HID) GUSSY TEAM IN CITY
TEAGUE
S«rp Lawson and Bill Young,
entered a classy team in the I
«»ty league They will I r.c up Much I
ifcafl player> as:
F. Wake field, J. Manley, A. Bol
den, M. Wil on, C, Bountan, J. j
Ovvi.s C. Lee, A. Lincoln, G, Da
vb, G. Fry, .1. Hall, J. Wright, It.
Walked, Scott, C. Hilton and .1.
Hodges and Vallery
Toe tr nii is rucked by the Uni
Sdl Ca:h Coal ( oirpai y.
Tke season, opens April 2d. Ce
sure to watt'll this paper for box
*twirs an t ratings.
Jh B. James, secro.ary
BENNIE MILLER GOES 35lh
STRAIGHT WIN
Bennie Miller, classiest light
vweight to come up from the side
wealk.s of New York since Benny
fjeanard. Abie Goldstein and Sid
I arris*, punched out an easy eight |
rivind win over tough Josmiy Cra*
via (white) of Philly in the fea- 1
t~w» eight Sunday nite at Rock- j
Van A palace. Boxing flashily and
inawrSing with increased power, the
^•a-Snte n Crescent simon pure cut
Crave r.’s eye badly in the final
aromd and from our tally sheet won
<-wry heat. Craven little known
m Cliesc parts, is a n ugli 'nil rea*
fy customer with the punch of a
vaatfcrrwoight.
Barky Jones of Pittsburg bat
used tough Eddie Aldek to a sen
sational draw that saw both hat
uers hit the deck—Jones twice. In
* nappy four rounders: W-lly John
■snn beat Lou Anderson, Roy Ohap
aomiv '‘tiff punching middleweight
ixntonder, kayoed Willie Sutton of
■®*g>ewr.od, N. J., the highly toute
'Winn ie Schoomaker lo«t to hard
oarwhmg Franke Perranean, and
‘’'Schoolboy” Ernie Copeland eked
r* wrn in a slugfest over Frankie
tftoo.se. The .Rockland club will give
army to another affair this Satur
day nite, but on Thursday nitt,
April 20, will show Pedro Montan
against the best opponent ob
tainable, possible, Lou Lombardi.
My friend Lewis Burton (colum
r*t, N Y. Evening Journal) wrote
mbou Armstrong: "Tired from 12
t#ixhaasthig rounds and pained by a
(mvkcn band, Henry Armstrong
«l*n remembered a promise one
aumnlc after finishing Day, to say
Ae»o over the radio to a bedridden
^artmisly »ick boy in Union City,
W_ J Great Lord, what a man.!”
ivanmte after finishing Day, to say
VEkBo over tho radio to a bedridden
aeruMxdy rack boy in Union City
W. Jf. Great Lord, what a man!!!!'.
Sumer has it that Jack Roper
doe 1 joins’ next opponent at the
tuidr age of 36 has been inveig
i into changing completely his
of boxing. He’ll wade into
Loon from a crouch, and as friend
ftwttii sayy "that way fyrper wont
tawm to fall as far.”
«TATB PALACE WILL
CONDUCT AMATEUR AND
PRO SHOWS NEBT SEASON
Beautiful Stato palace, Harlem’s
ffaitinnn Square garden will offer
mal high class boxing shows for
'taut of the “simon-pure’ variety
as well as professional talent, the
grapevine claims. (Luckily for
fhiiem) the man in the driver’s
.eat aril] be one of the finest, as
amil as astute business men corr
omoU-cI with the glove game. Along
Iho Bulky way in tiro vicinty of the
"Tearing forties,” he’s noted for
Weeping his word, and not even
IBke Jacobs is better qualified to
-gat cm a fistic dish the public will
!0B for hook, line and sinker, than
-BP* member of an illustrious futni
'9gm Wo won't tell you his name at
4h» point, but toddle up to State
gplace, watch the balcony take
ftaagiUe shape, then, look for our
gana about this club sometime
•early on 1940.
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WISCONSIN RAPS JIM CROW
WSQUEST; QUITS MISSOURI
■* MElffr
Tfadison. Wis, April 10— With
Who faculty and student l>ody unit
ag against Jim Crow, Wisconsin
RHEUMATISM
INUTIt
Rheu ma
in «
U. today cancelld a triangular meet,
scheduled at Missouri U. Saturday
because the southern school had
rc'uerted that sta* Negro hurdler
Ed Smith of the Badger track team
bo dropped out of the competition.
Notre Dame was the third entry.
Wisconsin Coach Tom Jones
withdrew f, m ths meet after Mis
• uri Athletic Director Don Faurot
refused to rescind the Jim Crow
vtrdict. The Wisconsin faculty “op
posed the engagement of a Urii
ver«ity athletic team in an inter
collegiate contest in which any
member is barred because of his
race.'’
The. school paper, voicing the
sentiments of the student body,
editorially applauded-Jones’ action.
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LEM FRANKLIN, HENRY
W ACKER BOX WHITE
FOES THURSDAY NIGHT
Chicago, April 13 (AN'P)- Lem
hranklin, former Cleveland Golden
Gloves heavyweight who reputedly
hits as hard with his hand as does
•Too Louis and Tony Musto, roly
poly white boy ranked No. 10 na
tionally, will heet in one of the two
10 round feature bouts at the Coli
seum Thursday night.
The second feature will bring to
gether Henry Wacker, who suffer
ed the first loss of his pro career
when Musto deciaioned him recent
ly and Paul Hartnek, 1936 and
1937 Chicago Gloves champion who
recently has been going strong in
the pay ranks.
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KING FISH WIN IN 3RD ON
KNOCKOUT AFTER LAYOFF
Des Moines Iowa, April 11—
Kingfish, a light hea%'yweight figh- 1
ter of Omaha, knocked out Hob
Ford of Perry, Iowa, Monday night
in the third round. Kingfish floor
ed Ford in the second round and
the bell saved Ford. This w-as the
first fight of Kingfish in two
years after a long lay off. He has
been training very hard daily at
Jensen Gym. Kingfish is a popular
fighter with the fight fans He
will appear in Omaha at the Audi
torium very soon.
1^1.
BEATING THE GUN
(By A! Moses for ANP)
Henry Armstrong lightheavy and
welterweight champion, scored the
finest victory of his career in Madi
son Square Garden by kayoing
classy Davey Day 2 minutes and
•19 seconds of the 12 round. No
one has ever doubted for a moment
that the human buzzsaw was the
busiest scrapper, the ring pos
sibly lias ever known, but many
have scoffed—and we mean right
out loud—when we among others
claimed exceptional boxing skill
for the erstwhile three-ply king
With an eye dripping crimson
of fistina .
from the eight heat on to the gory
finale with hands smashed to
smithereens, the chocolate colored
gamester put o» a boxing exhibit
from the eight round on that left
cynical fight experts utterly flab
bergasted. The fearless Hebrew
from Chicago put up a sterling ex
hition against the man more often
compared to Joe Gana and Walcott
than any opponent since Lew Ara
berR and only when Hank had lit
erally blasted him from “under his
hat’”did the gritty Chicagoan slip
face downward to the rosined ring
canvas.
Merrie England it is now (des
pite our fears) for Fat Eddie Mead
: and the great little double champ.
Said Armstrong, “Well, Al, wc have
that match with the thoughest Bri
tish boy they’ve developed in
years.” He was referring to Ernie
Roderick.
My injured duke will be out of
the east in about eight days and
since the fight is not scheduled for
another four weeks, I figure to be
in tiptop shape by that time.”
“What if the mauley doesn’t heal
by that time,” we shot at Hurri
cane Hank. “Then Mead will ask
for and receive a postponement.
WVve booked for a London Music
hall engagement at 1,000 pounds
per week.” ($5,000 to you)—and
ns Armstrong speke, we wanted
to tell him that no theatrical per
former in England, with the excep
tion of Graycie Fields ever earned
dough like that.
Someone in the dressing room
shouted to Hank, “Say, Henry!
They call you ‘Lord* over there
, for one title—what do you sup
I pose they’ll do in your case since
DARK T-ATIGHTER hv 01 Harrwton
in—. . — ■■■—■!
Gotham Features Syh.
Week o( 'ta» ^ js—
Mar 10 W J&icJ— **J
‘Say, Boots, ain’t that a nice little hbuse? If we had that we could
pitch a Boogey ev’ry night an’ kick out all the
windows an’ everything!”
• " '
you have two? “Just let ’em call
on time for breakfast.” modestly
replied Henry, “and they can keep
thone noblemen titles.”'
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THERE’S APRIL IN MY IIEAR'i
AGAIN
So says our song bird of the
North Vercyie Norvell who along
about this time every year has
a mood for writing (poultry po
etry.) In sequence to his week be
fore last poem “Just wondering”
of which is now in the making of
*>. composition he has written this
very nice one about people.
Oh! say Vercylee why did you
upend most of your vacation of
Spring walking home from Tech
in the evenings with a girl with
intials of J. K,
“I Know Something Good About
Yoti”
written Iby Vecylc,® Norvell
Verne I
Wouldn’ it bo fine and dandy, if
people we meet would say,
I know something good about you,
then treat us just that way.
Wouldn’ it be fine and dandy, if'
something we did today,
Would ioally become a popular
thing,
In the merry month of May.
Wouldn ’it be fine and dandy, if
our teachers of today would say,
I know something good about you,
and then grade us just that way.
Versa II
1 I know something good about you,
(Hm! that’s a beautiful phrase to
say,)
But if you know something good
i about me,
Why don’t you treat me just that
way.
I know something good about you.
That’s all people know to say,
But if they know something good
about you,
: Why don’t they act that way ?
Verse III
; Let’s start right from the begin
ning,
And think what we (have to say,
And as I end my story,
To my friends who have passed
on to glory.
I knew something good about
them.
And treated them juat that way.
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ADVERTISE IN THE
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DO YOU REMEMBER '
Well Turf fans, the time is
getting nearer and nearer for the
the Ponies will be running very
soon now at the Aksarben track.
You hear argument Pro *5nd
Con about beating the races. Well
my argument is you can’t beat no
kind of game specially if it is
j the other fellows game. I have
j played them all and you have, as
much chance at the races as you
have playing any game where
the shekels involves. I noticed
quite a number of horse players
at the track last year seemed to
be doing nicely for theirselves.
For instance, Mr. Ashcraft, and
Mr Calloway. Both of these gen
tlemen and umerous other and
the Ladies I noticed at the pay
off windows was 3 to 1 as more
than men. The fair sex can beat
the men picking them because
they play the ones thek like and
the men figure the form sheet
and hunt for someone to tell them
of their selections. Mey folks al
ways try to beat the price. Ladies
don’t care about the price just so
her selection comes where she
played it. Here’s your winners for
the 3 days of last year’s meeting.
First race.
1 Brown fanner
2 Johnne Momark
3 Villa Bauoaet
2 1 Disaster
2 Bourbon Prince
3 Chief Scout
3 1 Sugar Creek
2 Prompt Return
3 Thinning Jewel
4 1 Jude Pan
2 Much Trouble
3 Ford Jest
5 1 Alice May
2 Jubilee C.
3 Dorla t
6 1 Molasses Beb |
2 Gustavia ✓ i j
3 Rey Oio
7 1 Kenena Girl
2 Rotherham
3 Light Zepher
If you want to know what hors©
won any race, last year at the
Aksarsen track, or write the Oma
ha Guide. We ■will be glad to con
vey the information to you. Lis
ten sports fans there will be a
Colored Hardball Team practice
on 22nd Burdette . St., Sunday,
April 23 at 1:30 P, M The team
will bo managed by Mr. Bud Law
son. Any recruit that is willing
to take a chance come out and try
for the team. Fans look in the
attic and basements, try and find
a crotch for a walking cane, for
some of them will need one or -X
the other after practice, Especial
ly the manager.
Richard Stanley.
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ATTENTION GOLDEN SPIKERS
How' many wouldn’t like to go
back to “the good old’’! days when
men wore high silk hats and loud
plaid vests, and women wore hoops
and bustles? If your answer is
“Yes,” and I hope it is, then come
and see the old fashion style show,
enter the baby guessing contest,
(although we don’t consider these
antique) and see the special show
ing from Drews Antique Shop.
All this is a benefit show given
by the Entre Nous, Sunday April
23, to 6 P. M. at the North side
i WCA. Come and bring your
Friends. ^
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