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SPORTS.. [ THE CARE BALL WORLDS CHAMPIONS A.N.P by Louis O .Hudson The World Champion Renais sance basket ball team have proven their every right to tb> throne they now occupy in the cage world. Or ganized in 1923 they have played a total of 1464 games losing only 232 of them . They have played in practically every large city in A merici>1 against the strongest teams that could be mustered against them. Tackling ‘■uch opposition as the tough Hebrew Sphae of Philly Worlds Prof sional League Cham pions; and the Original Celts both crack white organizatons not to mention the all Star Negro fives in all parts ol the land traveling and playing on strange courts, stands ou*. sucui a team that can boast of this groat record. Thj last year a total of 131 games were played, with the Rons losing only 14 contests. Their stel lar line-up consists of. Clarence “Fat" Jenk'ns, Captain; Eyre Saich Char. Cooper, Willi? Smith, John ny Isaacs, Wiliam ‘Pop" Gates and Glarenco “Puggy” Bell. These are the “murders row" hunch that have made history on many a court. Captain Jenkins i the outstand ing athletj of the troupe, a truly developed Harlem product. Once quite a sprinter cf note he began his basket ball career v th the St, Christopher Club in toe days of such men as, Paul Robeson the noted singe., the point pil'ng brothers Lowry an 1 George Fial war predominatin '; the roost dur ing' those years. Fet a! o played with the Common wealth Big Five for several years before the forma tion of the Rons. He has played ho,s hall with the Harrisburg Gi ants, Lincoln Giants, the Black Yankee and the Pittsburg Craw fords. Fat admits forty-three cal endar tyrnings but Bob Douglass tin, manage! and owner of the team claims Jenkins forgot ta count the loapytarj^ Eyre Safch was once the National singles champion in the colored tennis—world and an all around athlete; being a sub-senior to the highly competent Capt Jenkins. He ifi the best known member of the tea m. 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It costs only 3c a dote at druggists and the guarantee protects you. a Cooper better known as the “Tar zan” standing 6 feet 4 inches in height is regarded as the best cen ter in professional basketball. He ia the dependable pivot man of the Rens offense for which they aro noted. Because of his size ami strength he is a very dangerous man near tho pay-off basket and ^ causes the oppopsition to resort in 1 r, countless number of fouls such as back r ding and rolling to pre vent scoring. Isaacs is an honor graduate and former (Captain of tho Textile High School quintette when that school ; wor tie city championship of New York in 1936 and 1937. He is a really vcrat'Ie player that is high ly dependable in crucial moments. Willie Smith is one of the most colorful players developed nny wheie, a real crowd pleaser and thriller of court manuverers in the way of lirmdling the big ball in ac tual combat. Sb 11 a steady one and r, grand mon y player when big game is in sight to be bagged. “Pop” Cates is another one to rise with success of rapidity un der tho High School coaching sys tem. He was Captain of the City’s All Scholastic Team and counter of th'D Franklin High School last season. He plays like a veteran in <r, earnest and eager way to cop tho non de plume of “Pop". Bel1 is a product of the Harlem YM.h’.A. wh oturns out an out ■t.mdinng numb r of grand players; wa', a former captain and star for wa d of t a “Y" Seniors, who won tho Sta.e Y.M.C.A. championship la-', year. BRING A TEAM to BEAT them YOU can WIN every THING in IIAIM FM. Rob I’eugla- s local sportsman and manager of the team keeps u. wa.’ of ncgoHjtbh to back up the! rfcova statement. THEY can and: v.' II get beat; but where is the team to do it hiding. —oOo-- ’• !.;" CIRCUIT By LOUIS O. HUDSON New York City, N. Y. Tho warm breeze that bclw up tho Ave. on 6th near 43rd St. in front ol tho Hipprodome was noth ing but the arrnval of Max Baer for a conference with Uncle Mike! Jacobs regarding future ring toil. Max begged for a chance to show the public that he can lick Louis. Ho says that he is fit as Padere wski’s piano fingers. Now the low-1 down happens to be that he will L j matched with Nova and fed to Louis later in the summer months. Say what you may Maxie will out j draw all the rest of the fighters.' Tho original act was supposed to bo held in San Francisco, Cal., but the cash was not deposited as ex pected. Los Angeles, Cal., < Eddie Meade and Mike Jacobs, are smoking the peace pipe again. Henry will tout-l the cain brakes of Ohio in exhibition contests, then proceed to New York to witness the title tilt between Louis and Lewis. Negotiations will be signed for Henry to battle again under the Jacobs banner at a February date nt the Garden. New York City, N. Y. ed to made was released last week Tho first all colored sports film ar'i <>hown at Leow’s Victoria Theatre in New York. Smokey Joe Williams one of base balls oldest pitchers was shown in action Hen ry Armstrong1 was shown in train ing t/\ggther with Jhsh Gibson, the heavy hitting catcher of the Homestead Grays. A scene at Dick man Oval where a sports tourna ment was in progress. It was very interesting to watch and allows .he progress of Race acbeivments in the 1 ne of Sports. Lon Angeles, Cal. by Breeze Ro bin on for NNPSSS Henry Armstrong won the popu lar decision over Baby Aremendiz ‘n a 10 round bout hn’e, Armstrong tried a different plan of battle in this bout. Instead of starting out MON"V • LOVE • » •' • -f *w-**ir< >pii *-"■ - t * *; , < *u*rn- •<■«• to ** ir * *» ?s» • **♦*«► *t*r% * Nv, VJ»'*e t.'yiQU ti L« f*' *■ «.* I W rite ‘i'rt,y C»r ^ 16. VVILLS/ '.'i, Jcurnal 1'.. . ..v SU fertay City. N I. Dept.-O DARK LAUGHTER by 01 Harrington J*ti -» “Wu <lo< ~ have our little spats ^ Brother Bootsie. but we is still happy- you know, true love never runs smooth.’ with hi:’ whirlwind attach he shilled slowly Taxing'•with care ond' precaution' in the early rounds. ihi> tint'd at tont( Speed he 1 roceedeJ to' throw punches at every angle at the Babe till at the 7th'found was will ahf*ad on point#. Front there oil it was the Chain piop all tho way. There were no km chtlnwir! but Aremendiz was in dis re-s a couplo of times during the closing prriods of the battle. Henry received a great oviation ns his hand was lifted in token of victory. Tallahassee, Fla., T', o Cilark Gagers of Atlanta, Ga., proved too tough a team for tho Leo's Hill Florida hoopsters winning the tilt by the score of •12-24. Suffering three straight de feats in their 1939 debut the lo cals swear they will find the bas ket and out finish those that have' been the conquers. The Iw>cals in the first half battled the invaders1 on pretty near even terms with only a 6 point lead at the end. Hen derson and Pemberton starred for the Georgia boys while the losers were engineered by Capt. Butler. Scoring honors went to Hender son of the winners for the tune of 15 points. Houston, Texas Morris Merrit filling the shoes of the good Don Roby with great great credit for a youngsters. The big joy spot is going full blast and the big name country bands are tooting their horns under his di rection at the Pilgrim Temple on West Dallas St. They are located in the 2nd Ward where all the sports congregate nightly. Don was a big commissioner during the Ep som Downs Raco meeting where ho kept a young fortune at stake for any one who could pick the winning horses. Mr. Rica of Odd Fellow building fame was one of Dons’ best costumers, Joe Louis showed thero during his exhibi tion before fighting Braddock and told the writer that it was his last time to go South of Halstead St. in dear old Chicago. So far he has not broken his word. He traveled in a pri'ato car and was afraid to go to the movies that afternoon. It took nearly tho entire personal of the Huston flying squad to es cort him to the West Dallas St. Stadium that evening. It seemed all of Houstons 120.000 Negroes turned ont for the affair that night. London, England. Lrn Harvey the present British Heavy-weight champ adds his ideas to th© large list of geniuses that have discovered a way to beat Joe Louis. Lon’s ideas if they work aro very simple “If Tommy can go 15 rounds with the champ so can I” I am a more punishing fighter than Tommy and can take ! u'. any dry for I hsv>\ discover-j .•1 r. way to kaep away fr ni Joe’s Sunday punches. “I will circle a r urul to Joe’: left taking advan tage* cu his right that he throws’ freer a flat foot angle.” Biumd; Ce.y. nice but I.en d n’t mention r w h.r will evade Joe’s rapid lire, cutting left. I’or* Lukes, N. J. LOUIS DELIVERS FIRST KNOCKDOWN IN CAMP Jov. Louis delivered his fii-st kiu.uk down to his spar mates. It war, r, haid right to the mid-section jx Hasher Dean that sent him pinning to tire canvass for a sev ere shake up during sparring ses ion today. Joe helped him to his feet and punched the heavy bag for the remainder of the round. After two playful rounds with the Jersey Kid Joe called it n day; fin ishing the action with another round of rope skipping. He pres pired freely and did not seem fo draw a long breath during the ses sion. All of Joe’s training to date seems to indicate that he is pre paring himself for a real boxing contest and not a slugging match. This will only inform you that you can expect both men to enter the ring at the height of J.he'ir physic al perfection. * , ,. , Boston, Mass. Gen i Tunney attending the Fa ther and Sons Jamboree at the Temple Chapei Shalom, consider ed Joe Louis the greatest fighter of any day for his present age. He ranks Lou Novia the Californian next then stating Joe will hold his crown for long while to come Washington, D. C. Morgan College 3tarted the sea son in fine style defeating the crack Miner Teachers College. Ruce Gibson ace forward starred for the Bears acounting for 1!) pts. during the session. Prcrieview, Texas Tho Lone Star cagers plan a bury campaign during the winter months. They have defeated the Dallas Y team and the Rialto’s. .They are scheduled to play the strong Louisiana five at New Or leans next week and travel to Hous ton to play Professor Lanier’s crack cagers. Philadelphia, Pa. The O. V. Oatto Elks Basketball team won a double victory th? past week defeating the 37th ward Democratic clubs team on its court by the score of 36 to 21. They later went to Camden, N. J. I and defeated the Camden Panth ers on their home grounds to the t'uno of 24-18. Taylor and Butler continued to star for Finley Wil son’s per team. The Grand Exalt ed Ruler was present at both gam el. New York ( itv, N. Y. Mis. Flora May White, the for mer MGs Willison of Savannah. Gritj may be seen quite often at thl.etic events, especially at the fig t contests. 'She has witnessed the last three. fights at the Gar den-also show*# at the Hippodrome with great regularity. She now is the widow of the late George White and no finer soul lived to the mind of this writer Ringside Madison Square Garden, N. Y. Roseoe Toiles of Detroit, wag a warued a technical K. O. over Gu« DcraziC in 7 rounds as the semi final of the Farr-Bunnan fight to night. Toles seems to show steady improvement in the New York rings. Tonight he fought Gus to tho same type of battle that won him the d.-cision over Gunner Bar ium! at the Hippodrome. Roseoe opened up the 1st round keeping that long left to the face of the Italian and crossing him with a hooking right to the head. Before the round ended, it could be plain ly seen that Gus was up against it. The 2nd and 3rd rounds were ltpitibions of the 1st only Roseoe turned the steam on his punches dropping the Italian with a ripping right to the jaw. From the 4th to the end when Gus in a semi helpless condition wa.s reeling on the ropes Unable to defend him peljj. Roseoe was a better trained lighter for this engagement than ho was for the Barlund bout. We look for Roseoe to do big things in the city shortly as Jacobs stat ed he had plenty of work for the big fellow in sight. The Farr Rurman tussle was a hard fight every step of the way. Red Bur man is an understudy of Jack Dem psey. Jack seem3 intent on rais ing a white hope, but this Burman boy will not cause Louis to lose any sleep over his crown. Red got the decision but Farr received the glory. The crowd thought Tommy should have won the dec ision as well as Jacobs and Joe Gould. Maxie (One more chance Baer was introduced from the ring and received a big hand. Bill Rob | insen was present trying to get soma nogotiables on Roseoe. Joe ! Lcuis did not come to witness the j event but Jack Blackburn toiled in Toles corner telling him the | fno points of the game. He also j 'vas in Toles corner the night he knocked Jimmy Adamick for a gi al in tho second round. With 5 I inch’s of snow on the sidewalk in i V'nt of the Garden, it fairly melt* 1 ed when Gus hit the ring canvass | in. the t’rrd round, i Miami, Florida Robert Woodson who answers to j tho name of “Dry Legs’’ is the j porter in the jockey room at Hil eah park race track. During the summer months in dear old Chic ago on the Illinois race track, he is valet for Jockey Albert .Robin son under contract to the Milky Way Farm stables. Robby is per haps the wealthiest of all jockeys, owning ?. beautiful home on Miami Beach. Woodson’s big Packard can be seen nightly turning the comer of 2nd Ave., and 11th Sts. with a bevy of Miami’s fairest. San Antonio, Texas Valmo Bellinger, ron of th< , late Charles Bellinger, former state democratic committeeman, seems to fill the shoes of his father in great style. In the good old days Charlie would play draw with the best of them announcing the sky was the limit. Valmo sayR he may promote a few fights in San An tonio if he can get good boys at the right prices. Fisher and Tease are doing fine at the Grill also Duby Story whose wife at eends his business enterprises s'nce returning home from the state of Kansas. Doctor Hurd the Dentist with Joe Aycock and sis ter Alaska continued to be the Bridge players in the city. THE CHAMPIONS OF 1938 While scanning tihe Champions record for the second time in ’38, None of them arrived a bit late; While in the National Negro Base ball League, Tha dope shows Baltimore carried the honors as I see. Tho game of Basketball as records will l'elate, Wa carted off by Virginia State; Now football was tho game fea tured big and swell, Bill Bell took honors with the Flo rida F. A. and M. With Men’s Senior outdoor crowns Ren Johnson, Columbia took the 100 yard honors down; Tho 200 meter dash of both track and field, Mack Robinson, Oregon stands great as a Champ can be. As high junipers are few between and hard to be found, It was easy for Mel Walker to \v m* the crown; v While broad jumping occupied a big place on tho field, Tho medal was won by a c.bap named Bill Laeefield. Speaking of boys that can run far an<) fast, Johnny Woodruff won easy the 880 yard dash; The 440 still belongs to him As no one came along to show more vim. At the Mighty Big Ten Conference Meet, Dave Albritton jumped the boys off their feet; In the Boston A. A. Meeting for the 660 yard dash, Lloyd Thompson of Reviere beat the boys for their chance. Speaking of tennis for the men’s single’s cup, The title was won by Christopher Hunt; In the Southern Tournament that was played wide open, The Champ there was our old pal, Richard Cohen. In New York when they paired them for the thrones, Tho titles were won by the team of W. Weaver and Babe Jones. 3 The women had their chance and played like jeeper and creepers, Per the crown was won by the sis ters, Margaret and Roumania Peters. Talking of golf when the National Negro open was played, Jr. Remu Johnson of Detroit and Harold Wheeler were the talk of the day. Going right down to Boxing, with history that will go down, Wo found Henry Armstrong with a triple Crown; Stepping up a few notches in the light heavyweight field, Wo find John Henry Lewis still wearing the shield; But with the unwritten Nazi Law that Der Hitler laid down, We find Max iSchlmeling going down in the very first round: So tha'ts my story and I will stick to it, Schmeling was the onep remember, Joe Louis HIT. UNEMPLOYMENT CHECKS SENT OUT Lincoln, Neb., Jan 23—Several thousand Nebraskans will receive first benefit checks this week un der the Unemployment Compensa tion benefit payment, V. B. Kinney, Commissioner of Labor, announced Monday. Eligible claimants who filed their first claims on Tuesday, January 3, will return to twenty one State Employment Services offices, where claims are taken, to sign their first pay order cards on Tuesday. These cards will then be returned to the headquarters of the Nebras ka Unemployment Compensation division in Lincoln and will be pro cessed for payment. The checks will be written in the State Treasurer’s office and mailed to each claimant. The Unemployment Compensa tion division reported that 12,710 initial claims had been filed up to Saturday noon. January 21. Claims last week totaled 1,909. Of this ! number 734 were received,in Oma ha and 183 in Lincoln. Former Ffe b- askans- have filed 508' claims a t gainst Nebraska in the slates where 1 they now reside. Nebraska has act \ ed as agent in forwarding 179 | initial and (122 continued claims o ! ether states. Of the first 12,260 claims filed in Nebraska, 8,605 were declared eligible on init'al determination This represents 70.2 p:r cent of claims filed. Of the total, 3,655 were declared ineligible on initial detemvnation. This represented 2D.8 per cent of the total.. 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