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nr c"'~i.’r: , »N «.Ttrtr.tr N r MTURDAY, AUGUST I, 1984 14 “•■•*•_ /• >] ;' j| *■ I J| 1 mLV is 1 ML^ E< ( * \ I t Wy/ J& W/ IHI' 4 jig ■&> V $ &J»fjßw\ i ' ■■■■ Er/ / /^H / my. nm . TIGERING IT /Vciv York; Dick Tiger, not exactly wearing the traditional garb of hii homeland, Nigeria, but certainly a devastatingly ominous tiger suit, doesn't seem to frighten Joee Gnnsales (right) one bit. The "Tiger" staged his comeback fight with Gonzales, ten years his jun ior, after having lost the Middleweight title to Joey Giardello last December. The ex-Middlewtight champ wasn't wearing his tiger suit when he met Gonzales July 31sf /n « 10-rotine/ feature at Ma dison Square Garden here. "Tiger" won on a TKO. (UPI PHOTO). AFF WE LETTING DOWN OVK OLYMPIC ATHLETES* BY CIIARLt.K J. LIVINGSTON CHICAGO <NPI> What th« hack t* the U. S. Olympic Com mittee doing—beside* providing the f»re for the boatride to Tokyo—to h»lp our Olympic athlete* financi ally? Tht* column — with It* forthright criticism — wa* inspired by the re cent admission of several of our top Olympians that they were hav ing a rough time making ends meet while trying to condition them selves properly for the Olympics Wi Tokyo in October. Simply stated they need financial help, and quickly. This pose* two Important ques tion*. What, sor 1 instance, is thr O lympic Committee doing to help tide these men over the rough, as they go all out to prepare them selves to win the honors for Unde Sam at Tokyo’ Is any money bring earmarked to help finance their training? These are questions that badly need answering, in vie w of the frustrating situation confront ing our amateur athlete s. Listen to John Thomas America's greatest high jumper, tell about his money predicament “I loat my job before the Olympic tryouts because 1 had taken much time off to compete in various meets." A shocking development in terms of the importance of this tre mendous athlete In other words, the OC apparent ly Is not ever trying to aid athletes like Thomas to obtain the type of employment that would enable athletea. who can afford to tram ArC' l-Gt'A Go /ziAt/e' nv non rrmssitr I OsUaw.Je ! JUST A DRIFTIN' ALONG The art of drifting for foh probably started the same day some ingenious Neanderthal man hit on the leiea of lashing A couple of logs together to form a vnirle raft. (Any fisher- j man worth his line would have Instantly recognised the poten tial of a floating platform as a flsh.gettlng device > Whatever its origin, drifting la an accepted way of catching fish that goes back a long time. And, claim the fishing fans at Mercury outboard*, it s just as good today as it was “way back when." Os a1 I fishing techniques, drifting ls thr eisirsi. It con sists *■ Simply of dropping a i temptthg morsel o'ei board, i lowering It to the botte<m and letting the wind du ate your I speed and direction. Though driftin' is obviously that lary man s way to liinkoti. it alro happens to he one of the most effective. The lure <o'er» a lot of terri tory at an exiremeij slow psi o and a', a depih other methods may skip. e Driftin* finds greater favor among bait artier* than users Os artificials to mi-e the former have developed greater patience while waitirc for a strike. But It should not he overlooked, even by th« most avid plug caster.’ particularly as a fish, finding tactir used in conjunc. tlon with tolling. According to the Mercury folk*, a lure can be trotted up wind past a likely looking terri tory. When a good atretch of ' water lies downwind, tht out board la thut off and the boat allowed to drift naturally, t Evep though the drift may cover the same strip *s ihe trolling pass jurt completed, the different type of presentation may prove just the ticket on (that parlcular day. Driftin'* been around a *hil». And If* here to stay, H belongs in every fisherman* “hagfof tricks’’^. Just use it more often. SPORTS DIGEST stantlv frrtfing shout money and Jobs Thomas, who has already quali- ' fled for the Olympic team, said the other day that he may not be able to go to the Olympics if he can't find a job which will allow hirn time off for training He Is dead earnest w-i'h himself, and wants to lx- at his best in Toyko. and you can't blame him Hot if John cancels out. America might be deprived of as least a silver medal in thr high Jump And his rase is typical of several others. Like Thomas, ace hurdler Hayes Jones, a potential gold medal win ner. Harold Connelly, who holds the record for thr hammer tnrow, mid Ralph Boston, the nation's top hioad jumper, also are having their financial lumps And Boston and Connelly are also potential gold medal w inners The point I am trying to put *- cross is that we ought to stop kid ding ourselves about the need to Niibstdi/r our amateur athletes Our track stars, in particular, need fin ancial help badly in getting the type of championship training that will enable them to compete at their best against the Russian Olympic Discoverer Os Elston Howard In St. Louis 5T LOUIS iANPi The man who discovered Elston Howard, the New York Yankee great All-Star catcher, was found here recently. He is Frank (Teannle) Ed wards, himsrll a former out standing baseball playrr at a member of the Homeatead Grays of Pittsburgh. That team produced such legendary tiara of Negro baseball aa Josh Gib son, Rurk Leonard and Ray mond Brown. Edwaxda aaya all three rnuld have eaatly mad* the big league*. In an interview here last week. Edwards told how he discovered Eilie: Grand and Market and I aaw this kid w ho was the biggest one on the field, and hr was hitting the ball so hmn and so far that it made me mud—l thought he was too big for the luds he was playing ball with. "I went down to the field and found out that he was the young est one of the bunch That was El ston Howard at the end of the 1945 season " The next year. Edward* who Is nicknamed Tranlr. had Eilie. playing the Infield and the out field for hie amateur team. Ed- Tandv League here to i# cham pionshipa in 12 season* until Ill ness forced him to retire re hopes to get back to coaching Little League teams aoott. In a sense, the break came for Howard when Edwards rebelled a gainst his playing softball. SolfbaH and tegular baseball just don't mix Fdwards says, so he sought to keep Elbe away from it. Edwards alter- | native’ "I called the business manager of the Kansas City Monarch* (of the | Negro American League' and told him. "I've got a boy who's a natur al; come dow-n and see him in our doublrheader st Ktntoch Sunday." Edwards said the manager came down and was impressed but then another hitch developed. Elbe's mother objected because she want- I ed him to become a doctor, not a baseball player Howard, however w anted to play ball, so hi* mother finally gave in and Eilie inked his , first contract From the Monarch* Howard J went to the Yankee's Kansas Ccity i Blues farm club On the Yankees farm team. How- j ard waa joined by Vic Power, the ' now- fancyfielding first baseman of the Lot Angela* Angel* Together . they freeted about whether they d make it wpii the Yanka. and Ed- I J !o:i" fl'i'l haM ♦Hnu *r* ing subsidized. Its all right to make laudatory I remarks a'bout the Integrity of our athletes and of our desire to divorce them from politics in amateur ath letics, but you Just esn't get around the fact that money is a tremendous factor In any sport today, amateur or professional, Ins.tead of running around beg ging handouts and mouthing pious plaitudes, the OC ought to go di icctly to Congress and frankly ask its help In subsidizing the training of our hard preaaed Olympic athletes | America has produced some tremendous athletes. And with our I great competitive spirit, we'll con tinue to produce many more. But we must realize that ability alone does not insure victory. If our ama teur athletes are handicapped In | di-veloping their natural abilities, because of the lack of finances, l then we are in for a whole lot of trouble in our Olympic endeavors. Let's be frank with ourselves and fullow the advice of the great track i coach Ed Temple, who suggests that we get busy now and start ! subsidizing our Olympic athletes before it is too late. ward* had to write and call fre quently to chest them up. However, Ellie finally bccam* the first Negro member of the Yan kees. and Vic wa* traded to the Kansas City A's. Vic went recent ly from the Minneapolis Twins to the Angels. Edwards, now #O. keep scrap books full of baseball stars and teams One clipping tell* how the Chicago American Giants, led by Rube Foster, a legendary manager, won a 1-0, 30-inning game from the New York Racharch In 1033. Hi ni Wili s i\ow Salarv $60,000 SAN FRANCISCO <NJ*H -There were rumor* last week that Writ Chamberlain, the National Basket ball Association* top scorer, has been given an increees over last year’s salary of 900.000. The Ban FrancMee Warriors, ha annaaneing that Chamber lain had signed his Mi-M tea tract. dM net Marlin I the terms. Damanaa ias aasssMl a— —a IWWfrwi mW IWI* taw ta basket hall etrelee hare waa that The Stilt seas given the salary baeat becsaei ha lad the Warrtare ta thetr first Western Ptststen title ta the NBA laW si—an. The world champions Beaton Cel tics defeated the Warrior* in the title playofte. College All-Start Choose Mel Renfro CHICAGO <NPD—Mai Renfro. Oregon State alar halfback, last Friday wa* added la the roster of the College All -Stars, who are in training for their Aug. T showdown with the Chicago Boars, champions of the National Football League, in Soldier Pfeld here. Also added to the College All- Star roster were Tbra Jenkins of i Ohio State, quarterback Donate Claridge of Nebraska and Boh I Smyth ot North Texas State. Name Mix-Up Sees Negro Serving Time For White SAN ANTONIO. Texas (NPI) —Art attorney here ia investigating the case of Levy Ivey. 44-year-oid Negro who spent four days in jail and paid $77.20 for a crime about which he .knew nothing and for which a white man nad been sen tenced last September. The warrant that served on Levy Ivey was for Leo Ivey, white, age given as 54 and address, a location in Brownwood, Texas. Neither city nor county paid any attention to Levy's contention they had the wrong man. The Brownwood Ivey had been given a three-day fail sentence and fined $80.20 for driving while Intoxicated on Feb. 7. 1963. He had been given ■nttl March 2. 1963, to pay the fine, and start his Jail sentence. When he failed to show up. a warrant was issued for his arrest. The San Antonio Ivey's woes started when the Olmos Park police department received a call July 6. from the Ivey residence concerning Tri-County Dairy Show Is Success The 12th Annual 4-H and NT A Junior Dairy Cattle Show held on Thursday at the State Thir Arena drew approximately 3004-H, NFA members and spectators from three county area of Wake. Johnston and Harnett. The show featured 40 of the finest purebred and good blood ed dairy ani'mals in its 12-year his tory. The shew Is sponsored annu ally by Uie Raleigh Merchants Bureau and supervised by ag rountles. The show got off to a start at 9:30 a. m. with a demon«tratlen entitled, "Onna Points of a Dairy Cow", given by Dr. W. 1.. Kennedy, head of the Department of Animal Industry at A A T College. Greensboro. Following the demonstration the parade of six different classes of animals began with Guy Parsons, Extension Dairy Specialist of State College, and Dr. Kennedy serving as official ring Judges. George Mc- Daniel. Agricultural Extension A gent of Wayne County, served as showmanship judge. Grand Champion animal was shown by Loretta Hill, Route 1. Clayton, and Reserve Champion by Dalise Merritt. Route 1. Clayton. George McClamb of Route 2. Ra leigh. won double honors, show manship and best fitted animal, with Curdell Jones. Route I. Cary, running a close second Trophies were awarded the three. Milking Contest: Fololwing the judging of animals a milking con teat was participated in by boys and girls from the three counties. Joaeph Burton. Route 1. Raleigh, won a trophy and was crowned the 1946 milking king by milking 7fi lbs. of milk in the two-minute time limit. Loretta Hill. Route 1. Clay ton, also won a trophy and was crowned the 1964 milking quern for milking 5 8 lbs of milk .in the same length race All trophies were presented by R C. Rigdon. president of the Ra leigh Merchants Bureau, and Grey son Quarles, former president and a board member The nnlkinc king and queen were crowned by Mrs N P. Wmibcrly. Home Ecommcis Extension Agent, and Mrs. M B N. P. Wtmberley. Home Economics lea Extension Agent, both of Wake County. G W Miller. Extension Chairman, and Harry Privette rep reaentative of Pine State Cream <ery, officiated over the milking c no teat The Danish system of judging was used in judging the 40 show animals. All animals fell in o-e of three group*, blue $lO. red $e ind white s<i Blue ribbon rgoup: Johnnie Wil liams. Route 1, Clayton: Grose McLamb. Route 2. Raleigh. Neal Rowland. Brenda Delaine. Loretta Hill. Dalise Merritt. Leroy Badger and Thomas Davis all of Route t. Clayton Red ribbon group: Annie Ruth Chalmera. Route 1. Broadway: I-a- - ry Williams. Route I. Clayton. Ken neth Wiggs. Route 2, Kenly. Rav *ord Cole. Route 1. Tour Oaks: Dor is McLean. Route I. Bunnlevel; Robert Davis. Route 1. Clayton; Wade Cole. Route 1. Four Oaks; i Billy Myatt. Route 3. Raleigh; Leonard Barnes. Mary Merritt, Alonxa Badger. Wllotha Davis. Don ald Williams. aU of Route 1. Clay, ton Also. Curtis Sapp. Route 1. V»- rina: Truman Campbell. Route 2. Lai ling ton; Calvin Stewart. Route 1 Cameron: Leroy Brandon, Route I. Bunnlevel; Joaeph Burton. Route 1. Raleigh; Wallace Dunn. Route 2. Raleigh; Curdell Jane* Route t. Cary. White ribbon group: Kenne'h Revel 1. Route 1 Selma; Lee Cur- Ha Emory. Route I. Clayton; John nie Gunn. Route 1. Bunnlevel; Tom. mi# Burton. Route l. Raleigh: Curl Harris. Route 1. Raleigh: Nor\ is Cannon. Holly Springs Road Ra leigh; Paul Harris. Marion Sto-e. Harvey Harri* an of Route 1 Ra leigh: Paul Harria. Marion Stone, Harvey Harris, all of Route 1. Ra leigh: David Sneed. Route 1. Fu quay Springs; Walter Spence. Rte. A Raleigh. Agricultural workers tram Wake. Johnston, and Harnett Counties su pervising the lJth Annual Show were: J H. Harris. Clayton; M B Albright. Selma: W. H Clayton and H. P. Palmar. Smithfield; L K Beaton. LUlington: W L. Granam. Wake Peraet: E. T. Revell. 7ebu km; O. L. Laws Method; leroy Burton. Fuquay Springs: B. T Wil liams. Johnsonrille; M. W .Askew and W. C Davenport Raleigh a disturbance and referred the call to San Antonio police. For reasons not quite clear, the San Antonio po lice department was told by Olmos Park officials to check for a "capias pro fine" warrant. They found a warrant for L. Ivey, and arrested Levy Ivey. Officers claimed they did some double-checking and were confi* dent they had the right man. des pite his protests. Ivey finally got a letter to an employer who paid the fine, and secured his release. FAMUPians Memorial To W. Galimore WASHINGTON (NPI. Florida A and M University, the school at which Willie Galimore starred be fore playing professional football with the world champion Chicago Bears, will establish a memorial in his honor, said Dr. George W. Gore, FAMU president while he was at tending a meeting here. Galimore and John Farring ton, former Prairie View (Tex as) college stars, were killed when the auto in which they were riding skidded out of con trol and overturned near Rens selaer, Ind. They were return ing to training camp follow ing a round of golf and were rushing to beat the Bears' 11:00 p. m. curfew. Puneral services for the pair were held in Rensselaer and in their hometowns. Final rites for Galimore were held in Tallahassee. Fla. and for Farrington, at Houston, Tr xas. ‘Ernie Banks Day' Planned For Aug. 15 CHICAGO lANPi—"We want to I make it such a big day in his life. 1 Ernie never v ill forget it.” That was how Chicago Cubs Vice President John Holland summarized the tram's all-out effort to honor its star first baseman. F.rnie Banks, at Wrigley Field. Saturday. Aug. 15. On that date, thousands of fans will throng to the park to partici pate in "Ernie Banks Day" and honor their favorite hero, and well they might, for Banks has been "Mr. Cubs” for the past 11 years. ! Even during a couple of lean years at the plate due to illness. Banks drew thousands Into the ball park. The Cubs are so determined to i give Ernie the day of life, that they will name a five-man civic | rommittee to assist, them with drawing up details for Banks' day. "Mr (P.K » Wriglcy 'Cubs own er! wants to make sure nothing will interfere with Ernies day." Holland said in explaining why the game was scheduled for a Sat urday instead of the customary Sunday date. "Had we scheduled it on a Sunday double header date we wouldn't be able to devote as much time to the program as we can on a single game day " The Cubs will host the Pitts burgh Pirates on that date. Banks has been a Cub since the day he joined the team in 1953 fresh from the Negro American League. The Cubs bought his contract from the Kansas City Monarch for a reported $30,009, which was one of the biggest bargains in the majors. Bansk proceeded to break every important Cub record and to win the National League Most Valu able Player award. He became the first NL player to win the MVP a ward two years ir. a row in 1958 and '59. He also hit 47 home runs in 'SB. his tops in the majors, after be coming the first shortstop in the NL to hit 40 or more home runs In 59 he set a fielding record by committing only 12 errors w hile handling 802 fielding chances He thus wiped out a 17-year-old rec ord set by Eddie Miller of the old Boston Braves In 1942 Benedict To Host SC’s Ist Coach Clinic COLUMBIA. 8. C— Approxi mately 100 high school and col lege coaches throughout the south are expected to attei.d South Car olina's first annual football-bas ketball clinic being co-sponsored by Benedict College and the t oca- Oola Bottling Company August $-7 Highlighting the three-day af fair will be an All-Star basketball game August 8 and an Al-Star football game August 7 featuring the cream of South Caro ms’s Ne gro high school athletes The foal ball cttnlr August « and 7 win be directed by Bill Murray. bead eaach at Duke University. Durham. N. C.. and Edd*e Robinson, bead fne-Sall eaacb at GrambHng College. Gram Mint. La. Fred Hobdy. aba a# Gram Ming will serve as flink-lan at tbe basketball seartan August ! 1 The All-Star games are design - ed to give outstanding seniors a final chance to show fyetr ath IB f* aZ ' JL rl » « reds i. ml tv. WILLIE MCCOVEY LEAPS ASIDE Willie McCovey, left, of the San Francisco Giants, leaps aside as he tries to avoid a tag whif being trapped between second and third bases during the second inning of the first game played last week in Chicago's Wrigley Field. Cubs' shortstop Jim Stewart (19), finally got McCovey in successful pickoft by Cubs' pitcher Bob Bull. (UPI PHO TO). i Top Links At Rights Seminar NEW YORK—An *ll-day brief ing seminar on the legal phase of the civil rights movement yas held here Wednead&y at NAACP Legal Defense Fund headquarters for 13 key national officers of the Links, Inc. The sessions, conducted by legal experts on the Fund's staff, were designed to give top leaders of the Links first hand knowledge of the Fund’s program. Links delegates, at the noted civic group's recent Nassau con vention. voted i $75,000.00 contri bution over a three-year period to underwrite the work of the Legal Defense Fund. The Fund, which aerves as the legal arm of the entire civil rights i movement, last year took 30 cases l to the Supreme Court; defended more than 11.000 demonstrators: and argued 168 separate groups of 1 legal actions In 15 states. These ran the gamut of schools medical services, public facilities, recreation, employment and hous ing. Founded by the NAACP in 1939. 1 the Fund now functions indepen dently of any civil rights organi zation. . ithough it still maintains 1 close association with the NAACP. Its attorneys defend Martin Lu ther King and his associates, members of CORE. SNICK, the NAACP and others seeking civil rights. Mrs. Vivian J. Beamon. Cin cinnati. Ohio, national presi dent of the Links, announced appointment of Eula Trigg of Washington. D. C. as coordi nator of the campaign. This project has been named the Links. Inc. Fund for Legal Defense and Education. The seminar was called by Jack Greenberg, director-counsel and i Constance Baker Motley, associ i ate counsel of the F*und. It was coordinated by Dr. John j W Davis, director, teacher infor mation and security, who will serve as liaison between the Links and the Legal Defense Fund. The seminar was greeted by Di rector-Counsel Greenberg. Dr De vi*. who served as chairman, in | traduced Gustav Heningburg. as ! sistant to the president, who lec j tured on public relations facets of S the movement. The appointment of Mr* Eula Trigg of Washington. D. C.. along with Mrs. Oneida Cockrell of Chi cago. HI. will serve as Coordina tors of The Lilnks, Fund for Legal Defense and Education was an nounced here Wednesday by Mr* Vivian J. Beamon of the Linka Inc The announcement came at a brief seminar in the New York offices of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education al Fund, the leral arm of the entire eirll rights movement, which Is slated to receive $75.- •00 under the new program in the next three years. Mrs Trigg brings to her new 1 post a long record of distinguished ; service in education and civic as ! fairs. She was educated in Wash ington. receiving her AB. from Howard University and subse quently achieved a Master of Arts at New York University. Further study was undertaken at Catho lic University letic ware* in one grand spectacu lar The games anil also enable college scouts and coaches an ad ditional opportunity to evaluate the athletic ability of the boy* The squads of 13 playere each have been selected from the upper and lower state schools for the All-Star basektball game Thurs day. August 8. at 8:00 pm., in tbe Benedict gymnasium. The football contest, slated 4urust 7 at 8:M *n. In Bewe diet'* Arti-del Bawl, win brine together two aqnads as tS plovers each from the upper and tower state. Coaches from the 1863 cham pion AAA. AA and A schools of the two sections will serve aa the respective coaches of the squad* DRIVE BAFELT! AT ALL TIMES GARDEN TIME BT M. E. GARDNER Departing again from the usual. I want to share with you some of the beauty and serenity of this quiet and lovely place; a resort in the extreme northwestern section of the mountains where we are spending 10 days of our vacation. We are sitting on the porch of a comfortable cottage after a bountiful and delicious evening meal, served family style by cour teous attentive high school girls. There Is a three-acre lake about 300 yards from the cot tage stocked with bream and bas* The bream are breaking and sending out endless rip ples as they feast on bug*. A bass just rolled in the head of the lake, perhaps chasing a minnow. I stepped inside the cottage and turned on the radio to gat the news. It was bad. Rioting in Har lem for the second night. I turned it off and returned to the porch. Two kingfishers were circling and diving for minnows. Four or five swallows were gliding grace fully over the surface of the lake and skimming low for a drink of water. I looked to the West toward the setting sun The mountains rolled away in staggered peaks to the horizon. I turned on the radio again hoping the news would be bet ter. It was still bad. “The crime rate in the V. S. has Increased five times faster BOTTUO IN BOND MELLOW CORN 0 KENTUCKY ■ STRAIGHT 111 WHISKEY S OSO ™ I MEDLEY DISTILLING COMPANY, OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY HEY! FELLAS! SHOP JO II \ SO>-I.AM B, For the Best in Football Equipment! Supporters Socks SPOT-BILT RIDDELL FOOTBALL SHOES JOHNSON-LAMBE CO. FOR THE BEST IN SPORTING GOODS! 322 8. SALISBURY ST. PHONE TS 3-8848 9 RALEIGH. N. C. than the population increase since 1958.” I turned it off and was reminded that ap proximately 8,000 babies are born every day in America. I looked again to the West. The sun was sinking below the horizon in a blaze of glory and painting fluffy clouds high above and far to the northeast- Angus cattle grazed peacefully in a lush mountain pasture across the valley and a bullfrog announc ed his plans for the evening from the rim of the lake shore. A chip munk scampered, tail high, along a rail fence. As the shadows lengthened, a whip-o-will broke into his familiar song in the mountain back of the cottage. Massies Guests At White House DURHAM North Carolina College President and Mrs. Samuel P. Massie were among the dinner guest of President and Mrs Lyn don B. Johnson Monday evening, July 27, at the White House. The occasion was in honor of a visit to the United States by Presi dent and Mrs. Tsiranana of the Malagasy Republic. Radar tests shows that women drivers drop speed a negligible .1 mph, says the Catholic Digest