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Floyd Patterson Knocks Out Tom McNeeley in 4th Raleigh’s Baker Heads NCC’ Baker Presently Performing On Rams Defensive Line (Special to The CAROMMANI Raleigh’s John Bak-'v h 1 a long list of North Carolina Col!w.< athlete? who have gone to *»• a snores? in profession.' 1 n’>v Over twenty-five ev-Fnri - , stepped into pro ball since I’■ t v. After matriculating a* 7 • High School, B l«. • e ! W' and became a two-time C< i All-American at ♦arkl* 1 '"'■•■ f-:. ‘ ' .'OO pounder was th> fi ' v f -om a predominantly N '■ lece to h« select el ' lay :•• the ! annual College A't • • ’’ Chicago, in to 58. 7"° St u s at the Detroit looms tlr * 31- : i Oddly enough ' c . s ■ won none since. Presently the bruisin' B her performing on the df * ■ merit of the Los An— les 1 n- : This is his fourth year - 1 coaches labeled him as a ’ v ire" . ir the Rams nlans John Brown. 225 pound was the first NCC th' - t•so | into pro ball The T ■ 7' 1 Dons of the no" r ‘ i •’ .V- Vo- , erican league drafted Brown and : he played for the o itr.i ' ib< !• dissolved. After r at time he be < came a All-P-o r.r”:" •• i - Canadian League Following Br. - i •' Cana ban ball was such NCC 1 :< -• as Carl Oaibreath. O' F ' F •‘Duke” James. Bax’. - Ho 1 it.', Clifton Jackson. J:u ■ n •< 1. Forbes and Ernest WarlicU 11 ; ory native, one of NCt it : - ing performers pr< ?entu ■ t*-<- Ca nadian League 6-4 7 ■’ ■ “Hands" as his i< aw him in college, is --n ■ f ‘be f ■ two-way performers in - C«"« StampedeiTS. Paul Winslow. M <‘.*a v sng«* *’»lfbaek. is the . 1 N •"•al Football league v :f' ng with Baker. Winslow b abeth City and broke m *• h the Green Bay Packers in t Ernest Barnes. S • D -t “ ers. James Brewing* i. O -d Raiders, Luther Jersids. B ' o Bills are NCC ’ s American Foot'all I.< - . • Not to be over’••••at '■ i c *' ■ ct that Johnny McLen -1 i of the Cleveland Pin American Basket!-,.- 1 Negro coach) d.i h • • coaching at North Ca ,•' Cc 1 ' McLendon's Tcr.»r-:.-- S'.--- t*»=:- versity team was tne f; -l to win the NAIA th The Tigers turned the f- • in to'-7 58. 59. His Cleveland P : won the National Ir .0 kr-tball title in 1-• sec.-c d >. of league coaching. Many other NCC si. -s a ding on the campus now. Sun- to FAMU Rattlers Make Plans For Orange Blossom Classic MIAMI— Florida AAAI Ur.lv: - sity's unbeaten and unti- 5 Ra *'• « —considered by many ■ ■ of the game of football as or.- of me all-time great gridiron ?• :: . ul clash with powerful J?ck?en >r.:e College, ’6l Southw* -: At if tic Conference chan.;,; '•• !n t. l':h annua] Orange BL- - O -;e here Saturday nichi D • er : -r 1 in this city’s famed Orange Bowl Stadium. Seme 50.000 persons are ex pected to witness the cTaje as the famed gridiron ehrmp ionship Rattler “F’ m*efs the Blue and White Tiger* es Jack son, Miss.. dubheS in many quarters as the “Cinderella team” of the ymr. Sharing billing with the f - d:i on ; clubs will be the int«v r.c !; v j fanout Marching Bv .<•* fa I fei>] - ca p rttm ’ s SMbsaimhbtiiubs owmsv,*.rt ?m two whiskey 88»poof ess swain beutwr. spi*nt be d'-.ibed nn : quite possibly could become runs ace Charles Hinton, jor id : - uird, and Richard Wilkins, I halfback. Pio basketball scouts hate ex ui.-S'-cd n inter,-u in .Tames Mar ! tie and John Jones. Jones is 6-9 ir’:T p! iv rent- wbue Martin is C-4 and ni-.e of th Tint -’ shooters ] in the conference. ft, : :e Pryor and Rossic Bar • fi< Id. hi sf noted for their football ! at NCC . elected to bonus hev.v'aii contracts. Pryor joined thr j Whi; ' Sox’ orsaniaztion after stern j •nn for a It'-us in five figure?. [Paif - ; d i■' w’th th* % San Francisco j P n <i h** received a. h'-. sic I Sam .Tones, Laurinb’rg High ;fi a-d All-American perform* ’•r a* NCC the F ' best known : -,er in t . Notional Basket j ball Association. A star player for if ir -oils with the Boston Cel i ties. Jonc-. is considered as one of I ib. , -pc-t shooters m the NBA. i With over n :s“<o shooting pereent i age Jon-s led the entire league in : ’■ -otiftr Aft- • conisdcrcd the Cel tics number “six" man. Jones had i i scorin • average of 15.1 points per game in 1960-61. He attained this j average as a substitute. Dor; • the coining season Jones is expected to gamer a startuie : berth in his fifth season in the ; NBA Bill Rhnrmnn “'• sinned as a coach, in the American Basket- I ball league and Jones is expected i tr beat out Frank Ramsey for the I petition i Lee Calhoun heads NCCs track ■ list This Gary. Indiana hurdler , won the 110 meters high hurdlers Icb vnni. nship in the Olympics in ! 1056 in M.-lbou’-ne and in 1960 re- Calhoun ho’ds the world record •ut b e ! p eter hurdlers with a I •• of 190 over the route Ral-'.d. v. as the sit. of many j Calhoun vie vies as he won the 120-y.--r.-i hich hurdlers three years wnniw! and won the low hurdlers i Cal' nun v. as also a member of the NCC mile relay tram that set I •■ e A ATT mile relay record -n 19*9. Writer Johnson.‘Hartford. Conn. 1 c - to. .- for frarlr r\r fonYior ; Vo'.-d to the All-American team in If. i ; - - n 1- V the N \TA -140 l.v: d {-ash record with a 46.3 clock- Vance Robinson. Norfolk Va. is j ;>• . thcr iv-.e of Coach Lcrov Walk !• rs fine track men Robinson was a mem-or of the Pan American j am and fin-shod second to Ray j Net ton in too 220-yard dash. His J fastest H <• ••uu, in the 220 brought bu fae CIA A record with a 20 5 A&M University, which this year is .he •:.;■ d to present the “great ■M' Tuns-st re show in the history i f the Orar •:> Bowl Stadium. Ju lian > Cannonball) Adder ley, the crown prince of modern jazz in his r h of premier alto saxaphone ;>::-.yor. and his brother, Nat, a cor .-relist of world renown, will ap pear ns guest soloists during the half-time. Both of these jazz greats are former members of the FAMU "Marching 100” A record number of scouts from professional football teams is ex pected to witness the game. To dote some 22 ex-classic participants have gone into professional foot ball—in both domestic leagues as well as in Canada. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS 5 -y r ■ ■ ST'uy:; -|r 1 'CT.*’ X ' ' -r •'-' . ' v *•' by ”'■• .' u ''■ :•• -. ... - ... !|j *r * i v / : ■• ■< -< , , v »*- * S@rra FLOYD PATTERSON WINS Heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson is shown here relaxing briefly on a snow covered turf following his five-mile workout at Woodbine Race track in Toronto last wtek. Patterson was conditioning his training in pre paration for hi s heavyweight title fight against Tom McNeefev December 4. Patterson won tne fight in the fourth round. (UPI TELEPHOTO). Champion Retains Crown in Fight At Toronto, Ont. TORONTO Ployd Patterson j floored Tom McNeeley eight times Monday night to knock out the previously unbeaten challenger in 2:M of the fourth round to retain b world hev> weight boxing title. The challenger slipped down sev er..! times, but managed to stag ger the champion whose hand al most scraped the floor in the wild and eventful fourth round. McNeeley, 10-1 underdog, was badly battered and beaten, when Iv ?'• ire Jersey Joe Walcott daunt ed him out. he struggled to got back on his feet even after the last Knockdown and won the cheers of the crowd. Patterson who vowed that he would be 100 percent better than he was in his last title defense in March against Inge mar Johansson, weighed 188, while McNeeley, unbeaten in 2?. previous fights, weighed 197. The challenger rushed to the attack from the opening bell and Shoved off the champion, but a left hook floored him in the first round. He rose to his feet on a count of eicht, but in a few seconds he was down again. Four more times in the third round and three more in the fourth McNeeley hit the deck after almost knocking Patterson down. He fell on his back along the ropes while Walcott again started his count, but •his time he went all the way to ten, with Tommy pawing and Crrtis Flood Inks Cards Pact ST. LOUIS (ANPt Curtis Flood, 23-year-old speedy St. Louis Cardinals centerfielder signed his 1962 contract with the team and became the first Cardinal player in the fold for the coming year. The signing of Flood was an nounced by Big Devine, Cardinals general manager. The .second leading hitter on the team last season with an average of .322. Flood hit safely In the last 12 games. He enjoyed a late-sea son surge at the plate. Flood came to the Redbirds on Dec. 5, 1957, in a deal which also netted the Cardinals outfielder Joe Taylor. To land the pair the Car dinals gave up Pitchers Willard Schmidt Ted Wieand and Marty Kutyna to the Cincinnati Reds, Lertnie Moore Gets 15th TD BALTIMORE (ANP) Lennie Moore scored his 15th touchdown of the season against the Wash ington Redskins, extending his re cord as the greatest touchdown producer in the history of the Bal timore Colts. He tallied on a 54-yard sprint from scrimmage u> lift Lhe 1961 yardage to 539 cn the ground, an average of 7.5 per carry. Just because I confess that I had a better memory for the bad in ray past that for the good, a woman told me X ought to see a psychi atrist. mmmm our advertisers struggling to get up. Walcott might have stopped the brawl in the third round, because Patterson was making a yo-yo of McNeeley, but McNeeley continued to press the attack with determina tion every time he came off the deck. He bounced up at two counts after the first knockdown in the third, but Walcott made him take the eight. A Patter son hook dumped Tom again and he hung one arm over the middle rope, watching Walcott count. When he came up that time, he turned wild and rush ed across the ring with both hands flaying but so over-eager that he fell on his knees. Patterson teed off with another left hook that floored Tommy again for eight, but he popped up grog gily and took the count on one knee. St. Augustine’s Falcons To Play Twenty-Two Game Cage Schedule The St Augustine's College “ Fal cons" will play a twenty-two game basketball schedule. The Falcons will be led by co captains, Edward Cottrell and Al fred Glover, along with eleven returning lettermen and six new WWH 9"= Oa)"»- Mi m a* a a a* *■«# a» Eer from f/ia one foot fine despite efforts of the Cleveland Brcm j m to stop him during a gamrs Itmt week. Assisting him are Mickey Walker, No.6s, on the ground, and Bay Wietecha. No. os, right. (UP/ TELEPHOTO). s List ' ' Successful Athietes Joe Perry, Colts’ 1 Fullback, IsTop Performer In 11 Games stand as a one season high for hisi BALTIMORE <ANP> With, 156 carries to his credit in the first 11 games of the Baltimore j Colts, fullback Joe Perry already: exceeded the tota' carries he com piled in any of the last five years with San Francisco. UP! Press Poll Release Cites Grambling As Tops BY COLLIE J. NICHOLSON GRAMBLING, La. (Special) The United Press International board of coaches selected Grarn blirig College of Louisiana as the nation's No. 1 small-college bas ketball team in Its pre-season poll released Tuesday. Tennessee State was a close sec ond in the voting conducted by a board composed of coaches from Miss Rudolph Oct. Wedding Confirms ! NASHVILLE, Term. (ANP) I Wilma Rudolph, Olympic triple threat track champion from Ten nessee State University has con firmed reports that sire was se cretly married last, Octobe" 14 to William Ward, 25 of Linden, New Jersey. The pretty speedstress. only 21 years old and recognized as the ! world’s fastest woman, became the 1 bride of her handsome school beau I in a civil ceremony performed in her home town of Franklin, Term. SECRET LEAKED OUT The newlyweds managed to keep the closely guarded se cret until Bill Ormes of Radio Station WAGG in Franklin I uncovered the marriage license while doing some research of court records. The Wards have already set up housekeeping In an apartment near the univer sity. Both are students at Ten nessee State, a predominantly Negro Institution of higher learning. Like Wilma, who made inter national track history in winning three gold medals at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Ward is a track athlete. Thus, techni cally at least. Wilma’s heart re mains on the cinder paths. The new Mrs. Ward did not im comers. Lettermen are William : Baxter, Alfred Glover, Edward Cottrell, Evans Belton, Henry Lind sey, Charles Randall, LaMonte Wyche, Spottswood Bolling, Thom as Newbold and William Birch ette. Promising newcomers are i Not since he lugged the ball 156 j times in 1955 for, the Forty-Niners | has he hit the line so often. At the j current pace, Joe could eclipse l his | all-time high of 192 rushes he rrx'led off in 1953. His receptions (32) already 12-year NFL career, He caught 26 each of the seven geographical sec tions of the country. The UPI ratings are generally recognized as the most authorita tive of the numerous basketball noils. Grambling fs the defending NAIA national champion. The tall Tigers are loaded with so mueh talent that even Coaeh Fred Hobdy admits, with a look of incredulity, that he Isn’t sure of his starters. Few teams will be able to match the squad in height, poise and con fidence. Hobdy’s sharpshooters are paced by Hershell West, Willis Reed, a 6- pivot, and All-American Chas. Hardnett. Grambling received a total of 205 points in the voting. Ballots are compiled on a basis of 10-9-8- 7- points to arrive at a consensus. The top teams listed by UPI are: 1. Grambling College (7) 205 2. Tennessee A&T (6) !92 3 Wittenberg (10) ... 189 4. Prairie View (4) 127 5. Evansville (4) 122 6. Southeast Missouri 102 7. South Dakota State 83 P. (tie) Hofstra <D ...... 82 9. Southern Illinois 10 Mississippi Southern (!) 74 12 ATTEND FALL SPORTS DAY GREENSBORO Twelve mem bers of the Women’s Athletic Asso ciation at Bennett College, accom panied by three faculty members, attended the fall Sports Day at South Carolina State College in Orangeburg. The students who attended were: Misses Alice Airall, Kingston, Ja maica; Betty Murphy, Inverness, Fla.; Patricia Murphy, Wallace; Gloria Montgomery, Sumter, S C; Shirley Goldston, Ramseur; Bever ly Bryan, Tryon; Harriett Upton, Atlantic City, N. J.; Doris Tate, Morganton; Wilkie McDowell. Sy- I* racuse. N. Y.; Joyce iMcey. Mont gomery, Ala.: Bonnie Suthern, Lin coln University, Ponna., and Clara Cutler, Camden, N. J. Louis Belcher, William Thompson, Bobby Davis, McGlother Irvin, Gerald Eutz and Theodore Brown. Because of the lack of height, the Faicons will depend upon experi ence and team desire to carry them through this basketball season. rm CABOUNIAN RALEIGH. S, C.. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1961 4*4* passes in 1954. Perry's former high !of 218 yards gained through the ; air in 1958 also has been surpass ied since he's already earned 287 | yards via this route in 1961. And. his U animates, say the I guy’s been blocking, too. Sonny Liston Stops German PHILADELPHIA— Heavyweight contender Charles (Sonny) Liston, joking and jubilant after his one round, one-punch defeat of Albert Westphal of Germany Monday Seagrams Extra thm 6k $2-35 m ..1 $3-65 rTjc '" w I Scapms §f t; Extra Drtj il f t t GOLDEN I -- I •■ ? fotH d&pt' itAspfr mtuafyed&K 0& \ m II «**/<" efj*/*Kdf**y <*'**' '•' IS Arstputm <b t , I * ■ KAGRUM-OISTIILBS COMPANY. H.Y.C. 90 PROOF. OISTHUB D9Y GUI. DIBTIIUD FBOM AMERICAN GRAik HEW MANAGER APPOINTED i*-- • «%:v. •_«*---• • . ■■■IKS ssSß> c ' s«&* ;Br ■ --■ fMpajpp iV¥MsS&7wifo*‘' TOMMY JONES The many friends of Tommy Jones will be pleased to learn that he has been named Manner of the shoe department at McLeod, Watson and Lanier. You &. a cordially Invited to come tn to congratulate Tommy m well as let him show you mxr handisome oolleci no ©f Nettleton and Freeman shoes. the new McLeod Watson & Lanier 311 Fayetteville St OPEN EVKN3NCM TFIL t THEOTCM FRIDAY night wa* a picture of disappoint ment an hour later. The reason: Heavyweight champion Floyd Pat terson failed to include him i.* his 1962 plans for two fights. Wstphal. a master baker from Hamburg, wighlng 195 am! showing a flabby 5-foot -7 1-2 inch frame, carried the fight to the better than six foot Liston, who held a 17 1-2 pound advantage. Westphal tried to jab to Liston's rtomach and landed several swing ing rights and lefts to his oppo nent’s head The huge Philadelphian bided his time, throwing an occasional straight left to the face of the wide-open Westphal. Midway in (he round, Liston shot his rival with a combination oi j head shots. Then they moved tc I the center of the ring with West phal in his crouch. Liston pawed with a left and short right to the ji.nr, West phal landed on his face with his arms slung undr him and remainded prone for at least a minute beyond the full count of referee Zach Clayton, 15
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