Brownsville Weekly News

ate ee ee oe; By Luctas Melanchaly ~Jones

~ Basketball Offers Supreme Challenge To
Modern Boy; Kids Should Learn Early To
~Develop Similar Skill With Both Hands

THE FEAT of George Glamack, six-foot, five inch center of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
who, Monday, bagged 31 points in a game against
N. C. State to run his 1941 individual total~to 470 points,
should prove a lasting inspiration to boys all over the world
who aspire to play basketball well.

Glamack, because he has a natural handicap of defective
vision and is forced to play in thick-lense glasses, is widely
known as the ~Blind Blizzard.~ But judging from his personal feats, one would be tempted to believe the spectacles
are an asset rather than a liability. |

Only recently, Glamack shot 45 points in a game
against Clemson, another traditional rival of the Tarheels,
for an all-time dixie scoring record.

Several years ago, Angelo (Hank) Luisettj rack forward of Stanford University, graduated with a four-year
individual scoring record of 1,596 points for an average of
399 points a season. In his top year, he roped 465. Glamack~s 470 this year to date beat Luisetti~s mark) by five

~-points~and the blind blizzard still has three more gamed
~Washington and Lee, Duke, and Davidson~in which he
may garner enough points to set up an all-time high-scoring
record that may never be equalled.

Glamack~s feat, even were he normal in every respect,
would be phenomenal. That, with a natural handicap, he
has performed such a near-miracle should appeal to the fancy
and fire the imagination of every living youth interested
in the hardwood sport.

Some coaches reprimand a boy for taking a shot rows
farther out on the court than the foul arc; others are es
pecially vitriolic and severe in their criticism when a kid!

pops a one-handed swing shot from more than a
of the basket.:
- You'll find plenty of coaches who don~t want their boys
- to shoot the ball from way out at all unless they~ re trailing
late in the game.

The column dees not belong to that conservative school
of thought. It has the conviction the fans want thrills~
~ that scoring provides the latter~and that to get points reg~ and systematically you have to develop great ~shots.~

column leans strongly toward the strategy of letting a ~ld take his pet shots whenever and wherever they
are advisable, with the ~special proviso, however, that they
be followed up religiously for possible goals on second,
~third, or later attempts at the basket.

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Louis Flattens
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PHILADELPHIA, Penna. ~
(SNS)~The magic name of Joe
Louis lured a capacity crowd of
15,000 paying guests to Convention Hall here Monday n~ght.
They came to -see the famed
Brown Bomber toss.one of his
explosives~ into the face of Gus
Dorazio and the king of kings

did not fail....he rocked Dorazic
to sleep in 1 minute and 30 secends of the second round,

A lightning right,* behind four
range-finding left jabs on~ a
crouching, bobbing Dorazio, turn
ed the trick with incredible swift.
ness.

Dorazio used the low, low ana
lower crouch along with the bot
and weave..the style conSidered
best for Louis foemen..but the
champion waited for Gus to come
up for air. When Gus did come
up, the fizht was over. ~

So sudden and surprising was
the finisher that it is doubtful if
Dorazio knew when the lightning
stuck; 15,000 witnesses did nol
see it ~they only saw the immediate
result...Dorazio on the deck an~é
otally inert until the timer~s hane
had descended the ninth time.

Thus Joe Louis moved past his
fourteenth man since becoming
champion, more titular engage
Second
Quick Ri zht
Proves ~Fatal~

To Challenger

ments than the last six heavyweight kings (1926-1937) indulg
ed in the aggregate.

~| PORAZIO FEARLESS

After Tony Galento, Bok
Montgomery, Lou Nova, Jim
Braddock and Ray Robinson had
been presented to a very responsive audience, the big bout was
on.

Louis tossed: nineteen lefts and~
six right hands in the first round,
six of them scoring cleanly. Dorazio threw six rights and five
lefts in this session which went to
Louis ove:whelmingly. Only one
punch, a ieft, was clean.

The combatants clinched _ five
times and thrice was Louis rushed to the ropes. The most furious
milling of the round oceurred in
the final minute when both fighters stood up and fired away. A
clinch ended this exchange ~and
the final vhirty seconds Louis
scored with four left jabs, a left

Dorazio

Round

hook and a straight right without}

a reurn at the bell.

Gus Dorazio tossed the first

punch of the second round. After

measuring each other for a few
seconds the white fighter jammed
a left to Louis~ jaw before doubling into a low crouch.

Stimulated to action,
missed twice with right hands.
The Bomber lashed out with a
left jab, hooked with the left and
then dynamited the. left side of
Dorazio~s jaw with a_ cyclonic
right.

This shot levelled Dorazio to
the canvas where he lay completely motionless until the tally
reached nine, then rolled over
slightly. It was a clean knockout
end according to Louis, one of
the best right hands he ever
threw.

He pecked away at his crouching antagonist with jabs and
waited. He backed. away when
Dorazio attempted to bull him
into the ropes, but when the time
was ripe to let go with the big
punch, Louis has one more indoor
scrap before moving toward Billy

Conn in June. He- fights Abe
Simon, Jewish sensation, in
March.

By A. L. KIDD
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.~ (SNS) ~
The Florida A. and M. Rattlers

won their eighth conference game
here Saturday when they defeated
the Morehouse~ College Tigers by
the score of 39-24.

The Floridians looxed more like
themselves as they held the Atlantans to eight points. while running up 17 during the first half,
High scoring honors went. to
Leonard Hall, fast-breaking Florida
guard, who tossed in six field

goals atid two charity shots for a
total] of 14 points. Shadd, Florida |
center, took second honors with 5

field goals and two charity shots
to a total of twelve points, Myles
and McMath, with six points each,
shared high scoring hohors for
Morehouse,
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BUILDERS OF HISTORY AND CIV

NE OF the most accomplished educators and scholars of
Oo his day was Professor William Eve Holmes, born in
ape, Georgia, January 22, 1856.

Shate | his slave parents belonged to separate families, the
responsibility of William~s rearing fell upon his mother,
who promoted his education in every way. They were helped
by her master~a wealthy carpenter and ase ad who soon
took a great liking to William.

ef From the close ~of the Civil War to 1871, Holmes was instructed by some of the ablest teachers in New England. He
received a college education~and later studied Hebrew, German and French at Yale University.

_In 1881 Holmes was ordained to the ministry. And in 1883. he distinguished himself in the religious field by his elec
tion as Corres poctos Secretary of the Missionary Baptist
Convention of Georgia~a body representing over -100,000

communicants.
The pressure of business became so great that soon Holmes

was compelled to devote his entire time to his
work. On June 11, 1884, the Universi
ferred upon him the Degree of Master of Arts. ~

All his life, Holmes preached moral, social
and mental progress. He was untiring in his
endeavor to elevate the Negro race, and his
valuable contributions to that cause are im
measurable.

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Florida Chalks Up Revenge Win
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Girls Win
11 In Row

By CHARLES LeLAY

NEW career la~Feb. 15.~
The Xavier University cage sextette added two more games to its
current win streak ot eight consecutive games, chalking up nine
and ten in defeating the Tuskegee
Institute lassies, 31-27 and 37-33,
and even when the Prairie View
College girls bowed, 52-22. All
three games were played the. past
week at Xavier gymnasium. The
Xavier girls have lost only one
game in the past two years, winning seven, tying two, and dropning One last: season.

MISS CASEY. CLICKS.

The first contest with Tuskegee
was a thriller, Xavier leading 10-9
at the end of the first quarter and
19-18 at half time. The visitors tted
it up, 22-22, in the third quarter;
however, Xavier's Casey found the
range of the Tuskegee basket and
the _Xavierites pulled out front.

~ Casey~s. 16 points via seven baskets

and two free throws gave her high
point honors in this contest, Huckenhull of Tuskegee played brilliantly for the visitors __.

The Prairie View game. proved to
ke a free scoring affair, Coach
Minnie Finley of Xavier using her
reserves in most of the game. Casey
again took high point honors, scor
ing thirteen paskets and three free
throws for 29 points.,

LeMoyne Cagers
Meet Lane Dragons
In Revenge Game.

Louis

| MEMPHIS, Tenn ~(SNs)~

Here comes Joe DonOvan (white)
of the Newark Star-Ledger ~New
Jersey~s All Day Newspaper~ with
a feéler on the Joe;-Biliy
Conn tangle at Pittsburgh or New
York next June. His letter follows:

~Dear Ric~I have been assigned to gather opinions of boxing
writers in 48 states on the probable
outcome of the Louis vs Conn
match for the World heavyweight
boxing championship.

~rt would appreciate and graciously accept yours. Enclosed find
a questionnaire and stamped. return envelope. Wil, yOu kindly fill
it out and return at your earliest

Who is your choice to win the
fight? (Louis). Knockout? (Yes)
How many Rounds? (13). Foul?
(No) A Draw? (No). Do-you think
Conn a jogical and formidable
opponent? (If he can weigh 185
pounds). Which should be the
main factor in this fight, adroit
boxing, speed or punch? (The
first and last items).

Who, if ~not Conn, would have
the best: chances to defeat Louis?
(Nobody). What is your opinion of
Conn-Louis gate, if fight was -to
-be held in New York? (56,000.)
Chicago? (42,000). Detroit?.(45,000). Pittsburgh? (50,000). Philadelphia? (37,000). Pacific Coast?
(50,000).

Do you think Louis is ~slipping~?
(NO) Do you think Louis has hurt

ds! Joe Louis
~There. seems to-be an increas
Louis. axe. The. papers have re| cently been laden with reports. indicating a dimunition of Louisian
explosives. Thousands of race fans
are begging, yes, imploring Joe;

Louis to hang them up and call.
it a career. ~I would die,~ declares
a Memphis matron, ~if they did
to Louis what they did to Armstrong. I couldn~t stand it~I hope
he will quit this year!~

Maybe time, the imperceptible
thief, is stealing Joe~s thunder.
Perhaps the big fellow is moving
swiftly toward. an early, Waterloo
but I. doubt it...

He~s still the smoothest article
anybody ever saw. No, waste of
mction, no reickldss squander of
energy~rather a supreme tendency
to. conserve energy, to. get. most
Tesults out Of the least possible

Louis-Conn Consensus

ing. anvil chotus. among white | bl
writers about the ~dulling of the

Questions About
Fakiogie

convenience?

~Many thanks for your. co-Opera~
tion ad best. wishes for health,
happiness and success, Sincerely
yours: -JOE DONOVAN.~.

I will attempt to honor Donovan~s request but wish to have it|
emphatically known that. I will
not be surprised if my findings
fail to stand up until June. The
determining factors of this fight
are likely to mature in the final
fortnight of preparation ~ ay
opinion advanced now must hinge
on the far away an dim approach of today, 140 days from
hell time.

boxing by fighting little known
fighters without legitimate claims
to role of challenger? (18,000 saw
him.tag Burman. I~d say, No).

Who is the most promising
heavyweight prospect in your
area or state? (Lionel Strong of
Memphis). Age? (22). Boxer oF
Puncher? (Puncher).. White or
Negro? (Negro). Height? (Over
six feet). Weight? (Over twohundred).

Do you think boxing should have
a Federal Commissioner, such a5
Landis to baseball, Hayes to

movies, Walker to the garment
trade? (Yes).

' Kindle and Haines,

a series of hoMe games and a gi
miles road tour a ae took them. as
far ag Baltimore, Maryland. This.
week the Tigers undertake a schedule of six games, each one & worthy foe. Teams to be met. and
which must be dethroned in order -
to give the Golden Quintmen séc-.
ond place in the Conference rating
prior to the seeding of teams Wednesday night, Feb. 26, include Clark
University, LeMoyne College, Florida A. and M. College (two games),
Morehouse College.and Morris
Brown College. ~All of these teams
are in the thick of the battle for
the coming tournament. The: competine ecagemen will offer one of
the finest exhibitions of basketball
evez displayed in the Southern
Conference.

The tournament has _ attracted
the attention of: lovers of the sport
in all sections of the country and
ether conferences are sending Ttepresentatives here for purposes. of
ebservation.

Men who will be expected to
stand out in tourndment play are:
Crozier, Thomas and Harris, Xavier; Ridley of Fisk; Holden, Penn,
and Copeland, S: = State, HenGerson, Jacok and ~Younger, Clar'
Tyler and the Claiborne bfothers,
Talladega; Farrell, Clark, Bankhead, Alabama bama State Teachers Cole
lege; Glymph,~ Shadd and Adams,
Floridg~A. and M. College; McMath,
Morehouse;

Why? (To perpetuate ~the general Lawson and the Wyles brothers,

health and the public esteem of
boxing as an honest public offerifig~to forever banish the spectre
of old man ~Fix~),:

~Slipping }

expenditure. ~That's Louis.

years of ~ite. Why? Because ~ they
squandered human energy meee
lessly. a

Dempsey was a raving, smirking,
weaving, charging gibbon inside
of a ring. Armstrong moved, moved,
moved, Dean pitched and won 8
of the last 11 victories for the
pennant winning Cards of 1934.
Then added three hard pitching
assignments im the Series that
year. |

The trio went away in a hurry.
when. he dodged Wills. Louis
came tp, he~s still up with Henry
gone. When Louis starts~ slipping
Dempsey was through in 1925

Reckless Jack Dempsey, the
wag up there when Armstfong
and see.

~American. Baseball
League. In Schedule
Meet February 23rd

A direct communication to;Memphis. World from Dr. J. B.
Martin, Sr.,. well known business

g

Sa schedule meeting
draw up plans for the first half
| the coming baseball season, to
Mahagers, trade ball players,
i select new frenchise owners if

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Norwood (Barney) Ewell Beaten
By Unknown In 50 Yard Dash;
Newcomer Equals World Record

PHILADELPHIA~(A N P) ~
Thomas East, a comparative unknown from Gheyney Teachers~
college, amazed 6,000 fans at the
fourth annual Penn A. C. invitation games in Convention Hall
Friday night by twice whipping
Barney Ewell of Penn State in the
50-yard dash and equalling the
world indoor record ~ of 5.2 seconds.,

After beating Ewell in the preliminaries, East came back in the

finals to triumph by inches. The
record was also equalled by Ewell
two years ago. The Penn Stater
won the event last year. ~

GORDON STILL CLICKING

Ed, Gordon, wno seems never to
wear out, celebrated his 18th year
of competition by pushing Fred

Wolcott of Rice institute to a new | |

Morris Brown; Smith, Brinkley.
Hornburger, and Porter and P.
the Savannah (Ga.) twins, Tuskegee.

The leading weekly papers in- |

ing local news gathering age
will have representavives on hand.
to give coverage to wie tournament. The Associatea Press, the
United Press, and the Interriational
News Service will also handle daily
dispatches from the local tepresntatives. -

Suitable trophies will be awarded
first, second and third place winners. Individual players and win~ning teams will receive balls. The
first team trophy will indicate that
~the recipient is the Champion for
1941. Previous winners: Tuskegee
Institute, 1934; Alabama State
Teachers College, 1935, 1936; Morehotse College, 1937; Xavier U Vere
siy, 1938, 1939, and Clark University, 1940,

Officials who have heen, selected
for the 1941 tournament are; B. T,
Harvey (Colgate), T. J. Knox (Talladega), G. H. Lennon (Bluefield
State Teachers College) and L. R.
Easterly (Wilberforce). John H.
Brown "virginia Union University)
will serve as the official timekeeper. Nelson S. Brooks (Tuskegee).
will be the announcer, and Theophilus C. Cottrell (Tuskegee) will
be the scorer.;

Regional AAU To |
Be Conducted At

\Alabama State

MONTGOMERY, Ala~(SNS)~
The commodious Horpet Gymmasium at Alabama State Teachers