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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-25
Battlefield Retired for Year
Following Injury in Workout

10 of Is starts and $198,677. His
most important race was the Bel
mont Futurity. which netted
Widener. president Of Belmont
Park, $81,715.
The colt was one of the early
Kentucky Derby favorites, but
didn't train we'll last spring and
missed the Louisville classic as
well as the Preakness. He returned
to racing during May.
After running second to Jumbo
in the Swift Stakes, Battlefield
won the Withers, Shevlin, Dwyer,
Choice and Travers Stakes. He
ran second to Counterpart in
both the Peter Pan Handicap and
Belmont Stakes, and was second
to Alerted in the Discovery Handi-
cap September 8. when he spotted
the winner IA pounds.
Battlefield was ridden in most
of his races by Eddie Arcaro and
was nominated for the Jerome
Handicap and Lawrence Realiza-
ton at the current Belmont meet
ing. Widener also had accepted a
bid to race his star in the Pinlico
Special, November 16, at Balti-
more.
Hill Prince Impressive.
At yesterdays Belmont opening,
the Greentree Stables Guillotine
outfooted a field of 18 speedsters
to win the ,000-added Fall
lightweight Handicap before a
crowd of 22,950. Guillotine won
by nose over Jan Burke's
Squared Away. Third money went
to Mrs. Andrew Schuttinger's Ferd
Sharing attention on the pro-
gram was the return to the win
ners' circle of c. T. Chenery's Hill
Prince, American champion in
1850. Hill Prince performed clev-
.erly in taking down the Harmoni-
can, an allowance mile race, in
the good time of 1855, just
Ithree-f 1fths off Count Fleets track
mark set nine years ago.
With Arcaro in the saddle, Hill
Prince, closer to the pace than
usual, ranged alongside Mrs. Louis
Lazare's Sheila's Reward at the
quarter pole, took command at
the furlong mark and won by
three quarters of a length with
out being punished. Greentree
Stables One Hitter was third,
while Howard B. Delman's How
completed the small field.
Hill Princes race was a prep
| for the $25 5000 Manhattan Handi-
cap next Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-25
BY the Associated Press

| NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-Battle-
field, the 1850 2-year-old cham
Ipion and a leading contender for
this years 3-year-old racing title,
was retired today for the season
due to an injury.
The announcement was made
by George D. Widener. owner of
the chestnut son of War Relic
Dark Display. and his trainer,
Burt Mulholland.
He'll be back next year." Null
holland said. Il don't think there
is any doubt about that"
I Battlefield was injured during a
workout last Friday, but it was
hoped the colt would be able to
resume training shortly for the
fall racing. Mulholland said an
other horse working out ahead of
Battlefield came back and knocked
him into the rail. wrenching a
ligament in the pastern.
Never Out of Money.
The colt, purchased by Widener
for $4,000 at the 1949 Saratoga
yearling sales. never has been out
of the money in IS starts and
earned total of $351,977. Battle
field won 16 races, II of them
stakes, was second eight times and
had one third.
In Chicago last July Hall of
Fame, the Greentree Stable geld
ing, defeated Battlefield by a
neck in the rich Arlington classic
but had three-pound weight ad-
vantage. Hall of Fame has been
Battlefield's chief rival for Swear
old honors and it was hoped the
two would settle the argument this
fall.
AS a 2-year- old Battlefield won
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OkIohomo Ags Enroll z
Former Army Gridmen

W TTIS 1NSSOS'cISU TSSS
SALTWATER. Okla. Sept

SALTWATER, Okla, Sept. 25
Two former Army football play
ers who resigned from West Point
after recent cribbing scandal en-
rolled yesterday at Oklahoma
AS5M College as transfer students.
The players are Lewis Seigler,
Newcastle, Pa, and Elmer Stout,
South River. N. j. They are not
eligible to participate in athletics
until next season. Stout is a close
friend of the Aggies' senior fulr
back, John Grabko. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-25
Boxer Taken to Hospital
After Collapse in Ring
By the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 25.-
Jimmy Dockery, middleweight
fighter, is under observation in
Presbyterian Hospital today after
suffering a mild conclusion in a
fight last night.
Dockery, 161, of Chester, Pa,
lost a six-round decision to Billy
Gordon, 166, Philadelphia, at the
Arena. He collapsed in the ring
after the fight and had to be car
ried to the dressing room.
The hospital listed his conG-
ton as good"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-25

At Providence the train stopped. There
was little group of people standing on the
platform, waving and gesturing and some of
the players were trying to hear what they
were saying, although the double-glass Pull
man windows made it almost impossible.
Il heard man say it was 6-1, favor of
Cleveland" one of the Yankees said. The
others slumped back into their seats and the
train pulled out and for few minutes there
wasn't much talking. But then Red Patter
son, their road secretary, came running down
the aisleS of the two private cars, waving a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-25


AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Games
y; l. Pct Behind. Left.
Cleveland 49, 81 80 500 ga 3
Boston - 81 SO 500 8 s
Remaining games:
New York. at home (6)-Philadelphia.
September %; Boston, September IS (2li
September 90 (2); September 80. Away (0).
Cleveland, at home t2)-Detroit. Sep.
TENDER 20, 30. Away u)-Chicago Sep-
TENDER %.
~, Boston. at home to. Away 81
York, September 2s t2) September 2g (2);
September 30.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Games Games
.,., W L, Pct, Behind. Left.
New York - 90 So .6I3 ga
Remaining games;
Brooklyn at home COZ. Away To-
Boston. September 25 CD; September 26.
September 81; Philadelphia. September
IS %, 80.
New York at home (W. Away-Phila-
delphia. September 20. 26; Boston, Sep
TENDER 90, 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-25
Probable Pitchers
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

~ Boston at Washington tnight)--Kiely
CD VS.. .Porterfield 7-8.
Philadelphia at New York-Shantz
Q7-9) VS.. KuZava G1-6)
Cleveland at Chicago (night)--Wynn
GOLD VS.. Pierce 14-l4).
Detroit at st. Louis (night)-Stuart
(4-6) VS.. Byrne (8-lO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-25
|Win,L Lose, or Draw
BY FRANCIS STANN

THIS WAS COMING DOWN from Boston with the Yankees
Sunday evening They had beaten the Red hurredy
caught sos train All they when the left was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-25
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

GID and Erskine G6-1W VS.. SPAIN
Gl,13) and Wilson $3.50, or Cole ga
>, New York at Philadelphia (night)-
Hearn Q5-9 VS.. Roberts (21-12).
st: Louis at Cincinnati (night)-Lanier
Q1.9 vs. RafenSberger 15-17).
Chicago at Pittsburgh (nighD-Lown
(4-SD VS.. Queen (6-9) or Yochim DO,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-25

LITTLE MO AT FIRST JOB-Maureen Connolly might be clipping
story about herself she cuts dispatch from the Associated
Press elepe at her first job copy girl for the San Diego Union
The California girl the National WOmens tennis champions
ships at Forest Hills September just IL days before her 18th
birthday She graduated from high school in and will
continue her tennis practice between working hours
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-25
Minor Leagues
BY the Associated Press
FINAL PLAYOFFS,

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Milwaukee. II; St Paul, .. milwaukee
wins best-of-7 series. 4-2.)
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Little Rock at Birmingham postponed.
birmingham leads beSt-of-7 series, 500
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Giants, a; Braves. ;

Totals "a S26 2 Totals 80 7271S
POPPED out for Koslo in 9TH.
.Sacrinced for Westrum in 9th.
Ran for Mueller in 9th.
Boston 0O0 oo1 Ooo3
New York - 900 001 00I-4
Runs-Jethroe Torgeson (2). Dark
Thomson go. Williams. Errors-Elliott
stanky. Runs batted in--Irvin. Gordon.
Rigney. Double piays@stanky to CT parE to
Lockman; Dark to Stanky to Lockman
Left on basss-5oston. z; New York. z.
z; off Koslo, j. Struck out-By Nichols,
8; by Jones /. Hits-Of Jones in 525
innings; OFF Koslo, 2 in 3h innings Win
ming pitcher-Koslo 10-9). Losing pitcher
10-S). Time-2:29. Attend
ance-6,0 59
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-25
Pennunt Races
At q Glance

By the Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
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p Upptu OUT lot hOsIo IN 9th.
Ran for Mueller in 9th
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-09-29
.Lonier Opens
Home Season
With HiIICitv

Lanier's Bulldogs open their
home schedule against Bowman
High of Vicksburg on Alumni
Field aat Jackson College Friday
night with the kickoff at 7:3O
Since no college gamees are sche-
duled in the area, large crowd
is expected
Both the Jackson and Vicksburg
teams opened with victroies last
week. Lanier squeezed past the
experienced Newton Beaers. 14-13.
while Bowman edged past Green
vile, TO Both will be shooting for
their second win in the Colored
Big Eight Conference and a rough
and tumle affair is expected to
develop.
Lanier pounded cut a 24-0 vic
tory last season but has been
weakened byb graduation while
Bowman is considerably stronger
with nearly all the 1850 team back
Lanier's colorful ban dwill per-
form at halftime and an added
treat will be the large. beautifully
uniformed pep squad from Vicks-
burg which will follow the Bow
man Tigers from the Hill City.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-09-29

Mays, R. c. Jones, DR.. Charles w.
Smith, B. L. Neal, c. S. Kelly, the
Rev. c. P. Payne, DR.. j. T. Fixes,
Joe Knox, Sr., Joe Knox, Jr, Mil
ton Barnes, Alfonso Clark, R. H.
Howe and E. H. Smith.
All are residents of Forrest Coun-
ty (Hattiesburg) Miss.
In a petition filed last Tuesday,
they asked the Supreme Court to
review the judgment of the Fifth
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals that
they must exhaust their State pro-
vided administrative and judicial
remedies in an effort to register
and vote before seeking injunctive
relief. in Federal courts.
The Federal District Court dis
missed their complaint The APP
peals Court, however, agreed with
the District Court that the petit
TONERS must exhaust their State
provided remedies, but remanded
the case to the lower court to al
ored citizens to ask L. NJ. Cox,
the county registrar, to register
them.
The controversy arose out of an
order of the Forrest County Board
of Supervisors requiring the regis
trar to make a new registration of
voters for elections to be held in
the county after une l, 1850.
The petitioners and a large group
Of other 'colored persons applied to
the registrar for registration along
with white citizens. The petition
states that all of the petitioners
are able to read any section of the
Constitution of Mississippi, several
OF them being college trained and
professional men.
mississippi law requires that, to
be eligible to register and vote, a
person must be able to read any
section of the Constitution of this
State" or be liable to understand
the same when read to him or give
q reasonable Interpretation there
off,
The registrar examined the Pc
titioners and the other colored ap-
plicants on the Mississippi Consti-
tuition. He decided that their ans
wers were unsatisfactory and re-
fused to register them.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-09-29
AIice's House
For Beauty
Opens Oct. 8

JACKSON = According to Mrs
Alice M Easterling, outstanding
beautician of the state. her new
beauty business, to be known as
Allce's House For Beauty, will have
its Formal Opening Monday, Oc-
tober 8, until 10 pm, and the gen.
eral public is invited to attend.
Located conveniently at I18 Liv-
ington Street, Alice's House For
Beauty. aside from offering to the
public the very best in beauty ser
vice, is also offering the very lat
est in modern, up-to-date equip
ment in surroundings that are spa
cious and comfortable.
In addition to her Is years of
experience, Mrs. Easterling has two
experienced and efficient operators.
Mrs. Julia Taylor Windham and
Mrs. Mary Louise McCullan.
The shop is opened every day,
Monday through Saturday, at 800
am. Closing hours, Monday through
Wednesday, pm. Thursday thru
Saturday. 8 pm. Call 5-9l66 for APP
pointments every day except Sat-
urday.
Remember the Formal Opening
of ALICE'S HOUSE FOR BEAUTY
Monday Oct. 8, 1851.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-09-29
Dr.. Christian
Heads Comfy.
Chest Drive

JACKSON, MISS. - DR.. C. B
Christian, outstanding medical doc
tor of the city, has accepted The
Craftsmanship for the Territorial Di-
vision of the 1851 Community Chest
Drive which will last from October
Is through October 81.
All Negroes are urged to con-
tribute to the drive because of the
importance of its success to the II
agencies operating under the Com
munity Chest.
If the overall goal of the Chest
is met, our Branch YMCA will re-
ceive around $4,000; our Branch
YWCA around $4,000; around half
of the $4,000 allotted to the Fam
lily Service will go to Negroes in
need; Boy Scouts will receive APP
proximately $500, and the Girl
Scouts a similar amount.
An organization meeting is set Tor
Friday night, Sept %, at 7 o'clock
at the Branch YWCA. All persons
wishing to play an active part in
the coming campaign are urged to
be present.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-09-29
Detroit To BE
Site ofAnnuo|
UNCF Meet

For the first time since the
founding of the organization in 49,
A, Detroit will be the scene of
the annual Board Meeting of the
United Negro College Fund, Octo-
Der SO. At the express invitation
of the Detroit Campaign Commit
tee, under the Craftsmanship of
Chester Beach, an executive of the
Ward Baking Company, the thirty
two presidents of the colleges and
universities aided by the Fund
headed by DR.. F. D. Patterson
president of Tusgekee and of the
Fund, will convene with key De-
troit campaign leaders in sessions
planned to acquaint more people
with the program of the United
Negro College Fund.
A series of business and public
meetings has been scheduled by
the Detroit Campaign Committee
the first reception for the presi-
dents by the Detroit Inter- Alumni
Council, en- October 6. Through as
signments made by the Detroit
Council of Churches, on October
q, college presidents an other
Board members will deliver infor-
national talks on Fund activities
at churches throughout the city.
The Executive Committee is
slated to meet at the Fort Shelby
Hotel, Monday, October 8. This is
to be followed in the evening by a
public meeting in Rackham Hall
flor 1000 invited guests. Speakers
there will explain the scope of the
United Negro College Fund, and
its program for providing aid to
80 private colleges and universe
ties, through annual, national ap-
peeals to the American public.
A wind-up session for members.
and meeting of the Board of Di-
rectors, at the Fort Shelby Hotel.
October 8, will close this first De-
troit meeting of the Board of the
United Negro College Fund.
Similar meetings are planned for
other strategic cities in subsequent
campaigns.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-09-29
Communist Propaganda
Among Negroes In U. S.
Being Fought By Memorial
WASHINGTON

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
BIRTHPLACE, VIRGINIA
Communist propaganda and sub
versive activity among Negroes in
the United States is being fought
vigorously by the Booker T. Wash
ington Birthplace Memorial. it
was declared today by S. j. Phil
lips, President.
The drive against communism
by the Memorial received the of
fetal sanction of the State Depart
meent when it purchased $50 cop
les of George S. Schulyer's article
THE NEGROS' CASE AGAINST
COMMUNISM which appears in
the Memorials Extension Leaflet
No. II.
During the list annual session
of the National Baptist Convention
USA, Inc, held in Oklahoma City.
with membership of four mil
lion, the Memorials president was
successful in getting a resolution
passed opposing Red China as a
member of the United Nations.
He was also successful in gett-
ing the National Baptist Conven-
ton of America, membership O.
100000, during its Cincinnati meet
ing this year, to pass a resolution
to fight the infiltration of Com
munism among Negroes.
Phillips said that these atcivi-
ties are an important part of the
Memorials educational program a.
gainst the spread of Communis,
and that two Extension Leaflets
are being published on this sub
ject for nationwide distribution.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-09-29
White Church
Gives Student
Scholarship

NASHVILLE - A train ticket
given Wednesday in Greenville, S.
c., to young ministerial student,
may be the start of something
unique in church work.
Grady H. Donald, Anderson, S.
c., 22-year- old college graduate, re-
ceived the ticket from the Ives Sun
day school class of the white First
Baptist Church in Greenville.
With it goes a $500 scholarship
raised by the 40-member class to
send young Donald through the
American Seminary at Nashville,
supported by the Southern Baptist
Seminary for training of Negro
preachers.
The plan, which the class hopes
will spread to similar organizations
to help create better race relations
in the South, was decided on when
it was found that only approximate
,ly 500 Negro ministers were grad
uated in the United States last year.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-09-29
Two White Men Fined $500:
Sentenced 106 Months Jail
White Citizens Help In
Prosecution Of Officers Who
Forced Negroes To Confess
Murder That Didn't Occur

INDIANOLA, Miss. This week,
the two white men, one a former
deputy sheriff and the other a pri-
vate detectie, pleaded guilty to
charges of assaulting four Negroes
in forcing them to admit to a slay-
ing that never occurred and each
was fined $500 and sentenced to 6
months in jail
The men, Homer Sheffield, the
former deputy sheriff and Charles
R. Underwood, the private detec-
tive had been indicted by the Sun
flower county grand jury recently
charged with beating Jesse James,
Jr., Amos Redmond, Jesse Davis
and Will Galloway, all Negroes,
while questioning them about the
reported Staying of Robert McKin-
ney, another Negro. James, Red
mond and Davis confessed Staying
-'A~A NAAAAiNJs OOL 1dtCI
was found alive in East ST. Louis,
III.
A group of white citizens of In
dianola are said to have retained
Attorney Forrest c.. Cooper of that
town as private counsel to aid in
prosecution of the white men. Ac-
cording to the lawyer, all the group
were very substantial citizens"
According to reports, Sheffield
will begin serving his sentence i'm
mediately in the Jail where he was
Jaller at the time the Negroes were
beaten Underwood vii. be return
ed to Chicago where he faces a
parole violation count, but will be
returned to Indianola to serve his
sentence when he has served the
time given him on the parole viola
ton.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-09-29
Find $40, 900 Worth
OF Heroin In Room OF
Unemployed Chi Man

CHICAGO, Ill. - Acting upon a
tip that Frank Higgins, So, unem-
ployed man arrested on a narcotics
charge, maintained a room at an
other address, Woodlawn police
raided the room and confiscated 10
ounces of pure heroin, worth about
81, 700 wholesale.
Higgins had been arrested car
lier in a raid which netted 119 cap
sules of narcotics and brought the
arrest of four other persons. Police
said that the heroin, when diluted
and sold at retail, would bring in
more than $4,000.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-09-29
Dr.. Perry, Spirit
Adviser, Can Help
You See Him

If you are troubled or having
trouble in your home, if you are
worried about someone dear to
you, if you are poor in health or
want success and happiness or hav-
ing love affairs, see DR.. Perry, he
can help you solve your problems.
ooh Lord look in my home and
see the condition"
This is the day we all should stop
look and listen. Thank God for His
blessed power that He gives each
and everyone of us to help those
that don't understandSeek and you
will find hif.
1856 w. Monument Street
Jackson, Miss. Phone 5-1O70
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-09-29
Truman Signs
Bill, Providing
Coin Mintino

Booker Washington Birthplace
Va. - President Harry S. Truman
signed H. R. 3176 which provides
for the minting Of all unlimited and
unsold Booker T. Washington Me-
mortal half dollars in order to COM
memorate the lives and perpetuate
the ideals and teachings of Booker
T. Washington and George Wash
ington Carver
The likeness of George Washing
ton Carver, outstanding scientist,
who was born at Diamond, Mo-, will
be placed on the new half dollars
along with the likeness of Booker
t. Washington, noted Negro educa-
tor, who was born in Franklin
County, Va.
S. j. Phillips, who is president of
the Booker T. Washington Birth
place Memorial and the George
Washington Carver National Monu-
ment Foundation, said that the net
funds from the sale of these COM
memorative half dollars would go
toward conducting an educational
program against the spread of COM
munism among Negroes in the in
terest of national defense.
He stated that the Philadelphia
minted coins would be sold at a
popular price of $500 each and a
limited number of sets with coins
from Denver, San Francisco and
Philadelphia minis would be sold
in sets only at $1,000 per set as
collectors items.
The Booker T. Washington Birth
place Memorial has its headquart-
ers at Booker Washington Birth
place, Virginia, and the George
Washington Carver National Monu-
ment Foundation is located at Dla-
mond, Missouri Persons desiring
these newly commemorative half
dollars may place orders at either
place.
The bill was signed by President
Truman provides for the melting
down of all unsold Booker T. Wash
ington Memorial coins and extends
the selling period for three years
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-09-29
Youth Kills Priest
In Coming Movie
Hit AT Amite Sun.

The murder of a priest by a des-
perate ,youngster forms the dar-
matte theme of Edge of Doom, .
starting at Amite Theatre Sunday.
Granger plays youth of the
slums who is greatly upset by the
death of his poverty stricken moth
er. He tries to induce the elderly
priest to give her an elaborate fu-
neral. and when the priest explains
that there is no money for such
purposes, the boy kills him. His
subsequent struggle with his con-
science over the murder leads to
the pictures stirring climax.
Andrews portrays a younger
priest, and Miss Evans the dead
mans niece in the offering, in
which Robert Keith, Paul Stewart,
Mala Powers and Adele Jergens
have vital roles, Mark Robson di-
rected.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-09-29
SECOND BARGAIN NIGHT DANCE AND
SCHOOL FASHIONS REVUE WITH
MUSIC BY MONTE EASTER ORCHESTRA
FEATURING HOPKINS AND DAN cRIssoM VOCALIST CASH
PRIZES; ADVANCE ST 25i SIS; STUDENTS 81 90

The SECOND BARGAIN NIGHT
AND BACK TO SCHOOL, DAN
CE, postponed few weeks ago,
will be at SEVEN'S ROSE ROOM
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, and this
time Promoter Willie J. Miller and
the Stevens are giving all dance
and music lovers, especially the
young ones, a break A BIG
FOUR-STAR ATTRACTION for the
lowest price ever !. Advance SIPS;
At Door, S1.75 Students Slo0, tax
included.
THIS FOUR STAR ATTRAC-
TION INCLUDES LINDA HOP
KINS, the New Orleans born sing
er, who was discovered by Johnny
Oats last December. She recorded
Savoy Records with the Johnny
Otis Band doing her original tune,
"Doggin' The Blues" and why
Must l Go On
MONTE EASTER recorded for
Imperial Records, as have Jimmy
Delaney and Mary Wallace. Right
now they have out on Imperial Rec
ords Il Was Mad" What Is The
Use," Without Your Love" and
There's Always Another Day"
DAN GRISSOM, the other part of
this big attraction, was born in Mis-
sissippi and from 1887 to 1913 he
made every vocal for the lac Jim