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PAGE SIX SOUTHEASTERN TO DRAW TOP NET SIaRS Beating The Gun KY ALVIN MOSES NEW YORK (AN)-’,) THE PEOPLE WE TALK TO. De tective George W"ot» r, looking ;t.s lit as the proverbial Lddle, slop.i on Scveuth Avc. ami 1 'l2nd St., to hold my hand to talk about a Lit ton oi playiny. o !1 now that ho has !etiml . Only 15 yeais t£ n this same ace-layman and i met in the YMCA (135th Stj gym when I ,v.b boxing instructor there . . . UPPY LYONS, former rubber to Jack Dtun.sev and other boxing greats, buttonholes us lor a look back to the days of old Olympic field, 136 St., ano sth Ave , home uI many ut the greatest colored baseball players in hemis phere history, l.yt-ny. is a pal of the once “strongest man" batta lion (Fu• Dept.) t. fuel We.sk.) Williams . The boxing win Id mourns the passing of BATTLING JIM JOHNSON jJaym.iU of tin- late Jack John.,on whom be (ought );) Paris, and one - J the roughest glove men in fistic histoi • . DIGK (f aimonball) REDDING Lincoln (hunts pitehei whom Babe Ruth v, as unable to hit successfully in barnstorming tilts with coloi ed teams, is seriously ul and hospitaliited at the writing ids once i great body is racked - ;tii a strange malady tiiat took the muscles lioiii his heroic fiami a-, if hy the fabulous voodoo witch practi tinners of Haiti Aftm we visit Heddiin we will have a story for y a and later a i -same - t his baseball career: . EDDIE YOUNGER, Renaissance basketball star, is the “right am" of tall and good-looking GEORGE GREGORY, headmaster (smile) oi FOREST HOUSE in the Bronx. That i.s quite some stall Gtegory has up then-, by the way. most of them star athletes dm - ii.g tfi« 11 college day- like PIERCE, Harvard university; SKINNER, TOM WOOD:.!, YOUNGER and a ftvv more of like, stature, —HIL- TON (Scummy) SLOCUM, known as the “boy wonder" of an ea: !y Bob Douglas Renny team, never tires oi showing close friends or mere acquaintances photos oi ins two sons whom he worship.-. l : ke any pr-met daddy shr-uid. DIDJA-KNQW-THAT Four colored men. John Arthur Johnson, Sam Langford, Joe Jeanette and Sam MeVey, vere the best heavyweight lighters t'« the world 3?. yea is :<e..C . . That Jack Johnson fought them all at j least once prior t , hi.- whipping Tommy Burns and James J. Jef fries- but that Johnson, would not face any of them in a champion ship contest after that claiming he wanted to be the "only Negro to ever hold the heavyweight championship of the world-?'’ Carlos Torrienti, called by many white and colored baseball experts the finest outfielder in Txegro baseball history, once outhi: i F-.-bc Ruth (Havana) m puling out home runs back in 1923? —That Jcilv Gardner, Rube Fosters Giant , and other crack teams, wa.; centeiii/uer rut .J th- mound that .-pawned such as i'evry Moor p;.d mcrunpai able Ttu (Gray Eagle) Speaker? liit- best hitler I eve; ~y against topranking colored pitchers o.vei a i-tret 1) (J years w:e bull shouldered JUD WILSON Horn*'-- stead Gi avs. Wilson p*-r>t most =*t hi-, baseball days with the Gray, amounting tr- 22 y-■ up t.> 194:7 Scrappy Brown, a hustling hail player in his own rivnt, tak«-s a lot of credit for keeping Jud in terested m i a-'-b.u. back :n th* .lavs when rookie Wilson wai a me rube i ot the Baltin:..re Black f->x 1 1924-22). SATCHEL PAIGE . revei held any terns tor Jud Wißon tr. whom every pitcher we: hi 4,,. SWORN FNL’MY in baseball playing sense, 1 mean .. . Tne first* time be batted again.-.t Pmge -1929), “Ole Batch" wa. unabie to get Turn -it. That -.vas down in Cuba . WiNon bat!-.-■ tremendous!;- against such immortals Lefty Grove, Dizsrv Dean ILI ton Smith, Pa ye Yoaklex, No-Hit Williams Dick Redding Skim Jones. Willi* Fu-.t-r. Cyclone Jr.,. William? etc . Wilson whale J a two-ian homer, of-! Letiv Grove Paige Draws 135,000 To Yankee Stadium h\ ALVIN i WHITE NEW YORK i.YfP.i Making Ins ;■ .it'ii’- :*;) vcai: late Satchel t J ,; ; rp< :,r lihij ami <f.mpotont t,.-.-tr.il pitcher war inctriuneniai it.' drawing lw’,ooo people tu Iho Vai.K.-t stadium VO u nr -'diiy and i .ursdav l id- uanm r crowd ‘.iW Mated pitch liner in nu:g- and allow .>it 1 y <1 e hit the pcwci Tul tiugp'; s ot tile -, ■ V■. It. team. On Wednesday relieving leu one inning Saleh it at oaiied upon in tare Tommy Hiatrien. Y■.Bc-tva and Jot- ii 1 M,». va. S iti - tui'k uti Tomstiy m.-king him mL>: the Min'd pitch badly Yogi attempted to di ag a bunt running' n; to hit the tail, but it rolled .‘-■Jraight to old Hatch wu u iinhchantl .■ tr<-.- ■ d the Yank catcher out, then he got the Might DiMag to hoist * fly t.. Lai - ty Dobv in c ehti 1 Thursday night Saleh relieved Bob Feller and Tommy Byrne of the Vinks 1 mashed a trebly single to h?it Then caiv.e tire Yank second baseman Gem «e Etirrwei?*. ini lowed cy Tommy Henrioh who luted out; Charlie XtTlcu and Joe Di Mag The iatn ; struck out (.111 .1 pi tcli which Cleveland catcher, Jim Began lout. He didn't Know what it was nor where it was, sc Joe K>n u *4.4 PSCO« .100% Neutrel Spl'to Outiiles horn -J-'otw tUMM il«r £l» u*tt« #.l. j j I———WWWWtfilJWW'Wfff : tidifd fii-t. hut that wa- all Ai( . onru** tift % h wit‘a.iat !.<».■ ng i iCor.d Oii \* W<-dn(?sdriy s game, phot** rUiipher hounded Satch .tiiey shol tillii ji oin all in iht* dug» ut, | •‘utr. it down lift- line, up ihe iitif 1 . r\'» ry.-vhcrc. Autograph hounds tul laVv ed the pitcher all sround Th* ■us the diamond c.nd beggecl , lor aphs. Wh« : hi.S liai'iir WAS HlinOtUU c*d to pilch, a mighty -roa r we.*u. up Ir tjjfi the Ci OU (l. L;lt he fliid itnishf-d his one inning Mint, the *>i ***<;>. liGb- i- ft -J ulieeivd toe 1 . ta i > who pi j haps could have been the v* Lj gi eair.Lt oig leaguer pile:*- er IF' S OI Saten just tOtjk it ir: stride no grimnng no clowning Fori Valley Aiiiiouiiees Mne bame Schedule FORT Qa iAN Pi A nine came schedule for 3948 was iinnvuiiced to. the Wildcats foot ball quad of For* Valley College by Coach Richard Dick ' Craig. Homecoming will be October 23 *r-»*n-t I.eMovne The Wildcats will play two games at rneht. Ma ri: Brown, Ncvembei ft at Macon, sr.cs Alabama titan? November 2b ; at f.o’nmbu 7he \V ,!-F Us home games will [ <•• again t E -.-.ard VVater-. Oct 16 j Lr-Moyne Oct 23 Benedict. Nov • 3 6u(J Albany State, Nov. 25. Gih I cr -tame- will be- again:t Xavte/ Oct 2 at New Orleans. Know ill*. Oct 9 at Knoxvillt Miles. Oct 10 *: Birnnh-tr.ani, Vir.ri.s Bt-cwn and Alabama State. Coach Crarg loses only one man. ’apt.an Gibson from the ur.de.'eat ai 1847 team. .Among his stars umn" sre Julian "Lip Wiggins Edward • Big Boy” Pinkston, David ah. Lamai Nelson. Webb “LDtie? Buddy • Hoilh. Joe Da vis and 70 it her candidate- I.OEIS StORN IN AS br.Pl I \ SHERIFF DETROIT lANPI -- Heavy weight Champion Joe Louis was sworn in last week as, a deputy -sheriff by Sheriff Ed ward fikhrendt of Wayne C*mr ty. Detective William Bennett and Sgt. Vt Hliam Taller eon gTaiutni cit the Brown Buaitx-r after the cerensitnie'S. Here in Detroit over the werfe end. Lei ais -did nut reveal tots Biter r. piaa*. WHITFIELD SETS RECORD IN 800 STEWART A?# GIBSON ENTER NOTH OPEN MEET An entry list of more than 200 j players, including Miss Althea ■ G’L-.on and George Stewart na- , ;l >nal women's and men’s singles j champions, as well as a majority of the nation’s i unking stars will lake to the North Carolina Col lege courts at Durham Monday ;n compete in the AT A-Sam. I ttoned Southeastern open cham pionships. The tournament, the last san ■ tinned one to be played bet ore Mu- beginning of the Nationals, :s sponsored by the North Carolui * ; minis Association and marks the ; ! revival of what in veai.s past was j • one of the greatest and m os: ‘colorful tournaments of the civ-j , cuit. Events listed for the tourna ; ment which will be conducted. ironi the ninth through the tour ; leenth include men s, women's juniors’ boys' girls' and veterans Angles; men’s women's mixed, tumor and veterans’ doubles. Social Pregram Social events designed to add .olor and entertainment to the i tournament week include a dance ' and reception in the N, C. State 1 > Men’s Gymnasium on Monday :><jiht trotn 9:30 to 11 p.m.: a -piash party from 8 to 10 p.m. Tuesday; sports movies at 8 p.m. | : Wednesday: a splash party at J \ p.m. Thursday and a dance from J 30 to 12 Friday. The tournament schedule calls ; for the playing ot the opening : round matches on Monday, b ginning at 10 am., second round j Tuesday, third rounr Wednesday. ! uuai'ic-r finals Thursday, r.emi iinals Thursday, semi-finals Fri day and finals on Saturday at ! p.m Nationally ranked players wiv have sent in their entries include ; Robert Mitchell, John Chandle., couis Graves Nathaniel Ja»k on. i Car! Williamson and Dr. Hubert Eaton at well as Misses Rou n >.- Pett i:,, second - seeded . ivonian singles play c-t: N»na Da vis, third-seeded. ~nd Elis: Thornton of Los Angeles. Highly seeded in the junior bracket will be Clyde Freeman J Washington, D. C . national junioi champ, and Kelly Wilsc-n ; ir,id-western junior champion. Othei entrant.-' inciudt- Di EH wood Downing. Dr J. L. Mt Grist, a oil John McGriff, nationally known lathe* and son teanv Dr “Whn lwind’ Johnson and Frank J u kson, NY BLACKHAWKS TO BE REVIVED NEW YORK lANP; The Ne w ; Yc.tf. Black Hawks toolbali team iv urns 10 semi-piro a .pet: non • his Ja J i An iim,.unn ifif-m that-. Eeri f- ay loi .oiei South Carolina j .State mot ball player and until re-. Icr fitly inomor of a strong aniateu; . aggregation, ha! obtain.-.! rignt.-i to i u e ibe name Hie former crack) .<ut! j:. wa- mad* her* tins week Associated with Fas. who wiil also couch the Hawk- will be Les lie Mettermai; who got his slan :-*> ate; : will, the Hawks 1* * rears ago. Mv Herman finished Co name roe High school and wa :fi equr July mentioned for «!i-i it> i quart*; back honor.- m his last year • at this school Enlisting in the armed forces, and setved with dis tinction. playing, football with 1 three service trams. Met ter man j i was sought by several college-, be-! ! fore he enlisted in the army. < each Fay announces that he i i will have his charges out for then ! (first practice or. August 15. Many: of them have beta- keeping in con tui-ni through the winter, but corn- j petition will be ke e n- for places i .■ri the team Former' players who (strived under Fay will £*»t a Thor- . ,o-iyh gi.‘irtg over stud oppuitumiy ! ! o make ihe grade It js expected !h«t a numbt-i of ..ihci cotlere; j player- will seek to join the Hawns | ! wt.en they start working ou: The team wiil piav most oi it games away from home arid travel’ 'hrougiiciut the ear l and New Eng land. Ptar.:. arc icing made tot a fui) sea. on and Coach Fay is look-. ling forward to a busy fall Previously ts ie teams he coach : > J J carried as many as 33 players.. He plans this- year to pick the best 12 men, perhaps three or four more 1 before he piays his first game, j NM REM El’S July 26. N Y. Black Yanks 5. N. Y. Cubans 4: Baltimore 7 Phila Stars ). July 27, Phila Stars 10 N. Y. Slavs i Yanks 6; N. Y. Cubans 8. Baiti | mgre 2. July 28. Phils. Stars 8. N. Y Black. Yanks 7. (July ?:> Bsltimore 7? Homestead Gray- j; Phila Stars 7, N. Y Black Vfcr,l:s 2 Jul.t 30. Homestead Grays 3 Balti ' more t. ' -i> 31, Newark 4 Baltimoie 2 ! August i. Phila Star- at Homestead ' Gtays 'Wash 2 ftaitu ; Newark, j at Baltimore <2 Rain). , Other clubs not scheduit-d. Mixed U. S. Team Peps Up Olympic Village LONDON (ANT > Tht- Unit ed States Olympic delegation, 360 (strung, moved into the Olympic Villa;'!- last Week like Gang Bus | tel s." and 'ook over the village the same as McArthur and Ids arm. j look c.vei Manila back, in 194f>. For (he past two weeks the pace in the village has been typically English: slow moving with every thing leisurely clone. It would be i though, because all the athletes j ■ housed there we e Engbb m rais ing, \V<!i the Yank* speeded up that ■f-mpo. There has been a steady .-treatn of Americans to the laun dry with huge bundles of soiled clothing the tea-smell m the ath let*-: lunchroom has given away to the aroma,of good old American. 1 c-.lfet the post office boxes are; literally bulging with r*d. white, and blue bordered airmail en volopes; and the Olympic Village m general is noisier than one oi tt.c.«r old-time American carnivals. ’ Many of the othet teams coming 1 ' from countries much closet than ' the United States, took oft two or ! threi days to gel rid of their sea legs 1 but not those “bloody Yanks." , They -.vere out on the track two | hours alter their arrival in then quarters a-rumung and a-jumping a- if they never left home. . The weight lifters and boxers j weren’t very far behind the track-' I men in their preparation* for a ! workout. The weight liftet- led by ; our own invincible Davis, fiieu I aero-s the parade greund in good old Indian fashion to the gymna .- ium set aside for them on the I other side of the parade ground. r.*:. boxers started their workout 'futhey had arrived at the gymnasium. They shadow-boxed and jumped rope all the way from Hoi) lu mp quarter- lo the boxing uymn&ituin. At tu-st. 1 thought we ; had an all-Negro boxing team rep resenting the United States, be cause the fiiit six box* r- who came out were Negtoes. Later 1 ie.ni.rU only eight out of th. lti ware Negtoe- Go per cent isn’t baa “Louis Fought His Last Fight/’Say Marshall Miles NEW YORK iANP) "The iaich'ivnt made by Joe 1..-. t »-« k still stands” Marshall Mil - told this report, Sunday night at the Hole! Theresa where ho i- stopping leu , is w days Tlie statement tiiat .’-.iile 1 - man ..cer of ihe Brown Bombei was ’. 1.-iiii.g to v. js .jut' - denial so ihe ! 20tii CentUi Club a-: well a- Nat Ki-ishei publisher ot ih«- -Ring ima.guc.inc. that a bout i>»-’,-. i, Les- Inevich and Joe was in the making i foi th):-. fail Mom!av ni - Fit 1 «v»mu«.-ted Muu ;it liic hotel a yvfii a- Louis wlin was hei e competing m a golf tom - j naiiieiit un i asked it Joe’s icthe ; ment was final and what differ •lace dui the result of the Lesne . vich-Mills fight make in their de- “Hesitation” Pitch By Satchel Paige Brings How! BY Ai. MOSES NEW YORK 1 ANPi William Harridge, prexy of the American Teague, stunned Satchel Paige’s sea if admin m- by his rating smtoiime i ‘ci tlnouhg the daily press on July lil. Tie- Wa tii>. .< n Senator:- lodged jioimal prole't against a Satchel U-hvc-fy nswa known as the . 1 "hesitation pitch." The claim was : made that the delivery constitutes WELTERWEIGHT TITLE GIVEN 0F,,. BY CONRAD CLARK NEW YORK I ANY 1 ~ Hay HoDimon, welterweight cnam pum, Monday refused an offer from So! Strauss, acting pro moter ot the :;<tth C ent ary Nputtuif' ITuu, to (teleita his t:ut- again- 1 Kta Lav nan or Lliba on September 22 at the VanJsee stadium. Ai-ctn ding to the "hoys' 1 tin-, practically declares. the title vacant, xiUMrugh Ray has unlit liecemhcr to formally declare that he has relinquished the title. Kohinsrm is tentatively stgn « d to rriee the winner of the Tony Zaie-Marcel Cerdan mid nieweight title bout here at Eb Bees eteia <n m ovate u an September it. With Joe Louts and sugar Ray giving up their crowns Ike Williimt of Trenton, N. who holds the; lightweight title, would then be the outs Negro title tiodler in boxing. With the rejection of the at > fer by Raj to fight the Cuban, Strauss Iras now turned to a * utt/Vh between Gavtlan and LivSe Mirtidli of Italy at tire CSkrdet ca. Sejj»tr.iiibei nit; CAKOLINIA thoughi. Even eig.hl out ot 16 isn’t too bad ilium our standpoint ut. view), but when the percentagi goes up to 9 out ot 12, that old Nordic apple cart is certainly upset, Well, that is the way it .stands with our U. 3. ‘.vc,men’s track team. 1 haven't seen our girls as yet, primarily because Ihey an housed on the other side ol th- city but 1 have been told we hui-i- |i tine looking girl- as well ,-,s - teller p. rtormers. The .swimmers sat and stood in ,i bunch near the parking lot waning for a bus lo carry them to Uit Wemberly pool for practice. Ail th. tini.-r I spent there watch ing thso. fellows. 1 could not help from wishing we had at least one Negro swimmer good enough to make the team. Tile biggr-i surprise of the M lerncon was when 1 learned that we i the United States) had a field hockey team enieted in the games. At first 1 thought a few fellows ! were just fouling around with 'r. or key sticks and balls, but the ,skili with which they handled the -ticks' made me ask questions. To us Americans who have been gome to the Olympic Village dai ly looking for news and athletic excitement, this hustle and bustle j the Yanks have brought (c the i Olympic camp is soothing tc our ! nerves. We are moved closer io home, because it is out natural j way of doing things. The foreign ers look at tht Americans with amazement, because he does not vaste any time getting about his work on: >: he has gotten to his des tination. So. the Egyptians, Iranians. Fili pino-. Jamaicans French. and East Inaians, who were in the Olympic Village first and enjoy ed tin characteristic English quiet ne- can eitkei get used to tire hus tle uustle. and noise of the many Americans, or make other living ~u rangernents 1 uni sure ihese things, which are characteristic to Americans wiil last as 1 out as the i allies me there Both 1., -<ts and Miles gave me it:* sam. answei. “no difference.' Jot added that ”1 have read the news, out that makes no diffei . nee i. io.c TaiK with Mile-. According to Miles, Letnevith by his defeat ai the hands of the Eui opt-..n in-In heavy w.-ight charii pion is ikjVv out of Hit running for tiie heavy weight title and can only rede, m 11 m-tj: by another figui : with Mills Tire boxing world is now more ,n ucdUd than eve; os i: was hint ed riiany mm- that a Lesnevici. Jei- v Joe Walcott would be in - il.e mcikmg -.js they were the only is l .., iogicai men t<* iignt for tl.e “vacant’title ;a ‘hitch" or momentary pause i ' which throws batii-rs off their titn i ing The tail pitrhei has been for i bidder, by the American League - to throw his favorite pitch. Baseball fans fathered around i n,■ t stopped to talk With Wdi -1 rose club member.- on 7th Avenue, and 132nd Street. Scores of close s j observers couldn’t seem to go along with Clark Griffith. Hairidf.t‘ and league officials in taking away ; tne fabulous Page s pet -pitch. ‘lt s ; not a spit ball, he does not discolor 01 employ any foreign agency to the baseball H.-eif. so what's ail the ; excitement about . . can you tell ! us in simple words? Many argued and with justifi cation in votne points that batters ■ should lose tuning coordination, pane nee, etc. while facing F .veil , (The Whips Blackwell. Cincinnati hurler who resembles a "man-fall j mg-out-of u ire--" before he lets ; the ball go. On the Blackwell mai i tfr 1 submitted that he was a Na i 1 1011*1 leaguer and one could only j in riu-.e what Frick or Happy {Chandler would have dour At .least Satchel Paige has lived to ci his big-league dream come | true and to become the centre cf I a modern day illegal piten contro’- j cersy that remir ds oldsters of Ed die C cotle of 3**iJt Chicago White J Sox ini jmy AEGROES GET FOUR SWIMMING POOLS |IN NEW ORLEANS | NEW ORLEANS < ANP) The ; number of swimming pools for use by Negroes In New Qrlean. jump led from one to five last week as , 4 new pools were dedicated. ivlor ' ris X. F J off. head of the Negro I department presided at dedication j exerciser. t Mayer DeLos?e?s S. I4**ris«a SPEEDSTERS BOOST HOPES FOR VICTORY Two sepia Americans burned up the track at the Olympic Stadium 1 I at. Wembley, England last week tc • ■ secure first placet and to boost \ American hopes lor continuation ot ; tne track and field supremacy ! which has existed since the Olyrn | pies were returned in 1896. The two were Harrison Dilharu , crack hurdler from Baldwin-Wal lace whose failure to qualify in hi specialty was viewed a- a majot i blow to American hopes at the time., and Mai Whitfied. a stall sergeantj m the 100th Fighter Squadron at ' ! Lockbourne Air Base, As though in atonement tor his , failure to qualify for the hurdlles, ; Dillard equalled the world record of 10 3 seconds to outrun the high ly touted favorites and win the! finals of the 100 meter dash A day later the stocky Whitfield ' ! took the measure of the worlds' •neatest middle instance runnels | i and smashed all existing records to win the 800 meter run just three, vards ahead of Arthur Wint ot Jamaican who hud been considered i the tavorite m the event. Racing through a drizzle the sot , dier anti Ohio State University track star covered the distance which is equal to the regular U ( 1 3. halt mile, in one minute. 49 and ( i two-tenths seconds. This victory pi need Whitfield in the spot of having a chance at t ! the winning of three gold medal? for first* ui track events. On Wed nesday he is scheduled to run in the 400 nit-1■- • where he will be . running against Jamaica's Herb. McKenley, the 440 yard record holder who is seeking world recog nition fen a mark of 45 U seconds. 2B)EXPECTED AT NATIONAL ORANGEBURG, S C (ANPi The 31st national chairipioiihhipy' of; the Tennis Association vviii be held ai South Carolina, Sf d * ♦=» A a) i d fVj College A. uft< 11 16-2] it was announrrd lie it* la-1 ? • ; wet-k. The bigger t spon> event of, ? hh i vear toi the 32-year-old organ ization. it is the only national iouv n... ment utfuially and conducted by AT A iviu' t tu.'ii, 200 entries from 150 .member clubs in the- United States, ■ Canada and the West indies wilt participate in it events to decide the nation;.! champion Ratings in termis lor the year’s performance • depend primarily upon participa tion in the national, altoueh some i credit is given tor performance in sectional and major tournaments • :<actioned by tie 1A - Seeding and drawing- will taka n, act Angust 15. All entries will ' close August H. i day will start on August lfi and continue to tin* fin al' on August It Numb# r one seeded position in the inert's singles bracket will tie taken by George Stewart an A ana M student from the Republic ot Panama Othe: top-notcTn-rs tn die usual 16 seeded player list m dtided Lloyd Scott, Prairie View College, ift27 runner-up, fir. Reg inald Weir New York, lit st ATa • player to compete in a USLTA ‘ sanctioned tournarnent; Dr. Rich ard Cohen, Piainfieid, N J , John i Chandler. Panwood, N. J.: Louis, - Graves Wayne University, Oe . trod Harold Mitchel. Pasadena, - Cat.; Francis Powell, Tu*kegee fn i ititutt; and Carl Williams How j ‘: ard University. Defending champions in othe; ; events include Miss Althea Gibson. Wilmington, women’s singles John > B. Gareit, Tusttegee veteran's sin-j • glee Clyde Freeman, Washington.' i junior singles. Blanche Winston. New York, veteran’s women’s sm- • gles: Wtirna McGhee, Chattanooga, j - girls singles-; and Wilbert Davis.' New York boys singles i Chandler and Mitchell hold the t championship m the mens ciou bhs; Margaret and Rournania Pet ters. Tusfeegee, women's doubles ft.. - more than 10 years; Stewart and Ora Washington. Phtiadeihpia mixed doubles, and Clyde and Wendt!! Freeman, Washington, i junior doubles. > Preparation for the bit* tvent ha* ’ been underway for more than .« : year at Slate A. and M Coliege • i’he invitation was first extended, in 1946 at Wiiberforce. and official ly accepted in 1947 at Tutkegee The iocai chamber of commerce and city council are cooperating i with lire- South Carolina Tennis j Association in support of the event i The annual ATA meeting will j be held August 18 On the social program are a sports dance, August 17, and the annual ATA ball Aug. I 20. promised more pools a? soon as i funds were available. The city'.- j ; aim. he said, would be u> ertablisn . swimming spots available to every ! ; colored boy 3nd giti m the city. '• A committee of Negro citizens, wiU direct the affairs of each pool.; WEEK EN DING SATUUDAY, A ,: DUST V, 111 i Barney Ewell Fights Odds , In Olympic 100-Metre UXBRIDGE, England (ANPi Call him "Old Folks,’’ "Baldy,’ 'Father Time. “l'appy,' or what have you. but aging Barney Ewell - Us out to win that 100-metre Olym : pic championship this week de ls pi to the territie odds against him : Last Wednesday', he seemed to pour out more sweat and kick up ’ more cinders man usual during hi.- ; workouts. Hs- seemed angry with ihe tin ders. or himself or .someone lie wants to win that fii at place and for Rial reason he is driving him 1 seif into shape In the lit.q place, Barney knows: 'that this i: his last chance at an i Olympic title, for he has gone past , | the usual sprinting span. Most run I ners legs go hack on them aftei I they have passed the 3(l-year mark, and Barney has barely turned 30. | though his bald-looking head and j grey hair on his chest make you I think he might be 40. One bright hope has been the . weather. For the past few days the sun has been beating down i moir like a middle west summei The English do not hesitate to tell ,;s this is unusual weather and that Dean Cromwell Under a f“4i | | ii« |* rire ror Handling of U.S. Olympic Trackmen ' LONDON >ANP) Char.-t --: trial Coach Dean C’romweli ui ; Southern California wa not de voting correct attention to all the ; member- us the American Olym pics squad were llyinc on the eve of iht Olympic games here las; week. One of the mam track aces cm | satisfied with C romweli, known vo be anti-Negro was Barney Evvt-H. ;He claims (ha! the coach is trait, i it. * him incorrectly in the matte (of .starts in the dash event:, i Not only is Eweli dis-atisfied. |but so are many of the other me. j They claim that Cromwell w . voting must of his time to Me! Pal ; tun. dash st&i from hi: own school, Cromwell has given much inox ’time to Patton then 'o Ewell de ,apit. sin- la.-i that Ewell tx s at i-at •on in ttie 100 tneter;- da l) while Pattuh >: -irated t.uu in iht 200 British Drop Fatuous Slar From Olympic l earn LONDON ‘ANPi Great Bid-., ain i.-ft one ui «t- gieatesl track . stcu a off it.- 1948 Olympic- team. MacDonald Bailey famous sprinu:; h'om Trinidad wa- named only i i third provs-ionai ajteinaie m the i 100 meters dash , Bailey’;, ,tu- wa> not finally ; revealed until a tew day: before the track events began last wee a tie was probably the leading ace m ihe 100 meter arid 200 rneiei da-u.-cs running in Eiigland this season His u Mult & Combine H ins Richmond Doubles RICHMOND i ANPi Arvhie . L«-e Harris and Alfred Ward, con ndered th. "Mutt and Jeff cum bination of the tennis court- here, la.-.t week won the city’s doubles team championship in ihe City in cision ui Recreation tournament at j Oak wood playground. They won their tup by defeat- i ing F. T Hamlett and Waiter I Wright, 4-6. 6-2, 6-4. 6-4. They ate railed ihr 'Mutt and j j Jeff’ of the com is because Harris j I fi rmer Virginia State College stai. . I- 6 feet 3 mchet tall and weighs 246 pound: while Ward is barely i naif his .'ire 5 feet. « inches tall ! and weighs only 12? pczuncir. Harris also wen the city's men's j •:Sinßes ttiie. WOMAN BOXER LOft iifiOELKS , (ANPi An upeaad -eomißg young box er, inspired by the world heavy weight champion, Miss Gloria Jean ihompson us lit- - roll, is the center of attrac- ! tion in Liftr Wifee's grmriartum as Car as boxing experts are concerned. The first Negro professional •woman tighter biffs under the name, Little Joe Louis. She has | had two fights and won both by decision:-. She scored knock- I downs in each battle. Her manager is Gladstone Beil, and trainer, Biliy Mike. % contender in the 13f« pound class, she will fight in Mexico I City in September. She is one of 17 women professional pug ilists in action in Mexico City { and the iew states in America 1 that allow women to box. While in the ring, women wear bu:t protectors. Miss j TbctßjKoa is U years old, j perhaps l•'•morrow night, there will be siuiv. Back to F.vvt !1, lie ha-: Jonf; learu cd that In- must do almost twice as i much •‘••>>rk .<>. the yuan: <-r fellows in iii lie) i , keep ut top running | peak He t : . among the first to come iot to fa act ice. and the last to ' leave. Most of '.hi team:nates have ■ been yelling "enough” lour before ■i ' 1 Buna v !;: :<a\ to quit Bin ney seems to he working on the idea that hi must compensate | his waning strength with mari nes-. He iia cheek Oil tin- practice 1 i track t.id tound it i .ithei firm and f '.plihete a, lb- kl.uV,-: wie-lt 11 , lit will : mean to <eung leg - tr«v elin 3 the i route, :.u in began ins workout on | the gras? in center of the field This | cuts down the possiblitv of sliih ; splints. Photographers, who are as thick :as tlies on the prai tice field. do | not hinder Barney in his training Know in.*., he could not practice it they interrupted hie workout, he ha-- politely asked them to vtick t around until Vie: finishes. ThaiY Barney Fwell in training, oui only nope m the iOo-metre Olympic i ace. meters Mo t i.f the nnm.-i.- were won dering' why Coach t mil von Riling of New Yuri: imiiuxty cnnsider •a to ; e one ol tne best running ixai i s m the country was not iios.e;; ■u c.h the runners of the Olympic -q .ad They wonder why n was • h -en t-- tutoi hammer tin owf n: Evveii etio.ed that Cromwell -a a it,- a tasii-i siait. m practice E than ;■ Ui>;npn • :i..ii use. He said ti-ut m hi: pri.eue.-.- sesions the ’ '5C t ..i i; n: -- i iOni i : brief rao -1.1 - itt !-•(-:■■■ i n and ‘go ai tlioiigh hr krev. tiiat Olympic --ti.il* <.- ivould be much : liwv*n * It : ie;,re-..i dial tf:c ill s-cusion . . .i .. i ( : i<i ... ll Hi,. . au=e the Ai'iUii. : v Iliad i• I frdt WOFSt? (t i ihte than r»;<d Uecra expected. ..tatus on ih>* .-.quad lia.i been m do slot Oti.i:. iif- v. a.- a native ol Trmidod it 'A'a fc a p#K‘t t~ d !nut IV' \vouidi t y.~ . for ’’.t 100 3nd 200 itiotri-- sprints arid tin- 400 meter ieiay foatw on u.. Brili.ti Olympics squad tnO 5 .' ' or %OttfcS, Mjb xUmMrk' • strewed and ftottfad by Th« National Browing Co. of Soitunor* in Maryland iJISIarBirTED BY SIG SCHAFER & SOR ujsTßjmiroß 221 a. HAKRI.N'GTON ST PHONE 2-1569
The Carolinian (Raleigh, N.C.)
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