The Detroit tribune., 1936-03-28
THE WORLD OF
SPORTS
BY +. NJ. DAVIS for (ANP)
LEAVE IT TO SCIENCE
TO FIND A REASON

Chicago-Its mighty poor
scientist" who can't find good
proof for any theory he wants
to foster. According to Robert l..
Browne, University of Iowa gradu-
ate student in physical education,
, Jesse Owens, Eddie Tolan and Eu-
lace Peacock owe part of their un-
usual speed to a kneecap tendon
reflex which is significantly short
er" than that of the average white
runner Browne made this discov-
cry after studying 164 white and
Negro subjects.
This, of course, is very soothing
to the Nordic ego. Previously when
a white youth was beaten in the
dashes all he could truthfully say
was that his dusky opponent was
just swifter runner. Now. thanks
to Browne, he can sit back with no
loss of prestige and proclaim:
We'll, what else d'ya expect?
How'm l gonna beat a spade
that's naturally built to run fas-
ter?"
OF course Brownies theory
doesn't take into account the per-
formances of Charlie Paddock.
Frank Wykoff, r. A. Locke, Loren
Murchison, Emmett TOPPING, Jack
Elder, Ed Siegal, Bob McAllister
and a few other 'spook" runners
who managed to do rather well for
themselves. The Iowa Scientist
however, might rationalize their
success by saying "the inherent
mental superiority of the white
race permits its members to over
come tht handicaps Of nature"!!
You see a smart man with a lit
tie knowledge of science and some
aptness with words can explain al
most anything.
Next Browne will probably turn
to our high jumpers who are at
last coming into their own. That
will probably be explained by Ne
groes having more springy muscles
as a result Of our ancestors hav-
ing to dodge snakes in Africa. And
our broad jumpers are descendants
of people who couldn't wade across
rivers because of so many croco-
diles.
If nothing else, this proves just
how screwy is this country of
ours. When a spook does some
thing it's taken for granted that.
being white, he ought to; if a
spade gets to the top it's ''unna-
tural" and analysis shows it's the
result of an unusual development
found only in black folk.
| won't ask who were these 164
white and Negro subjects studied
from which he was able to come to
definite conclusions concerning a
world peopled with nearly two bill
lion humans, nor whether mulat-
toes are half way between 100 per
cent spades and spooks and if he
knew the percentage of Negro
blood of each subject. After all,
who am l to dispute the serious
findings of a scientist?
ODDS AND ENDS
Leroy Haynes, by his three round
kayo of Prima Camera, the Carni-
vorous, is automatically thrust in
to the heavyweight picture as a
leading title contender. That in it.
self should be incentive enough to
redouble the search for a White
Hope who has more than just a
hope. AS for Camera, he may as
we'll have gone on to Ethiopia with
his artillery unit.
Bernard Jefferson, the North
western university gridster expect
ed to rival Oze Simmons as a So
phomore next fall, has been looking
mighty good in spring practice.
Opponents of Iowa on the football
field need not expect much relief
Although Simmons finishes his col
lege career this year, there Is due
to enroll one George Sims, ALL
Southern California prep star, who
will be all set to carry on in 1887.