Bronze Reporter [Volume: 5, Issue: 13]

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Saturday~ S Game to
Decide Champions

-The Big Ten basketball game of the season will be
played Saturda <e when Indiana and Michigan State match

identical recor

nee television game.

The Hoosier -basketbeers beat
the Spartans, 82-79 in their previous. clash earlier in the season
uh. Indiana...

ae The game will pit three of
the Midwest's top scoring cagers
in Jotinny Greene of MSU and
Archie Dees and Sammy. Gee
of the Hoosiers.

Dees, the Conference leading
sharpshooter lead the Hoosiers
in a 96-86 victory over Illinois

in what will be the championship finale.
The two cage power giants meet in East Lansing in a mati
by pace setting his team with 33
points. This clinched the first
place tie with the Spartans.

Greene figured mightily in the
106-96 drubbing of Purdue by
MSU last Saturday.

Also in the Big Ten Conference
the U-M Wolverines bumped the
Wisconsin Badgers to the cellar
with a 72-65 victory while Purdue clinched a second place tie

by trouncing Iowa 65-59.

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Flint Central Indians
Scalp Saginaw High

By Walter Simmons

* BASKETBALL
SAGINAW VALLEY LEAGUE. Final Standings
W L PF PA

Flint Central _...9 1 -695 521
Flint Northern _.7 3 576 531
Saginaw High _. 6 4 634 642
Pontiac......... 6 4 592 550
Arthur Hill...... 2 8 ~ 491 603
Bay City Cent. pe gf 10 514 655

The fast- nie Flint Central
Indians captured their first Saginaw Valley League basketball
title since~~1948 by walloping
Saginaw High, 89-66.

Early in the fourth quarter
Coach Joe Dowdy eciare sent
in ~his reserves.

Flint Northern, which had a
chance for a-title tie if the Indians lost, was edged by Pontiac,
52-51, at. Pontiac. The loss
dropped the Vikings (7-3) two
games behind Flint Central.

The ~combination of Saginaw
High~s loss and Pontiac~s victory
left ~the ~Trojans and the Chiefs
tied for third place, each with
6-4 -league = records. In overall
play, Saginaw High finished with
a_ 9-6 ~season record.

For the second successive year
Saginaw High produced the
league~s individual scoring champieni' ~Willie Thompson, - despite
an ankle injury suffered in a
fall at his~ home, managed to
score 15 points to boost his total
to 178 in 10 games.

~in ~the: junior varsity encounter, Saginaw High's iuck ~
was again bad, the little Troase) lost a 54-51 thriller.

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Top Saginaw Valley ~ League
scorers:. Pts.
Willie Thompson, Sag. Hi _. 178
Felix Miller,. Flint. Cent 165
Bob Bishop, Bay City Cent. _. 149
John Kirk, Flint Cent... ]45
Reg Gillard, Flint North. 143
Jay English, Bay City Cent. 1
Gary Potts, Sag. Hi
~ Art Street, Arthur Hill _.. 123
Charley Barge, Pontiac __... ~108

Freshman
In Top Spot

BATON ROUGE, La. ~ Larry
Green, Southern Univ:. freshman
student, from*Los Angeles, Calif.,
has been named -to- the number
one: spot on the Jaguar Tennis
ea for this season, according

ng to Tennis Coach, Ho
J. Minnis. Green is cur
ad ranked five among ATA
rs in men~s singles., Keith Richardson, Flint Cent. 105

_,Maurice Woecson, Northrn. 103
Dale Lucas, Flint Central _. 102
Bobby Parker, Sag. Hi) ~._-.~101

Rate Willi

Who is the most exciting player in the major leagues today?

This way the question put to
The Sporting News~ correspondanst with the 16 major -clubs.
The result was a landslide vote
for Willie Mays of the San-Francisco Giants.:

Twelve of the correspondents
unhesitatingly named the = Say
Hey Kid as the most thrilling
player to watch among all. the
~tars now active in the~ majors.

FLINT
SPORT
NOTES

GOLF. CLINIC

The Second Annual Golf Clinic
at St.. John Community Center
got off to an enthusiastic start
Monday night. Members of the
Vehicle ~City Golf Club are. assisting in giving instructions in
golf to any interested adult. There
is no charge for the service.

There will also be training
films. The clinic will continue

for the next fivesMondays from | fj}

7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

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CHAMPIONS ALL

All three-basketbail teams from
the St. John Center were victorious March ist in the Red
Division ~ Championship ~ which
was played between teams from
the community schools and centers on the North End:

Winning teams were: The All
Stars, midget class; Rickey
Crooms, captain: The Bombers,
Class E, Robert Miller, captain;
The St. John~ Pistons, Class D,
Ronald Jackson, captain.

The teams now will play for
City Championship at Wildanger
Field House.

COURAGE

| wonder is it because men
are cowards in heart that -they
admire bravery so much. And
place military valor so far beyond every other quality. for
reward and worship,. ~THACKERAY

Detroit,

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The four others~al cites with

ger. Williams~ supporters were
Hy Hurwitz of Boston, Hal Le
bovitz of Cleveland, Watson Spo
elstra of Detroit, and Jesse Linthicum of Baltimore.

in the National League and four
in ~the A. L.~cast~emphatic bak
lots for Mays. While paying tribute to the specialized abilities
of such stars as Williams, Mickey
Mantle, Stan Musial and Minnie

onlookéés ~with~ ~His batting, basestealing, fielding and throwing.
In fact, said one writer, ~He~s
exciting even when he fails to
make a_ play.~

Typical of the raves about
Mays by experienced scribes;
were such ~expressions as He.
has no weakness.

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DIMES

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is the ~
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PHOENIX, Arizona.~Three of the. San Wraniciseh
Dusty Rhodes, and Willie Mays, lit
Giants ~camp here. (United Frpas

American~ League clubs~picked er.
Ted.Williams, the Red Sox. Slug- |

The 12 other scribes~all eight!,

Minoso, they:pginted out that;
Wonderful Willie: can do every-|'
thing well; that he can excite}: top. slu Jef
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things well tigen anysother ok

~ Ss awes the fans ~naturally.
and Manto~,makes them gape|i~ many ways.
with their, ower, but Mays ex
i cites thet Witte is no show- on.~. ets, left to right:
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"BRONZE REPORTER,, SATURDAY; MARCH 6 8, 1958

Harlem Satellites To. Play. ~

House of Spencer Five Here

The New York. Satellites, just

returning from. their Western;
~| tour will play in Flint.Mich., Sat.

March8 at 8:00 p.m. at Emerson
Gym. The Satellites has a record
of fifty two wins and one lost,
losing only. the first game as
the: Sputniks have two players
from Grand Rapids: Richard Simmons and John English,. both

starred at Central High School

and Grand Rapids Junior Conese.

~They also have three layer
from the Globetrotters: Henry

_ | Gill, who~ played with the Trot~ters for three.years, Neal Hum
phdy a very outstanding ball
handler and a trickey dribbler,
and. Rookie. Brown, who was
with the Trotters for ten years.
Browp also started in the Globetrotter movie ~GO MAN GO~ Rookie is known for his funny
stunts. when keeps the people
laughing, and has only been equalled..by the Golden Tatum.

The team is rounded out with
Dick~ Harvey a fame St. Louis
Hawk and Charlie House all
American from Lincoln Univer-| -

sity. New addition to the Harlem
Satellites Basketball team is two

outstanding E x-G'l obetrotters,
both from Detroit~s Wayne Uni
verstiy and a
country.and

John Kline 6 ft. 4 ins, is probably the fastest of the | two.
He is a good ball handler, worderful
~from all angles.

_ Ramon. Wilkerson étt, ins. is
a dunk shof artist and controls
the rebounds from all boards,

The New York Satellites Op

position will be House ~of Spencer -

bolstered by top stars from hag
~class A and AA League of the
city, including Dave Samson, Ron?
ald Simmons, Clarence lier of
Clifton Miller, Gilbert Miller
Flint players.

CULTURE ' ~

It_ is very rare. to find ground
which produces, nothing; Tf.#
is not covered with flowers, 1.
fruit trees and. _.grains, it.
duces briers and pirtes,
the same with man; ff he is net
virtuous, he becomes - ~vicious. ~/

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