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WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. 1957 Ex-Grid Star Draws 6 Months For Sex Perversion SFSFS A HlT!—Middleweight Gene Armstrong 'right), of Elizabeth, N. smashes a hard right to the i chin of opponent Rudy Sawyer, of Long Island City. N. \.. during then bout at St. Vicks \iena. New York. August loth. Armstrong won the 111 -round fight by decision. UNITED TRUSS PHOTO). Hank Aaron, Mantilla Hold Keys j To Pennant Hopes Os The Braves j MILWAUKEE (ANP i—The Mil- 1 waukee Braves entered the final swing around the east with a sub stantial edge in the once-hotly; contested National League pen ant race. But whether the Braves held that advantage—at this writing, games— did not depend on such celebrated performers as Hank Aaron, Warren Spahn, Eld die Matthews or Red Schoendist. The young man who might hold ihe key to unlock the door to the NL pennant was s 23-year-old Puerto Rican Felix Mantilla, The Braves’ regular short stop, .fohnny Logan, way hob bled by injuries during the team’s last home stand. Fe lly, who had been used at third, second and short at va rious times this season, was called on to fill the breach. At the time, Mantilla was a .520 hitter. But aarUm this sen eon* whan pressed into service, he hit th.e ball sharply Regular ac tion could conveivably restore his bathing eye Tills is Felix’s second season with the Braves. He was called up near midseason last year from Sacramento in the Pacific Coast, League when Milwaukee needed infield help. Mantilla has been in the Braves’ system since 1951. He has so much natural ability that he is coveted by almost every other club in the league. Any time the Braves try to negotiate a trade, the other team invariably suggests: "It's a leal—if you throw in Mantilla." lj» 1953. with Jacksonville. F!a., of the South Atlantic League, Mantilla was a team mate of his better known teammate, Aaron, They form ed a keystone combination that was good enough for a Class A pennant winner. Aa ron. of course, has since been shifted to the outfield. Man '■' ; , . /• ’ * v % jpj „«. • * Jp' V • "’' • ■’. ■ fIK y;J^fc^y^Sy^^^'tp*v l^KTn^'r^ ,it ' 'y *. • v%ffy^^jyjpTv^Kv. .. ■ 1 : ’ ■-' ' -l: / : r ' ; ’•:, ■ ; '"” ~■\ 4* ... „. ’' ri iflV*, bf^itf, r.litf, *‘V V^‘•^ijflg THE CHAMP COMES HOME Heavyweight eh a rap Floyd Patterson, plays with his 8-mnnth old daughter, Renee,a. In the Patterson's New York home Aug. 27fh. Cooking on is Floyd's wile, Sandra. The ehamp arrived Aug. 26th from Seattle Kiicre he kayned ehallcnfeer Trie Radeiaacher. (UNITED i PRESS PHOTO), iilia remains a superb fielder ■ ami can handle three infield positions with equal adroit ness. He spent, the 1954 an, V'ss tea- ’ sons with the Toledo club, then ; the Braves’ farm in the American ; Association. He sparkled afield and hit around .280. He showed j I amazing power and came through; with more than an occasions.;: | home run. I Mantilla weighs only 155 lbs. Manager Haney, of the Braves. ! says: j Solon Sees Hesd For tßsxing Commissioner ,! WASHINGTON (ANP) Con-i | grass might find it necessary to j , | make an investigation of the box -j 'ling profession unless the sport' . | takes the iead to clean their own i j house, recently warned Congress-; ; j man Kenneth B. Keating. Repub •; liean of New York. Keeling’s comment was In spired by the ludicrous Pat • i terson - Kademacher debacle, . followed closely on the heels i of the Robinson-Basilio then ter television snafu. Such ■ | travesties on the name of a ■ i potentially good sport could i mil he perpetrated if boxing ’ had a ring czar, said Keating. There is a crying need for a national boxing commissioner to oversee the sport just as Ford Frick does for baseball and Bert Bell for football, j Such ft mismatch as the Pr.i terson-Rademacher fight should | never have been allowed to take j place, stated the New York Repre ! sentative. An honest, competent I "He's my short .nop. He's 'he : j <ruv tint counts right now He’s| jci £OOCi one Y*Vc j*> not worried.’ i i And he -i dcl. c > •MantiUe c:\n play short or j 1 third or second. At third, he's ! quick as a cat and has that arm. 'He con make the pivot on the; double pf-v at second. But, he’s! , a sjicrr.-tnp- • ar-u righ l now he’s! : tfcn only .tearlsiop we've got. You I an .■!■-:■ iru 1 m . id v.c ve ! got him " This mi eh t be echoed thousands of that*, come September 29. by! 1 the legion tans of the Braves • and respected commissioner could j I have exercised the intelligent i judgment, backed by sufficient- j I and proper power, to veto j i this modified murder. "Such a .commissioner could; j also have prevented, or at least.! | effectively arbitrated, the mix-up ; which now threatens one of the ; biggest and best fights of the! I year. Although the somewhat ! ! garbled reports do not indicate 1 clearly the validity of Ray Rob- i | inson’s stand on his contract, it ! seems plain that such legal tan ! gles could be foreseen and fore j stalled by the benign, hand of a ' powerful ring czar." Keating pointed out Hint boxing has hern the subject of charges that it is riddled with elements that are harm ful to the sport, to those who participate in it. and to the American public. Although he docs not know whether these charges are well founded, ad , i milled the New Yorker, still All-American UCLA Player R. Laudd Accused Os Molesting 3 Young Boys LOS ANGELES < ANP > Receiv ! ing a. liuht. sentence in view of | the gravity of the charges, Ron -1 nie Laudd, one time UCLA Brum BEATING THE GUN HV BILL BROWER For ANT A year ago Frank Robinson, the Cincinnati outfielder, was closing lr on a major league record in j his first season in the majors, j Robinson eventually hit 38 home runs to equal the mark establish ed in 1930 by Wally Berber of tee old Boston Braves, i Early this season, the Redlegs' | j manager. Birdie Tebbetts said | i Robinson might not hit as many : ! home runs this year, but that he | : would hit for a higher average. ; , The 21 -year-old outfielder hit .290 last year and drove in 83 runs. Tn 11 games last season, he had three or more hits: tn seven games, he batted in three or more i runs. Tebbetts proved prophetic about his young flychaser. Ite hasn’t been as prolific produc er of home runs as he was in 1956. But he has been more consistent in gathering his j base Flits. Whereas a rear ago. Robin son had hit more than .30 . home runs, his total this year is in the low 20s. But he ap pears certain to hit well above j the .300 mark and is still in the money, so to speak, for the National League batting cham pionship. So it’s quite obvious that the, much-berated sophomore jinx has! , nos hindered Robinson In spring training at Tampa Fla. Frank was confident that it! wouldn't. ; "Sophomore jinx’" he asked ; ["Maybe some players. But not, so. far as I'm concerned." Robinson has been consistently above 300 in batting this year. He is the only Redleg that has maintained the pace. The young plnyet also has dern-, onstrated above 300 in batting j : this year. The voung player also has dem-, onstrated versatility. Tebbetts j found it necessary to use him at, j 1 first, base on occasions, especially; against lefthanded pitching whenj George Crowe, a southpaw slug- j aer, was benched. Tebbetts says he has seen enough of Robinson around the first base bag to be con vinced that he could become a topnotch first baseman, Robinson has figured in one of the most heated beanball controversies of the season. He was felled by one of Reu ben Gomez’s pitches last month in New- York City. This riled Tebbetts and he de clared that the National League : pitchers were throwing at his fa ! vorite player - only because he was a Negro and couldn't fight j back. Tebbetts later recanted. Wheth er there is the racial motive or not, Robinson has had target of; i beanballs an abnormal number of times. That is something of a tribute to the young man. But it must be ! noted, as Hank Aaron of the Mil* ’ waukee Braves pointed out re -1 cently, pitchers must have their j sacred cows when it comes to ! throwing at batters. Few pitchers, 1 if any, take aim at Stair Musial. j But back to Robinson. For the second straight season, he played on the starting NL All-Star nine i —also something of a tribute tor j a young ball player. Robinson, of course, has not \ yet achieved his full potential, j Unless he is beset by misfortune, j he Ls going to be recognized be-1 fore too many years as one of the j truly great performer* in the j game. j he feels that a full- airing would bring out the truth and benefit all concerned. Recalling the baseball scandal* of ’919. Keating said boxing today is In a siimlar situation “I hope boxing people will have the good judgment to clean their own slate and establish a super visory king-pin, even though they have shown little Inclination to do so thus far." declared Keating. If honest action is taken within the sport itself a congressional investigation can be forestalled. "They can clean out these prac tices and prevent a recurrance of such foolishness” as the recent mismatch. "But If they refuse to lake their heads out of the rand. the demand for Congress to take a hand may be irresistible .” aj ittpiiM “You married? I'm getting mighty tired of working all I the time and paying it out in i»xrs! w „ ,m i oROI.INIAN football star, and All-American, last week was sentenced to six months in jail for a sex offense committed last winter. | Contrary to the fact that after leaving college, he had served as j a juvenile probationary counselor, his sins had come within this ca tegory. lie had been convicted of having unnatural sex rela lions with one of three 12 and 13 year old hoys, who had Season Opens Sept. 21: Ben Whaley, Formerly Os NC,To Coach At Hairston HAMPTON. Va. Hampton In- j l slttute’B Fighting Pirates will en- j ’: ter CiA A. football competition J this Fall under the guidance of a ; ne>v head coach, Ben F. Whaley, ! i former Nortn Carolina College line j j coach and baseball coach. Coach Whaley’s appointment to the head football position was made by a conference j committee of administrative officials and the coaching staff. Other positions on the footbail staff will be filled by J. M. Griffin as backfield coach and j S. S. Moore as assistant coach. At the time he announced Wha ley s appointment, the college pre- j sident, Dr. Alonzo G. Moron, j named two others to positions in the athletic department Dr. Her man Neilson was appointed Direc tor of Athletics, charged with ad ministration of the entire varsity . athletics program. He will continue ! to function as chairman of the de- | partment of Physical Education j and will serve as end coach m the ■ football season. Frank Eniy was named to the : position of head basketball coach ! He fills the -spot held by Whaley ; until his appointment to the foot- j ball position. Bon Whaley has been n member j of the Fighting Pirates staff since , the 1954 season. He came to the j college from Durham, N. C where , ihe was line coach and baseball ! ! coach. ! After being cited for Hm all C f i A. A conference team In each of his four years as a Virginia State College gridder, Whaley played as I rines. The Pittsburgh Courier named the new head coach to its All American eleven two cor,seen- j live years Following service in the Armed j Forces, he joined the Los Angeles Dons where he was recognized tor his work in the offensive guard slot. Scpieoiber *l. Wm Fighting Pirate# opeu their season cn the road against Fayetteville State College, Fayetteville, N, C. There are four skirmishes sched uled for the Pirats home campus The first home stand on Arm strong Field will be against Dela ware State October 5. On October 26, the Blue and White will host Virginia State College. The Home coming gams on November 2, will be against Lincoln University. The Morgan State contest or. Novem ber 10, will round out the quartet i of home games. In announcing the coaching *- lignment for the season, President Alonzo G. Moron discussed some aspects of Hampton Institute's po- Brown Finds Lopes Hard Hut To Crack By CHARLES .1. LIVINGSTON I For Associated Negro Press I CHICAGO’ (ANP)—Lightweight i champion Joe Brown ran into trouble here recently. The trouble came in the form of a 4 to 1 underdog named Joey Lopes who battled the champion from New York, to a 10-round draw before a slim crowd of 1,470. which paid a gross of $1,176.11 In the Chicago Stadium. The bout was televised nationally and each fighter received $4,000 from the radio-television pool. Brown, a notoriously slow starter found himself out hustled by the crouching weav ing Lopes ,who used a spear ing right jab and long loopinx rights to keep his man off balance, Sever*! times at close he allowed himself to he tagged by Lopes while waiting to counter with h(s own right. By his own admission. Brown allowed Lopes to press him too ! much. He also said that his bid for a knockout was belated, "I waited too long to go after him.” he said. Brown, who last on 19, success fully defended his title against Orlar.do Zuhieta of Cuba, seemed disgusted with hi* performance. “1 didn’t feel too good. I didn’t feel right,” he kept repeating. He wouldn’t explain what was wrong ! with him, however. Lopes, on the other lus-nd, was jubilant and optimistic. Asked what vtould be his next move after the Impressive showing against Brown, he re plied.; “I want him again for the championship.” been enticed t>> hint and two companions to their "Sugar ■ Hill” room. Laudd. who had been named ■ , bv the boys as the ring leader ?; attempted as his defense during . the trial to offer the excuse that - he had only taken the boys in. tc teach them a lesson against mas querading in girls’ clothes, a. they were doing. Besides the j:u! j sentence he was put or. probation ! for six months. I icy. on athletics. He explained th the faculty committee on athletics, which controls the varsity program, is currently studying the policy to discover additional ways to rrln.u at I let'is to the over-all education al program of the college. Tan Players Hein Browns In Bid Fo r 1537 Grid Title (Editor's Note: This is ano thcr in the series of stories on professional football team* with tan players CHICAGO (ANP) The Cicve- j land Browns' estate ;n profession- j ai football to a plummet in 1956 j For the first time since us begin- * tung in 1946, the team faded to I win either its division or league ! championship. Thus, Coach Paul Brown will bp ] making a determined bid for I ho j comeback of the year this s a son And Brown will be countin'- on n other Brown to help spark the re turn to gridiron eminence That Brown-—one ot fight tan aspirants (or the Browns this season— is the celebrated Jim Brown, one of the most versatile athletes in the hismry of Syracuse University. IF w • the. Browns’ No. 1 draft rhoiee The 219-pound Brown piled up a 1 staggering 936 yards rushing I;., year for a new Orange record V ! added anotner 132 in the Ces'nn ' j Bowl game again** Texas Chr ■ i tian. ) In th* final two games. Brown j ! scored 64 points- 6 touchdowns i i and 7 extra points against Cois-'-e i *3-95 $2-50 „„ • niiieuiiir KV ffr PROOF 4 GRAIN NEUTRH SPIKIYJ * ,( OLD SUNNY BROOK COMPANY. LOUISVILLE. hY. F,e phuui, «». , “fit K > ' SWftllvS IS ALL-CIA A HOPEFUL Charles “Duke * Sandr!- M i old M 4 1!*. starin' at guard on North Carolina Coir legi s 1 f*s6 “tri-rhum; .on-hip” Cl A.A team has a hankering for ali CIA \ honors a! hr position this season. Sanders arid Durham's Joe Alien wove first -.lnn ors i»st year. This year, their chief competition is corning from a form , ail CfAA guard from Die 1955 team, James "Ruck” For be-. M Fori,- , M inus his own ill CIAA form, Sanders or Vilen w ! U hare to mme over. The three all have vowed, to ‘start in this first home cam on Sept 21.” A native of Asheville, Sanders was a mighty force in the S ities' 1956 attack. , and 3 lonchdi.*-.' ns rod 3 ronver j .-ions in the Cotton. Bowl, j Coach Brown 1,.- tabbed Brown I 3$ Ivis pri nie o^TTriicists 5 * foj* ti\o fvilj ! bai'k tKiSt. VY ; > rpre jV£,TiH'iC6 B'iS i sett and Kd Modzeiowskt are bs ck I Two other outstanding rookie ran j didates are Frank Purnell, former j frVuinr in *195-1. ' huY* i»*l starling j : his porlfol:. m 1:1.'.t0 Modzclo viski in hr, fr<s; >- ?n see- the I forrr-T !.-.!• n Ur,iverrity star! was third pinver in Browns' his- ! lory u» gain more thou 50Q yards i in one s.aiv'n. H- , : alher,.'d s<v> , yards it: 14-t attempts for a 4-yard j j Purneil. signed as a free agent ; j after Iwo years in service, mnr.cds- j j ately has a '-.ugh task out for him , TTe played service football and in ; 19.55 was captain of the A Lorn foot j bail team. Ho j? a southpaw passer. One of the vciertns of the ! Brow ts Lcrs Ford—now In hi-, eighth reason. Ford is rat ! ed ra on- r;f (he terror* on He | fenslve for '.hr Brown A for- I (rwe V ■, star Ford star- PAGE FIFTEEN ted his pro football career with the old Los Angeles Dons In the defunrt All-American Con torcncf Picked in a special draft lo the Browns, Ford has gained sufficient stature to have beers selected on the. All- Pro defense team tor several seasons. One of the messenger boys irt Co:. ;' Brown's system of celling .- .voC- trom the bench is Harold IV ad! y. ex-lowa star. This is Bradlev s fourth season. He played . rvice football after leaving lowa iwhere he earned three letters) two nsorto before joining the Brpwns. On of the new men getting close ,r i,i:nv from *he Cleveland coa • •hes Fi rk Clarke, an end from Cciorndo. Clarke actually was draf ted f- ■ the the 1956 season, but •hose to finish his college eligtbil 'lV. A Hi ilhsott. pass catcher. Clarke i' be mg given a chance, to make Lm '■ on o: offensive end. In 1 •- iiini-o y-ar =t Colorado, h? led the Buffaloes in passing receiving ■ oh >3 fm «0? yard* and five touchdowns.
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