Name Jim Brown NFL “Player Os Year” For 2nd Time
BEATING
THE GUN
fIV BILL BROWER
Lets have one backward glance
at sports in 1953, It was a year of
pathos and joy.
There was the tragic and shock
ing injury suffered by Roy Cam*
panella. This was softened some
what by Roy's courageous fight
for recovery.
There was the mysterious illness
suffered by Maurice Stokes, a
strange ailment which apparently
has ended his career for the Cin
cinnati Warriors in the National
Basketball association. It was
heartening, of course, when NBA
stars rallied to his cause and play
ed a basketball exhibition to raise
proceeds to help defray Stokes'
meci'cal expenses.
in college basketball, tan
players dominated more than
ever before. Four of them - El
gin Baylor, Seattle; Wilt
Chamberlain. Kansas; Oscar
Robertson. < incinnati, and Guy
Rodgers, Temple were virtu
ally unanimous chopices for
. Ad-American honors. Experts
could have added either John
ny Green. Michigan State; Bob
Boozer, Kansas State or Tom
. Hawkins. Notre Dame, to the
list and they wouldn’t have
been (ar from wrong.
Robertson. Baylor and Chamber
lain waged a stirring duel for Na
tional Collegiate Athletic Associa
tion scoring honors, with Robert
son winning in the end.
WILT SIGNS WITH TROTTERS
Chamberlain deserted the college
ranks to sign with the Harlem
Globe Trotters for an annual sala
ry- f-fctinjated at $85,000. He was fol
lowed by Baylor who got an esti
mated $20,009 to sign with the
Minneapolis Lakers. Each bad a
year of college competition left.
The year roiled . n with Sugar
Ray Robinson's masterful victory
of Carmen Basilo to regain the
middleweight boxing title Negro
champion* held their own, for the
most, part. In other divisions.
Jop Brown fought, off two chal
lenges in the lightweight division:
Virgil Akins won the welterweight
title In an elimination series and
(hen lost it. surprisingly, to Don
Jordan, an unknown from the West
Coast Hogan Barney. the Nigerian,
was still, dominant in the feather
weight. ranks.
MOORE'S DEFENSE MOST
STIRRING
Bui Hie most dramatis accom
plishment of ail was contributed
by Archie Moore, the venerable
light-heavy weight ' tlfliSt. Moore
came off the floor four times in
Montreal to knock out Yvon Du
relie in the eleventh.
Heavyweight champ Floyd
Tntterson came out of moth
balls for one defense of his
crown. Ms knocked out Roy
Marris in the 12th round of a
bout at l.os Angeles, after hav
ing been floored himself In the
second round.
ALTHEA WINS HONORS
Another athlete of distinction In
the year was Allhea' Gibson. The
Harlemite retained both the
Wimbledon and U. S. women's ten
nis titles and then announced her
retirement from competitive ten
nis for at least a year. She was ac
claimed the outstanding woman
athlete for She second consecutive
yea''.
In ba=ebail. the signal achieve
ment was that of Ernie Banks
who won the major league home
run championship with 47. He also
led; both leagues in runs batted in
and the slugging title. The Chica
go Cubs' shortstop was voted the
National League’s most valuable
player.
The New Yoik Yankees won the
world series, regaining the title
from the Milwaukee Braves. The
man who turned the tide for the
Yankees was Elston Howard, a
versatile athlete, marie an amazing
catch in the fifth game and the
Yankees went, on to overcome a
3-1 deficit
JOHNSON' SETS DECATHLON
RECORD
International fame earns to Ra
ter Johnson, who set a record for
the decathlon with 8,302 points in
Moscow. Hr was hailed by the
Russians and the world over for
his tremendous feat Johnson nar
rowly missed winning «by 1 vote)
|the Sullivan award one of the
highest tributes to an amateur
athlete
In pro football, there Is m*
question that the outstanding
Performer was Jim Brown, the
Cleveland Browns fullback
Brown led the league In scor
ing with 10R points, and his
18 touchdowns tied ti league
mark. But in individual rush
ing. hr simply outdid himself,
gaining 1.527 vards. far stir
passing the old ma*k of
set In I flit).
Van Huron's career mark also
excelled during the season, by Joe
Perry, Sap Francisco fullback.
The Baltimore Colts tLor.r/o
Moore, John Sample. Sherman
Plunkett. Gene Lipscomb Jim
Parker, Lonnie Lyles an-s Mill
Davis) won the yvorid rhnmpoin*
ship, defeating the. New York Gi
t-rds, 23-17, an unprecedented suri
den death overtime.
Tn college football, one of the
out,standing stars was Dirk Bass.
College of the Pacific bac-k, who
led in total oflense with 1,440 yards
In 218 plays: scoring, H 6 points;
and individual rushing, ’.361 yards
in 205 attempts for a 6.63 average
The annual cost of poultry' di
seases in North Carolina has been
conservatively estimated to be sl2
fillion./oT 'O per cent of the gross
isb receipts.
a
SNOWBIRD Joe llowell, captain of the A&T College Aggies,
lavs in an easy “snowbird" avoiding the guarding of George Johnson
of Johnson C. Smith University in the saute played at Greensboro
recently. Joe had stole the ball raced down Ihe flcT'ki* for the shot,
two of the 29 he scored during the evening. The Aggies won the game
high scoring thriller 92-89
ClAA’s 14th Cage Tcarnment To
Feature 12 Stines At NCC !n Feb.
DURHAM (CIAA News Ser
vice)—The Central Intercollegiate
I Athletic Association's 34th Annual
| basketball tournament in the North
i Carolina College gymnasium f,.b-
I ruary 128-28 will be a six session
affair scheduling four games daih.
I two each afternoon and two ea h
i night. This year's 12 game tourn-i- .
merit compares with eight of y, ■■
vious years. Under present ar
rangement* each team will play •
i every day of th<; tournament.
Basketball Tournament Commit
tee Chairman 1.. i>. Smith of Vir
ginia Union University, Richmond i
announced the addition of the four j
games to the traditional eight- i
game card after a January 1) corn- !
mitte* rn. i-ting.
T.ritriadge U. GVlame) 11:1! one
of the founders of the tournament, j
proposed the addition of the foui !
games. The committee enthusiasts- j
tally and unanimously accepted I
the proposal. Preliminary an- j
nouncement has been made al- j
ready to the nation's wire services.
In an eloquent statement to the j
committee. Hill described the in- 1
novation of a 12-game tournament •
as “not, only educationally and j
physically sound but also financi
ally sound.''
Aside from S2OO membership fee I
which each of the 1 colleges pays, !
the annua! cage event is the Cl- |
AA's most dependable source of |
income.
The 1659 dribble derby will !
present a “dual bracket sched
ule, which will include a six
Shooting W as Off, But Prairie View
Scored Close Win Over Ark. Lions
PRAIRIE VIEW, Tex —(ANP)
The .Prairie View Panthers staged
a second half coup to down the
Arkansas State lions 61-59 here
last week. The Lions led 27-21 at
the end of the first half.
Captain. Harold Grimes, of the
anthers, missed on every goal at
tempt during the first half and the
Panthers stayed in trie game or y
by the hustling efforts of d’B” Z'i
f OOTBALL OFFICIALS HONORED S, r. Carey, Winston-Salem and I*. {!. Williams, eenler,
Raleigh, were last week cited as the outstanding foootbal! officials during 1957-58. The awards were
presented at the annual meeting 11/ the Piedmont Board Officials held recently at AST College. The
session tournament with a
championship bracket and a
consolation bracket. The cham
pionship bracket will follow
the single elimination proced
ure while the consolation brac
ket wil! provide an opportun
ity for further participation by
teams defeated in the first
round of the championship
bracket.'’
Previously, teams and players on
losing teams during the opening
rounds of play were idle for the
remainder of the competition. Mo
rale deteriorated in tun many ca
ses. tournament officials believe,
By keeping terms in competition
for prize-' Knonghoisi the tourney*,
the new six s .v;ion affair provides,
according l<> mi,moment officials.
' tin* e clays of participation for
every team, improved morale of
players and qriSierouts. gives an op
portunity to keep vi. i’ors continu
ally entertained, ar.d provides an
opportunity for increased rev
enue.”
In addition to Smith and HHI
other tournament corn-, mil tee mem
bers are W. A. Bell, North Carolina
A&T Collette. Greensboro: Floyd
H. Brown, secretary. NCC; and
Joseph E. Thompson, St Paul's
Coliege. LawrenceviUft. Ve
Ex-officio member* arc Dr, T H
Henderson. CIA A President. Union
University; G. G Singleton, Sec
reta ry-Tv. •asiirer, Virginia Slat"
College, Petersburg Va.; and F
G. Burnet, basketball Commission
er, and Charles A. Ray. publicity
j re» Realty who re-bounded well j
j and scored 17 of the Panthers' 21 i
| points scored in the first half.
As Grimes and Beatty go, so go
the Panthers. These two sharp
shooters have led the scoring for
the Panthers ail season. Dunn*?
the second bail of the Arkansas
K.'.tne, Grii •*dropped in 21 points
‘or a gam*.* total of 22 point;. Beat
ty scored 5 points for a total of
Browns’ One-Man Forward
Wall, Ground Gainer Wins
E W YO H K (A NP i - - Jim m y
Browa. the Cleveland Browns one
man forward wall and football’s
lop ground gainer has been nam
ed the 1958 player of the year in
the National Football League.
A panel of experts appended ay
the Associated Press voted the
powerfully built fortnei Syracuse
university star their top choice
recently. Johnny Unities, stellar
quarterback of the Baltimore Colts,
clinched second place. Brown garn
ered 22 of the *1! votes last to
Urhtas’ 15,
In addition to winning the honor
for the second straight year, while
beating off the sophomore jinx.
Brown rewrote football history
and emerged as one of the greatest
fullbacks of all time.
Common iv recognized as
"the battering rain" of Browns
squad. Brovin crashed his way
to a new NFL record. The 22-
year-old star compiled a total
Texas Southern Athletic
Building Gutted By Fire
HOUSON, Texas-—(ANP) Fire
of an undetermined orgin razed
the Athletic dormitory at Texas
Southern University early Sunday
morning, 4:30 a. ni. The frame
building which formerly was an
Army barrack had been in use at
the University as a fieldhouse for
athletes since 7952 and was valued
at approximately $80,000.00.
The estimated loss in personal
effects will exceed $25,000 while
that sustained by the athletic de
partment is listed as $15,000, and
consisted of Mured equipment for
football, baseball, tennis and track.
Some $12,000 in dormitory furmsh-
direclor. Durham.
Every participating player and
team will receive an award or
| trophy o? some type. The prize tro
i ;iy, of course, will go to the cham
j pion,
j Coach Cal Irvin's A&T College’s
Aggies, who sported a 6-0 record
jas of January 13, are defending
j champions.
Only the conference’s top 8
teams will enter the play-offs.
To date, theoretically, the bat
tle for tourney berths is wide
open with virtually every team
having a po-.sible chance. After
mid February, however, the
chances will be narrower.
Coronation ceremonies and
the expected selection of the
Basketball Coaches ail-CIAA
team are expected to he high
lights of the hardwood extra
vaganza.
11. A. Hudson of North Caro
lina College, veteran sales di
rector, has been renamed to
this position for the 1959
games.
' As an added feature of its effici
ent operation, the Tournament
j Committee will engage again this
! year the Anerson Patrol Service
! These uniformed men will serve as
I licket takers and door guards,
i Their experience in handling
; crowds, which are exoeeted to
; reach overflow* proportions next
I month, is expected 1o contribute to
: “'hot officials confidently believe
I will be the most su cessful basket
! ball tournament in CIAA history
22. In the second period. Grimes
hit better than 80 percent of his
field goal attempts.
Coach Leroy Moores* Panthers
have won 11 and have lost 2 In
conference piny they have a 3-1
record. Both, losses have coma a!
the hands of Grambling College
by margins of seven points in the
first game and eight points (74-OGt
in tin- second game.
us 1,327 yards, to eclipse, by
more than 280 yards, tin- old
record ol 1,146 yards set by
Steve \.ui Vurtn oi the Phila
delphia F,agios in 1349.
That feat was alone amazing e
nough. but Brown went further.
: lie coupled his ground gaining ac
complishment with an 18-touch
; down spree that made him top men
1 in that department. Many experts
j feel that it will be a long time be-
I fore Brown's record is bettered,
j unless ho does it himself
The record shows Brown is irn
: proving steadily. In 1957, his rook*"
year when he was also voted NFL
; top player award, Brown chalked
jup 942 yards and scored nine
i touchdowns. This year he estab
| lished the new records for yardage
j and touchdown, despite the fact
i the opposition was constantly plot
| ting against him.
Next year? Who can tell Brown
i might soar to new heights. He has
I the potential
ings were also destroyed.
Athletes trapped in the
building leaped from second
story windows to escape the
flames which destroyed the
building in a matter of min
utes. Some of the boys had to
be dragged out of burning
beds.
Arson In vestVgatgor Bob
Bredehoeft said that it was a
miracle that no serious injury
was sustained in this mishap.
Appeals have bees* made to
churches and to people of the
community via radio and tele
vision for money and clothes
to refurbish the victims of this
fire
Ironically eao u c.h. tentative
plans for the erection of a new
fieldhouse had been approved by
the TSU board of directors in
their last 1958 meeting. Since that,
time the president, Dr. S M.
Nabrit and the board have been
attempting to raise the $120,000
needed to erect the type of build
ing that would be modern in every
respect and that would provide
sufficient space to accommodate
100 athletes.
Ihree Are
Competing
In Track
BOSTON, Mass. (ANP De
! eathion champion Rater Johnson
, high jumper Charley Dumas, and
| middle and distance runners Char
! ley Kenkins and Charles (Deacon)
j Tones are among a number of top
track stars competing in the 1958
indoor track season which started
here Saturday.
In addition to Dumas, Jenkins,
and Jones, Johnson, who set a new
| world record in the gruelling de
j cathlon event in Russia last year,
| will share the spotlight with such
j other renowns as Ron Delaney of
! Ireland. Glen Davis of Ohio State,
i and Istvan Rozsaveolgy! of Hunga
j ry.
Other stais are Arnie Sewell,
j and Dan Waern of Sweden
The season runs from Jan. 17
; through Mar. 28.
A&T Tortures
Fayetteville,
77 To 45
| FAYETTEVILLE - Fayetteville
'• State Teachers College's incx
j periencod cageis bit the dust for
• the sixth straight time this season
i recently as visiting North Carolina
AAT roped to a 77-43 CIAA vic
; tory.
A&T moved out front early and
was never headed a.- .Toe Cotton
and Joe Howell scored 24 and 21
points respectively.
Cotton, a 8-fi skysertaper. pu! a
versatile performance for the capa
city crowd at the k. E. Smith
gym, gathering in numerous rr
i bounds in addition to his 24
points.
The visitors used subs most of
the second Vmif in running their
unfoe.ted string to five victories
For lha Broncos. Robert
Powjtev was the loader with
12 tallies while .lames Pray
bov pitched In eight.
Domination 'of the hack
boards and sharp ball-handling
kept the *c#rr,e a one.sided af
fair in favor of A&T with the
visitors holding a comfortable
41-23 halftime lead.
Fayetteville State, which hat vet
to win its first game, will host
Johnson C Smith College of Char
k.uti- in its next outing Thursday
night.
The lineups:
North Carolina A&T <77> Cotton
24, Gray 2, Harrison 3. Howell 21
Miller 10, Mondial! 13, Philips 2
Turner. Robinson 2, Edwards
Holtzclaw
FSTC (45)—Arrington, McDon
ald 8. Mclntyre 3. Boyd, 5. Dobson
2. Romney 12. Morton. Evans 5.
Vines ?. More-head 2. Brayboy 8.
Jackson.
Halftime score: A&T 47 FSTC
- 20.
SONNY RAY, Chicago, stands over ’'- i t> : M;r . n, . Idaho, in (hr first round of the lijrht
heavyweight bout at Chicago fast u\ k H.iiaviJH U'M.'rrci for the nine-count in the round after
taking a hard right to the jaw. Ray won a mi,minim; round decision. (CPI TELEPHOTO).
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THE CAROLINIAN
WEFK FNRING SATURDAY. JANUARY 24. 1!I59
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