Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-05-08
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STAG TEAMS SET FOR COMBINATION
TUSkEGEE RELAY CARNIVAL AND THE
SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TRACK MEET
B. Joel W. Smith

the coorfu combination Seventeenth Annual Tuskegee
Relay Carnival and the annual Conference Track Field
Championships which will be staged in the Tuskegee Alum
nj Bowl Friday and Saturday May and 8 All events of
the regular Conference Track and Field Meet will be held
with the exception of the high and low hurdles The Wom
ems Championships will be held Friday and events for
college men, together with participants from high schools
to be slated for Saturday men will be eligible for
all college events entered by the commanding officers
The Annual Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament will also be
held on Friday and Saturday.
ATLANTA WILL BE WE'LL REPRESENTED
Atlanta will be well represented with Morehouse Col
lege entering crack track field team together with
brilliant individual competitors from Morris Brown and
Clark Colleges. Wilbur JONES' sensational Maroon STAR
who won the Individual track and field meet held last
weekend in the Atlanta University Bowl will head More
houses outstanding stars Coaches Frank L. Forbes and
S. H. Archer Jr will be banking on Jones to make fine
showing in the and two mile runs in addition to the
javeln throw and pole vau Other Maroon and White
clads slated to eup with the Cream of the conference
are: Charles Bozeman, miller; Lawlah Burt, mddedis-
tance Roland Pearson sprinter: and William R.
Williams versatile track and field STAR Also Calvin Smith,
Howard White Marshall Arnold Chas Sanford and Charles
Bush The Purple Wolverine track stars include Benjamin
Daley al-aromd track and field lumnary who will not
get his speciality 220 low hurdles since this
will not be contested Leslie Collins William Miller and Lane
Talmadge Ovens another aaround track performer will
represent Clark College.
XAVIER TO HAVE NEW TEAM
Xavier Universitys famous Gold Rushers" who have
dominated conference track field meets the
Tuskegee Relay Carnival for the three of four years will
be mnue the brilliant array of ctars who made history not
only the Southern and Southwestern conferences, but
throughout the country. The personnel Of the Xavier
includes Whitney, Warren Whtcher, Samuels Hooper,
Jefferson, Bergerson, Pruitt Williams Mitchell Coach
G. H Hobson of Ala A. and NJ College will enter squad
of ten William Dunn twO-miler and George Crawford
distance runner: who made impressive showing the
Tuskegee Relays and Conference Track last year. LII
Ockhart and Jerry Davis newcomers, loom the out
standing stars Lockhart expected to do fine job in the
quarter mile
Fl. A. Johnson Director of Physical Education Fisk
University that he will enter representatives in
the half mile broad jump shot put and discus throw These
entrants in order John COSBY Premise Logan and Rob
er Dansby According to Coach Herman N Nelson Florida
A and MCollege will have entries in eight field and four
track events The personnel of the Florida team fol-
lows John Howard Rufus Cant Thomas Reid Richard Nc
Creary, George Clements Isaac Grayson Albert Johnson
Egbert Shirley, Herschel Hamilton, Samuel Stance John
billiard, Donald Noble and George Bailey.
TENNIS ENTRANTS ALSO ANNOUNCED
Among the competitors in the annual Southern 1ntercc
egiate Tennis Tournament will be Marshall Arnold, ore-
house, Edgar Echos Gottrell Gaines, William Gaines,
William Phenayson, Lee Royal Hampton and Earl Ware
lorida) Premise Logan and Charles Proctor Fs) Bit
sy Franklin and McBee (Xaver)
FORMER MOREHOUSE STARS AND
ASSISTANT COACH IN ARMED FORCES
COACH F. L. Forbes in addition to other information
requested by the writer also listed the from last
track squad who in the armed forces These
Coach William Exum. Camp Lee, Va) James "Pinkie
Haines, Camp Hood, Texas) Thsdeus Gaiiard (Fort
Benning, Ga. Paul Gray Great Lakes Naval Training
Station) Samuel Sampson, Camp Wallace Texas) Steph-
Maxwell GU. S. Coast Guard N j. Thomas Massey and