Bronze Reporter [Volume: 8, Issue: 28]
FLOAT OF THE QUEENS~it was JSune-in-December and Orange Blossom Classic time in Miami when the above eight beautiful queens from Jacxson (Miss.) State College and the high schools of the Gréat-r Miami area assembled to mount attractive parade fat provided by the Miami Coca-Cola Bottling Company. The pretty Jackson coeds, all Mississippi natives, are ~Miss Jackson State,~ Joyce Thomas,. Yazoo City, standing left;-and her attendants, Vera Polk, Jackson, right, and Betty Buchanan, Mt. Olive seated. In the foreground, left to right, are~ the ~charming Dade County, Fla., high 3 1 qucdisRnnétte ~Hunter, Miami~s. Narth_ western Hi, Willie~ ~Daniels, ~George Washington Carver, Coconut * Grove, North Dade~s Maxine Stevenson, Opalacka, Marion Walker, Mays High of Goulds, and ~Miss Booker T, Washindtek: " Tutte DeGraff, Miami, honorary-\attendants for the visiting Ayeen, For a number_ef_gears, ~Coga-Cola has been ~an active sup er of Orange Blossom Classi~ activities. In addition to spon ~ring parade float; the Atlanta-hbsed soft drink company and its~Bottlers in Florida..and.Missi radio coverage of the g donated player of game trophies hosted half-time luncheon or press, radio~and TV repre tives covering. the {Alt least..100,600 -spectators-saw-the 96-- unit parade, with a ~recordipredking crowd of 47,791- ~paid-tusning out to see the FAMU ic ers~ defeat Jackson 14-8. rh. Se The newest and the oldest Stadium Friday, Dec. 29; in a smash-hit attractions in basketball | tripleheader' program that also; will be on view at the Olympia} includes Cab Calloway as the singing star of his own variety show.; The newest? That, of course, is the thrilling American Basketball.. League. style of ~ play which will be offered in Detroit for the first time when the: Pittsburgh Rens meet the Chicago Majors in the night~s main event. i The oldest?~ Tiaat could - be | nothing else ~but the Harlem Globetrotters, who: will face the Washington Generals in the opening game, beginning at 8 p.m. The Globetrotters have been the surest box-office hit in sports for the past thirty-five-years. In that span, they piayed in.countries and in every~ continent on earth. They have ~made millions laugh at their antics and gasp at their cage wizardy. In Moscow and in Tokoyo, in Los Angeles and in Thailand and in India, in the U. S. and in Moscow, in Singapore and in the Canary Islands, the Trotters have convulsed spectators with the funniest show on earth. The Rens and the Majors are~ great pro clubs. The new ABL put defense back in the game and gives the little fellow a chance to star, innovations which have won enthusiastic approval from fans everywhere. Yet the) 4 notion persists that these fine teams may be overshadowed by the inimitable Trotters... ~For the Trotters have establish~ed the most fantastic attendance | records all over the world with a performance that is unlike~ any-; sig else. anywhere in sports. |, Trotters are a tremendous feckcthent club, good enough to heet any team -anywhere. And _ | they are somethine ~ore-they are |} the mest delightful" ~buffons you've ever seen. GREAT ATTRACTIONS ONE ADMISSION PRICE HAST GENERALS. Pro science tate as it Should be Played Official American ~ Basketball League Game CHICAGO Fans never ate of -watehing | T sONSOrS Triploheader D Dec. 29; a came. You don~t need to under-show are an sale at-the Olympia stand basketball to appreciate the Stadium and at Grinnells~ down Trotters. If you like: to laugh, town. ticket office at bargain that~s enough. prices -~$1.50, $2:50 and wage - Tickets for this tripleheader including tax. WUEPHY: SUMMONS, FORWARD Calendar Week For. Institute Of Arts An exhibition of 90. French drawings and watercolors ~ from Michigan ~ collections, - coverifg. the span from 13th Cefitury illo. minations to Picasso and a eed Gleizes, Matisse, Maillol, Cae ~Such masters ag ~Gren Pissarro ~will be represe will be on View at Detroit | from private collections. In addiInstitute of Arts | San. 70 | tion, @ number of drawihgs by through: Feb. ~* _ | Yesser Known masters of, French painting, who are rarely repre_amering the A {sented in such exhibitions, want | in an. hour ~Big Bobo Brazil, ~giant Negro ' star, will meet ~the ~masked. Mr. {and Sonny, a popular, duo, | match. |. Amd, 10 lete the ~card, | Don Leo ogame +has been pair~ es fans for their stipport.~~ | troit area wrestling fahs the best ~| Lawrence Tech _| terned in his uniform a week will include~ dawings ME Leger, ihe Arts Commission -if the}? 898 of Detroit, and arunees of Tuesday, Jan, 9, from ie Pa Mr, gba a a match that should be a wild brawl. The Nielson brothers are world tt a team champions. ~Beth headline M., an unknown who appearéd on the scene here a month ago, Weaver. brothers, Johnit match grips with: Angelo ~Poffo ahd Bronko ~Lubich in ~a tag feam @d with. pepular - Poe maniine in * special bout: - Be --Doyte ~said that oe mpesiat holiday card ~was atte to" show ~our apprecidtion to ~the: He revealed that ~he and~ Bar-: nett have obtained. 11 ~dates. through July. for wrestling. ~Pro. grams ~at Cofivention Afena!:~ - ~We'll continue to give De talent in the world,~.Doyte ~said,; in announcing the 1962 ~ epic 2nd Miss. Negro To. Run For. Congress _ - CLARKSDALE,. Miss.~ ~ - the Rev. Theodor Trammel, 35-year the ~second Negro candidate for construction. Trammel: said he was-a Demo| -crat and ~would oppose Democratie Rep. Frank Smith. Last week | Robert Smith, 4 wealthy grocer, annouticed that he would run, for amatehes are for | ee ee with old Methodist minister, ~became |~ Congress in~ ee since Re- | matter of hot, det - DeMareo nal ~ amc. that~ knockéd ot tortner ~pion Don Jotdan, at 2:40 of ae: ~ second round: was ~right in. the~ pit of the seneh~ Referee | Billy Connolly said at was ~right | on the bel line.~ But Jordan, knocked-out fo: the.second time in: a 70-bout career a it was}. a low blew. eo * _* Former football star: Lenny. Ford has filed a Circuit Court suit for $10,000 im damages against the Green Bay. Packers. ~Ford charges.that in June, 1958, he signed a contract ~with the) Packers and was to Trecéive $11,000 for that season at ~S$9r6. 66 per game. - The contract, Ford also charges, contained a clause that he could not be fired without first receiving written notice. Despite this, the suit charges, the ~onetime University of Michigan player was fired Dec:.13,.1958., without notice and that he has not. been paid for the season~s Jast game. He says his dismissal ~injured his reputation as a playor... Judge James Montante ~ has Scheduled a hearing on the motion for Jan. 5. ~ Paul O~Brien~s~ 27 points carta Catholic Central toa 67-55 basketball victory over Inkster Thursday night.. John Borden scored 18 for Inkster. * * # Reggie Hardifig, a former All 7 gsr Paced: by John Bradley, small vs. Brooklyn College All-American: from 1961, Lawrence Tech~s Blue Devils will seek the championship of the fourth annual Tech basketball "tournament next Thursday, Friday and: Saturday (Dec. 28 thru 30) in Rochester, New. York. Bradley, currently leading L. I. T. with a 380-point average for five games, was the nation~s, second highest ranking scorer @' year ago. The eight-team tourney, which. is limited ~to technical colleges \ from the East, South and Midwest, is sponsored by Rochester: Institute of Technology. Lawrence. Tech was No, 1 and is the pre-tourhey favorite. The Blue Devils, who will be without the services off high ~scoring Cap Pethers. who ago due to wns reasons, City and All-State basketball ace tal?~ eo By aan Sarr clash with Brooklyn Poly Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m. The complete. pairings: (all | games on Thursday) 2 p.m.Indiana Tech (Fort Wayne) vs. Newark College of Engineering (Newark, New Jersey); 4 p.m.-- Poly; 7 p.m. - Pratt Institute (New York) vs. West Virginia Tech (Montgomery); 9 p.m. - Rochester Tech vs. Illinois Tech. (Chicago), the defending champions. L. I. T. has 3-2 record to date, losing to undefeated DePaul -and ence-beaten Baldwin-Wallace. The Blue Devils hold victories over Alma, Northwood and Detroit Tech. The four winners ~will clash in seeded| Friday night~s. semifinals with the losers dropping into the consbdlation bracket..in afternoon ~games. The consolation and championship contests are slated for Saturday night. eal age DECEMBER ~ i Corporation ~started! la. Selene coast-to-coast: enginpen evaluation and test. run, turbine power plant for passenger cars. ~ Chrysler~s original automotive regenerative gas turbine engine ~made a similar road test ~in 1956. The new test is m g the completion of five-and-one-half years of exhaustive laboratory and proving grounds performance testing and materials development. only automaker to undertake and monstrate notable improvements |, 3M\ of the Chrysler gas turbine en| gine as a passenger car power | source and, at the same time, | ~ j will subject the latest turbine Chrysier Corperation is the, | tba peer we ysler Starts Tests; Of Gas Turbine Engine; Huebner, dr., ng cage Research, will ~discuss the status ef the company~s turbine program. The coast-to-coast trip will de engine design to arduous midwinter, over-the-road~ conditions. During the 8,000-mile test, the turbine-powered Dodge Turbo Dart will use various types of low cost fuel,. including. kerosene, low-grade gasoline and JP4 (jet fuel): The route will traverse mountain elevations rang ~level to sub-tevel desert lands. ~Rigid ments en route. The Dodge nm, } Since inst Season will be maintained, subjecting give the. vehicle to exacting meguire |: ioe Se New York City! iin _Mr. Huebner fast news conference with news lie) of the gas tarbine ~Pve gained about dive pounds ~The stands 7 feet, % inch rch an seates iced pounds.~~):: ~In Cliristian's.. ~opening - game against the alumni, last month, Harding pumped in 42 points and mext game against: Meggs High he reversed the totals~-39 points and: 42 rebounds... - Reggie, in pacing. Christian~ s seven-game winning streak (in- - cluding four league triumphs), is averaging 35. points and 41 rebounds. ~| understand the ~Public School here ~will, have an opportunity to complete~ in the state tournament this season,~ he contihued. ~I inissed the bid by one year, but there~s a good chance that Christian might make a berth ~in the Ténnesseé state tournament. If: it~ does, Tl ve in there shooting, too. The Tenhessee meet is Set vip much like the one here in Michigan. Chryistian~s track squad. ~ _Aftet the Dasketball ~ampaign, Reggie plans to go out for ~Pl concentrate on the high and low hurdles, or wherever they can use my ~elgetr he said. ~ Harding~s former. cone: Bob Samaras, of Eastern explained how Reggie is eligible for. prep in Tennessee. *Re played for three years (six ~~Semeésters) of -baskettall' J still eli ex for ee s~ nesters W is class Seated last Fane said the aah: ~In Tennessee the varsity prep age limit is 21 yéars. Harding turned 19 last May and is by aa this season. ee 2h e Bee gf hae expected ~teonble in Northeastern~s tiny ~gym Wednesday, an@ that~s what it found. Northern found scant sprinting room beyond the bat~kboards and Northeastern wrapped up its fourth straight triumph in ~the East Side Public Sehool League race, 56-42, LeRoy Haywood, a 6-5%- senior, took ~seoring honors with 21 points, 65 Ray Lee added 14 and 66 Jim Edwards 12. Northern~s one-man scoring. machine, Jerry Pettway, settled for 15. Haywood ~is averaging 25 points. The initial setback removed Northern from. a four-team deadlock. Two other unbeaten teams, defending champion Eastern and - Cass Tech, both coasted to easy decisions. stern subdued -winless Southeastern, 83-37 and Cass. drubbed Mumford, 92-42. and Dick The Bruiser, the former titleholder, who faces > ~Niel: jing from 7,000. feet above sea} ig ugh~ bo! | another ptraceg it~ ue ie eee, ~x
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