Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-09-15
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- PORTS FRONT
big TIME FOOTBALL ON THE WAY BACK;
II CONTESTS ON MENU FOR ATLANTA FANS
By Joel w Smith

Big Time football is definitely the way back,
and sports fans will be eated know that II heated con-
tests will be played the Gate City during the 1945 grid
campaign Gasoline is longer rationed and soon as
tires are raonree, dyednthewoo fans will be able to
follow their favorite teams to birmingham columbus
Frankfort jacksonville Knoxville, Montgomery, Taahas
see and Tuskegee With the 48hour week dropped by IN
dustry people will be free to take in the Saturday
afternoon contests which that this should oe good
season financially Athletic directors should stop being
contented with having their teams play before their res
pective student bodies few loyal alumni ana lew 1ans
who just like the game but should go about Tor overflow
crowds by using improved prOmotona methods Grld drills
got underway at Washington HIGH School last week and
will begin at Clark Morehouse and Morris Brown Colleges
this week Coaches L. c. Baker, Frank Forbes, Arts F.
Graves and Charles Mcpherson and their assistants will
work overtime to put colorful teams on the Held
The Booker T. Washington High School Bulldogs will
usher in the nterschoatc Friday September 70
against the Sterling High eleven from Greenvle 3 " ana
on the following afternoon Saturday. September 20 the
Red and Black Panthers of Clark College will break the
ice for collegiate eevens when they eup in great inter-
sectional battle with the powerful Green Wave from WILDER
force University of the Mdwestern conference Two
tests are listed for the next weekend Washington High
paving hosts to Hunt High of Fort Valley Friday, DC
tober 5 and Morris Browns Purple Wolverines taking on
the Allen University eleven another lnterconference
encounter The first round in the bitter threecofnered
fight for the city championship will ranspre October
IL with the Maroon and White Tigers Of Morehouse
swinging action against the Purple Wolverines OF Morris
Brown On the following weekend, Washington High VIII
face Carver H. Spartanburg, S. c. the Maroon Tigers VII
tackle the Bama State Hornets and the Red and Black
Panthers will clash with the strong State eleven
Tuskegee High School will furnish the opposition for
Washington High October 26 and the Purple wolverines
will battle the Shaw University outfit October 27.
Round two in the city championship race heads the
November calendar of sports with Morehouse a d
Clark renewing their grid rivalry in bitter battle on
November g. the day following the Washington High
Parker High grudge battle which will probably be the top
ep game of the season. On the next weekend the Knox
vile College Bulldogs and Florida Rattlers will invade the
Gate City for with Clark and Morehouse respectively
and the annual Morris Brown Clark Turkey Day Classic
will be played on November % Florida will return to At
anta on November "a to ring down the curtain in Atlanta
against the Morehouse Maroon Tigers.
DOTS AND DASHES
Mike Jacobs ambition is to rematch Joe Louis
and Billy Conn in heavyweight championship match IL
this materalzes any time soon which at present
seems unlikely it should draw million dollar gate. Inc
Brown Bomber is giving boxing exhibitions Tor ls
and silent about getting out Of the Army Marion Motley
22O pound right haback expected to be the best player
on the 1915 Great Lakes football team and It. Paul Brown
coach of the Bueackets is banking him to make things
interesting for opponents Motley is 30 old and has
four children He played with the University of Nevada
sight years ago. Paul Robson Jr Cornels 1914 stellar
ankman has left school to be indicted into the armed
forces Jack Adkins former head mentor at LeMoyne Col
ege has left Huachuca where he USO club direct
or for two years for similar position at San Diego