The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-03-02
A NON. PARTISAN
NEWSPAPER
THE TIDE TURNS.

ITS long lane that has no turning s,, .
song OF yesteryear And such the fortunes - W.
and such Is popularity. The lane of popuartv 49,,
all 100 swiftly as Joe Louis car testify upon rsea
ton few months ago he was superman and M 81
blereading champion whose like had not heon s OF
all the annals OF pugilsm Everything he IA -
right and was acclaimed by the press tbrouchn, ~ n
nation. Negroes went wild with ecsacy and White
proved In generous fashion, / doub il even f, ~ Vt
boy has received such plaudits, rot even ~
Owens who set the cinder paths OF The oymnic
hre win MS speed and stamina. Louis was ra,,on
hero and loudly did the nation proclaim hin,
How changed today. Sportswriters are u...
ing AFTER all is he the man they have been v,i,,a
about, After all WAS not he over-ratedg IT, ~
been charged from the Bible reading modes, a.
ravenous glutton whose god Is his belly Va w. Il
ever so much about the chickens he can destro, an
what pcnchant he has for deep sleeping Nor ~ !,
more his English is played up in most broke, AK
ion The other day some writer referred to NJ 49, \
as kinky whereas there is not kink on ~. bcss N
Dut fatner curls Nobody can tell whore kinks hs,,s
and curls leave off but according TO those ,,,,,
his head is "kinky" or course. IL is not the hi h
what goes on under IL that counts hut those .ysi
references just show how the tide is turning
Joe Louis was blamed because Pastor mira,
MIN IN ring where they were supposed TO hcht D.
Tor, so they say. won moral victory" nv on,rnraI
Joe VINO poses as boxer and not a sprinfor Gods
the other night, put squatting stunt maj aonii
have made fighting fan furious 30 years aeo h,
Hodoy won another OF those "moral victories j a, n
ia la
popularity turning in noticeable degrees of .oor
sensible men know II had TO turn and not onh tb,,
u!eV know mat louis must be bumped from tho rank
OF champion some day sooner or. later
What Louis and the Negroes need ia ara
stand Is The way OF the mob with an idol The Nv, +,
me crowd Is fed up this business OF Seeo-
Negro peat and batter his way TO fame and eansio
cradle fortune. Al first II was news and excitement
and now II Is matter OF business Somebody ia l.,a
in earnest about the long end OF those nat,fs nj
Louis has sailed away few shekes so well AMI cal
good; but II he has not its just TOO bad now f- b,
days are numbered. man cannot 70 ON ,nd 4,
hshting and fighting without having a ton hsls
night And when this too bad night comes n,
goodbye Mr. Louis
But come the day now or 10 years hence ,as ho,
Ing game and the fans thereof owe Joe anirs,tr,
aep' o. gratitude which will be shown oree he d
uethroned. The Negro race owes Joe a hcaYt deA.
OF gratitude for what he has done with hts fs,, "A
Dolster our pride We proud OF Joe and igsie N
ne IS credit to our race and nation Hc cannot
forever carry HIS burden and when he LAYS down
we must he reasonable. We somehow think Joe tnnst
murder everybody and when he does no, We are All
10 chlme IN with the maddered mob, which eamouv
always for action and brutality and blood
20 long as the tide Is turning IT behooves Toe and
MS handlers 10 look well TO their temners ei loo
stick TO his lucky night speech Let him s,in sra
me other fellow credit for hitting like heiir lei
MN sun call his opponents swell guys ann sorry
ne called Godoy clown" TO Louis Godoy .houd
sun be a swell guy with a "mean croarhr .tc loo
must not got neied by the decline in the sun OF his
p"puatlty' II had TO come and II he J.. the great
champion we believe him to be. he will take IL Ike
man; The fellow with the bullying pockctbooa can
afford TO saw wood and say nothing Ie, m. hross
guys keep up the noise
y IS good 10 know that this thing IS NOT ne,e'.
sarly racial Such is the course of all croaine.s
J. ne higher they climb the harder they fall The
"lRhuer inc enthusiasm the deader the lul The
more popular the person. the sweeter the moraei ~
gossip such Is life ard the ways thereof What il
true OF Louis is true Of leadership in every realm
OF human endeayor. Let Louis keep sweet Let poor
Negroes keep their little betting money IN their
pockts-so frequently empty