Bronze Reporter [Volume: 5, Issue: 36]

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RTER SOFTBALL TEA

BRONZE REPi

kneeling: Geraldine Readis, Geraldine Wells, Frauline ge Joyce
Peck, Eva Childress. SECOND ROW: Mamager Owen~ ~ Jackson,
Cottie Dennis, Almyra Owens, Ethel Dumas; Team Captain ~Frankie
Wynn, Violet Blackwell, Eva Hamilton and Beverly Morris.

RAY'S
CORBER

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By RAYMOND L. DAVIS

BRONZE REPORTER SPONSORS
LOCAL GIRLS TEAM

Your Bronze Reporter is now
the proud sponsor of a girls softball team.

This team so far has been unGefeated. If you~re in the vicinity
of Clark School some afternoon,
you might be lucky enough to
catch the girls in action in their
new blue and Red Bronze Reporter jerseys.

~The ladies met in tHe month
cf May with Mendall Vaughn at
Clark School. The softball team
was formed and Owen Jackson
was appointed their manager..

Games were scheduled and at
the end of the first six games,
the. Bronze Reporter team had
scored over 100 runs to their opponents 20 odd runs.

The teampersennel includes:
Mrs.. Frankie~;Wynn, the team
captain. Mrs. Wynn has about 12
years of experience. during which
time she played with such tears
as Buick CIO, Caldwell~s Grocery,
Clifford St. Center and Superior
Life Insurance.

On the mound: you will.find
either Geraldine Wells or Eva
Childress.

Mrs. Wells is employed. at the
A. C. Spark Plug Division of G.M.
In her many years of experience
as a ball player, she has played
with the Kentucky Barbeque
Team and Clark School. _.

Mrs. Childress played on the
same teams as Mrs. Wells. She
is also employed at the A. C.

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q ~dine Readis: Miss. Readis is a
= Vof softball experience. She has.
4 Street Center and Buitk: CIO.

| In the outfield we have Tina
_[Chandler, Violet ~Blackwell,

cago, is employed at the.A. C.

| starting. team. at one position or

At first base is Gil- ~Hodges,
better known as Mrs. Cotie Marie
Dennis, operator of Cetie~s Beau
ty Salon on Parkland Street. She |

has previously played with Buick
CIO ahd St, John ~Center.

At séebnd base is Mrs. Beverly
Morris, ~who formerly played
with teams~in ~Lansing. She is |
employed ~at the, pues, Motor Di-:
vision.:

In. the last hot corner is Geral
Flint product with about 11 years
formerly ~played with Clifford

Almira Owens, Ethyel Dumas,
Joyce Peck.and Maxine Hunter.

Mrs. Chandler has played with
teams in her home at- East St.
Louis, Illinois. She works in the
Admitting Department at Hurley
Hospital. -.*

~Mrs... Blackwell formerly of Chi
Mrs. Owens formerly played

with Clifford Street Center. She |~

is employed at the Flint Cleaners
and Dyers as a silk finisher and
hat blocker.

Mrs. Dumas has played with
Elm Park playground.

Joyce Peck. is. one of the most
experienced players on the. team.
She formerly. played -with ' Clifford Street Center. and Buick
CIO. Mrs. Peck ~is employed vat
Hurley~ Hospital.

Mrs. Fraulien Hogan, a Flint
product, and sometimes is mistaken for Yogi Berra: -A great
catcher and a good ball hawk describes her perfectly. She formerly played with Buick CIO,
Caldwell~s Grocery, Superior
Lake. Insurance and Clifford
Street Center.

Mrs. Eva Hamilton is a utility
player. She: is outstanding at all
positions and js always on the

another. She, is employed at the
Mott Foundation. She was a
member of the St. John Athletic
Club who went to Lansing, Mich- |
igan~s State Tournament and |
won~ it the championship three
straight years.

This. is.a rundown on the
Bronze Reporter Girls Softball
Team. A team that we are all
truly proud of. May we all give
this team our greatest support.. ~No use to put your foot
down when you haven't a leg
to stand on!~

FALSTAFF
BEER
38 Bay Gi, Michigas
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6 BRONZE REPORTER,

public: relations firm

relations and promotions.

PRESIDENTS AT GOLF SUMMIT pears Heads of ihe United 4 Golfers Association tind
leaders in its affiliated units were in Dayton last week for important conference involving future plans of UGA to sponsor and promote the group~s annual tournaments. Seen
above are, left to right, UGA president Frank lin T. Lett, Detroit; Moss H. Kendrix, D. C.
head; Max Stanford, Eastern Golf Assoéi

phia, and Howard Anderson, president of the Midwest District Golf Association, all
pausing between rounds in tourney sponsored by Dayton~s Fairway Golf Club. The Moss
H. Kendrix Organization was retained by UGA to handle certain aspects. of its public

iation president, Philadel
EAST LANSING, Mich. ~ A

squad of 76 athletes will be invited to return to the! Michigan
State campus for varsity football practice beginning Monday,
Sept. 1.

Letters of invitation. from
Coach Duffy Daugherty to: the
grid ~andidates. are. due to go
into the:mails tomorrow. They
~will <+6ntein:- instructions,on
early. ~physical:. conditioning,4
where and when to report,
some practice plans. and the
first:pep talk of the new sea

~Because of the wonderful attitude and tremendous desire of
the squad members of recent
years,~ Duffy says in the letters, ~the Spartans have earned
an enviable reputation, ~We
have a grand opportunity this
year to. add to ~it; In} fact, this
team can be as fine as any that
has ever represented Michigan
State providing we |keep the
close-knit unity and each player
always. places.the welfare of
the team. first.~

The squad will be adinost
evenly |. split between sophomores and upperclassmen ~ 14
seniors, 25 juniors and: 37
sophs. *By positions, | there ~ will
be 11 ends, 14 tackles, 13
guards, seven centers, seven

GRID CLINICS SCHEDULED:

~DURHAM,.N. C. |(CIAA) ~
R:'D. Armstrong, ~C - Football
Commissioner, has. | announced
grid clinics for Richmond, Va.,
~on August 24-and_ /Greensboro,
N, C., om. Septembmer 6..

Ez. C. Krieger will be the con
sultant for the clinic in Richmond on -Sunday, ~August | 24.
This clinic. was} originally

scheduled for: Saturday, August
23. Krieger will discuss recent

Spartans Invite

76. Gridders

quarterbatks, ten:. left halfbacks;; seven right halfbacks
and sever~ fullbacks.

The players will be drawn
from 12 states and the Territory of Hawaii. Nearly half ~
35 ~ are Michigan products.
Pennsylvania. contributes 12,
Illinois 19 and Ohio 5. Others

Indiana -(2), Minnesota (2), Hawaii (2) and one each are from
New York, Alabama, New Jersey, California and Arizona.

Rick. Ferrell
Named Farm
Chief.

DETROIT~Richard B. ~Rick~
Ferrell has been named Director
of Minor League Personnel for
the Detroit Baseball Company,
General Manager John J. McHale
announced today.

Ferrell, 53, has been in baseball since 1926, when he signed
with Detroit, and has been in the
Tiger organization as a coach
since 1950 and. as a scout since
1954. Currently, he has been operating as.a scout on a nationwide. basis.

McHale said that Ferrell would
be in charge of ~supervision, advancement. and instruction of all
minor league players under contract. The duties of hiring and
directing minor league managers
also will be his responsibility.

Ferrell assumes: charge -of the
Tigers~ 10-club)farm system with
some 200 players. The:top four
clubs, Charleston of the American
Association, Birmingham of. the
Southern Association, Augusta of
the SALLY League and Lancaster
of ~the Eastern League are either

football rule changes before the
Central Board of- athletic officials. >

leading or near the top of their
league.,:

come from, ~Massachusetts (3),.}

Tiger Film
Available

DETROIT ~ A new film ~in
color ~ ~Tigertown,. U.. S, -A.~
~ has been leveloped for ~the
Detroit Baseball. Company ~and
is now ready for - distribution,
General Manager John J. McHale anneaeey today.

The: 22-minute 66. mm. sound
movi~, a-yéar,in the making, has
scenes showing Major league ac:
tion at Briggs Stadium, spring
training activities, and other in
teresting baseball ~scenes.

Designed fo appeal to all age
groups, ~Tigertown,. U. S. A.~
offers instructional. action taken
at the club~s Tigertown training
center at Lakeland, Florida. Tiger players~ provide ~the~ background for these: scenes,

The film portrays.a prospect
signing, his activities at Tigertown and how the Detroit..club
starts development,.of. players
through its farm. ~system, ~ Also
shown are spring training: action
gaces with the Tigers and Yankees.

Exceptional shots taken at
Briggs Stadium show plenty of
action with. Al Kaline, Harvey
Kuenn and other Tigers, and
also good close-ups ~of rival stars
Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle in action.

McHale said the film was
made for the Tigers. by~. the
Coca-Cola Company ~ and:: was

Horton,: mi
It is available. now. for |
and~ can be.

of the Detfoit. Baseball Company.

McHale also {indicated ~that
Tiger scouts would: haye prints

of ~Tigertown, U. S. A.~* for
their use in the field. ~

SATURDAY, AUG. 16, 1958

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MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL

written and directed: by apes

the Public Relations Department

pe ree~ 16, [958

_ The tennis;
Arvelia Mit

It was-not only the first. time
Miss McvanEs had lost a match
in two years but also the first
time she had dropped a set during that period, Hailed as a
logical successor to Althea Gibinvincible, Miss McEvans coula,,son and eonsidered practically

do nothing with the strong backhand developed by Mrs. Mitchell.
It looks as if the latter after
at least six "years of competition
has finally found the touch,
The match Sunday shocked the | *
eotery and the winner was be
Clark. School _

iIn- Ha

Losing.

~Tag Clark School. in Two Game

The Clark Schoel-*Men~s Club
met with some rough going this
past week. On Saturday, August
9, in a game against Metropolitan Baptist Church, ~Twist~ Roland, 42 year-old long-time hero
in the city of Flint, baffled the
Clark Men with his wide array
of pitches. ~Twist~ proved that
the ~old man~ still has a lot on

the ball. ~

The final ~Score, pen
12, Clark 2.

Monday: the same tivo teams
met at Clark School field and
once again the southside camme
cut on the short end. This time
it 'was Percy James~ turn to fire
at Clark. batsmen_and fire he

~| did, but in the fifth inning Percy

ran into trouble and Clark narnowed the. margifi to 16-6. At
this point ~Twist~ again came. to
the rescue of the northend team.
Clark has lost but three games
~ one to Whittier and two to
Metropolitan. Manager Clarence

-|MeCoy is trying to get his team

back inthe groove so that they

politan which now stands as two
wins for Metropolitan and one
win for Clark:

cwen McEvans atm
Nat'l Women~s Singles

_ Shady Rest Club, Plainfield, N. J. |

world. was rocked here Sunday when Mrs., New York veteran, upsét national champ
Gwen McEvans; ~Detroit, to win the women~s singles in the
annaul Southeastern tournament. The count was 6-3 and 7-5.

sieged by photographers and
newsmen who kept her busy posing and answering questions for
almost an hour after her victory. *
In the men~s singles, Wilfrid
Jenkins, of Florida, continued
to display his mastery. He defeated Vernon Morgan, New Work,
~~-3, 6-3. Jenkins, just out o~ the
Air. Force, leoms as our ~best
prospect in many years.

can'.even the series with Metro- ||

Ha hen

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