The Oklahoma Eagle (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 45, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 16, 1945 Page: 3 of 8
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One American community’s practical program to combat intolerance
is represented by this photograph, showing the Honorable Stanley W.
Church, Mayor of New Rochelle, accompanying his constituents, Ellabelle
Davis, distinguished negro soprano, and Jan Peerce, tenor of the Metro-
politan Opera Association, as they rehearsed a duet for a concert pre-
sented in aid of the Mayor’s Interracial Committee, which plans to
conduct a vigorous propaganda campaign to bring about better under-
standing between the various racial and religious groups in the West-
chester town.
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Entertaining last Friday in her home was that''
“Music Maestro Please” (pardon us please but
then you know, too, that she is good) Mrs. OP-
ALINE FORTNER for a group of club ladies
and so modest she was that we Mere not en-
tirely able to gather all of the good go’ns on
but we did learn that this group of ladies had
played bridge together for 12 years and in that
space of time have lost no friendship, no con-
tact and did not feel the need of a name, so
close were they . . . dining with Mrs. Fortner
were Mesdnmes JUDYTHE TYLER .. CARRIE
P. NEELEY . . EVA TURNER . . MOLLIE
COLE . . HARRIETT CARTER . . DOROTHY
ISAAC . . DOROTHA WADE . . MARY NA-
PIER .. GRADY BARRENS .. ANNA O. STU-
ART .. IDA M. HUGHES an the hostess .. and
we hear that an entertaining and delectable af-
ternoon was had by all.
i NEW YORK — 1’ts a far cry
cry from the classrooms of Piney
Woods College down in Mississipppi,
to Broadway, Harlem, and the rest
of the world, but the unusual group
of girls operating under the name
of International Sweathearts of Rhy-
theni has done it and today has the
dltsinction of being an institution
of race pride and accomplishment.
I Starting out as an all-colored
aggregation, the band now has sev-
eral white girls, making the band
a mixed combination.
| Credit for th edevelopment of
this outstanding swing band of all-
girl musiicans belongs entirely to
Miss Ray Lee Jones, a graduate
of Julliard Music School here in
New York, who started a small band
in the college back in 1938. forming
it of girls who had to be taught mu.
sic from the beginning.
Miss Jones and the president of
Music Masters will be on hand with
some new "jive”. Eddie Lawrence’s
crew will really lay some Jive for
fantastic toes and “T town's old
stand by, the Silvertone Swlngsters
will be on hand for the usual Silver-
tone rhythm. The Jam Session will
lead off about half past middle
black. The tune will be Basie’s One
O'clock .lump and Lady 13? Good.
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To Enid went Mr. and Mrs. JULIUS M. TYLER
over the past week-end that Mrs. JUDYTHE
might he at the bedside of her sister, Mrs.
MARY ROBERSON who underwent a major
operation .. And to Independence, Kansas have
gone the JESS CARTERS an this time to live
. . the illness of Mrs. Carter’s mother. Mrs. Mc-
Cloud, occasioned the move .. and nice it was
to see Mr. and Mrs. CLINTON CAMPBELL
(nee Ernestine Neeley) of Kansas City, and
young soil, Morris Neeley Clinton, attending
the 11 a. ni. services at First Baptist . . many
social courtesies have been extended the Clin-
ton’s since arrival in the city . . .
MUSIC SCOOP
By A. G. BOGERS
DETROIT. MICH. — Birming-
ham’s Black Barons, champions of
the Negro Atn< rican League the last
two years, are ready to strut their
power against some of the Negro
National league Clubs.
Tho “showdown” begins this
Sunday (June 171 when Manager W
S. Welch leads his southern prldet
against the New York Cubans in a
gala double-header at Briggs Sta-
dium here in this city of autos.
The two clubs continue their
series in the middle west with games
Monday night, June 18 at Victory
Field in Indianapolis, and Tuesday
night. June 19, in Red Stadium, Co-
lumbus, Ohio. After that they head
east for a night game at the Polo
Grounds in New York Thursday.
Jthie 21.
While in the east, the Black
Barons will face the Newark Eagles
at Newark June 22. the . Cubans
again in a double-header at the Po-
lo Grounds June 24 and the Phila-
delphia Stars in Philadelphia June
25. Their itinerary then calls for
them to return to the middle west
and finish out their bod dfor Negro
American League first-half honors.
Welch has his crack pitching corps
of Al Saylei, Alvin Gipson, Johnny
Markhab, Jimmy Newberry, Alonzo
Boone and Lafayette Washington
primed for the easterners. The loss
of Johnny Huber through injuries
will hurt but the Barons’ staff re-
mains plentiful in quality and quan-
tity.
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to Hiis column last September by | "Then when wo did, brother, we
Ted Strong, then stationed in Ha-f thought wo were some of tho Itick-
v.aii, is Indicative of what some of '' st guys In the world by being able
the more articulate Negro athb tes to 1 ley. And devery chance we had,
^really think about the game that lwe did. Since reaching Hawaii, we
they make their living at and what had dntore time, but there are thou-
hopes and ambitions they ent, rt iin.1 sands still nut so fortunate. Don’t
Here’s Ted’s letter in full: |jcu agree with me when I say they
"Hello. Dan, Just a few lire ; should l e the ones raising the roof?
to let you know that I'm well and Tto they? I know, and the answer is
sincerely hope that my letter finds ‘no’ (period),
the same there.
"For quite some time I had con-
templated on dropping you a
but, after being away for so
“Where Tulsans Eat Willi Pride”
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the Mississippi college had ad run-
in, it 4s related, and she pulled out
in 1940 with the entire group of
girls. It seems that the girls had
been developed from a purely ama-
teur outfit into a smooth profession-
al organization, good enough to play
club and ballroom dates in nearby
cities in Georgia, Alabama and Loui-
siana.
Whether the squabble between
Miss Jones and the school prexy
came about because the school want-
ed to handle the girls has never
been made clear. The fact remains,
however, Miss Jones borrowed mon-
ey to continue the girls’ band pro-
fesionally and, after some lucrative
dates and smart managing, the girls
came to Washington where they
bought their own home on a coop-
erative basis.
The band was rough then. Rhy-
thm was off. Ragged playing was
common and all these factors con-
tributed to developing huge head-
aches for Miss Jones and Co. Sev-
eral arrangers were tried out, but
rone saw the real idea, and one by
one, they camo and left. But Mau-
rice King, who came in from De-
troit where he had worked at sever-
al radio stations, joined the group
about a year ago and things started
happening, but fast.
The work of the girls improved
almost 100 per cent. They develop-
ed showmanship on a par with that
of all.male bands.
| They learned precision playing
in addition to developing soloists
among the various instrumentalists.
I Comedy was added and soon the
girls became big time is capital let-
ters.
Dave Gary, manager of the band,
and Miss Jones are nominal heads
of the orchestra y/hich Is a corpora-
tion with several of the girls as
members. Tho original members of
the band were all Negro. Today
only nine of the original number
are still with the combination. White
girls have been addedd, and this
gave them the title “Internatioal
Sweethearts of Rrythin’’. They are
the only mixed girls’ band in the
nation, it is believed, and get along
famously.
Probably one of the strongest
features of the band in those tenor
saxophone-mad days is brown-skin-
ned, spectacled Violet Burnside, one
of the outstanding tenor saxophon-
ists in the country, mule or female.
Such tenor men as Coleman Haw-
kins, Don Byas, Ben Webster, and
others have commented that the girl
is unquestionably great.
SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1945 ___________
but going to bat better than a hun-
dred times a guy still must be eith-
er a pretty fair hitter or lucky, 1’11
say the latter.
“Before I close. I see where mv
old team, ‘Monarchs’, is having
tough sledding, but I think they
wore the hardest hit of all the
teams, yet they bear watching from
what 1 read in your article on Aug.
ust 2Cth.”
OAKLAND — Watson Jones. 168,
I,ns Angeles light-heavywi X>t. ran
into a tartar in Billy Smith. 167.
Oakland Thursday night, Mlty 31 and
assumed the tole of tho victim of
technical kayo in the 11th round
you know that there was a band
concert last Sunday afternoon? Yes
I know it rained but music is good
in rainy weather, isn’t it? Most of
the band men were there and next
lime they’ll all be there . . I’ll bet
you a dance ticket or a swim in the
The slate calls for a forty-
piece band and don’t miss the de.
“T’’ town's crackin’ best bands. The dieation of the band stand . . I’ll
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even that cannot go on forever and when the time conies,
will your youngsters l.e prepared for the HOT DAYS? Why
not try them in one of the ‘skimpy’ casuals that are just
right for growing youngsters who need plenty of vitamin D
derived from the Sun . . PLAY SUITS for every size and
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Now, for the low dewn on the
big cats of swingdoin. King Cole is
stil in L. A.’s Trocadero and will
be there until June 25. The trio is
slated to team up with Andy Kirk
for a gang of theatre tours. Don’t
mis sthr pic "Crimson Canary”, . . .
.. ... _____r____ ____„ _ . _______ Coleman Hawkins is featured in two
Oh. yes. I forgot to fell you that the ] numbers. John Kirby is back east. •
park will be read with benches, Horace Henderson is arranging for
swinjjs and everything . . Now just an army band. Jimmie Luneeford.
between us home folks and fans, j still on the west coast. Zutty Sin-
this place. Lincoln Park will jump ' gleton of hide beating fame is form-
fiom early bright to wee, wee a. m. ing a new big band that is slated to
* * * take off about July 1st. Fletcher
Wait a minute . . Hold every- Henderson will play L. A.’s Club
thing . . I just want to thank Mayor Alabain In July. Basie will also
Flynn and everyone else that had Play L. A. next month. Mills Bro-
anything to do with making our thers are holding fort at the Floren-
dreams about a band stand at Lin- tine Gardens, L. A.
coin park come true .. Now you talk -----------------
about something that’s strictly cope- , Meet The New
“Sweethearts Of
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“The only thing I can see is that
cor-.- the people, as a whole, either are
line : n uninformed lot. or unapprcci i-
hint tive. This war has really taught
from civilization (as we know it)' me a lot, and it has made me realize
e< ni getting back this far takes a that somewhere there’s soinjeoue
little time to get your bearings. I who is wor e off than yourself. And,
“While I was down in the Mar- i the <o.'-. r il’.ey understand that. t':e
shall Islands, papers from home I < tt< r off things v. ill be in the lu-
were far and few betwei n. and ev- ti re. In the meantime. I say. lay
en if they WPrc tv,() or three months l< fl H e kids and they won’t let you
oldl we still thought they were a' down. Some day we'll bo back,
Godsend, and the y were. i m; .-to play more ball, but you
“One of the reasons I'm writ-1 n est admit new I loud will e need-
ing is that I've heard from friends , e l and this is the chance we pro-
>ck home, pro ; n deon, that Las?- ably needed to give colored Lasc-
btill is rapidly drawing tn a close I ill a new meaning to the younger
and from what I could gather on a ! generation. It’s expanding, over
whole it was a success. , here I’ve seen a lot of good pros-
“My whole life was devoted to 1 P cts.
baseball and basketball and, speak-! “As I'm the only real profes-
irg for my.'iJf. I enjoyed iwery.mn- 1 sional ball player here. I’m in nn
men! givingrny bn: I. for the fans. It' ; enviable po it ion, and I enjoyed the
true they gave me heli if I had a | chance to be of service to our boys,
bad tit y, but the moment I did Pitts the good season I had didn't
sow iking outsttmrling I was round- hurt. You may not believe it. but
ly che< red for my efforts. I have in 35 games I finished with an of-
a tough skin and yet when they filial .515. Pitching was far in-
chcered mo. the feeling.'well words ferior to what I had been used to,
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new YORK — In my book one cannot express how I really felt. A
of today’s greatest all-round stars'" ’ ------—-
is Theodore (Ted) Strong, now of
the U. S. Navy Seabees, but form-
erly the home run hitting right
fielder of the Kansas City Mon-
archs and member of Abe Siper-
wti'in’s nation-roaming Harlem Globe
Trotters basketball team. Many
critics swear that if big league base-
ball lowered the color bar, Ted
Strong would be one of <f.e first
Negroes to bo taken in. Ho has ' of all people, what loasy games they
I were seeing. And I would have
field gladly given anything to have been
. ------j or just e spectator to one of the LOU-
tho ]ate Rapp Dixon: can hit on a SY games.
B"Ck Leonarri: wnu,d rival' “bi duo dtimc I did get around
’■ iibson in home run hitting if t) telling them just what I thought
& in the Negro National of their attitudes. I have experi-
Wni' Phiys basketball in tho enqed a lot of tilings in the last
makes managers and own. ,v( ar or so. We had no chance to
1 '-0'’ Ihiuglas of the Renais- play ball ourselves as much as we
.• aiice Big Five pork un the eyo an I would have diked.
nod the head. The letter written
to this column last September by
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' rf their scheduled 12-rotmd bout.
I Smith ov.tboxod and out-punch-
ed Jones in the mixing almost
i throughout the fray and Referee Joo
! Goiman halted the contest when
Jones seemed helpless.
WASHINGTON. D. C. — Trier-
scholastic athletics nt Howard Uni-
versity has been streamlined by the
return of tho famous eoaeh Louis L.
Watson as Director of Athletics and
the employment of Edward L. Jack-
son. ace mentor of Johnson C.
Smith, ns his associate, it was an-
nounced last week.
For four years Watson served ns
bond coach and director of physical
education at Howard University.
For 13 years he was commandant
and coach at Bordentown Stat"
school. At both places his football
foams were consistent winners. At
Howard his tram was rarely soar,
cd nn. Against Lincoln. Pa., his re-
cord was two tics and two wins.
The scores were 33-0 and 20-0. For
two years his team was lundefeat.
od. At Bordentown his- team won
four championships in tbc Mid-At-
lantic Association and during his last
five years there ho was undefeated.
Jackson, too. has had a bril-
liant career ns a football coach. At
Doleware State College he coached
for four years. In 1934 his football
train won tlie championship of the
Mid-Atlantic Association and in '33
it was undi fi ated and unscored up-
on. At Johnson C. Smith his team
has won second place in C. I. A..A.
competitions for four years and last
year was undefeated.
In basketball, the team has fin-
ished in the first division ever since
1926. Last year it ranked fourth
in the nation on defensive play.
Student interest in the new pro-
gram is fever high. Nnincty per
cent of last year’s squad plans to
return. A number of eligible.s, hith-
erto lukewarm, have indicated their
intention to come out for the t'-am.
Tntercollegaite athletics is now
under the control of the faculty of
I ho college of liberal arts. Like
dramatics, it is one of the many stu-
dent activities.
Tho next big attraction will be some real music in hte cool of the
the big Teenth Celebration out at evening. Now if you think you can
Lincoln Park on the 19th of ,'Ainc.' .stage a come back ;"wd play in
What you bet? Now here's the a band, call Prof. Fields and let's
scoop . . A big all-day picnic, with ge ton the band wagon . . And did
hot dogs, barbecue, ice cream, soda
pup, peanuts and cracker jack, etc.
Then swimming and diving from
the high board and the low board
Contests, ball games, watwer games,
etc. And for the late afternoon at-
traction a Matinee dance for the
youngsters and a night dance for pool,
the fans. Musicians from three of
good feeling, I must say.
“I started this for a purpose: it's
about the young kids who are try-
ing to fill the shoes of those who
have gone to war. Naturally, at
first, nu one would expect those kids
to perform like established stars, all
they needed was encouragement and
time fur them to find themselves.
"You can imagine how I f<4t
.when my friends complained to mo,
Negroes tu be taken in.
every attribute of the outstanding j were seein t.
.‘tar athlete; in baseball lie can fl
his position like Turkey Stearns
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