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Negro to umpire professional
S for himself and his race with
cast League.
Angeles, gave up is years Of Sc
curity and seniority in the post
Office there TO take up sea-
sonal career as an umpire. But
he has no cause for regret. Not
only is he a success on the dia-
mond. but in the off-season he's a
full time public relations repre-
sentative.
His public relations duties
take him up and down the
Coast.
Ashford began umpiring soft
ball games as hobby in 1910.
Soft Ball Start
"Softball began to boom in
California after World War II
and | began to get jobs which
took me from San Diego Goo
miles south Of his home) to
Santa Barbara (some 80 miles to
the north.
Pretty soon I branched into
high school and college baseball,
working Pacific Coast confer
ence games for the University
Of Southern California and the
University of California at Los
Angeles and for smaller colleges
in the Los Angeles area. That
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-09-03

CHICAGO - Hammering Err
ME Banks, smuggling Chicago Cub
s.nortstop. will have his day at
Wrigley Field here Sept. 10. the
Citizens Committee of the South
Central District. sponsors OF the
tribute, announced last week.
Among other things Banks is
expected to receive a number OF
prizes of various descriptions
Ernie will also receive a cita-
ton for his work with the Cubs.
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He has booked two outstand-
ing 10-round matches for
double main event. frankie
Ryff Of the Bronx and Joey
Lopes of Sacramento, both out
standing lightweight contenders,
collide in one and Duke Harris,
meteoric Detroit welterweeight,
meets Carl Stafford Of Chicago
in the other.
The Ryff-Lopes encounter will
be telecast nationally, but the
Harris Stafford bout will be
BACKED out for both radio and
TV.
For young Duke Harris, this is
a high point in his exciting
career. He has risen from pre-
lminary ranks to a place on top
at Olympia in less than two
years, an unusual achievement.
He became en- overnight SEN
sation in April. 1854 when he
upset hard-hitting Pat Lowry.
Since that time. he has con-
finued to grow in stature with
a series of outstanding efforts.
He has won eight out of II
starts since the Lowry triumph
Three kayoes over that span,
he yielded only to Allie Gronik
and AL Andrews, two battlers
with vastly more experience, but
all fights were surprisingly close
Harris has won Is bouts, six
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-09-03
FRITZ
VIEWS
BY FRITZ POLLARD

NEW YORK, (GLOBAL)--
Every once in a while the
question comes up as to who
was the first Negro to play in
major league baseball.
We think we can settle II
once and for all. For the in
formation. we are indebted 10
Sol White. who was a person
al friend. and who was one OF
the first Outstanding baseball
players.
He was born in Bellaire,
Ohio, June IL, 1868. His first
professional baseball was play
ed with the keystone Team Of
Pittsburgh in 1887.
Mr.. White wrote a book,
"Colored Baseball" in 1910,
and in il he states that in
1872 Bud Fowler was the first
colored baseball player Of
note" He played on the New
castle, Pennsylvania team that
year.
Later, the Walker brothers,
Fleet and Weldy. played on
prominent college teams. White
said:
Fleet has the distinction
of being the only known col
ored player that ever played in
one Of the big leagues. In 1882
he was catcher for Toledo in
the old American Association.
At that time the Walker BROTH
ers and Bud Fowler were the
only Negroes in the profess
sion"
White goes on 10 say that
In 1855 Frank Grant played
with the Buffalo team of the
international League. In 1855
there were about 20 Negro
ballplaYsrs scattered about in
the smaller leagues.
However, 1889 was the BAN
ner year for colored talent IN
the major leagues. and such
stars as George Stovey were
favorites.
During the winter of 1887,
however, the color line was
drawn, and Negroes had to
wait until lo46-nearly so
years-when Jackie Robinson
went to Montreal, to see Me-
groes in action in the major
leagues.
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It's Ashford's ambition 10
umpire in the major leagues
some day and his rapid rise
indicates he might well achieve
that goal.
He began calling plays and
pitches in organized baseball late
in the 1851 season in the Class
c Southwest international Lea
que. 1t took him less than three
years to work up to the Open
Glass Pacific Coast circuit, where
he's rounding out his second sea-
son.
II Ashford can become the
Jackie Robinson of major league
umpires, it will signal an out
standing personal triumph.
"Many Of my own friends rid
iculed me for wanting TO be a
professional baseball umpire" he
declares.
Never Flinehed
ANYONE who does something
first runs up against this kind
of barrier, but I've always been
one to try something new and
I've never turned down a chal-
lepge.
II I can do a good umpiring
job, can do much for my peo-
pie. Much Of the i'll feeling be-
tween white persons and Negroes
is being erased in the sports
world and that is a grand thing"
Ashford is proud that his pro-
fessional umpiring career has not
been married by any incident OF
prejudice. Getting along on the
field is the big thing" he said. u
Just want people to accept me as
I am, and so far they've done
just that"
He's becoming a popular base
ball arbiter because OF his EN-
phatic and ION top Of the play
style Of calling them. The fans
in Dixie town once gave him
an ovation for merely busting
on the plate.
Ashford. a resident OF Los
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-09-03
Old Car Festival Set

Antique car enthusiasts from
five surrounding states and as
far away as Texas and California
will head their favorite vehicles
towards Greenfield Village Sept.
10 to compete in the fifth an
nual Old Car Festival.
Over 200 competitors from
three leading clubs, Veterans
Motor Car Club Of America,
HorseIess Carriage Club and the
Antique Autobomile Club, have
been putting theirautos in tip
top shape for several months in
preparation for the gala affair.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-09-03
STAG at Atlanta

The 33rd annual meeting OF
tne Southern Coaches and Off
Gals Association will be held
sept "a at Atlanta, Ca. accord
ing TO B. T. Harvey, secretary
treasurer.
The Atlanta Quarterback
Club host 10 the athletic direc-
'ors and coaches of the l7fh
members Of the SAC NJ well
:. certified and probationary
officials.
The members are Ala, A. anc
~ Ala. State, Allen, Benedict
spethune-Cookman, Clark, Fisk
n A. and M, Fort Valley
''0rehouse. Morris Brown, sc
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by knockouts, and fought one
draw. He has lost three times.
Stafford. a tough and expert
enced campaigner. will test
Harris fitness 10 stay in bax-
ing's big leagues. Stafford can
hit and he can take a punch
He has whipped some able
fighters and he has met all
corners.
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While most squads will swing
into action on Sept. !. Wayne
\ will wait nufil Saturday. Sept.
70 TO begin IFS drills. Picture
king and the annual meet
As press" session will be held
on Friday morning.
All practice sessions will be
held at Tartar Field.
The late start has been die
tated by the Presidents Ath-
letic Conference, which Wayne
Joined last December. Even at
that, Wayne will start earlier
than the rest Of the Confer
snce schools. since the Tartars
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-09-03

have an October I date with the
University of Louisville at Louis
vile, KY.
The squad Which will greet
head coach Herbert L. Smith on
his return as head coach after
six years as an assistant, will
probably be the smallest since
pre-war years.
The reinstatement of the fresh
man rule, barring freshman COM
petition on the varsity. plus the
large number of graduates and
transfers, has reduced last years
SQUAD TO 81. Additional new
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|UGA Title Worth $500;
Shoots Two Under Par

Charlie Sifford, who jazz a nerve tonic
cessuly defended his United Golfers Association Open
Rackham Municipal Course last Friday
with 2S2 total, two under par, for the $500
The only tan player regularly competing the
professional golf had successive rounds of 7072
TOTO to retain his title by seven strokes.
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Central State to Test
Morgan Bears i'm Opener

BALTIMORE Md. - The Morgan State College Bears
yearnng to revive the good old days when hhey
collegiate football power open the 1855 Bamores
Hughes Stadium Sept "a against their traditional kickoff
foe, Central State College of Wilberforce Ohio
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JOBS TO $500 MONTHLY

Foreign &c U.S.A. An trades Fare
paid II hired. No employment
fees. Free information. Write
Dept e0F, National Employ.
ment Inform. Serv. 1920 Broad,
Newark. N. J.
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Aza&&nxa
Double Main
Event Lists
Duke Harris

Nick Londes director Of promotions for the Olympia
will offer fsfie bargain in the open boxing show OF the
fall season at the Grand River Avenue Sept lefh
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81.
Detroit's other representative
also bowed out in the semi finals.
Pete Brown beat Sherry We'll
Ions, 80.
Earlier Mrs. Cowans, formerly
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Tortors Open Practice
Week Later Than Others

Wayne University grdders will be on the sdeines this
week when most of the States colleges and universities open
trimming for the start of the 1855 season.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-09-03

Emmett Ashford the first Negro to umpire professional
baseball winning aurels for himself and his with
his officiating in the Pacific Coast League.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-09-03

State, Knoxville, Lane. LeMoyne,
State, Tuskegee and Xavier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27
Accent Rugs

A collection of unusually in
teresting and original hand
hooked rugs designed by con-
temporary American artists
and executed by Gloria Finn
of Washington, is on view at
Watkins Gallery, American
University campus, through
next Sunday.
Four local artists are among
the Is who created designs
for the present collection:
Marguerite Burgess, Robert
Gates, Pietro LaZzari and
Leonard Maurer. Mrs. Finn
invites many well-known con-
temporary artists to submit
designs, which she translates
into rugs, distinguished for
their fine craftsmanship as
we'll as their designs. marked
Wy different from the stereo-
typed OF quaint Early Ameri-
can" articles produced by
many housewives, whose good
craftsmanship deserves some
thing better to work from.
After it closes at Watkins
Gallery. Mrs. Firms exhibit
ton will travel throughout
the country, under auspices
of the American Federation
of Arts,
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Why MIR. KubIy Broke Down and Cried

earthly paradise-from which,
incidentally, all but a handful
are excluded by the McCarran
Act.
But the book is not primar-
lily political. Rather it is a
picture of a man drinking
thirstily from the full cup of
Italy. Mr.. Kubly had his
finest hour in return when he
arranged to have a Sicilian
orphan boy sit in the royal box
at the Calabrian opera house.
practically over the managers
dead body. 1t was the most
dramatic demonstration of
democracy that part of the
world had ever seen. Mr..
Kubly also went into the
hideous caves of Naples, saw
the Neapolitan version of Boys
Town. watched a wine fair.
Whenever he dispaired because
of the poverty and the scream
ing social injustice. something
made him laugh or warmed his
heart. He hasn't tried to sort
it out. He has just put 1t down
the way it happened. It was
all glorious. M. MEG.
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News of Artists and Exhibitions
By Florence S. Berrymon

The number and variety of
worthwhile exhibitions now
on view and soon to open in
Washington art galleries
promise local art lovers many
rewarding hours. The special
loan exhibition of drawings
and prints by Goya. to open
next Saturday at the Ma
tional Gallery of Art, is an
event of unusual Importance.
1t is the first collection sent
to the United States from the
Prado and La "a 70 Galdiano
Museums in Madrid. Yester-
day Marjorie Phillips exhibit
ton of paintings opened at
the Corcoran, to rer ain
through April "a. Duncan
Phillips appreciation Gin the
catalogue) of the evolution of
her style is q gem. These
major shows will be reviewed
in detail next Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27

command in combat, because
duty is the most important
word in his vocabulary. The
sea is windswept, and the little
vessel losses and squirms while
he maneuverS her, twisting
and turning as he tries to out
smart each U-boat he encoun-
tiers. We lean over his shoulder
as he exchanges messages with
other ships of the escort and
the convoy, fighters and
freighters. There is swift &C
ton as U-boats fire torpedoes
and strike some of the ships.
There is rejoicing aboard the
Keeling when oil and debris
indicate one of the wolfpack
has been destroyed.
But Krause is still no hero.
He is simply a steady, quick
thinking officer who gives a
good account of himself, does
probably as we'll as any one
could have done under the
zardous circumstances.
Krause is a lonely man. His
wife has left him. He hasn't
many close friends. He is a
devout man, the son of a
Lutheran preacher, and biblical
quotations appropriate to each
situation often form in his
mind as he gives his COM
mands. He is weary almost
beyond endurance. Some
times the coffee the mess boy
brings up spills in the gale
before he can taste it. But
he plods on: rest is unthink-
able until they are out Of
this emergency. ...
Comes Vividly TO Life
We don't learn a lot about
Krause beyond some stark
facts of his past, but some
how he comes wildly to life
as he stands on the swaying
bridge, hour after tortuous
hour. There is much technical
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27

gurated yesterday at Gadsby's
Tavern, and will be open to
the public again today from
noon until 8 pm. The fairs
primary objective is to furth-
er interest in art and artists
of the Northern Virginia area.
Prizes are awarded each year
in both professional and anna
teur classifications. This years
Judges are DR.. Richard Eft
tinghausen of the Freer Gall
lery: Alexander Giampietro,
Catholic University; Rowland
Lyon of the Smithsonian In
stitution. and Prentiss Taylor,
president of the Washington
Printmakers. The Art Fair
features demonstrations in
various media.
Oil paintings by Mary Power
CMrs. James Saunders) Of
Alexandria are on view
through April S at the Silver
Spring Theater. The artist is
a native Washingtonian, stud
led and taught at the Corcoran
and Phillips Gallery Schools.
Del's Gallery. 5000 Wiscon-
sin avenue, Bethesda, is show
ing through Thursday por-
traits by Berenice Alderman
Lopes. CLOSED today and to-
morrow
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Ecuudorion Artist

Manuel Rendon. an artist
of Ecuador, is having his first
one-man show in the United
States. at the Pan American
Union, through April II. 1t
is sponsored by the Ambas-
sador of Ecuador, DR.. Jose r.
Chiriboga v.
Nearly 80 paintings on view
are all non-objective: the
bright colors, in circular, rec
tangular. ellyptical, or other
geometric forms overlap and
blend. Although some of the
paintings titles suggest nat
ural objects from which the
forms have been distracted,
actually Sr. Rendons forms
are his own inventions, with
no reference to nature.
In reply to this critics in
quiry as to his detectives. he
said some of his paintings
cDawn" for example) must
be like symbols in which peo-
pile can discover different
meanings: Religious, spiritual,
metaphysical" etc. 1.-THE Gold
en- Egg" lone of his best, I
thought 1.-THE Unfolding" and
others symbolic "the creation
of the world from the divine
seed" The inspiration of a
third group sis the wandering
of spirit through different ex-
periences in search of the
truth" sometimes failing
c'Fracture" or succeeding
C"The Port" and "Serenity.")
Jose Sicre describes Sr. Rem
don as lin almost complete
isolation in the panorama of
contemporary art in Ecuador"
This seems to be explained, in
part. by the artists long resi-
dence in Paris where he was
born when his father was
Ecuadorian Minister to France
$3.50. The catalogue of the
show carries comprehensive
biographical and critical data.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27
AMERICAN IN ITALY

AMERICAN IN ITALY. BY
Herbert Kubly. (Simon 81
Schuster; $4.50.)
Not since Sean O'FaoIain re-
turned to his native Ireland
dazzled and protesting, has a
reporting traveller been harder
hit by Italy than Herbert
Kubly. A Midwesterner of
Swiss descent, who spent IA
months among the Italians on
a Fulbright fellowship, Mr..
Kubly has come home like an
explorer of old, telling tales of
a richness not to be. imagined.
The riches are, of course. hui
mantle only kind Italy has
left.
A representative, as he says,
of an "Anglo-Saxon, puritan,
Protestant and rich," he sue
cumbed almost at once to a
land that is Latin, pagan.
Catholic and poor" 1t was an
unequal struggle from the first.
He was overwhelmed by friend
ly, kindly. increasingly talka-
tive people. whose language he
spoke, and whose humanity
never ceased to enchant him.
With Eyes and Eors Down
Happily for us, Mr.. Kubly
did not lose his head. He kept
his eyes and ears open. He
wrote down hundreds of con-
versations with Italians. He
recorded dozens of scenes, some
gaudy, some poignant, or some
wanton. The result is a book
that makes it perfectly plain
why, when his ship was pulling
out OF Naples, Mr.. Kubly-all
Anglo-Saxon reserve long gone
broke down and cried. AS a
matter of fact, you would
think less of him If he hadn't.
At the end, he almost stayed.
He covered a great deal of
territory, most of it off the
beaten track. And everywhere
he went, he talked to the peo-
pie about the things that mat
tered most. He found the most
violent anti-Americanism in
tertWined with an unimagin-
able longing to visit America.
From the movies, the Italians
had formed a picture of an
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Neighbor Shows

The Silver Spring Art Gal
lery, 1915 Flower avenue, will
open this afternoon at 4
o'clock, it's first spring show.
It will be composed of sculp-
ture by Joanna G. Kendall
and painting by Garnet Jex
and four other artists, one
of whom, Marcel Ancher, will
participate in the opening pro-
gram with a violoncello solo.
An informal talk by DR.. Chin
mai Chen, the Minister Coun-
selor of the Embassy Of China
will be illustrated with a film.
The exhibition will remain
through April 81.
The Art Fair. sponsored an
nually- by the Alexandria Jun
ior Woman's Club, was inau-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27
Demuth at Fontosy

Charles Demuth, who died
20 years ago, in his early sos,
was one Of the United States
outstanding water colorists of
the first third of this century.
Having apparently. destroyed
most of the work of his stu
dent years, his oeuvre gener-
ally extends from 1912 to the
mid-30s. The Fantasy CAL
lery, 1865 Connecticut avenue,
is showing Through Thurs
day. a small group of water
colors lent by Durlacher, New
York. 1t includes examples
of his early and late work.
The majority of items on
view depict figures, single or
in groups. a few harbor and
landscapes, and two superb
flower studies. Demuth had
a deft touch and a gift for
understatement. His water
colors are lightly drawn in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27
Four Corners

The wild and austerely beau
tiful Colorado Plateau, where
the great bulk of United States
uranium is being mined, is the
theme of an exhibition of pho
tographs by David de Harport,
at George Washington Uni
versity Library. 1923 G street
NV, through Thursday. The
plateau spreads out from Four
Corners. where Colorado, Utah,
Arizona and New Mexico meet.
Mr.. de Harport of Harvard
University's Peabody Museum
is now photographing the
Atlanta Caves for the govern
ment of India. His -Four
Corners" photographs are adj
mirable in composition and
textures, tonal values and
of actual record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27
Guarding Our Morals

The Post Office Department
is finding the way of the re-
former hard, as is SO often the
case. They keep trying to save
people from themselves by de-
priving them of certain printed
words, but people rise up and
say to the Post Office, THANK
you very much, we'll save our
selves If you don't mind"
But when the Post Office De-
partment trieste "clean up the
mails" by removing "Lysis-
trata" from them, every one
just laughs and laughs and
says Aristophanes isn't OBJ
scene, it's a classic.
liberotins Lysistroto
When the Post Office
Department puts out a re-
lease not mentioning "Lysis-
trata" saying primly that
they know from expert
ence that "any enlightened
effort of this kind is OCCASION
ally open to attack and ridicule
which is frequently inspired
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27
Bride of the Seq

Venice. whose Gothic Rem
aissance-Baroque character is
unique because OF its sea loca-
ton. has been painted by so
many artists for. centuries it
would seem that nothing re-
mains to be said. But the
water colors of Venice by Alex
ander Russo on view at the
Whyte Gallery, 1918 Connecti-
cut avenue through next Sat
urday. strike a new note. These
paintings are personal reac-
lions, in a contemporary idiom.
They are not naturalistic, yet
they vouchsafe enough of the
familiar lines of palace facades,
graceful gondolas. campanili
and other landmarks dear to
the hearts of all who have
fallen in love with Italy's
dream city of yesterdays" to
recognize it Immediately.
Mr.. Russo's rich and toneful
gold, green, purple and other
colors suggest Ito me, at least)
Venice in her prime, a jew
eled city. of opulence, despite
the small size of most of the
paintings. He demonstrates
that artists do not need paper
or canvas the size of a barn
to achieve splendor or monu-
mentality. There are nearly
40 paintings in this show, half
on the wall, and others in a
portfolio.
Ten years ago the Whyte
Gallery exhibited Mr.. Russo's
first show, documentary paint
ings done for the United States
Navy and now in its historical
records. Most of the paint
ings in the present collection
were done when he visited
Venice last year. In the past
decade this young American
of Italian antecedents has won
widespread recognition. His
biography is printed in a fold
er, available at the Whyte
Gallery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27

put together a fascinat-
ing book on a little-known
subject. The Hiawatha in the
subtitle is not Longfellow's
hero--a "mid-Victorian gen.
tleman in buckskins," as Mr..
Henry puts it-but a politician
of such consummate skill that
Tammany's stored sachems
must blush in shame.
Here are people who can
torture their fellowman with
the best will in the world, and
in turn die under such torture
with a quip on their lips; in
short, the finest bunch of gen.
tlemen that ever cut a throat.
And their society, if defective
by some of our standards, was
at least frank and honest:
Its whole structure was built
around the theory that the
woman was the boss.
You may despise the pesky
redskin. But you'll be fasci-
mated by Mr.. Henry's book.