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OMAHA CASH COAL I WINS OPENING GAME by RICHARD STANLEY Before a crowd of about 3,000 fans, Soup Lawson’s boys started the amateur geason off with a bang. It has been a long time ainco the fans saw so many thrills and spills in one ball game. I. Le *ert of the opposing team was the first man up. He "ingled to center. But he died on base and the side was retired nicely. In the first half of tho second, Walker got himself in a very bad hole. Tapley and Scott came through nicely to get him in good standing, but in the first of the fourth you have to pago Mr. Robert Ripley. Believe it or fJot. Mr Frye errored and also Mr. Walker put'ing 3 on and nd one out. Then one was hit to left field and the O. K. Hardware begin to - error net results. 2 men wtre thrown out. Aga'n Walker got out a very bad hole. Then in the 5 h Walker struck out the entire side. 3 up and 3 down began to look like Bob Feller. In the 5th, Bill Young singled. Scott running for Young stole second, also third. Watch your step Mr. Scott. Officer Birch hates a thief In the 6th Soup Lawson singled, stole second and scored on Manley’s single to rigjit score, now 1 and 1. In the 7 h and B h both sides had runners on base but lacked the punch to score. But in tho 9th this boy Tapley saved th* Pay by making a brilliant one hand stop and threw his man out by 3 steps. _Li Tnrouffn tnu h|hm inman^MF the managers and Hamm and Unit ed Plumbers tealm the game was allowed to continue. Then came the first of the 10.h O. K. Hardware called on their r: serve, a pinch hitter. What hitters they turned out to be. A triple to left, field was bo well another pinch hitter wertt to bat «nd tripled to center and came home on an error. Score now 3 to 1 in favor of O. K. Hard ware. Ijooks bad for the colored boys. Well here i* the last of the 10th. Manley first up. He walks. Clannio Lee runs for Manley. Goes to second on a passed ball. Then cornea Tapley who singled. Gan nlo scores Grady Frye doubles to center. Tapley stops at third. Scott next up. He singled. Tapley scored and tied the old ball game 3 and 8. Now Mr. Bill Young up. No body out He takes 4 balls, puts 3 men on base. Mr. Lee is up. This is the 4th time at bat. Three strike outs previous. Mr. Lee ducks in to a fast one. Got hit on the head and forced in the winning run. A hetic ball game. 1 and 1 until the 10th inning Both side* played a wonderful ball game considering that the game was the first, one of the season. Tapley is an out standing hall player. His brilliant playing at the keystone sack saved the day. I fftill think the team need some reserve strength. Two or 3 times a pinch hitter would come RHEUMATISM ■ El 11V i PAIN IN FEW MINUTES To rc|ieve the.torturing pain of Rheuma tism, Neuritis. Neuralgia or Lumbago, in a few minutes, get the Doctor's formula NT HU TO. Dependable—no opiates, no nar cotics.' Does the work quickly—must felieve worst pain, to your satisfaction in a few minutes or money back at Druggists. 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Get 3 more players, Mr. Manager. Suppose you have a in jury to one of your men. Score by Inning 1 23456789 10 ;0 1000 0-0002 [0000010003 Soup Lawson, two hi:«, Grady Frye, 2; Manley 1; Young, 1; Tap ley, 2; Scott, 1 O. K. Hardware, 7 hits; Omaha Cash Coal 9 hits. Walks by Wal ker. 6; by Raster 4; Hit batsman Walker, 4; Raster, 2; Winning pit cher, Walker, Losing pitcher Ras l f. Manager of the United Coal Team going to have 3 new players in the fold Sunday. Come out fans and watch the boys do their stuff c.n<l I’ll sf e you next week. ON THE AIR (By Sallye Bell for ANP) Did you ever try shaking hands with an empty glove? Or talking to someone in a dark room, only to learn there’s no one there ? Then you’ve expertneed the rather baf fled feeling that comes with exert ing energy for nothing. You can sympathize with the writer of this column. Writing for you radio fans is just like broadcasting to an unseen audience and then learning that the mike wasn’t on. I never hear a word frolm you; if you read this column if you like it or don’t liko it, if you get anything from it—I never know it. I was reading ;.n he paper the other day that executives of a large radio network said there was no demand for Negro radio talent simply because Negro radio fans do not support them. A radio ar tist support is his fan mail, and I can sympathize with any artist who is trying to pull Negro res ponse because it just isn’t there. But I'm a glutton for punishment, so I guess I’ll continue writing these words wisdom and gems ■of knowledge for you (as long a* I got paid for it) and hope that one or two oait of the twelve mil lion Negroes in these United States will read ’em and do somethin’. So much for that. If you heard “Wings Over Jor dan” last Sunday you heard the Rev. Mr. David Mpkato Buyabuye Mdodana, pastor of First Baptist Church of McDonald, Pa., and ' ldest son of a tribal chief in Idutywa, South Africa. Tribal re ligion demanded him as a sacrifice but American missionaries inter vened in time to save him and con vert his father to Christianity. He camo <to tftve United States when ho was 15, and has been here since after attending public schools and both Negro and white colleges and universities. He is founder of Pen der County Training school at Rocky Point, N. C. The National Urban league’s new' program “Negro News and Views,” aired over station NYC (810 k) New York is going over b’g. They have had such outstand ing personalities as Miss Gwendo lyn Bennett, director of the Har lem Community Art center, and Dick Campbell, director of the Rose McClendon players. Next week (May 20) Mr. Jesse O. Tho mas of Atlanta, Ga., Southern Field Director of tlhe National Ur ban league, will address the radio audience on “The Negro contribu tion to the Culture of the South.” When Your Sunday Date’ was aired laat Sunday over a local Chi cago station, they featured a med ley from “Porgy and Bess,” in cluding “I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin, ” "Summer lime" and “It Ain’t Necessarily So.” Cab Calloway has finally named h’s quartet “The Four Cab Jivers” at the sugges tion of radio fans; the group in cludes Chu Berry on saxaphone, Cozy Coles at the drums, Danny Barker strumming the guitar and Milton Hinton, bass. Andy Kink is now featuring June Richmond, formerly with Jimmy Dorsey and Cab Calloway and Floyd Smith, swing guitarist, for whoso con tract offered $5,000. Duke Elling ton will conduct a mamimonth jazz orchestra, composed of every available swing leader and misi ?ian in New York, at the National Swing club affair at the Hippor Ironio on May 20. Eddie South, ‘dark angel of the violin,” will be teard from Hollywood’s famed rroeadera beginning May 14. Duke Sllington will play Loew’s State ieatre in Now York starting the DARK LAUGHTER by 01 Harrington a/jva . I o Tie VM**!*4 If I could only get Professor Stuffson out on a date, I wouldn t have to worry about passing his course.— week rtf May 26. That’s all folks! ■ See you later. -—0O0 RULE LEWIS TOO BLIND TO FIGHT British Boxing Boards Holds Up Encounter | London—(SNS) — The British boxing board of control Friday de clined to sanction a world light heavyweight championship bout between John Henry l^wis and Len Harvey after giving Lewis a physical examination. The board, at the same time, declined to grant Lewis permission to box in Eng land. The light heavyweight champion who was beaten recently by heavy wight champion Joe Louis, has been troubled by failing eyesight for some time. M'chigan authorities declined to pedmit him to box Dave Clark in Detroit in March. At that time Dr. Daniel R. Donovan who exam ined Lewis, reported that the sight of the champion’s legt eye was “almost most gone.” Dr Donovan added that “Lewis was unable to read even the headline print of a newspaper and apparently could iistinguish only light from dark.” McGILL BAR & BLUE ROOM, at 24th & LAKE ST., OPENING TUESDAY MAY 23 The McGill Bar & Blue Room will open at 6 a. m. Tuesday. Free drinks will be served from 8 p. m. to 9 p. m, Everybody welcome. The following well known bartenders vvid be there to greet you—Mr. Harry Casey, Mr. Preston Langely, and Mr<s Alberta Brown, waitress. Mr. Eugene McGill, Prop. Lewis is recognized as the world’s 175-pound champion by the National Boxing Commission. He is not recognized in New York State. -oO*-' BROWN UPSETS EDDIE SIMMS Chicago, May 18 (ANP)—Eddie Simmons, Cleveland trial horse who recently kayoed Lem Franklin in eight rounds, was the victim of an upset at Marigold Gardens Mon day night at the bronze fists of Clarence Brown, former Catholic Youth Organization heavyweight, vho has been an in-and-outer as pro. Brown, after suffering an u:ght count knockdown in the fifth rallied to win the 10 round de ision. Race Leaders Asked To Give $100 to Bethune Cookman College Daytona Beach Fla., May 4 (C) —Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, president of Bethune Oookman College, sent out letters to racial leaders throughout the country on Saturday asking that they give or raise $100 for the college endow ment fund by July 1. The college must raise $135,000 for endowment this year to meet the requirements of the Southern Association of Colleges. Bethune-Cookman has turned out 2,200 graduates in 35 years, and its plant is valued at ! $500,000. 1 DO YOU REMEMBER? by RICHARD STANLEY RACE HORSE DOPE Race fans, it is only 17 days more before the crowd will bq yelling. Como on Sarah Bell or come on Molasses or some thing. Whatever fha or she got that 2 bucks on. They want some running and a lots of it. Every horse I bet on, runs out of gas or stops for a red light That reminds me to remind you, don’t let nobody cash your ticket If you catch a winner. I happen to know a pro mient gent by the name of Vernon Washington, Soo Beflly to you. This gent of color, after 6 straight loses was awful disgusted about his luck and decided to call it quits for the day. But one of his good friends was sorry for him and loaned him a two spot He glanced ever the form sheet for about 3 minutes. Ha! Ha! says Vernon Washington, I got one now and sure enough he got a juicy one. It paid $14.40. Washington beat it down stairs to get in the payoff line. Whait a grand and glorious feeling. There he met another gent of color The line was long and Washington grew impatient so he asked the friend to cash his ticket which the friend kindly obliged to do. So Washing ton is 9ttill looking for his $14.40. But Mr. Soo Belly found the friend at this writing. Mr. Soo Belly has collected 40c of the $14.40. bo there is $14 balance due to Mr. Soo Belly. Will wonders ever cease so the morale in this true story is if you have a winner, cash your own ticket regardless of how long the lines are. I have been asked time and time again about certain race tracks all over the USA. Here are the first class tracks. Aqueduct, N. Y. Arlington Park, 111.; Belmont, N. Y.; Empire N. Y.; Hialek, Flarida; Jamica, Ky.; Keenland, Ky.; Laurel, Md.; Marragousett Road Island; Pim lico, Md.; Santa Anita, Cal.; Suf folk Downs, Mara; Saratoga Spring N. Y.; Washington Park, 111. Here are last years winners, for Sat., June 4, 1938. 1 1. Kai Finn 2. Thelma Don 3. Society Editor 2 1. Gloria G 2. Super Luck 3. Polve Image 3 1. Marley May 2. Color Lifter 3. Gdmption 4 1. Seldina 2. Much Trouble 3. Judge Pan 5 Susie O (New Track record 2. Jokater |109 four 5ths 3. Fleeting Moon 6 1. Rosser S 2. Too Busy 3, Quotum \ 7 l.Ruban Choice 2. Disaster 3. Nervous Lady B 1.Light Zephyr 2. Lessing 3. All Chance, Next week, I will give you the iccond class and third class race racks, according to the way the racing form rates them keeping tuned *to the Omaha Guide for fun and race horse dope. By the, way, fans, take a glance at the base ball dope. Its a riot. Yon know all the boys I’m blabbing about. So long. See you next week. Remember to keep tuned to the Guide -0O0 State Dept of Labor News Lincoln, Nebraska— A state wide campaign has been launched in Nebraska through the Nebraska State Employment Service, to se cure jobs for qualified employed workers over 40. it was announced by Harry Bane, Director of the State Employment Serviee. Tho campaign in Nebraska, which will be carried on during the entire month of May, iB part of a national program launched by President Roosevelt through a special proclamation on April 30, urging that at least one week be set aside for this purpose by every state. Churches, civic organization, veterans’ group, chambers of com merce, industry labor, radio, and <tho press in Nebraska have been asked to cooperate in finding jobs for worker3 over 40. whose ex perience has qualified them for work, but whose age has been a factor in keeping them out of the labor market. W H. Andresen, Placement .Re presentative for the Nebraska State Employment Service, is in charge of the Nebraska campaign which is being carried on with the cooperation of the managers of 30 State Employment Services of fices. Job Surveys for employment of workers over 40 have already been completed in Lincoln, Omaha, Nor folk Kearney, and Holdrege. Simi lar surveys will be made in other cities of the state during the next ten days. “The largest employers in Ne braska have been contacted through this survey as to their employment policies in respect to the older workers,” said Andresen. ‘Almost unanimously they expres sed the idea that they would just as soon hire a man past forty, provided he has other quali fications necessary for the parti* cular job for which application ia being made by the older worker.” The national campaign with which the Nebraska program is affiliated is sponsored by the Com mittee on Employment Problems of Older Wdtrkers, appointed a year ago by Secretary of Labor Perkins. The committee includes prominent industrialists, heads of employee organizations, and eco nomists. -0O0 T. 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