A&T Aggies Tighten Li rip On CIAA Basketball Lead
Ligon Out To Improve Cage
Record: Downs E. E. Smith Hi
BY BICHMOND E. STEW AKT
11* J. W. Ligon Little Blues play
only «t game this week as they
continue their drive for a choice
position when the district tourna
ment rolls around.
With a three-game winning
streak intact, they host Willis, ton
High of Wilmington Tuesday night
and are idle until February 7 when
thgy travel te Goldsboro to meet
Dillard High.
The first game Tuesday night is
scheduled to begin at 0:30 when the
Junior Varsity dubs of the two
schools meet The varsity game will
follow.
The Bines, whs will be going
without fleer general Bobby
Omegas Take Action:
A&T Fraternity Abandons
“Time-Wasting” Tacticst
GtEENSBORO—A fraternity at
AlcT College is adopting a new pro
gram in pledging and initiating new
member which will eliminate much
of the antics which the organiza
tion here has been requiring of its
pledgees.
The organization is undergradu
ate Mu Psi Chapter of the Omega
Pti Phi Fraternity, established at
A&T back in 1927.
Bari H. MeClenney. Jr.. Law
reoeevllle, V»„ head of the lo
cal chapter, said last week, "We
have finally got the courage to
pot an end forever to these silly
requirements on initiates and
pledgees ever extended periods,
which are not only inconsistent
tth the aims of the college com
manlty, bat have no relation-
REAL GUSTO
IN A GREAT LIGHT BEER
Clay, will be leaking for this
victory to place on the winning
side of thetr record sheet They
have a t- toverall record and
a 4-3 conference mark. Clay
has been suspended because of
disciplinary reasons.
Coach George Hardy can still
field a formidable five that can
average 6-2 in height He has three
6-5 players who can start in Rob
ert Wiliams, Bobby Moore and Lee
Ommie Davie and 6-3 Larry Spence
along with Willie White at • feet.
For speed he has three quick men
In Tyrone Bailey, Walter Ellis, and
Alton* Jones, all standing at 5-11.
White, a senior known for his
fno»b*il ability, is the leading scor-
LARRY SPENCE
.., sophomore forward
ship with the Ideal of ear Fra
ternity.*
He added that the “foolishness"
has not only been a waste of time
for the pledgee, but for the mem
bers, themselves.
The first step, MeClenney said,
will be to reduce the pledge period
from the present six months* to
six weeks.
Thousands of Americans received
their Federal income tax refund in
Savings Bonds last year. Taxpayers
getting refunds this year will enjoy
the same privilege. Just check the
box that aays “U. S. Savings
Bonds."
PLAY FAIR!
er, averaging 14 points a game. He
is followed by Robert Williams, also
a senior with an eight point aver
age
The Blues have shown consider
able talent at timet but have never
been consistent enough to live up
to their expectations. With the big
men such as Robert Williams and
Larry Spence hitting in close end
dominating the backboards combin
ed with the driving power and
deadly outside shooting of Willie
White and A1 Jonas tha Blues could
be a winner any night
Tha Mggest surprise has bean
foe way aepheaare, Larry
Spence, has came around te
mere tnte a starting position.
8 pence, whs la coming tnte his
sum as a paint maker, has been
grabbing his share es rebounds
also. The lanky perfsrmar has
been averaging about 0 re
bounds a game and should be
come one es Usee's all time
greats. Spence stands 6-3.
Robert Williams has been the
stellar player. He is averaging a
bout 17 rebounds a game and when
he is hitting, will break a game
wide open. He has good moves for
a big man and a lot of hustle.
In its last outing, Ligon defeated
E. E. Smith of FayettevUe. 04-74,
behind the efforts of Bobby Moore,
A1 Jones, #illie White and Spence.
All scored In double digits with
Moore’s 23 and. White’s 20 landing
the way. This is a high for Moore
and only establishes the tact that
any of Handy's first eight men can
hold the hot hand’ on a given
night.
Handy, who has not been pleased
with his team's performance at
times, stated, “Recently we have
had pretty good team work and
hustle. Our shooting, which has
been fair, will have to improve
though.”
The Blues have eight games left
before the distrct tournament be
gins.
After Beating Va. State, 101-51:
State School’s Greyhounds Plan
Homecoming Tilt Here Sat. Night
The third annual Homecoming
will be observed at the State School
for the Blind and Deaf hare on
Saturday, February 1, with a bas
ketball game climaxing the cele
bration. The Greyhounds of the
State School will entertain the Vik
ings of Central High School, Gates
ville. Game time Is 8 P. M.
On Friday evening a Corona
tion Ball will be held in the
sekeal gymnasium in honor of
STARS OP STATE SCHOOL'S GREYHOUNDS—Pictur
ed is the basketball team at the State School tor the Blird and
Deal, which will play its homecoming game Saturday at 8 p. m.
Kneeling in front, center, is Ronald Smith. Reading from left to
right clockwise, ewe: Lonnie Winston, William Thompson, James
Taylor, Gurney Alston, Robert Walker, James Scott, Frederick
McEachem, Sylvester Rawls and Reginald Miles. Standing in
rear h Coach William J. {Billy) Nelson.
Greensboro Quint Gets Win
Over NCC, J. C. Smith U.
GREENSBORO—The A&T Col
lege Aggies last week took a firm
er grip on first place standing in
the CIAA by whipping the North
Carolina College Eagles and the
Johnson C. Smith University Bulla
In important basketball games
played at the Greensboro Coli
seum recently.
Maurice McHartley. star play
maker for the Aggies, and Ted
Campbell, a freshman standout,
sparked the Aggies to a 90-81 win
over the Eagles in the same play
ed here on last Friday 1 night.
CampbeO’s IS points far the
night were the big factors In
the Aggie first-half surge, cre
ating a 40-34 lead at intermis
sion. McHartley, who led all
seerers with 20 points, took up
the slack in the second period.
Grid Star Slain While
Watching Street Fight
BY CALLLA BCRTVNER
LOS ANGELES (ANP)— Calvin
Elliott, 18, defensive halfback at
L. A. City college, was fatally in
jured last week as he witnessed a
street fight outside Dorsey High
school following a basketball game
between Dorsey and Manuary Arts.
Elliott is a former Dorsey High
athlete.
According to wltnesae, El
liott was stabbed In foe stom
ach by one of foe fighters who
slashed hb way through foe
crowd while fleeing hb' pur
suers,
Accused of the slaying was Levi
Ford, a night studfeni at Dorsey
and former member of the “Baby
Gladiators’’ gang. Ford is a parolee
from the California Youth Author-
"Miss 8SBD", the school queen.
Following the game on Satur
day night, a dance will be held.
Live music will be furnished
by the Khythm Kids.
In preparation for their Home
coming game, the Greyhounds are
well-armed against the Vikings
playmakers. In a smashing victory
last Saturday night over the Vir
ginia State School, 101-51, the local
team bring* to its Homecoming
Leading scorer fort he Eagles
was Leon Grant, with 14 points
McHartley was also the big gun
in the 69-61 win ovjt Johnson C.
Smith University in the game
played here last Tuesday night.
He dumped in 28 points for the
evening. 18 or them In the first
half, and shot at an amazing av
e age of even 600.
The Aggies led most of the way.
but the Bulls made a game of II
in the second period. They led by
a single point, 47-46. at the 10:35
mark in the second half, for the
first time in the game, and tied
the contest at 55-58 at 4:35, but
after that it was all A&T. The
win gave A&T an 8-1, conference
record, and 9-2, overall. The loss
leaves Smtih at 7-3, CIAA, -and
8-5, overall
Arrested with Ford were Thomas
Wilson. 18. one of the Instigators of
the fight; Ernest Lloyd Morgan, 18,
and Larry Lawson, 17. Police said
the fight started between Wilson
and Raymond Nelson. Ford rushed
in to aid Wilson. Another youth, a
friend of Wilson, tried to pull Ford
away. It was then that Ford drew
his knfie and began cutting.
Wilson's friend was stabbed. He
was rushed to a hospital in critical
condition. Elliott was rushed to
Central Receiving Hospital and
from there to General Hospital,
where an emergency operation was
performed. He died the following
evening when complications set in.
Funeral services for him were
held last week.
game a 13-5 overall record.
Coach W. J. “Billy" Nelson will
pit his charges in the following
starting order: Ronald Smith and
Reginal Miles, guards; James Scott
and Frederick Mcßachem. for
wards; and Robert Walker, center.
Miles and Smith have led the team
scoring with an average of 20 and
18 points per game, respectively,
while Robert Walker is the leading
rebounder. S’
Central High’s Vikings will brlhg
guards Andrew Gatling and Larry
Davis, forwards Kenneth Darden
and James Eggleston, and James
Boone, center, to lead their attack.
Coach W. F. Williams Is relying on
the rebounds of his 6-7 center, Jas.
Boone to set up offensive plays and
lead defense.
Robert Walker, 6-5 1-2 center of
the Greyhounds will be guarding
against the shooting of co-captain
Andrew Gatling of the Vikings.
The public is Invited.
lEATiNIT
THE GUN
BY BILL BROWER
CHICAGO rANPl—One of the
most popular arguments in sports
in recent seasons him been: Who
la the more valuable in pro bas
ketball; Chamberlain or Russell?
Partisans of Wilt Chamber
lain, of the San Francisco ,
Warriors, and of BUI RumeU,
of the Boston Celtics, will ar
gue vehemently for their man.
Even Elgin Baylor, of the Los
Angeles Lakers, has his ad
herent*
Although he has not been en
tirely overlooked, Oscar Robertson
has not been mentioned too fre
quently in the same breath with
Russell or Chamberlain. But the
versatile performer for the Cin
cinnati Royals Is having more to
say about that during the current
campaign. The Big O is making a"
strong bid for most valuable hon
ors. to go with the distinction of
the most valuable player award
he achieved In the annual all-star
East-West game In Boston.
Robertson led the East to a in
to 107 victory over the West The
stunning bask court ace was nev
er better. He tallied 26 points,
pulled down 14 rebounds and con
tributed eight assists. He was a
marvel also on defense with his
harassing tactics and slick steals.
This marked the second time
that the MVP award has gone to
Robertson. As a rookie performer
in the 1961 game, the Big O. then
on the West squad, was voted the
game's outstanding performer.
The Royals moved into the East
ern Division for the 1961-62 sea
son.
The work Robertson showed in
| the Boston Gardens was merely a
sample of the brlllanoe he has
shown all season long. Pew while he
was scoring leader and through
i out the season he has ranked one,
: two or Jjrwe. He has been a mas
terful court plsyer. the leader in
| assist* with his deft passes.
PLACES THIRD IN “HALL OF FAME ” BID—Roy Campenella, former starting catcher
for the Brooklyn Dodgers, displays last pair of baseball shoes — mounted and gold-plated—he wore
during his last baseball game in 1957, last Wednesday. Campanella was paralysed in a 19S8 auto
accident which cut short his brilliant career. It was announced in Boston January 22nd that Cam
panella, in tha first year he became eligible for election to basebairs Hall ol Fame, polled third
piece in a special run-oft election. (UPI PHOTO).
“Satchel” Paige Says He’ll Keep On Smoking
BT LEON LEWIS
rut t»o . *mt>> Yp., fI
put Um* pi*«. ami uegm in
haling deeply again of cigarettes.
Satchel Paige, ageless baseball
pitcher, here to coach a baaket-
Osear also has been deadly at
the free throw line, leading the
National Basketball Asmclatlon In
percentage shooting from the free
throw line.
Robertson's emergence aa a
threat for league's most valuable
honors, of course, oomes as no
suiprlse to his closest followers.
He has been Clncy's outstanding
player since he entered the league
after closing out his fabulous col
lege career with participation in
the 1960 Olympic games at Rome.
He had Just completed three yean
at the University of Cincinnati,
leading the nation's sooren In
each season. This feat was never
accomplished before or has not
been accomplished since.
The one thing that would
make the season quite com
plete for Robertson this year
would be for the Royals to ov
ertake the Boston Celtics and
end Coach Red Auerbach's
team’s long reign over the
NBA’s eastern division, and al
most equally long dominatloc
of the entlrs league.
We don’t know whether the lit
tle miracle can be brought off this
year or not, but we think that
Robertson has a good chance to
take the MVP.
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in cnowum *
RALEIGH. It. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1
ball tram against the famous Her- ]
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lectly all right to smoke, and he’s
older than you.
“I guess It’s sitting around
and having nothing to do Is
what causes them to figure
out these reporta against
smoking.” Paige said here
with a cigarette dangling from
his lower lip.
“And they mid they are going
to take people off oof fee . , . and
they will make ’em quit chewing
gum. What the hell’s a man gonna
do? A man has to have something
left.”
Paige mid folks were chewing
and dipping snuff 100 years ago
and many of them lived to be
adults, like 110 and 116. “It didn’t
kill ’em then." “and I don’t see
why It should now,” he mid In re
ply to the U. S. Burgeon General's
report.
“Some of the greatest athletes
smoked,” he said, “and Z was one
of them."
It Is not only talk against smok
ing that has the ageless wonder
worried.
"We eat more meat in this coun
try than In all the other coun
tries combined,’' he said. But In
line with the way things are cur
rently headed. Paige figures it’s
only a matter of time until that
slope.
“Next thing we got to go to Is
grass," he said, "like the horse*."
Oh, that’s not all, says Paige,
u he searched for the pocket that
held another pack of cigarettes.
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"Doctors tell you now. ’don't
ilium inn.,, „ 1. . t... v- MW „ and
don’t fool with bread.’ I’d like to
know what this world is coming
to sho nuff.”
Paige aet up, tong, long ago.
some rules which he maintains
will keep a body young and vigor
ous. The most famous Is his ad
vice to “Don’t look back. Some
thing might be gaining on you.”
Another Is “Avoid running all the
times.”
Well, walking doesn’t do much
good either.
“They tell people now to park
those automobiles, to go out and
walk ten to fifteen miles a day.”
“We all know what would
happen to a man that did
that, don’t we? He’d get him
self ran over, that’s what.”
“You bettor believe It.” a
greed Batch, “If they /miss you
.it one corner they'd get yon at ■
the next one. You’d pretty
much have to have a motor in
yon to do much walking.”
Paige Is 6-3 1-2 and weighs 185
and his right arm is still Just as
full of pep as his left ona. which
tie only uses to hold cigarettes.
He’s somewhere between 60 and
100 years old. Historians aren’t
sure. He says he thinks of him
self as being 61 or 62. "I might
go up to 60. but you don’t get
no pension at 60. so why go up to
it?” He says neither his age. nor
the reported harm of cigarette
smoking makes any difference to
him.
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