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BKOWN BULLET* f KKWS STAIT fttOtO Champs Register In AAU Boxingl oamey ★ ★★ if if ir ★★★ ★ ★★ ★ it if if SPORTING VIRGINIA STATE RETAINS TRACK AND FIELD TITLE Virginians Dominate And Field Meet BY WILLIAM A. TUCK GRBBBNSBORO, — Winner itrkia proved to be a little tnore of the fourteenth ann\^ CLAA ' Uutican could surpass. Such an open track and field meet held exhibition of physical al>ility ia at Greensboro’s Work! War not seen evexy day. It was a Memorial jStadium Satuid&y, i thriller all tha way. May 11, was Vimrini^ State Many Enter “‘'‘^AAUGfllileB filove Meet JEJSaB OWDENS, Uje "Brown Bidlat, who thrilled an, absolute ly aai>aeity audience in the manu town of Badin when lw,e#peered on Wednesday after *00% as an added attraction to ■—» — . Coijege who finished far out in front of all opponents in the nuniioer of pom is made, ^ ne champions amassea j56 1-^ pointa and the ne^irtst that anyone came to them was 31 pomts maue by Hampion institute. Mew records were aet by the relay teams of Hampton In stitute and of I*(4ul Ii^titute. It was in the medley relay event that St. Kaul set the record of 3;i38.4; Virginia State was se cond with Morgan Third. The ae- a baseball game between the I Qor.d new record was set in the Elliiopian Clowns and the Toledo I Qjjg mile relay by the nationally Cra,wfords. Owens was scheduled I famous Hampton team, co-nsist- for an appearance in Charlotte Wednesday night, but it had to be cancelled because of rain. Rain Mars Jesse Owens^ Charlotte Appearance BY W. F. ALEXANDER Jesse Owens, _ that either of his daughters be ing of Furcron, Griffin, Waalh- ington, and Childs. Their record of 3:2'1.4 was one and five tenth sc-conds better than their record ' OWENS STOPS THE MEET The track meet was halted for a few minutea' when . after the 220 yard low hurdle race, the voice over the public aMies8 system announced that Jesse Owena^ 1936 Olympic idol, w»a entering the atadium. After was rescued from reportaa, auio- gaph hunters »nd camSId camera atists, he spoke to the throny of v/orshippers. He stJI.«d jthat thi* was the first tr^ck meet that he had seen from the sidelines in about four years and he blamed automobile trouble for hia ap pearing late. After hie speech he was again pounced upon by the autograph hunters of both races and aexea. At lAe end .of the regular „ _ , . , , CIAA compatition, he acted at ihe Penn Belays a week b*., Woodruff alM Bori- fore. Saturday mornrug was devot ed to trial events: 120 yard high hurdles, 100 yard dash 440 yarS dash, 220 yard dash, 2i20 yard dash, 220 yard low hurdles, pole vault, discus throw, shot put and Javelin throw. In the aftemooq cume the finals in these same events with the addition of the broad and high jumps, mile run,' Paul. Time :4^.9 can after declining to describe the progress of the race over the loudspeaker. FIRST PLACE WINNERS 100 yard dash—Hall, Virginia State. Time—:09.7 220 yard dash—Brown, Vir ginia State. Time—iZ2.1 440 yard run—>Bryant, Sa*>nt hun^ and one j an athlete, in fact the Brown CHABLOTTfi world‘1 fastest o£ the nicest celebnties it has'Bullet is rather down on ^mateur kaea our pleasure to meet and * athletics, with the possible ex- ki>ow, spent a bu*y day in tJnd ^ception of college football, around Chariotte last Wednes-1 Without holding a grudge, he but waa kept'from making still fees thalt the AAU did him hia aebeduled axhihitiens after'a deal in 1936 when, after t|ia baseball game that night be- ' breaking three worlds records in a^sa of a rain storm. The game ' Germany and barnstorming was iMtween the Ethiopian ' tbiough three countries, he ask- ClowDS, well known to local fans,' ed permission to le^ve the barn- and the Toledo Crawfords, p^t-' storming team and return to Jy owned by^Owena. It was rain-* America. When this permission •J out after four and.11 half inn-'refused, he left anyway, return- iags of play, just as Jessse was'ing as the only Negro on the waking hia w^rm up preliminary' pjllatial Queen Mary, to his axhibitioD. | I He said that he had not yet To get the game out of the ^ regretted that decision, that since way so we can talk about Mrs. he has turned profession^ he 8S0 yard run, two mile run, and the relays. The main feature of the day, however^ was the invitatoinal 880 yard run which featured the 880 yard run—^Furcron, Hamp ton—1.69 One mile run—Stamper, Vir ginia State—4}36.4 Two Mile run—iStamper, V?r- Owens' little boy Jesse we will ¥*T that at the end of four and «ae half inniogs the score was 7^1 is favor of the Clowns. Slick Coluaaa, local boy who was hurl icg fw the Clowns l^ad every- thiac Ms own way, and seemed aot aver to luive heard that the Crawfards tr* among the hard est hitting tamas in organized baaabaD, whila his teammates wera gettingiiits aa runs at will, la Badin, N. C., during the aKter soon tha two teams had battled to • four four daadick fitter ten iauiafs of plajr, whao the game was eallad to |fllow Jesse to give bis «iMbitioa. « Wa had tha pwasura of driv- to aa4 from Badin, p diat- of spproxiniataljr forty six , «l«Bf with Jesse fotd CoMk Jackaon of Johnson C. Saiftk University. We left for Ba^ Joat «ft«r Jassa bad d len- flbjr tetarviaw witii Burke Davis, ayarta aditor of th* 0mrloU0 Mtm, lacal drfly.' - » tkt auat lastinc impeerion of i«Ma Oveas is [that h*-ia a true iwrib UB. 6a Mfc fiftaas anj aub- tmtt from the nMrt tj^§i of »mi m horse to tb affect Gcnnaii Wair 00 aidatica riftrasee to Us jlM-Mt iBtaad first outdoor meeting of John g.ria State—'10S7.£ Woodruff, former Pitt Star and j 120 yiSJ^d high hurdles—iBell, John Borican, pride of Virginia Howard—:16.l State. This race which Foodruff I 220 yard low burdl«i—John won in 1:64.4, was the climax ^to Brewter, Viifetaia State—^6.8 a feud that has existed between j One mile medley relay—Saint these two international track Paul (Bryant, Marshall, Wiggins figures for several minths. Wood and QsTes) 3.38.4 ruff set the pace in the bejfinn-I One mile relay—Hampton— ing and his long macteihe like Pleaae turn to Pa«re Seven turned professional he had ‘made e lot of money, spent a lot, sind still have some.” He said this tour has been fairly profd^i£>le, but that they have been rained out of many lucutrjtRive dates. He was sincerely sorry that Ijva rain prevented the large crowd of more than two thous^d per sons from seeing him run, but expressed the hope that be can return sometime this season and put on a reMl exhibition,, with possibly a race against a horae. "Running agjilinst a horse ia no plaything,” liie human comet stated ‘even with the ten yard handicap the horse gives you. I have beateh most ol the horses i ran against, but occ/faionally oiie will beat me.” Jesse was not reluctant to teik about the many and varied en- terprizes he engaged in ainca turning professional, but con fessed that he did not rememb r alt of them. However among them he admitted, along with promption tl>lt he had run against horses, locomotives, time and men, broad jumped, led a baud, been m dancer, run a dry cleasing establishment, (which he still own in Cleveland), camr pciigned for Alf Landon, (this a no Joke, for ALF LANDON), represented a Liquor company, made lectures, etc. Newark Beaten By Yankees In Durham Game BY WILLIAM “SMILING’* TUCK (SPORTS EDITOR) DURHAM — The Black Yankees of New York City raised their standing in the National League here Monday ni^t when Bud Barbee, Durham’s pride, pitched them to a not-too-easy 7-6 victory over the Newark Eagles. Althou^i'h the Eagles reaJched Barbee for 12 hits in comparison to the Yanks’ the 4 runs which cam* across for New York in the opening frame made their victory certain from tha beginning. Tl^is was a regular national league game and gave the teams 2 victories each for the seriea which they have been carrying on. GRHafiNSBORO, (Special —- According to C. M. Palmer, Athletic Director of Negro Divi sion of Hocreation Commission, entries for the Carolinas AAU Boxing tournament ai'v coming in daily paid from all indications it seems as if the meet this year will be the largest attraction of it’s kind ever held in the South. Entries have been received from ambitious amateurs pugilists fiiom cities in both North and South Cf^olina. Denfending ciiuinpiutis ui last jKata. Uoiden iiuckle ‘toui(la ment and heavy favorites lu Vine xvAU tourney iliis year wiio nave atreaay liied Uieir entry ..i^iplicauons are iaomas Jessup izti lb. Ciianipion o^ Uieeni«Uut'u, Kehy Jessup lHu ll>. C.lianipioii, oi'otiier of Thomas, and Kol>ert x>rown 14V lb. chuuipion oi Uar- iinglon, S. J. Most highly favored of this tiio is Thomas Je^up who is a potentional combination ol Henry Armstrong ^d Joe Louis. Accq^rding to records Thomas Jessup has fought 23limes with 20 knockouts, 2 decisions and I lost to. bis credit, in the recent Eastern Carolina Uoiden Glove Tournament, Young^ Jessup (who is 17 years of age and is a sen ior Ml Dhdley High School -of Greensboro) fought five times in three nights and scored five straight knockouts to win the THE SPORTS BAZAAR BY WILLIAM ‘BILL’ TUCK TIHE FOUBTBBNTH annual CiAA track and field open ch^n- plonships of which A and T College was nost last Saturday in Greensboro failed to produce auy individual st,airs .or record- breakers; however, there was plenty of that same old “do-or- diu” spirit that is typical of all collegiate track meets. ^The most striking example of this was shown iby Oliver Bryant of St. Paul Freshman who gave every thing he had in the grueling 440 yard \an. He pin in second and third pmce for^lmost all of the racc buH^^f^'^e home strecth, every fibre in his’, small frame responded to his call for more power and he moved IH few in- ciies ahead of Mor^'an’s Fletcher to win. However, at the end of the race he collapsed on the grass and his team mf)tes , worked fiiriously to revive him. • The only new records that came from this meet were made by the relay teams of Saint Paul and H^npton. In the med ley relay St. Paul’s winning time vi'as 3:;^8.4, w*bi]e Hamton had alinost no competion in setting the new record of 3;21.4 in the mile relay. They even went so far ^ to chop a second and a half off the time which they set in winning the same event at the Penn relays the Saturday before. As olie of tlie_ guest stars at this meet “Long John” Wood- featherweight Championship. The', ruff proved to all who Sjil# that following week he was taken to Atlanta, Georgia where he fought in the Southern Regional AAU Boxing Tourney. This tour ney was held to seelct the South ern Boxing te^m that was to re piesent the south in the Nation al AAU Boxing Tournament, held at Boston, Mass. In this tournament Jessup fought four times scoring four straight knockouts to win the featherweight championship. The following week he was taken to Boston to represent the. Soii,th in the I^tional AAU meet. In this meet fighting three times Jess up scored two knockouts before he was finally stopped in the semi-final rounds of the tourney by a Hawaian youth. Jessup has an unusually good reuord and he is determined to continue to keep up his impress ive record. ProbtB^ly the other boys ente^^ rd in the tournament hi» 9 foot stride is beatable; especially opponent starts off Borican did in their almost un- when the trailing as half mile exhibition. Appj-tently Woodruff. wa.s the same distance ahead of Borican at fhe finish'line as he was when Jesse Owens started tlipm. At the sound of the gun Woodruff went fliead and made straight for the first turn. From thin po*nt until the ace ended Borican was making a desper ate attempt to pass “L 0 n g John” but it Just wasn’t to be dene Sa'turday. Their time was have the record that Jessup beasts off but they will all be in there toiling to prove their worth. Entries have been received from teams representing clubs, YMCA’s, Schools, colleges and independents from cities and towns both in North and South do not' CarolinaL For five innings the Eagles had to be con'tent With strike outs and flys, but in their half of the sixth they bunched their hits an such a way lais to bring In 2 runs. Two more runs came across in the “lucky” seventh and they could do no bettei?= than to repeat ^th two in the eighUi. The‘Yankees started the game as if they re^ly meant td have this game. They opened up with four runs in the first inn-> iiig; two more in the third and He states that he hfb not yet lost all his speed magic, although running every dy, he does not net records. He believes tl^ if Continued from Page Five ai’ivther in the fourth. This scor ing came' to an end,however, when pitcher Manning was re placed by W^ker. Eastern, and Reid also contributed to the pitching for the llagles. , The Yankees spent Monday ni^-ht in Durham and played in Rcidsville Tuesday. They were in Winston Salem Wednesday end Richmond Thursday. They plan to be in East Orange, New Jer sey, for a same Saturday, and Sun(|«l^ t^y will be at home in New York's Yankee Stadium. For tiie remainder of the regu lar season they will i^y in fund aiound New York. GUARANTEED RADIO REPAIRS We mrm •pacialitt* on "Oy make or model Radio. REEVES Radio Service S27 Soatli Brovard Street PhoM 3-3060 A WINE DINE DAlil^ You can always find Beer and Kood*th|ng* to eat eit Kirk’s Place 1:51.4. about his tianting piteh!&c MONDAY NIGHT at Durham, ability, and he’s such a regular follow that they doubt that ho knows how- much power, v*ed and “ENGUSH” he really has on the haU. He knows it all liuht hut's still willing to learn. Uii is the kind of attitude that makes not only home town idols uut National heroes. | also Athletic Park, “BUD” BARBEE did just what the fans came to see their home town hero do. He p.'tched the New York Black iankees to a league victory ^id soon iftopped the battle onslaught of “Mule” Suttles of the Newark Engles. Suttles hit for a three- bu&e hit and brought in two runs in the seventh inning but Milien he qUme to bat again, Bud seemed to have had his “num ber.” It was a clean strike-out. Tlie Black Yankees have been on a five week’s spring training tour throuifh Virgin^, Geoi^ia, Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, Ttnn., Arkansas, and North Carolity.1, but Bud has spent a great deal of the spring at the Pyihian Bathe in Hot Sprinigp, Arkansas, taking oft few of the pounds he Qslned sitting arouno his mother’s t&ble duri^ a part of the winter and early spring. Roy Debnam is also filling well his assignment at left field for the B^kck Yankees. Another “bvmetown boy makes good." IT HAS BEJiJN FOUR YEARS since Jesse Owens went to tha Olympic games and set It world’s records on the track but he has not lost any of bis draw ing power as has been shown by tlo crowds that hii/e all but mofa)bed him where ever he has appeared rijrht here in N. Caro lina. I saw it happen in Qraena- I boro Saturday afc the CIAA meet Bud Barbee is truly Dutham’s' „nd again in Durham Sunday at idol and almost every, person' Durham AthleCc Park, and our who attended Mond^ night’s charlotte corre^ondents saw }t {'nme attended because they happen there. The real news of wanted to see him pitch. It re-J owens’ Durham exhibition ia minded them of those days of out ran Dick Mack 1S>37 and 1938 when the Durham I rjiq “D^o” John«>n in the 100 Black Sox were in bloom and * yard dash and the others in tha hurdle event, nor that he circl ed the bases in record time; but 319-401 FRAZIER AVENUE PHONE 9768 to offer, (and beat them). Any number of the o\^r baseball men like to boast of having con tributed to Bud’s early training in l^tiiseball now that he’s "doing' all right,” but the secret of his success is in just what his pre sent team mates say al>out him. Tl'cy have nothing but praise for his every move. In that he i.5 a “swell guy”; he s so modest it is news when be states that he’s seriously considering tak ing a coaching post M Southern Ur:iversity in Baton Rouge La. He claims Ihat he’ll be takinc down 93.600 per year and whila we hope that such will happen, we ^so doubt that even Jeiso Owens could have sufficient “drawing power” to'draw such a salary at Southern U. _lJ' COMPARE Our Cars AND PRICES! f} WE HAVE THE BEST TERMS ONLY Per Cent Down 10 10 DAYS ONLY 1938 Chevro'.at Mst. DeL. Toaring Sedan, Radio, U. S. Tire* DOWN EXAMPLE 1933 CHEVRCH.ET COACH 87.00 DOWN 60 MORE . UNIVERSITY MOTORS DODGE—PLYMOUTH—DODGE TRUCKS WEST MAIN STREET L-4341
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