j, Aggie Champion ship Possibilities Nixed By Piggott
THE POWER BEHIND J'HE BAT Ernie Banks shows (he strong hands and wrists which have de
veioped the power behind the bat and enabled him to hang out 4? home runs thus tar this season.
Banks is now within one home run of the 43 mark he hit lasi season. His best year, however, was 1955
when he went for a total of 44 home runs and set a major league record for shortstops. i liPI TELEPHO
TO),
Nine Lettermen Among 35 Players
. Expected For Bison Football Team
‘WASHINGTON. D. C. Some 35
players, -including nine lettermen,
Ai’# expected to report to Coach
Boh White this week for the first
pre-sessror -drill# of 1958 for the
Howard University football team.
Two-a-day drills are scheduled at
A Howard Stadium, Sixth and Par-,
mont Streets, northwest, through
Saturday, September 13th, They
will be held at S a. m. and 3:30 p.
BJ., arid are open to the public.
The Bisons, who finished
fast year's schedule with a 3
and 8 record, will have less
*jU*n. four weeks to prepare for
piefr 1958 opener. Their first
gam? is scheduled for Satur
day, September 87th against St.
Rauf Pei? of LawrencevlUe, Va.
•ft will mark the beginning of
the filth year of varsity play
fo*> the Howard team.
The St Paul contest set for How
ard Stadium, wit! be the first of
six Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Assocation games on the Howard
schedule. Other conference oppon
ents inducts Fayetteville (N Cl
Alatfe Teachers. Delaware State.
Morgan State of Baltimore, Hamp
ton <Va.) Tnsttute. and Lincoln
University of Pennsylvania. Non
conference foes' include D. C. Tea
cher* T i.-k University of Tennes
see. and Morehouse College of At
lanta.
(Hues And Bears, Broncos And Pirates
To Tangle In CiAA’s Opening Games
Durham <By Cl A A New* Service)
tVion University's football team
wt(3» Tom Harris in the mentor s j
neat, .Invades the lair of the Blue-
Bib Blues and Bill Bryant's !
Fayetteville Broncos r-talk into the |
nest of the Hampton Pirates on !
September 20 for Initial all CIAA
games of the day,
' T<vn other CIAA teams, North
Carolina Cottage and Elizabeth C)ty
tangle with SIAC foes on Septem
ber 20. The Eagles play Morris
.iP.Knwh in Atlanta and Elizabeth
City eleven entertains Claflin of
fonth Carolina st Elizabeth Citv.
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i kmg, arid
}*• ®ind; charity envieth not;
! c h*i% vannteih not H. it, i s
jnot putted up.—{l Corin-
Jlhianss 13, 4,}
The real meaning- of charity
Is a deep and true love of one's
fellow men; this includes an
abiding understanding of and
sympathy for their faults and
failings as we realize our own
I “—and j.t means humility and
gratitude to Sod for the power
J and privilege of helping some
\ me mental or phy
>■ SicaLueed.
' j Five linemen and four backs
j compromise the group o? lettermen I
I expected to report tomorrow. The j
linemen are Ends Mils Buck and
Bernie Quarte-rman, Tackle Hank
Ingram and Guards Ed Peeples
and Willie Williams, One complete
baekfield returns. It includes Quar
terback Charlie Smith., Halfbacks
Clift Carter and A1 Stover, and
Fullback Jerry Danoff.
Os the lettermen, only Buck, a
senior, and Peeples, a junior, have
had more than one year of experi
ence. The eevt n other “veterans”
are soohomores.
Missing from tomorrow's turn
out will be co-captain Ken Wash
ington of Middlesex. N. J., All-CI
AA end ,<nd mainstay of the 1957
squad. Washington, who would
have been captaining the Howard
team for the second straight year,
was killed Frdav August 22nd
while working on a construction
job at South Plainfield. N. J
According to Coach White,
the death of Washington de
prives the team not only of an
outstanding performer, but also
of a iiason between the coach
ng start and the players.
"The Hoys had the utmost re
spect for and confidence in
Ken,” White said. "They would
carry their problems to him ra
[ Informed Faculty Needed
Toßemocratize Athletics
CHICAGO (CIAA News Ser
vice) Continuing progress in
intercollegiate, athletics depends
upon informed and dedicated fac
ulty members who are willing to
press the case for racial minorities,
according io a concensus of the na
tion's top athletic authorities at
Chicago last week.
The National Athletic Steering
Committee, meeting at the Wash
ington Park YMCA, voted to con
tinue its efforts to democratize
completely the entire sports scene
in the United States. This is the
group credited with the trend to
ward integration fn major athletic
associations at national and region
al levc-ie.
In the election part of this
year’* session, Dr Charles I).
Henry of Grantbling College
was named chairman to suc
ceed George David of Centra!
State College. J. B. McLendon,
Jr., Tennessee A and I Univer
sity. was re-elected executive
secretary and C. J. Kincaid,
also of Tennessee, was elected
treasurer, succeeding H L,
White of Central State College.
J. B. McLendon. Jr.. Tenness
ee. was elected treasurer, suc
ceeding H. L. White of Centra!
State College
ther than bring them to (he
staff, and more often than not
he would help solve them.
"On the field he was the most ef
fective take charge’ player that I’ve
“nen in my 20 years of coaching.”
White continued. 'His trdgie death
ill be felt at Howard for a long
time lo come.”
White faces a tremendous re
building job in his attempt to steer
the Bisons to their fiist winning
season sutce 1952. The team is shal
low at a ! i positions, but White says
his prime concern will be with
building a strong line. Two return
ees and six new men ar.e expected
to battle me letternicii for forward
wall berths. The returnees are
Herb Scott a 240-pound center from
New Haven, who spent The past
three years in the U. S. Army, and
Art, Waller, a 195-pound junior
guard from Dunbar Hgh
Heading the list of new linemen
will be tackle Bob Shelton, a 215-
pound Washingtonian, who was a
member of the championship Bol
ling Air Force Base team for the
past three seasons. Others include
End Oien Reaves, 235-pounder from
Waycross. Ga.: Tackles Don Purn
ell, /225-New York City, and Don
Stevenson, 240-Steelton, Pa.; and
Guards Ken Hansen, 195 New York
City, and Sterling Parker, 225,
Fairmont Heights, Md.
(year’s meeting was the awarding of
the NABC plaque to Harry R. Jeff
erson vas cited for thirty five
| years ’’contribution to the develop
! merit of youth through athletic
coaching and administration," 1
Prior to ending his active coach
ing career in 195 fl at Hampton In
stitute, Jefferson amassed a life
time coaching record in football of
181 wins, Bfi losses, and 18 ties. He
coached at Bluefield twice and once
each at. Vagir.ia State, A and T,
and Hampton.
Dr. L. 1. Walker, CIAA statistici
an., N. C. College, nominated Jeff
erson for the award. Seconding the
nomination by letter were A. S.
(Jake) Gaither of Florida A »nd
M, Mack M. Greeme of the YMCA
College Madras, Saidapet, India,
and in person, Dr. Charles A. Ray.
director of the CIAA News Service,
N. C. College, Durham,
Study the cost and potential use
of any farm machinery before pur-
Farm ownership is at an all-time
high. Only one out of three far.,if, I
now has a mortgage.
Don’t let perennial plants get too j
much of a head start.
One wav to combat insects i* to I
“Still In The
Process Os
Rebuilding”
GREENSBORO Talk about
football championship prospects at
A&T College for this season were
prompt U discounted by head
coach Bert Piggott as his boys
began training on Monday of this
week.
‘ We are still in the process of
rebuilding'', Piggott told report
ers, "and if tilings go well as we
hope, a conference flag is, at least,
a year away.”
Os the sixty-three candi
dates reporting on Monday,
eighteen of them were letter
men and eleven, chiefly sop
homores, are carryovers from
last year’s squad who showed
substantial improvement dur
ing spring drills.
Among the letter men on hand
are: quarterbacks, Paul Swann.
Washington. D, C and Howard
Smith, Fayetteville: halfbacks,
Charlie D&bose. Gainesville, Fla ,
Joe Council, Walterboro, S. C..
and Edward Godboli, Greensboro;
fullbacks, Edward Nesbitt, George
town. S. C and Lloyd Oakley,
Greensboro; center. James Black,
Asheville :guards. Thomas Sum
lin, Washington, D. C. and Har
vey Stewart, Richmond. Va.; tac
kles, Tommy Day, 230 lbs., Wash
ington. D. C„ senior; Melvin Rich
ardson, 275 lbs.. Johnstown. Pa.,
sophomore Lorenzo Stanford. 240
lbs. Englishtown, N, J.. sopho
more; Sterling Smith, 215 lbs.,
Roxboro. senior and La von Cae
field, 215 lbs., Kinston, senior;
ends Burnie McQueen, 201 lbs.,
Candor, senior; Johnny Wardlaw
190 lbs., Asheville, junior and
James Toon, 207 lbs.. Dunn, senior.
Two former lettermen, re
turning to the squad this sea
son are expected to give the
Aggies additional power. They
are Donald Boone, 195 ib.
quarterback from Burlington,
described iri 1456 as the “most,
promising 'signal caller in the
CIAA and William Fowler, 195
Ib. Wake Forest guard.
Thirty-four freshmen round out
the reporting squad.
In sizing up his job for the sea
son. Piggott said his big concerns
are increased speed in the baek
field and adequate replacement
for Milt Peters, the outstanding
center who graduated last Jutm.
33 Freshmen
Seek Berths
At Knoxville
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Thirty
three freshmen are among 43 Knox
ville Co'iege football prospects to
report for practice on Sept. 4. Head
Coach Robert (Bob) Mungen re
ported today. Mi Brown, alumnus,
will be assistant coach.
Hr did noi feel that this fact had
any bearng on the calibre of foot
ball the team will play this year.
"It all depends on the calibre of
men -we are reeeving,” he said
The fighting Bulldogs won
only one game out of it eight
game schedule last year, »l
thouh they out-played every
opponent statistic-wise. They
just couldn’t get the ball over
the goal. At that time he wish
ed heart-brokenly for a pair of
fleet-footed halfbacks who had
dropped out of school.
Twins Albert and Herbert Lucas
of Rustic Fla are expected to re
port for practice. Spelling double
trouble the sophomores play as
though they were bom halfbacks,
especially, In Coach Mungen'* sys
tem from the *T”.
THE SCHEDULE:
October 4, Kentucky State nr
Knoxville; October 11. Benedict. at
Knoxville; October 18, Tuskegee, at.
Tuskegce, Ala.; October 28, Xavier,
at New Orleans: November 1, Fisk,
at Nashville; November 8, More
house. at Knoxville (Home-Com
ing); November 15. Lane, at Jack
son, Tenn.: November 22, Alabama
A & M, at Knoxville.
Returning are: Senior* Roy
Brown, Homestead, Fla.; John Pe
terson. Bartow, Fla.. David Boyd,
Danville, Virginia; Juniors Fi
nest Bragg, Newport. Tenn. David
Jennings and Richard Anderson,
Knoxville, Wllmore Austin, Blue
field, V». Dors Cunningham, Cin
cinnati, Ohio: Sophomores Victor
Maddox. Evansville, Inti, Herbert
and Albert Lucas. Eustis, Flo.;
Freshmen candidates are: John
Dean, Henley Marshall, Eugene
Taylor Arthur Burris. Gerald
Chambers, Paul Lauderback, all of
Knoxville: Edward Pegues Lloyd
Smith. Memphis. Tenn.; McNeal
Nelson Repton, Ala.
“A golfer ha« one ad van
t&ge over a fisherman—he
doesn't have to show any- j
tkisf $4 jwws it, 1 *
* H iJMi SCORE Kansas City outfielder \• • 1 ■ - ,
bowls over Yankee catcher Elston Howard as he scores on Ha! Smith’s
: hit to the outfield in the fourth inning of ih? Yankee-Athletic game
| at New York City on August 21. The Athletics won by a score of 11-1.
(UP! PHOTO)
Meet Va. Union U:
Shaw Bears To Make
Grid Debut Sept. 27
The 1959 edition of the Shaw
Bears will make its football debut
when the current season opens on
September 27, with Virginia Union
University in Richmond, Virginia.
On September I, approve
mately fifty-five eandldaes will
be expected to meet head
coach Clifton Anderson and his
staff This will be the second
year for Anderson, the former
Indiana star with pro-ball e\
perlence. and should be a vic
torious one for the Bears. The
1957 season closed with "play
er moral’’ high in the Shaw
camp.
J. E. Lytle, director of athletics at
Shaw, says that prospects for the
1958 season, are good although a
number of brilliant stalwarts will
be misisng from the Shaw elnb.
The coaches, along with other en
thusiasts feel that replacement ne
Athletic Committee Honors
Coach Harry R. Jefferson
CHICAGO (ANP) The Na
tional Athletic Steering committee
voted at its annua! session in Wash
ington Park YMCA last week to
continue its efforts toward achieve -
ing greater democracy in sports.
Ths committee also elected the
following officers:
Dr. Charles D. Henry, Qrambling
college, chairman: J. B McLendon
Jr., Tennessee State university, ex
ecutive secretary, and C. J, Kin
caid, also of Tennessee State, trea
surer. Dr. Henry succeed George
David, Central State college, and
Kincaid succeed H. L. White, an
other Central State coach. McLen
don was re-elected.
One of the highlights of the meet -
ing was the awarding of the com
mittee# plaque for distinguished
service to Harry R. Jefferson. Rer
-ean institute, Philadelphia. The for
On-THE-JOB TRAINING Keeping in shape between international field and track events, Miss
i Barline Brown, National Women's Shotpui Champion and winner of the shot put in the repent Moscow
’ international Track and Field Meet, hefts one of the childrens’ barbells she is packing on her assembly
i ««*. at The Mattel 3rc.„ l»y iafiiw*. (LET TELE*\?rOTO. ' !
cesser? due to losses through the
: graduation route, will not be too
! difficult.
HOME GAMES
October 4. Saint Augustine's Col
lege, Raleigh, N. C., October 11,
I Virginia State College. Raleigh, N.
j C,, October 18, Elizabeth City Stale
| College, Raleigh. N, C November
22, * Maryland State College, Ra
leigh, N. C. (Homecoming)
GAMES A WAT
September 27, Virginia Union
; University, Richmond, Va.. October
j 25. Johnson C. Smith University,
Charlotte. N. C., November 1, N. C.
College, Capital Classic!, Washing
ton, D. C., November 8, Biuefieid
State College, Bluefeld West , Vs
November 15, Lincoln University,
Lincoln. Pa,
AH home games will be played in
Chavis Park, 2:00 P. M
♦HOMECOMING GAME TIME—
-4:09 p. m.
j cited for his 26 years -‘contribution
i to the development of youth thru
I athletia coaching and admlnistra
j lion.''
Prior to ending hi* active coach
ing careei at Hampton in 1956, Jaf
j ferson amassed a life-time record
i in football of 181 wins, 86 losses,
1 and 18 ties He also coached at Blue
: field State Virginia State, and
i North Carolina A St T colleges
!
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WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER f, 1988
“Big Rosey” Grier Boosts
Tilte Hopes Os NY Giants
i Editor's Note: This Is on* of
* series of stories on National
Football League teams with tan
players,)
CHICAGO fANPI - - Every- ;
j Miing D rosy with the New York
Giants. World champions in 1956, !
the GSentjfadu in the stretch in j
19 >7 ami lost the eastern division 1
title in the National Football lea- I
gi«* to the perennial winners, the \
j Cleveland Browns.
Missing from the Giants’ line- I
«!» last season wax Roosevelt J
trier, a 270- pound
i | tackle The former Penn State
i M-iir wan In service, but he is
back this season to bulwark the
■j Giants’ defensive platoon. He j
i! was i devastating one-man de
fense unit two years ago. There
;! *s no reason, of course, to anti- i
;j elpate that he is impotent now. j
|j This ill l»e the 25-year-old Lin- i
| den, N. behemoth's third year,
i He also v. as a standout in his rook-
J ie year in 1955.
Roney's counterpart on the !
, j Giants* offensive line is Roosevelt i
’ j Brow n. the hamper Morgen State'
! j college. Now in hit sixth season in '
j the pro ranks the 245-pound j
, Brown, as strong as fast as any j
lineman in the NFd, is regarded as ;
one of the best offensive linemen \
in football.
Oddly enough, Brov.n was the
Giants' 27th draft, choice in 1953. I
| This proves that you can never !
i tell about a pro prospect. Since i
i then, Brown has played in the pro 1
s Bowl game three years (1955-58-57*
i and was voted the outstanding I
. lineman offensively fa 1956
TRIPLETT EYES GREAT SEASON !
Mei I ripipif, the offensive spear
head cm the 19:16 championship I
team, looks for a resurgence this 1
season. This is Triplett's fourth year j
with this Giants and his 1957 cam- l
paign was a trifle disappointing.
TUNNEL!,, SPINKS. EPPS ON |
SQUAD
Tr.e Giants again will have one of
the all-time defensive stars in Em
Tunnel!. The 33-year-old former >
I lowa star holds all-time pro ree-i
i ord for interceptions with 73 and I
; most punt returns for one season j
, | with 38 He has played in 116 con- ;
| gccutive games. In 10 years, Tun- j
: nell advanced the ball 4.553 yards j
! and never rushed noi caught a for- i
! ward pass
1 | Last season. Jack Spinks frit his
; Wiley’s Loss
Stuns Coach
|Of NCC
| DURHAM A stuntiarj Herman
i Riddick today announced the
North Carolina College football
leans, would be without iha serv
ices this year of Leon Wiley, 28
year old 200 lb. 6 ft. guard from
Belmont.
"It’s true Wiley is ineligible/'
Riddicks said in discussing the pro
mising lineman’s academic status.
Wiley is in his third year at NCC.
Riley’s loss cuts to 33 the num
ber of men Riddick expected to re
! port to O’Kelly Field for the start
| of practice on Sept. 1.
The glum NCC mentor sniit
j ed this week only at the pros
pects of what Eagle backs, pac
ed by ALL CIA % Clifton dark
con, will do if suitable front
line power can ho aianufactur
: ed for them Possible starters
this year ire Jackson, Resale
Warfield, Hay Joyner, and
Tom Johnson.
One of Riddick's sides said Jack
son, a rising senior from Hampton.
Va., should “see his best 'year in
1958. He’ll be a changed boy and
we’re expecting the club to rally
around him."
Jackson wa* disciplined last sea
son after an alleged argument
with oni> of the Eagles’ mentors
and following h!» reporting to
drill# tardily.
■"'hide »* m offensive guard until
he was sidelined with fcneo injury.
The 98-year-old former Alcorn
(Miss! A&M fullback e«n become
star of first magnitude if his knee
is sound again.
Yhi* It his sixth season in
pro football. He was first pick
ed as r sleeper by the Pitts
burgh Steelers in 1952, traded
the following season in the
Chicago Cardinals, Idle 1» 1854,
but signed as a guard by the
Green Bay Packers in 1655 and
traded to the Giants the follow
ing season.
Missing from the Giants this sea
son will be its veteran fullback,
| Hobby Epps, the former University
| of Pittsburgh star, Epps returned
! to the Giants last season after *
! year in service and took up the
i slack when Triplett did not come
! up to expectations
Two rookie were in the Giants’
| camp this year. Herb Drummond.
: captain of the 195? Central State
. College football team was the
I tenth d>aft choke in 11157. The 22-
; year-old Washingtonian was rut
( from ihe squad after the first ex-
I bibition game.
i I. if us Johnson, signed as a free
i agent v.as given only « slight
| chance to make the squad. He is t
1 former Ketnucky State captain.
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