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Saturday, June 15, 1940THE CHRONICLEPage SeveD\THEY RE TRYING TO BUILD UP CONN INTO A HEAVYWEIGHT FOR A SHOT AT JOE LOUIS-ALL HE NEEDS IS TWENTY MORE POUNDS AND A KO- PUNCHIP THEY ARE MATCHED THE BOUT. SHOULD BE ONE OF THE GREATEST MARATHONS OF ALL TIME. CONN. THE SPEEDSTER COULD FIGHT ON A BICYCLE.BlLlYBORICAN PAINTS HIS FRIENDRICHMOND, Va. — A portrait painting* of Luther H. Foster,treasurer-business manager of Virginia State was recently presented to the College here last month by the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.The portrait, a vivid likeness, was the creation of John Borican, American track star and graduate of State where he was All-American halfback.•=Plans For N.E.T.A. 1940 Tennis Tourney PublishedSpringfield Stages Four Days Of PlayTarzan Grabs Another TitlePawtucket, R.I.—Ellison “Tar-zan Brown added the New England A. A. U. 20 kilometre crown to his 20 mile Salisbury Marathon title here last week in spite of a sore foot.Brown completed the race in 1 hour, 6 minutes, and 40 seconds after again defeating his arch rival, Johnny Kelley of Arlington who was second. Les Pawson, Bob Campbell and Hawk Zamparelli, finished in the order mentioned.Colored Girl Makes! BENEFIT GAME SPORT NEWSDash RecordCincinnati—Jean Lane, Wilber-force track queen, has smashed the 100-yd. dash record for women set in 1937 by Stella Walsh.Miss Lane, who recently defeated Tuskegees best girl speedsters, romped over the course here in 10.9 seconds.Woodruff Sets 800 Meter RecordCompton, Cal—Johnny Woodruff, ex Pitt Panther, ran the 800 meters in 1 minute, 48.6s for a new world's record here at the Compton Invitational track and field meet last week, Friday.America’s long striding 1936 Olympic king, showed that in four years he has improved his technique. Woodruff ran a front race all the way over Paul Moore of Stanford.FOR A BENEDICTBv Arthur W. McAlpine Williams WinsSPRINGFIELD. Mass.— -Bobby Williams started the 1940By James “Stonewall0 Jackson season off with a bang when he Hartford — The Golden Bears disposed of Fitchburg's Bobby Al-are planning a benefit game for i len in one minute and fifty seconds their fellow member. Buddy Killi- of the first round. Dropping hisDugger Pushes Hurdles WinnerPalmer Stadium, N. J.—Veteran Fred Walcott of Rice Institute, made good his attempt to lower the world’s high hurdles mark here last Saturday at the 1940 Princeton Invitational track meet.Pushed by young Eddie Dugger of Tufts, Walcott skimmed the 120 yd highs in 22.5s, bettering the 22.6s mark of Jesse Owens, set in 1935. Walcott was clocked at 200 meters in the time of 22.3s, again bettering the record of Owens.brew, who is planning to take unto himself a bride on June 15. It is hoped that they will be able to arrange this game with some of the young fellows returning from college. Those fellows of this group who are interested, get in touch with Frank T. Simpson at the North End Federated Clubs.By way of information, the Dukes beat the Gallup and Alfred team 6-2. Fred Burton pitchedwell for the Dukes, with Roland Richardson on the receiving end. Another local boy, James Williams, starred at bat for the Dukes with three hits. For the losing team, Robins pitched and A. For-ir.a caught.N. E. GIANTSWIN AND LOSEJesse Owens InAuto AccidentElgin, III—Jesse Owens. 1936 Olympic hero, was badly injured when his car, in which he was driving from Siox City. Iowa, to Toledo, Ohio, was involved in an accident here Saturday last.Suffering cuts and bruises, the world famous athlete was treated , here at a local hospital. (Owens has been barnstorming with a colored baseball team. Recently he announced that he would re-enter Ohio State to complete his studies.victim twice for nine counts with a hard left and a straight right, the hard-hitting Williams used a powerful left hook to finish his game but outclassed opponent.Andy Roberts, who shows at the outdoor arena this week, is the brother of the sensational Ray Roberts. Still undefeated, he won the junior lightweight national title in his first year of competition, and is rated more highly than his brother. Ray has recently turned pro, after having conquered all he surveyed in the amateur ranks. Nunnally Features in City Meet Joe Nunnaly, local colored athlete, flashed a speedy pair of legs as he won a first and second place in the inter - school meet held Thursday at Blunt Park. After taking the century in the good time of 10.9 seconds. Joe came within an ace of placing first in the 220-yard dash.Dell Challenges King Carl Dell, whose scheduled bout with Charley Bui ley was cancelled by the latter's appendicitis, hasWilliams Wins Golf TourneyProvidence, R. I. — The By-Ki-Pu Golf Club open sweepstakes last Sunday at Triggs Memorial Golf Course, Providence, was won by W. Williams, of Boston, with C. A. Crawford of Boston second, F. Heroo of Providence, third; and a fourth place tie between Dr. Bynum of Providence and Wr. L. Powell of Boston: Tne Scores: Name Card Hdcp. NetW. Williams ...... 98 20 78C. A. Crawford ..100 20 80F. Heroo ............. 90 8 82Dr. Bynum ......... 97 14 83W. Powell ...........100 17 83E. F. Hill ............ 89 4 85E, C. Edmonds .... 93 8 85C. Newman .........101 14 87W. Allison ...........107 22 87C. Smith .............107 22 88G. Jackson ..........110 20 90R. Smith .............114 24 90W. M. Turner......105 14 91M. M. Jones ........112 20 92E. S. King ...........110 14 96V. S. Pugh No ScoreWatson Too Late For DecathlonKalamazoo, Mich—They might call Bill Watson “Superman”.Watson, giant Negro track captain of U. Michigan, was being driven to a meet by an assistant track coach. The car broke down, they were late.Upon arrival, Watson donned his track suit and won the shot-put at 50 feet and the broadjump at 23 feet 10 inches. But still he was unhappy. Watson had intended to enter the discus, high jump, quarter mile and the dash.Giants BeatBrown BombersThe two colored baseball teams of Providence began what promises to be an interesting series of games at Hopkins Park last Sunday before an overflow crowd. In a slug fest the Brown Bombers were lambasted by the Providence Colored Giants, the latter winning 17 to 11. Rawlie Preston, hurling for the winners, went the entireroute, bearing down on the Bombers when necessarj'.The game had many interesting spots, as fielding gems were executed and healthy blows delivered by George Hie, Mason, Preston and Ramos. Gene Perry of the Giants poled a long hit in the first inning to start hostilities.Coach Johnson of the Bombers used four pitchers trying to halt the Giants, but to no avail, sending in Ramos, Edmonds, Soares and Mitchell. Coach Rosario was dumbfounded at the defeat of his Charges, but complimented the Giants on their playing, however.He pointed to the absence of Charlie Bentley, George Michaels and A1 Potter, mainstays of his team, and promised that the second game will tell a different | T)1C Bal-Rac, Boston Tennis Club,Roxbury Tennis Club and Shaw House Tennis Club, in and about Boston; Little Rhody of Providence; The Nutmeg Qf Hartford, Conn.; Racquet Wielders of New Haven, Conn.; Volley-Rac of Waterbury, Conn.; and Racquet Club of Spring*field, Mass.The sixteenth annual open championship of the New England Tennis Association is scheduled to be held in Springfield, Mass. on July 4, 5, 6 and 7.Already plans have been made for the affair as published in a circular sent out from the headquarters of the host, the Springfield Racquet Club, 620 Union street, Springfield, Mass.The matches will be played at the Forest Park Courts, and there will be six events:Men’s, women’s, vei junior boys* singles, and men's and women's doubles. Drawings will be made on July 3 at 9 p.m. and play will begin July 4 at 10 p.m.Handsome trophies have been secured by the committee for the winners and runners-up. The Bishop Plummer trophy, of beautiful sterling silver, which must be won three times, is still up for competition; Weaver of Baltimore, Chandler of New Jersey and Howard Brown of Massachusetts have each won a leg.The present title holders of the N.E.T.A. are: Howard Brown,men’s singles; Myrtle Beavers, women’s singles; Watts and Woods, men’s doubles; E. Diggs and M. Beavers, women’s doubles; John Grayson, junior singles.Nine clubs compose the N.E.T.A.:story. Umpire Cunnigan handled the game in an expert manner.The lineups included: Giants— R. Preston, Jennings, McKinnon, Hie, Perry, Mason, Hardy, Clement, Jackson. Bombers—J. Ramos, Roderick, T. Ramos, T. Gomes, Soares, Jackson, Mitchell and Johnson.This Sunday the Bombers will play the Knights at Haywood Park, Attleboro, Mass., at 2:30 p. m.THE CHRONICLE SPORTS REVIEWHartford, Conn. — Last Friday the Giants beat the Windsor Col-oied Stars (native Windsor boys) in a twilight game at Keney Park, hurled some emphatic challenges The game ended at the close of in direction of Howell King, the end of the sixth inning because Dell, through the medium of his of darkness, with the score 3-1. | manager, rotund A1 Weill, charges Th«? game was more or less one King, who is preparing for a New of practice, with noone taking the England title bout with Henry spotlight particularly, tl can be I Chmielewski. with having avoided said by way of comment that the him ever since he lost a decisionWindsor boys, though young and fairly small, are fair hitters.Sunday, however, the Hartford All-Stars beat the New England Giants again. In spite of good pitching by Doug Johnson, who made a beautiful running catch of a difficult to handle line drive, and by Weaver Lee, equally good fielder and pitcher, the Giants went down in defeat, 5-3. As we baseball players and fans know weak hitting and errors at crucial moments lose games, however, much of this weakness can be attributed to the fact that our players do not get enough practice, because of hard working days and considerable long distance to the ball diamond. It would be a great help to their playing if we fans made it easier for them to get to practice and games by giving them use of our cars, etc.to Dell in Detroit. As King has more than once stated his willingness to meet any welterweight from Armstrong down, a match between the two seems to be the offing.mAARON SMITH, RINDGE CAPT.Cambridge—Aaron Smith, versatile colored track star, has been elected captain of the Rindge track team for the coming 1941 season.Smith, an outstanding competitor of schoolboy ranks, has starred with consistency in the dash and broadjump and is the team high scorer.Football Star Returns HomeHerbie Wilson, football and basketball star at Palmer Memorial Institute, Sedalia, N. C., has returned home along with Fred Cubbee and Henry Cattle, also athletes at the same institution.Wilson played right halfback and was co-captain of the basketball team. He has received a scholarship to Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, N. C., where he will enter in September.With N. Y. CubansHartford, Conn. — Artie Wilson, former New England Giant first sacker of Hartford, was recently seen in the line-up of the New York Cubans playing in the position of right field.On Sunday, June 9, the Cubans played the Philadelphia Stars. The teams split a double header with the Cubans winning the nightcap after dropping the opener. The New York Cubans will play the Homestead Grays on Wednesday, June 12, in Hyde Park. Johnnie Taylor, who is also a member of the Cubans, will also be seen in action at this time.Wilson is a former baseball player of Hartford Public High School, and a three-letter man at Virginia Union University in Richmond. Va. He is now studying at the Howard Medical School in Washington, D. C.Jitterbug Suits in All ColorsIDIG IN, BOYSParamount Clothes, Inc.1673 MAIN STREET_srElite Giants And Cubans Clash In Yankee StadiuiNew York—The second of a series of 194 0 four game Negro National League double-headers is scheduled for Yankee Stadium here to-morrow.Baltimore Elite Giants will meet Cuban Stars in one game and the N. Y. Black Yankees will meet Philadelphia Stars in the other.FATHER’S DAYIt is a tendency to first envy and then tire over the plaudits for the various and many good fathers we have among us. Some people just wait around to see a good man go down; others do all they can to pull him down.Nevertheless, tomorrow is Father’s Day, dedicated exclusively to fine family-fathers, present and past who have nothing to do with the modem political-fathers of dictator-states so nobly opposed by Mr. Roosevelt.There never was a finer and closer father and son duo than the currently popular Eddie and the late Lieut. Col. Dugger, who, as long as he was on this sphere, served his family, city, state andnation as well as he could. Ittook sacrifice, and that, to my mind, is the test of a real father.The school books depict the Negro as a playful, carefree race, quite afraid to meet sacrifice and hardships. Our fathers prove the lie.• • *Can’t “Censor” RindgeBy MABE KOUNTZEagainst theChronicle’s publicity of Rindge Technical High School of Cambridge, Mass. as a friendly joke.The recent election of Aaron Smith to the Rindge track captaincy has reminded me to make this belated reply to a written charge that the junior technicians were getting too much mention in the news, which, if true, is not my fault. Papers write the news; they don’t make it.Not a citizen of Cambridge, I am yet willing to concede Rindge Tech the medal for consistently producing some of the best, if not the most colored athletes year after year here in this state. Right in recent years, we’ve had Chet Smith and Roily Bernard as star guards at B. U.; Spike Corbin as all-American tackle at West Virginia State; and Franny Matthews as hard-hitting first baseman for the Newark Eagles of the Negro National League.Now, along comes huge Harry Robart, king of schoolboy shot-putters, who has every indication of being a super star at N. Y. U.I prefer to regard the protest I Can I help it?Hartford NetmenBeat SpringfieldIn the tennis tournament held at Colt’s Park, the Nutmeg Tennis Club defeated the Springfield Tennis Club, both members of the New England Tennis Association, in the singles 2-1. In the doubles the Hartford team came through successfully with two victories, one being by default.The crowd of about four hundred colored and white fans were enthusiastic at the thrilling performance exhibited that afternoon.Louis-Godoy Bout Is UnpopularApt to Be A Prize Ring FailureThe second Joe Louis-Arturo Godoy match set for June 20th, is likely to be a financial flop.“Signs are pointing” that way, writes Doc Almy, famous boxing editor and expert of the Boston^the Pacific Coast.”BRIEFS IN ALL SPORTSBy Tony BartosSpringfield’s East. Leaguers are playing fairly good ball now. The recent addition of Walters, Porter and McWilliams seems to have provided a spark which will carry the Nats into the first division. Last year at this time Springfield led the league. Now they know how it feels to look up from the bottom. . . . Bunny Taliaferro, well known local athlete, trekked out of town with the Newark EaglesPost.“The first encounter cured many of the cash customers. However their second will be much briefer, all of which is something.”The CHRONICLE points to the fact that Godoy has not fought since the last meeting with the champ. And he didn’t do any fighting then.“Report has been circulated,” writes Doc. “that he was kayoed by a sparring partner a while hack in an exhibition affair onfollowing their game with the Cubans. ... Bet on Ed Dugger, Tufts’ mighty mite, in the National Collegiates in Minneapolis. This sepia trackster is really the tops -—tops in timber-topping, tops in topping records, and tops as a gentleman and a scholar. ... So help me. Lew Jenkins’ first name is Verlin. I wouldn’t advise you to call him that—he’s the lightweight champ. . . . Want to lose some quick money? Baseball men will tell you betting against Bob Feller is sudden death to any bankroll. The odds on these two star hurlers is respectively 3 to 1 and 16 to 5. . . . Springfield's Colored Giants won and lost during the past week. After bowing to the Polish Eagles 4 to 1. they won a free-swinging 12 to 11 decisionRhody Club ToMeet Bal RacThe Little Rhody Tennis Clubis in good shape, according to Coach Bill Thomas, and is ready to stack up against the hard-driving Bal-Rac Club in Boston on Sunday. “We have a fair chance to win with the lineup at present, and if everything goes well, a victory will initiate the club’s entry into the N.E.T.A.,” said Thomas, who is hard at work trying to develop the youngsters. He notes improvement in the playing of Simmons, Coulboum, Petti john and Young. •«Cardoza, out for the second time, is stroking in far form, but -complains of an old wrist injury. The Wheeler brothers, Don and Bun, will continue to be bothersome to any opponents, especially if their stability improves. Saunders will be sorely missed by the new club, as his effectiveness wore many opponents down for the top notchers.First Mixed Bout in D. C.Washington, D. C.—Washington’s boxing history will take a new turn on the night of June 17th, next Monday night, when a white boxer will oppose a colored opponent in what is being considered the first “mixed” boxing contest ever to be held in the Nation’s Capital.Hartford SportsBOYS, LETS PLAY SOFT-BALLHartford—The Hartford-Springfield Chronicle is making plans for the sponsoring of a soft-ball league. The Chronicle recognizes that there is a definite necessity for our young people to indulgein healthful exercise. It hope*. _ „ „ , c , also to build, to an appreciableover the^Chicopec balls Red Sox. a hipher {rrade of sports.manship, and to provide the bet*tor usage of leisure time.Best. Coffer and Malone featurevl for the Giant? in both games. . . . Clarence DeMar and Andy Zamparelli have loth signified their intentions of running in the 10-mile race sponsored by the St. .Michael’s parish in Longmcadow. If the committee succeeds in lining up Tarzan Brown and Johnny Kelly, the event will attract plenty of out-of-towners. . . .Western Masachusetts boxing fans missed a chance to see a reallyWe are mindful, too. that then are many who would welcome an opportunity to get out after a day’s work and participate in some health diversion.Those already organized, who wish to enter the league, please contact James “Stonewall” Jackson at the Hartford-Springfield Chronicle office. 2076 Main street. Boys 17 and over who wouldgood fighter when Charlie Burley like to play ^ or „rjranj2e awas forced to call off his scheduled, team, also contact the Chroniclebout with Carl Dell. office.
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