WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1057
East’s All- Stars Top West, 13-0 In Shrine Bowl Tilt
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OOPS . . . JUST MISSED HIM
Jo© Lopes, right, grazes the
Jaw of lightweight champion
Joe Brown as Brown faiis to
Ohio State’s Aurelius Thomas Places
On Look’s Football All-America Team
NEW YORK, Dee. s—Aurelius
Thomas, the redoubtable guard of
Rose Bowl-bound Ohio State has
been named to the 1957 Look-Foot
ball Writers Association All A
meriea. it was disclosed today,
‘ Aurelius Thomas keyed the
Ohio State line that imple-
Coaeh Woody Hayes’
beloved power-possession game
“Look said in nnouncing the
All America seleetions, which
wii! be published in the issue
out Tuesday.
“It was the blocking of Thomas j
that contributed much to Clark’s j
running,” Look declared, “and Au- j
rebus also did well defensively,” !
Picked by the 824-member Foot- j
ball Writers Association, this sea- j
son's Took All America features !
the twenty-two top stars from ma- j
Syphax Helps Ho ward Top
J. C. Smith Bulls, 82 To 70
CHARLOTTE John Svphax, )
Howard University's long, lean and
accurate shooting senior, fired 11
field goals and 10 straight fouls
for a total of 32 points to lead the
Eusons over Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity's Golden Bulls, 82-70, here
last week.
The brilliant forward received I
brilliant support from Harold Eat
on, his 6'5” temmate, who shot 19
points and set the pace in the re
Marty Lettermen To Return:
Texas Southern la Field Strang
Gridiron Aggregate n luring ’SB
HOUSTON, Texas (AND—The
Texas Southern University, which
closed out their 1957 season with a
57-6 victory over Mississippi Vo
cational last week, will present a
strong aggregation for 1958.
Os the squad of 41 players only
4 were seniors. Missing in 1958 will
he Alexander Burley 111, quarter
back; Co-Captain Walter Davis
center and guard Billy Jackson.
Hampered with early season
injuries, the speedy Houston
eleven walked through ttieir
last 5 opponents with shocking
results. The return to the line
up of key players sent the Ti
gers on a late season scoring
rampage that saw Langston
fall 39-19, Jackson College 23-
7, Grambllng 59-M, Arkansas
13-0 and Mississippi Vocation
al 57-fi.
Early season losses to Wiley 6-12,
Prairie View 6-7, Lincoln 13-33 and
victories over Southern 19-6 and
Texas College 39-20 left the Tigers I
With a 7-3 record.
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BRANDY Ipai 1
$2.25 PINT Bill |
reach the chin of Lopes in the
' 10th round of their title bout at
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| Chicago last Wednesday night.
! jor conferences two service aea
! demies and an unsung Midwestern
| independent.
The Midwest for the second
consecutive year landed six
players, with the football-hap
py Southeast a close runner
up, placing five on the Look
Ail America.
Karras, the lone repeater from
i last reason's Look team was award*
|ed the John B. Outland Trophy,
| given annually by the Football
; Writers Association to the nation's
I outstanding interior lineman,
j Dayton University produced Us
| first All American in end Fred Du
• gm
| The Southeastern Conference
j landed five men n the' 1957 Look
squad: Auburn’s brilliant end, Jim-
Imy Phillips; Lou Michaels, Ken- i
bound department. Clarence Barnes
and George Johnson, sensational
Smith rookies from Elizabeth, N.
J., were the scoring leaders for the
Bulls, with 16 and 12 points, re
spectively.
The Herd, with freshmen stand
ing ou, outshot the Bisons from
the floor, ringing true with 29 of •
76 attempts lor slightly belter than j
per cent accuracy, while Ho- j
Lacking capable reserves in 1957
to pick up the slack of early season
line injuries, the 1958 Tigers will
be faced with the same problems.
However, the Tigers will return
the most exciting backfield in his
tory.
Two of the conference's lead
ing ground gainers, William
Gulley and Willis Perkins re
turn at fullback; James Gard
iner, the sensational freshman
with a 7.8 yard per try aver
age; Hosea Jackson 175 pound
halfback sophomore with a 6.8
average and freshmen speed
sters like Donald Johnson, Hu
bert Johnson. Henry Mooney,
Leroy Bobstle and Johnny
Youngblood, will bolster a str
ong backfield unit.
Eleven hard nosed lettewnen re
turn plus the return to eligibility
of Big William T. Evans, 21(!
j Production of wheat this year
I i-s down about 6 per cent.
Brown won the fight by a TKO
at 1:50 of the 11th round. (UNI
TED PRESS PHOTO).
; tucky’s beefy tackle and one-man
| wrecking crew; LSU’s rugged line
| backer. Jimmy Taylor: Jackie
| Simpson Mississippi’s cat-quick
| guard: and another swift moving
| guard Bill Johnson of Tennessee.
Notable among the selections
were sophomore halfback Bob
Anderson, who broke the le
gendary Glenn Davis’ ground
. ining mark at Army, and Vir
ginia's fullback Jim Bakhtiar,
a native of Iran and presum
ably more at home in a fez
than a football helmet
Following a precedent set by
Grantland lUce, the late dean of
America's sports-writers, the Foot
ball Writers Association picked a
2-man All America, in which each
player enjoys equal first-string
stature.
ward was canning 28 field goals j
mark for a phenomenal 86 per cent. !
accurate. Howard, however, missed j
only fern shots from the free throw j
lines. The Bison were true with 26
of 30 chances from the charity
mark for a phenomenal 86 pr cent
After meeting Shaw University
at Raleigh, Saturday night, Dec.
I 7, the Smith team returned home to
| meet Bluefieid Teachers Wednes
| day night. Dec. 11.
i pound guard, who won the freseh
j man Mo.set Valuable player award
jac a freshman.
SCHX'fJiEB STALLLP -• Owens
12 yards on a pass from TiiUe in tho second quarter of a recent
qatHie with the Ne w Ycrk Giants at Yasdree Stadium, The Call
fcrnicmfl virtually knocked the World Champion GLs&fc* out cf
contention for the NFL title whan they wan tbs* game 27*311.
(N&weptesM Photo).
I Eastern Grid Supremacy I
Maintained At “Bull Citv"
DURHAM (CIA A News Service)
| Maryland State College has
i been declared official football
: champions of the 18 college CIA A
' by CIAA Statistician L. T. Wnlk
i er.
The Maryland club, coach
i ed by Vernon "Skip” McCain,
ended season play with a 6-0-1
record and a Dickinson of
28.92,
Coach Edward P. Hurt’s Mor
! gan Bears tied the Hawks to prt
• vent their enjoying a perfect sea
son.
Bert Piagott first year coach
at A&T College, Greensboro, led
the Aggies to a runner-up spot
St. Aug. Falcons Win
2 Basketbali Openers
' Coach George R. Walker's “Fal
cons” of St. Augustine's College
| defeated Virginia Union U. at Rich
i mond on Friday night, December
6ih. 65 to 62. The game was close
and each team took the lead sever
al times. The half-time score had
jSt Augustine’s leading by one
] point, 33-32. Albert Stirrup was
; high point man with 24 points, Red
i dick Henderson was netx with 12
| points.
On Saturday night, December
7th, the Falcons defeated Del
} aware State 54-51. St. Augus-
Shaw Bears Win First
2 Basketbali Games i
The Shaw University Bears op
i envoi their basketball season by
1 defeating the Virginia State Col
i lege Trojans, 88-79, Friday night
l:n Spaulding Gymnasium. The
Bears made the first score at the
beginning of the game and from
then on stayed in the lead Lewis
Garvin, senior forward of Apopka,
scored the first two field goals,
Reginald Spears .junior, forward of
Bridgeport, Conn, with his jump
shot from near the free throw cir
i cle, and Galloway Polhill, sopho
more center from Orange, New 1
Jersey and Lawrence Ivey, junior
center, from Asheville, with their
fine rebound, kept the Trojans
from getting control of the ball.
At half-time the Bears led 36-36.
At the beginning of the sec
ond haif Spears and Garvin
scored to put the Bears out
front. Captain William Mur
phy’s continuous drive-in off
set the Trojans’ defense. Five
of Shaw’s seven players scored
in double figures: Reginald
Spears 26 points, William Mur
phy 20, Lewis Garvin 10, Gal
loway Polhill 14, and Thomas
Allen 10
Virginia State's Clyde Bonds led
the Trojans scoring with 17 points.
The Bears won their second game
Ij Neighbors
I
“Come on, George. Coon
kin caps just aren’t being
■«n this season!”
THE CAROLINIAN
with a 4-2-0 record and a Dickin
son of 25.00.
Herman Riddick’s North Caro
lina College Eagles, upended 21-0
by the Aggies on Thanksgiving
Day, end up in third place with
a Dickinson of 22.14
Other first division clubs,
their records and Dickinson's
are: Morgan (4-2-1), 2178,
fourth: Bluefieid (4-2-0),
21.66, fifth: Shaw University
5-3-0), 20 62. sixth: Virginia
Union (5-3-0), 20.61, seventh;
Virginia State (4-4-0). 20,00,
eighth; Elizabeth City (4-1-1).
22.20, ninth: Winston-Salem
(5-3-0), 18-12. tenth; and Del
aware (4-2-01, 17.50, eleventh.
tine’s led at the halftime, 28- I
26. With a minute and thirty
seconds to play, Delaware
went ahead by one point. Al
bert Stirrup made two free
throws and Willis one point to
put the aFlcons ahead. Stir
rup was high point man with
26 points.
. Outstanding players were; Lonzo I
Bell, Hicks, George Jones. Jerome j
Jones, Exter Gilmore, Herbert A- j
very, and Chari-s Willis.
Tlie next Fal ton game will be j
January 4th, at A and T College, j
j of the season on Saturday night ;
; when they scored over the Golden i
Bulls of Johnson C. Smith Uni- 1
versity to the tune of 84-73
Paced by Captain William Mur- j
phy, who tossed in 31 points, the |
Bears led ail the way, with ex- ‘
cellent support from Lewis Garvin, \
Robert Hall, Galloway Polhill, and :
Reginald Spear?
At half-time the Bears held an
eight-point lead and turned or> the
fire in the second half by scoring
55 points.
Apex Opens j
Year With j
4 Victories
APEX—The Apex Consolidated
High School basketball teams
open their schedule last week
with impressive triumphs over
Berry O’Kelly High School and Fu
quay Consolidated High School
The scores (Girls) 23-15 and 18-12,
(Boys) 33-25 and 60-25 respective
ly.
Apex has a girls team com
posed of all new talent and
the roster includes the follow
ing. Fro wards Joyce Lynn,
Mary E. Brandon, Linda Mc-
Clamh and Deila Cozart.
Guards Edwards and Mary
Daniels. The leading scorers for
the first two games were John
son, Lynn and Tate. Outstand
ing on defense were Rogers,
Wilson and Williams.
Coach C. Bryant builds his of
fense for the boys around 6'7”
center John Jones and forwards
Uriah Scott and Louis Adams.
These boys along with a few others
have shown tremendous Improve
ment over last season
The team roster Includes U •
riah Scott, Cordell Jones. John
Jones, Matthew Jones, Willis
Gotten, Louis Adams, Charles
Barnett, Jessie Chavis. Walter
Jackson and Gene Scott.
Games this week include two
home games with a return meeting
of Berry O’Kelly on Tuesday night
and Shepard High School on
Thursday night.
ALL HOME GAMES START AT
7:30 P. M.
Church To Fete
Branch Rickey
CHICAGO (ANP)—Branch Ric
key, who broke the color line in
major league baseball, will be hon
ored at a dinner in the Grand Ball
room of the Conrad Hilton Hotel
on Monday. May 5, 1958, by Quinn
Chapel, the first church establish
ed by Negro-Americans in Chicago.
Rickey is vice-chairman of
the President’s Committee on
Government Employment Po
licy, of which Archibald J. Ca
rey. Jr„ minister of Quinn
Chapel, is the chairman.
Chairman of the Board of the
Pittsburgh Pirates, the Hollywood
Stars and other baseball organi
sations, Branch Rlcljey has been
a great factor in introducing more
innovations into the national pas
time than any other individual
The farm system, night base
ball and Ladies' Day are some
of the feautres which have
helped popularize the national
sport.
Tickets will be $12.50 each and
the proceeds will go to Quinn :
Chapel's endowment fund. Other
celebrities of the world of sports
and entertainment are expected to
attend.
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TION Marquette forward
John Glaser (35) finds nothing
l bui rival players around him as ]
Rowe & Rams Co p CIAA s
Final Total Offe rise Title
DURHAM (CIAA News Service)
Bobby Rowe of Winston-Salem
copped individual total offense
leadership in the CIAA News Ser
vice's final statistical release this
week with an average of 136.3 yds.
in 8 games.
Maryland State’s loop champion?
copped team leadership in rushing
(207 yards averaged in 7 games’-
and forward passing (25 of 50 com
pletions averaging 39.4 yards per
game and 7 touchdowns).
Winston-Salem emerges as
team total offense leader with
a 285.8 average in 8 tilts.
Delaware is total defense
leader, yielding only 120.5
yards in 8 contests.
Shaw’s Eugene Hammonds
scored 78 points in 7 games to
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he tries t:> pass to a teammate.
Illinois players are Manny Jack
son, left. Governor Vaughn (35)
and Don Oh! (tl). Illinois won
lake individual high see Trig
honors.
Elizabeth City provides two in
dividual standouts in final statis
tics. They are Dick Branch, rush
ing (110.1 in 8 games) and Fred
Hall, passing, completing 2+ of 43
aerials for 419 yards and 4 touch-
4 Tan Players To Show Wares
fii Annual East-West Thriller
CHICAGO (AND) -- Four tan j
players hove been named as par- j
ucipants in the annii 1 East-West '
All-Star game to be played in San '
Francisco D*»c. !?$.
Tlie East representative:.: will in- i
PAGE FIFTEEN
(he g ai tls ., 100-90 at Cbampafyn,
tHinois Ja.st week. (UNITED
"HESS PHOTO).
I downs.
Jim Buckson of Morgan t* tha
’ P as s receiving standout. He caught
J 21 in 9 games for a total of 286
I yards and i touchdown.
Maryland's John Sample is the
■anting leader with 32 kicks in 1
1 games for 37.1,
■ halfbacks Jim Pace, Michi
r'n > Aubrey Lewis, Notre Dame,
; and Dan Lewis, Wisconsin.
The West, representative will in
'dude Jim Jones, Washington full
| back.