Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1934 — Page 2

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The Indianapolis Recorder, Saturday, February 17,1934

EUETTSVIllE UGLES TO PLAY TIGERS HERE SAT.

ROOSEVELT PILES UP BIG LEAD EARLY IN GAME HERE TO DROP LOCALS; STINESVILLE WINS Attacks Outscores National Champs in Second Half of Game; Stinesville Comes From Behind To Win

Captain Robert White held the speedy Byrd, captain of the Roosevelt high basketball team to six points whie he helped himself to nine points in an interesting game last Friday evening, though Attucks lost to Gary finally 31-18. It was the first time that Attucks has met a national championship team, and the “Tigers” made a sensational comeback after being held at the half 20-5. They outseored Gary in the second half, but the upstate five had piled up a

lead that was hopeless to overcome.

Coach John D. Smith stated that, — _ Attucks played them harder than Stinesville while King starred for

any other high school team that

they have met this season, and was j ‘! ourne .^, Smithville

happy that the local machine- will journey to smith- <By J. ROMEO THOMPSON) didn’t get sattred earlier in the j vi,,e Friday night to take on the .. Y ”*A, A. U. officials met at the Rainr> ' Unrn hpr^tn nlnv 'fhpVy ,ast Monday and completed While Byrd was being policed by if-ift L ^1!®“;'’!' , f. plans for the first boxing show the clever Attucks star, McAnder- ^ ur ^ a > the htal ^ (which will be staged in the gymson, Howell, ami Hart tucked away Attucks will he retwlv to out the nasiuni next Wednesday night Febthree baskets each to boost the Attucks will be leady to put , , . , , fnt.i finishing touches on a .strenuous joai.v -isi >mih me nisi ooui o< Tiierp’s no doubt hut that Attucks basketball season that has pitted in & i' a] lctl at 7:00 p. in. 1 heie s no doubt but that AttUCKS . j , strolieGSt teams I Tll e tourney will give fans sixty will bring home some kind of a t,le, " a R a ‘»st the strongest teams | hnxin(r f f] f .. trophy should they enter the f ^ | '"Vherl are^ir^mor^'games on »>re pitting together a number of rlarv, stated 8 SiSth be^au^e ^hey the schedule after which will end boys who have been in training for have everything that a team needs, : Marc b 2nd, and considering the ma- nearly a month, height and speed. It was apparent, ferial Coach Rad Morris had, he! Over fifty boys and men a, 3 cnhe further stated that Attucks wasj has done exceptionally well. tered in the various divisions and excited during the first half of their I "’1th but two veterans from last fans will witness one of the biggest came hecauses of the Roosevelt > ear ’ t be team has won around fifty and cleanest of such affairs ever to

be promoted in the city’s history

among Negroes. Boxers Make Good

The meet was postponed a few

weeks ago

FIFTY BOXERS TO COMPETE FEB, 21 IN T CARNIVAL

Sixty Hounds of Boxing on

Biggest Card in History

of Branch

EBONY FIGHTERS FLASH BRILLIANTLY IN TOURNEY

reputation.

White. King. Knox, and Smith figured in the second half rally when Attucks got together against

their Gary rivals.

Stinesville Tops Locals It seemed as though Attucks could not get going in time while they were paying Stinesville a visit down there last Saturday night and the "Quarrymen” came to life in the final seconds to drop in two goals and win a fast furious game trom the "Capitol City” team 2017. Stinesville led at the half 11-8. The game was very fast from start to finish; the visitors began a very flashy passing attack in the second half to take the lead only to have it wiped out in the ast fifty seconds. Litten started for LOCAL ATHLETE HONORED TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Feb. 15.— (Special) — Among the freshmen football players receiving numerals here at Indiana State Teachers col lege for services last fall was Liggons, former tackle at Crispus At-

tucks high.

per cent of their games. It is quite likely that the locals will get in the national tournament in Gary

next month.

RooSevelt (31)

PG FT PF

M’Anderson, f 3 4 1 Mathws, f 10 3 Howell, c 3 12 Byrd, g 3 0 Hart, g 3 0

Attucks (18)

gHOOTING the WORKS (By LEE A. JOHNSON, Sports Editor)

BEWARE OF THE LIONS

(By Kennath Bundrant, correspondant) They're Fieidhouse bound, once they set their mind on doing that one thing, it’s no sccner said than done. In other words, all Rushville is behind their plucky pack of “Lions” who are taking everything in their neck-of-the-wo^ds, so to speak. The dark secret of the Rushville confidence in Jtheir team is no other than William Cruse, often -ailed “Bill” who is the towering pivot cce on the Rurhvilie high school team; he hes been the target of all the opposition that Rushville has met this season. “Bill' 's a senior now, and will graduate at the jnd cf this semester with his eye on some college, aotsib'y Kentucky State at Frankfort. Aside from basketball, “Big” Bill was a center and tackle on the football team, and weight man on . he track team. He has great possibilities for developemsnt in collegiate circles and his loss will be CRUSE keenly felt at Rushville. Ru-hville has defeated such outstanding basketball team as: Con nersvm, Greenca^C MartinsvMle and o.hera, and it is ratad as ens

Among the “Y” A.A.U. entrants in the annual Golden Gloves tournament which is being staged at the Armory; three have reach id the finals. They are: Jimmie Jones, 135,

Jliv-rthTTeam'^f Wilber Boyce, 126, and Rudolph Smith, 135. The winners of bouts Friday night, Feb. 16th fighters a chance to display their will get trips to Chicago. Plenty of action has been shown by the fighters and they have

wares in the Golden Gloves tourna | been a credit in the ring for our race,

ment at the Armory in which three | —

White, f

Sansbury, f

Smith, f

King, c

Woods, g __

Higgins, g _

Knox, g

Score at

Half—Roosevelt,

Crispus Attucks. 5. Referee—Jenkins.

3 0 1 2 0 3 1

20;

CLASSES GOING GOOD

_ FT. WAYNE. Ind., Feb. 15—(Spef ial) — Considerable interest has been shown in the various classes at the Wheatley Social Center here necessitating several changes of schedules. The Routine for the second period will be as follows; The men’s volleyball class will meet at Hoagland school Thursday night of each week for the balance

ot the season. The center’s Junior | tered

OWENS THREATENS DASH RECORD MORGANTOWN, W. Va.. Feb. 17. (Special)—Jess Owens, 1933 schoolboy wonder, now a freshman at Ohio State university, took the spotlight here in the annual West Virginia games when he was clocked in the 60 meters dash at 6.8 lacking one tenth of a second to equal the world’s record in that

event.

Owens was pressed each time by Fagler, a white athlete, Uniontown, Pa„ in the event threatening the record that was set by Metcalfe and Toppino last year. Over three hundred athletes were enin the races which are the

“ | surviving fighters are already in * the finals. ,

Good Instruction

Representatives of the “Y” A. A. j U. and all others entered in the boxing class are the tutelage of Kid | Edwards and Lee (One Round) Bess daily at the Y. M. C. A. Both of these men have had an abundance of experience in the ring and are parting their knowledge on to ! the boys in a very credible way. j A large block of tickets were | placed on sale at the Walker Drug Store, Bruce Pharmacy. Y.M.C.A., I The Indianapolis Recorder, and Wadsworth Drug Store. It is also |

Basketball league will meet each Tuesday night at McCulloch school gym. The girls’ basketball class I’.as also been switched to Wednesday at Hoagland school.

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RENAISSANCE GRANDSTAND

FALLS SHORTs KAUTSKY AO. WIN

GAME 32-30; DISAPPOINTS 8,

Ralph Parmenter Pulls Fast One on Kens With Seconds to

Go to Prevent Team From Losing Game in

Closing Seconds

of the leading teams in the state. » Bill” will not turn down a scholarship to any other

college in the state, so Alumni, if you are looking for an alt around

on “Big Bill”.

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ECHOES FROM THE ARMORY “JIM CROW"

Sports Editor,

The Indianapolis Recorder. t>3ai* sir “

["was interested in your final publicizing the “Jim Crow' tions at the Armory here in Indianapolis to the extent that we have

condi-

to be paid to both Jones and Jeby

tor tbefr bout here last April, but ^ _ _

the bout was thrown out when of- 1 discussed it in our club meeting and are willing to go to the bat

ficials declared that the fighters' a civic way to get redress from those responsible.

were stalling around. I We also propose to make this matter one of the items of our club

Sine-'-* then both fighters have plank in the coming political campaign,

been » ngaging in bouts in various I ' "’c are also mindful that this unjust practice was started under parts of the country; Jones has I another administration, but that should be no excuses for th3 sanction

been active on the coast and is of it by the present administration.

as 0113 of Hie best in "’e are looking to the officials now for redress from all sorts of

1 discriminatory practices, and the problem that you have placed before 1 th3 people is only the beginning. Thanking you for any publicity that you give any part of this let-

ter, I am respectfully yours,

R. T. H. (Pres.)

Approximately 75 aspirants have I To the Sports Editor.

M,V sent in entry blanks fir the City j We who have gone over to the Armory and have seen for our-

still rated his clas-:.

TRACK CARNIVAL

Butler Fieldhou.se, February 8.— (Sports Editor)

announced that special arrange* j thousands of readers UO doubt have been at a dilema trying wi,io indoor track ami field davj selves the conditions thaT were voiced last week in your column, ap-

is matchmaker, judges and other . ,, n . , ,. T , , __ _ — <<■ » j'>. «»i .».,»o p. m. officials have not been chosen. ! * ‘ rt '* Oil -by I «l«. I mean that the Kailtsky team Contestants are grouped according

Business men, women, students and persons seeking to limber their j muscles during spare time find th ; gymnasium open for daily rccrea,0011 from 12:00-2:00 p. m. There’s 1 plenty of room to practice tennis,

swing your golf clubs, and other ' on of the~2s"t’h

games.

Classes in the various spring sports arc meeting regularly on scheduled time, late entrants may get information in the office of the physical department.

Gary Awaits Influx of Prep Athletes GARY, Ind., Feb. 17.—Officials in charge of the National High School basketball tournament here announce that more entries have been received assuring the appearances of teams from the far east and

west.

Teams ere already entered from Tulsa, Okla., Kansas, Washington. D. (’., Baltimore, Virginia, and Illi-

nois.

Beautiful trophies are now on display and all Gary is ready to greet, prep athletes from over the

country.

It is hoped that Attucks high, Indianapolis, Lincoln, Evansville, Washington, Terre Haute will swell

the Indiana contingent.

There will be a coaches meeting

at which

really beat the Hens.

to age as follows: Cadets 11-15;

We sports writers who were trying to figure t ho whole • Iuni() *’s mms; Seniors is and up. thing out were positive that the “Rens” could have opened . winners of the first three places

in Hie various events will be re-

up earlier in the game and easily gOLF INSTRUCTION- FREE ' vartled with ribbons. dropped the All Ayierican aggrcga-i There will he 15 events in all.

lion of Kautcty snipers, but

wasn’t the point.

thatj The Douglass Goli'rim. wiil meet luinu / ly: High Jump, Broad Jump gif tlio cupel of Abo! Bros. N Win- 5 ' , ' y 1 d ' dash * Halt mile walk - 440-yd.

The “Rons’’ have a habit of p.’ay-i

Ifpey, niu Indiana Ave.. Tlmrsdav dash ’ 1>ush r I )s - Push Free

ary K;, i;*: , ,.[ beginning at • 30 p m i gated by the legislature and that those responsible for such a practice

as racial discrimination in a public supported institution are on the judicial spot. 1 eontainly hope that we can get justice in this state, if we don’t we should amass in one solid body and take the issue to the

Pol 3K.

There’s lots to fight for besides political jobs, I am convinced that if we succeed in getting justice as it is prescribed to us by the constitution. we can soon get anything else we want. Yours, truly,

C. M.

THANKS TO THE GANG

We certainly appreciate the spirit with which the many persons

Thi./xti* 11-* f o i i n 1 c uci tamiy cf p p i i c« ic lmc bpiiiL wilm wmwn trie inckny pciouno

ins around cr toying with thrir up. ?Tany ^Sol™inn "m," T'mti Yraoh rrtaV (or junior?; One lap h * Ve ' es ’ , ° nd ' d *• hamm ' r *'»»>' •« the Arm ° r >' *“•

position unt il they arc ready to an-, Grovo course will give free insti in - laee * nihilate them. So what • huppor d tion to all members who will be I

time rules, regulations and business will be discussed.

other

FRITZ POLLARD JR. WINS BOSTON. Mass.. Feb. 15—(Special)—(UP)—Fritz Pollard. Jr., of Chicago, son of Brown university’s famed Negro football halfback of world war days, won the 45-yard

high hurdles before a record crowd of 12,000 at the 45th annual Boston Athletic association games here tonight. Pollard’s times was six seconds.

in this grand stand rally was :hnt present.

they overestimated their ability in The club is- also open to new running <>ul on the Kantsky and members and b'-ginn r s More Hum victory loll short by seconds, all thirty have already enrolled in Hi'- , because of smart trick of Parnien- club which meets regularly l.yter. monthly. Richard Jones is the pres-

He took a chance for a delibcr j 1 ° R ’ : . wiMl other attractions.

ate foul and the referee tw if;

] Yancey’s basket was not, allowed JiOUl/ 1 €ai?lS Enter R EGAL—“Girl Without a Room

ami Holt’s deliberate miss at the foul line was batted out of bounds

with seconds do go and the Ren , - «»'.«. | { .

More jHiorest and state-wide eu * dd Ranis Sunday, Monday and j

Tuesday.

I’ho two I tains will not Inert any more until next year, and there will bo Mood in the eyes of Hie Renaissance team when llfo.y do coine back here for the Slaughter.

Three Boxers Reach Tourney Finals

State Net

l-.st by two points: 32-30.

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Wilber Boyce, 126, Rudolph i Smith, 135, and Jimmie Jones, 135, all representing the “Y” A. A. U. [ boxing club reached the finals of the Golden Gloves tournament at

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laqsiastn has been shown by the recent inflow of enlries and letters j seeking information about the an-!

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tourney which will lie staged at the

Y.M.C.A. March tltli ami Hltji.

To the N.IXHI persons who saw'the j Among the tennis entered will be game, ii looked like rubbery, then, a number of ex-college stars who it looked like a thrown game, hut will compete for the many beauti-

regardless of the countless

ions, the KaiHsky’s A. (’. accidently j Tioneis are on sale already, out. won a game from the Renaissance, of town tennis mav defray part or

all of their expenses by keeping s ' u,du >' tor foi »’ days. Short feaBoyce pounded out ;i decisK.n 7r , , )0r ceut <)t; their ticket sales. ,nres added,

over Wilber Hardesty,-white en- F()1 . iniormaLion write 450 X. Sentrant to go to the finals. Boyce j ate Hopson Zeiglcr. held thee upper hand throughout. |

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uation until we are assured that OUR PEOPLE shall get human treatment in their own buildings; buildings that they help to maintain. Keip shooting in your letters or postal cards, be sure to state whether or not you wish your name or initials signed by your contribution, all will

be kept in strict confidence.

WARD ISSUES WARNING

2 JOHNS—'"Penthouse’’ featuring! T1,e high jump aspirants who will represent their respective Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy ! s< ll<u,ls in , * 10 ^hitler Relays March 24th havo i)een warned by Willis

,p' ;f iT V , Ward, Michigan ace, Hiat he is out for scalp this season more than

ever.

Last year he captured the high jump crown from a great field and has already begun training for the coming season. Wait! also plans to compete in several other events in the Relays;

j he is a broad jumper and dashman.

I (•>(ficials at the local University announce that entries are begin-

in giving indication that a largo tiehl will < unppte here in the second running of the collegiate indoor track'meet.

Amusements

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Sunday. Monday and Tuesday along

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Meet "uerite Cliurehliill aim “Melody

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SHAW DEFEATS ST. DOUGLASS “Torch Singer AUGUSTINE Ciaiidetto Colbml and

Ricardo Cortez along with Fay RALEIGH. N. Feb. 15—Shaw Wray ami Jack Holt in “Master University basketball 4-oani defeatol Men Sundav and Monday. ; eu St. Augustine last night in th3

Shaw Gym by the score 30-27. This Sitting i victory i>uts Shaw on even term5

WALKFR

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opin- Ml trophies now ready for. disphiy. '' ' u itl1 Ja( k °kie and Ginger i-wjM the Saints in the annual se-

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ROSENWALD DROPPED

By LIONS

M ADI SON V l LLE, Ky.. Feb. 15.— (Special) Coach Tom Cheek’s Lin-

IN DIANA—“The Invisible Man’’ H. G. Wells’ great fantastic sen-

I Bug inc ter

[the Armory last Friday night and I Smith thus

will

defaulted to ‘Rudy” giving the Y.M.C.A. in the finals which will

JONES LOSES PURSE

1T . . | coin high sc hool basketball team sation starring Universal s great-, , T> lest players' l.eginning Sunday and |tUrne<i baek " ,c 10cal

Monday. Other attrac tions support(Special) j nf e the week-end bill.

high net team 30-17 in a flashy p-r-

t: LEV EL AX D. Feb. 15

take the ring FV-b. 16th with three men in the finals which will Alter nearly a year of discussion [the winners going to Chicago tome concluded this week. All of the and litigation, the purse of Gorilla

represent Indianapolis in the dm-i Negroes participating in Hie tour-j Jones, Akron. Ohio, and former mecca for~c.ard parties. Last week trict tournament. ! nament showed exceptionally well, middleweight champ, was held by j the Joycrafters held their bridge

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Itt was by a strange hand of fate | all( ] ( j rew big .that Smith was drawn to meet h' s throngs of fans. teammate Albert Young who sus-j

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