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The Phoenix index., 1941-04-05
Bv ALVIN MOSES for AMP

NEW YORK-MAY 16. New
Yorkers will be treated to a re-
turn engagement of Jack The
Giant-Killer," when Joe Louis
meets Abe Simon, Now that the
titanic imbroglio of a fortnight
ago has been discussed, fought over
and literally read out of court by
the wise crowd who bet their mon
ey, the matter Of j ust what the
street corner topic among Harlem,
sporting fraternity.
Jack johnson not Manager James
(Boy Bandit) Johnston, as the real
Rasputin behind amazing show.
of the. .horendouS, varicose-veined
Jewish gladiator VINO. .ambles along
the broad throughfares of our fail
cities like an uprooted California
Redwood. Smartest heavyweight
fighter who ever dug a shoe in
he resined canvas, it was the con-
1ueror of Jeffries who for weeks
drilled into the SLOW thinking SIM
on the mysteries of cutting left
lab. staying IL close. and, tn
ROVER of an uppercut., Giving Gre
dit where credit is due, without the
borrowed wisdom of that dusHy
necromancer of fistiana's yesteryea1
..Simon's magnificent heart and
utter lack of fear of Louis might
not have enabled him to stay
around as long as he did.
AS for Mrs. BarroW'S boy Joe
FOR MY MONEY HE'S THE
GRANDIST PIECE OF FIGHTING
FLESH WE'VE EVER SEEN DUR
ING OUR SHORT STAY ON
EARTH, The Simcn Louis whipped
would have run all the Billy Conns,
Pastors, Novas, Bears, Galentos, ct
al. .'out of the Olympia arena
bawling POLICE"
The real tipoff on Joe's greatness
lies in the fact that he's EXPECT
ED TO KNOCK OUT IN THREE,
FOUR OR FIVE ROUNDS-THE
CREAM OF HIS DAY AND GEN
GRAFTON, and when he fails, then
and only then do writer's, train
ers. managers, gamblers, ct al. -.
realize he's just a.. big brown boy.
like the rest Of the human family,
and not. A FRANKENSTE,IN
MONTROSITY, coated over with
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-05

flesh and blood!
MAY 16, We say odds should be
10 to |, not (5-D, and for this
rather excellent to uS) reason.
Abe Simon took a two-fisted whip
ping that didn't do his ancient He
brew forbearS any good, much less
Able. Louis will be out there to
Fight as he did against Max
Scnmeling. . iii that second meet
ing. it will pe case Of a man
with "too much heart" stacked up
against the most perfect athlete i'll
the world, plus the best two-hand-
ed hitter. :. . CrHE LONGER THE
FIGHT GOES D.. that the ring
has known, and that goes for
Fitzsimmons, Langford. Choynski
Dempsey and the rest Of the belt
ing beauties.
BOMBER'S MANAGER SORE
JOHN ROXBOROUGH, smart
and personable co-manager of Joe
Louis, will never forgive Jack John
son for what he alleges he's tried
to do to Louis prestige. AN in
dication of this came about just
prior to the Simon fight when he
fatty refused to let a white photo
grapher snap the champion and
Johnson together.
HENRY ARMSTRONG, worlds
title holder in three divisions now
retiredD, has definitely placed a
bundle of cash into the orchestra
business. AT Palm Garden Sun
day mite, April 20. Homicide
Hank" will direct his new band
and we predict music lovers will be
in for a pleasant surprise. ..
HERBIE THOMPSON. one Of
the best liked track performers with
vast New York and New Jersey
following, proved that pulled ten
dons do not necessarily spell an
athletes ruin. During the run
ming of the. fifth annual Chicago
relays, two weeks ago. the "Skeeter
skate" who looms more and more
like a second Jesse Owens. .romp
ed off with the 40, so, and SIS yard
dash events, spreadeagling h e
field as Owens was wont to do. -.
when he raced the so in 5:3, Herb,
tied Wilbur michigan university
Geer'S 1899 indoor dash record. e,
X alta boy Herbe-we of Harlem are
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-05
Rumor Howard
To Give Up
Football
ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)

WASHINGTON - (ANP) - Un.
confirmed stories to the effect that
Howard university plans to aban-
don football as a major sport are
gaining wide circulation in the
city, following an alleged state
ment at a recent gridiron dinner
for last years varsity football men.
The story is to the effect that
Howard will discontinue football
if conditions are not changed be-
tween now and next September.
A lack of interest in the sport
at Toward, which formerly was
king pin in the c. I. A. A. has
been occasioned by many things,
chief of which is said to be the
purely amateur attitude assumed
by the president and followed in
carrying out the program. No help
for the players, no training table,
no concessions at all; men playing
football. do so on their own initi-
ative and practice whenever they
can get out of class work.
The hardships worked on the
coach, Harry Payne were evident
in the play of the Howard teams
for the past two or three years,
when they experienced miserable
seasons, with last years game
against Lincoln university being
the worst defeat a Howard team
has ever sustained The humilia-
ton of this defeat by Lincoln
team which was rated as but fair,
is believed to have brought the
football situation to a crux.
Old timers in the city who for
merly played on HoWard's great
teams merely throw UP their
hands in disgust at the present
situation and cry for a new regime
and a changed attitude toward
football. But their cries go un-
needed and nothinp has been done,
neither to bring Howard the type
of material necessary to produce
winning teams. nor assist the coach
in getting jobs for the players who
Go come to Howard. I
When an attempt was made to
contact John Burr. head Of the
physical education department. he
could not be reached to verify the
story.
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-05
JOE LOUIS SLIPPING STATISTICS PROVE 1T
PREP SPORTD0M
By SAM McKLBBEN

BASKETBALL is DEAD! The
resonant thud of inflated sphere
old against the hardwood has given
way to new sound, that of chun-
ing, crunching spike encaSed feet
On cinders as track roars in On the
heels of retreating basketball,
Ere tLe ink dries oh this copy
basketballs will have been packed
away in mothballc or whatever is
used to keep them from mildewing.
Yet this corner dares to take an
other "last" peek at the prer, per-
formers.
The Beach (Sayannaf) B. r.
washington (Atlanta) state cham.
pionship game remains the most dra-
matte encounter covered by this
writer. Imagine the defending
champion being held scoreles>
throughout the first half by team
she defeated the night before go
80 and to which she loses 22-7.
That's drama.
hC AhOot VI tiiC
year was the Fair Street of Gaines
ville-Athens High game for the
championship of the Northeast
Georgia Athletic League tourna-
ment. The lead charged each time
a basket was made in the fourth
quarter with tire exception of the
last two minutes when Fair Street
won 1890.
The most thrilling game happen
ed to have been a seXtette clash.
Elberton defeated touted Fair
Street 2C-l8 in as wild and woody
game as this scribe has seen iii
years. Most of the thrills were af-
forded by Captain Helen Gray of
Elberton.
The most highly polished inter-
scholastic performer i'm Georgia,
says Sportdom, is Robert (Pete}
Turner, guard On the state cham.
pionshir b. T. Washington quintet.
Turner is deadly accurate when
shooting on the "run."
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In addition to being a Snowman.
ball hawk par excellence, Turner Is
the answer to a coaches midnight
prayers and is capable Of blue
printing" his man while gathering
a few points for himself
The boy moves with lazy
gracefuIness that deceives his Op
porentS so nuch until they foul
him when he starts his shots. Sell
dom does his shots touch back
board or rim and Ise has flock Of
POINTS to his credit this season.
Turner derives his greatest ell
joyment from feinting his guard
out of position, getting set and
Tipping the ball through the hoops,
cleanly.
The most versatile interschOlastic
performer is Claude Red) George,
BTWHS captain. George is a tail
gangling lad capable of blushing at
the slightest provOc alton and na-
tural ball Player.
George makes little if any effort
on the court yet he makes from 16
points upward per game and if one
should check the scores of "his man"
the revelation would be this
Georges opponent doesn't have
more than four or five points and
most Of them will are gratis toss
eS."
George made the national all
prep team in 1910, aid is Cartain Of
both the North Middle Georgia
Athletic Conference all tournament
team and the Georgia State all
tournament team. Turner also
made both teams as guard.
To Helen Hill, diinunitive guard
Islands less than five feet) on
BTWHS' ill-rated seXtette, goes the
distinction of being the model play
er for 1941. The "big little mite" was
selected on the NMGA all-tourna-
;nent team and always won the
plaudits of the fans although she
played On a losing club. -.
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-05
Hanley Hornets,
Haugabrooks Team
Ready For 1871
ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-

ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-
Softball teams and clubs are
getting ready for the 1941 season.
New players are being sought to
supplement last seasons squads
and old players are being rallied
all over Atlanta ..
The Hanley Hornets will hold
their first practice tomorrow Mon
day. afternoon at five o'clock on
the D. T. Howard playground. Pros
pective players may report to Avon
Clumley, manager, or Harvey
(Junel Palmer.
The HaugabrookS Cavaliers Of
ficially open their spring drills Mon
day tomorrow afternoon on the
White Gas field at five o'clock. New
candidates may get in touch with
Mrs HaugabrookS Or Richard Lati-
merw
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-05
SPORTS
|SLANTS
By
Melancholy
JONES
Joe Louis Won First Eight Fights After
Winning Title In Al Rounds; Bomber Has
Had To Go 81 Rounds In Last Seven Trips

THE NEGRO PRESS, almost to man, is hastily dis
missing any idea that World Heavyweight Champion Joe
Louis may be Slipping since winning the title from Jimmy
Braddock June %, 1887 in Chicago
The white press, practically without exception
tends that the Brown Bomber has gone back nOtceaby in
the past year o. so.
After carefully Weighing both bones of contention the
column adherng to its unalng policy Of proving its points
factualy-With cold figures-sides with the latter-the
Nordic pressn its view Joe Louis is definitely slipping
Don't get this observer wrong he doesn't take the
position that Louis in danger He pointed out long
ago that far he could perceive Louis could slip by
tremendous margin and still stand out head and shoulder
above the present crop of heavyweight contenders
In fact, that is the opinion of the column regarding
what happening Louis definitely superior to the rest
of the heavyweight field But if to believe in cold
figures he has shown slight but noticeable decline since
hating TwO-TOn Tony Gaento in New York City June %
1899.
Counting the Tommy Farr bout first contest in which
he defended his heavyweight August TO- 1887
placed his title the line times in battles scheduled
to 105 rounds Louis needed but 80 those rounds for
the lofty efficiency rating of 5000.
After that Louis had to go IL rounds stop Bob Pas
tor in his eighth title defense rounds to decision Arturo
GOdOy in his ninth defense world heavyweight dadem
He used eight cantOs against GOdOy in his 10th defense
A run OF lesser opponents, all indoor matches,
along IN the next four outingsJohnny Payche ) Al Nc
Coy (6 Red Burman (5) Gus Dorazio (2)-and it took
the Brown Bomber aggregate of Is rounds to get rid of
the quartet.
Then few days ago in his 18th title defense Louis
had to 13 tanzas to bottle up go with Abe Simon
254 2-pound Jewish pachyderm.
This shows that Louis the seven fights after
ne won the heavyweight title in 80 scheduled los rounds
Tor an efficiency rating of 35O but later rounds
OF scheduled 13O for efficiency average 2O996.
slump of 141 efficiency against weaker opposition in
the space OF just one and half years!
The record of Louis Is title defenses and the number
of rounds required him win is given below The outside
column of figures the right is running total of COM
piete rounds boxed (OF) denotes "Oudoor Fights"
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-05
By SAM McKIBBTN

ATLANTA, CA (SNO)-
L T. Washington, 1941 basketball
champion of Georgia was elimin-
ated from the seventh annual ma
tional invitational interscholastic
tournament at Tuskegee Institute
in the quarter final round Friday
night by Mayo Underwood High
school of Frankfort, champion OF
Kentucky. 27-18.
The gallant Peach State cagers,
bercft of eight of last years stars
via graduation. had only Claude
ReO George, Robert Pete) Tur-
ner and Jerome LII Caiesar) HUI
bert to bear the brunt OF the al
offensive and defensive play. The
trio, geared to almost flawlesS
teamwork with two inexperienced
men. was more Or less handicapped
and couldn't stave off the newt
able
FINCH, MUCH IMPROVED
Elongated George {Wee Willie)
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-05
BTWHS Beaten In Quarterfinals
In National Tourney, 27 to IS

Booker 7. Washington of Sand
Springs, Oklahoma, in the semi+
finals Friday night at TuSkegee,
while Marietta, Texas, was beaten
by Booker T. Washington Of SEM
mole, Oklahoma, in the semltlnals
1929.
It meant that two Oklahoma
teams were to appear in the cham
ionship round Saturday mite. Back IN
1899, Booker T. WahSngton of
Tulsa, Oklahoma, won the national
prep title.
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-05
Truck Rolls Back
On Man, Kills Him

ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-
Beck Riley. of Alpharetta, was
killed Wednesday when the truck
he was trying to push out of a
ditch rolled back and pinned him
against a rocky embankment, II
was reported to Fulton County
police.
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-05
Boeing Aircraft
Considers Hiring
Negro Mechanics

WASHINGTON, D. CLAMP -
Omcials of the department Of
commerce have been contacted by
officials of the Boeing Aeroplane
company during the past week and
personal conferences have been
held looking into the matter of
training Negroes in that particular
field as pilots and mechanics.
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Basketball Scores:

(FINALS)
BTWHS (Sand Springs, Okla.)
80
BTWHS (Seminole. Okla.) "a
CONSOLATION
Bethlehem marietta, Tex.) 81
Mayo-Underwood (Ky) 20
GIRLS FINALS)
Allen White (Tennessee) 19
Woodstock (Tennessee) %
CONSOLATION
Hermonde (Missouri) 13
Hunt High eft. Valley, Ga.) IL
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Flowers Of Yesterday

cicnt Chinese was astonishingly
deep and diverse. A whole ritual
was built on the cultivation and
ceremonial usage Of flowers. The
focus of this learning was not,
however, among the peasantry,
who were concerned chiefly in
producing plants to eat, but
among the palace retainers and
the priests. Visible evidence of
this exists TO this day. In the
crumbling ruins of once regal
sites, with their former magni-
ficently powered courtyards and
lily pools. some of the ancient
vegetation still persists; while in
many an old temple garden are
still kept numerous and singular
plants whose ancestral forms are
rarely found elsewhere free.
Next week Nr. Crowder will
tell In words and paintings about
the flowers Of Ancient Egypt.
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Of them until this CHASTITY thing
was over.
II was time TO wake up.
Time TO wake up! When she
was still so pitifully unprepared
for that awakening whatever
the outcome OF the session down.
stairs.
She tried not to think about IL.
or about Tim either-Tim whom
she had known in the mirage and
who had turned out TO be the one
who had dispersed IL. Her anger,
fostered by her own shame. still
ranked far deeper than logic
could follow. He had wanted the
evidence against Terry preserved
Just as much as he had wanted
the evidence against himself de-
stroyed. He had achieved both
ends through her. And, in doing
so, he had tricked her into feel.
ing something which, after the
wound of Ivor, she had never
wanted TO feel for a man again.
That was really the point, she
thought in a moment of clair
voyance. That was why she
could never forgive him-not be-
cause he had pretended to love
her. but because he had made her
pretend to herself that she loved
him.
Gradually. as she lay there, the
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for one of them . With a little
shiver Kay thought of those
things, meaningless TO her, which
had taken on a sinister almost
heraldic significance. The white
pajamas; the marks on the sand;
the light green cushion with the
dark green stripes; and-she had
almost forgotten it - Elaine's
split, silver bathing cap which
she had found clutched in Ivor's
hand .
Downstairs the riddle of those
things was being solved. Soon
they would all be forged into a
chain, a chain that would manacle
whom? Faces. like ghosts,
fitted before her eyes. Elaine
herself who had become appall-
ingly entangled with Ivor alive
and Ivor- dead. Don who had
been caught too in the web that
bound her. Gilbert, hating the
man who had tortured his son,
hating him helplessly from his
wheel chair; Terry with the
double wound of the forged check
and Simon TO avenge. Simon who
had loved and been cheated. And
Maud
Maud who loved her children
CONTINUED on Page 1877
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rooms darkness became opales-
cent and she saw through the UNI
curtained window that the moon
was shining.
She pushed herself up and
crossed to the sill The storm
had passed, leaving no trace be-
hind. The huge, pale moon,
hanging in cloudless sky.
bathed in silver light the lawn
with it's shadowy hibiscus, the
wooden dock and beyond, the bay.
A FTER the storm, Bermuda
~ had magically recaptured it's
tranquil loveliness. And from
Kay's window, everything looked
exactly as it had looked the night
before except that there were
no lights in the playhouse, no
light on the dock, no speedboat
whirring away from the jetty
toward the island
Ivor's speedboat...
Watching that serene, silver
landscape. it seemed fantastic
that so much could have hap
pened since last she had been at
this window. Ivor and Alice
dead And, for each of the rest
Of them. a life radically changed,
a life that could never quite be
the same again.
Change for all of them. And
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XXI

~ the excruciating silence which
followed Elaine's outburst, Tim
Thorne moved across the room 10
Terry Without a word he
handed him the forged check and
the confession That was really
the one thing Kay understood.
Miraculously, for some I'M
known reason, Tim had given the
papers 20 Terry without showing
them to the Major.
Her anger, which still blazed
undated, confused her powers OF
reasoning. All she knew was
that something dreadful had
come--like a bomb--and that II
had come through Tim Thorne.
She saw the room as a dis
connected sequence of images
Major Clifford staring in blank,
complete bewilderment; Terry
clutching the papers in un-
certain. white-knuckled hands;
Elaine. slight and forlorn. her
face still buried in her hands. her
body shaking with sobs
Tim Thorne moved TO her.
laying his hand on her shoulder
He was looking at the Major
II think Elaine would prefer
TO talk TO me alone. Would you
mind leaving us ?"
The Major snorted. But
Please. You'll understand it
all soon enough. Just let us be
together Go away. Come back
again in an hour"
But this is a police interroga-
ton" began the Major dazedly.
ut is essential T." Then, as If
he couldn't remember what was
essential, as if his own astonish-
ment, coupled with a British
antipathy TO tears. was too much
for him, he let the sentence peter
out. He gave one harassed look
around the room. And then.
struggling. he muttered: Have it
your own way. Thorne. I'll go.
But I'll be back in exactly an
hour"
And. amazingly, he was gone.
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CONTINUED From Front Page)

as might be represented, for ex-
ample, by the great Chinese
wistaria.
None the less. IL is obvious
that the flower lore Of the an
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CONTINUED from Page 16)

time in her life she had been a
fool about a man.
She had hated Tim Thorne
once that evening. Now she
hated him enthusiastically.
beyond the compass of words.
Dimly she was aware Of him.
standing there, cool. impervious,
Terry's confession still in his
hand. while the Major watched
him in speechless Incompetent
sion. She waited for the moment
when he would give the paper to
the Major. But 1t didn't come.
Instead Tim turned and gazed
around the room. His pale face
was set with a strange un-
approachable determination.
Il don't like having to do this
to Terry" he was saying very
softly. But murder is murder
particularly when it is committed
twice. Unless someone can think
Of a way to make it unnecessary,
| shall have to show the Major
this document"
He paused, gazing down at his
dark hands and then up again.
"Of course there are still lot Of
things 10 discuss" He was look
ing at Maud. There's the fact
that Alice Lumsden's body was
moved, for example. And then
there are all the other things too.
The pajama pants. the marks In
the sand and the light green
cushion with the dark green
stripes i"
That meant nothing TO Kay.
Nothing at all But, through the
veil OF her anger she saw the
faces of the others. blurred in a
mist. She saw Gilbert's eyes,
bright. hectic, she saw Maud's
lips half parting in a little stifled
gasp. She saw Terry, staring
gauntly. But II was at Elaine
that her gaze stopped.
Elaine had risen. As If what
Tim Thorne had said had been
some terrible, hynotizing spell.
she moved slowly toward him.
Her face. white beneath the dark.
cleaning hair had the numbed.
unreal expression of sleep
walker.
Then, for one second, her eyes,
CHANGING at Don, showed stark.
almost unbearable anguish She
crumpled into chair, her hands
went over her face. Despairingly
through the sobs that racked her
slight body. she breathed:
Il can't bear IL not any
longer can't let him do that
20 Terry I've been in hell long
enough I've got TO I'm going
10 tell the truth
Evening star., 1941-07-24
New Picnic Sandwiches
Unusual Mixtures Contain
Plenty of Food Values

slices of enriched bread or rye bread
with softened butter Spread ham
mixture on six of the slices; arrange
lettuce leaves on the rest and put
together. making large sandwiches.
GREEN PASTURES SANDWICHES.
4 hard cooked eggs
4cups shredded raw spinach leaves
l. cup mayonnaise or boiled
dressing
Salt and pepper
SOftened butter
IL slices bread
Chop eggs and combine with we'll
washed tender shredded spinach
leaves. Mix with dressing. season.
and spread between slices Of we'll
buttered enriched bread. Makes six
large sandwiches.
SUNRISE SANDWICHES
| package cream cheese
!. cup mayOnnalSe
3. cup shredded pineapple
p cup shredded raw carrots
Softened butter
IL slices bread or raisin bread
Blend cream cheese with mayon-
naise. Add shredded pineapple and
carrots. Spread between slices Of
well-buttered enriched bread or
raisin bread. Makes six large sand
wiches.