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Moore’s Comeback Amazes Fight World; Bert Piggott, Aggie Football Coach, Is Hero In Greensboro GREENSBORO Mild manner eci and soil spoken, Bert Piggotl, who this year , coached the A&T I College Aggies to the third CIAA ! football championship in the lona j history of athletics at the college, j is a hero to a*)out everybody tn | this college town. Appreciation for the fine j record he has made reached national proportions last week as he was honored by the { prominent Pigskin Club of j Washington. I). as the out stantiing coach of football at 1 ■ e-sj \ .r* Sp* 1 - * I BERT PIGGOTT, head football coach for the A&T College Ag gie* with rhe outstanding coach THE PIGSKIN HUDDLE BY LUO! ViKC.IL ©VERB! A FOR AW ra.METE VIEW RATED TOP FOOTBALL TEAM OF i<*s3 By vtsthre of being ihe nation’s only undefeated. team, although once Prairie View Panth ers raj& as the nation's No. 1 foot ball teadi .for the 1858 season. Playing" against top competition in nearly every game, Prairie View opened, tfic season with a 14-14 tie against. the Jackson Tigers, then rolled ti) »vw straight victories to end ifie season with a 7-0-1 record i - •’ The Panthers* victims Includ ed Texas Southern <43-0). Mis- Vocational (59-Mi. YVi ley (13-81 and Southern (24-14). Prairie' View spotted Southern 14 points, then rame back to v in. This victory earned the No. I spots. Rated second are the Southern Jaguar Cats <B-2-o’. Southern start <. d off .strong until it ran into a 33-0 snag aetnst Texas College. The Jaguars reached their peek when V * y walloped Florida A and M 85-0, then''faltered in their final j: ene of the season against Prairie View Florida A and M (7-1-O' rates third. The Rattlers had a good rea son. but were not as strong as last year. They had narrow squeks a gainst Morris Brown and Texas Southern, but won most of their garner, handily Holding down fourth is Lincoln <Mo.) with an 8-1-0 record. The Tig ers did not lose to any Negro teams and won a bowl game to achieve their record. After a s’ow start Texas South ern (5-3-0) .finished strong to land ers (tt-3-0 1 were going great until In fifth place. The Grumbling tig ers (6-3-9) were going great until they an into Prairie View, then llfilßDS jo APPLE 5\ 2 ™ 4.25 84PROOF \ 1 tIjWRC & CO., North Garden. V* , Si .obfcttvtlift. N I. smaller (oileß'-S of the nation at the annual dittoes held at the fashionable Willard Holm. ! More than 800 jpfests were ©a hard to appJltudc this young coach. Bert told reporters tins we. k j that ho has never before received such hand pumping and back slap i ping as during the last two weeks, i "1 know about the pressure of do t vetoping a winning team. * he said, i ‘but I was amazed to find that so j many other people took the thing f so seriously " I award presented him last week ! at the Annual i’igskiu Club Din i tier in Washington, I) (. } faded to &* stretch. They ; .1 te ' sixth. Seventh are ihe Jackson Tigers, i tlie team iihat tied Prairie View ! Jackson achieved a 5-2-1 record, j Tennessee Star-, 's Tigers with a 4- !4-0 mark, poor for them, were still good enough for eighth place The A and T Aggies (7-2-01 place ninth, and the ,\’<irih Ca -1 roiina College Eagles <*7-2-0> rank Kith. Pounding out the Huddle's Baker's Dozen ratings are South Carolina Stair (7-2-J, Wiley (4-5-81 and Morgan <5- 3-0). Conference champions for the season are Prairie View in the Southwestern. Lincoln (Mo.) in the Midwestern, Florida A end M : n the STAC (Southern Intercollegi ate Athletic Conference and A and T in the CIAA (Central Intercolle giate Athletic Association. Offense jumped ahead of the de fense during the 1958 season The highest scoring team was Southern with 300 points in 10 games. Flori da A and M with 257 in eiaht games arm Prairie View with 256 in eight games were tops in average points per game. The best def< nsivr team was Southern, giving up only 71 points In 10 games. Playing minor corn pe tition sSt Augustine’s (6-2-0) per mitted only 48 points in eight tilts for the best average among ail schools. Wiley scored liu* most points in a game, slaughtering Alcorn 710. Grambling blasted Paul Quinn 72-8. Florida A and ME word an easy 68-0 victory over Benedict. Morgan tiO-O Among the minor teams, Mississippi Industrial rocked Tonpaloo 68- 0. and Rust rolled over Okn lona 60-0. As usual, St Paul’s College of | Lawrencnvill, Va. was the nation's ! most hapless roam, losing rozht I straight to runs Its losing streak to j 23, St. Paul’s lost a* follows. Eliza- I hefh City (O-rr:). Winston-Salem I (6-34), Howard •'6-20'. Delaware ! State <6-48), Johnson C Smith il>- i 14), St. Augustine's (0-44*. Lincoln ■ Pa.) (0-181 find Livingstone (6-28). scoring only 30 points to 282 for its hanny foes. Rounding out the Huddle’s top 25 trams of the nation is the follow ing order are: Maryland State (4-3-0). Port V: 1- lev <5-2-l'» Allen <4-30', Alabama State (6-2-0). Morris Brown '4-5-0) Shaw tfi-3-0’ Bishop (8-2-0). Clark <6-3-D, St. Augustine's (6-7-0) and ((4-4-0 Miles (4-2-0) Tuskeaee Benedict (5-3-0). Other teams ranking close in clude Texas College <4-5-o'. Btue fieid 13-7-i'. Hamnton (7-3-0). Johnson C Smith (0-2-0), Centra) State (0-2-0) and Xavier (4-3-1). A total of 77 team* Drived foot ball last season. The Huddle did not ret complete records of several of the smaller schools. * Sudden changes in a cow's daily routine may upset on Ik produc tion. I What added to the lustre u s the ! Aggie achievement was the feet that Piggott had accomplished the job in just two years after he took | over the head coach job at A&T. • Me had worked at the college as assistant under Bill Bell, now ath ; Sctic director, for seven years, in winning the championship t'iggotl was Just about as hnp p\ as gilt laden tot at Christ mas lime, but surprised. When ail of the prognosticators >n rarlv season were selecting the \ggies as most likely to sue i std, he “pooh poohed” the talk with the statemen* that a championship stir him was eas ily “a year away.”' He was sin ce! e in that belief. Bert says that ho and his boys l did not got the championship “fev : or" until they won the homecom i mg game, the first in 10 years for ; the college, Os all the things, he j felt more confident about the con i frrencc flag on the morning before | the big clash with undefeated | N'orh Carolina College, That morn i ing several of his key players | came to see him and said, “coach, i we're winning this same today for j you." Bert give* all of the credit to his boys. 'They are the finest hunch of athletes with whom 1 have- ever had contact,” Thai covers a lot of territory, because Piggott played four years of championship ball at his hometown high school j in Hinsdale, 111., three years at the I University of Illinois, two seasons j in service with the Tuskegee Air ( Base Warhawks and two years ; with the professional Los Angeles j Dons ‘ Their conduct, to a man, on and ! off the field was above reproach.” i he said, “they loved the game and ! best of all loved each other." What figured most import ant in th>- success of the Aggies this season? Bert says that a lot of factors contributed, but strong team snirit and loyalty topped the list. He did not mention the tremendous de fensive power /.hi-own up by a strong, big line and the out standing end plav. both on de- * fen«e arid offense as being out standing skills demonstrated by the championship Aggies, j He also gives a tot of credit to bis assistants. Murray, Neely, Mel f- monies and Hornsby lionewcH. Almost everybody agrees that ; not a better more deserving guy i could get the honors and praise j being heaped on personable Bert, !Ha is well liked by those with ; whom he comes in contact in this | business, both players and coaches. THE WEEK !N RECORDS HY ALBERT ANDERSON FOR ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS | SPECIAL CHRISTMAS ALBUMS j One of ihe most cherished of all j .vuletide traditions is the singing of j Cnrisunas carols, the songs that i tell the story of the birth of Christ. Whenever and whereever carols are sung, they help to re kindle the spirit of Christmas. This year, in keeping with that tradition, many record companies are releasing special recordings of Christmas music in HP's, stereo, and singles. A number have al ready hit the sales market. Among the best released to date are albums by RCA. Capitol, Van guard and Warner Brothers. Capi tol's entry is in stereo. All the al bums are done up in gay colors matching th ■ season. “Christmas Holidays At Radio ; City Music Hall.” by RCA is the i best of the lot. Featuring ihe Radio j City Music Hall Orchestra, under j the direction of Raymond Paige, i and the Music Hall s choral en | semblc, this album provides the j finest balance of orchestral «*x- I collc-ncc and .sound reproduction j to be found anywhere. Fine pacing and t brilliant introduction of the | selections add to listening pleasure. However, the set, recorded at th< world-famous New York thea ! ter, is not devoted entirely to car j oL-. but mixes such holiday pleas- I antics as "Rudolph the Red-nosed i Reindeer.’’ and “Sleigh Ride.” It ; starts with an arrangement of “SH i crit Night,*’ shifts to an interlude, j and closes with a selection of I "Chances Are." In between there | are “Hark! The Herald Angels •Si nr.*’ “Adcste Fideles,” “Joy to | the World." and “Deck the Halls." ! Also featured is a fine organ incd j lev. j A double-sheeted, single-record album, complete with beautiful il lustrations and a brief history of the history of the music hall, this \ package should also provide on ideal gift. It's a bargain in many ways. Another RCA Christmas treat is “To Wish You A Merry Christmas" Iby balladeer Harry Bclafonte. Harry's musical Christmas greet ing consists of 20 songs that ace not all standard carols. Top side ! mixes such novelties ns “A Star In the East,” and “Gifts They Gave." with the better known “O Little Town of Bethlehem," and “Deck the Balls,” while on the flip Harry is esur-cialiy good on “O Come All Ye Faithful.’’ “Joy to the World” and “I Heard the Bells on Christ mas Day." Harrv is In top form on this a!-- ! bum. and the music, provided by j orchestra and chorus conducted by I Bob Corman. is outstanding. *** '*y c '.4;.. MOORE TAKES A ‘‘BEST" scheduled 15-rounder with Yvort l ight heavyweight champion Ar Durelte at Montreal, Canada last chie Moore lies on the canvas week. Later, Moore, perhaps the during one of the three times he oldest active champion in boxing was floored in round one of his I annals, became the sport’s ail- A&T Aggies Whip Fayetteville, 78-63, In Basketball Opener GREENSBORO - The A&T Col lege Aggies began defense of their CIAA Basketball Championship last Tuesday night with a convinc ing. 87-63 win over Fayetteville State Teachers College. The locals put on a brilliant display of fireworks Its the first half behind the fancy floor work and uncanny shoot- NCC Eagles Drop 2 Os First 3 Cage Clashes ! DURHAM—North Carolina Coi i lege s basketball team opened the 1953-59 season by dropping two of their first contests Floyd Brown’s eager* in their debut this year lost a 75-52 decision on December 2 to the strong and veteran Camp Le- Jeune Marines on the Dough-Boys’ home-court The following night the Eagles rebounded to win their encounter with ,the Elizabeth City Pirates by a score of 82-72, However, the Eagles returned home for their de but before the home crowd on December 3 and dropped a 63-53 tilt to a smart-looking Virginia State College squad. In tile Camp LeJeune game, Carlton “Ding-Dong” Bell, 6*7'' for ward from Houston. Texas, hung ; up 15 points in the Eagles' 'losing ; effort to the marines. ■ At Elizabeth City, Brown got his j “bosses’* moving early with Bell and his running mates, Calvin “Sweetcake" Alexander, a 61” | guard from Houston, Texas, and j Preston “Trees” Lewis, 6' 6 t-2 ! pivotman, leading the offensive at ! tack and dominating both the of GOOFIN’ OFF BY "SKINK" This “Colym picked Chapel Hill over Clinton m the double A eastern football playoff—Lexington over Chapel Hill m the state finals and the West over the East In the annual Shrine Bowl Classic, and all ran true to form. Clinton had a good team; but it was too relaxed for a champion ship race. Chapel Hill had ttie guns; but the law of averages was too close on their heels, and too, they had become complacent. Lexington was hungry for the title, after unsuccessfully taking the finals on two previous occasions. The Shrine Bowl Classic had never been played in the western boys' territory and the change, from Durhma t-o Greens boro, gave the westerners a psychological and fan advantage. BOBBY BELL ANI) CHARLIE MICHAEL Coaches Clarence (Asheville) Moore and Charlie (Lexington) England had two big guns to draw on the Easterners—backfield aces, Bobby 'Shelby) Bell and Charlie (Lexington) Michael On two oc casions this season, "Goofin' Off” has carried the gridiron antics of the two trouble-shooters whose football feats stand out in the western conference like Eddie Arcaras accomplishments at colorful Nara gnnsett and the reknown Kentucky Derby. Ccricb Jethro (Shelby) Henry talked Bobby Beil as she great est schoolboy football attraction he had seer In North Carolina in 25 years—barring none. Coach Henry made the statement in early September. Bell put on a statewide show in December. Charlie Michaels has been Coach England's "bread and butter” man all season. Id early November the Lexington team had rushed 2.839 yards and Michael had accounted for 1.327 of the collection. Michael scored one touchdown in the Shrine Bowl Classic; Bell scored two. Bell la a 210 pounder, standing 6' 3”; Michael Is a 185 pounder, standing 5' 11", This was Bell's first season playing eleven-man foot ball, But the change from the six-man game to the full count had no effect on the Bell performance. This “Colym” aired the super performers as “sure shots’* months ago. A letter from a white alumnus of a mid western university thanked “Goofin’ Off” for information on Bell. The alumnus said that he would drop in on one of the Shelby games or sttenrf the Shrine Bowl Classic. Quite a few CIAA coaches have expres sed interest in Bell. CIAA FOOTBALL GREATS OF YESTERYEAR Drop into any barber shop, poolroom or small shop where sea soned football fans congregate and mention the names of: "Wild Man" Lee of Hampton; "Jazz" Byrd of Lincoln: “Mel" Whedbee of Va. Seminary; "Jumping Joe” Wiggins of Atlanta University, and Fisk's, Jimmie Shields and Inman Breaux of Union; "Horse" Lane and "Bus'* Coleman of A&T; “Rick" Roberts and "Scjuat" Johnson of Clark; "Ben" Stevenson of Taskeree: Armstrong of Shaw; "Tank" Conrad of Morgan and Jack Coles of Howard; and usually some by standers will add another “old-time great” to the list Few present will have ever seen the player in action, but the name rings a bell that started its ding dong years ago and the sound never left the crest of the airways. And even after 25 years or more, the names still outshine the doings of the present crop of players who have more to work with than the old timers ever dreamed of. The publicity powers at NCC tried hard to place "Ike’” Gatling in the all-time celebrated group, but “Ike" couldn’t rise to the heights that warranted stardom recognition. AKho he was surrounded with plenty of tools to work with, he failed to meet the challenge. His ex hibition under pressure in the Thanksgiving Classic showed that his performance *as of average statue and iris goncralshio far below the toe line trfat separates the average from the superior headliner. ing of A! Attics, and with it built up a hand*ome 43-28 bulge at halftime. Taking the lead from the opening tip, the Vggies fell behind only once during the bait game and that alter five minutes of pt3y. Fayetteville »cut ahead IS-h, With sizzling speed and accurate ins: a few moments later. 41-19. j fenslve boards on the rebounds On I the sterling performance of this ! trio, the Eagles had built up a 47• ! 34 lead at halftime. I The Pirates put on a second half [ rally led by their all-conference j candidate. Henry Fields, a 6'B'' re- S bounding demon, but it was r:oi j enough to catch the Eagle hoops | ters who played superlative ball ! the entire evening. Bell was the top man for the | evening with 22 markers, follow |ed by Alexander who scored 18 j points. Lewis racked up 10 points I and grabbed 13 rebounds. I Bell, the Eagles’ top re- I rebounds, Beil, the Eagles’ top re j bounder, grabbed 21 bails off the boards. In their home debut, the- Eagles were unable to find their mark, and after falling behind a hot Vir ginia State team, found it impossi ble to cut a seven point lead which the Trojans maintained throughout the second half of play. Davis, a native of Orange. N 3. was the Trojans’ top scorer with 18 points, followed by Parker who i poured tn 12 points. time kajo kin* by blasting the Canadian champ with 4 knock downs for an i Ith round knock out. H P! TELEPHOTO I. i As the Aggies emptied rhe bench | at the opening of the second stanza, | the previous dazzling scoring touch ! was stalled. They sank only 29 points in the final period while Fayetteville came to life by buck eting 35. Joe Cotton the big, 8-4 Aggie ' forward from Garysburg, led the j scoring from both teams as he | dumped 26 points Attics was sec | end for the Aggies with 22 points j John Mclntyre was best for Fay etteville with 14 points. Straight Kentucky Bourbon 435 ® 4-5 Qi. i« >i i'i mu i'.Tsi^iiV *” KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY - 86 PROOF - ®ANCIENT AGE OIST. CO. FRANKFORT, KY, mz cmoimAN With ENDING SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1958 Stops Durelle Cagey Old Champ Makes Greatest Boxing Rebound | MONTREAL Canada < AMP) The fight world last week witness ed what was perhaps the greatest comeback in the annals of boxing when cagey old Archie Moore re bounded from the brink of disast er to knock out challenger Yvon Durclie and successfully defend nis lightweight title for the seventh, time, Down tour times - three in the first round and once in the fifth - j Moore, who admits to being 41, was froced to call upon all the ring generalship acquired in his more than 22 years of fist fighting. How be did it is still the topic of lively discussions and everyone agr os it took a rout champ 1o do it, Moore, who entered the ring ' in tlie Montreal Forum a solid favorite, was coasting through | the first round, feeling out his man, when he was clipped by a whistling ring that sprawled him on the canvas. ! rum all in ilieations, he was through fur the night and perhaps for his career, But he (rot no at the count of nine and survived the j ottier two knockdowns before • the bell sounded. Pitcher Ruben Gomez Is Injured Chasing Thief S ANTI I RICE. P H. I AM-v Pitcher Ruben Gomez, recently traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies, wag temporarily sidelined recently ,<>t ct he injured himself chasing a thief in his home here. According to j. report. Corner was sneaking through the dark ened house at night try tng to catch the elusive burglar when he tumbler! over a table, severely bruising, his knee and cutting his lip. j After that ho fought cautiously j until the fifth when he wa9 tagged l and docked again. However, after that Moore began to rally and gradually cut his mm down. Tn the .seventh, he caught Durelh Canadian arid British Empi: champion with a beauty that spill ed him for the first time, Archie continued to press tlv action, and really turned on the steam in the 10th when he again floored Durelle. However the bell earns to his rescue In the ilth. Archie simply went out and finished his man with a blistering 1 two-fisted at tack After dropping Dureile to his knees with a ripping right, he nailed him with ano ther rlght-lelt combination for the full count with only 49 sec ond-, of the round gone. In his dressing room afterwards Moore said he had no plans for re j tiroment. In fact, he said he plans to meet Durelle here again next summer, and would relish another , tit' * match with Floyd Patterson. Patterson in 1955 knocked Moore out in five rounds to become the. i m-w heavy weight champion. He had been scheduled to pitch ihe following day for the Santurice club of the Puerto Rican Winter League. He failed to keep the date. Gomez, a tempermental follow, went to Phillies, along with. Negro catcher- Valmv Thomas in exchange for pitcher Jack Sanford in one of the big deals of the winter season. Tiie ’Nickles for Know-How’ program has brought in almost one million dollars for agricultural re search since it was started in 1952. Clean soil added to pig pens 15
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