f THE CABOLMIAN RALEIGH. N C . SATURDAY. APRIL 2S, 196*7 18 North Carolina State Univ. Signs Local Basketball Star , , ■■ %vl " "* ,W% ~ * . jfe,. -V_. v * * ffcr JP&S .... BREAKS UP D. P. -Chicae-:: Ferri- Smith of the Boston Red Sox does a sommersault after being i®)set by Tommy McCra-. '.Shit Sox at 2nd base in the 4th inning of game here April 18. MeCraw was forced out t Sr. i:h '• .? succeeded in breaking up double play on Tommie ieee White Sox won, 5-2. (UP! PHOTO). " PIC DOWN 3UT NOT JUT - Phils •••!..• "kers Coach Alex Hannum holds head of Billy Cuv.i:. • :-s atop legs : of Warriors N:«:e Thurm .. :. r - ftafter col ; liding while going f or rebound in 2nd v>-?i(y. oi g yrae here re !; centiy. Neither was serious!; .T PKC?!>.•. SPORTS PARADE l-By Negro Press Internationa! ‘SPEED BEATS GRIFFITH y NEW YORK - The inabiiit’ .'of dethroned middleweight ■.champion Emile Griffithrocope . the Hashing speed of It a- My’s Nine- Beaevenuti evident ly cost him his title last week. \ Although Griffith floored Bene vemtti with a smashing right U !; the jaw in the fourth round, he !■ was unable to catch up with the > European '■Taney Dan*’and as a ■J result lost the ! r -round deci slon. He will get a title remr.ch ' soon. :• WIN TITI. F. < GRAMBLING, La. - V. (pitchers Roy Maine and Jet :; Washington and sluggers the*- Alexander, Alfred Girt ■. and Ben William - leading ■ heroics, the Gram : ling c Her (Tigers blasted J sicksOfs S*. twice last week, 5-3, 8-! ;■ their sixth South*?, esters. tic Conference ba-ebali .• Alexander, Gibsor. an * V. *.liiar.-. j! blasted homers. ;s ■ ~ . s * finished the sea- .- « i%; < won-lost conference reecr ■'• J- an overall mark of 24- S < TIGER -TORRES FIGHT ■ . f NEW YORK - Nigerian’ - Dick f, Tiger will submit t the ael: <; test of champions wSseultie 1 gives the man he dethroned, Jose Tor - res, a title rematch ■/. Ms < Square Garden, Ms; 16. Tig \ er will try to heat the pr,.ver t; Wal ring jinx which places a champions "on the spot” tede fending against their victims ir »: rematches. Tiger won the light « heavyweight crown from Tor < f** « a controversial decisior *■ la the Garden last Dec. 16. s FITNESS POST < WASHINGTON - Wife the re *: Ported becking of various civil % rights groups, former football I* great .Jim Brows was being pro— ®tnently mentioned last week as ? a prime candidate to succeed j! Mustal as national coesul •* tout to Presides? Johnson cr. "< youth fitc.ess. Contending wifi % Brown for fee post, left-vacant *» wen Mstsial became manager <«* ». Fouls Cardinals, are ** •** pro htskettsll star Bob »- and Bst-RetsSaff, form :• «*ly «f the pro Philadelphia Ea < gles football team. < SELECTED AGAIN NEW y ORK - While at least F ‘: won the state crown. C-laches P. H, (Pete Wil STC-N FOR P.EMATJH - New Y ' . Dick T.r-. (right), world light-heatx*eight champion.. . v -- T . • smile April 20 after they signed, a contract f■ . .. :• match at Madison Square Garden May . , Tiger, - • iefend ing his crown for the first 'ime sine- • r - t rres last December 16. (UP! PHOTOX |/J”H SPOTLIGHT CX / % | SPORTS 14 -by Charles j. Livingston W FROM CRICKET TO BASE BALL TO SOCCER Cricket spawned baseball an r baseball spawned soc e:, Yan kee style. That statment, odd as it ma; seem, describes in car,s nI e form the historical connections and trans de - .element of A merican soccer, whith has just attained professional btele r :- status. However, to get a broader picture o f American-bred soc cer, on-: needs tc exarr !n< it present connectiorts v.ith base ball and baseball's forme; con nection -A-ith cricket. So the story real!, begins with cricket, the so-called “Limey” game of bar.-and-ball. It is doubted if mats’, people know it, but cricket pre-dates baseball in this country, having been Imported by early Eng lish settlers. In fact, base baseball sprang almost direct -1; from cricket, v,lth many of the* first baseball players being former cricketers. The organizer and firs’man age: of the first major lea gue baseball team--the Cincin nati Rea Stockings of 1864-- was a former cricketer named Harry Wright, who, in turn, converted many other cricket ers tc rh me:lean game” arid brought them into the then fledging National League. Bu; the impatient sport fan might ask; "What Joe-, all this got to do wife soccer?” Tpe reply is, plenty, in fact, baseball has just spawned pro fessional soccer in these U nited States. With money and hall parks to play in. lr. other words, professional baseball, having long gained full maturity, is no-- lending a helping hand to get pro soccer "off the ground.” Let’s look further into this baseball-scccer relationship. To begin with, most of the newly-fawned American pro soccer teams have identified with baseball reams. For in stance. the Chicago Mustangs of the United Soccer association is closely associated with the Chi cago White Sox, tn whose ball park fee Mustangs play their home games. Over ir, the rival National Professional Soccer League, William C, Bartholomay, high ranking Atlanta Braves execu tive, is also president of the Atlanta Chiefs soccer team. The Baltimore Orioles <.? the American League owns fee Bal timore Bays soccer team to the ■" an-i Ha > \ ■- • Ho a: tly were I: - t ::: ; r : felt - * ‘ -a. - ' -k- ' . North :•>x example - rkea by x cnvxcvn f 1: r 1 • ,on and off r;>: ' :it * • -a - i>■*il 1 y and ir.-'-nta*. - * . ■ b. I hope he xioe < ■ - * ’ 9 C ; *ch •• ' n Uko ’•;. '.-has . r, r •r-7 rre . ■ I : • balls ..-on, s - - he •• - il; ;;ke r.i: there ’ - ■- a:; s: oke • . J hcy f hs if c -- H - 't-'-nl idc l irr. .- * 'he bask tba!• <=•••-. average of 1C He is the r. < %**• yii's i; .. .V othe: rr.en.rers . y at 213 Gil liar:, l He has two sisters .m . - ht-O the:. Cm, -ist s£-, ... tending North C • rol ina College In Durhrm. T: >• 12 teams in the USA and S’PSL : .n be: .nr' fee sp- ».- »r.-hip of pro fessional soccer <»re svidentlv shelling out cash i< support It, hoping to ‘ cash in” later wh a the American public takes to the sport. It ctuld be a rs‘fter costly soccer, par* with Am.ei ica.-. foot hair ! gleal!’. -peaking, soccer is so- ’ball, as It i - played only *•!’ the feet, with . little head weri; included, whereas in (A me. iootTs.ll, is rTav start** an.; : stially ends with the- hands .T ■ . I . - . .—. ■y;' 3 ' y ets a rebo>jr»d off the boards despite the efforts of it arrior Nate Thur norid (42). Lookingcjo toffee rear are 7«srs Wuily Jones (24) and Warrior Jeff MuDins (23). Tim ?6ers beat fee Warriors 128-95. (DPI PHOTO). k ? SPEAKER ~ Bob Hayes, right, of the Dallas Cowboys. poses it.; -a:: Monroe, right, star of the Winston-Salem State College Ram r and Coach, and Mrs t E, Gaines following the Rams Day Celebration. The Rams, XCAk College Ditd slot- Basket oal: Champions, were feted by the citizens of Winston-Salem, April If. Tracksters in Louisiana Flirting With World Records GR AMBLING, La. (SPECLAL) - A fabulous 440 relay quartet from Texas Southern Universi ty of Houston, Tex., highlighted the Eighth annual Grambling Relays by tieing the world rec ord for that event here last Sat urday afternoon. Despite a bad baton pass on the third leg of the record tie Log run a Tiger foursome of Lee Smith, Bobby Evans, Clyde Duncan and Jim Hines teamed up to clock a sizzling 39.6 to tie the world mark set by South ern University of Baton Rouge in 1966. The same foursome came back in the 880 baton event to run a blistering 1:23.3 while the freshman unit from Texas Southern won their di vision with 1:24.2 clocking. Hurdle and sprint sensation Southern took top honors in the century with a 9.3 clocking Hampton Pirates Top Howard Bhoiis, 9-5 Hampton institute, va. - Hampton Pirates* ace slug ger, Deveraux Lunn, smacked a two-run homer In the seventh inning to break open a 5-5 dead lock as the Pirates downed vi siting Howard University, 9-5. Lunn continued the action In she eighth as he hit an insur ance home rur. to make his total for the season five horn--runs. The number ties the total hit all last season by homerun lean er, Willie Spence of Maryland State. Pitcher Danny Morgan went the distance for the Pirates and picked up his third win agaLost no losses. on the ball. In soccer, only the "goalie,” may handle the ball with the hands. The mala object of the game is "to get the ball Into the net,” as in hockey. The net-encas ed goal area is eight yards • ide and eight feet high. The maximum length of the field is 130 yards in length and 100 in width. The time of the game is 90 minutes, with two 45 minute halves, with 15 minutes rest in between. Playing is con tinuous, • ith no huddles, ex cept when the ball goes off the field. It is then thrown in, and playing resumes. while Kirk Clayton Grambling sprint ace was a step back at 9.4. Bristol came back in the 120 high barriers to clock a 13.8 ana beat out teammate Bernard Cage and Russell Mitchell of Grambling who finished second and third respectively. Host Grambling which has been injury plagued most of the season garnered three first places for the fest which in cluded a fine !0;06.0 clocking for the distance medley relay which was composed of Winston Short, •Larry Hawkins, Lennox Year wood and Marvin Solornan. Soloman came back after the distance medley event to grab top honors in the mile run with a 4:19.5 clocking and teammate Phillip Johnson captured the long jump title with a leap of 23 feet. Mentiicky Straight .Brarhon $4 SO SyfOO pint mmmm 4 / 5 or. illy SfiEfflOaßS -31? 55S iIPHj . n q r\ j : ,/f— CLUB I BORRBOII \L— KENTUCKY -Of} BWMHIV WIIISIfIEr|| I j SSzpWiu/y fomt nets cAwr mrmt \ 1 j i i m/m%6»/at. j | H wm&mm m ookrrjit 1 ' j: cfhwm/cSforw’ jl mami ' etitows*co. tomsviiLE. ky. - KEnnict'. y straiomt soueeouwHtstsEv -m e*oor Powerful relay teams from Prairie View, Tex., copped the sprint medley with a scorch ing 3;i8.0 and the mile relay with a 3:10.0 clocking to shut ou‘ top seeded Arkansas A MAN which finished a poor fourth. But John Hart field of Texas Southern came back after an early season injury to clear the high jump bar at 7 feet bir missed on three attempts at n Texas Southern quartern) Her Maurice Pittman logged La a 47.2 to outdistance Grambling ace Henry Noel who snatched down second place honors. Frosh relay units from Prai rie View made fine showings as they were times 41.0 for the sprint relay, 3:14.2 for the mile relay and finished second be lt bid TexasSouthern’s freshmen in the 880 baton event.