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Clayton Captures State 2-A Championship Title
SPORTSCOOP
Is The Sport of
Boxing Too Brutal?
By JOHN B. HENDERSON
Two unM^sMry dcatns have
occurrwl in the I*s1 year in the
profpssinnal h">xing circles. And
who knc*«^. the slmv denths
may continue if something is
not done to curtail them.
Most of us remember the mie-
S"me anfl fatal Emile Griffith-
B^nny Paret match. Most of the
npws media around the nation
played up the fight showins how.
hv tele\4sion . . . magazines and
other illustrations. Paret lost
his life. Ohio horn. Davey Moore
lo.st his life last week in Los
Anegeles.
It is my opinion that tne pur
pose of this t.vpe of publicity, *-as
not only informative, as to what
boxing is turning into, or should
I say. what b«xinf; .should not
turn into, but it helped the pub-
Mc tak? ■ more serious look Khan
e\'er before at this sport called
boxing.
Is boxing too brutal? Asy your
splf this question the next time
you view a boxing match. In
deed, the particular sport is fjst
becoming more and more contro
versial . . . more .scrutinizing . . .
and more ostracized than ever
before.
While on the other hand, the
sport is surprisingly enjoying a
Srcat era which has colorful
fighters . . . which is still pull-
in? fans through the gates to
view the.«e fi.stic agendas ... an
era, which is definitely makin?
the money , . . and most of all.
despite the deaths in boxing,
fans still love to see people box.
What is your opinion? Do you
think stricter laws should be
pas.sed to protect the individuals
involved in the rings?
Congrossionnl moves have been
made by senators and congress
men to outlaw the so-called “bar
baric" sport. In thp state of the
last boxing death. California,
Governor Pat Brnf*'n is taking
serious steos to ban boxing in the
state of California.
Just where does this leave box
ing? Hanging on a limb? Not
really. As forestated, right now
boxing is definitely in an up
swing. Presently there is in pro
fessional boxing a “lip' who can
quote poetry like a Rhodes Schol
ar ., . This “Up can” also pre
dict his rounds of triumph over
his opponent with some degree
of accuracy. There is a “Fi.st”
who is presently the world's
heavyweight champion who has
vowed to button the “Lip" once
and for all.
Yes, there is repercussion com
ing from both sides of boxing,
but which side ’*'ill win in the
end.
NBC TV Show OR Friiiay to Oive:
Preview of Baseball Season I
NEW YORK—Baseball fever Is I
running high these days. The ma .
}or league season ooens officially {
in Washington April 8. The next
day. all 26 big league teams wijl!
be in action. Eor the few*
can't wait, NBC-TV has a special!
pre-season treat. It’s “Baseball
'63", a round up of baseball stars, I
rookies, opinions, history and {
background which will be seen on
Friday, April 5 at 9:36-10-00 P.M.
New York Tjme.
Emceeing the'show will be Joe
Garagiola, a National League
of the best known broadcasters
of the nations favorite sport. With
him will be all-time baseball
great, Joe DiMiaggio. The two guys
named Joe will talk about some
of the almost certain headliners
we’ll be seeing this year. Early |
Wynn's 300th major league vic
tory. Base stealing exploits by
Maury Wills. Record breaking by
the magnificent veterans Stan Mu-
sial and Warren Spahn.
Musial, Willie .Ma;^, Casey Sten
gel and Birdie Tebbetts will have
their say too on this NBC- sports
son's most promising rookies will
be seen on portions of the show
filned in the training camps of
Florida and Arizona.
There'll be some memorable ar
chive films, too, commemorating
some of the more historic mo
ments from professional baseball's
recent years. Floyd Sevens' near-
no-hitter for the Yankees in 1947,
Bofcby Thompson's 1951 home run
in the National League playoffs,
Willie Mays' amazing catch off the
bat of Vic Wertz in 1954, Don Lar
sens perfect world series game in
1956, Bill Mazero.ski's world series
•vinning homer in 1960 and Bobby
Richardson snaring Willie Mc-
Cpvfsy'jf line drive to end last sea-
world series—this is the kind
oV"'eifdtehient which will be gene*
rated during the ‘great moments
of the past' portion of the pro
gram.
England Elected
Head of NCHSA-
IjMiington,
N. C., high school football coach
was last week elected president of
the North Carolina High School
Athletic Conference.
Charles England, who has coach
ed Lexington's Dunbar High
School football team to sevl»ral
state championships, was elected
to heed the state high school ath
letic group at its annual meeting
held here at A. and T. College on
Saturday^. March 16.
Other officers elected at the
meet included: J. V. Morris, Ox-
pcefsident;-, John Car
Morganton, secretary; W. M
Reinhardt, Goldsboro, financial
'ecretary; B. T. Washington, Wil
mington, treasurer; Joseph Wynn,
Trenton, parliamentarian, and Dr
W. T. Armstrong, Rocky Mount,
commissioner.
The conference voted to dra';v
up schedules for athletic contests
on a statewide basis, adopted spe
cial baseball rules which will per
mit substituted baseball players
to return once to the lineup and
authorized stiff fines for non-con
formance to conference rules.
Cooper Wins
First Title In
School's History
CLA’YTON — The Cooper
“Beagles” of Clayton, advanced
to the State finals in the 2-A
Tourney. In the first round of(
the tourney Cooper defeated
Peterson of Red Springs by «
score of 75-47 with Willie Wat
son grabbing 29 rebounds and
scoring 19 points. Robert Sand
ers aided the winning cause by
contributing 26 points. Willie
Sinclair hit 17 points to aid
further to the cause.
In the second round of the
tourney. Cooper could never
come from behind. Going into
the fourth quarter Cooper was
behind by 11 points. With hustle,
determination, rebounding; and
■ihooting skill, Cooper outscored
HIckoYy ^l-f7 In -the fourth
quarter and won the game by
ai score of 76-61.
In the semi-final game at half-
time Cooper was behind on the
scoreboard by the score of 36-
35. After a few words: in the
dressing loom. Cooper came
back on the floor and played a
magnificent third quarter which
«ave them the game by a score
of 64-52. Hitting in the double
figures for Cooper were Robert
Sanders with 27 and Willie Wat
son with 23 and 18 rebounds.
In the final game of the tour
ney Cooper was by many mis
takes. It was a cliff hanger of
a ball game. With seven seconds
left Robert Sanders made a twoi
point play which gave Cooper,
a 69-68 vic.'ory and the state;
Championship, its first in the
histor.y of the school. Cooper
ended the season with a 30-2
record.
CHAMPIONSHIP BOUr «t Sir
John Knight Beat—Famed Ath-
let* Althea Gibson ttrves as "re-
f*rte'’'«f Sonny Liston (left) ,
world heavyweight champion,
"squares off’’ against that brash
youngster, Cassius Cl*9. The
"bout" took place when fhe two
met recenfiy ehiring a visit to
Clyde Kittens' famed Sir John
Hotel Knight Beat Club In Wi-
Mays, Mantle, Pre-season Picks
TOPS BASKETBALL TOURNEY
Nashville's Pearl High School's
"Tigers,” wearing the banner
of Tennessee hi champs, defeat
ed Hill High School, Jackson,
Miss., to win the 19th annual Na
tional High School Basketball
Tournament, played at "Kean's
Little Garden,'' Tennessee State
Univaysi^f,-' MaaHville, lost wooll^
end. High school chantpions
from Alabama—Tuskegee, Ark
ansas—4.inoln of Cemden, Flo
rida — Dillard of Fort Lauder
dale, Georgia—Beach b' Savan
nah, Mississippi, Hill of Jackson
South Carolina—Bond-Wilson of
North Ch»Tleston, Tennessee—
Pearl of Nashville, and Virginia
Crestwood of Chesapeake.
Above, top photo, the Pearl
champs are s«en with their
coaches Cornelious Ridley and
Melvin Black, standing 3rd and
4th froni' I. in first row. At far
right is J. H. Cooper, Central
State College, WiFberforce. Ohio,
who is NHSAA commissioner,
tn center photo, from I., are
Cooper, H. R. Hiller of Nash
ville, Dr. W. S. Davis, president,
Tennessee State University,
^HSAA pr^iidwit. C. IV SmUsyr
Booker T. Washington High
School, Montgomery, Alabama,
J. E. Johnson, and NH:AA exe
cutive secretary, C. T. Kincaide,
Athletic manager at Tennessee
State. In lower photo, Smiley,
I., and Dr. Davis, r„ with Coop
er, Wilt Alexander, 3rd from
r., association veep, Orlando,
Fla., and Mr. Hiller, flank 'the
tournament’s all-star team. The
youi;g*t«rs are Larry DaMel,
Mississippi, David Hodge and
Grid Clinic
TATTAHASSKR. Fla. — Coach
Tnkp Gaither of Florida A. and M.
TJniversitv has announced the
’ootbalI faculty for the annual
Florida A. and M. University
Coaching Clinic to be held here
lime 17-21. Coach Gaither is the
•firector of the clinic.
The 18th annual clinic will
'lave two sections—basketball and
football. The basketball clinicians
will be named later.
^ CljnjdgTis for thfl football
tion of .(he clinic as announced
by Coach Gaither are:
Head coaches Frank Broyles of
Arkansas. Tom Nugent of Mary
land, Ara Parseghian of North
western, and Wright Basemore of
Valdosta (Ga.) High School, assist-
Younq, Chicago Defender aperta^.ant coaches Charlie Tate and Jack
Henry Watkins, Tennessee. Kkh-
ard Vearden and Plummer Lolt,
Mississippi, kneeling. Stanjling,
the all-teamers are Eaekiel
Moore, Alabama, James ftrown,
Arkansas, Roosevelt Barn^'Flo
rida,. and Frank -Brown, Arkan-
rasj/The NHSAA will observe
its 20th anniversary ft, ne«t
State. The association 'W a a
launched almost twenty years
ago through the efforts ef Ten
nessee State's president, Dr.
Davis, with the assistance ^ot, the
late Henry Arthur Kean «f .Ten
nessee Stale, the late Fay
editor. Commissioner CoQper and
B .T. Harvey, commissioMr,
■Southern Intercollegiate Atliletic
Association, Miles College, Bir
mingham, Ala.
Jackson Linksmen
Defeat Southern
JACKSON, Miss. — Led by
a sparkling 68 and 71 by Troy
Roundtree, the Jackson State
CoHege linksmen downed South
ern University by 21 strokes in
their 30-hole match played at
Jackson’s Oak Grove Golf
Course.
Tiger Captain Kersey Tanner
covered the first 18 holes In a
good 74 but tailed off in the
final 18 holes in 79. Sam Jones i
and Bob Creswell completed
Jackson’s four participants.
JACQUIN'S
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MOST VALDABLE PLAYER AWARD... at Mid-West Athletic
Association -basketball tourney goes to sophomore forward
David Barnes of the host Kentucky State College team in
Frankfort, I(y. Shown her^ with the first annual Pepsi-Cola
most valuable trophy award is Barnes’ coach (left), Jim
Brown and Warren-Dowdell representing Central Division,
Pepsi-Cola Company.
Griffin of Georgia Tech. Pai
.lames of Alabama, and Pepper
Rodgers and Gene Ellenson of
Florida.
NEW YOItK — Mickey Man-,
tie, for the second consecutive
year, has been named the favor- ^
ite to Win the American League'
leading-hitter title and the Most,
Valuable Player award in!
Sport magazine’s eleventh an
nual pre-season poll of the play-|
ers. Harmon Killebrew replaces!
Mantle as this year’s choice for,
home-run leader. |
The 17 2 players, managers
and cttaches who forecast the:
i963 season exclusively fori
Sport also picked the Yankees |
end Dodgers as pennant winners.!
Results of the poll, appearing
in the ' magazine’s May issue.'
published today, reveal that'
Mantle drew 79 votes for MVP j
to Al Kaline’s 45. In balloting |
for the batting championship,!
Mantle edged Kaline 63-61. Min-1
in turn won
the homer title from Mantle,
60-55. 1
In ■^he final category, pitch-!
ing leader, the Yankee’s Ralph]
Terry received 48 votes to 35
for the Twins’ Camilo Pascual
and 20 for New York's Whitey.
Ford. I
Far ahead in National League,
balloting is San Francisco’s'
Willie Mays. He gathered 69
I votes for MVP, and only Frank
Robinson and Tommy Davis,
with 25 each, got more than six.
For home-rtm champion,' Mays
outdistanced his closest rival,
Orlando Cepeda, 05 to 32.
Milwaukee’s Hank Aaron re
ceived 47 voles to take leading-
hitter honors. Frank Robinson
followed with 35: Mays with 28;
and Tommy Davis with ?3.
The Dodgers’ Don Drysdale
received a plurality of 77 votes
as out.sianding pitcher. His team
mate, Sandy Koufax, is runner-
up with 45 votes.
In the pennant prediction*,
the Yankees were picked firrt
with 142 ballots. Los Angeles
was chosen No. 1 by 118 play
ers.
FAMU Snrinter
Selected For U. S.
P8fihAm“Teain
TALLAHASSEE — Bob Hayes,
Florida A. and M. University’s
sprint “Dhenom,” has been named
to the United States track and
field team which will compete in
Ihe 1W3 Pan-American Games al
Sao Paulo. Brazil. April 20-May S.
Q?oroe E^stmcnt of Maohattan
CollefTe, chairman of the U. S.
Olympic Track and Field Commit
tee, made the announcemetit.
inso
^ Pint
Pitching Wins Two For Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. — On the
strength of two sharp-pitching
performances, the Jackson State
College Tigers swept a 1-0 and
7-1 double-header with Southern
University here Saturday.
Bennie Crenshaw, Jackson
State right hander, gave up one
hit, a scratch single, and struck
jout 13 in' the opener. Jackson
I got four hits in handing .Tim
' Maryland "J$oulliern’s first loss
of the Reason. In the night cap,
Shirley flarrt* gave Up only
two hita and strurtc out 14. Ed i
Como was the loser. Both went
Mven innings. I
Southern won the series open
er Friday 8-5. Charles Gray,
who went six innings, got credit
for the win. Robert Brady was
the losing pitcher. Quincy Mason
who relieved Gray, gave upt,no
hits. Jackson was held to four
hits while Southern collected
12.
Jackson is now 3-1 in the
SWAC, having defeated Wiley
5-2 in their season’s opener.
Brady was credited with thia
win as he gave up only three
hits Jn a game called after 8
and T>if( third imringi.
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