Hank Breaks Prolonged Slump, Is Among Top Hitters
TROPHIES A-PLENTY The large array ;»f trophies seen above arc earmarked for the Shriner
and Elks contests and United Golfers Association annual tournament—all !. ing held in the mouth
of August. Receiving the trophies in behalf of iheir respective organizations are, left to right, l)r, Vic
tor Tidane, Elks project director for Bathing Beauty and Talent Contest; Mrs. Paris Brown, EGA
tournament director; Moss H. Kenditx, representing the donor—The Coca-Cola Company. Atlanta,
Ga.; and Rudolph A. Stewart. Shriner 2nd ceremonial master, ail of Washington. I) C. Coca-Cola
annually contributes the«e trophies, and this year, the respective organizations are meeting at Wash
ington, Pittsburg and Chicago Ceremony look place at The Moss ii. Hendrix Organization in
Washington.
Counciiman Ear! Brown Waits
“Integration Talk” With Iks
NEW YORK (ANP) —Councilman \
Earl Brown last week asked 'Presi
dent Eisenhower to caii a confer- ,
enee of Negro and white leaders |
•n the ••school integration crisis.” |
Brown, seeking the Democratic ;
pominatiin for the U. S. House of I
Representatives seat from Harlem's j
r ■ -hrros •: . r • - - ,
I
; BIG DOINGS Y aun<T Pete Pihos. Jr., who weighs oil of 70 pounds, gases wiih rw® «st
SSI-pomad John Baker, during a workout at the College All-Stare' kamfog camp at Evsme
; rfon, BL Pete is the scm of former pro football ace Pete Pihew. who is the assistant coach of
the Ail-Stars. Baker, a tackle from North Carolina College, has actually lost seven pounds
since the Ail-Star* started practicing for their game with the Detroit Liams hi Chicago on
” August 15. (Newspress Photo).
Satchel Paige Leaves Miami
Team; Whereabouts Unknown
MONTREAL. CANP) -■ The
whereabouts of veteran piteher Le
roy (Satchel) Paige were unknown
Ista last week after ha abruptly
left the Miami Marlin* baseball
club here,
PaLre, cne of the fabled pitchers
in baseball history, checked out of
the Mt, Royal hotel suite without
teliir.fi anyone where he was go
lf) £- it is believed he has tumped
the fn terns (tonal league club, ' sl
though bo reasons wore advanced
for h'.s doing so. General Manager
&>« Ryan did say, however, that
Paige is off the payroll, but had
not been granted his uncondition
al release,
M 52. Paige's pitching had not
Gibson Criticizes Ban On
Radio For Top Prize Bout
CHICAGO <ANP) Tho ban
on home radio broadcasting for
tiro Floyd Patterson-Roy Harris
heavyweight title fight in Los An- ]
geles, Aug. 18, drew critical com- '■
menu from Truman K. Gibson, j
president of the International j
Boxing, Club last week.
Citing the importance of sticb.;
broadcasts to the interest of box -1
ing and in entertaining' the sick)
and shut -in, Gibson when asked j
to state his reaction to the ban I
said:
"The International Boxing Club !
has always broadcast its big fights j
16th district (now hold by Rep.
Adam Clayton Powell', pointed
cut that the President must note
the victory of Gov. Orval Faubus
of Arkansas in the recent primary
election “has given renewed cour
age to those who continue to defy
the Supreme court decision on in
tegration in the schools.”
been particularly outstanding this
season. Ha had a 9-7 record with
the Marlins and in his last start,
Aug. 3, lost to Rochester.
Paige, who first learned to pitch
tossing stones on the streets of his
native Mobile, Ala., gained prom
inence pitching in the Negro lea
gues and in exhibitions with ma
jor league stars. Former pitching
star, Rob Feller, was one of his
frequent competitors on barnstorm
ing tours. He is also reported to
hr vs struck out Rogers Hornsby
live times in one game. Later, when
P'iipm followed Jackie Robinson in
to organized baseball, be played
under Hornsby, as a member of the
old St. Lou in Brow ns.
ito home, even though it might
j have been more profitable, in each
; instance, to ban radio.
I "When James D. Norris was
j president of the WC, before me,
i he insisted upon radio for the big
j fights because he believed that it
i stimulated interest in boxing and
because he knew it brought nlea-
{ sure to thousands of. &hut-i»s at
j hospitals and hemes.
Planting "resistant" varieties is j
J one of the most promising ways to !
| outwit bugs.
Brown urged that a. conference
re hold ..i the Whi u? Hons*, before
Sept. J. He also urged that there
be representatives of all sections
of the country and that they in
clude leaders of both races who
‘wouid work honestly on the is
sue.”
Major League
Notes
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14!
cago Cube and Philadelphia Phil*
| lies. The youngster recently joined
the Cubs from Pueblo of the West
c; n League. Chico Fernandez,
shortstop of the Phillies, belted
j his third ard fourth homer of the
season in that scries,
The Cubs' Ernie Banks clouted
| his Sstb ta two-en-fclast) to tie for
j th« major league lead in a 12-10
I Chicago victory.
Leading tan hitters in the NT, in
i eluded:
I Willie Mays, San Francisco. .390,
! id bom** runs, 55 RRls.
Wes Covington, .326, 20 home
| mns, 55 RBK
Cc-neda. 323, 20 home runs. 61
j RBIs.
I Aaron. .317, 24 home run*. Si
RBIs.
Banks, .309, 30 home runs.
RBIs
Leading tan hitters in the Ameri
can League included:
Elston Howard, New York. .351,
9 home runs. -IS RBIs.
Vic Power. Cleveland. 3.25. 8
home runs, 50 RBIs,
Bob Boyd. Baltimore, .310, fl home
runs, 22 RBIs.
| Tigers, Tankers
| Set Grid Clash
HOUSTON, Texas - The T-vas
| Southern University Tigers and
| the Fort Hood Tankers completed
i arrangements this week for their
| first meeting on the grid-iron. The
| game will be played in Galveston's
1 Public School Stadium Siiurday
BEATING THE
GUN
Bj MILL ttKOVU it
With the U S. Olympic team in
1956, Kaffir Johnson wont to Mel
bourne fully expecting to emerge
as one of this country's heroes by
winning the decathlon. But. the
lithe giant boro California suffer
ed a knee injury and had to relin
quish that honor to his tun com
patriot Milt Campbell.
Johnson wailed nearly two years
to in a measure - atone for his
failure in Australia and achieve a
triumph of comparable stature. The
opportunity came recently when he.
established a new world's record
for the decathlon by scoring a.302
points in Moscow
<JKF..\II ST INDIVID! \t. FEAT
His effort was the greatest in
dividual feat in the two-day ; "u a
and field meet between Russian
and American athletes. In so doing,
he vanquished his Russian r.val.
Vasily Kuznetsov, who also heal
Johnson s old world mark of 7.PM
with P.,01.{ points
The 22-vear old athlete from
Kingsburg, Calif., and a I f FA
student, was given the kind of
spontaneous ovation by admir
in; Russians that is reserved
for few celebrities. Vfts remark
able performance was lauded
widely in the Soviet pres*.
In the 10-event grind. John up
was fi’st in the 110 meter run soov
put, 400 meter run, dtstur ami jav
elin. H< was second in the broad
jump and 110 meter hurdles He
was third in the high jump and
pole vault and fourth iit the 1 500
meter run.
GREATEST ATHLETE ALIVE
His accomplishments in the gru
elling test stamped him as • he
greatest all-round athlete in the
world. This, of course, is what Cal
ifornians Have been saving about
Rafer since he was an 18-year-old
high school athlete at Kingsburg.
SET RECORDS AT UCLA
Johnson enrolled at UCLA in
1954. He started immediately to set
records at the Los Angeles school
—high buries U 4 seconds', low
hurdles (22 9) and broad jump 04
feet. 6 3-4 inches).
He turned his attention to bas
ketball but had to give up the game
to prepare for the 1955 Pnn-Auron
ca.n games at Mexico City He -e t
a new Pan-Am record with 6.054
points in the decathlon. That was
in March, and in June, he estab
lished his world record.
It was fitting that he reached
this ninnacle before the home
folk in Kingsburg—-in the Cen
tral California Amateur Ath
letic union meet. His marvelous
exhibition of skit land stamina
surpassed the performance of
Bob Mathias, the 1952 Olympic
decathlon winner, at Helsinki:
Johnson's fame does not vest a
’one on his prowess in sports. He
is a consistent R student and pre
douts] major. He is also president
of the UCI.A student body— an
honor he held also at Kirigsburg
high.
He was a four-sport performer
in high school, winning 11 varsity
letters in football, basketball track
and baseball, He was brilliant -n
football and basketball, chosen
most valuable player in each sport
TKACH HIS FORTE
But it was in track that Johnson
showed promise of reaching fame
in the athletic world. From a gan
gling sprinter in his freshman year.
He became one ofthe world’s best
at the decathlon by the lime he
was a senior.
He gained national acclaim at
Atlantic City in 1954. He was third
with 5,874 points. Behind, that is
quite a story.
Logart To
Meet Stitch
In Louisville
LOUISVILLE. Ky < ANP)
Welterweight contender Isaac Lo
gart and unranked Rudell Stitch
of Louisvlle have been matched
for a 10-round bout in the armory.
Aug. 27, promoter Rich Keeling of
the Gateway Boxing club announ
ced.
The fight, which will give Stitch
I his first big break has a return
bout clause in cast- Logart loses to
the hard-punching local welter
weight It has been pointed out
that although Logart Is the iwtc
: experienced of (be two. Stitch is
a dangerous opponent who lias dis
posed of such fighters as Charlie
Cotton (by knockout,t Duke Harris
j (by decision), and Johnny Ten) by
| knockout.!.
i Logart, the Mo. J ranked welter-
I weight contender is in the midst
| of a comeback after losses >0 Vir
i Akins, in * welterweight rum•
j ’nation tournament, and Don Jor
: dan
| ~
| night, November 15. The scheduling
| of Ft. Hood gives the Tigers a 10-
; game schedule.
j The Tankers have been one of
I the powers among service tennis
: and twice have played in the Gal
j vest-ftp. Shrimp Bowl.
19!i8 Schedule
September 20, Brooke Army
| (night) Houston: September 27,
! Southern (night). Houston: October
| 4, Open; October 13, Prairie View
j (night). Dallas: October 18, Texas
j College (night), Tyler: October 25.
j Corpus Christl (night). Houston;
j November 1. Wiley (night-Home
j coming). Houston; November 8.
j Grumbling might), Houston; No-
I vember 1.5, Fort Hood (night’, Gal
veston; November 22, Arkansas
j (day). Pine Bluff, Ark ; November
j 29, Florida A&M (dav( Tallshas-
Eift. ,
STEALING SECOND BAKE Willie Mays San Francisco router-fielder, steals 2nd base in llie
third inning of a game with the Chicago Cubs ai Chicago last week. Cub second baseman Tony Tay
lor makes the tag too late to put Mays out after receiving the throw from catcher Morris Thacker
The umpire is trank Seeoiw. <CPI TELEPHOTO).
Jesse Owens Among Speakers At
11 th Regional4-H Club Camp
WASHINGTON ™~ Jesse Owens,
a staff official of the Illinois
Youth Commission and a world
famous track star of former years,
will be among; the speakers at the
11th Annual Regional 4-H Club
Camp. August 10-18. here at How
ard University.
Other speakers are Dr Robert
P. Daniel, president of Virginia
State University: C. M. Ferguson,
administrator of the Federal Ex
tension Service of the U. 8. De
partment of Agriculture; Dr. Ed
ward W. Alton, national director
of 4-H club work; Dr. Armour J
Blackburn, dean of students Rf
Howard; P. H. Stone, camp direc
tor: and Director George B Nutt
of South Carolina Extension Serv
ice, chairman of the camp com
mittee.
Mr. Owens will he the speak
er at the Fellowship Dinner on
Saturday evening in Baldwin
Dali where “Achievement A
wards” will he presented to
the boy and girl who have
done the best 4-H project
work in farming and home
making.
Dr, Daniel will address the
campers Friday morning. Mr. Fer
guson will be the Sunday after
noon speaker, August 17. Mr. Nutt
Roy Campanella
To Become Writer
CHICAGO Roy Campanei':a ■
will become a regular spores col- j
umnist for JET Magazine begin*;
nine next week, according to ex -j
ecu live editor Edward T, Clayton, j
The hospitalized Eos Angeles!
Dodger, no';’ recuperating in a j
New York medical center from anj
auto accident, will write a, weekly j
commentary on all phases of pro- i
Fans To Honor‘King Tut’,
Indianapolis’ Funmaker
| PHILADELPHIA cANP»—Friday ,
| night, August 29, has been set aside j
; as “King Tut Kite" and fans will j
i honor the top buffer* of Syd Pol- •<
lock's world champion Indianapolis j
downs at Connie Mack stadium. j
Tut will be on the receiving end |
of a number of gifts just before i
the Clowns pity the barnstorming I
\ Los Angeles Hawks in a scheduled j
j 8:30 p.m. game City officials and \
| a number of baseball o'lynitaiie
| are expected lb be on haftd.
Advance congratulation* have
j already been rceeolvcrf from
| Jackie- Ruhiason, former Brook-
| Heavyweight Fighters
Impressive In Drills
j OCEANSIDE, Calif. CAMP)
* Both heavyweight champion Floyd j
j Patterson and challenger Roy Kar- ;
j tie were impressive in workouts
j last week Patterson defends his I
j title against Harris in Los Angeles, i
j Aug, 18.
j The champ knocked down earlier j
| in the week by one of his spar- j
| mates, mixed it up freely with j
| ‘hree opponent* He flailed Jose j
j Torres, the middleweight who hod j
i knocked him down; Paul Wilfcht,
i will address the session in the De
| part men t of Agriculture on Thurs
: day, and the other speakers are on
| the welcoming program.
A highlight of the Sunday pro
| gram will be the presentation of
: plaques to four persons who have
, made outstanding contributions to
j 4-H club work. Those to be honod-
I ed are: Dr. Blackburn of Howard;
| President Walker M. Davis of
j Okolona College. Okolona,
Miss.; Miss Blanche D. Harrison,
retired district home agent of Vir
ginia: and R. J. Roddy, princippal
of the Woodstock Training School
of Shelby County, Term., and
manager of the Memphis Tri-
State Fair.
One hunched and tweney
eighf rural boys and girls
from the 17 Southern States
will attend the week’s en
campment. They will be repre
senting 354,000 fellow club
bers In addition to hearing
speakers and taking part in
group discussions, the young
people will visit -the Wtsi'jf
House the Capitol, the V. IS.
Department of Agriculture,
the Agricultural Research
Center at Bettsville, Md
Mount Cernon, and other
places of interest.
States represented by the club-
fessional and amateur sports, fur
tiie pocket size Negro newsmaga
zine.
A yachtsman, fisherman, bas
ketball and football player as well
as a major league baseball star for
the last ten years. Campanella will
provide JET readers with an in
teresting insight of the sporr
wo rid.
Jyn Dodger great and executive
of * New York icstauami firm.
Jackie wrote: "Please rvlenc?
my best wishes and congratu
lations to Tut, This affair looks
like it wifi be a very success
ful one.’'
; Mayor fliehardf.Oß Dlhvorth has j
i promised a •'represcntatH'.v’ of his :
| office vrtil attend the game in ad- j
i bit ion to a number of other city j
i official* invited to take port. A |
number of major league player? >
whom Tut has played wtih and j
against during bis ?" ynan in or- j
gaiii.Tfd bail nnd 29 year? with the !
Clowns, have also been invited, j
and Gbie (Dusty) Rhodes.
At Arrowhead Springs, Calif,
Harris, s Texan, put on an impres
sive show for his family and other
spectators. He worked three fast j
rounds with Howie Turner, and i
looked impressive.
The coming bout will be Patter- I
son's third title defense. He nrevi- |
ously defended it against Tommy J
'Hurricane) .Tack.son and Pe**» Ra- I
iicrtiachcr, j
THE CAROLINIAN
WEEK ECTING SATURDAY AUGUST U, 1858
bers are; Alabama. Arkansas. De
laware. Florida, Georgia, Kentuc
ky. Louisiana., Maryland, Missis
sippi. Missouri, North Carolina.
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Ten
nessee, Texas, Virginia, and West
Virginia,
«io a
$TA€#
G G
KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON
MILWAUKEE fANP) —Those
who expected Hank Aaron, 195?
Nslional League's most valuable
player, would be saddled with a
season-long slump, have been rude
ly shocked. The Milwaukee Braves’
outfielder is back where he be
longs—a .300 plus hitter and a
threat tor the N-L home run cham
pionship.
There might be many theories ad
vanced *as to why Aaron languish
ed s-> long below his normal hit
ling pace this season. One being
offered here is that the young nut
fielder’s - turn to right field coin
cided with his balling spurt that
raised his mark from the .270 level
to si’Oun.t .310.
FILLS IN FOR BRUTON
Shortly afleb the Alt-Star game
in 1957, Billy Bruton, the Braves'
centerficlder was injured and did
not return to action until this June,
j in the meantime. Aaron was Mil
i waukeo’s centerficlder.
Although he did an accept
able jolt in the middle garden.
Aaron obviously preferred
richt field. He was In a three
way battle with Stan Musial of
the St. Louis Cardinals and Wil
lie Mays of the San Franrisro
Giants for the NL batting title
last year when Burton was in
jured. He tailed off In his hit
ting percentage in the stretch,
batting .322. But Aaron- re
mained a clutch hitter, leading
the league In RBls with 132 and
in homers with 41
INJU RY HALTS SURGE
He was leading the league in *ll
three department before he was
j injured on July 17 last year. But
I he wanted to help the team and
| returned to action too early.
Aaron would he the last to as
j rtihe his failure to hit at his ah
•ustomed pace in the early part of
the 1958 campaign, to any of these
r -asons. He merely summed up his
'roubles by saving that the ball
' failed to diop safely.
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