Campaneila Names Josh Gibson Greatest Catclier;
Article In Sport Magazine Tells of Famous Player
"Josh Gibson was the great
est caicner—and ballplayer—I
ever >mw.” And ii tnai old say
ing” it take* one to iinow one”
noids any water, the above
statemenet is lact. Because it’s
made by none other than one ot
tne be^t catchers in the business
loday, Hoy Campemeua, in the
curreni issue ot sport magazine.
xU>f met Josa (.who died in
luti) in it)37 when he broKe
in with the Baltimore Klite
Ciiants. ay tiiat tune Josh was
.already a legendary ugure in
tne Isegro leagues. Lots ol
stories nave come down to us
about ^sn’s amazing hiUing
prowess ana some oi them are
a triile Bunyanesque. But u
mere ar« any doubts that Josh
was just about tne greatest bat
ter that 5ver ran tne bases, Roy
disperses them in his article
lor Sport.
•Josh hit home runs in every
major-league park he ever play
ed in,” says Roy, “and in almost
all of them he hit balls up into
"places other hitters never even
knew were there. He was the
‘righthauded Babe Ruth’ over
a period of 15 years, without
ever having a bad season. In
1931, when he was 19 years
old, Josn hit ho home runs.
Ten years latfi', playing for the
Homestead Grays, he hit more
nome runs in one seai>ou iu huge
Griffith Stadium in Washington
than the whole American Lea
gue put together. Walter John
son said that Josh was worth
$200,000 to any big-league ball
club. In today’s market that
would be more than tripled.
“That was no hopped-up ball
Josh was hitting, either. We,
used a long-wearing baseball in
the Negro leagues and, while
I’m not saying It was a dead
ball, it certainly didn’t have
anywhere near the life the ball
has we’re using In the majors
today.”
But despite Josh's uncanny
ability with a bat. It is as a
catcher that Roy admired him
most. The six-foot-two, 230
pound Josh moved with “ef
fortless grace.”
“There never was a better re
ceiver,” says Roy. “His arm
was strong and always accurate,
something which is important
for a catcher anywhere but
even more important in the
Negro leagues where we ran the
bases much more freely.
Against Josh, though, hope
ful base-heeealers stopped to
think before taking off.”
In his Sport feature, Roy ex
presses his gratitude to Josh
who took the time to improve
Roy’s speed and acctu'acy.
And it was Josh who proba
bly saved Roy from many an
injury when he advised, “Don’t
ever block that plate without
the ball in your hand unless
you’re looking to get yourself
kMled. The rule book says the
runner’s got the right of way
and I 4Pn’t know anybody in
this league who’s going to let
you take it away from him. Be-
'sides, you'll be doing it for
nothing. The umpire’s going to
caU him safe even if you do
block him off.”
As far as Roy is concerned.
Josh Gibson's ability can be
sunmied up in one sentence—
“Josh Gibson had it, that's all!"
“He had more of It,” says
^loy, “than anyone I've seen be
fore or since. I haven't done too
badly up here myself; and I
never heard anyone say that
Campaneila was the player
Gibson was.”
PRESENT FOOIBAU SEASON
PRODUCING VHISAIILE BACKS
The 1954 football season in
the CIAA is producing an un
usually versatile crew of ster
ling backfield performers.
Quarterbacks particularly are
sparkling. A and T's great
senior Lonnie Hall; Maryland
State College’s George Bell;
Union’s Leroy Vaughn, whose
name doesn’t appear on the
Panthers’ 1953 roster; North
Carolina College's sophomore
sensation Albert “Mpney”
Montgomery, triple threat-ace
who was ninth ranking punter
aniung small colleges last sea
son; Fayetteville’s Jim Paigej
St. Augustine College’s Ron
Washington and A. C. Elridge;
and Bluefield’s Tom Harris—
these are some of the lads who
have figured prominently in
their teams’ play thus far in the
youthful season. •
The halfbacks are showing
promise of reaching dazzling
heights. North Carolina Col
lege’s fireballing little leftback,
Amos Thornton, one of the ^Ea
gles' co-captains who was voted
the CIAA’s outstanding player
in 1953, opened the new season
with a sizzling 59 yard return
of a kickoff in the first play of
the NCC-St. Augustine's Col
lege game on Sept. 26. After
wards, however, the fleet
Thornton was used principally
as a decoy as Herman Riddick
unleased a long aray of backs
including Ralph Curry, 160 lb.
Hickory, (NC) frosh, under
study to Thornton; Jerome
Evans, righthalfback and co
captain, Oscar Turner, and nu
merous others
In addition to the galaxy of
backfield performers with
1953’s defending championship
Eagles, other CIAA backs are
thrilling grid fans throughout
the East. A and T's Bob Jones,
Walt Parker, Eddia Favors, and
Frank “Rabbit” Johnson are a
danger6u$ quartet.
Maryland State College's
backs, the fear of the league,
includes Andy Dement, one of
the smoothest performers seen
on the gridiron this season.
Nat Smith of Virginia State,
Dick Clary of Hampton, For
tune Spriggs of Union, and
Freddie Parks of Bluefield are
players whose chores in the
backfield thus far singles them
out for unusual recognition.
Several promising ends are
making some of the passing
backs like the Aggies’ Lonnie
Hall and Howard Battle, Hall’s
understudy, look especially
good. A and T’s John Cuthrell
and Frank Johnson; Maryland’s
Vern Vaughn, Hampton’s John
Harris, Union’s Spencer Bonds,
Fayetteville’s Crexton Williams,
St. Augustine’s Herbert Old
ham, and Bluefield’s Phil Hor
ton all are flankmen who may
carry their teams to unprece
dented heights in the scoring
columns in the weeks ahead.
SATURDAY, OCT. f, ltS4 THE CAUOUNA TPm
'ronfc ••Robbtt’" Johnson, so
phomore halfback with the
A and T College Aggies, has
shown near sensational form in
early season gaiHes. Besides be
ing one of the fastest men on
the spuad and effective with his
"outside" runs for long yardage.
Rob'btP” has demonstrated %is
ability as a pass receiver. Al
ready he has gathered in two
TD aerials and with his long
runs, he has set up two others.
Johnson was converted from
a quarterback. He is from
Greenville, S. C.
A&T Aggies To
Meet Maryland
In Shrine Bowl
NORFOLK, Va.
The annual Shrine Fish Bowl
Classic, featuring the A and T
College Aggies and the Mary
land State College Hawks will
be played here on Friday night,
October 8, Instead of Saturday,
October 9.
The date was advanced as a
result of conflicting commit
ments in the use of Foreman
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HOMECOMING
FOOTBALL
NORTH CAROLINA
COLLEGE
1953 CIAA CHAMPS
VS.
MARYLAND STATE
COLLEGE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23
Kickoff 2:00 P. M.
O'KELLY FIELD
NCC Campus
■ DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
Floats it Bands it Parades,
Beautiful Girls
Admission - - - $2.50
(TAX INCLUDED)
BATES GULF SERVICE
FRANK BATES, PROP.
Washing it Lubrication
24-HOURS DAILY. PHONE' 5-2211-
Corner Abton Avenue and Glenn Streets
Field where the game is to be
staged.
Thousands of the official
schedule cards issued by A and
T College as well' as schedule
booklets distributed by tobacco
and auto fuel manufacturers
carry the date as originally
scheduled and were printed
and relea.sed prior to the date
change.
1-sy
Shaw Bears And
Trojans On Tap
For Saturday
RALEIGH
Shaw University’s Bears and
Virginia State’s Trojans clash
here at Chavis Park Saturday
in the CIAA game of the ^eek.
Both clubs' are sporting new,
untried mentors in the CIAA.
Two of the loop’s leading con
tenders. the Morgan State Col
lege Eagles of Durham, will be
idle while other CIAA clubs go
into action on eight fronts.
The West Virgiala State Col
lege Yellowjackets, losers in
last week’s tussle with Virginia
Union by a 20-6 count, tangle
with Central State College, win
ner of last week's bout with
Morgan by a score of 25-0. The
clubs play at Institute, W. Va.
Bluefield and Winston Salem
tangle at Bluefield with the in
spired Big Blues, still gloating
over their 27-7 victory over
Fayetteville Teachers, having
the advantage of their home
gridiron aHd an Inspired stu
dent body.
"The Howard-Unlon battle in
Washrington pits two of last
week's winners in an important
contest that rivals the Shaw-
Va. State clash in interest and
perhaps in importance. How
ard’s Bisons scored a 14-0 win
over a Naval Station outfit last
week, and Union’s Panthers
vanquished West Virginia’s
Yellowjackets, 20 to 6.
In the Trojans vs. Shaw
Bears night game In Raleigh
Saturday, W. W, Lawton, suc
cessor to the Virginians'
Sylwejtcr Hall, will be tryln*
to establish a consistent win
ning streak after his debut as a
loser against Tennemee’s Tigers
in a inter sectional, non-confer
ence tilt on September 25. The
Trojans were scheduled far an
acid test on their home field
last week against Bluefield.
Shaw’s new mentor. Robert
Duke” Brown, whose 70 man
squad was slated for Its first
test against ancient rival, V.t.
Augustine's, last week got a
chance to see R, D. Moore's Fal
cons in some real sleight of
hand aerial fireworks. Althou^^h
Lawson and Brown are new in
CIAA circles, they are both abie
coaches and their teams have
giyen evidence of great prr>-
mlse.
Other CIAA games scheduled
for Saturday are Elizaljeth City
vs. St. Paul's at Elizabeth City;
C. Smith vs. St. Augustine's
at Charlotte; Delaware vs.
Hampton at Dover. Del.; and
Fayetteville vs. Morris College
at Fayetteville.
^FOOTBALL^
HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR DAY
it A. AND T. AGGIES
vs.
it SHAW UNIVERSITY
SAT./OCT. 16 - 2 P. M,
Greensboro Stadium
Admission - - $1.50
it Music - Famed A. & T. Band
Seoaram*,
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Expected At f
A&T Senior-^
greewsboko
Nearly 6,000 student* «re «*-
pected for the anitiMii Ugh
school senior day to
be held here at A »nd T CoU«Ce
on Saturday, October !•.
A full program of aeUvitica
has been arranged_Jor tho young
visitors who will !>• ttesta.. of
the college for the full day. Ac
cording to William H. Gamble,
dean of men at the coUcce and
chairman on arrangements for
the celebration, the younfstefs
will not only have the usual «»•
tertl^nment features, but em
phasis will be placed on en-
couraglng the scholastics to
continue their training as some|
nstitution of higher leaminf.
The tentative program, de
signed to give many of the stu-
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