SPORISBEAI
By L. T. WALKER
SATURDAY, SEPT. 12. 1993 THE CAKOLnrA TDIgS
^ The sports woHd in general and tan America in
r particular have been discussing the outcome of the
quarter-finals tennis match at the Women’s National
Singles Tournament between Miss Maureen “Little
Mo” G>nnolly and Althea Gibson .Miss Connolly, the
world’s best female racket swinger and only girl ever
to hold all four of the world’s major tennis champ-
ship—^Australian, French, Wimbledon and U. S.—de
feated Miss Gibson at Forrest Hills in straight sets
6-2, 6-3. Miss Gibson is the first Negro tennis player
to achieve the distinction of playing at Forrest HiHs in
the women’s championship. For years she has dom
inated play among tan stars.
The fact that the match between Miss Gibson and Miss
Connolly was televised on a National hookup gave millions
of viewers an opportunity to see Miss Gibson for the first
time and for some viewers marked their first opportunity to
see a tennis match.
NO NEED FOR NAACP
During the course of the match several foot-faults were
called against Miss Gibson because she violated the rule
which prohibits a player from stepping into the court on the
service before the racket strikes the ball. Some wanted to
immediately call the NAACP to request an investigation.
Although SPORTSBEAT did not think the incident was
worthy of an appeal by Thurgood Marshall or a review by
the U. N., (although all of the foot-faults were called by the
same judge) there was the impressic^'that the foot-fault
calls very definitely affected Miss Gibson’s game—which
had all indications at the beginning of the match of being at
its best for the contest, which brings us to the point of these
conaments.
In pur attempt to achieve integration in sports and other
endeavors several important control factors must be consid
ered. These may be generally stated as: (1) top-flight coach
ing and close range guidance, (2) intensive and extensive
competition, and (3) the temperament needed by a cham
pion.
ALTHEA NEEDS MORE TIME
In spite of Miss Gibson’s winning more games from Miss
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Lucky Strikes
by JOE BLACK
X know a lot
of folks have
been disap
pointed with
the poor season
I have been
having. Well,
you cant feel any worse about It
than I do. It’s kind of rough sit
ting on the bench knolring I
haven’t been of much use to the
club.
My big trouble has been control.
I thought I would be able to work
mysdf into the groove again but
1 Just can’t seem to regain the
pinpoint sharpneos I had last sea-
soa Oharlle Dresaen has done his
best to help me and has tried to
give me a* much work as possible.
However, you can’t expect Dreasen
to put me Into a crucial game now
that we are In the home stretch
of a pennant race. He’s out to win
the pennant and must go with
his b^
Fortunately, we have been get
ting strong pitching, and I haven’t
been missed too much. Toung Bob
Mllliken and Jim Hughes have
been carrying the bull-pen load.
Dressen has been making use of
Preacher Roe’s sharp southpaw
stuff against good left-handed
hitting clubs like 6t. Louis and
Cincinnati. Russ Meyer has lieen
a tremendous shot In the arm to
our pitching staff.
I’ll Just relax, sit loose and start
flreeh at spring training next year
. . . and hope for the best. And
those Luckies will sure add to my
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Mrs. Ann Gregory, Gary, In
diana, and Joe Roach, right, St.
Louis, Missouri, walked away
with women’s and men’s top
amateur honors last week dur
ing the 27th annual national
tournament of the United Golf
ers Association, at Swope Park
Golf Course in Kansas City, Mo.
Seen congratulating the talen
ted golfers are Washington, D.
C. public relations man, Moss H.
Kendrix, left, who represents
The Coca-Cola Company, and
Dr. Kenneth Brown, VGA presi
dent, also of Washington. The
Coca-Cola people contributed
the six major trophies for the
Kansas City meet.
FROSH MAY DOMINATE N.C.C.
NEARLY HALF OF CANDIDATES
GRID SCENE;
YEARLINGS
DURHAM
Eighteen freshmen were a-
moqg the 41 gridders reporting
to Coach Herman Riddick of
North Carolina College at the
beginning of football drills last
week.
Four of the expected 16 letter
men were missing near the end
of the week. These men are
Joe Allen, junior center pros
pect of Durham; Thad Beasley,
Elizabeth City junior end; Tom
Stith, Rocky Mount sophomore
guard; and Amos Ttiomton, jun
ior quarterback. Allen is be
lieved headed for the Armed
services as are some of the other
lads. Thornton, however, was ex
pected in camp by the week end.
The 12 returning lettermen
include: Jick Aiken, sophomore
guard, Charlotte; Claude May
field, sophomore, tackle, Suf
folk, Va.,‘ Matthew Boone, so
phomore tackle, Hampton, Va.;
Jerome Evans, jimibr back,
Goldsboro; Charles Floyd, jun
ior end, Wilson; Charles Glenn,
senior tackle, Winston-Salem;
Ross Hines, sophomore, guard,
Detroit, Mich.; Linwood John
son, Elizabeth City senior back;
Joe Person, Raleigh junior back;
Lawrence Pettis, Charlotte jun
ior tackle; and Jim Poole, Eliza
beth City junior guard.
Among the first year players
who will have opportunities to
make names for themselves with
the Eagles’ backs this season
are: Robert S. Price, Charlotte7*
Oscar Turner, Suffolk, Va.;
George Alexander, Salisbury;
Ernest McGray, Salisbur^
William D. Cooke, Durham;
Leon M. Holley, Norfolk, Va.;
Albert Montgomery, Gastonia;
Roosevelt Taylor, Williamsburg,
Va.; and Melvin Parker, Cas-
talia.
Included among the line po
sitions being sought by tti# Ea
gles last week were posts at the
ends for seven; at tackle, 9;
guards, 5, and centers, 3.
The prospective ends answer
ing calls late In the week were
Lawrence Herst, Williamsburg,
Va.; Ross Hines, Detroit, Mich.;
David Boykin, Clinton, Norwood
Biggs, Kinston; Charles Floyd,
Wilson; and Linwood Jones,
Norfolk, Va.
Seeking berths at taekle were:
Harry Kornegay, Kinston; James
Crawford, Charlotte; Belton
Cunningham, Charlotte; Roger
L. Garris, Rich Square; Claude
Mayfield, Suffolk, Va.; Matthew
Boone, Hampton, Va.; Linwood
Russ, Durham; William H.
Lewis, Williamsburg, Va.; and
Charles Glenn, Winston-Salem.
The five candidates for the
guard positions are: Lawrence
Pettis and Jack Aiken of Char-
lot^ Leonard Shadding of
Goldsboro; James I^oole, Eliza
beth City; and William “Sugar
Ray” Robinson, New Bern.
Tuskegee Looks
For M Hopefuls
Tuskeegee Institute, Ala.,
Football practice at Tuskegee
Institute (got underway here
early in the morning of Septem
ber 1, with about forty men re
porting, the smallest number of
candidates for the Golden 'tiger
team in a long period. Several
regulars on the 1952 team have
work assignments in various
sections of the country ,and in
formed the members of the
coaching staff that they will be
late reporting. These men, to
gether with the Freshmen who
are expected to arrive during
next week will increase the
number of candidates for the
1953 team to perhaps sixty men.
Hawks' Coach
Tjakes Dim View
PRINCESS ANNE, MD.
“If Maryland State wins three
of the eight games we have
scheduled, we will consider our
selves fortunate^
That is the analysis of * the
redoubtable Vernoh “Skip”
TMcCain, the Eastern Shore grid-
f laOWNS MKT
AU-SIARSHON
RALEIGH
Monday nite, Sept. 14, when
the nationally famous Indian
apolis Clowns meet the power
ful Negro League Stars in a
8:15 p.m. special barnstorming
contest al;. Chavis Park in Ra
leigh, the first Negro woman in
history to play regular league
ball will be on second base for
the funmakers. She is Toni
Stone, a flashy, hard-playing fe
male Jackie Robinson, whose
catlike footwork around the
keystone sack has already been
acclaimed by fans • who have
seen her in action.
, Toni, a $12,000 player, is the
first woman ever to play Negro
American League baseball and
together with (Babe) Didrick-
son Zaharias,^is the first to play
with a male outfit. Miss Did-
rickson, it was recalled, pitched
exhibition games for the Beard'-i
ed House of David team during
a barnstorming tour with the
Kansas City Monarchs back in
the early 1930’s.
But Toni Stone is the regular
“second-basewoman” for the
Clowns and her play has been so
sensational and spirited that
general manager Syd Pollock of
Tarrytown, N. Y. now says she
is the biggest attraction in Ne
gro baseball circles since the
days of Leroy (Satchel) Paige.
She has fitted perfectly in the
Clown infield combination and
manager Buster Haywood says
she can rifle the throw to first
base as accurately and as hard
as any male second sacker. In
addition to this, the girl has
shown up well in the rough and
tumble business of manufactur
ing double plays at her position.
Meanwhile, the Clowns con
tinue packing them in where-
ever they go. The Clown Prince
of the Diamond, King Tut, plus
Circus Ed Hamman, and Spec
Bebop, considered the fimniest
of the baseball laughmakers,
have added new routines to their
hilarious acts. At the same time,
the team plays an aggressive,
winning type of baseball that
has won for it new fan»-where-
ever they play.
iron strategist, as he surveys his
undermanned 1953 football
squad and his power-laden 1953
football schedule.
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Nat "King” Cole, Sarah
Vqughan, Ralph Marterie and
his orchestra, lUinoia Jacquet
and Ills orchestra, George Kirby,
Peg Leg Bates and Helene and
Howard all shown above make
up the package called “The Big
gest Show of ‘S3-Fall Edition"
which has been booked for The
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium,
Monday evening October 5th.
It’s two and a half houn of
tlirill packed entertainment, in
cluding mirth, laughter and
music spelling out one of the
best evenings entertainment
ever offered the public. The
line up of stars is as impressive
as the American league’s line up
of stars at an all star game. Nat
“King” Cole and Sarah Vaughan
are definitely the 400 batters in
their league. This is proven by
their recordings which are al
ways the hottest in the country.
Their names spell out pure box
office magic.
Ralph Marterie and his band
is the most talked of musical
aggregation of the century. Since
it’s inception this musical outfit
has turned out one hit record
after the other and Illinois Jac-
quet’s blazing saxophone has
thrilled millions of people from
coast to coast for the last six
years.
The art of ^mimicry has few
masters with the great versatili
ty of George Kirby whose pol
ished humor is bringing him
fame and fortune. Peg Leg Bates
is the undisputed master of tap-
ology and Helene and Howard
are one of the rare teams who
can combine ballroom dancing
and slapstick comedy.
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Phillip Collins, Edgewater
Md., Aggie center, iciil have the
big job of filling! the position left
by graduated George Funder-
burke who made All-CIAA se-1 line
lection at A. and T. College dur
ing the past two years. Collins,
who weight 210 pounds and
stands at S feet, is a mighty
rough boy in the middle of the
FIFTY-EIGHT REPORT FOR DRILLS
AT AGGIES' OPENING SESSION
GREENSBORO
Fifty-eight hopefuls began
serious training for the 1953
football campaign at A. and T.
College, early last Tuesday
morning.
With just a dozen lettermen,
reporting for the first time in
many seasons, the Aggie start
ing lineup will contain several
new faces who will have seen
little or no action in the Greens
boro camp.
A note of seriousness was
struck by bill Bell, head coach
of the Aggies, following the
light drills of the first session.
■‘We’re looking for ‘Sixty
minute men’, this year and this
means hard training”, said Bell,
“There will be no letup until
late in the afternoon on Thanks
giving Day”, he continued. *
With two outdoor workouts
scheduled daily until registra
tion day on September 14, the
boys will begin bumping heads
in the initial scrimmage sesoion
slated for Wednesday of this
week. That, as the coaches put
it, will be the beginning of the
proce^ of separating the men
from the boys. Happy to be back
in togs, the youngsters showed
rare spirit in spite of the torrid
heat on the first days operations.
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