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16 WE ZmOteMKR WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL It, ?9ss "Bobo” Nickerson Pulling Crowds To Clowns’ Games ' SLUGS HOME RUNN Bill White St, Louts Ordinals now outffoMtor«ffn4 tnwma, shjgs a hom* rwi n a same with (hr Detroit Tigers at St. Petersburg, Florida last week. White eusett the Cardinals from the San Francisco Giants for Sam Jones, pitcher, recently. (UPS. TELEPHOTO). To Ivy League’s Cornell; Set A Precedent In Bi-Racial Playing DURHAM North Carolina CoU j leges tennis team, the CIAA’s de fending visitation and tournament champions, ventured cut of the loop last week to meet Cornel! University, the power of the Ivy League, in a two-day match on NCC's clay courts, Cornell, on its southern tour, sharpening its attack for Harvard and Yale, challengers for the Ivy League crown, proved far too strong for Jimmy Younge’s net crew as they walloped the Eagles in nine successive matches “Ole”'ArchieSaysHe Will Figh t “Saga r”Ray in Sept NEW YORK (ANP) Light .heavyweight champion Archie Moors is confident he will defeat. Yvon Durelle at Canada July 15 and then move on to the proposed idle bout with middie-weight, king pin Sugar Ray Robinson. Before winding up a visit her* last week, Moore, who some said pulled “a fast one" in sidestepping Robinson for the rematch with Du relle in Montreal, said he wants io fight Ray in September. He indi cated by the choice of the date that he is hopeful the bout with Ray, Cardinals Hope To Improve 1958 Showing; Loaded With Top Stars (Editor'* Note; This is sn«- j ther in the srrie* of stories * j the prospects of major league j teams and their ia.o players ) J BY BILL BROWER CHICAGO (ANP) -- The St. Lou is Cardinals, a distinct disappoint ment season ffinishing in a tie for fifth place in the Nations! League race) arc out this season ‘■o prove it isn’t so. The Cards haven't won a pennant since 1946. maintain they are not that bad. Tiie Redbirds, once a NL power. Hirst, the erstwhile Broklyn Dodg ers. now homosteading in Los An geles. took over the dominanat role in the senior league. Now the seat of power is Milwaukee. St. Louis conceivably might have given the Braves a harder run for its money in the 3958 campaign, had the Cardinals given Sam Jones, the curveballing righthander, more support. Jones, the strikeout leader in the majors, was the hardluek pitcher, the victim of an uncom mon number of close decisions. But Jones will not be around with the Cardinals when the sea son sets under way next month, , He was traded to the San Francis- j co Giants in exchange for first ' baseman Bill White and thivdsack er. Ray Jsblonski. That certainly is a pity, of course. .Tones won 14 games and lost IS in 1958. He struck out 225 batters in 250 iniogs and compiled an earned run mark of 2.88 What’s more. Sam seems to have curbed the wildness which plagued him throughout his career. LOTS OP TAN TALENT P.rvrmi ether tan sisTnrsjHts ar» trying to e»m a steady job with H*. Louts this season. Cur rently In training with the Rrd Birtfs Sw Si Petersburg, Fla., Georg* Crowe, veteran first ! The encounter established a precedent in that it marked the first time that an athletic team at NCC has ever competed >• gainst a predominately white major college here. NCC'is No. 1 nette.r, Each Davis, lost his second straight singles matches of the season as he succumbed to Cornel!’* top-ranked racketman, Don ftu bell, 1-6, 0-6, after a full 40 minutes of thrilling tennis. Rubell, playing with the shrewd ness of a "Davis Cupper’ on the if he actually rom.es off, will be an outdoor affair. Regarding Durelle, whom Ar chie stopped after getting off the deck four times in a great fight last year, Moore said: "He was lucky, just, lucky, in our last fight But he won't b-a lucky again. I know I can beat him.” Furthermore, said Archie, Durol* ie will never get him on the oats vas four times again. The big problem for Moor* now is making the weight for the July 15 bout. Last week ha scaled 210 pounds, way over the light heavy* haaemiua; .Too Durham, drafted from the minor leagues after he failed to make It with tfe* Baltimore Oriole* in the Ame rican league; Marshal! Bridges, •southpaw barter acquired in a purchase frosts Sacramento of the Pacific Coast league* ©tek fiickcttj, a righthander, and Boh Gibson, both righthanders from Rochester of the Inter national league. Also having a try k a young Puerto Rican shortstop, Julio Ge ts y, whom experts say is a real comer but who might wot be ready this season. Slated to join the team later Ig Curt Floyd, last year’s regular cent erfielder now completing a six month military stint RICKETTS SHOWS PROMISUE Crowe came to the Cardinal* last ■winter in a trade with the Cin cinnati Red legs. Big Georg® is like ly to wind up in a pinch-hitting role. With the Reds last season, he had a sensational early season Russell’s Rebounding Key To The Celtics’ Victory BOSTON, Maw (ANP) Re bounding impressively, BUI Urn sell played a key role Wednesday night in pacing the Boston Celtics to a 380-125 victory over file up start Syracuse National* in the fi nal game of s bert-of-aeven sorts* for the Eastern Division title. A few days earlier, the Nats had beaten the Colts in Syracuse to square the series at three-ail. Bussell was topped in scoring by teammates Jim Ramsey. Bob Con* sy, and Tom Keinsohn, but was the Celts see on defense, bloc-kins | wet day courts, simply played too much tennis for Davis, who is a fairly good racketeer himself. His strong overhead game was the most telling factor a* he explored all of Davis’ weaknesses m putting swsy the match in straight sets. Th« longest and tighest duel of the afternoon took place on the no, 3 court between NCC’s sixth-seed ed setter, Larry Knnett, and the “Big Red's” John Mimikes. Ennett lost after extending Mi nukes to a deuce count in every game in the last ne% only to drop the match 4-6, 1-6. wight limit of ITS. However Ar chie is noted for making weight, claiming to obtain tire secret from an Aborigine us Australia. With Moore signing to defend, July 18, the pressure is now on Robinson.. Bay is being pressed by the National Boxing Association to defend Ms title, The NBA claims he in way over the six months re quired of champions for title de fense* Also, former middleweight cham pion Carmen Basiiio is pushing his bid for a rematch. spurt at fh* plat* »nd then hi* hitting slumped He ended the sea son with, a J 76 batting mark, seven hem* run* ead 63 tellies, most of them in hi* early-season splurge. Ricketts ie considered to have the beet chance among the new comes to stick. The former Du i quesn® University basketball arid J baseball star forsook a high-paying pro basketball career to gamble his | athletic® future on baseball I The skyscraper mound smart ex plained Ms decision this way: "I wanted to prove to myself that T could ear could’nt play big league baseball” He won 15 and lost 13 ter a vveak hfitmg Rochester team last season Some experts said ho had the best fast ball in the 1L last season and also owns & good! slider. Mdrts teammate, Gibson, was al so a double-figure winner last sea son, The former Creighton Univer sity (Omaha, Neb.) basktba!) and ■ baseball star has been Impressive s« spring training outings & at abate sad grabbing off rebounds to frustrate the opposi tion, Be also scored IS points on eight field goals and two free throws. Ramsey soared Sii and Con ey sad H«fewoh» 85 and. 20 each. The victory moved the Celts into the National Basketball Association series with, the Minneapolis Lsk» era, surprise conquerors of the St Louis Hawks in the Western Divi sion pinyofte. Former Seattle see, Elgin Baylor, is the- k«r fteswr eo ate Lekass sqtsad. IS Hflfi Eime Iwwli I & |UP wi# i m*m HOIJLYWOOD, TU < AN.Pi _ j What is the secret of the world j champion Indianapolis Clowns' suc cess? Is it top-notch baseball, or come dy routines? General manager Syd Pollock be lieves it’s a combination of both. Os course, when you speak of merriment, the name Bobo Nicker son pot's into mind The taies-t comer lo the Clowns’ tom-foolery squad, Bobo last year proved to be the magnate that helped draw & record 12,005 fans through the turnstiles of Forbes Field, Pitts burgh They're etii'f talking shout his j pantonine, juggling and unbeliev - | able, skill and sped at. catching j baseballs and bats. Speaking of catching »» the | rtm. Bobo’s been compared I with the famous Gabby Street, * Flying Thick, fast Soon Any baseball fan can tell you the number of home runs Mickey Mentis belted last year or the sal ary of Ted* Williams. But ran he tell you who wore the first base ball glove’ Or w-hat player was the first to catch a ball dropped from the Wellington Monument? Statistics wjjl |.. flying thick and fast now that the baseball season is here But for- those who really want to impress their wives or girl friends, here are some baseball compiled b.\ (hr research depart ment of The World Book Encyclo pedia The first clash between a player and his archenemy the umpire—occurred June 13. 1846, when the Knickerbocker {lull of New York played the New- York Baseball C»uh it Elysian Fields in Hoboken, N. .1, A player named Davis was fined six cents for cussing The umpire was Alexander Cart- j vv ieht, a leading player for j the hoicks, who had chosen to umpire instead. That game was also the first in stance of team baseball as "c know it. The New York Club won 23 lo I after four innings. The Knickerbocker Club formed m 1845. was the first regular base ball organisation And in their blue and white uniforms to become third season, the members donned Ihe first team uniformly outfitted. 1 A breach of baseball etiquette made A1 Reach the first, paid ball player Tn 1864, it. was considered unethical for a player to “jump” from one team to another. Reach, ■ however, deserted the Brooklyn Atlantic,' when ho was offered money by the Philadelphia Athle tics, Five years later, the Cincinnati Red Stockings turned professional and became iho first salaried team. In those days, baseball was far from the gentlemanly game the Knickerbockers had played. A player might leave the field bleeding or unconscious after slopping a fast ball, but he re- CHAMP TAKES A BLATHER —HaKFywtffffct bexitg obis,tap ion Floyd Pdteraon sit* m the saptrstnettin of a- bridge near hare and stretches Hawelf daring » break to bis reed work March 24th, The champ »ta.y« wears heavy hoots for roadwork. Mam is «eSud«M to defend his crown against Mac Londim at, Las Vegas, Nevada on April 21st,, The bout is scheduled as a tuneisp tor Patterson's title defense against Sweden)* Ingemar Mhtunot at New York Jane 33. >UPI PHOTO). ft? etttne, Bobo has r good edge being credited with catch ing a ball dropped from » plane travelling at 13 miles an hour. The fastest Rapid Robert Fetter pitched ’.can about 100 miles aw hour, ao that means Bobo could've Standlcil Fetter’s de lft cries in stride. Bobo also prides himself or> be ing the only baseball comic who can toss a bat as high as the sta dium light standards and catch it on the way down-by the handle. And so convinced is Bollock and business manager Ed Hamrnan that he's tons that they've offered * cash nri?e of $!000 or paid trip to Ha waii, for anyone who can dupli cate the feat, Bobo's assuring then that they haven’t made a bad gamble at all. And to prove it he’s tossing bats alongside the highest buildings in St. Louis - just to keep in practice. fused to baby himself by wear ing protective equipment In 1875, however, Charles Waite, first baseman for Boston, put on a glove—flesh-colored, so the fens wouldn’t notice it A- G. Spalding finally wore s dark brown glove, adding stuffing to it a. little at a time. The first catcher's mask was de veloped in 18?8 for a Harvard player who preferred being called a sissy to have his fine Barrymore profile smashed., Still wondering about the Wash ington Monument? Well, Billy ■Pop” Sehriver of a Chicago bell club caught s ball dropped from the 500-foot level of the memorial in 1892. Just a grandstander, but—that’s baseball. Artists Attend Atlanta Meeting ATLANTA <ANP) A national conference of Negro artists held a Iwo day meeting (March 28-29' here in connection with the forma! opening of the 13th annual Atlan ta University exhibition of paint ings, sculpture and prints by Negro artists. Margaret Taylor Burroughs, Chi cago artist and author, was general chairman of the steering commit tee, Eugenia V. Dunn of Atlanta was chairman, host committee. Notables including, Lee Katz. At lanta artist, James D. Parks, Bern ard Goss, painter. Marion Perkins, Potential Contributions of the sculptor, spoke on the themes “The Negro Artist to Society”, and "The Artist and Society,” It Fays To ADVERTISE GIANT KICK ... Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giant*,, who tripled in third inning of SUnb 301 h exhibition game against the Chicago Cubs tried and did stretch it into a home run when he kJckad the. ball out of the glove of Cubs’ catcher Sam Taylor. Umpire is VJnnie Smith. Cabs won. 10-8. May* hit X home runs in a game last weekend dipt PHOTO). Manager Os Black Barons BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Lorenzo i i Piper) Davis, who played for Fort | Worth in the Texas League last j season, has been named playing ! Negro American League Releases 59 Schedule NEGRO AMERICAN LEAGUE SCHEDULE The schedule for the Negro American League, as released ihu week by officials of the organization, is t.b©wn below Note that the i Raleigh Tigers, members of the NAL, are listed in Ui<- body's wheel j ule. 1959 SCHEDULE Birmingham—with—Kansas City . , Mav IT-SB 19- 30- Cl CC Raleigh—with—Newark May 17—18—19—20—21 -21'! Detroit—with—Memphis May 17—3 B—l 9-110—21—22 TRAVELING time FOR ALL TRAMS MAY 23 Detroit—with—Birmingham May 24-35- -26- 27- 28- -29 j Kansas City—with Memphis Mav 24- 25—26— 27 . 78 79 Raleigh—with—Newark May 24 -25~26 -27—28-29 i TRAVELING TOTE FOR .ALL TEAMS MAT 30 Kansas City —with—Memphis May 31; hum 1 -2- " 4 -5 \ ;Detroit —with—Raleigh May 31: June 1 -2 -3- 4- 5 j Birmingham—with—Newark May 31; .June 1 —2—3—4—s TRAVELING TIME FOR ALL TEAMS Kansas City—with—Memphis June 7 At, Yankee Stadium ! Kansas City - -with— Memphis June 8 Q • 10- 11 12 Detroit—with -Raleigh June 7--B—9- 10 31 -12 i Birmingham with—Newark June 7- B—9—lo—ll—l2 TRAVELING TIME lOR ALI TEAMS .HIM IS Birmingham—with—Memphis June 14—14 -16—17-18 18 j Kansas City—with—Raleigh June 14 —ls 16—17-—lB —l9 Detroit—with—Newark June 14—15- 16 17—18-19! TRAVELING TIME FOR ALI TEAMS JUNE 70 Newark—with Detroit June 21 -22—23—24-•• 25 36 j Raleigh—with—Kansas City June 21 -22 23- -24—25—26! TRAVELING TIME FOR ALL TEAMS JEM 27 Kansas City—with—Detroit June 28 29 -30 July I 2 j Memphis—with—Newark June 28-29- 30, July t—3 ! Raleigh—with—Birmingham June 28-- 29--so Tr.lv !—-2 1 TRAVELING TIME FOR ALL TEAMS .11 » T :: Memphis—with—Birmingham July 4 5 -6- •'< 8 -9 -10 ! Detroit,—with—Kansas City July 4 5- 6- 7-8- 9 -10 Raleigh—with—Newark July 4—5 6- 7—B 9 10 TRAVELING TIME FOR ALI. TEAMS .11:1 V i! Memphis—with--Detroit . July 12, At Yankee Stadium Memphis- with Detroit Julv 13 14 -15'16 17 Kansas City--with—Birmingham July 12--13 -14 -15 l«-17 Newark—with—Raleigh .Julv n—l - 14 - 1 5.—16 17 TRAVELING TIME FOR ALL TEAMS JI LT SR Memphis—with—Birmingham Julv 19- -20—21 —22 23—24 (CONTINUED ON PAGE 181 j Sigmas ’ Regionals Underway. LOUIS VILA J 5, Ky Spring Regional Conferences of. the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, a national college Greek-letter organization, have already begun. The conferen ces have adopted the fraternity's iS.-.f) Conclave theme. “Preparation For Economic and Social Securiy In An Integrated Society.” In addition to condncting the fraternity's work, regionally, the conferences are also focus ing their attention to prepara tion for the 45t1; Anniversary Conclaves to be held i» Wash ington, D. C., December 27-30th, inclusive. The names, places and dates for the conference* are as follows: Southwestern Regional at Arkansas April 3rd and 4th; Lone Star Re gional at Wiley College, Marshall, A and M College. Pine Bluff, Ark.: Tex, April 30th, 11th and 12th; Southern Regions! at Atlanta, Gs., April !7th and 18th: Eastern Re gional at Richmond, Va„ May Ist, 2nd and 3rd., and, the Great Lakes Regional at Buffalo, K Y., Msy Bth and flth. The number of dairy eews bred by artificial breeding association? in North Carolina jumped IS per manager of the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American Longue, The announcement was road': Seagrams JjL Crown CitAfe* *** Jj 1 j ! SrmHf €&&&• | f SIBNOEII WHISKCT 1 I i » "Au/* tHaat/&**i*st H I •**♦*•• £ m-MiKii company, new mu cm wmm mm, & woo? %% mt* mm mm this week by W. S. Welch, owner ~nd general manager of the. club. Davis was an outstanding infield er-outfie'der with Birmingham for five years before he went into or- Vitiized baseball as a member of ihe Oakland club of the Pacific Coast League, He also played with Ibo Los Angeles Angels and moved in Ft Worth when the Dodger* transferred to the West Coast. The new Birmingham pilot greeted thirty candidates here hist week w hen spring training sessions started. Tie believes he lias the nucleus of an outstand ing club with such young play ers a* Tony Lloyd, rookie third baseman nho starred the past four years at Tuskegee: Bobby Sanders, brilliant sophomore, shortstop and Willie Smith, a lefthander! pitcher from Hunts ville. Ala., in the fold aad read’' for action. Welch, who purchased (he ream in January, said two major league clubs have already expressed, an interest in those three players. "However," he added, "they are not for sale now. We are trying to build a good team for our Birming ham fans.” The first exhibition game of the spring season will be played with the Memphis Red Sox at Riekwood Field here on Sunday, April IPth The regular Negro American League season starts next month. NEGRO TO SING FOR PORK VATICAN CtTV, Rome fANP> A Negro singer, mezz© soprano Ve ra Little of Memphis, was on® of Hirer angers contracted by the I • alian state radio network to sing a concert, of sacred music before Pope John XXTTT and the College of Cardinals last Saturday. Appearing with Miss Little were Carlo Frx.nr.ini, Italian tenor, and Kim Borg, bass, of Scandinavia. The pontiff, spiritual head of the world's 500,000,000 Roman Catho lics, is said to be fond of concert as well as liturgical music.