The Phoenix index., 1941-06-28
SLANTS ON SPORTS
BY LUcIUs JONES
Twentieth Century Sporting Clubs New
Publicity Head, Prince of Guy; RING
Editors BLACK DYNAMITE SERIES Tops


New York City, where the sixth floor Promoter Mike
Jacobs and his Twentieth Century Sporting Club attaches
have headquarters.
After picking up his working press" ducat, tax-ex-
complimentary ticket taking the bearer directly to the
rngsde the column disappointed that the envelope did not
contain the somewhat conventional allotment of two
extra taxable passes made beene for the he
know would give him ready and sympathetic audience
That man was Harry Markson, successor to Walter St.
Denis chief of publicity at the Twentieth Century Sport
ing Club ..:s
Mr. Markson, in his characteristic friendly and engag
ing manner, said: r..+.
Listen here, Lucius don't have to sell yourself
paper to to convince OF what entitled
to- already know of your fine work. that your the
only Negro daily is valuable to proposition than
any weekly.
But STILL you must be fair and not expect to per-
form miracles At previous fights you've covered demands
for reservations have from only $50 to 500 newspaper
Already we've had to make provisions for 700 this
time
"And even so we've still had to turn down scores.
Why look here the speaker went presenting list
ryng than typewriter page of sports editors of
white metropolitan daies largely in the deep SOUTH which
had been declined accommodations at ALL
That was the clincher. Mr. Markson in showing the
column excessive demand had caused decnation of ring
side accommodations to reputable daies all Dixie
convinced the writer he had been than fair in assign
ing him the fifth seat of the fourth at the ngside with
Western Union ticker operator his disposal He prom
ised passes when comp demand pronounced
was the for the LouisConn fiasco
Mr. Marksons final reminder in assuring the fair play
he thought he had shown was:
After ALL Lucius, the Atlanta Daily WORLD is about
1000 miles removed from the scene of acton-and while
know has been favorable most of the other metro
poitan daies there still, just people that it
lure from great distance But give you my word
of honor will always that your paper is taken
of the basis the other contemporary daes.
The Wednesday morning chat with Mr.. Markson was
followed by later and brefer at the rngsde after the
fight The called his attention the fact that the
Louis Conn gate ranked inside the fifteen biggest heavy
weight receipts of all time stating that he thought it
good angle the scrbes generally might have overlooked Mr.
MarksOn admitted good angle asking permission to
keep the written substantiaton the column bore in his
hand.
Louis Conn souvenir programs scarce as hen
teethsO much that, busly occupied with routine
details the ringside Wednesday night the column failed
to inside until he got all the way back to Atlanta
mornng after the fight at Twentieth Century Sporting
Club headquarters Mr. MarksOn discovered he himself
without supply but promised to mail few later
criticism of Negro sports writer's that unjust
that most of them sOre amss correct procedure
TO effect the press courteses to which they entitled
Many write in for reservations but the
the day of the fight expecting accommodations.
Others having credentials any basis for coming
the place. suffer unnecessary embarrassment trying
scheme" their way into fights.
AS long as coored writer's generally fail to organize,
Emory O. Jackson the SNS Birmingham representative
has long conended they should there will always be fa
vOred few like Frank A. Young, Chester L. Washington,
Dan Buey, Art Carter, Rc Roberts, and few others,
with the average run of sepia journalists left out.
Scolded by Nat Fleischer editor of RING magazine be-
cause the column failed to the noted fight authority
visit while New York for the Louis Godoy bout
te writer made it memorandum to see him the trip
just ended
Mr. Fescher too busy for detailed conversation
it being the morning of the LOusCOnn ght-but he did
forget his promise to present his caller with auto
eraphed volume of the fOurbOOk treatise, BLACK DYNA
MITE SERIES giving the history of Negro prize fighters
from 1871 to 1941.
The fact that the writer has inanmae possession in
the world he treasures than this BLACK DYNAMITE
SERIES is alone statement enough to convince his follow
is something they should possess. The set of foui
books costs Sc and the only authoritative history of Negro
fighters available 1t is superior to anything else that has
been the market
Time and space will not permit complete discussion OF
the merits of the Nat Feischer volumes At later sitting
however effort will be made to convince every blue
blooded sportsman he is fortified whatever in his fight
information unless he knows the history of the game and
gets it TRUTHFULLY presented by the greatest
temporary seeker after stc truth have Nat Feischer