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WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15. 1951
\A&T Still Leading CIAA Cagers; Cops Defensive Honors
Uggies In GIAA Lead
For 2nd Straight Wk. J
|| DURHAM—Ccsch Cal Irvins A.
■jffid T. College Aggieg (13-2) are
Hh’admg the 18 college CIAA'a <w*
81ketbaU race for the second straight
Bweek. according to statistics re-
Ifteased today.
lH Holding opponent? to 62 2 points
Iffi-'er game, the Aggies also are the
Kveek's CIAA defensive standout,
n Morgan State of Baltimore re
jSSr ‘ : o as leader on team offense
Kr'th 87,7 points
TO * ’, ♦ »
jfffv Hsirfitpr More m <*• ?» »
Clear cut. runner-up last wp«*b.
!( tied for second pL'c with
k Fayetteville state <7-U. The
Kg Dickinson r-i*lne, f'tl V‘ yin?
® Stick fives Morgan s«d ta*
fig IttMlt 5# points *»3«’h
■
SB was thi : *•-
I Beating The Gun
if Rv BILL BROWER
§6 Tor 1° year? or so. V:vil
aSrhe St I.oiut lu .h’. '■
IfyHcen ronscienti >'!, iy pq -in : it -
bfl-hcsen prose? on u <'• t.
Hfts devotion has n ow cyried h’
Ijlfo » point v. hf -,i >■,
fighting for •! ’ c,e.
* * *
dp Atkins reached hi 4 p> r v oi
yMf eminence in the weHeiwcßbt
gH rank' bv tv.-it c knocking out
ill Tops’ DeMarco, the former title
holder, in DeMarco'-; on n bail!
H wick—the Boston Arena. The
j||j first time it required Atkins
Hi It rounds io conquer the Beau
f 8 turn puncher. Vlreil shaved
M that chore to 17 rounds in
|H their bout la s t month
* t A *
MB For that outing. mudon'Ty V
SShdrur got $26,429. hi? largest purse
SSunre he started profr yinnel box
Hog.
■ The v~v things shape lip r n ■<’,
HAtkins :H meet Isaac I - ■ f ‘he
■Cuban in an eh:rina”.on bout The
raj-finner then would t.e r . ;<••! i
sain.-e. Vince Martimo the New
■j,-. 1P y e.-tjp
Bo*me expo-1* think ,f
Hkiog gets by Tc' -.i.
■era he ioo much of a p.-opb nt
■Msrtinr-. is consiriecr.-i
a Fancy Dan in sh- ring ano
58 icky still to he n- ■ r.,, ,tj f..i
Bfthn title vacated by C, • i'... •
HBsiiio when r- rc f • f.< I R
Bin-on for middleweight crown.
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|H iet nu-ch of a no
hove apd p-->-
j|/it' Philadelphia And Washington: \
1 Eagle Harriers Excel I
fH DURHAM—Coach L. T. '-V - : k
jf&jhr'a track team registered impo •
Sl’ant nr tones in .several events
m, ecent. indoor meets n Philadci
fe fhia and Washington.
B| At the Inquirer meet- the F*
Scies' harriers won the mil® vMa.y
® < ith the best, time of the even ins
■topped only hv Villanova s it
■The Eagles outraced La Sal!®. Sw
M on Hall and Virginia State.
* * * *
|p Captain -Him I,an®. Warren
i§g ten iNC) senior, opened on
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§g COURT ARTIST —As talented on canvas as on the basketball court, Portland, Oregon University
Mp-*o s^ar *Htn Armstrong poses with five of his itn nressive paintings. The lithe junior has been ave
■raging 29 points a cine, but has not let (vis basket ball accomplishment* interfere with bis painting,
llffe aon a scholarship in (hr Art In dilute in Chicago during his high srhnol dav*. (UNITED I’Ri ss
Sbprqto).
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j Elizabeth City 17-4 N fourth last |
! wpplr. is ir. 3 third place tie with I
j Union (9-4>, Roth clubs have 20.45 j
Dickinson points.
North Carolina College fO-9i, be- j
• fending visitation champions moves j
from last week’s sixth place to
fourth spot.
Other first division team* this j
•week are Winston-Salem (8-8), V». i
State (71, and Howard (6-5).
Only the top eight teams will he ;
eligible for tourney play at NCC j
on February 37, 23. and Msnch 1. (
Virginia State is field goal per- j
centage leader Averaging 50 per- t
I rent, the Troian,* hit on 401 of 7RO j
I tries in 15 games.
With 73 percent. NCC l*ads (n j
f-ce throws. The F-aeios r-opped in
j 178 of 941 trips in 14 outings
I
j withstand m Atkins assault tong- ;
j tr than Martinez.
♦ * ♦
lust hou soon tualchmakcvs
presumable the tntemation- i
tiimai Bovins Cluh—will be j
tn arrtngf the Piutcll between
t.ttgari .tod Atkins remaired up
in the tir last week. However.
| March has been suggested as
the date. Instead of the 510,000
j guarantee offered by IBC, Lo- 1
I gart demanded 340,000 Atkins
is willing, bm on his
! price being the same as Lo
! cart's
Eddie Vawitg, Atkins’ manager, j
| declares:
i "Atkins is ready to box anybody
Virgil bar compiled a record which j
none of the leading welterweights j
t can match. Now bring them all on. j
■'He's entitled to fight for the j
championship. He's earned it all i
the way and we're not. interested j
in any other proposal until he's I
had his chance."
fl Aik ins should win the wel
terweight- title, he will be the
first native Si. Louisian to have
gained a world championship in
my of the eight recognized
■'’ eight division in modern hos
ing.
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As 1 c M-mtc. the light heavv
v- nghl churnoimi grew up in the j
Mound City, but lie was not born
- there. j
"he noi-.on m »h;* department, i
of course, i- dial a title shot, for *
- Vi; sjH i ; long overdue 1I» cor- |
; : Ord.” has v”, ifed (or the rhanrr J
Wed !i!;e to see liun cash in on j
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I hr lead-off ]rz for the Eagles j
Others in ordei were Waller i
Johnson. New Haven, Conn ,
\t ' Hie Christiah, and K>n Ri-
Ty. the iatter tan from la
matea, N. V.
....
Christian was otv of the na-:
tio.ni, top schoolboy milers last. j
vca.j Now a frosh at. NCC, he i
placed as runner -up in the In-i
quiver's 1.000 yard run. Ed Ma-i
ther of the Penn AC von the race j
•in 2:15.5. !
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HOT FROSH Clarence
Barnes, pictured above, is lead
i ing Johnson C. Smith Univei
sity’s ft fs b tn e o - dominated
basketball team to one of its
i best seasons in years. The S
| foot, 1-inch son of Air. and Mrs i
Clarence Barnes of 141 First St..
! Elizabeth. N. J„ has scored 775 j
points in 13 contests for a com
mendabie 21.2 average, and is ;
! just 103 points shy of a new
! scoring record for a Johnson C. j
Smith University freshman.
• . .
| Another 1957 school boy him:-:
; nary on the track horizon now
enrolled at NCC is hurdler Geo.
; Hearn. Hearn wor, his heat :n j
62, but got off to a bad start in j
; s he finals and dldu t qualify.
* *■ « *
At the Washington Evening
• Star. Games, the NCC frosh
relay foursome of Johnson.
Hearn, Christian, and Riiev I
j copped their event in 3,28.2.
J Walker's thinclads outran j
Morgan State. Georgetown,
i Westchester and the C. of
i Mar* land.
* * » *
| NCC's varsity milers came In |
{third at the St-ax Games after
Morgan and Winston-Salem Can- !
j tain Lane ran the opening ley |
I and was followed bv Bob Dobbs,
! .Johnny Vassar, and Vance Robin
j son.
| 'Dobbs, sophomore from New
port News, Va„ was fourth in the
1 Star's sprint series—7o. 80. and
100 yard dashes—which the dazz
: ling redhead of Duke, Dave Sim*.
; won in competition with Ira Mm -
: chison of Western Michigan, and
) Ei Bivins
Christian was fifth tn a strong |
-j Star 1,000 yard field. Harry Bright :
!of the New York Pioneer Club;
I copped this event.
I Topping trees destroys their na- j
tural shape.
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Tom Hawkins Sets Scoring
Mark At Notre Dame Univ.
SOUTH BEND, hid (ANP)- In ,
his first season as an Irish basket j
ball pl«>uj. Tom Hawkins, a o-a i
sophomore, set a Notre Dame bas
ketball scoring mark with 570 :
points in 28 games.
Now a junior, is well
on his way to excelling tiial pec- \
formance. In 15 games this season,
he scored 346 points, averaging bet
ter than 22 points a game.
Tom also is Notre Dame’s top re
bounder. He averaged more th-m
j i7 a game and had a recovery per
] centage of .163.
....
A prodiu’l of r.ii’kcr High i
! School in Chicago where he
set. » scoring rerord in 1955, j
Hawkins came through with
his top performance iM* year
against Illinois when he pour- ,
ed iu 3‘i points.
In another game, a* Ihe Iri*h
gained revenge over the Uni- j
i versify of Louisville for an
earlier loss this season. Haw-
Mays Carrying Pennant
I
! Hopes Os Frisco Giants
| (Editor’s Note: This S« an
other in the series on Hie pro
pets of major league teams
j, with tan players.)
j CHICAGO 'ANP 1 The
j! Giant-, one of the oldest teams in
I the National League, will occupy
t a now home this year and with
hopes that, competitively, theii tor
i tune will take an upturn.
And perhaps more than any
other team in the big leagues, the
Giants vely on the fabulous abili
ties of a single player He is. of
course, the irrepressible Willie
Mays.
Mays is one es several tan piay
j ers who will be either cm the
! team’s roster or taken to training
: camp at Phoenix. Anz.
* * * *
'! he list includes Ruben Go
me/,, a rigbthanded pitcher:
Valmy Thomas, a sophomore
catcher; Orlando Crperia. a
Puerto Rican first baseman:
Vnrire Rodgers. » shortstop,
and Willie Kirkland an out
fielder cv ho is returning from
a year in the service.
....
The Giants finished sixth last
reason, their farewell campaign in
the historical Polo Grounds. It was
; largely on the strength of Mays’
• magnificient all-around perform
I ance that, the team might have de
; scended to lower levels.
Willie had his second best sea-
I soft in hi? major league career. He
became the first player- in history
to hit more than 20 home runs,
triples, doubles and io steal more
Bright ful And Ga rner Lead
Morgan To Top In 7he CIAA
DURHAM —The A&T College;
Aggies f 11-2 > replace Morgan
State's Bears (8-2) in leadership!
of the 13 college CIAA basketball i
ratings this week.
A&T's Dickinson rating of 24.23
puts theg roup ahead of Morgan,]
ta.st week’s leader with a Dickin- ]
son of 23.50.
Fayetteville Stale Teachers;
(5-3 i cling to their third place]
spot. Th? Broncos have been in ]
tills position for she past three i
weeks. Other first division clubs i
] are Elisabeth City (7-4). 20.90.
4ih; Virginia Union <B-4». 20.41. 1
sth: North Carolina College i5-s>,‘
20.00. 6th; Virginia State <6-6i,‘
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” W,,He Mays - rl * rht - 8a" Francisco Giants’ ce.nterflclder, made his
„ ' public appearance in the Bay Area in the California city at a local department store last week.!
He answered questions about his career and gave out autographed pictures to his young fans One oi
TCI ir'”«To f r-year-ohl Martha Mend*, looks awed as she t« given her photo. (UNITED PRESS j
I kin? scored 25 points and re
! trieved 25 rebound?.
* » * *
j But he was starring in his in
! cipicncy us a sophomore. In the*
| Holiday Festival tourney at New
j York City’s Madison Square Gar-
I den in L 656, Tom won the plaudits j
of the uusally blase critics from j
Gotham. j
Although tile Irish lost in flv
finals to Manhattan, 86 to 79, Hay -
kins scored 35 points on 12 fie 1 i ;
goals and 11 free throws t is ie.i 1 |
hnlh teams end gathered in 21 of 1
70 Notre Dame’s rebounds. j
i Hawkins’ main assets are his un- i
| canny rebound ability and a fade- ;
! away jump shot Although h\ is -
j only 6-5. he has excellent spun”. '
; in his legs and can out jump most '
i taller opponents. Because of this i
spring, his jump shot is very ae
; curate He spin? and jumps in the
| air. fading away from the tasker,
i Tha shot if? deadly and almost im- ;
] possible to block.
than 20 bases. j
* « • *
Actually, Mays batted ,333. i
He smashed 35 home runs, 26 -
double? and 2ft triples. He
drove in 97 runs. His stolen i
bases totaled 4ft
Moreover, the talented Willie
oentinued to amaze baseball
with his remarkable fielding
and Incredible throwing.
* * * *
Manager Bill Rigney hopes that
| Kirkland, who comes to the Giants '
with a reputation as a power hit
ter, will provide help for Mays in
the outfield.
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| Willie Jones j
i One Os Best j
Big 10 Stars j
EVANSTON 111 (ANP) • At j
21. Willie Jones is slightly older ;
than the average college spoho- !
more, but. on the basketball court I
that> advantage
Jones is the soph star for the >
Northwestern University rage
team and is potentially one of the
great stars in the Bi Ten Confer
ence.
A product of Englewood High in
Chicago, Jones completed his nrep
career in 1953 Since that time,
however, his basketball path 1:..
taken him in various directions. j
10 16. 7th. Hampton *6-6). 18.75,
] Bth. Winston-Salem '7-7), 18.21,
:9th, and Howard (6-5). 3 7.27.
: 10th.
Second division clubs arid their j
! Dickinson's are Maryland (4-7).
: 16.36, 1.1 5; Shaw University (5-6 1. ;
] 16.36, 11.5; J C. Smith (fi-O 1
i 15.83, 13th. Delaware f 4-5 15 55.
14.5; Biuefield (3-6), 15..i5„ 14.5
Ist. Augustine’s (3-7), 14.00, 16th;
■Lincoln d-4). 14 00, 17th. and
St. Paul's (1-11), 11.66, 18th.
Leading the CIAA in team of- ]
feme is Morgan with an 87.7 av- i
crags in 12 games.
The A&T Aggies ar« also the ■
loop’s top defensive and field goal]
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nam with a right to the head in their bout at Madison Square Garden, New York City. January St.
After forcing the action in every round, Durelle won with a technical knockout in the seventh round
when the fight was stopped by the referee, i UNIT ICO PRESS PHOTO I.
¥a. State Trojans Whip St. Paul’s;
Drop Clash To A&T Aggies
PETERSBURG, V a . - The
point- hungry Troians put seven
men in double figures recently a>
they handed St. Paul's College u
102-62 defeat at Lawrencovii.':
College Basketball Roundup
CHICAGO 'ANP' Elgin,
Baylor, the All-Amcriean candi
date' from Seattle University, pul
on the greatest scoring splurge oi
the college basketball season in I
racking up 103 points in two
grtmes against Portland Univ..
Leading the Chic ft an s to a 94-to- ;
91 victor*’ :>' i|.,- ft;- I IV,i: of
games. Bayior tallied 60 points
four points in two game, against
Portland Universtry.
l.oarling the Chieftan? to a 94-to-
Si victory in the fiisi n' a pair of
games. Bavlor tallied K-fi points
four points mote than !he pre- 1
vious high of th«- season sent ---d by |
Oscar Robed--m Uu'-v-. .*•;»• of
Cineirmati ophoisao-e ace.
percei-fage leader?. Defensively.
. they ' av»> held opponen'-?'. to 60 6
j per S 'inf. The Aggies madf* good
on ,36* of 744 field goals for 490
] percent
j The top scorers are R. Garner.
Morgan, 24. L C. Brightful. Mo: ■
' can, 21. i, J. How ell, ALL 21 00'
i it. Scott. St Paul's 20 8 and J.
] Syphax Howard, 20,4.
i Hal Deane o,' Virginia State hit
on 57 percent of field goals in 13
( tilts <69 of 130,
Leading in individual free throw
j efforts is Joe How?H of A<vT with
166 percent (S 3 of 67 V
1 Top rebounder is H* nr.v Field .
•of Elizabeth City with an aver
j age of 2? m 13 *sain«?
\a. after dropping a home gaiio
to North Carolina. A&X the nigh
before.
The St. Paul quintet, never re
covered from the tremendous firs'
, T ort thr following night
Baylor threw in 4:{ points, to
bring him into a tie with Wilt
Chamberlain. Kansas star, for
second place in the collegiate
scoring race Both had a 33. i
' average. The .Seattle junior had
scored 519 points in 16 games
while Chamberlain, who had
been idled for two weeks, had
*B9 points in 12.
♦ ■* * +
The leader was Robvtsnn. who
scored his 76 points in Madison
Square Garden earlier t.hr jca--.
■ with a 32.7 average
i Rohertson was held in subp.-n
performances in the Miami (Ohin)
i game, scoring 30 points
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half punch, delivered by th* Tro
jans. With three mmutes-tweaty
econds remaining in the. game,
the score stood l>B-58 in tavor c:t
j State.
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st. Pan! scored one fieU:
goal, then State moved the
ball down court to Jim Hoe!
et who was loose under the
basket, making the lay up for
the 100th point. Seconds
forward Waiter Wade look r
pass from guard Charles Mi
ctood, and tallied the final
two points.
* * * *
I Taking the high scoring hon
ors for Va. State were Co-Cap
tains Clyde Bonds with 18 points
and Johnny Johnson IT Tins vic
tory evens the Maiihewsmeu>
record at 7 pans and 7 losses, ni
the CIAA Conference.
The Trojans basketens
action again on February « and 7
|when they took to the road for
j tilts with Maryland State *nd
Howard University.