Archie Moore Sues For Damages As Speiser Quits Ring
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DETROIT CANPi Ad’ i.,t >d
Chuck Splerer, stymie! .n hi> bid
to Hue up adequate f-iiin, -al
backing for his ji ihi;: ~ 1 ;-m
--heavyweight tain v >.n a
Moore. Wedncodav n - -
nounced his retum i i . ,
ring
Spieser ..tin Mot.-- • >-.< ;• ,
Hjht-hcavyxve hi enamplun.
•d last f all for s li'lo hi d but
the fight hir #»»■•, r : ,
the talking i-hi- ! 1
of the failure of Chuck - unouit
*rs here to ;<eU the bout •:> >
»i television,.
Upon learning «/ the . ..
Moore, having ■ ■ ■ h -h ■■
for • buck started re. n Bctii.i . .:<j»
tnsnding SII,OOO In rinv- c
cause of Spicscr's failure to go
through with the flgh
Happy Khmer New Year.
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shooting <clo*e ,rronsl •* >< * • do ns a fine
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got off to a good si ■
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half, but finir-ht-d in :
behind the Pioneer < b?b > ‘
'York, Georgetown, Ui •'
North Carolina Colli gr.
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legs of the race «n, id'*,..,
Johnson and James J,e t - jc both
of whom are graduates of p >v- ;
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' oduct' i’ of wheat this year
U . one n re-out 6 per cent,
j "iu ■"! IT, o cotton exports are ex
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Jackie Says j
Politics lot |
In His Plans :
NEW YORK—(ANP)—A publish
ed report that Jackie Robinson
would quit business to enter poli
tics was vehemently denied this
week by the former baseball star.
Robinson, now vice president cf
Chock Full O Nuts Corps., said
there isn't onr lota of truth to the I
report published in the February !
issue of Pageant magazine.
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The article said; "In a tfuie
when the desegregation fight
threatens to widen the breach
between Negro and white, the
figure of Jaek*c Robinson will
assume greater significance,
lie is now an executive in a
business which employs thou
sands of his rare. His present
activities in business, it is be- j
lieved, are part, of a transi
torial phase.
....
j He is prime political material i
and knows it. He is frequently seen j
in the company of high politicos,
and ’958 will possibly bring an im
portant announcement from him.
He could be the first Negro to be
come a political figure of influence
in America "
The ex Hod get star, said:
"They’ve had roe re-entering
baseball managing, broadcast
ing, and now going Into poll
lies. There just is not one ker
nel of truth to any such reports
or rumors
Jayhawks Win
lAs Chamberlain
Returns To Play
| LAWRENCE, Kan <ANP>
j "Wilt the Stilt" Chamberlain put
i !vs Kansas teammates back in the
i win column 1 art week when he
|netted 32 points to lead the Jay
j hawks to a 87-to-45 victory over
Colorado in a Big Eight confer
j er.ee basketball same here.
The key man m the University j
, f Kansas lineup, Chamberlain bad i
been sidelined the past two games i
with an infected groin, and the ;
‘Jayhawks, needing him badly, j
lost both contests by close score:.
One of the teams w as Oklahoma,
A quintet Kansas had previously
beaten w ith the Still in the line
up.
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Light barn Stages \
Comeback; Beats
New Orleans Man
NEW ORLEANS (ANP)—Ludwig
Lightburn, former high-ranking
lightweight, c onteder, launched a
comeback campaign last week by
stopping Larry Armstead, a local
favorite, in fte 10th and final, round
of a bout here Armstead out
weighed Light.burn, 137 to 136.
Lightburn, before his temporary
retirement because of an eye in
jury defeated such top lightweights
as Ralph Dupas and Joe Lopes, who
fought Joe Brown for the light
weight title recently. He also
fought !wo close battles with Isaac
Logart, the No. 1 welterweight con
tender.
ciation for lone and meritorious sendee io the sport. At the TTah
dnrf-Astoi »» dinner. Dempsey urged boxing commissions to stiffen
their requirements for ganting licenses to professional fighters and
to be stricker in forcing them to retire when they were “washed
up.” At the dinner, Basil io received the Edward J. Nell Memorial
Plaque, as “Fighter of the V«ar’ for 1957. (UNITED PRESS PHO'fc%)
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SUGAR SIGNS TO PLAY ‘‘CARMEN* • Fortner middleweight champ Sugar Ray Robinson and
International Boring Club head Jim Norris pose at IKC office* In N. Jan, lfith. after Robinson sign
! urn title bout. The fight will take place March 25Hied to fight current champ Carmen Rasilio In a ret
in Chicago and will be televised to theatres only. (UNITED PRESS PHOTO).
| Former Raleigh Tigers Stan
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Dodge rs Sign Ch a rite Nea l
Fo r Third Straight Season
LOS ANGELES (ANP) News
from the L-'s Angeles Dodgers'
headquarters tint. E. J. (SUzzie)
Baevasi had received the signed
contract of inficlder Charlie Neal
brought Uie Us! of contented ath
letes to a total of 20.
* * * *
No.t! moves into hb third full
season as a Dodger next spring
hut he was used sparingly In
his rookie year of t9.*>B, Neal
formerly played with the Ra
leigh, N. C. Tigers, then own
ed by Arthur Dove of that city.
Neat, Don. Drysdale, the pitcher
from Van Nuys, and Gino Cimoli,
the outfielder from San Francisco,
were among the few Dodger reg
ulars who earned salary increases
by theii improved play during the
1957 season.
Charlie probably will hr moved
I Amateur Athletic Union Forms
Olympic Development Committee
NEW YORK (ANP) —The Ama- ,
tour Athletic Union of the U. S j
in order to foster the development
of athlete? for future Olympic
j Games, has formed a National
Olympic Development Committee j
! to further the program
Daniel J. Ferris, Honorary Sec- |
retary of the AAU is Chairman of
the Committee which will seek to
i assure a full program of compe
tition during the summer and fall
months in sports and events where
competition is usually meagre.
The program, started in 1.955,
aims particularly at event; in men's
track and field where the U S. is
normally weak, women's track and
field, distance running, distance
walking, the decathlon, men’s and
women's gymnastics, water polo
and Greco-Roman wrestling.
*■ * » *
Negro Athletes Arc Expected To
Benefit
Aware that it is not too early
to start preparations for the
to start preparations forth«
1960 Olympic Games in Rome.
Italy and the Pan American
back to second bas« duties tn ”8S
with Altadona'g Bob Lilli* given
a real shot at shortstop when the
spring maneuvers get underway at
Vero Beach, Fla. Last year when
injuries sidelined several Dodger
mfjeldeiY, including Capt Pee Wee
Reese, Neal moved over to ihort
and there was no National League
shortstop with e great ground
range. But. Charles lightning-fast
pivot on the double piny was miss
ed at. second and Skipper Alston
hopes to return him to his old post.
Neal hit .270 as a regular last
year 287 as a part-time performer
in 1956. Alston look* for Charlie
to become one of the power hit
ters in the league and his thirteen
doubles, seven triples and twelve
homers last season, indicated he
i- moving in that direction. Char
lie’s most, effective hitting sprees
were enjoyed against the World
Games m Chicago to* 1950, the
AAR has appropriated fund*
from its treasury to provide
1.008 sets of medals for these
activities to stimulate the drive.
One oi the conditions of the
award of these medals is that
cuts to be held are in addi
tion to and do not supplant any
of the ordinarily held compe
titions in the, 4f? district associa
tions of the AAU.
* * * *
Many top notch athletes have al
ready been uncovered since the
start of the program and it Is hop
ed even further progress will be
made under the supervision of the
new committee.
Thirty two men and women are
serving on the committee. They are
individuals from *ll part* of the
country who have proven in the
Calvert
RESERVE
CAmRT £Omi> ANV. »£W YORK CITY * BLENDED WHISKEY *B6 PROOF • Ss<* 6RAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS
Champion Braves
* • * •
In 30 games against Fred Ha
ney’s pitcher* he drove }« 15
run*, made 19 hits for » .302
average and blasted 4 homers.
3 triple* and a double. His 12
homers were sprayed in various
directions—five to left, two to
center and five over the right
field barriers, although he Is a
right-handed batter.
* « * «
His stolen base average of .73.7
(11 steals in 15 attempts) was the
best in the league. His seven triples
tied Gil Hodges and Duke Snider
for tha club lead and he also was
the favorite target of enemy pitch
ers, being hit eight times,
Neal is 36, was born on January
30, 1931, at Longview .Texas, which
he still calls home.
past their willingness to assist the
youth of America through greater
participtaion in athletics.
Mj iiifiim
“Ctmnterfefting m too »twv.
Let’s take over a union I”
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In New Orleams:
jßsn On Mixed Athletics
Taken Under Advisement
NEW ORLEANS--A three-judge
federal court presided over by re
cently appointed appeals Judge J,
Minor Wisdom, fonner Republican
National Committeeman from Lou
isiana along with Judge Herbert
W, Christen berry and J. Skelly
Wright heard arguments in the
case of prize fighter Joseph Dor
sey, Jr, who was trying to have
| declared unconstitutional the state
law prohibiting Negroes and whites
from mixing in athletic boats,
heavd. argument and took the case
j under advisement,
Louisiana, law passed in 1956
prohibit* Negroes and whites
from engaging in athletic mat
ches of any kind. It also pre
vent*. Negroes and whites being
ij or. social or dramatic program*
together or Indulging together
TAKING TT EAST San Francisco Giants’ arc outfielder W>l
- Me. Mays and his wife, Margheurite, relax on the porch of their re
i eently•purchased $37,500 home, Jan. 10. The friend on Willie’-
j lap is unidentified. (UNITER PRESS TELEPHOTO).
A&TTops St Augustine s
Here; Falcons Over Smith
Th« Agricultural and Technical
College Aggies of Greensboro
whipped the Falcons of Saint Au
gustine's College here 86-75 here
Saturday night at the Ligon Jun
ior-Senior High School gymnas
ium.
A and T was sparked by Joe
Howell’s 28 points. At the half Au
gustine’s College here 86-75 here
Saturday night at the Ligon Jun
ior -Senior High School gymnas
ium,
ium.
A and T was sparked by Joe
Howell’s 2-3 points. At the half A
and T led 39-25.
* The St August! casrrr* rtr
tn any type of racial mixing.
This law was the reason for the
New Orleans Pelicans of the South
ern League folding up and nearly
going to the wall. They are not
over the effects of the ruling yet
and will start their new year with
only 60 per cent of the public be
hind them, Negroes being unwill
ing to pay to see baseball In which
they can not participate and must
be Jim Crowed in seating
It also put the Shreveport Sports
of the Texes Leagug out of busi
ness and kept many high type foot
ball ?nd basketball teams away
from New Orleans and from Lou
isiana thereby literally relegating
the Sugar Bowl to a place of minor
importance in bowl games of the
nation.
| seated Johnson C .Smith UniversU
ty’s Bulls 75-68 here Wednesday
night The Smith team comes trow
Charlotte.
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