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10 THE CAROLINIAN WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1358 Pugilist Appears Before Senate Rackets Committee MAIL THE WINNERS Wilhoiroincr White (left), Ten fces&tte State, stand* on tho rostrum wish tho rurmere-up. «fh»r she wca th« fcrocsd jump ®v»nf in the U, S.-Poland track moot, held in Vmw recently Miss White get a new Americas re-cnrd with e 20 feet, 2.52 inches leap. Annie Smith (right) is also a Temuwsa# Slater, (Nswsptess Photo), ® John laker Sparkles As AH-Stars Defeat lions “Big*’ John Baker the 6-3 giant mho made the North Carolina col lege football team a powerful ?g --rregat.ion with hi? 260 pounds last Tear, turned in s strong defense for the College Ail-Star? las* Friday night in their tilt with the piofes fiiona! Detroit Lions, The AH-1* tars mot* over the Detroit Lions hy s score «f 35- 16 and John Bali**, a Fairish lad had a tetee share in hold tor the Lion' to 16 points by his that line’* poLvpr, Headed for the Lor Angeles Rams this fall, Baker play* almost half of the game. He alternated With Alex Karra* of lowa Lou Mi chaels of Kentucky and Don Healy of Maryland. Conrad's kicking Jim Nino*»'«ki's j passing, and Boh Mitchell's ground- i gaining helped the All-Stars to roll i +c victory over the veteran Detroit j Lion's team. 1 Jackie Wilson Scores Us Mol Ol Teenagers OT YORK (ANP> Two years. ago when Jackie Wilson play ed the Apollo theatre he did so as s member o.i the Dominoes, quartet. Or>. Aug 29th he headlines the open ing show at this Harlem vaudeville house as a star in his own right la two short years he's jumped to fame-via the Brunswick record rcute-with hit re> orde, "By 'The Light ol The Silvery Moon" and his latest “We Hare Love" which is rated the fastest, dumbing disc on the disc jockey parade Possessed with <n infectious tad a soothing noire he is ihe Andre Rsdgers, Former Cricket Player, Leads League On Coast SAN FRANCISCO 'ANPi Andre Rodger?, a converted cricket player who «a.- with th*> parent San Francisco Giant? briefly, is cur rently leading the Pacific Coast League with a IS4 average with j ♦he Phoenix Dodge»?, it was re* ! ported here. In addition, Rodgers lead? the i jP ||p T ■ ' cafO," presents tha Silver Bear award to actor Sidney Polder, during’ a ceremony in Chicago las! week. The award was given to Peltier alter he was named "Best Actor of the Year'’ at lh« Berlin Film Festival, hr Ma parformemea ir» the new movie, ”Xhe Defiant Ones." Photo). Mitchell caught two touchdown passes from Ninowski and ran 54 yards down the sidelines for points. Conrad kicked four field goals lespectively for 44, 24. 24 and 19 yards. Mitche’l and Ninowski nil* play professional bail with the Cleve land Browns. The helling odd* In favor of the Lions were *J points in fa vor of Cne professional Bedroll Lions, hul the sensational per terwanre of the underdog All- Stars evoked cheers from the ‘70,000 fans. For the last 26 years, the series between the College All-Stars and a professional team have been played for the benefit of the Chi cago Tribune Charities. Profess ional rules wwe observed in the game filled with unlimited substi tutions. new teenagers idol His stage entrance signals «u? outcry ftoss hi* young audiences who re gsnted him as a Modern Pied | Piper, 1 Manager Frank Sehiffman of the | Apollo said that surveys he con ! ducted or what attractions his eu ; diencer would like to see and hear ! i evealed that Wilson finished far ; out in front of hi? singing competi tors As the main attraction here ' nr H draw $3500, the highest salary j that the veteran showman Sehiff ; man has paid a new star. league in home runs, with 29 Rodgers started out playing cric ket in his native West Indies, was spotted by scouts and signed to a Giants contract. He is said to have a fast, pair of I hands ana once played shotstop for j the Giants while that team was In ' New York, Boxer Among Witnesses In Gov’t Labor Probe WASHINGTON fANP) A former prize-fighter cropped up be fore the Senate Racket# Committee this week to add his voice to those who'are apparently striving hard to break the back of organized la bor. The boxer w*j Embrel Davidson of Youngstown, Ohio, who told the McClellan committee that he had received about SB9OO over s two-year period at the rate of $75 a week for holding the non-exil ing job as "Claims investigator* for the Teamsters welfare fund. Actually, he stated, he did noth ing, but train for fights on the farm of his maanger Owen B Bren nan. seventh idee president for the Teamsters union. When he was not training ne did smalt chores on the farm and helped with the raring at. the stable owned by Brennan. It had been established ear lier that James R, Hoff a, who is under investigation by the committee, was Brennan’s part ner in the fighter’s contract. Patterson Defeats Roy Harris In 12th LOS ANGEL,£ Floyd Patter son. heavyweight champion of the world, who calls New York home, got off the floor m the second round and went on to defeat Rov Haris of Cut and Shoot. Texas. Har ris was given a bloody beating and was knocked out. in the 12th round The fignt was scheduled for 15 rounds Mushy” Callahan, referee call ed to the previously unbeaten Tex an's corner between the 12th and 13th rounds, steped quickly to Pat terson and lifted his hand in vic tory. The fight goes as a 12th round knockout, under California rules, since the bell had not sounded for the next round An estimated crowd of 15,000 fans witnessed the battle along with thousands of others in 150 or more theaters vis television closed cir cuit This was Floyd's third defense of his title, won in Chicago in No vembet of 19r,6 when he knocked out Archie Moore in the fifth round. Patterson weighed 134 1-2 and Haris 194 Four tune- the gallant but out. classed Harris hit the canvas from Patterson's lightning like fists each time to bring a roar from the throng as he waded back in trying to damage the champion But it was the surprised champ ion who hit the deck first Eight-Game Schedule Announced For Morgan State College Bears BALTIMORE, Md - An eight game schedule including a return meeting with Maryland State ha? been announced for the 1958 Morg an State College football Bears Coach Eddie Hurt, plotting now for the opening of his thir tieth year as Bear mentor, dis closed that Morgan will begin the. season October 4 against the highly rated North Carol ina College Eagles of Durham, N. C The game wilt be plavcd In Morgan's Hughes Stadium The Maryland State-Morgan Cla ssic. inaugurated last season, will be played this year on October 11 at Princess Anne home nest of the Hawks The intra-state rivals fought to a 7-7 deadlock in the game ?, debut, 'ast season in Baltimore's Memori al Stadium to claim halfshare each Duke Slater, Former Grid Great, Honored At Football Luncheon CHICAGO -- AND Judge Duke Slater had plenty of time to remininisce lon his past exploits on the gridiron last Wednesday night as former teammate* and oppon ents honored him at a football lun cheon in Ihe George Bernard Shaw room a! the Sherman Hotel here. A tackle on the University of lowa, undefeated football team «f 1921, Slater, now a Munici pal court jurist, responded to flic several warm-hearted trib utes paid him by recalling many incidents, and thanking (hose who helped him become, a star. Gathered with Slater's old team mates was Clint Osborne, his first coach, who tutored him at Clinton High school. Slater had a personal word of thanks tor him. Slater recalled he became t. star on the rough-tough Clinton team by choosing to rag instead <if *ig from a charging Mocker who was leading a quarterback on what looked tike a sure touchdown run. He stopped the ball carrier coid. '‘lt's little, breaks like that," said Slater, "which makes the difference," In a more serious vein, he ex pressed belief that sports is and will continue to play a big part in creating human understanding. "As we move toward a better world, I believe that the nenple connected w-itb snorts wilt play a tremendous n,cH in our aH”anes .toward better understanding. '* Hos fa claimed that he did not know that Davidson was on the payroll of the Teamsters Wel true. continued the labor lead fare fund In Detroit. If this is true, continued the labor lead er, he "firmly believes” that the money should he repaid to the Welfare fund. Senator Curtis (R.. Neb.' inquir ed if the Teamsters had ever used Davidson's muscle power in strikes. The fighter replied; Trn not the dumbest, and I know what you are getting at ’* Here he denied that he had ever done any fighting outside other four posts” of the ring He (old the committee that Hof fs had always treated him iike « man. And he rot along well with Brennan, although Brennan drop ped him after he had received a nose injury. At the conclusion of Davidson’s testimony. Chairman McClellan commented that “You are * credit to your rac« and to every good citizen ” The 25-year-old Harris tight ing his 23rd professional bout. . caught Patterson with a straight left and a tremendous right up percut. ft actually lifted the champion off his feet and he landed on the seat of his pant- Visibly astonished, but not hurt very much. Paterson was on his feet at the count of three and was never again in serious danger. The crowd came for action and they got it. along with blood Roy came up with a slit left eyelid and a bloody nose in the thud, and is the next round. Roy's right eye was opened. From there on despite ti 3l ncr Bill Gore s efforts between rounds. Roy s face was a crimson mess Patterson started Roy downhill in the seventh A right lead by the champ caught Roy flush on the jaw and he went down for an eight, count Twice in the eighth round Patterson had Harris down, for count? of seven and three. N C corn production is expected to be 20 per cent more than in 1957. Rhodesian farms average having 70 acres of tobacco. Do not k c rp sows for more tnan three litters. Bees, jo be profitable must be housed in movable frame houses and receive intelligent care Separate breeding gills from fat tening hogs, if possible, at tan pound* on the WEBB Classic Trophy do- ( I rated by Radio Station WEBB of i j Baltimore Each team held the tro- j j phy for six months of this year. 1 Conference Games Seven of Hie games on tu* Morgan schedule .are conference tilts, with the lone exception the Bear-West. Virginia State College dash, set for Institute, j W. Va. October 25. ‘ T he Bears ".'ill mark homecom j ng on October 18 when they clash | with the Howard University Bisons of Washington. D. C In the '57 season the Bears, a thir teen-lime CIAA champ and ‘56 co- j champ for the CIAA title, enjoyed an overa'l record of 5 wins, 3 losses and 1 tie and a conference mark of 4-2-1 j The 'SB schedule is: The affair, sponsored by the Hinckley and Schmitt Company, was the 22nd annual football lun cheon presented as a feature of All- Star week All-Star week is high From Europe: American Athletes Return NEW YORK (AND Rafer Johnson. Lucinda William* and Is abel Daniels, and Mrs Earlene Brown early last week were among a group of American track stars who at rived at. Idlnwild Airport from Europe where they competed in several track events. Immediately after their arrival, Johnson who holds the world’s dec athlon title and is recognized as the world's greatest athlete: Miss Wil liams, and Mr:; Brown appeared on the NBC Television show "Today” Althea Returns To The Sullivan Show Sunday NEW YORK CITY - (ANPi j Althea Gibson. U. S and Wimble- ' don women's tennis champion, will i make her second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show” Sunday, August 24. ' ! sdfafdas AIRPORT POINTER Decathlon champion Rater .Tohmmn gets directions from Pan American World Airwa.vs passenger service repKcsentative Mias Dorothy Ramos at the New York international Airport after he arrived with seventy other members of the AAIJ Hack and Hr id grP „p ttom Athens,, Greece. During the teams four weeks in Europe tb?y competed in matches in Moscow Warsaw Bu dapest and Athens. ! tar lent Magicians To Launch 215-Game Season In October SAND SPRINGS, OkJa. A, successful season of to. notch basketball, combined wi bin-making and a million laughs, just around the corner for the fat: ous Harlem Magicians. According to owner-player Ma rjues Haynes, the team will op< the 1938-59 cage season on Oct. 1 :n Vancouver British Columbi Canada. This will be the first of 2IS-game schedule which will to! the Magicians from coast-to-coa m the IT S. and to Old Mexico, t laska and other parts of Canada Haynes, former are of the Ha lern Globtrotters, Rambler; an Langston Univeisity Lion-. fi team will follow practically tV same road tour this season n year. He mentioned the o^saibU l ' I October 4. North Carolina Col | lege of Durham, at Baltimore., i Maryland, October 11, Maryland | Slate College 'at Princess Anne, j Maryland, October li, Maryland I State College at Princess Anne, j Maryland, October 18, Howard Uni j ve.rsity of Washington, D. C, at Bal timore (Morgan Homecoming), Oc tober 25, West Virginia State Col lege of Institute, West Va„ at In stitute, November 1. North Carolina A& T College at Greensboro. North Ca rolina, November 8 Virginia Union University of Richmond. Vs at Baltimore. November 15, Hamp ton institute of Hampton. Virginia at Baltimore, .November 27, Virgi nia State College of Petersburg W. at Petersburg (Thanksgiving Classic). lighted in August each year by a football classic between the College All-Stars and the champion pro fessional football team, this year (he Detroit Lions. in coaat-to-«osst interview*. All three scored important via toiies i n Europe, In Moscow re cently, Johnson, who hails from Kingsburg, Calif, and attend* U. C. L, A., established & new world rec ord, with an outstanding total of 5,302 points for the 10-e.vent test, Mrs, Brown, world champion shot put. artist, won in that event with a toss of 54 feet, 8 1-8 inchee, Mia« Williams won in the 200-meter run (with a clocking 24.4 seconds, j Miss Gibson, who this summer captured the Wimbledon for the second straight year, made her sing (mg debut on the show several i months ago. | of an Australian lour but added dial final plans were still incom plete, BOASTS PHENOMENAL RECORD Going into their sixth season of day, the Harlem Magicians boast < phenomena! record of 71 conaecu bvo games, losing only 5 tilts. The Magicians have not lost a single game in the past three seasons. This feat has not been accom plished against "sand lob' compe tition either, Most of their encoun ters have been against college *ll - teams and several of the in dependent professional teams, giv ing the Magicians i variety of ca pable opponents, Baynes, world's greatest dribbler, raid 178 of the expected MS games for toe forthcoming season are ah ready scheduled. This number, he explained, includes some double headers Haynes recently left Mr, heme here in Sand Springs, Haynes "ill return to his central head quartern at Las Vegas, Net The i --am maintains branch offices 3 : Band Springs, Waterbnrv, and Springfield, 111 The vr ‘esbury location was one of Haines’ early headquarters •,vh •, the team was first orga nised Marques disclosed this week that • the tear-, will work out for the com- J ing sea on either in Tuba or in ! St Louis. Joining the squad this year j- Maek Dos? fi ft St center m-; SOSO fl $095 ’ frzjl PIN’S? 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In hr fourth year with | the Magmians; Sam Wheeler for ■'■>i d and pivot and too comedian from Philander Smith college now of St Louis. Josh Grider, former Tennessee State university star and also a former Trotter Ml will re turn to the lineup. Leon Hilliard, guard from Chi cago who joined the team during the latter part of lari season, an ether former Globetrotter standout Hilliard played eight years with the Trdtter ? Allen Dave-, forward from J°o hn, Mo, and Paul Quinn colter grad, is now in hir, third year wh the team, Haynes, of course, pis'- guard and j S undispntedly th champion among dribblers 'The Harlem Magician?.'' a l'• minute sports short narrated b ' veteran sportscaster Bill Stern, a? | released by Columbia Pictures a : bout a month ago The film, mad' last ' ear at Dartmouth college Jmv the Magicians in some o! I'm i" cHlttC? Akins, Smith Pass Tests For Fight CHICAGO -- fANPi Welter weight champion Virgil Akins and * ‘Tombstone" Smith have be 7 -n de clared lit for their non-title, na tionally televised 10 rounder in the stadium here Wednesday night, Aug 20 The over-the-weight bout is being sponsored by the Interna tional Boxing Club. Truman & Oihson Jr president Akins, who knocked out Vinos Martinez in the final bout of an *ll - tournament for th* then vacated title v ill he making his first appearance here since June 21 when he chilled Billy Suddeth. In Smith he wull be meeting a rugged opponent with an impress 4 '.’a record Smith. 25. has won 23 bouts while losing only seven. He earned his nickname white serving in the Navy Serving aboard the TT $, 5. Helena. Smith fought 24 tor.** and was considered s chiller by hi* buddies He aiso holds the distintcion of having foughi before President Eis enhower at. smoker in Korea, Dee 10. 1982. MEMPHIS fANP' Claiming that racial tension has been height ened as a result, of integration struggles here and at Little Hock. President J M Sniih of Memphis State university asked the Sta 4 * Board of education for a one-vear delay in admitting eight Negroes who hai e qualified for admission next month. >- Memphis Staf* currently has no Negro students. but * few ars at tendee other state colleges with out incident Smith requested the dete-r despite the fact *be achcol Is under federal court order end *egre ration iJßlßeili&tefo. The hoard recently decided to 3 dmit jcnli-anh who ps.*«*d a. standardized screening test jf ter if* five year gradual d“ser regalion program was down hy <he IT S Sixth Dis trict. r curt of Appeals • n requesting th* del*;, 7 . Smith said’ I had thought that the V»lan t-dij approved, upon my recommenda tion, for f.he fall term of 1?35 might be acceptable to the people in our area I am convinced now th.a + th* proposal is not acceptable to a Targe majority of the people " H» blamed! tne so-called lack of oration on racial tensions brought on by efforts to desegregate citv hires and libraries and the state's reepnt hot political campaign After hearing Smith, the board •appointed s committee to study the situation and report back at a. spe cial meeting Aug 2f> ij SsighlbQFS ——, j ’V' T;i /\ I “Step quibbling, Aflbfe. ountty desperately see&s future scientific brains'”