Tommy Donaldson Opens Golf Title Defense in St. Louis, Aug. 20th
DAPPER YOUNG SHttTMAKEK,
PROMISES PLENTY ACTION
IN CENTRAL STATES
TOURNEY
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By Joe Simmons
St. Louis—Concede that your
opponents are pretty good and
then go out and take their measure
is Jie philosophy of Dapper Young
Tommy Donaldson, America’s
“Oia'erella Golfer,’’ who, g'ven an
outsiders chance last sunrrer at
M-nnoapolis, Minn., in the Cen ral
States Golf ( h-mpionship, s'rok
ed hi i way to victory over a com
parativoly strong field. Donaldson
who hails from Minneapolis, Minn,
will defend his crown over th
tricky Forest Park layout here,
Aug. 20lh, wdien a field of 100 or
more Midwest Golfers will invade
this Mound City for the 9th Annual
Tourney.
Course in Condition
Herbert Love, Tournament man
ager sent out a circular letter Last
week, to all the Midwest Clubs in
forming thorn of the playing con
ditions of the Tournament. Love
stated, the green and fairways of
ihe ooursc wall be in excellent
condition for the /tourney, l/wal
experts watching St. Louis golfers
in practice sessions over the week
end expressed Tie opinion local
golfer8 will be hard to beat when
tho thirty-six hole medal play
event is staged. Richard Poung,
who shares the pre-itourney fav
orite berth with Chumi* Donald
son and Slarrmin’ Sam Shephard,
was impressive in practice sessions
last week, carving out steary pars
and birdies to chalk up 7H on the,
rough layout. Young, twice win
ner of the Central States Crown
is definitely out to win this year,
needing one more win to ga n per
manent possession of tho coveted
3 leg trophy. The stocky little
golfor ig taking his game very
serious.
Topeka Tops Visitors
The Twin Lakes Club of Topeka,
Kansa,, will probably top the visi
tors list of entries if present in
dications arc true. Sherili Thomp
son and Bill Bennett will lead a
delegation composed of the follow
ing: Clyde Crith, Oliver Quecnry,
Roj, Keeling, Orlando Atkinson,
Miner Jordan, Bill Mallo-y, How
a»‘d Officer, C. W. F'renc \ and
Gale Franklin. This, it was be
lipved will be the largest dele
gation from any one ?,luo. Charles
Neble ef Minneapolis, writes,
‘We’ll have all our top golfers on
hand for the tourney. In addition
to Donaldson, other go.f ,8 com
ing frem Minnesota City are:
James Murrey, last year medalist,
Jimmie Lee of St Paul, Bert Da
vidson, Johnny Williams, Bert
Smith, Percy Hughes, Jimmy
Hughes, Doc. Crump, Hezzy Al
len, Mickey McQuire, Duke Oar
am, Leo Lewis and Noble. This
gmip will be augmented by pos
sible or more from Omaha, Neb.,
under the leadership of Boyd Gal
loway, and several mashie-wielders
from Des Moines, Iowa. Kansas
City’s contingent headed by Morris
$ Defending Chamnion
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Tommy Donaldson, Dwrinu'-ivt
Canadian Bom Golf Sensation ol
Minneapolis, Minn., who last week
notified the nation’s to ranking
amateur golfers that he will be ir
rare form this suramer when the
golf caravan will pour into St
Cou'> far the Ninth Annual Cen
tral S.a.tes Golf Tournament. Don
•Idaon like Howard Wiheeler, Na
tional Open King, plays golf with
a cross handed grip regarded as
one of the most dangerous Negro
shotmakcrs in the country. He is
lated among the favorites to cop
D*p title scheduled tor August it).
'fern *ono, I,eroy Doty and George
McClain will compose of a dozen
or more sharp shooters. The Doug
lass Park Golf Club, Indianopilis,
Ind., will in all probability have a
group of goll'ens in the field.
Johnny Green, Abe Dillard and
Babe Steward will probably lead
O'e group. As the starting date
nears, the tournament is almost
certain to top all previous Nation
al Negro Golf events.
Outdoor Entertainment
Dr. T Carrot, Benjamin, head
of the Local Entertainment Com
mittee announced final plans for
an outdoor dance at the new- and
exclusive DeLuxe Paradise Ball
room, as an entertainment feature
for the vsitors. The dance will be
hold the night of the tournament
and will be invitational. Meeting
of the Central States Golf Asso
ciation, for election of officers
will bP held at the Pine St. YMCA
Saturday August 19th.
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NAVAL NOTES
SHORT STORIES about our
NAVY
Every ship and station in the
Navy is equipped with a modern I
library. Books rank from highly J
technical to light fiction. A liberal:
magazine subscription list is also
maintained. The library at the
Naval Training Station, San Diego
California, contains over 10,000
[Jury Finds A Right
Hand Punch Kills
Opponent
COLORED BOXER FREED
AFTER RING DEATH OF
WHITE OPPONENT
Lc-i Angeles, June 29 (ANP)_
Shaken with grief over responsi
bility for the tragedy, Hut Thomp
son, middleweight boxer, declares
he will never fight again following
the death of his opponent, Lou
Gomez, 20 year old white boxer,
at San Diego June 2. Gomez never
regained consciousness* after a
knockout in the second round and
died shortly afterwards.
The coroner’s jury freed Thomp
son, declaring the fatal blow was
unintentional being given in a
competitive sport. The autopsy re
vealed that death was caused by
>. hard right hand blow to the
solar plexus which caused contu
iion, resulting in paralysis of the'
respiratory system and inter hem
orrage.
Thompson gave all of his small
purso for the preliminary bout to
the relatives of 0°niez.
i c::
volumes and has an average turn
over of 2,7000 volumes each
month.
The combined broadsides of all
Perry's Fleet on Lake Erie scare
ly weighed as much as a single
shell from ont> of our modern bat
tleship turret guns.
Navy Training Courses are pre
pared and issued to the Personnel
In order that the process of devel
oping skill and efficiency by indi
viduals may be facilitated and
speeded up.
Our present Naval Air Force is
divided generally into three clas
ses: the carrier squadrons (based
on aircraft carriers) consist ng
of fight, scouting, torpedo and
bombing planes; patrol squadrons
(based at Fleet Air Bases,) con-'
si sting of great flying boats
equally adaptable for long range
scouting or bombing; and the bat
tleship and cruiser-based on scout
ing and observation planes.
Gunnery competition in our
Navy started in 1903; Engineering
in 1909; Battle Efficiency in 1910
and Communications in 1921.
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NAACP PROTESTS NAMING OF
ONE-TIME KLANSMAN TO j
LIFE JOB AS FEDERAL
JUDGE j
Nerw York, July 12—A strong
telegram of protest against the
confirmation of Elmer D. Davies
of Nashville, Tenn., as judge in
the federal court for the middle
Tennessee district was sent to
Senator Henry F. Ashurst, chair
man of the Senate Judiciary com
mittee by the National Associa
tion for tihe Advancement of
Colored People.
Davies was reported in the
press of July 6 as having admit
ted to the Senate committee that
he had belonged to the klan at
I wish I could describe to all you
boya and girls, who are going to
read about these travels, Just what
Mr. Van’s Caravan looks like. It
Isn’t long or short, but Just the
right size, and what the power Is
that propels It up and down the
eu ih, over seas and across rivers,
1 i never yet been able to learn.
Anyway, It takes him everywhere,
a :. ju shall see.
All that Mr. Van does is climb
lii.j the seat, pulls a brake or two
and off she goes down the road or
up in the air, whichever way he
v»n s It to travel. This remarkable
v> hide movea through the air with
the speed of a shooting star and
aloux the highways of the world
faster than a streamlined locomo
tive. yet It Is neither an airplane
Bor an automobile
Is It any wonder then, that Mr
.Van's two young passengers, Sam,
who Is twelve years old, and his
•lster, Betsey, who Is only six. are
excited as he brings the caravan
up to their house and the great trip
Is about to begin?
Mother and father, standing on
the porch, wave them hearty fare
wells and the famous trip starts.
Sam, who Is straight and Btrong,
as any boy named after Uncle Sam
should be, tries to look uncon
cerned, but little Betsey catches
bold of Sam's arm,
“Where’s Gyp?” she cries, "we'vs
nearly left him behind.”
Sam's clear, sharp whiBtle, brings
a little shaggy dog out of the house
like a flash, straight into Betsey’s
arms.
"Now we’re ready, Mr. Van,"
laughs Betsey, “we’ll need him on
our travels, you wait and see.”
A whirring noise from the cara
van and it starts to move—Mr.
Van’s Caravan has started on its
long, long Journey at last; soon
mother and father are left far be
hind and Paris is their first stop. ,
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By MSA BEK
Danny was a funny little chap—
a'. ..ays thinking of doing odd things
tit nobody elae ever thought of ^
clj' r. One night when his mother:
was tucking him in his bed and his
fat ter had kissed him good-night, |
he asked. "Mother, did anybody
e. >r have green hair?”
"Oretn hair!” laughed his moth-1
er in surprise. "Perhaps there are
b mi ? people, somewhere in the
w v.’ld, who have green hair.”
"I wonder what part of the world
that would be.” said Danny.
*‘O, in the Land of Nod. I guess. ’
his mother answered. "Are you
going there to pay them a visit?”
"I’d like t >," Danny said sleep
li "but I don’t know the way."
’ You’ll find the way soon," said
t> s mother.
"How?” D-nny esked. He was
■ 'most asleep now.
"The Sand Man will take you."
replied his mother. "Here he comes
now, with a bag of sand on his
back. Ask him where the Land of
Nod is. Maybe he’ll pick you up,
eit you on top of his bag of sand
and carry you there.”
Just than the door opened, very
e'.„vTTy end without any noise, and
la walked the strangest man you
ever saw. He was tall and sleepy
looking and walked without making
A sound. There he stood, with a
great heavy bag on hie shoulders
end his eandy hair all tousled.
Danny wanted to say something
to this man, but when he tried to
■peak, no sound would come.
Then the tall man reached over
his shoulder, took a pinch of sand
from his huge bag and put a few
grains of It on Danny’s two eye
lids. After that Danny could speak
He stood up In his hen and said,
"Are you the °ar-1 Man?"
The fan I f,nn r mice so softly
that Dinny had to li'len carefully.
Ka said. “Yes. Danny, I’m tha Sand
Man "
■'Mother said you would come,"
Danny explained, “and I’m so glad
you’re hare.” Danny was zo hanpy
that ne danced on his bed and
laughed out loud.
T’ae Sand Man told the child that
he must be quiet—very quiet If he
wanted to go wiih him.
’’I was afraid you'd be too busy
to tako me with you.” said Danny.
The Sand Man told him. 'Tin
busy every night, Danny I go
around the world with my bag of
sand and visit all the sleepy peo
ple, but they don’t see me because
I put them to sleep.”
‘‘But I see you.” said Danny.
”Yes,” the Sand Man continued,
“every boy and girl sees me Just
once. Every night I stop in my
trip around the world, and visit
one child who has been very good
ail day, and I And out what he
would like to do. Then I try to
make him happy. Now, what would
you like?”
“O, Sand Man!” cried Danny,
“I’d like to visit the I,and of Nod.”
“You shall go there,” whispered
the Sand Man.
"Please, Mr. Sand Man," said
Danny, “could you speak a little
louder—I can hardly hear you.”
But the visitor said, “No, the
Sand Man must be very quiet. He
puts peoplo to sleep, you know.
Now, take a nap and then you may
go with me. Go to sleep ... Go
. . . to . . . sleep . . . go . . .
to . . . sleep ...” and the Sand
Man’s voice faded away In a son*.
one time.
The NAACP protect followed up
the one the association had made
April 11, 1939 when Davies was
first mentioned as a federal bench
nominee. On April 13 the NAACP
sent to President Roosevelt and
Attorney General Murphy photo
static copies of an affidavit made
by W. S. Noble of Nashville de
claring that ho (Noble) had been
a member of the same klan as
Davies and had attended meetings
with him.
The protest against Davies has
SPORTS HEADLINERS By a*.,
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been sent not only to Senator As
hurst, but to every senator, ask
ing that he vote against confir
mation. The NAACP also has
called on its branches throughout
the country and upon other or
| ganizatbms to oppose the Davies
[ confirmation. Said the letter of
Secretary Walter White:
“In times like these when racial
hatred and bigotry are threaten
ing the entire world, this is no
time to put a man on the federal
bench of the United States who
joined an organization like the
klan, whose sole purpose is that
of fostering racial hatreds and
bigotry.’’
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CASH COAL
WIN- LOSE
On Thursday, July 6th, at 6 P.
M. tshe Cash Coal out slugged the
West Omaha Boosters to the tune
of 1.3 to 5 at Pontenelle Park.
Scott hit two home runs for the
league reading loader. Jack Wright
was the flinger. The game was
broadcasted from Station KOWH.
Sunday July 9th at 3:30 P. M.
at River Park, the Harmony Bar
and the Cash Coal hooked up to
battle for the lead of bheir league.
Harmony Bar won out in the 10th
by a score of 10 to 9. The game
w'»s packed with thrills and frills
I Cn both sides. Thp Cash Coal was
i the most erratic on the field. The
^oys threw away 2 runs by erat
tie base running. It seems like
the Cash Coal boys get excited
v hen they are on base. Charley
Crump and Jack Wright earned
! the tissue paper frying pan for
the prize boner of the season.
; Crump tried to steal home with
the bi»ll in possesion of the catch
er. Jack Wright muffed a beau
tiful double play by not knowing
w<hat to do with the ball after he
; caught it. Net results, 5 runs
eame across the plate. The actual
ly should have read 9 for Cash
Coal and 4 for the Harmony. If
i the Cash Coal expect to stay in
[ the running they must get to
'ether among themselvea and stop
wasting so many runs. Every man
on the team wants to hit home
,-uns. Nobody wants to sacrifice
a man to second to prut him in
scoring position. That chance came
to them 4 or 5 times Sunday. It
seems to me that they would pro
fit by their past mistakes. Some
of their mistakes was putrid. If
that was a bunch of grade school
kids play, you would expect to
see such base ball. But all the boys
have had years of base- ball ex
I perience as a faithful fan and
; roo er, I am asking you boys to
I please get together and get some
j harmony among you and some
' signals and abide by them when
given to you toy who ever is in
ehargo and who ever is coaching
to please watch the ball and stop
: wasting runs. The players that
are playing in the g y a should be
alert at all times. Stop wasting
runs. The two runs that was
wasted Sunday would won the old
ball game for you. I am still root
ing for you and still believe you
will win the pennant So get a
hustle on, all of you. Come and
win some more ball games. Re
member harmony and signals will
go a long ways toward helping
win a ball game.
Yours Truly,
Richard Stanley
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NEWREELS OF SPINGARN
AWARDS TOO BLURRED
New York, July 12—Because
Marian Anderson had to say
“Thank you,” to so many peoole
at ence when she got the Spring
am gold medal, Jufy 2 at the
hands of Mrs. Franklin D. Roose
velt news reel pictures of the
event were blurred and made unfit
for showing, according to officials
of Pathe News.
The presentation was made in
Richmond, Va., at the closing mass
meeting of the 30th annual confer
ence of the NAACP before an
audience of 5,000 people.
J. E. Spingarn, donor of the
medals was unable to be present
because of illness. He was repre
sented by his brother, Arthur R.
Spingarn, chairman of the Asso
ciation’s national legal committee.
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NEED FOR BETTER HOMES
SENT MIAMIANS TO POLLS
Richmond, Va. July 13. Samuel
Solomon, the youthful undertaker,
of Miami, Florida, who led 1,000 of
his fellow Negro citizens to the
polls to vote last May 2, despite a
terrorist drive on the part of the
local Ku Klux Klan, told his story
to the 2,500 delegates and visitors
attending the opening of the thir
tieth aimal N. A. A. C. P. confer
ence in the Mosque auditorium
here June 27.
He told it in an unexcited, well
modulated voice that bespoke the
deep conviction and courage that
lay behind his words.
“I am not a speaker. I am just
a citizen who found in Miami a
vicious condition facing our people,
and tried to do something about
it .When I moved to Miami about
three years ago from Georgia I
found an area of fifteen blocks by
six blocks wi'Ji 35,000 Negroes liv
ing so close together that a man
could lie in his bed and hear his
next door neighbor’s conversa
tions.
“Today we have garbage trucks,
a grand jury that has condemned
ten blocks of Negro slums, and
with the aid of the federal govern
ment we are going to have better
homes. We have told the city com
missioners that if they don’t do
right we’ll meet them at the end of
two years with registered
voters.’’
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MORO WIDOW OF WHITE MAN
GETS HALF OF ESTATE
Manilla, Phidipines, July 13
(CNA)—Kentucky’s ban on inter
racial marriages was not valid in
the Phillipines, a Manila court
ruled this week in awarding one
half of a white Kentuckian’s $50,
000 estate to his Moro widow.
The court held that David Stap
les, a white native of Kentucky,
was legally married to Maria Ri
vera de Staples, a Mpro woman,
before a Moro Dabu Mohammedan
priest in 1913,
Charles Staples, a brother of the
deceased, contested the case, claim,
ing the mariage was not legal,
since Kentucky law does not per
mit marriage between white and
colored persons. The court held
the question of validity rested in
the Phillipines, not Kentucky.
RACE
HORSE
DOPING
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I noticed in tho local paper that
some race horse owners were ac
cused of doping their steeds to
make them run faster and longer.
If the Aksarben ’rjiard put up
a higher -purse they could get the
class of horses here that don’t
need doping. Here is, quoting a
great writers opinion, about the
racing game as a whole. Quote:
“How can you beat the gamb
ling game
The first answer is that few
can, The next is to look in the gen
eral direction of the kitty. The
third take in percentage which few
ever consider. The average gamb
ling psychology is too often tied
in knots. An old book maker was
discussing the difference between
professional and public or amateur
gambling. There is far more bet
ting on raca track alone through
.he ‘book makers or the mutuals,
than the country has ever known.”
he said. “The count runs into many
millions but the pubi c at large
still plays the sucker role. The
amateur gambler quits on his good
luck, but presses his bad. he
starts winning he begins to hedge.
He wants to leave a winner. The
tide may be running with him
but he cuts down ihis bets. It is
only when he startg losing that
he increases his play in an effort
to get out (the other side). We
work in just the opposite way,”
he continued. “If things are run
ning our way we ride with the
tide. Increase our bets take more
chances. But none of us like to
buck a rough tide. We ride hard
with the good days and loaf on
the others. If you are losing, cut
down your bets, don’t pile them
up. (Beating the Races.
Is there anyway to beat the re
ces? I ask only a smart few. The
bookmaker said how can you when
10 or 14 per cent are against you?
Anyone who tries to parley a race
hasn’t even a starting chance. The
odds are not 10 to 1 but a thou
sand to 1. A few smart players
get along by getting the best in
formation they can pick up and
then betting only these few horses.
Maybe one or two a day. The aver
age sucker plays them all alike.
What Racing Needs.
Races today needs bigger purses
tor the horse owners and smaller
take tor the tracks. You hear of
a tew wealthy men with winning
stables who do well enough, but
what about the average owner
with only a few entries in his sta~
ble trying desparately to win a
race to pay his feed bill? These
are the real backbone of racing,
wouldn't be two entries a race
If it wasn’t for this breed there
around the country where the de
mand. today is heavy and will get
much stronger later on the tracks
ges too much of the swag. The
ones, don’t get nearly enough. No
horse owners, especially the little
wonder some of them go beyond
the law and make any sort uf move
that might help win with the mu
tuals now eomming into New Jer
sey and a probability in New York
with more tracks added to the al
rt5a<ly tong list the call for horse
flesh will be loud and long. There
won’t be enough horses to go
around unless something is dona
for the smaller owner who has had
a rough and rugged time trying
bo break even to keep going. So
you see what you are up against
when you are betting on the hor
ses. If you were on the inside and
knew' what was going on. then
you could make money. The three
horses that were doped, Donald
W Blowaway, and Serbian Rose.
Kach won. I was looking out the
window if I had only known. Fana
did you notice how old Snobeedo
turned on the fan going that two
miles! Why he ran the last mile
faster than War Admiral. Some
speed! Are you telling me.
Richard Stanley
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