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The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
0E LOUIS kAY0ES RED BURAAN IN LIGHTNING fifth ROUND
BEATING THE GUN

Abysinnia church's boxing unit for
tretypeof warriors they've been
sending into the Golden Gate
arena elimination trials. All Of
which is a prelude to the grand
finals to be held in Madison Square
Garden March 3----At the anna
Cerr houl. last week ,Apollo thea
tre), we were glad to SEE promising
Tommy Hogan introduced to the
vast aSsemblage by NC Willie
Ghc cnly) Bryant. j. a group is
alter Harry Hollis, former local
b.cy cling, champion who still 're-
tairs the FORM and stamina of
other years, to train two or more
of our boys for siX-day-racing
grjnd& Hollis has promised to let
us know within next two weeks
whether or not ne'l! undertake the
job,
FRED IRWIN Chicagos gift to
the fight world. has dug up an
"angel" who'll give him full reign
this coming outdoor season in the
promotion Of fiStic attractions. -
what Fred doesn't know about
serving UP rare fiStic tidbits
wouldn't fill the eye of a needle,
and he's also out to silence a lot of
people about town whose whisper
ing campaign has served 10 show
1!m in the light of phony
FRANK FORBES is determined to
follow the advice of this column
and pin MADISON SQUARE
GARDENS NED IRISH down to
a proposition that will place-NE-
GRO COLLEGE BASKETBALL on
the map in mcst definite man
her. attaboy STRANGER" We
know you'll go places and the ath-
letic association that has put out
considerable money on the strength
Of your suggestions will clip cou-
pons they never dreamed Of during
1941-42 season. JIMMY JOHNS
TON, around here screaming what
(varicose-veined Man Mountain
ABE SIMON, will do to Joe Louis,
should bear in mind these irrefut-
able facts: Cd Professional Johns
ton, would not accept (to-nite) 4
flat guarantee of $4,000 for t.3
Jewish scrapper 10 fight EMAN-
UEL MURRY (he's a cclored lad
also, despite fact that Abe would
outscale Emanuel so Pounds. 49,.
90 Simon should erase the Lou
Nova carnage from his record be-
fore looking Louis war AdioS!
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
BY AL MOSES


NEW YORK-(A N Pj-Pam
Graham replica CT lanky 'Icha-
bod Crane" Of Sleepy Hollow fame
has billiard fans tmduly excited.
An entrant (the only Negro in tie
New York State Professional Bill
lard Masters tournament. Graham
has UP 10 this writing won -.
SEVEN STRAIGHT VICTORIES
AGAINST THE FOREMOST
WHITE ExPONENTS of the baize
and green!
No one hardly expected this Of
Graham who Is better known in
room circles from here to Florida
as Detroit Slim Now the wag-
ering is around the better known
Harlem night spots as Bowman's
grill, Mimo and Rhythm clubs, that
Paul will emerge as state cham
pion.
All, this causes us to consider the
sad plight OF the finest pocket
billiardist the Negro race has ever
produced. 4. JAMES EVANS. From
very reliable sources we have it
that Evans is definitely on the
downgrade and could use a lift
from some of the hundred odd
Sportsmen he literally took care Of
during the lush days proceeding the
market crash OF l929-30. just the
other night we found out where we
can put our finger on the man who
-wor1 recognition because of his eX-
ceptidnal skill with the cuestlck
from none other than Bob Ripley
of Believe 1t OF Not" fame.
Jim wouldn't want us to suggest
staging a benefit or anything OF
that sort, but a lot of Harlem club
men in recent weeks have con-
tacted this writer and asked us to
put such plan over similar to our
benefit for blind Sam Langford
AS soon as the New York State
tournament is over we plan con-
tacting Graham, half dozen OF
the better known white and color
ed room owners, Buster Miller OF
the "AGE" and Dan Burly CAMS
TERDANd), and work out some
feasible plan We feel the time is
also ripe to start tournament
among Negro exponents for some
one to succeed to Evans title later
we'll campaign for t!oo winner to
show in the worlds lN9c&ct billiard
championship
A world of credit is due Harry
Wiley, Jr., Decosta and Burrelle, Of
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08

MARIETTA, Ga. - (SN5) -
Coach Homer b. S-retcl1ings,
aided by return Of a flCck of key
men lost for a wi'ile due TO attacks
of "flu' and $50 :resh from a
bit of scouting Of the Ramblers i'll
their game agaitl15 Adelph1 last
Saturday, gave David 7. Howard
a terrible scare here Monday night
before losing by the hair-line mar
gin of 34-32. The Atlantans led at
hslftime 1918. outscoring Mariet-r
ia 1917 in the final period,
Coach StretchIngs Marietta boys
turned in whale Of game,
Robinson and Johnson playing
probably the best exhibitions OF
their careers. The former baggged
sig field goals and the latter five
field goals and two free tosses for
a total of "a points between them
two-thirds of the losing teams
share.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
Atlantans Carry Opponents
On Surprise Party To Win

in Orange within striking dis
tance, 45-43 Myles then went on
rampage, sinking two long ones
TO put the Tigers ahead 49-45
Edmonds made money shot from
near mid-court, 49-47. Britt was
fouled and made it! Morenouse AZ
Florida 48 with 81 seconds to play
Edm0nos missed q lOlg ono, GLadd
fou1ed Grant Grant missed the
free throw. = long p221. Hai1es TO
Moss. and q spectacular under
the-basket slot iced the came as
the whistle ended the night'e tes-
tivities with MorehorGe winulns,
5l-A8
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
ALL MOGEHOUSE-
FOR n MINUTES

Yates, Haiucs and Myles cut
aloose Tor MorehOUse with Shadd'
Smith ana Edmonds firing away
Gor Florida The running score by
minutes was 28-l7: 3O-21 1924;
34-25; 35-27; 4O-33; 1926, Yates
fouls out, 7 minutes to play.
Smith, Florida reserve came in and
dropped three twin pointers
through the hoops to put the Men
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
rlnrt
FLOREDA'S BAD BOYS
WE'RE REALLY FAD

Some folk think 1t surprising
that Morehouse won over Florida,
but Britt only made d points; Ed
monds 3; Sha6d 5; Hall 3; Adams
and Watts l point each in the first
half. Edmonds and Britt hereto
fore have been good for almost
that MANY each in the first half.
Florida was not '0ff" as many
contend second half figures prove
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
THEY BROUGHT THE
HOUSE DOWN

Living UP to advance notices Of
fight the Maroon5 carried their
opponents on a surprise rarty in
stead Of picnic, The most re
markabIe features of the victor5'
play we're. / Captain Halnes' re
turn to form since the Alabama
game. 2. The spectacular play of
Clayton Yates since crashing into
the starting lineup. J The close
superb guarding. Of Charles Sim
mons. ]. Miles second half scoring
-ptirt
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
Basketball Game Ends
In Chair Throwing Try

bows 10 and Magnolia Avenue high
0.
Immediately rashing, singing ana
razzing followed, some could not
take it and lost their self respect
which resulted in the throwing OF
chairs and when the affair had
ended the "Y" suffered the loss
of 16 broken chairs beyond repair.
The officials in charge OF the
Saint Mary's team protested the
action and demonstration OF those
Of Magnolia Avenue team when
no satisfaction was forthcoming
quit the game.
The game started with the glris
team of each school and of which
Magnolia girls won "a to 8.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
Dauid 7. Howard Barely
Skins Marietta 1882

ed TO but a pair of field goals, but
the Marietta defenders committed
more than their usual share OF per-
sonals to thus hamper Coach Cur
ry's point-naking pet. The result
was that Nicely had 16 foul shots
awarded him ETe cashed eight that
number and turned In total of II
points for the night.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
NEELY PARTIALLY CHECKED

Captain Willie Nicely. Coach
Marion M. CHooks) Curry's main
scoring gun and player feared
by Scretcl1ings after seeing him
threaten Adelplii with II points be-
fore Howard lost 1898 and %
points before the Ramblers lost &C.
46 to the Purple and Gold, had q
special defense set up for the
strapping big fellow He was limit
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
Champion Belts Out Game Foe
With Deadly Right To Midriff
After GAG OF Bloody Stanza
EXCLUSIVE TO SNS)

NEW YORK - (SPECIAL) The
NO l3 iinx" meant nothing to
Joe Louis, the sensational Detroit
Brown Bomber. here Friday night
as he made short work Of Clarence
CRed) Burman, the tWo-headed
Baltimore challenger, and deposit
ed the one time Jack Dempsey pro-
tege on the canvas in two minutes,
and forty-six seconds Of fast and
furious fifth round. The Bomber
won every round, but the third.
Louis, after q dozen successful
defenses in the past three years,
thrilled o near-capacity crowd in
Madison Square Garden as he
made. his thirteenth title defense
In q halo of glory.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08

it, Shadd and Smith scored 8
points each, Edmonds 8, Britt and
Watts 3 each ana l for Hall. The
big bad "Men in Orange" were bad
but the Maroons' guarding and
Haines taking the ball off the
Blackboard made the difference.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
NEARLY Is POUND
ADVANTAGE

Scaling 202 l-2 and carrying a
"A 1-2 pound advantage in the ring
over Bu11nan, who tipped the beams
at 1873, the Tan Ehnbaltner drilled
an early yolley of left hooks to the
jaw and right crosses to The chin
tC "dress up" the courageous Irish
American boy for the kill"
Spirited action marked the open
ing around. Burman ganely car
rying the fight to Louis. The cham
zion, one of the greatest counter
punchers of all time, responded
sayagely and soon bad Burman's
left eye and ear badly mussed
up. Tense drama reigned.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
ATLANTA. Ga.-(SNS)-

ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-
The basketball game between
MAGNOLIA Avenue High school and
Saint Mary's Catholic high boys
ended at the llalf with q chair
throwing episode i'll the YMCA
gym last Thursday night. January
%.
The game was full Of interest,
fast and l1otly contested. The pep
SQUAD Of each school was III large
attendance and doing their part
in boosting their teams. All in at
tendance were lpractically stand
ing as the half ended. Saint Mary S
gone back any in recent years, he
is still heads and shoulders above
the heavyweight field. In fact, fol-
lowing his business-llke kayo of
Burnan, the wise boys were say
ing he could still ''gO back" a long
way and yet show a wide margin
over the rest of the aspirants for
his coveted diadern.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
HAMPTON IN AUGUSTA

AUGUSTA, Ga.-(ANP)--Lionei
HAMILTON and his orchestra were
greeted by a large and enthusiastic
crowd at the Delmar Casino here,
last Friday night.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
RURMAN THRILLS
GALLERY

Burman brought the fans to tlei1
feet in the 3rd stanza, despite a
heavy attack from the champion,
he connected with a hard left ano
right that drove Louis to cover. In
duckiug, the champion slipped end
fell between the second and third
strands of ropes, Pandemonium held
sway. But Louis regained his bear
tngs, cut loose with vicious body
attack, and soon had the white
bov in trouble, but Burman battled
ganely
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08

REFER EsEf-Jim Reid morris
Brown); TIME-SCORER- Joe
Johnson CLARK
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
LOUIS TURNS KILLER"

The 'pay-off" came late in the
fifth round when Louis virtually
closed Burman's left eye, then
rocked him to sleep with a jolting
volley of 1et11al left hooks and
right crosss. One, lppercut almost
lifted the challenger off the floor.
Then Louis sent home q murderous
right to the body, steaming left
hook to the Jaw and another
devastating right to the nlid-sec-
tion toppled Burman to the canvas
at the base of the ropes. He was
counted out and still lay inert
long after Referee Frank Fullam
had completed the count.
ARMSTRONG; H0NORTD
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
ARMSTRONG HONORED

AS a SYMBOL OF The Affection II
which he was held as triple
champion and still Is held by
F'lsttana following his unsuccessful.
heroic rebid for the world Welter-
weight crown recently, Henry Arm
strong was presented with q gold
medal by Announcer Harry Balogh
just before the Louis Burman fight.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08

THREE MORE al BOUTS
The Burman battle was Louis
second in two months. He scored 8
TKO over Al Mccoy III Boston dur
ing late December. From here, the
Brown Bomber takes on Abe Simon
in March with Baltimore bidding
heavily for the contest, Arturo Co
doy for the third time III April i'll
Los Angeles, and Billy Conn in a
headline outdoor bout next June
in Yankee Stadium.
Once again Friday night, Joe
Louis demonstrated that, if he has
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-26
Homemakers Saw Request
Recipes Made Yesterday
BY PRUDENCE PENNY

yfiv RESPONSE. 70 T77auy- TT
tiers and phone calls We pre-
pared al yesterdays meeting of
The Detroit Times HomemakerS
Club those dishes most often re-
.quesied Prune pie. ginger cup
oaEes lily chicken ana brown
les - a444eHE the faoas
shown IN addition suggestions
for man dish salads were gwen.
Here are the recipes Tor you
10 Try.
Pfune Pie
= cups cooked prunes
! orange
/ cup brown sugar
- teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons eornstarch
l cup prune juiee
2 tablespoons butter
! 9-inch baked pastry shell
> nnr WHITES
4 tablespoons sugar
Few drops lemon extract
Pit pruneS ana cut IN half.
Pccf orange removing white IN
ner membrane completely and
dice orange Combine sugar.
salt and corRStarch; add prime
juice and brig TO a boil stir
ring constantly until thickened.
Add prunes. orange and butter
and continue cooking for 10 min
utes, stirring occasionally. Pour
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-26
IFS a Change

But once you've had your
baby at home, there you are, I'm
the same old bedroom you oc-
cupy year in, year out; from the
next day on, all the petty cares
and problems of the home come
to your bedside the same as II
You were on your feet, and to
add insult to injury, II costs
you within IS of what peace and
quiet in a hospital would cost.
IF you have hospital insur-
anoe, as most of us do nowadays.
the half-price on maternity care
makes a hospital cheaper than
staying at home.
Personally, I'm looking for
ward to my third ordeal not be-
cause l relish labor, but because
afterwards. like a good child re-
ceiving candy, I'm to have my
eight or nine days vacation, the
only one most of us mothers ever
receive. To be sure. / shall miss
the children, but IL viii be good
for them and me to be briefly
separated; l shall perhaps be
missed for once, and 1 can read
books for my own pleasure
rather than children's stories.
Over and above my own per-
sonal considerations. my new
baby will get n routined start
that would be improbable IL not
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-26
Cape and Frock Outfit
BY ANNE ADAMS

EVEN A little tyke can win
first place in the Easter parade
with an engaging outfit like
Pattern AIS! An Anne Adams
Spring special, this easy-to-make
frock and cape are just what
your youngSter needs TO see her
through the season. The dress
is in simple paneled style-nice
in a checked fabric to show off
the bias side panels. The neck
line is beguilingly squared and
there are front and back yokes
that you may have in spirited
contrast with the perky pulled
sleeves to match. Or use one OF
those colorful new military or
naval prints You'H find the
jaunty cape so simple to cut ana
stitch, for it's in just four pat
tern parts with no side seams.
Order your pattern now-and
finish this ensemble in, time to
greet Robin Redbreast!
Pattern ATS is available in
children's sizes 2, 4. 6, 8 and 10.
Size 6. dress takes pa yards 35-
inch fabric and ia yards lace
edging; cape, IA yards 54-inch
fabric.
Order the brilliant Anne
Adams 1871 Pattern Book today
and get your wardrobe ready for
the return of the fashion season.
There's real dress-making fun
and satisfaction for you in this
collection of unusually simple
to-Sew styles for every age and
purpose. You'll find tailored
models garden-fresh prints
=. sportsters >. evening. we'd
ding and graduation gowns
lingerie accessories. Order
a copy now-you'll like our
prompt mail service. Book. Is
cents. pattern. Is cents; book
and pattern together, Is cents.
Address your order to the
Anne Adams Pattern Depart
ment, 1925 Times Square. De-
troit. Mich. Owing 10 customs
regulations. orders for patterns
TO Canadian destinations can Lot
be filled.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-26

INTO baked pastry shell. cover
with meringue- made of egg
whites. sugar and lemon extract
and brown in slow oven 900 de-
EreeSl for Is minutes Serves jix.
Ginger Cup Cakes
cup shortening
: CUP sugar
! beaten egg
cup light molasses
= CUPS -four
a teaspoon salt
teaspoon baking powder
J. teaspoon soda
! teaspoon ginger
l teaspoon nutmeg
. teaspoon cinnamon
= cup buttermilk or sour milk
Thoroughly cream shortening
and sugar; add egg and molas-
SEES. beat well. Add flour sifted
with salt. baking powder, soda
and spices alternately with but
-teFF4iilk. FIJI creased cup cake
pans half full and bake in mod
crate oven 1850 degrees) 20 min
uteS. Top with whipped cream
or seftened cream cheese. Dec
crate with raiSins Makes IL
dozen.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-26

CROcHETED IN two colors
or white and a color, this rug
can be made as large as you
wish TO make it fore any room
or even as a runner. Pattern
2794 contains chart and direc-
tons for making rug; illustra-
ton of it and stitches; color
schemes; materials required.
Send 10 cents in coin for this
pattern TO the Laura Wheeler
Pattern Department. 1925 Times
Square, Detroit, Mich. Owing TO
customs regulations, orders for
pattern to Canadian destina-
tons cannot be filled.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-26
EXERCISING
Relieves
ensfon
BY IDA JEAN KAN

THERE'S AN old bromide TO
the effect that if women could
only put their feet up on desks
they would make much better
executives. 1t has nothing TO do
with inhibitionS. It's simply
that the position is restful and
helps one 10 relax. Relaxed
muscles reflexly relax the
nerves.
Tension is the most firing
factor in business and, since it
looks as though the business
girl will have 10 continue to
keep her feet on the ground. the
solution is to take relaxing ex-
ercises. These relaXers are like
no other calisthenics and are
guaranteed to take the kinks
out of your nerves.
Stretch RhythmicsIIy
The aim in each exercise is
to stretch. then fold up ryth-
mically. First, stretch to full
extension going up on the toes
with arms high overhead. Then
let your body sag and go COM
pletely limp. bending the knees
and letting the trunk bangle.
Now for side stretch: Stand
erect, with arms high overhead.
Pull slim through the middle,
then bend sideward-way over.
From that position, just let go.
Let the waist slump. the arms
hang down Imply. It's a delight
fully queer sensation not to be
making the slightest effort.
When you are completely re-
faxed. stretch. bend and flop
to the opposite side. Repeat
several times.
If you pound a typewriter.
your shoulders are apt to be
tension center. You can relax
the shoulders with this exercise
Stand up and swing one arm
straight out in front of the
body, the other straight out in
back. Swing the arms stimuli
taneoSly in a loose jointed
rhythm and you'll find it gives
your entire body a lift.
WsisiIine Trimmer
Now shrug the shoulders up
and down Move them forward
and back. just moving the
shoulder girdle and letting the
arms hang. Then clasp the
hands back of the head and try
TO touch elbows together in
front. Finish by circling the ell
bows with hands still clasped
back of head.
To take. the bulges Off your
waistline as well as the kinks
out of your spine, do this
Stretcher. Sit. on the floor with
the legs straight and wide
apart. arms upStretched. Using
the waist as a hinge, sway The
trunk down and around in a
circle You should eventually
Wind it up with this relaxer:
Stand up and hop three times.
first on one foot, then on the
other
1871. King Features synd. Inc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-26
Doctor and Wife Give Their
Views on Home Obstetrics
BY LOGAN CLENDENING, NJ. ID.

impossible in a busy household
of other children"
The Doctors Letter
II want 20 go on record as
subscribing to your recently ex-
pressed opinion that nowadays
more confinements should be
conducted at home. have al
ways felt that the possibility of
cross-infection was less in the
home than in the hospital.
II do not believe that the hos
pitaI offers any apparatus or
other facilities for safety that
cannot easily be provided at
home. In my experience, the
mothers are more comfortable
in their own beds with their
OWN meals.
They are not annoyed by the
noises and other Inconvenience
of even the best conducted hos
pitfalls, to say nothing of the eX-
pense.
"In a recent magazine the
average fee for a delivery in
hospital was put down as be-
tween SIS and $3.50. My average
expense to a family Is now, as II
has been for 20 years, in the
neighborhood of S25, and L
frankly don't 500 how most naa-
pie can afford to pay $3.50"
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
NJ II Y Il am a young mar
ried woman planning To have my
first baby but because my father
has psoriasis. and also my hus-
bands sister has it. l am Won
dering if my children will have
it
Answer-There is no evidence
that psoriasis is hereditary.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-26
A New Figure
For Spring

DON'T YOU wish you
could go out and buy one?
Give me a 22-inch waist
line" you'd say. and slim
hips" g
They're cheaper than that,
ladies, for Ida Jean Kahn,
your dietitian. is going to pre-
scribe a program of diet and
exercise TO trim you down for
your Spring suit.
The program starts Mon
day, March 81 in a SER
les of articles entitled "A
New Figure For Spring."
and will last three weeks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-26

WHAT A CHEEKY this doorway gives, framed n
bower of and Towering shrubs!
Foundation planting commonplace But with little
planning and little by choosing the right shrub
the right spot you may make the setting for home
enchanting as wish
Flank with the larger shrubs and for really
striking effect choose those whose flowers with house
Directions for starting seeds for combining plants for beaui
full effects given 40-page booklet GARDENING
MADE EASY Tells how and budget gardens plant trees
Has
making delightful rock gardens lily ponds herb and vegetable
gardens
To obtain this booklet. send FIFTEEN CENTS with
address Detroit Times Home Institute 1925
Square Detroit
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-26

AS one of your interested
readers l noticed the other day
in your column that you couldn't
see why any women go to the
hospital to have babies.
"As woman soon TO have
her third, l thought perhaps l
could do no better with a few
minutes rest period than to
amuse myself in giving YOU a
woman's reasons for so doing.
Il know my own doctor would
have preferred for me to stay at
home for both other confine-
ments, mostly for his own con-
venience, as ii is Is miles to the
hospital and only two to my
home.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-26

- TIT liONAil II
custom.
T h is pro-
voked quite a
good deal of
intere 5 n &
c o m m ent in
my mail l
am quo tin G
here the let
I erS o t a
mother and of
a physic a n.
They do not
a gre e, b u t
that 5 h o u | d
m a ket them
all the more
iptprpctipp
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-26
CELERY SPECIALITY

Stuffed celery is an extra
special nicely on any table.
Here's an unusual filling: add
chopped Brazil nuts to cream
cheese with a little chill sauce.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-26

In one of my recent articles I
questioned whether II was neces-
sary for women TO go TO hos
pitfalls TO have their babies quite
as Frequently as Is the modern