The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-01-18

Walker, Thompson, Abritton, johnson,
Schwartz, Munski, Venjke, Fenske,
Mehl Pawson and host of others :.
incidentally, Gil Walkers the BIC. feet
or1ng finished a beautiful second to
Frank Wolcott in the fast fifty ward
dash event large John Yonnie
Woodruff, tall colored runner from the
University of Pittsburgh (who won the
ooO meter event in the 1896 Olympics
at Berlin) is brand new second lien
tenant in the 369th Coast Artillery, the
New York anti-aircraft regiment
ne will instruct athletics at the military
training camp and latest government
orders designate March 10 as the off
cal induction date for the 372nd In
tantry Regiment into Federal Service
under the command of Major Gilbert
while here in Massachusetts, the new
colored unit of the State Guard will be
enrolled under the leadership of Major
LAKELAND Hewitt at the Irvington St.
armory to take over after our bows
leave for Fort Dix in New JERSEY
ex-service men will form the nucleus
OF this new unit for home defense
the National All-American amateur
boxing championship tournament spon-
sored by the Hearst publications will
be held at the Boston Garden on Mon
day evening, January 81 bringing to-
gether the champion amateur pugilists
OF all races in grand finale of fistiana
-. and the colored boys on those coast
teams are sensational q. Jesse Owens
is transforming with basketball team
through the midwest remember
hlm7 -. you still have golden oppor-
tunity to join in the grand testimonial
to our own Lou Mntgomery which is
being held at the Hotel Westminster
next Tuesday evening, January 81,
sponsored by Greater Boston commit
tee of public-spirited citizens for
tickets contact anyone of the following
members of the committee, Victor By
noe, William "Sheep" Jackson, DR..
Frederick Irving Gray, William S.
Dabney, Atty. Joseph Pereira, Oswald
Thomas, j. Long, Ellory S. Manning,
DIR. Albert Sanders, Leroy johnson OF
Arthur Hall. An unusual amount
OF interest has been evidenced in this
affair as both races have united to give
real sportsman brilliant expression
of friendship and honor at this affair
-. the students at Boston College have
purchased large number of tickets and
host of civic and sporting celebrities
have promised to attend don't let
our people be outnumbered in this
splendid tribute to an outstanding ex-
ample OF our race both men and
women may attend and as Lou Mont
gomery is member of this years grad
uatlng class he may leave these parts
for position as teacher-coach with a
southern university &. . his crack bask-
etball team the Boston Blackhawks are
playing championship game at the
Roxbury Memorial High School, Fri
day evening, January IL Pm pick
ing Henry Armstrong to stop Fritzie
Zivic in the eighth round tonite and
regain his welter-weight title a
new and worthy ladies organization
comes to the fore in the Smart Set Club
! whose purpose is to establish a co-edu-
cational fund for the assistance of
worthy students q. their initial social
affair will be Bridge and Whist at
558 Mass. Ave. on Friday evening, Jan
uary 81 =. their membership is com
prised of the following: President
Dorothy Jefferson, Secretary Janet
Sessions, Treasurer Thelma Williams,
Josephine Simmons, Dorothy Snowden,
Pauline Davis Irma Diggs, Louise
Noble, Mabel Richardson, Elizabeth
Smith, Dorothy Hayes, Ella Kiner,
Alma Handy, Gwendolyn Woods, Edy-
the Washington, Cora Ross, Lillian