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By F. M. Davis
’ (For ANP)
MEET OTIS THOMAS
Chicago, Dec. 21.—I will al
ways be a pleasure to talk with
Otis Thomas, former Golden
Gloves heavyweight champion,
now following the trail blazed by
Joe Louis, because one can feel
a six foot, one inch 198-pounder
like your correspondent to now
and then be in the company of
people who could look upon him
in the physical light of a little
brother, Otis Thomas, except
when fighting, weighs around
210 pounds.
Quite naturally one is very
polite in addressing Mr. Thomas.
I mean, a sensible person doesn’t
take undue liberties when talking
to a young man built powerfully
enough to go lion hunting with a
broken arm and no gun even if
the young man does resemble a
college student. Furthermore,
Mr. Thomas was showing us very
impressive pictures printed in the
St. Louis dailies of his five-round
knockout victory over Irwin Strie
bel, 243-pound Italian leather
slinger, on Dec. 4.
“I haven’t lost any one of my
four fights since turning profes
sional last June,” Mr. Thomas
told us, ‘but I was held to a draw
by Adolph Wiater.”
This VViater chap is something
of a trouble maker. He was one
of the few to stay the limit with
Joe Louis and the opponent Joe
says has given h i m his hardest
fight. Striebel, too, had been a
trifle bothersome. Twice before,
when both Otis and the Italian
were amateurs, they met and
Thomas got both decisions, al
though spectators p r ot e s t e d.
Their recent bout was a natural
for St. Louis, and this time Otis
gave his ring foe a personal taste
of Adowa. It’s getting to be a
habit for a kinsman of Mussolini
to lose out in the same ring with
one of Selassie’s cousins.
Mr. Thomas, as he told of him
self, sat playing the steam, radi
ator like an accordion. This wa3
all right, as in cold weather the
radiator replaces the frigidaire
anyway. But next time he comes
by, I shall arrange to have a sup
ply of iron crowbars. 2 imagine
he could tie some fancy knots in
them.
It seems the young boxer, now
24, was born In Crawfordsville,
Ark. He has been boxing since
coming here two years ago. In
1934 he was national and interna
tional Golden Gloves champion
and last year was runner-up, los
ing to Lorenzo Pack. Since turn
ing pro in June, Otis, a south
paw, has been made over into an [
orthodox right hander which has
greatly Improved h i s effective
ness. As a matter of fact, when
Thomas went to the A. A U. meet
in St. Louis in 1934 critics won
dered who would go farther, Otis
or Joe Louis.
Thomas loves to fight. He is
one of the strongest looking lads
since Hercules, and if he takes
care of hirnself should be one of
the best for the next e'ght or ten
years. He at present lacks Joe’s
cleverness, but I’d rather be
kicked by a mule than lilt by
Thomas. In addition to Joe and
Otis, two other Golden Gloves
champions were destined to do
their bit to muss up the boxing
picture. Lorenzo Pack is really
going p’aces, but Clinton Bridges
seems to have fallen by the way
side.
By the way, Striebel was cham
pion of Missouri, which makes
Thomas kingpin now of that
state. There are only 47 more
to go to get the U. S. diadem.
Otis is managed by David H. Cap
low, and assistant-managed by
Chandler Owen—which he may in
time overcome.
By Harvey Woodruff
Chicago Tribune
“At the Northwcstern-Iowa
game, a sweet young thing was
rooting enthusiastically for the
Purple. Timo and again Ozize
Simmons cf Iowa frustrated her
hopes for victory. At the game’s
conclusion in a scoreless tie, she
said: I’m r.\ad at every one in the
world and evry ore m the stadium
ana most of all at Abraham Lin
coln.’’
Incider.' ally, the team picked by
Ted Cueing of the CBS giving the
Wizard cf Oz the halfback berth
was Ali-Radio, and not A!l-Ameri- I
can, according to the official an- j
nouncen.ent by CBS.
Colgate C°ach
And Team Are
Square Shooters
Now York, Dec. 21, (ANP)—
When the final discussions of the
brilliant football season recently
closed, have been ended, one of
the things that will stand out in
the minds of all who followed the
gridiron was the very fine stand
taken by Andy Kerr .coach of the
noted Colgate University “Red
Raiders” who played Iowa and
Ozie Simmions. Before the game,
Kerr told his men to forget that
Simmons was colored and to treat
him just like any other member
of the Iowa team. This is in dis
tinct contrast to instructions
given oher teams where it is al
leged that “get Simmons” was
tho password. After the game
which Colgate lost largely
through the super-efforts of Sim
mons, the colored star went to the
Colgate dressing room and told
Kerr that his team was the great
est bunch of sportsmen he had
ever played against. This was
a tribute to the entire Colgate
team as well as to the coach, who
has never been guilty of a faux
pas along the color line. Kerr is
one of the football instructors at
the annual school held at Hamp
ton Institute.
Livingstone Has
Good Season
By John n. Coffin
Salisbury, N. C., Dec. 21,
(ANP)—Coach Bob Gill ended his
first season as mentor of the Liv
ingstone college Blue Boars with
one of the best records enjoyed by
th Salisbury institution for sever
al seasons. His charges in six
starts wone two gamfes, lost three
and tied one.
Those who saw the resumption
of the Smith-Livingstono classic
say that sports are definitely on
an up grade at the Methodist
school.
Ask How Negro
Athletes Fare
In The South
New York, Dec, 21, (ANP(—
Spors writers from the metro
politan dailies are beginning to
decry the action of the A. A. U.
with reference to the Olympic
Games in Berlin. Says the chief
of them all, Dan Parker: “Daily
Mirror.” “America will partici
pate in the Olympic Games next
year, but it has served notice on
Germany that it doesn’t approve
of the religious and racial hatred
bang fomented in Naziland. When
almost 50 per cent of the votes
east at the A. A. U. convention
called upon America to boycott
tho games, it is a convincing dem
onstration of the fact that feeling
against the present regime in
Germany isn’t confined to the
small racial gro^p that is being
persecuted by the Hitler govern
ment.
“Now that we have taken ac
tion on a flagrant abuse of the
code of sportsmanship 4,000 miles
away, it would be a good idea to
consider a situation just as unfair
right here in America. I refer to
the discrimination against colored
athletes in the South. Jewish
athletes in this country aren’t
barred from he Olympic team, if
they have sufficient athletic abil
ity to make it. But if a colored
athlete is unfortunate to live be
low the Mason-Dlxon line, his
chance of making the Olympic
team are just about as good ns
Haile Selassie’s of becoming
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives.
Wouldn’t it be poetic justice if
the German people started a move
to boycott tho U. S. team on that
account?”
Eighteen Nations
To Aid Ethiopia
Paris. Dec. 21.—Eighteen na
tions are sending contributions to
tho Ethiopian Red Cross in Addis
Ababa, Rear Admiral Gary T.
Grayson, head of the American
Red Crocs, declared.
The contributions are in the
fonm of money, materials and am
bulance;!. Japanese workers have
enough surgical supplies to take
caie of 10,000 Ethiopian wounded.
Blackburn Indicted
For Assault
Chicago, Dec. 21—(ANP)—
With both sides claiming that
sensational disclosures will be
made at the trial, .Tack Black
burn, along with William Par
nejl and John Bowman were in
dicted by the Grand Jury here
Thursday on charges of assault
with intent to kill, growing out
of the alleged gun battle stag
ed by the trio Sunday after
noon, October 20, during which
Lucy Cannon, 9 yea rold daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. (Han
non was seriously wounded and
Enoch Houser was killed, and
the date of the trial was set
for Monday.
According to reports follow
in gthe hearing before the
grand jury the charges of man
slaughter against Blackburn
and and Parnol that of murder
against Bowman was changed
to assault with a dcaly weapon
with intent to kill based upon
the shooting of the little Can
non girl and in addition to be
ing indicted on the aforemen
tioned charges, Joo Louis’
trainer also faces a charge of
perjury due to his persistent
testimony that he was unarmed
and did not participate in the
battle.
bensational Disclosures
Are Promised
Thirty-threo witnesses ap
peared before the Grand Jury
to support the claim of the
State an dtestified that Black"
burn was armed and ook part
i nthe shooting in which Houser
was killed and little Lucy Can
non was shot. One of the wit
nesses went so far ,again, to de"
elarc that Blackburn fired the
soht that fatally wounded
Houser. Blackburn on the other
hand has maintained that he
was unarmed and therefore
could not have fired the shot.
His testimony was substantiat
ed by three alleged witnesses
to the gun battle.
Bot hfhe State ,and the coun
sel fo rthe defense have prom"
ised many sensational disclos
ures when the trial is held on
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Olympic Star Scores
German Olympics
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 21.-—Eddie
Tolan, Olympic sprint star in
1932, added his voice to the thou
sands asking for the removal of
the 1936 Olympics from Nazi
Germany.
Tho movement to transfer the
Olympics is gaining wide support
Workers and professionals are
taking to heart the statement of
Bruno Malitz, Storm Troop sports
official, that “dirty Jews and Ne
groes’* should not be allowed to
participate in athletics in Ger
many. They remember Julius
Streieher’s remarks in a speech
delivered last August 16th.
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lynched (in America) for assault
ing a white woman, he gets what
is coming to him. And as we do
not bother about executions of
Negroes, you should not bother |
when we lead a race desecrator
through the streets.”
Tolan spoke at a meeting of the
Anti-Nazi Olympics Forum here
on December 6th. Louis C.
Blount, president of the Michigan
section of the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of Col
ored People was one of the spon
sors of the meeting.
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