davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1943-04-18

anyways, the manager comes up and saws
I'll have to retire from their employ They
didn't even give me no gold watch. All the
manager did was tell me if wanted to fight,
l should try Madison Square Garden.
So remember that advice. l decide to
break into the prize-fght racket work very
hard and become the greatest fighter in the
world of fisticuffs. Finally get to Madison
Square Garden I'll never forget the night
walked down the aisle to the ring. Twenty
thousand fans cheered me; people threw
themsef out of the balcony with excitement.
Pandemonium was raining. l jump into my
corner and throw few practice punches. A
left to the body! A right to the head! A left
right to the chest! A knockout to the jaw!
Then the bell rings. rush out to meet
my opponent. A left to the body! A right
to the head! A left-right to the chest! A
Knockout to the jaw! 1t was all over, just
as simple as that! Boy - was out cold
for two hours!
Well, folks, that sort of discouraged me for
the rest of my life, so just went out to
Hollywood and made pitchers That's my
story.
(Yes, and a pretty tall story it is, too. should
think you'd be ashamed Of yourself, Costello:
esery pord you've uttered 50 far has been abso-
lute nonsense Why don't you tell the folks tke
Evening star., 1943-04-18

- KAY, Abbott - Well, one night a
1 travelling salesman knocked at farm
~ house and who should open the door
but the farmers daughter
(Here, here! Not that hind Of story. This is
supposed to be your life history. Sta1t ,cith an
account Of your bi1th.)
Oh, get it. Abbott Well, me, come into
this world in New Jersey quite while ago.
don't remember much about how was born,
but Momma says she found me under cab
bage leaf Twenty years later Abbott found
me under pawnshop sign, and we teamed
up The rest is history. That brings us up
to April, l943...
(Now, see here, Costello, you can't get a,pdy
that easy Tell the customers ,Vhat your early
life was Hke.)
j WAS just coming to that, Abbott. In my
early life was very young, but l was very
bright So they decided to send me to ia
nous boys school. was the smartest guy in
my class. got prizes and ribbons and honor
ary mentions - and would you believe it,
half the time was on the Deans list But he
could never catch me with the goods. Boy,
the stuff could tell you in them days. knew
ecery language. 60 into restaurant - talk
La gaceta., 1943-05-12
EN- DIAS DE ACCION

Cuando Bolivar tenfa que via
jar, sc levantaba a las seis de la
manana, v Sc afeitaba Y vestia
antes de salir de su cuarto, pues
era aseado en- extreme. Despues to
maba por desayuno un POGO de
chocolate, hecho 10 cual, entire sic
tie y media Y ocho de la manana
montaba a caballo, v segufa su
camino, algunas veces muy ace
leradamente. Gustaba preguntar
noticias a los transeuntes y be
molestaba 81 no lie contestaban a
su satisfaction. Iba siempre a.
companado por su estado mayor,
Y ordinariamente caminaba seis
leguas, POGO mas o menos seg1n
la distancia de las poblaciones.
Gonna 10 que lie tenian preparado
en- estas, y dsede ell momento en-
que llegaba Sc ponfa con alg1n
secretario, Official o escribiente, a
despachar sus 6rdenes o CORES
pondencia particular. En- los eli
mas calidos 10 hacfa recostado en-
hamaca, Y en- los frfos en- una
cana o en- I'm sofa, Y siempre le-
yendo al mismo tempo en- I'm IL
bro. Jamas su mayordomo llevaba
provision de where's, a exception
de unas pocas botellas de vino, 10
que muchas veces lie sujetaba a
larga abstinencia Y a molestas pri
vaciones. Era parco en- la conf
da, y solo bebia alg1n POGO de vi
no ligero, jamas licores espirituo-
sos, que detestaba, asi como ell ia
baco. En- la mesa y despues de CO.
mer sc %entretenia c~onversando
familiarmente con las personals
de la casa donde Sc hospedaba o
La gaceta., 1943-05-12
Oivorcios y Pleitos
DECRETOS FINALES

DECRETOS FINALES
Amado Garcia contra Victoria
Garcia.
Clifford Daniel Bransford con-
ira Sammie Irene Bransford.
Luceal Childress contra Richard
Childress.
Marie Criville contra Jose R.
Criville.
Elizabeth Baker contra James
Howard Baker.
Myrtle S. Walker contra NJ. B.
Walker.
NUEVAS DEMANDS
Ethel Mcdonald contra William
J. Mcdonald.
Frank C. Landers contra Leona
Landers.
Hilda Virginia Way contra Carl
ton Norman Way.
Vera Sumilla Gennell contra
Thomas Albert Gennell.
Alvin Lee Graham contra Edith
Frances Graham.
Charles Huntley King contra
Bessie E. King.
La gaceta., 1943-05-12
N DE PROPIEDADEj

Collier Florida Coast Hotel
Inc. a Marjorie Smith Green
Evelyn M. Horn a Mark n
Prescott.
Edna Barnes a S. R. Myers.
John l.. Hooker a Matilde Golf
Fountain Belcher a Jose l.. Be
TO.
Ralph E. Robinson a Melvin
Keith.
John Macaluso 4 Nevin E. FL
lis.
Rinaldo Toffaleti a Julio c
Bell.
Thomas Alexander a George D
Roster.
Fred Urbuteit a William K
Wallace.
Claude Williams a JeSusa LS
pei.
Rogelia Gutierrez a Roy Her
nandez.
La gaceta., 1943-05-12

con sus companeros de uals
Nunca jugaba a ninguna cIase De
juegos, Y por 10 comdn Sc acoS'a,
ba a las nueve da lie noche. Al
dia siguiente Sc repetia la misn'
distribution, y solo anadirern0'
que en- los climas ardientes Sc Oa-
naba con frecuencia, y no pefdl'
la OCCASION que lie presentaoa al
gun rio, pozo o arroyo cristaIln0
Jose Manuel ReStrepO'
La gaceta., 1943-05-12

ell cine sonoro, porque va hay cine
sonora en- Fernando Poo, Y ell CAST
no, modernisimo centric de re-
union, con piscina, sala de fiestas
y juegos en- miniature, tienen un
aspecto interesante en- esa Santa
Isabel, que como un nido de palo-
mas Sc acurruca a los pies de la
gran montana fernandina, entire
sus laderas, lujuriantes de verdes,
y la bahia que banan las aguas
brillantes y llenas de tiburones del
soberbio Atlantico.
Pero la vida mas ~interesante es-
ia TERRA adentro. Els decir, selva
adentro. En- las fincas de cacao,
en- las plantaciones, ALI donde dia
a dia Sc traza ell progreso material
de la isla por virtud del esfuerzo
del hombre blanco, del colono es-
panol.
Cuando la planta del cacao esta
en- flor, las fincas adquieren la be-
lleza poetica de un madrigal he
cho carne, materia bella del suelo
exuberante de la isla. Bajo sus
combas floridas, a su vez bajo la
comba inmensa y majestuosa del
sol, la vida parece ennoblecerse.
Lejos de inquietudes, de conflictos
sociales, de luchas politicas, de
TODD 10 que en- Europa precipita ell
vivir humane, aquella terra del
cacao brinda un encanto delicado
que embargo los sentidos.
Alfredo SERRANO.
La gaceta., 1943-05-12
LA ISLA DoNDE PERDURAN LOS RITos ANCEsTRALES
FL Encanto De La TERRA Del Cacao

diente del gran reg de la isla, a
quien todos los amos, en- una fecha
determinada, van en- peregrinacion
sugestiva a rendirle pleitesia in
finidad de personalidades indigo
mas.
La poesia de la selva islena Sc
extiende a todas las zonas de Fer
nando Poo, bajo ell imperiO de esa
colossal montana que Sc eleva al
infinite en- ell Norte y domino a
toda la terra fernandina. Y ella,
la poesia de las masas verdes, de
los bambues, de los arboles de mil
especies, de las palmeras CHM
breantes, Sc infiltra en- los pobla-
dos, en- las fincas agricolas de los
blancos, en- las ciudades... En- to-
do. Els la belleza desbordante del
tropico que invade todos los con-
fines de "La perla del Golfo de
Biafra".
Para ell periodista, para ell es-
%critor, Fernando Poo guarda emo
clones insospechadas. Ell reporta-
je, la cr0nica, ell articulo colonista,
ell ensayO y ell libro, tienen en- esta
isla esplendida una cantera inago-
table de inspiration, de materia
prima. Pero nj ell periodista nj ell
escritor suelen ir a Fernando Poo.
Y esas emociones quedan solo en-
ell alma del viajero, que a su re-
torno las transmitira a sus amista-
des. Y 81 es un tecnico, a un redu-
edo publico, en- una de esas esca-
siSimas conferencias que acerca de
aquel LELAND pals suelen darse en-
epoca normal.
Santa Isabel mismo, sin if mas
lejos, tan pulcra, tan bonita, tan
blanca-ciudad africana que brin-
da ell cocktail del eXotismo negro
y ell comfort europeo-, es va un
crisol de emotivoS sentimientos es-
teticos, que ell periodista puede
recOger. La vida cotidiana de la
factoria, esa tienda tan de Africa,
en- la que Sc vende desde una TO-
faina Y una maquina de coser has
"a un gramofOno, n pieza de te-
la blanca, una bicicleta, un jam6n,
uno calcetines, un saco de harina
o un queso de Holanda, es va un
enero de facetas Y matices en-
que puede bien observarse a la
raza bubi. Ell puerto, con su niue
lie diminuto Y sus dos aparatosas
gruaS electricas, que no funcionan,
es otro lugar i%nteresante de la ciu-
dad. ALI Sc %centraliza TODD ell vi
gor de la urbe Y de la isla en- los
dias de embarque. FL cacao, ell
cafe Y los ~platanos, aparte de
otros productos mas s~ecundarios.
pregonan en- csc muelle la rioueza
agricola del pals. Y asi, ell merca-
do indigena, con sus ruidosas
transaeciones mananeras y u es-
tramb6ticas mercancias; la Admi-
nistracion de Correos, con sus Gu
riosos medicines de las cartas es-
critas por los negros; la plaza de
Espana, lugar east de recreo, jar
din provinciano donde Sc alza Ell
Gobierno General.
Los bares, los hoteles, las GALES
mismas, %rectas, asfaltadas, con
l5uen alumbrado e~lectrico; hasta
La gaceta., 1943-05-12

Els vergonzosO que ell rNt'
obedezca y que Sc mantengsom
mode al capricho del alma, como
10 es i~gualmente que ell alma No
sepa por ST sofa acomodarSe an
voluntad.
La gaceta., 1943-05-12

Sc ha escrito POGO, muy POGO,
sobre Fernando Poo. Y aun Sc ha
publicado menos. Solo muy de
tarde en- tarde, algGn articulo bre-
We y pogo ilustrado ha constituido
unO de los aspectos graficos de
nuestra gran Prensa ilustrada.
Mientras las tradiciones del
Gauges misterioso Y mistico, las
rinconadas poeticas del Milo, los
encantos liricos de Xauen, la bella,
las regiones ex6ticas del inmen-
so Congo belga, han hecho su des-
file por las paginas graficas de
nuestras primeras ~revistas, las be-
llezas, la Historic, las cOstumbres
Y, en- suma, los valores etnicos v
comerciales de los territories es-
panoles del Golfo de Guinea han
brillado pOr su ausencia. iPor
que?
Porque ell espiritu de colonial
'ci6n moderna no ha cuajado en-
Espana. Y Espana Sc divide va de
que de su potente imperio colonial
lie quedan aun %restos, ALA en- ell
Continente negro, muy chiquitos
sin duda, pequenisimos, pero de
una eXtraordinaria riqueza. Restos
a cuyo cuidado lie obligan, no un
NAL e%ntendido imperialismo tras-
nochado, sine la necesidad huma-
ma de una protection a las razas
degeneradas que los pueblan y las
%exigencias actuales de la econo-
mia del Estado.
Nueva politica colonial, estudios
razOnados, proyectos, siempre pro-
yectos, y alguna mejora ~indiscuti-
bic, han sidO ell producto de estos
1ltimos tiempos. Pero la Guinea,
Fernando Poo, necesitan mas, mu-
cho mas.
Fernando Poo eS una isla de en-
sueno. Ell tr6pico, que suele hacer
de sus tierras paraisos, y de sus
mares, inmensos lagos de aguas
rizadas, sobre las que ell sol borda
'el encaje de III r~eflejos, lie ha
iprestado ell hechizO de todos los
encantos. Sus costas Y sus playaS
tienen una quietud dulce Y bienhe-
chora. Sus selvas Y sus montanas
elevadisimas-el Pico de Santa
Isabel alcanza a los $500 metros
de altitud-son un puro manto de
verdura bellamente salvaje.
En- sus bosques interminables,
junto a las margenes de los rios
o en- las playas, ell viejo imperio
bubi ha desparramado los tipicos
poblados indigenas de toscas cons
trucciones de bambu. de hoja de
nipa, de corteza de arbol Y de fl
bra de melongo. Son pueblos pri-
mitivos, en- los que todavia privan
costumbres Y ritos ancestrales.
donde ell "tan, tan" de los tambo-
res rusticos Y de las tumbas-
otro Instruments de ruido. porque
escribir 'de musica' re~sultaria un
sarcasmo-atruena ell espacio Y
convida al balele, la fiesta carac-
teristica de los bulbs, los pamues
y otras tribus del pals de enfren-
tie, de la Guinea.
Aun hay hechiceros en- los po-
blados, aun hay p~intorescos jefes
: de tribu Y aun subsiste I'm descen-
La gaceta., 1943-05-12
PERMISOS DE CONSTRUC-
CION

LIE fueron otorgados permisos
de construction a ]. CYCLIC, Tam
pa Tire Co., H. Frohoff y w. D..
Dupree.
La gaceta., 1943-05-12

BOmbarder0s igerOs n0rteamericanOs, habilmente pirt,a.
para despistar al enemigO, sc preparan para Ievantarse en- vS"
y partir al ataque de las pOsiCiOnes nazis en- ell frente de T6ns,
en- dOnde las fuerzas aereas que cOmanda ell general James
DOoittle no dejan un mOmentO de descansO a las acorr~',%r
divisiones del Eje. .
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-31

MERRICK, i72s-store for business OF
home. $40 month. Tyler e-3sse
UPPER 5-Gas heat. adults only. no pets.
available now, sf5 references. Write
Box B.2S6t. Detroit Times. 81.
ROOMS furnished for couple. steam
heated. Call Sunday. Twinorook 1885,
a ROOMS - Lower. bath. steam heat
adults only. 44s5 30th st.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-31
AUTOMOBILES WANTED

HIGH DOLLAR tor equities. cash waiting
any make model l0t27 Mack.
/ HAVE 81. 600 CASH and wish 20 buy late
model car from private owner. ore. Os9O
/ WANT 200 cars top dollar Jerry Lynch.
1887 Llvernols.
WILL not be outbid on Junk cars, trucks.
$3.50 Michigan. Lafayette 5i70.
JACk ALEXANDER reaiiy knows how TO
get the nigh s for your car or equity ;
cash In five minutes why give 'en awayf
si35 Woodward. Trinity 2-si56.
LIKE TO BUY from private party 1871
Buick or Pontiac sedanette. can pay
cash. Call NO. 9lSs.
LINCOLN CONTINENTAL or Lincoln
Zephyr 1912 model with overdrive: In
answering give characteristics of car and
price desired Address Box B-2359, Detroit
Times 81.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-31
AUTOMOBILES WANTED

wANTED-is.o, is4i Fora. Mercury OF
Chevrolet; will pay cash. Call Mr..
Hogan. UN. 3-42i2.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-31

a PLEASANT quiet room IN private nome
garage available. To. s-s2ai. 33ot Cal
BALDWIN. iose-warm room for en-
pioyed middle-aged lady. Breakfast priv
iieges Excellent transportation. Refer
enoes. F1tzroy 37oe.
BANGOR, 5301-3 rooms and bath partly
furnished; white only; s35 a month.
GREEN, i72s-Room; private home. gem
tleman preferred: excellent transpotta-
ton. v1nevood 1889.
LAKEWOOD, sT33-Nice room for two
working girls: Kitchen privileges, good
transportation. Arlington 523s.
LEhAY, bs32-Between Harper and Shoe
maker clean front bedroom. excellent
transportation.
LINWooD- LAYTON transporiatioe gen
teman; private home 2T76 West
Philadelphia TYLER 4-6sil,
MARQUETTE Attractive room for re
refined gentlemen or two nurses. ex-
csllent transportation. Tyler 5-s4i2
MARLBOROUGH iO5O-Room for lady IN
attractively furnished home with two
business ladies; privileges excellent trans
por.ation DRexel s4s5. after $50.
NICE, clean. warm room for respectable
gentleman Private home 2030 Poplar.
TIE. 7-535s
OPPOSITE Palmer PARK: Woodward trans
portation; private; modern: gtoker heat.
Townsend s-525o.
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CAMBRIDGE. 226s. BERKELEY

$500 DN.-MovE RIGHT IN
Very attractive s-rm. single. tile kitchen (;
bath vestibuie; fun upper snd base
ment: gas range. Redford s3sA
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APIS. ron RENT-UNFURNIsHED

FURNISHINGS OF 3-room apt. complete
apt available; Illness forces deal. Call
Sunday between 10 and 9. 2732 Boston,
Apt Az. Townsend s-452s.
GROW your own. ouy a little farm near
Royal Oak. a &C, $3.50. only IS do.
Tromley. Ell. 1857. 200 n. Main. r. o.
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RENr-NcoMr BUNc.--ruRN.
FLATS FOR RENT

LOG CABIN, 1898 rooms and bath
gss heat. Frigidaire: adults vacant
r'ufyersffV .en2s
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1895 GIVES DEED


A deal like this never offered before.
Imagine S3e5 down 20 FLA mortgage for
brand new 3.oedroom bungalow: veil
located in Dearborn on New York avenue.
u mile south OF Michigan, LIST block wet
81 Telegraph Rd. Open sunday, 100 90
500. University 7-se77
coLoRED-s3 West Euclid: i1-rm. briek:
best condition, 81. 500 down.
WOODLAND e6-Modern Q rooms; recoa-
dNionei like new 81 500 down.
KIRBY. near Brush-i3-room brick,
garages: hot water; 5000 down.
BRICK t-fat Leicester Woodward section:
rooms each. steam heat. -. 800 dopp.
ERsKINE. near Brush--i2-r room brick: -,
Gently spent 20. 300 recondition; -. 0oo an.
WEST GRAND BLVD. Brick fiat. 60
rooms: best condition: ~. 500 down.
WEST GRAND BLVD. Modern a-rosn
brick: garages: "a 900 down.
LOG cABfN-Modsrn Q rooms: immediate
possssslon; $1,000 down. Meoussn.
Townsend s-33ti.
coLoRED-zso Y. MIivauhss. nvssk
2.nst: rms ara bath each: FUN No.
men, steam heat 81 30. ~. 900 asva.
owner. cat. 7s5a. University its7a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-31

CoLORED couple wishes unfinished bed
room: defense workers. Call Temple
2-Tss9.
coIORED couple. no children. desire fur
nishsd room or apartment TE 2-3ll7.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-31
Wavne - New Bungalow

sox2o GARAGE home on wooded 4 acres
all mot.~-n corveniences refrigerator ana
electric stove included. S3S month lease or
$40 month rent 1880 McAlster y mile
west OF Telegraph. - mile north OF 10
Nile Rd, Birmingham.
BROOM furnished home gas heat; north
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HOUSES FOR RENT
Cavell : Plymouth

OdFtII IIIUULI
RENT WITH OPTION TO BUY
2 FL. W ISKETER RID. AT PLYMOUTH
RID brick 2 bedrooms and attic. Soft
lot live In controlled district with low
trees: open daily and Sunday.
DEFENSE WORKERS ONLY
BRUTON REALTY
PURITAN AT ARDMoRE We $3.50
FOR RENT-House and acres, reoeco-
rated electric range plug. furnace, good
well, outbuildings. near bomber plant and
bus line Ernest Sarge, 1851 Arizona,
WALTZ Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-31
WANTED

AAA-JUNK CARS WANTED
Hlshsst dollar paid. Townsend s-454s
A BETTER price paid for Junk cars and
trucks Olive sss0.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-31
2OS08 EHLERT
FULL PRICE, $1,000
IMMEnTATE pNCCE0oYNN

IMMEDIAIE FOSSESSION
THIS 5-RQoM FRAME WITH rLooRED
rRIGrRAToR AND GAS srovE yRoS
OWNER. l BLK. FROM BUS LINE, q
BLKs. FROM CRATIor AND SMILE
WELLER. M. sTi3 OR M. sS7o.
BRANCH OFFICE 1897 e wARREN.
REAUME & SILLOWAY. INC.
BtyHr, BLDG RAJ o<eS
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HOTELS
BARLUM HOTEL
RooMs Foa RENT

A PLEASANT quiet room in private home
garage available. To. s-s2ql. $500 Cal
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-31

BUCKY RYAN says--hs VIII pay highest
automobiles. Call no. 1874. ISL Livernois
BUSINESS MAN will pay cash for late
model Chevrolet Pontiac. from private
marty yEr 7-3633
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-31
WANTED TO RENT ROOMS

defense workers des
furnished room and kiichenette. Ty
4-2422.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-31

WE WILL purchase 1897, 1885. 1889
1910 automobiles needing repairs. High
est prices paid Townsend o-97b9.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-31
runNrsHEp RooMx FoA AENr

PALMER Woods-Largs room IN beautiful
private hons: quiet, refined lazy must
be willing 20 stay occasionally with child
in exchange for part OF room rent Town
aent sOa4
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-31

BALDWIN. I03e-Warm room for EN-
ployed middle-aged lady. Breakfast priv
Heges Excellent transportation. Refer
.praa E1tyroN ANA
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HOUSES ron SALE-EASr

HOUSES ron SALE-EASr
BARGAIN-vAN DYKES MILE SEC.
rooms and attic: water and electric In I:
wired for electric stove; lot 35xi20: good
condition; only $3.50. $3.50 down, s23
month. VACANT. Also others.
IRWIN. KIGHT a HINES INC.
72il5 VAN DYKE 81. $40
BARCArN-MUsr BE SOLD
COPLIN. 303s-Quick possession: 8 rooms,
drive, garage: transportation; quote your
price-- -----,-
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FERNDALE-4i East Lewiston. 1 block
from Woodward near shopping center
and school: $3.50.
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HOUSEKEEPING Rooms
BOARD AND ROOM
SHARE LIVING oUARrERS

COUPLE 10 share exclusive home with
wife whose husband Is in service. Har
per-s Mile sec. no children: city trans
portstion. Inquire 20eii Harper; tn
2-se20.
CIRL--share furnished flat with war wife
residence. Lincoln Park. Atlantic 1876
WHOEVER and daughter. 3. will shar
home with couple in northwest section
Vermont T-sO72
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-11-20
Wolverine 5
TURNS TABLES
ON ALL.-STARS

The second week OF the Chronicle
League got under way with only
four teams playing over the week
end. The other games will be played
during the week
The Wolverines club came back
to defeat the All-Star team by 20
to II. The All-Stars sprouting
overconfidence by having won their
first game the week before. were
not up TO their usual standard Of
play. On the other hand. the VOL
verines, who lost the week before.
came back with new confidence
and played an exceptionally good
game, having the poise and conf
dence TO defeat the All-Stars.
The Trojans lost their game by
Forfeit to. the Aces by failing to
have their team on the floor on
time
Jacobs or the Wolverines has
temporarily taken the lead from
Sam Gee for high point honors by
throwing nine points Saturday.
giving him a total Of II points.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-11-20
Ozzie Simmons
Will Coach Cage
) At Great Lakes
By HENRI OBRYANT Jr.. SIC

GREAT LAKES, Ill. (ANP)-
Ozzie Simmons, former Iowa
State football star, has been
named assistant coach Of the
first all-Negro Ships company
basketball squad at Great Lakes.
Simmons began drilling the men
a week ago, assisting Chief For
est Anderson, former Stanford
university ace basketeer.
Members OF the team are
drawn from the ships company
personnel of the three Negro
camps. The bluejackets win Of
fer plenty competition as the
squad has a wealth of collegiate
and professional men on the
team. Among them are big"
Sammy Williams of the New
York Rens, Edward DOC" James
OF Gary, Ind: Grant Gray OF
Kentucky State college; James
Jim" Brown OF Southern uni
versity; Charles Harmon OF To
ledo university: Larry Dolby OF
Long Island university. and
Clarence w. Smith Of Florida
A. and M.
A schedule with professional.
collegiate and other military
units is being worked out and
it is reported that most Of the
games will be played on the sta
ton for the entertainment of the
men in training.
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Pat Patterson PAGES
12Horsemen Wins

The popular IL Horsemen girls
strengthened their grip on second
place among the femmes in the
Motor City league last Wednesday
evening when they took three
games from the Mundy girls. B Pat
terson, star for the victors, turned
in the highest single game OF the
match when she hit 2ll Nell Wright
was high for Mundy's with 1853
Scores: IL Horsemens 852, 835, and
725; Mundy's 689, 70S, and 646
Coy Corner won two from Set
ties and Son; scores: Cozy Corner.
6l0, 72l, and $50; Settles and Son,
703, Go and 62l. c. Gray was high
for Cozy Corner when she hit 1853
in the second game, and NJ. Nit
chell was high for Settles with l59.
The league leading w. B. O'Don-
nell girls finally lost series. The
defending champs lost the best two
out OF three games 10 the Progress
Sive Victory club. OLonr ell had TO
spot their rivals 203 pins. Scores:
Progressive 1888 739 and 1913; o.
Donnell. 7i9, 729 and 845 Martha
Shannon, star with the champs,
turned ir the highest single game
Of the match, 1879 Dorothy Wood
ruff was high for Progressive with
l33.