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KID CHOCOLATE TO LOOM AS DEADLY FOE FOR CANZONERI SOON
Ric Roberts, EDITOR
Melancholy’ Jones
V^ilson L. Driver
PAGE SIX
Fred Long Writes Review of Southwest Football; Thinks West Okay
Will This Morris Brown Line Remain I nscored Upon After the Tuskegee Tilt?
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Kid Chocolate Now
Sought As Havana
Canzoneri Foe
NE7W YORK, Dec., 4 <ANP)
Friday night was a legal holiday in
Harlem. Not a shoe shine parlor
nor barber shop was doing business
between ten o' 1 nek and ele o a
Only the gin mills were opened for
customers and were thriving. The
streets were deserted save for the
knots of customers clustered around
radio broadcasters where they cash
ed in on “freebees." The reas-rt.
well. Kid Chocolate was putting up
the battle of his life against Tonv
Canzoneri. And if you don't think
that the Keed is a prime favorite
in Harlem, say something again-'’
him.
Unmarred by his scathing battle
with the title holder, the Keed and
his patent leather head paraded the
the streets of Harlem Monday sur
rounded by an admiring throng.
And now, the powers that b"
realizing that the ebony hued
Cuban is their ace in the hole as a
drawing card, are arranging an
other battle for the little fellow to
be fought as soon as they can com
plete the details.
A return bout with Canzoneri is
the ultimate aim of the match
makers. but the physician declare
that the champion will not be avail
able for three weeks, so badly w i;
he handled in defending his title
against the little black boy.
Many were mentioned fur the
bout with the Cuban marvel, amor.:',
whom were Bat Battalino and Al
Singer. It is possible that the latter
will get the call as he is being built
up again for another crack at his
former title as lightweight champ.
The Keed goes to Cuba to answer
the charges which harried him dur
ing his training for the Canzone;':
bout and will return as soon as the
matter is adjusted. Canzoneri's
manager refused a flat offer of
$25,000 to meet the Keed in Havana.
BUST, 1. IN
BENEFIT GAME
TKHT
Ainer i c a n Legion
Heads Grid Contest
MEMPHIS. Tennessee, Dec. 1 —
Post 27. American I.egion Drum
and Bugle Corps 1 sponsoring a
benefit football game Friday night.
December 4. 1931. at Hodges Field,
between Rust and Arkansas Bap
tist colleges. The game promises to
he an interesting one. The Rust
Bearcats are the champions of the
Magnolia State, and the midsouth,
no team having passed their goal
line this season, "’heir last victims
being Alcorn. Thanksgiving Day
The Baptist college eleven is rated
as the best in the Wonder S’ate i
There will be an after-game dance!
at Hotel Men's Improvement club <
A street parade will be pulled oft!
by the Post Drum and Bugle Co-psi
Friday night before the game, fine
public should support the mmr
and the dance, as the proceeds will
go to benefit Rust college and the I
Drum and Bugle Corps, two worthy ,
ins’ : lution;< Much credit is due th?'
Post for having euipped a good.
Drum Corps in such a short timed
The drum corps was organized the'
last of July of this year. Notwith
standing the strenuous times, about
$2,000 has been expended on tins
drum corps .Of this amount less!
tnan $2O was received through pub- j
lie subscription. The drum corps'
made history for Memphis and the >
Legion! also reflected cred t upon*
itsc’f and the race during the State
Convention at. Nashville last Au-!
gust, and in the Armistic Parade!
November 11 Post Number 27has
been the largest colored post in
the w.nld for the past three yea
Th" model p ,?:t of its kind from
the standpoint of i "mb>rship andi
service and is known nationally, i
The community should be proud'
and the race uplifted for having!
such a splendid, unselfish org:m -
zation in its midst
- Tickets for the f .otball game are]
on sn'e nt South Mcmph i.- 1)'
rt .re. Ja<T ,n D. m toi m > 1; ,
Theatre and by exe.ui y.aim
la.ln throughout the id B:y on-
.HITS^EITS
I BY
I Wll-SCW U 0/^1
They're All, All- Southern
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Dec. 6—
Long before I knew a football
from a pineapple, or a basket ball
from a pumpkin, and I'm sure long
before 1 knew anythin.’, at ail.
Coaches and sport-writers all over
Dixie and elsewhere for that mat
ter have been selecting and nam
ing all-southern and all-american
players.
In tlie selecting of an all-sou'h
ern football team or any all-star ।
aggregation for that matter, it is
impossible to give the proper con- ।
sideration to many fine playe;.
who happon to c on a weake;
team.
A good player on any team of
championship calibre is oftimes
made to look better than he really
is by the fine co-ordination and
co-operation of his team mates
whi.e a good man on a weak team
is often made to look ad on a
weak team y lack of team w.ck
and ineffectual efforts of h. . team
mates.
One. two or three mon don'
make a team. It takes eleven mcu.
■all functioning i n “cloek-like
mannei to make a reallv grea
team. When one player fails to do
hi.> specific duty of blocking and
' taking out." something gw..
, wrong and perhaps the whole play
is oboled. Therefore, without the
line, the backfield couldn't func
tion and without the backfield,
there would be no ball carriers.
Since one is dependent upon the
otl ”' and it tains all the part.; to
mace a whole, which of the
halves is the greater? And which 1
of die eleventh part (one player;
is the greater? * |
Jackson College a
Marvel in Two a
Week Grid Win
By Edgar T. Stewart
•JACKSON, Miss,, Dec, 2 On
I Monday, November 16th Jackson
College’s Tiger defeated Campbell
and on Saturday, November 21
i defeated Alcorn.
Th" Campbell game was fa.-t
and thrilling Campbel] put up a
.t ff fight, but was unable to
-co;.'. Jack, on’.- .core came when
Owens, left end for Jackson, re
ceived a long pass from Ellis near
the goal line. The ball war car
ried over by Ellis on the next
Play.
T.’m game was featured by the
kicking of Captain Ellis for Jaek
?on and the teturning of punts by
Bridges for Campbell and a spec
tacular reception of a ' forward
pass by Owen.-.
The Alcorn game was ushered in
bv a long kick by Jackson into
the end zone. The bail was
brought out to the 20 yard Lne
and remained in that vicinity
throughout the first quarter. The
only thing of note during this
quarter was a 20 yard run by
Luckett, i got half for Jack -ion.
Quarter ended 0-u.
During the second quarter
both team scored Alcorn by a
• ■(. of line bucks for 70 yard-.
Jt'ekson by a broken field run by
i aii;.in Ellis. Bowman, fullback,
made the extra point The half
end. d 7-0 m favor of Jackson.
The erond I aif found Alcorn
with an entire m w team on the
f 11. The only thing of note
'iurii r the third quarter was a 23
vard run by Bowman for Jack on
Th' quarter ended 7-6 in favor of
Jackson.
Th.? final quarti"' found Alcorn
f ght ; ng with h< r Lack to the wall.
A- i la-t hope she attempted a
f<T "m । pass which was mti-rcept
v Ellis who roll 31 ' :.’d- for
i ' 1 1 <!own. On the fir t piny
ti.e kick off Alcorn p:, .ed
ay a v. th the same re?ui: only
’hi-, t’me it was a 20 yard ■p'-int
for I Jackson made 7 first
Jow' ... d e Alcorn made 11.
Off,, ~]<; Kefree, Wii ams,
C’ark: Empire, Lawrence. Bates;
'L 'olLn. t cm, Blackburn. More
, hmi <■,
Fiine Ke-pers: Cooper Ahorn;
Cma n, J a < k on-
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Rust’s White Clad
Demons Lash
Alcorn 2- 0
By Edgar L Barber -
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Dec. 1—
Holly Springs. Miss., Nov. 26- —
Coach Clemons former Mentor of
Edwards ( ollege is probably one
of the happiest men in all the
world after having defeated the
Alcorn eleven who are coached by
the great Squat Johnson, former,
tar <>f the mighty Sam Taylor.l
Playing inspired football, two stal- !
wart seniors, Taylor and Trice
and four juniors: Wright, Thomp-I
son, Quinn and Eubanks, the lit-'
tie <]uarter, Richard Brooks was'
abb' to lead his team-mates to a
hard fought victory over the Al
corn Eleven to tl*e tune of 2-0.
Due to the muddy condition of
the gridiron, Loth teams were
somewhat handicapped, and wore
not able to play anvil.ing but
straight tootball. However, on a
muddy field the .Alcorn Eleven
proved to be a bit stronger in the
first halt, but because of the good
condition .f the Ruest players,
they were able to take and give
the bard tackles that will always
coni" in a football game. As a re
sult, they wire able to maintain
the inward < ons< iousne s which
which meant that they would win'
the game in the end by hard
fighting
In the first half the game seem-;
ed to have been that of Alcorn,'
but lite Ruest eleven inspired by
their wonderul president and
coach backed by the continual
cheering of hundreds of the Rust
graduates who had come from all
parts ol tlie South and Southwest
to witin . tli., stellar football at
raction pulled them. "Ives together
and from tia n on until the end,
I the Rust deS ii ive gave a very
I good account of itself and proved
Ito its backers that they were
' made of strongci ami better stuff
than that of lie Alcorn invaders-
| The Rust stud>::- and gradu
ates arc proud of Coach < c nions
and his wonderful Cum so: hav
ing so conducted lh"mselve 'hat
they have not permitted a ingle
team in the states of Mi ippi,‘
Tennessee or Arkansas to cr >- its’
goal-line. Wg are again proud of
the fact that they have not >- i
inittcd hut few fir. t downs to be
made through their lira
The oustanding stars of the day
or Ru t were R. L. White at end,
Taylor at tackle, Brooks at quar
ter and Lindsay at full. Howevi r,
the game would never have come
to an end unless Eubank , v.bo is
a half had not given a good ac
count of himself.
year have been yielding to the ex
tent of an irresistible eleven.
Both teams boa. t also of elevens
that arc without injuries that ate
over eager to battle Aside from
a delegation of rooters from each
school, alumni of the surrounding
states will be on dm. 1; milling col
or to tile fray
Langston-Fisk Go
32 To 0 In Tough j
Football Game !
’ WGSTDN Okla.. Dec 2 • AMP
> The L.iic t m Lions s’.tpncd.
skated ami piow > the r wav to a
3? 0 v • ' 'm " ’h" F'sk Bull deg
h•: ■ Thic ■! iv aft " noon before .?
crowd i f some 2 e 0 -peetators wl: >
braved a se-'-c'nirnorthern ga' A ,
which h ire st—’ ard rain. t'',a-'-
forming tim f ’hi m'ii iite r al quag
mire. They so iT;; ’ ':e the b~avc~
who once reamed c . phirs. giv
irg every ounce • ■' • 'uff which
they pn-sm c 1 - . to oul-
do 'ica r’hi r
The line ■ rm 'e a ''"cssivc
than th" back f " Id <■ m’ q.n i-i.
cided c<ige in w< its<l -’pe •
iem I Till, oi l r | ' ]. ...... ~,
Duste'- ith Bi ■"। ।
ican center of la-t so . "> ;m>ved o
much the L k f ■ •: .> ■ ~ .
a pimi'h m to t 'll V. hi Tm- fu. •
were p’aving with ’' ■ Tcnrr .-.
ans or with the Oki;.!. n ..
cyr naihmt Wirrm ; " -m- s -j
('rite f m- ■ t „
then ba ; . on 1., I. m ।
tun s.
FUED LONG PUTS
INE FOCUS lIP
ON SOU’WESTERS
Prairie View Is Best
And Southern Team
Wants to Play It
GRE AT SEASON
By F. T. LONG
Director of Athletics, Wiley College
MARSHALL. Tex.. Dec. 4, Foot
ball in the Suuthwc".’ ken’ t'am
with that played in all sections of
the country during th" 1931 season
There were plenty of opportiwitic::
to compare the brand exhibit -1
here with the centre', bed, due ’■>
the large number of intersectional
contest ;. I’ronibiy H e out Umd,i>g
achievement from the Southwes*'s
viewpoint was the game played
between Langston and Wilberforce
in which the Ohioans won. 10-6.
Bv actual results Langston was no
s ronger than Wiley or Prairie View,
’he fommr battling the Lions to a
7-7 tie. while Sam Taylor's Pantl.
1 rs were victorious in a 6-0 encount
i r. Prairie View and Southern have
। claim to best records in the South-
I west, as neither has lost a game
in this section The Panthers and
^ou’hern were to have met. hut the
inability to agree upon officials
caused a postponement of the game. ,
ana the possibilitie:; of definitely ।
settling the matter as to -"ho is the,
king pin of the Scuthwes' will have
to be left to the decision of the \
grandstand managers and barbers
One thing is certain "se defeat
of Prairie View by Tt'skc:: " in
Alabama on Turkov Day w:p -i out '
al! clamis the Southwest m '■' ~-e
to a national championship. T <as i
fans were pulling for a Panth - \m - I
’"ry as a syndicate of Dalia
nessmen had raised a fund ’ i I
Prai’-e View-Wilberforce gee" ,i
the Texas metropolis in Dc<-"> .
her. Howevere. if Harry G' iw .
ismooth force eleven omimri 1 W-- t
IVTgmia Thanksgiving, t! ■ Ohio
b'lc’ -n rightly de -rvc th" p- lm.
With due respects t > Brio; Tav-
L’r's Southern I'l’ scr itc I'm 'imea
| who arc reallv a :■.'-( a< ; in n i.
l av n ■ sav tim' tlw Bo >■ 1' nrm
entry cmild hardly eim-r a rhbi
inr nation;’! ch impum mp i.v q, .
fi aline, a .schedule of nm'lv thud
i a’em team, w'h । :.l. tw ' f"ii
r,>n -fyuts on ill- 1 <• *’(l -
i ■ r n or -l V/i' I’. •< : * thf-p
on died tii- 1 /h; ’ in;.” : • . f
ji’imt t > c’-p th' f<»’ ”ic: ' ”’'ni
fnor '’'imt’M dinin g th” f ‘ «'md
f I»i ! • -1.,• • • ‘■f.. ~.. • . . •
' n ."’we 1924
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history by ithis time, attemp’s hv
the various spo'-ts edito-s to fi’ 1
thi , ' columns Ic ’d tb.e n to t! ■
ah; ■' ie-no■■ bbl" csk of iw i-um
<m AI!- ■ n'V !”•>D''d s.tv
v. e ."re submi”‘u-j- an ah • e! •,■
cn in order to allow th • b vs
from th" S 'l'hwe ’ to 'sb i'e ti.e
p' b’icitv If - o goer.
| "Pi Yi" Millei' o’' Lang'i >n and
/Tlo-a" Bushbv of Wilev ”
. <>■ ,’s'am i■:;:; ends in the S 'Wh ■ ■’
I bull’ is ous 'e"t ; oa for icit c .
i Biishby came back after a misci'-
' able sens<>n in 1930 to show Pic
|wo’-ld ho was not throw;’’ and
1 wwn<l up a colloro can — ■ a
bkc'e of I'.’orv Tackles -.ve
'' it i real or.es. but (' .uu■ "
.•' Im "'i of Langston i ! !
: "1 shoulders over the iv ': •• a •
'b- ancient "Reedy " Spa re f
Suu’hern. has encir'li loft t k >
th” P'ishmen on the ton w - ;
Bi ; Bilov of Prairie View ■ i '
Spinner of Teaxs Colege '.."’i • ->
of the best first gua- ■
th" debut of D idlev Red ! ’
were towers of strength ”
respective lines, and st ; "m
g ’f rbc og t :, o •• . ■
in y o ' li "n The vi • ■, i' "
Frankl’n of Wilev b id
•0. but initr a < k< pt I,
:Hiof 11 (’aa -' r or .
' t iO: tII "I P" I’al ' ■
■ 'o > men. former l-jj . • ;
’■ mates, ’he da. s . J th
J ■ • o V n". Combs I t Wi e>
• I on Buchanm m of im •
f.>r •' ’ position. Bdh !■■ "
Till ,n.I both arc ■■ .. i
D i ’ of Bish p
boy ami a first year a ■?
THE ATLANTA WORLD. ATLANTA, GA.
Negro Ilas Been In
I Fight Among The
Sport Kings
Fails Baseball Review
; Pud Fowler, v. m hs p en.,,
j characteristics: the Walker brothers
j with their gentlemanly conduct and
’ intelligence; and Frank Grant, with
i liis scintillating flashes of diamond
■ activities drew the attention of In
; ternational League managers to
ward colored ball players. Thov rot
ibusy at once. They went to William-
1 port. Pa., corraled George Stovay I
.and shipped him to the Jersev City
iteimi: they reached down in Mem
phis. Tennessee and pulled tin Tobe
niggings and H Renfro and put
them at Svracii'o. N. Y.. as a
battery Not saE.-fied with what
they did have in the wav of color
ed talent, thov th”ew cut a bait 'a
catch Dick Johnson, a opchor of
Zai'ocviUe. Ohio. Tri State T.eng>t?
team; Johnson was being well taken j
care of in 1b • Ohio town, a Im did- i
Tt g- ib the bait.
These tjocs had their dav in the
big show of Baseball and on doll’.''
eni ivcd it But that detestable color
lino pm'truded its nohmnous head in
1393 and the result was tint, onlv
one colored ball plover had a iob in
the International I enrim mvl the
last Io leave. His Lost stand was in
Syracuse. N, Y.
While these colored boys were
carrying on in the International
League, the first co’orod nrofossion.
al Baseball team was in the making
The Cuban Giants. JBR6 A year
later. 1837. the Gab,-ms we-,. nOyim l
teams of every League in the eas’
incldding the National Li'-imo and
.American Association. And th-?v
held their own with all of Hwm p,u»
.what a wonderful team tl Ciibar.
Giants would have boon at that
time could they have led tl. - serv
ices o f Fowler. WMlic. Grant
Stovey. Higgins. Renfro. Johrcmr.
The Cuban Giants having in fhoi
lineup such wonderful rlave-; as
George and Clarence Willmrn" Ar
thur Thomas. Ab." H irr.-on. B”iv
Whyte. Shep Trnstv Ben Mrd. Bon
Holmes, and Jack Erv. hmd ■ us fol
be’ieve that the Cuban Gim ’s with J
the following line-up could have j
made a great showing a ; a member ;
of the 1887 National League circuit;
rh'ot Walker. C ■ ■,. •■ Wil'iim .
and Dick Jo>v. on r' a.-i s
(‘loorgo Stover,, Tobe JEggins. Billy
Who’ - -nd Shr,p Triwt'.', pif-hm-L
A''f’ : r '1 hotnas. Ist base: Geu-go
Williams, ttd-base: Frank G-ant 3 1 j
base; Hud Fowler. S S : Abe Hir_
’■’son. j. r- Ben B . )fjv c F . Diek !
Johnson. It F.
.Sundown Players Equal Whites
Alli";!, the voat. game of Foot
’b'>U is now ho'/mg it: season, the
aftermath of the late World's Scries
between tlie St. Louis Cardinals, of
ithe National League and Philadel
phia Atlcetics. of the American
Loagu . j- still fiirnmhing inferc -’-
ing copy in sports columns of all
th" leading dailies. Always, the ast 7
or,math of an occasion like a World's
Serio ; is a panacea to the infallible
]' :nmnt of second g’lo’vs after a
graphic description of how the
wnners won and losers lost is read
and digested and discussed. And al
ways. at the end of the disputation
comes that old finis. ’I told you si’
Anri without a quiver of an erst
while calm conscience.
While we sundown writers have
no Worlds Series to aftermath at
this stage of the present era there is
a definite possibility that 1932 v 11
s”e the rpm-f imm of our weeklies
teeming with th- dea.-’nt'yc
actions of c"l ''",l t i’s a(-,-
hoefu’ bit'.le .'or a World.; Champ
icnship.
An T'nbcatable Qu'n’ette
Once asked to name the five
greatest heavyweight fighters of tl •
past thirty-Eve years, w" an were I
as f ollows: Peter Jecks m Sam
L'u ..ford. Jack Johnson. Joo Jcaa
■•ll' and Sam McVea w< c the five
-'reales heavyweights of the period
tamed and strange to -onlv
one of this quintette became
WORI D S CHAMPION.
'(•■ • while 'lke" Richmond of
Arkansas State and Cliff Purr.''!’
। of Southern stood plenty of pun
1 ishment at half back, and starred
in every game “Biiir' N'llum of
Prairie View ran amuck all sea
son until 11" hit .Alumni Bowl, bn'
ihe Triers have the knack of stoo
ping eve-ybody m the Howl so
Nellurn is our fullback Look at
this team f'om every angle, and
ee if you c:-n b at it
’ filler i' L 'ng-ton । anil Bu-by
Wileyi End?.
Johnson (Langston' and Spig
ner (Southern' tackles.
L. Spigner 'Texas college' and
Riley (Prairie View* guards
Combs । Wiley) center) Durant (
Risopi quarterback.
It lonond 1 ' I'anar Slate) and!
’'•irnel' ( .iithern» halfbacks
Nellum । Prairie View) fullback. I
FOOTBALL!!
. i- "- 1 ' • 1
7^' '"'_2 ' ■ > A ■ ■ • ,A ~. J
Morris Brown
versus
luskegee
Closes Regular Season
For Both Teams
SATURDAY
Kickoff at 2 p. m.
WILL TUSKEGEE’S SENSATIONAL
.RUNNING ATTACK WHICH BEAT ALA-
B.AMA STATE 32 TO 7 AND PRAIRIE VIEW 21
TO 0 LN SUZ ESSIVE GAMES PIERCE THE
IRON UNE OF THE WOLVERINES THRU
WHICH NO TEAM HAS YET SCORED?
Spiller’s Field
BE THERE AT THE START
75c ADMISSIOU /go
Hog* Mosely
J. C Chunn
Andy* West
[ RIDAA , DM EMBER 1, 1931
