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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-10
Just Kids, They
Are AbaShed
BY National
Grid Fame
By FORD C. Prick

For the first time In the history
of football eleven stars of the grid,
iron, designated by competent au-
thorities as "All-American," were
brought together for New Workers
to see last Saturday evening.
New York was thrilled-and
perhaps in some measure disap-
pointed. They expected demi-gods;
men who bore the mark Of their
glory in mystic halo about their
being, perhaps. Instead they
looked eagerly and saw eleven col
lege lads!
a weiI-known fan and sportsman
was sitting at a table adjoining
this writer, when the eleven ALI
Americans filed into the banquc-
room and to their seats on the
dais.
He took a long look, and his
eyes opened wide in astonishment'
as he gasped: -.
'~Why, they're just kids; just
ordinary college kids?'
And they were. But 70 TINS
writer's mind, that fan, gasping IN
his establishment and possible as
appointment, paid to football ana
to those eleven All-Americau play
ers the greatest compliment pos
sible.
just college kids. Bored by
the ceremony; awed Dlt 0y LnG
size of the gathering; unnerVed
at the thought Of making
sDeech; unspOiled by the heaps Of
aduIatiOn which they might nave
wished to avoid, but couldn't.
Perhaps that's the answer to
harping critics who complain that
football is getting out of hand; ana
that newspaper publicity Is running
the college men who make the
teams. If these eleven men who
came together Saturday are ex.
amples Of the baleful influence OF
football publicity upon the college
man-then this Writer is q convert
to more and more football publicity.
Most people think Of All-Ameri-
can candidates as big, burly, hard
boiled bruiserR of men. They're
wrong. In that gathering Saturday
night Sturhahr. of Yale. was the
biggest man present; and Sturhah1
was just pink-cheeked curly
haired kid. Meeting Oberlander on
the street you would adjudge him
q young business man, possibly q
physician or a lawyer or bank
clerk; Friedman looks much more
like a student than an athlete.
Wier, the famous Nebraska
tackle, whose football prOwess
has echoed from coast to coast.
is a comparatively small chap.
wiry and aggressive. Any police
man on his beat looks more like
a football player than does WIer.
It was the first trip to New YORK
for Friedman. Oosterbaan and
Wier. They enjoyed 1t and said
&c frankly. They were entirely
human, entirely unaffected, entirely
| unspciled by publicity. And the
crowd. once Il sensed the truth, APP
preciated the II the more for it.
The men responsible for bringing
these eleven men together mad a
great idea. It worked beautifully.
And not the least. advantage was
| the impetus that meeting gave to
football interest, and the answer it
wrote to critics who insist that
| football publicity is running the
college men who play.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-10
EASTERN LEAGUE WILL
HAVE LENGTHY SEASON

A 154-game schedule was decided
upon by the Eastern League in its
annual meeting, and it was also
voted to make the player limit six
teen. The season will start April Fl
and end September 10, and the
schedule committee will consist of
representatives Of the Springfield,
Pittsfield, and Providence clubs.
The schedule will be formally
adopted at another meeting in New
York in February.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-10
WARRENToNS WANT COURT
GAMES FOR THEIR TEAM

l.. r. Bartenstein, secretary to
the Warrenton A. G. of Warrenton,
Va, has gotten his team mates to-
Eether and a good court team is
the outcome. He would like to ar
range series Of basketball games
with Washington teams. The War
renton boys have court and they
give a home-and-home series.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-10
SENIORS TO
PLAN COURT SCHEDULE

The Aloysius Seniors, formerly
the AIoysius Juniors, and before
that the AIoysius Midgets are look
ing around for some suitable OPP
ponents on the court. Teams that
would like to play the Seniors are
asked to phone Lincoln 8946-W be.
tween Z and 100 each night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-10
SICK,
REDNONA
CURIOSITY
Grange Fights a Losing Bat
tie With Jeering, Harass-
ing Mob
By FORD FRICK
international News Service Special
Correspondent


PITTSBURGH, Dec. lot was
q tired, weary and dishearteneu
Red Grange who limped off the
train here this morning, ducked the
waiting crowds that wanted q
glimpse of the famous one ana
disappeared to a private nome
awav from the turmoil and the
shouting. seeking to find Few
moments of surcease from the
most strenuous program young
football hero ever faced.
The Grange who only a few snort
hours ago was a hero, is now merely
) curiosity. He is fighting losing
hattie with publicity that raised
him to the heights, and now
threatens to beat him down again
into the depths from which ne
emerged.
Grange isn't physically SICK; Only
aick at art-disheartened with the
WEAKNESS which makes good play
impossible, hurt by the tendency OF
the crowd to boo and jeer him, over.
wheimed by the crowding hordes OF
fans who dog him at every turn.
denying him even the privilege o.
eating or sleeping in quiet; deny
ing him the right to a single mo-
ment of privacy.
That some direct and immediate
afens must be taken to conserve
his energy is apparent. For the
remainder of the week Grange IS
scIleeIuIed TO appear in games
which he cannot dismiss. But
tIaereafter his schedule is more
elastic. and his manager an
nounced this morning that no
further football engagements
would be considered until the
Christmas Day game in Florida.
That's wise move. Nothing
can save Grange now but immediate
and complete rest-away from tina
crowds ana the hurry burly, away
from the noise and confusion and
more particularly away from people.
Immediately upon arrival here this
morning, Grange was Whiskeu
away to the seclusion of q private
residence. and admission was denied
to everyone. Even his address was
withheld from the public in q final.
last minute effort to bring back
the energies which have melted
away so rapidly before the ava
Ianche OF public interest.
1T was a mistake to make 80
strenuous a schedule for the boy ln
the first place. After all, he's only
q kid-iust out of college. And the
transition has been brutally sudden.
As a college athlete, criticism
was tempered with mercy, and
critics were prone to overlook every
shortcoming-quick to alibi every
failure. AS a professional athlete.
Grange faces a new situation. He
Is paid for doing something: when
he fails to do it, the criticism turns
quickly to bitterness; the cheers
transcend rapidly into jeers. And
he can't quite understand it.
Among other callers at Reds
....a -. ..askn..ln.. Rnho
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-10


Last Saturday, saw Grange
for the first time. 1 had heard and
read so much about the Illinois
hack that I decided to look him
over in the game against Frank
ford at Shibe Park. -.
II. cannot say that was alto
gether disappointed. He - 2
skilled runner, but there are dozens
Of others just as brilliant and De,
iieye Coaches Glenn Warner, Knute
Rockne and Tad Jones did the
right thing when they kept him OH
their All-American selections.
s.Their reason was, / under.
stand. lis because Red did not
function 100 per cent In ~ his
games. / do not expect that high
average Of any player, bus per
sOnalIy, 1 think, TryOn, Of Col
gate: OberIander Of Dartmouth;
Friedman, Of Michigan: Nevea's, OF
Sanford; Wilson, Of washington;
SlagIe, Of Princeton; FlOurnOy. Oa
Tulane, and several more through
out the country, were lust g
valuable to their teams as
Grange"
Roper, on being asked whether
he had a contract for next year 81
Princeton, replied:
ct have not done anything foI
1926, but I suppose I win be back
at Princeton again. It makes yoy
feel younger when a team comes
through the way Captain McMiller
and his fighting Tigers did the pas
/ season.
eTnat $50 score against Harvard
ard 25-12 victory over 3 supposed
superior Yale team, made me Tee
| like carrying on. It's hard to re
tire in this game, especially wheT
your plans work out so magntfI
Gently"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-10
RED CAUSES ROPER 81, 900
WORTH OF CHAGRIN
By ROSS E. KAUFMAN

Dec could have gotten JOG ctqer col
,ege men to with would gladly have put up $OU e 49,
4OO
BALI said Roper Philadelphia councilman and Fnceons heau
football coach 80. .,.t vii ref1ect
him utterly opposed % -
BAH but college player leave school rgns a n S
his varsity game or before &c gEaOuAess =
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-10
Dempsey Has Won AZ Bouts

OF the sixty-five fights Jack
Denpsev has had during his
career. he won forty-seven Of the
contests. He knocked out twenty.
five men in less than one round.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-10
Tiny Hearne TaIIest Player

Tiny Hearne of Georgia Tech is
said to be the talIest football play
err in the country. He is six feet
eight inches tall and weighs 23S
pounds and is a. sub tackle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-10
Leading Base-stealers

The three leading base-stealers In
the American League this season
were MosttI, ~; GOslin, 81. and
Rice. n.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-10
Big Sums for Soccer Stars

Huge sums are paid by soccer
clubs in England for star players.
Purses az high ais $4,000 are
asked for the transfer of stars.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-10

highly exploited athletes I'm the
cOIntry-were photographed TO
gether. The Babe, wise i'm the
ways of the world, paused to give
Red some sound advice. The
best, perhaps, that he has heard
since the United States finally
succumbed to its attack of Grange
hysteria.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-10


Don't be too thin skinned was
the Babes opening shot You've
got to expect a lot of knocks In
the professional racket, and you've
got to take lot of criticism and
a lot of insults that you didn't get
before. But keep your head up
and don be afraid to say mo- when
the pressure gets too rough.
Get the dough while the gettins
is good-but don't break your owr
heart trying to get 1t" was the
Babes parting shot. "I would
have been a lot better off myself
If 1 hadn't listened to fall guys
when they kidded me about spend
ing my CON-"
Today Grange is slated to do his
stuff at Dreyfus Park, scene of
the last world series. He will have
to do it. Publicity advertising is
making its demand for it. 1t would
be better If he didn't.
A guy named Don Quixote once
started fighting wind mills, and
then refused stubbornly to quit
when he learned his mistake.
Grange is a modern Don Quixote
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-10

Among other callers at Reds
quarters yesterday was Babe
Ruth, and these two men-mOst
The broad ax., 1925-05-30

ern University, Chicago, Ill; DR.. w.
J. King, Professor in Cannon Theo-
logical Seminary, Atlanta Ga; Dr.
Arlos r. Brown, President University
Of Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tenn. /;
Bishop Robert E. Jones, President
Department Of Educational Institu-
tions for Negroes, New Orleans, La;
Corresponding Secretary, w S. Bo-
ward, Chicago, H.; Secretary P. J.
Morcety, Chicago, I'll, and Secretary
l. Garland Penn ST., Cincinnati, Ohio.
1t is stated that many Of the Negro
leaders who stood for the merger Of
Boards at Springfield are in conster-
nation now that the merger PROPOSE
ton is likely to also mean the merg-
ing of some Of the institutions in their
territory. This they did not expect.
The merger, however, will not des-
troy the identity Of any institution
but change the place Of location Of
some Of them and make for strength,
economy, and efficiency
The broad ax., 1925-05-30
M. E. CHURCH EDUCATION
BOARD MAY MERGE MANY
OF ITS NEGRO SCHOOLS
preston News service)

Chicago. Ill, May 2s-The board
Of Education Of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church has been in session here
during last week at the Edgewater
Beach Hotel The Educational insti-
tutes for Negroes received very care
full consideration.
According to close observers it
looks as though the merger Of the
Board OF Education for Negroes into
the general Board Of Education for
which many Of the leading Negroes
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
stood at the General Conference in
Springfield, Massachusetts will result
in the merger Of some nineteen
schools in the South, reducing the
number to ten literary and three pro
fessiona1 schools. A commission was
appointed to make a survey Of the
entire system and report recommen-
dations 70 the Annual meeting Of the
Board il February 1926. The COM
mission consists Of Bishop w F. An
derson, President, Of Boston Mass;
Dean Thos. F. Holgate Of Northwest
The broad ax., 1925-05-30

Secretary, and other Missionary work
ers Of the A. NJ. E. Church. On
Thursday night he spoke to a large
audience in Freeport, Long Island,
where the annual conference was in
session. Bishop Brooks budget needs
immediate increase. He has built the
largest school building in the West
Coast Of Africa-The Monrovia IN
dustrial School, and one Of the finest
show places in the Black Republic.
Bishop Brooks has and will continue
to accomplish a great and lasting work
in Africa and the members Of his
great church and the people in general
should rally to his support and dig up
all the money he needs in Africa.
The broad ax., 1925-05-30

Both bodies held election of the years !
officers, Friday, May 22nd when the
following officers were elected: Rev.
J. W. Coleman, moderator; Rev. z. g.
Abner, vice-moderator; DR.. z. T. Mar
tin, corresponding secretary; Rev. o.
w. Williams, treasurer.
The women elected as their officers,
Mrs. jamie Mason. president; Mrs. w.
NJ. Bennet, vice-president; Mrs. Irene
Thurman, corresponding secretary, and
Mrs. ]. Foley, treasurer.
The meeting adjourned Sunday,
more largely attended than any of
Beth Eden's recent meetings.
The broad ax., 1925-05-30
BISHOP w. SAMPSON BROOKS
RETURNS TO THE UNITED
STATES FROM AFRICA

Bishop w. Sampson Brooks, who
has charge Of the A. NJ. E. Chuch
work on the West Coast of Africa
arrived in Philadelphia, Pa. on the
steamship Majestic from South Hamp-
ton, last Tuesday He came to attend
the Bishops Council at Los Angeles
and to make financial arrangements for
the large and growing missionary ac-
tivities he has initiated in Libera and
Sierre Leone. He was met at the
boat by DIR. E. Fl. Colt, Missionary
The broad ax., 1925-05-30
BAPTIST UNION IN ANNUAL
SESSION

The eighth annual session Of the
Union Baptist Association Of Chicago
was in session at Beth Eden Baptist
Church, lllth Place and Loomis
Blvd, Chicago, May 10th to 24th, both
inclusive Rev o. w. Williams. mod
orator presided
All Of the morning, afternoon and
evening sessions were we'll attended
and excellent programs were enjoyed
By all present Wednesday afternoon.
the women's department was in ses-
sion, Mrs. F. L. Martin president.
The broad ax., 1925-05-30
THIS WEEK
THIS WEEK
BY: Ernest Rice Mckinney
preston News Service)
Harry H. Pace Proves 1t Can Be
Done

"A friend Of mine recently remarked
to another friend Of mine something
to the effect that | was getting into
too many fights with This Week. "
Therefore to be agreeable, This Week
we try another tack.
The remarkable achievement Of
Harry H. Pace in raising the $780,
COO, the required fund to get the
Northeastern Life Insurance Com
pany on its way, is thing for which
the best Of roses should be given.
Remember this is real insurance
company and not little catch
penny sick and accident concern or
d "jerk-water" fraterna1 association Or
burial society.
Mr. Pace has raised the money and
put this company on foot right in
the wake OF failure of the Standard
Life Insurance Company and the
blow-up of the Brown and Stevens
Bank. This is something to think
about Two Negro businesses fail yet
another rises Immediately out Of the
ruins, so to speak.
This demonstrates that we are not
race Of Cutters and Crepe Hangers.
We've got more sense now than We
used to have. There was a time when
we said that if Negro business failed
there was no need for anyone to try
starting another during that genera
ton Mr.. Pace has exploded that
theory. Some OF our publishers claim
that if you tell the world about the
failure Of a Negro institution there Is
danger that a few more will die from
fright. lack Of confidence or some
other ghost
AFR. Pace has had considerable ex-
perience in the insurance business.
He knows the business and can make
i 60. When he has developed 4
trained sales force that can sell his
policies properly he and his company
will be on the way to something that
has been needed for a long time in
the North That something il: a Ne
gro insurance company strong enough.
broad enough. efficient enough and
with enough liberal intelligence IN its
management to compete with the
white companies.
With the development Of the North
eastern Life Insurance Company there
will not be SO much cockiness on the
part Of the white companies III re-
jecting Negro risks, in charging high
er premiums and in refusing to put
Negro solicitors to work. Perhaps,
in the days to come, the statistics Of
these white companies will be bent a
little backward to show them that Ne
groes don't have such high rela-
tive death rate after all.
II is very pleasing to Us colored
Pittsburghers- to learn that our most
prominent citizen-at least as Tar as
national affairs are commemorative.
Robert l. Vann, has been elected to
the Board Of Directors Of the North
eastern Life Insurance Company. Due
70 high order Or legal ability and adj
ministrative experience Afr. Vann will
make a valuable counsellor for Mr..
Pace.
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The broad ax., 1925-05-30
TO ATTEND CHICAGO
UNIVERSITY

a number Of teachers OF The Viz
gina Normal and Industrial Institute,
Petersburg, Va, viii enter the summer
school Of the Chicago University in
the early part Of June.
The broad ax., 1925-05-30

e. Cornelius Webb, trusted en-
pIoyee Of the Pullman Company for
many years has been advanced By his
appreciative employer to the first pos
ftion Of its kind ever held by Negro.
Webb has veritably become an official
Nof the company, for whom he will
new act a mediator and court II in
dustrial relations matters which III
volve the 1000 Negro service en-
ployees Of the Pullman Company,
who use their skillful hands and
ready brains to provide comfort and
luxury for the thousands Of passen-
gers travelling in Pullman palace cars
BY day and by night. Thus, for the
first time, the humble but conscien-
tious knights Of the road who for
sake their own hreside and families
to make a car seem homelil0e to those
persons who are en- route between
home and hotel, are to have direct
representation and voice in making
smoother the industrial relations
which exist between them and their
company employer
Grievances as TO hours, wages, and
other conditions Of labor are to be
heard BY Webb, who, having his
Race and employer at interest Al one
The broad ax., 1925-05-30
MAKE TRIP TO HARVEY

B. J. Mitchem, NJ. n. Bailey and
Langdon @. Smith, officers Of The
Pyramid Building and Loan Associa-
tion, made a flying trip to Harvey and
Phoenix. H.. on official business.
The broad ax., 1925-05-30
which works at a low wage for un-
scrupuIous American employers.

Numerical supremacy Of the Jap
anese in Hawaii is creating the pro-
phecy that Japanese rule will prevail
in Hawai- within the next decade.
The broad ax., 1925-05-30

Dissensions caused BY objections to
Jew. Negro and Catholic prospective
appointees, continue to rock the poll
tical shores of New Jersey.
The broad ax., 1925-05-30

Wonder what the Negro Democrats
of New York viii do Il strife con-
tinues to pervade the state and city
organizations.
The broad ax., 1925-05-30

The South is probably saying of
Tom Lee, the here of the Mississippi
River: He acted just like a white
man.
The broad ax., 1925-05-30

California cities are still feeling the
strain Of ''bootIegged~ Mexican labor,
The broad ax., 1925-05-30

The scientific exhibit Of Prof.
George w Carver, the Tuskegee
chemical wizard was featured last
week at the Southern Industrial EN-
position, Grand Central Palace, New
York, N. vi
Now that the Republican League
has been organized in the South, with
headquarters at Memphis. Tenn, we
may begin to count upon getting
within arms length Of a ballot box.
The broad ax., 1925-05-30

Hattie Wilson Tobourne. noted Ne
gro hairdresser for film stars, died in
New York City last week. Even III
her last days she was vigorously op-
posed to the bob"
The broad ax., 1925-05-30

One of the greatest lawyers
United States who will the fourth June deliver
the commencement exercise the Western
versity, Kansas City, Kan Those attending the
that great educational institution will
enjoy treat Of high-class oratory.
The Tomahawk., 1925-08-13
II Farmers in
Minnesota Legislature,

More than one third of all the
members of the Minnesota state
legislature are farmers, according
to the Sears, Roebuck Agricultural
Foundation, which has been COM
piling figures of farmer represen-
tation in the state legislatures and
in Congress. .,
Of the 81 Senators in the state
legislature, 16 are farmers, states
the Foundation, and Sc out of the
131 members of the lower house
list themselves as agriculturists. A
few divide their time between
farming and banking, farming and
insurances or some other profes.
sion or occupation in addition to
their farm interests.
Iowa, with a farm population of
46 per cent, has SO farmers in its
legislature membership of 15S. the
highest proportion of any of the
states studied, the Foundation
states. Pennsylvania, with its II
per cent farm population, has only
Is farmers in it's legislature out of
a total of 258 members. Mrs.
Mabel A. Gillespie, Of Gretna, q
member of the Nebraska lower
house, is the only farmers wife
on record holding legislative
job.
The ratio of representation of
farmers in Congress is lower than
the average found in the state
legislatures, according to the
Foundation. With national farm
population of 80 per cent, the 69th
Congress finds only five farmers In
the Senate and 21 in the House of
Representatives. e-...St; 81
The Tomahawk., 1925-08-13
SOlOMEN SEAL s
lodge by ~
the Dunes"

A Camp for little Indian Child.
ren. Write r. +. d. No. Q.
Chesterton, Indiana.
The faculty in charge of this
institution are admirably qualified
for their work. 1t is in charge of
a college trained lady who is a
graduate of Smith College for
girls, and who also spent two years
at the Massachusetts, Agricultural
College, and a term at the Uni.
versity of Chicago.
She has AS an assistant college
trained Indian woman who under.
stands the Indian children and is
deeply interested in her work.
Charges are reasonable. Write for
pal ticulars.