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Evening star., 1940-02-06
Honolulu May Offer
To Lure Ball Club
For Spring Drills
Bid for Tigers to Make
2,400-MiIe, Az Day
Trip Is Considered
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6-The
City of Honolulu, where enterprise
seemingly never sleeps, is cooking
up new idea which should be of
especial interest to major league
baseball writer's, as we'll as players
and club owners. 1t is interested
in bringing a big league team to
the land of the hula for spring
training.
Although it is strictly in the
nebulous stage, civic-minded citi-
zens have gone so far as to inquire
what financial inducements and
costs would be necessary to bring
club 2,400 miles out into the
Pacific Ocean.
This department received note
from Honolulu resident of con-
siderable standing which specifically
mentioned the Detroit Tigers and
concluded with: do you suppose
any major league team would be
interested in getting a feeler?"
Baseball usually is operated for
profit-making purposes, so the as
sumption is that any club would
be interested if the terms were
right.
There has been much hue and
cry that the Yankees are too strong
for the others-a good big man
battling with good little men. A
training camp for them in Honolulu
might act as leveler in that their
drill period would be cut down
due to the added time consumed
in the trip to and from the Islands.
The Yanks might get off to slow
start in the race.
It takes four and a half days by
steamer each way. But by airlines
the elapsed time from New York to
Honolulu is 1894 hours-not much
more than the train trip from the
Big City to Florida.
Evening star., 1940-02-06
Weller Aron's S Scrap
With Van KIavaren
Set for March IA
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Feb. 6-Milt Aron,
Chicago's top-ranking challenger for
Henry Armstrong; Welterweight
championship, and Bep Van Klavaren
of Holland will meet in a 10-round
match at the Coliseum March IA,
Promoter Irving Schoenwald said
today.
The match originally was sched-
uled for February 8, but was post
poned when Van Klavaren became
i'll. Two other 10-round bouts have
been arranged for the same card
involving Welterweights Fritzie Zivic
of Pittsburgh and Johnny Barbara
Chicago, and Roscoe Toles, Detroit
heavyweight, and Lem Franklin OF
Chicago.
frankie Covelli, Brooklyn Junior
lightweight, and Jackie Wilson
Pittsburgh, have been matched for a
10-round bout next Monday night at
Marigold Gardens Arena.
Evening star., 1940-02-06
Eagles Fight 10 Save
Season Edge Over
Rovers Tonight
Third-PIuce D. G. Hockey
Team Only One to Have
OutpIoyed Leaders

The New York Rovers, who al
most can afford to slow down tc
q lukewarm pace and coast bit
after compiling an impressive lead
in the Eastern Amateur Hockey
League, invade Riverside Stadium
tonight. facing the Washington
Eagles at $50 o'clock.
While still clinging to a forlorn
hope the Rovers will 60 into a
tailspin and a slump, which would
border on the miraculous, the Eagles
currently are confining their am
bition to deserting third place, an
event which won't happen even
should they win tonight.
Hold Edge Over Rovers.
Trailing the Rovers by II points
and the second-place Baltimore
Orioles by 4 points, the Eagles
nevertheless, are the only outfit in
the league to hold series edge over
the New Workers, having spanked
the Rovers four times in seven en-
gagements.
One of the largest crowds of the
season is expected to view the
polished Rovers, who withstood
early threats by Baltimore and
Washington to pull away to a COM
manding lead. The more pleasant
weather, coupled with the fact
Riverside now Is heated, also is
expected to boost the attendance.
Ceilings Record Scorer.
New York boasts the leagues
leading scorer and all-time scoring
record holder in Albert Ceilings
who already has hung up 10 points
to fracture the old mark of IS
despite that the seasons end still
is six weeks distant. Four other
Rovers are among the loops frs,
10 scorers.
Washington, in the midst of q
streak of mediocrity. having dropped
its last two games, will attempt
to snap its slump.
Evening star., 1940-02-06
Gentle, First A. u. Track Coach,
To Put Team in 7erp Meet

world record for 45-yard hurdles
on a clay track.
Gentle expected to assume his
new duties today with a squad OF 25
candidates. 1t will be only five
days before the Eagle thinclads
make their first start under their
new mentor, as Gentle expects to
enter several men in the Mary
land-5th Regiment games at Bal
timore Saturday.
A. us athletic director, Staff
Cassell, is scheduling several dual
meets for the Eagles in addition
to their competition in the Penn
relays, Catholic University's winter
meet and the Mason-D Dixon Confer.
euce CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Evening star., 1940-02-06
|Mancini-Kekeris Tiff
lis Golden Gloves
Gard Standout

Golden Gloves swatsmiths resume
their quest for championship honors
tomorrow night at Turner's Arena
where the lengthiest program Of the
tournament brings more than 30
youngsters together in the quarter
final round.
Every bout is flve-star attraction
in itself, although the Nick Man
cini-Billy Kekeris 147-pound braw]
tops the field by narrow margin
Old rivals, the duo will be swinging
for keeps from the first bell to the
last and q knockout freely is pre-
dicted.
Then there is Bernie Cady's joust
with Charley Schneider in the 1885,
pound class which promises to keep
the fans in an uproar. Both. lads
carry knockout punches in their
mittens. Ray Lands, an outstand-
ing contender for the DR.. j. A. Bon
nette trophy to be awarded the best
novice prospect, meets Lew Burgess
IN another feature bout.
Evening star., 1940-02-06
Cash Is Pistol Leader
AS Washington Club
Sweeps 8 Matches

With eight triumphs in as many
matches. the first team of the Wash
ington Pistol Club outclassed eight
foes last night to win gold medals
in firing on the National Rifle AS
sociation range. The team is COM
posed Of John Cash, David Locking
j. J. Duffy, Ralph Glaize and Will
liam Walsh.
Cash's average of 2722 for the
series of matches gave him indi-
vidual scoring honors.
A new series of matches was inau-
gurated last night, with recently
organized teams from the Govern
ment Printing Office and National
Capital Club bringing the total OF
competing teams to II. The new
series will continue at least until
April IS.
Evening star., 1940-02-06

Another step in the announced
intention of expanding athletics at
American University was noted to-
day with the signing of Dick
Gentle, University of Pennsyl-
vania's two-sports star 10 years
ago, as the Eagles first full-time
track coach.
Captain and quarterback Of the
Quakers' 1881 eleven, Gentle learned
his track under one of the out
standing coaches in the country,
Lawson Robertson, who developed
him into a winning hurdler and
dash man. As a high school run
ner at Brookline. Mass. he set q
Evening star., 1940-02-06
WesFerre|I in Touoh
Spot as Defending
Links Champion
Field Of 100 Seeking
Ball Players Crown
Packed With Class
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TAMPA, Fla, Feb. 6.-Champion
Wes Ferrell better had be on the
lookout for dark horses when the
1910 baseball players national golf
tournament gets under way over the
Palma course here February IS.
Henry Bolesta, golf professional
at the Palma Ceia course, has been
clocking the warmup rounds of
some of the contenders, and saws
at least four entries may trip the
champion.
In addition, Ferrell, who took the
title from Paul Waner last year at
Lakeland in a wild exhibition of
extra-hole golf. will find the Pitts
I burgh outfielder. his perennial final
ist opponent, all set for revenge.
Waner, also q former national
southpaw links titlist, is considered
no worse than even money to take
Ferrells measure.
Bolesta gives this report on some
of the major league stars:
Waner is hot. Sos Ferrell. Both
have been playing regularly at Sar-
asota. But don't fail to watch:
Senor AL Lopez, Tampa's own, who
catches for the Boston Bees when
he's away from his Ybor City
hacienda.
Jimmy Foxx, Boston Red Sox in
fielder who operates a winter golf
course at st. Petersburg and is out
there chipping them in every day.
Joe Medwick, the st. Louis Car
dinals' clouter who's been polishing
up his game at st. Petersburg.
And Paul Derringer, the big Gin
cinnati mound star who has been
playing in the mid 70s at Sarasota
since December.
Another likely to be top Fighter
is Dick Bartell, now with the De-
troit Tigers, who never has played
In the Florida baseball links classic.
A field Of 100 golfing baseballers is
expected. For one reason, prize
money and such amounts to about
$1,000. For another, there will be
% major and minor league teams
training in Florida this spring.
Evening star., 1940-02-06
KickIess AppIing
Astounds Chisox
By the Associated Press.

B, the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Feb. 6.-Luke APP
pling, one Of baseballs "old
guard holdouts," has jumped the
reservation to the pleased
amazement Of the Chicago White
Sox.
The veteran White Sox Short
stop, who during nine years with
the club had given officials many
a moment of anxiety over an
nual contracts, surprised Vice
President Harry Grabiner no end
yesterday by sending in his
signed 1910 document. In past
seasons Appling always ranked
as a prominent member Of the
holdout division, usually waiting
until spring camp before signing
on the dotted line.
Evening star., 1940-02-06
Marquette Books First
New York Grid Tilt
Ry the eAssociated A Press.

By the Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE,, Feb. 6.-Athletic
Director Conrad Jennings of Mar
quette University announced today
the completion Of Maruette's 1910
football schedule with booking Of a
game with Manhattan College at
New York November 9.
This will be the first meeting of
the two schools in any sport and
will mark the Hilltoppers' first foot
ball game in New York. The COM
plete schedule:
October S, Wisconsin at Madison;
II (nighD, Iowa State here: 10,
Creighton at Omaha; 26, Texas Tech
here.
November l (night), Duquesne at
Pittsburgh; 8, Manhattan at New
York; l6, Michigan State here: %,
University of Detroit at Detroit;
80, Arizona at Tucson.
Evening star., 1940-02-06

Did you know that if. after
you take your stance over q
putt, the ball moves from its
original position, it costs you
stroke? And that If you pick
up leaf or twig within 6 inches
of the ball on the green, and the
ball thereafter moves before you
strike it, a penalty stroke also
is involved? These are fine
points and little known points
in the rules of golf. But they
stick and they are there to be
enforced.
Twice during his championship
career Bob Jones called strokes
on himself in the heat Of the
Evening star., 1940-02-06
Bears Keep Fortmonn
For Another Season

Danny Fortmann Of the Chicago
Bears will play at least one more
season with the team.
He graduates from the Rush Med
ical School in June and will serve
his interneship in a Detroit hospital,
but has made arrangements for a
leave of absence during the 1910
campaign.
Evening star., 1940-02-06
Orthopedic Gym Makes
CrippIes Athletes
By the Associated Press.

B! the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS.-One Of the fin
est jobs being done in the field Of
athletic and physical education at
the University of Minnesota is that
Of Clarence Osell, instructor on or
thopedics.
Scores Of Observation-Disclosures
men students learn to overcome
those handicaps in the university's
orthopedic gymnasium. One stu.
dent with two artificial legs is learn.
ing to compete in some sports.
Evening star., 1940-02-06
Skeet Club Coils Meeting

The annual meeting of the Ma
tional Capital Skeet Club will be
held February 13 at o'clock at the
Army and Navy Club, it has been
announced by Secretary William G.
Coe. A change in membership fees
will be discussed and all members
are urged to be present.
Evening star., 1940-02-06
Berg Rests as Jameson
Sturs at Palm Beach
By the Associated Press,

~ LEc AcSOC1oGCA 1880
PALM BEACH, Fla. Feb. GA
return shot at Patty Berg delayed
for a while, National Champion
Betty Jameson moved into the first
round of the Palm Beach women S
golf tournament today a strong
favorite to win.
Miss Jameson won the qualifying
medal yesterday with a three-over-
par rs, after Miss Berg decided to
rest during this tournament. Patty
defeated Miss Jameson last week in
q 38-hole match in the Miami Bilt-
more tournament.
The national champion drew
Clara Calender of Long Beach,
Calf, who qualified with an 81, as
her first opponent.
Evening star., 1940-02-06
Sudden Ending Hinted
For Brown-McAvoy
Tuss|e Tonight
Aheorn Soys Such Would
Not Surprise Him, but
There's No Guarantee

Matte Brown, who still insists he
a fighter, will have a gander down
that long, dark road-the comeback
trail-tonight at Turner's Arena.
where he and Mickey McAvoy will
be introduced over the Ground route
McAvoy arrived for the party yes
terday and went five fast rounds to
prove it will not be necessary to
wheel him into the ring Brown also
was reported engaged in furious
assault and battery on his shadow
in quiet rendezvous. He is in the
pink of condition and ready to muss
Mickey's features beyond all hope
of recognition.
No Kayo in Sight.
Neither party was alleged to have
developed a knockout punch over
night, although Promoter Goldie
Ahearn hinted that quick ending
will not surprise him.
/ This is Browns first appearance
in any ring since the dark night he
fell victim to Tony Galento's round
house left at Detroit. There was
much talk that Tony dropped him
with nasty look, but Matte gave the
lie to this rumor, going on record
with lengthy statement as to why
he failed to go the full distance
against the dubious barkeep.
McAvoy is Billy Conns sparmate
and usually appears in the semifinal
spot when the light-heavyweight
champions crown is on the line.
Masters to Meet Furr.
Bobby Masters, Philadelphia welter-
weight, will pinch-hit for Danny
Devlin in another 8-rounder with
Phil Furr. A third bout brings to-
gether Ell Brookman and Eddie
Finazzo.
A brace of 4-rounders open the
program.
Evening star., 1940-02-06

Three years ago-Glenn Cum
ningham won Wanamaker mile
at Millrose track meet for fourth
time In five years, coming from
behind to beat Gene Venzke by
8 yards in 4:14.4.
Evening star., 1940-02-06

, How Do 7asy exeeeT ne To AHka a
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-20

Then came a recount of dra-
matte achievements in the realm
of our own activities.
An Elmer Baker slices a 45-
yard drop kick through the bars
to subdue Morris Brown in a most
crucial clash where only % sec
onds were left to play. The
counts changes from 6-6 to 9-6.
A Tubby johnson and Jimmy
Lunceford blend pass and run
to defeat Morehouse, 2O-19, in
the fading seconds of celebrat-
ed duel.
A Ben Stevenson dashes SO
yards to touchdown to bring his
Tuskegee to a 6-6 tie with Will
berforce in the fading minutes.
An Abbey Henderson q think
this the greatest feat | have ever
known in basketbaID returns to
a Tuskegee floor with three per-
sonal fouls on the books against
his name. Under his handicap
and the heavier one of a Tuske-
gee Tiger fighting maliciously at
home for a sectional champion
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-20
Negroes Hog Titles In Hot AAU
Finals AT Boston, April $40

BOSTON-(By Mabe Kountze
for ANP)-F'ive out of eight 1910
National hAU boxing champion
ships went to dusky fighters here
last week at the Boston Garden.
Three Negro Americans: frankie
Robinson of Pittsburgh in the 12G-
lb. class; Henry Brimm of Buffa-
10 In the 147-lb. class; and Wally
Cross of East Orange, N. j.,
heavyweight, won their respective
division titles.
Two Hawaiian Americans: john
ny Manolo, 112-lb. class, and Paul
Matsunnako, bib. class, won one
fourth Of the AAU championships,
and white lads, fighting furious
ly, captured the remaining three
honors.
Supplying most of the thrill and
excitement, the "color contingent"
made up of 13 Hawaiians, around
80 Negroes, one Chinese, and five
or six American Indians, we're led
by the most publicized man of the
1910 tournament, Charles "Cy-
clone" Williams of Buffalo, a sec
ond edition of John Henry, the
BLACK River Giant" A terrific
puncher with both hand, Cyclone
swept to the finals over a road Of
kayo destruction 1t seemed no
body could beat him until another
large colored boy. Wally Cross of
East Orange. possessing the fin
est uppercut I've seen among
amateurs, plus a murderous hook
and best of all courageous heart,
met up with Cyclone in the heavy
weight final which sent the crowd
haywire.
The Cyclone, Who really nails
from Alabama, started out to
blast Cross cut of the ring. Cross
held the slugger off, but in the
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-20
Big Boxing Attraction Planned

ly looking colored performer fl
his opening show
Neither fight promoter is new
to the fight game. Both are
qualified for the post vacated by
jimmy Erwin, having promoted
fights several years in New Or
leans, La.
Efforts have begun towards an
attempt to rematch wild Bill"
Barron, the Powderly miner, and
the Atlanta fistic sensation "Tiger'
Jabbin' Foots. This match would
be on Raymond Gnd Eurkes open
ing show
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-20

final rival, Jimmy Reddick of st.
Louis. All of the real HawaiianS
had so greeted their Negro rivals
with a smile as they did to
whites. Whether Reddick. classy
light-heavy, resented this insult l
don't know, but Jimmy spring a
huge upset by beating Mr.. Quintal.
The decision was unanimous. Jim
met tough hairy puncher. Vic
Hutton of the Indianapolis team,
in the final and was outclassed for
the title Reddick, however, is now
175-lb. class runner-up.
LITTLE ROBBED" TOO
There were originally 173 start
ers in the tournament. For the
first time there was an all Negro
Southern association team, spon-
sored by Piney Acres Golf Club
of Atlanta; managed by Prof. B.
T. Harvey of Morehouse college,
and trained by John H. Bell,
Southern Y director and former
student of Talladega. OF this team
Mooney Little, Memphis f1yweight,
showed the greatest promise and
was robbed of a decision against
;DeAngelis, New England champ,
who failed to make the finals.
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-20
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-SNS-

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-SNS-
Birmingham will get it's first
mitt show since Jimmy Erwin de-
parted the city when Lew Ray
mond and Marty Burke take over
the leather pushing game here in
Birmingham early in May. The
first glove attraction in prospect
for the city may feature Jimmy
Perrin, the Southern welterweight
title holder. i'll a match with an
unnamed foe.
Raymond and Burke are an
HohEly boxing over the sepia
boxing field here in birmingham
Ia an effort TO uncover SOME like
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-20
Miss HarreId Plays
In New Mexico
University Concert

ALBUQUERQUE-(ANP)- Miss
Josephine Harreld, a top ranking
pianist of Atlanta, Ca, appeared
here last week in return engage
ment after a triumphant concert
last spring when she won the praise
of the large audience which heard
her. Presented at the University Of
New Mexico Under auspices of
Grant Chapel AME and Mt. Olive
Baptist churches, Miss Harreld
charmed her audience with pro-
gram Of classics ana lyrical selee~
tons
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-20
Negroes Win
In GG's At
Chicago

CHICAGO-(ANP) - Three OF
the four colored members of Chica-
COS Golden Gloves team won their
bouts in the international fights
at the Chicago Stadium Wednes-
day night before 10000 spectators.
thus enabling the hosts to tie the
champions of Europe, four matches
to four
Leon Hare. elongated feather
weight from ST. Louis. toyed with
Federico CortoneSi of Italy in their
three round bout. keeping the saw
age punching invader at bay with
long left. Anthony Jones OF
downstate Illinois. normally well
terweight, won over Karl Noren OF
Sweden as a middleweight in an
oldfaShioned slugging match that
had the crowd roaring. Jones
smacked Noren at will and out
classed him all the way but the
foreigner refused to go down.
James Richie of st. Louis, classiest
boxer on the squad, gave the Eu-
ropean light heavyweight repre-
sentative, Lajos Szigeti Of Hungary.
boxing and punching lesson to
win decisively. OF the four white
American fighters. only one could
win, Welterweight and Team Cap
tain Savior Canadeo.
The fourth fighter. Jimmy Joyce
Of Gary. lost the 118 pound title
to Ulderico Serge of italy after a
hard battle. The decision was ut1-
popular, with both Count Gerardo
di Leonardo of the italian Boxing
federation and Oscar Soderland OF
Sweden. president of the Interna-
tiona1 Boxing federation. who were
in charge of the visitors, thinking
Joyce had won.
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-20
They Still ArriOe

They abound in the arenas OF
sport as no where else. A Joe
Louis from Lafayette, Alabama; !;
a Babe Ruth from an orphanage
in Baltimore; Jack Dempsey
from hobo box cars; a Jack john
son from the vulgar stevedore
sectors of Galveston.
These are the old scale balan-
GERS and disturbers in what we
writer's like to call "clutch" sit
uations.
A Mickey Cochrane limps up
to the plate before $4,000 roar
ing fans at the Yankee Stadium
in the ninth inning with his mates
trailing 4 to 0. The bases are full
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-20
Our OtOn Heroes, Too

ship. he fires II points single
handedly to erase 1920 deficit
at the half and come home at
the finish, 42-4O.
The average man can never
know what it means and how it
feels to be the hero of the day.
Yet, these who have been so, can
tell you that nothing on earth
matches it in emotional satisfac-
ton. Were you ever hero?
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-20
Is Big TRIANGULAR TRACK Meet SATURDAY
Mofehouse, Tuskegee, Ala. Prep
For Triangular Meet Saturday

90 against Talladega that was
booked for the Atlanta University
athletic field the past Saturday
afternoon However, the Maroon
Tigers should offer formidable
competition despite kle lost OPP
portunity mentioned.
TEMPLE GRAD, NEW COACH
Alabama has q brand new track
coach in David Albritton. co-hold-
er of several major high Jump
titles including the world record
Of 6 feet, GA inches Albritton.
like Eulace Peacock, halls from
Temple University, Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania.
Over in Montgomery, they're
grooming g phenomenal pair of
dash men in Leo Ta1rant and
Thomas Lrlndy. Both ran the 100
200 and the 440-yard relay. Tar
rant survived the preliminary
heats and placed third in the T'uls-
kegee Relays and second in the
STAG carnival. Jundy didn't place
in either of those jousts. hut won
both the century and furlong in
triangular meet aoainst More
house and Morris Brown on the
A. IT. athletic field last season
ELLERBE, TUSKEGEE'S
HOPE ~.
Tuske@ee has the inevitable
Mozel Ellerbe from Hastings Fla.
who won 20 of % races abroad
summer before last; three-time
winner of the 1O0-yard dash at
Tuskegee: two-time NCtAA cham
pion; 1888 STAG century and fur
long champion; Kansas Invita-.
tional Relays record-breaker in
the 100; Penn and Drake Relays
champion; and century and fur
long champion IN the Prairie View
College Relay Carnival
Ellerbe would have been the
No. l dash man of the American
team had the 1910 Olympiad not
been cancelled due to the war Sit
uation. He has trifled with the
world record of "a seconds held by
Jesse Owens of Ohio State and
Frank Wykoff of the University of
Southern California on numerous
occasions. He ran the century In
9.5 seconds I'm the Kansas meet,
the Tuskegee Relays, and the 1888
STAG meet.
TWO CRACK SPECIALISTS
As for Morehouse. as has been
stated before, she was we'll
balanced team with two outstand-
ing specialists in George tBubber>
Mitchell. STAG high point man OF
1899, and Ulysses Amos, VINO was
runner-up to Teanmate Mitchell
In that respect.
Mitchell and Amos are almost
] sure points for the Maroon Tigers
, in five particular events-the 100
yard low and 7on-vard high
hurdles, 440-yard run. mile relay,
and broad jump
Besides the track and field acti-
vitieS. Athletic Director Frank L.
Forbes tennis and golf brigades
will also engage the Tuskegee In
stitttte teams dowa there this
! Weekend
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-20
By "MELANCHOLY' JONES
ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-

They're going to have triangular meet over at 1us-
kegee Institute Alabama this week end that will be the real
Mccoy Principals in the brilliant track and field carnival
are Morehouse, Alabama State and Tuskegee.
This particular edition of the annual threeway affair
the trio represents the outstanding chaengers the title
now held by Xavier University 19381939 STAG champions
The assumption will be that the winner of Saturdays meet
will threat to succeed the classy Catholics from
Now Orleans