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Why Wilt Chamberlain Quit College For Pro Basketbal CHAMP IN ACTION' —Wimbledon rjiampion Mi is Althea Gibson of New York City, is shown in ac tion recently at the Surrey Lawn Tennis Championships, Miss Gibson, heavy favorite to retain the title she won last year, gained a quarterfinal berth May UK by defeating Miss Valerie White of England, 6-2, 6-3. (CPI PHOTO/, Major league Roundup CHICAGO (ANP) Elston How ard is becoming a big man in the New York Yankees' attack. How ard, being used both in the outfield and behind the bat. cracked a three run homer in an 8-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers, the New’ York ers' !Oth straight. He also blasted another 3-run home run to bust open a scoreless mound duel in Cleveland, which the Yankees eventually won, 6-3, Oddly enough, both of the drives, Howard's second and third of the season, were righ(field blasts that traveled at least 370 feet. Howard's teammate, getting sorted after he was sidelined earlier with a broken wrist, drove In a pair of runs, against the Cleveland Indians as the Yankees won the first game of a. doubieheader, 6-1. Simpson Game Bobby Rodgers Loses To Scanlon in A TV Fight CHICAGO CA-NP) Young Bobby Boyd of Chicago found Bob by Scanlon of San Francisco a ra ther elusive target last Wednesday night and as a rest > droped a un animous decision to the Westerner in their nationally televised 10- rounder at Chicago Stadium. The light, witnessed by a small ringside crowd, was another in the "now faces" program initiated by I.roman Gibson Jr,, recently in stalled IBC president. Floyd Brown, NCC Coach, In Puerto Rico SAN JUAN, P. R. June 3 will see the first Puerto Rican basket bail team coached by a Negro from an American college represent this College since 1952, producer of rity in the Puerto Rican Basketball League. The roach is Floyd H, Brown, head man at North t arolina and the CiAA'i Outstanding three CIAA cage champions, Brown arrived In San Juan by air early Inst week. He is sponsored here by Pepo Talrivciu of Sun Juan's daily news paper "El Murdo" (The World). Brown’s June 3 date is in Ponce, P. R, against, a local quint. Practice started for Brown's club on May 20. According to Puerto Rican bas ketball custom, teams throughout the islrno will play during June. July, and earlv August. Finals pet underway in San Juan 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 NCC, Brown led the Facies Into NAIA playoffs in 1954 and 1855. His 1098 team made the second round of nlay in NCAA College Division nlavoffs. The astute Eagle mentor, a law yer in private life, is a native of Gary. Xnd. He received B. S. and I L. B. degrees from NCC and M. F from Northwestern TTnlversit” Ho is secretary of Ihe CIAA's hirdilv successful basketball tourn ament. retired from action in the sec ond game, when be was struck on the hand by a pitched ball. Ernie Banks, who was going great guns at the start of the sea ton, showed signs of a batting re vival last week in Philadelphia. The slugging Chicago Cubs' short stop, who had made only three hits in Iff trips, collected his eighth homer and two doubles to drive in Archie Moore Wins 2nd Fight In 2 Weeks; Tops Norkus in 10 j SAN FRANCISCO (ANP) | Winning his second fight in less j than two weeks, light heavyweight , champion Archie -Moore, the ring's Rodgers, the shorter of the two and a flat-footed fighter, was unable to get In close to hurt Scanlon with tiie upper cuts and hooks, his chief wea pons, Scanlon on the other hand, utilized lsls greater speed and sharper punching to offset Rodgers. The fight was a big opportunity for both fighters. Although it was Rodgers' second television fight, he j was attempting to use the bout to 1 move up in tile hgntweigm ranks. j Scanlon, undefeated in 28 pro | fights, was also seeking to move up | among the elites. He was also male- j ing his Chicago debut. All three officials favored Scan lon Referee Frank Sikora gave j him the nod. 47-44, while Judges Howard Walsh and Spike McAd ams scored it 48-44 and 49-42. Rod gers, however, got a big hand from the group for bis gameness Each received $4,000 from the combined radio-television pot. plus a percentage of the gale, AGGIES’ “MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS” Among the outstanding athletes honored at the annual All-Sports Banquet held last week at AAT College, were from left to right: Wesley Baldwin, Graham, Most Valuable Player in track; Joe Howell. Philadelphia, Pa„ Most Valuable Player in basketball; Joe Cotton, Gaiysburg, Philadelphia Alumni Mcda* for “Most Outstanding Athlete”; Edward NesbUt. Georgetown, S. C„ Most Valuable Player in football and Milton Peters, Orange, N. J., Jack Gibsor. Me morial Trophy for excellence in football, named for the late Lt. Jack Gibson, an outstanding player in the early 50’s. * four runs in a 7-4 victory for the | Cubs over the Phillies. Banks’ homer came after he j 1 should hove been retired for Ibe > third out in the second ihning. ] Catcher Star, Lepata dropped a pop . foul off Banks’ bar. for an error. On . the next pitch. Banks lined a home • run into the left stands with two j i on board. i j elder statesman, punished Charlie I Norkus with a slinging left jab to | gain the nod in their 10-round bout before 3,.900 fans here last week. On .May 18, Moore outpointed Howard King of Reno and a few days previously wots a split decis i over WflSie Bessenoff of Germany. |ln the latter fight, be, apea red way ! off form. WANTS TO FIGHT PATTERSON Against Norkus, a wild-swinging, but hard-hitting heavyweight Moore was seeking to establish, a nng record of 127 knockouts. How ever, although he outgunned Nor kus, he couldn't put over the big punch. Before the fight. Mooi-e said he would beat Norkus knock out Ed die Maehen, the No. 1 heavyweight contender, then challenge champ ion Floyd Patterson to a second title fight Archie was knocked out I i y Patterson in five rounds in Chi i cago, Nov 30, 1555, in his second | unsuccessful bid to win the crown. ! He was knocked out by the then j heavyweight champion Rocky Mar i cianci in nine rounds the first time. CHEAPER TO KEEP BUSY | Asked why he is fighting so of ten. Moore replied that he finds it cheaper to do so. ”7 think activity helps quite a bit, and I get paid for training So I get paid for what, otherwise I’d have to pay somebody else to do,” he said. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS “The Stilt” Yields To Temptation; Hopes Barnstorming Tour Success NEW YORK (ANP? Wilt I (The Stilt? Chamberlain finally j yielded to the temptation of pro I basketball and the chance to cash in on his ability. The 7-foot-l-irich Chamberlain, a selectee on everybody s All-Ameri can team early this spring announ ced in a copyrighted story in. Look magazine that he was quitting the University of Kansas to go on a barnstorming tour which he hopes will net him around $250,000. Chamberlain, who said he needs money ‘o help ius family, disclosed “Sugar” Ray Says He Won’t Fight This Year As Tax Rite Too Big NEW YORK (ANP) - Saying that the income tax situation is too precarious Sugar Ray Robinson de clared last week he isn't going to fight again this year. Robinson made tine statement after coaching his protege, Otis Woodard. to a five-round knockout over Eddie Andrews of Lowell, Mass., in St. Nicholas Arena. Woodard was Robin son’s sparring partner when he was preparing for bis return bout with Carmen Basilio. Robinson figured out the tax sit uation this way: “1 can't afford to. The wav the tax situ Hon is, it would even cost me money.' "Uncle Sam would take all 1 make if I fought this year, and some of what 1 have The givern mont is still holding $514,000 UGA Slates Tourney At Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Pa. The Unit ed Golfers Association will stage its annual tournament here Aug ust 25 to 29 over the North Park and South Park Municipal Golf Courses, it was announced this week by Mrs. Paris Brown, of Washington, D. C., tournament di rector. According to Marshall .Johnson, head of the tournament committee, The Coca-Cola Company, which has supported UGA with trophy do nations for the past several years, will proivde trophies again this year for championships in the pro fessional, men's amateur, women s amateur, senior men. senior wom en, junior boy’s and junior girls divisions. George Harris, president of the host club, the Yorkshire Golf Club, Inc said indications are that par ticipation will be greater than in any previous year. Gomez, Gepeda Mortaugh Are Handed Fines PITTSBURG H—t ANP) Nation al League President Warren Giles lust week leveled SIOO fines on 1 pitcher Ruben Gomez and first I baseman Orlando Cepe-da of the i San Francisco Giants and manager Danny Murtaugh of the Pittsburgh Pirates for their part in a "duster" duel here recently. In the affray, Murtaugh, infuriat ed after Gomez nicked the arm of ; one of his Pirate players with one i of his inside curves, charged the ] Cuban at the plate and swung at | him. He missed, however, and Go | met. threatened hirn with a bat. j Cc-pcda, another Cuban import, j was infuriated by Murtaugh’s at | tack, end had to be restrained by outfielder Willie Mays. plans for a 160-game barnstorming lour through South America and (he United States. He hopes to as ."einble two teams, one Negro and one white, for the tour. He gave another reason for quitting college. At Kansas, be said he was not getting the type of training necessary to pre pare him for pro ball, Oppos ing teams, lie claimed, put two. three and sometimes four men on him. That wasn’t basketball, he added, and it was "hurting my chances of ever developing against taxes I may owe."'Explain ing this, he added: "They tel! me they don't want me to get .jammed up like Joe Louis (who owes the Govern ment more than a million do! iars in back taxes and interest) but I don’t owe any taxes. They call it anticipatory.” The Government has been slap Miss Althea Gibson Wins Surrey Tennis Tourney SURBITON, Eng. -- Miss Althea Gibson of New York City, reigning Wimbledon singles champion, Sat- i urday retained her Surrey Lawn Tennis championship wit ha 6-1. 6- 0 win over Mimi Arnold of Red- ] wood CUy, Calif. Miss Gibson, who bad played ' AGGIES ATHLETES HOiOREB j GREENSBORO A&T College sihtetes. members of Aggie teams which this year won two-confer- I <nce titles' in basketball and did "fair" in track, were honored last Friday night at the animal AH- j Sports Banquet. The affair, held in Murphy Hall, featured the presentation of the coveted college monogram to vaisi ty performers in the four-major sports. Several others were singled out special awards. Among them were: Milton Peters-Jack Gib son Memorial Trophy; .loe Cot ton - Philadelphia Alumni Chapter Award and "Most Val uable Plaver” Awards to Ed ward Nesbitt. football; .loe Howell, basketball; Wesley Bal win, track and Warren Pink ett, baseball. The Ralph Johns Awards for ex cellence in the four sports went to; Milton Peters, football; Alvin At- j lies, basketball; Bernie McQueen, track and Marvin Chalmers, base ball. The coaches, too. came in for spe | rial praise. Bert Piggott. head foot- 1 ball coach and Murray Neely, line j coach, were presented trophies by I the track team in commendation ! for heir outstanding leadership and j Cal Irvin, head basketball coach, j was given a traveling case by the ! college alumni. Members of the 1937-champion ! ship team, the first to win a hard- j wood title for the college, held a i reunion at the event. Ten-of the original 12-players were on hand and were introduced by Dr. Char cALviRT distillers company, new york city♦ bunded whiskey, ae proof. es% grain neutral spirits into a successful professional player." However, lie made it l-'lain he was not dissatisfied with the school. Chamberlain will become a fu!i fieddge pro next year when in joins Hie Philadelphia Warriors | 7he Warriors hold draft rights It, j his services but he can’t join the team until his class at the universi ty graduates in 1959 Dick Harp, his coach at U, of K feels Chamberlain "will go on l< prove himself the finest player in the history of the game.” ping tax liens on Robinson's purses ever since he first chilled Carl Bobo ' Olson to regain the rniu j die weight title following a ring ab i senee of almost three yeais. j However, Robinson indicated he | doesn't intend to remain idle. He j said he expects to go to Hollywood ; on .June 8 to check into sortie film prospects and may journey to the Brussels World's Fair in July spottiiy in the earlier rounds, pro dueed some of the finest tennis o j her career in beating her Wight man Cup teammate, , The tali Miss Gibson, who hail j from Harlem, had her service ant. ' voile}’ working flawlessly. les U. Deberry. Elizabethtown school principal, a former ’ athlete ! and coach at A&T. Each was pres ! ruled an engraved tie clasp and a photo of the 1937 quint. Dr. W. L. T. Miller, s represen ! tative of the Greensboro Men's Class read a citation in commend ation to the championship basket boll teams of A&T arid of Dudley i High School, members of the lat ! ler group being invited as special I guests for the occasion. Johnny B. McLendon, head bas ketball coach at Tennessee A&! | University at Nashville, whose j teams have won-two straight titles | in the National Association of In ' tercollegalate Athletics basketball j tourney was guest speaker. | Speaking from the subject, “A i Formula For Champions", he told ; the audience "For those who would excel there must an effective back ground of support Including the | administration, the coaches and a j generally, good climate for excel | lence.’' He said that the college j athlete has a "great feeling” when ! he has a reasonable chance to win. ! a chance !o reach excellence in his i chosen spoit. wheire there is little J conflict between academic achieve ; ment and athletic performance, | where there is little conflict be tween academic achievement and ■ athletic performance, where be is | free from fear of losing. The 1958 North Carolina Con; i Production Contest offers a total of ; S2OO in cash awards to participants North Carolina has more lino ! 35.000 dairy fat mm fu* ’ / ME CABOLMMUV * WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 195* 'T IN' FORM Decathlon star Rafer Johnson of UCLA, roundta into form alter early season injuries, entered five events in the qual lying; rounds of the 28th annual FCC Track and Field Meet at til I niversity of t alifontia recently and qualified in four of them. Kei he makes his 23-ft., ' •• inch broad jump, Johnson set a record c 253-ft.. 10 -inches with Hie javelin. The other two events were th discus throw and Ihe high hurdles. it’Ft PHOTO 1 Campanella Offered Job As Deputy Fight Commissioner NEW YORK ANF Roy Cam panella. disabled. Los Angeles Dod gers catcher, Sunday was offered a job 3ft a deputy state boxing com missioner by Gov Averail Harri nian. Hsrnman. an ex-Brooklyn fan. pointed out that the post offer ed Campanella is not "honorary" but a 'working job.’* Gov. Hamrnan visited With Cam panclla for a half hour at New York University Medical Center where he has been confined since transferring from Glen Cove Com munity hospital He entered Glen Cove after being injured in an au torn ibile accident. Jan. 28. He h still paralyzed from the waist down as a result of the injury. r.-IVS $7-8,000 A YEAR Gov. Harrirnan reported that Campanella** eyes "looked bright and he appeared able to go out and play ,i baseball game.” The commissioner post pays $7.01)0 to SB,OOO a year. It re quires that he travel around and help supervise fights at chibs in the state. Doctors at the Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of the hospi tal said the job would aid Campy’s rehabilitation. Gov. Harrirnan indicated that the catcher will accept tlie job offer. He said Campanella ''was over whelmed” by the job offer and said: "1 would very much like to take it." Harrirnan. however, did not say when Roy might be able to assume the duties of commission er. Campanella used r. wheelchair r or the first time early last week. !1 is expected he will use a wheel - chair to carry out his new respon sibilities, if he takes the job. Keep farm tractors in good ’’ape They last longer that way. Diesel tractors are usually an < onomfci'l purchase when the an ■irated use is from 800 to 1,000 eirs annually, jpjpi| l d V' ' ? ' life* JB*,m ,-A .-•tfV; " 3 ‘ ’fc ifJUlf SHAW ATHLETE IN NA TIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL —Pictured is Louis Garvin, % Shaw University senior, a short ‘•top from Apopka, Florida. Gar vin has been signed by the Phil adelphia National League Base ball Organization and assigned to High Point of the Class B. Carolina League. Garvin 1* a former athlete at Shaw Univer sity in football, basketball and baseball. His batting average at Shaw was .386, and he was an excellent fieldei.
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