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WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. AUGUST 1?. 1957 Mays Could Win NL’s Batting, Home Run Honors FISHING FOR COMPLIMENTS Wimbledon champion .Mfhra Gibson serve: up congratulations ’ for small-fry fishing champs Daine Rurgel, 10, and Douglas dark, l.'l. in Brook!: os Prospect I'ork Miss Gibson took time out from her practice for the Wightman Cup matches to salute the Jib) winners of’-the | Abraham & Strauss Junior Angler Contest in a victory fish-fry. Doug iof 301 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn), i caught the heaviest fish in the four-week competition to win a trip to Washington. Piano, -of 32 Danforth St., Brooklyn) won a bicycje for her catch. U NITED PRESS PHOTO St Augustine s Falcons May Oppose 9 Football Teams Opening the St Augttstines Fal con'; 1357 grid schedule, will be the Bears of Shaw University or. October sth at Chavis Park The St Augustine's team will j have as its Homecoming oppon-! ent. the Eagles of North Carolina i 49ers' Joe Perry Is Called Greatest Ground-Gainer In Hall Grid Circles (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a nother In the series of stories on professional football Wins with tan players.) CHICAGO <ANP) Partisans of the San Fraijtisco Forty-Niners will not only be pulling for their favorites finally to win a Nation al Football League title, but they will be cheering Joe Perry as he shoots for an all-time ground-gain ing record in the league. Actually right now, the 210- pound jet-propelled fullback is the greatest ground gainer in record ed football history. In nine seasons he has rolled up 6,682 yards on 1-248 carries for a 6.4 average. The NFL. however, fails :o re cognize Perry’s two seasons in the All-American Conference and tints i still lists Steve Van Buren, of the j Pniladelphia Eagles, as the all- j lime leader with .6,000 yards in | 1.320 attempts lor a 4 4 average. I Van Buren performed for the Ea- j gins eight seasons , I in NFL competition, Joe the Jet ; bis totaled 5,337 yards in 1057 at- | tempts in seven NFL seasons. With [ only 532 yards to go, Perry has a I solid chance to overhaul Buren this ! year, Perry has never gained under : 500 yards—his lowest was 520 in • 318 attempts last season-in he? pro rarppr Twice, in consecutive 1 Jackie Robinson, Liston Howard Star On NBC’s Night Line 7 Radio Program NEW YORK (ANP)—Jackie Rob inson, former star of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Elston Howard of the New York Yankees, made an ap pearance together on NBC's ‘ Night Line'’ radio program Wednesday evening. They reminisced a bit a bout their experiences in big lea- ; gue baseball. Their discussions started off with I observations about the treatment I they had received from white fel- | low players and both reported that j while there was a tendency to kid I ®nd belittle them when they first-! started, conditions have Improved immeasurably. Jackie told how Branch Rickey then Brooklyn’s manager ar.d the man who gave him his chonce, had i coached him in great detail on how ! bo should act in every situation He was not to fight back or ex hibit his temper because he was fighting for something bigger than his personal feelings. Jackie said he observed all the restrictions until toward the end of his career and when he felt he was accepted, and then he got to the place where he refused to take j personal indignities and gave back : -is good as he received. No “Bean Balls” Fired At Negroes Elston asked by Jackie whe ther he felt that some pitchers fired balls directly at Negro players because they Mere Ne groes. said no. Howard said hr had to hit the dust a number of times when he first Joined the Yankees but he was un willing to believe that any pi! cher had actually aimed at his head Be pointed not that white players were hit too. I ' College op October 1? The complete scheulc I* . Sep-!, terisber 28. open; Octobr; Shaw:l I October 12, North Carolina Col-1 1 ; lege: October 19. St, Pauls in! 1 ' Raleigh: October 28, Fayetteville j’ State Teachers College in Fayette-;’ I ville, Novcmb' r 2. Elizabeth C:f;. i ■ • - j years, he amassed more titan 1,090. yards—l,9lß in 1353 and 1.G49 in! 1954. He is one of several tan •■soirantr I for the Forty-Niners ihir season. ! San Francisco will be without the ! services of John Henry Johnson, ! the hard-running halfback, who ! "was traded to the Detroit Lions, j Also, defensive and Charley i Powell, as of this wilting is on the j suspended list. Pc-wh who :m.-de • the big jump from high school to ! professional football has been tom | between a pro boxing career and i football. He is now on the team's suspen ded list. He signed a 49er contract in March and drew an advance on his 1957 salary with the ur.d-rstan- i | ding he would devote full-time to j : football ana an off-season job pro- i I cured for him by the club. Several days before the train- I j ing camp opened, Charlie, who j j worked only two days on the job. I j announced that he decided to make j j boxing his full-time career. | Other lan prospects for the team J arc J. D. Smith, who spent the se j cond half of the 1956 season with | the term; Jerry Drew, fullback I from California; L C Joyner, ju | n:or college grad making his sec ! ond try for the squad; John Thom i a*. 215-pound offensive and defen- j 1 sive end from the College of Pari- I Jackie told how during his early years, a black cat was brought to the bench presumably to play on superstition, how one player came out attired in a Pullman porter's uniform and how one day some one brought a water melon on the field. He said that each time he i concentrated on hitting the bail j and when he was lucky enough.in j smash out. a real good one, thu e | annoyances disappeared. Elston Howard said the only real affront which bothered J him was that for a long time In Baltimore, he was forced ta find lodging apart from the other members of the team be Detroit, Hampton Net Stars Take Top Honors At Durham DURHAM—At the close of the i fourth day of aclion in the Nat ional Junior Tennis Tournament j at North Carolina here recently, I I William Neilson, of Hampton, Va„ i l and Gwen Me Evans. D< trod, i Mich,, walked away with a shore | I in three championships. Top m eded Neilson successfully { defended the boys’ championship ■ by defeating Albert Brooks, At lanta, Ga., 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Mary Ann Henry, of Hawkins, j Tex , dropped her 3966 girls’ laurels ! in the 15—13 age group, to Mi s Neilson teamed with Aliss McEvans to win the mixed double after having joined Jamrii S trout, also of Hampton, I to win ih* boys’ doubles of j Teach"!,-. Colics* in Elizabeth Ci!-. November 9 AVine ton •Sa lem Teachers - nigh! •, Raleigh: November if., J c. Smith Uni versity J ru ■ pi Fwieiaiy. and No vember 2? Delaware FfPc as Dover ftc, and Willie Bern on 2pound guard and tackle from Jack.-m (Miss.) Slate College A versatile, performer, Smith joined the 49ers after his release by the Chicago Bovs. He plays at offensive vingback or linebacker. £*-r.siv- wingback or linebacker. The 6 1. 295-pound North Carolina A and T err-d will .'•'ob.ahly he used this yc?f primarily on de fense. Drew, a STI IX-pounder was Sun Francisco's 28th draft choice in 1956 but completed his eligibi lity at California. He hits a tough assignment. in beating out Perry and Bill Bowman, the former De troit Lion obtained in the John son trade. Joyner, a 135-pound flanker back and Offensive end. starred f,r East ( Ant’-ai. U , Junior Col lege and v, ~.j a Ist draft choice in 195(5. Thomas a 6'5", 175-pound bas ketball star at COP. has good speed and a good pair of hands. Chances might be enhanced considerably if Powell sticks by his decision. Tho mas was the 4 tiers’ 23rd draft choice last January. Signed v a free agent. Beamon captained Jackson State his sopho more and senior years He spent two years in the Army. j cause Baltimore hotels would not accept a Negro guest but that this year that ban had | been lifted in the hotel where the team stays and everything moves smoothly. “Accepts All As Americans” Jackie do. od the interview | which ‘.'.as just a conversation be ; two. r; themselves without the con j o’uctor havii a anything to say, by ! remarking that he hoped in many i m her fields of life in America. progre-i.: would be made Just as it ■ hud in baseball and that the public i would accept all people simply as j American* without. regard to race, ! color or {two. the 15 to IK age group. Miss >li 1 van,-i. after winning the girls' singles teamed with Beverly lacSisou hultimore, Alii,, to win Ih, girls' double* •or flu' 15 IS-year-olds. K'ill«>\. irg the oid of play in which 75 youths from over the nation participated, champions in twelve divisions were presented a total of 34 trophies donated for Hie third year by the Coco-Cola Company, Atlanta, Ga., co-eponsor of the event. Durham insurance executive W. V, Cooke, chairman of the ATA Junior Development Program, re ceived the trophies from the Moss !J Hendrix Organization, Wash ington, O. C. Late Season Serge Puts i “Say Hey" Kid On Top BALTIMORE <ANP' Willie ! Mays, on a hitting streak last week , end in Cincinnati, presaged a late i season surge that might bring him j into contention for both the Na- . tional League batting and home i run championship. Willie took a delight to Red- | legs pitching. In the four-game I series he ciouted five home runs, j raising his season's total to 24. j That put him only six behind the : 20 clouted Oy Hank Aaron, Mil- j waukee s slugging out tickler. Subject ai times to prolonged j slumps, Mays is keeping Ins aver- j age around the ,320 mark The New j York Giants centerfielclcr also is ! giver) to sustained sprees at the j plate and may yet challenge Aaron i and others for batting honors As for Aaron, the NL 1956 bat- j ting champion tailed off since his ■ return to action after a week's layoff due to a sprained ankle. Hr. managed, at week's end, to bold ! the batting leadership with a .336 j | mark, only a 2-percentage point. | edge over his most persistent chal- j longer this year—Stan Musial of j the St. Louis Cardinals. Aaron, however, dropped behind l the Cardinal first s&ckcr in the ! . RBI race. Musial had 84 to Aaron's j ! 80 Cincinnati's Geprge Crewe was! j third in this department with 69, i with Mays in fifth place with 63. j I Mays, the fifth best battjyr per- j centage-v. isc. also was the leading i base stealer in the majors, as he ! i has been virtually all the season, j 1 Willie has 39 base thefts. Aaron had the most, hits of any I player in the majors (139) and >..-as tops in the NL id run? scored (77). Mays was second ir. runs ! (73). The leading ninchhitter :n the 1 majors, in ihe number of hits, is Julie Becquer. the Cuban first sac !•:• »• with the Washington Senators. He has delivered 14, his latest driv ing in the winning tally in a 2-to-l 1 victory over the Detroit Tiger? Connie Johnson Baltimore’s i ighlhandev. picked up his ninth victory of -the season when the O- To Open Drills Sept „ 15th: Ligon’s little Blues Plan Nine-Same Grid Schedule The Ligon High Little Blues be- j gin practice on Thursday, Sep ! tember 15, in preparation for a i nine-game football schedule. The j i earn was hit very hard last season I through graduation. However, the j coaches are expecting the return | of thirteen lettermen for the ini i tial practice. Lettermen expected are: Line | men--Co-Captain Frank -Gard , ner, who was an All-State choice ; for tackle last year .weigh* 226: ! Bobby Matthews, Bobby Gardner, i James Lane, Claud? Trotter, and j Walter Rawlins. Th returning' barks are headed by Co-Captain Frank Hunter, who did a remark j able job for the Little Blues offensively last year. Oiher backs are Napoleon Johnson, Ira Frazier, Elijah Walker, Carl MeKnight, Leon Brewer, and William Tate. There are a number of reserves returning to the squad this season: Charlie Watkins, Benjamin Cur tis, James Woods, Nathaniel Ro chelle, Garland Hunt. James Hun ter, Lewyn Hayes, William Rob BEGINNING OF THE END Former welterweight champ Kid ! : Cavilan of Havana, Cuba, stands over his fallen opponent, Casper ! Ortega of Mexico, after he knocked him to the canvas In the fourth j round of a scheduled 10-rounder. Gavilan, has been plagued by a Ion? i losing streak, broke It with a bang as he blasted his way to a unani j raous decision over Ortega, a 2 to 1 favorite at Miami Bench, Florida. I {UNITED PRESS PHOTO). THE CAROLINIAN I '-’hiles defeated Kansas C‘ity in both j ends of a twilight, doubleheader, j Johnson was victorious in the sec i ond game, 10 to 2, The Orioles won I the firs l game when Bob Boyd, j (irt baseman, came through with | a homer in the 13th inning Boyd's j ; teammate, outfielder, Joe Durham j ! also propelled a roundtripper. Kan - j I sas City .; Hector Lopez had one in j ! a losing cause. j Another stunning mound perfor* j msnre was turned in by Sad Sam i Jones, St Louis Cardinals’ curve i balk. r. Jones shut out the New i York Giants. 8 to 0, and his four whiffs raised his strikeout total i over 100 for the third straight sea ! son. Jones, who now has 101, ied ! the NL in strikeouts in 1953 and | <956 Frank Robinson, the young Cin- ! cinnati outfielder, was shifted to first base last weekend when the I Red tegs acquired Joe Taylor, nut - j j fielder from Seattle of the Paci- j ! tic Coast League. j The NL team reportedly paid a I i '‘big bundle” of cash and sent Bob ! j Thurman, utility outfielder and j pinchhiiter to the minor league ! team. Taylor’s debut was unsus i pioious. Although he had a single | and sacrifice in four officials at i bat. he struck out, three time:;. Robinson, incidentally, continued i | among the first 10 NL hitters. He j I was batting .316 good enough for j j sixth plac.e among the hitters. | Boyd and outfielder Minnie Min- j ! oso of the Chicago White .Sox re- j | mained among the top American j League hitters. Boyd was fourth j with a .324 mark and tied with se- j veral other players (including New York's Harry Simpson, for the first | place in the league in triples with i six. Minoso was sporting a .309 ! mark. Outfielder Larry Doby. on * hit- j ting jag last week raised his av- | erage to 90. Doby. who has never j hit less than 20 home runs since j 1950. collected three in two games ‘ m Washington *n raise hts sea- ! son’s output to 11 i ertson Prank Pearson. William I Davis, David Forbes, Ennis Blount, and Lynwood Monroe, Included among the newcom ers are William Mims, Wiley Lath am. William Crockett. Albert Hawkins, William Johnson, Lon nie McClain. Maryland Jones, Charles Davis, Charles Williams, Fletcher Snipes, Norman Snipes. Bennie Mack. Robert Jones, and i Charles Manual. There will be two sessions per day for the first two weeks. The morning session begins at 7 o’clock and the afternoon session begins at 4 o'clock. Coaches Pete Williams and George Fox well are ex pecting seventy candidate ior the opening session. The 1957 schedule is as follows: Home Games Sept. 20. Darden, Wilson: Oct. 11, J. T. Barber, (Homecoming) New Bern: Oct. 25. Adkln, Kin ston; Nov. 1, Atkins, 'Winston-Sa lem. Games Away Sept. 6. E. E. Smith, Fayette ville; Sept. 13, Elizabeth City HEAVYWEIGHT JOHN MAY i shown heading t solid right, to the jaw of Billy Walters in their mem orable battle in Charlotte several month.-, ago. He will be seen at the Charlotte Park Center Tuesday night, I August 20, when he attain tangles with Walters, who ha ha tram Rook Ilill, S. kavoed May in the. *ix*h round of their first match. The bout highlights a tight, card that will feature 36 rounds of boxing. Cards’ Uitie Matson Gets Jayeees Most Valuable Flayer Award In 111. 4,v- ; hi August: UGA Sets Tournament For Bee Gee WASHINGTON. D. C The Wake Robin Golf Club, of it ;a city, is making plans for one o' the biggest tournaments of the history of the United Golfers Association, which will stage its 31st annual event over the beautiful courses of Potomac Park, August 26-30. R is expected that the tour nament will bring: to Washing ton one of the largest groups of golfers to participate in the VGA event for many years, according to Mrs. Ethel IV). Williams, president of the all women’s Wake Robin Gulf which is serving as host for the tournament. Large numbers of registrations have already been received. In addition to a beautiful array of trophies for the championship divisions for men, women, senior men, and junior boys and girls Wake Robin has announced that there will be trophies and prizes for as many flights as ore entered in the various divisions of the tournament. The Coca-Cola Com pany, Atlanta, Georgia, has contri buted the championship trophies for five years. Charlie Sifford. Philadelphia, who placed high in the money ranks of the recent Eastern Open at Baltimore, will defend his j championship in the pro division while Gordon Goodson, Harris burg, Pennsylvania, is defending amateur champion. Pro purse and flight trophies are sponsored hy the UGA and the host club, while Schaefer Brewing Company is al so a donor of trophies this vr-ar. Franklin T. Lett, Detroit, Is UGA president, anti Mrs. Paris Brown, former Wake Robin president, is UGA tour nsment director. In addition to j Mrs. Williams, the officer- of Wake Robin are Mrs. Adel aide Adams, Vice president; Mrs. Gertrude Subcr, record ing secretary; Mrs. Marie Jones, financial secretary; Mrs. Flora Coleman, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Vydre Carter, treasurer . mid Mrs. Irene Brown, chaplain. In the absence of Mrs. V r;a Brown, who has been traveling abroad, Mrs Mario T. Pitt man has been acting chairman of the tour nament committee of the bos' club. Wake Robin plans aline of social activities in connection with the tournament, including an open house at the Tropic..n Club, New Dunbar Hotel, on August 25. Wcvmm WAR ORPHANS WHO PI.AN TO APPIV FOR SCHOOLING UNDER THE. NErt WAR ORPHANS &£NEFI r LAW SHOULD FILE APPLICATIONS AT THE NFARFST VA REGIONAL OFPICE not at va district offices or wiih VA ILi WASHINGTON / ■ ■ l CHICAGO (ANF‘I • Ollie Mat i sot;, *v ’ar Chicago Cardinals grid ’ .’tar, is?) week was voted the Out | standing Fprofesdonal Football 1 Player in Chicago and presented ; with the Chicago Junior Chamber of Commerce annual award at the College All'-Srsrs luncheon spon | sored annually by the Jaycees. j The luncheon preceded the Col • lege All-Stars-New York Giants | classic at Soldiers Field last Fri day night. I Each year the .fever,• ? honor the ■ outstanding professional gridder j with the award, based on sp-ndg i Mrus'-n’s professional re. vr-,‘d j Champion; : AW bon i ; j mJchenleij I J iff | jXourbcti j 1 I jewm 11 j ■'if*- R " ■>> , | I ! I if |! I ’'%v # ' I ;'KvV'- • i j 8 Years Old I ! *985 *4g ri;>t | J - -i • -i • - ■ ■ n '■ii—i “tm -'hi *— PAGE ELEVEN " ith the Cards Last year m the f fur years he has performed with . th* squad justifies his selection. During the four-year span, he has : < ; rted the pigskin 497 times for 2.249 yards has caught 77 passes ' • so*-) for 1.234 yards, returned ;;g punts for 470 yards, returned 65 | kickoffs for 1,302 yards and scored ' ’ 8 points, the equivalent of SI i touchdowns. Matson cams to Chicago to »*» mvp tha award on permission at coach Ray Richards. Ths Redbirds •me in training for fee 1957 grid ■ arson at sarburbstj L*.k« Forest. Tn their first pro-season gams, tb' C Mrds will few* the Green Bay Packers in Miami, fhV
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