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- the fignt against Kaiser wiinesin,
bacx in lyi7, What a scormy

_-petrel was this young ameii
can star of tne basKetnal) court
~fasmoned out of a mouid an
thropoligist would most likeiy~
refer to aS a.... ~griffe.~ The
best yardstick of Posey~s greatness on the courts of his day

#1911-24) is a comparison with:

présent day Bobby McDermoit,
white,. ace of the recently
crowned. world~s professional:
champs basketball team, the
Fort Wayne Zollners, Like
McDermott, Posey was a strate-.
gist of the highest order, He
set up plays that often were
too swift for layman eyes to
build and
strong as.a panther, Cum was
a 40-minute player who wore
the opposition down trying to
stop this one man riot squad of
the _Polished courts,

I wuldn~ go so far as to say
that Cumberland was given to.pedanticism when discussing
basketball or baseball, two subjects he was versed on far
above the average, I~ will say
that:-I. never found him so in
personal ~conversations though
I~ve often had to: explain away
sonre of his actions in columns

I wrote from 1925 to present,

Just Swore By Meriain Players
~*For ~example, though I would
say something like this: ~Cum,
how can one expect to find
greater -moundsmen than Bullet Wickware, conquerer of

the great Walter Johnson, and., Jose Mendez

whom I nicknamed ~Pearl of fhe Antilles,~
nemesis of the great Christy
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PyecYy WU lidilCUw is ey'cd
buat ging syule Wide

cnaracverizea mus ile ana maunerisms and blurt forth a piece
like this:. ~Well: Al; - you've
Nalicd me to the qaeek ~ with
inose two but,~iney~re ~not for
My Ciud, add cake (Wate yp Osver JE, alu dave wie Cuca-dycu
wor:d in teluing imem that ny
~greater pitcner ever unrew a

baseball. Then give: me Dica

Well, that~s enougn for me, feila,~
Carlos Torriento,~
Was His Heart
From the time Bud Fowler

to join an outstanding white
baseball. club, Negro baseball
has known many great outfielders, Just scan this partial
list. of yesteryear and ovresentday phenoms: Pte. Heill, Judy

Gans, Spottswood Poles, Dunean, Valdes, Fats Jenkins,
Green, Jelly -Gardner, Goose
Cursy, Kimbro, Ted Strong,
Bankhead, Oscar~ Charleston
and scores more,

Poseey could see no man,

white or black, outranking in
~all-around ability the gigantic
Cuban outergardner who in
1923 outhit the immortal Babe
Ruth (Havana) in the matter
of driving out home runs.
Though I spun tales about Bruce
Petway, the man who stopped
Ty Cobb in his tracks in barnstormng exhibitions back in
12, and Miguel Gonzales, battery mate of Mendez, Posey
would talk you under the table
about the Josh Gibson of -1935
or thereabouts. The present
manager of Abe Manley~s Newark Eagles (ahd rightly so) was
rated by Posey as the peer of
most big league catchers from
Buck Ewing~s day down _ to
Bill Dickey and Walker Cooper,

To Posey, Bizz Mackey, Newsark~s Eagles~ manager, was the
equal of Mickey Cochrane,

| Ray Schalk, Gabby Hartnett,

Kling, Archer or any of. the
white stars selected on all time
baseball ensembles _... As for
Jud Wilson, whose 22 years in
baseball resound with epic
achievements, he was the best
clutch hitter Posey ever knew,
He was also full of praise for

SUUULDEUTET ESTES

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Robinson~s Homer and Three Singles
Aid Montreal to Win Opener.

JERSEY CITY... N.J ~(ANP)
~Jackie Robinson~s aggressive
play.and powerful bat helped
bring a smashing victory to
Montreal over Jersey~ City here
Thursday, The Royals won 14
to 1, thrée lof the~ runs resulting from a 335-foot homer by
Robinson,

Robinson,
break into
baseball,

the first Negro~ to
modern. organized
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during the game for an- 800
batting average. He also stole
two bases, scored four times
and slugged in a total of four
runs, He was charged with an
error -in six fielding ~~

Pitcher John Wright, the sec.
ond Negro signed by organized basebal], is also a member
of the Montreal Royals~ International league team; ae

Joe Loui

~West * Baden. Springs,.Ind.~
ANP ~ World heavyweight,
boxing champion. -Joe.. Louis)

will break camp here on April
29 for his |final physical con~ditioning af Pompton Lpkes
ralvargaien to meeting Billy
Conn Yankee stadium
New ~York City on June 19.

Joe has not placed a boxing
glove on since he arrived here
on March 8, and has practically outlined his own ~conditioning. program, He
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Grays, Larry Benjamin ~and. the

great what tuted;
Last week talking with Dr,
Clifton Norman, prominent

Harlem dentist, I learned Something I did not know... The
Alpha Big. Five of around 1910
composed of Babe Wiggins,
Babe Thomas, Sing Goode, Clifton Norman) and other stars of
that era, whipped Cum Posey~s
team right in their own backyard out Pittsburgh way ~
Posey and |wrecking crew returning the compliment on Alhe~s
gone from our midst now, and
the.sports world will talk
about him for years and years
to come,

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start ~horseback riding~ '$60n.~Joe

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pounds in order to bring him:
near the peak of his fighting
form. He began by Sleeping,
He rested for three days, then
went on a protein diet of ~two
meals a day, plenty of broiled meat, milk and ice cream,
He.added mileage to his- hikes
little~ _ by little up a nearby

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His Aidnditioning | ~ program al
so. includes nine holes of golf

in the afternoons, ~a: little soft

ball and. an occasional game of

hors: od ~pitching.,.He. plans to

has not placed a boxing glove
on since he arrivéd here on
March~ 8,. His camp, in the
shadow of Tom Taggart~s famous French Lick Springs hotel,
has a vacation atmosphere,

~I have handled champions
from Bennie Leonard to Ted

Kid Lewis, -Johnny.Eotle. and
Ted Morgan,~ said Minnie Seamon, his: trainer. ~Joe is by}?
far the easiest to train, His
understanding of himself is
remarkable ~ he never: loses
his temper, never becomes an
noyed when pople drop in, He
is.the most considerate boxer
I have ever been associated
with, not only in the ring but
in, private life,~~

Seamon was assistant to Jack
Blackburn for five years before Joe,was inducted into the
army, He and other members
of the camp praise Joe~s even

temper and unchanging _attitude, >. Although Joe is popular,

they ~hold he does not get the
breaks a white champion would

get, oe

~If Conn had defeated him
in 1941, Billy would have been
on the radio,~ -he said, ~he
would ~have been in a Hollywood picture ~ he would have
mage | ~a million dollars outside
the ring by now. After Joe
beat Billy, he fought two fights
for ~charity, He made nothing
for four years. Since his discharge from the army, he had
to work hard in vaudeville and
2xhibition - appearances to ~ 2 i

up an income,~

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from the capital, the

Nebraska Asks
Negroes in Big

|Six Athletics |

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Nebraska |.

LINCOLN, Neb,
The University of
student council last week announced passage of a _ resolution favoring participation of
Negro athletes in Big Six. competition.

~In the event that the Big

Six governing board fails to ap-}

prove participation of all races
in Big Six competition, the

Student bedy recommends that

the University of Nebraska
withdraw from the Big Six~
the resolution said, The University of Kansas student council passed a~ similar resoliition
recently,

William ~ Miller, 2~ aise ~of |

said ~Negroes. are
excluded now: by a tie

man~s agreement,~

Gen. Fisenhower

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Requests Chef's
Return

~CHICAGO ~ (ANP ~Army
Chief of Staff Eisenhower -wired
his former Army ~cook; ~ex-Sgt.
James Martin, here last week
that he would like him to re.
turn to his place in the general~s kitchen, Martin, 34, discharged from the army just five
months ago, has agreed to -
back,

Martin, working as.a_ chef
at a Chicago hotel, began looking over choice recipes of: GenEisenhower ~which he ~had-gathered during the.peridd he cook.
ed for him: in England, France~
and Germany, | oe

The chef, formerly attached
to 1698th engineers while over-:
seas, refused to divulge any of
Gen Ike~s gastronimic secrets,
but said he does like roast of
beef ~just done enough so_ it
doesn~t squall when he cuts
it,~ fish, which he catches himself, peasant, quail, and other
fowl,

The chef, who has an_ auto.
graphed photograph of the gen.
eral bearing the inscription: ~To
Sgt, James Martin with appreciation of loyal and efficient
service and with best wishes,~
said one.thing the general likes
to make for himself is ' vegetable soup, ~He doesn~t want
anybody. looking on when he
gets a yen Sor that,~ Martin
said.

Race Cleaners
May Build
Own Plant:

CHICAGO ~(ANP)~ Negro
cleaners and dyers here are reported to be outlining plans to
build their own cleaning plant,
according to a story released
Friday in the April issue of
Negro Business, a new busimess magazine.;

The cleaners, Sensing a need
for a co-operative cleaners organization for the past 15 years
predict that the plant will lower the cost of cleaning to.the
public, and create additional
jobs in the vast Negro south
side community,

Other features in the April
issue of Negro Business include
on ~ building morale
among employes, how to go into. business ~with $50, a statistical report on -various kinds of
Negro busimesses, Negro -insurance and ideas for beauty shops,

New American
Minister Arrives

|In Liberia

MONROVIA ~(ANP)~ Raphael O~Hara Lanier, new United States envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary,
has arrived in Liberia, He was

||| met at Roberts~ field by Col.

U. J. D, Cole Sr,, ADC to the
President, and Clare H, Timberlake, U.S, charge d~affaires.
President Tubman has ordered
that the government~s No, 1
car~the presidential Cadillac
~be used to convey the minister
from Roberts field to Monrovia,

Although not able to be formally received due to the abPresident Tubman
inister
was guest 6f honor at a cocktail

+! party held at the American le.

gion when an opportunity was

eee AM

M.. E, -cHURCH~
Columbia,.8..~ Ci,~ has ~finally,
become adebt. sfree. ~following. a
concerted drive to. liquida%e
$30,000 indebtedness when the

~

Hev. Charles ~Leander ~Hilt took

chari2 as ~pastor 16 months ~ago,

In the final: rally, the~ goal~ of

$18,000 was surpassed by. $2,000.
~-ANP Photg,

Sigmas Pledge Support of F EPC, Poll
ral Anti-Lynch Bill

'Tax Ban and F edes

~BALTIMORE -- (ANP) +
Twelve chapters of the eastern
region of Phi Beta Sigma fra-|
ternity ~ -went on record here re-|
cently. pledging their: ~full sup
ort~ and wholeliearted coop
{ Drattod to passage of a permanent FEPC, abolition of the poll
tax and passage~ of a ~federal

bill, a
representing
York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, the
trict of Columbia and Marylan

anti-lynching
delegates,

Seventy
-~ New)

|

Dis

~ers ~elected were: Eugene Rah
ming, ~Baltimore, associate | iregional director; William oy
Doar Jr., Brooklyn, _regional

' Police Officer:
| Cut Off Force;

secretary; 30H. ~Woodhouse, |
Baltimore, regional~ treasurer; |
St. 'Clair~ Critchlow; ~Brooklyn,
director. of bigger - and. better
busizress; Ernest.' T,., Mayor,
New York, director: of Social actions;. and~. Alfred: A: 2. Dixon,
Baltimore, chaplain,: ef

National officers: attending

Were meeting here at _~
State college,

J. Edgar Smith of.. Washington was ~elected regional, director Succeeding Atty, John = T,
Doles, New York. Other offi;

the meet,
a Zeta-Sigma formal ~ ball,; were
~Atty.. George A. ~Parker,.,president;.E.. Rhudolphys'. GAgmons.

vice president,, ~and Lynwood

ry eee haere Gee et Pe,

Veterans~ Council

Little Rock, Ark,,

KANSAS OffY ~(ANP)~/
Upon. invigatfion from: Mayor
Dan T:-Sprick of Little ~Rock,
the National Council ~of Negro
Veterans announced last week

August 1618

i Meet in in
largest Negro veterans~ group in

the country. i; Le! ae ee
Service mén-and former serv
ice -men. desiring to have~ re
that its second bi-annual national convention will be held there

unions with their outfits during
the three-day. eonvention are invated. ~to contact Commander

Aug. 16, 17, and 18, Headed!
by B, H, ~ Muldrew, Kansas
City, the organization - is the

Muldrew at 2325 ~Park avenue,
this city,

Marriages Due to

ATLANTA~(ANP)~Dr, Clif
ford Adams, director of
marriage counselling institute
Pennsylvania State college, said
here last week tHat 50 per cent
of the unhappy marriages in
the nation can be traced to sext
ual maladjustment.

Speaking at Morehouse call
lege~s first annual insfitute on
building for successful marriage and family life, the noted
authority. gave motional ~ immaturity, ~ unhappy childhood,
improper guidance and external
conditions (illness, war, etc|)

Asserts 50 Per Cent of Unhapp
Sex Malokesbcheats

ie the maladjustment,.
the

He advocated a six month period of intervention for- both + engagements and divorces,~

~Many people considet~ marriage as a state..of. cox ai
happiness,~ Dr. Adams - Pa
ed, ~but it will not. dlpays. re.
tain that state $f Hdppineds aft.

which: cliniaxed - with,

DR, CHARLES LEANDER ~HILL
~Pastor of Bethel a, M, E,
Church, Columbia, s.,,, who
has succeeded. in wwiping out

_ the.$30,000 indebtedness which

he faced when he assumed the
pastorate 16.months: ago. Dr,
Hill: was foymerly dean of
Turner Thealogical seminary of
~Morris Brown. college,.~Atlanta--ANP Photo, "A

Charge Rape:

trai fre rine
W. Ellard was ~denied ~ reinstatement. on the Littlé. Rock
~police force by ~the civit~ service commission heré~ last week
after protests against the law
enforcer, once tried~ for~rape 6f -
a.19-year old ~colored~ girl; were
received by~ city officials~ fom
the local NAACP and other civic
organizations, cudeeae
Ellard, who- said itie would
take court action, was suspended. when he,~ anothér patrolman
and-a taxi driver were -accused of asSaulting a local girl in
1942. Opposition~ to: his.) reinstatement was. voiced~ by the
national and local NAA~P and
the Interdemonimational ~? Ministerial alliance, The.NAACP
ieiter declared::;
~Re-employment of ':a ~man,
who, instead of upholding the
law, has stopped ~ dow. i.enough

to, bring disgrace. upon. his, race.
and. injury upon the ~Negro
race, is a. thing we, do not be| lieve fair-minded ~people would
encourage,~

The organization | urged the
commission chief~ to make hig
decision according to justice
and high mogals, The Petition
was signed 'by.. W.~Marctis~ Taylor, president, local and, state
NAACP; Aw eats ee Pine
Blue, secretary and re Rev.

J, F, Henderson, secretary,

First Negro ~
Monk Honored
At Fordham..

NEW YORK ~(ANP)~ The
Rev, Basil Matthews, the first
Negro ever to be ordained a
monk in the Benedictine order,
was honored guest at a_ press
zonference held at, Fordham
university here last week, agar
eccasion wast announce by
thé} university ~ thet Feiher~ a.

thews~ doctrinal thesis ~ on West

er a romance wears off and the
individuals have to face the:
practical side ~of life, fal

The institute was~ directed by
Dr, Walter ~Chivers, chairman

as the chief causes for most ~ Morehouse,

of the~ department of sociology,:

E, St. LOUIS, Tll,~(ANP)-,

ings the first colored member
of the board of education and
repudiated~ machine controlled
politics ~by defeating the ticket
of Dan McGlynn, white, self:
styled political boss:

The Republican Challengdr
organization, an all-Negro political group, worked against
McGlynn~s machine to elect: Ht
out of 18 committeemen
their slate, Much of the suecess in the primary campaign
has. been attributed to Tho:
Lewis, local business man, ms
matched dollar for dollar with
white politicians, Lewis - is
chairman.of the board of directors of the ee sacs

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given him to meet. a cross sec
tion of Liberian society.

East St. Louis Has First -
|Negro School Board Member

~Unprecedented numbers of Ne-}
gro voters at the polls ~here!
last. week elected Marion Stall
~| Moore -Jr.,

zation of 6.500 ~members,,

Election of. Stallings. to the
board marks the~ first~ time a
coloréd person has been: elected
to any office higher than that
of, precinct committeeman - here,

~Others prominent in working
towdrd success of the primary
campaign. were: Edward. Langford, president of the Republi.
can. Challengers;: Joe Lewis,
Juan Atkins II, -Charlés D,
and Fred~ Horne.

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Cut Pastare
In the years since 1920 more than
80 million~ acres of crop land and

Andian culure, }for; } fie re~celved a degree~ last af will
be. published -later ~this year
under the..title ~Carlbbean
Concerto,~

Father Matthews, 34, was ordained a priest 1] years.,ago in.
|Trinidad, his native. home,
Speaking on his country, he
said there is no. color.problem
there as we. know it: in this
country.

The ~social yy ere of
American troops in the. Caribbean during the.war, he.;feels,
is perhaps the. key te.the future
of these West Indian areas, He
declares the mifigling~ of West
~Indians and Americans ~raised
the standard ~of ~living* and
caused young péople ~to tiirn to
the~ United States for ~Studies
insteed of iB een Bl ~England,

Todd | Duncan
Set For

Foreign Tour:

~NEW YORK ~(ANP)~ Todd
Duncan last week became the
first prominent Negro artist to
sign for a concert tour,of Australia and New Zealand, He
leaves soon by plane for Hono.
lulu and from there will-go by
boat ~down under.~. The, baritone will take along - William

Allen, his accompanist