SUGAR RAY SPEAKS OUT Middleweight fliani’i Sugar Ray Robinson, right, confers at New
York Thursday with Truman Gibson, head of ihe In rr>:> Boxing Club, Itobiuson tossed
a bombshell into the conference by telling Gibson that he v,ants to 1. ht heavyw i ht champ
ion Archie Moore. Robinson had said before the talk. "I want to fight M .ore because lie's the hot
test attraction in boxing right now, and I won’t be happy tA■ 1 win the I ht hcavj •• .right crown, my
third.” He added, that he would sever relations with the IRC ii he didn’t obtain fiajticfaction in his
take from TV and films. fUPI PHOTO!,
CIAA Cage Race Expected To Tighten
In Last Month Os Play; AIT Favored
DURHAM (CTAA News Serv
ice) The CIAA’* cage race en- .
ter* its last month of play with !
the eight entries in the loop s tour- j
nament at. North Carolina College i
in Durham on February 26, 37, 28 |
still undecided, A great deal de
pends on the play of many of the
league's top teams in this last
month of competition.
At the midway point of the gru
elling cage campaign, on Hampton i
has won 10 in conference competi
tion. The Pirates are ranked third
in the loop’s standings with only
two losses and most of their tough
est opponents on the road behind
them. The Pirates have visited at
North Carolina College, A and T,
Morgan State, and Virginia Union.
All of these clubs have return
dates at Hampton where the Pi
rates can be real rough in their
own cage bandbox.
Both North Carolina ..College
battle ahead of them on ihe road
and A and T have a rugged uphill
against the league’s strongest op
ponents,
The undefeated Aggies have
eight encounters slated for the
month of February, six of them
on the road against teams that
will be gunniiii? to bait Cal
Irvin’s loaded.' Aggies. Irvin
must take his charges against
I Hampton on January 31, then
fire them uo for two tiffs with
heated , rival NCC, home and a
way (Feb. " and 11). followed
bv tilts on foreign courts with
Shaw, J. C, Smith, Vireinla
Union, Winston-Salem, and E
lizabeth City
It has been, said that if Irvin can
pilot his hoopsters throurh all this,
he deserves all the plaudits coming
his way.
North Carolina College faces a
schedule, just as rough, with six
of the Entries’ remaining tilts on
the road. Floyd Brown must clinch
a,t least three of these remaining
nine games in order to court his
eager* in the tournament for the
Mih consecutive time. NCC has
been In the loop's extra .season
affair every year. It is the only
school in the CIAA to hold this
honor.
Howard .Tone*’ Virginia Union
Panthers do not have as hard a
schedule remaining as the two Tar
heel powers have to fight through
Most of Jones’ Panthers’ tilts are
M the favorable bomecourt site
where Union is always rough.
Only two tough road games rr -
y main on the Union card, Elizabeth
City and Hampton. However, the
rest of Union’s slate includes two
games with straggling St. Paul’s
and home battles with NCC, A and
T, St. Augustine’s. Virginia State,
and Lincoln.
Bennie George has his Delaware
State quintet in contention with 6
and 1 tocord Their hopes for '<
tournament berth hin"o on a ru"g
ed rood slate in Uebrunry. The
Hornets must trek to St Allans
tine’s J. C Smith. Morgan State.
Ntarvland Stale, :nd Howard for
conference contests.
Clarence Caines' Winston-Salem
Bams, V’d by the high scoring Clen
I-Ull. have five home dates <>n their
slate Including A and T, and four
loop opponents on the road to take
care of if; thov hope 10 get in the
tournament G dans' charges need
at leapt, four victories of their last
half o? their ease slate lo get in
the loop’s*, three -day dribble derin
Jack Pvaybnvh jr. C. <*mUh
j outfit. I6»»jts like a sur»>- ton**.
tCtlin vMh <> us (heir
nPt 7 gtltncs on the home court.
Braybov’s club, one of the ma
jor surprises of the current sea
son. has a 6-3 record now. On
the basis of their remaining
schedule, the Golden Bulls
could slip into visitation con
tention If they can knock off
A and T al Charlotte, and
Winston-Salem on the Karas'
homecourt.
Covington Tonis Dawn Braves
Pact; Wants A Bigpr Amount ;
MILWAUKEE <ANP> - The
Milwaukee Braves are finriii,-, out- :
field Wes Covington as hard ; ... u
paigner with a pen as he is with j
a bat
The dub’s first attempt to sign
the tan slugger .for what was be
lieved to be a modest sum prove j
futile, as Wes protested loudly. I
“Heck, I don't want the whole ball j
club, but 1 expect a little raise.” 1
he said
Asked how far apart he was with I
the Braves front office, Covington j
parried the question, saying; “it j
depends on how you measure ]
space.”
In rejecting the contract. Cov- ;
ingron joined Hank Aaron and Bil- I
A S»ii,<lli’AW HOOK - Henry “Hunk” Marshall, freshman
auisallon with (he high flying A&T College Aggies, executes a beau
tiful left hand hook over the guard «f Virginia State College star.
I Clyde Barnes (5)8) In u game played recently in Greensboro. The
i Aggies won the encounter, 116-37.
Other teams given an outside
; chance of making the elite eight
i which will perform before some o’
i the nation's roost enthusiasts
j crowds are Blue-field State, EHfc
City, Virginia State, Morgan State
j and Howard University, if they ear
; stand up to the on-slaught of the
j stronger contenders who will be
i firing all guns to get in the tourney
ly Bruton, both of whom have j
balked at Braves terms. It is be- j
| lieved another move will be made j
I to sign the trio soon.
One of the k-aciir.fi batters in the :
National League, Covington last ■
! m ason batted .3:10, despite an in- j
| iured knee which plagued him dur- j
! ing the season. He aso starred in I
i the World Series against the New |
l York Yankees.
i Covington's knee is reported in |
! fine shape. Queried about it. he
| quipped:
“One knee feels is good as the
; other, but ! don't know ii that
j means 1 have two bad knees ot i
I two good ones.”
Wreck Won’t Alter Campy’s Plans
Determined
To Attend
Spring Camp |
DOUGLASTON, N V. »ANP'
—Roy Campanella, former Dodger
catcher, last week was involved in 1
bis second auto accident in less
than d year, but came out of it un
hurt and determined to go ahead
with plans to attend the Dodgers
spring training camp in Florida
next month.
Campanella. who suffered a
broken neck and was paraly
sed in an automobile accident
near his Glen Cove home last
Jan. :18, was in a car driven by
his chauffeur, Leroy Newsome,
when an air compressor trailer
broke loose from a truck
which was towing it and swip
ed their car. The Campanella
auto also hit a utility pole in
trying to dodge the compress
or.
Campanella said he was strapped i
to his scat and therefore didn't get j
the full impact of the colision. |
However, his mother-in-law. Mrs
Fanny McNelly and another pass- ;
enger, James Williamson, were
taken to hospitals for treatment.
“If it wasn't so? that belt I might •
have been a goner," Campy recall- j
ed. "Thank God J wasn’t able to I
I move. That was the only thing
j that saved me.’
Ironically, the accident oc
-1 rurred under circumstances ;
j similar ta the first, Last .tars.
IX Campanella was returning
home irom a television show in
New York City when he was
injured. Last week he was on
hts way home from a recording
session at a New Y’ork radio
station, where he conducts a
aports prog,;--- 1, when the srri
! dent occurred.
j However Campanella, who has
• been employed by the Los Ange'c
! Dodgers as a special coach, said
j the recent mishap will not inter-
I sere with his plans to attend spring
; training with the Dodgers "1 sill- j
intend to go down to Florida as ! ;
originally said 1 would.’ he de- ,
dared.
It was also hinted to Campy tha’
perhaps car travel might not be ■■
j : ‘;nfe for him. but he shrugged off
! th- bad luck, saying “I guess I"!
j keep ou riding in them.”
: THE WEEK
IN RECORDS
p,Y ALBERT ANDERSON FOR
ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS
SPOTLIGHTING SINGLES
| The spotlight this week is on
singles, particularly of the swinge:
mid Rock ‘n Roll variety.
1 In the Rock *n Roll class Gene
i Vincent is out with a solid sender
| titled "Say Mama' which features
j bouncey singing and guitar play ing
galore. The singing is done by Vin
-1 cent and his “Blue Caps.' A C-api
i tot label, “Say Mama”, in keeping
; with Rock tradition, builds steadi
ly to a climax. . . “Be Bop Boogie
j Bov” on the flip side is sung in the
! same style but at a slightly faster
I tempo.
On another Rocker, Capitol in
troduces a new singing star, Hil
lard Street, on a disc that may ear
ly Street among the headliners
1 The young singer has a promising
j voice which b< used to good od
i vantage singing a tune called “I?
j Will Never Happen Again” on the
i top aide, and “River Love’ on ihe
; ihp.
Frank Sinatra also has an
entry a morn* the Capitol of
ferings. It Is -‘Soute Came Run
ning.” from the motion picture
of the same name. “Frankie
Boy’’ Is mellow on thi» one, a*
he comes through with some
finr crooning backed by the
Nelson Kiddie oreh . . Mip
side is titled "No One Ever
Tells You,” and is a slow bal
lard of the sentimental varie
ty .. A good disc.
Two other records round out the
Capitol bill. They »ve “Let There
Be Love.” asi * timental offering,
by Janice Harper; and “My Moth
er,” a touching opus by Laurie
i London, who rocketed to fume
with “He's Got the Whole World
In His Hand.” London’s opus flips
to “Three O’Clwk,” a tunc- slanted
to the 'tern set'. . . . Both are good.
“Storv Untold” (flip “Make Me
Lose Mv Mind'd by* the "Nutmegs”
on the Ember label is another of the
popular recent releases. Both sides
are devoted to the love them,
with the 'Megs’ doing at* outstand
ing job. Available also in extended
play album, this record should
Sucre well, with juke box and R
and B fans.
Still barking in ihe success of
[ his recent hit. “The Knd . Lari
| Grant follows finicky with another
potential sender tor Dccca in
'Evening Rair.,’ a romantic bal
led featurin'’ Grant vocally on one
side, and instrument ally on the
other Grant's 'worm, intimate
I voire thrills on the initial side
j while his piano playing on the
I bottom side Is musically relaxing—
| Watch this disc.
Roulette hns pulled a fart
| one. The enterprising record
s I lng company name >u> with •>
| i stopper when it -elected two
| of the licet times from Count
I Basin's current U*. “Slug A
-3 long With Basie” for one
rs of its latest . . and nest
singles. “Jumpin' At the Wood
side” is on one side, anil “Tus
v'■ ty Dusty Blues”, featuring the
singing of blues 'tihputcr. Joe
-•i.■*. iiSti ~ .■■ ."if ■ > i Sr foJivfc, ?f<*%!''j't 'T i o': .■ JhSbWI
SHOWS now IT'S DONE John Thomas, 17. a Boston Uni
versity freshman, clears the bars at six feet, eleven and three-quar
ter inches, to set a new world indoor high-jump record during the
33rd Knights of Columbia Track Meet at Boston Gardens recently.
A & T Tops Winston-Salem,
84-60; Keeps Clean Record
GREENSBORO The A and T
College Aggies took a tighter grip j
on first place in CIAA basketball
standing with a decisive, 84-60 vic
tory last week over arch rival
Winston-Salem Teachers College. '
The game, played here ast Tues- ,
day night, draw the largest crowd '
to see a game this season. More j
in the Charles Moore Gymnasium
than 2.700 spectators yelled them- ;
selves hoarse as the Aggies aveng- ;
ed an earlier defeat by the Teach
ers in tournament play.
The victory gave the Aggies a
9-0 record in regular conference *
isms' Hill isves Snts Loop's Ssoring Lead;
Hampton Continues Top Offense Leadership
DURHAM (CIAA News Sec- . 1
vice) Winston-Salem's Cieo Hill, i t
a 6-1 scoring wizard, moved ahead i >
of last week's offensive star, j
Hampton's Nat Trader, as the Cl- j 1
AA’s No. 1 point maker this week. : <
Hampton's irales repeated as the 1 i
top offensive team in the confer- j ;
ence for the second straight week. >
according to basketball statistics I <
released by the CIAA News Ser
vice today.
Hill pumped in 102 points last
week, bringing his season's output
for 11 bits to a total of 268 points, '
giving him a 24 3 average. The |
Rams hotshot has tossed in 101
field goals and 60 free throws. j ,
Trader dropped siiehilv be
hind with u 23.5 average per
game on 259 points.
Frank Envy’s Hampton l‘ir
ateii had their game average j
chopped down on a tour of the
Tarheel state, but still remain
ed atop (tie loop with a 76.7
average per tiff. The Pirates
points in It encounters this
Pirates have thrown in 844
season.
A&T th" league’s only unbeaten !
club in conference play, remains j
the loop’s top defensive team
Coach Cal levin’s Aggies allowed
Undefeated A&T Aggies
On Top In CIAA Fight
DURHAM ■ - (CIAA News Ser
vice) Cal Irvin's Aggies of North i
Carolina A&T College topped the
CIAA. race for visitation honors
with an unblemished record of 8-0. ,
and a Dickerson rating of 25,00 at
the end of the first naif of the has- ,
ketba.ll season
The standings released by the :
conference News Service here,
cover girr.es through Saturday.
January 17.
North Carolina College’s
Eagles, dumping Maryland
State, Shaw, and Fayetteville j
last week for their 3rd straight
win, trailed the Aggies with an
H-2 mark for n rating of 22 00
to rank second in the stand
ings.
Clarence- “Dig House’’ Gaines’
Wlnston-Sfilem Hums, conquerors
of Virginia State and Maryland
; State last week. Jipld down third
pot in the loop race with « 5-3
record and a 21.86 rating, t
Williams. I* on the other sidc-
Jfuke box fans in particular
should dig this one.
RatthcMDg out the review are
throe offerings by Atlantic. Atoo,
and East-West. Records. Atlantic
is out v. ith a thing called “Petite
Fleur” written, by veteran Jazzman
Sidney Bechet, which has scored
heavily abroad; while Alco offe"s
a rocltabr.llad called “While I’m
Cone” by Bobby Darin: and East*
Wert contributes "I'll Love you A
gain." a swir-’ing rocker for the
play and labeled them as favorites
to repeat as CIAA vriitatinr.
champs. A and T baa an overall
average of 12-1, the two losses be
ing sustained m tournament play.
Taking command after four
and one half minutes of play,
the Aggies were never over
taken. They stretched the mar
gin to 9 points, leading 39-30
at halftime and broke the con
test wide open in the second
period. A and T scored 45
points in the final half against
30 for the Teachers.
their opponents only 405 points ir
8 tilts, for an average of 51. S pc-;
g.in'ie.
Clarence Jones of Delawan
State, third leading scorer in tbi
CIAA, led ail shooters trorn tin
floor, biting on 37 of 112 shots ft'
a .509 field goal percentage. A A-;
College’s Joe Howell ranked sec
onii with a .484 precentay.e. eon
nect.ing on 48 of 05 attempts.
Jog Cotton o: A&T. last year'
most valuable player in the loot
tournament, paces the CIAA fi ;
the tree throw line. The lanky Ag
gte forward has poled 4ts of Cl at
tempts from the free throw line so
a ,843 accuracy, Hill follow.- bin
with a .709 percentage, bucket in:
66 of 93 sift tosses.
Carlton “Ding-Dong” Hril of
North Carolina Colleg,*. and
Trent Baris of Maryland Stale
moved ahead of last week’s top
rcboundrrft, Charles Harrison,
A&T, an 4 Elizabeth City's
Flank Fields. Bell has grabbed
off 229 rebounds in it games,
while Harris has sn.iged 125
balls In 6 games, giving both
hoopsters an average of 215.8 re
bounds per gome.
Hill and Trader share sing]
>ame scoring honors, both bavin,
Hampton's Pirates, the most pro
lific team in the circuit, hold the
4th spot in the standings with a
10-2 slate and a Dickinson rating of
21.67.
Bennie George hrr: his Delav.-a-c
Slate Hornets in oih place with a
5-1 record in CIAA ploy, followed
by Virginia Union with a 6-4 mark,
and Bucficld State with a 2-1 log.
Bobby Vaughn’S Pirates from
Elizabeth City occupy the Bth
spot with a 7-4 record and a
rating of 19.09. trailed by the
surprising J, C. Smith hoop
ste.rs with a 6-3 card, and Vir
ginia State'* capers who have
dropped to a 6-6 conference
slate and n Dickinson of 18,75
to planfc to the ccller of the
conference’s first division.
7M O&L TSm&t'-
~7-T*
“Woraeit’s eye* are peculiar
—they can spot a blonde hair'
on a husband’ll coat at ten
paces but can’t find a garage
door opening."
THE CASOUNIXM ' «»tf
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JANTTAWY It. I*l#
The youth cleared ih<; mark on the last of his three jumps a/tei
all other competitors had dropped at the six-foot, nine and three
quarter inch let el. UPI TELEPHOTO).
s The game featured a ncbyihg
, ! duel between Cieo Hill for Wins
ton. who dumped 30 points, half
! the total for iris team, and Joe
Howell, star .Aggie guard who
i bucketed 29 points for the even*
' ing .
j The brilliant floor play for Al
: Ati.les, the sophomore sen rat'on
, for the- Aggie*', had the jam pacls-
I ed gym baaing all night
Other plovers who scored in
! Guy. 12 d Charlie Harrison. 1!,
j double figt'H.-s iiicludod; Herb
! don. Ift for the Winston club,
i for the A Hies and Rufus Me Lett-
tossed in 38 markers, tops in in
dividual scoring in toe loop this
season. Hill score dhis game-high
total on 15 field goals and 8 free i
throws, while Trader racked up !
his on 17 shots from the floor and j
4 charity shots.
Delaware State moved into the j
lead as ihe CIAA field goad per- j
rentage leader, hitting on 208 of i
468 shots taken from the floor, for j
, an accuracy o£ .434.
Coach Bennie George’s. Hornets j
from Dover also top the league in i
f>-> <• throw percentage Tne Hornet
eagers have connected on 118 of
166 gift shots from the floor for j
.711 percents .->> to nose out second \
pl.-w A&T. 9 ley trail with a .103 j
accuracy from, the- free throw line, ;
Cal Irvin's cagc-rs have found Uic j
range on. H 8 of 165 attempts.
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George W. Lee, grand commission
er. of education stated.
The Elks set SIOO,OOO ar their
goal when they began the fund
raising drive A banquet at P.hi..-
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