NCC Eagles Must Rebuild Two Forward Walls By Fall
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OFF PLATE Rookie outfielder Curt Flood of the ('ordinals jumps off plate after hitting
the game-winning home run in the 10th inning of a game against the Cubs at Chicago recently. Greet
i»g' Flood is teammate Joe Cunningham. St. Louis won the game. 3-2 il'iJ PHOTO 1 .
West Indies Team, New York Squad
Plav To Draw In Cricket Match
YORK «<» (ANP) ~—Thev!-the Metropolitan District Ail-Sta; ■
•glMng West Indies cricket team and played to a draw at. Downing Sta-
Tan Stars Bolster Browns’
Drive For Gridiron Title j
(latter’s Note) This Is one «?
a % series of stories dealing with
professional football teams with
tan players).
CHICAGO (ANP)—The Cleve
land Browns staged a comeback
las:, season in the National Foot
ball league to win the eastern divi
sion Title. The player most respon
sible for the Browns' rebound was
Jimmy Brown, rated by many as i
the outstanding pro performer in ;
195?.-. V.
Coal* Paul Brown says he will
not be satisfied with anything less
than the world pro title this sea
son. and he is looking for the form
er Syracuse back to lead the way
ngain. . <■
Jimmy Brown, is one of 10 tan
players *ai the Browns’ pro-season
roster.'TKe group includes Harold
Bradley, a messenger guard who
sat out last season with a leg in
jury.
Player a from the 1957 squad also
include Milt Campbell, who saw
Hurtled action because of an injury;
Fred Robinson, a messenger guard.
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VERSATILITY “Sweetwater” Clifton, left, and “Goose’' Ta -
'um .demonstrate their versatility an they each hold four balls in
me hand while jointly holding a basket-bail with the other at a press
onlcrcnce in New York last week. l'hc two basketball stars an-
nuel Frank Clarke, an offensive end. 1
Missing Lenny Ford, rr.ai.n- j
stay with the Browns as a defen- i
sive end since 1950. He was traded
1o the Green Bay Packers.
Newcomers include Bob Mit
chell, the former Illinois speed
ster; Sam Brown, who was a
star tailback for UCLA: Leroy
Bolden, former Michigan State l
star; Id Brown, ex-Arizona
guard, and Wiilie Davis, who j
bad a tryout with the Browns
three years ago and then en
tered military service.
The headliner Brown had an i>n
ivessive ball carrying record last
season. Fie gained 942 yards in 202
attempts for a 4.7 average. His nine
touchdowns were the most scored
from scrimmage.
In the' Browns’ ninth game—a- !
gainst the Los Angeles Rams—Jim
my established a new record for
the most yards gained from scrim
mage in one game. He eai ried the
ball 31 times and gained 237 yards
io eclipse the previous record of
223 yards made by Tom Wilson j
diura. Randclls Island in the
Bronx. Sunday, in a game halted
by a 7:30 P. M. curfew.
The Federated West indies Ail-
Star team batted first, scored a to
tal of 1954 runs, and was well on
the way to victory when the game
was halted with New York trailing
with 50 juns for eight wickets (put
j outs).
It was the second time the
team had played here. The pre
vious Sunday the West Indies
Stars whipped a similar team
from the combined New York
Crickets League, 150 to 56. The
Gar of that contest was Alfie
I Valentine. Internationally fam
ous Jamaican spin bowler, who
hud tin* locals “batting the air.'’
f However, EWrton Weekes, the
j Stars top batsman, was delayed in
j England where he plays profess
ionally.
Last Sunday, the big gun for the
visitors was Catnmie Smith, wh
made 32 runs on powerful drives t.
the pavillion and shots through t!
covers. The previous day he score
a century, registering 103 runs in
game in Boston.
i Verinejie Sager, bowler-batsman,
saved the day for the locals. He
was at bat late in the evening and
held on to save h\s team from be
ing bowled out. As a bowler, he
took four wickets for 41 runs and
scored eight, runs at bat.
PATRONIZE OCR ADVERTISERS
nouticed that they led the Detroit Clowns against the Kansas City
Monarchy in a Negro American League double-header at the Yan
kee Stadium Sunday. (UPJ PHOTO).
Riddick To Start 14th
Year With Big Problem
DURHAM Herman Riddicks
football problem at North Carolina I
College on September 1 will be to !
rebuild lus first and second team ,
forward walls.
As Riddick starts his 14th year at
NCC he faces the tremendous
piobletn of replacing these 1937 :
-mnriout linemen; John Baker. Bax- :
ter Holman, Joe Alien. Charles
Duke Sandeis, Francis Roberts. Eo
cene Coleman. Thomas Siith, Der*
al Webster, and Charles Baron.
Eagle followers may get some
comfort i ut of the fact that NCC h
virtually four teams deep in the .
baikfieid Only Ed ''Magic Eye" J
Hudson, last (season quarterback. ;
is missed by wav of graduation.
From the looks of things at this
point, the 195 R line will certainly 1
be sunder than last years. It may ,
prove faster and it may become |
more mobile.
The big name on the NCC
front line on the eve of prac
tice is limes '‘Buck" Forfbev
?:J0 lh. guard from Norfolk. Va.
Forties has the unusual distinc
tion of having been an al! <l
- lineman during his fresh
man year in (955. Hampered bv
injuries much of last season, he
nevertheless rose to stardom In
the Eagles post season finals
finals with Florida A. * M.
Tommy Faust, Burlington sen
ior. is rated a good prospect to |
team with Forbes.
CiAA Teams Open Grid
Piay On September 20
DURHAM - Four CIAA football ,
teams open the 1958 season on Sep- !
tember 70 in Bluefieid, West Virgi
nia, Elizabeth City. N. C., Hampton. 1
Va.. and Atlanta. ( jr«.
In the seasons first games Blue- I
field plays Union, Elizabeth City |
entertains Claflin of South Carol
ma, Hampton plays host to Fay
etteville, and Morris Brown rolls
out. the welcome mat for North Ca
rolina College.
Maryland State, 1958 defend
ing champions, opens on Sep
tember 27 against Virginia State
Young Musicians Close
Season With Memorial
NEW YORK CITY -- As a clos
ing event of its 1957-58 activities,
the New York City Carmen Shep
herd Youth Branch of the Nation
al Association Negro Musicians Inc.,
assisted bv other Youth Branch re
presentatives from Jersey City,
New Jersey: New York City: Brook
lyn and Jamaica. Long Island; pre
sented a program as ,t memorial to
Julia Waldon Valentine, formerly
National Director NANM Inc.
Champaign, 111., convention, of
which she was convention chair
man.
The memorial was held {June 13)
t Salem M. E. Church, 129th Street
nd 7th Avenue, Rev. Joshua Wil
iams, pastor. The program was of
igh quality and was presided over
>y Lauretta Holmes, of the Ruby
i Brent Branch, of Jersey Citv.
Piano solos were offered by
Barbara Ann Srott, of the Wash -
ington Heights Music School
New York) Youth Branch;
Berkley Taylor of the Versa
illes Youth Branch (Brooklyn);
Warren Wilson, outgoing mem
her of Ihe Carmen Shepperd
Youth Branch (New York) in
The tin ee chief contender! for
j the starting tackle slots are James
''Stern' Williams, 20 lb, Trenton, N.
: junior and James "Champ"
Brewirigton, 270 lb. Greenville soph.
These two are expected to receive
plenty competition from Martin
Clark. 250 lb. Reirisvilie senior
At center the Eagles seem to be
counting on Ernest Barnes, 255 lb.
converted junior tackle and sopho
more Jimmy Bryant from Waynes
■ ville, N. C
Other contenders for starting po
sitions Hong the forward wall aie
ikavey Ramsonr. 170 lb. guard from
1 Greensboro; Loon Wiley n 0.9 lb.
| .guard from Belmont; Joe Tyron,
205 lb guard from Greenville; and
Robert McAdam, 216 lb. end who
: has been converted to tackle,
i Eagle mentors have a bevy of
i brilliant backs to choose from.
Leading the list of NCC backfield
! pet-forme, s. however, is All CTAA
! star Clifton Jackson returning for
1 his senior year
| Jackson is likely to team with
: most of the following at some time
: during the season: Thomas "Spee
| dy' Johnson, Harold Joyner, Cap -
| tain Lloyd Eason. Ike Gatling. Ros*
I sie Barfield. Doug Nottingham, Al
! fonso Peace. Reginald Pryor, Na
! than Cook, and Willie Hayes.
ason. captain elect, 200 lb. sen
ior from Newport News. Va.. is rat
; ed a good possibility as the num
-1 her one signs! caller.
, at Princess Anne- A * T Col
lege, pre season favorites for
1958 champions, plays an inter
sectional game with Tennessee
A fir I University in Greensboro
on September 27.
| Other September 27 games are:
j Hampton and Bluefieid at Hamp
ton; Elizabeth City and Fayetteville
| at Elizabeth City; Howard and St.
Paul’s in Washirigon: North Cai
| olinn College and Allen in Durham;
■ Virginia Union and Shaw in Rich
j rnond; and Kentucky State and
! Winston-Salem in Frankfort Ky.
memory of the late David N
Shepperd, father of Carmen
Shepperd; the highly gifted
James Spaights of the Spaightx
Youth Braneh, of Jersey City,
who will be remembered for
having given the winner of the
1957 NANM Inc. National Scho
larship Contest such strong com
petition: and lony Hooker of
the Hi-Ffcicletetones Youth
Braneh iJamaica, Long island)
| who offered a vocal contribu
tion.
Tributes were paid to Mrs. Val
: eintme as a Musician by Carl Di
: Ion: as Humanitarian, by Fred Tho
! mas, the- first winner of the Metro
politan Opera Auditions; as a Co-
Worker, by Alice Davis Crawford:
j and as a National Board Member
by T.eroy Boyd National NANM
; ine. Recording Secretary.
The Octaves NANM Inc Senior
> Branch, g. Wesley Henderson. <ii
j rector, furnished outstanding cho
i rai numbers, and there was a dra
| matic reading by Hannah Shaw, of
j the Veisatiles Youth Branch of
| Brooklyn. Combined Youth repre
| sentatives from New York and
i New Jersey sans; their 1957-gif?
| Thetne Song: “We are climbing Ja
| cob’s ladder.' 1
Mrs. Helen Murray, also an out
j going member of the Carmen Shep
i perd Youth Branch, a fine, young
| organizer in her own fight, headed
i the organizing of the Memorial.
i Film Group
| Producing
Jazz Movie
CHICAGO (AND An Oc
tober release date has beer) set for
“The Cry of Jazz," semi-documen
tary film using an into racial cast
and Chicago scenes of Negro life,
produced by KHTB (Kennedy, Hill,
Titus and Bland) Productions, Ne
grfo film group.
The most controversial film
since “Bii th of a Nation " "Tim C v
of Jazz" treats the nature of the
American Negro’s experience using
jazz as an interpretative vehicle
Producers Edward O. Bland, ser
ious music composer, and Nolarn L,
Hill, housing analyst and writer,
made the 33-minute lfi mm. film
in six months. Collaborating with
Mai k Kennedy, author of The Peck
ing Order, on the script, they set
out to examine the Negro's position
and outlook in America using jazz
a,s a springboard.
Although produced on a "shoe
string” budget, the film project
found many talents willing to lend
service to it. LeSun Ra and Paul Se
verson composed and arranged mu
sical background. Hank Starr pro
fessional photographer, and Made
leine Tourelef, art-film specialist,
headed the technical crew. The act
ing cast features George Waller.
Leßoy Inman, Andrew Duncan, Bn
rothoa Horton, Linda Dillon, and
James Miller.
'ACE IS HlGH—Referee dirocte Gone (Ac©) Armstrong, of E&obeih, If. J„ to a neutral
w«k after he Smocked down leading middleweight contender Eory Calhoun for the fourth
tem* during their recent 10-rc.MV _-r ct Madtaon Square Garden. Armstrong, a 3-1 underdog,
won a unanimous decoion for 1m 15»ith straight victory. (f«ew£jE*raas Photo).
BAHAMA BOMBER Although wdß placed. *»
cut by Joo Miceli (left) of New York City scorned
effect on Yama Bahama during ft* fourth roundot ihmrmccc
10-round middleweight how? at Siracusa, h. f- Bahama, «
Nassau (B.W.L), took the dediica, and moved up m coKitettHOa
lor Sugar Hay Robinson's crown. (Navmpfm I hcla)* _ _ „
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HOLLYWOOD AWAY FROM 1
THE LIVING ROOM Teif-v b.mi
.sets, and back into the theatre, .s
definitely the trend heir, and the
studios are bending ows back
ward;: to make bigger and better, :
interest-gripping, wide screen films
that perhaps may reopen seme of
the many theatres here that had
crepe hanging in their doors, .sever
al years ago ns TV took over.
After ail it is a noticeable :.ut,
that in ordei to bring the facial ex
pressions of the actors into sharp
focus, ns a rule only the upper part
of their bodies are caught by the
TV cameras, wheu.-: Ihe movie cel
luloid. for instance in an mb esc
love embrace, catches the two lev- j
ers. with their romance-throbbing j
bodies, virtually blended into one
from lips to toes.
ALL QUIET OS THE 'TOR
GY \NI) BESS ' front, at least
until perhaps the next phone i
call. informing me that some
thing new and startling kits aris
en If h does f st ill rush i! on
to yon at once, because I'm sure
you're just dying to hear it
Madison, lnd., location xout for
Frank Sinatra’s newest picture,
was long ago. and perhaps still
is one of the most picturesque
towns along tile Ohio river.
Back in the days, when great
and small passenger steamboats,
sidewheelers, and stern-wher!
ers. Madison, midway between
Cincinnati, and Louisville, Ky.
was an all-night stop-over for
some of these bouts.
They unloaded great hogsheads of
tooaoco. and barrels of liquor from j
up the Kentucky river, and took :
on prodigious piles of baled hay, >
etc, from the Indiana farms. During
the night, the “on leave” cabin boys
used to run amuck up town, con- j
contratinr mostly at a saloon and I
dance hall called “Five Points." I
And there were girls galore at “Five j
Points'', also poker era pa etc. say j
the guys who were teenagers of*
that period, then called "dudes", !
"Sheiks," and other nick-names. 1
that long preceded this space aye of
"Jitterbugs,” “Hep Cats," "Rock 'n
Roller etc. etc.
BABY JOE CANS, NATIVE
SON. ’ FORMER WEI TER WEIGHT
championship contender, and a
great favorite of ihe show folk. !
sends a ''Hello,” from Milwaukee. |
where he now lives to all his old ;
California friends and friends all '
over the country. He is the iead’ng '
sports figure in that home of the (
THE CABOLINIAH
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, I»SS
Milwaukee Braves, who for a num
| her of years fie has been turning
: out Golden Gloves champions at the
Urban League Gymnasium, which
he op -ned upon ids arrival, with
; the aid ui highly appreciative ciU
; zens.
LITTLE KNOWN FACTS A
i ROUT WELL-KNOWN FIGURES'
F. E. Miller, one of the real history
i makers of the days of vaudeville,
and the early era of the movies, is
; doing free-lance writing now, in
j stead of exclusively for the "Amos
■n Andy" show: JUANITA
MOORE, who landed the imper
• tant ro’« of the mother of Caucas
i ian-white ' Pejla.” in Universal’s
remake of ' Imitation of Life,’ 1,
• started show business at the age of
lit as a green chorus girt in Earl
j Dancers’ big fifty-cast stage musi
i cat "Lucky Day.” backed by Rod-
I ney Damages buck in 1950.
LEIGH WHIPPER, who did a
i walk out of S.im Goldwyn s
“IVjrKy and Bess.” lust week,
broke down the jib-crow, that
was strictly enforced in ihe
f [)■ Baris elaborate dining
pi -see of the stars, on the Twen
tieth Century Tox lot. Remind
me to give veil the details next
session It's too long a story %
now. Whipper was one of the
-tars Iti "The Ox how Incident*
at ihe the summer of
who le-irlessly faced a mob, to
prevent them from Hurtling
three v bite men. LFON
WASHINGTON. SR. father of
lean Jr. famous publisher of
the L. A. sentinel, has resigned
from bis position as business
: manager on Ihe huge Sentinel of
; flee str.if. Ho telle rov he just wants
,i well-oat r:i'-d rest if ter more than
thirty vi’ais of railroading out of
! their home town Kansas City, Kas.
-Incidentally he is said to have in
verted $10,009 of his savings in the
building lhat houses the Sentinel
| at 43 piace and Central, thus mak
' in* its growth possible.
Jen; Le Goo, who lias been draw
' ing well with ihe annual presenta
tion of her dance school pupils at
at the Assistance League Play
house In Hollywood, was the first
sepis actress under contract at
MGM, after Nina Mae McKinney
made her debut there. She had an
important role with the late beau
tiful Jean Harlow, for whom the
big State!- "Harlow Building" on
the lot j? a greet monument A
rocket flash pause for Tattler Iden
tification, then Jl>l JIT3U LES-
SON NO. 3, for the laches, and
some latest bulletins:—This is your
tireless, sleepless News Hound, Har
ry Levette at 4266 Central Ave.
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