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PAGE TEN Enla i NAL To Open ’57 Baseball Season May 19 mM K.-2 v* . ! T ’ } .■ ’• ••-. in viS? I GS y to > ■ jLes Epps - :A* * $ to-to . $£- ' HEAP BIG BRAVE Md’-vo::-..<• to.*,-- outfielder. Honk Aaron, •wloths His favorite wer» dor !•■••••••’ i! - bn' r<srk r. vn ihe h ■•rue te'wo oponar* Arran. - r ‘to-, r ■ us Circuit with n 400fbii batting esift- -.i runner ,n th* tam for 19S 1 ? batting honor uwd Wvi-tn. {Nawosprese Francis Rohai! Jbxisr Heilman i*iv ■ i ■ * ha^lcs DURHAM F ■’ Junior cente: man. Junior ejected co cßpr - - Carolina Colie?.*? T team for 19'»7 Roberts. 20 yew honor student u year eld Wi.n-.to:; on the lA> Cl champion? 'up r. Montgomery -" 1 Roberts and Hoi!tr ot! the champ’or •' 1354 clubs Hoi!:’ . the. Eagles be * ■> for 1355 plat ?! J M HUbbdfii -i": tine* lon Roberts °nr !■ ' tog Sportsman':’ Th* Eagles’ - •ras gaptam of tt Lift'.* Blue.” ::nd h during 1353 Litton'* senior r ■ voted by hi" c' versatile m the ■ ’ la the stir, of M- W- Roberto, 613 S Raleigh April 26-27 At - -rhhn Tield: Morgan 5 i 1 Team Working To Prepare i-or Term Relays BALTIMORE, Mr! Tl lona meet proved to or- ■ got t© really work feu ' ■■■ t n shape for the Penn B P that'* what we’ll Be ■■■■ next two week 1 - " Morgan State College t. coach Eddie P Hurt ** >s > , tng here at mld-y r-fV rayed the results of no : performance in the < in lona Eastern Champions) *p* held Saturday. kt-i*l (.; .ri Votk Competing outdoor", to. time this year, th* B first place t■< d fr,r . placed in three oth' : * ■ • ■ Winning handily y., tt.« . . man mile relay t- on Verio* iSi> Keller Pi J. Roland MerviwePhc' Ph ' < 1 phis. Pa . Hoi-« i City N j. and f. wk i Brunswick N ,? Bob Barksdale iumj«d V f> ■ i to tie for first plar. vr- Eeavis while coming in •. nv. Morgan’s George Dennis - * -rr?'r. Happy Khmer New Year. AGGIE WING MEN? - Upon flics* farms rest the hopes. of »*,• A£T College .Aggies In the mr feat CIAA. baseball race. They lad is. studying to *reer in social work. ■ t office is Hanes, : iduatod fro n Car in’ m Wmston-Sa iettered in football or the Carver Yel e hope.’ to coach ii actuation. men expert t,o lead t.heit 1357 opener 21 against Morns •»: ■':!-ires, Crr . at. ■( Park at- 3 o’clock in; .da AAM? Pat.- on September nSav Morgan State Saturday. October in Du: inn m At hi'tic openeing of CIAA m Riddick, who has 1C eleven to three ■: r years is ex ; the helm for the ?!ay. !.! ;! id ■ t-C 50- . at*.4 h*pr. however. 1 ■■■ *• ii t(u> * v:id. the meet - eu • ,i tt • Bears, wlio tc been ' ; <1 In outdoor prietji-e , 11 ■ '• irwnt v. father, were not i in S?Siip< s ‘, Golden Bulls Natters , j t tain NCC May 3 I DEPITAM- Coach Jim Yoijnce’s, \ Up. i C-iro.hna Coliege netters. j ; ' • -b i ,-om - clean sweep in mat- j ' e , An, mune 3 a.nri St . I ; the lair of t.he John-1 O *•'!•*•••! h University Golden! F:!.’! on Msv 3, m Charlotte. I Tlif- - turned hack rac-i • ’• • i - from the uvo Epiacopnl i 60, 6-o. in Durham on, Apru 17 | M ci their clu-h with the Bulls,; ! !\!‘C tr • m t.r.vrß fn Pirh otunii Va for the CIAA tourna- ■ < ■■ 1 <,u May 10 end 11. 1 1 x •'■c'i • ■ csyweiyf l .sugidKC iMSuyonvyw ! are members of the (earji'm pit ' I'lnr -xtaft Ineluded In ine. i u«vi) art from left to rich* I 6 Teams To Compete ! As Tan League Opens MEMPHIS (ANP) The Ke- . gro American League will open its; [1957 baseball split season here; j May 3 9 with six teams competing, j The new entrants are the Mobile Cuban Giants, a team made up of players from Cuba, and the New Orleans Bears, owned by Leßoy i Robinson. The opening date will fin the i Memphis Red Sox facing the j Blrmi.'shaai Black Barons, but; the other teams in the loop will; have open dates. The first hall of; the split season will end July 4. Besides Mobile and New Or leans, the other regulars in the league are Memphis, th® barons, the Kansas City Mon arch a and the. Detroit Stars. The Mobile Hub is owned by Willie Davis, wealthy business man. The new teams were accepted j in the league at its last meeting j here recently, presided over by' ! April 30: Barons And KC Mortarchs To Play In Montgomery MONTGOMERY -(ANP)- The j Birmingham Black Barons and the . ; Kansas City Monarchs stalwarts of i | the Negro American Baseball Lea ! gue. will clash here In Honets i Stadium. April 30. it has been an ' nounced. While the game will he the first on the NAL schedule here, it is expected to introduce a number of newcomers to the. league, according to Arthur J. Williams, general manager of j the Barons. He said an intern ,: sive search was conducted dur- ;j Giants’ Hank Thompson May Bow Out Os Sport MIAMI. FLA. (ANP: —lt may j! be a little premature, but rumors r i are rife that the New York Giants, si Hank Thompson is planning to f. j quit baseball completely and settle . down as a poultry farmer Thompson himself set the basis ' for the prediction last, week as he ” prepared to enplane foi New Yoik from Daytona Beach following his ? outright release to Minneapolis 1 He was expected' to make a final "! decision moment inly as to whether ' ; he would quit baseball outright or ro along with Giants’ President l Hora-e Stoneham’s request to give if a try with the Millers. . Thompson, a nine-year vet eran with the Polo Grounders, has been reportedly at odds with Giants field manager Bill He. disclosed that rhr squad will | forego the Easter vacation snd ! practice twice • day to get ready ! tor the Penn Belays scheduled for | April 26-27 at, Franklin Field, Phil adelphia, I PKivmr without then num her one Ace Joe Alston, who’s no lonßcr wth the nettors, Lounge's charges held Saint Paul’s tennlsters to nine games in the singles aud doubles play. St. Augustines’ players rack od up 24 games in singles and doubles play, but superior Ea gle firepower captured the matrhes for NCC. Summaries: NCC vs. St. Paul) Singles: Dorian Parreott (NCC) defeated Earl Shelton, 6-0, 6-0; Charles Joyner (NCC) defeated -»»AWOWfawrnu l 'MWlwiflUi twt-iarsikiirarmßmy —'■""*"** lawrenc* Renjamln. Keith Rus tin, Ktrirl HP. Mile*. Flaek Hamil ton, John Grant and John White. , D: J. B Martin of Chicago presi dent Meanwhile, the teams have | gone into spring training for the ensuing season. The Monarchs are training in Jacksonville, Fla , the Stars of Birmingham, and the Red Sox, in Memphis, The league was to have a j seventh team, the Jacksonville ■ITa.l, Eagles. Dr. Martin s.nd lit had instructed Jim Wil linns, owner of the te.un, ai a previous meeting in March to forward a check to lus of fice, in Chicago before the last meeting. However, the check did not arrive and William* d : *l not attend the April meet ing. It was also reproted that. Rob inson. was searching for a field manager for his club, As of last i week, was determined who would I be the field mana-er of the Mo ' bile team. tag the winter months foi good young players. Many of these players will be la action in the game with the Monarch*, be added The Monarchs also boast ?. good crop of rookies and a star-studded roster. Last year’s Monarch team sent two players to major league farm clubs One former Monarch, shortstop John Kennedy, is now with the Philadelphia Phillies If he crashes the parent lineup, he will be the first Negro ever to play the club. i Rirney. whom he felt bids ! giver him » fair shake But i what brought matters to a bead j for Thompson, according to cb servers, was the blew to his j pride which he suffered when every team ,n the Natl Lea gue waived. on him Said Thompson; “This Is like punch bele« the belt. I just can't believe nobod > wanted me”. That was some weeks ago Now Hsnk is seriously considering re tiring. He had said: “I'll go out to California and so to work on my mother's poultry farm near Fres no. She's been after me: to do ii • for a long time I'd have done 1* before if 1 didn't, think I could still help Horace Stoneham. I owe my loyalty to him “ He said money i? r,ct factor ‘Tve got enough and -re can make more on the farm. But as long as Horace wants rr.e around. 111 be here ” Nine Games Remain On A & T Roster GREENSBORO With a first i game against Howard University washed out, the A&T College Ag gies now have nine-games remain ing on its baseball card. The remaining home games, sit to be played in the afternoon ar Memorial Stadium include Dela ware State, April 17, Winston- Salem Teachers College. April 23. j Maryland State College, Api:! 25 i and Bluefield State College AprU ! 25 . The away games include Win- j ston-Salem Teachers College, May 6- Shaw University, May 8; Mary land State, May 13; Delaware State. May 13 snd Howard University iKIp U«n J«**t AS .. .. « / .iV.dUUi ; -iLtaj 11, i Mel G roomes is head barn ball j coach and he is being assisted by • Paul McGuire, student, now pro- i player with the St. Louis Cardinal j chain. Robert, Meadows, ..-0, 6-n- Nano- leon Horton (NCC) defeated Len ox Coles, 6-3, 6-1; Piendu- Bennett (NCC) defeated Thaxton Turner, 6-0, 6-2 Doubles: Charles Joyner and Dorian Parreott (NCC) de-' sea ted Earl Shelton and Robert! Meadows, 6-1. 6-0; Napoleon Hor ton and Lawrence Ennett, (NCC) defeated Lenox Coles and Thaxton Turner, 6-2, 6-1. NCC va. St, Augustine’s: sin gles: Parreott (NCC) defeated John Thomas, 6-3, fi-i, Joyner (NCC) defeated William Nichols 6-1, 6-3: Zsck Davis (NCC) de feated Marion Imman, 6-? s-m Carlton Bell (NCC) defeated Al bert, Eldrtdgo, 6-2, 6-0. Doubles; Carlton Beil and Zack I Davis (NCC) defeated John The ! mas and William Nichols, 6-3. s .j; Prendir, Bennett and James Cham bm (NCC) defeated Marlon- im man and Albert Fldridge, 6-1. 6-3. North Carolina wool producers are likely to get n tittle better price for their product this yea then in 10-SG THE CAROLINIAN Happy Khmer New Year. LEAVE LS GO ROOT FOR RODGERS Peering through the bars of tli*’ hutting cage. Giant coach Tommy Henrich, formerly a ! star with the New York Yankees, watches intently as rookie Giant shortstop Andre Rodger* take*, hatting practice during a workoiT : at the Polo Grounds, April 19th. Rodgers, of whom the Giants ex ! Beating The j Gun BV BILL RKOtVFp FOR j ASSOCIATED NEGRO FRE.-.S Tire major league baseball sea. i ! son is already underway, This : - a somewhat belated report (due to illness) of our crystal-gazing J with all the dope on what 9 going | to happen this year (NOTE; Don't mortc < .-*■ Tmjr house oo fbr rips hr-r**- j with given). | Strange as i), might seem, we late against the mighty Yar.!.ee> !We don’t believe that the New ■ York American Leaguers with pa | tently the best, collection of fal j f-nt extant, can njn then loon'? pennant, much less the World Se ries. j There must* be some rep* son for this There is We >c aim ’em <We fever, t liked the Yan kees since Larry Doby cam? into the league). - For reasons best, known to our selves, which we prefer to keen secret, and will not divulge, our choice for the American I-'-agi.ie flag Is the Chicago White Box If you think vt* are not* about (he outcome of the American League race. * or* I r.<lcr our jud~ment on th? Na i tional League. Os all clubs, we think the Npw- York Giants ar« | going to win !ll mus* be the fact, that we’ve picked ur> ■? few bets on the 100-to 1 odds Not a. bad investment—if the j rent is paid. > Well the way wa sign-e. x:■ | York has got to be repreesnted ! in the World Series. The Doriye: j won't make it. we hope the yrn j kees won't either. So if - got. to be the. Giants-—by the process of elimination, But we are not batty, after all We've got some surefire information on individual achievements, We're listing so many that at, least ONE is. bound to click Here we go HANK AARON, the National League batting champ, will re pent. The Milwaukee Braves' out fielder will hit about 350, The outstanding all-around per former will be WILLIE MAY? The New York Giants’ outfielder will lead the majors m stolen hares, he'll hit 40 home runs, drive in 132 runs and bat a sizzling -.*40 DON NEWOOMBE won't win k.n games, the Brooklyn Posher right hander might, win 25. though LARRY DOBY, the Chief oj j White Box, outfielder, in a teun -1 j ton with Al Lopez, his manner, I | will have his best, season since j | 1952 when he led the American ! i League in home runs and RBI., Barring injuries, Vic Power wil! \ he one of the challengers for the AL's batting crown FRANK ROBINSON the • vnimn will prove that 1m brilliant freshman season wis no fluke He'll hat -300 and hit. 40 honre runx. SAD SAM JONES, the wild j righthander, will not be quite j so wild. Hurling for the St i Louis Cardinals, he'll lead the NL in strikeouts, but will walk fewer hatters this srosiui, A stirring comeback for Boy; I Campsnella. but not, strong enough j I to carry the Dodgers to another i 1 NL flap. look for the round man | to hat in the neighborhood of 370,; hit 24 home runs, drive in 85 runs , Rookies of the year; Andre Rod- j gers New York Giants' shortstop, i In the NL and Charlie Beamon, j Baltimore pitcher, and Ear! Bat tey, Chicago White Sox catcher I in AL. p. s Not responsible for the i Vicissitudes winch make, perfectly ; sound for ecash - , so awry. J Since the national advertising | ! campaign for wool wes launched j mo years ago, per capita consump tion of apparel wool In the fJ. K has increased J 2 per cent, r* - ,!?! mill consumption of apparel woo! is up 17 pur cent. Hogs have no sweat gland.-, arid | must wallow to keep cool Poultry is second only to to- j bseco as a farm income produce. in North Carolina. ‘ Jackie Wants Remedy To Stop Owners From Trading Flayers | WASHINGTON t ANP) Jackie : ! Robinson, first Negro baseball ! player in the major leagues, said \ something should be done to im : prove baseball's reserve clause. ■ but he hoped it could be dons by ; b,.isf.ba.ll itself and not have to be settled by the courts This observation was made S(|nH.iy f,n “Alpfl IJi? p*, l ,* * TV RfogiJin When tenori'u* kipt. pinbu.c the former l» j ■*■ fell idol about the reserve clause which they described as permitting owners to trade men off tike chattels, Robin son --.aid. I don't know why I'm defending it, I ready don t Bui f wd! have to go along w:(h it lint!; somi thing bei ti-i corner, aton;; ll* saw he was always expect ing to hr- haded off, although he | didn t, iike it. He knew of other Id aye? : who didn't like it. either, ' i but they were always looking for j it because this h-d been n baseball -4 j KENTUCKY C TO A I tx I4T I 4# I K/iJVn I | j B ! WHISKEY J^KhS^f! i 4 STRAIGHT BOURBON B i I ‘*>4s i‘''*Bs I *“£***» l! I'm . J m\jM '■ a l«t Mill.# HILL COMPANY E { ** l> "'** fill! | *ls Os | tOU,SW,St£ * iNTUC * V wttl & Kill CftMPiWV. tOUISWIUt. *t D*sTßlßtrrt& BY. mwU. OlSUlLfftS WOOUCTS CO*P p|§*« WEEK ENDING SATURDAY APRIL 27, 195? P*'ct great things this season, was an are cricket, player In his na tive Nassau and is the first Bahamian ever to play major league bail. Giant fans are already envisioning headlines reading “Rod gers beats Dodgers.” (UNITED PRESS PHOTOi •j custom for many years But for i the players sake he hoped some | thing could be done about tlrls. j K" had never regretted his 1 baseball career, lie said, it warn t ’■ : leaily a., bad as some people' would have you bekeve He, said : i he would recommend others who i ufjc interested and had the op-! ] portumty to go into tliia proles-1 ; sion. Said his little boy wanted! |to be a baseball player and he! | hopes he will have the ability to i make the grade I He further sTted he had never i regretted leaving baseball because I he liked his present tob and was i working with ,-rune ver - ; fine peo-1 i pie He endowed the proposed civil j j rights bills but would not discuss! i the trial-by-jury amendment be-! i j cause he said he was not, too farm-' j liar with it , j He said he had become act- \ ive as chairman of the Tier dom fund" drive for the V- AA‘~P because they had *ske<3 him to serve as honorary e hair man and he never likes to lend his name to anything unless he was gang to take: an active par" in i*. When questioned on what the ..'A AGP would do with the million ! dollars they are expected to ra is* I in the drive, Robinson said the money will be used "to fight for ' iii :-t class citizenship.’ Although the years continued the speaker, i we have had to fight through the courts for a hat is rightfully mors by the Constitution.” Average prices paid by North Carolina farmers for all poultry i«*eds and most mixed dairy feeds during the month ended February la. 195? were 3 cents per hundred higher than the previous month. Cash receipts, from marketing of | livestock and livestock products in Ni'i th Carolina in 1956 were up , c?o H million from the year before.
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