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Evening star., 1936-09-07
Amasing Facts Are Revealed
In Menke's Sports Magazine

ment bearing an inscription In her
honor Claude, owned by Mike DAILY,
Travelled $4,000 miles as 3-year-old.
winning many big race and the ALL
time travelling record
Woman scorned-when Jimmy Smith
toured the country as worlds bowling
champion, he stopped for an exhibi-
ton at Pueblo, Colo. AS he started
to warm up for the show, the master
of ceremonies asked him if he'd mind
bowling against a Pueblo woman,
whom the M. C. said was pretty
good Embarrassed, the gallant Jimmy
explained to the woman that, as
worlds champ, he'd have TO bowl his
best even if he had to show her up.
That's perfectly all right" replied
the woman. do your very best. I
just took up the game two years ago
to do some reducing"
Jimmy bowled more than his usual
best, topping 686 pins in three games.
The woman-middle aged, nonchalant
and smiling-did better. She scored
704. She was Mrs. Floretta Nc
Cutcheon. Since that chilly night
in December, 1927, Mrs. McCutcheon
has rolled nine perfect games, 10
games of 299, 23 from 2e9 to 200 and
IL of 279.
Didrikson . 20-Sport Gal.
A IL sports facts Babe Didrik-
son, superwoman of athletes, Is
proficient in 40 sports =. The record
crowd for q sporting event In this
country was set last Memorial day
at Indianapolis, where 165, 1000 paid to
see the automobile race 5000, 900
people take out hunting and fishing
licenses in this country annually. Yet
100000 fish without a license at
all The last wild buffalo shot on
the American continent is reputed
to have been drilled with a bullet on
Elbow Creek, in Red Lodge regions
OF Montana, in 1904 When the
amazing Paavo Nurmi toured this
country In 1925 he set 16 world rec
ords from distances ranging from
"a of mile to approximately miles
during the first "a days Of running
;. And, 10, Mr.. Merxe says there
are 10000 newspaper and magazine
sports writers In the United States.
Hya. sans7
Evening star., 1936-09-07
BEES HAVING BIG
SAY |NFLAG FUSS
Blast Cardinals From Lead,
Now They're Making 1t
Tough for Giants.
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

w YANT to know who's going to
Ah/ win the National League
Wv pennant? Ask the Boston
' v Bees.
They won't, but they're having q
lot to say as to just which outfit
will.
Only couple Of weeks ago they
blasted the Cardinals out of the top
and let the Giants in. Over the week
end they turned their attention to
the pace-setting New Workers. cut
them down in three straight games
and made the chances for subway
world series no better than $3.50
proposition again.
Their third in row over Bill
Terry's Terriers yesterday was pro-
duced in the Frank Merriwell" man.
ner. Behind. 20, going into the
ninth, they proceeded to get two men
on base in hurry. Then Tommy
Thompson, called on to pinch hit,
poled out q homer to account for
80 decision over Gabbo Gabler.
Cards Drop faar, Too.
FORTUNATELY for the Giants, the
Cardinals didn't take advantage
Of the trimming and lost both Of their
starts against the revived Cincinnati
Reds, leaving the New Workers with
a three game lead. Babe Herman s
homer led the attack for 5-3 win in
the opener, and Peaches Davis pitched
a nine-hitter to take the night
cap, 8-4.
At the same time the once-a-year
surge of the Cleveland Indians came
to an end as they dropped both ends
of q double header to the White Sox,
ISL and 6-3, and skidded out of sec
ond place. The runner-up spot be-
came two-way affair. with the White
Sox and Detroit Tigers, who were
rained out with the Browns, dead
locked for it.
The change in second position hold
ers didn't affect the Yankees tre-
mendous league lead much, leaving
it at II games, although the con-
tinued slump of Murderers' Row
finally caught up with the pace
settlers, as the suddenly slugging Red
Sox belted out a twin win, 14-5 and
40, the first time this season any
club has downed the Yanks in both
ends Of q double header.
Evening star., 1936-09-07
COL0N|ALS OPEN
FOOT BALL CAMP
Squad at Let's Is Young
and Green-LittIe Known
of Newcomers.

THE youngest and greatest foot
ball squad in recent George
Washington University history
L reports this afternoon to Head
Coach Jim Pixlee at Camp Let's, Md,
80 miles distant on the shores of the
lazy Rhode River.
All of the squad will not be on hand
until tomorrow or Wednesday, ap-
proximately so varsity and freshman
candidates composing the earliest ar
rivals. At full strength the squad will
number nearly 80, with about 40 Of
them seeking varsity berths.
Evening star., 1936-09-07
GIANTS CONFIDENT
OF FOOT BALL WIN
Paid Clan Is Groomed by
Three Weeks Drill for
Clash Tomorrow.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


N YEW YORK, September 1.-Two
nj great foot ball teams, one the
" polished products of profess
\ sional experience, the other
the nearest thing possible to an all
America aggregation, meet at the Polo
Grounds tomorrow night in the first
Eastern appearance of the College
All-Stars.
The All-Stars. who have been gath
cred for the past three seasons from
the ranks Of the previous years COL
lege seniors to test their ability against
the National League champions, meet
the New York Giants in a charity
game. With good weather. $4,000 fars
are expected to turn out.
Break for Bierman.
THE fans have special interest in
the All-Star team, outside the
perennial argument as to whether
any good professional club could whip
the best college team. They voted
the players their places on the squad
in Nationwide newspaper poll and
IlOW Illcy WdIiL W SCC A4OW tA4C4
lections make out.
The Stars already have had ore
severe test. playing a TT tie with
the Detroit Lions at Chicago last
Wednesday before $4,000. They may
show improvement because of that
encounter and their head coach, Ber-
ME Bierman of Minnesota, figures it
also will be an advantage that he
can name his own starting team. In
the first game the voting dictated the
lineup as well as the squad. Sew
eral changes likely will be made as
the result of the showings at Chicago.
The pros, winding up their three
week training session at Orangeburg
with a long secret drill yesterday.
clung to their theory that the vet
erans, many from obscure fresh
water" colleges, we're the winners.
Only one major league freshman
Gene Rose from Tennessee. was in
cluded in the starting lineup named
by Coach Steve Owen.
Evening star., 1936-09-07

Jacqueline Horner, the only
French gal who entered the tennis
nationals, trains on ice cream sodas
:. has them with every meal . =.
Farmer" Feller, the new Cleveland
pitching sensation, allows as how
he Just "rears back and lets her
60" ;. They say the best display
Of tennis at Forrest Hills last week
was the exhibition put on by Don
Bulge and Ellsworth vineA
Evening star., 1936-09-07

Corp, pitcher for st. Ignace, had
what you might call q busy day :.
all he did was hurl q no-hitter and
come up with . perfect day with
the willow.
Evening star., 1936-09-07
MiSplay Costly to Phebus.

pHEBUS stood today as a sort Of q
martyr to his new clubs mis-
plays, Monte Weaver relieving him
with the score tied at SIS in the night
cap and getting credit for the 7-to-5
victory that was earned after Earl
Whitehill had won the opener, 7 to l..
Ray had one bad inning, in which the
Macks scored all their runs, but de-
spite his failure to win his big-league
debut the stocky young right-hander
had no cause to feel depressed.
For four innings he mixed up a
blazing fast ball with fair curve and
held the AS hitless. Only one man got
on base, Al Niemiec drawing walk in
the third. In the fifth, however, he
lost control and walked Higgins. Then
Hayes singled for the first hit off
Phebus, but Newsome slapped a
grounder to Bluege at third and it
looked as if a double play was certain.
Bluege's throw to Mihalic, however,
went through the second baseman's
hand for an error, letting Higgins
score and leaving two Macks on base.
Two more walks and Puccinelli's dou-
bic completed the AS scoring.
In order to tie the score in Wash
ington's fifth, Bucky Harris yanked
Phebus for Pinch-hitter Cecil Travis
and Weaver entered to outlast Horace
Etsenbee.
Evening star., 1936-09-07
ROOK GOODASA'S
AREL|CKEDTW|CE
Harris Holds New HurIer
Will Help in Bid for
Second Place.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

- UDDENLY thrown into a four
way dog fight for second place,
the Nationals awoke to still an
- other pleasant discovery today
as they poured themselves into their
white home uniforms to play the Red
Sox in a holiday double header be-
fore their final Western jaunt of the
year.
This revelation, hardly definite, but
rich in promise, is that William Ray
Phebus, latest and least touted of the
Grifhth A. c. recruits, seems to be
pretty fair pitcher and a helpful sort
Of fellow to have around at time
when every game counts.
AS a result Of their double victory
over the Athletics yesterday, plus some
ideal developments in other American
League way stations, the Nationals
Eoomed into a second-place race so
close that Will Harridge might have
to buy an electric eye at the end of
this month to determine the winner.
In Chicago the White Sox knocked
of the Indians in double-header
and the Tigers idled, leaving Washing
ton only half a game behind the dead
locked Sox and Tigers and only one
full game out of second place.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-04
Race'stFriend
Gets Job Held
By DIR. Tugwell
DIR. w. w. ALEXANDER
NAMED UNDER SEC'Y
OF AGRICULTURE

Washington, D. G.. (ANP)-An-
nouncement of{the appointment of
DIR. William w. Alexander, for
many years a well known liberal
and friend of the Negro in the
South, to succeed DR.. Rexford
Tugwell as er-Secretary of Ag-
riculture was announced last week
by Secretary Henry Wallace.
DR.. Alexander, who resigned as
president of billiard university in
New Orleans some months ago to
devote all his time to the position
of Assistant Administrator of the
Resettlement Administration under
DR.. Tugwell, Immediately left with
Secretary Wallace on an auto tour
of representative Southern states
in order to acquaint his immediate
superior with first hand knowledge
of the plight of the tenant farmer
and sharecropper.
The new under-secretary is
known to be conversant with the
problems of colored sharecroppers
and has long sought to aid them.
He has been vigorous opponent
of lynching and racial prejudice,
fighting both through the Commits
sion on Interracial Cooperation of
which he is president.
Although not generally known,
since being in Washington DR.. AL
exander has been instrumental in
starting important resettlement
projects among Negro farmers. In
Arkansas one such project is cur
rently fourishing with 600 persons
on a 10000 acre tract, and he is
responsible for helping guide the
planned land-use project at Tuske-
gee.
Along with DR.. Charles S. John
son, Fisk University sociologist,
and DR.. Edwin R. Embree, presi-
dent of the julius Rosenwald Fund,
DIR. Alexander authored Collapse
of Cotton Tenancy" a book pub
lished in 1885 after a serious study
of the situation. These three au-
thors, with DR.. Tugwell, phrased
the Bankhead-Jones bill which was
introduced at the last session of
congress.
The new under-secretary is also
member of President Roosevelt's
commission of 38 just appointed to
study the farm tenancy situation
and bring in recommendations for
a remedy on Feb. 1.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-04
Kids! Have You
Mailed Your
Coupons?

Goodrich-Silvertown stores at
209 Washington Ave. South, are
giving to a lucky Minneapolis boy
or girl scooter, sled, wagon or
velocipede.
All the boys and girls have to do
is fill in the coupon printed else
where in this paper and take or
mail it to Goodrich-S ilvertown, 200
Washington Ave. So.
Christmas week the lucky kid
viii be announced. A picture of
the winner being presented the
prize by Arthur Brown, store man.
ager, win appear in this paper a
week after the presentation. Come
on, kids, send in your name.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-04
C. w. WASHINGTON TO
SPEAK AT JEWISH
CENTER

Chas. w. Washington, executive,
Twin City Urban League, has been
invited to participate in a sympo-
SUM to be held at the Jewish Edu-
cation Center Association, Holly
and Grotto Avenues, ST. Paul, We'd
nesday, December 9, at $3.50 p. m.
The subject of the discussion con-
Quoted by the Jewish Youth Forum
will be the DESTINY OF MINOR
ITY GROUPS IN AMERICA,
Other speakers will include Miss
Golde Rapport of Minneapolis
Jewish attitude); Alexander A,
Granovsky Of the University of
Minnesota Farm Campus (Ukran-
ian viewpoint); and Rev. Raymond
Bragg of the Unitarian Church,
Minneapolis, who win present the
American attitude towards these
minority groups.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-04
John Lawrence
Again Elected
Alpha President

Mu Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha
fraternity held its regular meeting
and election of officers with Ollie
Griffin and Claiborne Hill, 658 st.
Anthony Ave., Tuesday, November
"a. Reports of retiring officers and
an address by the president fea-
tured the meeting. Officers elected
were John r. Lawrence, Jr., be-
ing reelected president; William
R. Simms, vice president; John M.
Patton, Jr., reelected secretary;
Leon M. Smith, assistant secretary;
William M. Cassius, reelected
treasurer; Norman Light, CORE
spending secretary; Turner Il.
Dennard, chapter historian; assoc
ciate Sphinx editor, Henry r.
Thomas; sergeant-at-arms, Horace
Bell. The next meeting will be held
Tuesday, December 8, with John
Lawrence at $50 st. Anthony Ave
nue., at which time new committees
will be appointed and the future
program inaugurated.
Mu Chapter recently organized
its pledges into a Sphinx Club with
the following officers: Elmer Har-
ris, president; w. C. Campfeld,
vice president; Earlyn Bell, cor
responding secretary; Richard
Stokes, treasurer; Victor Galloway,
sergeant-at-arms. Other pledges
include: Robert Leonard, Louis
Moore, Winston Richardson, Tim
othy Mills, Walter L. Robinson,
Lloyd Clark, Don Sessions and AL
bert Harris. William Simms is the
Sphinx Club pledge master.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-04
Mpls. Woman
Attacked By A
House PrOWler

A house prowler caught In a
Southside residence Tuesday at
tackled a Minneapolis woman with
a blunt instrument, striking her
over the head, injuring her Sc
verely.
The injured woman is Mrs. E. L.
Escue, 1921 Fourth Ave. South.
Mrs. Escue, unaware of the bur-
glars presence in her home. was
struck as she started to turn on
the light in her bedroom. The
blow knocked her unconscious, but
her screams were heard by her
children on the first floor of the
dwelling.
The prowler fed through the
back door, escaping by climbing
down the outside of a sun porch.
Mrs. Escue's condition is re-
ported as fair.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-04

discuss the Constitution and the
Supreme Court" at a Minneapolis
Public Forum meeting at Phyllis
Wheatley House, 800 Aldrich Ave
nue. North, Sunday, December 6, at
4:15 p. m. Earl Shamwel will pre-
side.
DR.. Reid is a graduate of Vassar
College and has her doctors de-
gree in international law, although
still a young woman. A travelling
fellowship permitted her to ex-
anime diplomatic archives in Wash
ington, d. c., London, Paris, The
Hague, Rome and Geneva.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-04
Students AT "U"
Organize Council
CAMPUS GROUP HOLDS
MEETING

The Negro Students Council (tem-
pOrary name) held its second meet
ing last Friday, Nov. 81, in room
104 of the University of Mime
sofa Union. Temporary chairman
Arnold Walker called the meeting
to order at 12:45 p. m. with about
thirty-five students present. The
chairman reported that a commit
tee comprised of himself, Miss Mel
lie Dodson and John Brooks had
interviewed Deans Nicholson and
McCreery, of student affairs, and
Dean of Women Anne Blitz. All
three of the deans approved of the
organization and the Negro Stu
dents Council is now recognized as
one of the representative groups
on the campus.
Members of the permanent or
ganization committee named by the
chairman are John Brooks, chair
man, Louis Mason, Richard Stokes,
Elizabeth Murphy, Charlotte
Crump and Shirlee Harris. Those
placed on the Housing Committee
were Louis Mason, chairman, FL
mer Harris, Fannie Mae Butler
and Reginald Harris.
Other committees selected were
Freshmen: Bert Shannon, Eliza
beth Schuck, Audrey Beatrice, Nor
man Light and Shirlee Harris; Dis
elimination: Vida Parker, Richard
Allen and Dunbar Gibson, to meet
with Miss Brown of Phyllis Wheat
ley House, Miss 1. M. Garden of
Halle @. Brown, and C. w. Wash
.ington, Urban League Secretary,
Student Alliance Committee: Lloyd
Clark and Barbara Mallory; Forum
Groups: Charlotte Crump and
Helene Hilyer.
Committees to be chosen later
are Dads Day, Homecoming and
Pledge Groups.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-04
Geo. w. James,
Pioneer, Dies
I'm st. Paul

George w. James of TOT st. An
thony Avenue passed away Satur-
day, November %, at his residence,
after being in failing health for
several months.
Funeral services for the deceased
were held Tuesday, December l, at
2:3O p. m. from Pilgrim Baptist
Church with Rev. L. w. Harris Of
floating, assisted by Reverends w.
E. Guy, w. E. Warrington, D. E.
Beasley, H. w. Bolts, and D. P.
Young. Mrs. Hattie Loomis Oliver
and Pilgrim Baptist Choir rendered
several beautiful selections. The
church was packed to its capacity
as hundreds of Twin Citians of
both races came to pay their last
respects to one of st. Paul's own
sons. Numerous beautiful floral
tributes attested to the high es-
TEEN in which the deceased was
held by those who knew him.
Survivors include beloved wife,
Mrs. Henrietta James; one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Everett Chapman; two
sisters, Miss Gertrude James and
Mrs. w. V. Howard; granddaugh-
ter, Miss Henrietta Bonaparte of
Cincinnati, Ohio; grandson, Donald
Bonaparte; other close relations,
and a host of friends.
George James was born in st.
Paul sixty-eight years ago, the son
of Edward and Loucelia James.
For a number of years he and his
wife, Henrietta James, masseurs,
have had an office in the Lowry
Medical Arts Building in st. Paul
where they enjoyed a lucrative
practice among an exclusive eli
entele. Mr.. James was a member
of Pilgrim Baptist Church where
for a long period of time he was
superintendent of the Sunday
School. He was always active in
civic affairs and anything for the
uplift of our race.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-04
Citizens Sponsor
Banquet In Homer
Of Football Stars
FOOTBALL BANQUET
PLANNED

Minneapolis will honor its foot
ball stars at a banquet to be held
at Phyllis Wheatley House some
time in the second week of Deem
Der. Horace Bell, who played such
a stellar game at guard for the
National Championship Minnesota
eleven, will be the honor guest.
Dwight Reed, the veteran st. Paul
end, will also be an honOred guest.
Plans call for the inclusion of
South Highs Championship play
ers also.
A committee of prominent citi-
zens, mainly members of the Big
Brothers group of Phyllis Wheat
ley, are laying the plans for the
affair. Movies of the 1886 Mime
sofa season will be shown and the
guest speaker will be a prominent
coach. Boxing, singing and other
acts will complete the program.
Some of the men working on the
committee are: Rev. C. F. Stewart,
DIR. w. d. Brown, T. Carey, A.
Cassius, T. Woodland, S. Harris,
and C. johnson and Cecil E. New
man.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-04
Morris Rackner
Fined For Health
Law Violation

Morris Rackner, grocer and
butcher who operates two Mime
apolis stores which have large Ne
gro patronage, was fined $40 for
violating the health ordinance by
failing to properly protect poultry
in one of his markets.
This is Rackner's second arrest
for health law violations in three
years. One of his stores is located
on Sixth Ave. N, and another In
the Franklin Ave. district. Both
have numerous patrons among the
colored people.
Rackner came into the public eye
several years ago when he is al
legged to have remarked to two
white women that he kept a certain
type of chickens on display which
were good enough for n-rs, but
that he had high grade poultry for
them in the frigidaire.
The rub came when the two
women reported his statements to
colored friends. Raelner denied
the statements but the local Negro
press secured affidavits from the
women.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-04
Ell. Herbert
Fined $1OO By
Judge Parks

Ell Herbert, %, musician, BAG
Rondo St., is right in his contention
that musicians should have a place
to meet and "riff" after working
hours.
So declared Municipal Court
Judge Clayton Parks in st. Paul
police court late Monday, but the
opinion did not prevent him from
imposing a 500 fine or 30-day
workhouse sentence on Herbert,
whom he found guilty Of selling
beer at his home without a license.
The fine was paid. A police raid
at the house early last Tuesday
morning found Herbert serving
beer to 40 musicians.
A parade of musicians, state
witnesses, admitted obtaining beer
at the place, but testified that they
were primarily to "riff."
For the benefit of the Judge and
others in the courtroom unfamiliar
with the expression, Herbert, with
gestures, explained that "riffing" is
the meeting of musicians to hear
each other play so that new ideas
can be exchanged.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-04
MAYOR TO SPEAK AT Way
MAN HOME CIRCLES Alst
BIRTHDAY

Attend the 41st Anniversary
Banquet of the Wayman Home
Circle of st. Peters Church, Tues
day, December 8, at 8 p. m. Mayor
Thomas E. Latimer will be guest
speaker. Churches of the Twin
Cities win participate.
Dinner menu: Baked ham, pota-
to salad, pickles, buttered peas,
bread and butter, coffee and des-
sert. Dinner Ale. One penny for
each year, 1S95-19S6.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-04
SWEET SHOP CAMPAIGN TO
CONTINUE

The Good Will campaign being
conducted by the Sumner Sweet
Shop, cooperative business being
operated by six young Minneapolis
people, will be continued until after
the holidays.
Response has been gratifying ac-
cording to the Sweet Shop OPP
orators.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-04
REPORT OF TEAM 81, DIVISION
F-2 COMMUNITY CHEST
DRIVE
1867, st. Paul
Mrs. Oscar TudOs, Captain

Mrs. Oscar TudOs, Captain
Mrs. Ollye Gum, Assistant
Mrs. Monjoy Jones, $15.75; Mrs.
Zula B. Tandy, $1,000; Mrs. Roy
Green, $3.50; Mrs. Bette Jones,
$3.50; Mrs. Addie Jackson, st.
Paul Academy, $1O.25; Mrs. Cecil
Boswell and Miss Ruth Brown,
Women's Clubs, $500; Mrs. Jean
Mundy, Women's Lodges, $500;
Mrs. Fannie Lynn, Pullman Por-
tiers, $1,000; Mrs. ]. M. Patton,
$500; Mrs. Clareeta Jackson,
$11.00; Miss Zalita Hamilton
$3.50; Mrs. ollye Gum, $227.75,
Down Town District; Mrs. Oscar
Tudos, $S6215, Down Town Dis
trict, making a total of $851.4O, OF
1880, or 1870 more than our quota,
which was $751.O0.
The captain, Mrs. Tudos, wishes
to thank the ministers of the sew
eral churches for their kind CO.
operation, the lodges and clubs who
so cheerfully donated, and to al
of the workers for their untiring
efforts in seeing that this team
made its quota. She wishes also to
thank the group of children under
the direction of Miss Hough, from
the H. Q. Brown Community
House, who appeared on the pro,
gram at one of the luncheon meet.
ings, and rendered several musical
selections.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-04
JAMES JONES RETURNS
FROM CHICAGO MEETING

James Jones, 1900 Portland Ave-,
delegate from Minneapolis Local
No. 6, Pullman Porters Benefit As
ISOLATION of America, returned last
week from the annual convention
of the association held recently in
Chicago.