THE SPORTS STAGE
By
“ERNIE** BARNES
SAY, HEY! All of the sports fans in Durham* will be
shouting this familiar phrase very soon, but this time it will
not be attributed to the im
mortal Willie Mays, but in re
lation to James “Luddy” Mc
Clain of Durham, North Caro
lina. The latest report on Mc
Clain from the Hastings, Ne
braska training camp of the
New.York Giants was very
impressive. In a game with
the Lexington Red Sox on
July 2, the long-hitting center-
fielder broke out of his
doldnmfis to pace the Giants
to a 12-11 taiumph. Unim
pressive in his first four timesj
at the plate, McClain unload-»-
ed a three-run homer over the - , — .
seventh inning to give Hasting a 9-9 tie
with the Red Sox.
ninth with runners on first and second and
® l^cClain slashed a 1-2 pitch off the
Iwtfield li^t tower for a double, batting in the tying run.
i u Barry Gang drew walks to load the sacks
baseman Norm Stumpf ended the game with a sacri
fice fly to centerffield scoring McClain.
been tabed by sports writers in Nebraska
” All hands are hoping
that the lad from Durham will make the big time just as Wes
Covington. It may-be a bit early to class McClain, but plenty
off persons are bracketing their support.
McCLAIN’S PARENTS “ALL SHOOK UP”: McClain
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe McClain of 1210 Haz^ Street.
Mrs. McClain stated: “I am very proud of my son, and I’m go
ing to do everything possible to help him. If he wants to be a
major league baseball player, it is my duty as a mother to
give him all the encouragement that I can offer.”
RON DELANY WINS ENGLAND: Ron Delany
Olympic 1,500 meter champion from Ireland" and Villanova
University, won the half mile race July 13 in the British Na
tional track and field championships.
Delany ran his usual race, coming from behind at the last
moment to win in one minute and 49.6 seconds.
TIDBITS: PITY THE POOR BALL PLAYER! Willie
Majrs of the New York Giants is already committed to a
post-season speaking tour. For a fee of $500 a night he’ll
■tand on stage and just answer questions.
THE DETROIT/ LIONS have signed three more draft
choices. Tackle Dave Liddick, of George Washington; Quar
terback Jack Kemp of Occidental and Halfback Carl Johnson
of South Dakota.
ASIDE FROM WILLIE MAYS with his 40 thefts for the
Giants, there was no old-time stolen-base flash in the majors
last season.
TRAILING WILLIE IN THE N. L. were Junior Gilliam
with 21, Bill Whije, 15; Johnny Temple, 14; Pee Wee Reese,
13; Jackie Robinson and Wally Moon, 12 each, and Richie
Ashbum, ten.
EAGLE FANS: Here’s North Carolina College’s football
schedule for the.coming season.
SEPTEMBER 21—MORRIS BROWN, here (night)
SEPTOMBER 28—FLORIDA A & M, Tallaha^, Fla. (night)
OCTOTER 5—MORGAN STATE, here (night)
‘ 12-ST. AUGUSTINE’S, Raleigh (night) '
OCTOBER 1»—VIRGINIA STATE, here (night)
OCTOBER 26—MARYLAND STATE. Pri^ff Anne Md
2-SHAW UNIVERSITY; hV«W’c^)
NOVEMBER 16—BLUEFIELD, Bluefield West Va^^
NOVEMBER 28—A. & T. COLLEGE, Greensboro
• • •
HOME GAMES4VILL BE PLAYED AT DURHAM
ATHLETIC PARK with the exception of the Homecoming
game which is scheduled at O’Kelly Field on the North Caro
lina College campus. Night games begin at eight p. m., and
afternoon contests at two.
SEiE YOU NJfiXT WEEK on the sports stage. -•
BULL CITY LEAGUE
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SATURDAY. JULY 20. 1957 THE CABOLDfA TIBfES
PAGE FIYI
Elite Giants To Face All-Stars
Althea’s Trii
Baker, ATA Assailed For Claiming
Credit For Miss Althea Gibson
I
BOTTLED
IN
BOND
ImmWMteKlm.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Now that
Althea Gibton has finally dis
carded the “brideimaid** role”
and established herself as a pre
mier performer, many people
are entertaining many ideas at
to who U re*pon«ible for her
success. In a recent signed arti
cle in the Amsterdam News,
George Bamer, while review
ing the roster of coming tennis
stars under aegis of the Ameri
can Tennis Association (ATA),
appeared to credit the ATA for
Althea’s success. In th^ follow
ing letter, a reader takes 'Ear
ner to tuk for crediting the A-
TA for Gibson’s success.
Dear Mr. Barner;
I read your article: “Will An
other Champ Come From A. T.
A.” Your article is timely and
quite interesting. I wish to dis
cuss it in detail.
Did the American Tennis As
sociation produce Althea Uit>-
son? No. She was produced by
two southern doctors. Althea
resents the doctors and the
South. She is listed in World
Tennis Magazine as being from
Sumpter, N. Y., instead of
Sumpter, S. C. where she was
born. She was not a “fortunate
accident”, but carefully trained
in the south for six years.
Mr. B. Baker is right; “it
talces time and hard work. The
more experience a good player
has the better." Since he knows
that, why does he prevent good
players 'under 16 from playing
in Jhe A. T. A. Nationals and
getting experience? In 1955,
Willie Fennell, 15 years old,
came all the way from Los An
geles, California, to Wilber-
force But Mr. Baker refused to
let him play at Wilberforce al
though he won the boyi and
Junior Championifaips in many
tournaments. He got disgusted,
left, and liaan’t been back. Gon
zales who coached Fenn^
said: “Fennell is better than
Oscar Johnion.” Although we
have had some good Junior
prospects like WilUe Wynn, Mr.
Baker refused to let him play
at Forest Hills. He got disgust
ed and quit. No Junior could
beat liim. He beat the intercol
legiate champion.
Mr. Bertr^n Baker recom
mends the players for Forest
Hills, not by their ability, but
by his friendship for them. If
>ie dislikes a player he keeps
them out. Why doesn’t flobert
Ryland, the A. T. A. Champ,
play at Forest Hills while some
New York players play annual
ly, regardless of their rankingT
Mr. Baker kept Dr. Reginald
Weir from playing in Men’s sin
gles at Forest Hills. He doesn’t
like Weir. Dr. Weir can beat
every player Mr. Baker recom-
mends. Dr. Weir tias to play in
Senior Singles and he does that
on his playing record in U.S.-
L.T.A. Tournaments, without
Mr. Baker’s roconunendatlon
Again Mr. Baker is right
when he says, “his policies
were not designed to creat tal
ent." His policies have been , to
destroy the Junior development
program. The records will show
Ub has always voted against ev
erything Dr. R. Walter John
son, the Junior Chairman, has
proposed. He has never attend
ed a Junior tournament. It took
Dr. Johnson and the Juniors 9
years to separate their events
ftt)m the adults and from under
BIr. Baker. This year Mr. Balcer
has ordered the Juniors back
under his supervision. He did
this without consulting the Ex
ecutive Committee.
I called the Executive Secre
tary of the U. S. L. T. A. and
inquired al>out their Junior
prospects.' He rattled off ten
names from the West Coast, ten
names trom the East, ten names
from the Mid-West and said
there were many more. I asked
tiim if there was an age limit
oh players playinc at Forest
Hills; he said; "no”, that “thex.
play^ there on their ability
and not their age.” The A. T. A.
Nationals accept players who
have liad no experience, some
can’t hardly hit a ImU, tnit he
must lie 16. If he is under 19
and can beat Hoad, he can't
play at Wilberforce.
Mr. Baker initiated the A. T.
A. and like an octopus he is
gradually choking it to death.
It is like having a millstone
around its neck overboard. The
Sparks Blast At ATA
A. T. A. is set up and controlled
by Mr. Baker. No new young
blood has a chance to get in any
office. Every two years the
Nominating Committee I Mr.
Baker’s maclilne) headed by
Dr. John B. Garrett will come
in the meeting with a slip of
blank paper in his hand and
say: “The Nominating Commit
tee recommends tliat all ofti- /
cers remain in office.” Another |
machine man will recommend i
the report be received and
adopted and everybody stays in
oif|pe. To get out of office you
must die. Two exceptions: Ma
jor Cleve Abbott resigned as
President ttecause he could not
stand to' let Baker dictate tlie
policies. Dick Hudlin resigned
as Vice-President for the same
reason. There are officers list
ed and carried by Mr. Baker
who have not attended an A.
T. A. Tournament in over ten
years, but he fired Bravel M.
Nesbitt. 165' Madison Avenue,
Elizabeth, N. J., Chairman of
the Sanctions Committee, be
cause 4ie missed attending two
Nationals, although he had a
complete itemized report each
year. Baker took Nesbitt's job
so now, along with the many
other Jobs, he, Mr. Baker, is
ctiairman of Sanctions. Why
does lie refuse to appoint or let
the President appoint another
chairman? The President is a
figure-head in the A. r. A.
So. Mr. Barner, not only are
people hi Brooklyn disgruntled
over Mr. Baker in the A. T. A.,
they are disgruntled every
where, You evidently did not
read the classic letter your pa
per carried last year from Dr.
R. W. Johnson of Lynchburg to
Mr. Baker asking him to resign
and save the A. T. A. Mr. Ba
ker’s only reply was, “Dr. John
son can go to hell.”
If you want to knew about
the future A. T. A. players, con-
tact Dr. R. W. Johnson, Chair
man of the A. T. A. Jimior De
velopment Program Commit
tee.
Yours truly,
Calvin Jones
BaHimore Team
Gels Nod For
Twin City Game
WINSTON-SALEM
The Baltimore Elite Giants
will provide opposition for a
collection of players who will
make up an all-star team in the
annual South’s All-Star game.
This year’s contest, 18th in
the history of the series, will be
staged at Ernie Shore field here
on August 4.
Announcement of the Elite
Giants as opponents for the all
stars was made here last week
following a meeting of the All-
.Star Game Committee. The-
committee, in its final meeting
in preparation for the contest,
selected the Baltimore club
over fojir other prospects.
Other teams who were up
for consideration by the com
mittee were the Kansas City
Monarchs, the Memphis Red
Sox, the New Orleans Creoles
and a team from Mobile, Ala
bama.
Selection of the Baltimore
team marks the third time in
the history of the game that a
Negro National League club
has been chosen to face the All-
Stars. ^
Speculation on the outcome
of the contest rose immediately
following announcement of the
Elite Giants' selection. Howev
er, by the opening of the week,
the oddsmakers had made no
definite choices.
A. J. Hammonds, promoter of
the classic, said thfe Elite Gi
ants’ interracial roster includes
former players from major
league farm clubs in Eastern
Pennsylvaina and the Balti
more Orioles of the American
L>eague.
In addition, Jarret Mays, a
sensation in baseball circles as
one-anned catcher, will be
featured with the Baltimore
team.
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