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By CLARENCE "FAT1 JENKINS rmm 1916 to 1941 my life was prof eaional basketball. when I was knee hizh to crass hoiroer and emit realized tnat tne ena or my career nad arrived. I fpent many a year in a basketball ad baseball uniform ben I realized that the type of competition I had been Vomed to was too strenuous lor me I called it quits that with reluctance, flbave many pleasant memories" and experiences as a Jasional baskeball player. I traveled all over the United with tne iamoua nenaiszance team cwnea dv uod of New York, ana some friendships I will always treasure. 5 I played more gamea than I can count, but the greatest 1 ever jctcivcu wm nucu vvwu uie wiuma pxui.cs hiuketball chamblonshiD in Chicago in 1930.

That Ci thrill that will live in my memories forever. For we had been trying to gain recognition as the world's ffessional basketball champions, but it wasn't until the rght of my career that we officially won that title. The New York Celtics had been recoznized as the cham 15 for years, despite, the fact that we beat: them time again when they were at their best, but we never were agnized. The newspapers in those days usually deter ied the basketball champions, and the Celtics usually I the noa. Oshkoik For Worldpde ln I We realized our "life long ambition on the night of Vch 20, 1939, when we won the final game of the first 1 world professional basketball tournament, which Is the "world series" of pro basketball and is being held I Chicago this week for the fifth time.

I We defeated the famous Oshkosh Stars of the Na 'ai Pro League, 43 to 25, to win the championship, beating the Harlem Globetrotters, another Negro 3 27 to 23 In the semi final round. In the championship game with Oshkosh we were iKar perfection as a basketball team can get. We had HI 1. 1 A. A l.

It A A aw ii. ieau at ine iuui, ana men weni on io viciory young "Fop" Gates pacing the scoring with 12 points. victory was ray greatest thrill, because I was cantain the team, and because it meant that we would at long be officially recognized as world champions. The members of the team were "Wee" Willie Smith, Cooper, Eyre SaJtch, "Pop" Gates, Johnny "Pufirirv" Bell and vonrn trtilv. KHn Tllide A warn wing manager of the team.

rf of Renaissance's Success Was Team Work Other teams in the tourney were the Harlem Globe fcrs, Chicago Bruins, House of David, Fort Wayne, isburg Oilers, New York Yankees and Sheboygan Red rne Celtics, who had a poor team that year, did enter. The reason Renaissance teams have been so successful through the years is because we have always stressed work, ratner than individual play. We always tried brk as a machine. The first time we beat the Celtics, back in 1927, we filed the baskeball world. The Celtics weren't being iien, out we beat them.

we beat them with team work passing. They had Lopchick, Holman, Dutch Deh reter Barry. Johnny Boatman and Fete peat collection of players. We beat them on team i that time, and we did it many times afterwards. Corns Posev Was Greatest Individual Plaver tn discussing basketball with me, people never fail me, whom I consider the greatest individual, player Played nev Wl to tell them that my to Cum Posey, now one of the own the Homestead Grays writer for this news r.

Wh rn Via wo m. nlava ith PittsburcVa fam Leondi. Cum Posey was Peatest individual play ever saw. He had the Ft drivp nf thAtw all hen the nraoiiTj uro of Vita othiner ever stood in. ay of Posey and vic Pp irrratest alLronnd pr, the one man who 1 rp'wj thing almost per Py, was Nat Holman Celtics.

know which of Kenaissan the however, iianallv nam the team at forwarda. Conner at centcrJ M.r:.,)i lWrtW ntfm that had Smith Bill Vancy and rf5 at Ruards, as the beat. We had Bicfcs and Saitch I don't believe ihnr muL art a fiTeater combination. nian was a specialist and was ablo to, combine hia Pt a defeat. It waa the uMelflsh cofoperatf on i which through appreclatton of team work that established record.

4.Lm" 'f Viimaolf In tiriy man seiecis ui cam icm name the foUowing opponents membera or my due wreM, would be a tough tiam for the Renaissance of thpm Knf i tfMii9 rimbkblv have srovided JfriU than any gam'ii'iili6rv 'r basketball rfa mfrw: hut Im here at this that order. In the two mile relay. Michigan. Big Ten champions, came through with a win over Fordham. John Roxborough.

Con ference half mile champion, ran the second leg. Frank Dixon took over the anchor leg for NYU in the fourth place and managed to bring the Violet four into third place. In tha final event or the evening, Joshua. Williamson, defending nign jump champion, now representing Camp' Pickett. lost hi title to Columbia new sensation, young Bill Vessie.

The latter cleared feet 6 inches, while Williamson claarad tha bar at 6 feet 5 inches. but on the as try saw the bar fall when I ha hit the pit. Vessie continued lumninr and en his third try completed the best Jump of the. winter season with a 6 feet 8 inch Jump to his credit i Clarence "Fat" Jenkini, on of th gteateat basketball players In history, who Is now the owner of a hotel In Philadelphia and a. physical Instructor at the Christian Street YMCA.

BIVINS TO MAKE WEST COAST DEBUT LOS ANGELES, Calif. Max. lS Jlmmy Blvlns, duration Ught heavywelfht Idaf Is slated to make his! West Coast debat, Tuesday, April when be flthts coffee colored Watson Jones, local punchini: favorite, at the Olympic Auditorium. Blvins, a Clevelander, comes highly reoemmendad and lias beaten such top ranking; Afhters as Bob Pastor, Lee Sa'vold Ezzard Charles and Anton Chrlstoforidis. Jones is a switoh hlttlni; soeker who has won' his.

last six flfhts by knockouts. The bout Is slated' for ten rounds or less. NEW YORK CITY. Mar. 18 Frank Dixon, sensational New York university frosh miler, closed out his first New York winter indoor track season with a brilliant win the Columbia mile in the fast time, of 4:09.6.

Young Dixon, learning from his mistakes of previous races, clung tenaciously to Gil Dodd's heels in the second lap. through the ninth, when he forged ahead, never to be threatened again by the Boston di vinity student. The Violet star drew the outside position and broke last in the field fit ftve. Mitchell of Indiana U. scabbed the lead.

He was followed by Dodds. tsy tne ume ine nera reacnea the last straightaway of the first lap. Dixon had worked his way up to third position. Dodds Jumped Mitchell early in the second lap. with young Dixon right behind him.

For the next seven laps Frank, was content to trail Dodds by two yards, knowing that once ha passed his man he could kick him off with a strong sprint down the stretch. VICTOR BY TWO YARDS With two laps remaining. New York university's flash sprinted around his man and led him the rest of the way by two yards. When Dodds tried to close tha dis tance between himself and Dixon, the latter spurted once more to add another yard, breaking the tape several strides ahead of the failing Dodds. Rafferty passed Burnham.

winner over Dixon last weeK in oia, to gain third place. For the third successive year, the K.C. 60 yard sprint went to Herbert Thompson, who edged out Ewell of Camo Lee. Va In the fast time ogj 6.2. Ed Conwell.

NYU sprint sensation, pulled up in third place. Another Camp Lee contestant. Col. John B. Saunders, came throua with a' third place soot in the 60 yard hurdle finals.

Lewis Smith. Prairie View college run ner and the winner of the AAU "600" two weeks ago, could do no better than fourth In tha casey "600." HERBFRT TRAILS Jimmy Herbert, a last minute starter, trailed in the field of six. Vlron. Jones. Albert Macdowell and Anthony Campbell running the first, third and fourth legs for St.

Louis university, finished a strong sec ond in the one mile relay race De hind the favored VUlanova college four. and N.T. finished in HARDGES IN KAYO WIN OCEAN PARK. March 18 Hard hitting Billy Hardges stretched his knockout string of victories to five straight since arriving here from Detroit when last Monday night he stopped Charles Meigels. San Francisco lightweight, in the sixth heat.

Meigels was down in the fourth round before a right to the chin cooled him off for keeps. NEW YORK, March 18 How would you like to have a world heavyweight boxing champion who answered to the name of "Saint Thomas?" That's perfectly possible, if you believe in Father Divine, for the noted cult leader has told his ZStyear old follower of that name, who hopes te wear Joe Louis's crown, that he just can't miss. Said Saint Thomas: "If I don't become champion. I'll be the first failure Father Divine ever had So you see im bound to come through. Physically, he has the qualifica tions.

Born plain Tommy Reed at Newnan. he now stands six feet two inches tall and weighs 200 pounds. He is in nne shape from his work as a longshoreman through. 'Which he tries to earn enough money to keep his aging father, mower and younger broth ers off objects This training mainly But this he relief rolls. Father Divine to relief.

means that he does his at Stillman's gymnasium in the evening when the restvof the fighters have gone horns hopes soon to change all "When maxe as much money fighting as I make on the docks, I'll auit the docks." ne explained. Saint Thomas is managed by Jack Curley, white, boxing instructor at Stillman's for 18 years. Curley thinks the world or hia possibilities. but he has other worries. "For 18 years I've been sitting here in the.

most popular profes sional boxing gymnasium in tha world waiting until I could get my hands on a great Curley said. Finally I've found him. So what happens? He be longs to Father Divine." Saint Thomas has had but two professional fights since coming to New York from Dayton. Ohio. some months ago.

Both resulted in first round knockouts, his vic tims being Tommy DiOiaeco and Joe Couccio. In both instances he brushed gloves with the opponent YMCA in Philadelphia trying to do what I can to help develon more young men to carry on the record of tne Renaissance, and at the same time teach them how to be real citizens. i I guess my next greatest thrill will come when one of these vounesters loins the Kens ana zoiks win say, wny, that kid's greater than Ricks, Jenkins, Yancey, Smith and all the rest of Yes sir, that'll be a new and greater thrill. Next Weekt DILI, BlZJ faexotu Florida A. IL ool kew vork.

Mar. 18 ftanrraA Mrtnre. Anustronst's manager, and of fight critics, after; comparing raspeeUTO waqueata Irkln. art OI uaVBtBion iT.t,V A mitranr is a XDUCh bat Ur 'flxhUr than Beatt Jack. Thty bettava that tba thwjHply ehamnioA.

wtU marjraaa Tlotor whea maata jlack tnTin Ua hsra on April S. Annstroajr" manajrer alxafj up Mar. in this manner: Bau Jack stopped Larkin in ths third Mnnit Wa flaht Beau Jack! In Madison Square Garden "In April. If any: of NewnYorkars tara hish on the 'Beau' and wonder if Henry's amasins; comeback Is real. Wail wa stotroad Larkln in two, It's real and almost convincinjr.

too." i Tha win set tho stars for Arm strongs "it can't happen hers 1 ae but in Philadelphia next Monday. March 23. On that data the Utile miracle man if slated to boxj Al Tribuanl. Shortly thereafter, hs will return to Madison souare uaroen, scene of his greatest tnumpns. his fistic appointment with lightweight overweia nt ma ten.

Henry's niiot rsveaisd uat I ins UtUe buzs fighter Is mighty dangerous whea hi opponent is backing away, and ha proved, Ju uui when he administered tha 'sleeper" poison to Larkln in their fight in Sun Francisco last week. I Two minutes and forty seconds along in the first round LrK.in looked just as good against Henry as he did in the gym. as good as Ancrelo Pucci. a thoroughly deflated flo ht manaeer today, billed him. Twenty seconds later Larkln stag gered dejectedly ana loopea leggea to his corner.

I Armstrong came out witn; tne bell in the second heat and. awaiting his opening, toaajd in a few random shots. When tha opportun ity came, he hoisted a looping right as Larkln stepped back. Jt connected. Henry added an ufl accessary left as Tippy tipped to the canvas.

Referee Joe Gorman's count was a formality. The time, one minute ten seconds. Dixon Triumphs In Mile; Conwell, Roxborough Star In N. Y. Meet Turkey Thompson to Box "White Hope" HOLLYWOOD, Mar.

18 Rotund Turkey Thompson, So. 8 heavyweight contender, has signed to box Jimmy Johnston's newest "white hope," Freddie Flducla, April 2, In Hollywood Legion stadium. Making his first appearance on the Coast recently in San Francisco, Flducla dropped a clone decision to Coast Guardsman Fat Valentino, who won and lost to Thompson. Imagine, Fans, A 'Saint' As Heavyweight Champion 20 PitUburjb BCDDT WALKS ti MXBsrrr. io i.

Al Tribuaai. 10 rd. at the opening bell and said "Peace!" Later he rushed over to the vanquished foe and insisted upon another "Peace, brother!" PV STAR AWAITS CHICAGO RELAYS PRAIRIE VIEW, Tsxai. March 18 Coach Sam Taylor annonuced this week that Lewis Smith, the great middle distance runner of Prairie View, has been Invited to participate in the Chicago Relays on March 20. and the Knights of Columbus Open Meet in Cleveland, Ohio, March 26.

Smith has Just returned from his triumph over Jlmmie Herbert and Charlie Beetham at Madison Square Garden, New York, in the 600 yard run. The 600 yard run at the Chicago meet is being closed with Smith, Beetham, Herbert and a representative from the University of Michigan. THOMAS WHITE GO OFF LOS ANGELES. March 1 The John Thomas Slugger White 10 round main event scheduled for the 16th here at the Olympic has been postponed because Thomas suffsred a badly sprained ankle while in training. The injury will keep him on the 'vh elf for at least two weeks.

Meanwhile. White who is. Itching for action la booked to take on Coast Guardsman Vera Bybee, Monday, April 5, in San Francisco. PAX Hv. 22 Philadelphia HE.VBT AXMSTIONG! ft Hat.

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Bettreooe TC1KST tSoMTSOS n. rraoVfie fWurta. May UVrm Tort BKAU JACK n. BOB MOKTGOMKST (for vwid llibtKbt tiUa), IS i. Rsa Yajs IIMMY My INS staetaf Taal Helta.

10 Mt. 1st AaatlM IDtgY ARMSTK8ITI fcsetssj Sit Tte UHJa, 2 r. CYAN Mg. CatH SIUY lASDKf tcjraw SaHissai CKH 80UI BARKSDALE RATED TOP COURT PLAYER LOS ANGELES. March 18 De spite the fact that ha participated in but the final five games of the Conference season, Don Barksdale, lanky UCLA center and former Marin J.

C. flash, is being hailed by sports writers as the outstand ing basketball center in tne bouid ern Division of the Pacific Coast Conference. Barksdale averaged better than 12 nolnta ner ram a and tallied total of 69 points. Seldom in Coast Conference annals has a center so nomnletalv dominated olay around the basket on both offense and defense. Barksdale who scaled 6 feet 6 inches Is an all around track and field star aa walL He was inducted into the Army last week and has hopes, of joining the famous 10th Cavalry at Camp California.

to his stellar performance in the next to the last game of the season, UCLA defeated Southern California's Tro Jans, conference ehampions. for the first time in 41 straight games. The Bruins had been trying to break tha jinx since ivsz. Fifteen million people wfta one unified thought, Victory at Home) aad Abroad I AWAITS ARMY CALL In Py yiy 5 rr (4" pi i A I Joe Oliver, above, University of CaUfornia basketball player, who is elated to tola the nation's armed forces in, the near, future. Oliver, js Junior.

altercaUd as forward and guard and waa considered one of th varslty'i! aainsta: uct of Hollywood was named; captain The women's swimming of Tuskegne Institute is well fortlflsd with high ranking water jmaids. and charm as well. The 'young ladles above are discussing some of their experiences in various meets in which they have participated. Left to tight: Edith New York City, a studsnt instructor and holder of a number The Sp orts or AAU medals Catherine Bolde of Pittsburgh, Pan who in IMO won high point honors at tha AAU meet in Washington, D.C.; Elisabeth Campbell, who is a llf guard in the summer months aad a star on the Tuskegee team in the winter, and Martha Junior whose record compares avorahly with her swimming mataa. Roundup By LUCIUS JONES 1 CAN'T HEAR any.body's all time baseball, team If Lsroy (Sat chel) Paige's name Is not on iCl" So writes Samuel (Porky) ilaugh ter, portly trombone wizard with McAllister Evans'.

HP Cats, an At lapta, Ga swing band. James Allan (Gabby) Kemp, Morris Brown alumnus and fotmtf aaaaeaaeaL asaa4 aauMl4 SlaaMfliW 41a A Si A 1sM a1s 1 1 Lucius Jones ayam IT Haft Tf eVkWMN mm aMW awvps Crackers in 1988 when they won the second haJUT title in the Negro Amerlean League, is a Xrea sgent 7 and wmild like to turkey with thsomstead rj Grays or other interested blgisague Kemp plays ajiy Infield position and haaJalwaysjixlt or better. A fast diminutive nash is ena of the test "runners hi tie merly teamed with Thomas (Pea Eye) Butts, cup? rent shortstop" wiaard, of the Baltimore; 'i Gabby forwarding address Js 430 Twinty flrst f.y:;:l Street, N. Wasnlngton, JX AtlsUo2OT0. After a recent column relatmg hew he ejd a Jlmmie' Luneeford, the jaxs maestro, worked three V.

touchdown passes jtolbeat Morehouse J0 19 nineteen seasons' af ok ZL A. Tnii.ui. Wl.lr TT atVilaf In Arakrr mnA head eAaeh. anil tha UUUT wM WM, column that the students kept him busy verifying It. Tubby says he .1 a a a.

could have added notning to tne account, except, twssn tha halyef drama. Private Artfi Fowler, UOSth Quartermaster Company, Uttls be mil. iTrnck Aviation, Tobyhaaiia, Pa, In a letter, suggests Mao Charles (Bob by) senior captain of the Southern U. basketball squad, as lfliS rPlayer of the Year." Fowler, himself a member of ihs 'il baaketball squad at the Scotlandville, Lew institution, rates ByrotV who weighs 1M, ranges 5 16, aad Is but the beat ooOege player In. tne country oday and cant recall thai Southern has lost game this year, thanks to a large degree) to Byron's brtlliance.

lie says Byron Is aa all round player who passes aad guards a4 is always taol under firm, Fowler estimates that Byron must bsvs' shot about 100 points during his1 four years at Southern because, according te the soldier, Bobby has played around SS games in which he has averaged about 15 points a game, (Editor's JColel Eyroa has 1M points In 11 games this year; SM in his otrr ec legs seasoiis). vV 1 'v: Wastinghouse High school, undefeated senior basketball champions of Pittsburgh, has! threa crack colored phrers: Charles Cooper, S4, 'A' brother of the former Pitt high, jump artist, Cornell Cooper Paul f. DeVaughn, a sii fboter, who tlnishsd second In. mstropoutsji srb ii for the season, and William O. Num Jr, another ste foc4er, 7 who Is the son of The CoTirier.Vsnsging Editor, Slltvnn PhllUp (Woogie) Johns, lsyesuNeld sem empt rllle (Pk) High VheL: saded carear til.

pointi shooting 1X9 this season Or Coach iu tum''ii ebolee) at award ea eoachea being Xcjm ce4 player Recent eoluma! ommunlques reraaJl; LaRoy (CMp). Crsdsa is with the American CroM to EnglendV v' i Carporal Train) Moody is Inl Shi Tank, Destroyer outfit Foft 'as sing) Pope was, 14 uw smoiqr City, ibis on furlough recenuy Am. rt 1 Vt A tion SViuadron, Cloux Falls; Stergi fordW. Ssippsey Crpc Yrasisi pearniaiCL Bsrracka; Ifei, j. privats First lass Oscar jC (Dead 33ye is to the U.

8. Marines at irea Black) Griffin, av Pittsburrhart reeaat Army Inducts tC ThoirlUsd4. 4'shMt; afjarj: i 'ii j. ua faculty; at.Rlsley klga 'ebrBranSwlCttU (Sponrol Efsarnes lis a rscsat Beaedfct r.V Esbarts arUatwitl 4aa.pfflea Ta? JjoripAtloTs 1 rs. HS is rao high school aad schools, e.

beta, ccstdlts Id lUk Jevrx tfIirlrru MV'f i of his ili niri senior year. 01 rootsau eesenji.