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THE CAROLINIAN
WIfEK fWttrsr, SATURDAT. JANUARY IT. 3RYf*
Robinson May Defend Title Againist Basilio In ‘Chi'
April Date !
Planned For
Big Bout
(>ItCA.OO • ANP> Tnmvjn j
Gibson Jl pi* .-trip’ll of Hie In I
terusliotift! Boxing Club, bar di?- j
r lo'.ftd H'rjt .‘in ,*v ft >* RobinSOH .
if willing to nr sot i ate for a mid* i
title «te tense again*’ I
fj vp**-n Pacilirt here in Atiril
Hibson fr.id he talked to Robin* !
•nn «ho live* in New* York, by >
teephon* end a.-krd birr, if an V ;
rr'i 1 errtatrh until Basilic '.vott’d be"
sgreeabl
He said Hobin.ton repth-d: - Th«t
•would be about th«* r ijjht time”
Yi>* urged Gibson to com* to New
York and discus* Ihe proposition.
Robinson regained the middle- j
weight idle foi an unprecedented
foij.-th lime when he decision**:!!
Basilio in a savage battle berp
Harry Southard,
Sports Figure,
Succumbs At 04
I /is A.NGE’ 4A2CPV—One '
*-,1 she coast« mo? 4 colorful char- !
•v:*ot& died, h-r* rh«u:sday »nd *?•'<x& !
buried after Christian Science and j
Masonic ri + *s
H* was H%fty Southard* 84
r« ;?r«* old, oun"' of Smith'
arcl Sanitary Barber Shop at j
4->rd and Centra! Wenne. In
years past tbr favorite meeting
p|;»rs* for snrh cflpbrittfg t**
l?*?i Robinson,
champion Br*uv 4or CLins, Mgbt
promoter f> ? urge Moor**,
br.rsesnao Hid XoHb.. famous
hawba.ll pfa* **r% bw? many
nth^r^-
An <* pr:-4 rnrnrt player, be h*d j
nreetder! Louis* Armstrong. Kid |
Ory, and mar / otbe?*® who had »
mode tem m old Or- j
teens : ' ,J - ,n bis youug plays l
a leadinr band leader With vuany I
eld friends and lodge rarinbsrs at- I
terdme be was interred fv !rn the j
■ bapf;l of the People's funeral!
borne survived by a widow here i
and » number of olh'-'i* relatives l
rlaewhefe.
Tn spite of the fart that bp was ■
suffering from illnesses attendant i
on old ate. four months ago he !
ii:-;*d to set. around the barber shop j
now* owned tv. Charles Bradley !
saving "I v. o.b T were dead"
When b,» di"d be was known to i
base hern in good financial cte- I
ninstances and possessed income j
f iiprtadjacent to bis home. j
Seidbaifl ins also an expert
chess and checker player, heal- j
ins ‘be best white contestant*
in downtown matches and in
national contest*-
\t Rip j(fp of IP. be ,farlrd
the -iudv of real estate and
p i j'c '1 fhp state board .1, the
eld-sl rcil estate salesman in
(hr o p.(
N• n l l «rd ” * lonr urne friend j
o r Rich Bilker. Roland M.v»-y. and
nt’ier widely ktiowm sports figures,
but f r-*«|’tC'iiUy *-an afoul of 'he law, j
even dm ,r.c the ’.'so's when police I
' cied to implicate him iri bookletsk- j
GOOFIN’ OFF
BY SKINK"
, . ■ 1 r!o no* u-'t all 01 Uie. Negro football and bat>-
If you think so. basketball Coach John.-*? Mc-
U’uo-uj ol iVn.i< •• ' c end football Coach Jake GaiKherol Florida
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GRKAT PI. WI-.HS AM) M P»-,R STABS
lustx-vfjioii, tito iw. s .i;t'f.bsJl wonder of Cincinnati, ut without
noui'. oi i.o greatest players rvor to pci loan on a basketball
c, ’ i,r; ■ ,; ' il *»«”• n«»t r.'ached the point to be cla.saed m a super
J*'" 11 ::t,n 1 il,,i cutty>cf.uon and m clo ■>. .spot*, a super star answers
:i “- ! :,iiu ' il,: victorious. because trial's tin- price charged
to a pert water ;'oi hi*> nating.
n - 1 i; * ■'">* wtih the weight of a super-star.
" J * ! >■" 1 ■on:■ ii- ■[„ superior on oc.casfoia. hr is not burdened
uj.ji iv nig the tvm tut dcpaitown l, day in and day out.
iii' imh>- lcom On- crowd, the 4* > «>• front the hecklers, lire da«
!, ;i *■< :• up it.v t hr >rpp«M»h«on can deere.iw tin efficiency of »
<•’ b i •; I* Ml iitcM'aM 100 determination o? a super star.
*'■' ’ ' win super ar» arc Mr and few between.
i our- ~iu: ‘•in order to be a champion, learn,- or individuals
aacl i.i be far .<•; uian the opposition on their worst nights.”
i.. .. i uiliiirt, the tnro.i Brown University All-American of 1»16,
»H.f;ii! nii,v r. i( i s to a game in which he and a number of eastern
looicail prmienuis went to tthe West Coast to play a team headed
*•» u->' Or--at .Jim Thorpe.
»‘'uuy worked religiously on a defense to stop the
*’ ‘ ' ■ iboi uub i xuUnUonwl to ever «e.n a cteated shoe. Thorpe,
®*‘ l! ; V u ' had been stopped at ih? line of ..crimmage by
■f- 1 " - - '• !■' -r Au-Aini :• lean end Paul Kobe,son but Thorpe insisted
oa i -.ml to ’ let To.: din. run,” Robe-eon m equally determined to hold
V 1 ■' ' t l "; : turned a deaf our u> his pk-wc n.oipc approached
1,( ' , , ii.:t.ini}. .*.ii=; =;u< .-joned him on hi.- reluctance in permit*
ini. hi.u j uonsii;: room mound hit cud. ami at the Mime tunc etnphft**
'•> ' ' >:i 'hid ilk iliou-and, of people m ibe stands had
ii.iiu hi |irk:! i >.■<• "iii; Jim run, and r-p< ru<ily around Robeson *
CllO .
i-T. Kobe.'un retorted with, "I am also All-American and the peo*
nh' cam here .ami paid <o if \ could keep my end clear of your
ci.i.':lr .. and i intend to do jiisi. t-hei '
Near the do.-e of the game, vnth the western team three points
behind, J iun-pf called lor an <nd run, with him currying the bull
around Robeson's flank, and tie mammoth crowd waited in awe as
•■he play went into execution.
I fnirpe frliiled lo flic inside of Robeson, (hen cut sharp* (.<*
i be ini, iiir. bid Paul went with 'em, hanfiug on to » letr, but a,
spinning leap, accump uiying a pinnt ioliinr stiff arm sent Paul
head first, into the dirt. Big .Jim was off oil a 65-yard run. Thorpe
aiter running tor the touchdown returned to Robeson, who was
clearing his eyes of the dust and dirt Shat resulted from the head
dive, and patted hiim u the back, and said, "Thanks Paul, I knew
i hat you would iet 'Big Jim' run,”
Big Jim Thorpe wat> o pro. He hv, .1 up to public expectations. He
fidn t dlsaypolnt thu fans, lie conquered the defense cd the opposition
uc was more than a great player—he «s u aupev star—a pro.
Wilt Chamberlain. Robertson and John Greene are great players j
but, until they can conquer the defense oi W.e opposition, over-ride i
43* boos of the- crowd, "deaf-ear" the jeers ol the heckler .mci perform !
ARCTtII. RKrFJVES A WARM - Smiling. 1m polls. Tj S h|er «i. M >. ■' *,». hi. Honrr ,ml bis
i wife arrive at Idlewtld Airport, New York City, recently on t s'tb lit fi<- bo < i!u. Ihe iiirtif i
itv avyw eight champ received I tie Ed Nil award presented b> bn- *; in; t\» niion at tiieir j
i annual dinner last Tliursdn-y, ?UPI I HOTO).
KNICKb HEAT NATS .Syracuse’s Boh Hopkln* Ye, !i • • ’ , , i-t ,r<; b
by New Vnik Knickerbockers' Richie Guerin iVo. 9, left! d<irio
tork City, recently. Other identified playern are Connie Dierkir*; .0 >■: > >i • • No. 1
I Nyraeii.se Nationals. Knicks won. MR to HIB. tUPI PHOTO i .
Sportswriters To Honor
Cleveland’s Jim Brown
PHILADELPHIA 'AML V
Brown the Cleveland B-. .-•■•.■
blcekbuKtins p. <* fool bah ,-upho
more, will be bonore'l by she v*h i l
edelphia Sport.'-cvnlfr" Aj*soc!;-.‘ "•■■■■
flt the s»sth annual banqu*., .in
Broadwood Hotel, .J-.nu.rv
above average on their wofvii me JR ihi v c.pnot h<- ri-msiflered ae
super slew-
Tlir , g l rriCrCVr-1 nse-r- -rr' t- ri-rr'i-i-'t -i- 'i mV- st j- ■ J-
fdsgsd
UNf-l’l’ Player*. m’MWnl hr >i >,.jl up !• tip of follow
| t|?«‘ leader as Rub IVllil lleft) of the si. i osjus ib.-.vl; - recovers a
! loose ball during a game with the Mtnneapoh Lakers -it Madison
; Brown will fit are the attest <;.ot
i":bl wit;. ;<n MY>r>ie--.ye croup Ol
l ■ b ‘ '‘to:. irt, Jmli.sf! .folio Gu-lk,
I F;i -}!.; ; ;|l, AilC'-U'ap fttal*' (.-(tach
Duffy Dsn. horiv .-.nrl A.; m,vßill
I C:-n tiu'stnr.
jCIAA Basketball tourney Opens At NCG
Fob. 26; Twelve Game Card Scheduled
DURHAM The 1959 CIA A teas- (
I keUia'l tournament at North Car* j
I oiri College on February 3(5, 27,
* imd 28 will pi'esent for the first
I lime ,i i:’. game card with two
■ games afternoon and nights for the
j Ihrec day period NC< s.vn,n will
J hr Ihe aerne of plf, V
Previmisly, Hie 111 i*t..' V' ,»rr
eeuted ill eight of ilir lop I
lea ills on opening Hai and fca
lured two nlahl eeme« In ih» 1
linals and iemlHu.il,.
Filibuster Battle Outcome May Still
Leave Women As Undisputed Talkers
; CHICAGO. Tl! The expected,
Senate battle to restrict the fll-
I ibuster may leave women the un
j disputed champs of the art of i
! talking the opposition to death, j
I The tittle woman has long been
notorious for her back-fence ora
tory But, she ha_s barf (strong cow
n* titlon from senators who have
recited from the Bible, read old |
newspaper* and, even disclosed j
'heir favorite recipes in an at, |
te-mnt to kill or amend legislation
they opposed.
Research experts with The
World Encyclopedia liftport
tlval many believe s en. Nirom
Thurmond hold* the record
for a one-man fiiibu>der. The
South Garolina Democrat
j Bams Upset A & T Aggies, 67-58
WINSTON-SALEM - The Win- j
Non-Salem Teachers College Rams j
j upset the CtAA championship A I
| and T Aegiec 67-58 recently to v/in
| their own Hobday Festival basket- I
j ball tournament before 3,000 fans I
Warner Selected As
! Livingstone Coach
SALISBURY*—Lovette A. tPOPi
Warner has been named Coach and
Physical Education Instructor «L
Livingstone College, Salisbury, se
conding lo an announcement by
President S, E Duncan
Warner 1? a native of Charlotte,
and attended the public schools
there. Ho was graduated from
Johnson P Smith University m
1938 and received a Master of Art? j
degree from Colunilna University !
in 1935,
| Livingstone Loses To
Smith, Downs Voorhees
DOWN VBOOKHKLS H T K
t'HARLOTTE - Johnson C. i
' Smith University handed the Liv- i
! ingstone Oollegc Blue Scars their i
second defeat of Ihe season here !
recently by posting st 81-60 non- i
'•onferettce victory. i
The local collegians raced to a >
i 37-37 halftime load behind the j
' shoot in-: of Crenshaw and Barnes ' t
land then out scored the Blue 8.-jn. | ;
: r,v 47-J. in the second hah'
cr"u. ha’.v had 2! (mints and j I
i Burnt 10 io lead the winners. I '
Ro-.v , Kirk had Id points on s .
field coals and 8 fmi throws for l
Li'-•leg,done. j 1
Li* i - lone returned to EIAC ,
cnic ■ • ..u oi Salisbuiy when the ; <
r ' VooHce:-. JT 66. for ! .
i I’-. f-iprib conference win
Square Garden recently. Behind Pettit are (left to right) Elgin
Baylor. Inkers; Jack McMahon. Hawks: and Ed Fleming. Lakers.
St. Louis won the cna»untcr. U:i to 95- (UFI PHOTO). '
I. O. Smith, basketball tour
i nument committee chairman
(rom Va. Union. Richmond,
announced the policy change
Sunday night after * meeting
of the committee at set
The proposal advanced t* '
'I I. <Marsel Hill of Morg.in Stalf
Uolk’ge, Baltimore, one of the j
founders of the tournament winch j
is now in Its 14th year.
H’ll deecrib* -- Un* new * XAA \
tourney as a "cute! bracket schc- !
%poke for M hours, 18 minutes,
; in 1957. Hr began the fllil.us
ter by reading the texts of the
I election itw*. of the 48 states.
i Ttmrmotid got a breather, bow i
ever, when mother senator asked j
for the floor to make on insertion I
in the CoirgressioruaJ Record.
Sortie juriste argue that Ben |
| Wayne Morse held the floor longer '
j than any other member of the.
I Senate. In 1983, the Oregon Tnde-!
pendent talked for 3'.? hours, 36!
minutes without interruptions, in!
m effort to prevent the passage of
the tidelandf* oil bill.
Republicans. hx», have bad their
share in trying to stifle legislation
by wearing down the opposition
with talk. In 1908. Wisconsin's Sen. j
j •>! hie Whitaker Gyinnasiutn on the
I Teachers csorpiij-
Johnson C Smith •nniUsed tv.
North Carolina flolleg* Fag!* .- 77
51 to £j-ih conaolation honors*
On opening night Wiiiston-Sak n* i
Hir previous coaching ex’pen
cnce includes that of: football, bav i
ketball and tennis reach at Booker :
T Washington High School, Co- j
liimbia. South Carolina, and foot i
ball and basketball coach of (!*,.* :
Armed Borers at Fort Lee. Vn |
ginia.
Warner, nirev ds F M Mitchell |
I as coach and lus appointment is i
J * fh-clive immediately
ata ; j
The Bears had a close fight on j
their hands for the first half. It !
was nip-nnd-tuek up to that point |
going into the half tied at 38-88, j
NotHe Davis, a senior from Spen- i
rr. sparked the team in a rally j
in the final quarter that locked up j
the victory.
Livingstone broke a seven year ;
record in the Trent Gymnasium by '
gathering in 161 rebounds
Davis was high scorer for the ’
Rears with 25 points, followed by I
MeMiHrr with 18, Kirk with lei
and Randridfc'c with M Morris j
W'bJttiiy had >7 points to lead th< ;
Vouchees at,pick
Livingstone has an over all rer. 1
ord of 4 wins and 3 losses, losing !
on’,', in Aden and Johnson C
h;u;iij University.
j dull* which will include ,*j si.*; . s ,'* s .
j sion touriuimcnt with n champion-
I ship bracket and a consolation
j brack* I The championship brae
! ktd will follow I ’ir single elimina
i tnon procedure while the consoa*
| {ion bracket will provide sn oppoi
! tundy for fmfhei pa'-licipahon hr*
j teams defeated m the !\r.t round
j of Ihe championship bracket
Tournament officials said the o
! petting day. Thur -dav t'.o- -u.
j would hr observed as Him School
! Ha.' with special student rates
Rt»b<*rt T.viFoll pi.tr Sr. held the
floor for 18 hours 28 minutes, tn.
a filibuster aeaiuM, tbn Aldrich
| Riwland currency bill, sJOioitsh
jbe d't not telk continuously.
Senator's have filibustered
tgain.f tensos* raing.ing from
the Atomic Energy AH to »
ml grate ry-hint pit; r.m Hr,.
pile these formidable male
‘l’leaf* tbs pecori! for *>n im
broken mrmpt'vifue si ru belong*
to a. woman.
Last summer, a housewife from
Tulsa, Ok?aha m? won a. conte-'i.
for the world's rbampion talker by
jabbering away sot 94 hours, 33
minnies. 5 seconds.
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ripped NCC 73-39, and A »nd T
edged Smith 6K-6i in overtime to ■
-o'! Uto stage fov the Saturday !
The S 'n«rtsinr|i stub of Win
stop-Sa'etD sponsored the tom
nament in cooperation with
Winston-Salem Teach*-t' Co!
lege Rathe announce*' * atr'
William*. tirp president of Hip
Sportsmen, presented trophies
to each train.
Cko Hill was the hero for tVir
skin-Salem, scoring 30 points
•’ufnst NCC and 27 against A and •
r. to take the tournament acorn,,
oonors Another Winston-Sr. lei.'
man. Emm it! Oil! with 21 point. j
each night, was second in scoring ;
On opening night the Rams led I
j all the way against NCC. ar- Coach j
i 1 Tiichmi; i I Gaines played only j
| *”i‘■ r * rr.cn
in the chamnionshin game
Win-ion - 'ti'm had |<> comp
from behind to v»ui as A ams
T took an o;>»f > 17-10 lead, lost
it. and then regained a 37.31
margin at the half The Angles
osed two men to guard Hill,
Hill found the ranee, however. |
u> the ;ernnd half, and the Ham? |
moved out front to my during th- 1
last seven minuter
Johnson C Smith was the s>ur- J
1 oris* team of Hie tournament. The i
S Bulls won a surpriiii; )y easy con- j
s’dation victory. 77 d over NCf i
in the consolation game
They scored A mid 7 in ffir
first game of the tmivuament
before going down 68-61 in
overtime. The A grips hold a 17
; point load late in ftv first
1 nuartrr. hut ivere hanging on
to hol(S a 38-33 halftime m:ii
gin. tn the second h'lf Smith
OUlhustdf.fi \ attd T If* gait* .1 i
flft-iiO tie at the end of ti gulu
! lion time.
The Ap!’]« exponent;*” and
j itfhf paid off /n the nvrrittp# j
! oeriod as A and T outrenirri E.
i laser. l 8-1.
j Tap player* in Hie tournament
i were Hill and Gil! of Winston-Sa-
J !('*n. Joe Cotton of A and T, Jo
seph Crenshaw of Smith, and Carl
ton Belt of NCC.
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h i run h U llpv f ang nf Tti*.
Ifoeoo Institute. Mab-ima, f-ang
“ho t s u •souhoniore physical
education major at Florida V
<M. I* a distance runner on tb«
crack SIAC championship track
arid field team of f AWT*. Lang
came in first in the cross couti
ll ' run In Montgomery recently.
Gramhling
Edges Five
/'or Victory
»AC. !">;OM. MISS. fANPt
' •* ambling's unbeaten, untied b««*
krtbaJl team made it. 11 us * row
•*. re fast week - but not before an
, overtime struggle with Jackson col*
*•’?<* !rom which Gram Ming barely
, squeaked by 80-70
It was the Tigers' second over
time in as many nights.
The home team led by 39-35-at
the intermission and Hie score was
knotted at 76-76 at the cud of the
* regulation time.
Howard “Jim Dandy” Willis, *
I 6ft tumor pivot, responded vigo
rously under heavy pressure to
pace the winners with 27 points.
Top individual scoring honors,
went to Jackson '■ Cleveland Buck
1 run', who piled in 32.
Patterson
May Fight
Britisher
NEW YORK - (A HP! World
■••avyweight champion Floyd Pat
ou. who is noted for going in
periods of Inactivity follow!nr
K bouts, may next defend hi;
' i!" against n Britisher, his con
Tuversial manager, Cus D’Amato
\ hinted.
The prize plum, however, seen
j to tie Tngemar Johar.ssen of 5m
: Johansson, is one of the bigg
1 e>i boxing upsets of 1958, knocked
i out Eddie Machen, then the No. 1
I contender.
l.i \maf.o refused to s*y whom he
iiad in mind as. Patterson ? next op
non cut But he said that either Bn
■ London and Henry Cuoper of
Britain, and Johanssen, would he
* ' 1 •*• thy opponent.
D'Amato said Johansson i* no' H
■ indispensable.
Allen Beats
Albany State
For 7th Win
ALBANY, (.a <ANP> Allen
! University whipped Albany State
: College 68-6 L here Tuesday nighi
1 (o collect its seventh victory s
j •imst two losses this season.
Arnold Smith led Allen against
Albany, scoring 19 points. Henry
Shiites added 13 arid Isaac Hoover
ten
Allen, eighth in total offense «■
tnong small colleges, has a high
aggregation coached by
I ifayettc Lacy., former Tennessee
1 State All-American.
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