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THE CAROLINA TIMES
SATURDAY, SEPT. 20, 1941
SPORTING WORLD
lOLUONAIRES
BACK YOUNG
UGHTWEIGHT
XEW YORK, (NXS)
4a(’k, aensatinnal younfr lipht-
weight from A»|ru.sta, G*„ is
backed hy a jrronp of 20 million-
aiiT patmns. inclmlinp Tom
Yawkevf presidont of the H«h1
Sox. and Bobby Jones, the re-
' tired Emperor of Golf. Reau
Jack has been stealin" a lot of
fistic thunder from Huy Rfthin-
9on, the Haritm fighter who is
rated the man to sncoeed l^ew
Jenkins as the li"htw;eipht title-
holder.
Robinson a^so is back by a
Billionaire. Curt Herrmann, heir
to a brewerv fortnne. Herrmann
is steamed \ip* about attention
Bean been reeeivin*;
from premind public and he is
willing t^1W^mething abotit it.
‘If Beaii Jack wants to fipht
Ray, he Ian. And I’ll bet |U0.
000 Ray »hips him.”
TV maoh may bo made. If so,
it will bel return to the old dr/’s
when fighters met on bareres.
with heafy coin in waprer laid
on the li^e by wealthy backers.
Yawkejs • to name one of
Jack’s backers, can match Herr
mann witt ijTheekbook. By put
ting in wifii the other backers of
Beau JaefetiFawkey could cover
the bet alMltiever miss it. Pro
moter Mike Jacobs is ent^usais-
tic about the idea.
jC. I. A. A. Tenth
; Annual Conference
I
I The C. I.A. A. tenth annual
I conference of Football Coaches,
Bean ' Officials, and Captains will be
held at Augustine’s College,
Raleigh, North Carolina, Satur
day, Sept. 20, 1941.
Acocrding to the program ar
ranged and directed by Profes
sor Arthu P. Chippey, C. I. A. A.
Vice-Pesident for the Southern
District, and Mr. Harold D.
Martin, C.LA.A. Commissioner
of oFoiball Officials, a radical
change has been made. There
is more emphasis on the inter
pretation of the rulea, and more
time is given to the problems of
the officials.
Eagles’* Grid Squad Busy
N. Y. A. Aflots
$2,385 To Public
&hook lo Omnty
A total of $2,385 has been al
lotted the public schools of Ala
mance county by the National
Youth Administratiom State
Administrator John A. Lang an
nounced yesterday. Funds allo
cated will be used in carrying
on the NYA student work prp-,
gram in the local sch^6 during
1941-42. ‘ • L '
The Alamance county unit was
allotted $1260, while the‘"Bur-
iingtoD city schools were 'given
fl.125. ,
There will be three speakers,
each of whom will present pa
pers dealing directly with offi
ciating and the problems of the
football official. Coach W. F,
Burghart, of teh North Carolina
College for Negroes, Durham,
N. C., will give the coaches
view as to the conduct of the
coaches affecting the official,
Mr. A. H. Calloway, of Char
leston, West Va., a prominent
C.I. A.A. official, will give the
official’s point of view as to the
conduct of the official to the
coach.
The third sp^ker. Dr. K. R.
Sermon, will discuss officiating
in the Southern Conference,
bringing out points of common
interest. He will answer ques
tions which have been fohnulat-
ed and placed in a box by the
officials beforehand, an^ fin
ally talk on injuries. ' Dr. Ser
mon is well qualified, having
just returned from the annual
meeting of the Southern Offi
cials Association which met in
Jackson, Miss.^ where examin-
atidns were given to the South
ern C»nference officials. ‘
Indications point to the larg
est inteit)retation'***meeting of
the C. A. A. About 200 coaches
and officials, and captains are
expec.ted • from Pennsyh’ania,
Maryiand« District of Columbia,
Birg^nia, eWst Virginia, and
North Carolina.
A noon-day banquet has been
pLai|i^/ a sports t movie of
footbialltwill follo»v the^meeting,'
and-the J*iedmonf Board'of Qf-
«ficialB4i{ius planned a ge|;-toketh-
T uskegee Has
35 Men Out For
First Practice
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The Eagles of North Carolina College for Negroes are work
ing hard for their football season, A‘bove are two views taken
‘ yesterday on the Elagles’ campus. Top, left to right, front row,
Angier^lJawrence, end. Rear, left, William Hall, blocking
/^'ck;' right, R. J, Plummer, halfbacl^. Bottom, left to right,
J^seplj Blunt, quarterback; Shade Green, wing back; Clarence
liigi^tper, itaii back, .(Courtesy Herald-Sun Papers Staff Photos)
w^* \«rill remain ; Saturday
ijgrfitC't
them towns.
Recreational halls and facili
ties for the entertainment of col
ored are being provided by camp
authorities now, but Mr. Todd
stated, only because of recent in
cident.
He also reported that the mo
rale of the soldiers was low.
“Most of them,” he said, “take
a fatalistic attitude. They know
they have their backs to the wall,
but they also know there is
Tuskegee Institute, Ala,, Sept.
1941.—More than 35 candidates
for the 1941 Golden Tiger foot
ball team reported for practice
Monday, The cu.stomary lecture
by the head coach, introduction
of the coaching staff and the
new candidates for the team,
took less than 30 minues. Fol
lowing these preliminaries the
members of the squad began the
serious business of learning
something about football, Sat
urday equipment was issued.
Many of the campus experts
who have seen the candidates
going through their paces dur
ing the week believe the team
has possibilities, and that the
Tigers will be a prominent fac
tor in Southern Conference foot
ball this season.
nothinff they can do about it.”
Mr, Todd declared he’d reached
from Oklalumia, Ijouisiaiia,
Mississpipi and Michigan, and
observed that all of them want
deperately to be Uioved.
Mr. odd declared he’d reached
the conclusions that there will
be no racial peace until the atti
tude of the militarj' police is
chanp^ed or until colored soldiers
are taken out of southern camps.
adjourned until September 29
when counsel for the commis
sion will resume its cross-exam
ination of company ^tnesses in
an endeavor to refute the util
ity’s claims that $97,000,000 of
value actually exists.
As the heaHng was adjourned,
A. M, MIcCabe, company engi
neer in charge of the reclassifi
cation of property, had been un
der severe cross-examination for
29 days by commmissin counsel,
which sought to break down his
testimony with regard to origin
al construction costs, Mr. Mc
Cabe has steadfastly contended
that cost figures, determined
by him, are supported by value.
Norman B. Gray, examiner
for the Federal Power Commis
sion, who is hearing the case,
admitted into the record six
weeks ago testimony of witness
es tending to prove values as'
claimed by the company to ac
tually exist at the time th« pres
ent Carolina Power and Light
Company was formed in 1926,
Adjourn Hearing
On Power Company
Raleigh.—The hearing on the
order of the Federal Power Com
mission requiring the Carolina
Power & Light Company to
show cause" why it should not
dispose of $24,000,000 of the-| Argentina buys sixteen Itatl-
book value of its assets has been ian ships to relieve shortatge.
Admiral Byrd asks the' nation
to wake to peril.
Returns To North Caroh'na College
»Y OL'HARIUNGTON
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I^AACP 'Attorney
Raps^ Recreational
Facilities At Bragfg
New York—--Curtis Todd, NA-
ACP attorney and special in
vestigator for the Association at
Fort Bragg,' reported on a visit
to the national office last week,
that .main sources of difficul
ty at the camp are the military
police who are overbearing and
too anxi6us to show' their au
thority, plus the fact that Negro
soldiers have not been provided
with recreational facilities.
Describing the restricted area
in Fayetteville, nearest town,
Mr. Todd stated that there are
only a few “juke joints, dives
and the like, ’ ’ where colored sol
diers can seek diversion. They
can go into none of the theatres
or better eating places. The Ne
gro district is very small, and
there is even less freedom of
movement than is usual in Sou-
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brought joy to the Eagles camp
this week w'hen he reported for
practice. Davis will be seen in
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Deacon Coach Tests
Squads For Line-up
Wake Forest, N. C., Sept. 8,
Devielopments in the Deacon
grid camp, after a week's work,
have proved to the head mentor,
Peahead Walker, that his squad
still has a long road to travel
before the all-set signal for the
campaign opener with Duke Sep
tember 27 will be ready.
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