"AIL BLACK" TEAM
H?gh Jumper Seeks Fortune gnd Marriage (Received 4, 9.30 a.m.) .LONDON, Aug. 3. Cornelius Johnson, the high jump record holder, is collahorating with" the Olympic sprint champion, Jesse Owens, in order to form an all-black athletic team, Johnson 's object is to make enough money to marry- his 19-yeqr-old sweetheart, Miss Ethel Robinson, of Los Angeles. He is confident qf making a fortune with the support of Johnny VVoodruif, P'hil Edwards, Ealph Metcalfe and other negroes. Johnson also wants tq clear 7 feet at the internatiqnal students' gqme at Parfs at the eud of August.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 169, 4 August 1937, Page 5
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98"AIL BLACK" TEAM Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 169, 4 August 1937, Page 5
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