The Omaha guide., 1941-09-13
REVIEWING
THE SPORTS
BY JOHN BEAN

1oOtDdll . . . JACKIE RODluSOn,
former UCLA star, snagged a 40
yard pass from among the great
est football eleven in the world
and jitterbugged the remaining
SIX yards to score six of ire All
Stars thirteen points. But the Chi
cago Bears trounced the Stars 81
to Ii. Jackie made nice gains on
all his running plays when he car
RED the ball. But his gains were
not far enough to bring one of
scouts from the stands with a con-
tract for him to sign. Maybe his
gains were not white" enough.
But that is the American Away of
life, 50. Some of the boys who
played longside Of Jackie will be
signed up with one of the pro
edevens with a season check $4,000
up. But Jackie was chosen by the
American public to play on a team
that represents the best football
players in the colleges and univer-
sites Of the U. S. A. and this. too,
is an American way of life. /.
Down in Des Moines this Septem-
Der 5 the best football player from
high school in the state Of Iowa
will play in the East-West game.
On the West team will be a start
ing end by name of Lawrence
Freeman. Freeman graduated from
Central high of Sioux City and was
picked as a member of the squad
when 41,000 votes suggested that
he would be quite a help to the
West team. -. Bobby Vandervere,
Iowa's greatest pro football play
er, who showed Kenny Washington
and Ozzie Simmons how to play
football in Chicago last year when
all three played on Duke Slater's
team, may play with the Sioux
City Comets. Vondervere learned
about sports at Eldora boys school
and is considered by some as the
greatest athlete in the state
Short Short Stories Brud Hol-
land, Cornell's All-American end,
will begin his third year as fac
ulty member and assistant coach
at Lincoln U in Chester, Pa.
Flash" Doe Louis horse won the
five-gaited class in the Harlem
horse show last week. ...
DR.. G.. w. Adams Of Washing
ton, d. G., was elected president Of
the Negro United Golfers a~ssocia-
ton which held its championships
tournament on the Pankapoag
course n Canton, Mass, last week.
Pat Ball, Cicago pro, won the
championships and the prize mon
ey Of $275. This is the fourth time
the 42-year-old golfer has copied
the National title In 1927 he
won the title at Stowe with 293,
in 1929 at Westfield, N. j., with
290 and in 1884 with 296 in De-
troit. I'm winning the title this
year Ball had to beat Clyde Mar
tin, Joe Louis personal pro from
Detroit, which was no picnic, Bud.
Ball finished the 72 holes with a
302, Is over par, and Martin with
BOB. Zeke fairfield, a pro at the
Lincoln park course in Atlanta,
kept the Atlanta's golf prestige in
tact when he shot 149 for the first
SO holes to rack up the lowest
score of the entire tournament for
SO holes. But on the final SO holes
he went off stride with a poor 158
to finish third with a total score of
BOT. Hartsfeld's feat brings to
memory the 1888 championships
held at Palos Park in Chicago. Pat
Ball was there along with some
1876 other top-notch Negro golfers.
And Pat was leading the crowd in
the opening round Of the mems
open. But after the first round the
gallery trudged after lanky How
ard Wheeler of Atlanta . watch
ed him tee up on the edge Of a
! match folder, strided easily along
the fairway and flop on the green
while waiting his turn to put. Dur
ing the afternoon he shot with re-
suits that would please many top
notch white golfer. He shot rounds
of 68, 70, 72, II and brother,
that course was plenty tough and
billy. Wheeler's 284 won the title
and 5000 ~. and set a new record
for the Negro championship
just three strokes above the all
time u. S. open record set by the
great Ralph Guldahl the year be-
fore. So Hartsfield takes his place
alongside of Wheeler Bobby Jones,
Charley Yates and others who have
made Atlanta Golf No. City.