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~Joe Louis is a good fighter and a
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That was the viewpoint of

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~ily, which had a first hance

>~ ~cover~ a speech by the
~anassas Mauler January 1~
efore the popular Lions~ Clul
f that city.

At that time, Dempsey made
in emphatic statement of hi.
~bjections to the _ Brown

n one phase of his speech, he
vas quoted as follows: ~
~Already N e g r o children

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denunciation not of Dempsey~s opinion of Joe Louis as a
fighter. It objected to his undemocratic view a Negro cannot be an exemplary heavyweight champion, an example for
both white and colored youth.
_ ~Louis, the supject of Dempsey~s attack, was set up as
the thing the Manassas Mauler said no Negro could ever be

~a great champion, one admi
and colored boys everywhere.

The Negro press, as a unit, joined in the concerted objection to! Jack Dempsey~s undemocracy. The wholesale reaction of the colored press was voiced, in, some instances, py
influential white sports editors. Foremost among these were

J. Gaskill McDaniel of the Ral
SERVER, who wrote in part:

~When Jack Dempsey, the greatest of them all, cut loose
with some disparaging remarks about Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis at Wilmington.
~ an extra chorus of his favorite song. As far back as. 1936,
over at Rocky Mount, the Manassas Mauler was telling Tar- |.
heel snorts fans that Joe lacked the requisites of a good

prize fighter.

~So help us, his latest outburst, is an exact Little Sir
Echo of the stuff he dished eut at Rocky Mount,
~On both occasions he came to the Carolinas to referee
some sixth-rate wrestling matches. The first trip out he gave

fans a little something extra
drunk grunters, thereby endin
of personal glory. This act wa

larity by Dempsey, in any number of towns, but they smelled

~the head.~

fA good champion must be one
that all

children can admire
and look up to, and, therefore,
a Negro will never fill the requirements.

~Joe Louis is getting a little
id. and he seems; to be going
~ackward. Besides, he has nevor had much competition. That

d's one of the big troubles with
Fouls. To be a good champion,

~ou~ve got to be able to give it,
~~d keep fighting hard. Louis

i-n~t take it ~ at. least around

This column started a bitter

red and looked up to by white

eigh (N. C.) NEWS AND OB
He was merely singing

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by kayoing one of the punchg the night~s doings in a blaze
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omber as. heavyweight king |

state title.

Bulldogs in the above picture

Georgia State Bas

Fresh from triumphs in both the North Middle Georgia Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament in Griffin and the fifth annual Georgia
State High Schoo] Basketbail Tournament in Savannah, Booker T. Washington High School af
Atlanta has eliminated all rival claims to the 1941

Members of the championship Blue and White

Ceasar) Hubert, forward, with the basketball, and

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Chatman, Paul

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ketball Cham

Calvin Jones, also in the front wearing the No. 4
jersey. The other players, left to right, are A. D.

George (Red). Finch, Othello Renfroe, and Captain Claude (Red) George.:

~The only local 1941 defeat suffered by
_BTWHS, coached by Leslie C. Baker, was by the
Adelphi Junior. club, also of Atlanta, in the ClarkRenaissence preliminary at the. Jewish Progressive

club in the Gate City.~ (Staff photo by McKibben)

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Simpson, Robert (Pete) Turner,

By ERNEST JOHNSON

NEW YORK,~ (ANP) ~Big
John: Borican of the Shore A. C.
registered a double victory, establishing a new world record in one
event, and Herb Thompson of Jersey City came within one-tenth of
a second of equalling a world~s record-at the 22nd renewal of the
Knightsof. @dlumbus games when
15,000 enthusiastic fans crowded
into Madison Square Garden Saturday night to witness such stellar
attractions as the Casey 600 and
the Columbian Mile, and to bring
the current indoor season to 2
triumphant close.

The Casey 600 for the Cardinal
Hays Memorial trophy proved every bit the thriller expected, The
-six-man field brought together
Jim Herbert, Charlie Beetham,
Charlie O~Donnel!, Johnny Quigly
and Borican.

BIG JOHN CLICKS
Borican, an infrequent starter at

Big John Borican Breaks World
Indoor Mark In 600-Yard Run

the first of his two bids for. victory
in one night. by trying to upset
Herbert~s world record of 1:10.8
Last year, he made a similar attempt and succeeded in winning his

over Glen Cunningham in the bargain, but lost the 600 to Beetham.
The races were run. in that order.
This time, however, it was the reverse.

with Borican leading the Herbert
second. Intermittent shuffling in
the back at no time threatened the
vanguard until Beetham, ~ ever
Herbert~s rival, started making a
strong bid. Borican responded with
a new burst that drew him away
from all. competitors.
WORLD INDOOR MARK
Suddenly O~Donnell shower power and began moving up overtaking Herbert and pressing Beetham.
Meanwhile, Borican furthered his

lead and finished about fifteen
yards ahead of Charlie Beetham,

this shorter distance, was making

ORANGEBURG, 3S. C.~(SNS)~

S.C. State Upsets N.C.
State Eagles 40 To 38

head long shots into the basket.

specialty, the 1000 yard run, taking |

' run saw Borican hang up his sec} ond victory of the evening by finThe race got off to a fast pace,

ron as the Shore A. C. record-hold
establishing a new world record of
1:10.2 in the process, six-tenths of

a@ second under Herbert~s record
set. in 1940. O'Donnell ran - third
and Herbert a bad fourth. | The

Shore A. C. runner revealed beautiful and effortless striding throughout.

One hour later the 1000 yard

ishing yards ahead of Jim Kehoe of
the Washington A. A., his ubiquitous rival, Consistently, then, the
completely a Borican and Kehoe
affair,

ANOTHER GREAT
PERFORMANCE

Kehoe got away nicely, the others followed with Borican in fifth
place. The Washington lad held

er moved into third position and
bided his time. At 2 1-2 laps to go
the field started stringing out as
Big John began applying the pressure and took over the lead. Kehoe
stuck with him up to about the last
turn when Borican unleashed that

reserve power and pulled away.
The time was 2:103, the third
fastest on the books,

Paul Cowie of LaSalle military

academy showed considerable~ courage in the 60 yard dash in bucking up against the three dark demons of dynamic drive in the persons of Herb Thompson, Tom

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reign as champicn: of the pugilistic

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ending g boxing bout here, where
~e officiated as the third man in

| he ring, Jack Dempséy, idol of
nillions because of his

former

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Bomber Hi

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anything which may have been attributed to him im the past as
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Exciting Career
SIAC Bloodhound

~\ TE YOU LIVE FOR excitement, fr a romantic, thrill- |

ing existence~pby all means, get on a newspaper beat. As Sir

Harry Lauder said in his sang:.

~You'll never have much

rnoney, but boy, er boy, youll have fun!~ eet
The sports desk is the~most thrilling. You get ringside

seats at championship fights;

trips to college campuses,

passes to everything from ergettas to ping pong tourna
ments.

The mass hysteria of a classic football clash.. ~.. the
socially, polite, sophisticated contact of tennis...... the gore

of a prize ring...... the squa

| tournament or game.... -..the

one else~s expense... records,

ll of an exciting basketball
squall of an exciting bsketball
records and records... hand
shakes with coaches and famous people of the day... thou
sands of acquintnces... the iure of headline hunting.
The only ~draymer~~~the one impediment~lurks in living the

life of a successful, retired sportsm

an on not so robust remuneration,

A trip to see Joe Louis in action at Yankee Stadium~ costs you and
you or you $57~a sports hound gets all of this free, plus his salary,
for bothering to drop in on the wrangle at bell time.

A trip to the.Orange Blossom Classic costs you at least $15

plus absence from work. It seems
hound.

The profession is fused with
like ~swing music~;
the fires of youth ebb?

at least $30: profit to the sports

charming episodes~but gosh, it~s

what will a guy do when the years pile up, when

MEMORABLE HIGHLIGHTS

Writing or playing the sports have carried me over 150,000 miles
through | 31 states; o Mexico and Cuba. Here are a few memorable
moments: Mascoting for the New York Giants in 1920 at Gainesville... sketching Babe Ruth in the nude (save for a gigantic towel across

his Jap) in the University of Florida gym in 1920..

for Lincoln~s undefeated 1923-24
Gainesville... caddying for Gene. quarterbacking
prep grid champs of Florida at
Sarazan at Winter Haven in 1925... failure to get a football letter at Clark in 1925.... my first

-SIAC triamph, a-11-2 piching victo

ry over Tuskegee for Clark~s 1926

SIAC baseball champs, and a baseball letter... ~making the grade~
against Morris Brown that same fall at half for Clark... All SIAC
honors at half... ten dollars a week for my column ~Under South
ern Skies~ in the Chicago Defender.. ~ pitching for Nat Trammell~s

Daytona Royals at Miami, at Tampa, at St, Peersburg, at Daytona, at

Key West in 1927... grabbing b

at the first annual Tuskegee Relays in 1927..

handshake after my ~~~believe it or n

oth the high jump and broad jump. Cleve Abbott~s
ot~? sixty minutes agains his titanic

1927 Golden Tiger for 214 personal vards, a 6-lard off-tackle touchdown; all my athletic exploits before and after, pyramid themselves
to the focal point of hose sixy mintues... We lost, 28-12; next

year we won, 13-9.

THE BEATEN PATH

Football in the snow at Wilberforce, Ohio.

driving rainstorm and 40-degree
12,000 drench lunatics sang the top
er~... Tuskegee 0, Wilberforc.. Officiating in a
weather at Soldiers~ Field while
song of the year: ~Stormy Weathe 0.. cake-walking through

HKamblin~s West Virginians at Lakin Field up there in the méuntains. Doing a 1,5000 mile New

Years~ Day trek to Texes...

Hunting with Chavez and Tiller in the Galveston marshes... In

~the fourth row at Yankee Stadium looknig a the mighty spectacle
of Joe Louis versus Max Baer with 90,000 witnesses.
crowd ever to witness a New York fight... Sories from Yankee}

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lick him. I'd try te
fighting the only kind of a fight
I knew how. T~d just try to

keep punching

~Now this Louis can~t
with body punches. He~s!
g0o0d shape. Braddock hit him. tn
the chin and knocked him down.
Galento floored him with a shot to
the chin and Schemeling knocked
him out with right hands to the
chin. You~ve got to hit him on.
the button to beat him. But you~ve
got to hit him hard, he won~t fold
up. I like Louis.~

LIKES JOE. LOUIS? ao

Quoting from _ the interviewer,
Revi Povioh of the Washington

~ost:

~Dempsey was making very plain

the fact that he liked Lonis. Within the past month, the matiler has
been roundly attacked by the Negro press of the country following
an interview in New Orleans wher
it was reported that Dempsey had
cast doubt on the Negro fighter~s
gameness, erihg 2 Chere
~I~ve caught it from all over the
country for that story~, Dempst
what.and 4it..got.me in a.
the former champion,
sure I could lick Loufs~.

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May Ban Union

For Playing
Globe Trotters

WASHINGTON~(By A> ~E.

White for ANP)~The silly séason.

is in full swing. To wit, Virginia
Union~s team has been
declared a ~pro~ outfit since they
played the Harlem Globe Trotters
in an exhibition game -last week.
And refusing to play Union of all
teams was Howard, the simonpure amatuer outfit, which hag tie
worst record of any team in the

so terrible that sense of decency made him bury it
~ ~tesae \.: Brow the high point ey; East for Cheyney State Teachers: i:.

_ ~Tn low-rating Joe Louis, it~s barely possible that Demp- cikes hide Bee engine foe tha Waris Bad none and Mozel Ellerbe of Tuskegee. All| Stadium, Comiskey Park, Buffalo Stadium, Philadelphia, Pompton | play this game and when the ofsey is letting his prejudices get the better of him, After all, '14, South Carolina State. speea| For South Carolina, Copeland | finalists were number one in their | Lakes, Miami, West Palm Beach, Havana, Tampa, Tuskegee, Houston, ficials of the CIAA Lp ogee it
the Negro titleholder has been fighting any and all comers;femons cut down tk rangy giants | stocd out as brilliant floor per- trials. Eulace Peacock was elimi- | Washington, Jacksonville, Montgomery, Memphis, Little Rock, Xenia, be paripaf ablge+at age
since he won the crown, and that~s as much as anyone could |*f North Carolina College, 1941 C. | former and Holden was the high | nated in the heats. Trenton, ~Tallahassee, New Orleans, Lake Lacheine, Pine Bluff, Jack-| 13+ 1. some looking into pipes |
expect of a champion. I 4. A. ee and won Be one ster pth re 7 pee ghee, THOMPSON~ REGISTERS son, Knoxville, Asheville, Charlotte and, yes, Gainesville. Stories| an the coaches and managers. of, ~Had Louis been unfortunate enough to be challenger rea fo. Be lorgotven!' visiory (4~ ceeet ot iccunetven, ere er as tea ae Peas wae oes from everywhere... It has beén great these fifteen years of blood-| the various basketball teams.induring. Jack~s none-too-active reign, he might have been giv-| STABLES TURNED mele mas ~. bares At d didn~t let | hound action, I couldn~t withstand the wear and tear, the rigors of| and around our larger institutions
en the runaround just as Dempsey did Harry Wills, Harry, | _Tovtament fans and three hun-. | up until he reached the tape. Ei- | ~ifteen more. Br-r-r! Avaun age! ang oltdes.
easily deserving cf a title bout on the basis of his record, mee noe Pog ~~ bsp on The dashing newcomers to South | jerbe pattlea Cowie and East but af aene | WOW, i _ basketball players
had the color line drawn on him for years. ~ oe. 5 eee gh | Carolina State A. and M. have | o~ the finish it was the Tuskegee 5; ~ oe ates not guilty of playing for

ae ee School Tournament sponsored by | won the respect and acclaim of the; ~ cakes.~ It is as comon as dish- ~Regardless of how one feels about pitting the races | sy south Carolina State A. and | season~s outstanding teams, At N. | Jah in second and East oe water and thé coaches know~ it.
together in the prize ring, it must be admitted that Louis, by |M. College witnessed the dazzling |G. College the first part of the Rtorigeceskttr~g Mitcnd Soa sacs This thing of calling Union
his actions outside the ring, is a credit to his people and to | ~*hibition of the two stellar col- |séason they surprised the Eagles ae \ wee be ied dois ~ hed pro team is out of line entirely.
{his nation.~: iege fives. ne at Durham with their fast-break- | G4, nae gla oe ~ The CIAA knows that other. pro
~ Following the blasts he received from~ sports writers of | STORYBOOK: FINISHED ing and cutting. This game was E: co | | teams have come into the Bast
beth races for his thoughtless and prejudicial statements |.,2~ to Pont margin of victory | won by the Eagles 46-44 in almost |.Ed Dugger runtiing for Tufts a imon rl a cod ep 7
Thole li: ~ |eame in the waning moments of {the same manner that S. C. State | gig no better than second in the - | teams, yet no one called them pros,
oo ~yeni rea. ome ge seriousness of his error. Immedi: | the game when the N. C. Eagles | won here Friday night. do yard! Kigh Windies | belag out-::::: nor did they suggest it. ~de
ately, ne took a pen en attitude.: re L walted under the terrific pace set North Carolina. College with @ |} ron by Fréa Wolcott, who, inciden- * By RUSS J. COWANS Thursday at Dence Paradise, An- The CIAA permits its teams,
The other night: In Orlando, Florida, where he went te by the S..C. State Bulldogs. In } record of 14 victories and the tally, had just previously equalled DETROIT Ee Following a two,drew H (Jap) Sneed~s new dance Howard, Virginia State and Lincoln i
referee a fight, he changed his spots like a magic leopard. ~the hectic encounter, South Caro- | championship of the C. I. A. con- the world~s record of 7.2.in. the | week rest, Joe Louis, heavyweight |eriporium right in the heart of ~and Virginia Union, too, for pot
declaring, of all things, he was misquoted. Talking of the | tina age iol 3 ta Agger, ink pmine Poise the ~_~ the | semi-final. Woleott was préssed all|champion, swung back into the | Paradise Valley. part~to play the Recreation. GolLouis-Conn fight, Dempsey said: ee eee ee ee tmow lean een met this Sea | the way by Dugger who in turn |training grind, Saturday, a& he,| The champion stepped two | legiates, an alleced amateur team
fi MO pts ele 8:: pen epen ee eee ee bore felt~ the pressure of AllehTolmich, | began preparations for the fif- | rounds each with Jolting Johnny | of this city. And who does the
Louis will knock him out, sure as shootin~, Sometimes |xrare'n vrtil the closing mites |S. C. STATE (40) d- hodlder. They finished | té | ~:: (Mich:) heavy- ~
eget ~ Pa ef the gore, FG FT Tp | Meet recor er. They fini: teenth defense of the titlé he won | Whiters, Pontiac ) heavy;:
before the 15 rounds are over, he~ll catch up with Conn and ~ ~he ~~, der in 7. Ri Nicholson. i n:. Tie Bullien< tha the e-nve'ar- | Ceeintia e 4.31 | imthat order in 7.3 time. from James J. Braddock in Chicd- |weight, and George,
tag him with riya a a fg ind ~~ ig dy be CAPTYINE | og ane ruMled ost None whos femme a ay: | g0, June 2% 1887. Joe is scheduled | Yonkers, (N.Y. Nicholson has been |
i over-matched boy out of the ring. How they ever figure *" * 4: a tek: He ce oe 3 inrnin lactitita to meet Abe Simon, ponderous New;a memt Louis training
that Conn will give Louis a battle of it, I don~t know. Conn \.... ~: ms ig me - Bg PA lste Ateie ~ ~-3 Lincoln Institute York heavyweight, in a 20-round | entourage since the champion preis supposed to be.a pretty good boxer, but they ought to know wie one fer 9 78-26 lead. Brown | Stanfey 2.........26 022 2 2 6. championship bout~ im Olympia, | pared for his tussle with Bradby this time that Louis can box himself.~ fh: ltor We C Eribbled down the Goor | OWME G. 6.60600 cc, es Drops Central Five. ts gra met vor
_ Asked how. he himself would have fared against Louis ~"~ ~?"* ~ looper to knot it agoin ed The two principals in the cham- | In the first boxing Saturday Joe
Dem Vv. said:; ih fe? '~3.38. With seconds onlv to play | TOTAL............... 17 6 40; Trin an) \ | pionship contest, passed their pliy- showed to the large audi ence
se aa! < FY 'Folden for South Carolina sent a ~_~~ By Score Of 38-35 sical examinations last Wednesday |~he~s not far from top co.. ~T know how Jack Dempsey would try to lick him. I~d tone shot to the hoop that eave adam 4 J Ne when they were examihed by Dr. | He sailed into both Whiters and
try to beat him by fighting the only kind of a fight I krrew | Souty, carolina the victory 40-38. | N. C. STATE (38) By C. RICARDO BULIETT /{N_ H: Schlafer, physician for the ee and lashed them with a
ow. Yd i. FG FT TP|~ hae oe BS ode Mich Commission. -fisted -attack that almost
ee st net tm Sere ciety ane Keep punching St | aguas came ar ae t 0. 2 | SANOGLN. SERGS, Kydes |: Binion egan his training arte lewept hens Gut Of the Hag Be
&. ~:: OE: WOW oo. as. ee 0 | ~ se hundred. basketball fans | last Friday, boxing four rounds at | was particularly furious in his at~Now this Louis can~t be licked with body punches. He~s: The South Reedieai first ~ eae Rede Oe 1; 2 | from all walks of life: filled the | the moti on Gym. with Biliy |tack on whited.
in too good shape. Braddock hit him on the chin and kndcked 8 Se Ae has oS omy ies snideets ONES Ac 1 2 4 | new $3000 Hughes~ gym on the /mcNabb and Paul Revers, twoj| The champion boxed again Sun__ him down. Galento floored him with a shot to the chin: and sinoie the tall aes be [COMMS... 61... seers 1 1 _ 8 | Sinton Institute campus to see the | ical heavyweights. Louis moved |day, confining his ring action to
Schmeling knocked him out with righ hand to the clin. | 3, too ee ee, Degas, PONE is a5 as 6. 5 f7| hard fighting Central High: School | out to his Springhill Perm, 22 | four rounds, two each with Whit- You've got to hit Him on the button to beat him ~But you've sites t eleven Enete. stood erect Downing Pec eset evens 5 0 10 | of Louis ville drop 2 well fought miles) from Detroit, and ers and Nicholson: s He punched the
sot hit him hatd: tis thak decal: Goharinasa Arnacaams ed game to the Lineoln Iatitute ' boxing Saturday. He wil, box |bag for another rotund, skipped the
got hit him hard; S. C. State players and tossed over-. TOTAL.....,.........15 8 38 Tigers by @ score of 38-36. devery day except 4% rope and went through a round of

he won't just fold up. I like Joe Louis.~

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