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WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE R. 1957 CAROLINIAN Inter*'?v:s Dodgers’Charlie Neal I Hear Tax Difficulties Drove “Sweetpea” Peacock’s Mgr, ToT ake His Life Under T rain . { LOS ANGELES (ANP) —There I wa* much speculation here last j week about the ring future of j BUy (Sweetpea) Peacock, fourth j ranked bantamweight contender, j following the death of Joe Smiley, his manager, who reportedly com mitted suicide because of income tax difficulties. Stanley, who shared a father son relationship with Peacock, reportedly flung himself into the path of an oncoming freight train at Sunset and Alameda, after telling a woman friend that " . . hr was going to end “Big Bob” Thurman Notv A Star Player With Redlegs CINCINNATI (ANP) ln 1954, > 800 Thurman made a profitable in- ; vestment. He paid the Charleston I team of the Ann aeon Association j $4,000 to purchase his own con- I tract and then he signed with the ; Cincinnati Redlegs. Thurman, now recognized as one j of the most valu-u.lt! pinchhitiers and utility players in the majors, was set to play with Charleston in 1953. The big outfielder had been in organized baseball since 1949, when he had been signed to the \ew York Yankees chain system, and didn't seem to be making much headway toward the majors. He receiv ed a lucrative offer to plav in y the Dominican Republic Lea- ' gue md forsook Organized ® Baseball, To regain bis eligibility even to play winter bail in Cuba and Purr- j to Rico, Thurman had to fork over | the s4.non for his contract with Charleston. It. was while he was performing Senturce in the Puerto Rican Lea- | gue in 1954, that Cincinnati's man- j ager. Birdie Tcbbetts saw and was j intrigued by his long-bail hitting. The Redlegs signed him as e free * agent. has had reason to regret this move, i * ■' • RKIDSVILLE WINS STATE CROWN Shown are mem hers of Reidsvllle's Washing ton High School who won the State Baseball Crown Friday, #s ,;,!^^^^P > I!WS<@SBSSBSBSPBi!!I ! PBW9Wia ?■ ’ 30#?'' J’i'" ’ il£ • '/£■■■ ’ A,f . 7*.wafgjpJSJwnA <■ JW^cyfflßll^’JßSalrjlSs * ’<*% -•• ’.*<» > w ' IfUli 48&~ , *t 'JffifiJWlW'CsiPi ATiSk^feSikiS! '^fejfcr ! " N^';-•/. ‘‘i^.v, ,^A^Sc"' f "* . • |ftyKlgyi||i?jgF3 MISGUIDED MUSCLE Paul Andrews of Buffalo (right) launches an uppercut into outer space, and the Bronx’s Wayne Be thea appears to be knocked off balance by the, breezs during their it all." Norma Clarke, the wo man, who at first was said to be Stanley's wife, denied that they had been married in Mex ico a year ago. | She said that Stanley had com plained to her of his tax problems and early the morning of the pur ported suicide called at her home "He knocked on my door about 5:15 and said he was going to end i it aii." she recalled. “But I assutn i ed it was jus: more talk ' Meanwhile, Ralph Snyder, a Yellow cab driver, said he picked up the fight manager a few minutes before lie met In, I Noil her Thurman nor the team i | Thurman performed mainly ar. a j pinchhiltt-r in 1955, batting only [ .217, wiih 7 home runs and 23 . j RBls. But las: y. -i>- was a different story, indeed He appeared in 80 j 1 games, both as a pinchhitter and ; utility outfielder. He appear'd the plate 139 times, llis 41 i-iis m- : .eluded 8 hoivu-rs. two triples, anti j five doubles, accounting foi 22 ! ] KBls. Tcbbets suecimiy Hpprahvd 1 I Thurman Ihusl.y: "Bub Thurman proved to be one of Ibe outstanding utility players and pinehhitters in the National League.'' But more recently Tcbbetts hid a stronger enriorsi mrnt. "He's onr of the best pinch hitters I have seen ; r y near ly "I years in baseball." said the talkative Birdie. "He is more than just a punch hitter. He does things the greatest | pinch hitters of the past could not do. F:t he ■ n •";« IN* -I j hit into double plays ('‘ter. If' ! j doesn't swing at just everything He; has to bv pitched to And. It** ■ ! will wait for a base on bails if the i pitcher's offerings arc not to his i liking. Front row, left to right, I Charles Bell, Hassell Mitchell, James Wilson, Charlie Dil lard, Henry Lane, George Brown, Nathaniel Tuck er. j William Bradshaw and YYil- death. Snyder said he asked to be taken to Union Station, but ;u the Alameda address paid him off and. while the cabbie was making the entry on his s I trip ticket. Stanley darted past the eah and dived tinder the train. t • Peacock, win- came here with j :i Stiiti 1 v : Philadelphia anti | - ■ started out as a preliminary boy. .- as ;*r« t thoci as by the news. : He euusid'Tcd Sinni •>■ a friend as . t well as a man .g r. He raid Stcn- ; 'ey tvs trying to line up a fight for i \ him at 1 fully wood Lrgaor, stadium j ; -Thai big bos u“’.s off the bench goad and cold, and he ji.sl gets hot by •.••••iking up tc< the plate. -a good •••uti'icddec, too." The t> i. 202*pound, 34-year-old Thurm ::i lias hi! five home runs : in 2!’ tint* •• t< •: and knocked in .11 runs this season, li has also ; collected a doubt" and four singles 1 in the li ...anr- in '.-.lnch he has ! appeared. His pinch ]. nic.'?. ha', e defeated j i three L ams and en two other oc ' easior,., pin • ii*• Ktd'egs back into the ball aim. Thurm,in spent five years in the \nr,> and joined tire old Homestead Grays of the Na tional N ,ro League in 194 H. He was si rs.e i i;\ tJ-.e Yankees while playing with the Kansas City Mor u rns in If) If). Hi Play'd sfi mime svith the old Newark Team e.f the International League in a!' 1 , hatting ,3!7 He hit I .269 with Spvi.’iL- field in the same league ir. 1959 rod ,274 and .280 > iU> San Y-. snciico in tne- Pacific i Co,-.?! L,( igue in 1951 and 1952. i Thurman w.~s a pitcher when he : broke into professional baseball, i But when he provi d *o be quite i a Blui'fir*! red w-.s shifted to the Bob stiii play's vintor ball in 1 t!• r» P;:!*ri.o }■?\ \»i League. | !.:rd Bell. Back rrm-, lames Crisp, Artis Wright, William Filip. Albert Bell, Eugene Speaks, Ray Simpson, Ernest : Lawson, and John Price. Coach 11, W. Hines in insert. - ~~ 11 | 10-round heavyweight bout. May 27, at St. Nicholas Arena in New York. Bethea won hi a split decision. Referee is Pete Delia (UNIT- ! ED PRESS PHOTO). %t£Ef3oßß2&i * '& ~*- V £SP V ■ &S ' Jj !|j |j| TOI* AWARDS—Eddie favors, left, (Ireensboro and Walter Parker, right, Suffolk, Va.. top athletes among the graduating seniors at A&T College receiv ed top awards at tlie annual All- Spurts banquet held there last week. Favors, an outstanding halfback, holds the Jack Gibson Memorial Trophy, named in hon Reidsviile High Wins State Baseball Title REIDSVILLE The Washing ton High School baseball team of Reidsviile defeated the E. E. j Smith High School of Fayettte ville 5-4 for the N. C. N. H. S. A. A. ; State Baseball Championship May | 31st in Reidsviile Charlie Sheridan, Fayetteville’s j lead off hitter in the; first inning I greeted Reidsville’s starting and j winning pitcher, Hassell Mitchell,! I with a homerun into the left field stands. The Bulldogs of | Washington High bounced back | in their half of the first with a | triple by third baseman Henry | Lane, who is a .500 hitter. Lane [ scored on Dillard’s sacrificed fly. | The Reidsviile nine moved in | the second and fifth innings to i lead 4-1, Fayetteville, showing | .why they won the Eastern Cham- j • pionship with a 10-0 record, j | struck back in the top of the S sixth with three runs to tie the ‘ score at 4 all. The determined, ; championship hungry Bulldogs : fought back in the bottom of the sixth to push across the winning run on two hits As the second hitter was retired in the last in ning when James “Ducky” Wil son hurried in to take a sure hit: from William Carver, the crowd j f Mahaiia Jackson, Gospel Singers To Jazz Festival ** W «* «» W*** mm NEW YORK (ANP) -- For the first time, gospel singing will have its day at a jazz fest, when Ma halia Jackson tops the program at. the Newport Jazz Festival on Sunday afternoon, July 7. Clara I Ward and Her Ward Singers will THE CAROLINIAN or of the late I,t. Gibson, an j all-time Aggie “great", present ed him as the outstanding foot- | bail player in the senior class. Parker, a halfback and third baseman on the baseball team, : was voted the Philadelphia Alumni .Medal for having been the best all-round performer and the Ralph Johns Most Valuable ! Player award. was quiet and tense. The tension broke and the fans began to buzz, realizing that just one out stood be tween Washington High and its first state champloship. The crowd was relaxed, but there was still tension on the benches and in the field. Mit | chelJ's first two pitches to • Fayetteville’s last chance showed he was beginning to tighten up. On the next pitch Sheridan, who homered in the first inning, shot a screaming line drive to centerfield. Fleet footed and stylish field ing Eugene Speaks, a senior, charged the ball which began to rise and would have sailed over | his -head had he not stopped and j leaped high into the air to pull down what would have been a home run. This undoubtedly was the fielding gem of the day. The Reidsviile players and fans storm ed the field showering Mitchell and Speaks and the other Bull dogs with slaps on the back and words of congratulations. The Reidsviile players and coach had high praises for the well ! coached Fayetteville team. | hold forth on the same bill. The Festival, which presents j 7.7, artists of every school, is set to run for four days beginning j on the evening of Thursday, July ; ; 4th with a mammoth birthday I ! celebration for Louis Armstrong, i I George Wein is director of the j non-profit organization sponsor- 1 ing the annual event. Mahalia Jackson, who is the acknowlcdeged "queen of the gospei singers,” has intro duced millions to her music, which has been described as one of the most basic forms of jazz. The six Ward Singers are America’s best-known gos pel group, Both Miss Jackson and the Ward Singers have sold millions of records, and performed throughout the world. Starring on Sunday evening, the closing night of the Festival, I will be Sarah Vaughan and Count I Basie's big band. Sarah and the | Count will be on their night-off : from their engagement at the | Waldorf-Astoria’s Starlight Roof. | Since its founding in 1954 un ! der the guiding spirit of Wein and Louis and Elaine Lorillard, the Newport Jazz Festival has be ! come the Mecca for jazz musi cians and fans. Lost year more than 25,000 persons were on hand at Newport. The 1957 edition of the Festival has been extended from three to four days to ac commodate the crowded roster of jazz greats slat’d to appear. "Os all human invention*, the moat worthies* is an i cu*c!” Former Raleigh Tigers Star Recalls Says Spent In The Tar Heel Capital BY ALEXANDER BAR NFS , ' W Dressing Room, Ebbett's Field, Brooklyn, xN. Y.—Charlie Neal, in an exclusive interview here Sun day said it was a long jump from the Raleigh Tigers to the Brook lyn Dodgers. He told of the days . he spent in the North Carolina capital, cel ting ready for the chance to don a major league uni form He was pleased to know that his old boss, Arthur Dove had purchased the Kansas City Monarchs and felt that the Ra leigh fans would support a team of that calibre. He was | interview eu just after the ! ‘‘Bums' had defeated their arch foe, the New York Giants. He did not play in that game, but says that‘he has learned a lot. He hastened to say that he t'n : far more confident than h • did i.-st year, even though he is no' play ing as much as he did la >t >. ..•• East-West Baseball Classic Set For July 28 At Chicago’s Comiskey Pk. CHICAGO fANP' - The 25th - ■ or silver anniversary game of the | annual East versus West Negro i | Baseball Classic will be played on | Sunday. July 28. it has been an I nounced by Dr. J. B. Martin, pres- : ident of the sponsoring six team | American L-ague. j Site of the Classic again will I I be Comiskev Park, located at 551 h j j street ar.d Shields avenue, here | in Chicago. Two teams have joined thp the outset this season and will send their top players to the Chassis. They are the New Orleans Bears and the Mo bile, Ala., Havana Cuban Giants, The other four teams, holdovers I from last season, are such mam- ! stays as the Memphis Red Sox. j Kansas City Monarchs, the Bir- I mingham Black Barons and the Detroit Stars. The six teams will be advised into two squads of Ail-Stars who'll , make up the playing personnel for I ■ the Classic. Comprising the Fast • will be the Detroit Stars, Binning-■ | ham Black Barons and the Mo- 1 : biie. Havana Cuban Giant? 1 The West will be supplied performers from the Kansas City Monarchs, Memphis Red Sox and the New Orleans Bears. The West leads in this long series, 15 victories to nine for the East. The Fast won last year, 11-5. before a crowd in excess of 19,000. I' ” ' I , i | , » \fk \ \ j ART s2*so PINT |HE OLD SUNNY BROOK COMPANY, LGUISVIIIf, KY. 86^ PROOF. ORiH N£U! RAL SP,RITi He appears to b ■ <>\ . • . ■ ■m ’ j if jjjpf --I. j I i ! * - _Ji CHARLOTTE NEAL out at the plate on his attempt to steal home in the seventh mixing of a recant game with the Phillies ct Philadelphia Catcher Joe Lcnnett makes tag after receiving peg, while jsmpire Stem , ; n;s c f ßs ? 5a y*. Dodger captain Pee Wee Reese stands at Om plate witn a bat, (Newspress Photo), PAGE ELEVEN | of a first-year man and Is taking tin baseball in stride, He has play d at into; vals this season. He feels that it is only a mat ter of time before he will be back at one of the spots in the middle of the diamond. Walt Alston has had him on the bench for almost tiro weeks, but he expects to see much action riming the west ern tour. One of the officials of the Dod ■ i'x, while talking about Neal, in he pre ■ box during the game id that he was the most reserv ed player on the team anti in most r lances was always by himself, lie demonstrated this in the dress ing room He was slowly sipping ■ ' soft drink while the interview ■as underway The official say* Ihat tin one thing in Neal's favor his long ball hitting. He said at Neni hit one of the longest ills ever hit in the Jersey City ■ dl park in one of the games play, i fl there this year.
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