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


The Senegalese Spears moved down
a slow Peabody House five Wednesday
and crushed them to the score of 81 to
IL. The small Peabody House team
was never in the game as the Spears
scored at will. Capt. John Raynor
and Murt Montgomery took scoring
honors for the day with ID and II
points respectively. Billy Haggerty,
former Our Lady High school star. was
high scorer for the visitors with nine
points. The crowd, although thew
tailed to see close fast game, were
fortunate to see a dress rehearsal bv
the Spears of new plays in preparation
for their game with the Maiden Celtics
coming next Monday. The Celtics are
the only club to defeat the Spears this
year and Monday they will attempt it
again on the spears own court. Slim
Hensey who scored IA points in the last
game with the Spears and Chick Sales
will travel with the Celtics too but had
better not count on happy trip home
Tor this time the Spears will be ready
Tor them. The Shaw House is the home
gym Of the Spears and the Celtics have
played there but once before in three
years. The game starts at S:15.
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PARTY FOR LOU

Some fans will interpret next
weeks testimonial to Lou Montgomery
as another of numerous tributes being
given Boston College.
Because of Boston College sports { p
policy, everyone knows that Brockton's
greatest football player not only
missed his due, All-American honors
but also failed to win local New Eng
land or state honors. He won't have
another chance.
The best that can be said of Lou
Montgomery's career at Boston Col
lege is that Lou has been good sport
and Boston College has not.
Lou knows as well as anybody else
that being a team "spotter" is of no
great significance whatsoever. 1t is
just fancy word for being "benched."
Also that Chocolate Bowl" affair, wit
messed by 1000, is a mighty poor COM
parison to the big Sugar Bowls
10000 and the nearly 100000 at the
Rose Bowl.
But it wasn't LOUIS fault that BIC.
coined the Axis"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-01-18
ROWING ALONG SPORTSDOM
By MABE K0UNTzE
TRACK REVIEW
By MABE K0UNTzE

There was no Eddie Tolan, Ralph
Metcalfe, Jesse Owens, Eulace Pea
cock, Ben Johnson, Mozell Ellerbe, or
Herb Thompson in Boston's V.F.W.
1871 indoor track opener last week.
Such are the times.
Johnny Woodruff stayed on the job;
Johnny Borican wasn't ready and
Jimmy Herbert took time from his
N. Y. Pc. job to romp a few PAGES
before returning to wife and family.
Then there was Ed Smith, ex-Wiscon-
sin U. track captain and Big Ten hur
dies king, competing after a poor
workout in a Baltimore hall, and
Tufts captain, Eddie Digger, mind
filled with important Engineer School
studies with hardly a thought of
track, was away off form.
World conditions, the uncertainty of
future Olympic games, are factors
which have greatly influenced our
track athletes in recent years. We may
expect sepia stars to get off slow and
finish fast in 1871.
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All-American Boxing
Finals Here, Jan. q

The Mass. State amateur boxing
champions of 1941, crowned this week,
will, with other chosen performers,
make up a New England team which
will compete in the junior National
championships to be held at Philadel-
phia next April.
The Irish-American A.A. will also
select a team to meet a New York
contingent in an inter-city show.
Coast Boys Coming
The All-American national amateur
finals will be held at the Boston Gar
den on Monday, Jan. 81.
California, the Midwest and East
will send all star performers, many Of
them colored, for what is rated as one
of the best inter-sectional ring pro-
grams ever staged here. Tickets are
on sale.
New York's representatives, all
Eastern champions, will include Do
genes Leon, 112 lbs; Charles Davis,
126 lbs; William Moore, 1876 lbs; and
Earl Lowman, heavyweight.
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JumbOs After Fred

However, by comparison, many of
the visiting palefare athletes last week
came to the Garden we'll trained in
advance and had even been in recent
major meets, like the Sugar Bowl in
N'Orleans. These "hepsters" included
Campbell Kane, Les McMitchell,
Charlie Beetham, and Fred Walcott
Walcott consequently was much fur
Their advanced than Smith, Digger and
Hall, any one of whom is capable of
beating the cocky Texan. Hall, Incl
dentally is flying this year. Ed Smith
and Digger have both defeated Wal
colt.
Fred Walcott, a truly great hurdler,
will have to step fast to stay ahead Of
the Tufts duo this year. Because,
from what I've heard, both local
hurdle heroes are after the Rice U.
Texans scalp.
It's cinch that had any of the Col
ored top sprinters, including Barney
Ewell been on hand Saturday, Walcott,
a noted race hater", would have been
run into the boards with vengeance.
Thus Walcott lends the VILLAIN" touch
to the 1871 sports parade. Even so
he will take lot of beating.
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|SPORTLIGHT
BY GEORGE R. SKELLY
THE STORY OF THE WEEK
Heard, State Feather Weight Champ
Wins Laurel in Close Contest

Despite the sub freezing weather a
crowd Of some three thousand fans
turned out to watch the amateurs vie
for State Championship honors. On
several occasions, during the long
evening of boxing, the spectators were
brought to their feet cheering and
expressing wild delight over the two
listed action in the ring. Most of the
excitement was engendered by the
smaller weights as some of the most
outstanding simon-pure boxers in the
bantamweight, featherweight and
lightweight divisions were on the card.
Heard Decisions Doyle
Jackie Heard, fighting in the feather
weight class, covered himself with
honor as he fought his way to the
championship. In his first bout against
Vincent Doyle, Jackie was extended to
the limit in order to cop the decision
of the judges. Doyle is clever boxer
and fairly decent puncher but in
Heard he found worthy opponent.
1t was a slam bang encounter which
saw Heard score repeatedly with right
hand smashes. The bout was close
brought the many spectators to their
feet as both fighters expressed their
willingness to exchange lethal punches.
The third round saw Heard come on
fast and his experience and boxing
ability enabled him to outclass his
opponent and win the award.
In his semi final encounter with
Homer Robichaud, Heard again was
forced to call on all his boxing skill to
garner the decision. Starting rather
slowly in the first round, Jackie set a
blistering pace about a minute after
the bell for the second stanza, one
which he continued to the end of the
fight, and went on to win the decision.
However, he wasn't as fortunate as he
had been against Doyle, for Robichaud,
during one of the wild melees along
the ropes, started the blood oozing
from his nose. With such a target
the Frenchman from Worcester kept
trying to find his mark with long left
jabs. He was successful during the
late second round but here again
Heard's boxing ability kept his oppo-
nent off balance so much that he wasn't
able to follow up any advantage he
might have had. Jackie, meanwhile,
was peppering his foe with left hooks
and jabs and piled up such lead with
his mitigating that the vote of the
officials was unanimously in his favor.
Heard Tops TOscanO and Wins Crown
The final bout of the featherweight
class brought together Frank Toscano
and our own Jackie Heard. The con-
lecture around the ringside before the
gong which sent the boys on their way
to ring glory was that Heard would
never get by such a puncher as Tos-
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LEFTY BROWNS
DIAMOND DOPE

Hello GUARDIAN baseball fans!
This column will be confined almost
strictly to Colored National League
Baseball, it being generally unknown
in this area, and we'll also try to
acquaint you with facts and figures of
the teams and players.
COlored in Majors
Being a member of the National
League, / have naturally become a
target for questions concerning the
ability of our best ball players. Fore
most among these questions is the
well known: "How would the Colored
player stand up in the white major
leagues ?"
My answer is, and always will be
"Swell"
Our boys play exhibition games with
big league all-star teams annually,
after the regular season is over, and
we win most of these games.
We Have Ability
Colored professional league players
have the ability but our leagues are
hampered and at a disadvantage be-
cause they haven't time nor the
money to develop or groom new base
ball "ivory."
Sometimes our younger boys are
pressed into service without any pre-
vious experienced training and some
times young players are overlooked
Each year, however, conditions are
improving, especially with such clubs
as the Newark Eagles and Baltimore
Elite Giants. Other clubs have, or
are making agreements with various
semi pro clubs. Prospects look much
brighter.
Frankly, I am scouting young play
ers who would like a tryout in the Col
ored National League and would like to
hear from any young player of real
ability. They may write me in care of
the BOSTON GUARDIAN. Do it now
Also, any questions about the league
players or the league itself will be
answered in this column. All of you
young players, and ex-club managers
should be thinking of the coming sea-
son. So just drop me line on a penny
postcard and I'll do my best to answer
your questions.
1t is my contention that New Eng
land boys should have the advantage
over the Southern boys because of
superior high school and college train
ing. What do you thing about this?
Well, anyway, drop in on this column
next week because our topic is going
to be the one and only-LeRoy
"Satchel" Paige.
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cano. 1t was possibly likely outlook
for surely those two hard fights with
Doyle and Robichaud appeared to have
taken a great deal out of the Heard
fighting machine. But this champion
ship wasn't to be decided in the press
row, so far as Heard was concerned,
for the next nine minutes of fighting
time surely must have written some
kind of amateur boxing history. Tos-
cano Immediately after the opening
bell started to work on Jackie's nose
and midway through the round the
carmine began to flow in a steady
stream. At this point it seemed that
Heard was going to be denied that
honor which all simon pure boxers
cherish and aspire for e. . the trophy
which signifies the "best in the class.
After the rest period, before the begin
ming of the second, it was a new Heard
who came resounding off his stool d.
a Heard who had determination writ
ten all over his face. Around the ring
one could sense the intense interest in
what was to come as everybody close
enough to determine noticed the de-
cided change in Jackie. From the be-
ginning of that round the Arena was
thrown into wild disorder as the fren-
zied fans stood and cheered to the echo
as Heard and Toscano put on one of
the greatest exhibitions Of fighting the
long card had seen all night. With
his blood from his nose smeared over
his face, Heard, with the precision Of
a pro, was fighting like mad to take
up the slack of his first round. His
gameness and general ability won the
applause of the crowd as he scored
decisively throughout the round. 1t
was certainly a new Jackie Heard
one whom had garnered the strength
to make a startling comeback. The
third round was a REPETITION of the
second as both fighters were deter
mined to carry off the crown. The
decision of both judges was for Heard
while the referee favored Toscano.
Heard in Three Bouts
Toscano drew a bye and conse-
quently fought one less bout than
Heard. In meeting Doyle, Robichaud
and then Toscano and defeating each
of them, Jackie really stamped him
self as one of the better featherweights
around town. For either of these boys
could wear the crown admirably as
they have very good ability. After
having been extending as he was in
both of his previous bouts, Heard did
exceptionally well in defeating a good
boxer such as Toscano.
As a result of his victory Heard has
been nominated for the New England
Championships at the Gardens on
March II. He received, also, beauti-
full large trophy as symbol of his
crown.
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SENATORS
RESPECTED
RUDE FOSTER

Andrew "Rube" Foster has been
called the father of Colored major
league baseball. His clubs drew from
10-14 thousand fans per game.
Formed Leagues
A great pitcher himself, and one
barred from the white major leagues,
Foster saw early that white booking
agencies were making sizeable profits
on independent Colored clubs which
had to "join" these systems or else be
barred from playing ball in certain
erich" territories. One of these agen-
cies, and the most powerful, was the
Nat Strong outfit in New York City.
A fighting and progressive Texan,
RUDE Foster called group of race
ball magnates together and declared
war on the agencies, declaring that
Colored men should profit from their
own clubs, form their own leagues,
and make their own booking. No more
tribute, said the fiery RUDE Foster.
'My Boys" Best
One day, in a crowded train, the
Washington Senators were unable to
get badly needed accommodations
while Rube Fosters Chicago American
Giants were relaxing, quite satisfied,
in Pullman
The Senator boss, Clark Griffith,
went to Rube Foster and asked if his
players could share the Pullman with
the Colored Giants.
"Sure," said RUDE, 81 can take you,
but therell be nothing but uppers."
"Only uppers?" gasped the organi-
ger of the white American League and
paw-in-law to Joe Cronin, "Only up
pers? How's that, Rube?"
"Well", drawled Foster" You see
MY BOYS always sleep in the lowers
and only use the uppers for BAG
GAGE"
This is true story of the great
Foster, told by Sam Lacy, noted Wash
ington Sportswriter. Well have more
RUDE Foster stories later.
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ColOred Track Stars
Lose in V.F.W. Meet

Competition was too keen and the
Colored track stars were not ready at
the Sd annual VIEW. indoor track
championships witnessed by 5000, in
GLIDING a large turnout of Colored
fans, at the Boston Garden last Satur-
day night.
Herbert Third
Johnny Borican, Shore A.C. veteran,
and 1000 yd. champion, was obviously
not at his best as he finished third in
the Invitational 880-yd. run, won by
Campbell Kane of Indiana, in a new
meet record, I'm. Sc seconds.
Jimmy Herbert of New York, almost
last minute entry, was far from his
usual form as he barely placed third
behind winner Roy Cochran of Indiana
in new meet record I'm. 1873 seconds.
Tufts track captain Eddie Digger
showed his lack of form when, after
equalling the worlds record, he took
a hurdle much too high in the final and
was nosed out by national A.A.U. hur-
dies champion, Fred Walcott of
Texas. The time again equalled the
worlds record.
MEDIEVAL New Star
Gil Walker, Boston College sophie
more Splinter and halfback, was bare
ly beaten in the New England A.A.U.
50yd. dash won by Floyd of Brown.
Walker looked faster than last year,
finishing second.
The N. Y. U. relay paced by Dave
Lawyer and George Hagans, positively
ran arch rival Fordham U. into the
ground.
But two anchor men, Bounding Bob
Dixon of Rhode Island State and
Albert MEDIEVAL of st. Johns Univer-
sity, N. Y. provided the best relay
thrill of the evening, with MEDIEVAL
beating Dixon amid a madhouse.
Eddie Digger led the crack Tufts
relay off to victory over New Hamp-
shire and Brown and William Maze,
representing the Boston Y, tied for
second in the high jump at six feet.
Ed Smith, ex Big Ten hurdles king;
Reggie Cook, Northeastern; Pearman
of B. u; and Aaron Smith of Cam
bridge were among the competitors on
the long program.
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WALLY CROSS
GOES PRO

NEWARK, N. J.-Wallace "Wally'
Cross, former national A.A.U. heavy
weight champion, has signed two
year professional contract to fight here
under Babe Culnan, N. J. Laurel Gar
den promoter.
Stopped Cyclone"
Cross won national renown when he
stopped the terrifying and huge "Cy-
clone" Williams of Buffalo in the 1910
A.A.U. Championships at the Boston
Garden in one Of the biggest amateur
upsets of all time.
Cross, 19-year old native of Vir-
ginia, has been a drug store employe
in East Orange. His skillful might
ing and deadly use of the uppercut
makes him dangerous opponent in
side ropes.
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Hope Street H. S. of Providence,
Rhode Island won the 1871 Eastern
Seaboard high school relay champion
ship at the Boston Garden last Satur-
day afternoon.
Led by Colored speaking, Charlie
Brown, Hope Street Hi captured the
Class A one-lap relay over Lawrence
and Mechanics Arts in I'm. els.
Showing it was no fiuke, Charlie
Brown led his Hope boys to the title
win over Lowell and Medford in a
clocking of I'm. 8.8s, to equal the
schoolboy record.
Medley in Dash
Brown placed third in the record
300 yd run won by Paul Courie of
LaSalle in 1922 seconds.
Ed Medley, Lawrence H. S. sepia
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SchooIboY Charlie Brown
Sensation i'm Garden Meet

track captain, placed third in the
schoolboy 80 yd. dash won in Sc s.
Lew Watkins of Mechanics Arts led
the Artisans to triumph over Hope
Street and Lawrence in the Glass A
FLAP relay.
st. Clair Ward anchored Boston
Trade to Glass A FLAP relay win over
Lynn English and Mt. Pleasant of
Providence.
Charlie West and Ed Jackson con-
tributed nightly to the Rindge Tech
Glass A FLAP triumph over Maiden
and Lowell.
A number of other Colored school
boys from both in and outside the
state competed and they will be seen
in future meets here.
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T.. Thomas Brilliant
in Blu. Hoop Defeat

WORCESTER-The Terriers from
Boston, with two stars sidelined by
flu, were defeated 57-46 by Clark Uni
verslty here last week.
COlored Guards
In spite of the Blu. handicaps, two
Colored stars, Charlie Thomas, right
guard and junior, and sophomore
Howard Mitchell, fixture at left
guard, played the game of their lives,
each scoring eight points and keeping
the Terriers in the game until the last
period.
Little Chuck Thomas, the 155 ID SEN
satlon and littlest man on the floor,
just simply refused to be tossed
around. In some pretty rough ex-
changes Thomas was put out Of the
game with four fouls in the final period
with B. U. trailing by only six points.
With the exit of Thomas the B. U.
attack begged down, and Clark in
creased the lead.
More Sports ON Page 5
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New State Amateur
Boxing Champs

After several weeks of elimination
contests and the State Championships
held last Monday night at the Arena
the following amateur boxers were
crowned by the N.E.A.A.A.U. as
Champions Of their respective classes
112 lbs. class-Anthony Peppi, Boston
118 lbs. class-John Comedian, Lowell
1875 lbs. class-Jackie Heard, Boston
1876 lb. class-Steve Bomal, N. Chelms-
ford
LAT lbs, class-Jimmy Taylor, Lowell
$50 lbs. class-Sal Cesario, Boston
175 lbs class-Lou Vivolo, Boston
Heavyweight-David Horblit, Boston
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Professional Tennis
Boston Garden
January %, 1941

No better opponent could be found
for the Queen of American tennis,
Alice Marble, for their professional
match at Boston Garden on Jan. %,
than the talented and charming Mary
Hardwick, England's No. l feminine
net star. A steady, courageous player,
with wealth of experience in inter
national play, the English girl figures
to bring out the best there is in the
American champions game, and force
her to the limit to win,
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N.Y.U. Conflict Grows

NEW YORK-The N.Y.U. "appease-
ment" to southern colleges has hit a
snag with the revolution of students,
mostly white.
Following the football barring of
Lennie Bates, similar bar against
Bill Coward, star basketball player is
being opposed.
1t is being revealed that colored ath-
letes have played against both George
town and North Carolina and that
N.Y.U. officials should not encourage
any color bars now.
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r. I. SCHOOLBOY
REAL CHAMPION

PROVIDENCE, R. l. Charlie
Brown, schoolboy sensation at Boston
Garden last week, is no clash in the
pan" performer. Brown is Rhode
Island schoolboy indoor and outdoor
22O and 300 yd. track champion. He
was third in the Eastern schoolboy 300
last year. The Hope st. H. S. star is
apparently the greatest member of the
Rhode Island "Brown" clan, since
Wendell Brown of Central H. S.
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Final Year i'm Ring
Says Henry Armstrong

it." continued Armstrong, "At one time
| held three titles, featherweight, light
weight, and welterweight, Today
TUESDAY of this week., in my cup
board, there is no championship.
FRANKIE Civic came out Of Pitts
burgh only few months ago and took
nv last crown :. that night made a
vow that when I retire from the ring
I'll retire as a champion. :"
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Casey and B.A.A.
Meets Coming

New England track fans will find
the local athletes in far better trim and
condition as the season progresses.
After an added week of polishing
up, the athletes will enter the K. of G..
Prout Games a week from this Satur-
day. The famed B.A.A. Games will be
staged at the Boston Garden on Febru-
airy 8. This will be the SD annual
B.A.A. meet.
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NEW YORK-"This is the twilight
of my boxing career. / know full well
that this year, 1871, is my last year in
the ring
Retire as Champion
So has written Henry Armstrong in
a feature story which appeared last
Tuesday, Jan. 14th, in the New York
Daily Worker.
Certainly, I have pride and lots of
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Irp TnlltrH ut 6arAptt

The Tce Follies of 1912, now show
ing at the Boston Garden will last
through Jan. 10 with nightly perform
ances as we'll as matinees this Satur-
day and Sunday.
The show will feature gorgeous cos
tunes, brilliant lighting effects and
amazing skating amid a fairyland Of
unsurpassed beauty.
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Coast ''Langford'
Challenges CalentO

LOS ANGELES-They are hailing
a new Sam Langford here on the Paci-
fic Coast.
He is Al Turkey" Thompson, a 81
years old Los Angeles Colored puncher
who already has challenged Tony
Galento. Thompson stands oft 91a
inches tall, weighs 1876 lbs, and hits
like husky stevedore.
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SLUCCER WHITE
SEEKS TITLE

BALTIMORE-Slugger White, Fall
River, Mass. welterweight favorite,
will compete here in a series of
matches during the next few months,
White, much publicized kayo artist,
will meet Dave Chacon of Mexico here
this week and is furthermore angling
for match with the veteran Chalky
Wright of California.
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MASSACRE DAY BILL
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

In the Year One Thousand Nine Thirty-Two
An Act relative the annual Observance Anniversary the Boston
massacre the Heroic
James Caldwell Samuel Gray Carr A'
Dy ne senate and House Of Representatives
court assembled and by the authority of the follows
Chapter SIX OF the General Laws hereby by inserting after
AZ " inserted by chapter hundred the acts
OF the current year. the following sections ~ - ~ 'S
-o. Inc governor shall annually proclamation calling for
on March fifth Of the anniversary Boston Ms
ks an American Of African SaTnueI
S JAMES caldwell Samuel Gray and met heroic deaths
ens nrsI martyrs in the Of S