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4 5 'A r3 id ii 1 i ns th? flLEERFORCE, Aug. 22 Power triumphed over here thUi afternoon when. I4ovd 10 vear jjgftf denion" from Prarie View College, Texas, trirnmed ipoa Fitch, the lobbing artist from the. Carolines, to win American iTennis Association singles; championship in 'jjiut fashion lj Scott "drove" his way through a classy field of oppo r'j to win theYight to wear the Nationals singles crown, Fitch before him in five torrid final eta by ccores 7fi 2 6, 2 6, 6 4 and 6 Upyd won hkea ral champion, iing aside all obstacles which were put him. I tali young Texan proved that he had the "Indian on Nathaniel Jackson of Tuskegee famous 'brother by beating Nat in the semi final round.

Nathaniel also 'ei before Scott; bold, driving game last year, tut his Viher Franklyn came through to beat out Lloyd to win 'yl535 title. Last week Nat teat Frank, then Scott scalped 'j jhiniel, landing in the final round withrllarmon Fitch as opponent. It Was "a well deserved for, the apt Ijija of Prairie View's competent net coach, Charles H. iis. And Scott will go back to the boommg Centennial carrying two crowns, one the diadem of the lit 4 anrl thft Othftr thVilflAf? Iiaf1riioo tVi, A a ll v.

KJ. V. A. A. il iULA'S BACK ON flJEENLY THRONE Proving againthat ehampa'can come back, Lula Bal ii Philadelphia girl who now wears the colors of Tus lq terminated the seven" year reign of Qra.

Washington lijaeen of the courts, by beating Ora in three hotly con sets. "i 1 Miss Ballard showed flashes of that rare form which jsier the crown, back in 1928, coupled with a bit of "pol probably administered by Tuskegee's capable coach, Abbott. Lula battled valiantly to win the first set, la the deciding set Miss Mallard a brilliant exhi jasof play and scored two love games in sweeping Miss sfcington, 6 1, to win the coveted women's single crown. i nJT" iSEBALL SUN fro IN EAST I featuring a star studded lineup; the East' buried the in their annual battle at Comiskey Park Sunday by '('sre of 10 to 2. The Easterners completely, outclassed westerners.

It was just too much Matlock, too. much and too much Byrd, and the boys from out in the open spaces just couldn take it. The West, where basebatt" once nourished during the jjon days of Rube Foster and I. Taylor, needs bolster ij Apparently few of the brilliant Eastern boys; have Ja Horace Greeley's advice West, young of the Occident's most' taientsd sons have sd East, so there's a drought out West in baseball circles fell as in the wheat fields. So the stars of the East are shinihg again.

And the mat 26,100 fans turned out to see the game proved to i the most skeptical that Chicago wanted to uee the East Fst game again. IS ILL RACE NEEDS Here's the timely comment of James J. Iong of the burgh Sun Telegraph, one of the best, whitest and! most pminded sports writers we know. It's entitled: I "Since the sensational success of America's brilliant Ne athletes in the Olympic games, the question has been pi frequently as to what caused the rise of so many'dark to W'orjd beating heights. In some quarters there is inclination to view it as a sort of mystery, and all sorts iincifu! theories have been offered to explain the great ol Jesse Owens, Johnny Woodruff, Cornelius Johnson, Me Williams and the rest "Actually, there is no mystery about it.

The Negroes ft to the front simply because they finally got a chance, importunity spells it all. "They needed only an opportunity fjetthe right sort of coaching to develop their native and to compete on an equal footing with the whites, jsoon as they got that opportunity they made good. I "Perhaps the best explanation offered is that, lack of 5 other conditions used to cause 3'oungr Negroes to jt school at high school age. In the last, 15 or 20 years have started to "go to high school. They have begun to five athletic direction and, training.

They have begun to I a to college, too, and to get still more expert coaching, faeir own lives and ancestry, there is plenty of rhythm work to make their timing good and their physical struc 1 strong and solid. Furthermore, sport, along with the is the most open and appealing ladder on which Ne can Ibpire to the. top. There is no mystery; about why yere so good in the Olympics. AH they needed was a THE MELTING OF XPCfRTfs feie Lloyd Scott and Lulu Ballard were winning their another regal member of the sportii traternity WJ n.wn interest, iae uappcr juuu tnwxijr hi thri11 out of the matches.

He kept his eyes focused during the matches, but was kept busy, between P68 signing autographs. Your constant correspondent, "CHEJ5." reporters for the daily, papers met Jesse mterviewed him upon his arrival In New York S.S;!?ey di't get a chance to quote him as using 'Mis" Th 4. ftey frequently do when quoting colored ath ifls progress, aYYX LLOYD SCOTT The 19 year old young Texan who just wouldn't be licked. He SatchellPm By WILLIAM G. NUNN (City Editor) PRESS BOX.

Comiskey Park, Chicago 23 There will eventually be "color" in the major leagues, and that color will be black! 1 I sat In this coop, atop the stadium which housed close to 30,000 people here this afternoon, and saw Negro ball players, with the stamp of "major league" qualities written all over them, perform In the fourth annual Ea3t est diamond classic The fact that the East won, 10 2 and that the game was the worst East West affair since the Inauguration of the event was Inconsequential. Because the East West tjame be came definitely established this year' as an Institution, and out of the rains of the West's hopes arose a exop of black athletes who are some' day desUned to "strut their stuff" on the fields of battle in the "money" parks. Satchell the Magne There is no disputing the fact that Satchell Paige" is the magnet which has drawn thousands and thousands of people through the turnstiles. Long. tall, dark, and with that "color" which sets him apart from the mob, be has proven his worth through the years.

Everywhere baseball is' talked, they speak of SatcheU Paige. In organized baseball in the majors' the nam Satcbell Paige is no mystery E'izzy Dean admits that the Alabama born twirler has "everything," and said recently that he knew Di Maggio of the Tanks would make the grade, when he heard that the Italian had secured a hit off Paige. But long before Satchcll strolled onto the mound in the seventh inning; here today, the tense drama which had surrounded oi.her East West games, had faded. The East today a powerhouse on the offense, and a blanket spread on defense had safely tucked the game away. As we watched the' sfame unfold today, we saw "Cool P.ipa The tilth ur Courier PACFJ FIVE SECOND SECTION i.s..4 y.

a aj I UU 4 i I i 11 1 I STARS VIE mR ATI OPEN TITLE (UTFOT By FRANKLIN PENN CHICAGO, I1L, Aug. 23 Doing everything that a smart ball club ought to do, while opponents performed Uke stricken victims of the combined droueht and heat SDell which had affected the mid West, the East ball club romped 1 to 10 2 win ovrr th Wert I NEW CHAMP I i 1 1 a Comii key Park here on Sunday, before a crowd of 26,400. The margin of victory was an accurate Index of the respective merits of the two clubs. Although the East was recruited from only two teams the Pittsburgh Crawfords and th Washington Elites the Charleston Jim Taylor coached outfit whs a perfect machine while the Wr st was hut a broken down flivver, vintage 1919. Baiieball in the west has indeed sunk to a low estate and thoss who met up with the Kube Foster and C.

I. Taylor along the banks of the Styx late Sunday afternoon must have shrieked in horror as they fled from the sulphurous "gum beatings" of Baseball's Immortals. rhe boys from the sunrise sector lost no time in starting their hit parade. Jim Rell, leadoff man. smacked a brisk single to right field and then stole second base as Cornelius, West hurler, allowed him to get a slight lead.

Hughes was walked snd Bankhead sacrificed them Biz Mckey, rejuvenated catcher, making his first appearance in these classics, singled over second base and two runs were in. Crutch field and Williams breezed. Then, bcause they Just had to be different, the delayed opening ceremonies were held. Oscar DePriest. showing no benefits of.

the spring training he did not have, tried a one pitch strikeout of John Henry Lewis, one of the pundits of pugilism, but it was na soap John laced a single to right fleld. With that event in history the game proceeded with Dwight, first hitter for the West, facing Matlock, headman of 1936 forkhanders. He rapped hard between short and won the singles; championship at third, but Judy Johnson threw hlm the Nationals s.t Wllberf orce on Saturday, defeating Harmon "Fitch of North Carolina. self to earth, grabbed the ball and gels Magnet A tE WGame; Players Of Big i It if JOSH GIBSON SH01K5 CUSS 0 1 I SONNT JONES, Stellar junior welterweight champ of Canada, who bails from Vancouver, who is scoring In English fistic circles. He defeated Jack Lord in an Impressive fashion In Glasgow last week.

ham they were serving In the sandwiches around: the ballyard. Newt Arten rolled to Hughes and Redus fouled out to West. Came the fourth Inning and the East started again. Kransoa walked West and Johnson sacrificed bim to second. After Byrd had fanned Bell scored the first baseman with Ms third hit of the tossed Dwight out by a distance no afternoon.

greater than the thickness of the 1 A cascade of basehita In tha fifth Wrt AB PO Dwtght, rf. 2 0 0 0 0 union. c.r. looio Allen. 2b 0 0 2.0 rtedus.

rf. 1 0 0 0 DtaL rf. 2 0 0 1 Radcllffs, 2b 4 1 0 0 Roaa. 1 0 0 0 Dunlap. If f.

1 1 1 0 Else. e. 0 0 0 2 0 Bias. e. 0 2 2 0 Brown, ss.

2 Patterson. 2b. 0 2 I 0 Harris, lb. 1 10 0 Cornelius, 1 0 00 0 ran son, p. 0 0 0 0 TsyUir 1 0 0 0 0 Cooper 0 0 0 0 "0 Trettt ..2 0 0 0 0 Totsl 2 East AB PO Bell.

cf. .1 1 1 B. Wrlfbt. rf. 2 0 0 0 Hughe.

2b. 12 0 Bankhead. If. 12 2 0 Mac key, e. 2 0 2 1 0 Gibson, c.

2 2 0 Crutch field. rC 2 0 0 1 0 2. Wrtgbt. 1 2 10 0 Williams, sa. 0 1 1 1 West.

lb. 2 1 1 I Washington, 10 0 10 Johnson. 3b 2 0 1 1 0 Snow. 2b 2 1 1 0 I Matlock, p. 1 0 0 0 0 Byrd.

p. 9 0 0 0 Paige. p.t 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 40 10 15 27 Batted for Kransoa In fifth. EAST 2O0 1M WEST 000 001 010 2 Summary Errors: Brows 2. Bias.

Williams. West. Snow. Two has bits: Ball. Macker.

Hughes. Williams. Patter son. Stolen bases: Btll. Gibson Base on balls: Co ret bus (Hughes); Kransoa 1 (West) Trent 2 (Z.

Wright. 2). Matlock 1 (Else) Byrd 1 (Milton). Struck out: By Byrd 2 (RadcliSTe. Allen) by Paiga 4 (Treat.

Dial. Dun lap. Alien). Double plays: (West Brown to Alton to Harris. Wild pitch: Xraasocu H.t by pitcbel bail.

west. Passad baU. Gibaaa. Inning pttcber: Byrd; losing pitcher. Kransoa.

Tim of game Umpires: At pis'. Yeuar. First base. Donaldson; scoed has. M.

Harris; third bas. Craig. rolled Kransoa from the blU and netted thre marker. Hugh Baakbead grounded to Popsickl Harris and Glbaoa. bat ting for Mackey, singled to rntr Josh thca stol scond and sccred with Hughes 00 Zolll Wright's one bas blow.

West waa bit with a pitched ball and Johnson's aisgi eague Calibre Per form 1 u' swing into action, with three hits, including a double, in four trips to the plate. We saw Judy Johnson make a circus stop and throw to Bell 'retire ths West's fust man la the if 1'' SATCHELL RECEIVER ir 1 1 1 4. first Inning. saw Hughes of Nashville and he ranks head and shoulders above the other guardians of this section go behind second bas to cut off slashing base bits. We saw spd.

dash snd clsas. Oodles of It We know that Chssttr Williams, ss he performed today. la better than several learu shortstop. kaow that many a nix leagu would welcome tb addltica of Bell. llhr one of the Wright brothers, or Baakbead.

Is thelx ros ter. doat bUeve tb maor caa produc thre outfielders with tb all around abiUty of "Cool Pa pa. Bill Wright or Baakheed. They've got spd to bur. Two of the three are turn around bit ters.

Aad Is the outer gardta. they really "go places" to gat any thing which Is seat la their general direction. Byrd aad Matlock la tb first thro innings, "Lefty" Matlock pitched two hit ball to shut out tb Westerner. Follow ing him oa the mound was Byrd. who bsd a world of stuff, but al lowed on rua la bis last toning.

Tbea cam SatcheU. against wboca the last rua was scored. The run. however, should bav be en alpptd la the bud. but Johaey Washing ton, playing his first game la the classic, overran a high fly.

and a wide awake Radcliffe who Incidentally bad three hit scored from second. The gams 1 aa established fact but a word of advic to the promoters, is not amiss st this Lima. Please doat do the usual thing, and eipect the game to take care of Itself. Tou failed your public out there today. Wher was the amplifying system which would have slotwed the people to know who was batting, sad something about them? Where were the broadcasts, which would have assisted ta getting white people Into the park? Why waa It that thtre was do broadcast of the game, as there was last year? The East West game Is here to stsy.

Give It protection, pless The people are with the promoter. They realise that all games can't be repetitions of tb first three. The East had things their 01 way year. But Best year Is soother year, aad the same color which will some day dominate the major leagues, will be ta rrrideace for another blf day. OUR J0HNHY WINS AGAIN PHILADELPHIA.

Aug. 27 Creek this week to dtde the Ke local open, aaea'e snd wocaeas amateur rhasaploashlfr, According to Oas TsaksWy. one of the guiding spirits of the beet Fair lew Gof Club of this city, a fine field cf over 10O are roes pet lag. The mashte we. Id ere ease Phllly froea all sections A tbe land.

Play coaciaue tarvughottt the week with the wind up sched uled for Friday. The open wiq be decided by TT holo medal play. Dsbteeei August aad 24ta aad ds oa tbe ISlh. Sol Hughe, cf Jackson. Ala Is the defrading thamp aad stands out ss one of tbe arrant favorites.

His principal kasa oppoettioei will corns frees Howard heeler, of Atleata. WheeWr. who Is a former aatloaal epea aad southern UUlst, ts right aerer mm a record breaking surge aad Is aa ta dl vidua! proa to ho reckoned with, Robert Pat" Ball. ChWrago es pert aad the bet kaew a maker" ta sepia goU raaks. ts another obstacle ba lfogbes path.

Batl. another ei ruler. wtS be I remembered aa sadmduej who error which flvred ta tfc raa mah aa lar. Hits by RsdfliSe. DstUs asd raure gave the Wt Its Srt counter la the sUtb a ad tb end and 0aal cam la tb nth 5 I Woodruff of the U.

S. tran. ctiU the tr as the U. S. won the two mile relay at White Cty, Ixciia, Ln a meet against th British Empire athletes.

Umd WrUbt. Td Trat wvnt ra la tb b.t the boys rot two ran a 1 svesta. I tb sad 1 tw la the eighth. Baakbead. QV oa.

Winiasas sad Saw saaktag tb hits sad DtaU coatrtbuttms an tae day. PvU faad. PfM st Vat Jo G4Vac asset pas 4 ban asd JUi ts aitea TV frav Nwra ct(sr lata ri4 a aia bs as4 lr. YtaSb COswS assuagies) tf4 si sCsrtief tor sakd taeSr 12m feesJs decided to kw.X be beat aad eats op kal ta a Wst a dT" Oersr CherVeSsei tve Sate he 11. of the Alabama Paige.

1 East, wai lb rMa a) ted after the side should have beea re la Tb asse" tired. Teaasg. DvaLirja, aad ye Dva.1 went dees rwtecta. but llama. Ales Radcliffe SBade bis third bit of The ere; HUGHES, WHEELER ARE OPEf RIVALS threw the st sal tas bch wwa ho aUeesaSed asde trackiag ed eaespeueg fe.

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