The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23
Chicago American Giants Make Atlanta
Their Headquarters Soon; What OF
National College Hardwood Tourney?
BIZ LUcYus Melancholu Zones

CoNFUCIUs didn't say it, but there's lot of truth
in old axiom that behind dark cloud there is sun
shine.
That's the story of Atana's professional baseball out
look this year in nutshell.
following the demise of the Atlanta Black Crackers
and the apparent dsbandment Of the Atlanta White Sox,
it appeared not only but semprO ball In the cate Cv
as well doomed in 1910
But YOU will be pleased to know that although Atlanta
will have no Black Crax her operating with league
connection the Gate City WILL have professional baseball
for fully sixty days this spring.
The Chicago American Giants during period of
hauling going in their park in the Windy City will have
headquarters in the Gate City and will play Atanas
ball club. That is to say the club gong to make
the town its home and mnge with and play for the Atlanta
folk the same it does for its Chicago public ordinarily
Offhandedy, this probably doesn't ''cut ice. That's
because you're forgetting the Chicago club has two head
line attractions in its lineup that hail directly from AL
lanta.
Reference is to Donald Reeves the southpaw fence
buster who bats cleanup and Sg Cornelius, the veteran
right handed firebaI wizard and cure-ba artist, Cor
neus has been with the American Giants nearly ten
now and still the most effective moundmen in the
Negro American League He is also rated one OF the most
dangerous hers in the entire wng field Shug has won
many ball games with his big bat
The Chicago nine will present the greatest third base
man in sepa baseball in Alec Radcliffe who has been the
only player the game to be selected every year IN the
seven annual EAST-WEST classics in the Windy City
Enlistment of the Chicago American Giants for Allan
f. HEADQUARTERS is said to grow out of deep feeling OBJ
legation on part of Abe Sapersein the clever Jewish
sD0rtsman and booking agent exraOrdnare, for w. b.
Baker who revived interest pro ball in Atlanta and seem
ed on the way realization of fes dream until num-
her of unpredictable developments came along
Mr. Baker thus, will be booking agent for the Chicago
club during long Atlanta stand It is understood ne al
ready has an option the Booker T. Washington High
School Stadium the cluster of exhibition and league
contests that to be played in the Gate City II Atms
ro behind the proiect and attend the games wholeheart-
ady E IS possble Negro American League fofcials will be
made to see they made serious mistake last summer
when they gave John H. Harden and his Atlanta Black
IooH' with n
Dr r r Atwood president of Kentucky State Indus
trial college at Frankfort Ky who is also president OF the
Mid western Athletic Association, forth with
suggestion for what fl it comes to pass may be the nes'
thing to happen in Negro college basketball
The athetic-minded administrator is strong advocate
of national intercollegiate basketball tournament among
Negro colleges annually to decide the National lnterco
egiate Basketball Champion
The idea would be to have tournament restrict
ed to eight teams two apiece from the STAG CAA MWA
and SWAC The tournament octet obviously would be the
No and No. teams of the four major conferences ms
year. for example, if such tournament were being
ed the eight teams would be Clark and Florida of the
SAC West Virginia State and Virginia Union and North
Carolina State of the CIAA West Virginia State and Ken
cky State of the MWAA and Bishop and Langston of the
sWAC ''''~ "
The "dream" tournament could rotate yearly to diff
ferent conference could be handled on the basis
of what particular hot bid for it. At any rate could
hn handled very much the basis as the NatOal
Tennis Championships which employ praiseworthy five
year pan." ., c.on,n;ou 1ono
Iobn Woodruff of the University of pennsylvania re-
turned 10 his recOrdbeakng habits thursday
night al Dartmouth College in an indoor meet
Woodruff ran the $50 yard dash in the spectacular
time of one minute ATT seconds, shatterng the outdoor
world record claimed by Sydney Wooderson OF England
Tone minute 1872 seconds) by exactly Is seconds.
The Dartmouth 440 yard dash indoor record of 49.z
seconds set by Tom Hapn) that stood for II years was
smashed to pieces by Jimmy Herbert of New York umVer
stv and New York Curb Exchange in the same meet -
Herbert sprnted the quartermle in 484 seconds WIN
r,nnino I'M sweat Only fortnight ago, the same LAD
hoo ho world record for the 5000 John Borican OF V
i S+o+o hos also been smashing records In fact, he
ENC 1 L hoaino Woodruff in every meet until Long John
@ tL chang of trottinq indoors under the Kreg lamps
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