Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-03-23
Smoky Joe Wiiliasns Waved Home:
NEW YORK
I NRANK THE STRANGLER) FORBES, only Negro

lNRANK (THE sTRANGLER FORBES only Negro boxing dqe
NsT played pSd sss s" Ne es s No2 a a rs
National Leasue and won with Smoky Joe WILLIAMS on the
white man nan said JAwN he'd be $4,000 player Wen
pe reb IS home that valhala greats like Cam
y wsaN p lex RoD1Mo GhaPpy gARpNER Cum POSE Tom
nnoa OF the Negro baseball diamond whose Will probably
Tly sss sy oss al sb HALL OF ZANE
MARoUARD and McdRAw who forced the National
som with amy m but big during the regular
the as ssa s9r w s
@ Park where ne ss sMoK 1E g s sa as
before they burned the park down and tried to turn into deg
Johnson cnassy WHITE Tess oscar e ssa
GIANTS with BROWN. choly WILLIAMS steel Arm DAVIS
JEFrRE Ted RADCLIFFE and others held the
as S snssss 81 for r. Joe broke the
WILLIAMS then showed up in East St Louis H. where he whipped
in which he famed saw Joe when
came East in 1887 He was bartender in Joint Lenox Avenue
where he was introduced before games by the late Roy
anocr odtme tSns and now successful BAR
paid tribute to WILLIAMS by saying had he been in the major
MATTHEWS PLANK, BENDER Of the white boys they
about SO much"
EsPIrE ALL PUBLICITY, move being outlined
~ which fix players big college scandal
lwi be banded together tour pro-
ys 3 beat the 0rSs rap court This felt fore
suffered for their alleged ransgsons Sherman WHITE Ed
WARNER Al ROTH, LEROY SMITH Floyd LANE, Ed ROMAN,
Jack BYRlES Al BGoS team, 1t said would
attraction morbdy fanatical
fr WAC nave been In their despite what they taking
bb not to strike rich on exhibition tour There is feel
Ing that the courts clear the players the
LONG ISLAND and CITY COLLEGE Will the firing
and with petitions rallies and other force the schools into
adm players classes
Since remote that they'll allowed college
mentioned here would serve as
caanse abtate them in their domestic
The idea also contains the suggestion that between halves the
proposed tour payers Ike WHITE DGoS IAYNE, BYbNES
speaking public address a
Of personal confession kind lecture evils
taking meney to throw games The public which would have
Shoeess Joe JACKSON Chick GANDEI Eddie CICoTrF
but which deprived of such treat by the Judge
morbid and aous enough to want execution knew
how weud for exhibition basketball starring the
csga players basketball has known Write III let
know w.ds down with the whole thing
9hCfE ROBINSON at 2o3 pounds delghng Chuck DRESSER
ddyn in Florida Roy CAMPANEII.A sin" tight
hs DODGER front office couldn't bulge him with truck
Ho and JACKIE bosom buddies Dan BANK
HEAD eness showing up for spring training due to economies
Tho fellow little off which his wife and
uhod of kids that he had make Florida the best he
I'D BANKHEAD incidentally be the surprise" pitcher Of
They're coming strong this year pick this way
Mn Y. Giants BROOKLYN Boston Cubs Phle St Louis Pitts
purely unes TO I'll out the eight spots The Giants with
DURooHER baseball will be explosive in the
home run department again this time with Monte IRWIN Bobby
SON the firing line BY midsummer the ned double play
combination will be Artie WILSON and Eddie sTANKY The
Clans pitching will the league Brooklyn will have internal
dfacues might keep Of the payon play ROBIN
SON REESE HODGES CAMPANE1LA and MORGAN will be in
maybe. ROBBY will nudge out Bostons Sam
ming fast but RoBBY is thief The PILLS
won't make this They played over their heads In 1850
goans living past BOYD will be the WHITE sOx
lineup opening day Maybe Sam HA1IsSION too Lu
king Larry will mad and sulk in his tent while
49, lie greatest record Of r." "'recr in the majors.