L. A. Dodgers Sign Tan Rookie For Record 50 Grand
Dodgers Get Sam my White
To Fill In For Campania
SARASOTA, Fla. <ANP) v
The Boston Sunday Advertiser -
disclosed in an exclusive story |
that the Los Angeles Dodgers have
obtained first-string catcher Sam
mv While from the Boston Red
Sox for a substantial sum in ex
cess of the $20,000 waiver price.
The move was viewed as an at-!
tempt to plug the gap left on the
Dodgers catching staff by the eu
vence of Roy Campanella. who -a
Hold Baseball Drills At
S, Carolina State College
ORANGEBURG, S. C. - Coach .
Edward Martin reported fifty-1
five candidates for South Carol-1
lr.a Stair'.- early baseball practice. I
The bulldogs, who finished third;
last season in the S. I. A. C„ have j
a veteran ball club with the ex- •
cepiien of "Nay" Ford, -slugging j
first- sacker who gi aduated last l
June
Holdover lnfielders are Captain.
Charles "Monday" Smalls, second
base: Harry Nelson, team’s lead
in? hitter, shortstop; and Rich
ard Singleton, third base. Reserve
infielders, J. B. Payton, Leroy
Ransom and Rudy Caldwell are
applying pressure to the regulars
Livingstone College Choir i
Stages Concert At Salisbury
SALISBURY The Livingstone ,
College Concert Choir, under the j
direction of Mrs. Marguerite C. j
Womack, with Mrs. K. Eioise
Simpson, accompanist: and the
College Octette, under the direc
tion of Clark S. Coffin, appeared
in concert Sunday afternoon at the
St. John’s AME Zion Chwch, Wil
son.
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This 40 voice choir h<v; an
invlshh’- reputation for its
nier-Hug concert performances,
featuring anthems, spirituals
end folk songs. Having suceess
fully toured the north-east
last year, the choir will launch
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Noted Cricketeer Barred
From Park Became Os Race
KINGSTON, Jamaica (ANP) •
Ooorgs Headly, the world’s great
est batsman of all times < Austra
lian Don Bradman a disputed
first I *, was snubbed in his home
town. Kingston, Jamaica, as he i
tried to enter Sabina Park to
watch bis West Indian colleagues
humble Oakistan's ericketeers on
tiie green, while the latter were
on n tour of the Caribbean
The famed retired cricketeer. i
who was made a member of the j
British Empire by Queen Eliza
beth of England, a few years ago, is
the Government cricket coach for
Jamaica. He sought to enter Sa
bina Park on a pass issued him
by the the Government of Jamaica
and was promptly barred from en
tering the white enclosure (on ac
count of his colour says Norman
Mank-y’s PUBLIC OPINION news
paper! ,
Reports said that Headly pre
sented his card to a door keepc-r I
STATE CHAMPS Norman Little, captain of the basketball
team a* Dudley High School, accepts the trophy emblematic of the
North Carolina High School Basketball Championship, The tough quint
i flames in the tournament played, recently, at A&T College
In Greensboro. It was the first state basketball championship to •>
won by the high school. Making the presentation is Dr, ’V. T. Gibbs
president of A. and T. College.
currently recovering uom an au-1
to accident in a New York hoa- j
pital.
The acquisition of White by the j
"Bums" gives rise to speculations!
that tan rookie catcher Jottn
Roseboro is considered too inev j
perienced to fill the job. Mean-1
• while White’s waiver to the Na
tional League was thought to be a :
sneak move which caught the
other American League clubs uvl
surprise.
I in the battle for positions,
j Albert Green, a newcomer, j
| seems to have the inside track a! j
j first base.
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"The only men who need
liquor to do their best work
are bartenders!”
j its extensive spring concert
four to nine major citic. of tin- 1
mid-west early in April.
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The choir in Sunday's concert !
showed its versatility in that many ;
soloists, both vocal and inslrumen- !
tai, performed, among which were j
Misses Shirley Woodard, soprano ;
and Patricia Wimberly, both of '
Wilson. Performing with the octet- j
te was Miss Gereien McPhail, also j
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The Reverend U. S. Johnson, a i
graduate of Livingstone College j
and Hood Theological Seminary is j
pastor of the St. John's AME Zion 1
Church.
who -immediately told him that bis !
Government pass was not official !
enough. He would have to secure
a pass signed and approved by the !
Secretary of the Kingston Cricket!
Club. Ernest Kao.
Sparked by fear that Headly's I
entrance might cause him loss of j
employment With the Cricket j
Club, the doorkeeper was said to !
have asked the Secretary for a ;
pass for the Member of the Brit- i
ish Empire—Headly. But the door- [
keeper returned and told Headley
that the Secretary had refused to j
issue the pass.
Headley was shocked and re- j
ported the matter to other officials
of the Cricket fraternity. Forth
with. Secretary of the Jamaica
| Cricket Board of Control, Sydney
A brahams, issued orders lor Head
ley to be admitted, and the famed
man walked i natter moments of
I embarrassment.
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AMONG THE ST. LOUIS CARDINAL hopeful; at St. Petersburg, Fla., spring training camp are.
from left to right: Frank Karnes. Curtis Flood, -i mi Jones and Joe Taylor, Barnes and .tone are pitch
ers am! Monti and Taylor are outfielders. Cardinal Manager Fred Hutchinson is banking heavily on
Jones’ 19.48 peiforinanre.
SPARRING SESSION—Former middleweight champion Sugar Kay Rob ill seen (left), spars during
workout at J Louis' gymnasium, March 20th as in trains for attempt to regain his title via a 15-round
bout vG'h champ Carmen Basiiio, Fight took place n Chicago March 251 h.— (United Dress Telephoto).
Say Ssron Carries Milwaukee’s
I Hopes "or Another Top Pennant
| CHICAGO iV; Nib The Mil- •
i v-.-aukev Braves won the 1957 i
; World i-. s Thereby, some ex
-1 perts believe was .born another
j baseball djrnarty. The Braves could
maintain their supremacy for
years.
Among the good reasons is Hank
Aaron, the- National League's most
valuable plh'-er last season and
one of the standouts in baseball
after four seasons :n the majors.
It was Aaron’s home run shot on
a .September night that gave the
Braves their fits* NL flag in Mil
waukee. U . - A- -on who was the
I outstanding, hater in the World
Series.
J ?;Y. ' ; q * m *
It w;is Aaron who won ihe
Nl. Atm; run championship
with 44. i.d-o the best iu ins
Majors). And finally. ii was
3 Fla. U. Coaches, Trainee
Named As FAMU ’s Clinicians
TALLA HA SSEF - Three Flori
da University coaches and a train
er have been named as clinicians
to t.hi 14Ui annual Florida A&M
Coaching Clinic to be held here,
June 0-53
Ciitvir Director lake Gaither
fays that Coaches Tom Nugent of
Florida State. Bob Woodruff of
the." University of Florida, Gene
ESnson «,f tint Umv>.a-sity of Mi
ami. ?t;d trainer Sam Lankford of
the Ucivviwity of Florida are in
ei tided in the toy list of -ionsal •
I hints for lb is year - ! .-;,mc.
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Woody V. ivof, coach .»( th*
j ytvr »t*r 1237 and head ct».*rh
«* th«* Pi-!‘ B»wl champion* of
the out-of-state coaches to ap
| pear here fur the five day con
; fab The football section will
; be .Tunc 9- ft and basketball.
! June 17. - 53.
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I Accepting Invi* it ions to lecture
| during the clin’C, were Frank
; Howard, bead cos eh of Clemson
t 1 College. Bur inn ln«nv-?r»n, line
j <Hxieh, University of Illinois; Perry
Moss backfiold coach. University
of Wisconsin: “Tonto” Coleman,
• erd coach. Georgia Tech.; Nick
Aaron who bated .373, thin!
j highest in his league, after
winning the batting Champion
ship with a .328 mask in 1956, ■ j
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Thus. Milwaukee hopes for this j
year —and the future—revolves a
'round this littde 'he’s just 24)
outfielder and powerful hitter.
Aarron’s rise to stardom has been
i meteroic. He has a tremendous fu
! tura.
But he is just one of the promis
j ing tan players on the world j
j champion roster Wes Covington, i
| mother World ISeries hero vtbrec 1
j outstanding field plays), is a
l strong hitter. If there is any doubt
j about hte fielding ability, ask the
I New York Yankees, who were
j vanished by the Braves last Octo
j ber.
J JCotcy, head coach Coral Gables j
j High School, and Charles Waller,
! backficld. Clemson,
j Coach flay Crowe of Cripus At- j
) tucks High School. Indianapolis, I
‘Sweet Daddy’ Brace Buys
$1 Million Coast Mansion
LOS ANGELES -- 'ANI". -- I
I “Sweet. Daddy” Grace dapper re- I
ligjcus cult leader, last weak ex- j
tended his spiritual domain to the*
West Coast when he purchased a
j $1,000,000 mansion in the swank
Berkeley Square area here.
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The 74-year old leader, who
claims God sent him to America
■ | to help people, reportedly pur
chased the mansion for 550.000
i | in cash. Hr Immediately began
* j transforming It into one of his
j sanctuaries. He now owns 41,
■ | according to reports.
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i j Daddy Grace stood by admiring
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.fuan Pizarro, a young Puer
to Rican lefthander, might
become the ace of the
Braves' staff. With an out
standing performance in the
Puerto Rican winter league,
Pr.-.trro might he coming up
this season with the kind of
.record his minor league rep
utahon lorordainctl.
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Billy Burton the defensive ma
] .r.ieian, could become another tm*
• port-ant man in the Braves’ plans
| n he proves sound again. (And if
i he is not traded, as speculation has
it, to the Chicago Cubs). Burton
v.as injured in July last season
and underwent a post-season ope
ration u> repair his damaged knee.
He is fast and hits well at times.
| will be in charge of the basketball
!ti .'bon. Persons seeking applica
i lion or further information may
j contact Coach Gaither at Florida
I A&M.
j !y as painters began trimming the
! 85-room home m bright red, white
j arid blue, his favorite, colors. As he
watched he was heard to remark:
“Ain’t that pretty?"
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According: to Haig M. Prince,
local bOMnw man who pur
chased the mansion for Daddy
Grace, oriental rugs, vases, art
works and paintings valued at
$230,000 were included in the
deal. The mansion has 21 baths,
servants’, quarters. a large ball
room, 35,000 square feet of floor
space and a swimming pool,
' PATRONIZE Ol’K ADVERTISERS
Earl Robinson, UCLA Grad, Signed
As Dodgers’ Infielder-Outfielder
BY 808 TATI
BERKELEY. Calif <ANP> Ui;.
versity of California's Earl Roll
meson has been signed by the L<>
Angeles Dodgers for an «stimated
sum of $40,000, the highest ever
paid a Negro rookie. The lean; ad
mittedly ni need of power, is very
happy about the addition
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The star baseball and b.i
ketbail player was not avail-
Shaw Bears Into Second Wk.
-
Os Pre -Season Baseball Drills
i The Shaw University Bears arc
i in their second week of pre-esoa
j son practice under tin- watchful
eve cf Head Coach Jon Lyth
i The season opened on Mr-rcli 2f
j with a game away from home :
they traveled to Fayetteville t.o
play Fayetteville State. The home
season will open on April 2. when
the Beat’s will be host to the Eli
zabeth City State College Pinu<-
The Bears were led into the;
1958 season by four AH Cl A A
players: Louis Garvin and Eugene
Hammonds, the team's leading
; hitter with a .365 average ~ud I
j ace pitcher Clarence Crutchfield
Crut-chfield haci a four win a id
one loss record last season and h
expected to lead the moundsmen
again this year.
Along with Crutchfield sever;* •
pitchers formed the nucleus on
the hill: Bennie Benson, junto;
righthander of Asheville. Wilbur
Lytle, a sopohomore also of Ashe- ;
; ville and Isaiah Taylor, a sop he
i more of Pittsboro: freshman
• Frank Baker of Apopka. Fie
j George Ingram, freshman of Mer
| chantville: and William Taylor ,
a sx>phomorq of Pittsbojo.
Catcher candidates are iron-,
men Tyrone Reese of Raleigh and
Joseph Rice of New York CK
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WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH ZB, 1958
abb for comment but a unlver> well as firs! base and short
sity spokesman said the con- stop when the Bears won the
tract was in “excess of $50,000. NCAA baseball championship
The terms of the contract were. last season. In 1957 he batted
also not disclosed. .333 and 1956 .338 so the young
*■ * * rookie has plate, power.
The 21 year old in fielder-out- * * * *
• it-Uir r was also captain of the This however will make Robin-
Rear cage team which recently lost son ineligible for the coming Col
j;n . rtirrie to Seattle 66-02 in a legiate season. The Dodger camp
i NCAA thriller. will get a look at the rookie this
* * weekend when he reports for a
He played the outfield as weekend workout.
Freshman inficM material will see
Preston of Slat ville and Feed
Mills of EUnhtu-sl, New York. Mc-
Clain will he at Third and Mills
will be in the snort-stop position
William Boyd of Rocky Mount.
Lvnous flu!} cf Raleiyh and Ein
Baseball Ssliosi By
Raleigh Rsereation Department
A Baseball School for the .Midge!
end Junior Leagues of the Raleigh
Kecreati": Dept. • pent has been !
announced by Hubert A. Poole.:
athletic director.
The School will start Mon
day. March 31 ami ci.tsscs will
he h< lil :it 1:30 daily at Rob
ert:.,' IDsi-bali Park, luc ated on
East Marlin Street. The rgr
groups v ill he 9-12 foi midgel
aud 13-15 for junior.-..
1 All hoys wishing to participate I
■ in the summer program must at
j tend sessions at the Baseball
f-.-.-hec.l in urn or to be eligible.
i mnnuel Gray of New York are
candidates for the outfield posi-
I tion.
Hampton Institute returns
the schedule for the first time
since the early thirties.
All home yamcs will be played
at Chavis Park.
>:r. Poole told The ( \HO
1.1. VN tint approximately 1
coaches for the teams arc
needed. Anyon< intere-ted
should contact him at TK Z
lOd-i.
The Basebai 1 School was sched
uled to be."in last week, but was
po. l| mod because of the ineiem
| i nt weather.
Watch yitai home meat supply
a>r skippers, keep 'em out.
Correct fertilizer placemen! is
an important step in —■'>"> nro
due! ion.
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