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The southern news., 1946-11-09
Shaw Bears Trample St. Paul In
Regular Rainy and Soggy Field

cnce in both the second and four
tn.
Only a handful of spectators
braved the rain which started
early in the afternoon and con
tInued througout the game. With
both teams using the T-forma
ton, neither had an advantage
in the weather, but Shaw, fun
bling a total Of seven times dem
CnstIated how team can wiz
despite adversely of its own max
ing. Misfortune also dogged The
Bears in the way of eleven per
aities earned during the game.
The home team lost q total of 10
yards in this manner.
The visitors clawed persistent
~ at their stronger opponent but
never had the Bears in trouble.
Howard COUGHS brilliant kicking
gave the Tigers an edge in thai
department and Sterling Lang
iCy's accurate passing was a near
threat in the last period. St. Paul
came nearest to pay dirt when
TWO completed passes from Lang
ley to Fritz Harvey. advanced the
tall to the Bear 35. A holding
penalty on ST. Paul returned the
ball Of midfield and the threat
Vanished. Stellar line play by
Charles Spears, $50 pound guard d
Inquired largely in both the Tiger
cffense and defense.
Hlghlight of the game was a &C
yard run by William PurneIl
Shaw halfback, which put the
Bears in scoring position in th@
fourth period. Wortham handed
the ball to Bellamy twice and he
scored on the second play. A sec
end bright spot in the contest wa:
a one-hand catch of a long pass
by J. Goodrich, sophomore end
who laterallad on the St. Paul 25
to Bellamy. Bellamy went over
standing up. Two of the touch
downs resulted from blocked
kicks when Shaw's powerful line
sGrged in on ST. Paul kick for
nations. Elliott, Price, Williams
and Poe led the way in breaking
through the ST Paul line.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
Unknown Bratton
Decisions Joyce

CHICAGO (ANP)-In a close
contest at the Chicago Stadium's
first indoor show Of the season,
19-year-old Johnny Bratton, a
product Of the Chicago Golden
Gloves, outpointed Willie Joyce
of Gary, Ind.,, No world light
weight contender, in the main
event of l0-round fistic battle
here Thursday night. This was
the most notable and surprising
victory in the short professional
career of Bratton.
The % year old Joyce had
looked upon the affair as just an
other "warmup" preparatory to
profitable engagements in New
York's Madison Square Garden,
and was the favorite of the 3,262
fans, many of whom belive the
fight should have been a draw.
Bratton's victory, however, will
send him against Beau Jack in
The southern news., 1946-11-09
ON THE
LIMB
BY GEORGE LYLE, JR.
For the NNPA News Service

Morgan College remained in the
undefeated class by topping Lin
coins strong eleven by a $50 count
on the Bears home grid. Seems that
| the statement made by Coach Ed
die Hurt anent no undefeated team
in the CIAA this season doesn't ap-
ply to his team.
Hurt, one of the master strate
glsts Cf the age, has been consis-
tently turning out winning elevens
since his day at Virginia Seminary.
1t was he who put the little Lynch
burg college on the athletic map
back in the Twenties and, since his
departure, the Seminary has sunk
into virtual oblivion.
Conversely, Morgan was never a
power in the football world B. H.
(before Hurt True their cagers
were feared throughout the East
ern Seaboard, when stars like Lam
ky Jones, Pinky Clark, Cutie Brown
and their ilk ruled the wooden
ways. But as gridiron greats they
were pushovers.
Hurt came to the Bears about
1929 and almost Immediately their
star was in its ascendency. His
team, which featured Thomas Tank
Conrad, Otis Troupe, Brutis VIII
son and Johnny Sturgis, jumped
into the saddle and won champion
ship after championship. Under MS
tutelage the Bears ran up nation
al record of some fif:y-four games
wen without a single defeat - a
mark which the famed Army team
has not come near to equaling
So this columns hat is off to
Eddie Hurt, man who is small o.
stature, but a giant when it comes
to developing athletes
Basketball made its bow in the
Quaker City, when Tatie Cooper's
Bears inaugurated their season at
Town Hall with team composed q
former Long Island Universit"
stars.
Cooper former Rene aoo h"" col
lected one of the stropqesf lo"9'
nuints in history. headed hy Jackie
Bethards, another former Ren, who
bears the title "Clown Prince OF
Basketball"
Bill ProwN and Don Putler '~
Zack Clayton who at one ti'''"
-0rnrnsnSed +h7 ni7he-t s"larv eve"
paid eager while averting with
The southern news., 1946-11-09
JACKSON STARS
IN YALE'S Vim
Ar HOME

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (NNPA) -
L1vi jackson, Yale's great back,
himself failed t. score, but his pass
TO Dick Jenkins in the end zone re-
suited in one of five touchdoWns
which gave Yale 33 to 2 victory
OVER Dartmouth q The Bowl here
last Saturday
In the third period Jackson fun
oled, and a touchdown by him on q
auick opening play from the Dalt-
mouth 81 was nullified when Yale
Vas ruled Cffside.
With Jackson taking the role of
passsr late in the third period,
Yale moved 10 a first down on the
Dartmouth Z Vandy Kirk, Yale
halfback, moved it to the l-yard
mark as the quarter ended, He was
held without gain on the first play
cI tie final quarter Jackson then
fired a bullet pass to jenkins III the
end zone and Yale had another
! touchdown.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
DERRICOTTE'S
PASSES TOMANN
FOR MICH. TALLY

MINNEAPOLIS (NNPA) - A
52-yard pass from Gene Derricotte,
Michigan back, to Bob Mann, an
end, added the third touchdown in
the q to victory of the Wolverines
over Minnesota in a Western Con-
ference game here last Saturday
Mann was sent into the game as a
substitute for Len Ford, who started
for Michigan at right end.
After Derricotte had raced thru
Minnesota's left tackle from his
own 36 to the Gophers' A yard line,
a Michigan pass was incomplete and
a line plunge netted only two yards.
On third down, Derricotte threw
to Mann cutting diagonally and
deep through the Gopher secondary
Mann took the ball in stride and
while Faunce attempted to push
him out of bounds at the seven yard
line, Man nevaded and raced on 10
the goal.
In the closing seconds Mann
caught another pass for first down
on Minnesota's one foot line but
the game ended before the Wolver-
ines could score.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
BUDDY YOUNG FIGURES IN Lone
SCORE FOR The ILLINOIS ELEVEN

to begin their 68-yard drive which
brought the only touchdown of the
game four minutes after the fourth
quarter began to defeat Iowa, Z to O..
TX Owens started at right end
for Illinois, and for Iowa Emlep
Tunnel was at right half back and
Earl Banks at right guard.
Young, who usually runs like a
racing colt, found IoWa's ends and
secondary too much for sprinting so
he joined in the line crashing fun
during the Illini's lone touchdown
drive.
Tunnel was one of the chief
workmen in the Hawkeye offense.
He as ever a threat to the Illini,
returning punts ten yards, II yards
and q yards and alternating with
Bob Smith in the Hawkeye's pass
ing attack.
In the last three minutes of play
Tunnel connected for three passes
one of them being forward later
al involving himself, Jack Dittmef.
end, and fullback Dick Hoerner.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
FISK DOWNS
plElLANDER SMITH

NASHVILLE, Tenn CNNPA) -
Fisk University defeated Philander
Smith College. 18 to 6, here last
Saturday in a game marked by long
runs.
fisks first score came early IN
the first period when Kenneth
Washington tailed for the NASH
vile team. Fisk scored again in the
second quarter on 70 yard run by
Willie Lewis who intercepted Il
Pnilander Smith pass n his thirty
and galloped to pay dirt In the
third quarter Mitchell Harvey scor-
I'd again for Fisk after Washing
ton had Intercepted another Philac
Ger Smith pass and raced so yards 10
sct up the score.
Philader Smiths lone tally was
nsde late in the fourth period whcn
the Little Rock team capitalized on
a Fisk error deep in Fisk territory
The southern news., 1946-11-09

the stadium's next show on Nov.
Is.
Both pugilists scored some
hard blows although none packed
enough power to chalk up a
ktockdown Joyce carried the
fight to Bratton in every round
except the eighth, ninth and ten
tn. His hardest punch came in the
seventh when a right to the head
sent Bratton TO the ropes momen
tarily Bratton recovered quickly
and brought the crowd to its fee!
with a stinging right to the jaw
of Joyce. Most of the time, Brat
ton seemed content to fight de
fensiv@Iy.
For Joyce, it was grudge fight
Iii was trying to make amends
for the way Bratton eliminated
his brother Gene in the Golden
Gloves Tournament of Cham
EionS in 1914.
The southern news., 1946-11-09

ry added luster to an already
peerless job of leather Juggling by
ramming across his teams second
six-pointer from the /.
In the closing moments of the
first quarter, Morgan's piledriv-
ing Whittingham returned Bry-
ants kick from his own 35 to the
Bears Al The same sturdy back
plunged hard for 6 yards. Big
Jlm Turpin, who was to render
heroic service to the Morgan
cause both in the role of punter
ard deluxe ball carrier, battered
the center of the opposing for
ward fall for 10 and another first
down. Berry was pegged with
half yard loss, and it was Nor
cams ball on the A. and IT'S "a
at the gun.
On the first play of the ensu-
ing fifteen minutes, Clipper"
Berry racked up 10 yards to fall
inches short of a first down. On
the next try, however, Berry
made an unquestionable first
down on the Bulldogs 81. Whit
tlngham blasted off-tackle for S.
Iurpin contributed spinning 9,
then bucked the additional yard
age to the Aggie 6. Another carry
by Turpin netted 4. Berry gained
enc andA half yards. Turpin was
held for no gain. Then Berry
butted his way into the pay zone.
Only about minutes latter, in
the same quarter, Aggie halfback
Weaver returned Days punt from
the A. and T. 40 to the Morgan
Sc. VIM. Bryant picked up four
and half yards. An off sides pen
atty on the Bears yield 5. Jack
son picked up yard for a first
dawn. Weaver ground out ore
and half yards. Then Brown
swung wide around left end to
cross into sacred territory. Rowe's
toe put the Carolinians out in
front by slender margin thai
loomed ever larger as the minutes
licked aWaY.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
WHERE THEY PLAY
Bv the NNPA News Service

November 8
Southern VS.. Tenn. State at Baton
Rouge, La.
November 9
Howard VS.. Hampton at Hamp-
ton, Va.
Lincoln (Pa.) VS.. Cheney Teach
ers College at Lincoln
Morgan VS.. Bluefield State at
Bluefield, w. Va.
Virginia Union VS.. Shaw at Rich
mond. Va.
North Carolina State VS.. Johnson
C. Smith at Durham, N. c.
ST. Paul VS.. Winston-Salem
Teachers at Lawrenceville, Va.
Kentucky State VS.. Wilberforce at
Frankfort, KY.
Lincoln (Mo.) VS.. Lane at Jack
son, Tenn.
Morehouse VS.. South Carolina
State at Orangeburg, S. c.
Morris Brown VS.. Fort Valley
State at Macon, Ga.
jackson College VS.. Philander
Smith at Little Rock, Ark.
Alcorn VS.. Mississippi lndust-
rial College at Alcorn, Miss.
Langston VS.. Wiley at Langston
Okla.
Fisk VS.. Dillard at Nashville
Tenn.
Prairie View VS.. Texas College
at Prairie View, Tex.
November IL
Virginia State VS.. West Virginis
State at Charleston, w. Va.
North Carolina A. and T. VS.
Under Sea Raiders at New
York
The southern news., 1946-11-09

tors who will crowd the Polo
Grounds are expected to contri-
butte to the more than 100000
fans who will witness football
games in New York over the Ar
mistice Day week end.
The encounter will be the Sec
cnd time the Raiders have played
a Negro aggregation in New
York. Last year they met the
Iuskegee Warhawks for charity
and lost by IA to Z. This year
Comdr. j. H Campbell plans to
have his boys avenge the 1945
defeat.
The Raiders are counting
heavily upon Art Sweet, the
crack left halfback from Texas
University Aided by three assist
ants, Coach Campbell, who halls
from Charlotte. N. c., expects to
make short shrift of A. and T.
Big Bill Bell, former All
American tackle from Ohio State
says the Aggies will be no push
overs. The setback at the hands
OF West Virginia week before
last has stirred a new determin-
alton to take over the Raiders.
Archie Garrison, 1876 pound
halfback, will be Bells ace. He
VIII get classy support from Mu-
Iiei Reed. 1873 pound plunging
1ulliback, and Robert "Stonewall''
jackson, 200 pound right half
back, who is sometimes referred
10 as the colored Don Blanchard.
Kickoff time will be 2 pm.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
Aggies Put Up Strong
Fight Against Morgan

GREENSBORO Approx
mately 1900 football enthusiasts
sal and leaped to their feet a.
ternately in a drizzling rain to
W. tch the Bears of Morgan Stat
College exc out a brusing deci-
slon over a stubbornly resisting
Il. and T. team, 1877. here Satur-
Gay
The Bears were not only hard
pressed all the way by Coach
Bells surprising Aggies, but they
also had to come from behind IN
the last fifteen minutes to snatch
"a victory from the gaping jaws
Of defeat.
Coach Hurts proteges climax
ca q 59-yard drive that began
In the first quarter by sending
Art Clipper" Berry hurting a.
clCss into pay-dirt territory
from the l-2 yard ribbon soon af-
ter the second session got under
way. Automatic Jones missed his
first conversion in 10 tries, and
Morgan led, 60.
Then, the fighting Aggies came
slashing back into the fray with
a vengeance. They drove 81
yards to even matters up, with
William Brown skirting left enc
to tally from the Morgan's six
and half yard stripe. Right guarc
Jim Rowe converted, with half
back Chris Bryant holding, II
put the Bulldogs out in front
rs. And this waas how matters
were to stand until the final min
utes Of play
! The usually accurate Jone.
missed a field-goal from the Az,
eie II in the highlight of q
scorlless third quarter. And ear
~ in the fourth period. another
Morgan drive begged down or
the North Carolinians' 5. But
then, with Givens pitching ae1i-
ais to Berry and Hurt with dead
ly effect, the Bears put togethe.
39-yard scoring squirt and Ber,
The southern news., 1946-11-09
CROOMES SPARKS
INDIANA'S ATTACK

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (NNPA)-
Mel Groomes, Indiana fullbact
sparked the Hoosiers to a 20 to =
vict ry over the Pittsburgh Panth-
ers here last Saturday,.
A pas from the Hoosier's ace pass
er, Ben Raimondi, to Groomes, put
the ball on the 2, from where Pete
Pihos went over. Pitt was caught
mapping in the second quarter, IS
Groomes was wide and all by him.
self when he caught pass and went
to the a. He scored three plays
later on a lateral.
Jim Dewar started at right half
for Indiana.
The southern news., 1946-11-09

the Harlem Globetrotters. round OUT
The starting five.
Bruce Wright, home from the
West Coast where he played basket
ball in the Inflated Pacific Coast
League, paused in town long enough
TO greet his buddies and grab RAJ
tier back West where he plans
playing basketball with the Kansas
City Stars
Bob Drake, one time M ~rgan Col
lege luminary in severay sports. IS
studying embalming in the Quake.
City Carl White known affection
ately to Hamptonians as "Oc," is d
vocational school head in Baltimore.
where Cutes Garter and Della
Campbell, also eX-Pirates are teach
erS.
Recognition has come at last
Dean of the sports scribes Dan
Burley, played up on your writer
an issue or so back about Wally
'H0lett of Abingdon who is play
ing at penn State. He Daniel the
Burley) intimiated that a slip had
been made in including Hillard
Chollet of Cornell among the breth-
rem of color Maybe hes right, out
for my dough Hillard is one of us.
Triplett scored States cnly touch
Gown in their win over Colgate's
Red Raiders, while Fred Burgess,
who was pupil of the aforemention-
ed Eddie Hurt. electrified the
crowd with a Seward dash to give
NYU win over Gettysburg.
Lee, at Pitt was outstanding as
the Smoketowners bowed to Pur
due, 1913, and Levi Jackson. Yale's
great back tailed twice as they
routed the Coast Guard Academy at
New Haven Ernie Parks scored for
Ohio State as thay decisioned Min
~~- 49, rN-,,1 p~t+~.~c.- ~'~lo the
sNow as Illinois topped Michigan.
T--;f,'0 4 ---- 5, '-.. rNo-.+,-- ---i'-' -~..
verted center, got in a few licks at
---''r-' tho Rig Green bowed
to Columbia's Blue.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
WADEsBORO NEWS
By DANIEL w. HAM JR

Mrs Lizzie Lyon of AnsonvilIs
~ G. passed last Friday at the home
OF her daughter, Mrs. Elnora Led
better The funeral was largely at
tended by relatives and friends.
The family wishes to extend the,-
appreciation to those who remem-
bered and attended the SERVICES.
Mrs. Lyon had been i'll for scmr-
time. The A. M. Greer Funeral
Home was in charge.
The Anson County ACTS ulav
the Asheboro High School of .Aske-
horo, n c. Thursday.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
ZOE LOUIS TO WRITE
OWN LIFE STORY

NEW YORK (ANP)-Using his
fists for something other than
clcuting contestants for the heavy
weight title he bears, Joe Louis
is currently Transforming his fis-
tic talents into writing a book
on his life, according to an an
nouncement by the publishing
firm of Duell, Sloane and Pierce.
Louis also fronted a column
appearing in the Republican cam
paign magazine, "Bandwagon"
boosting Dewey for governor OF
New York.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
miss CHARLOTTE CONTEST"
GETTING HOTTER

Late energy being shown by en-
trants in the EAGLES miss Char
lott Contest" has caused decid
ed purt in the number of points
beinT turned in by various contes-
tant. with Miss Vivian Friday.
Mrs. Norma Y. Holden, and Miss
N@n" !. Jones makinq determined
efforts % head off the lead held by
Miss Lo7'ie Kinard. The contest VIII
run one --xtra week, and the win
ner will r'ceive wire in time for
the big affa to be properly prepar-
ed for
The southern news., 1946-11-09
NEW YORK FOOTBALL FANS SET
f0R CLASSIC At POLO GROUNDS

NEW YORK (ANP)-Two good
teams will race down the grid
ron here in that annual expert
ment in democracy sponsored by
the Associated Football charities
TEen the A. and T. College &
leVen from Greensboro, N. C..
clashes with the U. S. Subma-
rIine Base Underseas raiders of
HeW H London, Conn, on Armistice
The anticipated $4,000 specta-
The southern news., 1946-11-09
TURPLETT SCORES
PENN'S BIRD TALLY

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (NNPA)-
Wallace Triplett, of Philadelphia,
reserve half back, scored two
touchdowns as Penn State admin
istersd at 68 to defeat to Fordham
here last Saturday.
Trirett dominated The field il
the second period as he wiggled and
squirmed, first for forty-two yards
and then for fifty-three yards, in
the two lcngest runs of the game.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
HATCiIETMAN KOS
GEORGE FITCH

BALTIMORE, Md CNNPA) -
Curtis (Hatchetman) Sheppard, who
aspires to d shot at Joe Louis
crown, knocked cut George Fitch,
best known as the champs sparring
partner, in the fifth round of a
scheduled ten-round bout at the
Coliseum last Monday night.
The Hatchetman had Fitch down
IN the second, Going INTO tn fift
he TWO fighter each had two ropn"s
~ S0enpard the first
and second, and Fitch the third and
The southern news., 1946-11-09
$4,000 Thousand Football Fans
Witness Annual Pig, kin Classic

WASHINGTON (NNPA)-Ad-
vertised as the Capital Classic, ;"
the North Carolina State-Tenn
essee State game at Griffith
Stadium here last Friday night
turned out to be just another
football game between two av
erage teams as Cardinals Eagles
doWned the unbeaten Tennes-
scans l4-6 before $4,000 fans.
The Classic" began with an
impressive ceremony but was
nnarred a half time by the antics
OF a female impersonating team
ana an Uncle Tom character
complete with bandanna and
Aunt Jemima" costume who
The southern news., 1946-11-09
BUDDY YOUNG
LOSES FIRST
STRING SPOT

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. CNNPA) -
-5uddy Young, Illinois right half
)acA, Who has bsen able to score
only three touchdowns this season.
was denoted to the role of second
string back Tuesday following the
Michigan game.
Young took to his new chores
readily by turning in several long
runs against the Illinois reserves
IN a rugged scrimmage session.
Paul Patterson, l80-pound right
half back from Aurora, Illinois.
who scored one of the two touch
downs which gave Illinois a 1879
victory over Michigan, and Bert
Piggott, hard dunning fullback,
apparently are slated for first team
positions.
Piggott, highly touted service
team player, has been on the side
lines most of the year with an in
jury.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
OFFICIAL
FOOTBALL
SCORE BOARD
FOOTBALL SCORES NOV. 2

BY the NNPA News Service
Delaware State, 19; Howard Z
Lincoln (Pa), 10; Hampton, Z
Virginia State, 13; Virginia Union,
w. Va. State, !; Bluefield State, 6
Morgan State, IL; N. C. A. & T., !
S. c. State, !; Morris Brown, 0
Cleark, 6; MOrehOuse, 0
Fisk, l8; Philander Smith, 0
Lane. 20; Ala. A. & Nj. Institute,
Leland. 13; TOugaloO, !
Louisville Municipal, 30; Lock
borne Army Air Base, 0
billiard, 13; Jackson College, Z
Shaw, Al; st. Paul Poly, 0
Ala. State, IL; Knoxville,
Xavier, 8; Bishop, 0
Ark. State, I; La. Normal, 6
Southern, 10; Teaxs College. IL
Paine, 40; Claiflin, 6
Lincoln tMO), O; WilberfOrce, v
Allen, Z; Bethune-COOkman,
Ky. State, 13; Fa. A. and NJ, 6
The southern news., 1946-11-09
BILL YANCEY
HEADS LEGAL STAFF

PANAWA INNPAJ = OIle OF
Pniladelphia's all-time sports
celebrities, Billy Yancey, has
been named by the Professional
Baseball League of Panama as
the legal representative of that
body in the United States,
The southern news., 1946-11-09

IOWA CITY, Iowa (NNPA) -
With Buddy Young in the Illinois
backfield in the second half for the
first time last Saturday, the Illini
took charge after the kickoff and
after one threat failed came back
The southern news., 1946-11-09

RALEIGH - The Shaw Bears
handed St. Paul Polytechnic IN
slitute a sound 41-0 drubbing
here at Chavis Park, Saturday
afternoon on the same kind OF
muddy field that has marked its
four home games so far this sea-
son.
Twillie Zebra" Bellamy, hard
running halfback from Big Stone
Gap, Va, tailed four times and
Robert Martin, speedy little back
from Wilmington, scored once
and accounted for three extra
points. The sixth touchdown was
made by John Turner, quarter
back OF Plainfield, N. j., who
passed to Everett baltimore, LETT
END, his homemade, for the extra
point. The Bears scored twice in
the first and third periods ond
The southern news., 1946-11-09

fourth Coming out of clinch. the
~''' l-nSed a left hook that
sent Fitch to the Canvas. A second
after Fitch had been counted out the
bell rang,
Sheppard weighed 1874 pounds,
ma iltch, 2o9.
Jackson advocate., 1946-07-06
62 Leaders And Scholars In
3rd Race Relations Institute

University, and with an interracial
attendance about equally divided
between North and South. This
years Institute meets in the
shadow of the country's most re-
cent racial incident. Columbia,
Tennessee, the scene of rioting
only last March, is just 40 miles
away. The institute members will
be reminded of the realities of the
problem and of the Importance of
their efforts to develop practical
methods of dealing with it in their
own communities.
Although planned primarily as
an intensive and practical course
of study, the Institute is in itself
demonstration Laboratory" in
interracial adjustment techniques.
1t brings together people with diff
ferent racial, geographic and oc-
cupational backgrounds working
together for a common objective.
DIR. Charles S. Johnson, eminent
Fisk sociologist and authority on
race relations, is Director both of
the Institute and the Department
of Race Relations of the American
Missionary Association.