Bronze Reporter [Volume: 8, Issue: 12]

~ ELKS~ NUMBER ONE~ FLOAT~The parade float ofthe Bablamian. Elks, seen: top: shove Was awarded first place citation at recent~ national Elks (I.B.P:O\E: of: W.). convention: in ~New, York Gity In lower photo, Nassau~s Clarence Bain; Elk: lead er, legislator and businessman, points: with pride to Bahamas ~exhibit located in the Commodore H otel, headquarters of the Elks-62nd Annual Grand., Lodge Convention. To the right of Mr. Bain is Charles A.~Rhodriquez, Elk director of education. for the Bahamas, while looking from left, are~ J. Amos Harris, president, Pennsyivania State: Association, Philadelphia, Miss Madeline Boxley Wash ington D. C.; Mrs. Gussie R.. Kitt, Washington, D.C.; and Irvin R. Banks, Elk.Grand Trustee, Wa shington, Pa. On float in:front of the internationally famous Theresa: Hotel on New York~s upper 7th Avenue are the Dudley. Smithi steel band and beautiful queens. Following the prize winning. entry. are: members. of the Bahamas. Elk, delegation which included~ Mr. Bain, Mr. Rhodriquez and.Da,ughter Lillian Archer, newly elected Grand. Temple. Keeper of the Gate. Other Bahamas Eik lead ers are Exalted Rulers Samuel~G. Williams, Eu:. Teka ~Lodge 114, Duben Knowles, Curfew Lodge 1162; Michael Curtis, Hercules Lodge 1202 L. A Tinker, Morning Star Lodge 1414, Harcurt Brown, Guiding Star.Lodge 1374,:Bimini Island;;and Ronald Duncombe, Conch Shell Lodge 1383. Daughter Rulers are Mable Boswick, Excelsior Temple 37, Deris Fitzgerald, Curfew Temple 1162, Doris Tinker, Evening Star Temple 1046, Kathlan~ Johnson, Alpha Temple 909, and Agnes Saunders, Guiding Star Temple 1374. ~Top Cat~ TV Fun Show To Start Sept. 27. i ae | Boilies | players, *\ a ear accident~ Z iSteuok: by. lightning). i at fullback. Only. present cloud winner ~of men~s championship, from Jackson, Miss., flank~ women~s champion: Mrs: Verniee Tur-- Qedan: City, N. J.,.a: two-time~ winner of~ the fairer-set: group:. ing, Atsceriter-are seen-UGA officers-and~représentatives of Coca-| Gola -viewihg~ trophies~ donated~ by Phe Coca-Cola. Company, At~ Janta, Ga., for~ alfamateur divisions of the 350-person tourney.: Youth wifiners are at right. with, from: left, Lonnie-Jones, Cin-- -cinnati, Ohio; who heads UGA youth development program, Cham ner, pion, Jerry Owens; Hattiesburg, ~ Andre. Wilson Philadelphia, and Fred Eieberman, Brookline;, Mass. In,center panel, standing, left to right are Howard Andersen, UGA president, Toledo, Ohio; Don~ Crane; Coca-Cola Bottling Company of; Broekton,: Mass; PRman- Moss H. Kendrix, Washirtgton,~ D:C., head of~ firm: serving Coca-Cola host committee chairman: Jack Dukes, Boston, and..Leo Mclsaac, Coca-Cola Battling Company. of Boston. Seated, left. and right, are ~ Capt. Arthur E. Johnson, superintendent of. the. 36th-hole. Ponka poag Golf Course;: Canton, Mass., and James C. Parham,.:Coca:Cola, ~ scemcous at Brockton, Mass. | Sieh Gites toprminnerkciasthe United Golfers Associa-. ~ tion ~~ 35th annual ~national: tournament are: seen: above following. the Busten* event: In- 1éffphote-~right, Willie Greer, Nashville, and: Peta Brown,: pro: winner. Miss., and in-order runners-up public relations interests, UGA on: which. tourney: was: played; ~ 7? ANN ARBOR., ~ Set for a iy start with development. of reserves. ~ a major problem ~ Michigan's 68-man: varsity foot-} ball* squad: began full-scale -practice Friday: They open. with UCLA; September 30: Coach Bump Elliott has emp. + hasized a fast start although. the pre-season practice period is longer than usual. -~We have an all letterman first team as a base up- | on which. to: start,~. he-.said, ~but reserves were our problem in last - Spring/s practice~ and; they have been further complicated by the ~unfortunate- deaths- of. two-of our -Phil-- Garrison, ~ sophomore right, tackle, whom we.counted.upon as No. 2 at the Spot and Joe: Sligay a-center ranked as fourth choice.~ (Garriso~ died in gay. was The: Wolverine coach ae said he: planned to continue ~as. far as. possible~ his. three platoon! system. ~We may not have enough talent for three ~really complete - ~units, and possibly not enough for two; full unit outfits, but: we'll try to: find that out in.a hurry,~ ~Elliott~ said: j: In the line only Jon Schopf at right; tackle. returns as a regular. The big former Grand Rapids lineman will team with John Houtman. on the other side. of the line. Houtman, a: letterman, was a defensive player last year as were the. middle. trio,: guards Lee Hall -and~ Joe O~Donnell. and Todd Grant at center. Bright -spot in the Wolverine picture is: the all-veteran backfield from 1960 with Glinka, quarter; both halfbacks, Bennie McRae and Dave Raimey, and either Ken Tureaud or Bill Tunnicliff is- the. possibility that Tureaud~s shoulder, injured in the final: game against Ohio State last year, will not stand up under heavy blocking. ere ane > ~unflinching attack, Saturday night ~| inital opposition on. a Piston 1961 - ee va ae Oe ee TN oma eta Carlog- Oftiz- used~ a swift and ~te: win~ a unanimous: 10-round decision over Cuban champion ~Beach Auditorium: / iad: vane Diastielt'at the individual~ scoring: records at both Olympia-and' University of Detroit ~Memorial~ Building; will get the first crack at~ the-new Convention ~Arena standard: when the Pistons! usher im: professional~ basketball ~there Oct: 25: Baylor and his. Los. Angeles Laker teammates will provide the. 62 NBA liome schedule which includes 30~ dates and. six doubleheaders. The: Laker strongman previous at U-D Memorial and shares the Olympis record. of..57 with.the St. Louis. Hawks~ Bob Pettit. % a + The Western: Division champion frequent vistiors. They will call seven times meeting: the Pistons on five~: occasions and Philadelphia..and Chicago once each. --Chicago, Cincinnati and Los Angeles. will appear six times apiéce and the World Champion Boston Celtics will be on hand for: four: games. ~ all with the Pistons. For the Royals, the switch from Olympia: and U-D will be a wel ~Training comed one..In the Pistons~ four Mrs. Alice Stewart A Golf Champion MRS. ALICE STEWART~ A -REAL CHAMP! This can truly-be said of Mrs. Alice Stewart, wife of Rev. Carlyle Stewart and the mother of. four; who is a CHAMPION GOLFER. Mrs. Stewart has been playing golf..since 1947, and she has more than fifty-five trophies to her credit. After her family, golf comes next..She has played in many tournaments; and is. placed. in the championship Flights. Her history includes: winning tournaments, being the runner up, and once place third. Golfing takes her to Chicago, Toledo, and Minnésot~:wnere. she. often plays in the Chicago: Woman~s Open Tournament, The Mid-West Tournament in Toledo, and the Minnestoa Negro Open Tournament. Mrs. Stewart~s prizes have included merchandise such as washing machine and a diamond ring. Her most exciting tournament participiation. was. in.. the. United. States Golf. Association Open~ ing, held at Forest Lake County Douglas Vaillant~ at~ the Miami} ly posted a game. high of 47*points.|' Hawks will be the Arena~s: most |. sub par gelé is: the dream of every golfer.. Sie, said: it is the most. Good golf in: her estimaion, requines: canstant practice, and a welt developed. wrist. She describes-golf as: good! clean: healthful reereation, To those who have acquired: added* weight during: the winter, and wish to combat it, Mrs. Stewart gives a word of advice: ~get: out on the golf course!~ To the beginner, she gives words~ of ~warning; play~ on: shorter courses; seek. professional instruction, which: is available at all municipal cougses... The. professional instruction will take the beginner~s swing: and. build his+ game around it. She further adds: ~do not jump in and~ buy expensive equipment. until you are sure of your-interest in the. game; then apply -yourselé by: constant practice.~ To Mrs. Stewart, golf is,a form of recreation! yet. the - number of trophies bereee a, champion. We Salute you. Mrs. Stewart, a real previous: seasons ti: Detroit, Cincinnati never once claimed a victory at either of the two home sites.: With the addition of the Chicago franchise. the Pistons schedule will jump to-80 games. Besides their 30 home dates, coach Dick McGuire~s athletes will play four games at Fort Wayne and 46 others on foreign and neutral courts. The Pistons will play 23 of their ~home games either on Wednesday: (15) or Saturday (8). Three games each will be played on Sunday and~ Friday, and the other date is a Monday (New Year~s night). Starting time for single games has-been moved batk a half- hour, froin 8 to. 8:30 p. m. with doubleheaders stilk tipping off at 7. McGuire will take his 17 candidates to Marysville: High School for a 10-day. pre-season: training stint beginning Sept. 15. The club will open its 10-game exhibition season early Ps October. * Twenty gdh in the PSL will start their first. workouts. Tues-* day. The first day will be devoted principally to registration of candidates and issutng of informs. Thereafter the- players will be busy six days a week since the season opens: Friday, Sept. 22. Denby. defeated Cooley for the PSL championship: last fall then came from behind in~ the last period to- edge Catholic Central 21-18, in the Goodfellow game before a record breaking turnout of 39,196 persons in Tiger Stad ium. * * One of the important coach changes this~ new season will be George Newman who will be swimming and track coach at ~Eastern in place of Lorenzo Wright, who was granted a leave of absence to accept a position at the University of Nigeria in Afri pul * * % % When Michigan~ State Coach Duffy Daugherty turned to his bench for breakaway runners last -year he--confronted- with nothing but power-running backs. This year when Daugherty wants to insert some real speed ~into ~his ~backfield he~lf have a number of rapid sophomores to turn=to: CHAMP! Club in Detroit 1952, In the game of golf, Mrs. Stewart made the. statement The two:youngésters hé'probabily will resort to niovt~éften are Sherman Lewis, a lean, little runner from Louisville, Ky., and ~Dewey:-Lincoln, the compact: all ~ state. speedsters from Hamtramck. ~Lewis -has some of the~ most. impressive. credentials. of any |. Spartan back of recent years. He has run the 50-yard dash in 5.3 ~seconds; the 60-yard dash in:06.3 { * high~ school tracksman: he cracked and the 100 in:09.8. Lincoln will give a step or two ~to Lewis in wind sprints but as a the: 10-second mark in the 100 with a. clocking. of:09.9, _Dewey reminds -me a lot of Billy Wells: the: way*he: runs. He cuts and weaves all over the place:. Lincoln. weighed in at, 178:pounds on the first day of* practice after a summer of working with an asphalt gang for the City. of Hamtrack. He expeets to play this fall at about 173. % Bo % Former middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson will meet Wilf Greaves, the young Canadian title contender, in the feature 10 -rounder of the next Detroit Boxing Club: presentation at the new Cobo. Arena Sept. 25. Robinson, who was born Walker Smith in Detroit, Jan*3, 1920, decisioned Garth Panter in a 10 -rounder in ~his last appearance in Detroit, May 4. The bout with Greaves will launch a -second comeback. campaign: for the five-time:holder of the middleweight title dnce _ recognized as one of the greatest fighters in the business. that. DETROIT TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER~ 9, 1961 ee

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