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. x7 a ’ fit l ' wfeyHH w*x£MmoS--T Hr W '4 , *-. ..-- im x A i - \ i Xjß, . %>v '******«^ ■■fTi 'V \ ; V • f 1 nvT-i * JI " ?’ Bggjy f , lOU-IN-ONE REWARDED Hamilton Hughes. Forth Tnu, center. display* Spaulding golfing outfit donated hi The Coca-Cola Company. Atlanta. Ga., aa prise for hla hole-ln-one made In the Ray Mltdun tournament earlier thli year. With the wealthy businessman are Mom H. Hendrix, left, whose Waahlnylon, D. C., pnblle relation* firm represent* Coca-Cola, and Thomas Rus«ell. also a well-known Fori .Worth businessman and golfing partner of Mr. Hughes. The Miami ace wa<. the second made by Mr. Hughes, who became the first hole-ln-oner in the 9 year hlstorx of the Mitchell event. Mounted Is the Spaulding Dot • with which the jovial Texan executed his ace. Patterson May Lose Title In Chicago, Says ANP Writer CHICAGO (ANPi Six years a go‘on Nov. 30, 1950, Floyd Patter son. at 21. became the youngest malt* tot the history of boxing to win the world heavyweight title by knowing out veteran Archie Moore, the pre-fight favorite, In 5 round* in the Chicago Stadium. Next Vptember, the same Patter son, a wiser and greatly improved champion, return* to the scene n t hla jkist triumph for hla long-await ed IWe bout with Sonny Llaton, the much-maligned, but admittedly dangerous No 1 contender, and it may* well he that Floyd will lose his title here. These observation* follow In the wake of the announcement last week that Patterson, after much procrastination, has decided to de fend Ms title against Liston eighter In mammoth Soldier Field on Sept. lT.or In Comlakey Park on Sept. 25 Thf. two had signed last M*rehlo In New York for the title fight, hut the decision as to the exact site hM been kicked around tor several weeks Such leading fight cities aa New York. Chicago. Los Angeles. Philadelphia and Detroit were prominently mentioned, but it was not until “Gotham" had refused Liston a boxing license that the ’’Windy Citr" was finally selected. ANP*S PREDICTION SUSTAINED As far back as Aug.. 1961. ape Tan Stars Meet With Success In First 2 Months Os Baseball Year CHICAGO (ANPI With the sasson . nearly ending 1U second month, this has been a strange year In tije major* New stare have been born. Some of the veteran* have not had the kind of year* expected of them. Despite their bad start, establish ed performer* like Willie Mays. Fraakl* Robinson, Hank Aaron end Roberto Clemente are sure to com* around before long. On the other hand, the experts are gue*s inf how long a younger like Manny Jlraene, Kansas City rookie out fielder and leading hitter (as of this writing' in the American League will set the pace SYMPATHIES FOR MIN OHO Sympathies also are being passed out for Minnie Minoeo, the Cuban outfielder, who suffered a skull fracture when he crashed into a concrete wall in St Louis Minnie waa giving it the never-say-die ef fort in chasing a fly ball He will fir iTht BEEFEATER GIN C 25 Wnm Ntrorni FMM ONUMI FT gOMAM cow. new vena N.r. u moor* 100% cmm wutmi waits nod when virtually everyone was "knocking" Liston because of his clashes with the law, the Associat ed Negro Prena predicted that Son ny would eventually get the title <hot". Tn a feature article titled Don’t Count Llaton Out", this writ er pointed out that Lleton would eventually get hi* chance because 1) he was the best chsllenger, 2: the public wanted the Patterson- Llaton fight and 3) the Philadelphi an should be given the chance to prove whether or not he ia the bet ter man Liston. I further explain ed, should he given a second chance to redeem himself. NEGRO FIGHTERS RYPASSED In a subsequent titled "la Floyd Patterson Afraid of Negro Fight ers’". I reiterated that, on the ba ds of his peat performance in the ring. Llaton deserved the first at the title, since Patterson had unfairly fought a string of me diocre challenger*. It was further pointed out that no halo of right eousness hung over the heads of most of the naas champions. Despite the latent standard* of virtue decreed for holder of the heavyweight title by boxing mo guls, boxing by Its very nature was lough and tumble business, draw ing the vast majority of it* talent from the rank* of the unfortunates (street fighters, dock workers and be out until poeslbly July. Jimenez, sporting a mark above 380, has been the AL leader since early in the campaign. He Is up from Vancouver of the Pacific Coaat league Actually, he was not expected to be heard from so early. But when he started hitting so con sistently. Manager Hank Bauer kept him in the lineup and he ap pears there to stay. Another hot hitter in the AT, In recent weeks has been A1 Smith, the Chieego White Sox veteran Smitty. despite a severe groin Inlu ry, hns been seeing plenty of ac tion at third base and the outfield He was hatting at a 342 clip and (up to his old tricks' delivering In the clutch Baseball plaver* wilt tell you that AT, is one of th* most dangerous hitters in the game with men on base WAGNER FIRES ANGELS Smltty** teammate. Tlovd Rob inson. second-year star, was the hatting leader in the AL In the early gamee Although he has tail ed off. he was still a 330 batsman and was second In rune batted in with U Leon Wagner, the Los Angeles slugging outfielder, has bgen a vi tal cog for the surprising Angels He was batting over 300 and was among the AL home run leaders with in Amrng the lesders in stolen ba ses In the AL was Jake Wood, the secorvd-vear second baseman for the Detroit Tigers, who had pilfer ed 9 and Ed Chaile*. rookie utility tnfielder for the Kansas Cltv Ath letics. who has been successful In T tries WTIIMMS BAT’S HOT Tn the National League, snme ex pert have been touting Billv Wil liams the mokie-of-tbe-year with the Chi--agc Cub* last year, as one of the Setter hitters He has proved ’hat and was tied for the NL leid in batting with a S.'S mark He »»« also a leader in hits with 5-' Among the leadirg hitters were Vida Pmaon. the Cincinnati Reds' center fielder, who had a S4O mark, and Willie Davis, who is proving that he is tbe kind of star the Los Angeles Dodgers expected he would be. with a .330 mark San Francisco's strongbox. Or lando Cepeda. was leering RBIs with 43 and tied with hit illustri ous teammate. Mays for home run honors with IS Pinson wss pressing with 12. and Ernie Hanks, the Chi cago Cube', first tWaeman. had It In RBIs Tommy Davis, no relation to Willie, but also a Dodger out fielder, was trailing Cepeda with juvenil* delinquents), it was also contended Few fighters, and these coming largely in the present de cade of relative prosperity, who reached the top in boxing were cul tured men. the article Mid. Even Patterson was a juvenile delin quent In his youh. It was explained. But back tn the poMtbility of Patterson losing his title to Liston 'n the coming bout here. It is the considered view of this writer that Patterson la the better all-around fighter. He boxes better, is the sharper puncher and Is much ’aster. This doe* not rule out an upset, however, as Liston is recognized as 'he much harder puncher, and I* hungrier and mora desperate. Be «ides. Liston is rugged and takes a murh better punch than Patteson. A straight puncher, aa compared io the wild swinger* Patterson has ’ought In his seven previous title defense*. Sonny may catch up with Pnttetson somewhere In the course of the 15 rounds Patteraon’s beat ~ha nee, I believe. Is to box careful ly and decision Liston. Its a little early at this stage of the fight development to predict the winner, but toe possibility ex ist* that Pa*ter*on may be return ing to Chicago to face defeat and the lom of his title. We’ll see. 40 Pinson, with S 3, and Bill Whit*, the St Louis* first baseman, 31. were among the pacesetter* WILLS RUNNING WILD Maury Wills, the Dodgers' short stop, was running wild on the ba ses. leading both leagues with IP thefts Among other NL speedsters on the base paths were W Davis. M; Tony Taylor, Philadelphia. 9; Junior Gilliam. Dodgers: Ted Sav age. Philadelphia: Jose Pagan, Gi ants. and Julian Javier. Card*. each with eight One of the outstanding pitching perfomances has been turned in by Bob Gib*on, the former Harlem Globetrotter and now rtghthanded ace of the Cards' pitching ataff. With an earned run average of leas than three runs a game Gibson hud compiled a S-to-2 mark an appears headed for a 20-game win season. He also wss among the leaders In strikeouts with 55. Another surprise has been A1 Mcßean. sophomore righthander for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who had a 4-to-l mark. PATRONIZE OUH ADVERTISERS \vs&i k / jflßk| m. v J* "''«’ * t "' f* f |g| IS? - mPI 1 .j» wmSmakw' •-- Ik »*-v'i» ' ’^BF i U m^^Km ■■ JACKSON STATF GETS ISO'f CITATION The “Titer." -‘ Bi|lfffßi|K wBBMfc; ; J»okwn State College la.kson Mississippi were cited by The !(*>% Wmmmmmliim lililllllll W rong Club of Atlanta Ga. on the occasion of the Institution s re- * rent All-Sports Banquet The Atlanta Daily WORLD sponsored sports A | group was represented b> F L. I Ipaeomb. Jackson Miss ; Coca-Cola ■£* - r L-„ Bottlint Company, right of mike who made presentation to Coa. hK s JEKBSkB' -ifes; John Merritt. Jackson s head football mentor At left is Willie Ri-h- Es \ WM. JBBKmW JPH ardson co-captain of the “Tigers" and All America end From right are Jackson president Dr larob Redd s T R Ellis, inserted the ins- titution s director of athletics and standing banquet speaker Moss N Kendrix Washington D C whose rßfirm represent The (oca 5 ', -'- ' ..r Cola Campanjr. Atlanta, Ga. O’Neil Ist Tan Big League Coach Mays, Banks Named In Law Suit CHICAGO (ANP) Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants and Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cuba were among a group of baseball player* named hi a breach-of-con tract suit filed by a record distri buting Arm in federal court ban last week. The record firm. Sports Champi ons. Inc., seeks an injunction to prevent Sonic Arts Inc, a record manufacturer; Mars Inc, a candy manufacturer, end the players from producing phonograph records and offering them to die public. Since no damage waa asked in the suit the move appears to be one aimed simply at (topping the traf ficking in the records by the parties concerned. The recording in question Is till ed “How to Play Baseball", and Sports Champions, Inc. alleges » had gained an exclusive contract with each of the players in August, 1900, to produce and distribute the records. The contract, Is to run un til Dec. 31. 1962, the firm claimed. Sports Champions, Inc. further alleges that on May 11, 1962, a Mars advertlsment tppwrcd in the Chi cago Tribune newspaper making a vailabl# to the public a record us ing the voice* of the players und er the exclusive contract. The suit Is to be heard by Judge James B. Parsons, the first Negro jurist appointed to the federal dis trict court in continental United States. He was expected to set a hearing date soon. Besides Mays and Banks, other ball players involved In the eult in clude Ken Boyer of the St. Louis Cardinals; Don Drysdale and Duke Snider. Los Angeles Dodgers; War ren Spahn, Milwaukee Braves; Gil Hodges. New York Met* and Don Hoak, Pitsburgh Pirates Archie Moore Fight Loses Fans, Money LOS ANGELES (ANP) A 10- rpund bout here last weak between veteran Archie Moore and willowy Willie Pastrano turned Into a vir tual foot race and ended In a draw and a "sizable" financial loaa to former heavyweight champion Jo* Louis and John Horn of the Unit ed World Enterprise* promotional firm. The fight from the outset was a cat-and-mouse affairs, with Moore, crouching in characteristic style, pursuing Pastrano, who ducked, back-peddled and fled about the ring like a scared rabbitt. The lat ter had made good a pre-fight piomise to stab and run. In fact. Pastrano didn't stop flee ing until the final round, when he surprised Moore, ttie “Old Mon goose" by stopping suddenly and punching toe-to-toe. At the end, Willie suffered only a bruised left eye from the few punch** Archie was able to land. Only 3.000 fans showed up for tha fight and well they might, They could have seen more action of the kind seen in the ring at a track meat The only party suffering sny real damage was Louis' firm, which had guaranteed Moore a $25,000 pursa and Pastrano. SIB,OOO. TSU Mentor s Gets Overseas Coaching Job HOUSTON (ANP' Stanley Wright trade and field coach at Texas Southern University, whose •Thinclada” Include the top relay team in the nation, has been se lected by the U S. State Depart ment to serve as track coach of teams in North Borneo and Sara wak from June through September. TSU officials announced here last wade. Wright waa selected for the four month coaching mission by the A meriean Specialist* branch of the State Department He was scheduled to leave Hous ton June 4 fbr a two-day briefing In Washingon. Two days later he will leave the State* for Singapore via San Francisco His oversea* mis- i sion will and Sept. 20. ? , f .• 4£»r'- a //1 kk jmmk m'/ tgjflV „ wH TVEH' COACH Wow member of the Chicago Cabs coach ini staff, John {Buck) O’Neal, SI, {right) congratulates Cubs’ first baseman Ernie Banka after Banks alairuned out three homers in game with Milwaukee Braves in Chicago last week. O’Neal is the first Negro to ooaoh In (he major leagues. He assumed his duties May 29 attar rnverat seasons as a scout for the organisa tion, bringing the Cubs eoacMng staff to 11. (UPI TELEPHO TO). Saints Wage Legal Battle To Prevent Warriors*Move NEW YORK (ANP) X ted battle la shaping between me Phi ladelphia Warriors of the National Basketball Awn. and the Ben Pm cisco Slnta of the American Bas ketball League. Battle llnee were drawn lest week after Kevin O’Shea, general manager of the Saints, threatened to go to court to prevent the War riors and Wilt Chamberlain from transferring to San Franc laoo, the Sainta ball wick. The NBA’s board of governors recently approved the sale of the Philadelphia franchise for $890,000 and the shift to the coast, although Boston and New York owners op posed the move. The approval came after a month of haggling, In which the NBA had rejected earlier re queets by Warrior* chief, Eddie Gottlieb. Boston, In particular, had sought to keep the Warrior* in Philadel phia because It would have enabl ed them to play more games with their arch-rival with Chamberlain as the big box office appeal. Gottlieb, meanwhile, said he re gretted parting with Chamberlain and the Warriors, but felt the sale was a good on*. "I wanted the deal. I would like to see Philadelphia re Intramurals At FAMU Share Spotlight With Big Sports TALLAHASSEE, Fla. lntr amurals and spring apart* shared the limelight during th* Intramural and spring sport* award banquet held in the Grand Ballroom at Flo rida AftM University last Monday. Moore-Ramos Bout Sought LOfl ANGELES (ANP) Pro moter Georg* Parnassus announc ed last week that he win guarantee featherweight champion Davey Moor* $50,000 to defend Ids title against Sugar Ramos of Cuba here sometime in July. Parnassus said his decision to taM* the Moore-Ramos bout was mwje after th* Cuban stiffened 23- veer-otd Danny Valde* in a bout In tha Olympic Auditorium recently. H* pointed out that Ramos is a knockout puncher who has chiliad 27 of his 40 opponents. Moore. maanwtoU* baa Just »- bout eliminated all aartoua contend ers for hi* featherweight title. There is talk that ha might move up to th* lightweight division and challenge newly crowned Oerolos Orti* of New York. With Ramoa emerging as a new knockout threat, however, Parnas sus believe* h* would be a big drawing sard in a title bout agatast Moor*. Formar heavy waght champion Joe Louie earned SSO tor his first fight against Jhck Xroekao. Four years later ha had amaawd SIJB4- 084.14 tor chilling a long WKesaaioc of heavyweights. (ANP) turn to the NBA In the near fu ture. Until then, I am making ev ery effort to line up some league games there so that pro basketball will be kept alive In Philadelphia this season," he Mid. O’Shea, on the other hand, said he will not only try to keep the Warriors out of San Francisco, but will try to lure Chamberlain away from the team. Said O’Shea: “We’re going to file a suit and then go on from there on it. We’re going to have to go out and fight them.’’ He added that Chamberlain would be playing the third and fi nal year this coming season under a Ihree-year contract with the Warrior* calling for $05,000 in sal ary annually. O’Shea didn’t spell out how he' Intends to hire Chamberlain away from the Warriors, but he clearly Implied that he might offer him higher financial stakes. These other changes were voted for the NBA; Cincinnati will move into the Eastern Division to replace Philadelphia, and San Francisco (the Warrio’-s) will Join St. Louis. Detroit, Loe Angeles and Chicago In the Western Division. Awards were presented in base ball golf, physical fitness, dance, trade, and field, and intramurals, both men and women divisions. Re marks were made by university of ficials and student leaders. Sequoia was singled out for out standing participation in the house league. Similar honors wen tto Al pha Phi Alpha Fraternity in the fraternity league the Spoilers in the independent league, Fletcher Battle of the faculty, and senior Gweneul Mingo of Key West. The all-year award went to Harvey Frazier of Miami. The track and field team won an unprecedented sixth straight South ern Intercollegiate Athletic Con ference championship. Coach Costa Kittles made it two-for-two in win ning his second league title in base ball. Tha golf teem was second to Clark College of Atlanta for the second time. The Rattlers did not compete in tennis this spring. lH Kentucky BS Gentleman KENTUCKY STRAIGHT •OURBON WHISKEY ■p 9 i * COttPAlff Duties With Chicago Cubs| Former Scout Has Limited; ae\ CHICAGO (ANP) John (Buck) O’Neil, aa astute baseball man who has brought a number of outstand ing players into the Chicago Cuba organization last week wss pro moted by the Bruins from scout to coach with limited status, and be came the first Negro coach in the history of the major leagues. O’Neil an alumnus of Negio A mencan League baseball, thus joined the Cub* 11-man coaching staff, but will not participate in the highly publicized “Wrigley rotation system”. The promotion of O’Neil on a limited basis, although laudatory on its face value, seems a rather timid move in fact. For instance the Cube head coaching job in the rotation is limited to Elvln Tappe, Lou Klein and Charley Metro, al though Tappe, at least, Ims consid erably leM experience in beseba: than O’Neil Tappe, well liked by P. K. Wrigley, Jr., Cubs owner and OPORT j By M Sihnrmin, EdUer, Sport HiguiM ROOKIES ARE HELPING BASEBALL. This looks like a vintage year for newcomers in the major leagues. A flock of them were among the lead ing hitters and pitchers early in the season. More important, some of the new boys are real characters, and baseball badly needs characters. One notable example: Bo Belinsky, Los Angeles Angels* phenom, who pitched a no-hitter on May 5. Before this season Belinsky was noted less for his pitching than for his ec centricities, like S2OO mohair suite and a glib tongue. “I’m jasKsocially sharp," Belinsky skid. “When there’s a chance for a few laughs, I like to take advantage of it" Another good-looking rookie la third baseman Rich Rollins of the Minnesota Twins. The 25-year-old, 175-pounder wears glasses when playing because of astigmatism. “The doctors tojd me I have one eye shaped like a basketball, Rollins says, “and the other like a football. I don’t know which la which.” • see PRO FOOTBALL’S KEY QUESTION MARKS. Two e t the biggest names in the game are hurting and if they don’t come around, their teams will be in deep trouble. Quarter back Sonny Jurgen sen of the Philadelphia Eaglet suffered a shoulder separation in tha post-season "Pro Bowl" game in Miami last January. It ia said he still can’t throw a fpotbalL So the Eagles ere looking around desperately for another quarterback. Joe Schmidt, the great mid dle linebacker of the Detroit Lions, recently had an opera tion on hie shoulder and he ia wary about the result*. “If it’s not right this summer," Joe said sadly, “I’ll just have to call it a career.” It was former Lions’ general manager Ed Keibawy who Jrovided the best estimate of oe’s value to the team. “The Lions without Joe Schmidt," said Kerbswy, “is like going to burlesque just to hear the music." •* * * CCS WYNN’S STRUGGLE. The.strapping 42-year-old White Sox pitcher is working president, wss promoted straitfit from the Cubs parent team. He was a catcher who barely made the Cub* team. The 50-year-old OTfefl, on -the. other hand, was hired aa e CUb scout several years ago and prqgpd his salt by bringing such outstand ing players into the Bruins orga nization and eventually to the pa rent team as George Altman, Billy Williams and Lou Brock, a candi date for rookie-of-the-year honors. Before that, O’Neil waa player and manager in the Negro league. The Cuba leading star, Ernie Basks played under him while he apes manager of the Kansas City Mon arch*. O’Neil piloted file West All- Sstars to two straight victories in the2lst and 22nd Negrp Baseball Classic in 1953 and 1994. GIFT SUGGESTION tor the man who has everything * • calendar to show him when to* payments sg&. hard towards his biggest goaf in baseball SOO victories* At the beginning of the sea son he had eight to go, and' he waa battling old age and Sout in his pitching elbowv ut Early “Gfus” Wynn baa always been a battler. In the current issue of Sport, Bat timore Orioles’ infielder Dick Williams tells of this incident. “On* day when I was with Cleveland, Gus and Bob Lemon and me were having aoaso beers on a day when Gus got beat I wasn’t making the kind of money the other guys war* but, hell, I still wanted to buy my rounds. “ ’Put your money in your pocket,’ Wynn told me. “I waited and the next tima I didn’t ask. I just slipped-a fiver on the bar. Gus didnlfe say a word. He picked up my bill and shredded the damn' thing into 20 pieces and gave it back to me. Then he said, 'I told you to keep your money, in your pocket’ “Later when he’d gone, Lemon said to mo, ‘On a day, when Gus loses, it’s a good idea to do exactly what his says.’ " BHOBT TAKES. A recent explanation by *x-f sather weight champion Willie Pen; who earned aver a million dol lar* in purees on where all the money went Said Willie, “Fash women and slow horses.” - ... One of the moat success ful “’name” wrestlers recently confessed how blood gets into a pro wrestling match. “IS comae from whet we call the ’kicker’, a small plastic capsule containing red powder. You. carry the capsule in your mouth or under a knee band,-' age. You can break it pretty easy with your fingernail or your teeth and when the der comes out and hits sweaty flesh, it immediately make! that area look like it’s bleed ing.” ... Heavyweight challenger Sonny Liston’s definition of bow it feels to hit a man.* “It’s like the spirit that cornea into you in church.” And on. bow it feela getting hit. “Like von walk downSa street not looking and you hit e pole that don’t give."