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Ransom Lauds Louis;
Praises Race Mgr.
Editor, The Pittsburgh Courier
Dear Sir:
I have been reading with increas
ing interest your excellent articles on
the life of Joe Louis.
To my rr.ind the finest thing about
Joe Louis is the fact he has a colored
manager, and that his whole working
staff i« made up of colored men. This
is a fac that should be emphasized
over and over again because one of the
outstanding weaknesses of our group
is their failure to have faith and con
fid1'nee in one another.
We talk a lot—loud and much—
abou* our ability, about our equality
with the white man; we grow hot un
der the cdllar w-hen a white man so
much as hints we are in any sense
inferior, yet in our even- day prac
tices, in every walk of life, we show
cursclves inferior — that we don’t
think the colored man has the same
ab.lity as the white man—that we
have no faith in the efficiency of mem
bers of our own group.
Take our famed orchestras with
their wonderful music, and that they
are wonderful we are all agreed- Yet
ever one i! have known anything
abou of outstanding prominnee has!
beer, manager h- a white man. Not1
only have they had white booking
agents who send them out, but they
are sublet to lesser white agencies all
over the country. As a result the Ne
gro must pay more to hear his own
orchestras than any other element of
our American citizenship. This is a
statement no one can deny and is an
outrage when lyou stop to think of it.
There is no need to talk about a
49th State or anything else until the
Negro adopts a different attitude to
wards Negroes, a faith in himself and
in one another. It would be a funny
49th S ate with no Negro having con
fidence in any of the officials of that
State. You see this every day with
the professions, in business, in art, in
l.terature, in everything the Negro
shies away from members of his own
race. He is loud in his protestation
of faith in one another, he boasts of
his professional men, he loves to so
cialise with them—but when it comes
to patronizing them it is another
story.
Right here in this city this week we
have two first degree murder cases- 1
There is one pending now in which
case a Negro is involved, being tried
for his life. In neither case is a col
ored lawyer representing the defen
dant. I would not mention this were
it not for the fact that this is dupli
cated in every city of size in the coun
try where we have colored lawyers
who have graduated from Harvard,
Yale, the best State schools or the
best private schools—from the same
schools the whites come out of. Some
body somewhere must get into the
thinking of the Negro to the end he
will think more in terms of beginning
to build for himself. If not he is
doomed to be the footstool of America.
Respectfully,
F. B. Ransom.
Swastika Golf Club
Holds Tournament
The Swastika club is holding
the first tournament of the season
among its members. It is a four
ball foursome match play, low
ball and total.
The tournament began Sunday
May 5, 1935. It is being played at
the Fontenelle Park Golf Course.
The club is separated into
groups, according to jobs held by
respective members. First, we
have the City Hall, represented
by our noble and versatile Presi
dent, Mr. Toby James, the power
ful and talented Mr. Z. E. Mc
Gee, and one of our most con
sistent golfers and best baby
crooners, Jesse Hutton.
In the Court House, we are rep
resented by one of our past presi
dents, the little powerful big
man, Mr. Art McCaw, Mr. J.
Dillard Crawford, the one whom
we all know as the man that
can’t take hot weather. From
the T\ S. N. Bank, comes a very
strong team. First is the man
■with a big voice, Mr. “Beanie”
Scott. What a hardy bridge
player he is, and what a man?
Next is our most worthy vice
president, the man that is full of
activities, the man with a tre
mendous smile, Mr. Thomas
Chandler from the Northwestern
railroad. We have a man of a few
words, but is dangerous on the
green, Mr. Gene Murray. Then,
next, is Billy Davis, the man
whose toe the boys have been try
ing to stomp and make him throw
away his mid-iron, but he is still
sticking.
The Court House team say that
they are ready to take on all
earners. These fellows are on the
spot, for the rest of the teams are
talking about them. According
to the City Hall, the U. S. N.
Bank is on the spot, too Of
course, we know that the North
western team is on. the spot. I am
wondering who is going to be
bumped off first. Well, I’ll soon
TIGHT FINISH IN RELAY WHICH DECIDED MEET
( WALTER RHODES, CENTRAL
WHO WON?—Omaha University relays officials called
Carl Williams of Abraham Lincoln f:rst in this blanket
r finish of the half-mile relay, final and deciding event on
[ the program. Some thought that Walter Rhodes, Central
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sprinter, breasted the tape first. Until the relay, Benson
led 36% points to 33. After the relay they had lost the
meet trophy, 38 to 37%. Benson finished fourth with a
substitute relay team.—Bee-News Staff Photos.
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This is how this dashing young man
won eight medals in track meets, j
Last year in the City Meet Walter
won first place in the 100-yard dash,
in the 220-yard dash and in the 880
relay- In the Missouri Valley Meet he
again stepped in and won three first
place medals for the same feats. In
the invitational Meet, which was held
last Saturday, he added two more
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medals to his collection. These two j
were for the first place in the 100
yard dash and in the 220-yard dash.
This invitational meet is for the pur
pose of qualifying for the State meet,
which will be held in Lincoln, Satur
day, May 18th. Walter Rhoades is
the nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Stewart, 3015 Manderson Street.
find out from the teams that set
the first date.
I presume that in the fu.ure we
will hear from the Shoe Stores for
enrollment. Beware! Boys, they
are troublesome. And here they
are: Rodney Anderson and Em
met Avant. Look out, everybody.
We are all ready to go. So pick
your team to play first. Here is
the gong.
The Swastika has a creditable
enrollment with a fine bunch of
new members who will put vim,
vigor and vitality into the club.
These are the new members whose
applications were accepted at our
last meeting, April 18, 1935: Rev.
J. S. Williams, Eugene Murray,
Jesse D. Hardin, Attorney Ray
Williams, J. D. Lewis, R. S. Sim
mons, Harry Lewis, Harry Bu
ford, Rev. F. Black, Buddy De
Loach, Rev. V". Holly, Loyce
Shaw, Hewell McDaniels, and
Kenneth Moore.
Our president is very proud of
our club. He thinks that we will
have one of the largest clubs in
the association. And, to old and
new members, get out and play
golf. The club welcomes the new
members with wishes of luck and
happiness for their success on the
golf course. So, help us to have
a strong club and to give plenty
competition to our opponents.
The ace golfers of the club are
still busting old par open. Penny
Murray shot a 38 last week. Gab
by Watson, the long driving ace,
is still shooting a powerful game.
Joe Louis to Celebrate
21st Birthday at Dance
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i bands when the city officials of
Detriot’s ‘brown bomber,” will be 21
years old Monday and he's going to
do plenty of “footwork” Monday night
at what probably will be the biggest
birthday party of his young and bril
liant ring career.
Joe, who will fight Primo Camera
in New York June 28, loves to dance,
and Monday night he is going to show,
on Detroit’s biggest ballroom floor,!
the footwork which has helped carry
him to the front ranks of the nation’s
heavyweight crop.
Hundreds of Joe’s Negro admirers
have arranged a huge party in Louis'
honor. Joe’s manager John Roxbor
ough, realizing that twenty-first birth
days come only once, especially when
a young fellow is approaching the
most important fight of his career, is
going to allow Joe to stay out late—
even as late as 1 o’clock.
“Sure, I love to dance,” grinned Joe,
when Roxborough told him he could
dance to his heart’s content- “And I'm
going to do plenty of dancing Monday
night. I’m not worried about Car
nera- I saw the Camera-Impellitierre
fight pictures and Camera’s wide open
for a left and I can get my right
cross to his heart. I’ll knock him out
in six rounds.”
Joe and his party will leave Tuesday
evening for New York.
COLORED CHAMPIONS
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KANSAS CITY MONARCHS,
WORLDS COLORED CHAMPIONS
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Strong Kansas City Missouri Club,
Formerly of the National Colored
League, To Appear Here.
Kansas City Monarchs, crack base
ball club, members of the National
Colored League for eleven years, the
most colorful team in the colored cir
cuit, will meet the Chinese All-Stars
18. The great Missouri club, which is
ly. The great Missouri club, which is
to the National Colored League what
the New York Yankees are to the
American Circuit, are booked to meet
the Chinese All-Stars.
This great club withdrew from their
league this season on account of the
cutting of the mileage in the Nation
al Colored League. This will be this
great club’s first visit to this part of
the country. The club carries four
teen players and most of the men
have been in the league for six to ten
seasons and several of.them are the
outstanding players of the Colored
League•
In 11 seasons in the Colored League
the Monarchs have won four pennants
and two Colored World’s Series. In
the last series played with the Kan
sas City Blues of the American Asso
ciation the Monarchs won five out of
six games. They have proved tremen
dous drawing cards wherever playing,
and have won all tournaments played
in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Miss
ouri for the last ten years.
Not only do the Monarchs play in
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games throughout the country day
after day and night, after night, but
their antics on the diamond is one of
the most entertaining features of
sportdom.
Have Great Infield
The Monarchs will present to the
fans here one of the greatest infields
in baseball. With Mayweather at
first, Brown at second, Allen at short
and Joseph at third, the club has an
infield that have been playing league
ball together for eight years. The
double play combination of Allen and
Brown represents the two fastest
throwing and fielding pastimers in the
National Colored League.
Frank Duncan and Ted Young,
catchers, have both been with the club
for eight seasons- Ted Young for
two seasons was leading hitter of the
league. “Slim" Lefty Beverly and
Chet Brewer are two of the outstand
ing pitchers in the country today.
Both have pitched winning ball
against the Major League All Stars
each fall in Kansas City. Andy Coop
er, another southpaw, and Slim
Thompson help make up the pitching
staff.
In the outfield Eddie Dwight will be
in center and is the fastest base run
r.rr on the club. In left field is Bullet
Rogan, formerly a great pitcher and
one of the greatest all around players
ever in Colored baseball, is now played
in the outfield on account of his hit
ting. LeRoy Taylor will be in right
field and a great fielder and a hard
long distance hitter.
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