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About The voice. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1946-195? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1947)
* The Sports Front With Smoky i* mr n Future, Up to Brooklyn Players Joe Trimble is known to the M craft as a “right guy” which out T of the slangy vernacular means an American who believes all of us should have equal rights under the constitution regardless of color or religious beliefs. So the matter of Clay Hopper’s attitude came up on the agenda. Con trary to general and popular be lief, Hopper, Montreal Manager, did not care for Jackie at the outset. According to Trimble’s report Robinson’s presence was born by^Hopper like a case of mumps. As the training finished and the league race got underway, the , Mississippi-born Hopper grew * quite fond of the colored infielder. 3 W Late in the season, when the Royals had a tough game in Bal timore, Robinson went out of the lineup with an injury which was expected to take a week to heal. Speaking of this incident in his powwow with Rickey, Trimble related this little known tale: “The other players asked Hopper if he was going to return Robbie to the lineup in this crucial game. Hopper agreed to if the player was willing to take the chance. Jackie was, and played seven innings before being forced to quit.” As the doors of the Urban Lea gue swing open Friday night fight fans will find some of Lincoln’s * best leather pushers battling it out against Omaha and Belmont fighters. In the heavier class we have Nolan Davis, 148 lbs. pitted a gainst Sam Williams, 147. Cecil Hatcher 130 lbs. vs James Gregory 130 lbs. Bobbie Keys, 138 lbs. vs Clifford Triggs, 138. In the lightweight we have Berman, 105 of Belmont C. vs Herbert Gray 112 lbs.; Theodore King 107 lbs. vs Bob Berman 105 lbs., Belmont Center; Arnold Tarpley 104 lbs. vs Bobbie Battles 104 lbs.Lybarger of Belmont C., 90 lbs. against Sonny Cook, 87 lbs. Time keeper for the evening will be Charles Goolsby and Clay ton Lewis will be one of the ^ Judges. 9 February 21 the Lincoln Urban League will take on Post No. 30 of Omaha. The League Cagers have had a successful season, so there should be plenty of good action Honor Roll (Continued from page 1) Anderson is one of the few Ne groes to head any department in any American college which has a predominantly white student body and faculty.) Orson Wells, for his radio cam paign against racial and religious bigotry. Negroes William H. Hastie, for his ap pointment as governor of the Vir gin Islands, the first Negro to be a regular governor of an Ameri can state or territory. Dr. Alain Locke, for his elec tion as president of the American Association for adult education. Miss Shirley Graham, for her biography of Frederick Douglass which won the Julian Messner prize of $6,500 for the best book on race relations. Levi Jackson, for his football record at Yale University. Mrs. Emma Clement, for earn ing the “American Mother of 1946” vote, the first Negro mother so designated. The NAACP Legal Staff, par ticularly for its defense of the Columbia, Tenn., riot victims. Percy Greene, editor of the Jackson, Miss., “Advocate,” for his assitance in gathering wit nesses for the senate committee investigating election irregular ities. Frank Yerby, for his novel, “The Foxes of Harrow,” whose sales exceeded those of any other book ever written by a Negro American. The Citizens Democratic Com mittee of Georgia, for its cam paign to bring out the Negro vote. Canada Lee, actor and co-pro ducer, for “On Whitman Avenue” a Broadway play exposing unfair housing practices in the North. The King Cole Trio, winner of the vote of popular music maga ines as having contributed the most to popular music during the past year. Alfred D. Brooks, for winning his M. A. degree, being adjudged by the American Foundation for the Blind as the student who has shown the greatest intellectual improvement during the year. Central Social Action Council To Meet The Central Social Action Coun cil will meet Monday, February 17, at the Lincoln Urban League, 2030 T St, at 7:30 p.m. On the agenda will be the “School for survey workers,” Bob Hansen, Secretary has announced. Rev. R. L. Moody urges not only that all interested persops be present Monday but emphasizes the importance of the cooperation of everyone in answering ques tions when interviewed by the worker. This is a concerted effort on the part of the Social Action Council to ascertain the working status of minorities and to make a definite move to improve them. r NYLON HOSIERY Slight irregulars Very Sheer % 51 guage Sizes 8V2 to 10>/2 ' GOLD'S BASEMENT STAR VAN Wishes THE VOICE Continued Success BOB’S MARKET F. K. 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