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FOOTBALL’S ( <)MING—ANI)
HERE'S MEMORIES OP
DRAMATIC AND GREAT
TEAMS
Wha wSith the days on hani
1 think '-ft a gcod idea to keep coo
by diggnig into the memory bay
and spining a few football yarns
Tho first item is marked—New
Haven, 192! aid brings back mem
nries of a great backfield men like
Bill Mallory, p eerie.,s diopkieker
and fullbaik, Ducky Pond, now
head coach a* Yale who ran sixty
seven yards to score a touchdowr
5n the mud against Harvard canny
Lylo Riche,on who came up from
tho scrub team to replace th0 in
jured Charley O'Hearn and went
on to become one of Yale’s great
est quarterback, and Mai Stevens
a great broken field runner whose
fleet-footed ness brought him All
American fame in the brief period
of"a few weeks.
THE GALLOPING GHOST
Number two on our list, is mark
ed Urbana, Illinois-1924, and
brings into the open a galloping
jghost of n redhead whose churn,
ing feet, sw,pt him to a spot in the
athletic world held by few other
stars. If Red Grange had ended
his football career the day he
sprinted dpdg d und smashed his
way to five touchdowns over a
jjarne but bewildered Michigan
team, his football fume would still
bo undying but the thousands of
fans at Franklin Field, Philadel
phia, who saw him lead the lllini
to a rousing 24 to 2 victory over
±hj Uod and Blue of Penn, will
never forgot his inspirted play
that day. When he left the field
lata in the fourth quarter, it was
to the echo of the most remarkably
spontaneous tribute ever given to
any athlete.
Wo next move, in the same year,
to a little town called South Bend
Indiana, and there we watch a
team which many competent sport
experts have labeled the greatest
football team of modern times—
the team led by the Four Horse
men of Notre Dame. Here wo see
at work the mast r football genius
Knute K. Itoekne with his able
pupils Stuhldreher, Layden,
Crowley .and Miller able pupils
and good teachers themselves, all
cut from th mould which is ac
cepted as one of the football's
beat—the ttockne System.
—J. Cinsburg
HOLLAND IN FINE SHAPE AT
CORNELL
New York Sept. 15 (ANP)—
Cornell will again have the ser
vices of Big Brud Holland this
year at an end post. And from all
accounts, this big red team will
bu tougher than ever with the
present lineup? Holland, who is the
first Negro to make All American
in many moon, has reported to
Coach Snavely and is in the best
shape of his career. If remains
to ba seen, however, whether ho a.
gain wins his spurs this season—
and all indications are that he
will.
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EXPECT ED WILLIAMS TO
PACE N. Y. U. GRIDSTERS
New York, Sept. 15 (ANP)
Dr. Mai Stevensfi canny coach of
the New York university football
team is predicting a fine season
for his Violets. And he bases his
words on the early showing of the
men who reported at camp for pre
aeason conditioning and seasoning
Said the doctor, who was one ol
Yale's big guns on the gridiron:
“Ed Williams, now weighing 217
is counted on to be one of the re
gulars for us this year in out
backfield. He has all of the attri
butes for an All-American back.’
Williams will be playing his fina
season for the VioLts and his
work will bo closely watched.
KEI.KER GETS COACHINB JOl
AT CLEVELAND SCHOOL
Cleveland, Sept. 15 (ANP)
Frar.k “Doc” Kelker has been ap
pointed as teaching job at Centra
high school in the colored distric
Ibere. Ho starts as a substitute bu
is expected'to spend a good dea
■of time with the footbali tearr
o
Kelger wfis outstanding Vi his
athletic car or at Western Reservi
university from which he gradu
’ ated last June.
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FLIGHT ON NEGRO BASEBALL
RECOGNITION PRODUCES
HOPEFUL ANGLES
New York, Sept. 15 (B1 A] Mo
ses for ANP)—Since 1928, your
correspondent has b en bombard
irg the office of the N, Y. Daily
News with regards to the right
| of Negro baseball players to past
time in the big leagues. This
campaign gained splendid coopera
tion and support from Paul Gnl
lieo before he went altogether “li
terary” and his successor in the
sports department, Jimmy Powers,
has voiced our sentiments in his
widely r ad column on numberous
; occasions In the Daily News,
September 5, Powers had the fol
lowing to say which we are happy
to republish verbatim:
“If I could wave a magic wand
and break down race prejudice, I
would put this Giant team on the
field next spring and guarantee a
winner.’’
Josh Gibson, cather, (Homestead
Grays); Hank Dannirg, catcher,
(Giants); Ray Brown, pitcher, on
(Homestead Grays); B a r n e y
Brown, pitcher, (Blnck Yanks;
Buck Leonard, first base( Home
stead Grays); Pat Patterson, st
eond base, (Philly Stars); Dick
kartell, shortstop, (Giants); Dick
Dandrldge, third base, (Newark
Eagles); Joe M ore left field,
(Giants); Met Ott, right field,
(Giants; and Sam Bankhead, cen
ter field, (Pittsburgh Crawfords).
1'. S. Ail we need now is for the
hundred or more leading white
writers drawing salaries on large
daily newspapers to follow the
courageous leadership of New
, Yorks BIMMY POWERS; plus a
great deal of initiative and fight
on the part of our writers and
leaders'.
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1$ It In The
Cards?
(By Alvia Moses for ANP)
FOR: Di*. Reginald Weir, sensa
tional tennis star with U. S. Da
vis Cup aspirations, to be the first
Negro to be considered for .such n
birth if given the chance to play
in tho 1939 nationals and he man
ages to emerge as finalist, or
champion? ? ? ?
FOR: John Henry Lewis, world’s
heavyweight boxing champion, to
win his six figure lawsuit a
gainst the New York State Athle
tic commission even though nine
out of ten legal experts agreed
on this ono point:’’ The New York
taxing commissioners possessed no
legal right to shear John Henry
of his best hard won title before
the last day of expiration which
is October 29. That’ just because
Lewis steadfastly refused to ap.
pear in other rather than ordinary
I fights in the Empire state (Mike
Jacobs angle renters here:) the
boxing commission had no right
to rule Emilio Martinez, against
whom Lewis defended his crown
at Minneapolis, April 24, last an
unfit opponent— despite Martinez
kayo loss at the hands of a color
ed middleweight, it might not be
forgotten that previously, he had
licked John Henry in an over-the
weight match ? ? ? ?
FOR; Henry Armstrong to beat
Ceferine Garcia in defense of the
heaviest of his three titles, and to
knockout the great Lew Ambers
the rext time they come to
grips????
FOR: Larry McPhail, red
hatched towering Irishman who
i has put the Brooklyn National
league ball club of the may from
a financial standpoit, to further
amaze his brother executives ir
both leagues, (remember the Ba
I bo Ruth case) • by signing t<
t a fat contract, “Mules" Suttles
t powerhouse hitter and sterling
1 first sacker (even though he play:
on a dime); an dmighty Josh Gib
Charlie McCarthy Says: “Let ’er Go!”
Charlie McCarthy, In spile of college degree
* and national acclaim, is like other bright little
boys when it comes to trains and locomotives.
With an engineer's cap set jauntily on his
head, he places his hand with customary
aplomb on the throttle of the SUPER CHIEF
to pilot it on his recent return to Hollywood.
Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen look
pleasantly down from the cab of the Santa
Fe’s big Diesel as they wave to friends.
son, best catcher baseball any
where has known during the past
decad thereby brushing aside the
vicious and —“unwritten’’ statue
that since the time John McGraw
brought the sepia wonder Flank
Grant, into the league, lias work
ed to keep Negro Am rican su
per.baseball stars, far, far away
from fortune and rightful fame.
FOR: Jesse Owens, outstand
ing figure in the entire hsitory
of American track and fi Id achie
vements, to be appointed (bv
grateful American officials) track
coach at some leading college or
university, tailoring business or no
tailoring business.
FOR: Joe Bostic, exceptionally
clever radio announcer (sports
theater-news), to win over (and
why the Halifax shouldn't he)
-—Harry Ballough’s announcing job
this winter at genial Bill Brown’s
Rockland Palace Boxing Club??
(P. S.) Joe, there isn’t a single
member of thy press row who
won’t fight tocth and nail for
you where this spot is concerned.
FOR: The million o^d Negro
baseball fans scattered throughout
the key cities and Southern insti
tutions of learning, to each, sub
scribe for a copy of “Negro Pro
fessional Baseball Guide,” the
work of Chappy Gardner, schedul
ed to put in its “of the press” ap_
pearance about September 10???
FOR: Gus Moore, former great
schoolboy and college mile and
cross country star, to get back
some semblance of the form that
once was his in order to win a
wager made with his mother-in
law ? Moore, orce accustomed to
running ten miles somewhere a
round 52 mins. 30 seconds; has
agreed to run the same route (Mc
Combs Dam Park) exactly one hour
and forty minutes slower???
FOR: Mozell Ellerbee and Johnny
Woodruff, to not only score firsts
for America in the 1040 (Finland)
Olympics; but to respectively es
tablish world marks for the 10C
and 800 m ter runs ? ? ? ?
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SEEK JOE LOUIS MANAGER IN
DETROIT POLICY RAIDS
Detroit, Sept. 15 (ANP) John
Roxborough, co-manager of Hea
vyweight Champion, Joe I,ouis,
was ordered Friday by Fred Fra
ham superintendent of police as
one of the heads of policy game
syndicates in Detroit.
Fraham’s order followed a series
of raidg Thursday in which he,
Polico Commissioner Heinrich Pic
kert, other high officials and 200
! officers participated. More than
35,000 slips wer<» taken and 86 ar
i rests made. The policy banks vi
, sited were these allegedly opera t
;i ed by Roxborough and Everett
11 Watson, manager of Roscoe Toles,
•j heavyweight challenger..
TUSK EGEE- WILI1ER FORCE
FOO'r i!AI !. GAME AT NIGHT
THIS YEAR
Chicago, Sept. 15 (ANP)—The
Tuskegee-Wilberforee g r i diron
feud is on again. The game will be
played at Soldier s Fi- Id in Chi_
cago the evening of October 14.
' Deserting tradition the game will
1 bo played at night this year under
the glare of the same calcium
lights which saw th(* All Star
1 Washington ReJskin struggle last
I week.
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Recreational Activities...
| NINE BANDS SEND JITTER-:
BUGS AT RANDALL ISLAND
New York Sept. 15 (By Chainl
et y W. Edgar for ANP)—ThurS
| ilay evening there gathered at the
Stadium at Dandall’s island nine
of tho leading colored ochestras
in the country. All the cats and
jitt< rburgs who attended were
will satisfied. I was a little late
and Count Basie was on the stage
when I arrived. His best number
was “Yes-Yes” or as it is now
called T sent for you Yesterday.’
Hop Lips Paige followed him
and then t-ame an old timer, Claude
Hopkins. Those fingers of his did
their usual seemingly impossible
routine. His vocalis* Beverly
White the gal with personality,
plus style all her own, gave out
quite nobly. Her came that popu_
lar maestro, Willie Bryant and his
band. Here the fun began and the
j eats began to dance in the aisles.
The King of Hi-de-Ho, Cal Cal
loway followed Willie and he real
ly put on a show. The surprise
came when he produced June Rich
mond as his featured vcoalist. She
brought down the house with her
singing and clowning with Cab.
She was forced to give an encore.
Then, fresh from the Home of
Happy Feet, the Savoy came Eh
skine and can that boy give? The
cats went wild and didn't want him
to leave the stage. Incidentally,
j it would he wise to keep an eye
on the pianist of this aggregation.
Ii I know my musicians, I can
see him going far.
Last but not least came Luis
i Russell and his famous band, Geo
| rgo Dewey Washington and Sonny
Woods gave their usul brilliini
performances. Others features of
i the show were: John Kirby, Roy
Eldrigc, Slim and Slam, the Four
I Ink Spots and Wells Kazoo Band,
i The show was climaxed with a
i grand finale of a combination of
| the four bands. There were 60
j in all and they had never rehears
ed together. They jammed on
1 Sweet Sue and what a number!
Later at the Alhambra Grill I
overheard one of the cats who had
attended describing it to a friend.
Ho was very charitable towards
all the orchstras performing but
ho seemed to think that Cab and
his boys put on an unusual show.
Also overheard George Dewey
Washington talkirg with a friend
and he seems to think that the
number, “Swing Cats Ball’’ writ
ten by Louis Russell, is headed
places.
WPA. CITY RECREATION DE
PARTMENT
City Recreation’s Fall and Winter
Program Is Now Ready To Be
Announced
Incidentally the summer pro
gram was pronounced a decided
success by rcreation director VVm.
Meyers, who further said the in
terest manifested by the thous
ands of Omaha children who avail
ed themselves of city recreation
facilities ,and by their parents, ex
ceeded the department’s fondest
hopes.
When the schools opened many
centers located in school buildings
which the board of education had
kindly placed at the disposal of
the recreation department for the
duration of the vacation, had per
force to be relinquish d. The task
of finding new places suitable for
the operating of a full fall and
winter program was not an easy
one. It was finally accomplished
however, and the following schools
park pavilions and buildings wjll
now be used as cent, rs: Hanscom
Fontenelle, South Side City Hall,
Spring Lake Park, Miller Park
Young Park, Logan Fontenelle
Homes. Other places have been
secured for use as sub centers.
Tho program as outlined to date
will provide for all winter sports
in addition to the regular recre
ational activities.
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Morton Park seniors will com
peto with Florence seniors for the
city recreation soft ball league
championship, Friday, September
16 at 32 and Dewey.
Both teams are in fine fettle and
determined to win, so it is pretty
eertajjn the game will be a hotly
contested one and worth witness
;ng. It is scheduled to begin at
C p. m.
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FLORENCE RECREATION—
Fall and winter activities at this
center will include pre-school
classes which will be held from
10 to 11:30 a. m. e'ery Monday
through Friday.
Thursday, 22nd has been set as
tho date for holding open house
for the mothers and fathers of
Florence. Supervisor Trotter has
arranged an excellent program for
the occasion which will begin at
7:30 p. m.
MILLER PARK RECREATION —
AU classes will now be held in
the basement of the pavilion.
1 hose attending are requested to
use the east entrance. Included
in the program will be: Girls sew
ing —classes, ping pong, checkers
and other games, children’s hand
craft, ladjes handcraft, recreation
al games, pre-school classes for
children ranging in age from 3 to
5 years, an airplane club and mu.
sic. Outdoor games also will be
engaged in.
There will be a street dance Fri
day, September 16 from 8 to 11
p. m. music by the Works Pro
gress Administration Civic dance
orchestra.
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SOUTH SIDE RECREATION—
This new Works Progress Adm
inistration recreation center,* hous
ed in the south side city hall, 24th
and 0 Streets, will open for reg
istration Saturday 17th from 10 a.
m. to 4 p. m.
Classes will be conducted from
10 a. m. to 8 p. m. daily. Sub
jects include archery, dramatics,
music, phys-ed, handcraft. Pre
school classes will be held from
, 10 to —12 every Monday through
I Friday. Amateur contests will be
■ a feature of the Wednesday sched.
ulo and will be held from 6:30 to
8 p. m. A women’s gym class
will meet from 1 to 3 p. m.
Supervisor Beulah Newton ex
tends a most cordial invitation to
south side residents to avail them
selves of the many recreation fac
ilities offered at this center.
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PETERS SISTERS GOING BIG
IN LONDON
London, Sept. 15 (ANP)—The
three Peters Sisters, harmony
singers popular on the American
screen and radio appeared at Lon.
don’s Palladium, London vaude
ville theatre, and created a sen
sation with their melodies. They
doubled at the Palladium from!
Chelsea.
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RUN, LITTLE CHILLUN’ TO
CARRY ON INDEFINITELY
ON COAST
Los Angeles, Sept. 15 (ANP)—
Owing to a widespread appeal
Hall Johnson’s ‘‘Run, Little Chil
lun”, has been held over at the
Mayan theatre for an indefinite
engagement.
At two previous times, closing
dates had been set, but with in
creased crowds thronging out
every night, the management c-on.
sidered it inadvisable to close it.
It was to have been replaced by
another federal play, “Having a
Wonderful ime,” but this has been
transferred to the Hollywood Play
house.
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WHAT SHALL I DO?
“What shall I do?” is a question
; which lias always perplexed youth.
Many young men and women have
' gone to college and studied hard
l'or some life career only to dis
cover too late they were not basi
cally fitted for it.
This week Dr. Edgar A. Holt,
dean of the college at the Univer
sity of Omaha, reported on the
first year’s operation of a pro
gram for the analysis of student
aptitudes at the University of
Omaha, pronounced the program
‘ very satisfactory.”
The University of Omaha apti
tudes analysis is the result of the
latest efforts of progressive edu
cators and industrial engineers.
It is employed widely by indus
tries and is used in some colleges.
Unique among colleges in this
section, the University of Omaha
] aptitudes program it intended to
show each student what life occu
pation he is best suited for on the
basis of interests, abilities, and
personality.
“Wo have saved a goodly num
ber of students from tragic ex
perience,” said the dean in his re_
port. “The Several hundred stu
dents M'ho took the inventories last
year prove that.”
Dr. Holt said that a great many
students who though they wanted
to enter medicine, engineering, or
business have chosen other career
as a result of the aptitudes tests.
‘ Recently a student who had
flunked out in premedical work at
another university came here to
take our aptitudes tests. They re
vealed that he had much more
ability for engineering. Now he’s
doing very good in our engineer
ing department.
“Somo students who wolild like
to bo engineers come to the Uni
versity with romantic ideas about
building great buildings and dams.
Tho tests show that many have
no such abilities, but they may
take the engineering courses any
way. However, a semester’s work
in engineering courses usually
shows the tests to be right.”
The dean says that more than
300 students have already taken
tho aptitudes inventories prepar
atory to studying at the Univer
sity of Omaha this fall.
Tho aptitudes program is also
being adopted by the University
of Illinois this fall.. A similar pro
gram has been operating several
years at the Stevens Institute of
Technology at Hoboken, N. J.,
whero a fee ranging from ten to
twenty dollars is charged.
At the University of Omaha,
the inventories are given free of
ehargo to all entering students.
The results of the aptitudes
tests are used by a counselling
committee to advise students on
the courses which fit in with their
career goal.
Members of this committee be„
sides Dean Holt are Mrs. Mary
Padou Young dean of women
Lloyd M. Bradfield, dean of men,
Dr. J. M. Earl Dr. Wilfred Payne,
Dayton E. Heckman, Dr. L. N.
Garolugh Miss Nell Ward Dr. L.
O. Taylor, Dr. Royce West, Ro
derick B. Crane, Harry F. Fore,
Mrs. Mildred Gearhart, Dr. W. H.
Thompson andW. T. Meek.
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