RALEIGH TIGERS, INDIANS INCREASE NAL CLUBS FROM 4 TO 6
Haw Bears
town Eliz.
City, 10-6
Shtw University turned back
City State Teachers Col
"tm? 10-6. Fridav. April 17, for
'ttrw? second win in four starts
*«*•'*«*'
«w«5 season.
‘“ The home team scored two runs
3fh the first inning another in the
-third and two more in the fourth
»Vh !e the visiting team was held
"Vifchoui a run
Elizabeth City showed some
I*park-in the sixth inning, carding
ti3heg runs, but Shsw lightened
irp and held them without another
score until the ninth and final inn
ing when they scored three more.
Harold Ramseur and James Bas
sett both had three for five for the
winner*. Ramseur hit three
Singles and a double.
Hillsboro
All-Stars
Open Soon
HILLSBORO The Hillsboro
All-Stars baseball team recently
joined the Central American As
sociation and -is looking forward
to its opening league game with
Charlotte.
The rosier is as follows:
Lawrence Van hook, pitcher;
Samuel Caleb, third base; Daniel
McAdoo, pitcher, Marvin McPher
son. shortstop; Robert McAdoo.
first base. Clayton Poole, second
base; Charles Brocks, catcher;
Gert Wright, left field: Leroy Mc-
Adour catcher; Prank Wright, sec
ond base: Jerald McPherson, Cat
■ cher; Archie White, catcher:
JOfcmsie Mitchell, third base
Bobby Oobb, rtghtfield; William
MeFfoM'aorj, Mgr.! George Wright.
*a4 *Jewi« Brooks, coaches; Prank
Payrw* ORnterfkld. t
Saxton Committed
To Menial Hospitali
Nmd» Help Badly
4fAfS LANDING, Rf. J. fANP)
** Psrbi«r welterweight champion
i rfrtrm's Saxton law week was eom
mittetf to the New Jersey State
Htapitfil ad A®*ots after the direc
tor o t tit* Institution testified the
fSt-year-oM boxer needs treatment
end s*ycb.!Btria help,
Th* teatinvonp was given by Dr.
Wurnp Brunt, iv„ before Judge
b*oa Leonard, who signed the
cothjnlarxnt order.
Ssxton, who twice held the title,
Iwto-baan is custody since April 14
■?to. Is* was arrested while trying
to » Five and Ten Cen tsore
i»-.Atlantic City, It was the second
-tlm* he was arrested for burglary.
Sgxton was reported at the time
*e-b« in financial straits, despite
Sim fact he made shout 3250,000
®xF£b,g bit career in the ring.
!'? " fpS
, ' ' . I
TO PENN RELAYS James
Denmark, star pole vaulter for
Florida A&M University, whose
13* 7 1-2’’ clearance last year
broke a 17-year-old SIAC record,
will comjjcte in the annual Penn
Relays in Franklin Field at Phil
adelphia. April 23-24 Denmark
is undefeated in three years of
eollegtjat* campetitton. He holds
record breaking clearances in the
FA MU Relays (13* 1©”), Alabama
State Relays US’), and Use Sooth
Carolina State Relays <l2 S”).
Denmark is from Winter Haven
and is a junior art major.
“’’“"‘.a ~ ' ' r "“ r
The ati chad Borizas Memorial Tro
phy is awarded the outstanding high
school athlete at the Perm Relays. The
trophy is given in honor of a legen
dary Pennsylvania football player,
wrestler and winner of the inaugural
jsve’in throw at the Reiava to 1814,
Penn —State won four out of five
relay titles at the Penn Be-
ItofV-gMSween 1947 and 1951 end landed
they'd udince medley diadem in 1948
bv Bd Morals the Ntttasiy
will be among top contenders
m both event* r.t the Penn Relays,
April »a.
PIC
Calhoun Victorious In First Test; Points
To Russian Meet, Pan American Games
DURHAM l.ee Calhoun. North
! Carolina College s Olympic gold
j medalist in the HQ-meter High
Hurdles, sounded his return to the
outdoor season after si'Mng out a
17-month ban by the A AC. bv win
ning the 120 \ d high hurdles at
Open Ticket Sales For
1 Pattersofl-Londonßout
j INDIANAPOLIS, hid. .ANP«
i Mai! order ticket sales for the.
; Ployt) Patterson-Brian London
I heavyweight championship Lineup
| bout went on sale here last wee l .
The fight will be held May i in the
Fairgrounds Coliseum.
r rtfC m > -
- . HfMjY LfV€TT*
HOLLYWOOD fANP) ''IMI
TATION OF LIFE" is still drawing
like a forest fire at the Paramount
on Hollywood bouelvard. and the
Manchester, Manchester boulevard
in south Los Angeles. According
to Joseph Cannady. genial manag
es of the Paramount, a picket line
formed in front of the theatre on
opening day was a one-day “flash
in the pari '
“Now in its third week,
crowds get better and better,
be said, laughingly telling how
the pickets in trying to elo-w
the theatre, actually gave the
picture, additional publicity -
how patrons pushed aside the
pickets and bought tickets to
* see the showings.
Incidentally. *The Wild and dir
Innocent,” starring Sandra Dee -
beautiful 16-year-old supporting
star of “Imitation,” - is a fib"
strong picture of the Old Wf =t.
with.* Audio Murphy as co-st r.
Will pas* on a complete review of
it for your next mad.
$5 MILLION SUIT AGAINST
POKGT”
Robert Breen producer-director
of the Broadway revival of “Porg
*n* Bess” from 1952-1956 has filed
suit in Superior court against
Samuel Goldwyn and Irving Lazar,
actors agent, charging they took
the film rights to the Gershwin
folk opera by ' fla-.e and fradulenl
promise*’’
Breen contends that on May
6, 1957, he exeeutized an assign
ment to Goldwyn productions,
giving up his share of the
rights and interest* in the show
A & Vs Joe Cotton Stars /Is
Aegies Defeat Shaw, 13-0
GREENSBORO • The A and T
College Aggies baisted Shaw Uni
versity. 73-0. behind the three-hit
pitching of Joe Cotton, i n a Cl A A
baseball game played best- si Me
morial Stadium last Wednesday
afternoon.
Cotton, a tail righthander and
a top performer with the Ag
gie basketball! bam, kept Ra
leigh batsmen off balance all
afternoon. The three hits he
gave were all singles. He allow
ed one each in the first, third
and eighth frames and retired
eleven by the strikeout route.
Only one Shaw base runner
reached third.
Billie Benton was the starter and |
loser for Shaw.
Aggie big bats blasted out eleven ,
hits for the afternoon, three of
them doubles by Marvin. Chalmers. ;
James Rouse and Calvin Lang. i
thP Qnantico Relays in hi* fi st
appearance outdoors since ins ban.
The 56 Olympic hurdler, now a
. graduate student at NCt . wa.-
1 clocked m 311 on a rack marred
by a steady downpour of rain and
‘wo inches of nutd.
According to Mel Russ, genera
n ~r uy i of she coliseum qvoi ’in
counter sales will start April 20,
He said the coliseum has bees
scaled at $25 tops for ringside an'
S 5 for general admission.
■ amounting to 40 percent of the
total rights. In return, he as
serts. he was to have jjeeu em
ployed as co-producer of the
film which stars Sidney f’oiti
er. Pearl Bailee. Dorothv Iten
dridge, Diahann ( aroll and
j Sammy Davis. Jr.
in addition, the agreement was
‘ that no '.could have joint control
| of the artistic talent, receive five
1 percent of the film's gross profit.
| giving hilling on tin main title
and in subsequent adv» rtising. and
; hove a v. r t.icn i .-•mract
i Brents contends he has received
I "nothing of value," in return for
j relinquishing his rights u the
• stage property.
,
M| Siighbers
tSJsmt
"I know that taxes* are
outrageous, but can t we
PLEASE eat something be
side* potations?”
Thf win gitvo tho Anglos n 3-0
oco "d for the soasorj.
“Naptie- Clowns Begin Training;
To Launch 30th Ball Season Soon
HOLLYWOOD <ANP) - The •
world champion Indianapolis
Clowns have begun light drills at j
Campbell Field. St. Petersburg, !
Fla . in preparation for their 30th j
year in baseball.
Veterans and rookies alike are j
showing pinny of spirit in the all- j
out fight for starting berths. Very |
high in his praise of the '«! craft i
business manager Ed Harman.
He predicts the anniven-ary edt- 1
Cor. will more-than live up to its
celebrity billing. I
Calhoun skipped over the hurd
les ahead of his rival. Elias Gil
bert, and finished more than two
•cl ahead of ihe Winston-Salem
’lhe shorter distances in
doors on the hoards were just
too much for me." Calhoun said
as he talked of the past indoor
season and the coming outdoor
season. When you run up a
gainst guys like Hayes Jones
(Eastern Michigan! who runs
the 100 in 9.4. its pretty rough
on >ou because you are always
fighting to catch these guys
who arc off the block like .jets."
"And when you do catch up with
them, they are breaking the tape
< 'alhoun had particular reference to
his indoor season where on three
occasions he was clocked in identi
cal times with the winner, but had
to settle for second place.
"The race on the cinders is real
ly my race because of the longer
d; rwe of 120 yards and where
HE “KNOWS THE ROPES”—Heavyweight Cleveland Williams
seems to be familiar with the ropes as he “rests white opponent
Sonny Liston scored his first knockdown in the third round of their
Jjoul at Miami Beach, Fla., last Wednesday night. Liston, from Phila
delphia, floored Williams twice in the round before the referee stop
ped the fight and awarded Liston a technical knockout. II was Lis
ton's 174 h straight victory, and Williams’ third loss in his 47-fight
career. (UPI TELEPHOTOS.
Already on board are such
standouts as Byron Purnell,
fleet outfielder from Philadel
phia who packs a might wal
lop at bat; Natureboy Williams,
hard-hitting first baseman who
also doubles as comic; double
duty binder Ulysses Grant
Greene, ambidextrous pitcher
and Bobo Nickerson, “screw
ball of basebnii’’ whose pre
game show of last year kepi
fans in stitches.
Fans whe'/ivoi the clowns play
speed is not so important ss it w
indoors, commented Calhoun.
The Russian-American meet in
Philadelphia in late July, and the
Pan-American Games in Chicago
m Augusat are the present goals
of the former NOC hurdler.
Calhoun talked of there not be
ing enough meets outdoors for him
to compete in until the month of
June when all of the invitational
meets are run off
' After the Quaniico meet,
it looks like I will be on the
shelf enti! Jane, unless some
thing else develops between
now and then.” said Calhoun
as he talked with great enthu
siasm after his triumph on the
cinders at Qnantico,
Asked how he felt after being
-Iveri for more than a year and
mg deprived of the opportunity
to compete In the hurdling'event.
Calhoun replied that he felt as
good now as he did the year of
1956 when he won the Olympic
hurdles crown.
, ori in 'SB raved about Nickerson’s
j skiH, his one-man pepperball act
; and bat juggling, His bag of tricks
| includes a ball dropped from an
urplsne travelling faster than 100
miles an hour.
The St. Petersburg Recreation
Department is giving splendid co
! operation and fine facilities for the
; Clowns’ training program. Camp
i be}! Field if kept in first-class
! shape the year around The team
I ik quartered at the Robot James
j Hotel,
[Top Tilts On Roster Os NAL;
Many To Be Played In City
CHICAGO The addition of the 1
Raleigh Tiger* and Newark <N J.' :
Indian* increase* membership in
the Negro American League from j
four to mx clube thi» season. Pie- i
sident J. B. Martin announced this
week
Application* by the two new
clubs were accepted laat week The
season will start Sunday. Mai.v !71h
with the Birmingham Black Ba,
rons battling the Kansas City Mon
arch*: the Detroit Star* will be the
guests of the Memphis Red Sox. ;
and Raleigh journeys to Newark
At least four twin bills will be
piesented at Yankee Stadium din- j’
mg Ihe first half, Martin announc- I
rd. The first doubleheader in New ,
York will be on June 7th. between
Kansas City and Memphis
day. April SSth at Memphis
now drilling on honfl* soil, will
play an exhibition game Sun
day, Aapril 26th at Memphis.
Both clubs are pennant con
tenders.
Meantime, the Altmarchs
have exhibiiorts coming up in
the deep south, meeting local
club* to Tuscaloosa. Ala.. Esto
hoeg*. Ala.. and Meridian.
Mito., May 1 to, 2nd, and 3rd.
Detroit will play at Jasper, Ala.
on May 2nd. and travel to Hat- ,
tiesburg, Miss., the following
day.
Now that Negro players have
i established themselves in the ma
; jors, Marfan predict* * revival of ,
j Negro baseball this year.
Paul Quinn
Hosts South
Central Meet
WACO Tex tANPi Paul j
Quinn college will be host to the
South Central Athletic Conference i
track and field championships
scheduled for April 24-15, official
have announced.
The scheduled event is the firs:
i for Paul Quinn as conference host ;
Approximately 150 students from 1
! five college are scheduled to par
| ticipate in the events The five col
leges are Alcorn, Lorinan, Miss:
i I,e land Baker, La.: Mississippi In
dustiia!. Holly Springs. Miss.: Still
: man Tuscaloosa. La.; arid Paul
! Quinn
Track and field event* will be
i gin on Friday, April 24. and ten
nis and other events, including th?
track finals, will be held Saturday
the 25th.
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"I believe we'U have oue bee*
season since the war year*,” he 1
Sonny Liston Guns For
Floyd Patterson After
Defeating C. Williams
MIAMI BEACH. Fl*. (ANP>
Following his knockout of lugged
Cleveland Williams of Houston.
Tex . last Wednesday night, Sonny
Liston issued an open challenge to
ail opponents including heavy
weight champion Floyd Patterson.
The St. Louis heavyweight, now
boxing out of Philadelphia, demo
lished Williams in three rounds in
a nationally televised bout Starting
“Negro In Fine Arts”
Humanities Wk. Theme
GREENSBORO The Negro in
, the Fine Arts" is the theme of (he
j annual Humanities Week obser
vance at Bennett College which
began on Tuesday and will end
; on Friday.
Guest artist is Dr Slei ling A
Brown.’ associate professor of En
glish at Howard University, who 1
is scheduled to lecture and read j
irom his poetry on Thursday night.
1 in the David D Jones Student Uni - j
! on Aalso on the program will be j
selections by the freshman choir, j
directed by Edward Lowe and sev
eral numbers by a modern dance j
group under the direction of Mrs.
Dolly Turner.
Dr. Brown, who h.ss con- i
trihuted poetry, reviews and
essays to numerous publics - j
tions. Is the author of a number
of books, among them “South
ern Road” and “Negro Poetry
and Drama." A native of Wash
ington. he has also taught at
Ftsk. Atlanta and New York
! Universities.
I Emphasis upon the music of Ne- j
pro composers was scheduled to j
feature the mid-week vesper pro- !
gram Wednesday night, with the
choral ensemble of A & T College
as guests. A poetry reading' session
was held on Tuesday night, high
lighting original compositions by
member* of the Bennett student
body and faculty.
On Friday, Dr. Brown wjH meet
with several groups of students to
! discuss with them various problem*
declared, "trtiMi sU chiix m Hi«
league money.”
slowly, as usual, ‘Liston turned on
the heat and floored William?
twice before the referee stopper:
the bout at 2:04 of the tSurd round.
Liston, a two-fisted belter with
an impressive record, has had
trouble lining up suitable op
ponents in recent months li. is he
beved he will havto even greater
difficulty now.
of willing Di Hobart S Jarvett is
chairman of the humanities divis
ion and Mrs Blanche Raiford is
chairman of this years observance
Spring Concert
Hex: Week At
Bennett Coiiege
GREENSBORO - The annua 1
spring concert by the freshman
choir at Bennett College will be
presented on April 24 al 8 p nt.
in Pfeiffer Chape!.
The 44-voice group, directed hr
Edward l.owe. will sing numbers
dating from the !6th century to
the present. Included will fc*
B Minor;* Mendelssohn s ‘‘Hear My
“Cruciftoras” tram Bach's "Mass in
Prayer;'* “Requiescat” by William
Schumats and “Hallelujah Amen
from “Judas MaccabaeuA’ by Han -
del. The oaoir will .also sing a
group of spirituals, among them.
“Listen to the Lamh*' J by ‘Nathan
iel DeiA *My Way'* Cloud,
arranged W Harry I’, Burleigh
Soloist* will be Misses Ruth Dob
son, SandrA Downing’, Janet Ed
wards. Shirley Hawkin* and Zclma
Wright Art added feature will be
the performance of the Madrigal
Singers, a group of 12,
Soloist* WfU be Misses Ruth Dob
son, SandrA Downing’, Janet Ed
wards. Shirley Kawktrai and Zebra
Wright An added feature will be
the performance of the Madrigal
Singers, a group of 12,
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