Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-05-12


The second Saturday in May is great day the
sports front It is the day when the pick of track stars
from the leading colleges in the country converge on JUS
kegee Institute to compete IN the annua neay
Carnival So this weekend the Alumni Bowl VIII be the
scene of coor track and field events featuring hundreds
o athletes college and high school stars and the cream OF
The service outfits from the Iuskegee Afeld and Ior
Bennng Sport fans expected to pack the grandstan TO
see these hinclads they break for the tape III the
sprins fight for position in the distance runs; AND set
biserng pace for the inside lane in the relays Track
teams from the three Atlanta colleges Clark Morehouse
and Morris Brown ready for this annual event ana
should be well up the standing when the meet points are
tabuated Coach Marshall Arnold of Morehouse and Coach
Charles Mcpherson of Clark will enter webalanced track
and field teams, while Coach Arts F. Graves OF Morris
Brown will concentrate the field events and enter re"
in the sprints.
To attempt to predict the OF the nineteenth
annual Tuskegee event would be unwise but all competing
colleges should look forward to plenty of competition from
Tuskegee and Xavier The Golden Tiger thncads won the
1914 Relay Carnival with Sc points, and the Maroon Tigers
of Morehouse poed by Coach Howard Archer finished IN
second place with % points The fact is the Morehouse
track team piled UP an early lead and would have had an
excellent chance to finish out in front II more men mao
been available for special events The Xavier track team
captured third place honors with % markers In the Six
teenth Annual Womens Track and Field Championships
the Tuskegee assies first place with 69 points, with
Fort Valley State taking second place with 20 points At
antans placing in the individual events were: Thomas
Massey Morehouse) 100 yd. dash Paul Sanford, More
house, 44O yd. run; Walker Brown and Lawrence McCu
ough orehouse- second and third respectively in the
$50 yd run; James Lanrum morris BROWN third in the
discus throw Clarence Fisher and Cleveland Lane tMorrls
Brown second and fourth respectively in the javelin
throw; Reginald Haynes, Clark winner of the discus
throw and Earnest Sullivan Clark third in the javeln
throw Coach L. c. Baker of Booker T. Washington High
School thru with another fine relay team which won
the mile relay and placed in the medley relay, and
quarter-mile relay.
ATLANTA OPEN TOURNEY TO BE PLAYED OVER
NEW LINCOLN LAYOUT MAY 20; DIR. HOLMES
AND WILLIE WYNN MAY DETHRONE FAULKNER
Atlanta golfers eagerly awaiting the annual At
ana Open tournment, which will be played over the New
Lincoln Golf and Country Club May 20. recordbreak
ing list of entrants expected to compete in this 36hole
medal play which will be conducted by T. r. Grimes former
Southern amateur king chairman of the tournament
mittee All the top ranking golfers polishing
their game and is clear that c. B. Faulkner, the defend
champion will have seup in retaining his crown Ac
cordng to the experts Dr. H. M Holmes has been playing
consistent brand of golf throughout the winter and
spring and this is what paysof in medal play Wynn has
to the front in the past two years. of the
most improved golfers in the city and there be
doubt that he will finish the top Other crack At
anta golfers who will add color to the meet Z. r.
Grimes DR.. X. L. Neal S. H. Archer, Jr. "Red Rock'
Phillips, L. C. Baker A A. Reid L. D. Milton F. A Toomer,
r. c. Christal J. H Mickens Henry Watkins George Sui
Iivan Sims Gordon, G. F. Kennedy, J. H. Early, M. ID.
Moon DR. G. A. Howell Sidney Lemon and host of Others