THE SPORISBEM I
By L. T. Walker
NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE TRACK COACH
SPORTS THRIU^
There are really two great joys derived- from my asso
ciation with sports. One is the relationship with the athlet^
I have coached, and the other is the fellowship with coaches,
officials and other athletes. (These joys overshadow by far
the frustrations associated With the profession.)
The SPORTSBEAT added to the Joys already experienced In
sport* during attendance at the Ninth Annual Philadelphia
Inqnlrer Indoor Track Meet this past week-end. In two days ,
we had an opportunity to live with our athletes and to renew
old acqualntancet. Thought you might be Interested In some
of the sidelights of the meet.
Many of the TIMES readers know very little about in
door track. Not so much because of a lack of interest, but
mainly because of insufficient contacts with the sport. For
otjier than the Southern Conference Indoor Games held'at
UNC at Chapel Hill, one would have to travel to Washington,
D. C., Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Chicago or some oth
er distant point to see an indoor track meet.
• Believe it or not, except for the Duke Slater (Brace Taylor)
era In football and Jack Johnson’s dethroning of Boms in
Australia In 1908, In boxing, the early efforts in sports tcward
integration and International good will were made In track.
De Hart Hubbard, who excelled in the 1924 Olympics
at Paris, the Midiigah stt-eak Eddie Tolan in the 1932 Olym
pics at California and Ed Gordon in the broad jump were
contributing to the conditions now enjoyed by Jackie Robin
son, Sugar Ray, Buddy Young, and the tan stars of present
day Olympic fame.
The SPORTSBEAT eAjoyed the^ privilege the past week
end of seeing and talking with many tan stars of the 1952
Olympics. At the Inquirer Games three gold medal winners
from Helsinki were there, Harrison “Bones” Dillard (100
meter hurdles), Andy Standfleld (200 meter dash) and Mai
Whitfield (800 meter). There were four others there who
placed in other events.
Took time out from our coaching duty to chat with some
of the terrific tan tliinclads about their big sports thrill. The
stories were interesting and varied. Bones Dillajrd’s story
is a facinating one. (Dillard is now a member of the publicity
department of Cleveland’s baseball Indians.)
^ Dillard Is the only athlete ever to win the 100-meter dash
in one Olympiad (1948) and the 100-meter high hurdles in the
next H952). “Bones” was recognised as the world’s greatest
timber-topper in 1948 and ills consecutive winning streak of
82 races Is unmatched and will probably remain so. However,
his attempt at an nnprec^ented Olynipic double by qualifying
in the dash and the hurdles in the triab at Evanston, niinoia
almost caused him to miss the boat to London.
To match strides with America’s best—^Mel Patton, Bar
ney Ewell, etc., in the 100-meters, Craig Dixon, Clyde Scott,
among others, in the hurdles—four times in a span of 50
minutes was too much for even the invincible Dillard.
“Bones” failed to negotiate the 6th hurdle, faltered and did
not finish the race. He qualified in the 100-meter dash
and then startled the world at London by defeating Patton,
La Beach of Jamaica and Barney Ewell as he eqi^ed the
Olympic record of 10.3 seconds.
But “Bones” will tell you that his greatest thrill came in
1952 at Helsinki, Finland when he set a new Olympic record
of 13.6 seconds while winning the 100-meter hurdles, an event
^ Ih'e owns. “Good hings come to those who wait,” was “Bone^’
post victory pronouncement. “I waited four years for it”
Although he can stride through a 100 yard in about 9.7 seconds
with relative ease, Dillard says that he is through with the
sprints. “Leaving that for he young fast kids.” Is he kidding?
Friday night Dillard convinced me and 10,000 more in
Convention Hall that he has no peer in 'the hunlles. He set
a new world’s record of six seconds flat in the 50 ^ard hur
dles while matching strides with Art Barnard, ThLxl at the
1952 Olympics, Milt Campbell of Olympic fame and Lee Cal
houn of North Carolina College. .
MagnificieAt Mai WMtefield, world’s premier Baif-miier, was
also at Plilladelphla. Mai holds the Olympic record of 1 mis.
49.2 aaconds set In 1948 and equalled in 1958. He feels that he
did not break his record set in 1948 because “nobody really
pushed me. I did not have to sprint at the end.” Wliitfield
set a new Inquirer record' in the 600 yard run. (11 mim., 11.S
sec.) He broke the old record held by another tan speedster,
George Rhoden of Morgan.
The Sportsbeat greeted Andy Stanfield and Reggie Peer-
mnn from a distance. Andy won the 200 meter dash at Hel
sinki.
The athletes talked to were high in their praise of the in
ternational good will in evidence at the Olympiad (including
the Russians when they were on their own). Though each was
thrilled about his victory, mere participation in this greatest
of all sports speetacles was sufficiently overwhelming to make
it “my greatest sports thrill.”
SOME SIDELIGHTS: Jim Gathers, member of victor
ious sprint relay team at Helsinki, was at the Inquirer meet.
■Tim is the Boys High (Brooklyn, N. Y.) alumnus who almost
made it to NCC. (Missed by another coach’s breath.)
The John.Borlcan Memorial 1000-yard run. In memory,of
the Virginia State College alumnus, was not won by a tan
athlete for a change. The 50 yard sprint has been won by tan
thihniaiin every year of. its eight year numing. (Cornwell
broke the tape for four of the years, Bragy of Morgan two,
Stanfield and Mathis one each.)
Dillard has won the 50 yard hurdles events six of the
eight years. In its two year representation, NCC ha» won
an Elgin*watch, two gold medals and two bronze medals in
the six events entered.
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Floyd Brown's Charges Win From
Union, Bluefield And West Vlrginia;
Lose To Winston-Salem 'Rams'
Fayetteville State Broncos Add
Shaw Univ. Bears To Victories;
Seek SIA C Championship
Once again the Fayetteville
State Teachers College Broncos
have begun to click as in for
mer years, and •have added Shaw
University to their latest string
of victories.
Coach “Gus” Gaines finally
believes he has found the win
ning combinations to win an
other conference championship,
after losing a couple of exhibi
tion games rebuilding his in
experienced team.
The Broncos have won four
contests in the past few days,
defeating Virginia Seminary and
Theological College of the EIAC
92-^2, Morris College of the
SIAC 71-51, Pope Field Air
Force 78-54, and the Shaw tTni-
versity “Bears” of the CiXa
79-75.
The “Gaines Skyscrapers ’ led
by Captain Sam “Snake” Willi
ams 6’6” center led the attack
against the “Bears” tallying 22
points for his nights work, arid
Mai “Freeze” Hunter who
clinched the game with a one
minute freeze. Both boards were
controlled by the “Skyscrapers”,
Jerry “Stretch” Sadler 6’9” for
ward from Winston-Salem, Will
iam “Duke” Lewis 6’5%” for
ward from Jersey, Lionell King,
6’4% guard from New York and
big Jim Boyd 6’4” guard from
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
It was a nip and tuck battle
all the way with the largest
margin being held by the Bron
cos, a 11 point lead. Jones was
“Mr. Inside” for the Bears scor
ing 32 points from the center
slot with Wilson and Lewis tak
ing care of the outside duties
hitting for 15 points apiece.
Little Edward Smith, play-
maker from Mamaroneck, N.Y.,
was the spark for the “Broncos”
initial drive along with Edgar
Anderson and Ted Bonner mesh
ing the nets for 11, and 10 points.
The Broncos will take on their
sister institution, Elizabeth City
Teachers College, and the strong
Maryland State College on the
road this week.
Star Athletes,
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Set Banquet
AltANTA, GA.
A host of the nation’s top
flight public relations and press
representatives will converge
on Atlanta this weekend for the
18th annual fOO Per Cent Wrong
Club’s banquet. President James
Colston of Knoxville College
Floyd Brown’s North Carolina
College basketball team raclted
up an impressive series of vic
tories last week as the Eagles
returned home to prepare for a
series of events that will culmi
nate in a mamoth sports extrava
ganza on Friday and Saturday,
February 6 and 7.
Beginning here on Jam. ■ 19
when the NCC quint whipped
1952 conference champions yn-
ion University, Brown’s boys
later in the week invaded the
mountains of West Virginia.
On Friday night, Jan. 23, the
locals met and conquered Blue-
fteld State Teachers’ College,
66-63.
Inspired by their Friday
night’s performance, the Brown
basketeers swooped down on
the surly West Virginia State
College Yellowjackets on Sat.
night and moved ’ the Jackets
down to the tune of 58-50.
The headlines all sang the
saga of Samuel “Sad Sam’
Jones, but the smart boys in the
grandstands, in tHe benches, and
on the courts, all recognized
what the headlines aren’t say
ing: Floyd Brown is developing
a first rate basketball team at
NCC. Boys and coach know
where they are going, or such
was the opinion in Durham as
early as Tuesda^ -afternoon
On Tuesday night, the Eagles
met the Winston Salem Rams
in a contest that the smart
money said smugly was a “toss-
up.” Reports from the home of
the Rams said two busload* of
fans from the Twin City wsUld
accompany Clarence ‘Big House'
Gaines’ team to Durham. Gaines'
boys were anxious to repeat the
win they scored over NCC in
Winston on Dec. 16.
After the Eagles and the Rams
met, the NCC court warriors
still face on Saturday night, Jan.
31, the ever dangerous Blue
field State College team in a
return affair.
In the first three days of Feb.
the mar6on and gray wave
journeys North to tackle How
ard in Washington, D. -C., on
Feb. 2, and Lincoln at Lincoln,
Pa., on Feb. 3. • i
At the end of the iirst week
in February, Brown and com
pany will take part in a sports
attraction labeled here as the
"sports extravaganza of the de
cade.” Six teams from two con
ferences will be seen in swiln-
ming, tennis, wrestling, and bas
ketball.
Coach Clarence P a 1 m e r’s
“swimming wonders,” the first,
group of aquatic stars ever to
swim in the marqon and gray
of NCC in intercollegiate com
petition, will perform in public
for the first time In Durham
on Saturday, February 7. Ten
nessee State University’s tank
team will furnish the opposition.
Tennis teams from A and T
College, a wrestling squad from
Shaw University and the basket
ball teams of NCC, West Vir
ginia State and Lincoln Univer
sity are among the other attract
ions during the week-end home
coming.
Gala social activities high
lighted with coronation of the
first annual “Miss Winter Home
coming” will also be on tap for
the hundreds of visiting alumni
who are expected to attend the
two days’ celebration.
Special affairs have been
scheduled during the time also
for the fathers of NCC’s men
studepts.
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A. AND I. COLLEGE AGGIES
CONQUER VIRGINIA UNION
will address the? banquet*,friday
night in the University Homes
auditorium.
Representatives from all of
the nation’s top weeklies will
be in town as will daily, wire
service and radio personnel. A
press conference has been ar
ranged for this group Friday
afternoon at 4 p.m. in the re
creation room of the Atlanta
Life Insurance Company.
The reporters will be able to
fire qflestions at such bluerib-
bon sports performers as Pvt.
Don- Newcombe, Brooklyn’s
great pitcher; Pfc. Willie Mays,
New York Giantp star; Althea
Gibson, No. 1 tennis player on
the East Coast; Willie Greason,
vaunted rookie of the Okla
homa City Indians; Artie Wil
son, West coast baseball star;
Harry “Suitcase” Simpson of
the Cleveland Indians, and
Catherine Hardy, Olympic star.
Newcombe and Mays will at
tend the banquet by special ar
rangements with the Secretary
of the Army’s Second Army
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headquarters. Top football coa
ches of the Southern conference
will also attend the press con
ference and the banquet.
The banquet Friday night will
mark the first time that a Ne
gro sports editor has been hon
ored by the awarding of an
annual memorial cup. Sylvester
McClairen of Bethune Cookman
will receive the first annual Lu
cius Jones Memorial Cup as the
Outstanding Football Player in
the Southern Conference for
1953.
The cup will be awarded
annually. McClairen’s coach,
Rudolph ^‘Bunky” Matthews,
will be honored as the top foot
ball coach in the Southern con
ference. Alkin Hepburn will re
ceive a trophy as the most valu
able team player.
GREENSBORO
A. and T. • College’s Aggies
rang up their fourth victory in
their C. I. A. A. campaign last
Tuesday night in defeating Va.
Union 71-59 on their local court.
The Aggies led all the way in
evening up their conference re
cord, of four wins and four
losses.
On the previous Friday and
Saturday evenings the Aggies
dropped two in a row to North
Carolina College and St. Au-
gustines College, respectively.
John Flowers led the victors
with 24 points. Ed. Howard top
ped Va. Union with 20.
A. and T. 71 Va. Union 61
F - Flowers 24 Howard 20
F - Mims 13 W. Johnson 12
C - Minton 15 R. Johnson 6
G - Lambert 7 Vaughn 5
G - Dorsey 7 Robinson 5
Morgan Track
Man At Meet
BALTIMORE, MD.
Art Bragg, fleet-footed Olym
pic runner who tied the 50 yard
meet record last week in the
Boston Knights of Columbus
meeting retaining his champion
ship at 5:04 timing, tries a re
peat performance this Saturday
(Jan. 24) in Philadelphia.
The Morgan State College
track ace will again defend his
title as 50-yard dash champ in
the Philadelphia Inquirer Track
Meet.
Otis (Jet) Johnson, of Phila
delphia, another Morgan dasher,
will run with the Baltimorean in
the 50-yarder.
Morgan’s one mile relay team,
which finished third in the KCX^
meeting, will also c;pmpete this
Saturday, running in the Liber
ty Bell One Mile Relay. Running
will be^ Josh Culbreth, of
Norristown, Pa.; Herman Wade,
of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Johnson, and
Rogers of British Guiana.
Edward P. Hurt, Morgan
Track Coach, will accompany
the runners to Philadelphia.
Savannah State
Defends Title
SAVANNAH, GA.
The Savannah State College
Golden Tigers Cage Team, de
fending SEAC Champions, are
contenders for the honors again
with a host of talented fresh
men to bolster the four varsity
players from last season. In the
wanning days of "52” the Tigers
defeated Clark College at At
lanta and lost to South Carolina
State but bounced back to
knock over the Allen University
Yellowjackets in the first start
of the new year. Athletic Di
rector and Basketball Coach,
Theo. A. Wright, announced the
schedule.
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