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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24,\1940 mn:
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In At anta March 28, 29, 30

Winners Compete i in

Finals During..

Month of April in Boston, Mass.:
Expenses Will Be Paid in Full

Under the | atigpices of the.

Southeastern Assotiation of Ama- |

teur Athletic Union and sponsore:
by the Piney: Acres Country Club,
Inc., with the cooperation of the
Atlanta Daily WORLD, there wil!
be held in Atlanta, March, 28-30.
the Southern Colored Boxers Regional Semi-finals open to coloréd boys only from those states
where mixed-bouts. are prohibited
by law. The winners will be entered in the National A. A. U. finals in the Boston Garden, Boston,
Mass., April 8, 9 and 10, and all
expenses guarateed from Atlanta,
Georgia.

Sanctions for sub-regicnal
trials on March 21, 22 and 23, may
be. secured from Tournament
Chairman.

Boxers eligible to compete in
the tournament are:
1, All registered A.A.U. boys.
2, All undergraduates of any
college whose amateur standing has been certified by the
proper authority of his cal
lege.

3. All athletic members of the
YMCA holding YMCA Athletic Registration cards,

4. All members of the arined
forces of the United States,
regular, reserve or National
Guard whose amateur standing is certified by the proper military authority

CHAMPIONSHIP WEIGHTS
Flyweight. 112 lbs.; Bantan160 Ibs:; Light Heavyweight, 175
Featherweight,
126 lbs.: Lightweight, 135 lbs.; Welterweight, 147 lbs.; Middleweight.
Ibs; ahd Heavyweight, over 175

Ibs..Entrants: ~Teams and individualc..
from Arkansas,. Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Louisjana, Georgia, Oklahoma, Florida,
Texas, North and South Carolina,
Maryland and the District of
columbia. F

dividual or Mive Dollars per team
of eight men &s a group.
Prizes: Medais to runners-up

Fees: Oné ~Golar per ine |

and free. trip to Boston for National Tournament for eight champions. Team Trophy for First
pnd Second Teams.

~ For information concerning the
Atlanta sub-regional trials al
Atlanta. Georgia, on March 21, 22

ional.Chairman John~ H. ~ Bell,
Butler Street ~Y,~ Atlanta, Georgia.

For information concerning The
Tri-Stat,. Amateur Boxirig Association Sub-regiona]. trials
to Harry T. Cash, 197 Beale Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee.

It is hoped that sub-regional
trials may be arranged in
strategic city. For further. information, write to Tournament
Chairman B. T. Harvey, 841
Fair Street, SW.

Lane Bows
60 To 22.
To Xavier,

NEW ORLEANS, La.~(S N 8S)
~Xavier University of Louisiana
defeated the Lane College Dragone of Jackson, Tenn, 60-20 here
tonight at Xavier gym. The Tuskegee Institute lassies of Tuskegee, Alabama, bowed to the Xavier girls 25-19 as the local girls
outplayed an inspired Tuskegee
sextet.

The Gold Rush men were never in danger, leading ~~Ox~~ Clemons~ Dragons 28-10 at half-time,
Coach Giles Wright lifted his
first five during the period and
sent in the reserves, Blotto Crozier, all-SIAC forward of '39, have

ing scored 8 baskets via three.
baskets and two free throws, the

first five never returned to the
abe nail Xavier using ten other

S. C. State Ready To~
Play Mexican Five _

ORANGEBURG, 8S. C.~(SNS)~
The Mexican basketbalf champions
from the Y. M. C. A. of Mexicc
City, who.are touring the United
States, will play the South Carolina Ctate cagers here Saturday
night, February 24.

South Carolina State is one ol
the four Negro colleges that will
play the Mexican champions according to information that has
been received here.

The Mexican champions are making an ~international good-will tour.
which is sponsored by the Y. M
C. A. of Mexico City, Mexico. The
coach is also a Mexican, who claims
to have one of the best floor teams
ever produced anywhere.

South Carolina State cagers, despite the absence of Coach O. Cc
Dawson have a good season rec
ord. Coach Dawson returned this| collegiate champions.

three |

weeks, due to illness. His presente is expected to add. new zeSt
to the playing of the quintet, ~
The Bulldogs have played. some
very close battles this season

They divided a pair with Floride

A. and M., won from Tuskegee.
were nosed out n the extra time
period by Johnson; C. Smith, deSeated Benedict ~College, Allen
University, Georgia State and las)
week lost to Morrjs Brown College

They also played the world
champion Rens who drew the larg:
est.backetball attendance evel
known to witness a basketball game
at any Negro college in South Car:
olina..

Another reccrd attendance is ex;
pected when the Bulldogs answe1
the whistle at the start of the
game against the Mexican InterThe game
will start at 7:30 Oo~clock.

and 23, write to Atlanta Sub-reg-:

write,

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Xavier Girls

Lose And Tie.

* NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 17.
~-~(SNS)~The Xaxier University

ris sextette-enjoy victories over
the~ Prairie View girls two games
having been early in the season a

| 24-24 tie with the Alabama State

Teachers girls in Montgomery.
Ala., and a 33-20 victory over the
Tuskegee girls in Logan gymnas.
ium.at Tuskegee make up the only
two games played by the. local
sextette in the Southern conference schools, The Xavier girls
journeyed to Grambling, La., to
meet Louisiana Negro Normal
where they were defeated 11-9
last night. The Xavier girls were
able to hold this same: sextette to
a 25-25 tie tonight in Grambling
in the finale of a two game series,

men before the game was over.
Xavier~s. Leonidas Epps scored
8 points fer the second five sent
into the game via four baskets.
Thomas of Lane was high point
man.of the night with 9 points.
The Tuskegee Lassies played a
beautiful game in the prelim to
the the Lane game, however, the
Xavier sextet proved teo much
for them leading 11-6 at half
time: and never headed. Jessie
Abbott. sank four baskets and
three free throws to take honors

for the Tigers with eleven points.
FE. Casey of Xavier took high
point honors of the night with

19 points via eight~ baskets and
three free throws.
Lane College. plays Xavier in

the finale of the two-game series
Tuesdav night. The Xavier
Wriehts play host to the 24th
Infantry care team of Fort Benrune Georgia, in one of the preims

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Best Letter

The letter written to the ~etter-l0-the editor~ column of several leading daily newspapers by S
J. #niiups, field representative,
Tuskegee Institute, was selecteo
from among 2,000 by Alan F. Pater,
editor of ~We, The People~ as being
~one of the best. It is te be published
fin the ~Yearbook on Public vee,
ton~ pane by Mr. Pater.

FIRST shot fired at t Manila Bay.
from the Olympia, flagship of Ad
miral Dewey, commanding the
American forces on the Asiatic

weer otter an _ Spence of

tenaed se ~jh tats Shales ite
first conference and its first. loss

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the furious play of the two cage
teamg.has been unequalled on, this
court. Allen dropped a/ neat: eg |
hand: shot to give his team ~a ~24
pivot shot by the 6 feet 5 inch
pivot shot by thet 6 feet 5 1ach
Colbert tied the score again. The
sizzling play kept the excited. cage
fans on their feet yelling for a
score. Hudgins tipped in a two
pointer to give the Pirates a 33-11
lead, and again the Eagles tied
the score when Ennis dropped in
a long shot through the loops for
twe points: A strong defense set
up by both teams tended to keep
~the score down, but the lack of
scoring was made up for by spectacular ~passing and classy bail
handling of the fighting teams.
~Thirty seconds before the hal
ended Allen hooked a left hand
shot to give the Pirates a 15-13

hold: ~their. ge gn victory.
Allen started _ the second _ b:

scoring with two points to give
the Pirates a 17-13 lead. The twe/
jeamis entered into anotuer pass

i tate Upset By Hampton As
ig} et", ls Bottled Up

duel that lasted fully one
wéute~ and a half; * then Allen
made one from the charity line to
bring the Pirates within a point
of the visitors, and followed quickly with a hook shot to give the
Hampton quint a 20-19 lead. At
this point the excitement increased and the Pirates started~ to
build up a lead that wag hot seriously threatened by the State
team.

Jackson and Hudgins kept the
crowd roaring as they pushed the
lead up to 24-19. ~Reds~ Cooper
brought. the already wild. spectators to their: feet with a running

ONe hand shot that proved to be |

the most ~spectacular one ~ft the

| day. Allen made the. score 27-20

when he made another free throw.
Two charity shots by Ennis ani
Downing to|make the seor 27-22.
Hudgins, still pacing the Pirates
29-22 and Allen ripped the cords
tor..two more points.

With eight minutes to ple

Doe tiped gq two pointer to
make ~the - scoré 31-24. Htidgins.

swelled his total gaan to eighte@n ag: the score-- went to 35-28,
with 4 1-2 minutes to. play. Coop
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Anderson Jackets

By ~BONNE~

AUSTIN, Texas=The ~ highly

iout-q Jack. Yates Lions overwhelm- |

ed tue willing but wanting Anderson Jackets to the tune of- 53-30
Displaying a well drilled offense
featuring Gross, Hamilton and
Makey and ali reund floor play of
~Scoby~ Williams the Lions had
their own way after the first quarter, Three minutes elapsed before
either scored, Gross opened the
scoring with a _ pivot-pne-hander.
Hamiltca and Makey followed suit
in. rapid succession to build up a
1u-1 seore. Lindsay's gift shot was
Anderscn~s first score. With the
first quarter drawing to: a close
Wells whipped three rapid fire
caskets and Baker added one field
goal to make the score 10-9 at
quarter time, Operating on a double
and triple pivot offense the Bayo
City boys completely bewildered the
Jackets with Gross and Hamilton
breaking away: for cupshots to increase their lead as the game went
cn. Foster Was again the star defense performer of the game for
the locals. Lindsay, Gross, and
Hamilton tied for high score honors. Gross proved. himself to be
everything the sports writers had
proclaimed him to be.

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SORGG) fo ieks. z 1 2
SPOS, rie hs o's 4 4 12
Williams, g........., 0 1 1
Anderson, ~..--....... 4 6 8
Seldhberg: go... 5 ee. I } 3
ROPE bee i 1 tH] 2
BOSE fy oo ea) < 0 6
BWA oso. ek e. a Ml 53
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BOSUE,. # ocees es as. 1 1 3
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j Overion; g~.......1... 1 1 1
Medéaris, c.......... 0 0 0
TURAL ~ sei ek. 12 6 30

Seore at half time: Yates 27; Andersen 17.
~OFFICIALS: Whitby, and Hale.
The Jackets leave On a |itwo day
road trip meeting. Houston Wheatly. Thursday, Feb. 23. And on to
Galveston to attempt to avenge a
three point defeat Central handed
them in the season~s. opener,

Xavier Is
Favored In

SIAC. Meet

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala~
(SNS)~One of the most stubbornly fought basketball battles in
Scuthern Conference~, tournament
history will be waged here when
eleven teams entered: in the Seventh Annual Tourney, clash in
Logan Hall on the Institute camrus beginning at 1:00 o'clock
Thursday afternoon, February 22,

The tourney will continue through

Saturday.

Members of the Gold Rush team
of Xavier University, New Orleans,
New Orleans, holders of the confererice title for the past two
years, are tagged ~gain as tournament favorites, and in the opinion
of many hardwood authorities, will
repeat. The Créscent City cagers
won 45 consecutive games before

lyielding to defeat,

The Clark University Panthers
of Atlanta and the Plorida A. and
M. College Rattlers; co-leaders in
Conference. competition for ~ the
season of 1939-1940, with nine victories and two defeats each, are
regarded as teams to be feared.

The Golden Quint, of Tuskegee
Institute, with nine victories and
six losses, will present a high

Cal
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~sohnny Paycheck
Johnny. Paycheck, Des. Moines,

Ia., heavyweight, is the next opponent for Joe Louis, the heavy

champion The bout is scheduled,
for April in New York. ~Paycheck has a creditable record,

scorer in Thomas Hornburger, sixfoot, three incn center, Carbondale,
Tili. ad in Wilson Smith, flashy
forward; Kansas City, Kansas. Both
of these men are ocnsidered basketball wizards and they are in
rare form. Tuskegee is listed as the
~threat team~ of the tournament
with ah average~ of 42 points a

game.
Sr bm ilsabtser o> ie GU ana

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
NAMED

CHICAGO~(AN P)~An executive committee of six members was
named Monday to work with six
members of Gov. Horner~s commission in laying plans for the Afra.
Merican Emancipation exposition
to be held here July 10 to Septem
ber 20 under a special grant of
$75,000 voted by the state legislature last year.

Clark, Morris Brown, Morehouse

For Tus

Three Coaches Pick Their Ten-Man:
Squads; Entire Trio Dispatching
Teams Capable of Turning Tricks

By LUCIUS JONES
ATLANTA, Ga~(SNS)~
THREE HEAD COACHES,

thirty squad players, pnd: several
other team gnd conference officials
depart this morning for Tuskegee
Institute, scene of the seventh annual Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conferencs ~basketball tournament, where. this afternoon, the
teams will workout in Logan gym
and this evening the seeding and
drawing will be conducted for the
1940 meet,
Aside from B. T. Harvey, Head
Coaches ~Frank L. Forbes, W. J.
Nicks, and Ralph C. Robinson, As
sistant Coaches Artis P. Graves,

and ~S. H. Archer, Jr., Athletic
Director A. J. Lockhart and sev
eral. others, the ten-man squads
of Clark, Morris Brown. and Morehouse are breezing forth for the
Alabama college town.,
SWAN SONG FOR TWO

Coach Robinson's squad consists
of Captain: Albert (Abbey) Henderson, William (Pimp) Pemberton,
Aaron~ (Weasel) Watson, Clarence
(Sonny) Younger, Kafr,. (Sugar)
Coates, Lyle (Git) Gitens, Norman
(Red) Baker, Ernest (Jo Jo)
White, Archie (Red) Jones. and
Joseph (Prince Albert) Swiggins.
Watson and Pemberton close their
collegiate careers at the I
ment.

Coach Nicks~. aggregation lists
Captain John (Kildee) Lawson,

Willie (String Music) Mapp, Her
hert (Deacon) Wiles, Jesse (Jack
Pot) ~Bryan, and Charles Bookert,

forwards; Gerald (Big) Brown and

William (Wilq Bill) Dowell, centers; and Alternate Captain
George (Coffin) Walker, Joseph

(Sunny) Wiles, and Floyd (Eric
the Red) Tipton. guards, Walker
will. be lost by graduation following the tournament,

FOUR SENIORS

\

Coach Forbes is sticking almost
exclusively by veterans. His tournament squad... numbers George
(Junie) Cobb, Captain George Coffee. Isaiah Sloan (Ikie) Blocker,
James (Pinky) Haines, Daniel Bar)
Smith, Leon (Cat) Harris, Albert
(AD Grant, Fred Kertley, Robert
Washington and George (Bubber)
Mitchell, Cobb, Coffee, Blocker,
and Smith are Seniors.

With three crack teams entered,
Atlantans are expected to see at
least one Gate City five in the late
rounds and will be there in droves.
The best meet in history is seen,

Kid Cage Stars Boost: Work Of Adelphi

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| Reson Made To
|Community Center

PONTIAC, Mich~(W N -S)~
\ Golden Gloves sponsored by
the Pontiac Daily Press recently:
@ one hundred dollar
($100.00)} check to the Southwest
Community Center~ The | one
hundred dollars ($100.00) came
fom the! net profits of the Golden
Gloves tourney in which the Box
| erg an@/Hunters played a promin--

by the city at large and especialiy
sinée gifts of any type are~scarce.

Mr. Henry Harper, director. of
the poepenety Center, has rounded out ~a community program that

ent = The civic-mindedness of

McNeill is chairman of the board
of directors of this organization.
The Boxers ang Hunters club was~

represented by- Mr. L. J. Garner.

RECENT BOOKS

~Attorney For the People~, by Rapert) Hughes (Reviewed by Jean
Blackwell for ANP)

Here is a beok sure to be political significance this year. It is the
biography of Thomas E. Dewey, entitled ~Attorney for the People~~~ by
Rupert Hughes. Hughes is known
as the biographer of George Washington; and one wonders whether
or not he will be known as the
biographer of two presidents!

Tom Dewey has caught the public imagination by his crusader
against the racketeers in New York
county. He made life safe for workingmen against union exploiters
He freed small merchants from the
terrots of enforced ~protection~:
He cleaned the political stable of
Tammany Hall. New Yorkers stand
especially in his debt, for it war
his washing charge that brought
about the reelection of Mayor LaGuardia and the Fusion ticket. His
campaign for the governorship of
New York state put the Republican
emblem back in the first place on

the allot for the first time in ig
years. 7

Everyone who follows we newsping or moving |

Paper, pictures
} ~OF eel entire paeyrarl inthe 4 out
acti ties of the young -Lochnivar. -

~({mdeed, this bock can only add ~ta
the popularity of the sobriquets sa

often flung at Dewey; for the flattering picture painted by ~Attorney
for the People~ suggests ~the afore
said knight, Saint-George and Jack

Star Basketball Player

|. HAMTRAMCK,
Mobley, Jr., Sports Editor of

is very | beige Dr. Howard H.
Editor Is

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Ry ~ &. \hiradon-., Mich. ~ ciitton
White Newspaper Syndicate
aptain of the Hamtramck -
/ School Basketball team, is attract
ing statewide recognition for -
magnificent playing on the }

tramek High School cage wt

~Mobley has been. a scoring doe
in almost every Hamtramck game
this winter. In a recent. match he

~scored 8 field goals, as many as

~the entire opposing Denby -=
ool in Detroit.

-is now the undisputed tnat_vidatil score~ leader in poeges:
City Aeeoar and is leading his~
nearest gompetitor by nine points.

In basketball Mobley is a real ~

champ. His speed is amazing and

under his leadership the Ham
tramek team is sure to win, first

place this season.

Boxers And.

Hunters Praised
PONTIAC, Mich., (WNS)~The

Boxers and Hunters Club under
the direction of L. J, Garner made
an excellent showing in the local
as well as the state Golden Gloves
tournament. Starting the season
with less than ten fighters
after losing two of these through
either injury or illness, the team
came near winning the team chaimpionsHip in the local tournament..

The boys whose performances
were outstanding are as follows:
Clarence Brown, Mack Tucker,
George Johnson, Roy McConner,
William Jermings and Percy McConner.

The able leadership furnished by
Mr: T..
factor in the success of the team.
pF ale i
has sacrificed time and energy with
voungsters who are eager~to learn

the game.

neal

NAACP lawyers, headed hv
Thurgood Marshall, who represented Alston, noted an exception to
Judge Way~s decision, -thus ' making possible an appeal to the VU.

and..

J. Garner was in important,

knows the boxing game and ~

S. Circuit Court and finally to the:

U. S. Supreme Court.
the Giant Killér, all rolled inte.

one. r: ~
"| tractiveness. of ~young... ~
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~press agent. After a, his se

Lytton~ Strachey
theré. is no cé ting~ ie.

adagainst the author~s zealous. advocacy.

FIRST Negro to dine at the
White House as the gtiest of a
President of the. United States~
1864, and the first Negro to ride
on a battleship as the guest of the
Unrtted States. Navy~-iMrederick
Douglass.

station, during the Spanish-American War, was fired by John Jor
dan, chief gunner~s mate-United

Just Thinking

The test of character is not the
~contour cf the head. ~

Though bumps have heir place,
and their meaning: nor is it the |
glint of the-eye, the set of the jaw
or the promptness with which the ~
final test of character is the issue
of the life.

The words of the mouth, the

meditations of the heart, and the ~

deqds the hands find to do.

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