WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. AUGUST 31, T9S7
Boxer Files Suit In La. Court To Be Declared White
Tight Gridiron Rase jj
Shaping Up InCIM !
DURHAM The 1057 football
c :son may prove to be the hottest
in the history of the )8 college CI
AA. Grid practices start nil over
<-n September 1, with CiAA games
slated in four cities on the week
end of September 21.
in the football race ended i
tr * bitterly contested three-way I
tie with Delaware, Morgan, find j
North Carolina College.
The ‘Tri-champions'’ each von .
five games. Hut so did three of the |
other seven first < Dickinson) div- j
Lion teams.
To rate the three wuy fie for i
fop spot. NCC i5-0-2i, Delaware
p*; -r J '■ • iJ-O-V 3*l !
gut 20.25 (Dickinson) ratings.
And three other teams Mary- j
land (5-1-1), St. Augustine’s
! 5-1-1), and Bluefield finished
with ratings of 21.f>0, 19.64, and
19.16 respectively,
Union, the ether fir-t divi
sion outfit, ended up 4-3-0 for
17.14.
Preliminary announcements of
league games reveal contests slat
ed on September 21 at Richmond.
Orangeburg. F ayetteville, and Dur
ham,
Sstr. Taylors R-g Blues, sixth
finishers last year, engage Tom
Harris’ Union TV others n the 19-
,‘A seventh r l;!; "p rlu! 's home grid
-1! or,
Elizabeth CMv newly admitted to
the CIAA.. squares off in a non
ronferenct lilt with Chaflin at O
rangeburg.
Hamptons Pirates. debuting
with Benjamin 'Big R eni
Whaley ?.■ the helm, invade
the Fayetteville Broncos. Wil
liam (Itr. Gus) Gaines' Bron
eleven (3-3-0) wound up In
a tie with Shaw for ninth
place in 1056. The Pirates (2-
71), playing their la«i season
under the veteran Harry Jef
ferson, were twelfth.
Aggies’ 9-Game Slate
‘Toughest in History
GREENSBORO — The nine-game j
football slate which the A&T Col- |
lege Aggies face this season is the j
toughest the team has had in near- j
ly fifty-years of competition. i
The "nightmare” schedule inclu
des, not only the best in the Ag
gies’ own league in co-champions
North Carolina College and Mor
gan State, but also Florida A&M
University of Tallahassee, champ
ions on the Southern Intercolleg
iate Athletic Association.
Woes are being heaped on
freshman coach Bert Figgott,
with the addition ibis year of
Tennessee A&l University of j
N’ashvWe. not only champion*
of the Midwestern Conference
last season hut later emerged
as mythical national champ
. ions in Negro Collegiate foot
ball. The Aggie* get them In
the season'* opener.
Problems are being compounded
with the addition this season of
South Carolina College of Orange
AGGIE HOPE Upon the broad shoulder* of Tommie Day,
Washington, I). C., tackle, rest a tremendous share of the defense
responsibilities for the A&T CoUes'e Aaffies this fall. Day a jutioir, h
better than six-feet and weighs 219 pounds. A ris-ifted chap, Day is
shout ns good a tackle as the Aggies have had in a long number ol
years.
Wiiey College
Wildcats Into
Grid Practice
MARSHALL, Tex *'ANP> The
Wiley Wildcats began preparation
for the 195? football season hors
last week when root* than 60 hope*
fois reported to Coach Fred Long.
The Cinderella outfit that jumped
from seventh place iri 1955 to tie
for top spot in the Southwest Con
feraoce test full thoroughly en
In Durham*, one of the defending I
champions, Herman Riddick's North j I
Carolina College Eagles meet the jl
fierce Wolverines of Morris Brown ! j
Coach “O J" (Ox* Clemmons, Tt ||
will be a flirt meeting for the non
conference elevens. I
CIA 1 games for September
; 28: Biut-ricid and Hampton at ]
I Bluefield: Delaware and
Bloomsbury State at Hover. j
Bel.; Fayetteville and Uliia- |
beth City a) Fayetteville; St. j j
Paul's and Howard at Law
-1 rencevilte, Va„ Morgan and
| Central State at Baltimore: N
< Coliega and Florida A and
M at, Tallahassee. Fla.: A and
!' vi. Tennessee A anti i ;.i
} Nashville. Term.. Maryland
State and Virginia State at
Norfolk, Va.; Union and Shaw
at Raleigh. N. C.| Kentucky and. j
! Winston Sat cm al Winston Sa
lem.
East season* second (Dickinson 1 i
■ (tivK-i-m CIAA club* making strong :
i bids ‘for first division status from j
| the opening whittle this fall are
j A and T 13-3-o), wph thrtr now |
I head coach Bert Pisgotv Shaw, at- ;
! so with a new coach in C.l.int An- \
' del sen (3-4-D; Fnyctt, vilie (3-3-05. i
’i Winston-Salem (2-3.-1); Hampton ;
I (2-7-:'; Howard, also sporting a j
new mentor in Bob VVlii'.i-- (--4-0-.
I Johnson C. Smith, <2-5-0), Virginia
i state (1-3-D; Lincoln tFa.* »1-6-
iOl, and St . Paul’s Coliape <O-7-0 >-
THRKF. NCW CIAA COACHKb
I There are new coaches for foot
; ba’i at Hampton) Howard, and
j shew as the 18 college CIAA
i starts itr 48th season of activity,
i ciint Anderson is the new mentor
I a V Shaw. Ber Whaley former •**-
i sistard, to Harry Jefferson Ft Harnp
( t r n has moved to the Pirctes l-.-a
devshiP, and Bob White formerly
of Kli’/ab-th City is eimns the
i destiny of the Howard Univeisity
| Bisons.
i hurg. runnerup in la ßt 8
! SIAC Nag race.
j The Aggie schedule contains t se.
teams which they have nevei c.t
I seated. Tennessee in i wo-outmgs .
land Maryland State College. 1 * m* .
j cess Anne in Five-straigni engage- .
men's. , , .
Here is how the seheuiin
shapes up: Home - Virginia
Union, October 5. 2:00 ! 31 .
Maryland State College 2-M
p M.: Winston-Salem Teach
ers College iHigh School Sen
ior Day), October 26: Florida
A & At University, November
9, 2:00 V. M-, and North Caro
lina, College (Thanksgiving
j Day Classic) November 38.
2:00 P M. ’
Away - Tenni s.' < ' A&I ;. r.
i sity. September 23 . 2:00 P. M.
t'CST) at Nashville, South Car»-
! Una Stale College. October 12
• «:00 p.m., a: Orangeburg: Mtc
j gar: State College, November 2.
; 200 P M.. at Baltimore and Vi:
j ginia State College, November 16.
2.00 P. M,. at Petersburg.
joyed it* lofty porch in 1956. and
is laying plans to stay ri, hi up a
xaung the leaders in this year’s
hectic title chase.
The followers of the fortunes of
the Wildcats have every reason to
be optimistic for the coming seas
on. Only five members of ths co
champion siguaii oi 1936 wm u,,
missing. All were lost through gra
duation
Eighteen letter men will be on
hand for the initial workout. A
dozen or more freshmen along
with 20 soundmen from last year
are expectwi to add %m*. to the
competition for the posts on the
Wildcat starting uaiU
•fejfoyV .j-.-ffi f
jJr-,- ■#&>■ '■>.- r ssas ,,v (&s|K^w^f' l •*««eSa®^S®f!^®l^s ? -•
IT;; ?}, ‘Z'!°J TL mi.-. w™ t**<*
picther
*v „ T ,ay Raleigh's Peru! Webber, left versatile plaeek.ek.ng guard, ta
vAi. .... -** *• j. ' 95 - , i(Jderß , n tue opinion of Kaglc coaches. Webster is pictured
touiS ».* P«->f » l< w « h th * I fvhrtipr Webster 2". 250 lbs., wins one ot the starting post*
here with former NTS'star Amos Thornton. Whetl.t ' • p j. tcrkic King, the. hie Raleigh boy
over the d.ept-i field eve assembled at SJb, *Rh cr! -, ain see action in the
Ss‘’nUl open nr "at .SrhSm ZmX Park on Saturday night, Sept. 21. with Morris Brown College
of Atlanta. _
Henry Armstrong Preaches Chalky Wrignt s
Funeral As Overflow Crowd hills LA Chapel
LOS ANGELES - Drawn to- ]
gather by the common bond of j
friendship and int< rest m a noted
figure of the boxing game, an ov
erflow crowd attended last rites
for former featherweight champion j
Chalky Wright at Angelus Funor- J
al Home. i
The sermon was preached by the j
Rov Henry Armstrong, former tri- j
pie title holJf who for the past j
several yc.i'- has been an ordained j
minister, and pastor of a local >.
church.
The ionc list of former and
present champions of boxing.
.nut other iclebrUie* included:
Vrchie .'Moore, Billy Peacock, j
Jimmy ('art cr.. Bert Colima, t
Harold Dade, Young Peter
Jackson, John Thomas, Dyna
mite Jackson, Nick Feiras. and
many others including sports
writers and photographers from
t,os Angeles dailies end week
lies. !
G-oi T.-ibon, former boxing
tminei-r now Negro member of the
Athletic commission and se
veral promoters and referees ware
also present Movie *t»r Mao West
w.-is conspicuous among Hollywood
film folk present. ]
Air,id h large number of floral j
tributes. Wrii?ht was buried at
i Lincoln M, morii-.l cemetery.
Besides followers of boxing
there - ere many persons v hle
iv known In Hollywood, where
the former champion was well
known. For a couple of years
j after losing bis teg, he served
,is chauffeur to movie star Mae
West.
Kov Arm.•! rone recalled how
Wright had helped him by taking
him to Europe when he wn* malc
j t n g a comeback a'ter losing his
tent,her, lightweight and wc-lier
weight title-5
WrlKht's death was a tragic
one He had slipped and fallen
is, toe utul, *** .. ...i*. a,
cording to the inquest had
* truck his head, knocking him
unconscious In the nearly fill
ed tup with the cold water still
’ unniii,*. His mother Men. ( la
! ra Wright lied discovered him
j there when -lie returned from
an sftomoon shopping trip.
1 With veteran fight manager Wirt
Ross, credited with having started j
hi in off in the fight, gome Chalky |
had followed a colorful career. Hr. !
Portrait Os A Star:
What Minnie Says, Minnie Does
By BiU Johnson
After experiencing one of hit
i poorest, campaigns in 1885, j
1 Orestes "Minnie” Minoso prom- 1
j used: “Me have good year in ‘
s 1956.”
I Minnie was true to his word.
He rebounded from an unexpect
ed low 268 batting average in
1955 by pacing the White Sox bat
ters with a very fine .316 average
in '56. In his collection were the
j most total bases on the club with
j 236, which was third best in tire
American League., Minnie's 29
doubles brought him a third place
tie in' the loop and his II triples
a four-wav tic for first place. In
addition he tallied 106 runs and
was third best scorer in the cir
j cult.
Minoso sported the sixth
best batin’.* average in the
league, it was the fourth time
he had batted over the
charmed .300 Usurp, and the
j fourth time he had led the
j Sox. Ilia 21 home runs, a
personal major league high,
brought him runner-up hon
ors to Larry Dotoy for elllh
honors. He finished 13th in
home, runs among the loop *
sluggers. He had 88 RBl’s.
The Cuban comet was hit b;
1 the American League pitcher# or
32 occasions for a league record
! Ho was Injured twice by err *jy
pitches. A wild, throw by Wash
inn ton’s Bob Wiesler feiled hln
OU June e ami a iuw pitch b,V B&J,
timore’s Don Ferrarese hospital
land him with a toe fracture or
his right foot on June 19. Minos*
has been hit 86 times in six see
sons with Chicago and Cleveland
Was ‘Rookie of Year’
The flashy Cuban has been add
inp t,o tha laurels he has woi
l since the Sox grabbed him in <
the CAPOI IN!AM
I was a j lever but aggressive fight- (
[ P r and won many ring battles j
1 principally by KO ?be (ought I
trade with Cleveland on April j
30 1951. He whs the "Rookie of I
the Year' sn ’sl with a perform-:
i ance that netted a .326 batting •
’ average, his major league high.
1 In his first three years with
I the Sox he led the league in stolen
Sl' !
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'2 AKESTOS “MIN'NIK” MIN#SO
Ralph Dupas Wauls His Birth
Certificate To Read "White”
NEW ORLEANS, La. (ANP I -
A suit, has been filed here in civil
district court by Atty. Sam Monk
Zeidon for Ralph Dupes local pn,
fighter, seeking to nave Dupas is
sued a birth eertifii ate which vit!
declare him to be of the while
race
Asheville's Stephens-Lee Rears
Drill For Tough 10-Same Schedule
ASMEVt: -T.t; The
l.e« Hich School Bears with on
four out of the !'i t eleven *tai t
era returning. U- .an d,:; - ’'is'
week for one of '.he tnue.l'-'. ! seho
duie in lhc hi- ory of the school
Coaches C. L. Moore and Rnyiv.orci
Washington are busy putiitig
squad of sixty through a twice dai
ly “routine ’ The iine is b' ov
built around Harlow Fill'wood. 7".'.
lbs., junior tackle. Wilbur Mapn 1
210 senior center, and Henry
Thompson 228 lbs. freshman taokir •
j The backfiold will be ■
round Charles William. Uapt.. 100
lbs, quarter back and Charles
ken* 190 lbs. jumov. fuHhaek Th
schedule is a* follow*:
September BC. A John.-..in U . : n
at Columbia, S. C
September 13, Second Wrd H:gi>
at Charlotte.
| September 20. High
Winston-Sal.-m No-th < -r
September 26, I. ogan H> :
I Concord »t Asheviih r
October 3. Highland li I
Gastonia a* Asheville. N. C
| Ortoher 10. Church St.
of Thomas'ille ct Ash
October 17, open
October 76. Price Hirh at S •
I bury, N C.
October ■'! WiUi’-m P r
I High Point at Ashcvd: \
I November 8 r; 'n'
I Spartanburg S C
I November 15 Austin K -H
I j Knoxville, Tennessee.
Top Hi School
I Gridders Will
Enroll At TSU
HOUSTON. T» x ' Two of the
Gulf Coast Area's top ht?h 11of--i
products will enroll a’
Southern in September both, b .a
selected on the 1956 Aii-B'r
team. They are Hay Harvey L.<
195 pound end from Hebert in".o
School in Beaumont and Poi t A;,
thut’s Donald Johnson. 185 y» iv •’
lull back. Johnson’s speed is
! fco order for the fast hitum- - at
-1 tack entployed by Texa.i Southern
It. was Johnson' tjenvnd.'ir.
i play that spoiled the
I ship hopes of Galveston’s Cor.i: ■
High and it was this cam:- ■'■
put the Tiger scouts on hts >' ■■■
. his way up to the top H' ”■ 1
'once fought. Henry Armst'cra at
ja capacity filled Wrigiey Field.
: bases.
He. was born Nov 29 1022, in
. | perico, Matanzas. Cuba. He bats
| and throws right, and has com
j piled a life time major league bat
1 1 ting average of .307.
Dupas has been accused at
being a Negro, having a real
.iame of Ralph Dupiessls and
of having a brother who nas
charged In a neighboring pat
Kh (county) ashavttig been
.(iil)ty of miscegenation or ra
ciai tntennarrlage.
This is punishable by * max
Faith in Boyd And Johnson
Pays Off For Paul Richards
BALTIMORE. Md. (ANP'- In
the 1904 seaaon, wlule plttying for ,
the Chicago White Sox, Bob Boyd
pulled a base running boner.,
Frank Lane, then general man- i
ager of the Pale Hose, promptly!
5 exiled Boyd to the Houston club
; of the Texas League.
At the first opportunity, af
ter he became general man
ager as well as field pilot of
lhc Ba'timore Orioles, Paul
Richards drafted Boyd Rich
ards had Iven field boss at
Chicago when Boyd was a ,
men;ber of the team.
! In hts second season with Haiti
more last year, Richards pulled off i
a player swap with his old .
• teem. Among the players he ac-;
: quired from the White Sox was
Coniue Johnson a tail light-hand-1
! er.
When Boyd and Johnson were
acquired their deals were unre
lated. But rinht now. they art
paying dividends for Richards in
. lus bid to bring the Orioles home
in first division in the American
(.icaque pennant race.
Boyd is one oi' the ALA icad
| tug batters and is skiilfui. a*
i always, around first base,
j Johnson is one of the team’s
i best pitchers. -As of this mo
ment. he had accumulated 10
victories against seven losses.
His decisions have included
three shutouts and be had
struck out iO9 batters. His
Champion
, Cowrbon
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8 Years Old
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PAGE ELEVEN
mum irftjnsonment of !i' ; * Y*»ra
The case, however, was nevar tried
;n the court.?,. Dupas say* be '#
, while. » (tended white, public
l I'-hoob end thethis brother* and .
i; >i s are registered s* whit*.
His mother and father were
j married in St. Bernard parish, no*
u-d for intermarriages.
earned run mark is around
3.50.
Boyd (as of this wnungt was
anchored in fourth place id the
I American League batting race
i Consir intly. except tor a. brief
slump in May, Boyd has been a
mong the AL’s first five batters.
This is Boyd's second season
with the Orioles. He suffered «
injury in May last year and was
out of action, until August. At
the time of his misfortune ■*
fractured, wrist incurred while he
!.v, throwing into the infield from
L ft field). Boyd was batting .?45.
he finished the season with a .311
mat it 70 hits in 225 at bats).
Boyd has been in organized
b" T’!;,;i since 1050. That, season
vti h the White Sox's Class A
farm club Colorado Springs. h*
hit .373. The next, season, with
Sc title in the Pacific Coast
League he had a. mark of MS,
tie butted .320 in the PCL in 1952.
good enough to lead the league.
Bob’s' first chance with th*
White Sox was in 1953. He
batted .297 in 55 games, play*
ing first base and the outfield,
But the following season, b*
made the ill-advised base, TOM”
ning tactic and he ®u sold
to Houston for $15,000.
He spent two season* hi th*
Chi u A A Texas League. batting
over .300 each year. Richard*
remembered Boyd’s potential and
lost no time in getting him