Little Blues, State Champions,
AAU To Expand Youth Program
Nation-Wide
Acceleration
Announced
NEW YORK »AN P> - Plans for
accelerating its four "Youth Acti
vity Programs" on a nation-wide
basis were announced F't iday by
the Amateur Athletic Union o f the
U. S.
Three coordinators have been
named by Kellum Johnson. Presi
dent of the Union. Bob Kiphuth.
noted Yale university swimmint
coach will be chief of the trio. As
sisting him will he Robert Monti
jfney of Cuyahoga Falls. O. and
Victor Di Filippo of South Orange,
N. J.
Though the A. A U. Age Group
Swimming and Track and Field.
Junior Olympics. Physical Fitness
tests and Olympic Development
of American youth and have ai-
ready done much to raise the level
of the -nations physical fitness, it
is hoped that far more interest can
be stimulated through this plan.
Howard Prof
Featured In
Greensboro
DR. RROWN W ADDRESS
GREENSBORO Two addresses
by Dr. sterling A. Brown, profes
sor of English at Howard Univer
sity, Washington, D. C., featured
ih« annual Humanities Week ob
servance at. Bennett College last
week.
Dr. Brown Illustrated hi* Thurs
day night addreae with readings
fVr*m some of the poems from his
booh, "Southern Road," among
them 'Old Lem,* “Strong Man”
and "Long Gone.'*. On Friday
moiming He spoke on “The Negro
in Fine Arts" theme of this year *
observance- Later. bo talked in
formally with student groups sod
visited « number of classes
On Tuesday night, Bennett
fVsHege student® who won
price* to £ poetry contest, read
their poems, and other student*
read fnHS the works of Lang
ston Hughe*. Paul Laurence
Dunbar, Margaret Walker and
■iajfflie# Weldon Johnson.
Winner of the poetry contest was
Mm Nancy Choi a senior, of Seoul,
Roves, with her poem. "Faust at
Twelve O'clock," Miss Linda
Brown of Akrors Ohio, s sopho
more, was second with ‘'Precoci
ous Curiosity." Tied for third place
were Misses Louisa Pope, senior.
Os South Pittsburg, Tenn.: Shirley
Thompson, sophomore, of Si. Pauls,
snd Theresa Keyes, freshman, of
Raridsllsfewn Maryland.
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* Morgan's Orators
Affirmative Team
Winners In Pa.
BALTIMORE. Md. A boy-girl
team of orators from Morgan State
College out-talked all competitors
to wm the highest ranking affir
mative team honors *1 the Univer*
Mty of Pittsburgh Spring Novice
Debate Tournament
France* Nicholson and Hughlyn
Fierce, both members of the D, O.
W Holme* Debate Society, were
swarded a 'handsome team trophy
for their achievement
The debaters eonsphted to *
field es approximately 200 ora
tor* from 18 schools to 1 state*,
with arguments centered on
this year’* national debate Sop -
lc, "Resolved, That the farther
development of nuclear wea
pons should be prohifeted by
international agreement."
Last year, the same duo won
top negative team honors at the
Dickinson College tournament
Both are sophomores.
In other recent debate honors,
Morgan orators won 8 out of 12
debates at the Rutgers University
Debate Tournament Representing
the college were Mr. Fierce. Henry
Sands. John Pusher, and William
Wagstaff.
Wagstaff, president of the Holmes
debaters, was selected the fourth
ranking speaker in a group of the
fop ten selected by judges out of
the field of some 200. Morgan’s
tram ranked seventh in the group
of thirty-five schools.
Harold B. Chinn of the English
and Speech faculty is director of
debate at the college. Coach of Miss
Nicholson and Mr, Fierce is Leroy
Giles, also of the English faculty.
Barney Berllnger and George Man
ger won five Penn Relays sicca till on
| championships wearing the Red and j
1 Blue of Pennsylvania httore the event j
was discontinued sr. 19?, ‘1. Barney Ber-
Hngor. Jr., in the pole vault and
George’s son. Grev Munger. a cpjarter- !
miler, represent the Quakers in tiic j
Penn Relays this year on Franklin j
Field, April 24-2 s. i
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READY FOK ACTION Heavyweight boxing champion Floyd
Patterson is shown donning his head gear prior to going into the
ring for a workout at his training quarters in indanapolis, Indiana.
The champ, who will defend his title against Brian London Friday
night, is training at the Indianapolis Coliseum, site of the title fight.
(UPI TELEPHOTO).
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YOUNGEST FAN Former welterweight champion Virgil Akins holds his fist ap for his eighf
month-old-son. Joel, to inspect. The youngster paid his dad a visit at the gym where he was working out
at St. Louis, Mo., last Wednesday. Akins lost in his hid to regain his crown in a 15-round bout with Don
Jordan on the night of April 24. Jordan won the bout by a unanimous decision. (UPI TELEPHOTO).
COVERING SPORTS
MEMO TO DERBY FANS Tar.
fans joining the thousands of rar
ing fans thronging to Louisville,
for the 85th running of the Ken
tucky Derby. Saturday can perform
a memorable and significant tri
bute to America's greatest jockey
by organizing a pilgrimage to the
grave of Isaac Murphy at Lexinv
ton. Besides honoring Murphy—a
Negro, and the first three-time Der
by winner—the pilgrimage, if pro
perly organized, could also serve
to dramatize the injustice done to
race jockeys since the heyday of
the famed rider.
Angle: Although Negro riders
have written some of the mon
glorious chapters in the history of
racing in America, segregation and
the greed of white competitors
have combined to “freeze" them off
the track. None have ridden in the
Louisville classic since Jimmy
Wink-field won the Derby in 1902.
The freezeout has been so rigid
that today Negroes are employed
at the tracks only as stable clean
ers and exercise boys The whole
rotten setup is an insult to Murphy,
whose performance in winning 14
derbies over a span of 16 years is
still unmatched in American turf
racing. Murphy’s grave, bare but
for a plain wooden marker bearing
his, name, is located in old Number
Two Cemetery on East Seventh St.
In Lexington, just a fev- hours re
moved f 1*011! Louisville.
BALLYHOO DEPARTMENT:
The ballyhoo bays arc finding
it difficult to drum ue interest
for the Floyd Patterson-Brian
London tunrup title bout at tin;
BY \SSOdATED NEGRO PRESS
Indianapolis Fairground* May
1 Reasons: Fans are tonkin*
past the London bout, to the
Patterson-,Johansen showdown
in .June, while Floyd's long ab
sences from the ring* lias do
< reased his popularity as a box
office attraction. An equal flop
in date, has, been the efforts of
Abe Saperstein* press agents
to publicize as a coming ebaro
ll ie n, Antonio Marcilla, Abe's
, so-called South American wel
ter weight phenom.
The boys arc learning that you
| can build a ring rep on the basis
| of victories over “setups’* in second
rate fight clubs. And what happen
ed to Philadelphia’s Len Matthews,
| until recently billed, as the hottest
j lightweight discovery? Len was un
: beaten in 15 fights until he ran in-
I to journeyman fighter Paulie Arrn
| stead of California, and more re-
Ci? Dates For Lincoln’s
Athletic Teams Revealed
| LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. (A
--i NP) Three big dates, including
j lb*. Central Intercollegiate Atihle
jtk Association Track and Field
| championships at Virginia State
! college, have been announced for
| athletic teams at Lincoln uni
versity.
Aggie-Elizabeth City
Game Not Completed
GREENSBORO The balance i
of a baseball game between the j
A and T College Aggies and Eliza
beth City State Teachers College |
interrupted last Saturday night by ,
rain, will have to be completed in !
Elizabeth City later.
The Aggies were leading. <l-1.
in the bottom of the sixth as
action was suspended. The de- j
vision to play the remaining
NCC Wins 3 Os 4 Relays
Versus Winston’s Rams
WINSTON-SALEM Special'
Coach Leroy T. Walker’s relay j
team, in a bid for national honors, j
won three of four relays from Wil- 1
bur Ross' Quantico Carnival j
champions here at Winston-Sa- j
lems’ Relays last Saturday.
The Eagles also won five firs!
places ancl two seconds to be run- ;
ner-up in the meet which the
Rams won,
Elias Gilbert in the 130 highs
and 220 low hurdles won in im
pressive times of 14 flat and 23.2.
Vanoe Robinson. NCC s highly
touted century star, blazed thru
his specialty in 9.6 to finish ahead
of Rams Bob Manning and-Char
lie Lewis.
Walkers sprint relay charges
dashed out front first with the
Noble Sissle Pleads
For USO Fund Help
WASHINGTON tANP) -- Ee
•ause *he world is not in a shooi
ng war, many people fail to re-
I eentiy Carole? Orti? of New York
j a powderpuff puncher, who stop
| ped him on a TKO in six* rounds.
THEY HAD TT COMING: Boston
Red. Sox brass have no one but
themselves to blame far the ad
verse publicity connected with the
NAACP charge of the club’s dis
crimination of Jerry (Pumpcie)
Green, first and only Negro to wear
the Sox uniform. Green had what
many consider an all-to-brief try
out with the club during spring
training and then was politely and
quietly shipped to Minneapolis,
Boston’s minor affiliate.
'Rut apart from the Green's
case BoSost brass, despite their
protestations, had plenty of op
portunities to grab topflight
Negro talents since the advenl
! of Jackie Robinson on the ms
! .for league scene. Un!«s» their
) scoots were asleep or color-
The Lions thinclads will engage
the Trojans of VSC, May 8-9.
The other dates and contests on
the Lions schedule, are a golf
match with Howard university.
Washington. May 14, and tennis
matches with Rutgers college. Phi
ladelphia Textile Co„ and Millers
i ville State, May 2. 7. and 1.1.
innings was arrived with
threatening weather prior to
the start of th* game.
James Baten freshman right
iitirtdci for the Aggies had given
up just one hit. striking out eleven
Teachers during the six inning
stint. The Aggies had garnered 8
hits including doubts by Calvin
Lang. Robert Faulkner and Robert
Bryant.
foursome of Bobby Dobbs, Willie
Ward, Robinson, and Walt John -
son defeating the pride of the
Rams.
Running the quarter mile relay
later, the Eagles jetted through in
42.2 to humble the proud chain
pious of Quantico fame.
For their triple triumph of the
day. the Eagle speedsters upset
Ross’ runners in the half mile
event with 1:27.0 time.
Mason O'Neal paced the NCC
runners in the third reiav follow -
Dobbs, and Willie Ward. Ward
ed by Freeman Hightower, Bobby
ran a 1:54.5 anchor to overcome
a. two foot deficit and give the
bacon to NCC. '
Car! Hawthorne. NCC distance
ace, copped the miie run in 4:38 5
aliztt that there are still more than
.25 million American service men
and women in the Armed Forces,"
declared Noble Sissle rscently.
In Washington to attend the
national round! of the United
States service organisations
meeting, at Sheraton Park ho-
tel. Sissle spoke of the contin
ued needs for contributions to
supply entertainment to armed
forces personnel.
"It is hard for the general pub
lic to realize that the USO’s func
tions are just as important in keep
ing good morale of the military
personnel during the cold war as
it is whew the war is hot,” he
said
Sissle is a member of the enter
tainment committee who helps to
solicit first class entertainment for
the boys overseas The USO spon
sors three types of activities for the
army installation - religious serv
ices. entertainment and clubs. He
expressed hope in interesting Sam -
my Davis to take an overseas USO
tour.
Many entertainers have gone
over from time to time including
top notch Negro entertainers. Lena
Horne was among th* group which
has visited army camps The most
recent was Frank Motley who visit
ed Turkey and the Far East as a
member of the "Swinging Along"
variety show.
A number of colieges are now '
taking plays overseas under
the auspices of the American
Educational Theater associa
tion. Florida A and M is one
such college whose play was
directed by Randolph Edmonds.
They are. now considering send -
ing a group over frfftn Chicago
City college.
President Rufus Clements. At
lanta University, also attended the
Meeting. He is one of the 50 mem
bers on the hoard of governors
Mrs. Ralph Bunch* is another
member of the hoard but was not
present.
blind, they couldn't kelp noting
the performances of the Mays.
Minosos, Howards. Aaron*.
Cepedas and others who plaved
with ten teams here anti with
Latin Squad* in South and
Centra! America.
INSIDE, DOPE: Look for things
to pop when Bill Veeek takes over
as White Sox boss. Among other
things tan players, especially
those on all-Negro squads like the
Indiatiapoiis Clowns will be scrut
inized more closely. Veeek ha* al
ways had an eye-or-ear for tan
players. The Clowns have an am
bidextrous pitcher who some ex
perts believe is reading for the
majors now'.
Meanwhile. Veeek is building
quite a rep in Chicago toy making
himself available to all groups. Re
cently, he was principal speaker
at s banquet given by the Grand
Order of Junior Craftsmen, an af
filiate of the local Prince Hall Ma
sons. About 100 boys from through
out Illinois attend the camp for
two weeks each year. Maybe one of
these kids will someday be in the
Sox fold. Who knows?
Penn ami Yale polevauiter* have
dominated that event at the Perm Re
lavs by winning outright or sharing
in* 3S titles since the event was added
in JBBB. Don Bragg as • VUlanova un
dergraduate won the title outright
twice and shared R once. Bragg, the
worlds’ indoor reeordholder, will com -
pete In a spec is! pole vault event
against Bob Gutowski. the world’s
outdoor recmdhclder. ai the Perm Re
lays, April 25.
DRIVE SAFELY!
Suffer First Loss
Hillside Sets 4 To 1 Win
Over Raleigh BasebalSers I
First baseman Woods' home run i
was the big blow of the game as i
Hillside High snapped Ligon’s win- |
ning streak and handed them a j
4-1 setback in their bid for state j
honors.
Ligon pitchers oniv allowed 3 I
hits but gave up 7 walks and com- i
mitted two errors in losing their I
first game of the season
The Little Blues managed 4
scattered hits but were unable
to capitalize on the breaks. The
big bat of logon s 3rd baseman.
Thomas Bennett, was silenced
as he tailed to get n hit and
broke his hitting streak at six
games.
Cheek was 'be winning pitcher
Raymond Henderson started sot ,
Ligon and was charged with the
loss on his first start since being
converted from short stop.
L. T. Walker, Eagle s’ Track
Coach, To Tour Europe
DURHAM Dr. Leroy T Walk-]
er. professoi of physical education
and track coach at North Carolina ’
College, will leave Durham early:
in June for a. tour of Europe and
the Near East.
His trip will be under the au- I
spices of the U. S. State Depart - j
merit's International Education ]
Exchange auspices, Specialist j
Branch.
Arthur Ashe, Jr., Will Defend
His Scholastic Tennis Crown
DURHAM—Arthur Ashe. Jr of
Maggie Walker H i gh. Richmond, j
will defend his Interscholastic j
crown in Durham, May 14. 15, IS |
in the A.T.A. National Interscholas- j
tic USLTA Qualifying tournament j
Ashe is the youngest champion e- J
ver to wear the crown Can he j
repeal, is a $64 question Ashe will j
receive a real test in the Virginia ]
State Tournament at Petersburg j
May 1 and 2, where he will meet ]
the most feared opponent in tennis, I
"Red” Cunningham of Donbas
High, Lynchburg.
In the national, competition will
be very tough and Asha will not
reach the semi-finals before he
loses 9 game, like he did last year
Some players gunning for s place
on the Qualifying team that will
play in Charlottesville June 15 are
“Red’ Horace Cunningham, Joe
Wiliams. National Junior ATA
champion of Laurinburg Institute.
Laurinburg: Charles Brown, Hill
side High. Durham; Hubert Eaton, j
Jr. Lennox High. Lennox, Mass
Eaton is captain of his team and
may elect to represent his school
with hopes of being drafted to the
Development, Team for the sum me i
on his showing in Charlottesville, j
Thomas Haw es, Willistoa
High, Wilmington. » member of
the team two year* ago. almost
upset the number one Bov's
Champion Robert Sisk* at Ka
lamazoo, ftlich. James E. Ma
lone, number two player to
Raleigh Tigers
Top Greensboro
The Raleigh Tigers defeated the ;
Greensboro Red Sox Sunday by a
score of 3 to 1 Both teams were
scoreless until the sth inning. Ral
eigh made the first score on an j
easy double play An error was
made by second baseman "Rip”
Mangurn.
In the seventh inning, pitcher
Horace Bell gave up a walk, 3 mi,
and a double that netted two runs
Tlie game was fast and weii
played. Well* and Worington were
outstanding for the Tigers, while
C. Bell. H Bell and Hinton playro
good ball for Greensboro
Negro Athlete
Represents Us,
Says Jim Brown
NEW ORLEANS, La. <ANPI
Jim Brown, star fullback of the
Cleveland Brown's football team,
was the featured speaker at Dil
lard University's annual athletic ]
banquet in honor of its, Blue Devil j
teams recently
Brown, rated the 1858 “Proses- ]
sional Player of the Year” credited 1
the Negro athlete with a major '
role in improving race relations.
“Whether he likes it or not, the
Negro athlete represents his race
in the public mind. We have been
most fortunate generally in the
kind of repre*ent*ti»n we have
had,” Brows told the Dillard
audience,
“The Negro athlete, particularly,
has a great responsibility, He must
be qualified to lead and inspire. H«
must be an educated person," he
cautioned.
Tii? Michael Eforiiss Memorial Tro- i
phy is swarded the outstanding high]
school athlete at the Penn Relays. The i
trophy is given in honor of a legen- j
dan’ Pennsylvania football player. \
wrestler, and winner of the inaugural ;
javelin throw at the Relays in IBH. j
"" J'
mu mmtsmrn '*■»«
WEEK StNTSING SATURDAY, MAY 2. 195 b
Ligon had to play without the
full services of Wendell Smith,
their number 1 catcher. Smith
pulled s muscle in practice. Wil
liam Tate, slugging left fielder,
handled the catching chores. Coach
Williams stated that he hoped that
Smith would be ready by Monday
when the Blues take on Hender
son in Raleigh so that th* team
could go at full strength. Ligon
beat Henderson, 16-3, Monday
night.
Ligon outhit Hillside, 4-3, hut
their hits were scattered. The
Little Blues grabbed the bad
hv scoring a run its the Ist in
ning a* Napoleon Johnson led
off with a single.
Hillside came back In their
j half to go ahead on a walk and
home >un and to never again be:
leaded.
While Walker, coach rtf Lee
Calhoun. 1956 Olympic gold
medalist in thi 110 meter high
hurdles, will conduct clinics
and lectures on athletics and
problems related to physical
fitness programs, generally, he
will also devote considerable
time to his speciality, track
and field events.
C lark *, Grabneer National
] Boys Champion Cleveland. O
hio, City rating; Grabneer is
present USLTA Boys champion.
In addition to these players there
j will be a large number of other
j players from Georgia including
| Long from Atlanta. Flayers from
j South Carolina. Pennsylvania,
j Maryland. D C. and the larges,
j number of players aver entered
S from North Caroline The commit
Champion
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i
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Tbf/sQ* O-j 7,:
S Years Old
Kentucky Straight Bourbon
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Red Sox And
Monarch* T o
Play Tigers
A pair of Negro American Lea
g»i* teems, the Mernphi* Rad Sox
and ths Kansas City Monarch*, will
invade Raleigh for * pair of exhi
bition games with the Raleigh Ti
gers.
Memphis is slated to meet the
Tigers at Chavis Park on Tuesday
nitht. May 12th, and the Kansas
City Monarch* will take on the
. Tigers ,n an afternoon contest ar
Chavis Park on Wednesday si 3
j P- m.
The Tigers, having already sail
ed exhibition victories over a pair
jof strong state semi-pro teams.
Durham Ram' and Greensboro Red
Soxs. take on another good semi
pro club. Fayetteville Cardinals at
Chavis Park on Thursday night,
April 30.
The Tigers lost a total of 15 ex
{ hibitiori games prior to opening
! theiv official Negro American Lea
gue season at Newark, N ,T.
Raleigh is slated to m* e i the
Newark Indians at Roosevelt Sta
i diuni on Sunday, May 17th in' the
! loop's opener
j The Tigers exhibition slate fol
: lows:
April 30. Fayetteville Cardinals,
j at Raleigh: May 2. Edenton, at E
denton: 3. Edenton. ai Edenton; 4.
Durham, ai Durham; 7. Norwood,
at Norwood; 8 Holly Hill, at Hol
ly Hi!!. S. C : 9. Hoiiy Hill, at Hol
ly Hill, S. C.; 10, Sharpsburg, at
Sharpsburg: II Greenville. a<
Greenville S. C ; 12. Memphis Red
Sox. ai Raleigh: ryiri 13, Kansas
i City Monarchs. at Raleigh.
, tee will try to enlarge the develop
ment team if money becomes a
vailabie.
All player* ar® urged to send lo-
Mr. W. L. Cooke, 2100 Otis Street,
Durham, N. C„ for room reserva
tion*. If you do not have entry
blank writs lo W. L. Cooke. En -
tries must be in by May 12. Draw
will be mart* May 13, Hay starts
May M at A A. M. Be there or be
! defaulted.
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