CAROLIWA TIMBS SATURDAY. AUG. 6th, 1949
PACS FOUR CAROUIfA -
Giis And Ezzard Prime For Bout
I^.CC: Grid Eagles To Face
Jeffersonless Virginia For
Homecoming Game Here
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Moon Mondschein New
Coach At Lincoln Univ.
Iriiijr Muon" Moiid.si'licin
W\v Vork rnivcisit'.s stellar alj
rouuil a’hlete, wilj t-iiafh f(K)t-
IJhII, liii'ikt'tlwll iiiid tratk «t
l.iiK-olii I'iiivci-sity ill IViiiisyl
vania iM-jriiiniii^ this fall. I’res
idt-ii' Horace .M. I!»k1 of JJn
folii iirnKiiiiifcii tliat MoiuIcsIumii
lia.s sisrncd a »-oiilrac-t to coach
iulerrnlit^iatc afliJt'
tic at tlic !••’> yt'ar old ('licstc
Coiiiity iiistitirtiou.
Mondschsin is succeeding
Chester R. Stackhouse who
coached at Lincoln for two
years.
.\hi)i*lscliciii, tlircc time Xa
liouit!\\, A. I', (Iccatlialoii chain
|iii)ii. time X*AA hiffh
jimip cliaiii|iioii and captain of
the jim'' Myiii|)ic (llcatliajon
at 1 lie London ”'anics, is
. consistent ly hrilliant perforincr
He is a four time winner am
rf(*onl holder in the l('4.\ In
diK)r Ilifjrh .linnp. and was j
maiiiMta.N’ at Xew Voflv riiivM'-
sif_\-, where he /ilarwl three years
\arsity eird. He was elected to
tlip Eastern All Stars Team
plave,d in the .Vew'Vorli
Hera\,\ TRIISr.VF Fresh .tir
Fund ( '■HTut* September 1 at the
FVilo.(Jrouni1.
The new Coach, essentially a
*eam man, is a horse for ^work
and has an unquenchable rest
for competition. It is the hope
jU. JL4ncoln tha
--«s!ill his competitive zest
and team spirit into the Lin
coln Lions, and that his en
thusiasm and sincerity in the '
role of the American college in
the field of interracial pro
gress will meet the standards
of his predeccsor.
Siacklioiise. who eaJiie to Liii-
eoln two vears auo from the Uni-
sity of M ichiiiiui, w here 1k was
As'^i^iaiit • Track (’oaeli, will
cojich nexi yeai* ’at Willamett ■
Colle'/ct Salem, )reyon. In his
two years at the hincohi helm
he steei-etl his ba.sketViall team
into ‘J!l wins aii'l 2(( lu>s“^ His
track teaiir wa-s third
eoiirpetition iii. 1948 and s«*eoii^l
ill 1!I4M, and ha^s not lust a dual
or triuii^'ular meet in two years.
Stackhouse coached football
for one season and wound up
with a record of seven wins
and four losses. His feat of
beating Un^n, Morgan, and
Hampton on succesive Satur
days an achievement Lin
coln had not matched in years
As Stai‘klumK(* teiid‘red his
resi*riiHtion he sfiid that he hi
an iihidiiiK inteiH'st in sports as
a meaii.soC iiiterraeiai amity. Hi
stated that athletics can maki
a t-'rf'at contrihntion to tlw sohi*
tioii of Aiiif-rica's Xnmher Oih
Prohlein, peoph* liviHr inii work
iiifr liHnnonionsly.
Monschein will have his work
cut out for him, since Lin
coln is a member of the stropg
CIAA and plays, in addition,
some powerful white teams
outside the conference. '
DURHAM
With S«‘()tenib‘r and a brand
new loot hall HPa.son little more
than a month away. Alumni (d-
fieials at .\ortli t’aroliua (’ol
le^re an* layinj; plaiiH for the
hiKf^est Homecoming iu the his
lory of the .‘JS-vt*ar-old eolle^re.
A top-drawer grid contest
between North Carolina Col
lege’s Eagles and the Trojans
of Virginia State College on
Saturday, October 15, will be
the sterling Homecoming at
traction, but numerous other
actiyities of special in|erest to
alumni and visitors have
scheduled for the week - end
f^dlofre preHidonts and high
school principals from Virginia
and N'orth (’aroiina will be ex
tended a s]K'cial invitation to
attend Homiecominp activities a?
hfTjiorpd unests.
The selection of "Miss North
Carolina Scholastic” will
highlight the first annual ob
servance of North Carolina
High School Day. Miss Scho-
las'ic will be elected on'the
basi^ of high scholarship, su
perior qualities of leadership,
and demonstration of out
standing tal»Dta in b9th schol
astic and.' extra>curricular
activities. Judging for the ,
title, set for Friday evening,
October 14jjwill precede an in?
vitational dance.
The North Carolina hij^h
wliiM)! student who iroKiiiates
tli«* hesl N(M' i lonieeominj; sl(Hr
an will he awarded .a sp»'cial
prize. Entries must l»c submit
ted on or before .Monilay, S'pt.
2(», to he eli>>iblc for coiiHidera-
tioii.
Prizes will also be awarded
for the most attractive floats
and for the most unique/motif
in 4 dormitory exhibit based
on the homecoming therfte.
8atiirdjr\'s football contest
will pit the .lefl’ei-sonlessTny-
an a>»afYist ('oach ^lerijian II.
Riddick’s Ka^jles, who would
particularly enjoy thra.shiiifr
their rivals from the Old l)om>-
inion State. In an F]a(iie
rrid team defeated the Trojaus,
hnt sinee that date Virginia
state has manafxod to stay in
•'ront of X(’C football teams.
Homecoming Chairman Wil
liam P. Malone, ’46, Instruc
tor, Department of Public
Health Education, is urging
all alumni to meet any de
linquent financial obligation
and plan to attend Homecom
ing activities. Homecoming
Committees will be announced
at a later date.
Tickets for the Eaj^le Trojan
game po oiusale at the collepre’s
Alumni Office, Sept. 1.
Negro Medic
Is Consultant
With Army
FKAXIvI^pa.
I nder^^^^t^ auspii
'ivilmif ('(Misultant
r
Program
M'‘»w^s)red by tlie Surgeon .’s (5en-
I’s Oftk-e of the Anuy, Dix’tor
Charles K. Dre,w, noted Negro
pliVsieiiHi -!ind amhorjty on
heiiiatolufry, i-eeeiitly aceouipan-
ied a group of leading civilian
medical specialists to the Enro])c
an ('oniiiiand where he st'rved as
coiisnlaiit to the Melical
(’orps on problems of blood tran-
fnsioii iiDtf blood storage.
The Surgeon GtMieral’s Office
l)ri(KlicaUy sends repres^ntative
group.s of the nation’s leading
eiviliali )>hysicians to medical
installations in ovei"s(>a-s com
mands with the general mission
of impartinir to Army medical
personnel the newest hnelop-
nient-s and information on medi-
CI.XA'cal operations aiul procedures.
Charles To
Sharpen Left
Before Bout
I'o.Ml'ToN LAKES
'With ni'arl\ two weeks re
maining hcforo he slej)s into the
ring at ^'aiiki'c Sfadium, to de
fend his National Hoxing As.so-
ciation title against the rock
listed assanlls of (Jus Lesnevich,
Ezzard Cliai’les is j'eailj’ to step
into the ling. He tipped the
scales at IhO pounds after a
workont yestc.'rday and (R>es not
intend to take off aiiy more
])onndage. He is strong and
ready, confident of his aliility
to whip an\' man in the world.
Charles’ main task in the
Hays intervening between to
day. and his battle with Les
nevich will be to sharpen his
left hand. Every day brings
improvement, but he is still a
little wide with it. He has
taken S9me rights to the head
because he dropped his elbow
striving for power in his
hook.. A1 Smith shook him a
couple of times with straight
rights and Gene Jones, who
is no rapped
him sharply on theneSIL2'’l^h
a right hand. Jones at timeS~^‘
looks like the world’s cham
pion and “Ez” the challeng-
er., ■
Looking ahead in his training
program, (ieorge Nicholson is
keeping plans tenative. Weath
er conditions as well as Charles’
weight wfll be carefully coiLsid-
ered. Chai-h'.s works pounds off
^CivDvr i^ywiii prcccQv an in? A\iiiniiii i.
Wek Has Pitching
Edge In Pending
All-Star Scrape
All-Star
HOLLY PAIGE, local lad,
will roam the outer gardens
come Sunday when the fifth
edition of the All-Star Classic
is staged here at the Durham
Athletic Park. Paige will play
for the Carolina ALL-STARS
who will meet the Jacksonville
EAGLES. Paige is feared by
top-notch hurlers who. regard
]iim as being a long ball hit
ter.
V ^
Kival managers and players
are eagerly awaitinff the annual
East-West ba^ball classic on
Sunday, Augu.st 14, here in the
Coniisjiey Park, but ajook over
the records of both sides in
dicates the outcome, a tossup.
Each scjuad will enter the bat
tle posset«ing st*ven performers
wlio aits hitting ..’KK) or better in
X'egro American League jilay.
1‘oth have gooI pitching. The
liJast ha.s the top flinger among
the 10 h»irler.s-selected for the
Cla.s.sic in Bob Griffith of the
Philadelphia Stars. Griffith has
won seven and lost one and
probably, on tlie .strength of this
I’ocrtrd, will start for the East
iMiers.
The West has a better baJ-
anced hurling corps, which in
eluding Alonzo Perrvt Birming.
ham ; .lames LaMarque, Kansas
(''tHn-firead McKinnis, Chi
cago AirTrCi™” Giants, but since
this is only'fii"'- this slight
(‘dge has to b^pverlooked. Perry
has won 10 aiftMost three, in
league activity ^hns far, and
rates the starting
Western pla.vers'‘I‘nd all de
partments in re{f"lfrr league
play, but even this ciUO be tak-
freei.v efijiecially when it Ls hot.jen into consideration for a one
Nicholson will concentrate
on bbxing and will pay parti
cular attention to tightening
up Charles’ left. If Charles
is to win quickly over Lte-
nevich, he will win with his
left hand, a left that will
streak inside of a right swin^
and dump the challenger on
afternoon performahet
The
the canvas.
(Charles is nia.ster of public
relations. He went through a
tough day for the news reels and
also the “still” eamermen. He
co-operated as if he -really en
joyed it.
West lias the looi>’s leadiig home
run slugger in Kan.sas City’.s
Willard iJrown, an outfielder,
who has II rouiiil*trippers Mr,
Browu also Jias the fiiost total
bases, 143, and is tied with five
othei*s, including First baseman
Bob Boyd of Memphis, also au
all-stai-, for hitting most dou-
ble.s with 18. Browu lias also
driven in the most runs, (J3, to
be exact. Outfielder I’editJ For
inenthal of -Memphis has colleut-
etl the most triples,nine.'
Manager anti second baseman
Ijorenzo “i’iper” Davis, of Bir
mingham, who’s in charge of the
West, is the league’s leading hit
ter with .3bo. The East’s top
hitter is outfielder Bob l>avis of
liaitiuiore with .377.
Last year the West won, 3-0
chiefly on some great pitch
ing and timely hitting in the
clutch, but Hoss Walker, of
Baltimore, East team’s pilot,
has stated that he/believe this
is the East’s year. The West
is way out in front in the ser
ies on games, won having cap
tured the last four.
Oldest City
"OnrRecord-
Is In Iran
Ducats For
'Skegee Cam^s
Ready For Salt
Tickets for the Clark-Tus-
kegee football game, to be
played at Legion Field in
Birmingham, on October 1,
and the paste boards for the
Morehouse - Tuskegee game,
which will take,place under
the lights in Memorial Stad
ium 4n Columbus, Georgia,
October 21, have already been
received at the business of
fice of the athletic depart
ment.
Swim Meet
Schedules For
Hillside Pool
DL’HIIAM—A city wiile .swim
ming met was scdifululcd for the
Hillside Park Pool by the liecre-
atiou department it was announ
ced this week.
The meet is to get ni'iderway
at 5:30 in the evening with two
sets of events.
- Boys from all- over the city
are filing for the meet. The E-
ents will be ilivided into Junior
and Seilior. Participants' under
16 are classed as -luniore and
over 16, Seniors.
Tha following events ai-e
scheduled, J unioi-s: 25 yard free
style, 25 yard back stroke, 25
yard breast stroke, 50 yard free
stjle, and diving four styles.
Seniors: 50 yard freestyle, 50
yard back stroke, 50 yard bi’ea.st
stroke, 100 yards free style, 150
yard medley, diving five styles.
Susa, a city,situated near the
Persian Gulf, is considered to
have the longest continuous
existance of any city in his
tory. It dated from 4,000 B.
C. to 650 A. D. •
Playgrounds
To Hold
^ogeonts
liO.cal i)laygronnds are in the
midst of preparations for the
annual pageant:^ which will be
held in this month. Paivnts are
especially invited to attend th?se
colorful affairs.
The following is the s*edule
. »—pj
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Hrtured above i? the famous
Ameftf*aii Legion Drum and
Bugle Corpf of Danville, Vir-
who will lead a big
A
street parade from the W. D.
HjH Recreation Center to the
Durham Athletic Park pre-
c*eding the Fifth Annual All-
Star game here Sunday. The
Jacksonville EAGLES and
the Carolina ALL-STARS
will mix it in the big battle
and according to promoters.
Lath Alston and Skinks
Browning, the game will pit
some of the best baseball tal
ent in the South. At least two
localiles will perform for the
Eagles in the person of
Lefty Coleman and Lefty
Jenkins who were very pop
ular with city fans when they
were with the Durham Eagles.
Both In Good Shape
As Training Nears End
NEW YollK.
Ezzard Charles, hew NBA
he«v.vwei|irht king and (Iuk
iievich, leailii^f eonteiuler, were
dc(*larel In “superb physical
eomlition for the impi-nding
battle between the top heav.vs
slated for Yankee Stadium Aug
10.
The fight will mark the first
defense, of the crown which
was won by Charles by virtue
of a decision over Jersey Joe
Joe Walcott.
I)M-toj- .XarditMla, exainiiK'd
the two pnglists in the custom
ary prelitniinars examination
and nnnonneed the diagnosis.
Chafles tipped the scales at
a fighting 180 and seemed to
be ready and waiting for the
bell at any time. He said he
intended to go into .the ring
at that figure. He weighed 181
3-4 when he defeated Wal
cott for the title.
He encountered .somcwliat of
a problem in keeping his weight
up to 180 during the recent
wave of heat. The Cincinnati
elouter plans to return to spar
ring after a lay-off of about a
couple of days. He will go three
rounl7 Weduewlay night aa a
part of a show at Patterson,
Xcw .lersey.
Lesnevich appeared unper
turbed by the odds that make
him an underdog at prices
from 8 to 5 4 to 1. He weighed
in at 183. Haying had to work
hard to make the old light
heavvweight limit, hit old
class, he lost to Joey Maxim
at Cincinnati last May. He
claimed that the weight of
175, which he attained
through drastic drying out,
weakened him.
He said that he was was not
displeased at being the under
dog sinee he had beaten Billy
Foxx and Tami Mauriello
(twice) as the iinderdog.
Dr. Nardiello said that Gus
was in the best fighting condi
tion that he had seen him yet.
Chicago Giants, Rated As
Fovorites For First Half Of
Season, Sets Torrid Pace
('IIICAC.O
Manager Winfield "Skipper"
Welsch and his Chiacgo Ameri
can Giants, who were favored to
win the first half championship
of the Western Divjsion in the
Xegro American’ Ijeaftue but who
were nosed cut by the Kansas
City Monarchs by one game,
apparently are on their way in
in the second part of the s«*iu«n.
The -Giants, at this time of
writing, were leading the di
vision and had suffered only
one defeat. This performance
i$ just the opposite of the first
half, when the Giants got off
to a ^low start, The slow start
was blamed for the failure of
the Giants to take'top honors,
even though a fast rush near
the finish almost enabled
them to take the bunting.
The Cleveland Buckeyes,
“first eousins’’ of the Chiuago-
ajis this' season on the basis of
their first 12-ga*ne series which
the Welst'hinen captured, nine
to three, wiH serve a« the oppo
sition next week. The teain.'^
open in the in Comi.skey Park
on Sunday, Ang. 7, j)laying a
iwin bill, with the first gt'tting
underway at 1 :;$() aiul then con-
timie their rivalry in middle-
western towns.
Monday, Aug. 8, the clubs
play in Borchert field, Mil
waukee, Wis., St. Paul, Minn,
is the next stop on Tuesday,
Aug, 9, Wednesday, Aug. 10
they move to Eau Claire,
for the -seven i)laygroiinds:
Whittti'd. Ang. 8 at 6 in the
I'vening; Lymi Park, .\ng. 15 at
I) :80 in the evening; llickstown,
Aug. 17 at p. m.; East End.
August 18a at 5 p. m.; Hillside
■\upust ID at 5 p. in.; P.urhon,
Aug 22 at .') p. III. and Pearson,
August 23 at H p. m.
Wis, return to the Chicago
area on Thursday where they
play a single night game at
nearby Aurora, Ill., aiid sthen
shift their activity to Indiana
polis on Friday, Aug, 13,
One change haa been made iu
the Giants’ lineup in the laat 10
days. Tel “Douoleduty” Rad-
eliife, catcher and loof-tio^e
favorite with Chicago fans^ is
now dojn^ the catching for the
Windy City representative. Ac
quired recently from the Biioka,
TeIdy replaces I/Onnie Summers
who was moved to right field.
Summers fills the hole left open
at that |K)sitiou by the sale of
Art “Supeniiiau'’ Pennini^ton
to the Portland team in the
Pacific Coast League.
Tuskegee Gets
Call To Play
In Cermany
The first repiest from oatfcidc
the continental United States
for a Tuskegee Institute 19-4.9
f(Mitball schedule arrived this
week. It came from Captain
Cecil White, of the regular
Army, who is stationed in Ger
many.
Captain White, who
wii-s a.ssigned to duty
R.OTC ' at Tuskegy/ Institute,
also recjuested a brief srtlate-
mejit be sent to him covering the
prospects, for the 1949 football
.s(>ason. He said the members of
his command as well as other
Army veterans are interested in
the Golden Tigers ai\d wanJA
like to receive weekly reports of
their activities.
Captain White’s letter was
given immediate atte.iition and
the New Bureau will see that
iiflre information requeeted
garding the activities of the Tig
ers is famished refulayly,
ho formerly
ty with tht»^
LATH ALSTON ** SKINKS BROWKINO pr«e*Ot
BASEBALL
A STELLAR ATTRACTIOlf
Fifth AnnuaIJVII-Star Classic
Jacksonville Eagles
VS.—
/
Carolina All-Stars
Durham Athletic Pork
SUNDAY, AUGUST 7
Gale Open 12:30 —»Game Called 2:30 P. M.
RAIN DATE, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, AUGUSt 10
BIG STREET PARADE .
Headed by American Legion Drum and BugU Con«~-«lV'
Danville, Virginia.
EXHIBITION AT THE PARK BEGINS AT 1:15
For Further Information, Write, Wire Or Phone All*
Star Committee, Phone N-2071 — 332^ East Pettigrew
Street — Biltmore Hotel Durham, N. C.