Bronze Reporter [Volume: 8, Issue: 33]

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Atlanta~s Mayor {van Allen and the~ five nationally known sports
figures seemiabove will headline the 27th anayal Al- Sports gamboree, Thes06% Wrong Club of The Atlanta Daily World in~
Atlant:.on. February 2. At center is seen Chicago's. Charles Q.
Finley, ~owner of the Kansas City- Athletics, ~Pioneer Award~
~ honoree ands speaker of the occasion.. Flanking the speaker are
~The Two ~Rriends~ recipients, John Mulvena, left, and. Sandy
Stephens, University of Minnesota captain and quarterback.

Coach A. S9Gaither, Florida A_& M University, extreme left,
will lead -thé captains of his championship ~Tiers~ to Atlanta
to receive the Coca-Ceala dgnated W. A. Scott, II, Memorial Tro
phy, -while Jackson State College~s head football coach, John j

Merritt, extreme right, receives the Club~s ~Coach of fhe Year~
honors for football. Each of the highly respected coaches has
already received honors for 1961..Mr. Gaither was named small
colleges coach-of the year, and Mr. Merritt received the top-coach
honors in his conference. Bulova Watches and Gulf Oil are cosponsors: of: perde with Coca-Cola.

COMEBACK...?

Recently seen working: out
with great Hayes Jones, Olympic

hurdle champ, was our own ex-: penewed interest.

~sprint great; Jim Bibbs. Bibbs,
holder of a couple ~World Records~ in: his tollege days, contends that it 4s only to help his
friend Hayes prepare for his: upcoming indoor campaign but observers wonder if Jim, now 32 -years-old, is not thinking of a
comeback of his own as he appears in fine shape.

His old coach,-Gearge Marshall
of Eastern Michigan University

Ecorse Girl
Cagers Win

The_ Ecorse, girls basketball
team turned in an: important
victory over a good Kemany Recreatioh team ~last Wednesday,
Jan. 17; at the Ecorse - Miller
School led by ~the shafp-shooting
Jennifer Jones'and Sharon Childress, ' i ~Tegal lassies battled~
to a 21-20 victory ingehe finat
seconds ~of the game. ~~?" 4

Fine ball handling by forward
Maxcine. McGléskey and terrific
defensive work by Barbara Pigess
and Rita Johnson insured the
victory for the local forces.

The pleasant surprise for
codches Edna Beyd-and Jim Bibbs
was the great. defensive game
turned in. by: Johnetta Wilkinson. Playing hér first game this
season, Johnetfa snapped out of
her first period jitters to.turn
in a very fine game.

This victory made the. local
girls~ record réad 2 victories and
2 defeats.: Their defeats were 1nflicted by the same Kemany team
and a very fine Delray squad.
another Delray Recréation team.
Barbara Pigess and Maylene McCleskey led the local girls to a
-38-0 victory in that game with
14 and 10 points respectively.

The Ecorsé* girl~s basketball
Their other victory was aver
team is led by many of the members of the Ecorse Girls Championship. Basebs ~team who are
proving them ves fine~ athletes
on the Beskoinal: court. also.

that he thought that ~Jim could.
run @ 6.4 sec., sixty yard. dash
now without. training.~~ Who
knows -but let~s watch this up.
coming indoor track season with

REMEMBER whee you first
saw it...

Elston Howard
Plans To Attend
NAACP Meeting

eb ts i ray
iS"NEW YORK ~ Elstén Howard,
New. York Yankee baseball star,
has accepted an invitation to participate in the tenth. annual southeast regional -conference of the
NAACP at Jackson, Miss., Feb.
25.

The versatile Yankee player is
the first of more than~ a score of
famous athletgs and entertainers
to respond to Jackie Robinson~s
invitation to join him at a rally
conclucing the four-day regional
conference. The - former: Dodger
infielder, _co-chairman. _of ~the
NAAGP~s national Freedom Fund
gampaign, will be the principal
gpeaker at the meeting,

In identical letters to 25 sports
stars and entertainers, Mr. Robinson said: ~Your presence will
go a long way toward demonstrating to. our people in the
South that they have. the. support
of persons like ~yourself who are
successful in their chosen fields
of endeavor. It: will also serve ta
inspire. continued~: activity. by.
those. -who must yomaln: on~ ~the

firing: line.~

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BY BOB BREWSTER ~
~Outdoor Editor, Merry ~ Outboards ~

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ROYAL GOLFERS~ HONOR HOLEAN- ONERS~ AND. CHAMPIONS ~Tha~ Royal Golf, Club,~ ~pte of.

four United: Golfers: Association affiliates in the. Washington, D: C. area, honoréd their 196i. cham-; an

pions, a: high. official of UGA and: 196i hole-i -in-oners ~@t q gala dinner-dance last weekend: -in the
grand ballreom-of the Cantinental Hotel. In head table~ shot, seated 2nd from lett, is seen~ Mrs. Pa
Fis,.B.- Brown, UGA. tournament.director.- wpe ey ":
Standing from:left: are~ golfing brothers Moss H.,

ed- for. outstanding. contributions 46. golf. -
id Alan Kendrix, who. installed- Dr. ~John:

Lawlah and John mills, 3rd and 4th from left as t eislors of Coca-Cola-sponsored ~ Hole-in-One

Club.
Seen at head table, left to right,

are Mrs. Estelle Busey,

president, Wake - Robin Womens~ Club,

Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Otis Davenport, wife of Royal~s president who~ is seen next in photo, and Mrs.
Sylbanys Holley, wife of the president @f Arlington Divots Club. In upper panel, standing: from
left to right. are trophy. winners,. Earl Tasco, William Brown, Joe Logan, George Thomas, Dr. Harald. Fisher, Maxwell Stanford, president, Eastern Golfers Association, Earl Silas, Harry Davenport,
Walter Suber, Tim Thomas, Dr. Lawlah, Dr. George Adams, Mr. Davenport, and Dr. Virgil Davis.

Wilbur Garner),-and James Dixon.

Front row, kneeling, left to right, are Jerry Reid, Bob Crawford (standing in for Club champion

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~ |} defense of his portion - of
Fe, light ginal oye oh crown, said Full
a Alejandro Lavorante at Los An

ed by ~Fulimer in

- Edward J. Neil Memoria}
_. bin New. York. Negotia

tigns,
| the: propased Moores ullgnas title}
undep way.However, Mogre, wwe was givery until being 31: ta

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after his heavy we

Moore is reve puizell a8 cham- |
fing ~in New York and Europe.
e Natiopal Boxing Asgociatign
recggnizes Harold ona i
Philadeiphig as aah
weight champion. a
Himer himself. is recognized
as middleweight chameeat sae oni
-by the NBA. Terry Downes of
London is recognized as champion in Europe, New York and
Boston.

Moore~s mention of his coming
fight. with Lavorante, ranked
among the | contending heavyweights,. raised speculation that
Archie may go beyond: the Jan.. The Baseball Hall of Fame will

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{ever be completed until it finds

a place for Satchel Paige, exCleveland fireballer, Bob Feller

| decares in the current issue of].

~The Saturday. Evening Post.

"As things stand,~ Feller says,
~Satch is ineligible: because he
did not. play~the required ten
years in the major Iéagues.~ _

Bob recalls Satch at. the peak
of his-career: as: they barnstormed: against each other. He says
that when Paige came to the

| majors he was getting ~by mostly

on. savvy.

~Still,~ Feller says, ~nobody
ever stopped Joe DiMaggio as
cojd as he did. He handled. Joe
with ease. I~ve seen Satch walk
& man deliberately to get at Di
Maggio.~

The former pitching great also

favors special categories for two

Bearcat Wright Wants |

Chance At

Bearcat - Wright 4s-an- amiable,.
friendly fellow. most-ef the. time,
but he. is.-really. -steamipg these
days, And when ~the Bearcat:
gets sore, give Aim. plenty. of
room! He~s ~dynamite.!

Wright ~signed~ ~last < week to
meet the Giant ~Moose Cholak
jn the chief ~ ort ig ~bout~ on
the wrestling show~' the~ Olympia Saturday, Feb. g:.In the feature bout, Buddy~ (Nature Boy)
Rogers will defend ~his world
heavyweight ~championship
~| against Leaping | --Chene.

That~s what? ~flag. infuriated
Wright. With ~good: poset, the
Bearcat feels that he is the Np.
1 challenger for: Roger~s title.
He - was: assed. earlier this
month: when. Rx ers. met Argen:
tina Rocco. ~At that time, Wright
thought. he hada firm understanding that he would get the

| next title shot. Now. he has been

by-passed again.
~Tt know t's going ou? says
Wright. ~Rogers. is afraid - to
eet me.~ He and~ his manager,
inge McMahon, have been doing
their. best to find somebody who
can upset me. Then: they will
have an exe

~ fi ee puamed Fe
~to dodge me. "ite jbo old::

Title

Baba the Giant, whe stands over
geyen feet tall and weighs more
| than 325 Pounds.

- Wright is a big man, but in
this haut he was smaller than
his foe by six inches and lighter
-hy 60 pounds, yet, ~he came
through with a magnificent performance to defeat Baba,

He will be in against another
exeeptionally powerfully. apponent when he faces Cholgk.. This
guy looks like a Moose. Cholak
is 6 foot 5 and weighs 360 pounds.
He has been drubbed.~The
World's most dangerous wrestler.~ ~

Cholak came into pro wrestling
with g notable background in
amateur wrestling and boxing.
He is a former collegiate wrestling, football and boxing luminary at the University of- Wisconsin. He is also.an~ ex-heavy
wrestling and a former Gojden |
Gloyes boxing ~ king.

~~holak-is rough and taugh,~
Says Wright. ~I know that, and
sa does: Rogers So I've

sition for Rogers:
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fend his title against the winner

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-Baskethall All-Star
Film Now Available

Basketball~s ~dream game~~
matching the cream of the: professional basketball crop in~ an
amazing display of. cage wizardy

~is recorded in a new film, ~The,

11th Annual All-Star. Basketball
Game;~ recently released by the
Miller ~o. of Milwaukee.~ -
More. than 8,000 fans joined
the Miller camera crew at Syracuse War. Memorial on a wintry
night to watch the ~Big O~~Oscar: Robertson of Cincinnati~and
Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks
lead the West team to a stunning

153-131 victory over the stars of

the eastern. teamts.
Strategically placed sarneres
fee the up all of the exciti

ion in dramatic closeup. aa

A galaxy of highstepping stars}:

amazed, amused and. entranced
the ae ene These mereee El
gin Baylor of the Los Angeles
Lakers; Dolph Schayes of Syracuse, Wilt ~The Stilt~
lain and Tom Gola of the Philadelphia Warriors, Clyde Lovellette of the Hawks, Bill Russell
of Baston and Gene Shue of Detroit.

Fhe 28% minute color film

Prints are
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is narrated. % Tommy Roberts. |

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a was the gver-, gp Pgh 'whelming choice for ~Rookie-of
4 218 average.
the-Year~ horiors~ at the season's
end.:

Williams picked up his ~award
at the 28nd: Annual Diamond Din
~}ner of the Baseball Writers in

Chicago last Sunday. Also honor-.ed.at. the Dintier..was bis. teammate, big George Altman.

Altman and slugging sar Er
nie Banks bs ed by
me eabuet oh; who
scone rig ae abe r ap
proximately $65,000 the same salary -he received in 1901, but
Altman was. ae a substantial
laise.

In addition to Banks, Altman,
and Williams, the Cubs: have. also
signed rookie first baseman: Mack
Kuykendall. The 18-year-old Kuykendall is considered. a great
power-hitting prospect.:~.

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Jackie Robinson, new baseball
Mall of Fame member, entered
the National Baseball~ Players
championship golf -tournament
Feb. 15-18 im ~Miami, Florida.

- The Detaalt ~Lions lost. their
chance. of landing Sandy. Stephens: last Thursday when the
All-America ~Minnesota quarterback signed a lush contract with
the - Montreat Alouettes of the.
Canadian ~Football: League. ~

~ Terms.of-the- eont~atti@eére ~fit
announced, although: ~its wap. (oelieved that Stephens was given

a three-year, no-cut, ~no-trade

deal for at least ~$20,000 a year,

plus a bonus for-stgning:

~The brilliant signal-caller, who
led the Gophers to a 21-3 victory
over UCLA ~inthe Rose Bowl
was the No. 2 draft:choice of the
Cleveland Browns of the NFL.

When the Browns picked Stephens, the Lions immediately open- ~
ed negotiations to make a trade
for him. It was believed that
~Stephens leahed toward ~signing
with the Browns but.did not like
the idea of the proposed trade to
the Lions. Instead, he took the
Montreal offer.

Nerthwestor~s
Worst Win

- The Northwestern High Colts
defeated Redford 67-55, for their
eighth straight victory, but certainly didn~t look the part of
State championship contenders.
It had to be Northwestern~ 's worst

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