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Carollnas MU Honors Walker For Olympian’s
Achievement; Lee Calhoun To Wed August 9th
DURHAM - Dr T. : nr T
Walker, track coach of NoUh r
frolina College? niymp-.. hurdler
Stadium. Evanston* 01. os they pause Pom a workout in preparation for the due? «Hth the world
yhrrmpion New York Giants on Ana ;t T l’*orn left. Sire* row; Son Kramer. Earl Leggett. Jus
Parker, and Jeny Tubbs, *’rom Soft. hark row. Jim Brown, Del Schaffner, Don Bossier. John
t Brodie Paul Homing, Lon Pcwum. and Jan Arnett. (Mcwprefsg Photo}-
Pranklintcn Redcaps And Centra!
Prison Giant; Clash Hhre Sunday j
The Franklin ton Redcaps '■
lnv*A* Raleigh, Snndav , A-:-
11. The Redcaps come t<* UN ••
Park 'ci d ! .‘ oattic \>yh rh® ' ■ :
Central Briton Giants lon a on
er In the baseball wnr!.- \
Carolina This will nr. r the n
U&l o-" ■•• n t
this City this v- -or;
Th® Redcaps tvi!! n,
their first appea-ance 1
last season when the*. drßuited j
the Baltimore Elite Giantr.
Independence Day rh- h ‘I r
Central Prison Giant*
ing then- fir?? public apnea' <
in five year''- ‘D :n is -v. de i,
entirely of life-tern!'is .jn f .
have been reported to have !- ■;
or. the winning end -.f aii <h, ■•
games this season .sirron: ihe ■
son league.
Leading the Brin ps v jit
be Lonnie Flevrl, who ib-Mg • •
ted to replace Kenny iViitio,
•kipper for *h< Re deeps for
tie pa:** three ra?on> Mona
get Flovd hr a ird fi, (
the Cap* will he at fob .tr, r.c
th and he expect-, the game to
Pirates 9 Ctcmente May Quit
CINCINNATI <A- p» R’ -r
eircuiated here lasi that Ho
merto Clement? r«H hui.ih p .
rates outfileder ms? quit *>■
and return to his n Pur.fo
R:co at the e: d of -iv- oi ; v,
bail season because of a chronic
back ailment
The third leading h,n i :•
National League las' fue.n <u,
ments has been ph -it i-.v
injury almost constantly this
son A* onp perind. he ,p< > i
Giants' Brown To Wed In October
Pu ishing
NASHVILLE, Tern. AN
Members of the General Sunday
School Publishing firm'd of the
National Baptist Convention. V ■: A.
Ire. met in Nashville «.. .
to rev-ie-.c- work of the Knnj ~nd
lay plans for the future. He". M.
B. Rib’oins of Chattanoo- ■ cb,)i>
man of the board, pro,sifted.
The board's attention was dir »r- I
ted largely to administrative r ■ !
ports of its Secretary, Dr. A. M, ’
Townsend, who has- led the hoard 1
for 37 years.
The Board beard dt'cm-mon of
its legal status b;. A»iy \ T.
Walden ‘of Atlanta, National Bap
tist Convention attorney' ftepm
of the financial st.ifsi* ..one t m ;
Mr. 3. B Bltyton. Convention and- !
itor
The Expansion nrnvrjm of j
the Board and a look into it*
future need* wen explained
by Best Chat let. ? Dinkins, the
Board's Director of education
and AsMMant to the Secretary.
Plan« for reorganised chil
dren's curriculum, were repor
ted by Miss Mildred L. McTyre,
Editor of Children’s Literature.
Among the affinal actions taken |
were.
The Board voted to approve the
action of the board of ciu - i-v!is: in
acquiring property adjacent to the I
Morris Memorial building in Nash- j
Villa to provide • !. V r f.lr.i 1
ris Memorial building, now k>. ted i
I *ee Calhoun, received th® Caro*
j : ri.n AAU Honor Roll certificate
j "for outstanding contribution to ]
he «<l*» of the toughest that the ;
Rcdry.ps have played this year !
if *, i ir.ll.'!. is going; to place
most of the dependence on his
i ' hi!o ■ . James Meyvsooif.
M-hn ho, » record of n wins,
:'"i. !•>' los-cm for this year.
Ready to e« in relief, if neers- I
will he times Thurring- !
!i>n, ‘he limr.m" for the Red- |
LciMltng the Caps afield and at
j ’he plate will be their powerful
| "Murderer'; Row", of Blalock.
; Stallings, and. Hicks, who have a
i i fio'bio.od bast ins! average of .418.
1
i 1 narlos Bislock. 2nd baseman, who
; ri the Redcaps at the plate last
i season rCinquished his batting j
I lend to Clnvenec Hicks. Ist base- j
.nan. due *o 3 current slump.
Blalock was leading the
< mv vMb a .422 effort, htif
bis fuller, to .502 over a period i
the !:<*i. three weeks. Hu-iis,
who ii.ts been consistently
peirdiu* on the horsehidp
went ahead in the hatting
>.! !' with a .430 total. Jason
SLtßme?. the leading home
tun producer last year, better '
j whole month to a Pittsburgh hos* 1
Vital. During his stay in the hos*
pita! he lost ] "■> punds. i
Wording to fdements. the
perulMr ailment has so far
baffled the medics, who have j
not been ibSr to successfully j
diagnose it "No one knows j
what it 1 said Clements.
' hey can't, find anything, i |
run. I throw, I move, eet hurts.
Some day ect hurt, some day 1
• j CHAFLOTTRSVILLE. Va. (ANP) ■
-•Roo.-a vrtf Brown, arid star of the
j oriri ch.unpions New York Gi
, - i t., and Miss Thelma F.lizsbeth
| - oronton of Charlottesville, last
| ■ cr.o!< announced that they’ll wed
| in October.
The announcement came as
Brown, 9 tackle, prepared to break
imp v»ih the Giants and head
tor ( ‘!ih ago for the Giants-Oollege
i A!I-fitar„ football Jitnc Aug !> 1
Tan Grid Stars Try Out
With Philadelphia Eagles
IWifef'.i Note; This is the
hi- i of a scries of stories deal-
I to.; with the prospect,: of pro
hui.tl foutball trams with
Nn.:rc personnel.)
CHICAGO iANP) - The br
r-. i up; ■•enldfion of tan talent
m Hie le-irn’s history is now in
iittihuiji with the Philadelphia Hag
j 1> s profess >nal football team at
j Hershey P..
j Altcniiop will be centered -on
: Clarence i-’ita'ks. Michigan State’s
i:r«-at all-around performer and the
Eagle:- No, 1 draft choice.
Among the veterans on the club
!'■ I’lddie Hell, defensive end and
half' ick, who will be playing his )
| third i non with the club.
The tattles have reached into
the armed services for several
j tan prospects. These include
i in the ;o million dollar Capital
i Hill development area in rtoun
' town Nashville
The Board voted to approve
| pl’n to .icq-,lire property on which
tin- I <rrl M in (lie futuro erect
i a bui .’’pg to house its printing I
fbe furtherance of amateur athle
tic? in the two Carolinas.
Thp award was believed to be a
known ».» "The Pride of the
Redcaps.’ and (he player
■ named as (he Most Valuable
Player for the last year's (earn
rounds out the concentrated
power of the Redcaps batting
strength. he currently is hit
iing at a .424 clip,
j Afield the Caps should look like j
I Ibis: Nathaniel Davis. C, Clarence j
; Hicks IB; Charles Blalock. 3B; j
William Nichols, SS; Jason Sfal- I
lings, 3B: Arthur Wilkerson. LF: !
James .Joyner Cf; Henry Will- I
tains, RF Manager Floyd is ex* i
peeled to choose. Newsome for the
pitching duties.
There will he 3 Little
l eague game played prior to
(he start of the Redcaps.—-Gi
ants game There will also he
r pieeaMng contest with a
j big prb.e for the winner Game
time is 2:45, Sunday. August j
it. at Chavis Park,
j The Redcaps' record tot the !
| season stands at 17 wins and 1 loss j
| Their loss came at, the hands of j
| the Durham Rams. The Central
i Prison Giants record is reported
1 m he ,4 wins and o losses
no If eet doesn’t mre f ijni*
(baseball! I no foot around,"
Meanwhile. Pirates officials are
! concerned over Clement’s threat
j to quit, baseball. They realize the
j worth of the 2-year-old player to
j the Pirates, He's been the team'; j
; mainstay for the past, two seasons !
A speedy fly-chaser ss well as j
j a top hitter Clements last week
i was baiting only 249, more than i
|6O points below his 1058 season j
! average
The Giants did their conditioning
at Winooski, Vt
Brown s bride-to-be is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs, Thompson
Curenton of this city Brown is
the son of Mi and Mrs Roosevelt
Brown Sr., also of this city
Miss Curenton is a graduate of
Central Slate College, Wilberforcn,
Ohio Brown is a graduate of Mor
! cm Stale College in Baltimore
3iw Greer All-Army offensive
and In 1956; Vlnnie. Drake. AM-
Army quarterback for two
straight seasons; Larry Boyer,
former halfback for Wentover
(Mas*. Field AFB. and David
Rogers, another halfback who
was named to the All-Army
first team In 1956.
Othei aspirants include Alvin
Richardson, a 235-pound tackle
from Gramblitlg College, and Dick
Booker, an end who failed to stick
with the De(roit lions last. season.
Peaks was sailing along toward
All-American distinction last sea
son when he suffered a torn cart 4 -
lege in his knee in the fifth game
of the season. Surgery removed
the cartilage and doctors pronoun
ced him “good as new,"
He maintained a 5.2 average
rushing in his Big Ton career for
the Spartans Michigan Slate's
roach, Duffy Daugherty, declared
that 'Peaks ran do more things
better than any back I ever had "
Daugherty believes that he is a
good enough to play "fullback,
I naifbaek or end ",
THE CAROLINIAN
first ' for a Negro coach in this
area.
Ironically, Di Walket >«. the
man most, responsible for Negro
athletes’ cracking the rind ” cut *
tain in competing tr. the annuo!
AAU track mee' held a* State
College in Rnleigh each year.
Joe IV Glynn, President of
the AVI sectionaf. made the
announcement and added, "the
Carolina AAU was honored
to have one of the national
track and field champions for
this sectional, and that was
Her Calhoun who was so ably
coached by Coach Walker
Lee, of courts. won an Olympic,
cold medal and he w aho too
only member of the Carolina? AAU
to obtain 0 national award at the
Dayton. Ohio. Hack and field ev
ents. We extend our heartiest coo
' grain! ations to Coach Walker on
hi? part in this achievement."
This is a monthly solecfon made
by the Carolina; AAU to honor
those who have played outstand
ing roles in the progress of mro
tour athletics >n the two states.
Dr Walker nnd ids noted
protegee, Calhoun, are nxpeci
erf to meet on August HI when
Lee will hr married to Mi
Gwendolyn Bannister, Hie
track star s coliege sweeiheari
Calhoun will enter recreate o I
work in Cleveland. Ohio, in Ar
I (ember, accorebng to Walker
i . .
i&A.
MEET—Churles A- Ray, left <»f
\(:C and Lrnc ' E Goodman of
Howard l.’niversiiv. pariicipalrd
! in (he atinutil mceiiuc of the
i American College Puititc Rri.i
--i (ions Asocial ion, Sports nivi-*-
ion. at th* Bismarck Hotel, ('hi
| cage. 111.. August 6-8. May. who
is also director nf (he C(A\
i News Service, joined Goodman
; in a smalt college pane! and de
scribed functioning of confet
cnee icrviee "in round up nf a!!
major conferences. Goodman Vi
a pioneer member of \{'l'F.A
Barnes, Smith
Star In Game
OMAHA. Neb. (ANT- - Right*
: hander Fiank Barnes, ir. hi? sec- j _
| ond season in the Amen, m Asso
ciation. has set a 57-,voar-old Am
ertcon Associ."’!-.'!! .record n■' pd
chine 41 1-3 consecutive score les:-
i innings.
j The Omaha rudm U' butler.
| unanimously chosen to the annual <
jA A all-star team has shut out i
i five different clubs in thp 1 ague. (
j His 2.40 earned run mark • - the 1
> lowest among the Association pit*
j chers,
Barnes ha? a season record of ‘
| eight wms and six losses, pitching 1
; eight, complete games in 18 start?.
In his first 115 innings, he turned
in 102 strikeouts, second highest in
the league
The Cardinals recently sign
ed Boh Gibson, just >ut< of
Creighton University. He star
j red in baseball and basketball
for the Omaha school. Gibson,
j winning his first start in pro
baseball with an fi 2-3-inning
performance, is considered an
excellent major league pros
peel. He was sought by seven
other major league organiza*
i tions besides the Cardinals.
| Gibson , incidentlly, plans to
! ploy basketball with th® Harlem
I Globetrotters this winter
j The third lan member nf the
I Cardinals is infielder Milt Smith,
j who has performed at. second, third
i and short this season Smith, who
! has had a major league trial with
AIDS 'KENNY' FUND - Frnnad #r»»«rt«rinw Enrtha RiM odds
swr woi'-e l« o host ot other slo.w. in tjugtn'j public nyppnri of the
1957 annual hind anpeotl of the SLoloi Elisabeth Kenny founds
lion. Miss Kid, who has nvjds one-minute TV ctfranarctals i» aid
th« drivo, view? a pcjrtrrvt of the late Sintor Kesvvy • who aided
to the fiqht oqaiwu polio. (NaweprwPhot©),
I
forß PfU.sT LANDING Challanger Tommy “Hurricane" hnui at the Polo Grounds (left photo) and saga to the floor te the
Jackson grabs th? rope.. liter takinc a bard right, from heavyweight nroccss (right photo). Jackson hit the canvas three times, lost In the
champ Flovrt Patterson in the second round <>f their July 29th title lOth by a TKO, (UNITED PRESS PHOTO), *
For Sept. Bout: j
NEW YORK fANP' --- Middle- |
weight champion Su ar Hay Rob ;
inson and welterweight kir.gpns i
Carmen 80.-Rio Vest '.reek official. I
ly signed iesal documents fur thoiv j
middleweight, title showdown at i
Yankee Stadium, Sept. 2d
The ceremony whe!.! it
heudquriers of the New York
State Athletic * otnrni-sion. !*
vi .fs delayed I ( ' h »,?■ ■; ri(r
the lepaf-minded jiohitwon r\
ainined the return clauses of
the contract.
The contracts call tm Sugar Rav !
to receive 45 per rant of all n>: f i
proceed?, and Basilic. 20 per cent :
of the same.
Meanwhile promoter Jim Norn; j
of the International Boxing Cb b j
prerii'Oed » gate of be''- 1 wn i
000 to $i million, with an addition- !
a! $250,000 coming from -theater
television, The IBC is promoting
the fight
!50 Enrolled In ;
A Ch e.c rl eacl ers
Clime At P. V . !
PH AIR IE VIEW ’lex <ANF" -
The fir'd clinic for tnojoi'ctts and
cheerleaders held last v» eok st i
Prairie View A & M Co'< !.->g« en- ;
rolled 150 students from all parts;
of Texas and Louisiana
A large group worked two?■- - ■
sions per day ucdrr the leadership
of Mrs J H “Pud’ Patter son. head
cheerleader at. the University of
Be tty e East of Sam Houston State
Teachers College and Margaret
Ciaid of Baytown
The project was held under the ;
supervision of the dire,-for of ex
tramural services. Dr . ,T L j
Brown, and will be repeated
next slimmer.
the Cincinnati Redlcgs as well ■<-
the Cardinals, loads Omaha in
doubles with 15, in triples with
nine, in hits with 75 and in runs
scored with 50. His current wit
ting average in ,260 and he has
knocked in 40 rum-
Smith was an outstanding hitter
with San Diego in the Pacific
Coast League in 1965, when h;s
contract was purchased by the
Redlegs, He failed to hit major
league pitching and war. rent hark
so the coast loop in 1956. v hen he
played for Sr.(tie.
t.n . TIT'.C BOUT SET Light heervyweigbo king Archie Mooro points te chcdJeasgisr Tcsiy
Anthony (right) during r* huddle m Atiqoic* nr' which <i title howl was sot for Sopi- 11 t»
C, hr..-.i p Stodnan Attomoy Julas Covey *cwro(he fighters, while Honk Smskale- reorCßpaf
irig »H«* Colik mjr» Sports Enterprises (promoters o( the bile go), looks on, Mne*« wos mshvd <s
t, In ,r rjf;vn tr i M<r« York hovmg comnOtSSlOß or Jubw HpUotiHL rtfter Wrung on g'isT'enS'iOß foe
imling if* defend h y» crown m n yonr. fNewnpr® - f - Photo). ,
I
NEW YORK fANP'i New York j
' Giant,? fans' iart wwk were urged ;
\to organ;/c a■ V iip. Mays Day" |
\ at, tlie Polo Cl round? o s a token of :
j their appreciation of the star out-1
i fielder s contribution *o the term? i
i and its supporters over the years, i
'1 be suggestion was made bv ;
a New York newspaper, which |
i
CHICAGO tANPi-Friot to lea- ,
ving for Kiamesha Like. N. Y tor I
; 3 week of g.-illing and fellowship, a j i
; group of .some 25 of lb* nation’s j '
j premier • profession*:! and business I :
i men dined at fashionable Morris j I
i Eat. Shop on the near Sotilliside ! 1
i where they were treated to a sump- j t
j tuous menu and an exhilarating j <
| afternoon of wit and humor.
1 Tim humor, for the most part. <
J was provided bv Larry Do by, star
! Chicot;-) White Sox outfield#*’ who
! v/as one of ;i-vend piles! speakers I
Dr. Waiter Or-mv. Aaron Payne, i
I Truman Gibson, Jr. and Jesse
! Owens, former Olympic star. «tl*o
spoke. i i
V, guest speaker n«hv was j ]
) surprisingly (join! pne No
ted more for his exploits on j ’
I Hie h iso,bill diamond rather ; l
| than t*is ibiliiv ns an after j !
dinner speaker, Larry exhibit
i rd trenrhent wit md a retnr j
fee that had *br whole group
applauding. Ml present agreed
(hit the bait-hawking Doha
Bobby Beli’s j
Victim Given
Brain Surgery |
SPRINGFIELD. Alas? t ANPI
Knocked out in the eighth round
or a H’h -di'.f'd 10-round';, by Bob
hy Bel) in N, r York recently, 1 e
teran lightweight Bobby Courches*
ne 22. v ■,) reported in f-itr condi
tion at Spr lngfiold hospital follow
ing an operation for removal of .?
blood e'ot oil the brain
CoUJ'ehesm, a veteran of 61 pio
bouts, had taken a savage beating
from ito!! arid was sitting in lus
corner between the eighth and
ninth rounds when he suddenly
stiffened. A Phy tetan war- called
into the ring 10 revive the Holy
oke, Moss fighter, and reported
he h id suffered a temporary para
lysis.
Since then Courrhesne has en
tered the hospital The operation
followed
Brrf entile pn-”i ;. are expected
to remain at present favorable le
vels throw gout the) remainder o' !
19>7. I
staled that approval of such a
ipove bv Giants bra:,.; would be
•t significant, gesture on their
p,rt to the thousands of (n\af
fans who must remain behind
when the Polo Groundci rjr
parr for San Francism next
rear.
Will,*-, 4li«s p«3pj?r v-r*?d. rpniitids •
was in rare form i« a speaker i
Do by found a receptive audience
in the informal group of golfers,
who were preparing to leave for
their annua! get-together. Mem
bers of the group which has a j
president but neitl or constitution ■
nor by-laws, have been meeting !
on the golfing links for the past !
l.i years, They play sf various pla- |
eer. but. this year decided or. New I
York
They ate guests this week at j
the Concord Hotel, one of the most j
luxurious on the president of the
Masters Golfers Association
The group is composed of friends
and associates w business and the
professions. Here in Chicago they
gatht-r monthly or so socially.
Then president is Eugene Woods:,
prominent attorney With a mem
hershtp list reading like a Who?
,?**+** mj iT.li wm*~
Mi «.
* lrind ' n m ' ,K ' ¥ ‘ lf,% streigbt Wh!jkfi V 5 m • 70% Grrm Spirt*
WEEK ENDING SAT . AUGUST 19 1957
Giants fans here of the glorious
days of the past Called the last
of the Giants super stars, he is
ranked with such former greats as
rail hTibbfu!, Mel Ott, Chris Mat
thewsrin and Frankie Frush
Mays has been termed by. ejf
neri.- a? the most exciting player
in baseball today
Who. the group includes the fol
lowing
Truman K Glbeen Sr and
h(x son. Truman K Jr ledge
Herman Moore of the Virgin
Blands, *Hf Bey Archibald f.
Carejy, Attorney Aaron Payne,
Hi 'j K Lawless James £.
Thatcher. A Spaulding, A K.
biggs, Homer Wilburn. It. M.
Calvert, s. r Himillon and
P C. Podrers
Also Ralph Metcalfe. Jesse
Owens. A W Williams. and
Wasscll Donaldson.
Guest.- ;n addition to Doby. mere
Wendell Smith Claude Barnett,
director of the Associated Negro
Piers. Dr Clinton Undo. Leslie
Abernathy and Harry Gibson.
Following the dinner the group
travelled hy auto, Iran? and plans
for the golfing retres*