Portland Challenger_1952-05-30

- .Page 4 PORTLAND CHALLENGER Friday. May 30. 1952 hallenger's Corner By Lonnie Harris. Sports Editor Barnes, Cook Get Ribbons In PCC, NW Conference The Produce Merchants, with AI Rivers on the mound, have compiled a won two, loss two record to date. In four games thus far Rivers has given up only four hits and allowed two runs to sco~e. He has the only "no-no" in the Major Intra-city league. He )>itched his mates to a no-hit, no-run victory against the Oswego Merchants in their first game. Two former Jeffersomam; INDIVIDUAL honors in the slated to be on hand Saturday, racked them back in college con- Northwest conference track meet May 31, for the Northwest AAG ference track and field meds neld in Walla Walla went to joust to be held on Lincoln high here in the Northwest recently. Lewis and Clark's now hmed school's new field. Bob Boyd and Artie Wilson are back in the line-up with the Se- Both gained individual recogni- '·Comet," Caley Cook. This ver- This AAU affair will feature tion in their respective confe:r- satile thinclad grabed firsts IT some of the coasts' top rrack– ~nces. the broad jump, 1~0 and 220 low sters. Included among the star3 attle Rainiers. Roy Welmaker. acquired from the Hollywood Stars recently, is fast turning out to be one of the best relief hurlers on the coast. Who knows. he may soon get a starting assignment for the Beavers. The new Pacific coast confer- nurdles. Added to this was a is the probable entry of Ollie ence high jump champion is O···~- rourth in the high hurdles for a Matson, the footbal flash of the gon's tall Emery Barnes. The total of 18 points. University of San Francisco. He Cook was the Pioneers' most has been clocked at :09.6 in the Dave Hoskins, the Dallas Eagles pitcher, while compiling a rec– ord of 4 wins, one loss, is also a tremendous drawing attraction. Ne– gro fans poured into the ball park on the nights that he pitched and when he was not slated for mound duty, the average attendance was exceeded Dallas has also signed a Negro catcher, 16-year-old Tommie Lee P11illip~, from Midlands, Texas. He was a star in the winter try– out camp of the Eagles which is for Negroes. He will remain with the club for a few days, then be farmed ~ut to a class D league for more seasoning. Philadelphia's Athletics are seeking Negro players this season or next. Among their 11 farmhand prospects are Thomas {Pee Wee) Butts. shortstop. and Flemiro Reedy. second baseman. Both are with the class A team in Lincoln. Nebraska. The rumor that big Don Newcombe, Brooklyn's 20 game winner, was bemg discharged from the army is official. Newcombe is in the l>ospital in Virginia for a physical check-up. former IGeorgia·n To Settle Here By Miss Joy Brock "t[•ff 1\'rrl<·, The f'hallenger 1 Portland has recently attracte•l ~;everal young people who s~e ·this area as a prospective city from the standpoint of employ– l 11ent and soci2lization. The Chal– l~nger l:as been running article;; o>l recent newcomers interested in making Portland their home. present the only Negro mortici3n there. He stated that he lived across the street from a park where :1is children could only experience the enjoyment vicariously by iooking through the fence. Th1s and numerous other incidents are the instigators of Willis see~{ing a new area in which to raise his children ,\·ithout fear of dis– rrimination. Plans To Live Here consistent point getter through– out the spring track and field session. BARNES' effort at the PCC meet Saturday at Hayward field in Eugene was his third be5t of the _year and pushed him closer to a probable berth on the Unitea States Olympic team. Earlier jumps recorded by Barnes included a leap of 6 feet, 8 inches at Corvallis-the best on the coast this year and the third Journal Photo best in the nation- and a 6 feet. EMERY BARNES 6 inch jump to tote off ND r.on – . . . PCC champion -------------- ors at Seattle. cool Mr. Barnes had to shace first-place honors, however, wit.1 Southern Cal's Manuel Ronquii– !o. Both cleared the bar at 6 feet, 5 7/8 inches. Barnes was ;::warded the first-place ribbon by virtue of his fewer attempts at the winning mark. His best high school effort was 6 feet, 2 inches in city competi– tion. His city prep mark <;till &tands but his North-South mark of 6 feet, 3/16 inches was erased by 3/16 of an inch by· Lincoln's tower, Swede Halbrook. BOTH BARNES and Cook are Warren/ Flowers Pace Porllanders Pacing the Portland track I ~tars in their first victory in five years over Southern Oregon's cinder greats, was Lincoln's Er– nie Warren. He tied for first in the pole vault in the state meet with a vault of 12 feet, 6 inches. Another p ·ospective newcc;11cr j,;; William Willis, who hails from Dalton Georgia. Willis attended Moreh~use college and is a grac.l.– uate of Mortuary College of Sci– ence. He plans on opening a Jnortuary here in Portland where he may maintain an integrateLl tllentele. His teammate at Lincoln, lit– ~le Freddie Flowers, sprinted to a first in the hundred with a Warren won the high hurdles nifty 10.3. This equaled the time The 23-year-old mortician has in 15.2, tied for first in the pole ~et in the century by Nyssa's two children, a boy, 4, and a girl, vault-going over at 12 feet- Martin Pedigo in the state meet. 2. His wife was here a few months I and romped to a third spot in the Flowers also managed a third In Business 31 Months Willis has been in business for 31 months in Dalton, Georgia, where l'is clientele was limited to Negroes. Negro population in Dalton is 4,000 and Willis is at SEMLER'S Sporting Goods Photo Equipment 500 5. VJ. 3rd & Washington AT 4565 Mallhieu. Drugs Pcescription Druggists 1 N. Russell ago and worked at the Multno- low hurdles. place in the 220. mah county hospital as a regis- ______________....;..______________ tered nurse. She obtained a leave Tudgesl Public Hail Art Exhibit I of absence to take over mortuary business for her husband while The art exhibit of the Oregon Fifteen. An engraved tray was 1 1 he made futu,-e plans in Port- Association of Colored Women, an award to Kwanzan for the land. included by custom as a part of best tablecloth shown. The Lit-1 1 Willis will continue his moriu- their annual meeting, was hailed erary Research club was "best 1 ary plans when his reciprocity by the judges, as well as the pub- club" for fine art exhibited. I relations with Georgia are com lie for outstanding quality of Association av.,ard for most oleted and when he takes llis workmanship. On display durinf5 work of a charitable nature went I final state b~rd examination or. Thursday and Friday sessions in to the Culture club. Judges for July 29 and 30. He has already one of the meeting rooms of the art work were Mrs. Helen Young rented a home on N. Missouri Williams avenue YWCA, wer<o' assistant buyer for Meier and and will bring his family here garments for the family made Frank Co., art needlework de– sometime in September. by participating club women partment; Miss Margery Coquil· BETTER CLEANING! Ellis Cleaners John Ellis, Prop. Shown, also, were embroideries lette, knitting counselor; ancl and crocheted and knitted artie- Miss Verna McConnell, also of les. that department, and Mrs. Trula W. Kendrick, a Portland modist~. .To11rnal l'hoto CALEY COOK •.• Scored 18 points 100 and has run one of the fastest 440s in the nation this year. SUMMARY Barnes: 6 feet, 5 7-8 inches in the high jump (PCC champion) Cook: :10.0005 in 100-yard dash; :24.7 in 20 low hurdles; and a 21 feet, 2 5-8 inches in the broad jump (Northwest confer. ence champion). A. B. James-Ben J. Dean P. W. Wilborn, Operator-Mgr. Ideal Barber Shop 6 N. E. Russell MU 9298 Glenn's Texaco Service We Give S&H Green Stamps Mark Lubrication Firestone Tires N. E. Broadway &: Williams MU 9983 3304 N. Williams WE 3898 TR 3816 On Friday evening, at the close of the fashion show in the YWCA auditorium, Mrs. Ellen Web!J. ~ssociation art chairman present– ed awards to competing club.;;. A green dressmaker suit made b_y Mrs. Benjamin Robinson was awarded sweepstakes and her club, the Kwanzans, was named as sweepstakes winner for th" exhibit. Mrs. Clifford J ackso!l. art chairman for Kwanzan, ac– cepted the judge's silver trop:1y for her club. Here in Pacific Powerland ••• Open from 6:30 A.M. to 2:00A.M. (Daylight) Daily Food Service Neighborhood Shopping Center 2115 N. Williams TU 4666 frolic anrl Fun With Your Friends at the ·cASBAH :Food and Drinks 2014 N. Vancouver Ave Phone TU 9131 Chinese & American Dishes J ackies Cafe 37 N. E.. Weilder MU 9021 "We Need Your Head In Our Business" Dawson's Tonsorial Parlor 20 N. Cherry VE 8128 Paul"s Paradise For Youur Pleasure Bilhards Snacks Beverages Phone MU 9109 Other awards and winners were: 1st prize, a silver placque ~o the C_ulture club; 2nd prize, a silver loving cup to Excelsior club; and 3rd prize, a bronze cup to Kwanzan. Honorable mention and a bronze cup went to Soc:al Compliments of Keystone Investment Co. 1453 N. 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