The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1945-12-22
SEPIA SPORTS
BROADCAST
By Abe Attucks


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Speaking of good sports there is Frank Sinatra the
young Italian singer who has repeatedly gone bat for
the coored American minority Snatra has had other
goodwill Italians like Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio
follow And now fro mhe lips of war returned veterans
from Italy have found that the Italian people have much
to like the coored man.
LIKED. ITALIAN OPERA
Italy, torn and stripped bare by war; knows the deep
Unborn Christian kindness of coored troops stationed in
the former rock of Roman Empire Originally frightened
stiff by duskey doughboys called the avengers from
Ethiopia the Italian natives found their respect had
turned to admiration for the Tan Yanks who freely gave
their prize good foods to hungry kids and odsers and
were by all standards far tolerant than many Others
even while fighting fercely and bravely as most By
degrees the stories have seeped of this war as to how
Italian families helped rescue wounded coored troops
and nursed them how Italian girls enchanted by the
smiling good natured many-talented sepia Americans
how the Tan Yanks added to their score by mastering
the italian language and deep appreciation of Italian art
and opera and left behind them the rich humor song nd
dance which Latns love and which other troops could
bring to Italy These the things man can forget
but which history will ignore. Many fair Roman lady
will admit it.
THEN THERE WAS ENGLAND
And then there was England proud, naughty Anglo
Saxon puzzng pinnacle Of racial superiority where yet
Lord Beaverbrook deems it honor sip tea with Duke
Ellington where in 1915 Lord Byron boxing patron
pal of the famous colored American heavyweight Bill
Richmond England whose greatest Empire heavyweight
was Peter Jackson who gave Jack johnson the first
chance to win the worlds title whose royalty welcomed
Lincoln U al-American gentleman George Goodman of
Boston until poison prejudice seeped into the Red Cross
England, whose great physicians include the British
Guiana and ex-NYU track captain Phil Edwards the
Olympic idol who married paleface girl but who prac-
ticed at Empire leading hospitals including McG Yes
there was England with hundreds of blue eyed bellies
stampedng at Bristol to bid the coored doughboys good
bye. And so this Yuletde in many once conservative
hamlet and town outside of the memory msts of London
there much happy hearts and happy hopes and
deeper religious conviction than before the colored boys
stepped off the boat.
TOOK OVER BERLIN
Stretched out cozy comfort by the Christmas tree
of 1945 after absence of many Yuledes away from
home, your coored American GIL will reflect over many
of the scenes and comparisons roughly revived here for
your appreciation There other little details of essen
tal part to this war picture. There was the World
Oympics of 1886 at Berlin for example when Hitler was
seated in his royal box at the huge swasc bedecked
dunn That the year when the colored boys in thin
clad track suits gave the Axis stcass prevew of what
the Allies would do in battle nine years later That was
the year when German girls chooed in the love of phys
cal culture, fell madly in love with the amazing power
of sepia stars. That the year Long john Wood
ruff of Pittsburgh pulled off the celebrated comic salute
to Der Fuhrer who later had to flee the stadium when
Jesse Owens of Ohio completely routed the physical
prides of the Third Riech And then ice louis kayoed
Hiters pride Max Schmeling All of this the coored
examined before he went for the kill All of these are
distant happy Merry Christmas memories today.
AND so, MERRY CHRISTMAS!
And now the is and, as one colored G l. and
local athlete told this week. this will be the first Yue-
tide four years that many of the lads spent
at home. And they're still arriving as type these
lines, coming in from everywhere and thanking God
they've been fortunate For there will be many love-
able lad who will make the return trip home again
Inaudble taps will ring in many military minds next week
as battlescarred loyal buddes stand before the home
Christmas tree and it matters mans race color or
creed. Even those that safely home have them
selves acquired certain aches and pains and greater
of tolerance and faith and understanding Of Christ and
the Christmas Day. Then let next week be the Christmas
that Charles Dickens visioned in his famous carol;
Christmas of spiritual revival of true appreciation of sim
plicty and faith And from me, indeed from all who
represent the BOSTON GUARDIAN, may we wish
hearty. hale and lusty MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!
THE FENEHA rNERIPW NE TUE