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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-06-20

the Municipal Athletic association
barring Negro teams from the Nd
nicipal Sottball league.
The action Of the association,
taken after the unions sports coh-
mittee had organized eight soft
oall teams, including two composed
Of Negroes, and had sought TO enter
all eight in the league, was de-
nounced in the resolution as strik-
ing "a. the heart of American
craftsmanship and fair play
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-06-20
Watson To Try
To Regain Title
In DecathLon

Bill Watson, former captain OF
the University Of Michigan track
team and now a member Of the De-
troit Police department has two
busy weeks ahead. and Bill has
been laboring diligently for these
two weeks
First Watson VIII compete In the
National AAU meet n New York
this coming week cHd Bill repre-
tc1aas 'Hc Detroit Police depart
men, va Je ca,c.c1 "a he shot
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-06-20
CLOWNS VISIT
CHICAGO FOR
STEAM card

CHICAGO, IlL-Leaving behind
a blaze Of shattered box office rec
ords, and exceeding by far the at
tendance figures played TO thus far
last season, the league-leading, ma
;ional semi-pro champion Cincin-
natl (MiamD Ethiopian Clowns,
make their first visit to Chicago
Sunday afternoon, June q. in d
3-team double-header. at Wrigley
Field, which will find their Negro
Major League rivals. the Chicago
Brown Bombers, managed by Bingo
DeMoss, as one Of their opponents.
This regular league tilt between
the Brown Bombers and Clowns
will introduce Peanuts MASSES.
rated the peer OF colored pitchers.
and the Clown King Of Baseball"
combined. struttin' his stuff. Chi
caso fans will sec for the first time
This most unbelievable personality.
who Can do most anything on a bali
field with the grace and case Of
major Lacquer. and yet turn the
stands into a turmoil with spon-
ianeous applause. laughter and
cheers,
The other half Of the twin bill
will feature the duly authorized
and original House Of David whis-
kered nine" (white), composed of
exMajor and Minor league stars.
| against the Clowns The barberless
wonders have defeated such Negro
league teams as the Baltimore
Elites, Newark Eagles, New York
Black YANKEES, etc, in their eastern
jaunts, and, are no easy foe for
any ball club, irregardless of the
power that the famous Clowns are
repated to possess.
Climaxing their sensational tour
to date by attracting more than
10000 fans through the turnstiles
in their last 12 games, the Ethiopian
Clowns will meet the Chanute FIJI
ers twhite) at Hammond Friday
evening, prior to making their de-
but at Wrigley Field in Sundays
big double header, Scores Of last
weeks Clown games were:
At Springfield, Ohio
House OF David 200 010 O0o-3 5 2
E. Clowns -..O2O $50 00x-5 IL /
Terrant and Martin; Peanuts Ny
asses and Tarzan.
At Columbus, Ohio
House Of David 900 O2O OOO-2 8 2
E Clowns .....1O4 100 DIX Is
Smith and Martin; Barbee and
TarZan.
At Huntington, W. Va.
House Of David 100 100 OOO-2 S o
E Clowns ....0l0 900 O00-l l
Lester and Martin; Kankol and
Tarzan.
At Louisville, Ky.
House Of David DOL 900 900 o. 8
E. Clowns ..... 900 900 Ol0 o.
Terrsnt and Martin; Peanut Ny
asses and TarzaH,-
At Defiance, Ohio
RHE
Old Dutch Beers 900 900 600
E. Clowns ......OO1 03O O0x-4 8 0
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-06-20
Protest SOftball
League Color Ban

ST, LOUISA resolution has
been sent to city officials by the
Sports and Social Committee Of
the United Electrical, Radio and
Machine Workers Union protesting
against a recently adopted rule q
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-06-20

put, broad jump, discus and Sc
pound hammer throw.
The following week Bill will at
tempt to regain the decathlon
championship he won in Akron in
1880. but did not defend last year.
John Borican, former Virginia
State college athlete. is current
holder o. the championship and viii
defend bis lsurcls against the cf-
forts OF Watson and others 70 wresi
J.; from him,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-06-20
THE
GOLFING
WO r Id
By JEANETTE WORLDS
GOLFER OF THE WEEK
JERRY HOOD

GOLFER OF THE WEEK
JERRY HOOD
Must be a million golfers
On the courses every day
Each having his own version
Each trying his own way
To drive straight down the fsirway
And on the green in two.
Some find it very easy.
Some find it hard 10 do,
l know a fellow golfer
Who is very, very, GOOD
Never worries about the fairWay
Not "INIMITABLE JERRY HOOD
Ranked high among the highest
OF amateur golfers is Jerry l. Hood
and | had the pleasure of playing
around with MIN this past week end
and I'm going to tell you alr
about it: The foursome included
Dltk Brown and Earl Butler versus
Jerry and I, plus a dollar on the
nine. With the above mentioned
"hard-shoo,e' s." dear reader, you
can see that your humble servant
was more or less an ornament IN
the same-but the boys took me
along for company, anyway.
We teed off on the nine at Rack
nam. Luckily. got one, Jerry got
beauty-Dick hit straight one
and Butler SAID something which |
can't print just now. Wei the boys
were all short in two-on in three
Two putting for fives But, from
then on Their, was really golf The
pressure frightened Then. the "ini-
mitable Jerry" began playing the
most spectacular golf l have ever
witnessed. He made easy par on two
and three and four Naturally on
The short hole. Jerry hac a birdie
as We came up on six THE dog-leg,
you know. Now there's a hole
and here was d golfer Jerry's beau
| ;iful, seemingly safe drive landed
IN the trap some 200 yards ahead.
Brown and Butler were safe on the
sides of the fairway-well up to
the green So, Mr. Jerry Hood walks
INTO the trap-Surveys the position
of the ball-asks his caddie for a
spoon get this) and pow! out Of
the trap TO the edge Of the green IN
two! And saw it with my own
eyes. First time I've ever seen a
wood used so effectively Chipping
up to the cup in three, "Inimitable
Jerry" made an easy four on the
five-par hole On number l learn
ed something. For his approach shot
to the green. Jerry said: We'll, I'd
better play this shot past the flag"
didn't understand, He explained
that due to the shape Of the green,
if the ball was played up to the
green, ordinarily, the shot would
be short While playing past the
flag, the ball would break and roll
up 10 the pin. Well sir, he demon
srated-and it did just that Ask
him 10 show you that shot some
time. It's a honey. Oh, l could just
go on for hours-raving ravinG, raw
ing. But you, dear reader, know
Jerry Hood.-IE you-deH,t-yeti- Just
ought 10 put down meeting him on
your must list. Hes a gentleman
and a golfer. He is known for his
individual stance on the fairway
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-06-20

UNION LEAGUE

The two mixed teams in the
UAW-CIO baseball league will play
again Friday, June 49, Ford 800 will
play Bohn Aluminium 208 at North
western FIELD on diamond No and
Ford 400 play Chevrolet 235 on
Northwestern field No. 4,
jim BUTLER
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-06-20

inches from the cup. Now, that's
playing golf under pressure. Need
l say more?. No, hats off, golfer, to
"lnimitable Jerry Hood" I could
mention that Jerry came in with
even par on the nine.
P.s.-Im waiting for those score
cards
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-06-20

Ford Locsl 600 the worlds largest
isbor p1ion which has member
AIS of $4,000. went on record this
vesk opposinp dissemination of
eolored baseball PLAYERS in the
n-sior LEAGUES
prso,,,r,oN pAsSrn
A resolution passed by me Foru
Local oOo "a " ~ H l'.i. Co '..-
G.. VIII oe PaChea WIN 'le many nan,
o'AeF letters mat nave CONE mo
our once asNlns .' . -Nes' oe9 oe e
a. Ne4 'i''O "ie nav 'e'7 ~ '''e
al me enc OF inc A'-n.h VIII DC sent
70 . uose 4'ai i'- III I'M d '
a 'oF! Oh '''e 4eso-u''O'- = ~ -'''eu
oe'o"'
WHEREAS:
Ford Local No 500 UAW-CIO is
opposed at al. times 10 all forms OF
discrimination anywhere. because Of
race. color or creed and,
WHEREAS:
Negroes are barred from play in
major league baseball, and,
WHEREAS:
Saca leading ball players as Joe
p.Maggio. Bob Feller, DIZZY Dean
and others have claimed that such
Negro stars as Sa,chel Paige, Josh
Gibson and othegsF ere capable of
playing majoE)Ieague baseball, and
WHEREA
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-06-20

Gu. on the outskirts Of town so
says the words in a popular song
that has got everybody trying to
sing. is the location Of the park
housing one Of Detroits best base
ball teams, the Detroit Eight Mile
Road Eagles
LaGRANDE BOYS
George LaGrande, co-owner Of
the Eagles with his brother, Buck,
is not selfish with his players and
has released a few Of his best per-
formers 10 represent Ford 400 in the
UAW-CIO league. Cecil Kaiser, ace
Eagles hurler, toss the 400 men into
a go victory at Northwestern Field
last Friday.
PITCHING HARD
Kaiser and Tim DeBerry. the
pitching star of Turpin A.C., are
rated as two of the only non-profes-
'y1uTTdt pitchers in the city who can
throw good enough to be in the
majors. Sunday the Eagles were
scheduled TO play River Rouge but
wet grounds and cool weather kept
the strong aggregation from taking
the field
PLAY FORD
Nevertheless. Sunday, June 81,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-06-20

PLAY FORD

Nevertheless. Sunday, June
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-06-20
FANS LETTERS
TO Be MAILED
TO Mr.. lands
Writers From All over
Nation Sent Pleas
BY JIM BUTLER

Ford Local 800. the worlds largest
labor union which has d member
ship Of $4,000, went on record this
week opposing discrimination of
eolored baseball players in the
major leagues.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08
BuQSBaer Takes Camden attheJ live ANGLE

l do not agree with Professor Laird that
the cater finds the world unpleasant and has
withdrawn into his shell. A Foot Zooter ut
tering the quaint cries of his species, and leap
ing from theoretical bough to imaginary
branch, is not my idea of a turtle.
If he has a swell shell he must have
checked it with his flat hat
BY the way, the hat of the cat Is indica-
tive of the mental status of the hopper 1t
is shaped something like a lunch wagon
waffle in a bad mood.
Probably the stand-out Of the Foot Zooter
are the oversize bunon boxes.
The Zooter was not hiding behind the door
when they handed out feet.
You would think he would get pneumonia
with so much of his body on the ground.
/ have studied the case histories of thou
sand cats and every one Of them Is possessed
of rug scuffers that are as magnificent In
their dimensions and distances as our ma
tional Capitol When they slap the wax the
echoes flood the valleys and roll back from
the hills. 1t is the laundering Herd with
soft corns.
No matter how high the Foot Zooter leaps
he is always within jumping distance of the
ground. His vacant expression is To Let
sign on a mental vacuum. His wide padded
shoulders and small head make him look like
a man carrying mattress down a circular
stairway.
That's why must disagree with Professor
Lairds statement that the cater finds the
world unpleasant and seeks TO withdraw into
a shell. The Foot Zooter is egg who
will never go back.
He is thoroughly Matched. Hatched of a
violent in raucous surroundings in
global struggle which makes national heroes
by the thousands. He is mentally constructed
somewhat like the exhibitonist Mussolini who
thinks brave clothes and brave contortions will
take the place of brave deeds.
He is extrovert. Even If he were stand
ing on his berry-like head he would not be
an invert. But it would be a marvellous bit
of balancing.
This is one-sided debate in which have
read Professor Lard's thesis and he has not
read mine. Nevertheless, 1 agree with every
thing he has said about the hepcat except
this one item.
consider the Foot Zooter thoroughly sat-
isfied with himself And with no more inhibi-
tions than a cruller on the third dunk
Quite the reverse My entire stock in
trade consists of my knowledge Of human
nature And after observing the hepcat at
his neatly dove-tailed combination of work
and play / am convinced that he admires him.
self in four dimensions.
He is unanimously i'm favor of himself
and his apparel. Every motion he makes is
designed TO attract attention. favorable or I'M
no unfavorable attention.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08

and the gyrations of the Egg Harbors but
even those jukings have their spasmodc
jerks rooted in the tarantism Of southern
Italy and Spain where the bite of the taran-
tula was popularity supposed to cause depres-
sion and lethargy from which the victim could
only be aroused by music.
This excited an irresistible desire to caper
the linoleum and away went the character
on an ankle excursion that was maintained
until exhaustion and centrifugal force pooled
their votes and eliminated the proxies
This mania attacked men and women. old
and young, with the hepchicks being the more
susceptible
The fad was considered highly infectious
and spread like ganders toes in swamp.
Which proves there is nothing new in a
dim-out. But does not detract from Professor
Laird's keen psychological surgery in the Foot
Clinic He is as right rain on the roof.
Furthermore, 1 do not claim editorial in
fallibility in tracing the Zooticians back to the
tarantulas of the Middle Ages. The pictures
Of the Foot hooters indicate you can get the
same effects with a scorpion Or an insect
even lower on the social scale
One thing forgot to mention about tar
antsm is that when you broke into q sweat
you were cured. When you bust out into
lather in Harlem and Hollywood you are just
starting.
Repeating and hepchicking are pitiful
form of exhibitionism motivated by desire to
rise above the common herd meanwhile keep
ing one foot on the ground
But with hundreds Of hepaddicts squrm-
ing and writing in the jukatoriums it carp
easily be seen that all cats are gray in the
spotlight
So in order again TO attract attention,
the cats resorted to artificial stmuants like
the white high hat on the English bookmaker
or the hitch-hilIer who dipped his thumb in
radum he could travel at night.
Professor Laird will agree that the natural
and logical outlet consisted of clothes. The
Commands of the Egg Harbors dressed to
gain attention rather than to escape it. The
result is the drape shape, the reat pleat and
the ruff cuff. Professor Laird disseets this
ALTERATION clang association. Anyway
the Foot Zooter has invented new language
in which he seems to use pimples for pune
tuation
The upper at the cuff Of the trousers is a
new caper to me and one for which have no
philosophical prescription. 1 don't carry that
in my drug store. don't savvy the anchor
chain dangling way down from the watch
pocket. 1t seems to fill no necessary function
and also permits the Foot Zooter TO run
around loose.
If that chain were attached TO a staple
something like COW grazing near State
road it would have some meaning You could
grab it once in while and see what you
had caught on the other end.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08
BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER
Noted Zootologist, Roads Scholar and
Free Wheeler.)

OOKING at the sociological root of the
Foot Zooter 1 find that the rootstock Of
k- the expression goes back to Zoototemism
which is the belief in animals as totems.
The Foot Zooter has plaid decisions of sar-
torial grandeur in which he features himself
a curly wolf and the only face on the totem
pole Arrayed like Solomon in all his sharp
ness the Free Wheeler heads for the Egg
Harbor to cut a rug.
An Egg Harbor is a dance floor to which
no admission is charged Naturally, Free
Wheeler is self-explanatory.
The Foot Zooter is known TO the trade In
the Jivvoriums as q character. This label Is
a mild dilution of the real classification, for
the law states that the greater the truth the
greater the libel. / agree with Professor
Laird that the hepcat dresses as he does to
attract attention. But he will never convince
me that Mahatma Gandhi was ever sharp
or that he ever owned coat and vest.
The description of Disraeli at Malta is in
the groove. Dizzy was more than topped by
the mid-Victorian Foot Zooter Oscar Wilde
who arrived in New York wearing q velvet
coat with giant sunflower in his lapel At the
Customs House the early Zooter said he had
nothing TO declare but his genius and appar-
emily forgot to bring samples
Zooter Wilde was beaten to the zootical
details by an extrovert named Beau Brummel
VINO was sharper lndn u CdulSnS WnlSKerS.
Brummel thick with the Prince Regent
and bore down on fancy vests.
But if you want to get down to cases you
can bypass all those boys including Solomon
and aim the candid memory at Joseph and
his coat Of many colors
The Foot Foot is not making its first APP
pearance in America. / remember in 1907
when we young fellows around the cheap
dance halls of Philadelphia wore coats that
came to the knee, were waist-warped had
lapels you could use to cut a hogs throat
and were padded at the shoulders
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08

Ike an Idiots cell.
The trousers were peg-topped,
flaring out from the knee to the
hips like pelican wings en- route.
There was a four-inch cuff on the
pants which were just as narrow
at the ankle as the Foot Foot Of
today. In addition TO all that ro-
COCO haberdashery there was an
inch welt along the seam of the
strides that was later elaborated
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08

which was evolved in Detroit.
l have picture Of myself in that outfit
in the bottom drawer with my baby Oregon
boots and my first diploma from reform
school
OF course we didn't have the alterations
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08

Dr.. Laird. Psychologist. and
Humorisf Bugs" Baer Join
Forces to Take the Strange
Phenomena Of the 1--WE Joints
Apart. Only to Find Them Po-
fheiic "choracfers" Who Dedi-
cafe Themselves to SeIf-Admi-
ration I'm Four Dimensions
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08

by Weekly Reserved.
Evening star., 1942-03-05
Fearful Bombay Observes
Raid Tests Carefully

BOMBAY, March 5 R.-Sirens
walled over Bombay and other key
coastal cities Of India yesterday IN
air raid tests which were observed
carefully by populace already put
on the alert by Official warnings that
the country probably will be bombed
soon and that there is an increasing
threat of actual invasion.
Tens of thousands who ordinarily
throng these cities at all hours dis
appeared into shops, houses and
temples: taxicabs and buses pulled
to the curb to disgorge passengers,
who scurried for shelter; mills, fac
tories and Offices stopped operations
as workers proceeded to specially
strengthened Easements or ground
floor rooms.
Bridging the gaps between rich
and poor, Hindu and Moslem. Eu-
ropean and Indian, the afraid
sirens sent ragged coolies into the
homes Of millionaires and brought
out for AFRAID duty both Moslem
and Hindu wardens. who worked at
their task together despite their
historic differences.
In India A. r. P.-air-raid pre-
caution-takes on special meaning
Evening star., 1942-03-05
Viereck
Continued From First Page )

Senator Lundeen, the material for
which, according to Government
testimony, was furnished by the
German Embassy at the request OF
Viereck, the prosecutor declared:
How the Nazis in Berlin must
have laughed at that How they
must have looked forward to the
time when his man or one of his
American Quislings would sit in the
White House as the American
Feuhrer"
Mr.. Maloney quoted repeatedly
from a book on propaganda in the
last war which Viereck wrote more
than a decade ago. The prosecutor
said this book was "the text of the
Governments case and the epitaph
of this defendant"
Sooffing at the defense claim that
Viereck, when he registered at the
State Department as a German
agent, truthfully outlined his work
as that of IAN author and journal
st" the prosecutor asked: rs that
what the Nazis in Berlin payed this
man $4,000 for? Or did Herr Hitler
and Herr Goebbels pay him to write
the speeches Of Senator Lundeer
and other Americans?"
Mr.. Maloney's argument was fol-
lowed by the charge Of Justice F
Dickinson Let's to the jury. Justice
Let's had completed only a portion
of the charge when a recess fol
lunch was taken. Indications were
the case would go to the jury abou
midafternoon.
Adjournment was taken late yes
terday after Mr.. Hickey made tn
opening argument for the Govern
ment and Mr.. Cohalan summed VI
for the defense.
viereck was pictured variously 1,
Evening star., 1942-03-05

among a people warned repeatedly
that the Japanese probably will
emphasize the incendiary bomb in
India because of the infammability
Of the thousands OF ramshackle
buildings in the populous Indian
cities.
There was a blackout of all coastal
cities between 10 pm. Tuesday and
s am. yesterday. and a so-called
'brown-out" in the early hours of
the evening to eliminate the glow
overhanging a lighted city which
might act as a guide to hostile craft
operating many miles offshore.
On government advice the more
aff1uent householders had laid tn
stores, but the government has
made itself responsible for emer-
gency food supplies for the others.
AS in Britain, flashlights and
blackout material are growing
scarce. Night activity has been
drastically curtailed generally.
There is constant risk of colliding
with the ubiquitous COW on murky
roads.
This is. without taking into ac-
count the three cows of one Indian
peasant who carried out A. r. P. to
the point of laboriously painting
each of the animals black.
Evening star., 1942-03-05

the arguments as a clever under
cover propaganda who had de
filed his American citizenship" and
as a victim of overzealousness a
man who had not been convicted
by the testimony of a single un-
American act.
Could Get Up to 6 Years.
The German author, who
came to this country as boy, reg
istered at the State Department as
German agent after adoption of
the Foreign Agents Registration Act
of 1888. But the indictment charges
that he failed in supplemental
statement to describe "the nature
of his business comprehensively."
but merely listed himself as author
and journalist"
Viereck, under $4,000 bond, faces,
II convicted, possible maximum
penalty of two to six years in the
penitentiary and a fine Of $4,000
assuming he is found guilty on the
three counts Of the indictment and
the penalties run consecutively.
"Viereck always worked through
other people," Prosecutor Hickey
told the jury. "He knew that prop
aganda never works If exposed, that
it feeds on camouflage."
Refers to Publicity Venture.
Mr.. Hickey referred to Flanders
Hall, Inc, a small New Jersey pub
fishing house, which Viereck admit
tedly subsidized to the extent OF
S22,500 to publish paper-ba backed
books in which he was interested
These books, the prosecutor pointed
out, included anti-British and iso-
lationist propaganda, some trans
lated bodily" from books put oui
by the German Library of Informa-
ton in Berlin.
The prosecutor held out before
the jury a mailing list. First. he
recalled, it appeared, in the Office
of Representative Fish, Republican
of New York, then in the Office OF
Viereck, then at the publishing
house.
These books" Mr.. Hickey added
were QeluSllS tIe peUple VI Iiie
country. They were put out at
loss under the sole control and di-
rection of this defendant"
The prosecutor called Prescott
bennett, who was head Of the Make
Europe Pay War Debts and Islands
for War Debts Committees, "a per.
feet stooge for Viereck." George
Hill, former clerk for Representa-
tive Fish, testified he was paid $4,000
by bennett to meet the expense Of
mailing out reprints Of non-inter.
ventionist speeches by members o