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Patterson Net Taking Chances; Sets Warmup Fight Champ Signs To Fight A British Pug NEW \'OBK < ANP- When Floyd Patterson stopped Roy Har ris of Cut Anti Shoot, Tex . in his last heavyweight title defense last year, he complained o. being rusty and said he needed more work bring tagged with a right uppercut In the fight, he hit the canvas after by Harris for what many observers contended was a knockdown. How ever, he got up and preceded to bombard Hsrris with punches until the referee stopped the bout The bout apparently taught Pat terson s lesson He would see to it that he has at !east one tuneur fight before defending against another top-ranking opponent. Flpyd has followed through with the plan. Recently he signed $0 fight 24-year-old Bri an London of Britain in a tune up bout In Las Vasras, Nev„ April 2S. The bout is designed to press'* Floyd for an antici pated ... waver e test when he fights .'lSagewar Johanssen of Swerfesr in late .Tune. However. r in his title will be at staiff. PatterSdn and Cm D’Amato. his manager, believe the champion will have no trouble disposing of London, ".Cte fifth-ranked heavy weight contender. Meantime, the champion will pick up.:* check for $250,000 gua ranteed him by promoter Cecil Rhodes, Jr. Out of the amount. Patterscft Will pay London $75,000 tp cover hfc purse and expenses. Althea Gibson On t Murrow Show Friday NEW YORK fANP* Tennis rhaanpicai Alfche* Gibson and come dian Milton Berle will be visited by Edward ft Morrow “Person to ■ Person," Friday. April S. (10:30 - 11:00 p. at.. EST‘ on the CBS Tele vision Network. Miss Gibson, just back from a State JDepsrtraent-Sponsored good will - tour of Latin countries in South and Central America, will be interviewed by Murrow dunr.it the second portion of the show. She will -La-visited in her New York apartment AltfteA who started out playing paddle tennis on the sidewalks of Harlem, har won all the important tennis ' championships. Currently she is the Wimbledon and W S. women"* national single champion. Fight Follows Football Game; (-•t 8 Segtians Held PHILADELPHIA (ANP) Eight "tcepagors who- allegedly at tacked 9 group of white youth? fol lowing s football game were ar rested last. Sunday, the day after ihe attack, and charged with as sault and battery. Tkasnas Maher. William O - Kosrke.rond Thomas Crop, said the -he5U they identified, ali Negroes, started the fight a* they xmw walking back to * bus. following * Chtster-Farrefi football game. Farrell won the g*BSF Tfi-06. Maher- who was knocked down and kicked in the ribs, told police a group o? Chester fans confronted him veiling, “hey. here come the Farrell boys. We want blood. Let's get them.” The htirekers were rounded up #t the scene. Others were taken from chartered buses after their arrival: in Chester. Pa They were returned to Philadelphia Miss Dandridge, Jaek-Denison To \ Wed June 30 HOLLYWOOD -- (ANP.---Sing er actress Dorothy Dandridge re vealed; Thursday that she and Jack DcnisOn, Hollywood night club owneij will marry June 20. The place cf the wedding has not been set. i Miss; Dandridge. <54. was nomina ted for an Academy Award in 1954 for her portrayal of Carrnep in the movie,' “Carmen Jones” Denison recently opened his own night club on Sunset Strip in partnership with Sammy Davis, Jr. Formerly m-amed it® Harold Nicholas ®f the Nicholas Bro ther* dancing teaari. Miss Dan dridge lisa been divorced since fSSI. Deuisen. 45, also »* di vorced. Deaiim met the feyanti fnl sfrper •when she was ap pearing at a hate! in Las Vegas four years ago. Miss Dandridge announced her sengagement on the eve of her de parture fort England where she will make a new picture “Scent of Dan ger” with Trevor Howard and Riehard.-Bssehart. Sim- will- remain la London and Sfodrid until early "'ftftmr when she wMj return mp- at sta'kf. ST. JOHN’S WIN TOCRNAM ENT—Joe Lapehick. right. St. John’s coach, holding the National In vitation Tournament award, hugs player Tony Jar kson. whose performance on the court earned him the tourney’s “Most Valuable Player” award. St. John’s whipped Bradley. 76-71. in the tournament finals at Madison Square Garden in New York City recently. The team also won the NIT crown in 1943 and 1944. I CPI PHOTO) Edw. Nesbitt Belies Rumor Football Players Are Dumb GREENSBORO-A star fallback • with the A&T College Aggu s belief the old opinion that good college football players- are air;.-ot always possessed of "strong backs but ; weak minds.'’ Edward Nesbitt, one of the toes' defensive backs the Aggies have 1 had in recent yeai nd who boasts ; a nifty ground gam average dur- j ing his football career is one of \ those fine athletes who is helping ] .-to remove this stigma 1 Aggie fans agice that this 135 1 pound youngster is a demon on the griiron. just about as mean as they come. He blocks, tackles and runs the ball with devasting authority and those who know him well recognize him as a gentleman both on and off the field. Few bf them know that he is equally efficient | in the classroom and laboratory. Nesbitt has earned honor roll listing in nine of the eleven quarters he has studied at AAT and In three of them he post ed straight \ averages He will graduate this June, on sche dule. among the top honor stu dents in his class. Because of his leadership <|ua!i --| ties. Nesbitt was selected co-cap | tain for practically all Os the earr. t i he play, d in last fall. The Aggies | do not elect a permanent captain l for the season. | These same qualities were recog- I niz.ed by the-students at the college j when they elected him last spring j as president of the student body Despite his busy schedule the opin ion is that he has done an out standing job in that office. He hold* memberships in the Sigma T-’ho Sigma Honor Society fSoeia! Science*. Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity the Veterans Associa tion and. is a candidate for mem W. C. HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OFFICIALS—New officers elected and Installed at the recent annual meeting of the North Carolina High School Atbietk. Conference held recently at A&T j College its Greensboro, Include, from left to right: seated—W. TVS. Reinhardt, Goldsboro, iinuda) secre- I tary: 3. H. Twltty, Cheiryvlße, president; Or. C. U. Debeny, Elizabethtown, ionrnameni director anti .Dr. ! W. T. Armstrong, Rocky Moot**, commissioner. Those on live back row are: €. A, Karris, Lssuteburg, vice ‘ president and members of the eexcutive committee--T E. Conway, LoaSsburg; J. W. Broadband, Jack j sonville; S- W. Dacis, Hickory; W. L. Reid, Kannapolis and J. H. Canons. Hooker T. Wash i hasten. Wilmington was re-elected treasurer. -■■—■ '-ii Hi ■ - jmif ~, Ha- •»«» -inln 1 r'l J r«i ■ i<ii jMi»i~lliinfciydWhOint» irtH— irugfr*^ 1 t-i rirmiiirm nraxirmrii'm' ■■'■ —-■ A “- L - ■ . . .... .... ..... -■»■■■ • - »n.«taJ bership in the Kappa Delta Pi Nat ional Honorary Educational Soci ety. H-- lias be-n listed in “Who’s Who in American College’s and U niversities” and is president, of the Letter-mes s Club. He graduated from his hometown FOOTBALL STAR AND SCHOLAR—A demon on the football field, Edward Nesbitt. st*r fullback with the A&T College Aggies, is equally ■ I at home with good books. He studies in the college library. Howard High School in George town: ’Sd(it!. Carolina in 1951. an honor student and the president of the Student Council. He saw four years of service with the U. S. Air Force, chiefly in Germany and en tered A&T in the fall of 1935. United Golfers Association Holds Annual Meet At Washington, D. C. "WASHINGTON. D C. The United Golfers Association and al most fifty of its aflllaied clubs met here iast week to conduct its ann ual business and lay final plans for its 1959 national tournament to be played over the Langston Golf Course. August 24-28. The national golf body ac cepted an invitation from the New ' Era Golf Club. Atlanta. <«*., to take its 196® tourns- j snent and annua! convention to ; Russell, Baylor, Other Tan Stars Post Impressive Records In NBA NEW YORK CITY (ANP- - Bill Russel! broke two of his own rec ords in the National Basketball As sociation season. Elgin Baylor turn ed in a phenomenal performance for a rookie Four tan players, in cluding Russell and Baylor, were among !hose who scored a 1.000 or more points in the campaign These highlights were revealed in the season-end statistics releas ed last week by the league's infor mation bureau. RUSSELL OUTSTANDING Tn rebound recoveries. Russell had 1.612 this year compared with his previous mark of 1.564. His other record was most rebounds per game 23 for 1958-59 against 22.7 for 1957-58 Russell. 8-10 Boston Celtics' pi Manager Asks Pompey To Quit Ring; Hints Moore Ruined Him LONDON. England (ANP> A hint that light-heavyweight cham- j pion Archie Moore may have ruin- ; cd the career of Yolande Pompey ! GOOFIN’ OFF BY “SKINK” The Shaw University baseball team is loaded with newcomers. The 18-6 snellnckiug that the Bears took from Delaware State signifies that Coach James E. Lytle is undergoing a rebuilding job. A&T College won the CIAA football and basketball championships and its dollars to doughnuts that they will win the baseball champion ship—all in one year. At one time. Morgan State dominated the major sports in the CIAA, then Virginia State, later on. Maryland State, now A&T The baseball season for North Carolina high schools will swing wide open this weekend, with Coach Pete Williams’ Little Blues slated to repeat as state champions, If Laurel Hill can shake off the crowd jitters and Roxbor® can get top pitching out of ’ Bud” Thomas and William Smitb, Raleigh may have to extend itself to reach the state finals. The North Carolina Negro High School Athletic Association will sponsor, in May. a National Interscholastic tennis tournament in Durham. This meet will bring togetehr representatives from all tennis minded high schools in the country- The event is to be an annual affair. Congratulations to coach Carl Easterling and commissioner W. T, Armstrong, who have fought for years to keep tennis alive in the high schools of North Carolina. Chester McAdoo, manager of the Mebane besebal! team, says that his team is headed for a big year if he can keep his catcher, Donnell Morrison from “napping” so much during practice sessions. La->t week. Morrison sent word to the manager that he would report for practice after he finished his nap. Rufus Haten is owner Arthur Dove's selection for manager of his ’59 edition of the Raleigh Tigers. Hatien is of broad baseball experience, having caught for the Indi&paolis Clowns. Atlanta Black Crackers and the Asheville Blues before coming to Raleigh to catch for the old Raleigh Tigers that went out of existence with the folding ttf the ole Negro American Asso ciation. Atkins High in Kinston wes once a baseball powerhouse. Don't hear much from them anymore. Wonder what’s happened? It's true that coach Caraway moved up to the principalship of one of the local high schools; but he didn't carry the baseball team with him. But for some reason when Caraway left the school, the baseball pow erhouse left also. Gastonia. Raleigh Asheville. Henderson. Atkins at Winaton-Sa lem, Statesville and Warren County Training School play full schedules of football, baseball and basketball. There are a few others not men tioned above. Gratnbling Whips Wiley And Prairie View In Baseball I BY COLLIE J. NICHOLSON . GRAMBLING. La. (ANPi Grumbling sprinkled timely hitting with good pitching to riddle Wiley. 12-4. and injected more than a lit tle skepticism into the Southwest ern Conference baseball picture by parroting the Wildcats in a double header iast week. The Tigers restrained Wiley 3-t I and 7-1 in the twinbill fn outganning the defending league champions, the Tigers j looked like * resurrected club. G rambling wm a complete bust j in its first loop encounters, j losing to Prairie View MS-6, and 3-2. 1 ' , A Judge “Reserves” Decision On “Prophet” James Jones NEWARK. New Jersey—(ANT’S— Magistrate Harry Hazelwood re served decision o?i ‘Prcpohet’ James -Tones, here on Monday, on the charge ot “pretending to tell destiny." Following the judge's decsion, a petroitie MUncfgest %ss hold on the steps of the Municipal Court Build ing. led by the Peoples, in the singing .of “God Bless America," “The National Anthem," and a piedge of Allegiance to the Flag.. Before leaving bis followers the Prophet imparted a final “bißSSiitg 8 * to all. that city in 1860. Is a special i action, the UGA convention s voted an honorary membership for life to Dr. H. SI. Holm** of Atlanta for his outstanding j service to golf. During the three-day meeting, j the association will hear addresses i by Joseph H Cole, assistant direc tor. District of Columbia Depart ment of Recreation, and Layne j Loeffter. S G. Loeffler Company, operators of the District of Colum bia public links. ! votman. also turned in a great all- j I around performance. He stored | : 1.178 points in 79 games for 3 16 7 ; average and bad a fit id goal shoot- : | ing percentage of .457. second in , the NBA, with 456 shots in 997 j attempts. BAYLOR ESTABLISHES RECORD Baylor finished second in in dividual scoring, with a total of 1.742 points in 70 games for a 24.4 average, a record for a freshman player. The brilliant Minneapolis Laker snared 1.050 rebounds for a !5-per-game average. He was leader on his tram in assists with 187. He had I a field goal shooting percentage | of .468. clicking cm 605 in 1,482 attempts from the floor. The other tan players to exceed ! of Trinidad was given by Yolande's manager who .said he has advised his fighter to quit the ring. Manager Jack Burns told the For a while !i looked as tbengh President-Coach R. W. Jones and bis rSiSdluM, legion canid stand aioff from the rhampittiisltlp talk. However, it took the “Coach” on ly one day to repair the damages and they seem ready to give the best of the loop a good argument for the conference championship trophy. Grambiifig scored in every in ning but the third in the first tarne. The team slammed out 13 hits and seized on six Wildcat blunders to pound across the good measure tallies. Arrested a few weeks ago after a Mrs. Delores Robinson, S 3, of this city claimed that she had f«id $lO for m private interview with the Prophet. Janes did not take the stand in bis own defense, Mr*.. RebfuHMwt testified ©« 'itemSky that Jesses told her during the isstentew that she rmtlfS die if she went torasgh with sao operation. (She vxs ached«/>;?«! te have *n eperettea Star a fere*si tn nor.) pAffioiras Auvinms . - - fcg%: :*.is> * 4 __ „ wras MAitfmmY, April *, ns* ifcjj Three golf clubs in the Washing ton area, Wake Robin, Royal end Arlington Divots, will cooperate with the UGA in promoting the August tournament. Sessions of the UGA convention, were held at the Masonic Ten,pie, the Lee House and in the offices of The Moss H. Hendrix Organization, public rela tions representatives of -The Coca- Cola Company, which cooperates in the spottsorAiip of the annual tournament. in the coveted 1.000 mark in point making were Woody Sauldsberry, rookie of the yes: iast season, and Willie Naulls a mainstay for the New York Knick«. Sauldsben,v tallied 1,112 points for the Philadelphia Warriors, averaging 15 4 a game, for second place m his team's individual scot ing column. He was the Warriors’ best rebounder with 826 recoveries in 72 contests and had a field goal percentage of .363 (501 oul of 1,380' Naulls. the Knicks' third highest scorer, played in 68 engagements to produce 1.068 points for a 15.7 average. He rebounded 723 times, host on the boards for the Knicks and hit with a .378 percentage trom the field '405 out of 1.072’!. press here that Pompey. one-time British Empire tight-heavy weight champion, has been a changed man ever since he was knocked out by Moore in 1956. He tried to get him to quit some time ago, Burns added, but Yolande begged him for one more bout. Recently, the muscular Pompey was counted out five seconds be fore the end of a scheduled 10- round bout with Chick Calderwood, Scottish light-heavyweight cham pion. Pompey was shaken up so badly that a physician from the British Boxing Board of Control refused to let his seconds move him for seven minutes. And it was a full 20 minutes before he was taken out of the ring. Poiripey is now in Paisley s Royal Alexandra infirmary. My gfipim ”Si’s * money tree. I raised . it to please the Bureau of la teraa! Revert riel” BELLOWS CLUB 80UIB8N 6 YEARS OLD * jS, 2 WH " ”l*.U ,j| •js !§ nmsiwssM soisws ft eoMww. vmm£,w- t »' r ®3Mw mmm - . - - GOSSIP if the MOVIE LOTS BY HARRY LEVETT FOR ANT HOLLYWOOD Joe Louis' marriage to Any Margaiet Jeffer son talk of the town. "Tarza:: the Ape Man.” being eagerly await ed. by both famous and atmosphere sepia players, to start at. MGM. the 33rd “Tarzan” tale of the silem days of 1918 Harry Beiafonte makes success ful bow in -The Wo: id. The Flesh, and The Devil” on original home lot, MGM. Billed tops over Ingot Stevens, and Me! Ferrer. "What do you know about his tory of Roberi Charles. Stack*: Lee. Vida Henry and other sepia killers.'' asked certain producers last week, after noting the ovei whelming box-office success of Al lied Artists ' Ai Capone"? s Answer i “Have the data at mv fingertips Charles who. in one lurid day. ’ at bay. in New Orleans "kill ed over a dozen policemen; Sergi. Vida Henry led the riot of the 24th infantry, one that Houston. Tex . will neve: forget Yep, have it ail at my finger-tips but said finger tips must be well massaged with long green, to loosen up." And now the news, after a Vanguard” flash introduction, in case you've lost my address This is your favorite newsftound Harry Levette. 4266 S. Central Ave.. Los Angeles. Would like the new ad - dress of song composer Ed Barron, former Popkin stars Ralph Cooper, and Manta n Moreland. L’Tanya Griffm celebrated designer: and others cherished in my memory book if you had been with us at Union Station in February. 1953, to meet quiet, bashful Joe Louis, arriving for ’his two roursd karo victory over Lee Ramage. Feb. 21. you would never have foreseen that bv now he would be celebrating his third honeymoon. So retir ins:, he avoided social affairs even after the fight, hit the bay at 3:39 and never spent a niek el. out of the 20 G’s Julian Black and John Roxborough used to advance him for spend ing money. Everybody knows that the love ly. personable weil-educated Marva Trotter was his first wife: that cos r pnetic manufacturer Rose Morgan was his second, and all admirers of the Jefferson family hope thr one to Atty. Margaret M. Jefferson will hold as the last. Maybe at 45. tb*» temptresses and sirens won't flock around so thickly. Joe didn’t do much in pictures: starred in ‘The Spirit Os Youth.” for Talisman, now Allied Artists; featured in “This Is The Army" for Warner Bros about sums up his movie career, but he has al ways been a favorite with the mo vie colony, and played golf at Ri vera Country club when other sepians were rot welcomed. T'n<> new Mrs. Louis. 46. and formerly ’ Mrs. Malone,” is a brilliant attor ney, pretty, good dresser, and the sister of the famous circuit court judge Edmond Jefferson. Thev spning a surprise on everyone bv marrying at Winterhaven, across the river from Yuma. Ariz. Best wishes, from the O!’ Kohoim. PREVIEWS or THE WEEK and other happenstances: “Westbound.” screened on the Warner Bros. lot and co-starring Randolph Scots. and Virginia Mayo 15
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