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WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1955
4 Tan Champions Crowned In Golden Gloves Tourney
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DOUBLE CHAMPS - TV,* 'V 4 T College Aggies no* mil? copped the Visitation CIAA Basketball
championship recently but defeated Nor*h Carolina College of Durham, 70-63, in finals of the tourna
ment for that championship, t'nmpoibnj; the team are from left to right: Charlie Harrison, New fork
City; Herbert Gray. Washington P. C.-, Charles Tupponce, We*t Point. Va.i Joe Cotton, Garysburg;
Vinson Miller, Philadelphia, Pa; Bernard Hasselrig, Baltimore, Aid. Walter HoU/.claw, Charlotte: A1 At
tics. Newark, N. ,1.; Gerald Junior. Clwisro, 111.; Donald Edwards, New York Cityj Joe Howell. Phila
delphia. Pa. and coach. Cal Irvin.
Predicts Possible All-Negro
Ail -American Basketball Team
NEW YORK The possibility of
the first all-Negro All-Avr,"
lhasketball team is suggested by
Life Magazine this week Accord
ing to an article in the March .10
issue there are five Negro college
players “whose talents ara too ;u-at
land too < ons pit uous to r< by- pa s
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In choosing this, vrars tram
Life savs, ‘’the selectors into
matically start out with Oscar
Roh*rtson" of the TJniverv*
of Cincinnati. "Most coacho*
say the 19 year-old sophomore
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BATTING FORM ■’«in- in- the hat over his head to limber up his muscles, slugging Cincinnati
outfielder Frank Robin-on 'iefsi seems about to - and one on team trainer Wayne Anderson. Robin
unn crashed 39 hornets and nan Inst season, i EXITED PRESS PHOTO!.
United Golfers Association
4 nnounces Big Plans For 58
CHICAGO <ANT> F's i pport forth» !9.i9 N«-
d«l6?«T«5 and ma-> ■ Tournament which will he
Bt, trfxus, Ain , lpf.t. wf, 1 -end to ponr-ored by the national body:
12tn annual «inw mo t- , the organization of the Central Din
ing of the United Golf A: ;ot ' trict and the election of officers
tioh, Inc. The nwetitt «. . • ho too ••> :i* ivn two years,
by »h» newly-formed r. i> ....
trict of the 1 GA . i n •'! .tor- 'The 'tTidwi*st District again
dan prerdent j foot the lead in sanctioned
The hi- Oh i. of >!■.. con- M, rl e* >nG on the T. O A iovnts-
V err: The sanction;-,g o! H U G m.-nt schedule « ith Iff. while
A. tournament: f,,r *9 ■“ golfi r : the recently merged Eastern
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Oscar Robertson is called "not
j the only sure-fire* choice for All
! Am rica honor . On the basis of
■•‘•rfovtcanc*: over the past season
I It is possible -and many coaches
| think it very probable that this
| year will see a unique All-Ameri
ca: Every person on it would be a
| Negro.’'
j The other players, as shown in
! action in Life:
Bob Boozer, Kansas State, Play
maker of the country's number one
team.
Elgin Baylor, Seattle University,
currently locked in a battle with
Robertson for national scoring hon
ors.
Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas Uni
versity. All-American last year.
Life calls him "even more effective
this season with a weaker team.”
Guy Rodgers, Temple University.
The only scorer in the group, whose
speed, agility and ingenious ball
| handling make up for his lack of
; height. He’s only six feet.
District presents « vbedul* of
•aw event* and the nawly-forro
ed Centra! District hzi fotnr
ranctinned event* scheduled.
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National Tournament Director,
Mrs, Paris Brown, Wachington, D.
c, ssjnourced the largest tourna
ment soiled tiled in the history of
the U. G A. The increase in the
number of everts tends to point
out the growing interest In organ
•red tournament play which has
resulted from last year's member
ship drive especially in the East
and Central Districts,
Upholds Negroes 9
Right To Use A
Ha. Golf Course
NEW ORLEANS. La - fANP)
- Negroes in West Palm Beach,
Fla again won the right to use the
city’s municipally-owned zo if
course when the United States
f ifth Circuit Court of Appeals, in
a ruling here last week, refused to
lift an injunction ordering the city
to discontinue its jim crow ban on
the course.
The permanent injunction was
"sued last June 13 after Warren
’I Collie and three other Negroes
Lied a suit contending that the citv,
to not permitting them to use the
golf course violated their civil
rights,
Sepia Boxers
Sparkle During
Golden Gloves
CHICAGO (ANP) The 31st
[ annual Golden Gloves Tournament
j of Champions, sponsored by thu
| Chicago Tribune newspaper fur
the benefit of the Tribune chari-
J tics, crowned its 3958 champions
I laid Wednesday night, among them
| four Negroes who won chair,pion-
I ships in os many divisions.
| The ovirall show proved an ox
j citing one, although falling a trifle
I abort of last year's, effort when
|j tan fighters dominated the amateur
I classic. This time 31,136 ringside
I fans saw » total of 14 bouts, eight
II of them final events. Five of the
P eight title bouts were televised na-
I tionwlrie.
A GOOD SHOW
| The bouts held In the spacious
I Chicago Stadium where Car
men Basillo and Sugar Ray
Robinson will battle in their
middleweight championship en
core March 25, brought togeth
er survivors of 258 champions
from 32 centers in 26 states, who
originally started in the tour
nament.
10 FINALISTS NEGROES
Os the lfi finalists, 10 of them
were tan warriors, who competed
in every division except the fly
weight and bantamweight classes.
'The sou- 'A-ho won champion
ship trophies were Fred Morish.
Chicago, 126 pounds: Dave Holman,
Toledo, 0.. 14? pounds; Wilbur Mc-
Clure, Toledo. 160 pounds, and
Kent Green. Chicago. 175 pounds.
'Hius Chicago and Toledo and La
fayette. La. scored the most vic
tories, each placing two winners.
GREEN, HODGE LOOM AS
BRIGHT PROSPECTS
As was predicted by ANP a week
ago. Green won light-heavyweight
honors, succeeding Ernest Terrell
another tan battler from Chicago,
who was last year's winner. Ter
rell is now a pro. Green and Don
Hodge, who won heavyweight hon
ors, looms as the briskest stars of
last week's tournament Hodge, a
Rocky Marciano type, deeirinned
lan Louis Coleman of Chicago, al
though Coleman gave a good ac
count of himself in the three round
bout.
The Golden Gloves wars will he
| resumed in Madison Square Gar
den March 24. when last Wednes-
I day winners, representing Chicago.
! will vie with Eastern champion*
j representing New York.
I‘You Can’t
Tryst South,’
Says Mitchell
WABHXNGON iANP> Offi
cials of deep southern states can
not be trusted to handle any kind
of Federal assistance for the ed
j ucation of all off our citizens
i without firm anti-segregation
| safeguards. declared Clarence
I Mitchell, director of the Wash
j mgton Bureau. NAACP.
| Testifying before the Senate
| Committee on Labor and Public
j Welfare. Wednesday, Mitchell
! urged the congress to withhold
I funds from any state, whose of
i ficials refuse to pledge to spend
j the money in conformity with the
! requirements of the V. 8, Su -
preme Court decision of May 17.
1954. and May 1. 1955 in th-i
school desegregation eases.
Rory Calhoun
Defeats Sandy
In 10 Rounds
| BOSTON fAMD Rough and
ready Rory Calhoun had Sandy in
trouble in. the first, sixth and nin
th rounds of the:’- bout et the Me
chanics building here last week
bu* couldn’t pm k-m vway.
He a Unanimous 10-round
decision over bis fellow Easte-tw
in th« bout at the Mechanics Buil
ding.
A 2 to-! favorite, Calhoun scor
ed with heavy righthand punches
that slowpd Sandy up. However,
he was unable to pul over the pay
off punch.
It was Calhoun’s 33rd victory in
his 37-bout pro career,
NBA Prexy Wants
(Patterson To Meet
M&chen- Folly Star
RACINE. Win. I AND ■ The
president of (he National Boxing
Association, Gilbert Jackson, ha*
taken action to bring about, a title
fight between heavyweight champ
ion Floyd Patterson and Ihe win
ner of the Eddie Mschen-Zora
Foliey bout.
Jackson, who said the NBA is
gravely concerned with the ab
sence of prospects of an early title
defense against a leading conten
der, wired Cus D’Amato, Patter
son's manager, urging him to ne
gotiate with an independent, pro
moter.
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OFF FOR NCAA PLAYOFFS The AJfcT College Aggies, double champions of the CIAA Visitiat'on
and tournament basketball competitions let! Greensboro last Wednesday morning by plane for the N, C,
AA Regional Playoffs at Grumbling College. Gram tiling, La, “Togged to Kill” in treir new blazers
bearing the college monogram, they bid farewell greetings from scores of students who “saw them off”
at the airport. They are from left to right: Charlie Harrison, AS Attics. Herb Gray. Bernard Hassehig
Waiter Holhtclaw, Joe Cotton (winner of the CIAA Tournament “Most Valuable Player Award”), Joe H
©well, All-CIAA guard, Charles Tupponce, Don Edwards and Gerald Junior
Winners In Virginia Cage Tourney
To Compete At Hampton On 14-15
PETERSBURG, Va —The VSr-:
; ginia Inter scolastic Association
j State Basketball Tournament will
| get. under way this week a
! groups I, 11, and 111 play their
j first round games. The winners in j
; the firsc round games will go to
i Hampton Institute on Friday ’
March 14 and 15 to participate in
I the semi-finals and finals.
| Four games will be played ir.
j each group. Group I. Booker T.
! Washington High. School of Suf
folk. will play host to Maggie
Walker of Richmond; Dunbar of'
Lynchburg will meet Phenix of
Hampton, Virginia, in Lynch-'
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DID HIMSELF PROUD Even though lie Is better known for his basketball wizards'. Wilt “The
Stilt’’ Chamberlain. Kansas University's star, did himself proud in the high jump ir. the Big Eight In
door Track Meet at Kansas City, Kansas last week Wilt, jumping while wearing his Ivy league cap,
cleared the bar at 6' 6 V’, the best of his field career, lo tie .for first place with Jim Joe Green of
Missouri (UNITED PRESS TELEPHOTO).
Claim Jim Smith And Coach
Responsible For Good ‘Team
STEUBENVILLE. Ohio CANID
—he rapid rise of the College of
SU.ibenville as the top-ranked
small college cage team in the na
tion can be attributed to Tie
Baron's great, center, .Jim Smith,
only tan member on the squad
The 6-foot, 6-inch, 230-pound
senior has been the mainstay of
Coach Henry Kuzma's aimzin ;
aggregation, which this year
completed the regular season
with best record ever posted by a
cage team of this small Catholic
college. The Barons posted a ?A
win, lTost mark, which included
23 straight victories.
The Barons have never lost
a “home” game since Smith
became a member of the team
four years ago. The team
plays most of its home games
in the Steubenville High
School gymnasium, but has
utilized floors throughout its
area including West Virginia.
In the 4-year span. Steuben
ville has taken the measure of
152 straight victims on familiar
boards.
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Both Jim and Kuzma arrived nt,
Steubenville thp same year—l9s4
and since their arrival the
team ha,- won 95 while dropping
burg: Armstrong High of Rich-,
monel plays I. C. Norcora of Ports- j
mouth, Virginia on Armstrongs]
court: and Peabody High of Pe- ;
| ter.sbure Virginia goes to Roar. -
oko to meet Lucy Addison
Group If will sre Albert
Harris of Martinsville go a
gains! R. R. Morton of Farm
ville. Virginia at Farmviiiei
Princess Anne of Norfolk will
play Parker-Gray of Alex
andria in Alexandria: Wyatt
of Emporia plays Northsidr
of Gretna on Emporia’s court:
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Simultaneously, Smith has won!
many honors. He has been named;
; to the NEA second Ail-American j
: team, Tri-State Pittsburg District!
first team, The Associated Press
I r.ecomi team. Helms Foundation
All-American selection, and the
{ most valuable player award Ohio I
i NAIA tournament last season.
He also was selected at the out- ‘
standing performer in the East- 1
Dixie City Integrates Its
First Protestant Church
KNOXVILLE, Term. ( A.NP»—
A visit to Knoxville's first inte
grated church last Sunday, the
Tennessee valley Unitarian
Church, was interesting. "Do Uni
tarians Worship?" was the test
of tire pastor’s sermon. "The va
rious definitkms for the term
worship must be taken into ac
count", in: said. A frank discus
sion of what constitutes Unitan
anism was revealing.
Their new and beautiful church
building out on Kingston Pike,
reflects the pride, taste and vis
ion of the highly Intellectual
and Bruton Heights of WiJ
liamsburc will receive North
ampton at Williamsburg.
Woodson of Hopewell will start
i off in Group 111 as they play
host to the Lucy Sims High
School of Harrisonburg. Virginia:
Second game St. Clare Walker of
Storemont, moves to semi-finals
,on default by District TV: In
Winchester Douglas will meet
; couth Carolina Abrams of Pal
myra; winding it up Ralpn
Bimche of Edge Hill also moves
to semi-finals on District IV de
fault.
tern. MAI A Tip-off Tourney last
I December in Youngstown. Ohio
] He led Steubenville ro the tourney
I crown with three brilliant per*
| forma nee*.
The Barons* bread-and-butter
player the past two years, Smith
was the team's leading rebound*
i cr for his varsity career. He seems
I to be at his best when the chips
I arc down and thrives when the
i pressure Is heaviest.
membership. Several o! the city’s
leading Negroes sat indiscrimin
ately in the crowded chapel, lo
citieu on several acies of ground.
Racial integration came to the
Catholic church here, many years
ago. Several forces are active in
an effort to prepare for school
integration.
Have you considered the possi
bilities of sheep production as a
new enterprise on your farm?
North Carolina's egg production
increased 235 per cent between
1940 and 1956
For 2nd Year:
Archie Decs
Wins Big 10
Scoring Title
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Archie Dr*:-. Indiana university
case ace, last week clinched the
Bis en basketball scoring champ
ion-hip for the second straight
year.
With one same still remaining at
the time of writing, Dees, who
rrored 37 and 33 points, respective
ly, in his last two games, had n
total of 546 points for 21 games
and an average of 25.9 George
Kline of Minnesota was second with
43 points. Michigan State's Johnny
Green was seventh with 374 points
and an average of 17 R
Predict Marciano
Will Meet Hove/
In Comeback Try
CHICAGO t ANPi A Chica
go columnist early last week re
newed a prediction he made some
months ago that former heavy
weight champion Rocky Marciano
would come out of retirement to try
to regain the title.
The columnist is .Tack Mahler,
who repeated the prediction in his
column. "Jack Mabley's Story ’.
Mabley predicted that Rocky,
who retired undefeated, will come
out of retirement to fight Floyd
Patterson, the current champion
the public seldom, hears about,
some time thir. summer in New
York. He said the fight will do Si
million worth of business
“Sugar” Hart
Gets A Close
Call In Bout
NEW YORK - (ANP > - Wel
terweight contender Garnett (Sug
ar) Hart bandy reaped an Upset
m his 10- round bout with Duke
Harris of Detroit in Si Nicholas
Arena here last week, when he was
held to a split decision by the 3-1
unranked underdog. Hart is rated
10th among the contenders for title
honors.
U was a close fight all the way,
with Hart scoring at long range
and Harris getting the better of the
fighting at close quarters.
Hart is scheduled to light "Tomb
stone” Smith of Los Angelo* in
Philadelphia, March 26.
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vital are they hanfalr' abontT"
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