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Beating The Gun
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• .JACKSON ON THE LOOSE'
NEW YORK fANP■ YALE MVER.SITY’S LEVI JAGK
SON shone with the lustre of a diamond as the Build- of New
Haven whipped Brown University in the Yc . bowl, 26-13. on
Saturday, Sept. 25, Jackson was hurt at the end f the ’47 season
and fear* had (been expressed by many that his football days had
come to an end
BRILLIANT PASSING
The leaf-brown complex.anni fn s'enut. .star of toe 194 U lUill
<tog eleven passed against the stubborn Brown Bear- a.s Sul Luck
man used to do foi Coluiut.ua be to re turning professional He lipped.
* °^' t U 4 yatds in 21 plays thereby gale mg, in this opening tilt, 11
utoie jyaids than he had guim-d daring the rail '47 season. It was a
pleasure, 1 m told by my .spedal-opejativg (.Sonny i J.aForte, t
watch the 22-year old colored rmuvei -,ei u p tin.- first Yah- score with
the game but three minute.-, -id.
Joe Pa tern o ~»t Brown lunibit’-d tin cat; \ back oi tin initial
kic|k-off giving the Lhj.,e b;,!i -m Hroivir. 15 yard line Jackson
poised like a veteran - »oly pm ... J the pigskin to Fordy Nadherny
who Was all atom on the Biuins goal line and - the tug bowl
thundered fortli salves of applause Following another Bro w u
fumble on its own 40-yard lira Jackson stai ted anothei drive with
a first down on the 30 and aided Nadherny, in.-, tearn.nate, in ca:
rying the ball to tin five
Despite an -dmo.si perfect block. Jackson squirmed and twisted
tiiru to the goal hue from tic- ifv> to chjalk up anothei Yale touch
down. He was in a practically f ßulldog* score and roamed
ine lieid bke an inspired i-;ha<a.v,' i ~ kipm Buddv Yount
WEIGH CERDAN, RAY ROBINSON
Watching hay Rub.us. u wmp Kuf C* ,;ian .-■■id noting Marcel
teidans kayo ;.t J c-ny. mmy Muriciii fight iaiis have experienced
a shasp change J i-pi’uun. 7• -• Henry Cornelius, of the Graham
court m crowded Harlem tomes this view.
As you know I have :nways been a Bay Robinson booster. To
me he epitomized the txary-perlect fightsi bean, punch, courage
and ring generalship of ,» supei b order . foi mental-lapses in
me Tommy Bt-L title Re.-id yum article on Robinson class oi
middleweight and 175 iiw.mioi,. up to Lzzard Chmle
"Well, Al I mink Marcel (h dan stands just ahead of Charles
in tnat list, being r-aiuiuit (i. , o p,a;o n i of cr-m* any light*--: up
to Charles the battle of ns.-- life. Robinson wn short of something
in the Gavilan fight. M; vhe like you ; ote. ’Tin- SUGAR BOY
Vvas thinking about making 14/ pound-: lor this Cuban windmill with
a guarantee of 60.000 iron nvn to inv. ,-t mm Ray Robinson asm
ciates. Inc., a realty cprpo: atioii Don't lu.ld C.-:dan cheap is my
advice to ah American ficmeis up to the 175 pound division."
Other men f- pm.- .ed t.oenriseivp- moi * i;i ref land not witfi
the Cornelius Ran.- to. .u -ail . .;
"Ray Robinson will get m- =. or- r.nociced ~-i; tumid
on Cerdan, -- vatch and <■ ,4 ,md ?., ;, ; I ; he.S
TER LOCKET liar;- ~Ba a i Gtill
'Marcei Cerdan ’.w m i a and :...,yb. he has
seme tar brush in mm. who can tel if- ! would bet -a turn w. out-be,
Robinson. George Smr.il. Harlem.'
IS YOUR ANSWER HERE??? ,
Q. in your story or stories on Han m Dii .. d. Arnenc.,'- tap lOu
iTictei find of i:4o8. i ~.gret -.-. ith you a, cs-t-i yfhing but ora- point.
1 think Dillard would hove beaten O. , m- J Ue Burn
ham, Chapel Hill, N. C
A So, we still d:ffe on that pent -w,-.vn.md have
whipped Dillard.
Q Rate these Negro ail time pitch*!* m ~, ,•), ..( ai>U:t \ Sinn Junes
Whitworth, Bu-tet Rm.-m D,/ D. a.-,,; s -oy Fame. Bob
Chestnut, Darby. P:
A. Paige, Ragan. Dismukes, \\ .itwrt.n. June-:.
Q. What sim rr-'top .uut > cun <|- , ytuo-i ) r. , : -,x. o v. „ .’{
Dick Lundy. Negro Last bali gnat" n jj c. NT - y. k C:tv
A. Joe Cronin nov. bu-.mt- manager «..! Boston Red s„>.
Q. What division;: did Kentucky Rcs*-o d. Pi Kir.; ,y Hill. l„,,rry
Temple and Y .-unc .!a- k Jo-mson fight in? Pet<- (. a-v U-rd. Cedai
Rapicfs, la.
A Bantamweight, lightweight hgK :,ca\ v and middle w 5 poundei
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• NEW YORK (AN Pi La.-,1
I 'years "Rookie of the Year" in ma
jor league baseball. Jackif Robln
-lai of the Brooklyn Dodpr-rs signed
a contract here last week with Ra
dio Station VVMCA for a six-dav-u
week early evening sports show.
The program, starting- the early
1 ' pm-i <». Nuverabt r will continue
until the Dodgers go into spiing
training, in Mai ch .
t. oupled with his being the lirst
Negro to play in the major leagues,
Robinson will be the first Nemo
radio sports eomnientatui to broad
daily over the New York sta
tion He is tunnel UCLA fnui
let’ei '/nan, starring in foolilat!
basket La 11, track and baseball
His new show will be aimed pri
marily at combating juvenile de
linquency with an organized pro
gram ■; >t activity for yotnigstt rs. In
addition, lie will give sports result.-,
predictions and interviews with
•-Litstandiiig athletic personalities
Toe show will be known the
“Jackie Robinson Sports Show,"
aired Monday through Scturdav
several large national adverti-ei
"i,e considering the sponsorship
of the program.
h'obby aiitl Campy To
Heitl Fost-Season
Barnstorming I our
Jackie Robinson and Ruv Cant
pane lia, stars d tne Btookivn'
Dodgej-s, h..ve organized a group
"i ail stars from the Negro Na
tional Leguc and will tour the
south and California in a post
s' eah c n balnsto smi n g t< > u;.
Robinson's second yea; in tin
big time was no gmx to him As j
a matter of. fact lit- had on even j
•bettei season than his first . .-.u
when he was selected “Rookie o!
the Year. - ’ Hi. batting av- ag>.
hovered around tin- .300 mark all
.-t'fcson and his theiis of lu-rru jn
crucial games were sensati mal. J
Ro> Campanelia, his team
mate will handle tin- catching
chores icn Jackie’s bat nKtorrniriy
troupt Roy's catching was a
grt at feature with the Dodgers
. tins .season and hi* tmrejy home
ium. Kept them in the pennant
race up to file last Week of Ulc
pennant race The experts .-ay
bad he been catching from lie
of the season the Dodgers would
have repeated as champions nl
ttie National League.
Tiie t -ur commences ,n Atlanta
■ on Gctgb. r 11 .mu tolicwing thrti
m Binningham on the 12: 3 :■:, i
14 Memphis; If; Greenville, 1C
Houston 17 New Oi leans; 17 San
nntoruu; JO Dallas, 2 Okialiorn •.
City: 21 and 22 St. Louts 23 Pine
Bluff and 24 San Antonio. Sev
eral other cities are on the itin
* my such as Fort Worth and;
Little Hock. Tin.- tour is being
sponsored by A.lex Pompe/, ~ c
ti oi the New Cuzans in the Ne- |
gi.o .National Iw-aeue.
Is ;
Chester W. Smith of Santa Anna. Calif., receives congratulations
from Mrs. Smith and son ituarie, for winning his second National
irtu'k Driving Championship in the Truck and Full Trailer Class.
DENVER, COLO. Chester W Smith, 36-year-old truck d-iver
Horn Santa Anna, Calif.. Has retained hi.: title as the world's n-a
driver of the biggest trucks on the road.
Smith, driving foi the Reliable Transportation Co. of {.ox
Angeles, CaliL, defeated 8 state t stie-holdi rx here in the truck and
full tiailer finjiis of the National I'nxT Jt.iadeu .pon.-ored the
American frucktng Associations, Inc He won the championship first
in Los Angeles last October.
- living a Reo truck with a Fruehauf van body and trailer, Smith
scored 318 28 points out of a possible 250 Score is determined from
results of a written examination and a grueling driving test over a
Koacifeo coin xe ,that simulated many of the most difficult situations
cotii“iiited daily by the men at the wheels of these giant highway
fthuli'i's, ** J
Smith just beat out in a very dose competition Edgar W. Kails
ot Fhcemx. Aru driving for Hopper Truck Lines who scored 317.476
t? W . B3 lili ? Hat ‘ nk f ct Lil&r ' d Kapnis, Mich., representing Michi
gan Express, Inc , with a score of 295.9. Haenke also drove * Rexi
truck
Smith has been dnving trucks for 20 years, and has a record of
o years without a chargeable ac-.idtu*. He is married and has one son.
4 - in the stiaig v . xnd tractor-trailer events will
he held m W ashing to:,. U t : as features of the annual
convention of the American 1 tu-Tr-g • .-x-iations. Inc.
Be a rs-S t. Aug. Tio
Renew Gridiron
Feud Saturday
Raleigh f.ii::; Will gt-t ii:oil in.;
t-vrv ■•! c< ili- c- foot bull when ;iu
: Shaw ti< n. take on tin St. Air;
U'ljrit’V 11 <ii • i S.iturd.i y»j I • 111 {.i
label i». ii u'i l*> h St Aagu.; •
’•"f'- by viitm. of the b.illumt
Lffii it pm. tip age:;;:?! Wir.-t.
Si.bm; Cenchi I C . I!-. , .
a. ;i to.- o ti oi- r> ckt.iit b w ith thi:
.'<-a- o Mi-iwyi': lh< Horses hoc.-
-‘ hrvdg. •■: ■i: t'.c- Rruii.s etiy
lIOW loi defeat Xi-ffOii.i
the h -::<i- of the !;, j
Tin- ;dj-a-eilv !u.. ..
hv-eb, ; crap ,md Shaw and St
Acl; -■ ■ SU|i|iui"i . . •io 1;.«
>'l4 , '1 nil an.l ;-:e , >., ■ tied
Oi, on nail.! S ( , t],, ite.,i
Miss C. Coley Picked To
Be Ihe Homecoming
Queen At NCC Fete
DURHAM. N. C • in a poll
j involving the enliiy NCC student.
: body, Miss Clementine Coley. u
] junior from Civedmoci, North
;Carolina, wa,; elected hurm-ctin
*Ug tjiic’trn h* 1- this \v< • k S'W
j ■ vi3l b< i-ii/wnt'ii in a special ,•<•!,
inony dm ing !:u hall -time inter
i nji‘:.-,ion ai t: <• Metcrliei 9th foot
bail game !•ctu-yon Mojf-raa Stat<*
j(- olk-ge and tin- North (larolina
Also in tin running •) this an
-I'nai : vV > : * - b liennen
! ia Fit*;:, senior, iiom Wam-nton,
: N c and Krtie Fenner. a Ra
mus produce the largest number
when laying houses are lighted I-S
! hours per da.v.
In the Midde East, sheep are
i used primarily as. a source of
. Xi’iC [it.
F \mk brook I
K U APPt.€ 3Q4#&y v Jj
Johnson G Smith University Bulls
VS.
Winston-Salem Teachers College Rams
.uiJfcTtHi two j,r, nsoi.v 1
l.iit ’tne .--'t ;,:."ii Tt.-t CIA A de
(Munpions (Popped then
> >•’ . In Hnm,.’-.; . ) i u • |,n ...
•“ i 27 it Hampton L.e-t week
Hit--' Were nosed old 7 C Lv the Rat
tle).. ~f !•:.n..: M
Ibe X! Au V Li-1 ine ■ ee-vei uy
pla.ved Oi:L one g.iiia losing a
> Conte. ! to the HoiVI,- 1,1
Vviin tnn-Saieri; Teach. r> CnJ!i-ge
L ih.i : ( h ft - . 1) Mom e
'•!»■ n..),,:, me ■: ed a- .: gieai
!.-. in.or-, veil team ..c, , la-t :
o 1 ■ ion an- tP.it the
Shaw team may ! nd the r-ou.. my
jiigii sophotnoi e. These young
ladies Willem as attendants tor
Mj - Coley.
The homecoming cfueeri is a
connnem major, with a minor
;u edueali >n, and site holds morn
'i.a.-rship m the earn pus chapter of
Delta Sign.a Theta Sorority, tie
C ornuii : ya! Club, the YWCA,
. nd the WoitK-n’:. Athlete. Asso
i ..itiiifi
For th<- past two years the
haiM \ 117 pound junior has
fa-eii a i veipient ot til,- relmlar
-hip award given by Alpha
Lambda \ nt-.pt*-. ,»f Delta Si jna
Theta Sniuiity.
FOOTBALL
Shaw University vs A. &T. College
RALEIGH, N. < . GREENSBORO, N. C.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 8 P. M.
CHAVIS PARK, RALEIGH
ADMISSION $1.50
f (lax included)
Morris Brown To
Meet Bears As
.ti omecoming Foe
Me in be i s of the Straw Univer
st tv Alumni Association aiv mak
ing preparations for the annual
Homecoming Festivities to be
staged in Raleigh when the Shaw
Dears meet the Morris Brown
Wolverines Saturday, October 23.
<>n Chavis Park Field. Arrange
it’enls for the celebration will be
under the direction of C. A. Mar
riott of Raleigh, general chair
man, and honorary Chairmen
Randolph At mstrotig of Rocky
Mount and Dr A. C Johnson ..!
Port.-:mouth Va,
Activities will get under way
with the traditional parade t!u"i
the city of Raleigh Tin proces
sion. directed this year by C, E.
Ltght'u-; oi Raleigh, is ex pee ted
to hr Jongei and more rejorful
'ion: ever. J. Anderson Holden
•D "! (."lavton will again head
the i mites,l Collimtitee. Pri/.i
will la ■'.lfeivd for the most at
RATTLERS NIP BEARS
7-6 BEFORE 5,000 IN
’GATOR STATE TILT
1 he T.huw Bears, fightina despei
•"fly to set back on victory trad.
'nine ; back 7-b lav R , Floe
A -pit ;vt Rattler:. Siiturii.v,
utt.-i iiooii at Brag;/ Stacinin; be lor,
as: >--t;n-ated crowd of 5.000
t " ,J Raleigh aggregation, trailing
by , points alter the first few min
i "te.- ot tin- second per iod, mse up
;e the fourth period in dominate
- .- ■ 1 - lee Rattler.- .vi-ikem-ii
P tn - frame before <■ fit-rceiy
. barging Shaw foi ward wall per
noting ;hi visitor th, ir lone lalj y,
bo: P.o F1;.,, .'diaiis had su’tic ient
oOvvci p, h ■ ii l l til. Siia-.’. eotVv. *
--io;, .ittempi and had pose. ,--:on of
hi*' bail e ii;i- dying moments of
toe eamt
't'tii huttiei-M Lured iheii iaog.-
: early in the second peiiod aft:.;
North Hendon Rattlci haltbaik had
run Pack John Wortham’s punt fu
the Florida 20 The locals tipped
>iil ;,uti-e.-':;:ve sain- in IP-- :ji> from
- li. i, James (Li,. Jim \Villian,.-..
FOOTBALL
INTER-CITY CLASSIC
ST. AUGUSTINE’S
COLLEGE
SHAW i
Sat. Nile, Oct. 9 *
8:00 O' C i -OC K jfj/
CHAVIS FIELD » J
RALEIGH, N. C. ” *
Admission $1.50
Tax In- i.
33
SAT. OCTOBER $&&&
2 P. M. #ll
BOWMAN GRAY A ||l
MEM. STADIUM W W
Winston-Salem, N. C.
tiavtive floats and entries.
Directing nth t phases of the
■ occasion will be the 'following
Committee chairmen: Mrs M. F
Lane, Hospitality; W. R. Collins
' SinitMichl, and Mas, Gladys I.
' Sherrill, Raleigh, Ticket Sales
J. K. Larkin, Social Coiniuittei
i.- Marguerite R C’uok, Ent.ei
• taintin'nt between the Halves; Di.
J. B Davis Fuqua.v Springs,
! Planning. D H. Kick, Gates and
Grounds; and J W. Wallace,
Publicity.
The Shaw Bears have won two
■nt ot three contests with tin
Wolverines in the past three
year.' In 1945. the Atlantans loo
ped Shaw 3:1-0. In 1946. m their
first Hoi coming m five
years, the Raleigh aggregatioti
won 20 2. and then iast yeni
spoiled tlu i Mot ris-Brown hona
coining 134, in Atlanta
ti, whipped ; , jump-, pa s ovei
• enter to Ullv-e- Curtis half back,
who sc:-unpered hail me length ot
the held forth» touchdown. 800
'ti( : 1- luiid,.,io- -.lxfnot quarti-i-
Jefferson, .mil end came It: to klet;
the extra point
The Bears buttled furiously to
overeoni: dps advantage but were
del,it H a ip-tained rally until the
tmat |.-rind alter tin Shaw otfeusi .
sparked by Bill Purnell, half I me.:,
-sil Ruscot Floyd, lull hack had
boii/iozed to, the f’lorida :iu A p.■:
1 willie Bellamy tv . { oh.o (.-■■-d a
>vs: tl,e payoff Bellamy hit o;f
to,-kit- Jo, the L-.vti.-, i.-oint but iadiii
by inches
Several fresltnian tracks - -,v sel
va, tor the Bear- ;n tfie encoujiie:
Robert Stephenson Saundfu s
MiUliell. and Frank IT.lilu- .-hew
ed lip \VL*II Suilwalts 1,1: tile hoe
were veterans Booth. Cannon Joy
nc: baUiiaoic, L.e, and Ford
Special Features—lnternational Sweet* jffl
hearts of Rhythm (Oct. 29-30) and Open)®
High School Band Contest (SSOO isjl
Prizes t Ticket*, now available thr«i®h|j|
W. S. "f. C. Alumni. Came $1.50 by Oct.il
23 —After Oct. 23, 00
PAGE SEVEN
Fla. A&M to Meat
’Bama State In
Gridiron Dual
Tallidi, •!>, The FlorAt-ta of
j j i -‘.jKl. ‘ Stitt' - ' ul V - '/ ii,i tlv
south, Saturday, Ur tube/ 9 m
hope i >t UemorUfhd:..?* to the foot
wall world that then sting is
strong enough to stun the bat
t|ing Hauler. - . of Florida A and M
l Vl] ,
Hecupfi at/n,-.; (mill a vicious de
feat .at _ tlu- it./ii;i:. of Morris
n (.’oiler. t . tiii* s one ot ,'to - 0
Ih jiito.-. mm tv/ fi.-tv- again
-aid pieatl tot - i'.i'tii; - * t eit eon ad
over the field as they fly to an
impressive vir.-torv They have
Ihetr best i/iatoi ;ai . hand since
194! and among Ihe reuniting
vetetans atv Percy Weatherly a
Hitt i* year tnii/i and Slate's bid
to; All-Aou ■ k.tn honors, Lanky
Wilson Suilu an, eentei: William
Rugn;> guard, and Abraham
Jenkins, u bruising tackle. The
Hornets also have fourteen fresh
men who will be ready to rest
the / tatting '. i - !; - : an leant.
Flo' niri haviiy rolled oyet
benedict . - rr;y 20 o hopes t.'
tdv - ;:.e saint rough treatment to
tie Kom i state t; t - a . The Flor
ida aggregation which has re
I mo it Ui 1- "d A; championship
t*a lour Voar - ; node; the tutelage
of £-1 >o! td'.v! h .i.vio ( Lathe).
o>■ .< ■■■'> tikes ele vc-n but harder
training viitd enthusiastic spirit
made the battlers a hard
team to beat.
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