THE CAROLINIAN WEEK ENDING SVIURDAY, 4F*IL 12, 1958 Bee Basilio- Giardello Title Match If Robinson Retires Kin SCOURS KO—Defrmthu; riiamj;,*! fflosan (Kid) Bassey. Niffria. towers ovct n r h# ilcni?r*T Ricardo as tt.f* tcf is abowt to keel »ivrr on 4*is bark aiicf bring knocked out h> itx the Hrni round of the ’vchorii.Ocf? f. r:;uad featherweight stnpion hip hotiC C«. •! N 3 TUB U‘- S> TKCCrtiOlO*. pan Stars Crash Wirmm 1 1 mmm Ip fI 4m 2l rnIIiCUIJ IwrpJajWa-* *s»&'''*• hecn in ihe r*4* ail v ,r-.'<-• -• est > '■ " |fcsi seasons W ,r to' >son *•' ik with the Natkr ;i i ■ Beanie Binftin, » pitcher. <» i>t en ■ t > > < tun- •'- »f m*|pn~ the teara, while K. [:. tjtevetni. 3. first iMswiit. might make if if Ted KUiyov sWs back prevents him f»o>->* Plavtoe regularly gh school in Compton, Calif. nd gng» BB» •• been in organized baseball J9M • ill- S'". ■ , • • iHe had starred hi high *ehn«.; sketball and three in Coothr.ll and Las* season, he won 17 games SSrt lost eight for Hollywood in the Pacific Coast league His best season was Sn IMS with Lincoln hi the Western League. bagging IS victories against three defeats. picther S| SQUEEZE Pl,,'lT—Karlen* Glnhetrotlers’ Bob fla'l !front) and Tom Spencer farm raised) have Col- Be All-American'-. Ron Lakin sand.•* i< bed in us lit go after the ball during their game in the 9th an- B|a| World Series of basketball o Madison Squad Garden, Net* York City. Globetrotters won, 75-18. ®S"NITER. PRESS TELEJDOTC sss In hy f:\-i sea.-c-n 10 1851. aft or I being signed after high school ; graduatl >ll, Daniel.- won two games j and lo?l four »vith Great Falls, j , Mont. in he Class C„ Pioneer i ;. r;i? :,V. I His re- ••->! the Ibl'owing Reason ' •vitr, Mc-ic-fe on the California I Stale League was It and 8. The | : next two years he was in fee army, j Returning to bssebeatl. he won J t and los« 4 for Lincoln in 1855 j and 10 81, d l<vt 6 for Billings in I : the Pioneer League.' Stevens h.?s been highly regard- i •« a;, a power-hitter, ir. 1956, he j Hi .77 home runs for Hollywood j despite the fact that hr was out ; : I. i the lineup for six weeks with « • 0 broken wrist. 1 CVc «y prefer loose salt to block 1 salt fed a a supplement Acids that develop a? leaves ret ! can corrode metal ‘gutters. * * * - North Carolina’s artificial dairy - cow breeding propram provided' . first-service artificial breeding to 1 *50.231 cows in the state in 1967 BEATING THE GUN By BILL BROWER | Earl Robinson, the University of California athlete who received an I estimated $60,000 for signing a bo [ nus contract with the Los Angeles ! Dodgers, proved himsoif a lucra tive bargainer. Millions of dollars have been I spent by major league club own* | ers to sign untried kids, but Rob | mson’s windfall marked the first I time that any team had gone that I high for a tan prospect. Juan Plzarro. the southpaw hurler for the Milwaukee Braves, was given about $35.- 000 when the world champions signed him. Rut even player* of the. first magnltiide-Frank Rob inson, Willie Mays, Ernie Bank# I and Hank Aaron, for example i received little money, M any, I when big league scouts latch j «d onto them or purchased them from teams In the Negro leagues. Even ths Cincinnati Redlegtf Is lest phenom—-Vada Pinson—-was grabbed for peanuts. Some astute baseball men say that in open mar ket he’d be worth $250,000. The reason Negro player* have ' been given pittances, of course, is obvious. The color ot (heir skin was regarded as tyimcthins? of a handicap when they set down to bargain Some of them. lon. figured that the opportunity sot chance to make good In the major* was good enough for them. Aa ron now is making ?40 000 ii year; Mays will he paid SIO,OOO It is doubtful now that they are worried because they -didn't get a 1 fat sun-: when the started in or i -aimed baseball. i Too. there are some player? who j lid not accept a substantial bonus ! :ccan-e they wanted the chance to i Vveiope themselves in the min ■ ms Dave Ricketts, the former Du •mesne University basketball and '•■risebalJ star, said he would ac lccept no more than $4,000. He preferred regular playing in a mi nor league to rusting on a big ieague bench. Earl Robison do "• not. fare that ■ prospect. The major leagues last December threw out the rule which required bonus playors to sciy with s leapt twu full season &. U is possible that this talented young man, who captained Califor r.ia s basketball team this year, could rooks it right off the bat; with ■ the Dodgers He is versatile enough | to plav the infield and outfield. Baseball men consider him a topootch prospect Several ' teams were Interested in slew ing him Paul Richards, <*f the Baltimore Orioles. a team which has hi-en stung in some of its bonus acquisition, vis »iop manager oho was willing ie part with I bnev figure An excellent student as .well *■ | Mhiote. Robinson had at ope true ■ expressed doubi about playing pm I basehill. He had indicated that be would accent no offers until his eligibility in baseball was com pleted this spring J Rut the Dodger kid was ton en i iming and be succumbed This na* ; ‘orally caused some consternation I among California athletic officials, j but who could blame the voting j siei ? Why shouldn't be cash in on his talent? , And while the major league own- S cre are tossing around their money ‘ -o recklessly, tan athletes are en» I titled to their share. We hope more ■ -f them arc- as fortunate as Pob j inson. | Lime ;? an important factor in •••op production. » * * * Watch crops closely for Insect nd disease damage. Boxing “Bigwheels” Contemplate Most Likely Successors To “Sugar’s” Throne CHICAGO -- (ANP) Boxing biggies here are contemplating mat ching Carmen Basilio and Joey Gi arrieilo in a middleweight title match in case Ray Robinson re tires as he reported seriously con templating. Such a match, it is reported, would have the backing of the box ing commissioners. However, Gene High Jumper Charley McCullough Rejoins NCC Eagles Track Team DURHAM Hi eh jumper Char ley McCullough, one of the fanol est jumpers in the East, ha* re joined North Carolina College Coach L. T. Walker'* track team He will be with the Eagles at the big Quantleo Marina moot m. Quantico, Va., on April 11-12. A finalist in Olympic trials com petition in 1956, McCullough has cleared at 6-8 Vi Together with century man Vance Robinson, of 1957’s 9,3 fame McCullough adds versatility to one of the best squads Walker has as sembled at NCC. Bad weather conditions have hampered the Eagles’ outdoor drills. Eugene White Sets New Relay Record; Ties SIAC Mark TALLAHASSEE —Eugene White of Florida A arid M sets a new Florida A and M Relays record and tied the STAC mark with a 9. 1 in the 100-yard dash here yes terday afternoon. The local ctndcrrnen were edged >uv in the meet by the Southern University Jaguars «2 1-8-79 for team honors as five meet records fell. Records falling' during the eevnt were the 100-yard-dash, pole vault. 440-yard-run, 440-y.ird re lay, and the broad jump James Denmark of A end M broke his own pole vault, record of 12-« by clearing the bar at 13-19 while White smash ed the century marker Kernilt Courvllle leaped 23-1 and Da vid Rnlieraon nipped two-tenth seconds off the 440-yard me with a 16.6 for Southern, The Southern 440-yard relay mam of Ronald Smith. Willie Cheatham. Henry Sutton and Har ry Key nipped th roe-tenth seconds off the old mark It was Southern on the track and A and M on the Bassey Stops USareno In 3rd; Keeps Featherweight Crown LOS ANGELES (ANP) Ho gan (KM) Bae-sey, the scrappy Ut ile Nigerian with th» Bailing fists, made his first defense of ibe fea therweight title a winning one when he stopped Ricardo (Little Bird) Marene of Mexico in the third round of t.heir scheduled 15-round bout in Wrigiey Field bora last Tuesday night A crowd of some 80.000 fans, many at them Mexican senor* from across the border who were on hand to cheer their country man, sew Basse? and the bout In quick order in the third. Be had little trouble- with Mareno up un til then but vat apparently bid dim. his time and looking for an His chance came as vna third round opened As Mareno attempt ed to move to olose for some shot* 9* Barney’* midriff, Hogan whip ped over a cruel right that stopped his opponent in bis tracks. As Ma reno staggered under the impact of the punch, Bussey, quick air a. cat. moved to with two mrm*3img rigl>!-s to fee jaw, and it w« all over. Foe hi* ' efforte, Baswty nolliwted $7(5,900, the amount be was guar anteed by the sponsoring Olympic Boxing Club, plus a percentage of toe jpat* beyond a set figure. Ma reno received $38,000. Basoev, who is one of (he few NBA Picks ‘Sugar’ As Best Boxer MILWAUKEE (ANP) —To jpe surprise of no one. Sugar Ray Rob inson last week was named boxer of-the month for March by the Na tion a) Boxing Association. Fred J. Saridy, NBA director of ratings, said Robinson was chosen over several other upset winners during the month. Robinson was chose** for 8*» honor on the basis of his spectac ular win over Carmen Basilio in Chicago, March 25t.h. Tn the fight. Ihe 37-year-old Robinson wrote ring history anew by coming back for an unprecedented fifth time to win the middleweight title. FuHmeji, tho No. 2 middleweight , contender, would have to ba reck oned with in some way. Gene, who was a ringside *pec tator at the recent Robinson-Ba ailio slugfest, said he was anxious to meet Giardello for the privil ege of fighting either Basilio or Robinson. Fullmer is one of the j three fighters to some in and lose ; Walker was looking forward to April 5 at the South Carol ilW JnvMa.ttom.iai to give ht« thlnclad* tppwiimitt** to Be* their muscles and show their ware* on * topgrade track. That NCC will mine Olympic hurdles champion Lee Calhoun go e* without saying. However, the club this year has greater depth and more versatility than the club Calhoun captained last season. High or, the list, of Walker’s stel lar runner* ?a Vance Robinson, the 9.5 century sprinter, whc. won the CIAA’s 820 yard dash as a sopho more. Other standout* are Os plain Hanses (Oswald) Lane, a 46. field with the frwo team* going through the meet neck and neck most of the way. Here's how the other four team* finished In the Eighth Annual Flo- Bruton To Miss Season's Upener; is Still Ailing BRADENTON. Fie (ANT) Hopes for an early return to Se iko by Bill Bruton, ths injured Milwaukee Braves’ center fielder, were dimmed Inst week at the raining sits of tire world cham pions, The best gues* la that the out fielder will not be able to play for at least two months, perhaps long er. Bruton injured his leg last July 11 and has been sidelined since He underwent surgery while his teammate* were heating the New York Yankees for the world title, foreign boxer* to successfully a dept himself to in» American md rmll style of fighting, is the first Nigerian fighter ever to win a world boxing title. He won the featherweight title by stopping Frenchman Cherif Hamia in 10 rounds in Paris last June. Die bout wa* the semi-final event of an elimination tournament to deter mine a successor for the then re tired featherweight champion, Sandy Saddler, ; CALVERT DISTILLERS COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. BLENDED WHISKEY* 86 PROOF*6S* GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS i the middleweight, crown to Robin son. Meanwhile, Basilio underwent, a minor operation on the eye Robin son lacerated and closed in win ning back tha title. Dr, Richard A. Perritt removed small particles of scar tissue*. Robinson as of this writing, is * still wuin about his ring future quarter roller; John (Tamk) Vaaser, (449, 880); Robert Dobba (sprinter); Lind* Seaton (sprin ter), and Car! Hawthorne (dis tance); Edward lindnnn (di ms) ; Roy Greenland (4401, Wilflam Merritt and diaries Coleman, sprinter and broad jumper, respectively. Also returning to competition for NCC this season is Willie Ward, the promising half roller, who was ineligible last year. A sparkling crop of newcomers add lustre to the promise of the veterans. Among the promising fro ah are hurdler George Hearn and relay specialists Ken Riley, Neville Christain, Ralph Bass, arid Walter Johnson. rida A and M Relay? behind Sou ] thorn and A and M: Alabama Stab' . 15; Morehouse, 6: Edward Wa- , i tors 4: and Benedict, 1-3. Billy's right leg, after months of immobilisation, because of a cast, shrunk almost to the srie of one of his arms It was measured recently, and it j was only 1! inches around just above the knee and higher up it I was only 15 inches around, i Compared with his healthy left | log, 15 1-2 inches around just shove j the knee and higher, 21 inches. \ the difference k readily apparent. So far in spring training Bru ton has been limited to 'running and throwing. He has not swung a bat. arid he won t until His ieg return* to norms) measurement. "They won’t let me." be said. ‘And 1 suppose they’re right "It, still hurts when 1 put pro- - sure on it. But it's coming and that's the big thing.” Joe fruits Pay. 5 US s6ll Willed By Mom DETROIT. Mich (ANP) !n--! -! cheating his willingness to pay off his income tax indebtedness, form er heavyweight, boxing champion Joe Louis bar- turned over his share of a small estate left by hi* moth er Mrs. Lillie Brooks, to the United Stales to be applied against the $1,250,000 be owe: the Government pfflif ’ - s %fe .' * ' i 1 '. fe F ' SJT > '* S T- *&§§B®t^ FLOYD ON GLIDED TOUR—Mrs. Bessie BratMovk, a SoeiaJi** Member of Parlisbient and a staunch fight fan, fakes he»»mi|ht ii amnion Fioyd Fatter- on on a tour of the House of Commons. Mrs (fraddork invited the rii moo to visit her at the House- He is tomina the country. (UNITED CRESS TELEPHOTO) Opponentless Patterson lunches With Lady British Politician j LONDON, 'England (ANP) - ; While his manager cast about Lon don ts-ying to find a suitable op ponent for a June title detente. • heavyweight champion Floyd Pet i ierson Tuesday sat down to lunch l with a female political admirer The luncheon meeting took piaen (u the dining room of the Uoi/5* of Commune., with Mrs. Bessie Shaddock, a IJWS-pound er and a Socialist, acting as her.l She had invited Patterson in lunch after recalling that (hey had nW once hefote. At that time. Mrs Braddock, »n 'rdent fight fan, told Patterson, • I j admire your boxing mister.” Floyd ' replied: "I admire your know i ledge of hosing.” Mrs. Braddock if- the British i •’ounterpart of Dr Joyce Brothers positive female quizz whlsuk who ! won $124,009 on the $94 000 que*. j tion television program answering ! questions about boxing ! But promoter Jack Solomon* ip ' confident Mrs, Bradclo k is as 1 good He is reported read' to hack | her for 1.000 pounds. ($5,8001 j against any American woman on i a fight quiz orogrnm. Limp pavs big dividends on ! North Carolina farmland. A litti” extra at.leuf.ion at plant• 1 icg time will pi" big rtivjdptiri'- Braves Send J. Pizarro To Minors RH A DENTON. Fla -ANPi—Ju»r Fraarro, the little Puerto Rican :••-!*ie with the sweeping cure ball, ! week was sent to the minors along with three other Milwaukee Braves players. as the world ehain nions trimmed their major league roster to 31 Pizarro, who joined the Brave* after starring at Jacksonville, saw act>on in the Braves-New York Yankees World Series last fall. Following that he was a sensation in Puerto Kican winter baseball. However. Pizarro has been pla gued with wildness in spring train ing and rumors circulated for tb* past months that, he would be •hipped to the minora for mart seasoning. Pusarrn was sent to Wichita a* a ?A -hour recall basis, along with, -'(fielder Ear! Hersh and rookia t ’ Prengler Also demoted waj Boh Taylot. a *117,000 bonus catcfe

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