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FLINT BROWNSVILLE NEWS, FLINT; MICHIGAN ~~

Football Changes for 1941 Get Preview In
All-Star Classic; Talk of Separate Body
~ For Grid Officials Looms at Chattanooga

THE ALL-STAR game Thursday night at Soldier~s
Field, Chicago, between the Chicago Bears, professional grid
champions, and the College All-Stars, consisting of college
stars graduating last June, was a sort of pre-view of how
the pastime will look this fall with the new rules in effect.

In the big ~dream game~ the other night. the ball was
handed forward behind the line of scrimmage by backs who
no longer were five or more yards back. The incomplete fourth down forward pass behind the opponent~s goal

_ line no longer resulted in a touchback. There were droves
of substitutions throughout the game~the same player going in and out of the game in the same period as his coach

~ cared to substitute him. There was no penalty for communication of or between players just entering the game.

The only times substitutions resulted in penalties were
those occasions when the insertions resulted in illegal de--
lay of the game. There were several penalties for this infraction. a

The most severe penaliv of the game was made against
the All-Stars when, after it was ruled that one of their
plavers roughed the pass-receiver hehind the goal line, an
incomplete forward pass was disallowed, interference was
ruled,-and Referee Fiessell put the ball in play on the one
yard. line with first down for the team which had put the
hall in play. In two plays, the Bears were over for a touchdown.

Typically professional football was played by the champion Bears, who displayed a terrific wallop ~down the middle~ and a deadly, deceptive aerial game. Their traction
was simply too much-for the All-Stars as they held the ball
for spells of three or more minutes at various stages of the

contest.

With the Bears leading 16-13 and the score. indicating
anybody's ball game, the All-Stars lost their best chance to
go ahead for the first time when a promising drive was

- ruined with an untimely interception by the pros deep in
their own territory.

Prior to that foiled drive, the All-Stars, sparked by
~UCLA~s former ball-carrying immortal, Jackie Robinson had
uncorked pass plays aggregating 81 yards and their second
touchdown that narrowed the count from,16-6 to 16-13.

The average football! game generally runs around two
hours, ~but, if Thursday~s all-star contest is to be a determirant for the future, 1941 tilts will require about two and
a half hours on the average.

Free substitution in all periods will automatically ~step.
up~ the amount of time required to.run off a game. Officials will find themselves heavily taxed this year in making
absolutely certain the limitless substitutions don~t illegally
delay action.

The Southern Coaches and Officials Association holds
its annual fall meeting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, next Saturday and Sunday afternoons, September 6-7, and the body
of ~men in white~ should find themselves assembled in one
of the most significant sessions of their history.

The revolutionary nature of the 1941 rules changes,
the increased emphasis on ~bowl games~ during 1940 when.
three such contests were staged in Atlanta, Orlando, and
Birmingham, and the growing feeling, especially on the
part of higher-ups of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference. that the officials should be in a separate and
distinct organization from the coaches~all guarantee a lively session. ~.

In fact, Dr. Brady, by calling upon Prof. B. T. Harvey,
most seasoned of the active arbiters in the loop and rated
~dean of SIAC football officials~, established Che fact. that
the so-called Southern Coaches and Officials Association
(SCOA) has never been anything more than an affiliate of
the Southern Intercollegiate: Athletic Association (SIAC).
Dr. Brady asserted firmly the SIAC has no jurisdiction whatever over the SCOA.;

The SICA president, following I
Frank L. Forbes of Morehouse in which the Maroon athletic
director pointed out the advantages of an officials organization not under control. jurisdiction, or legislation of the

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coaches, expressed the opinion that the football officials |

- should form an organization separate and distinct from the
~coaches. He said the fellows need not give up the fellowships of o'd~that the coaches could continue to meet when

the officials do, but. in separate chambers.

The prevailing opinion was that an organization of of
ficials should govern and legislate for itself. In fact, it was
pointed out that most of the coaches weren~t really aware

of which were the best officials, because they did not, for |

the most part. attend football officials~ skull sessions and
meetings in thei respective regions.

ence the good ones and the uncooperative ones.

Notwithstanding a separate officials organization, a
coach wouldn~t be duty-bound to use ~the men holding top
ratings in the various officiating positions, as rated by the
said body The particular coach could, of course, stick to his
policy of asing tne vificials he holds in highest respect.

But it is almost a cinch that, in a majority of cases, the
preferred officials of the average conference coach will

* those ~men in white~ holding the top ratings as established

by the officiel organization Officiating efficiently still
calls for honesty, accurate of ~hservation, proper position
upon the field, speed, and accuracy of observation. Those
are the points upon which the coach would be expected to
judge the quality of officials. Any rating body is going to
judge on the same points,
that the coach and the rating
the same conclusions.

15 Fort Benning ~
~Men Are Promoted ~

FORT BENNING, Ga.~(SNS)}
~Fifteen enlisted men of the
94th Infantry, Ft. Benning Ga,| Corp. Major Bennefield, Conow on maneuvers in Louisiana, lumbus, Ga.; Corp. Richard C.
have been promoted, acccrding | Grant. Davison, Ga: Corp. Lyto regimental orders received~ mon Vickers, Bakersville, Ala.;
from the maneuver camp base | Cerp. Reuben Thompkins, Birmcamp in Ragley, La. ingham, Ala.; Pfe. Cezar Bernard,

Enlisted men advanced to high- Columbus, Ga,

ca

body will arrive at virtually

er rank, all members of ~Company
~| A and all promoted to the ranx
cf sergeant, are:

~Corp. John H. Sutton, Houston, Texas; Corp. George A. Tellis, Smithville. Ga.; Corp John
Jacksen, Jr., Belsoni, Miss.

a brief speech by Coach |

On the other hand,,
it was pointed out the officials know from working experl- |

The odds, then, are pretty heavy ~

Brud Holland
Will Remain
AtLincoln

WASHINGTON, D. C.~ (ANP)~
Jerome ~Brud~~ Holland will coach
at Lineoln for the next three years.
This information, although unofficial, comes as an end to the duery
as to where Holland would be this
fall. Previously, it had been an
nounced: that Holland had signed
to coach at Hampton and would assist Coach Griffin with the Pirates.
Later information leaked out that
Holland had been approached by
LincoIn alumni, after learning
that Holland would not be drafted,
and offered a three year contract
after he had sigrfed with Hampton.

A wire from Hampton said offiicals there knew nothing of the
change in Holland~s plans and were
confidently expecting the former
Cornell end to report to take charge
of his linesmen at an early date.
That was early in August. Nothing
more came out until news came
through Washington early last week
that Holland had been signed and
had agreed to the terms offered.

At Hampton, Holland was supposed:to have had a teaching as
| Signment as well as taking over the

line coaching chores, and the Pirates were jubilant at ~having signed the. great Holland. But at that
time, the draft situation hadn~t
been cleared up, neither is it believed that Holland is. definitely
slated to go back to Lincoln where
he has been working with a great
degree of success.since he left his
alma, mater. =

New York To
~Jump~ Week Of
Louis-Nova

*NEW YORK ~(SNS) ~Getham
will have one of the busiest weeks
in its colorful sporting history beginning with Sunday, September
28, and ending Saturday, October
4. In this single seven-day stretch
sports lovers will be served the
world heavyweight championship
fight between Joe Louis and Lou
Nova, September 29; the opening
of the World Series, either Octowelterweight champion~ Ted Cochrane and lightweight champion
Lew Jenkins; and the first Saturday of bigtime football.

The postponement of the LouisNova fight from the night of September 19 to-the night of the twenty-ninth has given what would be
a fairly exciting week on. any calendar a wallop which spells, in
the: language of the local tradesmen, Welcome-folks~we~ve been
~expecting you! Already merchants
are preparing for greatly increased
sales, hotels are booking reservations, theatres are filling orders by
mail: there is an air of eager anticipation hanging over the big
town.

Harlem is preparing to handle
one- of the biggest onrush of visitors in years. John Roxborough,
Lotis~ co-manager, was at the Hotel Theresa this week, and appeared
decidedly pleased about the stir the
coming fight is causing.

The prospect of the Brooklyn
Dodgers winning the National
League race and: them taking on
the Yanks in the Series must not
be under-estimated as a magnet
drawing people to the loads of fans
who will come to New York to see
Lippy Durocher~s boys. play in
what the late Ring Lardner of affectionately called ~the Serus~~ that
| wouldn~t budge to see another team.

| ports fans in New York would
| seem to have,in the week beginning September 28 what Cab Calwould

~ loway~s Brother Treadway
' call ~a nachal!~

RALEIGH, N. C.~(SNS) ~ ~To
/ graduate is not to finish when
| there is work to be done,~ declared
A. G. Richardson, assistant supervisor of Negro education of the Viri ginia State Board of Education as
| he delivered the 1941 Shaw Uni| versity summer school commencement address for forty-two degree
candidates in exercises held August
22, 1941 in the Shaw University

JACKIE ROBINSON:
The former ball-carrying sensation of the Universify of California~
at Los Angeles, who starred against the Chicago Bears in the annual
All-Star Football Classic in Chicago Thursday night.

Clowns Fall Twice Before
The Blitzy Black Barons

BIRMINGHAM, Ala~(SNS)~

Those famous Miami Ethiopian
Clowns, called the ~Little World
Champions~ fell twice before the
blitzy Black Barons at Rickwood
Sunday; 2 to 0 and 9 to 2.

Macon allowed the
only three hits in the opener but.
suffered a 2 to 0 setback, a heartbreaker, His mates socked seven
blows off John Markrum, but the
hometowners did super fielding.

The Clowns got two men on with
one down in the second inning of
the first game but a miracle-like
double play staved off the potential rally.:

Two singles put men on first and
second in the eight with none
down. Edward Steele, a sandlotter
inserted into the patched up Black
Barons lineup tHat hag,two other
plant league stars, too howboat
Thomas~ long fly in right field,
and with a perfect peg to third,
cut down Khora trying to advance
from second after the catch.

~Piper~ Davis played leftfield and
Herman Bell caught for the lo
Welchmen.

cals as several of the regulars are
suffering from injuries.

|The second game, a seven~ frame
affair, was a walk-away for the
Welchmn, Bostork, with a triple,
double and two _ singles, had a
perfect day at bat, The Barons will meet the N. Y.
Cuban Giants at Rickwood September 14. At this time the most valuable player award will be made.

| An all-star team composed _ of
topnotchers in the~ YMCA Industrial League will play the Welchmen a five game series for the city
baseball championship Sepfember
~20, 21 and 22.

Scores by innings:

RHE
Clowns 000 000 000 072
Barons 000 ~101 000 231
Batteries: Macon, Khora; Markrum and Bell.
Second Game:

RHE
Barons 205 200 x 9 1241
Clowns 010 010 0 253

Battries: Nyasses, Kallahan and
Khora; Bankhead, Mc Kinnis and
Bell.:

Faulkner Leads First
Lap Of City Golf Meet

ATLANTA, Ga.~(SNS)~
By JOEL- W. SMITH
C. B. Faulkner, defending champion blasted out a brilliant 72 yesterday over the New Lincoln Golf
and Country'Club course, to lead
the field in the annual City Open
Tournament. ic
Two strokes behind. Faulkner
came George Harris, southern amateur champion, with.a total score
of 74, while F. A. Toomer, president of the club pulled up in third
place with a neat 77.
Jerome B. Butler carded a 78
for fourth place, and Mrs. Theresa
Howell, with a 99, led her sister,

Mrs. Thelma McTyre by. a four
stroke margin in the ladies event.
TOURNAMENT TO
BE EXTENDED
The tournament, originally scheduled. to end with 36 ohles: medal
play today will be extended until
Sunday to give several golfers, unable to play yesterday, a chance
to enter.:
According to J. H. Early, chairman of the greens and grounds
committee golfers desiring to enter,
may play their first round today.
Other scores turned in yesterday
were as follows: Herman Baker, 81;

William ~Bill~ Moffit, 86; Albert

Greenleaf Memorial auditorium.

Six major. boxing bouts~four of
them world championship events~
including the Joe Louis-Lou Nova
heavyweight title tilt~will be
broadcast exclusively over the Mu-.
| tual network, under the sponsorship
of the Gillette Safety Razor Company, from September 12 to No/ vember 21, inclusive. The schedule,
one of the strongest ever promoted
by Mike Jacobs and the 20th Cen:
tury Sporting Club, will feature
contests for the heavyweight, lightheavyweight, middleweight, and
lightweight crowns.

Listeners to more than 150 radio statidns in the U. S., Canada,
and Hawaii, will hear Don Dunophy and. Bill Corum describe such
star bouts as:

Friday, September 12 ~Sailor~
George Abrams, who recently defeated middleweight champion
Billy Soose, vs. Tony Zale, Gary,
Indiana sensation, and
Boxing Association middleweight
titleholder. 10 rounds.

Monday, September 29 Champion
Joe Louis defends his title against
Lou Nova, he of the ~cosmic punch~
in New York~s Polo Grounds. 15
rounds. |

Monday, October 6, Lightweight
champion Lew Jenkins in a catchweight bout with middleweight
champion Freddie Cochrane. 10
rounds.

Friday; October 31 Lightweig ht
champion Lew Jenkins defends his
stown against Sammy Angott, Na
National

Louis -Nova | Bo ut Tops
Card Of Six Big Bouts

tional Boxing Association champion. 15 rounds.

Friday, November 14 As a result
of the great battle fought August
26 between Gus Lesnevich and
Tami Maureiello, Mike Jacobs immediately signed the two lightheavyweights to a return bout, with
in 10 minutes after Lesnevich was
given the decision. Lesnevich will
defend his newly won title. 15
rounds.

Friday, Nov. 21 Billy Soose, present middleweight champion vs.
Ken Qverlin, the man whose crown
Soose took last Spring. 15 rounds.

All bouts start at 10 p. m., New
York Time. All except the LouisNova bout will originate from Ma
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dison Square Garden.

CHICAGO, ~(ANP) ~ Jackie
Robinson of UCLA, whose star was
dimmed in his final season of coilegiate football after Kenny Washington and other aces graduated,

| proved to 98,203 spectators at Sol
diers field Thursday night that he
bows to none as a stellar halfback
as his team, the College All-Stars
bowed to the world champion Chicago Bears, 37 to 13.

Robinson, whose play in practice
and subsequent publicity had
caught the public~s fancy, had the
crowd with him as soon as he entered the game in the second quarter. He showed himself adept at
blocking on offense atid a deadly
tackler and good pass defender.

It was in the fourth quarter that
he scored the second and last All
JACKIE, ROBINS
FOR PLAYING

Star touchdown in what was acclaimed the most sensational play
of the evening. With Charley
O'Rourke of Boston College pitching, Jackie caught one for a 12
yard gain on the left side of the
field. On the next. play he set out
down the right side. Completely
outrunning Bobby Swisher, fastest
man on the Bear squad, he took 3
39 yard O~Rourke pass over his
shoulder while traveling full speed
and sped the remaining seven yards
~or a touchdown withno. one near
Shortly afterward he was on the
tossing end. Trapped far behind the
Scrimmage near his own ~ goal,
Robinson somehow passed 40 yards
to Paul Severin of North Carolina

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All-Star drive in motion. When he
left the field later, he received @
tremendous ovation.

His teammates also seemed behind him. When it looked as if the

Bears were roughing him once, no.

fewer than a dozen All-Stars started upon the field to do battle. They -
were shooed back by officials.

After the game Dick Plasman,
Bear end, declared, ~That Jackie
Robinson is the fastest man I~ve
ever seen in uniform. I thought

~Don Hutson was fast, but he could

spot Don five years and pass him
by. The only time I was worried

about the game was when Robinson "i

was in there.~

His sentiments were echoed by
nearly all the members of the Bear
squad.

By R. E. DIXON

DALLAS, Texas~(S N S)~September 1 and ~King Football~
strides back into the picture as the
main attraction for millions ot
American sport fans. The pompous
idol of tens of millions will reluctantly share the spotlight for a
brief spell with the World Series
but thereafter, he will remain in
the spotlight until after the last
Bowl game has been played.

Formal practice officially begins
{in the Southwestern Athletic conference Labor Day. Looking back
Over the accomplishments of the
various members of the seven
colleges comprising this loop, one
finds that they wound up the
title race in the following~ order:

Team ~ W. L. T. Pet,
*Langston Univ..... 5~ 1 0.834
~Southern Univ. --.. 5 -1 0.834
Prairie View....... 42 0..667
Txas College..:..... 3 2.1 383
Bishop College...... 2 4 0 333
Wiley College...... 1 4:4 250

(*~Tied as co-chamions i

1940 race.)

HOW THE 1941 RACE LOOKS

After taking into consideration
such factors as graduation losses,
returning lettcrmen, advantages or
disadvantages in the current
schedule et cetera, the writer forth
with climbs out unhesitatingly on
the well known limb in an August

attempt to predict November
placements... Here~s how they look
from here: Southey} University,
| Texas College, Langston, Bishop,
Prairie View, Wiley and Arkansas.. SOUTHERN: The Jaguars lost
our important men via graduation
and are due to welcome at least 17
seasoned lettermen back~ into the
fold next week. Of last year~s
squadmen, 22 are affected by selective service. I. V. Billes and
~Pelican~ Hill have graduatd, and
Ulysses Jones and Elvini Montgom
ery have played out their fouryear period of elegibility. Backs
like Barnes, Gordon, Scott and

Hoover, plus linesmen like Rucker,
~Moody, Piper, Marelle, Julius Hibbler and others are quite enough
to definitely make Southern the
favored team. Then too, four of
their six conference games are to
be played on home soil. The Louisiana eleven goes abroad for titlts
with Bishop and Arkansas. Last
year, the Mumford tutored juggarNaut righted itself after dropping
its first conference game to Langston in Oklahoma and proeeded to
win five conference games in a

row~only one of this five being
played on its home grounds.
TEXAS COLLEGE: With 2%)

lettermen expected to return and
only three important losses. by
graduation, the Texas College
Steers, the only outfit in the conference to beat Langston last year,
is rightfully touted as the team
that must be beaten by the ultimate winner of the conference
title.. On paper, the Steers have
everything needed to insure 4
fast, powerful and versatile aggregation. A backfielq boasting such
luminaries as Clarence Nix, Ralph
Allen, ~Turkey~ Johnson, Shep-.
pard and Ozzie Epps; performing
behind a steady forward wall,
studded with such outstanding
players as Brown, Gupton, Boone,
Wallace, Baker and Harris is better
hand fair hand to open and until
the curtain goes down, the Rose
City entry will be playing ~em
close to the vest, for all or noth
to save the day and set - another

ing.

If the Steers are found to be vulnerable, weakness at the flanks will

probably cause them their biggest
worry.

LANGSTON: Although the
Langsfon Lions susgained severe
losses by graduation, inelegibilty
and withdrawls, yet it is always a
safe bet to regard the Sooners
serioysly. They might, ~not ~ win
more than half their games, but
on the other hand they are tough
customers to beat. Boasting gréat
kicking, a dependable defense, and
abetted by a scouting system that
is almost flawless, the Lions play
each game as per schedule, and are
usually ready for the best
foes can muster. The graduation of
Banks, Sloss, Street, McGinnis and
Franklin, and the reported inelegibility of ~Poison Ivy~ Tate, Lyle
and. Johnson certainly - leaves
much to be done to bring the
Oklahoma eleven up to last year~s
par, but still, the Lions
wore than third.

BISHOP TIGERS: Losses by
graduation of Jim Redmond,
~Wick~ Evans, Brewster, Powers,
Windom, Lee and ~Jarrin Jawn~
Hardee, the losses through selective
service thus far of Gillis, Arthur
Young and Leslie Matlock put a
severe crimp in the Baptist lads
titular chances, but barring early
season injuries, Jimmie | Stevens
will be able to place one of the
mpst formidable sirting elevens
on the greensward to be found
anywhere in the loop. Capable replacements will be their biggest
problem, and should injuries deprive them of the services of one
or two key men, the Tigers would
immediately drop from role of conference dark-horse to the second
division.

Led by Robert Qualls, a dandy
triple threat sophomore ba~k from

has the services of Oberian Bell,
Hudson, Curtis and ~Mulatto Jo~
Harris. Up front will be

~Squire~ Walton, Burton,. ~Red~
Bass, Lester Eaton, F. Nelson and
others who know their way around
in fast company. Just a mod and
a smile from Dame Fortune, and it
would occasion no surprise to find
the Bishop team in a contending
position down the ~ November
stretch.

PRAIRIE VIEW PANTHERS:
The State school eleven, piloteg by
Sam Taylor, wilted in~the stretch
last year, two games away ~from
the conference title. With barely
more than sixteen players. then
capable of standing the gaff in
the harkiest game, the Panthers
faded dismally to lose to Langston and Southern. With such out
tion as Slider, Marks, Marion,
Bailey, Herbert Richards and Wister Lee, all of whom were top
hands as their positions in the loon
last year, the downstaters will find
the going tough to head the. second
division, to say nothing of crash
Indict Two More
For Peonage

MACON, Ga~(SNS)~James C
Champion, white Worth county
farmer, and W, ~. Tomlinson. white
foreman of a turpentine camp near
Valdosta, have been arrested and
indicted on peonage charges, it was
disclosed Saturday. Tomlinson is
charged with holding ~white persons in -peonage, while
was arrested for holding Negroes
in peonage. Champion is to be tried
in the October term of federal
court at Albany.

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their
look - no

Dallas, the Bishop backfield ~ still |

found |

standing losses through gradua-;

~ing the upper crust. Don~t over
| notch forwards ang capable

_ Stop a nose-bleed. Upchurch -

Southern U. Jaguars Rated
Favorites In Southwest;
Texas College, ~Dark Horse~

look the fact that ~Hippo~ Hopkins, O~Neil Baldwin, Jacques Patterson and George Phillips will be

~back for backfield duty, and that

they~re all solid ~standouts, but
what the Panthers will do for topreplacements is the big~ question.
WILEY WILDCATS: Fred
~Pops~ Long will greet about thirteen lettermen come September 1
when the Wiley Wildcats trot out
for their first practice session. The
losses from the forward wall of Ox
Johnson, Paul Tippens and Bill
Hieks and the graduation of Ruben Mimms from the rearworks
will be felt by the felines. Since

big Top Upchurch was injured in ~

Lingston in 1939 the Wiley line
has had a difficult time trying to
is.
Slated to return to the Methodists

Otherwise, the Cats have plenty of
what it takes to make things interesting for any foe offensively,
but if your defense can~t stop the
other fellow sometimes, your of~fense will have little opportunity
to get started. Czar Ingram, Sammy Smith, Kedjoe Wilburn, Rov
Gomillion, Alfred Francis, Marvin Cummings, Luther Paulk,
~Gaines, Richmond, ~Kid~ s
and Sprott will all be back. Shoul~
the sophomore hopefuls improve as
hoped.for, the Cats will be a colorful outfit and capable, on their best
days, of giving any opponent a
run for their money.

ARKANSAS STATE LIONS:

_Bill Taylor up at Pine Bluff loses

50 percent of his offensive and defensive strength in the loss of one
man, Archie Lewis is the name

'and for three years the husky ver
satile termina] has been a unanimous~ All-Southwestern choice.
Burge, a stout guard, is also lost
vig graduation. Of course, such
freshinan stalwarts as ~~Lammer~
Lawson and Pennymon from las:
year~s. squad will return and _ their
presence will mean much to a
team that fost eveyy conferen

game last year, The Arkansas en:
try can~t undershoot its winning
record of last year, so anything
they do in the way of winning

~must be regarded as an imrove-.

ment over last season: The fact
that Arkansas plays Prairie View,
Southern and Wiley in its own
stadium appears to be the mos
significant factor in their favor
just. now. From here, the Razorbacks must get several breaks to
avoid repeating as cellar occupants
for 1941.

Negro Laundry

Workers Sought

COLUMBUS, Ga.~(SNS)~

epenings for colored men and

women hospital ward attendants.

The positions of laundry operatives and assistants, and hospital
ward attendants are now open} ~

The Columbus office of the
ice, a division of the State Department of Labor, has all the neces
iat
ed

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1941.

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