WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. MAY u, r-o?
A&TAggies Lead CIAA Baseballers With 4-0 Record
V
William Wilder Pitches: i
Shaw Bears tegin Tour
With 10-7 Win At D.O.
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Shew
University's Bears from Raleigh,
N C, erupted for half their runs
In the last two innings and aveng
ed an earlier loss to Howard Uni
versity. !0-7, Wednesday.
William Wilder hurled the
win, Shaw's fifth against four
losses in CIAA competition, al
though he received help in the
ninth. U was the first game of
a four-game road trip for the
_
Magicians End Season With
267 Wins, Financial Success
SAINT) SPRINGS, OKI.A <ANP>-
•Jn .their office here this week. Har
tf-rr.' Magic inns on -owners Marques
Haynes and Reece (Goose) Tatum
paused to tally up their successes
during' the extended 5956-57 season
•end close the books on another
year before embarking on weil
-oaXned vacations.
.They had good reason for con
gratulating themselves; the past
has boon profitable, and the future
looks bright.
- -In the recently closed season,
the Magicians played 2M7 games,
winning all. Competition was sup
plied. in n < t of these g.-u-.-s, by
the Kentucky Colonels, headed by
former Kentucky Ail-American
Bill Spivey.
In,, the final games of the year,
the Magicians sponsored an ex
perimental tour of the East and
Midwest with a group of college
»11-stars. This tour was so success
ful the owners plan to expand it
into e national series next spring.
Tfte Magicians' season opened last
September 10 in Canada, was fol
lowed by an extended series In
Mexico, and completed with tours
of the East, South, and Midwest
ern United States,
«iey played 26 games in Canada,
SSjtames in Mexico, and 268 games
In the U. S. A.
- High scorer for the year was j
Tatum, the fabulous clown and
. epntcr, who averaged 51 points
* .game. For 287 games, this
multiplies out t« an impressive
total of 1-1,837 points, easily the
.greatest number of points ever
scored In one season in basket
ball history. Prior to this sca
*on, Tatum had scored more
4fum 100,000 points In bis sen
jp,tionai career.
HE ROSE TO CONQUER Briliih Emgin bather*
champ. Kogan (Kid) Bassoy ci Nigeria, Africa hits tho canvas as
opponent Miguel Benio* of Puerto Rico hovers over him in the
• 'loth round of their recent elimination bout in Washington.
'Barney survived the eight count and went on to win a 12-round
decision, guaranteeing him a bout with French titlist Chenf
Hamia for the world ieather crown. (Newspress Photo).
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Bears, who play at Lincoln, Pa..
Thursday.
Eugene Hamilton hit double
and two singles and Louis Garvin
got three singles to spark Shaw at
bat Wilder, Johnny Jowcr and
Reginald Spears got two hits each.
Wesley Rsgdale and Jim Puree
smacked homers in the ninth. El
worth Jenkins and John Marrow
got two hits each for Howard, now
4-5 in the conference.
In the past season, the Harlem
Magicians became the most suc
cessful Negro-owned sports attract
ion in history.
"This year,” said Haynes, "we
jelled, in my opinion, as the out
standing barnstorming basketball
team of all time. This claim may
be hard to prore. since we were
unable to meet ail competition, be
cause of schedule reason?, but the
club we formed this year needs not
take a hack seat to any. When we
added Chuck Cooper and Jim Tuc
ker. former Ditqucehs University
all-Americans, to our roster, wo
reached the .goal we had been
shooting for; a team that could hold
its own with any playing straight
basketball and a club that could
put or a show second to none.”
The team, first formed as an in
dependent venture by Haynes in
1953, also received unprecedented
public acceptance during the 1956-
57 season.
The Magicians played to a crowd
of (4,000 in Boston Gardens
Tn Rochester, they attract* 1 6.900
fans.
In Tulsa, they s*-t a Fairgrounds
Pavilion record of 8.100.
in Syracuse attracted a surprising
turnout of 4,200 in Wood River
Illinois.
They played to turn away
crowds four successive nights
in Guadalajara, Mexico Their
scheduled game in Hartford,
f'onn., war- sold out two w eeks
in advance. The Wood River
game was a complete sell-out
ihree weeks In advance.
Proof of their maturation as :*
national attraction last season was
their multiple appearances on Na
tional Basketball Association cards
MlDHUAVtlfillT KING AGAIN Surrounded by Robinson’s end of their middleweight title bout in Chicago, May Ist. Robin
j handetors, defeated champion Gene Fullmer and new champion Sug- knocked out Fullmer with a left hook in the sth round to ro-.r-.dn • -
ar Ray Robinson (in robe) pose together in Robinson’s corner at the title he had held three times before. (UXIITFD i’KFSs PHOTOi
| Beating The
Gun
BY BILL BROW Fit I OR
| Assort.vn-;i> negro tin >s
| Is spring u lining really tuces
! sary?
! The early season periormapi eof
Harry Simpson of the Kansas City
Athletics believe >ic contention
that it is.
| The ipr-'m a :er tors a lig
| ament in his log on March 14. The
! injured font was kept in a cast
i until a few days before the sea
son opened.
About tin- same i'.tne Vie Power.
! Simpson’s te.annate and the A ?
j regular first baseman, suffered an
! exhibition game injury. Power was
! struck on t'rv bcul to a thrown
j ball while ott-.-'npiiev to hr* -- ; k up
| a double play. The injury has
! sidelined him for nearly two w« eks
On the morning of the rea
son's opener. W manager I.mi
Boudreau found Simpson at the
bali park running around the
field
Hairy had been under an
injunction irom the team's
physic*.m not fa do any run
rtttjg on bis injured foot. Bou
dreau wantoii t« :■ iow what ;
was going on.
Simpson suiti h- h w j
nay in shape. A--, ~! ,f » *,. n- ; , ;
team's d-..*ct >: : •’ *f ! f:,.'i y’s I
foot was tapi d tightly if might be I
all right
An outfi.-ldi r b> Trade Simpson '
was inserted in Du starim- lineup j
against Detroit a; fn -t iwhich j
he has play-si <,< vision.',!!y in the j
pr.s> j
He turned io a .;> wkl 1
neon afield, hut w v held hitless j
at the pi it-- K. i.-- ~ C tv 'run. nr-- !
vcrtheless. 2 to 1.
The following aft- mo m Harry j
enjoyed another gaud day in the i
field He .also weighed in with a j
rur,-see.ring single ami a figO foot j
home >\ip
In 3 two-game at Detroit j
last week. Harry !v I,ri a cm-,pie j
of more horn.'- runs - one a high (
drive that almost ant rd the third
deck at Briers St; ai-d Oie
other a line shot into the left field
stands, i diivn to flu* opposite
field.
When the A’s return'd horn**.
Boudreau was chatting with
newsmen and remarked that
one day Simpson was going j
to dent cent- rfield scoreboard
of Kansas City Ahini' inal sta
dinni. That same night against
Cleveland, Simnson did just ,
that —a >.’o foot wallop (or
his fourth home run of the
season.
1 This Harry? third season with
the Athletics. Baseball fans will
recall that back in 19.51 when he*
came into the American League
with Cleveland, he was touted as
another Ted Williams. He had been
a terror against Pacific Coast
League pitching vhilo playing for
San Diego.
Al Lopez. t> - p mat,;> • - -if the I
Indians. and Harr. Gre'-nbcrg. the j
general manager, had :i hard deci
sion to make that year The team
had both Lav- y Doby and Luke I
j Foster Along well Siiviis'in was |
! Minnie Min*-so, the Cui an nut- |
| fielder.
j In these d.a■ ... three i-m p! iyr* ;
i wore considered the maximum for I
j one baseball b am. One - Simnc-m !
:or Mine<u --- had in* t.raih-d Mill- j
' oso was, of tours \ ,■ r d t*y r, v be- j
li'-vc ibat tin r-'iive <-.- • Cle\a land I
tit !ea<t one pennant In thus,- years, t
Mb'- Tribe had the- fx>*u pitehii :- in
j h.l«<"h, n Th(> cf’-h '-a-k.-'l *-.,eod
and the all-around finesse posses
sed hv Min,lie.
As inr Sirupsnn. he showed
sonic flushes —. imi n*,i often
enough •—of flic brllHsticc tint
war predicted for hire He
made bis debut airai’vst the Bos
ton Red Sox the very dav that
v, ll)(W) fe-idc VC<B loeotinced.
He started at first base and
G-Men Cause Concern:
Carmen Basilic MostLikeh
'Prospect To Meet Rohinso. .
CHICAGO Fay Robinson ra- i
i pid knockout over Gene Fullmer !
; Wednesday night was dampened j
somewhat by the appearance of in- i
| I'-rnal revenue men in the dress- i
i ing room of the new champ.
However, the trio of G-men
did noi speak to Ray direct or j
serve any papers. Larlier the
federal men bad tied up Robin
sou's purse of #';!3.f>oo for back
income taxes. No information ]
was given as to why they were
in his quarters.
d was just maneuvering him, j
! trying to draw him in with s •
( right,” Sugar ii y said. "The j
j right was something like a de- j
j coy. 1 wanted a clean counter j
HIGHLIGHTS OF ROBESON-FULLM
3
BY CHARLES J. I IYINGSTON
I CHICAGO (ANP) As typical of !
j . il Kay Robinson s fights. his title j
: fight with Gene Fullmer last \v.- k |
i v. :>s replete with thrills and ox- j
! at.-menis. in and out of the ring, i
j Inside the ring Kay scored the ■
i most dramatic win of his long and
j illustrious career, stopping Fullmer
{ with a jolting left hook in 1:27 of
| the fifth round of the scheduled
| 15-round bout. The victory avenged
1 . loss to Fullmer last January,
) When Robinson was relieved of the
I middleweight title by the mauling
: Mormon from West Jordan. Utah.
But hist week's fight also
produced the results outside
th- ring. One of these found
Joe Glaser, one of Robinson’s
3 managers, in a hassle with
Julius Helfand, chairman of
the New York State Athletic
i 'ommision.
Heland was among the swelter
! ing group of reporters, photograph
| ers and well wishers who stormed
; Robinson's dressing room immed- J
| lately after the fight. But before j
j the commisioner, whose war with j
| Ihe Managers Guild brought him
| inot national focus, could got to
j Robinson to offer his eongratula
! lions, he encountered Glaser.
Glaser berated Helfand for the
j treatment he said the Robinson
j group received during the previous
: Rebinston-Fullmer fight last Janu
j ary. H< specifically charged that
j Referee Ruby Goldstein, the third
j man in the ring that night, did
j nothing about the "rabbit punch”
I which Fullmer used on Robinson,
j "I think Guldslein is a disgrace,” j
i he almost shouted at Helfand.
Helfand pleaded with Glaser
to quiet down, but ihe peppery
agent, who handles the finan
cial accounts of many of the
large stars in the entertain
ment world, berated him ail
■ the more, "YVe didn’t get a
fair break from your men in ;
Neve York.” he told Hcflanri.
| Meanwhile, Robinson sat quietly
> waiting to talk with reporters.
| That whs impossible with the hns-
Made something like eight
straight lots. Hut soon he tail
ed off. Eventually, he was sent
down to Indiana polls ir> the
American Association.
In MK'i, Cleveland gave up on j
him completely. That was the best
break in baseball for the toll Geo
rgian. He was given o shot in cen
ter field by Boudreau arid turned
out to be n good clutch hitter. His
work iri this way continued last,
season. He batted. 299 and drove
in snore than 100 runs
Now in 1957. he's off to a great
j start, This might well be his best
season in baseball. All without the
} benefit of most of spring training.
fHE CAROLINIAN
i shot with rny left. I finally got
I it I don't know how far it trav
j eled but I'm sure Mr. Fulhir-t
! got the message. I just thank God
i that 1 got in the- punch.'
“What happened"’* (h tie asked
"'He got you with on-.*, Gene.’
| said Fullmer’s kid brother, Don,
Fulinifti called Sugar Hay "Thi
I greatest, fight;*: t evt-r met II«
j has the best record and 1- s the
| only one that ever knocked nu.
j out ”
Fullmer’s manager. M-.-'v -!•*»?-
j son, apparehilv had the answer
■ for Gene’s defeat,
i "I think Gene wanted to make
j n spectacular fignt because be
j was champion and it cost him hi---
sle between Glaser and Hofland
going on, however. Finally, Tru
man Gibson, secretary of the sn-.-n-.
soring International Boxing club,
j appeared cn the scene and escorted
j Glaser away.
j The incident over, Robinson set -
tied hack to talk with the press.
He was unmarked and, like the
night, he won over Bobo Olson, he
was overwhelmed with joy. He
said it was a very rough! fight,
and added: ‘‘l owe iny success to
millions of people who aided me ;
and offered their prayers for iny
victory,”
It.iy then singled out Joe
I.ouis, former heavy weight
champion, for praise “I want
to especially thank my good
friend, Joe I.ouis.” he said. "Joe
worked with me every day at
the gym, giving me advice and
cheering me. I am grateful to
him.”
Ray continued;
"Os course I want to give cre
dit to the person w ho deserves
it more than I my wife.”
‘Next. I want to thank Father
Lang (The Rev. Jovian Lang. O. F
M of St. Joseph Roman Catholic
Seminary, WVstmort. 111.) for con
ing over daily ond praying with
me and giving me spiritual inspir
ations.
Lewis Ranks
Second With
High Jumpers
GRAMBLING, LA. (SFECIAL)-
Charlte Lewis, 17-year-old Grumb
ling truck star, currently ranks
second among the nation s small
college high jumpers with a leap
of 86”, according to figures re
leased Friday by the National In
tercollegiate Athletic Association.
Lewis is a close second to Joe.
Dove of Sam Houston College who
has negotiated 86 1 34.
Other jumpers in the top five
i are Dick Hadden. Occidental Col-
I lege, Bobby Sims, Pepperdine,
J and Tom WhetsUno, Arizona State.
Nursery seeding production for
the Soil Bank Program's Tree
Planting phase will total five bil
lion plants this year. This figure
will double tne total number of
all trees planted by the Civilian
Conservation Corps from it-33 tc
1943.
DRIVE S/^ELY
I championship, *’ said lemon
"We warned him ill die >*••;
j to fight like he had fe.-ooe -
I i fill* . keep (lit ham is
But he didn't do it.” Jensen e.
Jim Vorris, preside:-.! of
fiitcriiafioual Boxing t lull. -i
. i in Robinson's dres.sinr ;- •
I that he was very anxir-u*- -■• !
Rntiiiisen together with \i **iii
j weight ch-impinn Gatnn i
i siito in an outdoor si. ■
j New York this -ii naser
Basilio was amou ’’
• j elbowed in to offer Su I;
congratulations.
\Vn--n Fuiin :t •• ca -,
j Isis congratulations, Rehi'i---n . •
- j ' Gene, you are a
| ‘‘Without the pray-r* of
| people. T couldn’t have ii**n,
i M- amvhile, H-iv’* ; -; v
{ Edna Mae. sat quo tlv in fi
end of the room. (>. n- d ■
! reported as to tier roae; a n to ii- :
| husband's victory, sin. soid;
i “I am -.{lad he wim 1 n. - . ■- '
I describe my toolings 1
I nod, though, and ! , 1
! ( Robinson > was eh!,.
! Robinson s sis): r. Ma ■■■
' overjoyed Bui
; her brolhvr v. •>'d.i • • .-.-i
: would lik* to see him e.ut • *i:
| she sialed.
| All during th,- i; ; -.. ■ ti. :
| was a steady de- in Rid.in -
j quarters, as compared with
quiet, almost iiunal-'ke i-v-- -
I'here in Fullmer'.-- t j
fist fight brok- ibe! I-■ •
( xcited admirers, but •-.» as ijne kly
squashed.
A number of cdi britirs :u
tended the fifciit, mJ srarrs nl
S LJILJ&Jtfm * % V-\r*
!lf f $ %-J
.ft ■ ;!
' %:
~v " ‘
. GOOD EM
ward to brook the tap* and h : ?.. Rico,j ?: xhot’c- Cnxz in
the second heat of the college quarter-rail® relay ehampianahip
®* Atnanco as th* 63rd Perm Relay t'enni ,-al underway A
record aowd saw scores of works »r’i during the three dav n»ef
witJi VtUanova and Manhattan mru'-.mj cw<jy with t« a »c honor® !
imwepreae Photo). ,
Delaware State,Howard,Shaw Bears Runners-Up
WASHINGTON, I.) C. <CIAA
Mivvs .Setvie*- 1 Mel Groontr’s A
and T baseball team. v. JV, a 4-0
record, led the nine competing CI
AA coib.-tfi for games played
l -'ii o>i..'.h Ann! ec. • *l:n : to j
Tom Jnhnson of Howard Uiuvev !
sify, hOM-bni! statist ie-::ra
Delaware Stale with a. 8-1 re- j
cord was rennet-up.
Other clubs in the first five j
were Howard • 4-H*. (Hrd: Shaw, j
*!- i > fourth, ard Maipdanii Suite i
i jjj®* 1 |j^|^|
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r * - ~
im:ur z sii.ee luj pi• i 1 e<{ r.n a rcf'ul.ir •
; .'ouirs' . that Jtfhn y, ta.u s f r«r i
| fecpai■ f •T'VjNFr ; * ' 4* 1 L ( . *-. 1 . I
In a. mhiw statement. Kra- j
; a;> f f '3ii ir.; : book, if you ;
uan j£iA it €<ut off hr.ni, he has ;
! th** %% eatfjit of any S
shortstop io ba«T‘hal) *
*1 zskw h'43i\ play a lot in Cults
! v,hr*!i 2 vi as niAiMpM}* ilown j
th-. in* and l sam him with the j
I lodger.-., i be ilex e >•,*• fsulii be
a grrai unt —if y«n can get it j
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hox.'fs *v; , h* oil from j
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j who rvc n ?u* ffj va'rsl ova- j
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j vV-ii’i, i • vis As’t nit* .Moortv tor
iti r* hint'll pa title j
soon; -•:*y>Uh'r" Webb, top-rank- j
hy, iiliduir r.iiud odtt- j
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iv , 1 ” r c - i!e y“ “TtT*--'P i
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\®Sf, rx'po'dcxi some nyhl-hiin- !
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to bhc Jis hi ov video.
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ir" j
. rhoiw- who won miiu* no eifora to
! :*onJ J pjd lh* h’SV'N, and j
an entire
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PAGE ELEVEN
02-3 > fifth.
'"he complete standings Ihroulh
April 29:
TEAM , W L P
North Chmlina A&T 4 0 1000
Delaware State 3 1 7AO
l' >v, o-(t 4 2 .666
s>' :.v.- 4 4 .500
. Maryland Suite 2 3 .400.
! Winston Suiem 2 3 .400
i Lincoln University 0 2 .000
! ;\ j’.ir » 4 (K 1 "
i !>!..• tfirj cs 0 .000
i'ifui base rerrnT, was picked off
t'-.’ii-.,. ui the first 10 days of the
1 y,Vf S. r.
Said Brotpm: "A daring bast
; urner " run the rrk of
Uio'f caught. Don’t worry about
that, HcV a :■’ !!'! runner and a
pi .'tty fair hitter. Didn’t, he lead
I'?- In . rnat onol Lt igue in doit•
bles?”
Bmuan figures Chico should hit
•tt.oi.t 2<?i; or slightly more in the
'Jackie Robinson thinks the
Dodders made a bad deal. Hr
thinks th« ' 're going to be sorry
they let Chico go. If they had
kept him they could have mov
ed fee Wee Keese or Don Zim
mer to Until” reflected Bragart
| fur (her.
j Pin!' na • t May.i Smith said
; there :r< < r ; ai things that Chtfeb
| doeri ■ do: The bigecst is his fail
| ure to charge cmind balls.”
“As to hi- getting picked off.”
mused Smith, "he'li settle down
i vi. talked to him about it. '
| JOrIANN.SSP.URG. South Africa
.;•* Elliott former South African
.diewi 'i.-.'ut champion who was
'o '! it in the sixth round of
! tiiie fight Saturday night by
■ Bthish Empire middleweight cham
: jr.on. Pat MeAlteer, died in a hos-
I pital Sunday.
Eh it wont down after i hard
: ft :iook from McAlteer, tried to
i :dre but fell back and had to be
I (Oiri'eO I • a the ring on a stret
j < her. Dneto"‘s decided to operate
i o. a "de■:••!■■ fm a bl"Od clot on
th>. brain and Elliott was on the
■ UK'.me table for six hours.
,tfe died about three hours
a: ■>• the operation. Johnny
Lair.obeli, manager of MoAl
i.er. said fee and the champion
w«-v broken up by Elliott’s
j tragic death.
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