SPORTS., j
MORE THAN 30 NEGRO
ACES SLATED TO STAR ON
’38 COLLEGE GRIDIRONS
ALL AMERICAN HOLLAND
OF CORNELL LEADS
GROWING GROUP '
Tho greatest collection of Negro
football aces n college history will
perform on the gridiron this com
ing season and help deal another
blow [o the discredited torees of
Jim Crow in American sports.
Heading the list is the unani
mous choice for All American mil
Jerome “Brud” Holland of Cornell.
Holland’s sparking offensive und
defensive play will again be the
aubject of close scrutiny of the
electors. The big 2000 pound wing
man is an essential part of [he
Snavely system which calls for
speed and ball carrying ability on
end abound plays. Holland, a con
verted back demonstrated his pro
ficiency in this department of the
game las[ year, and will certainly
make a determined bid for a se
cond Ali-America berth.
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Now in his junior year at
• Syracuse, Wilmeth Sidat-Singh
ii practically assured <>f a re„
gular assignment in the Orange
back field. The Harlem youngster
crashed his way into headl nes
lest year with his bullet passes
end willing, though inexperienc
ed blocking Coach Soli m has put
Sidat-Singh to work on this de
ficiency and the former DeWitt
Clinton i.tar will undoubtedly
show considerably improvement.
WILLIAMS COUNTED ON
Observers report that Coach Mai
Stevens is more than usually opti
mistic about the chances of his N.
Y. U. Violets. Not the least of Dr.
Stevens’ causes for joy is Ed Wil
liams, mammouth .220 pound full
back. Williams has mort. experi
ence! this year and with his ter
rific speed will prove an offensive
threat of no small proportions.
Out in the Big Ten Conference
Northwestern will have the ser
vices of Bernie Jefferson in the
backfield and Jim Smith, 185
pound sophomore, at end. Jeffer.
con a triple threat back, played
an important part in landing the
Wildcats near the top in last years
conference race, and the Negro
ace is now in the proper spot to
draw All-America attention. Smith
a crushing tearing type of player
is considered the most likely so
phomore prespect to crash into a
place in the Wildcats veteran line.
At Iowa, Fred Smith, 195 pound
end ia trying hard to step into the
position left vacant by the gradua
tion of Homer Harris.
Archie Harris, track star in the
discus throw and shot put is a
leading candidate for an end job
on the Indiana squad. Hailing
from Hammond, Ind., Harris stand
6’3” and tips the beam at 207
pounds.
WELL BACK AT MINN.
The sure shot toe of Horace Bell
will again be at the call of coach
Bierman at Minn. In the Gophers
1937 climb to the Big Ten cham
pion, Bell pulled out of his guard
position on ten occasions to boot
the extra point over the crossbar.
Faced with the usual tough Minn
esota schedule and with only five
varsity regular returning Coacli
Bierman will rely on Bell’s toe to
pull many a close game out of the
fire.
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Out in North Dakota they call
Frit* Pollard Jr., ‘The Black
Thunderbolt.” The Olympic high
hurdler has certainly earned the
name just at his father did at
Brown twenty years ago. For
two years Pollard's kicking pas
sing, and running have helped
North Dakota hang on to the
championship of the North Cen
tral Conference. Last year he
was chosen All-Conference half
back and in this, his senior
year, figures to wind up hi:
football career in a blaze of
glory. Coupled with Pollard in
the Siox backfield is Horace
Johnson, 175 pounds of hard
blocking.
Johnson paved the way fo:
many of Pollard’s sensations
touchdown sprints besides doing ,
his own share of the leather car
rying.
U. C. L. L. ACES
All the news from the UCI.A
is about Kerny Washington, the
best passer on the Pacific Coast,1
and Woodrow Strode, 200 pounds
Southern Methodist footballers as 1
of Dynamite, at end. Voted by
tho greatest player they faced last 1
year, Washington is now a junior
arc! plenty seasoned by tough com
petition. Strode came East this
summer and gathered track lau
rels for his performance in the dis
cus throw and shot put. Now the
G’3” flanker has shed the spikes
and donned the cleats, and if he
car. hold on to some of Washing
ton’s bullet passes, will be an All
Coast possibility.
The University of California ^
had a wonder team last year.
They won the Pacific Coast 1
Conference championship and
rode roughshod over Alabama
in the Hose Howl. Bobby Lee, 1
a 205 pr.'jnd guard, did not see !
much action in that campaign, i
However, with only 'five varsity
regular left from the 1937 won- I
dec team, Lee wi11 get his chance
this year to h»lp preserve the i
unbeaten record of the Golden 1
Bean?.
Sun Jope State played the long,
est schedule of any school in the
country last year, fourteen games
be exact. Don Presley, gigantic
guard and Lloyd Thomas, end
were potent factors in that dis
play of endurance.
The smaller colleges of the
nation are not withrfjt their
share of Negro ot&rs. In Kansas
little Washburn boasts of Ike
llrady, 175 pound halfback, who
is leading all candidates for a
regular varsity position. Loyola '
University of Los Angeles hair I
Walter McCowen, George Sims,
end the sensational sophomore,
A1 Norman. Roland Bernard end
end Chester Smith, )‘.iard, will
again lineup with Boston Uni
versity.
Others worthy of mention are
Bo Johnson of Alfred Childress
and Suber of Baldwin-Wallace,
I Hampton of Arkon, Chambers of
Mormmouth, Weems and May of
Beloit, Timms of Williamette and
Gardner of Macalester.
KNOXVILLE COLLEGE
BULLDOGS START
DRILL
By John Reinhart
Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 17—Thir
ty men greeted Coach W, O. Haw
kina Sept. 14 to prepare for one
of the hardest schedule that Knox
ville College has played in recent
years. After a week of intensive
practice topped by a long scrim
mage yesterday, the Bulldogs seem
definitely on their way to a great
season.
Xavier has been added to a al
ready tough eight game schedule,
the Bulldogs journey to New Or
leans to meet the “gold rush’’ on
Dec. 3.
New Equipment received on the
campus indicates that the Knox
ville warriors will be one of the
best dressed teams on Negro gridi
rons.
The complete schedule is as
follows:
Oct. 8.—S. C. College. .Orangeburg
Oct. 15.—LeMoyne College .., ,
... Knoxville
Oct. 22—Lane College Jackson
Oct. 29.—Ala. A. & M. College..
.Normal
' Nov. 5.—Fisk U. (Homecoming)..
.Knoxville
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Nov. 12.—Morehouse College
—. -t Knoxville
Nov. 24.—Talladega College ... ,
.... . Talladega
• ! Dec. 3.-—Xavier University,
1 .New Orleans
Preped for 7Game of Century*
Reading from left to right: Hud
son "Tory” Doram, backfield ace
whc3c ability to pass with either
hand and kick with either foot
will make him a marked man for
tbo Chicago Bears, Hiram ‘Blind”(
Tom" Workman, stellar tackle
whose diagnostic sixth sense made
the outstanding tackle in the an
r.als of Southern football, and An.
drew “Cherry” Miles, sterling
quarterback with a hip twisting
..t.jnJ broken field runs to
annoy the Bears, as they prep for
the “game of the c ntury” when
the Collegiate All Stars meet the
nationally famous Chicago Bears
Friday night. They come from
Xavier unive-sity, New OrUans.
—AN*' photo—■
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NAME ALL STARS LINEUR
FOR CHICAGO BEARS GAME
Chicago, Sept. 22 (By Frank
Marshall Davis for ANP)—Eleven
football stars, leaders in the na
tionwide poll to select a repre
sentative colored grid aggregation
team to meet the Chicago Bears in
the first Charity game under the
lights at Soldiers field Friday,
night, Sept. 23, were tentatively
named Monday by Head Coach
Roy Kemp as the starting team.
They are:
Left end—Dwight Reed, Minn.
Left Tackle—Hiram Workman,
Xavier.
. Left Guard—James Portray, Le
Moyn
Center—-.Richard Sowell, Mor
gan
Right Guard—Carl Drake, Mor
gan.
Light End Doc Kclker, West
ern Reserve.
Quartet1—Madison Dorani, Xa
vier.
Left Half--Joe Lillard, Oregon.
Right Half—Oze Simmons, Iowa.
Full -George Edwards, Kentuc
ky State.
In addition to Kemp, Lincoln
University mentor ar.d former
Duquesne university ace who be
came head coach due to the inabili
t,V of Jay Hurt of Morgan to be
present, the nil.stars will be pre
pared by Duke Slater, Iowa All
American tackle, and Ink Williams
star end from Brown University.
The roster of the all-star squad
was not definitely known Monday
afternoon since some of the play
ers had not y> t reported. Stars
who polled large votes but will
not be seen in action include Fritz
Pollard jr. and Ed Williams. Roth
are ineligible as they have not yet
finished their collegiate careers.
Pollard, along Horace Johnson is
preparing for his final season at
North Dakota uriversity and Ed
Williams is a senior and main cog
of New York U’g backfield.
Coaches Kemp, Slater and Wil
liams will have around 10 days to
try their hand at forming a team
ci.pabl of defeating or holding on
ever, terms the Chicago Bears,
champions last year of the West
ern division of the National Pio
fessional league and undefeated
this year in three games. The
Bears opened their season Sept 1
in Prividence, R. I. , by defeating
a team of college all-stars 26-14,
then traveled to Brimingham
where they ran. over a Southern
rll-star team 32 to 18. They open,
od their regular professional sea
son Sunday night by nosirg out
the strong Caidinals. 16-13.
Although they will have enough
time to develop much coordination
th0 all-star starting lineup can
present a wealth of individual ta
lent. Kelker was the star of the
recent game in Cleveland which
the Ohio Al?-Stars lost to the
Cl veilin'1 Rams, another National
leaguo team. Reed at the other
end although not a flashy player
was recognized as one of Minne
sota’s greatest wingmen. DuValle
when, playing at Loyola, was one
of the most feared and respected
tackles, or the Pacific Coast.
The other linemen are from co
lored colleges. Workman, the Xa
vier tackle was described by coach
Abbott of Tuskegee the “the
greatest tackle I’ve ever seen play
in the South;’’ Sowell and Drake
w^re key men in the line of Mor
gan’s undefeated team, and For
try comes highly recommended
from Memphis.
Smoky Joj Lilian!, only Negro
back ever to play in the National
league, is a triple threaten When
ic* was key man of the Cardinal’s
offense a few years ago, he did
90 per cent of their passing, cal
led signals, punted place kicked,
and was one of the league’s best
broken field runners in addition to
crashing the line. He was headed
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for All-American honors while at
Oregon university until he was
barred because he previously had
played professional baseball.
Simmons has been described by
many coaches as a greater runner
than Red Grange, while Bernie
Bierman of Minnesota ranks him
as ‘the greatest defensive back in
15 years.” Last year he played
with an undefeated independent
professional team in Paterson, N.
J.
Goram, star of Xavier’s back
field, is one of the best punters
. ever developed in Negro colleges
and kicks with either foot, is a
sensational passer and a good run
ner*. George “Big Bertha” Edwards
was one of the most feared and
talked of backfield star’s in Sou
thern football since Ben Steven
son of Tuskegee.
As to how the all-star line will
react to the Bears forward wall
is a question. The pro team for
years had the league’s greatest
line. The players have speed and
ruggedness as well as weight.
Doram of Xavier, for instance will
have but 180 pounds to use against
tho Bears right tackle, Russ Thom
pson who weight 248, and his first
replacement, Del Bjork, who is
220. From t&ckl'e to tackle the
Bears range from Danny Fortmann
219 to Geerge Musso, 163. Joe
Stydahar, left tackle weights
235 and is considered the league’s
best lincmanf. The All-stars will
have their hands full trying to
stop the charges of the pro for
wards or make holes for their own
backs against such mountains of
sinew.
The Bears depend mainly upon
power with Ray Nolting, Sam
Francis, Jack Manders and Bert
Johnson doing most of the ball
lugging. They also have a fine
aerial attack with Buzz Buivid &
Nolting doing most of the hurl
Manders is known as the best
field goal kicker in the game.
It is expectel that the all-stars
i will depend mainly upon speed and
| the air for their offense. If blook
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' ers and interferers can get them
to the line of scrimmage, such per
j formers as Simmons and Lillard
are likely to make a touchdown
on sheer trickiness and speed.
With Simmons and Lillard in top
form, they will be thq most dan
gerous backs the Bears have ever
been, called on to stop. Lillard and
Doram can hurl passes, and such
aces as Simmor.s, Reed and Kel
ker can snare them.
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PROVIDE FITTING
SETTING FOR END
OF BALL SEASON
IN LINCOLN, NEBR.
Two travelling colored baseball
teams, the renowned Kansas City
Monarchs and the Memphis Red
Sox provided a fitting climax to
tho diamond season in Lincoln
Wednesday night in Lincoln Field.
Negro League Champions
The Monarchs and Red Sox both
competed in the Negro American,
league. The Rled Sox took the
first half title, then Kansas City
finished second to Atlanta |for
the second half crown, though a
protest now before league heads
will give the Monarchs the title
if allowed.
Boss “Pug” Griffin of the Lin
coln State league links is sponsor..
ing the game, and the University
o'., Nebraska 1938 football squad
will be guests of the manage
ment at the game.
The Lineups
Monarch;, R d Soxs
Milton, rf Hyde, If
Miltor. rf Carter, 3b
Allen, 2b Walker, ss
Fibbs, 3b Davenport, cf
Stearns cf
Strong, ss Rodgers, rf
Brown, If Taylor, lb
O’Neil, lb Brown, c
Else or Taylor c Mcse, Jeffersoi
Smith, Barnes or lover, Allen o»
Marcum Blackman adcliff p
or Cooper, p
All Stars Must Stop Then Friday Night—
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The Chicago Bears, consistently
one of the strongest teams in the
National Professional Kague and
winners of the Western Division
championship last fall, who the
Colored All-Stars are called on to
stop Friday night at Soldiers field
Chicago. Virtually all of the
Bears h re pictured except Brnoko
Nagursk' who is devoting his time
fThese South High Backs Impress in Early Workouts
| Impressive In early workouts
^fias been this South High back
' field, getting the call for first
string duty. Left to right are ]
Lou Kramolisch, Bill Bruckner,
• Perry Harris and Joe Furst.
Furst and Bruckner are letter:
men.—World-Herald Photo. 'jg|
to professional wrestling, will be
seen in action against the great
est group of Negro gridsters ever
assembled.
Top Row: Red Grange, Dick
Flasman, George Wilson, Rus
Thompson, Frank Sullivan, Les
McDonald Red Conkright, Bill
Xarr, Pug Rentner, Andy Lotshaw
Geo. Corbett.
Middle Row: Geo. Halas, Kay
Bell, Del Bjork, Geo. Musso,
Frank Bausch Milt Trost, Ed
Manske, Henry Hammond, Sam
Francis, John Doehring:, Luke
Johnson.
Front Row: Joe Stydahar, Gene
Ronzani, Ray Nolting, Bernie Ma.
sterson, Dan Fortmann, Beattie
Feathers Jack Manders, Bronko
Nagrurski, Keith Molesworth, Joe
Zeller, Ray Buivid. (ANP)
LEWIS DECISIONS
ADAMICK
--
Philadelphia, Sept. 22 (ANP)—
Although he was badly jarred in
the last two rounds, Light Heavy
weight Champion had piled up
such a commanding lead in the
first eight rounds that he won a
decision over Jimmy Adamick of
Midland, Mich., before 12,000 spec
tators in a nontitle bout at Con
vention Hall Thursday night.
Lewis, 184, clearly outboxed the
white fighter who recently drew
a year’s suspension in Illinois and
states associated with the Nation
al Boxing Association because of
a “queer” bout with lanky Jack
Trammell. The light heavy champ
scored freguently with both hands
to the face and body of 188 pound
Adamick.
But in the r.ineth, Adamik land
ed a terrific right to John Henry’s
chin that brought the crowd to
its feet yelling for a knockout.
Lewis’s knees buckled and he stag
gered to the ropes. Adamick mis
sed with a left hook and they
were in a clinch at the bell. The
white boy also hurt Lewis with
a solid left hook to the body in
the 10th. The two judges however,
gave the fight to John Henry Le
wis with .Referee Matt Adgie vot_
ing it a draw.
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MONARCHS SLAP DOWN
RED S0X‘S TEAM
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Lincoln, Nebr. Sept. 16—The
Kansas City Monarchs rattled
base hifs to all corners of Landis
Field Wednesday night, as they
compiled a 22-2 win over the Mem
phis Red Sox, another colored
traveling team.
The Monarchs slugged 20 hits
and the Red Sox were guilty of
10 fielding bobbles. The winners
scored seven runs in the fourth,
and eighj in the sixth. The score:
Rtd Sox:
00000000 0— 2 10 10
Monarchs:
3 2 1 7 0 8 0 1 x—22 20 1
Wilson, B. Allen, Bradley, Smith
and Longley B. Brown; Barnes,
Bremer and Else B. Taylor.
