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Tootin’ Beats Shootin’ and Tigers Lose

'51's Thrills Are Done; Now'52, It's Up to You

By AL MOSES

NEW YORK (ANP)—In the limbo of remembered thing-s, the year 1951 showed a fairly good picture to the world of what a “united America*’ can produce — on the distaff side of life, at

least.

While we submit that playland. sports, theatre, nite clubs, dances, are .not really indicative of progress along the “human relations” front, these activities provide a giant springboard from . which some 15.000.000 American Negroes hope to achieve their full economic rights, equality and suftrage under the laws of the Fotind- ' ing Fathers. King baseball, boxing, pro and college basketball, tennis (Forest Hills and CIAA>; college and professional football: bowling, track and field, pocket billiards, horse racing 'trainers and jockeys). . wrestling, weight-lifting, gymnastics; ice hockey, rugby, soccer, handball and scores of minor sports had their share of brilliant white and colored performers. Highlights of Year Unforgettable highlights of the year included: The college and professional basketball scandal that rocked the nation as did the Kefauver Committee investigation on national crime — out of this came • the two-handed justice of Judge Soi Streit. a man I knew back in the days when I was a speaker on the Democratic Party’s speakers committee. Here we saw' in action the sides of the law known as ‘the letter and the spirit.” ", To Sherman White and other Negro law offenders, kludge Streit meted out the “letter” df the law. . . to the Bradley University malefactors (Nordic). this same judge tempered bis justice by suspending their sentences. And the fair-minded “inteiVacial bloc.” dedicated to wiping out inequality, injustice and unAmerican practices on all frodts, not merely sports — bowed • its head and wondered. The dazzling play of Orestes Winoso, Chicago White Sox rookie whom thousands felt should have won out over brilliant Gil YkDougald of the N r . Y. Yankees as Rookie of the Year. Minoso was worth close to a half-million admissions at the gate to the hardfighting White Sox Monte Irvin’s excellent World Series play, a feat rarely equalled in th“ annals of the diamond. In addition, the “Quiet One” (for Irvin talks littlei became a beer salesman; was defeated in an e ection campaign he never should have entered; and led all National League batsmen in runs batted in with 121. The playoff brilliance of .laekic Roosevelt Robinson. Brooklyn Dodgers. He asked for $50,000 for his 1952 season, an amount we feel he will not receive though, he is well worth that and more. Jo^ Louis in Japan A battered idol. Joe Louis of Alabama. Chicago and Detroit, was acclaimed by Japan despite his failure to keep a “Press Party” thrown for him. . . We feel that we should make no further forecasts where Joe is concerned, as he is far'too unpredictable for words or tears. Greatest ring warrior since Jack Johnson (hear me. Jack Dempsey), he nevertheless permitted “fair weather” friends, touts, lushes and parasites to lull his brain

into staying in the ring long past his prime. A pitiful boxing figure today, with dulled reflexes and rubber-band legs, the once gallant Brown Bomber, beloved of ladies and American kiddies, colored and white, still remains to me an American and a world-wide sport symbol, one like Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, “Red” Grange and Hans “Bonus” Wagner, to name but a few. In Japan, kids flocked to his \ side as in the legendary story' of ‘The Pied . Piper of Hamelin." Possibly another century will pass before the world will see another Toe Louis, born Joseph Barrow. Dan Towler, Rams pro football team, made the Associated Press Vll-Star first team. George Talia'erro. Buddy' Young. Emerson Cole. Emlen Tunnell, Joe Perry, Lenny Ford, Bill Willis, Sherman toward and other brownskinned uridiron standouts vied with their ■vhite brothers in giving grid aulienees A-l play during the past season. We cannot call them all

Imn's 25 Grand Makes Him 3rd On Totem Pole

Sportsmanship BOSTON — Johnny Bright of Drake University and Fort Wayne, Ind., will receive a high sportsmanship award from the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston here Jan.

11.

The ground-eating fullback, victim of a brutal slugging by an Oklahoma A. & M. player during the football season, has been named recipient of the “Swede” Nelson Award for 1951. Named for a former Harvard player and coach, the award is granted annually to “the player who, by his conduct on the gridiron, demonstrates a high esteem for the football code and exemplifies sportsmanship to an outstanding degree.” Bright received 36 votes in the balloting, in which 96 football coaches and writers in 27 states participated. Ridinen-up was Princeton’s All-American Dick Kazmaier with 6 votes. Performing for the West squad in the Shrine East-West game at San Francisco last week, Johnny gave a good account of himself in toting the ball. East won, 15-14..

Down Jeff After Central 'Thing'; RossviHe Next

By CPL. JIM CUMMINGS

The Crispus Attacks Tigers, who "were “fouled” out of the Lafayette holiday championship last week-end but still made a great impression, are lining up the hoops in preparation for their date at RossviHe Saturday. Undaunted if a trifle' dazed by their harrowing experience in “losing” to South Bend Central 62-59, the Tigers picked up the pieces the following night and began their victory string all over again with a 65-61 triumph over Lafayette Jeff.

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MONTE IRVIN NEW YORK (ANP) — Monte Ir-

and if we failed to list your fa-1 vin. hard-hitting left fielder and j vorite. consider it as a lack of: World Series star of the National space rather than a direct over-' League champion New York sight. Giants, became the third highest-!

v j paid tan star of the major leagues •

Young Willie Mays I with the signing of his 1952 conY “- *»« , ' aves f imobo^' liS? , Doby?*t n »M.000: M?ry McN a bb y greatest woman ^rone^a^n'' 61 ' 6 '' thls - $25 ’ 000 sprinter of today. . . Ollie Matson, j |rvin came u from th( , Newark U. of San Francisco ground-; Easl< , s the same N club as

devouring football ace. . . Roy

Campanella, greatest catcher since ' he line of all-time greats faded from view: men like Benny Ben^ough. Ray Schalk, Bill Dickey, Gordon “Mickey” Cochrane, “Gabby" Hartnett, etc . . Bob Evans, football captain-elect of the U. of Penn, first Negro so honored in the history of the Quaker Cit> school. . . . Johnny

Doby. He was brought up from the minors in 1950. and though hitting the ball hard in streaks never reached his real stride until last season. Then he became Manager Leo Durocher’s key man in the sensational pennant drive that saw the Giants nose out the Brooklyn

Dodgers.

Taking Too Many

Senators' Boss Weakens, Hires 2 on Farm Club WASHINGTON, D.C. (ANP) — Apparently weakening under stiff competition and heavy pressure, Clark Griffith, venerable president of the Washington American League baseball club, has at last broken down his all-white barrier and made the first indication of considering colored players for his i

team.

According to

EVERYBODY HONORS SUGAR: Not only was Sugar Ray Robinson named "Fighter of the Year" by Ring Magazine this week, but the world's middleweight champion also received a similar honor from the Ring Magazine of France recently. In photo above James A. Farley, board chairman of the Coca-Cola Export Carp., presents the Sugar Man with a silver cup on behalf of the French publication. The honor was voted in a poll of European sports writers after Robinson's victory over Randy Turpin. Also present at the ceremonies in Sugar Ray's Harlem restaurant were the crew ^f the Air France plane which flew the cup to New York.

The string will hardly be broken again by the likes of RossviHe, which has lost to Jeff 48-41 and to Sheridan 64-48. (Attucks defeated Sheridan 64-42 in the season’s

opener.)

In fact, casting an eye down the rest of the Tigers’ schedule, we believe the string will not be broken by anybody before the tournament. If then. I All things being equal, that is. Things Not Equal

Central went ahead at 56-55 and

then the Tigers put on a floor show that had them controlling both boards and fast-breaking the South Benders off their feet. But on three consecutive occasions when the boys got in scoring position, the whistle blew and they

were awarded free throws. The final period, in fact, was

a looter’s paradise. Nine were blown against Attucks and six

All things were definitely not i against Central,

equal in the Attucks-Central game Bryant hit a sensational long ind that is why Ray Crowe’s boys!shot near the end, but Central lidn’t win the tourney—and why iroze the ball and stalled it out. they have no chance of becoming, Senia Plavers listen the first unbeaten team to win Negro players of other teams the state championship. ; included Harold Harris of Jeff Eugene Glaze of Andereon and | Stan Davis and Paul Harvey of Herschel Eastman of Muncie were | Central, and for Washington- Tom the men behind the whistles who Pinkins. Norman Smith, Robert

BEATING THE GUN

TIME AND BROKEN IDOLS Who are we to soy that Joe Louis

reports, two Ne-j NEW YORK <ANP)—No master is not sincere when he tells UF groes are now the property of the; flow honestly and eloquently the and AP news writers that: “Sports Senators’ farm system. Vice-Presi- small army of top American writ- is my complete life. I will always

QUaKer LU> scnool. . . . Jonnny i n explaining his improvement i^rm sysiem. vice-Presi- smaii army oi top American writ- is my complete me. i wm aiways Bright, victim of most bru’al and Irvin stated- F ’ dent Calvin Griffith stated that the! ers try to show Joe Louis that re- be identified with it in some form uncalled-for grid incident. . . .; “i taking t nn Havanah farm club had the Nats’, Wrement from ring wars should : as Ing as I live”? That in sub-

grid

Glorious Althea Gibson, and hun-

dreds more.

Magnificent., masterful Jersey loe Walcott, fiistiana’s old “Nes‘or.” remained the wonderman of 1951’s army of sterling ^thletic performers. W'hether 38,3 48 whatever age his birth recor attest to. the Camden, N. J., dance- j step cutie and iron-fisted heavy- i weight champion is the target for j such as Rocky Marciano, Clarence ; Henry. Roland La Starza. ringrusty Archie Moore. Ezzard Char-

rls

“I was taking too many pitches. Never did seem to be ready. Durocher, the coaches and Pitcher Larry Janson kept working on me to swing more. “For the longest time I just couldn’t do it. I just thought I had to wait for the right one and too often it never

came around.

“So when I made up my mind to go after the ball I started to hit like I’d never

before.”

He was tops among the Giant

complete blessing in signing these 1 nave ragen mice long ago. ms raise stance was Louis’ statement. Sports two players—Angel Scull; an out- friends continue to hold court with is also a most dominant and vital fielder, and Juan Delis, a short- au u.ade’i oi factor in the life of Olympic sLar stop, i sport heroes that outrival the tow- : Ralph Metcalfe, member of the He said he hoped they ; ering Grecian luminaries of past! Illinis State Athletic Commis-

would be good enough to be ; *^(1 ancient times, we bwe s«**n sion.

brought up to Washington in rpwi.v top athletes car*y on pitifW- j Respected Position Awaits (!!)

lv whilp well beyond their peak ! Most sport followers ask me this

question weekly: “Is Louis not aware of the fact that a $15,00G

another year. ly while

Joe Cambria, president of the days. i*| ; Havana team, said he bought Scull Every reader of this (jolumn from the Wellsville, N.Y., club of knows our position on the Joe the Pony League and signed Delis Louis controversy if one can just-

cut of the Havana semipro ranks.

“Could Make Good”

irur<r S h„„°, a,: r— 6 r d ions azo days of Ruby Bob FiU- was the best in the league at driv-S, *2^ ESME? .If!

races and

. ... ... . in0 „ Scull hit .328 with Wellsville’last nati onalities; tho idol of millions

Simmons has an oldster like Joe ln g aeioss runs, with 121. He spa<:nri an ^ si nf vnunv hnvc nnri huckv

Walcott forget! to the fore. The 1 cracked 24.home runs. 19 doubles; DeH S c^bria has as

high

school teen-agers—small wonder it

filed may be mediocre, but that l and 11 triples, and stole home five rruchrangenhp (Xm was that we a a writer coving cannot be laid at Walcott’s door- times, once in the World Series. ~ UCh ran ^ e ln the mfield as Chico^s that_we. as a writer covering

step.

We look forward to HJHH

bright hopes, strengthened by the | salesman and as an instructor at realization that thousands of; a baseball academy. At present he white Americans, brothers and sis-j sca l es .195 pounds — five pounds i

ters under the skin, demand that overweight.

America life *up to the fine J can run faster, throw harder ! speeches her world ambassadors I expect to hit better,” he

loudly proclaim.

Yanks t-d Have Negro Player? NEW YORK (IPS)—The World!

Champion New York Yankees may

Since the close of the season of the Chicago White the sports scene, enshrined

• Tm ir, k c ose of the season. £ ox anc j ^ ^ better hitter Alabama-born youu. in our

.952 with ; frym has beer work.ng as a beer, wi , h the „ col „lTXyek

on his club, Cambria expects to break the color line in the Florida International League

next spring.

Although no Negroes have ever competed in that Class B circuit. Cambria declared that there is no ; r ule against it. Their signed con-! j tracts are in the hands of the

! league president.

In a letter to Griffith, Cambria j expressed hope that the colored ' players will be acceptable to the 1 whole Florida International , League. He believes they will be

this

heart.

, said happily.

Lincoln Beats Memorial, Wins

Holiday Tourney

EVANSVILLE — Coach Art Tay- .accepted because “baseball think- I

ES e £,L. N * 8r0 ,n thelr Une " ,P Ti: , I - inco .'P l ; ion \ can,c fro™ j in* in the South has changed

next season. ] behind in the fourth quarter to

Bob Wilson, who played last sea- i upset Evansville Memorial. 45-42.

son with Binghamton, N.Y. a Yan- and win the Mater Dei holiday

kee farm team, is due to report toureny last v/eek.

for spring training with the parent club. Wilson batted .321 for Bingham

ton.

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The Lions led at the half, 2416, but fell behind 33-33 with six minutes left in the game. A rally put them on top again, with Center Archie Ross making the'i

crucial basket.

It was Lincoln’s first victory i sonhoinore over Memorial in history, and so ^ nomore

also the Lion’s first, tourney title

in the city.

Lincoln defeated Mt. Vernon, 47-44, to reach the final game.

Thomas, Jewell, Moore Get Points

secretarial job a w a it s him upon retirement, Sfltnilar to the

ly label his sad case such. i one Joe had created (by Jim MorHe has been our personal boxing * ris Jr.) for his friend. Truman

Handsome, tawny-skinned; j Gibson?” I What can I say to such a forth- ! right question than a positive — 1 “How could he not know' of Its ex-

j istence?”

I now feel that Louis will coni tinue on facing men like Rocky i Marciano whom Louis would hav? knoc ked out in 1937 and ’33. until | he finally receives an injury simI lar to the one Canada Lee, the ! actor, received or even worse. 1 And so. we bow to the inroads of time, inexorable Father Time. All must deteriate; must lie down in the cold and clammy grave pit; must pass from vibrant youth to dubious middle life and old age with its harvest of organic com-

plaints.

Joe Louis, my hero and friend, seems to be in the last category still believing himself to be the matchless fishier who swept all before him. The cup of bitter hemlock is (brained when some stumble bum who could not lace his shoes during the flood tide, bashes his brains in or mortally wounds

him.

A couple of former Attucks; cagers and one from Gary Froebel j i were in the collegiate scoring !

new s last week.

Don Thomas, ex-Tiger now a

at Indiana Central. J

scored 23 points in two games as j the Sycamores went to the semi- ' finals of the Midwest Tourney at i Terre Haute. Central ousted the I defending champions. Muskingum, i 78-72, but then lost to Ottawa j

62-61.

Meanwhile. Bob Jewell, Michi-

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week Besides putting on their usual fancy' show, they defeated

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f ooted 28 fouls against Attucks and only 16 against Central. They blew “Dill” Gardner and Cleve'and Harp right out of the game, caught up with Bailey Robertson lust at the closing horn, and were hot on the trail of Holsey Hickman and Bob Parrish, both of whom had four at the finish. Even Halite Bryant, who was “neglected” in the first three periods, had a trio of personals called on him in the final quarter. Of course, it may have been on the level. But if so, it was the Mggest reversal of form since the defeat of the Spanish Armada. In six previous games this season, only one Attucks player had fouled out—Hickman, In the Broad Ripple contest. In those six games, only four Tigers had acquired four personals —Harp and King against Washington, Hickman against Rensseloer and Gardner against Broad

Ripple.

Bryant had not committed more than two personals in any previous game. The whole team had averaged 18 personals, the highest number being 21—against Otterbein and Broad Ripple. Twenty-four hours after the Central “thing.” be it noted, Attucks committed only 15 personals in defeating Jeff. No Tiger drew more than three penalties. Weakest Team Wins Central, the weakest team in the meet, won the title Saturday by downing East Chicago Washington 47-46. The unlucky Senators controlled the game all the way until the final period, having a 34-25 lead at the three-quarter mark. Then they lost three of their top players via fouls (!) and Central singed the nets with 22 points. Washington had made its way to the finals by defeating Jeff on Friday, 61-59 in overtime. Bryant, the Tigers’ untouchable forward, broke two records in the meet. His 27 points on opening night topped the single game mark set by Evansville Central’s Lee Ham-

ilton in 1948.

Hallie the Comet hit 24 more on Saturday, breaking Hamilton’s 43-point record for two tilts. The Attucks-Jeff game was hardfought down to the wire. Attucks led throughout, except for a moment in the second quarter when

Jeff was ahead 22-21.

Leading 63-61, the Crowemen

Flynn, Braxton Pinkins and (we be-

lieve) Fletcher Battle. Jeff rooters have a copy of

the Crazy Song and they sang it when they were ahead of Washington 53-48. It was a bit

premature.

This soldier likes Jeff to come out of the northwest semifinal next March; New Albany to come up from the southwest; we ain’t pickin’ the northeast; and Attucks to go all the way if their defense improves a little.

Jeff Tourney

ATTUCKS (65)

Bryant, f

FG FT . 9 6

PF TP 3 24

Gardner, f-c

. 9

Harp, c

. 0

Robertson, g .

. 2

Parrish, g Hickman, f .V.. ..

. 4

. 2

Totals

LAFAYETTE Cahoon. f 2

(61) 1

Franz, f

.11

Lange, c

. 3

Harris, g

. 3

Heath, g

. 2

Fox, f .

. 1

Boveri, f

. 0

Kaser. g

. 0

Wilson, g

. 3

Totals

Free Throws Missed—Parrish 5, Bryant 2, Gardner, Robertson; r ranz 2, Cahoon, Fox, "‘Lange, Har-

ris.

SOUTH BEND CENTRAL (62)

Henry Coming Up

W^e were right in predicting that Clarence Henry would stiffen ; wen t j n to a freeze until RobertBob Baker in a savage brawl j son a 0 ne-hander with

that would tako much out of the seconds remaining

defeated scrapper. Gardner scored 21, points in the We now make this forecast: Hen- g ame an( j Parrish 9, as Crowe used

ry will most likely face any one on jy S j x pi avers of these tough guvs namely: Archie ‘ ^gg' FreeThows

Mo’ore, Harry (Kid) Matthews or j Weakness at the free throw line Ezzard Charles. contributed to the Tigers’ loss The two men I feel Henry will j ian( is of Central. The hav6 his troubles with are Charles ; Crowemen made only 5 of the and Moore; The Californian hits ; charity heaves they were granted,

too hard for Matthews who, however, can outbox most men In the ring today.

ruling barring him from rings in

this state.

“It think that any commission should wait until I apply before it turns me down,” he said angrily. “Then it should make its decision according to how I conform to the regulations. If I can pass I should •

be okayed.

“I know they’re doing it because they don’t want me to get hurt—at least it makes me

feel better to think that.

“But after all, I’ve only lost three fights. You can’t will all

your fights, can you?”

Joe also has been barred in Illinois and the NBA has cautioned its members against licensing him.

while the Bears were capitalizing | on 22 of their 34 gifts. (And we

do mean gifts!)

From the field it was a different story. The Tigers hit ! 27 of 70 shots for a hot .386 average, while Central was counting only 20 of 62 for .322. It was Attucks with a comfortable lead all the way until Gardner was taken out in the third quarter with four personals. Then the score tightened. Willie returned briefly in the fourth, bull was whistled out with Attucks lead-

ing 55-53.

'logoi, f ...

.• :5

Pierson, f . .

. 1

Davis, c

T^ela. g

Singer, g ...

. 2

■>cnaeter, f

Harvey, g

Totals

ATTUCKS

(59)

Bryant, f

Hickman, f

Gardner, c

tobertson, g

’ovington, g

Harp, c

^arrish. g , .

.<ing, c ...

. 0

Carr, f .

. 0

Posley, f . . .

Totals

Free Throws Missed — Singer 5, Davis 4, Pierson 3: Bryant 3. Harp 2, Gardner, Robertson, Par-

rish, King.

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LOS ANGELES — Former Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis was scheduled to pursue a crown j

in his "second sport” — golf — in GIANTS, CLEVELAND the $2,500 Fox Hills Open golf j PLAY HERE APRIL 13

tournament here.

The Bomber was slated to compete with Negro Chamoion Ted Rhodes and Amateur Eddie Meyerson in the opening round of the 36-hole affair. The tourney is the final tune-up for the big Los Angeles Open tournament. Lloyd Mangrum and other top golfers were lined up for the Fox

Hills tourney.

Hits Ring Barring Louis, incidentally, said last week he would oppose the California State Boxing Commission’s

NEW YORK — The New York Giants will play the Cleveland Indians at Indianapolis on April 13, it was announced recently. The National League champs will meet the Clevelands in 19 exhibition games during the spring warm-up.

ART WILSON SOLD TO SEATTLE BY GIANTS

NEW YORK — Shortstop Artie Wilson has been sold by the New York Giants to the Seattle club

of the Pacific Coast League.

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