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By CHARLES J. LTVTNGSTON
FO» AVI*
ARCHIE. MOORE—A KECKS '
GAMBLER
After tv "i ciiiel -
fighting which ssv. -v
--adversity -ftc-r ,■.; >• .1
to the light hi avy ■■ ■. c K i
pionship. Archie
gambling with his bier n
os winning the h;
lucrative pi i-:■ n '.O
t)i» heavyweight ch.-m
the world.
On ’■'•e.rhv'.
Moore V-ji; in r, •
for 3 showdown ■ iih
Parker, heavyweight ■ ■ . - iie >:
Canada, but other"’-' n< c--
ered seriously in ttv -■* ,-p :• ; j
States
The fight staged in th
Leaf Baseball Park in ’•
ttrio. Canada, was hi >d •>-
heavyweight charripinnrhio
down Why, nobod - *« ■ :n r... .
but. Jack SolomonLon.-’-- n at
Jack Kearns, well known around
these parts., each had a hand in it.
The championship ancle is
Influenced by MooreN ■ - i
fence ~ no doubt for public!.-.'
reason* that hr is the right
ful successor to Rocky Mnrci
ue, the win who punched Ar
chie silly a short while b--n k.
Beyond that, there is absolute-.
Iv no authenticity to the tight.
Whv Moore would ■■ ■. >
COO gate in his propov-d bout v;i.i
Floyd Patterson hi Kepler h- ;
engage in this meaningics.- ■ v
ter is hard to figure <*,. • Th r
guess is that he no doubt rowo
ered Parker a push -o\ m<i an
easy route to a fat ps -■ check.
In pri?*- fighf-nnoc
can never rule out the •
of defeat and Moore ■’h .’ou'
risked losing conr-id- ■ nw
than he could hope m --in in to
match with Park«r •
A win over Parke- rwms ; ( b
solutely nothing in Ain ■ •
one here 'would rero;r ; c- -'•••
as champ to? - licking a sr;-
isn’t, even rated anv’i.'c rri * ■'
such as Balter. ’'Hurricane ' Jet
son. e* al.
The question Moore should
ask himself is whether Parker,
in Archie’*, position, would g«\
him the same break For ii K
always hard to figure oui wh>
fellows like Moore, who bad
such a rough time reaching the
top, are so willing to sire oth
er fighters, about whom tH•
know little, the break* it look
them years to get
It may or may not be berau <- of
their pigmentation, but it is
known fact that ♦a'* ‘ b"
perier.ee considerably -■■■<-• 6 'U
culty in reaching the ten
Take the cape of .1 , '
instance The "Brown R ••• - ■
to guarantee James J ” • 1
slice of hi? champ• onsh -
for several year" b
lure him into a tiue ■ deb
Marty Serve and :
gave Sugar Ray K'o.i-.ir- ;,-n •
around for wvi
public opinion fore- * ’ • .
his title on the line . ■
Moore s own rare psovrics a
gond example Thr St i nr’ ,
battler bad to so ■ •■<- in i 1
for peanut*- before Joey t* '. ,>r»
agreed *0 meet him fort : ■
light beavvw'elght title.
This column has no -r,
with Moore However a ■-
feels dptv bound to
gainst such danger"')
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11 Won’t Be Pressured Into Signing Negro/
lid Sox ianager Tells Sports Reporters
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FUSE TICKET TO SECOND — Pittsburgh's Dale Long slid hr safely into second, upsetting
Brooklyn's Charlie Neal in the first inning of a recent, game in Brooklyn. The thro**? from
catcher Rube Walker to Neal was too late to nip Dale, who scooted from first alter a passed
ball. (NEWSPRESS PHOTO,)
Harris, Newsome, Cooper Star As
tmgtioaitvw
I led caps Slaughter Caledonia
Pris cners 20-8 In Franklin
f.-, CHARLES F. BLALOCK
FRANK.LINTOM The. Frank- ;
I niton Redcap? uirned or, the po*v
: »r to blast out 21 hit,3 for 2d runs i
as ’hoy dr.wn. d the previously un- ;
defeated Caledonia Prison Farm j
i.i’:v,r> in a game played here Sun- ■
Ro.’-rnond Harris. Redcap pitcher.
; in his second start this season, if j
:t< ditert wiih the win. He needed j
I hciji in the waning innings from i
j hi 1% Newsome and Donald Coop- \
T'or Redcap r, ff on so began " n roil I
\ jn the initial frame, when a walk
• to Willi;.nr Nichols, a sacrifice by
Sam Mfii'u'"', :l doubl® by Charles
B!alo<'k. and -r single by .fairios
Williams Takes Calf Crown
For 2nd Time In Four Years
TOLEDO, O (AND For tlm
second ’hr in four years. Marion
Williams, craft- Detroit shotmaker. j
j has -i the annua! Midwestern
Coif AssociM ion annual tourney
j hc! ,„ , aRt ...x.-k-end
■ Aft-'i capturing medal bon
01 - -.1 !(h .1 scnsitioMil fit over
ti'C Bav View course Williams
- ne ha< k « i<h a 7ft and 7J
ever the billy Ottawa Park
iavout. ,-riving him a !4i total
1 r men - -; championship
•'■oii.i : i.yre honors went *0
• Clai'frce V..,tson, Cleveland, who
l put ;'ther a 73 and 69 for 142.
: In Land nk' -e Andrew Wood
:*!. I'l.-vo;;. v.■: 1 h a 73-71-144
| D< : s dominated play, with
! Krn- :■! Richardcon pairing 3 72-80-
i 152 for the .senior flight title, and
I Ha/cl Bibbs with an 30-85—165 for
j ihe women's championship.
Firs' fl.gh; winner among the
! r-..-n *,\p Howard Brown, Saginaw,
’ Mi.-h., a. ho c;>,■(! •.'! 72 and 69 for
!?’ To :,: ! Padgett. Toledo, fal
■d a of 72s for 144 to finish
i ■" nn ' •■"■P-
Miss Laron Eloore of rtove-
GIBSON GfßL—Tomm champion Althea Gibson flash#* a
big smile as she disembarks from a Pan Am clipper from
London. Tits firs! of her race to compete in Wimbledon, Althea i
lost her singles match, bat shared the women's doubles
titte. She was hailed at New York's City Halt and is a favorite
to win the Forest Kills toumamwL {NEWSPRBSS PHOTO.) 1
Hicks put them out in front 2-0
The*, were never headed, adding
runs in every inning
FLOYD LEADS OFFENSE
Lonnie Floyd, replacing Clar
ence Hicks at first base, led
(he Redcaps offensively. H*
connected for 3 singles and a
double in five trips to (he
plate. He was followed closely
by Blalock who received 3 hits
in t at-b.aK Including his fith
home run of the season in the
4th inning.
CLARENCE HICKS' DAT
Clarence Hicks, who has been
sidelined for the past two weeks
with a knee injury, will he hen
: ored next Sunday in a came played
land shot 30-95 IXS for the j
’ first flight championship for !
ihc women’s senior flight title, j
More, than 209 entrants played
Was *Worst Hitter: ’
Glasses Helped Simpson
Regain Good Batting Eye
: KANSAS CITY. Mo <ANP) i
Os the 17 players acquired by the
Kansas City Athletics since the |
Lanchise was transferred here
from Philadelphia for the 1955 sea
son, the standout has been Harry
(Suit Case) Simpson, who made a
comeback last, season after two !
years in thp minors.
The Athletics grabbed him as a
Cleveland Indians' discard las; .
year. Simpson rewarded his bene- i
THE CAROLINIAN
between the Redcaps and the port
■ i er-packed Greensboro Redwings,
It Mil be Clarence Hicks' Day',
| with Hicks being honored in a mid
! game ceremony
The Redcaps will be jour
neying to Raleigh again on F ri
day night. August 3 to play a
contest in the New Chavis
Fark Their opponents for the
are-light affair have not been
named as yet.
I August 5 svil! find the Frank
| linton team pitting their ability a
-1 i gainst the might of the Kinston
; : Black Sox who hold one of the
i victories over the Redcaps this sea
i I son
I in the .44-hole event Awards were
! presented at the Midwestern Golf
i Club clubhouse, with the presents
! tinn being followed by a party
j factors with a 301 baiting average
i and 52 runs batted in after a slow
j start
Given a reprieve, the 30 •
year old Simpson was deter
mined io make good He start
ed wearing glasses and appar
| ently regained his baiting es<>
j after a distnsi start at Kansas
City.
I was the worst hitter in
baseball my firsi month with
the eluh," he explained this
year.
“Rut Lou (Manager Lou Bou
dreau) went along with me, pat
ting me on the back and telling
me to stay in there I felt all along
that I could bit better than .ISC,
but if Lou hadn't been patient
with me and left me in the line
up, T might have been a has-been
at 30.
'So in 115 games I finished with
a .30! average and drove in 52 runs
And T can do better now because
I’m wearing these (he pointed to
his glasses)."
Simpson said he wasn't going to
let Boudreau down His perform
ance this season seemed to back
up his vow. He has been doing
marvelously, playing either center
or right field and filled in for a
spell at first base when Vic Power
whs injured. Harry's batting aver
age has ranged between .280 and
.3)0. but. he has proved one of the
most timely hitters in the AL His
RBI total at the All-Star game
break was fil, putting him among
the leaders in thgl. department,
For a man who had once lost 1
much of his confidence. Simpson i
has rebounded remarkably. He j- j
proving himself quite a ball play ;
er this season. Not nearly the great
one that so many predicted, but '
j a good one anyway.
The increased demand of the :
consuming public for red meat '
poultry meat has given considera
ble impetus to the broiler and. tur
key sectors of the poultry industry.
Homes of several other Negro
families have been bombed in tins
northwest section of town earlier
in the year.
PLAY FAIR
: IN SPORTS
I . . 4 IVCy&I ,
By CONRAD CLARK
i BOSTON, Mass, f ANP) —• News- ,
i paper readers learned here last :
i Sunday that Joe Cronin and the
i Red Sox "are willing and eager
' to have a Negro player when one
comes along who measures up to
major league specifications”
The news article, written by Bob
: Holbrook of the Boston Globe, said
’ "unfortunately (referring to the
| search for Negro material by the
I Rod Sox) they haven't found one
I vet. "
For sometime now, sports writers
I of New England and other states
’ where the major leagues have their
i hail parks, have been writing that
j no Negro has ever played for the
i Boston Red Sox, one of the three
! major league f?) te-ms that do not
| have colored players on their rns
j ters
‘Pigment of tha skin mean# no
i thine to us.” Cronin declared in
i the story. "We want major leaguers *
| on our team. We’d be delighted to ;
! have a Negro major league ball
| player when we ran sign one to
a Red Sox contract.
”We will not he pressured
Into signing a player because
j he is a Negro.” were the final ;
| words of Mr. Cronin,
j Continuing. Sportswriter Hoi- j
i brook went on to say that Cronin,
j Yaw key and the Red Sox in gen
j era!, have been subjected to hitter
i criticism for not having colored i
j players on the roster.
According to the article, the Red
| Sox team has now signed two ;
: young Negro players to minor j
j league contracts. Ear! Wilson, a i
: pitcher, and Jerry Green, a short- !
; stop, maybe the first, two to make !
H j
It was written 'hat Yawkey has i
I spent considerable money for j
• scouts who have been ordered to ;
get the best colored talent avails- !
bie To date, the scouts have failed i
to carry out their orders.
Banks and Mays and Frank Rob- i
; inson, as well as Larry Doby and :
• the others have been taken from ,
I the Red Sox by keener and quick- I
er scouts.
Referring to the Negro popu
. lace's suspicions of the Red Sox ‘
| back m 1945, and a little later on.
"'hen Jackie Robinson had a try- !
: out in Fenway Park and wasn't
| signed, and asking the question.
| why?", the story says that Cronin ,
remembers Jackie
"First of all the Negro barrier :
; remained to be broken. Maybe the
Pod .Soy didn't fee! they could han
; rile such an assignment How many
baseball men had the courage to ;
do i?’ One named Branch Rick- !
I ey ‘
LEAGUE
STANDINGS
i CHANTS SENIOR SOFTBALL *
LEAGUE
W I, Pet j
Hall's Grill 7 0 1000 i
Lassiter’s Hardware a 2 750 I
i Peeble s Bricklayers 2 3 .400 j
■ Kenney's Lunch 2 5 .235 !
' Pine State 1 a .142 :
CAPITOL CITY LEAGUE
W L Prf
! Am vets 4 0 1000
i Kabala Temple 2 ? 500
! American Legion 1 3 230
Tuttle Center 0 4 .000
Redcaps
Standings
REDCAP BATTING LEADERS
BATTING AVERAGES
AB H Av.
Blalock 71 33 462
;r. Hicks 57 23 402
i Stallings 45 13 .396
J, Hicks 60 21 349
I Nichols 71 23 .322
HOME RUNS
, Blalock 6
Stallings 6
C, Hicks 3
RUNS BATTED IN
; Blalock 2 ■
: Stallings 5-
C. Hicks 20
PITCHING RECORD
V.L L
: Harris 2 .9 ■
j Tharringtor 5 1
: Newsoms 3 1
I Cooper 2 l:
j Vass 2 2
! New Stadium
Replaces Old
Tiger Field !
CRAMBLING La (SPECIAL)—
• Tiger Field reeked with the sad- ;
| ness of farewell at Grambling Col- !
! lege last week as workers moved
| the last, piece of stadium equip
ment to the - new athletic field
The new stadium is located on
the east end of the campus and
! will seat approximately 1.8,000
i when concrete and steel 3tand* are
. completed in 1957.
It will have a definite "new '
look,"
Major improvements will in- j
| elude new lights with sealed
beam reflector*, a quarter-mile.
• indei track, an enlarged pres#
box with separate radio booths,
adequate plumbing fixtures,
and seats painted and num
bered to handle large crowds,
! The new field was sodded in
j April and should be in excellent,
shape for the opening game with
Paul Quinn College Sept. 15.
GRAMBLING'S AERIAL ARTIST
GRAMBLING La. Pitching
! Paul Green handles the aerial au
j lies for (he defending National Ne
i gro Championship Grambling col
j lege eleven. Last fall his take-a
--j chance throws accounted for 323 j
' yards and five touchdowns. 1
LOOKING FOB A BREAK—-"Doc" Wendlet looks lor * possible fraehrre cm fh* KR *mH*
of bustling Dodger outfielder Sandy ftmoros, injured during <v seen* game at Milwaukee*
Injury Has plagued the little Wprld Senes hero, who was subsequently gMielswd for 5 few
days after being spiked on o second base pi iy, {NEWSPRESS PHOTO.)
j/infersecfiona/ Tilt Tops
\NCC’s 1956 Grid Schedule
| DURHAM North Carolina Cot
liege's 195 R foot ball Eagles hß’ e a
• nine-game raid opening in Ditr
! ham on Sen*. 22 with an intersee :
| tional classic featuring the tamed
j and feared Florida A and M Rat
i tiers as opponents This will be a
1 Saturday night tilt slated for Dur
( ham Athletic Park,
j Eight other games are on tap for
I the Eagles, including CIAA cham
! pion Maryland State, the NCC e- 1
; ieven s Homecoming opponent on
i Oct 20.
The Eagles close out season
i pl.iv or> their own gridiron on
Nov 27 *n their traditional
Carolina Classic lilt on Thanks
giving Day with A and T Col
lege
SCC's home schedule includes, in
! addition to Florida and Maryland, ,
j St. Augustine's at Durham Athlet
i\r Park (Saturday night*. Oct. fi.
i and Benedict College, CKp.ll.y ,
Field. 2 p.m . Nov 10
Herman Riddick's charge-. CIAA
champions in 1953 and 1904 arid
i fourth place loop finishers last sea
< son. are out to dethrone the mighty
j Marylanders of Coach Vernon
! (Skip) McKain this season
The Eagles figure they have
the kind of schedule this sea
son to enable them to claim
national recognition if the
gridders "come through "
Games away from Durham for
the Eagles include Morgan at Bal
! timore. Sept. 29; Virginia State a*
j Petersburg, Oct 13; Shaw at Ba-
I leigh, Oct 27, and South Carolina ;
i State at Orangeburg, Nov 3
This year's schedule includes
| five of the nine first division club' j
i from last season; Maryland A. and
I T. Virginia State * finishing m that .
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WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 28.
order* sixth-place Shaw and ninth- ,
place Morgan.
The Hawks. Aggies, Troians,
aud Morgan Beat* are greatly
strengthened over last season
and Shan is reportedly better j
off in depth All this forebodes
'll for the Eagles if they falter f
en route
In CIAA ratings for 1955, Mary- I
land won the championship with -t j
7-0 record and a Dickinson rating j
of 26.07 A and T was runner-up
Howard Bison';' Olympic
Hopes Rest On Bradford
WASHINGTON. P. C Howard
University's hopes for a second
: gold medal in a? many Olympic
; games * spear to rest, on the rug
: cod shoulders of 27-year-old .Jins
! Bradford. * 270-pound veteran of
I the fighting in Korea
Bradford, who is a native of
Washington and a Dunbar
High grad, was runner-up to
New York City’s John Davis
in the heavyweight, weightlift
ing competition at Helsinki in
195? when Norvet Lee. became,
the first Howard athlete to an
nev an Olympic title.
Lee who won the lightheavy
j weight, boxing crown and was lat
’ oted the top boxer at deism-
I ki. has retired from active compe
I •• ilii a 4-1-1 record and * Diekla
j son of 22 91 The Virginia State
; Trojans ended season play with 4-
i 9-3 record and a Dickinson of 22.39.
i ’’ r Cs count, last, season was 3-1-
j I i a Dickinson of 21.5(1
S Outer first. - division club* and
1 their won-lost and Dickinson
I counts.
j s*l- W-Salem (5-M): 21.25
! 6t,h Shaw 1 4-2-2-> 19.33
I 7- Delaware <5-1-0) 1916
8f Bluefield (5-2-1) 19 06
1 n *’ Morgan (4-1-0? 19.00
*if ion no" This leaves the burden 1
of carrying the Blue A- White.’’
at Melbourne to Bradford.
The road to Melbourne is ant
without obstacles for Bradford,
however Davis, who was the
world's ranking lifter for near
ly i decade figures to be over
the hill now. but an even more
formidable opponent has ap
peared in the form of Paul An
derson, the 330-pound Georgi
an who has broken nearly ev
ery record in the books.
Bradford figures that he will
have to, get at least % second
! place at the Olypmic trials in Oc
j tober to make the team. This is
j his primary concern now, He says
I he'll cross the Melbourne “bridge
j if and "'hen he gets to it