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RAY ROBINSON WI

McKEESPORT, Pa. ~ ANP~
gathered
im Duquesne university to witness the basketball game with
University of Tennéssee here last
Tuesday night, were disappointed when the game was called
off at the last minute.

The reason was that the Tennessee team refused to go on the
floor unless assured that DuGuesre~s freshman star, Chas.
Cooper, would not be allowed
to play.

For two hours before the
game, Coach Chick Davies of
Duquesne and Coach John W.
Mauer, of Tennessee were in
conference, trying to reach an
agreement on the participatiorr
of the Negro student in the
game. According to Duquesne
officials, Davies had agreed that
Cooper would not be used un
less he had to, in a close game,
while Mauer wanted to exact
a promise to exclude the fresh
man from the game altogether.

Cooper was the. first ~
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frequenily when you have suitable

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to play at Louisville when he
entered the Duquesrfe lineup
against Morehead Teachers college, and scored the winning
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KNOCK: OUT NICK

JOE LOUIS doubled as Santa on the special ~. Christmas

broadcast of Mutual's novel
Quick As A Flash show, on
Sunday, December 22, _award
ing cash prizes to six boy and
girl contestants of various race
and color who were selected by
emcee Ken Roberts (left).

More Big Game

| get the display of ring general
Sugar Comes from

Floor to Out-Point Rugged

Opponent for Title

By Alvin Moses

NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ Friday night December 20, 1946,
Ray Robinson proved beyond
doubt why we have consistently called him the second best
fighter alive ~ Joe Louis being
the first. With 15,670 cheering
fans watching, the ex-Golder
Gloves champion of 1939, ~40
who represented the powerful
Salem Crescent Athletic Club
of Salem Methodist Church in
Harlem, fought his way to the
title vacated by.Marty Servo.
Many fans asked me at the Garden why the odds were set at
1 to 5 with Robinson favorite.
Despite the closeness of the
Bell-Robinsor titular bout which
Saw the 5 to 1 winnfr on the
floor in the second round, a
glance at Robinson's record
seems to justify the odds. Any
man who has been whipped but
orfce in seventyfive battles, rates
such Odds in~my book. Everyone
of the fifteen rounds of the Bell
fight were chocked full with
action and.dramatic moments.
The Youngstown, O., lad who
carried a long standing grudge
into this title bout,.had absolutely mo fear of the highly
touted Robinson. Judge Jack
O'Sullivan saw at 8-6-1 for Robinson, while referee Eddie Joseph and judge Artie Schwartz
saw it thru. identfcal eyes 10-5
for the new World~s Welterweight champion.
SUPERB RING GENERALSHIP

My tally sheet: gave Robinson eight rounds, Bell five and
two ever, -but that was- just
my humble opinion.. Many of
us thought that Robinson would
wis in the middle of the fight
via a knockout, That is the
way. I wrote my pre-fight story
despite the inner knowledge I
had of.Ray~s bad cold and. brittle hands.. We shall rrever for
ship Robinson displayed in the

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Zale and the precious call of
the long wanted crown, saved
Robinson from being knocked
out by Bell in the unforgettable
second round. Ray had outboxed
and outthought Bell throughout
~the first round and right up
to the time when that thnderous punch landéd: flush on his
bony chin. The left hook that
Bell floored Robinson with
would have decked Jake LaMotta, Charlie Burley, Tony
Zale, Rocky Granzano or any
of the rirg~s toughies, despite
the fact that most of the white
pressmen disagreed. with m2
sharply on this point as we
~milled around the dressing room
when the epic fight was over.
Robinson took a seven count
and upor arising was bombarded. with a shower of léfts and | -
rights ~that made his friend Joe
Louis, - wince~ and_ shift with
every blow.

BOXING SKILL TRIUMPHED

All that Saved Ray was boxing "ability ~ reminiscence ~Of: a
Benny ~Leonard, or a ~Gopilla |
Jones when; those worthies were
cock of the ~rodést. When we saw
Ray live through that terrible
round, we knew: there and then
that while the odds were not
entirely justified; he~d win in
the final analysis.

And win he did. Few more
vicious rounds have been fought
in ring history than the one
that followed Ray~s knockdown.
Bell flew at Robinson in the
third and whfle, he fights flatfootedly due to feet the size
of baseball pitcher Satch Paige,
he seemed to emulate Robinson's |
dazzlivg footwork in this terrific. canto. Left ~and right, |
boom ~ boom ~ boom~ the stacatto sound of leather agajnst
shining body sounded ovér the
Garden *as Bell poured it on
the ~great: Robinson. But: from
the fourth ~to the hectic eleventh
which ~saw Bell knocked dowr
from a- pile-driving smack, ~it
was Robinson's bid for the title
that made the fight sensational.
Staggering Bell with a whiplike
left to the. jaw, Ray whipped
over a lighthing left ~followed~

-| by a peffect right cross to the

chin and. ~.thére was ~the game
Ohioan on the rimg canvass. He
took an eight~ count. and some
fans started to put on their
coats for it looked as if Robinson would kayo him. But Bell

| fooled those who had bet on a

Robinson knockout victory. So
arm weary was Ray that he was
unable to put Bell away though
~he tagged him with his Sunday
punch countless times before
the saving bell clanged, The
twelfth was a repeat story. Only
Bell's ability to. withstand incredible punishment unabled him
to be on his fect at the final
bell.

By. pk sb O~Shields for ANP

According to the records,
there have been only three Negroes to play in the Rose Bowl
football games since its inauguration back in 1902. Fitz Pollard was the first ~back in 1916,
when Brown university ~played
Washington State; Charlie West
in 1922 played with Washington -and Jefferson against ~ihe
University: of Washington; ard
Briec Taylor in. 1930, when Southern California. played Pittsburgh. It seems to me the law
of averages has not worked
fairly in respect to the IU groes
in the Rose Bowl. Well, maybe

reasons:

In the first place, 14 out of
the. last 20. years ~deep south~
schools~ have heen one of the
feontesting teams in the Rose
baw!l, ~with: the University of |
Alabama meking six of the 14, trib~ to Pasadena (could it be

ae the University of Alabama
s~ scoured ~the. United States

for football~ players~ who were
Rose bowl~ minded? $100, 000: is
a lot of money). The Rose bowl
game had ~almost become a tra
because of this fact the Pacific
coast schools~ might have formed what the: psychologists call |
a habit pattern of not -encouraging Negroés to go our for their
football teams..

I might add here before going
further that the above.state}ment does not apply to the Uni| versity.of Caljfornia at ~ Los
Angeles,. ~because I. personally
| know Bill Spaulding, the former
UCLA's football coach, and now
athletic ~director. of..the same
| sehool,. and: his. record at Kalamazoo Normal, University of |
~Minnesota. and his~ coaching -at

self..

ern corference, which has had
more Negroes playing on their
football teams than any other
major conference in, the United
Statés, has had
season. game rule.

And -now, | this age old three
Negro Rose -bowl record -has
been. broken,.
has four. Negro players, ~ and
UCLA has one. We have the
~five year contract ~just signed
between the Bib Nine and the

~Pacific Coast conference to thank

ae. this change.

there is a reasen. Let~s look in- |
fo some of the most probable.

ditional ~ ~South-West game, and

| the. Bruin school ppeate: for. es

In' the sexcnad ~place, the: West.

the no post}.

because Illinois.

| Pacific Coast-Big Nine
|5-Year Contract t to Give
Negroes Big Chance in Rose Bow! -

L like most Minnesotiants,
have beeh against the Western
Conference- playing in bowl
games have appeared to be the
last word in cOmmercialization.
I, like the others, have changed, prmarily, because I can
See a more selfish berrefit tne
Negro {football player will get
out of this five year alliance.
Then too, the plan the Western
conference has for divinding tne
$100,000 Illinois will receive as
her share from the game defi
nitely shows that money isn~t
the prime consideratior behind
the Western conference's change
of mind.

Every team in the Big 9,
except Purdue, had.. Negroes
playing on the varsity or the
B team this year, and in ail
probability these same men wiil
be playing on their respective
teams next year fith many additions. This means that Neroes, unless Purdue happens

win the Western conferenc:?
ghampionship,.will be. playing
ext year and the next year
and perhaps years to come.

~ We realize we will never (at
least we know it will not be
in the immediate future) have
Negroes playing in the Sugar
owl, the Cotton bowl, and the
Orange bowl, but those games
are small fry. in comparison to
the Rose Bowl, the daddy of
them all, and I am ~willing to
| settle -in favorite of the prospects of having at least one Negro player in the Rose bowl
each year.

Individually, there isn~t much
we can do.about this blessing
in disguise but rejoice, although
we can encourage the authori~ties of both confererces- to~ renew their contract at its expiration which | will be. five
years from now. This alliance

~of those southern schools who
have been. playing the Rose
bowl and using that 100,000 California gold ~dollars to promote
their jim crow athletic programs.

I wish it were possible for 13
~millior -Negroes.to give. three
loud cheers together for the
University. of Nevada whose
convictions against. unfaitness
made them cancel their sched-uled game -with Mississippi
State ths fall becauSe Mississippi.objected to playing their
team. with a Negro in the line~ up.

WITH MILDRED

on the top of the popularity crest these days.

LET'S LISTEN

HOUSER JOVIEN

HOLLY WOOD-~( ANP) ~The Riss Cole Trio is sitting

Beside record

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Robirtson, one of the greatest
welterweights in boxing history
and most certainly the finest
147 pounder of the present generation of scrappers, had. finally
won the world~s title after being sideiracked for ~six years.
Congratulations to his faithful
trainer Georgie Gainsford and
to Ray and his charming wife.
(N._B.) Robinson, opened up
his swank Cocktail Ba-Restaurant, 124th Street and 7th Avenue, the day followirrg the fitle
grab. Now three famous fighting champs have nite spots in
Harlem viz; Henry Armstrong,
Louis and Robinson.

Nail Snails
In the fall beans and pea stems

should be pulled carefully and
watched for slugs or snails which
~burrow under the plants. They are
found usually on damp ground under the stems during the day and
can be destroyed with hot water,
stepping on, or dusting with lime
or sulphur. Old boards, rubbish
and stones should be removed also
because these pests congregate under such material during cool fall
days. They may live through the
winter in these places too. Slugs
and snails cam be.traced to their
hiding places by the trails of slime.they leave during the daytime.

Platinum Used for Coinage |

Platinum was used for coinage by
the Russians over 125 years ago in
order to reduce the probability of
counterfeiting as the metal was difficult to melt and had a. greater
| weight by volume than any. other

| element. The coins were called in

tuward the middle of the 19th Bond

tury due to platinum~s rise in price; aud the fact that it was too scarce
for coinage.

breaking personai appearances, and their fine Capitol recordings, they are heard regularly on two radio shows~their own
Wildroot show heard on Saturdays- NBC at 2:45 p.m. PST
and on the Kraft Music Hall on Thursdays at 6 p.m. PST.
And this year the trio captured four awards in Metronome magazine~s annual contest. The trio was named the ~~Best Small
Combination in the Country~ and ~The Major Influence on
Music." Nat (King) Cole was chosen as the country~s best
pianist, and Oscar Moore as the outstanding guitarist. In last
year's Esquire Jazz poll as well.as-this year~s poll, the trio and
Nat Cole individually were well represented. Esquire in its
forthcoming Jazz issue in January will feature an article on the
trio ~Just Can't See for Lookin~ ~ a title taken from one of
the group's best selling records. The title also refers to the
men in the music business ho failed to recognize the talents of
trio for sven years. J....MARLEM HOSPITALITY CLUB

The Mutual network is airing a new all Negro show caled ~Harlem Hospitality Club~ Monday through Friday for a
half hour each day. The program features emcee Willie Bryant and music-great guests. The show also includes a quiz-interview portion and selects a person a la Qeen for a day to be
honored.

News Notes: Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy celebrate their tenth year on th air Jan. 19. Dorothy Lamour, Rudy

Edgar and Charlie luck. They were on the initial broadcast
a decade ago:.. Walter Winchell celebrates his fifteenth year
on the air this December... Marian Anderson appears on the
Telephone Hour Jan. 6 via NBC at 9 p.m. ~TI... Peggy Lee,
sensational girl vocalist, did so well on a recent guest appearance on the Bing Crosby show that she~s been invited back for
ig least two more shows.

THE: DIAL AND DISCS: Although Victor records and
Artie Shaw (associated since his original Begin the Beguine success) no longer keep company, Victor has just issued a grand
slam array of 18 excellent Shaw leftovers ranging from his

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Vallee, Lon Ameche and Nelson Eddy will be on hand to wish |

BEATING THE GUN

~1947 SPORT CALENDAR~

JOE LOUIS, GREATEST FIGHTER of mailer times,
Age will settle that score even if the
fists capable of licking him,~are unborn up to this writing.
The inter-racial trend in the sports picture to some degree, at
least, no longer calls loudly for a ~White Hope~ as such was.the
case in the hated and arrogant Jack Johnson's heyday. The
man who. has the insidé track is a kid 1 did publicity work for
while hanging. around Al Douglas~ Rockland Palace Boxing
Club nearly a decade ago, named Curtis Sheppard. I don't
think Sheppard can lick Louis. I know that Curtis hits hard
enough to deck the ~Bomber~ or any fighter he connects with.
Many have found the 96-called * ~glass~ in Louis~ chin but only
one has managed to write ~~kayoed-by-me~~ against a record that
stands out by comparative ~values with the best efforts of the
immortals of fistiana.
the busines of meeting and belting out such ~~siout fellows~: as:
~:im, Walcott, Kaksi, Bivins, Murray, Ray or Hooseman, Ya
job [| believe him. incapable of accomplishing, talk of putting
him azainst Joe in-~47 should be investigated i in the inierea: ~a
another mainline prizefight ~stinkeroo~ like the second
Conn fiasco in which,. Louis was entirely blameless. [ si
watch the name of EZZARD CHARLES. He is a_ swell
cookie of a boxer-puncher who might get around to dropping
his calling card in the champ~s room any day soon. How would
that one: wind up you ask? Like the John Henry Lewis-Joe
Louis massacre away back when. m
AMERICAN BOWLING CONGRESS

To. document what we mean about that ~~interracial line~
drink ~in a-barrel of what Elmer Baumgarten, secretary of the
AMERICA. BOWLING CONGRESS had to say the other day
~Two proposals. for changes in this
organization~ s.consti~ution limiting membarship to the ~white
male sex~, were. being prepared for introduction at the annual
delegate meeting in Los, Amgeles, come next April.~ Thank
Gad: for the pressure groups who are determined to bring about
democratic ~living conditions from brown men, black and yellow: men.abroad and here. One of these groups cried out
against. the age-old ban from Hawaii asking that Brown and
Yellow races.be permitted. to complete in ABC tournaments;
a Brooklyn, N.Y. group: requested that Negroes be permitted to
bowl;.and the most. powerful of all~-UNITED (CIO) AUTO
Should Bruce Woodcock get around to

MOBILE ~WORKERS OF AMERICA, sent brother Baumgarten ~

a note saying: ~Our organization will withdraw from partici2ation in all future tournaments unless Negroes were permitted
to Compete.~'. This resolution was approved and adopted by
the executive board of the powerful Auto Union.... Bravo.
3ILL CORUM PUNS~DAN BURLEY ~

CHARLIE BURLEY, is the name of a tan- middleweight
~0xer. whom 1 wrote about in detail last ~week. For years he
ias been rated at the top of the 147.and 160 pound NBA
In Thursday's N.Y. Evening Journal, my friend, Bill
Corum had this'to say of the * ~Burley Clan~~~... ~sy have told
youshow dangerous Jake La Motta is, and heer hard to beat.
Then~ there's a fellow named Burley. Not. Dan, I guess.,, Because while several of these many middleweights are no eke ai
kids, they aren't quite as gray as Dan."~ Corum, was telling his
readers just how class Ray~ Robinson i is and thumbiing through
the lists of possible. opponents for ~ ~ after the Tommy
Bell thing would be a memory.

Converted Army Barracks House:
Families of Vets; 304 Units Used

WASHINGTON ANP ot) ized and moved from Camp DaForty-eight families of veterans! vis, S. ~. The apartments have
took up occupancy in one of the| one, two and three bedroome,
five temporary re-use projects|a kitchen and bath, with a r2nbeing developed~ by the Federal
Public Housing ~ authority for
the District of Columbia as a

month. Besides this project,
FPHA has provided 646 dormitory units, now ~fully czcupied
cy housing program of the National Housing agency, it jwas
reported here last week -by - Dilion ~S. Mycr, commissioner of
FPHA.

The pypiect, located at Chirip

ard university.

nly 48 of the apartments have
been completed, but it is ~expected that the remaining 256
would be completed in the near

Sims, is designed to offer 304
apartments to Negro veteran's future. There are over 6,006
families. THe accomodations are | applications On file with the

FPHA for admission to these
unfinished apartments.

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converted two-story army barracks, which have beert panel- |

jazz of his Gramercy Five dishing out originals like. Scuttlebutt
and Gentle Grifter. Other Shaw Victors include a batch of
ear easy show tunes, I~ Could Wright A Book, Time On My
Hands, etc.. Duké Ellington's latest popularly accepted tune,
Just Squeeze Ma, gets attention of the master himself on a current Victor with Ray Nance heading the side with his trumpet
and singing. Flipover, Swamp Fire, so so. It is to be hoped
that Victor will see fit to issue many of the fine Ellington sides
they have in thir possession a la the above mentioned Shaw re
lease. Duke and Artie skipped over to the Musicraft label).

Sound alike piano masestros, Claude Thornhill, the orig
inal stylist, and Elliot Lawrence, newcomer, are among new Columbia crop. Thornhill~s tone poemish effects are lent to mediocre pops Pity To Soy Goodnight, So Would I, etc. with real
distinction given to Gotta-Get Me Somebody: to Love, turning
it from trite hillbilly to colorful hearing. Lawrence~s carbon
copy style surrounds the tearjerker, You Broke. the Only Heart,
with modern touch given to the tS ivumentalined Five O'Clock
Shadow... Ace hearing always is Roy Eldridge~s trumpeting of
Rockin~ Chair and Decca has the horn of horns spotlighting it
on a newie with Yard Dog backing.?
The knowing musical ttavor of Andre-Kostelanetz orchestra to Music of Jerome Kern is well brought out in a Columbia
album of three 12-inch recordings featuring 20 compositions of
this famous writer. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Ol~ Man River,
Yesterdays are the caliber of music of Kern you may possess
via this tuneful package... Of an earlier era, Victor Herbert
Melodies, are thrown the spotlight by Victor with Dorothy

Kirsten stepping forth to more than capably sing familiar favorites Indian Summer, Kiss In The Dark, Kiss Me Again, etc.
All included in a new Victor album. Opera singer Kirsten
lends velvety smoothness to these romantic and spestis
songs... Rachmaninof's world famed Piano Concert No. 2

In C. Minor from which many dance bands of the USA have

adapted popular themes has just had another release via cur
feelingful, forlorn Keeping Myself For You to the small band! rent alboms ss both vere and Victor.

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