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ing and slipping tactics prevent
ed Louis from mailing him often
with the great Louis left jab-
But he exploded punches with
both right and left fists on the
champions chin that recalled the
historic night in 1886 when Max
Schmeliting knocked Bomber Joe
out in the 18th round. Louis had
not vet won the title then.
Walcott's unexpectedly magni-
ficent display provides such an
elecerifying thrill for the 18, 1874
fans that they will remember this
brawl for the rest of their lives
brawl for the rest of their lives.
They paid $216,477 to see the
fight and thye certainly got their
moneys worth. This gate set
new Garden record, bettering the
old mark of S201,485 set by the
Jack Delaney-Jim Maloney bout
on Feb. 18, 1927.
In the dressing room, Louis ex-
planned that he had broken his
right hand in the fifth round.
8 When the decision was annouc-
ed, he hurried over to Walcott's s
corner and said, "I'm sorry, Joe. .
When asked by reporters what he
meant by this remark, Louis
evaded by saying, Il was sorry
I'm not the same fighter I was at
I23."
Walcott, on the verge of tears
in his dressing room, shrugged
his shoulders and said, "I thought
had won nine rounds. He never
hurt me-"
"What do you mean-nine, j
trainer Dan Florio broke in.
you won 10. That's why I told
you to take it easy in the 18th
If I had thought it was close, I
would have told you to keep aft
er him.
Louis victory will enable him
to pick up 100000 for a series OF
exhibitions in England this win
ter. Had he lost the title he
would have been unable to &c
through with the series.
Louis left the ring still cham
pion, according to the official
score cards, but Walcott-the
ancient who was born Arnold
Raymond Cream-was champion
in the opinion of most of the fans
and newspapermen in the Gar
den.
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Drach In Hospital;
Maryland Hopes Fade
For Gator Bowl Win

COLLEGE PARK, Md, Dec. S
-tR-The University of Mary
lands hopes for victory Jan. l
in the Gator Bowl at Jackson
lille, Fla, were dimmed to-
night when first-string left
tackle Joe Drach was taken to
Baltimore for an emergency ap-
pendectomy.
Coach Jim Tatum said Drach
would be definitely out of the
Bowl game against the Univer-
sity of Georgia. Tatum planned
to. start freshman Ray Krouse in
his place.
Trainer Duke Wyre took Drach
to universityhospital, Baltimore,
when the rangy tackle, who did
not dress for practice today,
complained of abdominal pains.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-06
Minors Request Majors
To Pass On Pei Issus,

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. g. -(P)- The Minor 1s.n.
juggling the conventions "hot potato todav And guy
it into the laps of the Majors when thev sss5 Jumped
leagues resolution to become third Major eagns We big
a h rasSag Mne resolution Geod of h their oxn the Minors
meeting in New York next week and send t5a hsr
back to the National Association 50 the Minor
dents can Immediately take mail vote of thej @ pes
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Louis the hardest fight since Bonn
Der Joe won the title from jim
Braddock 10 years ago.
The dicision was split YER
diet. Refree Ruby Goldsteir- HIM
self a former Lightweight con-
tender. voted for Walcott, seven
rounds against six Louis for Louis
with two even. But the two Ju-
dges Frank Forbes and Marty
Monroe case their ballots for Lo-
uis. Forbes scored eight for the
champion six for Walcott tnd one
even Monroe rated it nine tor
Louis and six for Walcott.
The United Press scored seven
for the challenger, six for Louis
and two even.
During the final round, the gar
den was in an uproar as the near
capacity crowd screamed its be-
lief that they had witnessed the
changing hands of the World
Heavyweight crown.
Walcott retreated throughout
the entire 18th round, apparently
confident that he had won the
fight and cautiously determined
not to let the crown slip from his
fingers by last-minute knock
out Louis with his left eye near
" closed, his left cheek swollen
like a brown balloon, and his
nose dripping blood, tried des-
perately but fruitlessly to save
what seemed a lost cause by a
Kayo.
Walcott, who had been rated
Just another victim for the great
NEGRO champion, brought the
crowd to it's feet in amazement
in the very first round when ne
floored Louis with right hook
to the head for the count of two.
He drove Louis to his launches,
but the surprised champion was
up, and apparently not badly
hurt. Shortly after the knock
down, Jersey Joe staggered the
champion with two more steam
ing rights to the face.
The scond knockdown occurred
i n the fourth round. Walcott
knocked Louis flat onto his back
with the hardest blow Of the
fight-a straight right to the chin.
Louis, bewildered and groggy,
Mrched to one knee where he
took the count of seven. He was
reeling when he regained his feet.
- Walcott, who had expected to
freeze up in the first round, show
ed himself a very ''hot cookie"
indeed in the ninth, for example,
when he fought toe to toe with
Louis for d full minute as the
round ended. In that terrific slug
bing session, Jersey Joe dealt out
as much damage as he received.
Louis won the round because, be-
fore their slugging session on
the ropes, he had staggered the
challenger with st aight left to
the chin, and hurt him with two
left hooks.
Because of Jersey Joe's phen-
omenal showing against the
champion, it seemed virtually
certain that Sol Strauss acting
director of the Goth Century Cluz,
would try to re-match them for
million-dollar classic at t h e
Yankee Stadium in June.
Walcott, III the sunset of his
career, proved the bet combi-
nation boxer-puncner that Louis
ever had faced, His elusive weav-
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Challenger Floors Champ
Twice During Title Bout
By JACK CUDDY
Tinted Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-UP)- Jersey Joe Walcott' 90
xearod father of six children smashed heavyweight cna-
MON Joe Louis to the twice tonight and gave MIN
hoxng lesson for Is rounds but the ring officials award
ed Tos the decision enabling him to keep his crown
The crowd of $4,000 in Madison Square Garden booed
the decision hunderousy and the stocky bushou-
dered challenger from Camden N J understanding oVa
ton as he left the ring.
Wacott an 81 underdog in the betting, had given
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RESIGNED

ST LOUIS, Dec. 5 -(R-
Dukes Duford, with his four
man coaching staff. resigned as
athletic director and foot
ball coach of St. Louis Universe
ty today because of the Bill
kens' four won and-six-lost
record of the past season and
his reluctance to schedule addi-
tional big-name teams as 1948
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DEER-FISHING

SUPERIOR, Wis, Dec. s.
Up - Alex KOtter went
ice-fishing yesterday - and
came home with a 1O-point
buck deer.
Fishing at the mouth OF the
Pokegama river, Kotter dis
covered the frozen carcass
under the thin ice. Game
wardens said the deer was
his for the eating.
In addition, KOtter and MS
party went home with ~
northern pike.
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"I'M SORRY JOE"


NEW YORK, Dec.5-WD
- Even Joe Louis, the
champion, figured he had
lost before tn e decision
was announced tonight.
Wher it was announced
that he had retained his
worlds heavyweight title,
he rushed over to the chal-
lenger, Jersey Joe Walcctt,
shaking his head, and
said:
I'm sorry Joe,"
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SCOUT SIGNED

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 5-UH-The
Detroit Tigers announced todav
that they had signed Harold Cliff,
former major league infielder
as a scout.
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VINCENT SIGNED

VINCENT SIGNED
MIAMI, Fla, Dec 5 --W.p)-The
Tusla Oilers of th4 Texas league
today signed AL Vincent as ma
nager for the 1948 season.
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Walcott an 81 underdog in the betting had given
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white readers with the theme: It
Can Even Happen to You!
To many white readers
"Kingsb!ood7 will prove inter-
asting. but to cthers the reaction
will be goose-pimple guilt, like a
small boy caught holding his
stolen pennies. They will be an
cry at Mr.. Lswis for publicly ex-
poseding their hiding place. The
Colared reader will not be amaz-
cd, he may even be amused. 1t is
an old story to colored people.
Taere are some mighty fine coll
ored characters in the story.
There are some hard names
called But these are what we
hear and recent. Mr.. Lewis
makes it plain we recent them.
Mr. Lewis not only exposes the
guilty advocates of race discrim-
nation, including some ques-
tionable cIergymen, he goes
much further in tracing it down,
like a Sherlock Holmes, and
finally holds it up to the public
as an unGodly racket,
Neil Kingsblood, is a world
war II veteran, captain of in
tantry. He and his typical AM
erican wife, VeVstal, and their
baby daughter Biddy live in a
lilly white residential section
where colored, Jews, Italians
and Orientals are barred. Their
lives are quite uneventual and
they live in Ivory Tower exis-
lance, free, white, and twenty
one, not in the least concerned
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ANTI.POLL TAX BILL


In the passage of the ant-po tax bill House Repub-
hcans exhibited unusual degree of earnestness and
unity The vote 300 to II. Because the bill
called up for consideration out of the regular order Of
business twohirds vote required to pass it. That
it brought up out of turn indicates before
hand which could only result from general knowledge
among proponents that the legislation had sufficient back
ing The confidence well placed supporters of the
mustered twenty-five votes than the
sary two-thirds
Caught perhaps somewhat unawares, the opponents
waged hard but futile fight using parliamentary devices
and tme-worn States rights arguments They succeeded
only delaying the final vote The solidarity and deter
minaton Of the proponents stood firm against .on-
sIaught which tines became exceedingly bitter Under
the aboyeoutned conditions victory for the highly
troyersal legislation must be rated great Republican
accomplishment.
The bill now has been sent to the Senate which is
adjourned What happens to the there will help
20 disclose the real value Of the House action and the
motives behind it. Next year is Presidential year" It
is then that political ociadom an air of pre-
caution Both political parties shy away from matters that
dsputatous and divsve The anti-poll tax bill may
anguish in committee. Outside pressure may force its
release Although the erstwhie chiefta of fbusterers
may still be "ou of the combat is not improbable that
q fbuster viii develop with another formidable leader
Will the "wiiIful minority be defeated? Will Republicans
in the Upper Chamber match their House comrades
forttude and teamwork?
BRAVES NEED PLAYERS REGARDLESS OF COLOR
By Dave Egan
As the Walrus said in the Adventure of Alice in Won
derland the time has to talk of many things; Of
shoes and ships and sealngwax of cabbages and kings
OF Willard Brown, for example. We who live behind
the drawn curtains Of safe, white world
had heard Of him until few weeks ago. when he was
signed contract by the St Louis Browns Apparently
however he is better ball player than many the
Of the Braves and the roster of the Red Sox He
has power enough to make the eftfeld wall say ouch
He has high turn Of speed He has the fielding ability
which converted home-run by Ted Williams into put
out And | wonder whether or not there any more
unknowns like him, such colorfuy named teams the
Kansas City Monarchs and the Birmingham Barons.
wonder too, whether not Tom Yawkey can hear
the applause which greets this boy whether not its
echo reaches half mile up the street to Braves FiedWe
would be traitors to heritage not to encourage him.
Why, the first of the four killed in what was gran
dosey called the Boston Massacre Crispus Atucks
and he lies now among honored dead close to Sam
Adams and James Otis in the Old Graqary Burial Ground
and there no distinction among them because of the
color of their skins BOSTON RECORD.
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Picnic For The Blind
AT HOughtOn's Pond

The st. Marks Star of Light
Chapter for the Blind had a
most enjoyable picnic on Sat-
urday, July &c, out to Hough-
tons Pond on the Blue Hills Res
'ervation.
Donations for refreshments
were made by Mrs. Lou Henri
Mr.. Henderson of The Souther !
Kitchen Mr.. HyneS of the Chick
en- Lane, Bob Russell, DR.. Silqg
F. (shag) Taylor, Mrs. Everett
York. Harriet Hall and several
other friends, Cars for transpog-
tation were from Rev. S. L. LAWS
count, Mrs. Hazel Brothers. Mrs.
Ethel Thomas, Norman Ravuor
and Mrs. Abigail Henderson.
Games and songs of other
days. caused much laughter end
harmony. Rev. Layiscount gave
3 most vivid word picture of the
surrounding country while the
company sat on the bank of the
pond. One member of the group
said she could really see he
water with the bathers and
the trees An interesting talk
was gigen by Miss Ruth McDon-
aid, a missionary social service
worker from Columbus. Ohio,
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by the hards1ips of other races
and creeeds. Captain Kings
blood is popular everywhere
and he has, he believes, many
Anglo Saxon friends. He is to be
made president of the bank. He
belongs to exclusive clubs and
his wife is beginning to fit in
blue-b blood society. Then comes
his discovery of his col
ored blood. He loses his job at.
the bank. People who were nice
to him veer away and Sunb hiz
family. Finally he is told to move
out of TIE white" district and
former friends band together in
q Khan society and threaten to
lynch him.
Tht final chapter finds
Kingsblood defending his home
with an army rifle against hi
former friendly neighborS anr
his allies, for the most, are the
.cclored people, he. formerl
Stunned. Neil Kingsblood is &.
fine, outstanding, clean-cut Am
erican. He doesn't even lock col
ored. You wonder how his for
mer friends can change their
attitude against him almost over
night But that is how prejudice
works. and Mr.. Lewis has paint
ed picture true to life. Colored
people are banned from re
stricted" areas, That was true
even in the army and navy. If
Mr.. Lewis, by exposing such I'M
American practices can shock
the average white reader, his
"Kingsblood" will BE- an Ameri-
can book ON the order of what
Charles Dickens meant to the
people Of England.
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Musical

Continued from Page u
pleased with readings. Nora Lee
singletary gave a sample of her
mastery of song and extensive
range. william Sexton closed the
inning with his good tenor
which continues to grow still
better
During intermission it was an
nounced that the program
which gave such a kick in June
will be on the cards again in
August. A subject will be intro
duced by Ernest G. OBanyoun.
and the audience is invited to
heckle-that is, to stand and de-
mand explanation Of anything
not understood, or of anything
you wish to dispute-and not to
wait until the lecture is finish
ed. Heckle and like it the fourth
Sunday in August at $50 p m.
The subject will be announced
later.
Elya Pilgrim, pianist, opened
the second half of the program
and was enthusiastically re-
ceived. Josephine Taylor, old re-
liable, gave the thrills always
expected when she reads. Gladys
Pierce, surpassed herself in her
contralto numbers. Gladys
Marine FFuller recited Hender-
sons az Saw Jesus Down in
Dixie" and finished her readings
too soon for the audience. Jesse
Riddick finished the program
with excellent baritone num-
bers. Harold Evans who did all
the accompanying, was warmly
commended.
Roses to the Committee who
organized and operated the pro-
gram and tixin's. Jerome Wilson,
Florence williams, Matte Pierce,
Ruthena Riddick, Maude Trotter
Steward were handling refresh
ments.
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The Poet S Corner
The DOWN-TRODDEN RACE
By ADELAIDE HART

(Read at the 1947 Annual Tea of the Samuel G.
Musical Association by Gladys Marine Fuller
Who gracousy dedicated her reading and nterpretato
Stanley D. Krton Mus B. in honor of his recent grad
lation from the New England Conservatory of Music)
saw young man bravey climbing a hill
Which was steep and rough but strong was his Will;
His hair was curly, and dark was his skin
And no nation seemed to claim him as kin
The stones in the road cut his feet as he went
But to the top of the hill his eyes were bent:
He stumbled and fell - but onward he stole
Determined and slowly he neared his goal
Oh shame on all nations who scorn black facet
Who makes for himself in this world place:
For to those who befrend him he'll bring no dssrace~
Onward is the watch word of down-trodden race :
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"YOur Brother S Voice"
by Clifford |. Miller

humdinger. Mrs. Patricia B. KuI-
land, % Groavenot Park, Lynn,
was interviewed and said she b.
lieved all men are brothers IN
der the skin. When asked If she
lived up to what she protested
she gave a shining example OF
her own daughter attending q
campi Of all the races, and shar-
ing a beautiful friendship for
the colored lad present. .
James Bland. a deacon of Mt.
Zion Church, West Newton, de-
serves a good hand for pioneer
ing in that community in race
relations and winning and hold
ing the respect and love of this
c ON m unity, predominantlyI
white. His close second is Rev
Louis E. Ford, who, going into
this community to pastor MyrtltI
Baptist Church, has won a place
in the affections Of the people
of the town. This last spring at
Joint meeting Of the clubs Of
this town a check of $4,000 was
presented him to establish a
boys club. Mr.. Ford has made a
substantial contribution to ra-
cial business by building a broom
factory and carrying on his pay
roll steadily two workers. Would
that more of us who are crowded
and segregated together, would
fan out into the suburban
towns to make good and make q
contribution to better human re !
lationsl
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But the roots OF the problem are
in the communities and neigh
borhoodS of America and it Is
there that the hardest tasks and
greatest opportunities are to be
found.
The Cooperative movement is
comparatively little understood
by most people in the United
States, Yet is can provide a large
part of the answer to the minor
ity problem at the local level.
Cooperatives have as one of
their basic principals open
membership" This means that
Americans of every sort and
kind can manage together their
cooperative businesses if only
they want to. Many of them art
doing so now. Not much noise
is made about it, but coopera-
tives are quietly proving that
people of different minority
groups remembering that we
are all members of some minor
ity) can work together on a
non-profit basis, own businesses
together, make decisions to-
gether, manage common affairs
together.
These practical demonstra-
tons Of the true spirit of AM
erica are an invaluable contri-
button to the solution of the
"mincritieS' problem.
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Book ReUiezQS
KingsbNood Royal
Expose of Jim Grow
In America
Nv ApC ATrtt~Uc
BY ABE ATTUCKS

A Co.orCd Press reporter, COM
menting ON President Truman
ana NAACP leader Walter
White, expressed the view taat
they both had just about the
same Shade Of sun-Jan." a very
thoughtful comment.
Walter White, is Of course, a
Colored man but he S lighter in
complexion than many white
men. Ard th1re are many white
men who are moe colored than
Walter White Most Of us Woo
have been engaged in writing
for the Colored Press fer any
length Of time have mst at least
one colored man passing for
white, or some white men whom
we suspected of having coIcred
blC2od Nest Of us have even
planned TO write o EcOs about it
but veteran author Sinclair
Lewis has beaten most Of us to
the punch. His story, Kings
blood Royal" random House
N Y. $1,000 is written not only
wit. a punch but for o purpose
It is a best seller
There is a continuity between
1.-THE Foxes, Color Blind" and
'Kingsb'ood' which we have re-
viewed that order In book Frank
VERIFY traces the evils Of slavery
some Of which echoes in the
Dora Jones trial this year Mar
garet Halsev scolds her own peo-
pie for mistr-ating the former
5onGsmen And now Sinclair
Lewis attempts TO impress
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whose birth place was Canton.
China. Mrs. Nadine Lane was
happy to say that the operation
on her eyes was so successful and
that now she saw the beautiful
world and for the first time &C
tuaIly saw her family.
The Star of Light members
present were Mrs. Alice Parker.
Mrs. Daisy Perkins, Mr.. and Mrs.
Holmes, Mrs. Lulu Bullock, Mr.
Ethel Wilson, MeSsrs. J. Jones
and Charles Jackson. Four mem
bers unable to be present on &C
count of illness were sent cards.
The field workers were: Mes
danes Hazel Brothers, Ethel
Thomas, Abigail Henderson, Az.
elaide Walton, Leila McKenzis
and Miss Alice Higginbothsn.
The helpers were: Miss Barbala
Johnson, associate member, the
Misses Lane and Miss Ruth NJ
Donald.
Officers Of the chapter are
Mrs. ABIGAIL Henderson rhaa,
man, Miss Alice r. Barbour.
president, Mrs, Ethel Thomas
treasurer, Mrs. Leila Mckenzie
secretary. Headquarters are at >.
Holborn St, Roxbury.
Those who have eyeSght
should count themselves indeed
blSsed with a gift that no
amount Of money can purchase.
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know all that is necessary for
them to know in this life. While
such thoughts may fit the aver
age case, I like the expression of
the graduate who feels that he
is just about prepared to begin
studying. My Editor, knowing
that have a fair for philoso-
ply, has cautioned me to stick
to the music" Well, the precept
advanced as applicable to music
well as every other walk in life.
There must be trail blazers who
discovered new angles, thoughts
in Divine Truth. If there had
not been trail blazers in the
past, we would never have
emerged from the forests, jun
giles and seas. No man in this
age really knows much of any
thing. and his conceited belief
that he does know something, is
holding him back. Get the habit
Of communing with the Foum-
tain Of Truth, and He will re-
veal to you thoughts, facts,
truths that you have never read
or heard before. 1 speak from
experience. Then( when you try
to pass them on, you will be
called cracy. All trail blazers
are called crazy, radical. Many
of them we're executed as men
aces to the capitalists of their
day Jesus and Paul are exam
pies. All this is to say that you
must study and pray continually,
AMI not rest contented with de-
grees witch testify that you
have absorbed knowledge CLEAN
ed by trail blazers of the past.
Launch out into the sea of
Truth and you will surely dis
cover heretofore unknown
lands which are waiting for
the possession of human beings
with open minds. Be a trail blaz-
er yourself. Prove all things,
hold fast that which is good.
Hearing so many favorable
comments on the fine singing of
Essie OBayoun. Sunday July 20,
when she was the soprano in
the quartet at Peoples Baptist
Church. I am moved to inform
the. public that she has resumed
vocal study with teacher of
ihe American Method. and any
improvement noted may be laid
to that fact. Just wait and hear
her on October 10.