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Evening star., 1954-10-15
FORE AND AFT
By MoIcolm Lomborne, Jr.

VA 1AAAA10kOAAo SAAS ~
highly successful fall series, the
month has two more events Of
Importance before big boat skip
pers can call it a season-and
what q season-on the Chesa-
peake.
The Cruising Club of Amer
ica's fall rendezvous and races
which originate in Annapolis
start a week from today and wind
up three days later. The event
has been attracting larger fleets
each year as more and more
members of this outfit learn of
the keen competition it provides.
Each CCA member, in turn. is
permitted to invite one guest
yacht which helps swell the field
Then. on October 81, the Skip
per Magazine invitation race in
commemoration of the 1851 vic
tory of the schooner America
in British waters will be run of. j..
Editor Bunny Rigg says a So
mile course will be used this
year, half the distance of the
last three years, and that it will
be run off all in one day.
Prospective starters read like
a Who's Who Of yachting-Pete
DuPont's Barlovento, Carleton
Mitchell's Caribbee. Harry Has
kell's Nirvana, Jim O'Neill's
Stormy Weather, the Navy's
Highland Light, Gilbert Ver-
ney's Sea Lion. John Hertz's
Ticonderoga and Walter Gubel-
mans Windigo. Many of these
yachts will be continuing south
after the race and will be heard
from this winter on the southern
ocean racing circuit.
The skipper race Is limited to
Glass A yachts with a rating of
more than 81 feet. There is
no top limit.
The Annapolis Y. C. fall series
has been nothing short of
phenomenal. For the last two
Sundays there have been 10 or
more yachts racing in the larger
classes and more than half that
number in the smaller one
designs. Until the record of 72
starters two weeks ago, the
largest turnout had been around
SIS yachts in any one event.
Six Class B yachts gather off
Annapolis tomorrow for the
third meeting in four years of
racing teams from Gibson Is
land Yacht Squadron and the
Sailing Club of the Chesapeake.
Gibson Island has won the
previous matches, but the odds
favor the sec team this year
Racing begins at IL am.
On the sec team are Charlie
Dell's Trig. one of the top-seeded
cruising boats on the bay this
summer; AL Kuehnle's Vixen, q
veteran campaigner on the bay,
and Morton Sonny Neff's
Prim. one of the best handled
cruising yachts in the East.
Gibson Island will have Miller
Sherwood'S Rubicon, the boat
which is running neck and neck
with Trig for high point honors
on the bay this season, and
Peter zouck's Falcon and Tom
Raby's Desire.
Billy Ames, manager of the
Chesapeake Bay Boat Show to
be held February 22-27 in Balti-
more. reports excellent response
from yachting and commercial
interests in the exposition. II
will be held in the 5th Regiment
Armory with 10000 square feet
of show space earmarked for ex-
hibits.
Meanwhile, sponsors of the
National Motor Boat Show to be
held January 1923 in New York
have announced space applica,
tions now exceed available space
in the big Kingsbridge Armory
This time boat accessory ex.
hibits will be grouped in one.
half of the hall and boat anc
marine engines in the other half
Previously all three groups were
intermingled.
Evening star., 1954-10-15
Nine Games Scheduled
In CY0 Junior LEAGUE

Nine games, three in each Sec
ton, will be played tomorrow in
the Catholic Youth Organization
junior football league. All games
will be on the East Ellipse.
The schedule:
Section I-St Francis Xavier VS.. Holy
Comforter, 9:30 am; st. AIMS VS.. St.
Gabriers. 1O:45 am: St. Michaers VS..
Blessed Sacrament. ~ noon.
Section II-Assumption VS.. Holy Re-
deemer; 9:30 am: Little Flower VS..
st. Francis de Sales. II noon.
Catherine Laboure, $50 am; ST. James
VS. Mount Calvary. 1O:45 am. St.
Bernadette's VS.. st. John the Baptist
IL noon.
Evening star., 1954-10-15
By Dick SIoy

Probably not one high school
football fan in 90 could place
the name Ken Psira, yet it be-
longs to the Information quarter
Evening star., 1954-10-15

Never in the history Of The
Evening Star Duckpin League,
among the oldest in the country,
has a Newsroom team won the
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OUTDOORS

HIGH TIDES FOR CHESAPEI
Oct 49, Oct. II. Oct. IS
AM 9:l3 10:11 11:lo
PM 1929 11:2S -
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UcA President
Urges Play In
National Golf
Tournament.
At Dallas

Washington, D. C.-United Golf
ers Association president, DR.. Ken
meth Brown, Washington, D. c.,
this week issued a statement urg-
ing golfers throughout the United
States to enter the 18th annual
UGA open and amateur tourna-
ment be played over the Cedar
Crest Golf Course, Dallas, Texas,
August 1928.
In making statement, DR.. Brown
declared that he joined Franklin
Lett, Detroit, and Mrs. Paris
Brown, Washington, D. c., who
are co-ordinators of the UGA ma
tional tournament committee, in
inviting golfers in all sections of
the nation to come to Dallas for
the 1854 tournament. While in
Dallas, members of the Dallas Hill
lizard Golf Association are making
final plans for the tournament.
Persons wishing housing accom-
mediation in Dallas should contact
H. L. Shead, secretary of the Dali
las-Hilliard Golf Association, 1902
Tanner Street, Dallas. L. r. Shead
is president of the local golf asso-
citation, which is serving as host
organization for the United Golf
ers Association. Many money
prizes and trophies will be offered
Professionals and amateurs enter
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Birmingham Black
Barons Beat Memphis
Red Sox 8 To ! In
Stirring Saturday
Night Game
HaZlehurst Lions Club
Back Negro High
School Band

Hazlehurst, Miss, Aug. 9.-(Spe-
cial)-The Birmingham Black Ba-
rons and the Memphis Red Sox Of
the Negro American League, put
on stirring game here Saturday
night, which the Barons won by a
score of 81 with three run rally
in their half of the ninth frame.
The heavy hitting Red Sox lost
the game despite four home runs,
two of which were hit by Terrona
the Sox first baseman. He also
added three-bagger to his nights
work.
The fans soon learned that the
two teams were not just playing
an exhibition game when the play
ers of both teams rushed on the
field in a rhubarb over a disputed
play at second base which had to
be quietd by the park police.
Two base umpires were also
fired because of holly disputed de-
cisions.
The game was sponsored by the
Hazlehurst Lions Club with the
proceeds to be used to buy instru-
ments for the local Negro high
school band.
More than 800 fans paid S1.OO
at the gate and bought generously
OF hot dogs, peanuts, and pop in
order to swell the nights pro-
ceeds.
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STAR NEGRO BALLPLAYERS I'M
RUN FOR ROOKIE H0N0RS
ORGANIZED BASEBALL FOR 1854
Honor In American League
Not Yet Won BY Negro Player

CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-With the
exception of a single season since
Jackie Robinson's big league debut
in 1943, Negro players have been
designated the rookie-of-the year
in the National League.
In the American league, no Me-
gro has yet won that honor, al
though Minnie Minoso was desig-
mated as the outstanding rookie in
1861 by the Sporting News. But
the baseball writer's honor in this
category went to Gil McDougal,
the New York Yankee infielder,
and that award still is holly dis
puted in Chicago.
Tan performers are thick in COM
petition for the honor this season
in the National league while
chances are dim in the American
league. Since 1949 when Don
Newcombe, the Dodger righthand-
er, was named the N. LIS foremost
rookie, separate awards have been
| made in each circuit.
Leading in the race for accolade
in the senior loop are such players
as Henry Aaron, youthful out
fielder with the Milwaukee Braves;
Gene Baker and Ernie Banks, Chi
cago Cubs keystone combination
Brooks Lawrence, 29-year-old hurl-
er for the St. Louis Cardinals, and
Curtis Roberts, agile fielding Sec
ond baseman for the Pittsburgh
Pirates.
Aaron, the 20-yearzold cleanup
hitter for the Braves, and Baker,
who has shown surprising power
for the Cubs, right now are among
the leaders for the coveted desig-
nation.
Despite a slump since he was
placed in cleanup slot, Aaron is
batting PTS for his team, has bat
ted II home runs, 20 doubles, three
triples, and driven in 48 runs.
Baker has raped out nine home
runs, Is doubles, three triples and
driven in SO runs, despite hitting
second in the lineup. Gene has a
batting mark identical with that
of Aaron.
Banks at shortstop and Baker at
second form one of the most prom
Using Cubs middle duo in years.
Banks, who came to the Cubs from
the Kansas City Monarchs, was
generally considered a better hit
ter than his sidekick. Ernie cur
rently is hitting about .265, his
collection including nine homers,
10 doubles, three triples and As
RIBS.
The dark horse in the race is
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SPO R 7 S
CLOS u P
BY FRITZ POLLARD

NEW YORK, (GlobaD - Last
Tuesday night was NAACP night
at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, and
just before the Dodgers-St. Louis
tilt, in a brief ceremony, Odell
Clark of the New York Branch
of the NAACP presented a eta
ton to Dodger captain, Pee Wee
Reese. The citation read, in part:
For his exemplary sports
manship on the baseball field, and
for his sportsmanlike performance
in the larger field of human rela-
tiOnS
We heartily concur in this cita-
ton, because we remember so well
when Jackie Robinson came up to
the Dodgers in the noble expert
ment that has proved so successful.
Pee Wee was a tower of strength,
because he was the spark of the
team at that point, and his atti-
tude was important.
In those early days, there were
rumors that even some of the men,
bers of the Dodger team didn't like
having a Negro play with them,
and many fans naturally watched
most carefully the actions of those
players who hailed from "south of
the border" 1t is understandable
that there should have been sus-
picious eyes cast upon the South
ern gentlemen, and in the case of
Dixie Walker, the suspicion was
justified.
But Pee Wee Reese, the little
Kentucky Colonel gave US the
best proof we ever need that a
thoroughbred is a thoroughbred
no matter from whence he comes.
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Alexandria,.
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| 1IOI L age OnoJ
tracing in detail his association
with the school and the develop
ment of the school from one of the
worse in the state to one of the
best.
In 1882 he left his job as social
studies teacher at Lanier School
In jackson to become principal
here in Brookhaven at $75 a month
Tor 1O-month pay period. He ac-
cepted the position here, he said,
because he wanted a part in de-
veloping a good school for the
Negro children of his native coun-
ty and because | saw a need here
IN this town for a good school for
! my people,"
Buildings and school facilities
at that time were practically non
existent and the morale of the STU
dents and parents were low. Then
in 1887, with WPA assistance the
city erected a school for $4,000.
With the aid of white and Negro
people, school facilities were in
creased
From 1888 on, the professor said,
Alexander School gained state and
national recognition. Students ex-
celled in colleges they attended,
and today among Negro schools in
the state more teachers, band d.
rectors, coaches and principals
have come from Alexander School
than from any other school of the
same size in the state.
Today the teaching staff num-
bers 80, with only one teacher hav-
ing less than college degree and
four having masters degree. In
1882 only nine on the staff had fin
ished highschool.
Enrolment of pupils in 1888 was
633, today it is 1,004. Alexander
has won more Big 8 and state
titles than any other school in
Mississippi. Since 1888 the school
has received $50 trophies in var
ious school activities in interschol-
astic competition. The school
boasts a 60-piece band and 40
voice chorus and a dramatic club.
For the most part, these activities
have been conducted by regular
classroom teachers, who do the add
ed work without additional compen-
sation.
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Political

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among Negro voters of the state
as regards the outcome of the
election.
In Jackson, which was the made
center of leadership for the Negro
Democrats of the state, Percy
Greene, President and executive
Director of the Mississippi Negro
Democrats Association, which was
mainly responsible for the increase
in Negro voters of the state since
1916, while admitting that the old
fears had been revived among Ne
groes of the state as a result of
the issue regarding school inte-
grafton, also pointed out that the
unity among Negro Democrats and
their leadership in the state had
been seriously impaired by Com
munist planted story that the or
ganization had been sold out in it's
support of Paul B. Johnson in the
last election in order to bring
about the election of Governor
Hugh White.
This story was planted in Jack
son by Buford Posey, a white man,
one-time speaker for the Young
Communist League, with a Jack
son Negro business man, whom the
Communists were hoping to make
the leader of the Negroes of the
state, after all their efforts to
win him over had been rebuffed
by the President and Executive Di-
rector of the Mississippi Negro
Democrats Association, also it's
founder, who had not only won rec
ognition as the outstanding Negro
political leader in the state, but
who had also gained wide national
recognition as we'll as recognition
from the National Democratic
Party Organization, evidence from
the fact that during the last cam
raign he became the first and only
Negro from the south to campaign
in the north for the Democratic
candidates for President and Vice
President of the United States.
In spite of the fact that there
is nearly one million Negroes in
the state, which places the poten-
tlal Negro vote at around $4,000,
the fact is that there are only
about 21,000 Negroes qualified to
vote in the state, many of whom
are not expected to go to the polls
and vote on Tuesday, August "a,
the date of the primary election.
There is no general election on
the state because of the still exist
ing one-party system and victory
In the August Oath primary de-
termines the winner of the cleo
ton.
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states. Future camps are scheduled
for Washington, D. c., where white
boys and girls encamp annually.
Negro Alters, numbering 342.-
CoO, make up about fifth of the
total club enrolment in the ma
ton, according to DR.. John w.
Mitchell, director of the camp
here. This group is represented
by 1913 youths and 38 adult leaders.
Four-H stands for Head, Heart,
Hands, and Health.
In opening his address, the Reg
lster of the Treasury praised the
Al program for it's part in en-
couraging better farming and bet
ter homemaking. "There are no
higher vocations," he declared.
Also Mr.. Toomer commended Mis-
sissippi for its progress in agri-
culture and for the high standing
OF some of its Negro leaders in DO
litical circles.
The vote is an important source
OF power" he told the youths, land
we would not now be confronted
by race-bating politicians in some
states preaching segregation and
race hate, if more of your parents
registered and voted"
Mr.. Toomer lamented what he
called lack of Craftsmanship on the
part of some political leaders who
spend their lives whipping up race
prejudice while Communism creeps
up on America from every side
AS a remedy, the banker suggest
ed wider use of the ballot by the
youths as they come into manhood
and womanhood.
The Register Of the Treasury
first of his race to hold this i'm
portant post in more than 40 years,
lauded President Eisenhower and
the Republican administration for
promoting civil rights. He called
the Supreme Court decisions out
having school segregation through
out the nation and restaurant Jim
crow in Washington important
steps toward gaining greater
worldwide respect for American
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ing the tournament.
The Coca-Cola Company, At
lanta, Ca, which donated the ma
jor championship trophies for the
1853 tournament in Kansas City,
will again make trophy -donations
to the six divisions in Dallas. Sew
eral other national firms as well
as many local businesses have also
donated trophies for the 28th an
nual tournament in which Charlie
Sifford, Philadelphia pro, and anna
tours Joe Roach, st. Louis, and
Ann Gregory, Gary, are defend
ing champions in their divisions.
The UGA is an outgrowth of a
national tournament played at
Stowe, Massachusetts, in 1926. The
Association now has five regional
divisions-Eastern, mid Western,
Central, Southern and far Western.
1t has more than 80 local golfers
clubs affiliated with it.
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Ezzard Charles
Rematched With
Rocky Marciano

NEW YORK, Aug. 1O-Former
heavyweight champion Ezzar
Charles will get a rematch with
title holder Rocky Marciano.
Charles, who made valiant fight
against the champion in June, will
face Rocky on either Sept. Is at
Yankee stadium or Sept. 81 at the
Polo Grounds, according to jim
Norris of the IBC, promoters of
the battle.
The champion will receive 40
percent of the gate, and the chal-
lenger, 20 percent, plus the same
percentage on radio, movie and
theatre television receipts. Seats
will cost from SIS to $50.
By signing for this bout, Charles
will become the first ex-heavy-
weight king to get three chances
to regain the worlds championship.
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Lawrence, the 29-year-old right
handler for the Cards. When st.
Louis mound staff needed bolster
ing, the team summoned the more
publicized Bill Greason from the
Columbus team Of the American
Association. Greason failed mis-
erably and was sent back in ex-
change for Lawrence.
Pitching in relief and in and out
Of turn, within amonth Brooks
has compiled record Of six wins
and three losses. Indicative Of his
value to the team Ia the fact that
Manager Eddie Stanky calls on
him for relief against the top clubs
in the league.
Roberts has shown the Pitts
burgh fans some classy fielding
around second base, but has been
woefully weak at the plate.
The American league Is bereft
of outstanding Negro rockies. At
ter fast start on the mound, Bob
Trice deteriorated so rapidly that
he requested the Philadelphia Ath-
letics to option him to Ottawa in
the international league where he
compiled a 20-10 record last sea-
son.. His former tesmmate, Vic
Powe, has been a bitter disappoint-
ment. Tried both in outfield and
at first base, Vic has not hit up
to expectations, and has a mark
under $50. Dave Pope, a Cleve-
land Indians outfielder, has been
relegated to the role of pinch-hit-
ter and pinch-runner, after he
started a couple of early season
contests.
Charlie Harmon and Nino Ecca-
lera, utility players with the Gin
.cinnati Reds, complete the rookie
roster in the majors.
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In his previous attempts, he lost
to Jersey Joe Walcott and Mar
ciano.
For the September bout to be
okayed, physicians had to be con-
WINGED that the champs eye had
completely healed from cuts re-
ceived in the June II battle with
Charles. In that memorable bat
tie, both men were banged up I'M
mercifully.
1t was reported Charles will
train in the Catskills at Month
cello, N. Y. Marciano will train at
Grossinger.
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The Lanier
Bulldogs Called
To Practice

The Lanier football squad will
report for practice August 16, at
2 pm.
We have more than about so
toys expected to take part in this
squad this year.
The old program of activities
will be centered around the prepa-
ration in meeting the Meridian
Black Cats September 10, here in
Jackson. Complete details will be
announced later.
All boys expected to participate
on the Lanier football squad are
asked to report Monday.
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Methodist
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acting task expected of them.
DR.. Gross also stated that despite
his awareness of the human rela-
lions problems which integration
brings, he is optimistic over the
harmonious way in which some
1000 Negro students already have
been integrated in Southern insti-
tutions of learning, largely in the
graduate schools. n.
Meanwhile, various Methodist
conferences and groups have gone
on record as endorsing Indignation.
Methodist conferences in Tennes-
see, Arkansas and Texas, in addi-
ton, the Methodist Woman's So
ciety of Christian Service and stu
dents from Is Southern states at
tending a Southwide leadership
training conference at Junaluska,
N. c., have come in favor of inte-
grafton.
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Negro Players
On Meridian
Baseball Club

MERIDIAN, Miss, Aug. 9 -
(DSN) - A Negro player was re-
Gently signed by the Meridian Club
of the Cotton States League.
In the first game in which he
appeared in game here a few
days ago record crowd, including
more than 600 Negro fans turned
out to see the game.
There was no untoward incident
during the game in which the Ne
gro player was roundly applauded
when he made his first appearance
on the field and at bat.
The signing Of the Negro player
by the Meridian team followed the
signing of Negro player by the
Hot Springs, Ark, team of the Cot
ton States League where the con-
troversy started last year when
the team signed two Negro players.
According to reports other teams
in the League are considering play
ing Negro players.
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Sa1R1S (z32I32
GaviIan, Saxon To
Sign For Title Bout

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 8-Pro-
moter Herman Taylor said to-
night weller champion Kid Gavilan
and Johnny Saxton will sign con-
tracts here Tuesday for a Sept.
title bout at Connie Mac Stadium.
The bout originally was booked
for July Ia but Gavilan called for
postponement, saying an old
right hand injury still was troub-
ling him.
The Cuban Kid won a 15-round
decision from Bratton last Nov. /
in his last title defense to middle
weight champ Bobo Olson in Cav
ilan's attempt to move up in
weight.
Taylor, who will stage the bout
in collaboration with the Interna-
tional Boxing Club, said Gavilan
told him on the telephone from
Cuba yesterday that he had been
in training for the past four weeks.
Saxton's status as a challenger
was somewhat furnished last We'd
nesday when he was held to a
draw with Johnny Lombardo in
a hereunder staged in Lombardo's
home town of Mount Carmel, Pa.
The New Yorker moved into the
challenging position by defeating
former champion Johnny Bratton
here Feb. "a.
Gavilan is scheduled to leave
Havana by plane tomorrow, ar
irving in New York in the evening
and coming to Philadelphia for
the 1 pm. signing Thursday.
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democracy.
Other outstanding features of
the encampment will be the award
ing of PLAQUES to four persons
who have made significant contri-
buttons to All work, and a 400
mile tour from jackson to Mobile,
Ala. Along the way, the boys and
girls will visit Bellingrath Gar
dens and swim in the Gulf Of Mex
leo.
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One Time
Continued from Page One)

on either side of the color line. u
The Bantu leader gave as an ex-
ample the "merciless slaughter
of Africans at Blood River in
Natal.
South Africa led by God can
lead the whole of the African con-
tinent," the editor continued. Then
Africa can play her part in the
procession of men toward our COM
on destiny"
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Atlanta Negroes
Appeal Golf Case

ATLANTA-UNS)-A group of
Atlanta Negroes, seeking the privi-
lege of playing on Atlanta's NUM-
cipal golf courses, have appealed a
U. S. District Court ruling they
must play on days the links are not
being used by white golfers.
The case was submitted Friday
to the Fifth Circuit of Appeals. The
Negroes are asking the segregation
aspect of the decision to be set
aside.
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It Pays To Advertise In The
JACKSON ADVOCATE
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1t Pays To Advertise In The
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