Bronze Reporter [Volume: 5, Issue: 51]
Sports wd Simmons SAGINAW~The Harlem Satellites, basketball~s newest traveling band of cage stars, whose ranks include Saginaw~s Webbie Kirksey, staged an- exhibition game at the Arthur Eddy School gymn Tuesday night before a full house. Drewrys of the City Basketball Federation, a combination of city loop stars playing under different ~sponsore, pro~vided the Satellies with ample opposition. The Sattelies, who compiled an amazing 113 wins against three losses in their first. season last yea, are led by Rookie Brown, a comedy prince who is player-coach, and Kirksey, former Saginaw High and Eastern _ Michigan College_ great. Others are: Charlie (Big) House, 6-foot5, Dick (Hookshot) Harvey, 6 -foot-6, Lennie Sloan, Byl Matthews, Neal Humphrey and Horace Hill. The city league team included such reliables as Fred Holnagel, Jim Eaton, Chuek Wilkinson,. Leo - Foley and Dave Blake, along with Jim Johnson, Al Welch, Bill: Willer, Lou Dox: ~loc, -Al- Leonard and Glen Stuart *: ~ * + |% Tod Moskal, bowling with the Bancroft. Hotel team in the Merchants~ League at Parkland Lanes, established a ne wceity high~* series with a (737) on games of 279-157-201. In ~compiling the hefty series, Tod had 23 strikes and only one open frame, the 10th of the third game. Art Reithmeier started with a 278 game, followed with 214 and 170 for 662, and Roy Benway; T., rolled a 257 in a 682 series as Saginaw bowlers are beginning to turn on mid-season talent early in the new bowling season. * c Teams wishing to enter the YMCA-Church Basketball League this season should contact Max Fisher at the YMCA at once. Due to limited facilities, the number of:teams may have to be: limited. Classificatio ngames will begin Tuesday, Dec. 9. Entry fee is $42.: There will be a meeting of all -church athletic -representatives at 7:15 p.m. Monday at the YM-. CA. Any team anticipating entering a team should have a reprsentative present. NEWS FROM THE SAGINAW DEPT. OF RECREATION A serni-formal cabaret. dance at the C..O. Hall for the bene fit of. the Fourth and Kirk Recreation Center.will highlight Thanksgiving week ~on the rec reation scene in Saginaw. The dance will be: sponsored by the Frontier~s' Club. The city~s four full-time recreation centers will be closed Thursday for Thanksgiving but will be ~open afl day Friday to handle youngsters out of school for the holidays. A variety of activities will be | offered to keep the youngsters busy, including an Ed Sullivan style talent show at Fourth and Kirk, a dramatics club show at Civitan Center and a_ special}: craft period at Audra Francis Center. The Campfire girls group at the Audra Francis Center will make table favors for the Home for the Aged this week. The Housewives craft series will conclude this week. On the athletic front,the Civitan and Fourth and~ Kirk City League teams will practice at 7 p.m.. tomorrow night. (Monday) at Arthur Eddy Sehool, and their boytown teams will prac tice Wednesday and Thursday. Tuesday the Fourth and Kirk Boys~ Club will stage a boxing show. Teenage~ dances will be held at Audra Francis on Wednesday and at Fourth and Kirk on Tuesday. There will be no Civitan dance this week because of Thanksgiving. Civitan~s Junior Club will~ meet Wednesday night to plan a Christmas party and play. Junior High teenagers are invited. % % = SAGINAW AMATEUR BASKETBALL FEDERATION The 16 teams that have paid entry fees will -start classification games Monday night. This is far below the 36 teams that participated last season, and if team fees are paid before 5:00 p.m. Monday by any others, games will be scheduled for them. Several teams have been formed but ~ack sponsors. If anyone would like to sponsor a team, call Recreation Department, PL. 3-5447. The 16 teams entered to date are: Drewry~s Beer and Ale, Wickes Caqrporation, Edward~s Mens~ Shop, Brinker Lumber, Friar~s Alec, Gustat~s Bar, Blair Transit, Sugar Bowl Restaurant, Baker Perkins, Morley Brothers, Cross Typewriter, Second National Bank, Phillips Road Oiling, W. L. Case, Fourth and Kirk Center and Civitan Center. Other classification games will be played Decomber ist and 4th with season to start December 8, 1958. Entry fee of $54.00, including forfeit fee, must be paid before a classification game is scheduled. Each player will pay a $2.00 registration fee before he is eligible to play in regular season which will be used to defray league expenses. Games will be played. at North, South, Central, Arthur Eddy and Webber Junior highs. Monday and Thursday evenings. Final date for entry and team classification is December 4, 1958: Home For THANKSGIVING ~ YY HURRY uP! SF row roy 4 YOU HAVE ae HI: Luey~ WAIT oa coho; TILL THINGS ~ f ARE PASSED! oc fa i e * BO =: ~, ] sus! 3 mi on: aa WALLACE, YOUR DIET, SW PIECE OF. Le: Pie! Gow,; om~ I'M: y STARVED! ~. ye a | 1 BET THIS IS es Ig~ vox i: segyne{ TH BIGGEST FAMILY ]2 Aires~ ies SMA, GATHERING IN ~ ie ue < 7 ss Yur - ~ pare whe~ ~ ot is eg im 2 RUN A op ce PICTURE? = - RSS HUNTER.with nothing but sympathy and *. By FRED HUBER SID ABEL is a coach in,enviable position. This olone p Abel, who. t on All Time it Red Wing greot, in a unique category. _ ~ For coaches ore, as @ oon d group prone to aapreige~ sal; prone to suffer ss arrows of outraged fan ae Prone fo enjoy but a few fle="iag sce in the occasional glare @ victory spotlight. | Abel oppears fortunately able fo escape the normc' | occupa-] tional hazards of conchina, however. ag Currently at the helm of fhe Detroit Red Wings, a position he accepted on New Year's Day last, he is a man who began ie acceptance fram fen and asso-| ciate alik=: te Segm "FE Se ~> man. S~nner itl Jimmy Skinner- was ~akon ill a year ago, it was ~bvious that a replacement must 4 found, and Abel filled all of the requisites. A great player name who had established: residence. in the community at the end of his active days, Sid had won countless friends through his on-ice ability, and retained them es he deftly stickhandled through three seasons of radio and television commentary. Thus when he picked up the reins of the Wings. he found his friends as numerous as ever, and far more Christian than such ore to the averace coach. Wt is doubtul that even she'd the proud Red Wing fortunes ebb the erv tH tha -tennte would be ~Qld Boot qany an ~When Sid left Detroit to try his abilities as coach for the Black Hawks he was looked on with fondness, tolerance, and sympathy. When he left the Hawks after two seasons. to return fo Detroit and private business, he wos greeted as a returning son. One of Abel~s most. valuable attributes is an unfailing sense of humor. While he feels the same competitive pangs all coaches da, he confided over a luncheon table at the Knife and Fork Club that he: believes o successful coach seeking longevity in his field should be a philosopher. Deadly serious, he still retains enough of the player's point. of view to be able to teach, to lead, to drive, and yet commands both the respect and the approbation: of is team. Nin all # looks as though Sid will be here a long fime. Chiéego-Pive-yeat-old Bobby Brown is a happy youngster as he cavorts with Wilt (~The Stilt~) Cham berlain at LaRabida Sdnitorium here. Wilt and his Harlem Globe Trotter teammates visited the sanitorium to entertain the children. ~Clarence is a ~do-it-your- - self~ fan in everything but vicking up a check!~ Rani cteah nine Si San Francisco: New York~s middibweipht ( R), Joey Giardello, blindly role! a winging big hand at Spider Webb as blood courses down from his left eye~it' the 7th round of their fight~ at the Cow Palace here Nov. 19. Referee stopped the bout a short time later, awarding Webb a TKQ, (UPIT) Wayne Univ. Sets Conference The. football season is over at Wayne State and the final tallies show Jim MacCillan leading the Tartars in every department but pass receiving. Ata nuestéy | player~s meeting, quarterback, Mike Soluk and veteran center, Jim. O~Hara, were elected co-captains of the 1959 Wayne State squad,| They replace seniors MacMillan and Wayne Mueller: | MacMillan, a slight,| 165-pound left halfback. from Grosse Pointe high piled up a total of; 596 yards with 119 carries in seven ball games this fall. His rushing average of 4.3 was good enough: - East Lansing, biaan iS Reias State Halfback Bill Gallagher circled right pit for 15 yards aaa a first down on the Michigan State 46 yard line when the Spartans~. Dick Barker and Sam Williams teckled _. The play followed - eR State~s first aaa te and gies Record for second in -the Presidents~ Athletic Conference season totals. Fullback Hartford Smith was a distant second to MacMillan. jin. team cualiing with. 111 yards in 32 tries. After setting two new. conference scoring records. earlier in the season,~ MaeMillan was _stymied during the latter part of the- schedule. and totaled 37 points. End John Poplawski was the number two man in Tartar scoring with two catches. and a successful conversion réception for 14 points. MacMillan~s new hobby, punting, paid off with a new league record and 4 season average of 39.9 yards in 25. boots. ~Mac~ easily bettered Sam Frontino of | John Carroll~s mark~ of 36.5 with {an average of a. 4 in igague ae ee * ~ ~Soluk; Lehi played most of the |, way at quarterback for Herb | | Smith~s~Tartars this year passed for six TD~s and completed a toital: of 8~-in 32 attempts. Poplaw ~ski, who formerly held the PAC fecord for most- passe scaught in a season= was surprisingly bettered offensively this year by left end: Wayne Mueller. A rugged! 190-pound varsity wrestler, Mueller - was mainly. counted j upon-as*a- defensive man but came.up. with 272 yards, 14 catches, while Poplawski caught 16 but- gained only-171- yards. Both ends were surpassed by MacMillan. in scoring as he eaught ten passes three for touchdowns. Poplawski, scored twiee.and Mueller once. ree Patronize } Our Advertisers Recruiter, touchdown | Air Force Needs ~Space Men~ Sergeant Johnson Air Forée 2901 Holbrook, said today that the Air Force was making a maximum effort to recruit aviation cadets for highly skilled positions in ~Age of Space~ aircraft. There is a particular! need for Navigators, not only for the pres ent but for the years ~to come, Sergeant Johnson ~said. Previously, it was necessary to have college training to qualify for the cadet program. Now, ~any high school graduate who can pass the necessary physical and mental tests is eligible. The immediate need for cadet trainees is due to the rapidly expanding number of Air Force squadrons being equipped with faster-than-sound aircraft. Flying in teday~s longrange, super-sonic aircraft is a challenging profession; a profession fit only for the elite of the nation~s manhood. A young man must have the willingness to fly, the ability to concentrate on vigorous study, and the intestinal fortitude to follow through on any mission) Johnson said.~ '~The United States Air Force can~s guarantee you will become | |; a millionaire as an aircrew member,~ the sergeant said, ~but the pay is substantial ~ adequate to provide for you and your family ~ the benefits are many, and the knowledge thzt you are serv ing in an honorable ie ice is |. rewarding..Toward the close of an Air Force career, the ization that you have help~d your country is more than adequate ~ it gives a feeling of satisfaction for a job well done.~ High school graduates interlested in a.rewarding career in the United States Air Force are urged to contact Sergeant Johnson at j 2p02 Holbrook. | eae Seat OS eben sy ape cae ae 6 BRONZE REPORTER, SATURDAY, NOV. 29, 1958 Aggies Roll GREENSBORO, N. C 2 the A&T College Aggics rolled over the Virginia State College Trojans, 34-6, in an important CI Hampton, Oxford Spar Verbally -HAMPTON, Va. ~ A verbal sparring match will be held in! ~ Ogden Hall at Hampton Institute when, the debate team, of the | college matches wits with two members of the Oxford Univer sity debating Seam) are. 2 at 7 p.m. 22 Bie 8G Crossing the ocean, do battle on the subject, ~resolved that the further development of nuclear weapons should be prohibited by international agreement,~ will be Thomas S. Griffiths, a student of Magdalen College, and Brian Alastrair Waldren,.of Queen~s -College. The two English students will take the affirmative.: Hampton ~ Institute~s debaters, Lonnie Williams, Houston, Texas, and Conrad Simon, British West Indies, will try..to out match|~> their opponents contending that Further development of. nuclear weapons should Rot be prohibited. Mr. Griffiths, Who: is reading law at Magdalen College, is president of the Oxford Union Society, Trinity term, 1958; news editor of. the ~Isis~ and editor of Conservative Association Magazine, He has served as 2nd Lieut- Royal Artillery, British Army of the Rhine. ~~s om Over Va. State 34-6 ~ AA football same played have last Saturday at Memorial Stadium. The victory moved the Aggies into a two-way tie in the conference flag race. with North Carolina College of Durham, the team they will face on Thanksgiving day to settle the affair. A crowd of more than 13,000 swelled by 7,800 school boys and girls, guests: of the college for High School Senior. Day, on the scrap. It was. the larg ~turnout of the ~season. ~Irhe Aggies used practically every player on the bench~ and in doing so caused five players to participate in the scoring. Howard Smith, senior quarierback, was a. prime factor in the two ~TD~s, but Paul Swann was inserted and engineered the remaining scores, The Aggies hit for two early touchdowns: and -were_ never overhauled. The outstanding line play, a big factor.which has kept the Aggie Conterence record clean, was called. upon to stop three. scoring. thrusts, one by a~fumble on the 15 yard line; - another.by a pass interception at the 32 in the second quarter and one on the 3rd yard line in the waning minutes of the ball game. Outstanding on defense for the Aggies were William Fowler, a guard; Jim Toon at end and Lorenzo. Stanford and Charles Stiggers, both tackles. _ The Virginians played without their star halfback, George Moody; recently injured but currently leading the CIAA rashing. Harry Morgan, another halfback, was their outstanding star. He ran an 86-yard kickoff return for a score and: gained 53. yards in eight trys.: hat te ow eva } age. sempereinter: at aver packed in this seamless poly; f e 17 billion Ibs. of potatoes 1956 at an retail of 5.7 cents per Ib. A saving 0.4 ounces 425 million i oo 2 ory a.
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