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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-05
TOOTH FlVEPREPS
FOR TILT MONDAY
Davis Negro Quint To Play
Shaw University In
Camp Gym

IF there's anything wrong with
this outfit, it's just that they have
too much pep," was he commen
OF Lieut.. A. G.. Nelson had to make
ABOUT the Tooth Coast Artillery base
ketbal players as they tuned up
Wednesday for the approaching
game with strong Shaw university
of Fayetteville.
Members of the athletic depart
ment expressed sentiments similar
to those of the coach. The Tooth
basket ball players are allowed a
certain period for practice every
day and when the times up it's
dlttlcult to persuade them to quit.
This unusual interest is one reason
why the Aces" have established
such a remarkable record.
Date of the 1OOth-Shaw game is
Monday, March 9, instead of Fri.
day, March 6 as previously an.
nounced. The tilt should have
plenty of spectator-appeal, since
the Shaws are holding down third
place in the Colored intercollegiate
conference, and the Camp Davis
regiment has compiled an enviable
record of eleven victories against
one defeat.
, Most of the players on the Tooth
team starred on midwestern col.
lege and high school teams prior
to entering the Army. The Chicago
and Detroit areas have the largest
representations. Lieut.. H. A, John.
son, athletic officer, who has seen
good teams come and 60, is great.
ly Impressed by the team spirit Of
the Aces.
Among the outstanding players
are Mack, center and guard who
was cl- zen on the Greater Chica
go an-high school team a few years
back. Another guard, Moore, play.
ed both basketball and football al
Iuskegee Institute. Perry, favor
lite with the spectators, is another
standout performer; the smalles
man on he team, he drives hare
and has managed to average l:
points a game. Mcclure, a guare
who formerly played with a south
ern college, and Rockingham, for
mer Chicago prep star, have alse
turned in some real performances
Although each one of the player:
IS top-notcher in his own right
the team has amassed its string O
victories through cooperation anc
teamwork; the boys are out fo1
victories and not Individual glory
The athletic office announced
that the game between the 1OOtE
and Camp Croft's colored team
scheduled to decide the southeast
ern seaboard championship of col
ored troops, will be played next
Wednesday night at Farnsworth
Hall.
But the Aces are crossing their
bridges as they come to them this
season and it's the Shaw game tba
is uppermost on their agenda right
now. The Shaw game will be play.
ed at Farnsworth hall, and the
public is invitedto attend. The
engagement will get underway al
7:45 o'clock, and there will be no
admission charge. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-05

the resort atmosphere of Sarasota,
Mickey and his new pals are work.
ing night and day at their alerted
gun position on a hog-backed Pan
anna hill, hoping they get the first
pitch at the first enemy plane that
ventures this way.
And these 'jungle-mudders' are
really ready to pitch - ready to
pitch lead skyward in a death
dealing way.
Not only is Private M. Harris
bronzed and perfectly conditioned
by the hard, outdoor life in the
tropics but he's got his curves and
fast ones in smooth working order
too from tWice-a-Week pitching III
the fast Canal Zone baseball
league.
The 25-year old hurler was draft.
ed last fall just after completing
his first full season with the Red
Sox. Instead of a boost from his
Al salary of about $1,000 per an
rum, however, Mickey was cut to
$21 a month along with other pri-
Yates. He was inducted into Uncle
Sans new army at Fott Dix, N. j.
Oct. IA.
Basic Coast Artillery (anti-air-
craft training followed at Fort
Eustis, Va, and then anchors
AWeigh" for Panama.
Mickey and his mates, like others
of their classification, were assign
ed to outpcsts in the jungle, where
they had to cut away jungle growth
and emplace their own batteries.
The always-smiling hurler has TAX
en- to the guns. He used to like to
hunt in the off-season and knows
firearms.
Discussing guns with friends the
% t h r day, somebody asked
Mickey: What would you do if a
Jap plane were to come over?'
The answer was quick and to the
point:
II only hope we get the chance
that's adjust give me a shot at
them"
Mickey's due to pitch soon in
the Panama Canal department In
ter-Reginental League so his bud
dies got him into a Canal one
leaaue uniform so as to make sure
he's ready to blow their Army op.
ponents down when the soldiers
circuit gets going.
The eX-Red Sox hurler pitches
for the Balboa Brewers, who have
an 11-game winning streak that
has carried them from third to
first place in the four-team loop.
Harris has won four straight dur
ing this streak and saved a couple
of mere games.
Mickey took a few games to get
the kinks out of his arm and at one
time his record read: won l, lost
four. Its now and 4 and Mickey
is second in the league in strike
outs with 81 in rs innings. 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-05

before the lights went out.
He packs terrific wallop in
either mitt, and this, added to the
fact he is a nice, gentlemanly kid,
makes him natural crowd
pleaser. If he gets by Scott Friday
you may be hearing a lot more
OF him. He may be that next cham
plon Ito come out of the Army"
And speaking of Joe Louis Bar
row, his sacrifice in donating his
share of the purse of the Buddy
Baer fight, as well as of the COM
ing Abe Simon fight, makes that
OF ballplayers who agree to take
l0 per cent of their salaries in
gllt-edged defense bonds seem like
a fellow sacrificing his hair in a
barber shop. He'll get the hair
back eventually.
Joe won't get the hair, or the
purse, back. It's gone, and to
worthy causes.
What makes the sacrifice the
more pronounced is that Louis,
being in the Army for war
Of undetermined duration, may
never be able to fight for per-
sonal profit again. He might,
heaven forbid, Be too old when
he gets out, and he is running
the soldiers risk of injury, or
even death.
At a time when he is at his
peak as drawing card, and with
his ring future hidden behind {
haze of uncertainty, he donate!
what might conceivably be his las
two big purses to worthy funds
We don't know just how mucF
Joe gathered in as his own from
the couple of million dollars il
purses he has drawn, but wher
his managers cuts, training ex
penses and taxes are figured il
it probably wasn't so much tha
he never would want any more
Yet he gives away what nigh
be the last money he earns witt
his fists.
| What a man!
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-05
Wildcat MENTOR
I0INS PHYSICAL
FRAMING GROUP
Hanover High School
Wv ,,bTo Enter Service
W. Athletic Division

c.verin, athletic director and
PAU .'.ch at New Hanover high
bead 'Y% s,r the past eight months
sh90! star Wednesday night that
I'd 'I.' M enlisted for the physical
u ID, branch of the Navy re-
siSN'd ,,d will report to the Norfolk
a'' "a ,+ation for duty April 20,
W. IN came to the Wilmington
s' last July after graduating
HA" no University of North Caro-
acp .berp he was outstanding on
la' ,,,baIl team. He was named
Tie r,meriean end in 1910 and
y" wildcat coach was examined
lD' ,.,rn into the service at Ra-
sn' ss-rday after talking with
tsr . PHYSICAL Director Gene Tun-
w. u said that he will ask the coun-
H' ,sod board for a leave of alb
y " tor the duration. Superin-
s .srjsnt Of schools H. M. Roland
''4 arropi that the board has not
sD',a ~, iecision on Severin's sue
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-05
Mickey Harris Is Ready
TO Pitch Against Japs

BALBOA, Panama Canal Zone,
March 4.-tR'-It's only the first
week in March but Maurice
Mickey Harris, young ace hurler
of the Boston Red Sox, is in the
pink of condition and ready to pitch
the opener-not against the Ath-
letics-but against the Japs.
For Mickey is in the Army now,
assigned to one of the anti-aircraft
jungle outposts guarding the vital
Panama Canal.
While other members of the Red
Sox mound corps are slowly and
carefully unloosening muscles in
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-05
BROWNS ASSURED CASH

ST, LOUIS, March A. Up BY
the simple expedient of issuing
more stock, the impoverished St.
Louis Browns were assured today
Of at least S375,OO0 to free the club
Of all Indebtedness and provide
working capital for the coming
season.
That disposes of the American
leagues most serious financial prob
I'm.
The Browns directors last night
aHnorized increase in the clubs
apltallzauon from 10000 shares to
'W'VOO shares. Submission of the
pan to stockholders at a special
meeting n May II will be just a
f0rmality.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-05
SCARBOROUGH To START

oRLANDo, Fla, March 4.-(P)-
aaAager va. Buck Harris today named
se'e sundra, Walter Masterson
.uu .s = Rookie Ray Scarborough to
ass s''s ene u Yankees in the Senators
.,s! ..s. grapefruit u league engagement
here Monday.
NV, s.,"f0oroush, former Wake Forest
t,,4yt ss VI VINO was offered $4,000 by
NV, r ianNees before he suffered a
,s,,s arm that shelved him for a
nr,rt,, ts mas appeared the most
-s-s OF the rookie crop so far.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-05

Control surfaces of some all
metal planes are fabric covered so
that the control surfaces are light
er. The internal structure of them
is metal, though, thu S combin-
ing strength with minimum
weight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-05

TheSports Trail
- With
WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, Mar. 4.-spinning
the sports dial:
Don't smoker too loudly at Billy
Myers announcement that he
plans to give up baseball for rail-
roading. There's guy who knows
what he's doing. He's going to full.
fill the two major ambitions of
every kid-be a baseball player
and ride on a steam engine.
Far be it from us to discourag ge
this Chattanooga Choo-Choo ambi-
tion, but we have a hunch that
when the call boy hammers on
Billy's door about 3 am. of a
stormy morning the retired short
stop will wish he was back short
stopping. Even with the Phils, if
necessary. Three hours of work
and 81 hours of rest is a pretty
fair schedule.
From the financial angle, Billy
possibly figures, what with the talk
OF doubling the income tax and
one thing and another, he would
be better off drawing a fireman's S
wage.
Headline-Schoolboy Rowe has
teeth pulled to aid comeback
There's guy who isn't afraid
to face the Yanks.
One of our heavyweight dark
horses goes to .the post next Fri
day night in Tampa, Fla, and
how he finished largely will deter
mine whethex he is a pretty fair
sort of fighter or just a. fighter of
sorts.
He is Tommy Gomez, a
rocky-fisted young soldier, and
he meets Buddy Scott. 1t was
Scott who abruptly checked
Gomez fistic rise, knocking
out the too cocky Tampan just
when he appeared on the verge
of bigger things.
1t was a bitter pill, but Gomez
swallowed it like a man and has
won back lot of lost prestige by
continuing just where he left off
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-05

In 1912, postal officials request
ed Congress to appropriate $780,
900 for an experimental air lin
but were refused
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-05

Women in some Balkan coun.
tries decorate their hats with
coins.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-05

Headline-Schoolboy Rowe has
teeth pulled to aid comeback
There's a guy who isn't afraid
to face the Yanks.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-24
Betueen The Lines
BY Dean Cord On B. Hancock
(For AMP

John Temple Graves rightly points out certain def
mite gains which have come TO the Negroes OF the
south and foremost among these are the growth Of
the NAACP and the Negroes advance In education
NAACP was largely to this same Negro agtatorism
that is causing our southern liberals much con-
Germ.
Many OF the gains In education have been wrung
from the south by these agitators who deserve
large measure Of the credit for the thing that now
gives the south It's greatest satisfaction Too often
certain things that are now regarded by the south
as matters OF course were granted grudgngly under
pressure Of the Negro radicals. Let take the
Of the south and the graduate work Of It's Negroes.
For years the old arrangement dragged With white
students getting state aid Tor their graduate work
while Negroes had to hustle for their own. The pug
cling question Is why the south waited until these
-northern agitators' set up howl and went into
the cOurtsl Why would the south wait for recourse
10 the courts?
The matter OF salary equalization went Unattended
until these same Negro agtaors got busy. Utter in
difference was shown before the opportunities Of
the patient southern Negroes. The south waited
til the Negro agitators went into the courts and
the for equalization Of salaries Such matter OF
simple justice delayed until the supposed Negro
agtator came on the scene. More important than
these two gains which came through the courts. is
the fact that there is no great opposition 10 them
II turns out that the south is quite ready for
advanced thinking and proceeding in interracal
matters and II takes these Negro agitators to bring
them around.
In other words the policies OF the south on the
question are such make the Negro agitator
Indispensable The souths policies has done more
to cultivate the agaor than any other factor 1t may
then be said that the Negro agitaor Ia the creature
and creation OF the south 1t is expecting too much
OF Negroes to expect them to live and die for de-
mocracy and then not ask 1t for themselves. THE
ONLY ANSWER is. MAKE AGITATORS UNNECES-
SARY BY GRANTING NEGROES THEIR RIGHTS
WITHOUT THEIR INTERVENTION.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-24

IN ALL CIVILIZED communities, special consideration
and protection given to children. This practice Of
safeguarding the young also observed by the majority
81 primitive peoples, even savages and barbarians
Here in the United States courts make due al
for the oenses of children and handle such
in special juvenile tribunals, but down in Mississippi
precedent established last week. when two IA
year-old children were lynched by mob.
The victims two little boys, who were accused
of attempted assault upon 13-year-od white girl The
boys taken from the sheriff by unidentified mob
and hanged from neighboring bridge which the at
tempted assault is alleged to have occurred Lynching is
unlawful and nexcusabe at all times. when the vic
tins adults and definitely known to be guilty, but
when stoop low as to lynch children, matter
what the alleged crime such mob violence violates every
law of human decency.
Even the Nazi murderers against whom many
bruaities have been charged show some consideration
tc children In of the countries they subjugated the
Naz leaders recently wiped of its cities from the map
and placed all the male citizens before the firing squad
but the boys under sixteen of spared from
slaughter and sent into Germany
In the great struggle preserve civilization and de-
mocracy, in which country is playing such mpor
tant role afford 10 permit boodthrsty Negro-ha
ing mobs Guido the Nazs in cruelty and barbarism
minority groups?
VIII il help the of democracy. for this nation
10 advertise the world that lynch children here if
those children happen have black brown yellow
skin? We think not.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-24

THE 154TH FIELD Artillery at Fort Custer, which is
made up of Negro personnel under fire, but the
fire of battle The unit has been attacked by Congress-
Paul Shafer of Michigan Shafer charges that l84th
Field Artillery regiment has failed pass inspection
and qualify for combat duty during the two years it has
been in He also states that its thousands of Negro
soldiers smart foxes and leading the life of Riley
BY way Of comparison, Congressman Shaer says that
the Fifth division had gone into training the time
and long sent out of the country active duty
also that since the departure of the Fifth division thou
their training and have gone and he adds that
the space used by the 84th Field Artillery is needed for
use in training other men.
Secretary Stmson. of the War Department, has or
dered investigation of these charges In reply to Con-
gresham Skaters charges. Major Kenneth Knowlton
white post executive officer, says present strength of the
1s4th Field Artillery regiment is approximately 100
instead of the thousands reported by Shafer The
Major also points out that the unit with changing per-
sonnet has been in training about year and half in
stead of two years.
According to those familiar with the history of the
184th unit since its activation into the Army in January
l94, the charges made by CHATTER absurd Army
from the S4h have been sent to other camps and posts
the 795th Tank Destroyer battalion separate unit
Other officers of the regiment have also been transferred
TO other posts For this reason the extensive turnover in
personnel has delayed the training of the regiment
unit
Many Americans too prone to criticize and dis
credit Negro soldiers II should be remembered that
ddua units Of troops do assign themselves to certain
camps neither do they decide when they to be sent
for active combat duty All such assignments
and decisions made by officials of the War department
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-24
Peoples Daily Doings
BY ISAAC JONES

OF the Draft board in New York City that he doesn't
believe In segregated Army and will not fight In
one When he termed the present system U. s.
Fascist Army. he asked what did he mean by
such statement Jones replied: when colored Amer
leans placed in separate units from the whites.
trained separately and sent into the eld separate
ly, that is segregation"
WHAT is SEGREGATION but an outgrowth OF
discrimination but an expression one mans be-
lief that he Is better than another"
THERE is PLENTY OF truth in what Mr.. Jones
has said AS member OF his race the writer knows
how he feels about the whole matter but he cannot
accept the stand that Mr. Jones has taken Our race
had much less freedom and less to be thankful for
in the wars OF 1875 and 1872 because most OF them
were slaves but just the same they fought with
courage and faith in God that some day they would
be free. they kept the faith. they continued pray
they won the battles and about nnety-nine years
later. their freedom came. That Is what colored
Americans must do In World War number two.
Above all things remember the words of Sojourner
Truth God Amt Dead" II We do that. also fight
for our rights here on the home front. when the
united nations win. colored Americans will have
won too. You bet they will This is Gods war. He
has the destiny of the nations regardless to race
creed color planned by His plans shall the peo-
pie OF the earth abide.
OUR RACE delegates made history at the ALL
convention In Toronto last week. Only twenty-five
minutes required 10 bury the issue OF the dis
elimination our folks have to endure In the ALL
unions.
TWO COLORED DELEGATES were present. A.
Philip Randolph. president OF the Brotherhood OF
Sleeping Car Porters held the floor for twenty five
minutes. He demanded n creation OF an AL com-
mIttee to fight Jim Grow. He told the AL leaders
that their speeches about democracy were all
@balOney.-
SPEAKING ABOUT the prejudice in the ALL
ions. the coored workers who made the trip from
New York City to Portland. oregon recently on the
Henry A. Kaiser special train to work in the ship
yard as skilled labor soon found out. and most OF
them have already returned east One OF the union
leaders quoted as saying that he would die and
go to Ohe hot placer before he would stand TO
coored men work with white women in the ship
yard
p. S.-A CORRECTION FROM LAST WEEK. In
this column last week. II was stated that the AME
churches were valued at s1A75O.165. when the fig.
ures should have been ssO,710,6
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-24
THE ONLY ANSWER

WE VIRGINIA quarterly Review published al the
University of Virginia recently carried arti-
Gle from the pen OF John Temple Graves, eminent
newspaperman OF Birmingham, and regarded as one
OF the liberals OF the white south. The article is of
the nature as recent articles by Mark Ethridge
OF the Louisville newspapers and Virginius Dabney
OF the Richmond Times Dispatch All of these men
issuing subtle warning to Negroes that unless
the Negro aguator his agitations, grave con-
sequences in the offing
The Negro agltator has long been anahema to the
south; although the term Is without accurate def
milton and may moan anything from one who adyo-
Gates racial mlscegcnatl0n TO one who demands his
share OF the farm proceeds under the share-crop
system. More generally the Negro who seeks full
citizenship rights Is regarded "radlcal" although
closer inspection Of the matter leaves warrant
for such conclusion. Strange enough. most OF these
so-called radicals have been Negroes OF the south
who have gOns north. and there they are shrinking
loud" what they felt In the south. In other words
the policies OF the south towards lis Negro citizens
have often been such that they have left the Negro
In state Of oppression and bewllderment. On the
one hand, the responsibilities Of citizenship laid
upon him with iirmness that be iclt; and
the other, the correlated rights oftlmes denied
with equal firmness.
The Negro is therefore, left frustrated before the
situation where his citizenship vouchsafed under the
United States constitution is contravened under the
constitution OF the several southern states. Although
the Negro OF the south is too often inartculae In
the premise he nevertheless knows that he is the
victim Of gross injustice. what then the Negro OF
the south cannot say for himself the Negro agtator
OF the north says for him and herein lies the ex
PLANTATION OF the why's and wherefores.of the SOCIAL
ed Negro agitator.
What Is more IL Is not reassuring 10 imagine what
state of affairs would exist in the south without
some things these same Negro radicals have brought
10 pass The south and the Negro owes them debt
OF gratitude for not letting the south and the Negro
settle down TO some things we have passed over