SPORTS
CIRCUIT
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By LOl IS (). HUDSON
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Lexington, Ky*
Zeke, the inunacujate valet fot
Col. K. R. Bradley was in charge
of the arrangements for the Col’s
80th birthday celebration held at
the Idle* Hour farm. Bradley owns
some of the worlds greatest race,
horses, having won 5 Kentucky
Derbies. He has contributed liber-i
ally to several Negro charities. The;
Col works scores of colored help
at his large racing fnrm said to
bo the most modem in the United
States.
New York Cily, N. Y.
Henry Armstrong was voted the'
honor of being the greatest athlete
of 1938 by the United Press poll of
sports writers. This poll was the,
concensus of writers the country
over. The holding of a triple cham-:
pion ship in the past year was a
feat no other athlete has accom
plished.
I’ittsbu-'rh, Pa.,
Mike Jacobs, N. Y. boxing mogul
was at the camp of Tommy Farr
to day. While there two more in
terested spectators crowded Mike
challenging the winner of the Farr
Nova fight Friday nite, Dec. 23rd
at the Garden. These gents hap-|
pened to be Roscoe Toles and hjs
manager Everett Watson. After,
the bout in which he (Toles) beat1
Gunner Barlund. Roscoe says he
will heat, any fighter except the
Co. of Tx)uis and Lewis. Joe and
John Henry, folks, and friends.
Hot Springs, Ark.
Julian Blaek, co-manager of Joe'
Ix>uis says Joe will fight Max Baer
after the John Henry Lewis bout.
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The low down on this happens to
bo that the pact is a signed one
and the tussle wtlll take place out
in California. Too much ballyhoo at
this time will do the bout-no good.
Miam;, Fla.
Duky Slater the major domino of
boxing claims Florida will have a
busy and colorful boxing session
thin winter. When I was ti.ere in
1033 the law probited white from
attending Negro box ng contests. I
hope th’r. does not happen this
time, bill Rives is busy es the old
bird dog getting his place in readi
ness. Doc Sawyer of Mary Ek
idbeth Hotel fame says he has
reservations from all over and he
wi!l play to a packed house for the
season. , I
Harold Burr, ace sports writer,
New York City, N. Y.
who-.o articl -s appear n the N. Y.
Post claim1 Jack Johnson could
whip all the white hopes in one
night with one arm strapped behind
him. Jack still remains with us do
ing strong man acts in a broad
way joint near 42nd street. He
looks good despite his years.
Lo« Ange'es, Cal.
The dinner tossed in honor of
Kenny Washington, the great pig
skin artist of the USCLA college
was a pip. Local sportsmen and
lovers of the game together with
Alumni b^VR attend'd in groat
numbers, Kenny was very molest
in accepting the high acclaim a
warded him by the gathering.
Corks popped hut glasses were held
under the table.
Tampa, Florida
Old timers say Central avenue,
has a different attitude since the
days of Pig Bear who used to run
the tug drugstore. Those were
happy days when ho and Wiillle
Bush, the F ighting Scoripon of
West Palm beach, Fla., used to
tako those flying trips together,
ilow the good fellows miss the
undertaker and friend, to all clas
ses and masses, the late Dr. Stone.
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SPORT NEWS
New York C ity, N. Y.
Scanning the college records with
accuracy 1 find the record made by
tho Florida CJators football team,
coached by the efficient Bill Bell
can safely boast of a record that
will probably go unequalled for
many a year to come. Knute Rockne
with the great Notre Dame team
in 1{>31 held its opposition to two
touchdowns for the season and a
safety. Still the efforts, of the
mighty Bill overshadows him like
the steeple on a Catholic church.
Pres. Lee and Bill Bell this column
salutes you as you have a team
that can hold its own in any part
of the land. It was at Durkee Field
in Jacksonville 3 years ago when
Ky. State put the skids on the boys
but the game you beat them in
Gainsville last month was full of
revenge powder they tell me, I
hope Sport Washington of Jack
sonville did not lose his speech over;
the victory as he did over the de
feat. 1 ' _
Atlanta, Georgia.
Word reaches the desk that Mor
ris Brown will have a strong cage
team this coming winter. I hope
they develop another center like]
“Toss 'em in Adams”. This boy was I
a sensation.
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LOUIS OPENS CAMP
FOR LEWIS FIGHT
Pompton Lakes, N. J. Jan. 5—
(ANP)—• Heavyweight Champion
Joe Louis began training here New
Year’s day for his 15 round bout
with John Henry Lewis, light hea
vyweight king, at Madison Square
Garden Jan. 25.
I^ouis came East to Newark from
Chicago Wednesday morning ac
companied by Trainer Jack Black
burn and several others of bis im
mediate staff and was joined Fri
day by Managers Julian Black and
John RoXborough. He weighed 210
and seemed in excellent condition
despite his long lay-off scince
blasting out Max Schmeling in one
round last June.
The Brown Bomber revealed he
hadn’t had a glove on since that
fight but had kept in good condi
tion by roughing it and exercising
regularly. He said he needed box
ing more than anything else since
a "lot of sparring sharpens the
eye,” but he would overlook no de
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1 SPORTS..
Louis Rated
All Alone
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tail in preparing for John Henry j
because “you can’t take anything
l’or granted in this game.’’
I-ouis will use four sparring
partners. Two of thorn, Basher
Dean and Mickey Dugan, have al
i ndy been selected.
The light heavywe’ght champion
bn already started training at
Summit where he is spending a
few days roughing it before start
in. ■ sparring He intends to work I
with h.avy spar-mates to accustom
himself to weight conditions simi
lar (o those he will face in Joe.
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KI N MAGAZINE PRINTS
EXPLANATION’ OF WHY
NEGROES QUIT PROTESTING
PAN ON NEGROES PLAYING
FOOTBALL AGAINST DIXIE
SCHOOLS
I ieago, Jail. 5 (ANP)~ Ne
groes have “quit protesting" a
gainst the refusal of Northern
ru ches to insist on playing their
colored stars against Southern
teams because coaches let it be
known that they m'ght keep Ne
gro players off their teams al
together rather than -.ubmit to such
“pressure”, says an article in the
Dt c. 2K e Jition of Ken, the maga- j
zine published by Esquire.
Says the aiticle:
“Football contracts for games in
volving Dixieland universities a
gainst northern or western schools
that may have Negro players, us- j
nally restrict eligibility to “mem-j
hers of the Caucasian race.’’ This
clause is generally waived when the<
southern teams play in other ter
r'tories.
“Formerly, protest of Negro or-’
ganizations against the restriction
handicapped colored kids who were
trying to w-in places on northern
teams that had southern games in
prospect.
“A Big Ten coach whose team
had scheduled a game in the South
and a colored kid who starred in
the coach's Ine, were responsible
for the discontinuance of the organ
ized Negro complaints against the
restriction. The coach, assailed in
letters, telegrams and telephone
messages from Negroes, called in
bis colored player.
iiavt? i uuiif t-vtiyuiiu^ i kail
to help you get through school and
to make you a great football play;
er?” the coach asked. The kid ac
knowledged the coach’s help.
“Have the other kids on tho team '
treated you right?’’
^Every one of them does fine1
by me,” the boy testified.
“And hero’s what we get for it."
Tho coach displayed a stack of
telegrams and letters in which Ne
gro organizations and individuals
insisted that the k'd be taken South
with the team. “If this keep up,
I’ll never again go through the
trouble of having a colored boy on
a team of mine. The Negroes try
to be bossier than the alumni.”
“Let me answer a few of those.!
They’re putting you and me both
on the spot. The boy sifter! the
stack and left the room with an
assortment of wires and letters In
less than a week the protest had
died out.
“News of the incident got to
other coaches. That’3 the inside
of how colored kids retain an even
chanco as northern varsity football
candidates.”
Although no names are given, it
is possible that the “colored kid”
was Willis Ward and the coach,
Harry Kipke, then of Michigan.
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MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR
TUBERCUUISIS STUDY
Ijarge appropriations are being
made for research in the study of
tuberculosis during the coming
year. Nebraska is keeping step in
this great health enterprise. Of the
sum realized from the annual Xmas
Seal Drive which has just closed,
95 per cent will be spent here in
Nebraska in the prevention of Tu
berculosis during the year 1939.
The remaining 5 per cent is sent
to the National Tuberculosis As
sociation to carry on their program
one phase of which is research.
KING’ MAGAZINE NAMES
NOVA NO. 1 CONTENDER.
RAPS COMISH
Lou Nova, young Alameda, Cal.,
heavyweight was rated the world’s
No. 1 contender challenger yes
terday in “The King” magazine’s
annual ranking of boxers.
Champion Joe i/ouis ranker as
“the boxer of the year,’ was plac
ed all alone in group No. 1 topping
p]| heavyweight. Nova heads group
No. 2 which includes Maxie Baer
Rob Pastor, Tony Galento, Maxie
Rosenbloc.m and John Henry Lewis
in that order.
Nova was given third place in
tho boxer of the year rating, he
hind Henry Armstrong, who won
his second and third titles in 1938,
adding the lightweight and wel
terweight titles to the feather
wiight laurels he won in 1937.
Fleischer considered Louis’ feat
in knocking out Mqx Schmc' ng
ir the first round a more notable
achievement than Armstrong’ >>
I ecemirg the ring's f rst tri|>I
champion."’
Tl magazine’s ranking declared
two titles vacant—n the mid le
w, ght end featherweight divisions
and it gave surprise rating to K. O.
Morgan of Detroit above champion
Sixto Escobar in the bantam class.
Recognizing no middieweight
tliampion .the magazine named
Fred Apostoli of San Francisco,
it cognized as titleholder in New
York and California, alone in group
No. 1, while Solly Krieger of
New York, the National Boxing
Association’s champion, was put at
the head of group No 2.
Similarly in the featherweight
'ivision no champion was recogni
sed by the rankings, but Leo Ro
lak of Chicago and Pete Scalzo
if New York were rated 1 and 2
n group 1.
John Henry Lewis of Phoenix,
\riz. ranked sixth among the
heavyweight challengers, is recog
nized as lighbsheavyweight king
Respite the New' York Commis
don’s declaration that the 175 lb.
title is vacant.
In the other divisions ,the follow
ing men are recognized as cham
pions: Henry Armstrong, welter
weight and lightweight; Escobar,
bantamweight, and Pete Kane of
England, flyweight.
Si>: leading universities will en
gag’d in research in the study of
tuberculosis this year. Announce
ment ha» been made by Dr. Wil
liam Charles W'hite, chairman of
t.'io Med'cal Research Committee,
fine hospital, Mt. Zion, in San Fran
cisco, Calif., also receives an ap
propriation for special laboratory
work.
"Yale, Columbia, Cornell, Van
derbilt, Pennsylvania and Wiscon
sin Universities will co-operate
with us in our endeavor to achieve
our final goal, the eradication of
tuberculosis.’” said Dr White.
“Medical Research will continue to
be one of the strongest battle lines
against tuberculosis in 1939,” he
says.
It is gratifying to realize that
Nebraska can join in this nation
wide crusade against this disease
which menaces our youth. The
scope of the work is growing an
nually and with the chaotic econo
mic conditions which exist the need
is very great for poorer living con
ditions cause an increase in the
death rate in tuberculosis.
$200 XMAS DINNER SERVED
NEGRO CADDIES IN FLORIDA
Palm Beach, Fla.—-A full Chist
mas dinner plus all the trimmings
were skeletonized by nearly 100
Negro golf caddies on December 2
as provided by the will of Edward
W. Kroger, of Cincinnati, white,
banker and chain store head, who
died last spring.
Dinner for the caddies started 5
years ago by Kroger. To perpetuate
his mefmory he provided before his
death, that $200 be spent for a
final memorial caddy dinner on the
Christmas following his death.
A special provision was made by
the banker and store magnate in
his will for his personal caddy.
DARK LAUGHTER bv 01 Harrington
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“AND I STILL THINKS IT WUZ THE BEST NEW YEARS PARTY
I EVER BEEN TO!”
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Kid Concrete
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(Dear folks, as Kid Concrete and
Grandpa Anvil together with Fop
Jr. the managers of the Kid had
too large a Xmas suffering with
turkey and eggnog troubles, our
hero the Kid, will not resume his
training until next week for his
battles with K. O. Punehem for
(ho Down Home Championship)
The Fights of Fights
In the everglade section of the
country, amid palm trees white
sand and other tropical splendors
lies the city of Tampa Florida Bet
ter known by its relationship to
the Gandy Bridge, America’s long
est structure of its kind. This city
to my mind and pleasure to wit
ness fight contests the country
pver gets the meda! for wierd fight
t contests.
On a winter night, in the montn
of January, that found the city’s
thermometor a very comfortable
degree for such time of the year.
Billed to fight in a fight to a finish
regardless of the State law. This
state has a law where 10 round
contests Hirmiate the end of a
bout, at that time the year being,
1928. Participants in this event,
were Al Tourt, a light-heavyweight
from Cincinnati, Ohio, a hard and
tough veteran battler off the banks
of the Ohio, and Billy Long of
Lake Wales, Florida another fight
er of Al’s standing and class. Billy
to the minds of local folks seemed
unbeatable, but friends after the
trademarks left on faces and bust
ed jaws by the veteran Al, every
body sensed ft would be a battle.
On fight nite which happened to
be about January the 7th, 1928,
found the Central Theatre jammed
and packed to standing room only.
Local constabularies were on hand
to load the whole works in the
paddy wagon on sight of the viola
tion against its rigid enforcement
of the state law. After witnessing
some hot preliminary bouts, time
presently came for the witnessing
of the main event.
Billy and Al came from opposite
parts of the theatre wings and
jumped over the ropes quickly fol
lowed by the referee and seconds.
While the reign of eagerness await
ed by the large gathering, silence
quickly ffiund itis place at the
sight of the announcer. The John
Laws stood still to hear the blab
blab announcement. After the glove
adjustment, here it came Introduc
ing in this comer, Al Trout weigh
ing 174 of Ohio who received a big
nana ana nis opponent nmy i^ong
of Lake Wales, Florida weighing
170, and the crowd went wild.
These men will fight a 10 round
bout. The crowd was left in wonder
ment as this was a finish fight.
But the show started in spite of
this.
No slambang fight before or
since have I witnessed that brought
the crowd to its feet before as
di<! bh.:s fight. Billy was the clever
est of the two, but A1 was right
there to dish out his share of the
fisitic goods. There was nothing to
choose between either man during
the first eight rounds, both men
slugging, and taking all the punish
ment the other had to offer. Neith
er man had backed away during
the contest, my, what a fight. Two
more rounds found the end of thfj
10th round, still the fight was on
an even basis. At the end of the
10 rounds, the men sat on their
stools, instead of them resting their
usual 1 minute they rested 3. The
announcer appeared again and in
troduced them to the crotod say
ing these men will fight another
10 round bout and again justice
was defeated.
T he 11th round or the 1st round
of the next bout found both men
going about tt’.eir work as if noth
ing had happened, tossing every
variety of punch in the prize fTgfct
basket. Into the 15th round they
fought like cat and dog neither
ablo to lead this was a real old
fashioned slugfest my friends.
Fighting four more rounds at a
fast clip found both men tiring
rapidly going into the 19 round a
mid the most rapid exchange or
blows I 'have ever witnessed by two
semi helpless fighters in the cen
ter of the ring Both men slightly
poised themselves for the kill land
ing to the midsection of the other
at the same moment of precisecity,
both men sank to the canvass in
pain unable to move, being counted:
out for a DOUBLE KNOCKOUT.
Folks and Friends, if there ever
occurs another fight of this nature,
kindly let me know. My vote goes
to Tampa for the Queerest and
greatest fight.
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