Tests Hints Si Green Has Possible Blood Clot On Brain Harlem Globetrotters Continue Winning Games And New Friends CHICAGO While owner Abe Rnperstien is flying all over Eu iopc arranging details for their tour the fabulous Harlem Globetrotters ■■■ontinue winning games and friends in this country. H.mketbnU's merry madcaps. | ■•parked by Wilt (The Stilt) Cham berlain, the incredible 7-foot giant, j and Meadowlark Lemon, the clown pi inee of courtdom, the Trotters are convulsing sellout crowds night ; after night. Chamberlain, lh< Kansas Kan garoo who became the game's highest salaried player when he i was signed last summer for $65,000 . Hampton Sharhshooter Comes Within Five Points Os Setting flew Cage Scsre Resort! HAMPTON Vi. - Sharp shoot ing Hampton Institute forward Nathaniel Trader of Baltimore, Md., came within less than five points of setting new scoring records at Hampton Institute as he paced the high riding Hampton Pirates to two sensational victories recently in the opening CIA A conference games. Trader's own 30 points tally and an impressive -c bound in the Ho ward University game on Dec. 10, secured the Pirates’ 68-64 edge in their toughest battle oi the season. The versatile eager unleash ed a barrage of shots on St, Paul’s Tigers which netted him a 37 point total in the Pirates’ D 6-62 effort at the end of a one sided court battle, Dec. 9. In the Hues’ first home gsmi?, (Dee. 5) of the season the former Dunbar High «cc ieci the Pirates' gups in a deadly seeuratf- I 11NESTO PARRA oi Mexico seems to he winking and flashing a big smile io the fans at Holly wood Legion Stadium at Hollywood Calif., recentlj during a non-title bout with featherweight ehamp Hogan (Hid) Bassey, Parra came into the 10th round without his mouthpiece. Bussey won by a de cision, (UPI TELEPHOTO). Eagles Rebound With Victories Over Morgan And S. Carolina State <£ BL&£Stf & .ac.l DLTRHAM~.No/th Carolina Col lege's eager* won their second and tbi/d straight basketball games of the- infant basketball season in downing Morgan State College 78- 55, and South Carolina State. 89- 73. Roth games were on the Eagles’ homecourt, vindicating the loss of the season's opener before the home lans. Tn the victory nvet the Morgan Boars on December '3, th> Eagles’ Don Burke put the stopper on the Bears’ offensive gun, Charlie Brightful. hold’ng the high scoring foi ward to a meager 7 points. The defensive job was one of many for the Eagles’ captain who hails from Monongaholu, Pa. Offensively, the Eagles found the range far 31 percent field roil accuracy. connecting on 5* of tifi shots from the floor. ”h • offensive attack was led hr XCC’s new scoring weapon, •Tames “Duke” Martin. a fi’f” 1-t'l from Salisbury. Martin hmv: up 17 points, marking the ‘ ■rood time this season that he h''s led the Eagles in scoring. ’! he frosh sensation was ably as sisted by veterans Calvin "Sweet enin'" Alexander, senior »,tard f' .uin Houston, Texas, and Burke, both of whom chipped in for 13 points each. Th.e ‘Little Texan" as Alexander is often called, scored brilliantly on a driving layup and a looping One-hand jumn shot, netting him •of 11 attempts from ltv floor. C '-ton ”Dir''-Dor>' ’ ft .jj tie : v3ta« »• - Te.v.on •at ,rr !-•„ Ho u- ’ Von, Texas, put in 10 points, and ‘ continues to amaze fans with Mu ' amazing shooting accuracy and all- j around basketball skill. Even his own teammates, all seasoned professionals, are awed jby his unbelievable scoring ebili* > i iy and great speed "He's the greatest, absolute- 1 j !y the greatest of all time," sain ( apt, < larenee Wilson of the Trotters the other day al ter Wilt had contributed *.d points to the team's winning cause in a Boston game. “Whv, he can win games for us all bv himself. U'c don't have to make any points, ju-t let hint I burst on the unsuspecting Shaw t i I University Scars, Trader added • s i another 38 points to his impressive j ' record in boosting the Pirates’ to j i I a 99-68 victory before an excited j ! j and appreciative horn; audience I ; ' Coach Frank Enty’s Bu.cs have j 1 surprise all proseason expectations , 1 with nit early scoring output that j has surpassed anything they dis- ; I played in the last few seasons. E- | i • very game saw the romping Hamn j ton squad outplay, outmaneuver i ! and at it fie their opponents effort i I According to entry, points, followed by Tommie Biis- j coc, a B'2” senior from Baltimore, j | Md., who chipped in with 13 points. | On December 1” the Bulldogs i • from South Carolina State led by j | the nation's leading scorer, Teddy Wright , moved into the Eagles’ j nest to do battle, but went away i with their second defeat at the i hands of the Floyd Brown-coached j eager*. Scoring 50 points the first half j on Edward Martin’s eager*, the j Eagles went on to topple the Bull- I dogs 89-73. Brown unloaded his bench in the last 8 minutes of the ball game wiht his regulars retir inp with the score 69-48, a 21 point bulge. Stokes proved to be the marr on this night, netting 18 tallies, 13 of them fn the first stanza. Bell followed his rookie team mate with )(< point* anil to gether the "tali twosome” did a masterful job on both boards, grabbing a total of 35 rebounds between them. The Eagles failed to stop the pro life Ted Wright however. Even in j defeat the 6'i!" Charleston. S. C. 1 native hung up 23 points and pul 1 on n dazzling show that will lone ! ! >.Ut it.” The Stilt, ha,- averaged 35 points i a game, playing on a part-time ba rds. Wilson explaining why Cham j berlain is used only sparingly in i each period savs: i „. ... ! vv mi ouamwi'iaui going ai top speed all the way, we'd run up a hit) points a ,ame. We don't like j to make that many points. The ! spectators would go to sleep. In | fact, the players on the other teams ! might, iii.i" Nobody, however, can possibly mix cage -.kill with their inter nationally acclaimed comedy show. shadow set up by Trader and Wat son. But it is the Pirates’ 5'5” co-cap tain Earl Maxwell of Charleston. S. C, who has captured the biggest admiring audience Maxwell is without doubt the fastest man on the Pirates' roster whose control and game tactics have offered the biggest problem to the Pirates’ op ponent Maxwell mixes ball-steal ing with a deadly jump shot that has held him among the foremost contributors to the Pirates' success ful start. The Pirate- ended their busy first week: at. home Dec. 12. with a eight meet With Delaware State College. The Hampton squad is scheduled to take on A and T Col lege at Greensboro, Dec. 15. and Elizabeth City College at Elizabeth City. Dec. 16 before the contest a gainst the Morgan State Bears at Baltimore -on ’-Vednesdsy. Dec 19. be remembered by fans in the Dur ham. area. V,’light's frosh team mate, Dave Boyd of Shreveport, La followed in scoring with 22 markers. These two victories give thy Eagle* b 4-1 overall cage record and a 2-1 mark in CIAA play. , Brown took his eager* to Fayette j vibe on December 17 for a con | ference tilt. Then the Eagles break I for the Chrismas vacation before j i inkbarking for Winston-Salem I where they participate in the ! Twin-City Classic along with Win. 1 ston-Salem's Rams, A and T's Ag» I gics. arid J. C. Smith’s Golden I Bulls on January 2 and 3. Livingstone Wins Two Os Its Games DENMARK 3. C, A free throw by Frank McMillei with 30 seconds to ?;t> provided the winning margin as Livingstone's Blue Bears of Salisbury, defeated South Caro lina Area Trade, 80-59, here recent ly- Area Trade rallied from behind an eight-point deficit at halftime to catch Livingstone with a minute io go. Five straight baskets by J, W. Pressley enabled the Trade team to catch up. McMillcr v.uo foulor- un t,i~ tempted shot and war- awarded two free throws with less than a minute remaining. He made the first but missed the second and Livingstone managed to bang on, Maynard Sand ridge had 15 points and McMilk-r had 1! to lead Liv ing-done. Pressley had 19 for the InsiM-c dgĵf - & lsmWsM: v3s£s?' ' N> * * jj|i j|j K A . -Sfe*. HBL •v&a ''*'&. . A«S3v >■ • «i*> *<* JjjP* ■'— jj^ ON THE MOVE Cleveland fullback .Timmy Patton 120) and Harland Svare (84) (top photo) on the first play from scrimmage in the game at away from his pursuers as he nears the end zone, game, 13-16. The teams are now tied for the lead in 21st. (UPf PHOTO). Cal Irvin, Aggis Cage Coach, Takes A Wife I GREENSBORO -Cal Irvin, head I basketball coach of the champion j ship A&T College Aggies, took a. \ wife just before the opening of the current campaign He. marired tha former Miss Kathryn Worn bio of nearby Siler j City-, in quiet ceremonies on No- i GOOFIN’ OFF BY “SKINK” Ligon High's basketball team will improve with the season . , , I ditto tor Shaw University. The Roibofo Blues basketball team was no match for the Shaw University junior varsity last Thursday night The juniors made 20 points before the visitors could tally a single point. The final score; 69-21. “Bus" Banner, coach at Logan High School in Concord, w ill floor a top besketbail five thks season. The same group lost only 3 games i last, season. Hillside’s basketball squad i s geared to the kilt this season. Coach i Easterling has already chalked up three straight wins, Roxboro High last its first three basketball games, but Coach ; Dickens’ group is sure to give good account of themselves before the season Is over. Look far A&T to repeat R» CIAA basketball chumps . , . North J Carolina College won't be far behind, LIGIXGSTONE COLLEGE WAS ONCE A FOO TBALL PIONEER Back tn the early and middle twenties, Livingstone College, Bn.lis • bury, was a powerhouse in the pigskin sport. The Methodist school was the first to play Shaw Univ. on its new athletic field on Blount j Street and defeated the Baptist, 7-0. Henry Hucles was head coach | at Shaw arid had a great breakway back named "Runt” Williams that i teamed with ten other "iiame" players to give Shaw one ot the best I teams in the CIAA. But Livingstone had the Great "Bilr* Retd at quarterback— who usually played without a helmet; Ovie Lattimore and Oliver McCorkle, ends; Sam Duncan, fid Standifer, tackles; Jim Meeks and T. Jones, guards; A. Jones, center; "Bub” Littlejohn, fullback; Roy Huff, hajfimck; Masseo Brown and Charlie Walters, half backs; and Collins Lee, sub-quarter. Hen Church was coach, j Lattimore and Oliver McCorkle, ends; Sara Duncan, Ld Standifer. tackles: Jim Meeks and T. Jones, guards; A. Jones, center; “Bub” Littlejohn, fullback; Roy Huff, halfback; Masseo Brown and Charlie Walters, halfbacks; and Collin* Lee, sub-quarter. Ben Church was coach. The team tied the great Morehouse aggregation. 6-6, beat Clafltn College. 21-0, and lost to A&T College, with “Horse” Lane and Bus Coleman, 7-0, Johnson C, Smith University of Charlotte played Livingstone every Thanksgiving, but never won a game during the era of the j famous Bear squad of the early and middle twenties. Winston-Salem Rams Compile A 5-2 Pre-Holiday Record WINSTON-SALEM The Win j ston-Salem Teachers College Rams : ended their ore-holiday basketball ! with a 5-2 record. The Rams opened their season ] in Atlanta, Georgia as one of the nine contestants in the Georgia Invitational Tournament In the tournament opener the Rams‘de feated South Carolina State for the privilege of entering the 8 team bracket. That same evening Flori da A. & M. defeated the Rams forcing them into the -consolation bracket. Victories ofer Morris Brown and Morehouse earned them the consolation trophy. In conference play the Rams have won twice and lost oca Vir ginia State College defeated the hams while both Union and Mor gan State dropped close decisions on Ihe Winsto-Ralemn home court. Cleo Hill, sophomore, Newark. N. i .T, Rufus McClendon, senior, New j York City have provided the one two punch thus far. Sophomore j Emmitt Gill Bobby Rowe, and Ar | thvr Johnson round out the pres *nt i Ntarttnß five. fLewsi 132) bursts between GMni defenders .Inn and gallops down field on a 65-yard touchdown jaunt New York, Dec. 14th. In bottom photo. Brown pulls l’he Giants rallied in the final period to win tin the eastern division amt in a playoff game here, Dee, vember 29 before a few friecis at ! the home of the bride, ! Mrs. Irvin is a secretary at the j School at Agriculture on the coi j lege campus. | The Irvins are residing at their | new home at I6TB Pichard Street ) hero In Greensboro. The next appearance of the Rams will be an the Winston-Salem "Holiday Festival.” All games will be played in 'Whitaker Gymnasi um, Winston-Salem Teachers Col lege campus. January 2-3, 1959. Friday 1 * competition will match A. & T. against J. C. Smith at 7:30 p, m. with North Carolina College opposing Winston-Salem in the night cap. Saturday night will find winners clashing for tin title af ter the first, round losers meet f or third place. TM- OldTvmfot** “A neighbor is someone who know* more about your affair* (h a a you do.” . The “Nicklea for Know-How program has brought, in almost one j million dollars for agricultural - ‘ j search since It was started in 1952 Straight Kentucky Bourbon £•>:. % *sgau&-% W. # \fl ,? % Mm*#?*- ~w» *»* '* Sfc&*' “7 Vf3r -. ...^v ' ! $435 ■ 1-4 Qt 111 KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY * Bi> PROOF * •ANCIENT AGE DIST. CO.. FRANKFORT, Iff. THE CASOHMRHf WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. DECIUKBBft AT 19SZ Royals’ Guard Has Been Ailing Since A Collapse CINCINNATI - lANP)—Sihugo Green, Cincinnati Royals guard who has been ailing since he col lapsed during a practice session last Dec y, lasi week underwent tests to determine whether he has a blood clot on the brain. If the tests show there is a clot on his brain. Green will be ope rated on. doctors at Christ Hospi tal where he is confined, said Dr. Frank Mayfield, a negro surgeon who headed the team of doctors performing the tests, said the dot could have result ed front a is 100 on the head. On November 21, Green wax hospitalized after he was acci dentally struck !ii the face by the elbow of Tom Gobi of the Philadelphia Warriors during a f ilin' between the Kovals and the Royals ael the Warriors. However, an examination fail ed to show any resulting i;i .inn, and he was released from ■ tie hospital Ccgers To Entertain Alaska Gl’s CHICAGO — f ANPi The much traveioci Hariem Globetrotters, mailers of basketball bnffoonry, tyiU interrupt, their regular sche dule *•■ j'liinh'j i.i Am m: to per form before servicemen stationed a( Army, Navy, arid - Air Force ciays. it Vvis tUTttouttc&d. According to the announce ment out of Washington, the 'Trotters’ will leave the states following a game in Baltimore, Dec. 1!), and will he Clown in an Air f orce plane io Alaska for three games at the Air Force's Ladd, Eiclsun and El nendorf bases; the Navy’s Ki>- However, later, ho collapsed dm - mg an exhibition game at Lewis ton, Mo, At the time, doctors di atmosed hi* condition is a virur. infection. Green is the second Royals’ player to be hospitalized with ail ments associated with the brain ir less than a year. Nine months ago Maurice Stokes, Royals pivot man and a brilliant ali-around player, collap.M-d and was later found to I be suffering from a strange brain ailment which has since kept him in a state of semi coma. Green, * brilliant player at fiuqinsnc University during his collegiate days, joined the Royals recently fellowig ser vice in the Army, He was as singed Stokes* famous No. 13. bid discarded the "jinxed num ber’' after the Philadelphia i mishap Green’s mother md father came here from Brooklyn to be with ’ him. diak Island base, and the Ar mv’s Fort Richardson base. Going along as opponents will br the Hawaii 50th Slaters, and n Itioupe of entertainers who will perform during Intermission at the ! games Drew Pearson, syndicated col umnist will act as master of cert* - ; monies during the tour. The "Trotters” will be flown back to America to resume their sche dule and In time for a game at Chicago against the Illinois Whlv. Kids. Jan. 2. s— vVV. ■ ( V I ■ Yri ® M>>- “The man who takes things as they come may have a phii osophieal attitude—tor he may He Irvine for a base on halls,” 15