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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-20


played golf for the first time FIVE
years ago. She placed herself
under Devany'S instruction two
years ago She was runner-up to
Mrs. F.. j. Dore for the club cham
pionship last year. This year she
beat the same Mrs. Dore in the
semi-finals, and then went on 10
trim Mrs. Knox in the champion
ship round.
al never saw player get
more fun out OF practicing,"
said the smiling Devany after
the title had been decided.
"She will go out on the tee
and hit shots for two hours and
apparently enjoy II. That II
what has made her the perfect
pupil"
Mrs. Badgett halls from Calu-
met, Michigan. home OF George
Gipp. And she lived up 10 the
sporting qualities OF that town
yesterday when she won the title.
At the end Of IL holes, she was
six down. At the end of the first
Is she had squared the match.
Mrs. Badgett was never behind
in the afternoon. She stands as
some sort of a symbol Of what can
be accomplished at golf or any
other game--if only you are will
ing 10 pay the price.
81 get just as much fun out Of
hitting n good shot Oft the prac-
tice tee as in a match" says
Mrs. Badgett.
Page Mr. Ripley
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-20

game, walked a batter to I'LL
the bases and get after Bridges.
He promptly singled over first
base and beat me. But he's tops
In my book"
Fans who want 10 contribute ;
lime TO the Tommy Bridges cele
oration may send it TO The Detroi'
Times Sports Department.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-20
Praise for Bridges
Yanks Pay High Tribute to Great Pitcher; Believe
Day for Tommy Is Well Deserved
III couldn't happen to a nice

at couldn't happen to nicer
fellow
That's what the league-leading
New York Yankees believe about
the plan to honor Tommy Bridges
September Z. Without exception
the Yanks paid high tribute to the
game little Highlander who has
worked so faithfully and so wei
in the interest of the Tigers since
he Joined them back in the early
thirtieS.
Joe Mccarthy led the plaudits
with:
Its hard TO add anything 10
improve what Tommy has done
on the field and off the field.
Baseball has no finer character
than Tommy. And despite his
lack of size, he has been a won
derful pitcher. A lot better than
he received credit for being"
GREAT PITCHER
Joe DiMaggio the hitting sen.
sation of the 1941 season called
Bridges "a great pitcher"
He Is still a fine competitor"
said the great DiMag. Hes
always working, no matter what
the score Is. lie has his heart
in every pitch. That's why he
has been a winner for 80 long"
"a fine and tough hurler In
the pinches," was Bill Dickey'S
appraisal OF the Highlander.
1T would be a problem to name
n player In the league more de-
serving of honor than Bridges"
Charley Keller called him the
perfect player on and off the field
"He is great pitcher and n
fine gentleman. Detroit should
be tickled TO have a chance 10
honor him. He Is credit to
the Tigers and the city"
LOST FEW CLOSE ONES
While the Yankees have wor
their share of games from Tommy
he lost some heartbreakers.
II remember one" said Lefty
Gomez, when he was beaten, 1
10 o, when we had smuggling
team"
And i also remember pitch
Ing a close one against Bridges"
continued Lefty. Late In the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-20
Webb Brown Bout On

PITTSBURGH. Aug 20.-GNS
The twice postponed Jimmy
Webb-MoSe Brown 10-round fght
was on for tonight, and the
weatherman promised fair weather
to make the schedule stick.
Rain caused the bout in Hickey
Park TO be held over two success
sive nights.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-20
Packers Victory Would Be Nice
.If only beat Green Bay up there :"

II only we can beat Ureen Bay up there .
If you around connected with the Detroit Lions
from Bill Edwards coach down the third
boy you hear this chant and
If coach. in the process of installing new
system players him. handed tough assignment
1t is Edwards
He opens with Green Bay the atters home field and
then takes Pittsburgh and the Chicago Cardinals foreign
soil feeling everywhere that the Lions stalking just
about everything in that first tusse with the Packers
year Not that remember when they considered
pgmy.
Word from the North has that the Gophes will be OF
the greatest machines turned in the Big Ten
Incidentally have looked closely at the record Bernie
amassed in his years with the Gophers55
wins II and Of his games
against Big Ten foes considered the toughest grid league in the
world"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-20
FIND ONE FLAW

Only one possible flaw in Jeffer-
sons form was noted by byStand-
ers at the scrimnage. When rushed
by tacklers on two occasions. JEFF
leaped high into the air and threw
down the field with the tacklerS
ready to smear him.
eff he jumps up like that In
this league, some big Packer or
Bear Is likely to grab those legs
and either tear them Oft or
whIrl those 21S pounds of his
into the next county" said a
spectator
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-20
selkirk ran for DiMaggi'
n 4. ~ II -. n.

.Batted FOR Benton In seventh.
rBatted for Trout in ninth.
New YORK 600 goo 32t-s
DETROIT 600 600 1913
Runs hated ip-Henrich. Dickey 8
Gordon. Rolfe. Tebbetts Russo. Radelh
Two-base htts--DiMagEio, Stainback. Home
runs Heinrich. Gordon. Sacrifice hlt-Russo-
stolen bases -Selkirk Gordon Lett on
bases New York s. Detroit T. Double PLAYS
Meyer 10 Croucher % York, DiMaEgio n
sturm. Russo 10 Rizzuto 10 Sturm, Meyer
20 Croucher Bases on balls--Oh Benton
Struck out-By Russo 4. by Benton !. by
Trout / Hits-Of Benton 2 In Z innings
Hit ny pitcher-By Russo tCamphelD, by
Trout
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-20
.BasebaII's UqIiest Man

HOLLYWOOD. Cal. Aug. 70
INS)-Johnny DickShot. former
major league baseball player now
with the Hollywood Stars in the
Pacific Coast League, lays claim
to being the ugliest man in base
ball
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-20
Dorais Has Tough Opener, Too

We mentioned moment ago that Bill Edwards takes on
tough un Green Bay for his first Brother Gus Dora
of L. of D. could arise remark that his opener Indiana
exactly under the heading powder pu
Frank Leahy of Notr Dame has picked Indiana win the
Big Ten But of this prediction is understandable
Leahys plays Indiana game of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-20
Hei|mdnn' S 400
Season in 1923
Aim

CONTINUED from First Sport Page
do is to become the first American
Lacquer since Harry Heilmann OF
Detroit. in 1923 TO hit over 400
and what the National Leaguers
are about 10 do is wind up with a
batting champion with a mark
down beneath $40 for the first
time since Ed Roush's .321 for
the Cincinnati Reds in 1919. That
Roush figure. incidentally, was
just one point above the leagues
all-time low.
CLOSE IN NATIONAL
And while Williams is out In
front all alone in the American
League batting tussle, more than
40 points ahead of his nearest
man, Cecil Travis of Washington
the National remains strictly q
lnip-and-tuck struggl among
Etten. Johnny Hopp of the st
Louis Cardinals; Pete Reiser OF
Brooklyn; Johnny Mize of the
Cards and Dixie Walker of the
Dodgers, with a couple Of Others
in threatening distance.
The pennant races were cur.
tailed along with the hitting by
rain yesterday, but through il al
the Dodgers took deHble-headeI
from the Pittsburgh Pirates. 9 TO {
and 6 TO 2, and increased their
lead over the idle Cardinals 10 two
full games in the only Nationa.
loop contests played.
The opener was five-hittei
hurled by Curt Davis, marking
his ninth win Of the season anc
/ his fourth shutout. In the night
cap, Tom Drake, the rookie from
Nashville, also turned in a five
hitter before being lifted for
pinch-hitter in the eighth.
In the American. the Chicago
White Sox moved 10 an edge oi
two full games in their hold or
second place over the Boston Rec
tSox and gained little ground or
the New York Yankees 10 trail BY
Is games.
The White Sox belted the Phila'
delphia Athletics twice, 4 TO 0 anc
il 10 O behind Thornton Lee anc
Johnny HUMPHREYS TO thus rur
their string 10 eight in row
meantime. the Yankees lost Il
! Detroit by u 10 3 and won I
nightcap, 3 10 3. and Boston los
to ST. Louis, 3 10 2, then won
10 10 7.
Washington trounced Cleveland
g TO 6. in - innings.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-20
Eoan Likes Russo's Fielding

Wish Egan Tiger scout calls Marius Russo of the
best fielding pitchers Johnny Corsica of the Tigers
will also do. for money, a fielding pitcher
How many people do you know who shoot their age IN
golf? -.-
Joe Devany lie pro, has candidate for world
honors in this Nick Mans 76 who
tour the Crosse lie layout in rs strokes.
Just think says Devany, every 1t will become
easier him % shoot his age
Put down Gerald Walker the most disappointed man in
baseball right
Gee completely sold that he would be in World
with this the of the he
conded friends how happy he that he would get to play
in the least
Gerald probably wants chance to the hero-goat
bunder the 1894 World Series You will recall that he went
in as pnchhitter and delivered tied the story While
Gliding Dizzy the Cardinal bench he caught off first
base and aspoied the Tiger rally.
Oh, fVeH maybe Gee" get EN- year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-20

her the wom-
ems club cham
pion at h S
Crosse lie club.
Mrs. William
r. b a q & e [ I
moved to the
queens throne
at the down.
river club yes
tcrday by de-
feating Mrs. r.
NJ. Knox, 3 and
2.
Mrs. Badgett
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-20
Ali DID WE'LL

Jefferson, Cotton Price and Nee
Mathews. the freshman from Uni
yersity Of California. did most oil
the passing yesterday. All did well
but jefferson. who can really get
that 6=font- 2=inch- frame-Hp ir
The air, had The most success. Re
ceivers who stood out were jim
Jones. the end from Kent State
in Ohio; the veteran Chuck Han
neman and Mathews, who otter
raced from a wingback position tC
take short bullet passes over the
line.
jefferson did much OF his pass
ing on the run. That is the forte
of Sammy Baugh, the great Wash
ington Redskins back, but JEFF
ferson is no tenderfoot at the
game.
That's the way he threw all
through his college career and
caught Mississippi States oppo-
sition flatfoOted," said Coach
Roy Miller as jefferson started
to lope around right end, then,
without breaking step. hurled
the ball across the field 10 the
left end who had raced straight
down the field.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-20
Drills 2
Years,
Wins Title

Proudest professional in the land
of golf today is Joe Devany, that
genial gent Of the Crosse lie links.
Joe found the perfect pupil. And
in the space of two years he made
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-20
Fdvorites Still
In Net Meet

Favorites were still in the High
land Park Open tennis competition
today as mems play moved into
the fourth round and women's
into the quarterfnals.
Jim TJbin, seeded No. I. whipped
Jack Prakken. 60 90. Dick
Prakken defeated Bill LowenStein,
60. GA Kimbark Petersen beat
Ray Bradley. 6-2. ST. 60. Mrs
Pearl Peterson, city women's title
holder, trounced Mrs. Rose Hoff-
man. O.. 60.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-20
Bobt !: ICES ! !:':::;
BY Boz mlWp(oy
Dodqer-Yank Series to Bring Scramble
For Those 5000 Seats in Brooklyn

\ SPORTS COLUMN IN SHORT PANTS
II Brooklyn Yankees meet IN this year "orio
Series as now appears likely the greatest Touchdown dragou
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-20
woMEN's SINGLES
SECOND ROUND

GENONB INOLND
Mrs Pear Peterson def Mrs Rose Hor
man. 90 so. Lucina Pagal def Mary
Ciach. SIS, So Mrs. Mary fernando def
Eleanor Batcheldor. 81. 6-i Elizabeth
Irene GarlouEh tied Amy Roosevelt SO
3-6 (mstch called because ~ darkness
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-20
MEMS SINGLES
THIRD ROUND

Rimbark Peterson def Ray Bradley 90
ST 90; Jim Tohin def. Jack Prakken.
SO az Frank sellberg def Peter Ctar.
mix 90. 81, Hobart Wrobbel def Ray
Holland so rs. Tom Hammang def. Joe
Nike, s-3, so. Zeb Frankowsh def Dor
Mckay, 90 so. lrv Levine def. Lou VIII
hams, so, 81. Ray Gibson def Charles
Miller. SIS s-4 Dick Prakken def. BIZ
Lowenstein, SO s-4 Roy Amss def Bill
NORTH s.e Is
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-20

scramble Tor duCdtS III HlslOIy
will take place.
New York seribes, here
with the Yankees, say the
Brooklyn park seats only $4,000
at best. BY the time news
papers. ball players and their
friends, politicians and civic
groups are taken care of fol-
the event-weIl, even a wizard
like McPhsil can't hang toe
many on hooks for the blue
ribbon classic.
Beer manufa cturers in
Brooklyn screamed at the men
ton of playing all games a.
Yankee Stadium.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-20

II is hard TO describe
color" sports. Take the
Yankees, for instance. There
isn't a blabber-mouth on the
team, but still it is one OF
would care 10 watch.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-20
FIRST GAME

Runs batted in-Kelier, York, sullivan
II. Croucher g. Gehringer 4. McCosky 2,
Rizzuto. silvestr Two-base hits-Croucher
lGehringer. DiMaggio. McCosky. Home runs
Keller. Gehringer Stolen bases-Rsd-
lcliff. Croucher. Left on bASes-New YORK
10 Detroit 7. Double play-Higgins %
York Bases on balls-Off Breuer /. off
stanceau 2. of Newhouser 10. Struck out
49, BY Newhouser S. by stanceau l. Hts
OFF Breuer in / inning tnone out in sec
ond) Losing pitcher-Breuer. Umplres -
Quinn, Grieve and MCGOWAN. Time-2l2
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-19
Southern Attorney
Generals Planning
Second Rail Farley

MONTGOMERY. Ala.-(ANP)-
Atty. Gen. Thomas S. Lawson has
announced that a second confer
ence Of southern attorney generals
viii he held here soon to work
out plans for ioint action before
the United States Supreme Court
N iho Arthur w Mitchell case in
volving railroad segregation !%ws'
At a recent meeting of the
southern legal officials, preliml-
nary plans were discussed for their
intervention IN the case brought
before the court by Congressman
Mitchell who charged that thoueh
he had purchased first class TICK
ct he YVES asked to leave sleep
inc car in Arkansas. The tlrse
meeting was called by aWson, VINO
Sid the case Was~rcgardtd as "a
threat to racial segregation laws
n general
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vided. In this unit Negro youth
with no previous flight training
but who had been accepted as fly
ing cadets will begin training for
the air corps at $75 per month
plus subsistence and other provi-
sions. 1t is in this connection that
TuSkegee Institute will enter the
strictly Army training picture.
The Institute, having already an
advanced flying school rated by the
United States Department of Com
merce as such, has been designated
to receive Army contract for the
elementary training Of cadets just
as in case of some % such schools
throughout the country. Gradu~
ateS OF this unit will be transferred
to the goth Squadron Base for the
next and basic course.
After December, 1941, the one
avenue to entrance Unto the 99th
Squadron Base will be through
Tuskegee Institute elementary
Army training unit. Prior to that
time the enrolment Of cadets in
this unit will be restricted in num-
bers thus allowing CA. A. secon-
Diary graduates to be cleared with
out overlooking training facilities
and schedule of graduates Of the
99th Squadron training center.
Beginning in December the
cadet enrolment at the Tuskegee
Institute elementary Army training
unit will be 30 cadets every five
weeks with concurrent classes.
Tuskegee Institute will continue
to conduct the Civil Pilot Training
programs now in progress. There
will be entirely separate facilities
for the Army training program.
These will consist Of base and auXi-
!iary landing fields. At the base
will be constructed hangers, repair
shops, classroom and laboratory
facilities, facilities for Institute
and Army administrative person.
mel. facilities for flight surgecn
and infir1nary, dining hall, dormi-
tories, etc.
Tuskegee Institute and Army
supervising personnel will number
some 70 persons including II flight
instructors who Will have previous
ly undergone special Army train
ing, 3 ground school instructors,
and some 20 mechanics and help
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-19
HOLLEY IN ACTION

Don't upset the boat" shouted j. w. Holley Of
Albany Our good white friends are looking out for
us. Never before in the states history have they
been willing to sit down and talk this matter over
with us"
Mr. Holley and his other followers failed to look
deep enough. Had they but paused and considered
for moment they could have found the reason
WHY "oW good white friends were so cOnciliatory
about this ticklish issue
In all these past years "our good friends" had
nothing at all to saw had done absolutely nil about
removing these inequalities. 1t was not until the
Supreme Court had banded down its momentous
decisions that this conciliatory attitude was adopted
They did not want Georeia's Negro teachers to fol
low the militant lead of Virginia, Maryland, or Ten
nessee.
But the appeasers didn't go that far into the prop
osition. That their Uncle Tom efforts were beaten
back speaks nobly for the spirit that has IN
vaced the Georgia Teachers and Educational Asso-
citation. L&@@
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James G. Evans
Sent to Office
Of DR.. Weaver

semi skilled positions in our ma
ton defense effort. In recent let
ter to all defense contractors, L
pointed out that available Negro
workers must ne given training
and employment in capacities COM
lnensurate with their individual
skills and aptitudeS.
Because Of his II years expert
ence as director of trade and TECH
nical education at West Virginia
State College and the valuable ex-
perience gained in coordinating de-
1erse training for Negroes in that
State, Mr. Evans services will be
Of great value to DR.. WeaVer's OF
fee in expediting this valuable
work for national defense. ,.
Mr.. Evans, a graduate of Roger
Williams University in Nashville,
Tenn. also holds two degrees in
electrical engineering from the
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology. He received a B. S. from
NJ. 1. T. in 1925, and a M. S. in
electrical engineering in 1926.
In addition to his other duties
at West Virginia State College, the
new Vocational Training Assistant
has served as Administrative AS
sistant to President John W. Davis
since 1897. Mr.. Evans has already
assumed his duties in DR.. Weaver's
office
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New 0PM Appointee To Speed
Up Training OF Race Workers

Assistant in the Racial Relations
Section of OPM.
Mr.. Evans, coordinator of ma
tional defense training for Negroes
in West Virginia, will be assigned
to the office of DR. Robert I.
Weaver, who heads the newly ere
ated section which is concerned
with the integratiOn of Negroes
into the training and industrial
phases of the national defense pro-
gram. Until recently, DR.. Weaver
directed similar work in the Labor
Division of OPM, where he served
as an Administrative Assistant.
In announcing the appointment,
Mr.. Hillmau said:
The Office Of Production Man
agement is deeply cognizant of the
Importance and necessity Of train
ing the vast reservoir of Negro Ia
Dor for integratiop into skilled and
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MAJOR ISSUES

The matter of removing the unjust disparities
between the salaries paid Negro and white teachers
to occupy the number spot on the program
Then there the evil of rank discrimination I'D
the matter of school bus transportation and the
equally unjust matter of inadequate educational OPP
portunities for not only those desiring to do gradu
ate and professional studies but for the pupis II
the lower grades as well.
All of these issues have demanded immediate
attention for long time. And especially so since
liberal Supreme Court has focused attention the
fact that these inequalities are direct contradictions
to the provisions of the United States Constitution
In Georgia figures show, there are than
5CG0 school teachers And figures also show that in
Augusta at this most historic of meetings there were
actually less than 800 teachers registered
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-19
Tuskegee Becomes Focal Point For
Negro Civil Army Air Activity
Seventy Persons
Hired As T Teachers

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala.--(SNS) - Negro youth
throughout the country making application the Army Air
OF ske9ee School of Mechanical Industries from the
ming directed and had immediate supervision of Tuskegee Ins
utes aviation program At the time he has been closely
oCiated with Army Air Corps officials having do with the sap
ing Of the Ays plans for the enlistment training of Negro
cadets Director Washington has advanced the following mfora
ton and differentiation regards aviation activities to be Cetered
about uskegee Institute Such information clarCatiOn should
be both timely and Of particular those interested and
planning participate in Army air flying cadet training
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-19

Although the entire area is not
taken over as yet, the department
has assumed control of some 215,-
coo acres peopled by some 7l3
families, a little more than half
Of whom are Negroes.
In one section, there are 14O
Negro land owners. Says the de-
pertinent Of agriculture, through
FlSA, which has the problem on its
hands;
THE Negro owners present a
different type Of problem from the
white farm owner. In a surprising
large number of cases, the land
held by these Negroes has been in
the same family for three or four
generations. On one farm visited,
a 65-year-old Negro grandmother
told US she had been born and
raised on that very spot. The
standard Of life Of her family is
low and their case income is
meager: yet they had never mort
gagged their land or their ram
shackle house. No. this place amt
cot no papers over it. the ancient
woman proudly said.
t1tAs- one of their white neighbors
said, when a Negro buys a piece
Of land, It's out Of circulation The
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-19
a. NEW SPIRIT

For new spirit and grim determination are there
They mean to do something about these things. This
was shown best by the overwhelming plurality that
was given Mr.. c. L. Harper Of Atlanta. That vote
meant that Georgas teachers are tired of appeasers
md hat hand back.paters That meant that they
wanted action and III selecting Mr. Harper they made
20 mistake
The die is now cast The era of waiting patient
ly' is over Aqgressiveness and miGtancy move onto
the scene. This writer ardenty interested in see
ING that Georgias teachers lead not trail the rest
of the nation. eagerly awaits the result,
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-19
ONE PRIVATE TEACHER

Of this 800 there but teacher from
private school. None of the officials Of Geor9a's
many private schools even bothered to look in on
the session.
1t was whispered about that pressure had been
put on Negro teachers by many county supervisors
not to attend this session. That might have been
true. I don't know. I do know that there was not
single county teacher from Fulton at the meet
ing. And the same thing could be said for most Of
the other counties
The supervisors certainly wasted a lot of en-
ergy if they did seek to keep their teachers away.
They could have easily attended listened to all the
talk, and gone back home none the worse for their
experience. For usual, nothing whatsoever was
Done about any of these important things
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tenacity with which these Negroes
hold to their small farms, appears
to be a feature Of this coastal sec
ton Of Georgia.
These Negroes have bad ample
opportunity to observe the condi-
tiCns of near peonage which exists
among their brethren on the tur-
pentine plantations. For them
their land is more than an ex-
panse Of dirt, more even than a
home. it is a symbol Of security
and independence. They are poor,
these Negro owners, but at least
they have something they can call
their own. Naturally these people
are terrified, to give up the land
which to them means the differ
ence between independence and
economic slavery.