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WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, Brpi* irgEK 27 195 S
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King” Football Gets Set For First Big Weekend
Intersectional Games I
Nil) Be Spotlighted
mterser.tiona! games will |
e spotlighted as King Football I
tkes ovp" its first big weekend
B Saturday The defending chain- ;
lens, the Florida A&M Rattlers, \
*IH be Idle
Powerful Tennessee State, how
n»r, wi't go into art inn against 1
ft* tough A&T eleven
4 vnung team last year, AAT
finder *U sophomore roach,
t'XpfCt? tn i\n
f!-e? f !r Improved thu (teasnn.
Tennessee state will h« just »«
eougb UMll! In a very rime
#* me *he Huddle pick? Tcnnc.v
9®* Slate
Another rugged same -mil ~jt th®
tosiri® Vl® v Panther* against th®
pekson Tigers Ls?t year Jackson I
totaled s rood heason by upsetting
toalrte View This year Praii ie !
Ren- «-;!! win
Us another bi* same defending
BAA champion Maryland stale >
f! bettl® with Virginia State. Mary- I ,
*sd State ha? lost ® number at i
wv left-mien but. expects to have j
tootigh : eft to win its opener.
Okhe* CIA A games will **••
Wjmpton upset Bluefietd. F!i»-
sheth City fake Fayetteville, !
FFlnston-Salem Tnm«rs down
Kentucky and Howard rnrk SI.
Paul’’
Big game on the SIAC front v. ill ■
**+ Morris Brown a perennial po«
r, against Benedict itesm oft hard 1
is handle ft tor 1 ' s Brown ha ? too
ttaoy yun; s ot Benedict
On othei STAC fronts, it " ill h® j
Jeuth .Carolina State taking B®. j
%un® - Cookmsn Alabama AAM
iqueezini b.y Lane. Alabama Stat®
•dgtng r e-i Valley and Tuskcgec i
orpine Xavier
T" o rugged Hlrr are Trhrdu’v-d
V tk* neii'ty reorganised South.
Howard Opens 64th Grid
Year Against St, Paul
WASHINGTON. D C Howard
University opens it:- 65*h season
ftf varsity football Saturday meet
ing St Paul College of Lawrence
s'! lie Va In a Central Iniercolicgi
ite Athletic A* ociatton game at
Howard Stadium Kickoff time ;
% x> rp
The St, Piut contcM w ill he
*h® first of nine on the Bison*
I%R schedule and the first of
•!>. in Cl A A competition, it
will mark the tenth mertiii? of
Howard and the Virginians in
* aeries u-hich started in 1932.
Howard leads in the rivalry
with si. wins :tnd three losses
Howard roar I 1 Bob White, now
In hjs "erond year »t fh® helm of
ih*. Bmoiis will be mil to bring the
Washington school its fr.-.f winning
ft®aeon in six years Since 1952,
when Howard finished with a 5-2-1
record, +h« team has won only 15
games, while losing 25 and tieing
fwo
Faeert with the vtme problem
now as in 1957. a scarciir of ev
peHenred players. While h>*
•elected ft vt newcomer* to
•tart against St. Paul They are
among the 77 first year mm on
Ote Howard squad of th Rnlh
halfback Spots have hern woo
Kt- hoys who are wearing Bison
eeior* for the first limr They
are John Ware, » 175-pnundcr
f**>!*i Wash) nr ton. and Howie
V!lianas, a 190-pounder frn;n
Spartanburg P.C. Ware played
«f!d at Baldwin Wallace before
emlering ttie ftrnvv three years
sen while WHittams, another
eyi-ryiremao. w 3« „ standout
f«r the Faryet Hirh lestm in his
ftsMflsn «
f .■ W— . ;■
hands ©0 to J, C, Carolina durfoqr a loshminut*
. wwkeut bate*. Ska slrtr' of fee J9SB <wro football seosoru
"• “*’ a sensational collegial© ©Serf., has s,o far l>vp<d ttp So hi*
notices, and is pegged as one of the iututs high scores of th*
trams. (Nkwepre?- Photo). •
| 'vestern conference. Prairie View
| will bailie Jackson, and Southern I
| will tackle Texas Southern. Last
'ear Jackson walloped Prairie
View and moved on to a very suc
cessful season. This year the Pan- |
ihers will rock Jackson
Southern lost to TSU lasi year
This time the Jaguar Cats will
squeeze by Texas Southern. Wiley
will romp over Bishop and Texas
College will fake Paul Quinn
Grambling may have trouble, but
should take Alcorn.
Back to the Cl A A Virginia
Colon will slop Shaw in a close
ram® shat, will have much hear
inc on lb® ra-e a* the wrwn
progresses. Lincoln (Mo i will j
lake Arkansas A MAN In an ln
terspetional contest.
Tn ot ler tilts. It wjlT be. Pillerd
over Philander Smith Livingston*
over Clafliri, Florida N&T over
South Carolina Trades, T.eland ov
er Jar»/!s and Tougaloo over Rust.
The coming football season will
be np unpredictable one because ,
last .year's records are not. sure in*
dlcators of this year's possibilities
'f'he Asian flu ruined the season \
btst tear, but rnav not be a factor i
this time.
John Baker **Largest In History
RAMS HEAVY WITH TAN TALENT 1
r.OTTOB'S NOTE This f % a u- ;
other In fhr series of afoile?
®f National Football League
teams with tan players,)
1 ' Os the three newcomers >r the '
! ] starting line, two are also ex-ser- |
■ j vicemen. They' are Tackle Bob i
■ | Shelton a 25-pound Washington |
■ | and End Olen Reaves, a 20-pou.nder i
! from Waycross, Ge Shelton play- i
' | ed for the championship Bolling Air ;
; Force Base Generals during the i
| past three seasons while Reaves !
| was « member of the Shaw AFB i
| .'-quad The other new lineman is j
: sterling Parker, a 230-pound guard i
| from Fairmont Heights fMdAHigh. J
Others selected for the berths in !
' the line include End Bernie
i Quartorman. a sopohomoi’e from
Charlottesville. Va. Tackle and Co
captain Milt Buck, a senior from
' Bridgeton. N J.; Guard Ed Peeples
j a junior from Camden, NJ : and
| Cenier Hank tngram a sophomore
j from Washington.
Rounding out the backfield ate
j second-year men Charlie Smith
and At Stover. Smith a 6-foot-
I ouartorback is a sophomore from
I Dunbar High iD.C ); while Fnl 1-
i back Stover another Washingtonian
j played ,-t Maryland State prior to
entering the Army in 1P54. He mj. j
iricuiated at Howard last year.
P»’LKS interpretation
FUNIC HELD AT A&T
GREENSBORO Nearly 200
1 football officials from .North Car
j r-lins and border points in Virginia i
i tended the annua! Rules Inter
j rrotation Clinic conducted here at
I AA- T CoHor® recently.
The clinic was sponosred by the
j Picdmoe.t Board of Athletir Offi
i rials headed by Dr Charles U. De- i
, berry of Elizabethtown. N. C . Dr :
I T W-.lker, Durham, professor of •'
! Physical. Education at North Car
M C COACH AND CHAMPIONSHIP GAGERS—for a big post-season banquet. In appreciation of
Oil! h.i m, N, C. North Carolina College basketball his winning, fans swamped Brown and Mrs. Brown
Loach Floyd H. Brown, second from right, is shown with gifts and delicacies. Juan Elia*, club owner, and
here with members of his tournament champion- Pcpo Tala.ve.ra, basketball specialist for San Juan’s
s.un San Juan Puerto Rican "Saints” team, which “El Mundo” newspaper, sponsored Brown’s stay In
ended P R. play last month with a 29-9 record and Puerto Rico. Players left to right wrs reading from
copped the island championship. Brown’s mentoring Johnny Rodriquez (96) clockwise, the players arc
the Puerto Rican quint marked the island’s firstßafei Valle Norberfo Cruz, Tito Ssnturt, Brown
experience with a colored poach from the 11. S, Talk (The Iceman), and Domingo “tolo” Conzaleo. Tho
this week is that P.R, fans are flying Brown haeklad in hack is Brown’s hall hoy. Ftao* f«Vipitv Sobs
j CHICAGO 'ANPi—The L, os An
, geles Rams is outtin? the accent
| nn youth this season Consequently
| Tank Younger, n fixture with the
I Rama for many seasons, was one
jof the veterans discarded The for
mer Gramblmg College star was
traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Bob loyd, the speedy end-half
back and another Los Angeles
mainstay for several season*, has
retired
rams r,rr M r star
But there wit! he struns Un
representation this season on
the Ram*. Some nf if, will he
new blond of considerable s»-
lurp For example, one of she
wos»t talked about rookies is
John Baker, a 290-pound son of
a Raleigh, V. C policeman.
Baker, who performed for North •
Carolina College, at Durham, was I
! one of the defensive standouts for I
j the College All Stars in their vie- I
I lory over the pro champion Detroit I
i Lions.
Ihe largest man ever tn draw
a Rami uniform and one of the big- i
Se*t in the NFL history. Baker nev. |
ertheless is agile and possesses good \
straight away speed
Another College All Star per i
former shooting for a spot, on the
Rams ts Jim Jones former Univer
sity of Washington fullback Jones
is equally adept offensively and j
defensively.
Offensively, with the Huskies last j
reason, ones ranked fourth In the i
nation in kickoff returns. Basical- j
Jy a power runner, his speed was !
such that, be ran one kick-off back j
fm 93 yards against Minnesota and j
ran an intercepted pass 61 yards
against UCLA
K.C. JONES, MTtPRISr
PACKAGE
His defensive ability is indical- -
ed by 'he fact that, a? s floating I
linebacker for Washington, he was !
in on half tb* i-eam's terkl°s To I
the All-Star game, he Intercepted !
four passer
4 surprise »n the rn-Jcr 1*
ft C. .fcncs. a former hashet
halt teamm.iie of BUI Ki3;.. t »n
Pan Franclsci* Tones, with a \
ntcumins- future is « pro ball
placer with fhr Bosfon Ceitics.
derided to stake tils pro tu
htr*. on football He did
j*lav -niiege foothall. hut w-»<i
drafted on the 39th round in
I'J’.ft «.Hh ihs hope that h«
might try pro football.
His barketbstt abibty and «prod !
mate him a natural candidate for
defenssh— backfield epof
GrtDD fiODKIE CROP
other first-year candidate* fpt j
Hie Rams include Inglehart. • ver- !
satjjo performer from Wiley pot j
,t ’Sf He 1* betfs given a shot at .» |
defensiv* ftpcciridaiy position wtch !
A&T Aggies
I Tennessee
Clash Set
GREENSBORO - Tile AAT Cel
!ege Aggie* take on the Tmm»eet
A St 1 State Univereity Tiger* In a
football opener for both teams here
as. Memorial Stadium on Saturday
nigi'jt. September 27
Mighty Tennessee. |tr rental
champions of (he Midwestern
Conference and noted for Its
power attach, brings an out i
standing record to Greensboro.
The team has lost only two *n
gagements since early In 1352
and has remained unde tented | n
the last 29 contests.
The Aggies is one of two team* j
which have tied them since 1952 1
The local* have only psychologies! j
advantage The Aggies have net lost. j
an opening game since 1942 end ;
| bed the Nashville outfit last sea- !
j tr,n Considerably improved over I
!a *l year, the Greensboro boys fee) I
that they mighi pul! another vn I
set >
The gam- gets underway at g gp i|
IF, M. ‘ ' l
I the Rami
Alonzo Veieen. fooia Florida (
Slate is a power runner with good j
outside speed He is trying for .*
backfield spot
Jesse Arnelle. who starred in
basketball and football at Penn
State college, is seeking a 'lot back
position
Two veterans are Lamar Lundy
• "ind Tom Wilson. Lundy, after one
i season with the Rams, still remains
I one of Liose rare specimens In the
I NFL who may be used offensively
| and defensively
Drafted primarily for defen
sive purposes, he va® pressed
mto service last year as a re
roivet because of a shortage of
ends. His giant Dame (6-7, 3.'lß j
pounds! was well utilized in j
Negroes Dominating
Boxing Championships
CHICAGO Sixty per tent of .
; the professional boxers m the U. |
S. today are Negroes, and six of i
the eight world’s titles are held by I
them, according to an article in the j
| October issue of EBONY Maga
i zinc.
j Five American Negroes Floyd ;
j Patterson, Archie Moore, Ray Rob
| mson. Joe Brown, and Virgil Akins,
i hold the heavyweight, light heavy
j weight, midlowcight. lightweight
I and welterweight titles respective
ly, *nd Hogan Bassey rtf Niger*,
The rise of Negro fighter® t«
the featherweight title,
modern world boxing suprem*
ev imd* its greatest advanre
sav« EBONY, during the list
SHAW F
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the rugged bl'wkisg reaubvh
| meat*, and bis cae* veoelrtn#.
produced three Hmcbdiiwa*, *l
- fee, had only s*» i-*re.p-
Morm.
Wilson, wfco never pl*y«d cellegss
f ootbsU and signed as * free agent
was 9 sensation in 1956 and a
standout in 1957. He was the Ram*’
leading rusher with 661 yards for
a 4.9 average. A terrific runner,
Wilson set * pro mark for yardage |
from scrimmage in 1958 when he !
sniped 223 yards In s ?«m» against j
| the Green Bay Packers Jim !
j Brown, of the Cleveland Brown*, j
I erased that mark last year. At 304 |
i pound.*, Wilson has the speed and j
| power (so be used both fullback i
j and halfback.
decade, hut received J (w great
est impetus and main irurpir*.
Hors from Joe Ijoim, who <e
credited by nxet boxing ex
perts with being the chief mag
net drawing Increasing hun
dreds of Negro hoys Into the
sport. Ray Robinson’* ring
deeds are credited, my*
the magazine.
Nat Fleischer, editor of The Wng
is quoted in EBONY as saying that
he believes the present dominance
of box mg by Negroes will continue
for some time ?o come. Hi* predic
tions ar® based on the theory that
Ihr economic reward* hold* ®n
allure for Negroes, and other
group,* enjoying fewer advar
“Stimulates Interest”:
Clowns 7 Boss Thanks Negro Press
HOLLYWOOD, Fla (ANP>
General Manager Syd Pollack of
the Indianapolis Clowns Baseball
Team, Negro American League
Chnrpions publicly ext e n ded
'‘thanks’’ to the Negro press for
the role ft played in “continuing
to stimulate interest in baseball
during the 1958 season.”
Pollock, from his office here,
mado the following statement:
"Ot» behalf of team manager
Sylvester® Snead, business
manager Erl llairwnan and my
self. I want to publicly thank
the Negrn press for the ftiu>
support given «nr attraction
during the current season | n j
practically every city and town
where vrr played our syime had
atreadv received mention Ip the
weekly newspapers. This fine
cooperation has further sthnn
Med Interest in the game, and
we look forward *s a team to
».n even more prosperous sea
son when we celebrate our 30th
anniversary next year.”
AARON LEADING ALUMNUS
Pollock has been sk the hehn
since the club began in 1029 Dnr-
.. ..■ ... 1,.
tages and oportunitie*
The ali-time Negro boxing chaw
pions, 36 of them, including Jack j
Johnson and Henry Armstrong. *,k :
dcacribed by FPONA’.
tCENTUOtCY
BOURBON
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wt cm ao* mme#cm & w&&rtLLi. Kentucky
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I ,fi R ’ five-year star in the Negro
American League, the. Clowns roll
ed up four championships;. Comic
Prince King Tut” is the only reg
ular who has been with the team
since it started.
The Clowns have long been rec
ognized ss a ‘ proving ground” for
youngsters hoping to one day win
a major league job Among “grad
uates’ o’ the leading independent
club are Hank Aaron, Milwaukee
Braves outfielder; Mike Franks,
T anipn Tarpons; Pitcher Rajunond
Holmes Cincinnati Reds; Outfield
er Verdes Drake 'and Infieider
George Smith, Milwaukee Braves
Tiie Associated Negro Press re
ported the games in the NAL. In
cluding the East-West Game,
and Detroit Tigers, respectively.
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ACE TACKLE Louis Stisf
of Ford*, New Jars#?, * jtdsw,
is t*f»* of Shaw University! *,«*
Hazier, who «
fwit, 1 Inch, weighs 229 panda