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About The Omaha guide. (Omaha, Neb.) 1927-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1935)
IN THE REALM OF ...SPOR T S... Joe Louis’ Relatives Plan Big Homecoming Relatives Greet Them. Here Joe’s uncle Albert, b i s wife, aunt Cora and a large group of children, most of them light tan with long, straight hair, lived. Mrs. Cora had all the fea tures of a Cherokee Indian. From the porch and yard where Joe played as a lad a most picture esque scene presents itself of the mountain. As one travels on up its stately cliff, where nature itself would cause one to be strong, healthy, active and enduring, I no longer wondered what made the "Tan Destroyer” a mighty power in the ring. Joe Fought Early After chatting briefly with those who had personal super vision over Joe, it was revealed that he was a successful battler, at only four years old, with his playmates. Our next stop and final one before ascending the mountain top was at the home of Joe’s aunt, Donnie, who had 12 children of her own and three step-children, but still looked youthful and almost the picture of an Indian. Her long black hair hung about her shoulder. Just a few years away from her home stood signs of the original Bar rows’ home, where Joe’s father, “Mun” Barrow, who died when Joe was about two years old, re mained. Aunt Donnie was cordial and gladly gave me the use of her old shoes that I might be able to take the five-mile hike with rela tives through a portion of the mounain ranges. ine roads were maeessible ror oars, and I could no find a horse to ride. I did, however, see a bull pen, where yoked oxen were feed ing, and although they asked me if I did not wish to press them in to service before I made my way back, i was told they were only used to plow the small patches seen here and there about the farm. M As one advances into the dense forest, one can hardly believe that the fertile fields of corn and cot ton had once been cultivated by some who made up the party, among whom were, Andrew, Al bert and Lonnie Barrow. I was told by Albert Barrow that he sold recently over a mil lion feet of hardwood timber from the land. He also told me that he earns from 10 to 15 dollars a day selling cross ties from same forest to the central of Georgia railroad. “Not A Beggar” “The boil weevils caused me to •top trying to cultivate cotton,” he declared. “The report that I was promised by Joe, if he won the fight he would pay a $600.00 mortgage off my home was a false rumor as I don’t owe for a thing on this plantation. I am not a beggar.” Some Plentiful Plenty of game is said to be available for huntsmen. The only refuge I found for my weariness was to perch for a short while near a chestnut tree, where bushels and bushels of them were ready for gathering. Quenched my thirst from the natural flowing springs that had furnished water for the historic family for around 70 years. We finally come to the long-talked about rock quarry, where about two acres of the land are covered almost solidly with this natural rock. A small piece about the size of a football gives one plenty to do to lift it, because of the iron ore that is thought to be in it. It is believed there is enough stone to build houses for a small town easily. One of the loveliest homes in I^afayette was built from stones gathered from this site. Being eager to learn about edu cational facilities, I Inquired about the schools, as many newspaper reports quoted thre was no place to send children to school. I was shown a typical rural school and the Barrow family took pride in letting you know that "all of us send our children to Mountain Sipring to school.” Many of the older members of the family at tended Mitchell Spring school, which was located on the older Barrow’s farm near Kellum Hill Baptist church, which yet stands This church was founded as the first church in the county by a great uncle of Joe’s, Anthony Bar row. In the same community Mitchell Spring Episcopal church, which was once pastored by Joe’s great uncle “Mun” Barrow for whom his father was named, yet stands. Peter Sheely, uncle of Joe’s on his mother’s side also an Episcopal preacher, formerly pastored Bell’s Chapel, the next church I visited. New School Built. The old Mitchell Spring school building has been replaced with a nice frame two-room structure, the first in Chambers county built by the Rosenwald Foundation. It was in this building that the Bar row family had their last family reunion in 1914. When many re called the memory of Joe as a fine baby in his mother’s arms. Within a hundred yards of this school lives a first cousin of Joe’s Goeina Hill, who has given all of her girls advanced education in Knoxville and Chatanooga, Tenn., schools. Although many churches, most ly M. E.’s and Baptists dot the country I was told that the Bar-1 row family still stick to' their tra- j ditional idea of having family j prayer and praise meetings at i each other’s home weekly. While Joe was in New York preparing for the great battle with Max Baer, and making ready to take his bride, Marva, the night of Sept. 23, they spent most of the night holding a prayer meeting asking God to help him win the battle. On the night of the fight, Sept. 24, they listened in on the radio for the glorious returns of victory. Turns Back. After relaxing for a few min utes I made preparation to make tho trip back for seven miles to the little town of Lafayette, where hundreds of colored and white citizens had gathered in the commodious auditorium of Cham bers county training school, to share the felicitation of the meet ing. Hanley Heads School. This school is headed by Prof. ( R. M. Hanley, with 12 well trained tealahers, representing j some of the finest institutions of j [the country. | Newspaper men and photog raphers from as far as New York were kept busy throughout the i day gathering information and making pictures of the family. Cn summing up my trip, I will say that the Barrow family lo cated in the Buckalew Mountain ranges were found with a fair de gree of intelligence, independent livers, as most of them are land owners, residing In their own lit tle clean cabins. Some of them are as fair as Anglo-Saxons; some of them have coal black hair, high! cheek bones, and well arched noses. Some have red skin and [ hair and even white hair and are very cordial. Most of the families have as many as 16 in number. A trip to this place is interest i ing. Alabama is destined to have one of the scenic spots found in | the Southland should this con templated project in honor of the sparkling diamond in the rut de velops. To make a visit and study the historic background of Joe Louis, wilt cause one to say with me the inked words by W. D. Weather ford, “All The World Needs All The Rest of The World.” | “Working together for the good of all, each race may have its in dividual life and yet live in peace I |and harmony—Yes in helpfulness to the other races which live by its side. It behooves everyone of us to strive to know better all the people of the world and to help each and all in the struggle up ward envying no man his success, hating none, blessing and blessed by all.” FRIDAY THE 13TH AND A BOUNDING BASQUE By F. M. Davis) Mr. Joseph Louis Barrow of Detroit and Chicago, the heavy weight to end all heavyweights, has a small business matter to take up with Senor Paulino Uz cudun of Spain before several thousand interested persons in New York this week on Friday the 13th. It has been amazing with what great self control white sports writers have treated the impending tete-a-tete, some men tioning it only with an effort. Likewise a few have waxed vol uminous on the Friday the 13th angle. While the crowd will contain a : good many of the carious who’ve I been watching Joe fight but still haven’t been able to hold an eye on those charges of brown dyna mite he flings at on opponent, there will be no major turnout as in September and June, what with Christmas coming on and the fed eral relief checks not being any too big. To tell the truth, it won’t be a fight, it will merely be an exhibition of what happens when a hitherto Immovable force meets an irresistable power. That the brown fighting man will hit the Bounding Basque early and often is no secret. But the senor has yet to be kayoed by anybody. In fact, he hasn’t even been knocked down since Pike's Peak was a mudhole back of town where they dumped rubbish. Uzcudun, now 36, has been fight ing so long he probably thinks he was born wearing a pair of box ing gloves. One moment: I take that back. A man who steps in a ring to fight Joe Louis doesn’t think. Paulino has crossed mitts with the best here and in Europe. All of which makes the imminent ex hibition ‘ more amazing. You’d think a boxer who had become 36 without getting resin on his pant ies would let well enough alone and quit while he still had some kind of distinction. Or maybe he really is after greater honors. It Isn’t everybody who can say he’s been knocked out by Joe Louis. So far the Bounding Basque has shocked the entire sporting world by apparently looking for ward happily to his date with the Brown Bomber. Uzcudun’s last engagement of importance was with Herr Max Schmeling across the pond. Schmeling was schmacked on the schmeller often but got the decision — and the Spaniard’s contingent Immediate ly yelled robbery. It would seem from this that Paulino really likes to fight and Joe may have the strange experience of meeting a big shot boxer who hadn’t been so carded before the bout he shook off everything but his toe nails. As a matter of information, Uzcudun knocked out Harry Wills on July 13, 1927, and the first professional fighter to stay the limit with Joe was Jack Kranz, tho engagement taking place in Chicago on August 13, 1934. If you ask me what has that to do with Friday’s match, I shall merely step to the corner for a glass of ale. Of course Uzcudun will join Baer, Levinsky, Camera, et al. But you name the round. It all depends on how much Paulino’s concrete chin can stand. By the way, watch old Art Brisbane’s Saturday or Sunday. He’ll prob ably remind you “and a gorilla could whip them both.” ODDS AND ENDS Eulace Peacock, the Temple track star, may be made into a football player next fall, accord ing to daily papers. By the start Ladies lirthday .MAN AC 1936 yonr druggist to yon a copy of this tlmanac, NOW, before PnrP his supply runs out, I lltt fVhon not obtainable from a drag store, vrlle (or one to The Chattanooga Medl ilno Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. of the 1936 season the Olympic games will be over, you know— The Unknown Winston-Jack Shar key bout still smells. Winston was barred in Massachusetts, and now Rhode Island has banned the ex-gob. No Negro is supposed to play football in the Big Six conference. (Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Iowa State and Ne braska universities.) They call it an unwritten “gentleman’s agreement” made out of defer ence to Missouri and Oklahoma. And some do say as how Illinois U. falls right in with such ideas. Joe Louis, according to the Italian newspapers, Lavoro Fas cists, is now that country’s enemy No. 1. For whipping Camera and “fostering anti-Italian propa ganda in Harlem,” they explain. Incidentally, reports the other —H— week that Joe cancelled his exhi bition tour because Marva was ill in Detroit were unfounded. Despite the daily press, during the time of her alleged sickness, Mrs. Joe Louis was quite well in Chicago. For Malcolm B. Fulcher of New York: Oze Simmons, in high school, held the Texas record for the 100-yard dash with a mark of 9.8 seconds—The best A1 Duvalle, star Loyola tackle praised by the All-America board of football, could do was make the all-West Coast second team. This was Al’s last year there and he is the first to get all-coast list since the days of Eddie Atkinson, halfback a couple of years or so ago at the same school. SIMMONS MAY LOSE .j — New York, Dec. 14, (ANP)— In the All-America team selected the name of the Iowa flash, Ozie I Simmons, is conspicious by its absence. Not even the third team does the name of the colored star appear. And that first All-Amer ican is the pick of the United Press. 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