Althea Gibson Chalks Up Two More Tennis Firsts
GUY ROIXiI its, Temple University basketball All-American,
fa.-es his basketball boss. Warriors owner Eddie Gottlieb. Rodger*
si*tied his contract with the pro-basketball club sealing an earlier
ora! agreement, i t Nl TED PRESS TELEPHOTO).
Slated For FAMU: I
Coach Jake Gaither Tells
Plans For Annual Clinic !
TALLAHASSEE There is a!- •
ways something unusual or differ
ent about the annual Coaching Cli- ;
nic held at Florida A and M Uni
versity in June and directed by j
Coach Jake Gaither.
This year Coach fJattfaer has
decided to cut the number of
his lectures from 21 to !fi and
add a bull session for the coach
es to shoot the breeze about the
past season and to toss around
the crying towel when ached- i
uled opponents or spmtswrUers
interview them concerning
prospects for the coming sea
son. 4
More than too coaches are ex
peeled to attend the clinic held,
Fayetteville Awards Varsity
Letters T o Broncos, W omen
FAYETTEVILLE ~ A recent as- •
scmbly period was heightened by
the presentations varsity letters to ,
Broncos and Broncoettes who had
carried tht brunt of the burden ,
through the year. Skippers Willi- j
am A. Bryant anti Harold “Scottie" |
Scott awarded letters to football, 1
basketball, baseball and track
teams.
The list reads: football Lock
Beaehum, Curtis Battle. Thomas ,
Burgess. James Brayboy, Harold j
Davis, Harvey Dayl, Charles De-
Vaughn, James Ebron, Harold .
Davis. Harvey Dave. Charles De-
Vaurhn. James Ebron, Harold i
Fields, Jack Freeman. Robert Me- :
Precis Christopher Rankin. Fred- j
crick Rodgers, James Smith. Mil
ion Taylor, .Tack Thompson. Ches
ter V. Wells. Jude Wright. Ran- j
dolph Hanson, trainer, Claiborne
Johnson, trainer, and John Resvis,
manager.
Sweaters for graduating seniors
’cent to: Curtis Battle Thomas
Burgess. Charles D-■■ Vaughn, Jack 1
Freeman. Harvey Jarmon, Robert
Mcßryde. Roger Scales and Mil
ton Taylor.
Letters in basketball went to:
James Braybov, Davis Bluford, Ro
nald Evans. Charles James. Joshua
1 av.rence. Robert Pomptv. Donald j
V>c*. Roosevelt Wright. John Mor
gan. John Reavis, manager, Clai
borne Johnson, manager and Coley
IJttle. manager.
{Sweaters for graduating seniors
vent to Donald West and Roost
vdt W ''ght.
James Rrnvboy. John Reavis. Ran-
T.cfers in baseball went to:
doit-ib Johnson. Jnaenh Valentine,
Christopher Rankin. Samuel Mor
ton Mh-vin Ctainev, John Waters,
p. u,.fj orr ion, Henry Hamilton,
rt -shall Dixon. Roosevelt Wr i '*bt.
Curt l* Monroe. Willie McGee. P-»-
rm Smith. Sylvester Dobson Wll
b-rt Jenkins, Harold Davis. Amos
V’estgp. .
West Harvey Dave, Coley Little
and Rogers Scalts.
Sweater to graduating senior
vent to Willie McGee
T otters to tmek nnrticipants went
te Randolph Harrison.
Letters to Broncoettes were is
sued as follows: Clara Artis. Rose
Pailcy .Tenet ta Rovd. Joanne
Crumn. B r -neetine Daniels. Do'orps
Johnnie M. Glover. Robhv Hall.
Katie L. Hill. Cealrice Hill, Ann
?tte Hirmnni. Lillie FnlJew-av. Shir
tev T -.nnjltfm /»—<-«dia Mack. Hel-j
*u McCormick. Emilv Artis
[o'vler. trainer, and Annie M Me- j
Pain, manager.
: June 9-13. Chuck Mather, forme! ,
head coach of the University of ;
j Kansas and now back field coach of i
| the Chicago Bears, has informed :
! Coach Gaither that he will he in j
I attendance at the clinic again this j
1 year. Coach Mather is a personal j
! friend of Coach Gaither and never i
; misses a clinic.
The movies v\ ill be another
feature of lisr clinic. Such mo
vies as the ’SB Rose Bowl game
between Ohio State and Ore- j
gon State and the '57 Orange
Blossom Classic and festivities.
The Rattlers’ 27-21 defeat of
. Maryland State in the 25th classic I
gave Coach Gaither his firs! unde- j
seated and untied season.
A sweater to the lone graduating
senior went to Katie L. Hill.
Nematodes are tiny soil-borne,
i cel-tike creatures that can be con
: trolled by fumigating the land.
North Carolina cotton mills vise ,
j more cotton than is produced in ■
the state.
Louis Surveys Pr
Patterson May B
i
j LOS ANGELES (ANP>—Former
champ Joe Louis Is anything but
optimistic about lhe present crop
; of heavyweights. None poses any
threat, to Floyd Patterson, the cur
i rent titlist, said Louis, who pre
dicted Patterson may be champ for
a long time.
Louis was interview at 3
surprise birthday (his 44th,
party tendered him by friends.
He talked freely about boxing
and his latest attempt to find
a new heavyweight prospect.
One of the most outstanding
of these was Charley Powell,
better known for his football
skills. Powell fried for a while
'but was soundly trouneed by
seeand-rater. Charley Norkus.
Louis said he (ust didn't have
I it.
NO OUTSTANDING
CONTENDERS
As far as the current contenders
| are concerned, Louis ranked them
j as follows:
Eddi? Mnchen: “Could he a good
| fighter but he won't fight."
| Zero Foilev: “He will never be
. any better than b“ is now, which
| i.-o't good enough."
Ru” Harris: “T never saw him.
| but from " hot I've heard, he is a
second enter.”
Willie Pastrano: “A light punch
er who likes to bounce around. He
could never stav away from Pat
terson. How can they compare him
with Dip.. Conn ”
Archie Moore: “He doesn't do
| serve another chance. He looked
! too bed the Circt time.”
Mac-hen. Folev Past-npo and
' Harris a r e ranked ore. two. three
j and four in the national ratines.
Keen farm machinery well oil
ed and greased for best perform
j anno.
i Urt-*s t.O be <;hio*-.c<*i cct-l’-
I -»r>H them to quieten down
b n f ' ''’ !v 'g.
WinsZahariasTrophy, J
Named Capt. Os ATeam 1
NEW YORK -- (ANIL Won
dedon and U. S tennis champion '
Ulhea Gibson added two more lau- ;
els of teonisdom distinction to her
lolleclion last Thursday by win
ting the Babe DUiricksor, Zaliarias
rdpliy as ’’wornah athlete of the
. car ' ant! being named captain of
he U S. \V- ightman Cup team.
The 30y-'«i-old tennis ace
■vlios? new career is singing, called
ire trophy award ".he greatest
mnar in tuy LiY ’ Sh? will retain
.he large trophy until someone e'se
.vins it. but will hwc a : mailer
'eprodm’l ion to place permanently
with her other trophies and a
ivards.
The Wightman Cup choice
was mnouneeil by Mrs. Willi
am dupont .1 r.. chairman of the
cup committee. Miss Gibson
will lead the T' S team in
competition against England's
top women tennis players at
matches to !;e played in Wim
bledon. England. lime 13-14.
Her prediction for the matches;
I’m going to win Wimbledon
again."
Taut Sunday night, the tennis
nee made her television debut .r.
! j
“TORCH O! KNOWLEDGE” - Acting Governor William F.
lfyiand presents lurch to Robert K< tie ot l ast Orange, V .1 . president
of th<- senior eiassboro College, who started the 51 mile relay run
from Stale House to the college campus. About 40 students partlcipat
■ ed In ihe relay intended to symbolize tile passing on of “The Torch
'of Knowledge.’” UNITED PRESS TELEPHOTO),
resent Heavyweights; Says'
te Champion A Long Time
THEY’RE OFF Dodger catcher John Koseboro and Cardinal Frank Barnes present a study ir
action as their reactions to Barnes' bunt are frozen by the camera, in the Bth inning of the first gam<
of their double-header at St. Louis recently. With bis bat still in thr air, Barnes takes off for first bas<
while Koseboro throws off his mask to field the bail Barnes was sale at Ist on the play The Cards won
■ 6-5. (UNITED PRESS TELEPHOTO). ‘
; her new role as a singer, on the | S
F.d Sullivan show. She sang her la- B
■ lest recoiding "So Much to l ive fl
For.” ■
Stephens-Lee f
Ends Season |
With 6-1 Win j
BESSEMER CfTY, - The once- 1
beaten Stephens-Lee High School i |
baseball came to town and closed; |
their -season defei ting'tlm Lincoln | a
High team of this city 6 to 1.
The Stephens-Lee Bears, win- |
tiers of eleven out of twelve games 1
played errorless ball behind the i |
five-hit pitching, of Ralph Worthy j |
Armstrong pitched 4-hit ball for i
Lincoln, but timely hitting andl
fine base nmning by the Asheville
boys proved to be his down fall.
! Anytime is a good time to have
••oil tested for fertilizer and lime 1
; ! requirements.
I,FATHER RUSHERS Meeting head-on, welterweights Mickey Crawford, of Saginaw. Michigan, won a unanimous decesion for his
Crawford, right, ami Andy Figueroa swap leather during their It'- fourth straight win of the year. (UNITED PRESS PHOTO),
muml hunt at the St. Nicholas Arena in New York City last week.
rounu Dour aj ine aeuiHur sraia in « n.,
Eagles & Rams Wln 5 Firsts j
In Cl A A Final Track Listings
DURHAM North Carolina Col- ,
leges thin band of track stars j
swept five first places in the CIAA i
New# Services final statistical re- {
lease of 18 track and field events
Floyd Brown, •
HOC Coach, In
Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, P R. - June 3 will
see the first Puerto Rican basket
ball team coached by a Negro from
an American college represent this
city in the Puerto Rican Basketball
i icagut’.
The coach is Flo.vd tl. Brown,
head man at North Carolina
College since 1952, producer of
three CIA A cage champions,
and the Cl A.A t Outstanding
Coach of 1968.
Brown arrived in San Juan by
air early last week.
He is sponsored here by Pepo
Talavera of San Juan’s daily news
paper ‘EI Mundo” (The World).
Brown’s June S date is in Ponce,
P. R. against a local quint.
Practice started for Brown'S dub
on May 20.
According to Puerto Rican bas
ketball custom, teams throughout
the Island will play during June,
July, and early August. Finals get
[ underway in Sen .Tuan late In Au
gust.
Brown’s family, his wife and
three sons are expected to join him
here late in August,
In addition to his brilliant
record at NCO, Brown led the
Eagle# into NAIA playoffs In
1951 and 1955. Hi# 1958 team
made the second round of play
in NCAA College * Division
playoffs.
The astute Eagle mentor, a law
vet- In private life, is a native of
Clary. Ind. He received B S, and
f.L. B. degrees from NCC and M.
S. from Northwestern University
He is secretary of tho CIAA’s
highly successful basketball tourn
ament.
this season to tie with the rump si,- i
i ing Rams of Winston Salem Teach- j
i era College.
Conference champion Morgan
j State is third, tying NOC tn the !
! 100 yard dash. The Eagles’ Vane.
Robinson and the Bears’ Bobby
Gordon post identical 9As.
Individual conference star this ■
season, however, is the fleet Elias ;
Gilbert of the Rams. He sped to a
"2.1 victory In the 220 Sow hurjV.
at the Caroiinas AAu recently n,
topple the record of dazzling Daw
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I Si mo of Duke TJoiwiAiy.
i Gilberts achievement in the 220‘s
j mh a new’ world mark, (straight- j
: away'.
! Eddie Hurt’s Bears end up sit- •
, inciiw in the 440 yard dash and the ;
i mile relay.
Rant Coach Wilbur Ross’ sta
tiss ai record is unblemished by
any ties. Ross’ harriers are un
disputed kings in the two mile j
run, the one mile ran. the Till i
iow miruics, the slO high hur
dles, and the broad jump. I
Vance Robinson of NCC made
perhaps the greatest century run
of his career at the Carolina# AAU.
Observers believe he and Sime
might easily have pushed to a 9 3
had not: the brilliant Duke ace pull
ed up lame near the finish.
Individual leaders in other ev
i nts, include Robinson's 20.8 in the
yard dash on a straightaway;
Nick Ellis of Morgan in the 450
>. rd dash <47.7): Neville Christian
f NCC in the 880 yard run ii:53.9>
••idfi-av Matthews of Winston Sa
' :n in the two mile run <9:43> and
he one mile run (4:19.2): Gilbert in
• ■ 290 low hurdles (22.1). and the
'7O yard high hurdles: Charley Mr-
Cn.ilough of NCC in the high jump
■O, r i l !>: Godfrey Moore of Wins
: km Salem in the broadjutno. <lB
10");-Cbarle? Chiles of Johnson C
; Smith in the javelin <i7o); Jerr;
i Habron of Howard in the poi«
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