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■ THE GABOON! AN « ... W'?XK £? DISC 3ATURDAT. JUKI 14, 1958 poxer Holly Mims Helps Capture Gas Station Robber ■ HASTK AARON"' nßur HER mova .... fcnsi.mr A&roa. rtrbt. Batw &roth»t of Milwaukee l?*r-r- outfielder H;»pk Aaron, talks ■k B»»«s font Hugh ! • vh<) »3- !<* .1 , izmd the ronn ester. Isron has Ire-n ?rnt in the F.?».i * Rr-jvevtn Hie r!a .. r North- Bi-League where brother Hank c ,i! hf- ps« 'lari Tommy will start Qja shortstop s-~ his brother did and hi . been repotted to have sign- Major League Roundup ■CHICAGO < ANP > - Eir.e; s:ng «n -a'lo-day slump Ernie Bank ■igisg shoitsop of t,he Cr ■b-3 moved into the spotlight ft- National league's most, danger k hitter last > eek. ■ Banks, whose are rase had HroppaA to ‘9b, grabbed the league leadership in the impm - Bant home run and re • bibed In departments In a *jx?.ct..icu lit outbreak at ibr- en«< v. mret he Philadelphia Th-ML-v Bank seller ♦«! six •••••!>■ up . ->i sue pstn* Included were fe»s Istb and 18th home rum of the tsasoa His RBI output vis raised 'o 47 "oUectidg eirht hit;- ;r ♦•> o d nk?: upped his batting mark 19 infs to i2'. *o nrere into eighth iition among the *op NL hut'- rs Eut Bank - ; . n o; ap-oo in his tting exploits Spearheading the irld champion Milwaukee B’ ■ ive toward »he t-p of t»,Sa na] League were W«v. Ctvnr- I’ Hank Aaron and Felix Man ila ■Covington a defensive far tr, ■7 World Series, missed the f*rt I games of (he reason becau e of spring training knee inwi v Ru» Ice his return fin the louder* among the B> r «• • In 92 times at 1 f he had ■<• !■ r?if. * InrhiduT ■* •e in three •-;.■■■- He \« - h lung gaudy 327 27 RBU Three -f the 91s came in a game •• itb lire n Frann:-ro Greed? C, a re me up in the ninth inning - an o mates aboard and *• ailoped - j-foot home run to ti« the cm? 7-all. The Bra'"' : eventually won ■the 12th inning. 10-9 Dne of the big worrie- of tire aves all season ha? he«n t'-w 1 p of Hank Aaron, NL mM ■■ ■ Pu le player m 1957, to hit. That »rrv Is now nmr I |v ■ I j i *p*.by ..,. •• **» j i—.. ' - * i ctSP' p * * •-■ - ■■■ - --s| | BIG CHIEF JDafcy «f»ts a css he passm teammate Chico 3earsjjq‘-ei cellar Ic-ccl-ng a ham© ran Li &a ©ecood inning ol r roffsnt gam© cl Senses C. !y, Umpire is Ed J&ufey. Usfcy's J ttmor v,'s>n* over tho escderfield lecca cx.d uader ih© scorebooni, j MKiziv 459 faei erwor- fNewspress Photo). On .Memorial Day, Hank was batting an embarrassing -ZZS >r>d had collected only five home runs in the four games after thai. Aaron connected for in hits in *1 trips (o the plate raking his average to 257 His home run production was in creased to eight in his batting | revival. j Mantilla filling in for the injur . ”d Red fa hocndiFt. was proving a ■ timely hitter < 286) and, of course, j fielding brilliantly. In the meantime, the wonderful . Willie Mays ha? not taken a back I ?eat to ary of his NL hitting rivals | Sin Francisco's amazing center fielder has not slackened in his drive for the league batting ebam ' pionship and was the leader or m ; content --n in other offensive de -1 pertinents. Mays’ 415 batting mark was sec on to ;t. Louis' Sian 3Vdim was the leader m runs '44J triples i?,’> and stolen bases (8). He was second in doubles <l4», third in F.Ri.s t. 391 and tied for fourth in i home runs 03 *. Ob'!' !' batting leaders in the NL \ include George Crowe, Cincinnati j Redlegs' first baseman. 337. and Oilfiudo Cepeda, San Francisco, ”B Cewda had 37 RBfs and 13 I home runs Tony Taylor. rookie second baseman for the Chicago Cubs. « ” trailing Mays in action with 8. Minnie Minoso Cleveland outfielder. and Vic Powers, h. i- City first baseman, were |-non? the American league FBI leaders with ?7 apiece, They 3 iso were among the pacesetters in doubles with nine each Power also had three triples. PA rp<v.:r/r 0» R ADVERTISERS ——— i Middleweight I Credited With j Boy’s Capture | WASHINGON, D. C. I AMP* I j Holly Mim* local middleweight. |: last week was credited with help- I ling to capture a 14-year-old youth I: attempting a get-away after robbing j a ga? station of about $1,900. All I but. sinn was recovered. Mims, 29, was training *4 the i nearby Capitol arena when he I beard sound? of a rha*e. Capt. otto Fuss of the 13th Precinct j said Mims took off when he saw ♦he youth fleeing. ; The two chased the ivy A">\*<n j; se' era! alleys before over taking ! him. I j According to Copt Firm, n knwan ! | ile with a record for purse enotch : ing. grabbed a cash Hew? containing |j the money " ben the owner of tlie f! Sunoco Ft.Hton r'ered t+ in hfs "mr j | and went back inside for a room s! Mims V or>« hire mem the Jhv 8 | contender foe title honore BEATING THE GUN *!V BILL BROWER FOR AWT Sentimentalist* probably would * have rather seen wil Chamberlain s ; complete his college basketball ea ; ree.r. No doubt Wilt would have ' j had another tremendous season at ' Kansas and would have gone on to ian almost unprecedented dtistine, • i tion a? a three-time All-American ! All of that would be fine. But j this corner feels that, all things | considered. Chamberlain made a j smart move when he decided to forego ms last year of oollege eligt j bihfv and turned pro As lb? most publicized col lege basketball player in his tory Chamberlain ha* be-n bounded in » peculiar way since b» enteted Kansas He could hav* hardly enjoyed s pear* of mind Conw*<jiient!v, w e don't thtnk the young 7-foot Mbl-de n-a? able to perform up U hi? po'enttat In his article in Look magazine ’ ; 'the same publication ihat printed • -Jackie Robinson 1 - story on his re tirement from baseball*. Chart*baas ! lain put;, forth ? convincing argn* : ; mens on why he never reohred his great natural ability in college The gam= t wa? forced to plav at K U w-a.sn't basketball it was . hurting m,v chances of ever deve -1 lopu’g into a successful profession ’ al player," he wrote He Points out that condihons were against his developing into the kind of player that would have mad-- him the topnotch pro eager ’ that eve.rv expected. ' ! realize that opponent? had to ! trv the unorthodox to rope with my unusual physical advantages,” ■ he explain? Hr savs that only m ona game ' his fii>t against northwestern *n which ne scored 52 point?—was he guarded by only one man. Tn other games, he said, at leapt two men, sometimes three or four, were put on him I aa* always statlonfMf m the pivot." he continued, “fair ly near the basket, *o ! could control rebound To come out I of that position would have been to sacrifice the rebound advantage So »H | rould do w'a? pi,iv there and jump-shoot or rebound or pass th« ball hack" Chamberlain Insisted that he ! could learn finer points of play He ■ said he could not book—he did ft ; only n couple of times and then j player? ganged up on him and I he could not run These, he said, are the kind of things he ha* fco de velop to he able to compete with the pros Thei-e was no dwiKt aboift ft Coache? contrived way# Jo hottfe up Will Frank McGuire, coach of i the University of North Carolina which beat Kansas in the 1957 NC AA finals, wrote a glowing ma»» rme account of how be devised means of befuddling Wilt m. his sophomore season, Jerry Bush, coach of Nebraska, pulled sn upset over Kansas last reason. He considered H the coach mg triumph of the century and telephoned friends back m To ledo, about )1 If the coca he? had the ingenuity to reduce Chamberlain’s effective ness and his terrific height advan tage, more power to them. If Chamberlain felt college basketball would not perfritt him to cope with such tactics, that, makes hi* decis ion le quit Kensa* ail the more | sensible. Despite lh» exagsaraJed r*. ports that Chars tee rials recetv ed SSs.tkW a veer—or anything like it—for enroll' n* at the Lawrence. Ka*. school, Wilt know* be ran make quite » sum of money «a » pro The fact that he forsook Kansa* la indicative Chamberlain veeyfy e«i nothing substantial for hb basketball wares for the Jay hawks. Wilt also recognize? be ha* ho cash on his earning potential while he is capable of getting the maxi mum return The barnstorming tour will yield a tidy sum Nobody can criticize Chamber lain s desire to help his family this 57-year-old father. 58-year-old mo ther and five brothers and three sisters’• They are entitled to some of the good things of lfie If Wilt can hlep them in that respect, who should snw him Oh yes. there was the cros* m- ! ARDENT ADMIRER. Ernie Bank.-,, leading b«fb Lame* in hrinwrs with ts and runs! batt»d tn. with 48, takes time from batting practice to visit with an ardent admlver Mik» Beyvin?., ji, oi Charleston, 111.-, a polio victim sin*-- he was 5 years of Banks, of the, Chicago Cub? gifted the, youngster with a new autographed baMball. >ttpt TELEPHOTO». Tommy Aaron: Braves Sign Aaron’s Brother Controversial Ex-Professor Faces M MILWAUKEE (ANP> The, j Milwaukee Brave? early last week j announced the signing of Tommy j Aaron, younger brother of Hank ; Aaron, the 1957 National league ■ LEAGUE PLATS TWIN RII.I. Former V S, Port master General lame? *. F.irby, who ju-.t col-, hraleit his 70ih birthday, shows lies still in then pitching as hr throws out the first ball for the first twin inn bill of the Negro American League at Yankee Stadium, New York City la t week. Watching Farley is hi* seven-year-old grandson Brian Hiekev, of Detroit. Mi* b At left i? manager Marlin Carter of the, Memphis Red Sox and at right is manager Ed Steels 0 f the Detroit Clowns. <1 Ft PHOTO). ■ Winston-Salem Track Team Seeks Honors In NAIA In San Diego, Cal. I WINSTON-SALEM A proud community ot Negro ano wnlte citiz«ns worked together la -t week, and in one week raised enough funds to send the Wins ton-Salem Teachers College track team to California to run in San Diego. The thinclada will seek honors in the NAIA (National Associa tion of Intercollegiate Athletics* nationals of San Diego, Calif, Fans Iwcame excited over the Hams: when for the second year in e row they won the Carolina* AA- U team title in Raleigh, on toe campus of North Carolina .-Mi College. Besides N. C. State, they faced iuxh teams as Duke, South Carolina and other big white uni versities in North Carolina and South Carolina. Oddly enough. Winston-Salem received its toughest competition from another Negro school. North Carolina College of Durham. In that rnfft. Elias Gilbert set a new world record In the 220-yard low hurdles, winning In 22.1. His teammate, Fran Washington, lied the old world record of 22:2 as he came In second. Gilbert and Washington also came in one two in the 120-yard high sticks and Washington won the 440-yard lows. tie who rapped Chamberlain tor selling his . retirement story to a magazine without, consulting au thorities at Kansas Whose quitting college, anyway? i home run king who sparked the I! ; Braves to Hie pennant and World \, ! Series victory. i Tommy was signed by scout I Hush M is? and assigned in E.*u ■ Claire, Wts, the Braves minor f J| As a r c iu!l; of iheir efforts, ’j they and Coarh Wilbur Ross were; j 1 invited to compete in lour major j . | track meet* in California, schc 1 -1 California Relays in Modesto, the : i NAIA in San Diego, the NCAA lit \ j Lob Angeles and the national AA- j s; U in Bakersfield. In the AAU ] •; meet they will have a chance to : : earn a trip to Russia, j In a newspaper interview, : Coach Ross suggested that it ) J would be great if all the men on -’the track team could make ?,;j ? trip to California. School officials , I and cittrins at large agreed that this would b° s good idea Tie ! i community fell in line, and with- ; .I in one week they had raised : i ‘ enough money to send the team j to California , ; Delaware Loses School Appeal; Must Integrate PHILADELPHIA (ANP)~~“The law of the Supreme Court of the United States must he obeyed. Chief Judge John Biggs said last week as he ordered ■ prompt | submission of a, plan for racial integration of public schools in De’aware. '"arrang the state board of ed - * j ucation and the state superin- : i tender.l of public instruction that j they ‘stand in danger cu con- ! [ tempt of proceedings’’, the judge! league team in the Class C north ern league, the ?ame team with which brother Hank began his ca reer. Like Henry, Tommy will play shortstop, , Last Wednesday, along with ! ; Gilbert,. Washington and Ross, j | Athletic Director C, E <Bighoase) 1 ; Gaines and seven, other members ; of the track team boarded an air- ! ; liner. deMinMion California. [ i Thincisdr, making the trip were: ■ | Joseph Middleton and Carl | Brown, hurdles and high .tump; | Godfrey Moore, broad jump and j hop. step and .lump; Charley Lew- f is, broad jump and dashes: Herbj Conaway 450-yard tmrdics and ! middle dir.tunres, Robert Smith • | middle distances, and Godfrey j Matthews, one, two and three- i i mile runs. This is one of the rare occa- j ; sion s that a small college with; i fewer than 1.000 student* has sent a full track team from court I to cosr.t. further stated that officials "may riot delay further in the formula tion and submission of such a plan. The time for hesitation Ip past and the time for definitive action has arrived he added. Disposed Os S»ev<»n Similar Appeals The single opinion disposed 'of seven similar appeals filed bp the | state and seven school boards in Kent and Sussex counties Giles Commends Mays’ ! Action In Big Ruckus PHILADELPHIA (ANP> -- j ! Willie Mays, San Frsr.cigo Giant? ! outfielder, was commended by War ! ren C. Giles, National League pres ident, for his “clear thinking and quick action in the Ruben Gomez- Danny Murtaugh hassle during a game between the Oianls anrf the Pittsburgh Pirate? recently, Jn the frame, Gomez and Mur burgh became involved in a fist-swinging, bat-wieldmg duel The imiden* occurred when Murtaugh, Pirate? manager, protested Umpire Frank Dai cob's warning to Pirates pitch er Vernon Law about tossing a “duster” at. Gomez, fiery Giant pitcher. On the wav io the mound Murtaugh reportedly made some remarks to Gomez who replied with gestures and the battle ensiled Mltftaiigh swung at Gwtwez and nil? , q Southern U, Slates 22-Game Schedule For Next Cage Year BATON ROUGE, Ls < ANPt ! A W. Mumford. out,hern univer sity director of athletics this week announced -? 22-game basketball slal** for the Southern University Jaguars for (be 1958-59 .reason Ti-p nrir look on the Jaguar •ebedule I* 'he appearance of Grambling college «hlch a* as admitted i r, Ir. the Soiithwe j tern conference during the sprint* I conference ‘The two Loo Dim a, ftcbonlr. will meet in two game?. 1 one on the Southern university campus Jan. S. and a single ! game at Grumbling on tan 31. TWO TOURNAMENTS tonvnaments are included in. tire Jaguar schedule First is a . three-day Grarnbling College four- I nsrm-nt .*et for Dec 22-?4 *n Shiev = - ! port's Hirsch Memorial cenlfi, and | a two-riav Xavier Holiday meet in j New Orleans, Dec 26-27 t wil fan? will get their tir-f. look at the ( a‘. ir* rr’lt**n e>* I lire J when tk e v 1:)U« on tbe * ■ ei& l| sta®l , twt V> pi : top sor<Rßovfl KENTUCKY M I: •r-inw m- imrwMiiiin i “ r >4s j OLD STAGG KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON 88 PROOF • STAS<I OIST- CO. 1 . FRAN MT) FT, KBmiCICf j and Eabon threatened h!.n with hu bat | As players from both tear.*? sought to jnjn ‘he hassle Ms ;$ caught teammate Orlando Cepeda, rushing to aid Gomez, and pinned him down. Opeda. a prize rookie. ! having a great season and his ae- I five pai tinipst.ion in the afray j might have resulted in his suspen j sion and hurt, the Giants pennant j chances. titles fined Cinmej. Cepeda ir.d Murtsugh >IOO each. Go mes. saying he hid tn defend himsplf. protested the fine a* ‘un.iust”. Last week Giles sent the fol lowing telegram tn Mays: “The umpire* report that your timely restraint of Orlando Cepe da prevented w-hat might, have b«- j come 9 very serious incident, and i I commend you for your clear 1 thinking and puick action. 1 * Tougaloo ralltirji Pa”tt>*r* md again on Dec 5-8 when Miss issippi Vocational college le ' the Jig'ia.rs esmmi*. The Ernes' Fears coached Jagu ars finished the past, season with a 14*11 overall mark, and a 7-3 rec ord in the Southwestern conference behind Texas Southern, ! ’'Men wfao win tiretr wives by soft soap often end up washing the dishes,"
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