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TKE CAROLINIAN W IVF.f AE’iDl.Nfi Stil KIIAV. MARCH a. 1958 I foe Brown Escapes Kidnap Try; KO’s Cuban Champ - jg|jjjj|| y > *• &4t;-w% mmrn? V'^^P^V3 Kgg <'&<s%s« ■ .k'.s' <■s ». ■■■il : s%s%■ -W^M\ g 9 *ffiwfey ffi' ' v' : -r;fe jf ■ Jg?p jj|| ’’. ■? . .~ * iiplpf^ J -V |jyj| ?'_ . _ xV-?** .''<*’* tern s*')s*&Wi ■ ,j -* . ■a •*■ •-■•■ sr . ' ■ BROWN m i CATs CI'RW f H IV- - Word lightweight champ Joe Bwn ■ i I' n! ■ i ? I- it ■ i:■ :mr«nn Oil old" vs!? \"bea v varriu. ear) • i» tv.- w. * n-i.-t.j -i ;!•<•» r< n till • boul !>M &3g BrOHVI well ls> :» <•<•> ■ t *l>< in ’ r fjl st I'OUlld Ol tb« jHrhrdtilfri ton roimri' i’ i"- : * s'? 1 ■ l AI Smith Predicts ’sß iPenncmt For White Sox.' i'ASCt A. FI; - (A/ : • A : ltb. recently acquired White Vox fielder, predicted last ■ • v. that i Pale Hose will win the Am". •• ] League pennant in 19A! mith, who came to r.< Sty-- trade r•. l . > Minoso and Freddy !!•••.he'd j the CUn eland Indian.- in ■ ! nge for A! and pitcher IUI, ni<iCi6 ‘itf pt CU-L-vM.-i i *« *u ~ j :ussing his own relation Mi ip u-j - r i ! ballplayer can't pi v for ».< - .he said, he ••ap ; p| a y :>r | sked why he ilii;.,;- so bhy’v | Leper, the tan ivl ( m ? rrrP’i am’, treat;: h p:,.. .; j mith also raid he was certain j "00 under (,opt r tips s'- nr, H™ i !?■ hjs predictions during sprlug ; imrtjt her«. outhern is. i Baseliaii ryouts Soon lATON rott - \:>-r ... -h seven l 'rt‘n;v'n r n< >-. r .-»-••• rr> last years South.western Con* -tcp Champjonrhip lers are set to laun< 'he IP'S ithern University tos.-ar r•- - son. playing (he i ; rs on Id ne slate. Match They will : ■t the Alcorn Co I. 1 •• go Ri\vt-< ■ interuecuonai gam,, on the S'J "ne Jaguars loom as repeater io conference this season tn the ’lour, of the I,He ppi formers r ning plus v. hat coach Robert H. ? described ;>= a "good crop' ,>i ■t year hopefuls. lone via graduation Is “Buck’* ntley. mound nee of the nut •on. vv’"t> a tj.i) if, > p Jaguars will. however, have • services of four pit" tors who tied a tota; of 9 wins and one s. between them. Happy Khmer New Year. % 'BUMS' GET NLW LIDS - Elorly bird Dodgers at the (spring training camp in V«8 Bearih. 1 Fit*., ere getting teed/ to try '-o tV.h new Lor Argeleo caps -or the first firoe. Fran am H Witcher John Rossbnro (who re rivet; tv bsrd’y injured Roy Ouspanello). pjtdbw* Da* N«w cenbe <md Jc’w'i - Pc- ; •--•«•. er‘ 1 -t " - n Wc-Mawr, and pitchers C3«m Lobroe and Dag 1 mh<r®d his leg it? exemsiag the first time out {Newsspass ' VWlft* id 1 *? HIM; J -TV. T «J J K L. A. Dodgers Disclose Plans |To Push Newcombe & Others j V f.NU Br.ACH, Fia <ANP> ' Liy Don N.• ■•■orebe and others on t ilv Lor Aric.i.i- ' Dodgns pitching • . tiff >,vi! have io work harder and j i-oid up better under pressure or j they i in find their starting assign* ‘ me:ns frr.qucuMy relegated tn men j normally assigned to bullpen duty. That is th- setup under a plan ■ irinovru-ed v t w g by Dodgers ! 'l'anyuf, VlTlt A ■ ton Alston said j hr will rse a relief scheme under i w'bieh he wiit cal! upon such bull | ivr; ace? as Clem Labine, fid Roe i ! urk or Dor Bosrent when men j like \e >t; uilje, Carl Frskioe and j other regular starts falter. "If any | of then-! falter. I wouldn't hesitate ! to null Reshuck, Clerrt Labine c.r I Don FL ? ■. vii from the bullpen and send him in," Alston said at the Dodgers training camp here. He did not say, however, how he j will rotate his catching assignments. I With. Roy Oampaneiia lost to the | Dodgers because of ids injury in j January, the "Bums” first-string j man is Rube Walker, the former ! Cub. However, Rube is a weak hit ter and there is every indication the Dodgers will recall John Hose* boro, Negro backstop, who was Camp’s understudy last spring. Meanwhile, the Dodgers are said io be depending on Newcombe. a 7.7 Tiiuif winner in 1956. to come through with another banner year. N-, vi< dropped way off the pace L:St year. “The dictionary is the only ol< c> that ‘Success’ corn's K«_ fora ‘Work.’” Lightweight Champ Knocks i Out Cuban; Rescued By Cops HAVANA, Cuba <ANP) ~~ j j World lightweight boxing ohamp* | ion Joe Brown of New Orleans lust i Wednesday m,;bt used two crush* mg rights to knock out Cuban I champion Orlando Echevarria in a 11 non-titte bout, that marked a nuks- I stone in telecasting. • » * * The coo!, calculating 32-year r»M roiinterpuncher, who weigh ed io it 335 :; 4 pixunds to Ecb*- varria'a ilatiened bia op ponent in two mtputes and fifty second -of the first round II ni the yrhedilled Ih eefttld bout ji shat wa» piped into America by | the American Bmadcawtlng Co. j via a newly developed over-the i borbon see Her aystens A near ! rapacity crowd viewed the con* test from ringside tn Coho’* new two million dollar Sport* j City Auditorium. * » * * Afterwards, police reported jfher Iwendetl Smith T§ Be First I j Negro To Broadcast Boxing; I NEW YORK (ANT) Wendell Smith, boxing expert for j the Chicago American daily newspaper, and Dr. Joyce Brothers j 28 year -old psychologist from Brooklyn, have been commissioned ! - to do the between rounds commentary during the Carmen Ba- j . riho-Sugar Roy Robinson middleweight championship fight on j FIRST NEGRO BRoa-dcaster • : ! CBS Radio. Tuesday March SB ever to broadcast a major boxing at, 10:00 PM. EST, the network event in the United States. Him-! announced. The fight will he held self a former athlete. Smith also j in Chicago. writes a weekly column in the: j Smith, a leading sports writer Pittsburgh Courier newspaper. Bb,. j lor the American and one of the “Wendell Smith’s Beat" has been' j few Negroes on its staff, will be- a regular feature of the Courier; ‘ come the firsts member of his moe for several years. Fans, Experts; “Classiest” i PHtLADELTHIA -- fANP.-Tne] ' hot three-cornered scoring battle ! I involving Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin j Baylor and Oscar Robertson Ha* j drawn the attention arid captursd J i tne fancy of basketball experts md j I fans across the nation. ; But here in Philadelphia Bm»r in- ! fist one of the classiest performers j in the collegiate ranks is Guy Rod- ; gers, the marvelous playmaker for Temple Owls. The Owls own the j longest college winning streak of j the season and Rodgers is the man j who has paced them to (as of this I writing) )7 straight victories. Rodgers, a 6-1 senior, had been s valuable member of the Owls for three seasons. In the two previous ! i umpaigns, he helped the team mto post-season tournaments. Rodgers is not the deftest of cot- Icgt.* shooters. But this season is averaging about 20 points a game. He recently threw in 25 one night against Duquesne and 26 on anoth er occasion against SI. John’s of Brooklyn. Rodgers Is a slick operatoe and versatile in his shooting. He is adept at usuing his teammate*, both to his and their advantages. It’s noth ing in a game for him to come up with six to eight assists, That makes him all the more dangerous, j In loading Temple to the Eastern | Collegiate Athletic Conference ; Holiday tournament in New York ■ City this season (the Owls’ first rata* ( jor tournament title since !938i, foiled an aiterr.pt by Cuban rebels txi kidnap Brown as he and his wife and trainer prepared to leave the Lincoln hotel for the airport to em plane for Florida. Police said they arrested three men acting in n “suspicious" manner outside the hotel. It was in the same hotel from which world's driving champion Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina was kidnaped the previous Sunday. Humors were aho widespread here that the rebels, opposed to the rule of Prr-klerP Batista, would try to cut the cables and prevent the tele cast. * * « * I ft However, Cuban police kept up a constant vigilance and also guarded Brown and Ecbe- Ivarrfa closely be (Are and after the fight, * * * * ft was the firfit time tn history j shat s live telecast; was carried i from oversea* to the tinned State*. ■ Rodger* dispelled all doubts about being considered bona fid« AU | American timber. ! He won the most valuable player I* award unanimously and showed that he could do just about every - I thing 'With a basketball—shoot, j j dribble, handle the ball, defend. > ' rebound and quarterback his team i The 180-pound Rodgers and Ha! ! Lear, the great Temple performer j of two seasons ago gave the Owls j ; ens of the most terrific fast-break ! j duo« ifi history. Mrs- Bruckerj Given Award ;For Exhibit ! HAMPTON, Va. Mrs. Claire : Brueker, wife of Howard Bruckev ! assistant professor of music at Hampton Institute, recently won a purchase prize a! the Irene Leache Memorial Art Exhibit which was held at the Norfolk Museum. The painting will be in cluded in the Museum’s perma nent collection. A native of New York City and the mother of one child. Mrs, Brueker and her composer hus band have resided at the college for five years. She has studied at the Cooper Union Art School and Ham Hos-! mann Art School, both in New York City. Having spent a num ber of years painting in Europe, her works have been exhibited in ternationally. Last you Mrs. Brucku- recede ed a merit of distinction award from the Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond. She also received a scholarship to paint in Spain. Dillard Tops Rams Twice; Tie For Title NEW ORLEANS (ANP) Dillard University’s Blue Devils ended regular season play here last week by defeasing the Huston-Til lotson Rams 86-59 and i 59-52 on suc cessive nights, By notching these two important wins Dillard gained a tie with Tougaloo College for the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference basketball crown. Dillard is also football champion of the confer ence. Dillard will not lose a man next season from this year’s squad which posted an 18-8 over-alt record and a 7-8 conference record. Four Chi cago boys—-Frank and Bernard Hancock. Robert Williamson and Bill Sberron and Ralph t aster, freshmen sensation from Dothan, Ala., will lead next year's Blue Devjl eager*, PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS Happy Khmer New Year. Vp JWiVB'-sfvr ■ xeRreWRP WiKlWfe. jpwpiiw»w».’ wwvi wmww'miwwvMair - - ■ - - ■ BY’ THE SWEAT OF HIS BROW Working up a good sweat, <**-middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson wear* a look of grim determination as he pounds Hie bag in a workout at his camp, • eh 27th- Robinson, who lost, hi* title to Carmen Bash io, will meet the latter for the title again in Chicago on March 25tb. (UNITED PRESS PHOTO). Eddie Machen May topple Patterson in 1958, Annual Boxing Preview Says California's Eddie Machen may j bo the man to beat Floyd Paltc I son in the heavyweight class tins year. This is what Playboy Maga zine’s March issue predicts in its fifth annual boxing preview. Un defeated in 23 professional bouts, Machen, at 25, is the outstanding : contended in a field of five Lining up the mnn to watch In | the ring in 1958. is Ed Pazdur, syndicated newspaper column b.t and author of the book "TV Box ing Guide.’’ Any Patterson-Machen match will hinge on I'aUutsofi'a man ager f:u* D’Arnato whose per sonal feud with the IBC, Pa*- dur say*, during the past bail produced such matchmaking Subscription TV Could Boost Boxing Money: Archie Moore SAN DIEGO, Calif, -- Boxing r ’ which has taken a tremendous; j drop at the boxoffice, could he 1 * ■ juvenated if subscription televis ; isiort is allowed to become a re.-.h --! t,y. declared light-heavyweig 1. j champion Archie Moore at his San 1 i Diego, Calif, ranch. .... With the current battle be ing waged between opponents and proponents of this newest electronic wonder, the ageless leather-pusher predicted (hat fighters could wind up with a million dollar pot !o split be tween them if millions of fans could -sit in their homes and watch them battle for the sum of a half-dollar or one buck whichever fee is charged. CALVERT DISTIiLERS COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY* BLENDED WHISKEY* J 56 PR00f •65% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS j fiascoc* as the Fete Raderna- j I cher boot, « m * * Second contender for the heaw wcjght ci ov n may be Zova F«i- : Jcy, 26 of Cbandled. Arizona, who is a harrier puncher than Machen, Pazdur notes, but lacks the lat ter's stamina. No. J man on the heavyweight 1 totem pole is a -year old Roy 1 Harris of Cut and Shoot, Texas, whom PsKdiir calls “the most pro mising rookie.” In his last three bouts, Harris has whipped Bob Baker, Will Pastrano and Willie Besmanoff But, says. Pazdur “Roy requires more experience and will not be ready for a title try for at i [** » * j ! “As it, stands right, now, boxers ' fight for the promoters, not the, : public," said the 175-pound title [ holder. "It we were to go on fori , the public then there would be j ! better' fights and the entire box- j ling sport would improve. A pro-j j musing young fighter would get ; the breaks’he needs for seasoning I and eating at the same time. For j more years than I like to remem i her I was denied this chance and j sometimes 1 wonder whether el! I the heartaches I put into getting | j the crown was worth it." i Pointing out that the low in™ ' come family can’t afford to sup ' port the fight game, which ha | seen million dollar gates pass otu of existence when Joe I,ouis hung I least another year." Combing the field in sorru* of the other classes. Pazdur finds these j possible matches: | Light-Heavyweight: Champion ’ Archie Moore vs. Harold Johnson Middle V.- tight: Champion Car men Basilio vs Sugar Ray Robin son Welterweight: Cuba’s L-sac Lo ' part may emerge a.- successor to 'he title relinquished by Carmen Basilio in an elimination tourna ment to determine the new cham pion. Lightweight: Champ Joe Brown vs. Kenny Lan». Featherweight: Champion Ho gan "Kid” Basey of Nigeria vs. I France’s Chorif Hatnia. j up his gloves, Moore, often called ' the gypsy of the ring because of ' hss travels to foreign shores to : get, bouts added: .... “All the good fights are not on T\ any more, You have to | go to a theatre and pay $4.49 or more to watch them. Just imagine the audience if mill ions of people could buy n good fight for a. buck and stay home watching it. There'd be more fights, more boxers and a re juvenation of the sport itself.'’ ; At present the major TV net works and movie theatre owners are opposing even a test of sub* | script-ion TV by which the people „l<ev!iselves would decide whet hot or not they want it. BEATING THE ytJN BY BILL BROWLR (Lor Associated Negro Press) Alter the 1952*53 college bas* ketbe.!' -00-son, one of the most touted performers was Waite* Duke?., the tall athlete (nearly seven feet' from Sexton Hall Uni versity The draft rights to Dukes were claimed by the New York Knickerbockers on bte basis of territorial jm i«dictton. Dukes decided to cast hi' l lot with the Harlem Globe Trotters. He played with Abe fc'.a-perstein*? gay troupe' s tor a couple of years, neither distinguishing himself as a.n artistic player nor comedian. ! He simply didn’t fit into the ha-,- jketbail merrymakers’ script. I . Duke's contract was purchas ed eventually by the Knicks. Once j m National Basketball Associfi j lion competition, Walter (by then j a bona-fide 7-footer) did mot puli e | live up to his college reputation, jHe was accused of not hustling j and blamed for the failure of the | Knicks to so places in the NB/v. : Finally, be was traded to the Mm* : neapolis Lakers. With the incentive of pi ay in ;t | for a different club and without j the hostile atmosphere that sni - i rounded him on the Knicks, Dukes | began lo show some of the promise 1 that produced individual scoring j marks *u r-v ton IL, 11 Put h<* never j quite reached Ihr zenith of court 1 skill that expert;; once predicted i for him In the off-season he was a, pawn m another trade, th.s time from the Lakers lo the- De troit Pistons. If was another season and an other teem for Dukes In a wav, it was .something of a last chance for the Youngstown. Ohio, native. But. Walter and the Pistons, had ups and downs Although a, tall ! player, Dukes, proport.ifia.tely, does | not pack too much weight on his . frame. He frequently got the busi ness (elbows and list! delivered j furtively by heavier player;., in the heat of competition. He noi nnlv retaliated but ! often voiced bts protests <o fo ficiaJs. In a game in St Louis, a decision went against Duke . rnappreriaMve of the cal! he vent bis disgust to the offici > I als. In the dose ball game, the Piston Loach Red Roche, fearful of a technical foul ■ ' (icing called against bis tram, i ordered Dukes to stop talking and pla.v. . * ♦ ♦ • i Dukes stalked off the court. 1 That Incident might have been the turning point in the play,-; '» : pro career. Since that game V.'.tl | ter has been one of the. best per* ! formers in the league. His rebounding has been superb His general floor performance vas greatly improved. His shooting has picked up. In an important game against the NBA west •:>' division leaders, the St. Ltnm Hawks. Dukes tipped m the win ; ning basket in the last six see *l The award consists of a !«s >. < - i meat, he scored six points in or. 0 1 extra period io lead the Pistons i to victory. 'ZkOUTmm r ri —TK, 001, nen who rct-d ; If l ur-r s o rtn thri. fvj»t n or!: i ; aro bartenders!-
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