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THE CAROLINA TIMES
SATURDAY, JUNE 5th, 1943
J/le
SPORTS
OUTLOOK
BT. LmWOOD HOI2.0WAT
I WISH to «n erroi
nuuie in tbe Dajr 22, 194't i&siH
of the CAROLINA TIMKS lu
the srtiel^, “Foster Snares )flt
and Two Mile Traek Titles.'" I
stated that Foster’s entry into
the Moi^an Belays marked the
firat time that any XC('X stu
dent has rnt«r«d a ranning even
in rty track or field meet. For
the commission of this tei-hu:*
ral inexactitude, 1 was divu^ci
with a flood of letters funm
foraier JJCCN students an^l
athletes aa well as other spo’ts
faott who det(H>te(l th* error.
The most nof.'ibie m the (Trent
number was the oae publiirhcl
below, written by a former
NCCN- athlete. Hil (Bill M.-!-
ioae’s) letter shows the Snirii
that has alwaTS been present in.
tke athletics at this s^ool, nri.l
shows their love for the school-
Ur. Lin Holloway
Sports Editor
The Carolina Times
Darham, N. C.
Dear Lin,
The first thinf; th»t 1 woul'l
like for yon to know is that 1
am a Booster of the Cnrolijia
Times. I am a gradnate of North
Carolina Callege, and as a foi’M^
«r stndeot and ath4ete of the
school, 1 woald. like to say thnt
the Carolina Times was vefy
pOod to me. I am very grateful.,
When I read yoar article in
the paper May 22, 1943, “Foster
Snares Oae and Two Mile Traek
Titles” I' felt very proud nc>l
only for Poster but for N. C* C.
and Coach MeLendon. In tlie
third liaragraph of yonr article
yo« stated: “Foster's vjctov^ta
in the Morgan Relays mark the
first time any N. C. C. student
has entered a mnning event
any field or traek erent.” Thiii
is not true. 1 represented. N. C.
C. at the CliA track meet at
Hampton on Ifay 20, 1033 »nd
competed in the 100 yard dash.
I finished seeond to Martin of
St. Paul, who won the race in
9.7. The College w^as not able to
pay my "transportation aiidjl
hiteh-l^ked *lMrt'«fj the' way^;snri
arrived at*^Hiipi>ton three
nt^-befoipeHh'e "last trial ‘he^i't
and aft«rAan.iaIl nighi; ride. The
laine thi^'-happened on'my w^y
ha«k.-l.rode..fcoui-&nil£ra0n tu.
Durham vith.T. A. Hamme . th^
former Farin" Agent "fdr’Dli;^
horn Conn^. ,The j^bllowia^
spring^ 19^,. Coa^h o Town-
Sen^took a Relay’Team to'Hainp
ton (Two'Hariris boys from In
diana, Wanna Dooms of Dnrhoir.
and yoarSt truly). We. rode' to
Portsmouth, Va. with Rensh*'.!-
Harris of Bniiiiim. ' •
This note is just a reniihd^'f
of the records and of n (Ireul
Man, beo Townsend, who ^rif.d'
hard with what he hnd aud !ii
spite of handicaps and licnd-
hea. The Carolina Sports V'ik.s
will carry these records. PlenSc
ckecl^ and coi'rect the jcrror in
your arti«*le I enjoy your nr-
tieles T«ry qiaeh and .flhall con-
tinoe to be a booster for tht
Timas.
Siucerely yours
\V. ,T. (Bill) MAU)NK.
MERK- words cnii not «!Xpreijs
my profoand appreciation to Mr.
Malone for pointing out my ocl-
mitted error, but 1 am sure that
I was justified in my'opinion on
the matter of NCCN athletes ;rt
CIAA track meets. According to
Coach Johnny MeLendon of the
North Carolina Coll^ athli?t>e
department, there is no record in
the CIAA journals at Hampton
Institute which sta^s that any
NCCN stodent wfes an aoereditutl
entrant in a CIAA meet before
Foster's entry into the Morfcdn
Relays, i will grant Mr. M;«lone
tJist there may have been , out
standing athletes who entered
CIAA track meets before 1941,
but there are no records of aay
so therefore they were not ae-
credTBsd by the conference i.?
having run In any meets!’ T^e
work done by Goaoh Towns >iid
and his vonderfal squads Of
Athletes will forever be engrAve l
on the memories of those who
knew the coach and his’^athletes,
who, even though' faced c-lth
seemingly insurm^uBtablQ obata^
les, rose to the top in the athl^
tie roster of their era.
My hi^hfst ^ appreciation |o
Mal9ne^(l others who woie
calling my attention this great
est of blunders. A compU^.e
check of files shows £Kat the
high esteem which former NCC*
athletes feel fpr their formtr-
C^ach, Leo Townsend is not all
without meriting. During his stsy
at NCCN, Coach Townsend chang
ed athletics from*'^unorganizitd
bickering r to a* weil r.’organ’z^J
eourae-dft'8flJ(lyi'!> . "f ;
One of the’*grratest-^queAii^s
in the~s"porTs“f jfeld *’ w'hich w ill
soon have to‘be answered .-is't ir
Vkual' state' of *■' the lightweig U
jehiMnpionahipw.liOi.en_Bp.l),..Mori t-
Uomery._wonthe_., decision ,.ovi?i'
JfUSkt 'he "is ■ ""sa Td -to i'C
becOUe ^in ’..pospessipn’ of 'tnc
li||iltw6ight>cjown,\but. the ' na
tional Commission, onjy
recognizes Jack as being ^ tho
champion-in New York and Ncjxv
■ Jersejf. i Aecordiiig; to the Boxisg
CoQimission, the contender for
‘the chan^pionship doesn’t actu-
aWMVS IflEM tflEfl mEpE?
Ever 9tPPP^ think
hoW m uc h an invcst-
fient you would need
to pto^kjce on amount
«|ud to your present
^ St^pose you ore eanv
'4ri0&^P0O a ye^r—do
you realize it would
talc* 1^000 Invested
0 5% intef^t to pro-
. . to You
duce. the Income you
receive now as salary?
9e sure thbt you have
odequote life -insurance
prot^tion. Why nOt
d i s (: u s s' the possible.
rMied k>r tnDfje^insurance^
wkh a North ^Carolina
Mutual ogerit to^yf
No *ol)| igotioh/ cf?
course!
Wost IfW t0‘W»fir Thtm
cumipfji
mmumm fo»piuit
mnmm, n. c
S. S. Frederick-
Tontinuid from Page One
the ceremony.
Also presint at the launchin;
wns Frederick Douglass III
grandson of the former slnvt*
who once worked as a ship onalk
er in the Baltimore area ano
who escaped from there in 18.'}H
to become an internationnl'y
famous abolitionist, orator ami
^litor. The grandson is now a
public school teacher at Dunbar
High School in Washington.
Several thousand shipyani
workers, including many of th*‘
7,.500 Negroes employed in th?
yard, witnessed the program
which included the presentntia'i
of n plaque to Captain Richard'
son by Ferdinand Smith, nn *
tional secretary of the National
•Maritime Union. In his presenti-
tion, Mr.’Smith said:
^‘It is fitting and proper thui
in a war for freedom and lilior-
ation, the vessel called ‘■Frede
rick Douglass’ should sail the
seas. During another war o
the same aims, this good abo-i-
tionist, orator and journalist was
in the forefont of the fi-jlil
against slavery. His ideals hero
lived and this ship deliyering
vital materials of war prodiie>
tion symbolizes the ideols for
which Ferederick Doug'ass
fought in his lifetime.”
Miss Brown, who was present
ed with a sponsor’s gift by J
M. Willis, vice president and
general manager of the com
pany, broke the bottle of
champagne across “flje prow of
the vessel just 29 dayo after iis
keel was laid. Included amonj;
the 50 special guests at the cerc-
mony was the sponsor’s father.
Dr. Harry Brown, and Mayor
Theodore R. McKeldin of Balti
more,
The launching program, for
which Martin Zech, a shipyard
engineer, served as master of
ooremonies, begun at 11:30 A.
M., with a recorded playing of
“The Star Spangled Banner.”
This was followed by several re
cordings of songs by Paul Ro-
hesan and vocal selections from
the “Victory Four,” a quartet
of Negro shipyard workers,
Allen Z. Cuffia, Charles Jnck-
sop, Thomas Turner and Julius.
Payne. The' recording syst.*m
broadcast “God Bless America,"
as the ship slid down the way.
In accepting the plaque st
the ceremony, as three of bjs
aides stood byj’. Captain Richard
son^ expressed'‘gratification at
‘the opportunitj'"of becoming tbCj
second Ndgro master of a ViJr
tory ■ Ship and pledged himself
and his crew to an all out-effort
in the delivery of war goods to
the battle fronts. Present with
him were Chief Engineer Viq
cent Davis, white; Ensign John
B. Clark, third mate, and Char
les ,first assistant engiheer. En
sign Clark, a seaman of 20 ^'enr.^
experience, is a graduate of the
Maritime School in New Lon
don, Conn.
Captain Richardson, a nativ'*
of Phillipsburg, St. Martin
patch West Indies, is now a
resident of New York City. He
received his master’s licenss in
1916, and was captain of an
Army transport in the last
war. Prior to his assignment to
the SS FREDERICK DOUGLASS
he has commanded two veasais
on trips to the war zones duri-ig
this jwar.
Tw«nty-fonr honrs before tho
SS FREDERIfTC DOUGLASS
was launched. Secretary of tbe
Navy Frank Knox announced
that he had approved the as
signment of the name USS
HARMON to a Destroyer Escort
Vessel now nnder eonstru^stbn,
to honor the name of the let
Leonard Roy Harmon, Negro
ally become world champon
until he licks Sammy Angott-
Sports promoters are angling
for ■ a match between Henfy
Armstrong and Angott. If Arn
strong licks Angott (if they
fight) will he (Henry) be light
weight champion of the world
(all beside New York and Nev
’JerjSef) or will he be a conter-
der for a crack at Montgomery’s
title. Henry’s fight and win ovtr
Max Shapiro put him next in
line'for a bout with Angott...
It’ll take a genions to figure out
the sGitus of the lightweights.
Mobile Offiet After
(Continued froai r*age One>
cause colored wcfiers had been
employed.
The fact that the same shift'
with those whites who st.irtc**!
the trouble clearly iiiHicatod
the ridienloHsness of the atti
tude of the trouble makers. j
There are unconfirmed reports
of from twS'to eight deatha and'
it is definitely known that more
than a scofe of workers, th3
majority of them Negroe«, were
injured.
D. E. McFadyen, "ahief of
police, said that the trouble
.started when the tools ch«-kid
in by white wefdeis on the d«v ‘
shift were immediately checked i
out to the new welders. Twenty- ‘
five men, the chief said, were ’
involyed in the flare up, which 1
made it necessary for 10 Negro-
■’s and one White man to receive !
first aid treatment.
Officials of the company said
there were no Negro welders on
the day shift, and made it cloflr
that an investigation was boinj
made to determine the cause of
trouble. The company stood firm
in its determination to use all
available skilled labor, no mat
ter the color of their skin. This
policy is the result of the ti^ht
labor market prevaJling in Mo
bile, which has been referred to I
by the War Manpower conuuia-]
sion as the tightest in the
whole country.
As a precaution against fur
ther trouble, police authorities
ordered the closing of all liquor .
stores and prohibited the sale ,
of beer throughout the city. |
Gov. Chanuneey Sparks issued j
an order closing state owned
stores, not only in the city, HmiI
also in Baldwin and Mobile :oun-
tieSij
Order was not restored in thp
disturbance until all the Neg.-o
workers, numbering some 2,000, |
left the yard. Many of thfso |
workers had been employed at
the yard since World Wav 1,
but at lesser skills than they
*they now enjoy. Apparently the
white workers had not taken e.x-
ception to the use of Ne^ro
workers as common laborers,
burners or chippers, the most
dangerous and back brfiabin^
tasks in a Ship yard.
(3ov. Sparks I^er sent 25
state highway pa'trolmen to Mo
bile, and ordred three compap-
ies of the state guard on the
alert and stationed in Mobile
and Baldwin counties.
■ Mobile, .with a war period
population of 200,000 including
thousands who live under the
influence o fJustice Taney’ Dread
Scott decision, is perhaps one of
the nation’s present' potenti.il
danger spot'd for serious raci'tl
friction.
But for the promptness of thc>
management of the shipbuilding
company, city and county Hw
enforcement authorities and
proper federal officials, the
city might have awakened to
find itself in the throes of an
always regrettable race riot.
CIO union officials are for
once standing firm in Muhlle
for full integration of IJTegro
workers in the shipbuilding in
dustry here. Their organization
is the bargaining agency at thv>
Alabama Drydookfl and Ship
building company yard.
According to J. L. LeFlore of
the NAACP, company officials
have promised full protection to .
all colored workers who return
to work. —
I
Thooqisoif k-
orogram will be the Drum and
Bugle Corps and Color Bearers
of the 930th Field Artillery,
Camp Butner, The Elks and
The Ladies Auxiliary of tho
Weaver McLean Post No. 175.
After service at the church,
participants and friends wi'«
proceed to the Beechwood Ce
metery for the conclusion of
the ceremony.
Mess Attendant, Fii'st ('l.iss,
who was 'killed when he delioer-
ately exposed himself to host.'le
gun fire to protect his ship
mates on a naval vesiel at
Guadalcanal. Hannon was a^nrd
ed the Navy Cross posthumously
for “extraordinary heroism,’
and “unusual loyalty in behalf j
of the injured Executive Officer, j
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