Bronze Reporter [Volume: 4, Issue: 42]

CHICAGO, July~(Special ~ Bill. (~Dizzy~) Dismukes, ~manager of the famed Kansas City Monzrchs who is in his 49th year of baseball,-has. been named as a replacement for Homer (~Goose~) Curry, of.the: Memphic. Red. Sox, to pilot the West squad-in the 25th annual Negro All-Star Classic on Sun-} day afternoon, July 28, at Comiskey Park here. ~.~..Curry, also a long-time figure in baseball,.was originally announced by Dr. _J.-.B...Martin, of Chicago and. president of the 'ix-team Ve ade American of illness. Dismukes, who'll: be ~making his ~first~ All- Star a manager, is the. winningest manager ra far this season in the Negro America League, his Monarchs ri: _oughshod over the five ether ~Teague members. ~Dizzy~ has peen at the~ helm of ~the Monarchs: the last two seasons, having replaced. veteran John (~Buck~) O'Neil. In addition to his play and~ managerial duties in the ~ eyiukes League, as the West's aionéet aso has. ~ioand tinie to do scoutbut had to withdraw -because|ing for the Chicago Cubs and the. New York Yankees in the/ They big show:: be | Upon being informed that hej Co Cuba, was chosen to ~replace Curry as| fielder Dale ~Miller of Laneastthe West~s pilot Dismhukes ~said:| er, Pa. - ~Naturally it~s * an honor. However I~m sorry that Curry ~couldn~t carry out the assignment. I~m sure that the West can take this. silver anniversary Classic.~ Eddie Steele~ of the Detroit Stars is the East squad's manager.. Three Detroit Stars~ players the office. of the. league president in Chicago. office; 828. E.. Tickets are priced at $2. for.. HEATS ON!!~High temperatures put an. added whith da: Videie war lio it in a Ss mar Wwnd | i: g New York by 12% games, te Hale ie championships. America~s Althea ~Gibson, (left) who later became champ, as ~copared to ast year~s half-way Britain's istine Truman cool off and dry off, under the watchful eyes of James Dean; record, when Detroit trailed by (left), 15 year old Jamaican, first Negro to serve as ball boy on the Wimbeldon court. (News> 17 games.: Breas Photo). Le a ee Fn ee ee Manager ~Jack Tighe~s. club Althea And Christine ~Cool. Of fs box seats and $1.50 for general admission; Persons wishing ~,tickets are asked to address their|nail to Dr. J. B. ~Martin, 828 %. Drexel~ Square, _ Chicago. Please state the kind of tickets wanted, the number. and also enclose a self-addressed, stamped = i 2nvelope, as well as a~ check or money order~ covering tie~ amount of the tickets. Tigers One-Half Game From eo eee. First Division ~ DETROIT~Mid-season~ finds the Detroit Tigers only~ oné-half game out, of ~the first division and only one other Tiger. team oy first place in the past seven years. The Bengals trai] league lead has spilt its first 78 games of Wayne Gets Nationally atin Rowing Coach Jud Ross, nationally known rowing mentor, has been selected to coach Wayne State University~s varsity rowing team, it was announced today. Ross, who also coached the Detroit Rowing Club whose gift of equipmtent made the. sport possible at Wayne, will assume his new duties when classes begin ' this ~fall./ Wayte: will make use: of the Detroit Depart-.ment of Parks and Recreation facilities at. Belle Isle. The addition ~df: the sport to PS, 6 he the Wayne program brings to|.10 the number of ~varsity sports; at Wayne. Rowing is. the first sport added to the Wayne program since baseball was started in 1941. Wayne also. sponsors sailing, skiing and hockey on a club basis. Alden W. Thompson, divisional director of health education and athletics at Wayne, indicated that the Tartars would at first enter. collegiate rowing on a limited basis. ~This is an entirely new venture ' wilh us,~ he added, ~and it will take us time to build up a: team. We |hope to be able to host some of the teams coming east or going west for regattas: As our squad improves we hope to be of the national meeis.~: Thompson pointed. out that Detroit is a natural for intercollegiate rowing. ~The sport is firmly established here,~ he ~said, ~and we have one of the finest rivers in the country at cur front door.; We hope to make rowing a ~regular part of the instructional program of the University which provides, thru its physical education -program, contaet with sports and recreational facilities that have a good carry over into -thé later-life interests of its graduates.~ SE F _ FIRST FEDERAL FIRST DNIDENDS on insured SAVINGS (Anticipated Rate) First FEDERAL CARER AND Lan ASSOCIATION Ross hes been associated with W: KEARSLEY AND BEACH [rowing since 1926. In addition ln Flint to coaching teams.at, the De trait Boat Club and at Grosse 104 W. Carloine St., Pointe High School,, he has also Fenton, Mich. helped start high school rowing at Ecorse, Wyandotte, De La the 1957 season, while the Tigers owned a 34-42' record last,year. More important, Detroit is within striking distance of third game out of fourth place. improvement, in the past year. Salle, Salesian and St. Anthony High Schools. Thompson and Ross indicated that the first job) would be to get the equipment in shape for fall beberaaes has, won five. additional vies) tories, and hag. three: Tess. ~des feats. al > danke at ad tee a3 4 nt! Baseball Fans To See" Favorite Stars In Barson ~ Baseball fans, whether they be youngster or oldster, spectator or participant, coach or team manager in the. Dearborn area, will have a wonderful chance to see major league baséball players in action, ~close-up, come Saturday morning, July 20th at 9:30, when the touring Baseball Clinics under the direction of Bill. Veeck will 24 appear at' Rotunda Field, directly behind the Ford Rot-/ unda. Cookie ~Lavagetto, Washing- dians pitcher: ~Mel Harder~ 8 "| ton~s manager has promised he'll} hands, * shéwing ~ ~sliders~; be there, along: with some of his top stars, ineluding Clint Courtney, Jim.Lemon and Roy Sievers, as well as several members of his coaching staff, Elis Ceary and Bob Jurges. Special guest et the clinic will be one of the truly all-time great bal] players, a great favorite with Detroit baseball fans and one-time: manager of the Tigers, Mickey Cochrane. Detroit. Tiger squad members who will appear at the clinic were not set at press time, but previous clinics were attended by Ray Boone, Harvey Kuenn, J. W. Porter, Pat Mullin, Steve Gromek, Lou _ Sleater, Steve Boros and Al Aber, and we're sure that some of these wonderful Detroit Tiger ball players'll_ be on hand. for this one. Special visual bids will. be used at this clinic so that those in attendance may better understand what the ball players are demonstrating. For example: a giant 6 foot hand with. movable fingers|.and a 3 foot in diameter baseball will be used to. demonstrate pitching finger grips. Supplement this will ~blowups of famed Cleveland Inbe 4 by. 5 foot | | photographie. ~ ves~ and ~so-forth: There'll! even bea pair of: 5:-foot simuated feet, to show. ichanges:.in-~stance for batters and pitchers on various plays. ~ ant garion refugee, gets his first taste of | America~carbonated orange soda-in. a MiraCan. Stefan flew into New York International Airport from Vienna. He will deve with:his J ents in Astoria, Long Island. Screening of players: fe: the P two. squads continues. daily in}! Tickets. fort the Classic, which} 2 will -begin~. at "3 pam.,. esi. bef purchased by mail at the league 4 Drexel, Square} ~é and 100 E. Erie st., Chicago.}. (in 1955)) has. been as close to] place Boston,.two and a half games away, while last season the Bengals were six and a half Pitching has shown, the most The Tiger staff has allowed. just 3.68 earned runs a game, com pared to the 4.20 average ir 1956. As a result, the Tiger staff | 146: i Bill - Pembrook, a student at} ~change-ups~, ~fast- balls~, ~cur First Taste Of ts] ~|Ooehie, 149, Eva Young, A iline Sundwick, 159, Dr. George 'W. Gore, Jr.,_ president Florida A and M Univer SPORTS SCOPE | - - ~By Elbert Copeland | The first round.leaders of the Eigth Annual Vehicle City Golf Tournament were -Andrew Woodward, with a one under - par 71; over the rough Kearsley | ~ Lake Golff Course; Woodward ~ Iwas the only ~one: to solve the course; Randall A. Hodges equal par with a 72; Bill.Pembrook and Jim Seltzer. were next in line with 73~s, The men~s championship flight was 12:30. ~ladies championship flight. who was medalist in Saturday~s qualifying round, won: the 8th, Annual Vehicle,City Golf| Tournament with a score of 145. contender in other Vehicle City Detroit... Flint~s, Jim Seltzer, Flan Williams.of Detroit who: wtih. a. score of T ~xas- Southern. -University, 147, while four others. were tied~ at 149. They were Sars Tucker. Mike Andonian, Peter -Koscak and Gene Hunt: The flight results were as follows:: First Flight: Don ane ~151, Andy Vert,: 153, Curtis Walker, 154, and Willis Burgess, 155. Second Flight; Herb. Hawkins. Dan Brown, 157, Eddie Delk. 159. Third Flight: Bill Mays. 159. Clarence Rice, 166. Lauern Butts, 167 and John Kirk, 168. Fourth Flight: Bles Wood Robert Clemen and Floyd Morris; 173~s.~ Fifth,Flight {27 holes): Grover McCants and~ John Haynes, 14] and Dick ~Drew and Robert Johnson, 143. Sixth Flight (27 eis): Ted Wilson, 146, Howard Stoney, 153 {and Sander Simon, 154. Runners up to Mrs. Goodwin and Teressa Taborn was Hazel Bill, 180, Flint~s Stella, 183 and Flint~s Pat Gettler, 184, -Other winners, were as. fol- | lows:, First. Flight, Nettie Thompson; 191, -Lavina; Wingo 4#191,. Eva: Wilson, 194, and Nina Miller, 197.~. Second Flight. (27 holes): Exie 149 and Edith Swan, 156. ~Third Fight (27 holes}; Made-Willi Dunrath,, 163, and ~Ruth Carter, 165. Fourth Flight (27 holes) Carol Sundwick, -186, Julia Wellons, 188. and Alice~ Brock, 189. The winner of the championship, Andrew Woodward, won a Por | portable TV set and James Lum {ber Company's ~rotating trophy. F "We ciGi'G. olepshl Ven: Gb~ chip~ wrt Gun vetoed pipw thitag pil olowiok bell Atibens: seid yr hers vate lin rae do lectins ~ ee, hae _ BERNHARD-EAG LESON CO.;, INC. necessary tools, Fe-3 St } { ~ he Se: Oe = en cna cen or RS se Nee é uy 4 ~ avet Maes came: Ae MO: ~~~~~ 5 radi 9: ~Tjoin eiApiidats ~| tor: ~Weare all<-very~* ran from scores 7] thru 77. Tee}. time for the championship flight Mrs. Juanita Goodwin of Kalamazoo qualified. for Sunday~s} final round. with~ an 83. Mrs.) Goodwin has been a constant! threat in the past tournaments. |~ Mrs. Teresa Tabon was next in|: line, with. an 88. Those were the} golfers to have been caught in} Sunday's 18 hole finals in they Andrew Woodward of Detroit, | former. vite~ ving ia throughout ie 6 Seria he: two mi a saluting.ofe of. the. favorite |~team, to we aughters of FAMU.~: A. S. Gaither athletic direc- 5 Rattler~ net~ ~" ot ale members of the of her.~ Walter. M.; ~Austin, Al-| ~ thea~s tennis~ coach and: one~ime intercollegiate tennis cham piony ~A just reward.fof a true, champiop~a fitting~ ~quéen for the tennis world: who;has shown. unusual power of perserverance,. skill Sand determination | which has enabled her. to. overcome adversity as well as. tennis opposition.~ Henry Singletary of. West Palm} Beach: ~I am very proud of her, and I was praying for her}: to win~She ~really had.my pray}, ers~~ Sineletary: isa AoA, felt ogi att ome on the ~ ~with any. male ~member of geet or, oh ksquad.~. C ~the said: ~Her winning the Wimbledyn couldn't have pereyen LF ore ane, person. ~ j Patronize Ou _ Advertisers: E i ik ey 4. Woodward, has been an annual i ~Golf tournaments. He plays most |; of his golf. at Palmer Park in| @ state public chantpion, and Ma- ~ ar hp tela ard, plays mos 0. er in ~Detroit; wee ~Secone laced fourth with a. score of ues and are ae a new car Giant Collossul Spends * Ring Buys In All Models. oe | >a? i984. 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