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Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04
SCHOOLBOY CHANGES

an average of 186 points for the Blue and Blue. Kenny did not fin ish out the season at English o1 else the points would most likely have scared up higher. For the Cherokees, Kenny scored an av- craze of 300 points in this past season.
 Kenny has played for the Eagles A baseball team for a few sea- sons. Upon graduation this June, Kenny plans to prepare to enter Virginia State College and major in Physical Education.
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 On Monday some of our track sters will get their first chance for the season in outdoor track at the 'BC High meet held at the Heights. The Outdoor Reggies are also scheduled at the Heights on May 20 and 21.
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 The Panther Cubs abseball team is getting warmed up for their Park League season which opens soon. know that they have all the fans best wishes for success. Ted Barco, from Boston English, is rated to be quite a player on the Cubs.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04
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,)s By SYLvANUS .O1lHl HleSSzGMz5O@N

'fCrowi" Kennedy, another member of Windsor Cricket Club, is the father of twin boys and a girl. The boys recently returned from abroad after serving for sev- eral years in the U. s. Army.
 Grown" says: q was a member of Windsor CC since 1917 never joined or played cricket for any other club in the Massachusetts State Cricket League" He had planned on retiring from active cricket playing beginning this season owing to sincere and tre- mendous appeal from the fellow members of Windsor. He has def initely decided to continue playing through this season whereupon he accepted the captaincy of Windsor second eleven and has given mo- tice to all clubs who have reg istered with the league for the seasons fixtures to be aware"
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04

lest they lose every match when playing against the team cap- tained by him, continuing he said,
 T will serve behind the sticks better than all the past season because Windsor's second eleven will be among the trophy contest ants for the 1946 season." The Bu- rus cup or runner-up cup will not be sufficient to satisfy his ambi- tion. The big cup is the aim, so that at the close of the season the night of presentation the cup will be filled to overfiowing with is an occasion never to be forgotten that Windsor second eleven name is inscribed after try ing for these many years.
 We pay respect to tie memory of Herbert Ince who passed on re- gently. MT. Ince was a member of West India A. many years ago.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04
Boston University

PROVIDENCE, May 2-Boston University, fresh from a 15 to 2 victory over Tufts, moves to Prov idence Saturday afternoon to tangle with a strong Brown nine.
 The Terriers hope to have Jack Harper, Natiek sophomore, ready to go against the Bruins. Harper, who was slated for the No. hurI- ing role this spring, came up with a sore arm and has yet to make an appearance.
 He returned to practice the first of the week and has been working easily without any signs of sore, ness. If his arms feel right Satur day, he will get the call, with Dick Snow and Everett Dorr being held in reserve.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04
Around Boston

It was nice to read that the un.
 practicable Bill Cunningham o1
 the Boston Herald, has changed
 his tune relative to colored base
 ball players participating in or
 ganized baseball. Not long ago the
 great Bill made a public statement
 that he didn't think there were
 any colored baseball players ready
 yet for organized baseball. He la
 ter wrote an article relative to the good old southern hospitality.
 He finished his article by saying the South has its own problems and shouldn't be pushed into this thing of accepting the colored ath- lete, especially when they are com peting on an equal basis. Of course Williams wasn't only expressing an opinion-the opinions, my friends, of the entire South.
 On April 19, Patriots Day, the great one had change of heart, possibly because of the day that Lexington and Concord and Med ford celebrate for freedom. The article read in part Montreal un- yelled it's new Negro star, Jackie Robinson, in New Jersey City. The National League can ready a wei come for it's first Negro player" He stated further that Jackie is fast, confident and baseball wise. He's tricky on the bases. He can park the ball. He seems to have what old-timers used to call ca great pair of hands," To the above we wish to say, Bill, we admire you for the courage of your con victions and we know that you, along with other white sports writ CTS will now give all the encour- to the colored athlete as far as baseball is concerned, and will educate the American base ball fans to accept the colored baseball players wherever they may play. Only through the press can this be accomplished. One must als6 admire you for your change
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04
.Bowlers Hold
 Tournament

Charles Janey set a new tour
 nament record for class A single.
 when he rolled five strings for { 543 total to win this top clas!
 event for men.
 Joseph Lee had set the pace
 with 536. Edward Rice capitalized Lees score with another 536
 which called for a roll-off between Lee and Rice, in which Rice won 545 to 536 in one of the best bowl ing matches ever witnessed on any alley. Wilfred Burke and Mil dred Jones rolled COP to capture l the mixed doubles honors, Walter 1 Isaacs and Beatrice Simkins, sec ond, with 59S. Winifred Allen rolled 286 and Ada Greens 281 bowled early in the tournament lasted to win the first and second prizes for the wo- mems singles. Beatrice Wiggins and Louise Stokes won the wo- mems doubles. Everett Hazel and Joseph Lee, mems doubles; Cappy Potter and Winnie Allen, Charles Janey and Edward Rice were run ners-up in their respective classes.
 Fred Layne spared and striked his way to the top in Class B mems singles rolling 296, Edgar Yarde was second with 295. Glass B doubles went to Kenneth Ran som and Harold Williams with 552, Edgar Yarde and Edward Lane were second with $50.
 THE RESULTS Mixed Doubles
 Wilfred Burke Mildred Jones' COP
 Walter Isaacs Beatrice Simkins -598 Women's Singles Winifred Allen-286 Ada Green-281 Women's Doubles B. Wiggins-L. Stokes-553 c. Potter-W. Allen-550 Class A. Singles c. Janey-543 E. Rice-536 Class A. Doubles E. Hazel-J. Lee-1012 c. Janey-E. Rice-989 Class B. Singles Fred Layne-296
 Edgar Yarde-295 Class B Doubles
 K. Ransom-H. Williams-552 E. Yarde-E. Lane-550
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04
Panthers Cubs Get Licking

The Panther Cubs baseball team of the Lenox Housing Development were defeated by the Roxbury Boys Club last Sunday at Garter Field Az. It was the first game for both clubs and considering the weather the boys played in mid season form. The Panther Cubs were this year voted in the park league in the district division. In the lineups were:
 Panther Cubs
 James, If; Queely, ss; Crichlow, 3b; Ward p; Brown, 1b; Pearson, of; Tyler, 2b; Edmonson c; Jones, If; Richardson.
 ROxbury Boys Club
 D. Hollett 2b; Kaboustian, If; Holland, c; L. Hollett, 3b; Chin, of; Greeko, If; Murphy, ss; Var tisian, 1b; Latherous p.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04
By Mike Haynes

Now that this high school ath- 1etic column has received it's new name, we can spread out and meet some of the outstanding athletes who participated in sports other than track. Quite a few colored lads have gone out for the spring sports in the Boston high schools. Among those lads will be found almost all of the fellows who starred in track this past season.
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 Congratulations to Larry God frey and to Mike Powell, who were chosen as co-captains of the James P. Trinity School track team. These two lads were given a write-up in the Roxbury Citi- zen. This was quite an honor, be- cause this is the first time in the history of the Timilty School, that they have had a track team. Their coach is looking forward to a very outstanding outdoor season for these boys, and also expects them to do much damage" when they enter high school track next year.
 KENNY WILLIAMS
 One of the most outstanding colored high school basketball players this season, is the feature lad for the first issue of "School- boy Chances" Kenny Williams was born in Boston in 1928. He laid the foundation of his athletic ca reer at the St. Mark Center. For a few years Kenny played for the Pythons team at St. Mark He then played for the St. Mark Che rokees, of whom he is now captain. Williams has played for English Highs team for the past three years, making a very commend able record all the way.
 In this past season he scored
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04
THROW THESE BUNS OUT! By William "Sheep" Jackson

There to be championship Monday Garden The fight The participants Tppy Lakn The bout had establishment bout Larn foOred three times of did from the terrific beating Larkn fight Again the ninth round frame work. Evidently Larn order boxers have almost kill n to in
 This does not have where the pattern the past for the whole naion need the sports field Let long loudly Boxing cials of the LarkinJo TIClPATE IN A MASSACHUSETTS AGAIN.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04

fixture in the second base spot. There is quite a clamor for the hot corner between Carl Jackson and Harold arker...............both of these lads are experienced ball players and perhaps the hitting ability of either one will highly determine the one taking the third base position. George Register is being whipped into the short stop berth.
 In the outfield, the Elks have Young Blanks at center; Jake Holmes in left field and Leonard Burgess in right field when he is not on the mound. Buddy Dukes, great third baseman a few years ago, has been working out with the players. Buddy started witF the old New England AAC and the Pollard AC of Windsor. Russ Cromwell is rounding himself in shape along with Buddy Killer brew.
 The Nutmeg Elks will play a practice game at Colts Park, May 12, 1946 with a local team to be later. Oliver Jones, the business manager is seeking games for the outfit. He can be contacted by phone. 6-1329, or write 64 Bel levue Square, Apt. H. Hartford, Connecticut.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04
"Sports Shots''
By William "Sheep" Jackson

of attitude towards colored base ball players, this took courage. Let's all now get behind the move ment, white and Negro press, and look forward to the day when the colored boy will be seen in some big league uniform. For isn't this the great American game and e National sport for the Americans? Aren't the colored boys American citizens? Thar21 God for a man like Branch Hickey, who had the courage to sign two colored bows to his farm teams.He today, is one of the true Americans who really practices Democracy, and not just merely states words for conversation. More Branch Rick eys are needed in all endeavors of our American way of life. Let's carry on as We did in the war that has just passed. Let's go for ward and not backward in the way that we have been travelling. It is men like you, Bill, who can in fiuence the youth of America, for in them lies our true American ism and future. Baseball can be the way to the light for true De- mocracy.
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 Herb McKenley, former Boston College track star, now performing for Illinois was the goat and star of the meet. On Friday, his relay four took two relay titles, win ming the 440 relay and the sprint medley championship. In both of these races McKenley played a major role. On Saturday, he was the goat of one race, but came back to lead his team in the most important relay, the mile.
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 Lincoln University of Chester Valley, Penn, won it's event-the college, Class "BS' mile, also talk ing second place in the time. Lin coin beat such teams as Fordham and NYU.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04
The SPORTLICHT
By Jimmie Wright THE SIGNING OF JACKIE ROBINSON

The greatest event in the his tory of the formation of the Asso- citation of Professional Baseball League took place last fall when Jackie Robinson, one-time star athlete of UCLA, signed a big league contract and farmed out by Brooklyn.
 The seemingly impregnable bar rier against Negroes was battered down by Branch Hickey, the Dodgers Czar. MT. Hickey has al ways been a pioneer. He's the father of the former system. As one writer puts it, "Branch took the bull by the horns and signed up Robinson" who once played with the Kansas City Monarchs or Brother Hickey as he is often called. Deacon operates in New York State where there is an anti discrimination law. In spite of what ever reason Hickey might have had, this writer is inclined to believe that it is a great step in putting democracy into action. It is learned that a baseball man. ager, if he wants can always dig up some sort of excuse for not signing any one he doesn't want on his club regardless of color.
 The signing of Robinson has paved the way for securing more Negroes to play in the Minor Leagues. Reports from the West Coast tell of many sensational Negro ball players, but there. These ball players competed against better ball clubs than those which disguished themselves as majors last year, and made a good impression on men who know ball players when they see them.
 This year Negro baseball fans will have a greater incentive to walk up to the ticket booth and purchase ticket especially Dodger fan.
 Buy Victory Bonds
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04
Hartfordite Heads N. England Tennis

The New England Tennis Asso- citation recently elected MT. AL bert P. James of Hartford as presi dent of it's group. The election was held on the Associations 21st an- nual session which met at St. Cyprian's Church Parish Hall in Boston, April 2S.
 Affiliated clubs which were rep resented at the meeting are the Bal-Rac Tennis Club, The Boston Tennis Club, The Roxbury Tennis Club of Boston, Mass; The Little Rhody Tennis Club of Providence; The Springfield Racket Club of Springfield, The Nutmeg Tennis Club of Hartford; The Racket Wielders of New Haven; and The Volley-Rac Tennis Club of Water bury.
 The following men were elected officers: MT. Albert P. James of Hartford, president; MT. Kenneth Hickman of Hartford, vice president; Clement F. Isaacs of Boston, secretary; Dr. Richard s. Fleming of New Haven, treasurer; and Wendell Leach of Boston, GUS todian of trophies.
 This year the open tennis tour nament will be held in Springfield on July 4, 5, 6 and ?. The closed tournament will be held in Boston on August 31 and September 1, 2, and 8.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04
New Ball Club For Nutmeg Elks

HARTFORD, May 2-Defens- ively the Nutmeg Elks looks like a pretty strong aggregation. Dick Barlow's charges are slowly but surely rounding into shape. The players have been working out at Kenny Park for the past three weeks under the watchful eyes of Dick Barlow who expects to have a well-balanced cast by May 12. Barlow wants a large squad in or der that he may have replace
 ments for the various positions. The Elks pitching staff is headed by Jimmie Black an ex-GI who played with the New England Gi- ants before joining the U. s. Fore es. Other promising moundsmen are Leonard Burgess, former Buckley High player; William Marshall and Orie Martin, a strong right hand curve ball artist of South Carolina. In Marvin Stat ten, Dick Barlow has a real speed ball twirler. Staten formerly played third base. "Scooper" D. Lucas, a veteran New England Giant pitcher, will certainly add strength to the pitching force.
 The top receivers on the squad are" Clement Poole an ex-Navy man and Charles Davis who com pleted a hitch in the Army. Will liam Mckinney, fancy first base man seems capable of holding down the keystone sack. Freddie Ware is what one might call a
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04
$ AfR SPORTS & fI
THE WORLD OF SPORTS
By John NJ. Lee

get in big time by fighting in the Garden. Occasionally you hear that Mike has a piece of this or that fighter, and when one of the hit happy club boys can't break the charmed circle, it has been claimed that Uncle Mike won't book the lad until he is counted in on the take.
 During the early days of the Louis-Conn matchmaking, there was lot of fast talking that add ed up to imply that enterprising Mike was the front man for the champ. This report gained more attention than most of them, be- cause Joe had pledged allegiance to one of the original trio who handled him so wisely, and who was in durance vile, paying off to the state for bad manners, in a little matter of numbers and arith- metic. Boxing fans, for all of their love for bruised kissers and blood letting are a pretty sentimental breed and the story upset things for both Joe and Uncle Mike for a while. For as long as they could stand it, the champ and the pro- moter said nothing, but as the time to begin the ballyhoo for the big even drew closer, Jacobs and Louis entered strong denials on the record.
 While Joe goes about what com potent camp observers claim to be the most precise training of his career, Mike Jacobs spends his nights having happy nightmares in which he contemplates a vast sea of one hundred dollar seats filled with shouting, perspiring partisans of the manly art of self defense. Mike hasn't gotten around to worrying about the howl that is scheduled to go up from the hundred dollars seats when the Bomber pumps one into the v''' nerable mid-section of Conn, and ends the whole DuSlneSS SnorCIy after it gets started.
 When he does take time off from counting to think about the future, Mike gets a warm glow of satis- faction because he knows that he is in solid, and will stay in solid for a, period as long as his life can bear it. His fate is closely tied in with that of Joe Louis,' and the cards say that Louis will be head man for some time to come. By the time Louis bows out, Mike will have used the influence and prestige he has gained to be in with the next young hopeful. In the meantime, whether or not there is any truth to the report that Jacobs has a lice of the champ, it must be admitted that he will get a neat bundle of crisp, folding green, and an assortment of coi" as his share of Joe's next activi ties. It does seem that since he can gather the gold thusly, Mike doesn't have to cut in on anyone dance.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04
JOE LOUIS PUT MIKE JACOBS ON TOP, AND HAS KEPT HIM
 THERE

New York, N. Y.-A legendary figure of strictle human propor- tions, Mike Jacobs provides plen- ty of copy for the boys who like to take side excursions into the colorful and interesting corners of the sports world. Though he has never been accused of being the particular pet of the scribes who churn out the columns and report the facts, Jacobs hasn't got a gen. uine enemy among the lot. Typi- cally an earthly New Yorker, worldly wise and dollar aggressive, Mike has a heart as big as his dreams for an all-time record gate. Some reports have it that he hitched his wagon to Joe Louis star out of sentimentality backed up by a strong hunch, but subse- quent developments and a knowl- edge of the Jacobs mind and per sonality and weight to the belief that it was good guessing.
 Mike has always been someone to be reckoned with when it comes to making a big match that pays off big both to himself and the fans. Even during the early days when he was shifting locations with his shifting fortunes, Mike Jacobs fight was an article that carried the hallmark of boxing. No one dared predict that he would hit the top with bang, and stay there to establish a new record, but that is just what he has q"
 to the annoyance of many people and groups including the syndi- cate headed by Jack Dempsey, the old Manassa Mauler, himself.
 It is ironical that the fighter about whom Jack Dempsey never had too high an opinion has m"
 it possible for the promoter against whom he is building a rl- val combination, to stay out in front with a lead that it will take some doing to overcome. At the moment, Mike is in father which he shares. with every sports en- thusiast in the naton, as he ham, mers away to make the closely approaching Louis-Conn brawl tkS biggest money coiner since the es- tablishment of the mint.
 The record shows that Mike was assured of his kingdom when Jolting Joe took over the heavy weight division. The calfbre of Joe's stuff plus Mikes ability to build a match into a controversies question mark have made the heavyweight division of the cauli- flower industry a veritable gold mine.
 From time to time there have been some ugly reports about Mike and his operations. Some of the boys have whispered out loud in indirect language that Mike is a one man monopoly with a cut-in complex that has to be considered if a rising newcomer wants to
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04
Lads Perform We'll In Baseball

BOSTON, May 3-The colored boys are really tieing right into the ball. Last week Thompson got three for six and Johnson 1 for in "a game that Trade won by a large score. Jack Fields, captain elect of this years Woburn High football team, pitched his club to a 2-1 victory over St. Clements High of Somerville. He also banged out two hits to help his own cause. But against Medford he was given quite a lacing, but what team is going to stop those great hitters on the Mystic Valley Club? Very few to be exact.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04
Ell Meets Harvard
 On The Charles

Yale and Harvard crews to row on the Charles on June 1. It is the first time in the long 80 year traditional crew race of these two rivals. The Crimson will play host to the Sons of Eli in the shortest H-Y regatta on record. They will battle it out over a course of one and three-quarters mile.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04
Negroes In Foreign Service

Washington-With the appoint ment February 28, 1946 of Raphael O'Hara Lanier as American Min ister to Monrovia, Liberia, there is a total of nine Negroes at pres ent in the Foreign Service, officials of the State Departemnt report.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04

Runs batted in: Hollett CD. Ward; two base hit, James; Stol- en bases, Queeley, Crichlow, Rich ardson; DIP, Ward to Tyler;
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04
Hub Conference Baseball Results

Boston Latin-6 Boston Tech-2 Roslindale-13 Brandeis-3
 Boston English-20 Commerce-2 lB. Trade-19 Dorchester-2 Boston c. H.-4 s. Boston-2 Memorial-2 Brighton-0 Hyde Park-26 Charlestown-3 K. Boston-11 Jamaica Plain-0
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04
COLLEGE BASEBALL RESULTS

Quonset-3 Harvard-2 Brown-12 Tufts-0 Boston College-6 Amherst-3 Yale-1 Columbia-0 Harvard JV's-2 BU JV's-0 Yale-10 Dartmouth-6 Yale-3 Dartmouth-2
Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-04

Struck out by Latherous-13 and
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26

The college boy arrested for
driving backwards in a U-Drive-It
car to keep the meter from regis
terlng is not too different from q
lot OF drivers on the highway -
they don't know whether they're
coming or going. - Roanoke (Va)
World-News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26
Work To Do

Home Work To Do
The missionaries from the north
would find plenty to do at home if
they would only correct the many
lnJustices and abuses that exist
there. - The State Columbia, S.
c.