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WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAT 3, 1358
“Minoso Can Do Anything, ” Tiger Manager Declares
Jack Tighs Compares Minnie With
Other Players On Detroit’s Team
DETROIT ■ AMP) - Mroojo
can do anything run, hit, hunt and
-i v ”
......Those were the words of .Tuck
Ti s h*, manager of the Detroit Tig
ers, Vvhile comparing the fleet Cu
ban with two Os the plover? on his
team — AI Kaline ar.d Hatvr.v
Kucnn. Tighe called Minoso. who
recently was traded by the White
Bex to the Cleveland Indian•• the
greatest player in the American
League last year
Slilng op the bvn stirs on
his team. T'ghp said either Ka*
II; * W. dL'l , i t lit ““ 1U 1 (.lie « l t O M
SHORT TRIP Bob Boyd, right
of the Baltimore Oriole/ is out it
first far the first inn (ns of (he
NCC Bidding FsrTtsp Hsiay Honors
PJBRAM - Norh Carol::-.! Col
leges thiceiads looked impress! -
la "two outdoor rjeetf ‘h os la:- ,n
tfce young '3B track r,.
Coach L T. har
riers swept f«ve rob:--?, ,
meet records, and m•• 4 • .
points to finish second >n the
Bcutb Caroiina in -.-i-> ‘ • nrs *!
followed up ihi: pe-yformam-e
by taking three relays a •.•fend
a third., and a fourth in the
Qaxnticu Relays at 0>; n-*
Va,, against some of the top
runners in the counter
~ At South Carolina \Valk«n s
r sprint foursome ni-rtc-.roed
ffeently as they -p 4 an --• the 4;i)
and £3O yard vei* ■ e-.-erd' T'- :•
foursome of WiLiam Merry
Rams Nudge Eagle Thinclads j
In Contest At Winston-Salem
WINSTON-SALEM The North
Carolina Cell eh- ‘hut dad? ha-.r.jt- -
.-"T r'IBSS FROM Hi 3 CONQUER OH Faotosrweight champion of
«■*** .'worJd, Hagan (Ed) Betsey, pkrrte a Ks» an the forehead of
- Moreno, offer the champ from -ena krockcd out the
• "Xnadcen scrapper in the «rfr? re-jod o. toeir recent title match
bs. Los Angeles. (Jfowsprees Photo). »
line or Kuenn will be the great- \
esl player in the American Lea- !
rue this year, just as Minnie
Minoso was last, year. His state- !
mem seems to indicate the Palo j
Hose indiseretb n in trading the
hustling Minoso.
Tithe men looked part the Yan
k< in' Mickey Mantle in his choice
us Minoso, All this talk of power
j is deceiving, he said. In 1956. Man
i tie hit 52 borne runs and drove in
I iso run* Tighe added. Kaline only
| hit 27 homers but he drove :r, 128
j runs
Thai » the way with Minoso.
' April 2S game with the Boston
Red Sox in Boston after he
j grounded to Sox 3rd baseman
i Frank Malione. who threw to
Piainfield, N J . Bob Dobbs. New- j
port News. Va.. Louis Seaton, Ja- i
: maica, B. W. i and Vance Robin- ;
i son. Norfolk. Va.. all sophomores, j
| copped the. quarter-mile relay in ;
j 42.5 ard the hail m.le event m 1 j
D- 0. fcc-tn ne ; - meet records
At Quantico there runner' with- 1
rut ir.eir capable lead-off man, Bill !
j Merritt, who was out v- ita a leg in- i
i jury, ran on a muddy track under j
. s r.y conions. but. still managed j
to cross the tape first in both events j
ahead of both Western Michigan, i
anchored by Olympian Ira Murchi- ;
son. and Winston-Salem.
George Hearn, fresh from Ard- i
mere. Pa reels n d Merritt in the 1
44f> relax. and James Lane, cap
erf by injuries finished second to
1 tee w inston-Swem Rams in the
he reasoned. "He might only
hit 12 or 14 home runs but he.
can do everything else.
"He'll knock in those runs
with singles and doubles, he'll
bunt, he’il worry you when
he's on base. You never know
w hat he'll do."
Minoro'g playing so far seems to
justify Tighe's praise. He's been the
hustler for the Indians. In a game
against his old White Sox team
mates last Thursday, Minnie came
through with some timely hitting
and nifty he.se running. He hit a
homer and a single.
Pete Runnel? (3), who stretches
to make tbs cut. Boston wen.
:> (UNITED i*R?:SS TELEPHO
TO).
ir.ir. and senior from Brooklyn. i>
Y.. took the stick on the lead leg in
the SBO relay.
The tnUe relay teaiti of Tames
Line Ken R.A -• freshman,
fiom Jamaica N Y Walter
Johnson, frosh > w Haven,
Conn and Johnny \ 'Met, jun
ior from Cape May 1 L cop
ped the event at South i a.ichna
in 3:210.
However, at Quantico Talker
switched his foursome with Riley
and Johnson opening up, folic erf
by the addition of Neville Chi.M
<an. freshman from Jamaica, N. V
I and Vance Robinson, running the
Last two legs The latter group ran
1 away from their opponents in 3.20
4. a new meet record at Quaniico.
. annual Winston-Salem Relay Car
! nival at Hanes Park recently.
The Eagles coped two relay #v- !
•nh while dropping two to the •
host Rams. NCCs sprint relay,
without its ace lead-off man, Wil
liam Merritt, who is out with a leg
injury, split in the two sprint ev
ents. The Eagles won the BPO. and
finished second behind the Rams in
I the 440.
In the *BO relay a foursome of
Boh Dobbs, Newport News, Va..
George Hearn. Ardmore. Pa ,
Louis Seaton. Jamaica, R W. 1.,
and Aanee Robinson, of Nor
folk, Va , ran their best time of
the year in this event—a fast
stepping 1:37,2.
All of these lads are sopho
more* except Hearn, who is a
promising frrssh hurdler. He.ran
a !4:5 in the high hurdles in
the meet to finish after Ihe
Rams’ classy Elias Gilbert.
The Dobbf-Hearn-Seetnn •• Rob
inson foursome finished a shade
behind Winston-Salem in the 440
yrrd relay in 42.5.
j Tie mile relay quarto! rswi a
brilliant 3:1?8 to finish behind the
I S >ms who were clocked in S'lß 0.
Hnwever. NCC Coach L T. Wal
ker's charges were without two of
his main stay* on this relay team
—James Lane, senior captain from
Brooklyn. N. Y. and Johnny Va?s
rer. Cape May, N, J„ Junior. They
were out with pulled muscles,
Lane's leg is bette--, hut he wan
I held out of the meet because Walk
‘ cr vaanted to save Lane for the
Penn Relays April 24-26
The sprint medley foursome
of Dobbs, Seaton, Neville Chris
tian. and Krn Riley. both fresh
men of Jamaica. N. V., won the
sprint nicdicv event in 3‘27.8.
The 'OO yard dash which was »
blanket finish at the tape was giv
en to Francis Washington of Win
ston-S"-10111. At the f.-.pe with him
were NCC s Vance Re'-dnson and
j Bobbv Dodds B«th Washington
i and-Dobbs were 'locked in idsn
' t:cal times of 10. flat
P
1 DISCUSSING RESIGNATION— i
M Elgin Baylor, left, .AH.-American
■ basketball player at Seattle. Uni
■l| verslty wears a 'solemn face as
J John Custaiaoi Seattle Un«r.
■ head basketball reach, discusses
I Pros Draft Elgin Baylor, Guy Rodgers j
11n National Basketball Selections
| DETROIT (ANPi—Elgin Bay ;
H lor of Seattle u.d G?" Rogers of!
■i Temple were the No j choices of |
■j the Minneapolis Lakers arid the i
■ Philadelphia Warnoi s as the eight j
H member teams selected a total of i
■ 80 college players in the annual
B N. B. A. be-Kci.j-’l draft Ja?t week
■ The Lakers, seeking a sparkplug j
™ to boost them from the N. R & 1
; cellar, made Baylor their No. 1 |
* choice, despite the fact that the !
Earl Bostic Is Like Old Man River---
Just Keeps Rolling Alon g With Music
NEW YORK Dapper saxo- ;
phone stylist. Esrl Bostic, on® of the j
most prolific musical stars of this j
generation, will soon round out a I
quarter million miles of travel j
throughout the United States. Can- j
ada .and Europe vteh his band since :
he went into the business in July o? j
,1942.
Bill Dupree, one of the disk joe- ;
keys at New Yorks radio station |
WLIB, r-nthusiasticaliy lauded the !
King Recording star a few nights j
: * during his gabfest with news- j
paper men a*, the Sammy Davis, Jr. j
part?
In poo .no around hi? sugar- |
coated accolades about famous
stars, Dupree had this to say. ‘ Ear' !
Bostic ?-i just like Did Man River- !
he keeps rolling along with good i
O’Amato Still Seeking A Foe For
I Floyd Patterson; Mem On R. Harris
NEW YORK 1 AND Cus D
i Amato, controversial manager of I
1 heavyweight chatnpon Floyd Far.-
' tarson, said last week he is die-
Ikerlng with five different man- j
i agers in an effort to decide on
j an opponent for Patterson’s nc-v
j title defense. He failed to name
| Roy Harris of Texas as the prob
able opponent
i There have been reports that!
} Patterson and Harris, irom “Cut. i
DBUMWTOinrr—Sm. Charts. Ps!l«r iH-ViA.) kMn *• al M». Nc
(fcng) Cole, wrto of th» famous enterterimr, at a rocent Senate hearing on a bill which would
ptsvent music publishers from owning and ‘operatiisg radio and tefewiseor ttotkas*, Testifyina on
behalf of her huaband, Mxe, Col® labelled toe .prepoeed tegisksikm "discnnßßatey." (Naws- i
I praaa Photo), - > ’ 1
his resignation at Seattle Wash
ington last week Castaiani re
signed following an NT A A an
nouncement that Seattle Univer
sity will be barred from Hi imp
ionship tourneys through 1960.
fi-foot 6-inch playmaker still has a ,
year of eligibility at Seattle. How- •
ever, his original class at. the col
lege graduates in June, and that
makes him eligible for the N, B. A.
draft.
Baylor has said he would re
main at Seattle to finish his ed
ucation. But Boh Short, the
f l|r n M nttmov beSICT-’- h*' r r 'f!
persuade him to sign up with
the pro team and go to one of
music. He’s tops ia my book along ]
with Ellington, Basie, Goodman j
Satchmo Armstrong and singe'' l -- j
Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah .Washington 1
Lena Horne and Sammy Davis. L " i
Bostic is no stranger anywhere in ;
ihe United States because of the j
fact that 'he Nation's outstanding; j
disk jockeys have acclaimed him j
as one of their favorites. He is also |
admired by the record club fan:, j
theater and night club patron;-?, pm- j
rooters and managers, and himdrecu- j
of musician and entertainers irom i
j coast-to-coast.
| The popular musician will be I
| honored with a huge ‘-Testimonial j
| Party” by his fan club members, i
i New York disk jockeys ard news- !
[ paper and magazine writers when !
I he comes to New York next month !
end Shoot”. Texas, will meet at.-
| Roosevelt; Raceway here soon.
However, D' Amato refused to con
firm the reports. Harris is un
beaten in ring competition. How
ever, he has met none of the top,
contenders.
D'Amato, whose name precedes).
I Patterson's m ihe news «o)ufab i
j these days, would not name tn« I
•managers with whom he is ;
i gotiating. “As soon as I would I
The two met on the floor of the
r.ynn shortly after Castalani made
t'ss ,inr>outic> mmt. Baylor said lie
will remain at Seattle for an
other year. (UNITED PRESS ,
TFi EPHOTOK •
.. i
the schools around Minneapo
lis.
I Baylor, an oil-around star, was
the second leading scorer in the
| nation last season. He also led the
I Chieft-ans to the National Collegi- :
| ate Athletic AsscciaDon final,
j Rogers wa-. the top choice of the
j Warriors. In addition to starring
I f... <t. . >-• 1 •• . ... .. TV--, 1
-• 1 til. ?./•- t ~ *-(*-■»<- 1. . *• i -
I was chosen a member o' several
| All-American teams-
} King Record Company executives j
; * . M i-elp pirn to celebrate his 250.
000 rr.ilc-s of globetrotting and his ;
sale of more than, five million rec- i
j urd,?.
“1 of?? of books foH voa bow
to manage after ytm retire.
WJiat’s wanted is one that'll
tell you how is manage
: inM!”
mention 'lie name of a specific j
fighter,’' he said, "he would be- j
come unavailable to me.'*
Cus reference is believed to be
indirectly aimed at. the Interna-j
tional Boxing Club, with whom I
he is feuding. His old opponent, I
Jim Norris, has resigned the pies !
idenry of the IBC, out evidently i
D'Amato is stli holding out in the!
•war with the prom tional firm, j
Cincinnati Redlcgs Purchase
20-Game Winner From Clowns
HOLLYWOOD. Fla. fANPi
The Indianapolis Clown* baseball
team this week announced the sale
of pitcher Raymond Holmes to the
Cincinnati Redlegs for a ' substan
tial" amount
Holmes, after only three weeks
in ramp at Tampa, Florida, was
signed to a Savannah (South At
lantic League) contract, and has
since been prompted to the Albu
querque, N. M (Wet League.
Class Ai club where he started the
season.
“Ray," a he Is better known
racked up an impressive 20-2 pit
ching record with Indianapolis last
season. He is 20-years-old. stand)
0’ 2" tall and weighs 185 pounds
He. originally hail;- from Colorado
Springs. Colo.
A great future is predicted
for the young hurler by every
one. in the Clowns' front office.
Road-business manager Ed Ha.
roman, Coach Sylvester Snead
and Genera! Manager Syd Pol
lock agree that he could wind
lip as the answer to one of the
Reds' prayers—a consistent
winner on the mound
Last year, Ray was a real work
| horse on Hamm an'* pitching corps.
Bennett College’s Operating
Budget For ’SB-59 Approved
GREENSBORO An operating
budget, of $667,415 for the academic
year 1858-50 was aproved by the
executive committee of the Ben
nett College board of trustees at its
annual meeting in New York last
week.
This amount represents an in
r:«stf rd approximately $51,000
over the current budge-1.
The trustees heard an interim re
port made by President Will? B.
. layer m which she listed some of
the ic- -derm building needs of the
college These include a health and
p)-,.-, ,lc?.' education building, a resi
dence bail, an infirmary. sn <*d*
Order Sammy Davis’ Pianist To
UISf« *f|f| ftf * Uffiair
ray tin© f iyy 111 $* h nets is
NEW YORK CITY fANP) ,
One thousand and one-hundred !
weeks from this week, the pianist .
s.nd accompanist for Sammy Davis !
Jr,, v.-ill be m the clear, providing
he \s able to keep up $25-a week
support payments..
The long-term time-payment plan
is. a settlement of a $l,lOO baek
i support. claim aaginst Davis art;r
--i tic aide kick. George Rhodes
| Terms were won April 14, by Airy
I w. Scott Davis of this White Plains j
; id*, 1 ’ firm of Bickler, Davis lieber- |
! man, Sosin and Smith,
In a hearing before Domestic
| Court Magistrate Edward Dudley i
former ambassador to Liberia, the ,
delinquent musician was ordered .
to oay off his debt to his wife Doris
i at the rate of $1 a week
1 Rhodes' regular weekly rate of ;
{payment, for maintenace of his
I wife and two children was redu
i red at the same time from SB3 to
j $25 a week
1 Income of the musician was es
timated at $330 weekly during the
1057 tax year
| Rhodes had beer, served with •
I summons last week just before ap
' pealing on a benefit show at the
Apollo Theatre, here in a benefit
for the NA A CP.
It is in knowledge a* in swim
ming: he who flounders and
splashes on the surface makes
more noise and attracts more
: attention than the pearl-diver
! who quietly dives in quest, of
i treasures at Ilia bottom
—Washington Irving
Tp the poultry laying house use
two 40 or 60 watt light bulb? tor
each 400 square feet of floor spate.
:
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The big rifhthan r unfurled one
classic performar. ? after another
; and was given the independent a: -
1 cult’s accolade for one of tin fin
j cst mound efforts of the year
i Recalled Pollock: "The club got
■ u valuable lift from this mastp'.fal
| young pitcher, W hated to lose
him."
General Man? r Pollock fel
lowed the an ncement of
Holmes' sale to se, Reds with
the opening two-weeks sched
ule for thr four-time Negro
American League champions.
They appeared it Tallahaas'
T!a„ (April 36', Atlanta, Gi
I April 21?». Porterdale, Ga
• April 3Si, Albany, Gs. (April
39) and had an open date cm
the 30th.
Their May ba, nstorm with the
, I,ns Angeles H,--ks, Pacific Coast
Colored Champions, follows Day
ion* Beach Fls. (’t: St. Peters
burg. Fla (2) ‘ radenton Fla <3l
| Orlando. Fla. <■•>: Palatka, F’a (S>;
Tamps, Fla . Valdosta. Ga, vs
Valdosta Troians <7); Columbus,
iGa (fit; Panama City, Fla (ffr: Ft.
■ Walton Beach. Fia. GO'- and Birm
ingham. AD vs Birmingham
. i Black Baron fill.
ministration-classroom building, a
home management house and a
- mall maintenance building for the
housing of equipment.
It was agreed that the policy of
holding Bennett s enrollment to 501)
or loss woud be continued Addi
tion of s residence hall would servo
to alleviate present overcrowding
rather than to accomodate a larger
, student body, it. was pointed our.
Dr. Player was authorized to be
prepared to present plans for this
budding and for proposed group
major medical insurance coverage
tor faculty and staff at the October
meeting of ihe full board.
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Bishop Golf
Team Defeats
Wiley College
MARSHALL. Texts LAMP- :
Two B.t'hop College tear*: defeat
ed Wiley College in a 18 hole golf
match played last Friday at th«
Lakeside Country Club an Shrevi
! port. La.
Bishop golfe r Arthur Hunter of
Atlanta, and Oaie Watson of Tex
arkana, Ark. teamed up to beat
I Robert Scott, and Johnny Jackson
; of Wiley by six stroke- Meanwhile,
J two other Bishop Cotters. Ch.trle
! Hubbard of Dallas and Lawrence
: Harvey of Fort 'Worth, downed
Morris Miller and Richard Talley
j of Wiley by Ip strokes.
! Hun tot carded the lowest score
I with a three over par 75, while Wat
j son recorded -ix over par 76 Hub
| hard shot an 80, and Harvey wound
1 up with an 87.
,j
li Tbr common faults of Ameri
i can language are an ambition of
effect, a want, of simplicity, and
a turgid abuse of terms .
—James Femmore Cooper
Conceited men often seem a
harmless kind of men, who, by
an overweening self-respect re
: have others from the duty of
• respecting them at all.