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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-04-08
ARMSTRONG STOPS DAY AFTER
ELEVEN TORRID ROUNDS

NEW YORK-Bounding, bobbing
and weaving, exploding his famous
hunks of dynamite against the cement
chin of tough Davy Day, only to have
the game veteran ringster bounce back
INTO action; contemplating, and
standing toe to toe, swapping heaves
with one of the greatest little warriors
OF them al-Henry Armstrong, Light
weight and Welterweight Champion
Of the World. Davey Day of Chicago
fought game battle, but the rugged
challenger finally wilted under "Ham-
merln' Hanry's" two-fsted lombard
ment after minutes, and forty sec
onds of the 18th session of the fifteen
round ARRAY. Armstrong weighed
1876; Day, 1856
Before a crowd of 10,028 yelling
fans that jammed Madison Square
Garden, Day tried hard to accomplish
a feat so many others had failed at.
and was led to his corner a beaten
battler, after referee Billy Kavanaugh
wisely halted the contest. Day. with
a completely closed right eye. was
the picture of a defeated scrapper,
kneeling helplessly on both knees in
the final moments. Day made his
first stand in the second round. when
he landed right-uppercut to Arm
strong's chin, but Henry continued to
pedal forward, pouring leather on his
opponent. The third and fourth were
livel y sessions, when they stood head
to head, punching away with both
hands to the body, with Armstrong
trying to move forward and Dav re-
fusing to give ground. Each time.
however, it was the lanky Day who
fell back from the sweltering heat of
the firing rods. The punch that nut
finish to the contest, was a crushing
right to the body, blow which caused
Day to fall to the canvass for the onlv
knockdown of the setto.
Armstrong went after his foe in a
serious fashion in the fourth chapter
swarming all over Day with let's and
rights to the head, staggering him. He
| continued this attack through the fifth
but lost the round because of low
blows. The champion was not dis
: turbed by the loss of the round. and
punished Day about the head and BODY
in the sixth without the least let-up.
4 -~NJ AhAe'AS q OOlu SIdilu Ill the seventh
canto, as he rushed out and drove
several telling right-uppercuts to the
jaw. But, Armstrong made his show
I ing short-lived, by taking complete
command in the eighth, closing DAVIS
right eye with succession of lefts
Armstrong received a cut over his
/ own left eye, but appeared unham-
! pered as the bout progressed. Little
perpetual motion" swarmed over his
courageous challenger through the
ninth, tenth, and eleventh. losing the
eleventh round because of a low
punch. 1t was plain that Day was
headed for oblivion as he came out
exhausted, for the twelfth Arm
strong shot wicked rights and lefts
to his foes head until he bent over
then he heaved a solid right to the
body that put finish to the ARRAY.
The gross receipts for the carr
amounted to s29,008.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-04-08

by Is pounds, Byron battled his OPP
ponent over the ring from round to
round with right and Textbooks to the
head and body, to win the bout unani-
mously. Jackie Corbin, 124, Colored
Roxbury featherweight, hung the kayo
on Al Casey, 1875, white, of Sanford.
Corbin, heavy favorite with the fans
fought cool battle, sparring with
Casey in the opening chapter, shoot
ing long left jab into his face. In
the second canto, Corbin rushed his
foe, Tented left and a sharp right
cross to Casey's chin dropping him
for a nine-count. Corbin dropped
Casey with another right-cross to the
chin, stretching him out cold. John
Henry, 140, of Syracuse, won a g.
round decision over Kiki Stanley, 1876.
white of Saco in a bristling affair.
Henry punched his foe from pillar to
post during the Surrounds. His
boring-in style of milling was highly
impressive, and he used a right hook
to the chin effectively. Stanley was
barely able to finish the last round.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-04-08

Chef, the Plantation Quartette and
Helen Barrows, the singing waitress
and Lavina Lewis, Queen of the BInes
3. Herbert Jaxon, NC -. and plea
to the Post Office boys near nv resi-
dence e. "stop adding postscripts 10
my mail" :. Count Basic made tbo
One O'Clock Jump at the Roseland
State Ballroom lasweek and drew
huge crowd :. the Dunbar Associates
due to follow up soon again with
Erskine Hawkins, the modern Gabriel
of Swing at the Roseland moro
later . saw George McKinnon. Ruth
Sato, Estellita, Apus Brooks, Hazel
Diaz, Bobby Holmes galaxy of stars
watching the rug cutters iump and
the ofays are jammin' our 1--WE these
days the Uptown Downbeat and
the Indian Princess are now Going to
Town d. but not together o.. happv
landings :. . the Ojavans wish me to
correct their charade which won the
Jaberwock from "bigamy" to "polv.
gamy" or else so let l be the
victim of a fendish scalping from these
backward Navajo squaws, | submit
under protest two colored light
heavyweights will battle for the Ar.
come "A. at Mechanics Building
Thursday night, April Is when Eddie
Mack stages another big battle-ground
of action these two top colored
fighters are a great drawing card any,
where and merit your support see
YOU there the top show of the
week is at the RKO Boston Theatre
where Buck and Bubbles are the chief
attractions inaugurating a full week
of vaudeville plus two feature pictures
"Gunga Din" and the Walt Disney
Revue the Loew's State and Or
pheum Theatres break out of the Lent
en- season showing the MGM Ameri.
can classic Mark Twain's immortal
"Huckleberry Finn" with Mickey
Rooney, Walter Connolly, William
Frawley, Lynne Carver and our own
Rex Ingram, star of Green Pastures,
Stevedore and Haiti who comes into
his own once more in the motion pic
ture industry with a dramatic por-
trayal of jim, the runaway slave who
shared the adventures of Huck Finn
down the Mississippi river also
billed on the same program is Arthur
Lake and Penny Singleton in the next
of the delightful comic strip series,
Blonde Meets the Boss" Paul White
man and his Band in huge benefit
concert at Boston Symphony Hall Sun
day evening, April 16 to aid the In
fants Hospital featuring the Modern
CONTINUED on Page 81
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-04-08
BRILLIANT SAGA OF COLORED
ATHT FTEC

The rise of the Colored athlete
fame in America is a saga that has
never been fully told. Battling pre-
JUDGE, Jim Grow and blatant discrimi-
nation all along the line, Colored ath-
letes by their undeniable brilliance and
talrplay have won the respect and
admiration of the sport fans of the
country and when you subtract
the sports fans from the population
OF America, you don't leave too many
to be counted.
Today, there are three Colored
champions of the world in boxing,
holding four of the eight titles: there
is a galaxy of brilliant track stars,
who alone scored enough points in the
1886 Olympics to insure an American
victory against the best the rest of
the world had to offer; there is a
growing parade of college football
stars, headed by the first All-American
player since the immortal Paul Robe
son.
Organized baseball, tennis and some
OF the "ritzy" sports like polo and
golf, hold out against the growing
sentiment of complete end to dis
crlmlnatlon for reasons of race or
color, on the field of sports.
The Colored prizefghter has con-
tributed one of the richest chapters
Tread "Black Dynamite" by Nat
Fleasher) to the history of sports.
From the days of the redoubtable
Wolcott, Cans, Johnson, Langford,
and Wills to the present great cham
pions, Louis, Armstrong, and Lewis,
the Colored fighter has shown that he
can stand inside a squared-arena at
least with the best of them, and ex-
change courage, speed and intelligence
as the situation demanded. While a
dying chorus of hystericaI abuse pours
from some of the reactionary sport
pages, from the radio and fascist
minded commentators like John B.
Kennedy, of the Hearst Brigade. who.
before Joe Louis won the heavyweight
title, wrote screaming, and diabolical
warnings, saying, "Joe Louis Must
Never Be Champion" Well, today's
picture speaks for itself the
people of America have nothing but
cheers. 1t is matter of record that
the Colored fighters have compiled the
finest reputation as incorruptible
sportsmen of any single racial group.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-04-08
LOUIS BEGINS BOXING DRILLS
FOR ROPER ROIIT

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Mar. %
Heavyweight Champion of the World.
Joe Louis, seriously opened his train
ing sessions here yesterday with three
spirited rounds of boxing before 800
fans, who paid an admission fee to
see the Brown Bomber take a serious
stride in his drills for his coming bout
with Jack Roper, at Wrigley's Field
here April II. The bout is being
staged jointly by promoters Tom
Gallery, Los Angeles prizefght pro-
moter, and Mike Jacobs, imminent
New York fistic impresario. "Joltinp
Joe's" punching ability has not sagged
one bit, as was proven in his boxing
sessions. The BOMBER'S handlers
planned to lay him off of the artillery
practice for couple of days, in order
to allow his shock absorbers a chance
to rest. A new brigade of sparring
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-04-08

late from nine o'clock until two &.
wide variety of sandwiches, tonic
and ice cream will be on sale all eve.
with beautiful mattresses to serve and
glamorous hostesses to seat you and
the rest is up to you to enjoy very,
very large evening. Mrs. Harriet {.
Hall is President of the Women's Ser
vice Club now in its Twentieth Ami
versary Year and Mrs. Pearl A. Powell
is Chairman of the Easter Cabaret
table reservations will be held only
until eleven o'clock and will be avail
able to first Corners after that time so
it is advisable to arrange your party
in advance, secure your reservations
and arrive early =. reservations may
be made by phoning Mrs. Hall at Hig.
1914 . o.. Mrs. Ruby Dixon at Hig. 3516
or AGA Massive at Ken. 1884 . see
you all there! E. . coming events: Sig
ma Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity will sponsor Lester B.
Granger as guest speaker at the
Alpha Mass Meeting, April 16 at st.
Marks Church at s pm. he is the
Secretary of the Standing Committee
for Colored Welfare in New York
City . other speakers on the pro-
gram include Edward o. Gourdin . .
Joseph Mitchell and Morris R. Taylor
new Shaw House head . the Adult
Recreation program of the Outer RoX-
bury community will be held at st.
Mark Center, April 20 NAACP
workers meeting to open annual mem
bership campaign at AGA Massive,
April IL the Davenport Bronze
Rhapsody of 1889 goes to town on May
26 . the Resthaven League World
Fair Prize Drawing, May 81 . the
Debs About Town Strictly Formal at
Dorchester Manor, April IA and thank
million -. the st. Mark Community
Center Style Show at RoXbury Mem
orial High School May 4 .. Rest
haven Junior Club Dance April % at
Ritz Plaza -. Club Is at Silver Box
Studio April rs. Eula Wright, Pres
Social evening with music, dancing
bridge, whist and refreshments
the Randolph Players present "Spats
and Spurs" by Anna Bobbitt, Mus
BIS, April 18 at Elizabeth Peabody
Playhouse E. the Girl Friends Boston
Chapter are producing a thrilling mys-
terry drama "The Ryerson Case" star
ring Doris Pope Jackson and Nicki
Harris with Edna Center . under the
direction of Ralf Coleman April
10 at Recital Hall . hear the Slade
Barbecue broadcast on the air each
Tuesday evening at 5:45 pm, Station
WAAB, with XII Harris the Mystery
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-04-08
TARTAN BROWN WINS 1O-MILE
HANDICAP RACE

Ellison (Tarzan) Brown, Narragan-
sett Indian and former B.A.A. Mara
thon champion, flashed plenty of
stamina and speed to breast the tape
20 yards ahead of Les Pawson, present
B.A,A. champion, and snatched first
prize and the time prize in the annual
1O-mile handicap road race of the Pre-
sentation Club held over the Brighton
and Newton course last Saturday
afternoon. Although he did not smash
any records, Brown proved that he is
still capable of turning in a good run,
and may be a threat in the approach
ing Boston Marathon. The race was
a colorful one, with 100 runners toeing
the line at the post. Browns time fol
the distance was 55 minutes and 81
seconds
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-04-08
BOXING
GAMER AND FOX TO CLASH AT
ARGONNE A.A. SHOW

Promoter Eddie Mack is promising
the boxing fans top-notch boxing at a
penny round, with prices at 40 cents
So cents for reserved seats and other
seats at S1.10 and 1920. The TOP fea-
ture bouts, each of 10-rounds, to head
the show of the Argonne A.A. at
Mechanics Building, April II, is a
card that cannot fail to keep that club
well on the fstic map. A long and
bitter rivalry will very likely be set
tied between Al Gamer and Tiger Jack
Fox, when these two hard punching
light heavyweights collide in a 10
round bout. AS Tiger Warrington.
Canadian Heavyweight Champion. is
scheduled to meet the winner of this
fracas, he promises to be at the ring
side to watch the outcome. Warning
ton has a score to settle with Jack
Fox, and is anxious to erase that deci-
sion Fox received over him in New
York bout. There is Vernon Cor
mier of Worcester and Pete DeGrasse
in a promising hereunder. The re-
turn bout that the fans have been
waiting for, is the one between Pat
Foley of Worcester and Johnny Cab
clio, of New York.
Eddie Mack has used Colored box
ers at every Argonne show, and has
arranged show that has plenty of
appeal to the boxing fans.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-04-08
DIN BEATS DESAuTELs

so. BERWICK, Me-, Mar. 31-In
the main bout of Grounds at the Pal
ace Theatre, Young DIN, 1876, Colored
Cambridge lightweight, decisioned
Jackie DeSautels, 145, white, of Dover,
n. H. DeSautels, a south-paw, found
it difficult to score with wicked left
hook in the first and second cantos.
Olin rushed him, and kept him off bal
ance. The Cambridge scrapper nailed
DeSautels with right hand smashes
to the chin and body during the third,
fourth, and fifth sessions, staggering
him about the ring. DeSautels fought
a game battle. Jackie Coles, 1875, of
Roxbury, outpointed Young Hogan.
l4O, white, on Sanford in a four round
contest. Hogan gave Coles a stiff
battle, being dropped twice by the
latter with right uppercuts. John
ME Collins, 1879, of Roxbury won q
four round verdict over Billy Wilson.
139, of Sanford.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-04-08

BYRON TROUNCES LAMBERT
SACO, Me-, Mar. 3O-In the main
bout of six rounds fought at the Saco
Town Hall last night, Young Byron.
clever Colored Roxbury welterweight.
received the decision over Tiger Lam
bert, white, of Portland. Outweighed
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-04-08
TRACK
BORICAN FINISHES THIRD IN
MILE RUN

PORTLAND, Ore, Mar. 31-Glenn
Cunningham, Kansas track great, ran
to the tape ahead of a sparkling field
of milers in the Cunningham Mile at
the Hill Relay carnival tonight, finish
ing in minutes, PA seconds. Don
Lash, Indiana flyer, ran behind Gun
ningham for about ten PAGES after the
Kansan set him back in a last lap
challenge. John Borican, middle
distance flyer, and 10O-yard sensation,
from Elberton, N. J, ran third, offering
a stiff race in this his third attempt
falling back in the last lap plunge.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-04-08
ARMSTRONG GETS $4,000 OFFER
FOR BOUT

CHICAGO-Sam Plan, co-manager
of Davey Day, made Henry Armstrong
an offer of $4,000 fiat guarantee or
40 per cent of the gate today, for a
return bout between Armstrong and
Day to be held in Chicago in June or
July. Days manager averred that
Day was not his best against Arm
strong in their New York bout last
Friday night in Madison Square Gar
den, when the perpetual-punching
Armstrong handed the Chicago Bat
tier his first kayo, in a successful de-
Tense of his welterweight title.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-04-08

partners are expected to drop in soon,
Blackburn intimated.
The Champ, now tipping the beam
at 207 pounds, is expected to lose eight
pounds between now and weighing in
time. His best fighting weight is 1893.
His ace trainer and advisor, Jack
Blackburn has a routine he follows
strictly, to steer clear of entertaining
his battler.
Promoter Sees a Possible Sell Out
Promoter Tom Gallery predicted a
sell-out as the strong demand for
tickets leaped to a lofty height, with
no one Directing to the $40 top price.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-04-08
WHITE OUTPOINTS TERRANOvA
IN COMEBACK TRY

NEW BEDFORD, April darcy
White, veteran COlored lightweight, of
New Bedford was successful in his
comeback attempt at ring warfare here
tonight with an unanimous victory
over frankie Terranova, white, of New
York. White weighed 140, Terranova
1879.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1939-07-27
Fairgoers Seek Coop Data

Because of the constant demand for inf ormat ion g.
bout consumer cooperatives, the Swedish Pavilion at
the New York Worlds Fair has added two extra peo
pie to its staff maintain cooperative informa-
tion service, the Swedis sh Nor1ds Fair Commission
announced this week.
Henry Mllson Of Kooperat1va Forbundent--tle CO.
opera tive Wholesale and Union Of Swedenand nem-
Der Of the staff Of Produc rou-Sweden Will be In
charge Of the coop information service. KF is one
of the large contri butors to Swedish Pa1 ion.
American Wis itors to the social section nearly
always inquire first about the cooperatives, the
Pavilion Bulletin announced.
Information on cooperatives is also available
wi thin the Fair the Danish, Finish, Norwegian,
and Nethe ars exhibits. The Little Theater in the
U. Building shows the notion picture, "The City,,
containing scenes Of the cooperative stores at
Greenbelt, Mary Land. Outside the grounds, the Coop
League maintains Coop Center at 1876 East Nth
Greenbelt cooperator., 1939-07-27
IS SDlS MeditatiOnS
III. (Ef%ss=sF, HW by
EENH &AEh( Robert Lee Kincheloe
ENEK 8EaHtkN Eini ster to the
M lfAe1 lfAe1-EGs fTFsA Greenbelt CoIaIrunit ty Church
by
Robert Lee Kincheloe

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Many times have you sung this very famous hymn,
nj Would Be True" Turn to your Bible the New Tes-
lament, the Letter 70 the ppians chapter
l., 8 read the scd plural background for the
poetic phrases Of Howard Arnold Walter. The story
behind these two we'll known enriches tremend-
ous1y the significance and meaning Of them. This
account is taken from Lyric Rel1gion by H. Augustine
ith.
"Hee is hymn which not written as hymn
at all. It personal message from a young
to his mother, ent from Japan to New 4ritain Con-
necticut.
"Perhaps why this hymn is so uni versal
in its appeal to young people, and is such favor
lite at all gatherings Of youth where hymns sung,
is the fact that it is living message from youth
to Youth. The author only twenty-three when he
wrote it.
howard Arnold Walter (1ss3-l9la) was born in New
Britain, Connecticut. He graduated from Princeton
in 1905, or, as his Seminary Bulletin (Hartford)
presses Its He romped through Prince eton clutching
class and scholastic honors right and left, gradu
ating cum 1aude in 1905 and receiving the Aaster's
degree In 1909. In Hartford Seminary he garnered
every Prize in sight, including the Fellowship, which
he used for year in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Mar
burg.' The year after his graduation from Princeton
he spent in Japan, at Waseda University. It vas
there that he wrote tht hymn, on July I, 1905, and
sent It home in a letter to his mother. Feel ing
that it too rich message to be confined to
family, she sent 1t to Harper's Magazine, in which
it first published.
Ttr. Walter ordained to the ministry in the
Asylum Avenue Congregational Church, Hartford, Con-
necttcut, where he served ASST slant Pastor for
two years. 191O-l911s In 1917 he went to India In
the service Of the Young MEMS Christian Association.
When he started for India the last time heart
specialist told him that he would ably not Live
than five years. His reply was, that makes it
all the essential that get back to work at
once.i
"He d1 cd there in 1913, snly eight years after
his ordination and six years after the beginning Of
his missionary serv1ce Whatever else be may have
accoup1i ished in this short Life, Howard Arnold VIAL
ter has left to the Chri sttan world rich legacy
and challenge In this single hymn. The keynote IS
the word which flashed q Chri stnas greeting
from General william Boo th to every Salvation Army
Post in the world, the single word, 'othes.'"
PARENTS, TEACH THIS HYMN TO YOUR CHILDREN.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1939-07-27
CONSTRUCTION WORK STARTED Mc..'~cAY

Work was scheduled to have begun Last Monday on
the new local construction program. Filling in with
gravel and sand, and soddtng, will take place around
the swimming pool. The work is being done by the
Contee Sand and Gravel Company Of Laure1 Maryland
who won the contract from FSA.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-03
Walter Willclleu Or Brodd1gny
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