cot :iiM 111 Ni t'io
Bust-biili Wilh III'- lii.ObiiL iic-.iU-i
by the stuitiii;', ..I tin- new UintL-J
States lA'JiKue, sii.jiiMoeil by (;ii>
Greenlee mnl t-i.nnj;iiiy of l’itt>-
bur^ti. and the new SuullieiiJ
Leajue established by i>r H il
Jacknun and assneialt--. Uam, -n
Dixie, the pioijinin tn a fin..
iiussinner for Nenn. Ha-eb.ill has
slumped a bit and the questinn inis
been put in the biiik;iinund by the
upeiatur.s who are nr have be.-it
busy ({iidini; themselves fnr what
they expeet tu be a tumultous sum-
mer. wind with battle.- loominjt witr
the Greenleo crowd and the annual
fuss over playeis and booking-'-
1 still eunti'iid that DeHart Hub
bard. the rorn'er broadjurnpin^
chhiripicin from the University .>f
Michigan is the best man for th
spot, notwilinstandiiKi the jiamcs "f
several of my close frined.s and oth
ers who have been suggested by
various .sources. Seveial impcofanl
facts miKhi make Hubbard's candi
dacy stand out more. .Mony with
Dr B. B Martin of Memphis. De-
Hart Hubbaid did most of the wok
of organi/ing the Negro .•\m«Ti..in
l.eugui' and he wrote the excellent
constitution for the Negm Arreii-
oaii League, which is being iimre 01
less adlu-red to by the western cir
cuit today
Hubbard thinks that the office nf
the Corrmissioncr should take the
lead in forimihitiny a Iniui range
nrogiarn for the progress of Negro
baseball. For instance, the (mmer
broadjuinpin-v ac‘ beln-ves a Com
missioner should work for a favor
able wuikim; agreement \iilh or
ganized baseball Such .igreements,
he told nie. might eventually lesuH
in Negro HasebaJ: beciitr.iiiK an
integral iiait of urgani/ed b.i
Such an agieement would
strengthen the conti'ol of pl.i
and teams.
I that ;
leball
Ifiibbaitl, who has studied the
ni a nurnbei of years uniT
idy has gone far iii ad-
inost of the candidates
iisideration. thiiik.s the
Con ii.issi..nei should fi-rinulate and
exiciiti a program designed to in-
t sjiire the Negro boy to consider
ba.seball as a profession This would ■
: rciiuiie the organi/allon of minor'
Ivjgu«-.s along the farm system set-
; Up and woul dalso i. volve a pro-
'i.cin. such as the Na'ional Leagues
iiow opi-:.iti. in cooperation with
the .-Smerican Legion Negro Col
leges. Hubbaid say.-, should be in-
p-pired t > again promote baseball as
^a major sport S-ur.e financial as-
Mstanco. hi- tiiinks. could be given •
' hy the League teams in order to
I back up this program.
, The Commissioner of Negio Base-
IbaM, envisioned by DeHart Hub
bard would work .for the elinuna-
t.on of what he teim*» the booking
agint evil by requiring that all
contr.icts for parks and promi‘-
tional connections in \’arKHis cities
should 1)0 foimulatr dand operated
, in tiie name - f the league- not of
piom-fers >Th:s should int-viest
Fffa Manley of Ni wark and Alex
T’on'p‘7. of New Yirk'.
Ahove all, Hubbard says. “I be
lieve that the position - f Commis
sioner should be a fuli-lime job
Siieeessfol pei foimaic e of the job
will require iindnideri attention 1
hope that the league- will take this
facto rinto consideration 1 loifH' they
also rc-alize that this pob. if prop- .
wrly .idministeri*d. can save ii ac
tual ca-h much more than it oper-
I aling Cost.”
There is no doubt that Negro
baseball will reaUy need a Com
missioner to hannle the affairs of
the club owners if onlv fur the 1945
leason Every kind of problem in
the books seems to b" confronting
•he harried magnates long before
the season actually beings. Among
such problems is - "What are the
-Majors going t'- do bccausr- the
Majors set the pattern for Nigro
WHY SWIM...
BY Carroll I,. Bryant. Director
>Valer Safety Service American
Red Cross
(Ji.ly fifty jier cent of the peo-
pie in the United States can .swim
at all; yet this is the .season when
young and old flock to the beaches
.Old pools regaidle.ss of their know
ledge of water technique. Of the
50 per cent who swim, only 10 per
cent .swim wu'll. The safety of these
uiitruined bathers is left to the life
guard — if one IS present. Is it any
wonder that approximately 7.U00
p.Tsons drown every year''
Most drownings occur May. June
Jnl> and Augnst. foi it is dtniiiH
these muiiths that 80 million Ameri-
“Big Bill” Bell New Football
Mentor At A. And T. College
cans go “swimming,” Perhaps 7.000
druwnings seem a .small percentage
of the 80 million who alte/npt to
^Wlm. but doiit' forget that a nuch
greater number suffei near-drow.i-
ing experiences, with shock and
.llness ii'it to mention the inhibi
tion that such expel unices play .11.
future ••njoynieiit >>f the water. Tlte
numlier of persons who will have
m ar-di owning expei tenee.- this
year can be estimated on li e basis
of approximately fifty tot every
one who drowns.
Like most accdenls. those in the
watur are generall> f>reventable.
They are the icsuit of ignorance
of the ways of th«- water and how
GREENSBORO Lt. William
"Big Bill ■’ Bell, hiimer alt-Amer-
k'ca tackle at Ohio Stale University
ami coach of ihr- unhealen Tiiske-
gee, Ala.. Anny Air Field i Icvci.
last fall, has Ijceii named head
coach and diretcor ol physical ed
ucation at A. and T College, it has
been announced by PiesidenI F. D
Bluf.ird.
He will assume his new duties 111
July afted discharge f'-oin the a m-
ed foi ce.s and he siicecds Breiii .in j
King as football coach ot the /.g-'
gic'-.
Hell was regular at Olilo .State
lor three seasons, graduating after,
'the ly.'ti football camjiaign and lat I
-1- netting his M A. degree at Olil» •
•State He .,- .K-hed the .strong Flor-
iila A and M. College team before
J'lining the army in HDH .At 'riuA''-1
gee last fall he oi-gani/ed a foot-j
ball tiarn and completed a jier-
f« r season, eliiraxed by a victory I
I'ver Morgan Slate College in the'
lollegiate football classic at Wash-!
mglon, D. C. It wa Morgan's i iily;
los.s.
His Florida teams won unofficial'
national championships in three of.
his seven \eiir.s there, at one time I-L Bell will coach all varsity
having a string of 20 victories m sports at A. and T in addition to
'21 g;imes. Prior to that. Bell led duties as head of-physical educa-'
Claflin crdlege teams m South Car- lion. At Tuskegee AAF he seived
olina to two South .-Atlantic con- as assistant physical training of-
B renee championships fiei.
Commission Chairman Picks No Flaws In Fight
NEW YORK iCN.Si -- Despite Eaxaii said, while at the same time
tla- fact itial Ike Williams lost to den%jii> tin* nnnu-rotis rumors that
' Willie Joyce III a .split deci.sioii. he Uu' two might not have given their
' .'iplUMied quite good to Cominissioii best efforts "I agree with the deci-
Chairman Eddie Kagan "Nobody -ion In fact I scored U rounds to
1 could find ally laiilt wilh the fight, " .t for Joyce."
Sponsoring IiOivn Party
RALEIGH •• The W-men's Acti
vity Comirittei' of the Sojourner
Truth YWCA is sponsoring a Fel
lowship Social Hour on the lawn
of Mrs. L. E. McCauley. 8 North
Tarborn Street when they will en
tertain all Y members and ladies
of Raleigh with a L.iwn Party
Fruit Sip Mrs. II. C. Perrin is
chairman of this conimilttu- and
i.s asking all the ladies >f Raleigh
to be present Hours 8 to 8:80.
Finance or Borrow
On Your Car
through th
DILLON MOTOR FINANCE CO.
Wilmington at Davie Phone 3*3231
, WM. "BIG BILL” BELL
Bell will I
CAVnAL i-UCA-wOUA
BOTTUXO ca
111 W. Wareas SI.
to handle one's .self on it and in it
Fortunately, the knowledge and ^
skill essential to leal w.iler ability'
can be easily and pleasantly acquir
ed. I
The Arrreican Red Cross Life:
Saving .Service was organized a
little over a quaiP-i of a century
ugi> In that period the drowning |
rale has been cut V) (n-r cent.
The R'd f'l'iiss ofler.s courses jn ■
‘wimminz .Old life -aving for all 1
age groups See \o'i: local ih.ip-
ter about enrolling
Haseball''” If Ihi-y do not opeiale;
as in the pa.'t. Nc-gi> Bascb.ill must
follow .suit The nieaii: eveiythnig ;
ini'liiding dales, p.nk-. equipioi
lianspottati./n. etc
The new Leagues that ha\e b'-en |
startid ihi. winter -l.i-uUI be sup-,
eivi.sed by leeogi/eit anlhoiity
without a lot of uitcrnecine walla ■ :
eakii
b«-lw
club '
HAM IKRING HENRY TAKE.S ONE -Henry Armstrong (rlKhl),
holder of three boxing titles in ’/IK hiuI ’8'.'. is touring the Chimi-
Burmu-hidin war theater with VSO-Canip Shows, member ngem-y
of the Nalioiial War Fund. This photo was iimde in Calcutta, where
Henry H|>|icar-d at the all-.AIticd open amateur touriiamciit for
American, Brili-h ami Imlidii .Yiiny boxers, (fhlicial 1'. S. Signal
Corps Photo -couvivsy 1*. M.)
E3cDHSERVATIDK HINT5=
NuiiiVtr On* nf o t*tiu
phiyc
bookings
A ciean-iiil lione-t. and capable
young man who can tlnnk and
take action is the ly|>' of man iier-d
ed for Collin i-sMinei as I see it.
Tto go out and bun:/ in some per
SOI, whom fveiylxdy likes because
they know him for twenty-five or
thiity veins 01 beiause lie ined to
do this or do that will not solve
the jiioblem and will nit bring
the amount of rcsp«-cl that Negro
Baseball s.icly ne.ds Neither will
' it suffice Neg o Baseball to bnio;
1 .1. some big prori ineiit name pi-;
A clean-ciil. honest, and c.ipable
young inaii who cun think and
take action is the type of man need
ed for Coiliirissioiier as I see it.
Tto go out and biing in some per
son whom everybody likes beiaiise
they know him for twenty-five or
thiity years or because he used to
do this or do that will not solve
the pioblem and will not bring
the amount of respect that Negro
Baseball sorely liters. Neither will
it suffice Neg o Baseball to bring
in some big pruri'inent name per
son. just bei-euse he has a name, to
take over the affairs of what ha.s
advanced to be a million dollar a
year enterprise. There must be
some business judgment, adminis
trative ability, as well as initiative
p.csenl in the man chosen. He must
be agle to crack the whip and
make the boy.s walk the line as did
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
in the national league. Respect :s
the No. 1 consideraiton.
Hubbard, with his vc-ar.s of ex
perience in physical education
I arouse Cleveland, Columbus, and
i Cinnali. plus his years on the
playing field, shoiid fill all these
' requirements
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effort to keep faith with them. Every dtail, from
first to last, is given careful supervision. Noth
ing is too small, too unimportant to do-^if by
so doing we can console or be of service to the
family.
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H»12 E. Hargett St. Phone 3-24 lf>
RALEIGH, N. C.
DON'T.
. . . throw away waste
fats . . . they’ra needed to
help make the munitions
our fighting men must have!
Strain each ounce of left
over fats into a container
and when you have collect*
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A Lifetime in Flames
Why tsk* chaoca* on burning
up a lifatima't affort In ■ single
tarrifylag hoifr whan U'a so
simple and inaxpansive to pre-
tact yourself against any pessi-
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but a few pennies a day. Wa'll
show you how.
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DURHAM, N. C.
Confidence
, YOU CAN BE SURE OF IT WHEN
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and without paying exorbitant interest, you
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DURHAM-RALEIGH
Memb«r Federal Deposit loaurance Corp.
\ou know that sagging, sawdust feel
ing. It’s a wartime symptom of the
high cost of living. You often get it
when you go to market or pay a bill.
But not when you pay your electric
bill. For the price of electric service
hasn’t followed other prices L'P. It’s
still at low pre-war levels—or even a
little lower. In fact, if your- is an
average family', you’re getting just
about twice as much electricity for your
money today as you did 15 years ago.
Were glad we’ve been able to
keep your electric service cheap and
friendly' and dependable—in spite of
wartime conditions. That makes our
hard work and careful business man
agement seem worth while. And we
are glad that it helps give you smie
relief from “rag lIliII knees’’!
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