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WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY IS. 105 Monarchs, Stars Open Season NAL Here Monday BEEF THRUST—Archie Moore, slightly oversized light heavy*eight champion of the world (right), grazes the chin cl German pug. Hans Kalfolell during the filth round oi their recent 10- round non-title go in Essen, Germany. Moore won by decision. He had been given until July to ofofond his title against New York's Tony Anthony, or vacate the crown. (News prcr... Photo). Off To Wimbledon Matches: “Too Thrilled To Talk” Says Althea After Boa Voyage Fete BROOKLYN <ANPi .... Despite! an array of stage. TV. and radio! Stars participated at AT’A Guild’s j Althea Gibson - Bon Voyage at.; Birdiand recently. Althea Gibson | proved to be a sensation herself; when she responded, by singing to! a capacity house upon receipt of j the Guild’s gifts of a Bell and 1 Howell 16MM projector and a scrap of pictures and clippings i compiled by the organization. The Bon Voyage, with Sam- j my Davis, Jr., “Mr. Wonder fur' and Sam Levenson, TV comedian starring for top hon ors in toasting the honoree was one of the highlights of i the post Easter season, I.ev rnsnn as M. C. kept the guests in “stictches.” Miss Gibson, so elated over the I affair announced, “I am tool thrilled by everything to talk”, she then burst, into singing “I’ll j Be Seeing You ” accompanied by a trio. Many of the guests, which in cluded several top stars from the entertainment, world, were spell bound and were quick to admit she has a voice and personality for the stage. The guests represented cross sections of the sports world, social, nolilical. military, pro- sdfsdfs DURHAM (CIAA News Service l j —Six Cl A. A track stars and three j loop teams figure in curernt NCAA j wack and field ratings. Among the individual "big shots" in the national listings are Olym pic hurdles champion Lee Cham pion Calhoun (13.7 in the 120’s> of North Carolina College. No, I; Geo. Dennis, Morgan State's high jump ing ace <6-8 1-2), in s two way tie with Phil Fehlen of Stanford, 'or runner-up honors; Vance Rob inson. NCC 100 yard flash (9 5b tn « five way tie for second spot honors; and George Moody, Vir ginia State (9.6) sprinter, in » two lie for seventh place honors in the century. Also atnmifr CIA A standouts dƒsafsdfsa » FIGHT DELINQUENCY • Former heavyweight champion Kzsftrd H ilaries Deft) started a new career in his hometown of Cincinnati May 9 as an aide to Juvenile Court Judge Benjamin i fessional. civic, educational entertainment and others, who came to say Bon Voyage arid wish her well in the coni ine Wimbledon matches and other endeavors. Among those present were: j Mayor Wagner’s representative ! Mrs. Anna Arnold Hodgeman j who brought greetings from the Aggies To Play Alumni “Old Timers” May 25 | GREENSBORO The A & T I College Aggies, currently unde j featert and leading the torrid Ci !AA baseball race, will play the j j Alumni ’•Oldtirners’* on Saturday. May 25 here at Memorial Stadium, i Game time has been set for 1:00 ! P. M. The "Oldtirners" boasting such , former Aggie “greats” as Charlie . Deßerry, who played in the early : thirties and Marvin Graeber, Har- j old Green, Emar.uel Douglas, Geo- j ’ rg< Knox, Joe Livingstone. Hubei t , Simmons, Edward Martin, Thomas j are high jumper Bob Barks | dale, Morgan State (6-7), in a | three-way tie for filth place; and hurdler Elias Gilbert of Win ston .Salem ill), in a triple tie for fourth y ! aee in his event, ; CIAA teams rated in the 440, 'NCC eighth), 880 (NCC seventh 1 , mile relay (Morgan State sixthi. ■ and the sprint nu.«iley (JLi.u-oin, Pa., tenth.) The NC 440 yard relay team (Cal- : houn, Robert Dobbs, Louis Seaton, and Robinson) has a non-winning i time of 41.6. The Texas Longhorns | lead the nation's top 440 teams | with a 39,9 clocking. The Eagles are also among the top ten 880 yard relay j trams. They are lied for sev- I ■MMMUJMMMMKI •» Mayor: United .State’s Lawn Ten nis jLisocifu.: m President. Ren- I vilh Me’.foui! American Tennis lAs so. Secretary, Hortxam Baker | who extended greetings for ATA’j 1 President, Dr Sylvester Smith oi Phil&dGohia Dr. frank Beal i pres of Paddle Tennis As.xocia »! lion and severs ’ others. Joe E. Grier. Ernest Canada. It. L. Hannon. David Sunns Ray Ro- Barbttr. Hornsby Howell, Marquis Cousins and Elrees Florence, stars of later years, could put up the have liad to face this year. The game is hems sponsored by the Gate City Ciia.nor of the A & T College Alumni Association ana all proceeds will go to the Alumni Scholarship Fund i enth place with Nebraska and SMC with a 1:20.2 non-winning time. Morgan's mile relay team (Vern Kelly, Nick Ellis, Hnsea Smith and Ron Merriweather) UrcSsie Moore Wants 100 G’s To Defend Against Anthony | FKANKURT. Germany (ANP)—! j Light Heavyweight champion Ar- j chia Moore last week demanded a | | flat SIOO,OOO guarantee to defend i j his world title against Tony An- | * thony of New York. Sell wart* 'right). -It center is Tom Jones, bailiff, a former shotpu! slur ant! pro toot hull player. Taking Ms oath Charles said I'm mighty interested in kids."--(UNITED PRESS TELEPHOTO). Lockman Fills In For Mays NEW YORK - (ANPi— For the j firs! time in a long while, the New ! York Giants early last week were j without the services of Willie Mays, | their star centerfielder. Mays came down with an attack of virus and was hospitalized at j Presbyterian hospital. It is believed Mays had hern ailing for several days but kept it secret until last week. He reported he had not been feel liitt well for the past few days. During the period, he wens in to a halting slump, and the Giants stumped also. ! Mays' illness was announced ; prior to the second Giants-St. Louis ; CRrriials game at the Polo Grounds, j It was followed by a similar re -1 port or. Don Mueller. The latter ; .suffered a pulled groin muscle. ! t rsatile White Lockman filled J ir *or Mays in ccntcrfmld. while Dusty Rhodes took over the right - ■ field chores for Mueller. Phillies Ship John Kennedy Back so The Minor Leaerues PHILADELPHIA! (ANP) lt’s 1 rumored here in Philadelphia, that | John Keneedy, the first Negro ; players t o be signed by the Phila delphia Phillies of the National League, didn't get a fair trial with the club. Kennedy himself has expressed i- .some doubt on the matter, and j s the Phillies sparse use of him; r during the current major league j ' | season tends to support the ru- j ' s : mor. if Anyway, Kennedy, whom the i 1 ; Phillies brought directly into or- j uanizc baseball after obtaining! , him from the Kansas City Mon-! archs of the Negro American j League is no longer with the j parent club. The Phillies last week j ; shipped him on option to the j 1 | High Point -Thomasville far m - tram in the Class B Carolina Lea-; I gue. Kennedy'* departure from the Phillies did not come as a complete surprise, however. For although Philadelphia fans displayed strong support for him and She experts raved about his fine potential as a lop major leaguer, the re cent acquisition of Chico Fernandez from the Brook lyn Dodgers had placed * question mark on him. Fernandez, a Latin Amigo, was acquired by the Phillies foi the sole purpose of plug ging the shortstop gap in the club's infield. And since he. joined the team, Kennedy has been relegated to the ranks i ' has posted 3:31 in this event behind mighty Texas’ 3:12.8. Lincoln s Medley quartet (Dick Hall, Joe Franklin, Charles Mskeli ! and Norm Campbell), with a time I of 3:27.7, trails leading Oklahoma (3:21.9) by only 6.0 seconds Currently on a boxing tour, j Moore, whose age has been listed at 40, said the sum represents the amount of money h« lost during j ihe years he was forced to stand on the sideline waiting for * title THE CAROLINIAN WILLIE FELLED AGAIN The soots® virus bug which bedded Willie Mays m spring training, sent the Giants star So c New York hospital last week. Willie, shown here with his wile. Marghuerite. has been in the longest slump of his sensational career, creditted in some part to his weakened condition. (Nswsprsss Photo), of a henchwarmer. The Phil- j lies used him on » few oc casions as a pinch runner and j late inning replacement for Chico. Yet, during spring training,-the ! dusky player drew fine praise j from the experts. Some even pve | dieted he would solve the team's j shortstop woes. No other than | Casey Stengel, manager of the : work! champion New York Yan ; kees. criticized the Phillies for | not fully utilizing Kennedy's tal | ents. Casey remarked: “They’ve ; been looking everywhere for a Calhoun Shatters Hurdles Record In Cl AA; NC Wins BALTIMORE, Md. (Special) Olympic champion hurdler Calhoun of North Carolina College won the 120 highs in 13.7 and sped to a 23 4 victory in the 220 low stick events to pace North Carolina College’s harriers to third finisher in the 36th Cl A A Track and Field Carnival at Morgan State College Saturday. Calhoun’s 13.7 mark equaling his feat in the same event at the Penn Relays last month, broke his own previous CIA A record of 13.8. With a field of only five men from his injury-riddled track contingent.'L. T Walker’s Eag le* finished behind perennial 1 winner Morgan now sporting a ninth straight meet victory and runner-up Winston-Salem, Eddie Hurt’* Morgan Bears tal lied 79.56 points agairi-,1 Win ston-Salem's 37.5, NCC's 30. arid Hampton institute's 23. Carlton Bell with a 200 feet dis cus throw and Vance Robinson with a 21.8 clocking in the 220 yard dash were the individual Eagle winners. Robinson whs run ner up in the 100 yard dash, won by Bobby Gordon of Morgan with 9.8, The Eagles’ mile relay team ( Tim Lane, John Vesser, Calhoun, and Robinson* won their event in I CALVERT DISHUtBS COMPANY, NEW YORK CUV• BUNDED WHISKEY •86 PROOF • 6&% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS <**»«** w ’W V ishortstop except right under tncit noses. This fella tKennedy) does everything.’’ j But In less than a month, after | the season opened, the Phillies j had given'up on Kennedy. They | kept such unreliable-; as Bobby i Morgan and Roy Smalley and i shipped Kennedy to North Caro lina. As he prepared to leave, the question was put squarely to Kennedy: “Do you believe the Phillies gave you a fair trial? He merely shrugged his shoulders smiled wryly and replied: “I don't know?’’ 7 -- • | 3;16.6 The Eagles’ medley team. . | putting in iron men’s performan--. ■ j ulaced second m the medley relay. 1 | Boyd, Vaughn ;To Battle In |lO-Rounder I CHICAGO t ANP) The ini ! national Boxing Club announced J last week that it has substituted Willie Vaughn of Los Angel- - m place of Rocky Castellan! a- Buhl-.'. Boyd's opponent m a nationally t< - levised 10-rounder in Chicago Sta dium this Wednesday. CasteUani was originally sched uled to meet Boyd, a ranking Chi cago middleweight in the bout, bin an eye injury in a previous bon* forced him out of action. Vaughn recently catapulted into j national prominence by outM-oriii". ; Joey Giardefib. then ranked .-.-xlh among the middies, in a bout ;t j Kansas City However, the f T-.-s- ! ouri Athletic Commission late*- ! ruled the mafeh "no conti r - New Home Team Seeks Revenge Over Detroit The Kansas City Monarchs’ fran eh Ist bus been purchased by Ar thur Dove and the club has inov- I ed to Raleigh. They will open the I Negro American League season at • Chavis Park Monday and Tuesday, i May 20th and 21st. j JIM 1 LACK The Monarchs will open w ith a two day stand against the Negro American League champions of i 'fib'i, The Dehi.it Stars. The D< - land won dm ful folding. Three of i their players, now r-aad.v for the I major league organization are Pai ■ mer Hubbard, 19-yenr-oid right ! fielder; Warren Carithurs. 19 ; year old home run hitter and n;n --j ter fielder: and “Caldonia” Cosna ! fienza, tit years-old and one of the j greatest pitchers in the league I Kansas City boasts of having the j fastest and best thnwins: outfield ! ei's in the league They ore "Speed NEGRO AMERICAN LEAGUE RMFRITT VsuDALIi Opening Game Os The NAL Season Detroit Stars ,19.i6 N A. L. CHAMPIONS “ Monarchs PLUS ; Tig Flying Nesbits .. I THE ONLY ACROBATIC SHOW OF ITS KIND IN AMERICA STARS OF SCREEN, STAGE & TV ia >Tfly on.oi 1 TOES iflM i 4U 4 I RALE IG H , N. C. ' GAME CALLED 8 P. M. —■■ — —-■ nr-rn-r-rnTTnr'y .in i nn winiTiTirr n il fr"nww»»—Wl—U A F>B M A 1)1 'LTS 75c /\s>m • children 50c PAGE ELEVEN Demon" Wilson, 20-year-old cen terfielder and base stealer; right fielder Frank Marsh, who is 20- vears-old, with a shot-gun arm and great hitting ability; James , Allen 18 years-old, a consistent hit | ter with a good throwing arm and | who is a speed demon. The Monar | chs won the NAL championship in 1954 and 1955 and it is their rfeter -1 ruination to beat last year's win ners for the '57 championship. ill * K MA It till *ue - iivn.s h.-ve been a mem* 1 tr th- h-agut oincr 1920 ar<j Lave Will, 25 championships.. They . have ,y iii rich -iars to the majors ■- Jackie Rn:eu:,iin. Ernie Banks. : Gene il.u-e : Kislun Howard and Rmk The -, "le v sent 5 play ■"s hi ihc major league organira ! n lasi M ... i. Ted Rasberry. who l i- s.-'-uied for the Cleveland In* ■i ■ fe: i vi ars. states that fronj ' le of their youthful talent * i T ; ' y hi . more major leagu* ■ !•> »sp this year than las!
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