Bronze Reporter [Volume: 9, Issue: 43]

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By
WALTER HOYE.
One day in 1964 or 1968 you might pick up the news-.
paper and read the headline, ~Two Detroit Girls Win Gold
Medal.~ A medal for what you say? Well, I'm talking about
Olympic Gold Medals. You smile and say hardly. Well,
don~t be too sure. Maybe its improbable, but its not impossible.: >
Why? Because we have two teen-age speedsters near_ly ready right now. Each ~is being coached by a former
Olympic star. These two young ladies are the prime feminine sprint prospects in the nation today. Depending on
how each develops either could make it big. ~ f
The first young damsel in question is 14-year-old
Barbara Powell, who demonstrated her agile ground covering potential last year when she was unofficially clocked
at 10.8.in the 100-yard dash. You say so what? Well, she
did it from a standing start and it was very close to the
American record for women.

After watching her run, Eddie Tolan ~ perhaps thegreatest sprinter ever developed in the State of Michigan
and a former double winner in the 1932.Olympics in Los
Angeles ~ had this to say, ~She~s got all kinds of potential; she~s an uncut diamond. Why she doesn~t even know
how to.run yet! But even so, you can see she looks like a
champion.~

Eddie was the first person to introduce Miss Powell
to starting blocks and the crouching start. Before Eddie
took her in hand she had done all her racing from a standing start; something only distance runners do now. If she
can do 10.8 from a standing start and without crouching
she should fairly blaze with the proper beginning.

The other sprinting lass is 15-year-old Billie White,
a Mumford High sophomore with the same natural scrampering ability as Miss Powell. Until~ recently Billie had run
along in the Junior Olympics competing against boys and
girls. She won every event ~she entered for four years.
Then she came -under the trained eye of Hayes Jones, a
Detroit Public school teacher and one of the greatest
hurdlers in the world bar none. Jones is; also a former
Olympic champion. He recently broke Harrison Dillard~s
record of consecutive wins. ey se

_ With Hayes:still working on her running form Billie
entered the Michigan Federation Indoor Track and Field
Championships.-at. the University of Michigan this year.
Miss White came. away a double winner. She set a Yost
Field Housé record of 7.3 seconds in a preliminary running
of the worren~s 60-yard dash and matched it in the. finals
to prove *it wasn~t just luck. Billie also won the women~s
220-yard dash in the very good time \of 26.9.

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Most recently Billie had another chance to put Hayes~ *|:

fine coaching to the test. She attended an ~Olympic Night~
clinic at Michigan State University. There she was matched
against Marilyn White, presently considered this country~s
finest woman Sprinter. Marilyn, a UCLA student, holds
victories over such top performers as Wilma Rudolph
Ward, former Olympic Gold Medal winner and woman
athlete of the year, and Jutte Heine of Germany, also an
Olympic champion. be;
Marilyn, edged Billie in the. 60-yard dash but both
were timed at 7.1 which is only 2/10 of a second over the |
world~ record. Billie wasn~t downhearted after this. tremendous performance she commented, ~It was pretty close
but shé beat me, We both had the same time.~ e
Well, Marilyn. did beat her, but Billie had never met
anyone like Marilyn before. Considering everything, this
lady mercury did alright for herse!f. Billie is now running
under the banner of the Varsity Club of Detroit. She faces
her moment of truth in Dayton, Ohio ~on July 4 at the
National Women~s Track Championship.
So. don~t shake your ead and say, ~No, it couldn~t
happen.~ These two girls could make it all come true with
a bang. This is the City of Champions, isn~t.it?.

Bob Hayes FAMU Track
Mainstay Bee 2, age eds get Pages gitle

a. 6.9. The. 7.0 mark had stood |
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| for 27 years.
Florida A&M University track
field team are leaning heavily ||
upon Robert Hayes and sprints
this season ~revealed Coach Dick
Hill. a:

Coach~ Hill is in his first year
~as Rattler track and field coach.
~Our only strength is in our
sprints,~ he said.. ~The distance
runners-..and field performers

~are not up to par.~
Hill ee penta out that | ~
Hayes and Bob Harris are the} ~
only two runners assured of.| ~
positi. on the Rattlers~ speedy age
440 and 880-relay teams, Bobj
Paremore, a 93 runner last.
ing, signed. a contract to play | -

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NEW YORK ~
cently released records on
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The Detroit Lions scat

~LAS VEGAS ~ Heavyweight. | Willie Pastrano tries for the sec
ond time to avenge his last defeat at the hands of slugging
young light-heavy Wayne Thornton when they face each other
ina 10-round return: bout, Sat
-~}urday, May 4 at Las Vegas Con
vention Center, on ~Fight of
ABC-TV. Channel 7. |

Pastrano, a~-28-year-old veteran from Miami, has had three\
fights in_ 1963, winning one, los- \

- Ling one and drawing one. In

TOM: WATKINS.
~The National Football League re
last season~s* kickoff return

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back Tommy Watkins was

ranked sixth with a 25.6 average. Pat Studstill, also a
Lion, was ranked seventh with a 25.3 average.
The league leader was the San Francisco 49ers~ Abe

Woodson. His 31.3-yard ave
~record of 1,157 yards on 37

rage was the best; Plus his
kick returns. |

A SPEEDY CARR

TEMPE ~ When Henry Carr
was eight years old he was the
fastest kid in the block, Today
he very likely could be the fastest man in the world.

A short time ago Henry was not
widely known. Then came the
night of March 19 and a dual
track meet between Utah -and
Arizona State University. The
6-3, 190-pound Sun Devil soph
ran the 220 around a curve in
20.4 seconds, or one-tenth of a
second under the world record.
Unfortunately, however, although Carr was in world record
form, ASU~s Goodwin Stadium
was not.- Officials had not:anticipated any world record efforts
and as a result the wind guage
was not properly positioned, the
starting iime Was LOC 1M wile La ite
place and the track had not been
surveyed.

Nonplused, Carr did it again.

meet between the Sun Devils,
University of Southern California and Arizona, Carr ran a 20.3
in the 220 around a full curve.
This time the wind guage was

properly positioned and showed |.

no wind, the starting line was
correct and the track had been
surveyed.

It appears Henry will get his

wor!d: record. The former mark [

of 20.5 was held jointiy by Stone
Johnson of Grambling, Paul
Drayton of. Villanova and Ray
Norton of the Santa Clara Youth
Village...

~There~s no telling how fast

Carr can run,~ is the statement
of ASU Coach Senon (Baldy)
Castillo. ~I think he~s a world
record threat in three events~
the 100, 220 and 440.~
_ Carr~s track! career started in
a most unauspicious manner. As
a.sephomore at Northwesern
High School in Detroit, Henry
answered the first track call of
the spring. His events~the high
jump and cross country.

Fortunately for Henry, his
coach~Tom Hendricks~had all
his track prospects take time
trials in the sprints. One look
at the watch after a sprint and
Henry was converted from 26 -mile to:100 yard races.

Carr~s. track career in high
school was fabulous. Three times
he won the state title in the 100
and 220. Twice he was state
broad jump. champion.

He was equally impressive in
football. In one game he scored
seven touchdowns. He won allcity, all-state and all-America honors in football and track. He also was a standout in basketball. ~

It was football, however, that

University. Frank Kush, ASU
head ~oach, corralled Henry, and
maintains his football potential
is equal to his track. -
~Tf you get ~Coach of the Year~,
Kush tells Castillo, ~Fm expect
ing you to acknowledge me in|:

the audience.~ Kush did not re-\

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spring football drills, thus stepping up his pace in training for
track. i

Henry~s plans for~ the future
are clearly defined. He hopes
to qualify. and participate in the
1964 Olympics in Japan. He also
hopes, to make the U.S. team
which. will-campete against the
Russians in Moscow ~this summer. i Lie:
Other insithts into 20 year
old Henry Catr:. ~Name: ~That~s it, just plain.
Henry. Carr. -When you're the
ninth of 12 children your par
wg don~t have many choices
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~Favorite Race: ~The 220
around a curve. It psyches out
some of the runners, but I like |
it. There~s more to it than just
running as hard as you can.~

~wNicknames: ~I~ve had a bun-.
dle. In high schovl it was-~gray
ghost.~ And a writer in California called me ~The Flying Man.~
Then there was ~Hurrying Henry. I don~t~mind them but I
don~t like ~Hank,~ and _ that~s
what most people call me.~

Plans for the future: ~Pd like
to coach or teach, but mainly I
want a good job. It doesn~t have
to be in teaching either, just as
long as it~s a good, steady job.~

His takeoff: ~Evéryone says I
have a bad takeoff. I don~t agree.:
Seems, to me I get away from
the blocks as*fast.as anyone else.
Just because J~m big. 1 guess I~m
supposed to have a bad takeoff.~

~Training: ~Here~s another thing
I.don~t understand. I hear on
all sides that I'm fast because
Tm a natural athlete. Let me
tell you that I worked hard in
high school to develop my ability,
-and Im still working hard.
Coach Ferguson in high school
taught me the valués of sacrifice and self, discipline. I worked very hard for that man, and. films

~| his. last fight, April, 2, he kay
oed Young Jack Johnson in the
10th round in New York. Before that, on March 28, he fought

}'Wayne Thornton to a 10-round

draw and on Feb.| 9, lost to
Thornten in 10 in New York. During his professional career Pastrano has had 77 fights. He

"Strike Three~
New Ticer Film

Latest additien to the Tigers~
free film library is). an instructional movie entitled ~Strike
TThree~ which will appeal to fans
and players of all ages and experience.

Produced by Lew ~Fonseca, director of the major leagues~
film bureau, the new 20-minute
reel in sound and color. features the -leading ~pitchers of
the American and National
Leagues with first-hand instructions on proper pitching techniques. i.

One of the pitchers is Frank
Lary, of the Tigers.

This film and others in the
Tigers~ library may be borrowed
without charge for free showings. Information may be obtained from: Public Relations Department, Tiger Stadium, Detroit 16, Michigan.

The Tigers~ lending library of
now includes 20 titles.
Currently the most: popular is
~A Tiger Wins His Stripes,~ derieting the scouting, signing and
development of a prospect into
a star. Ate

Others include ~Big League
Ras~ball: for, Little Leaguers,~
featuring Tiger players in instructors~ roles; ~Batter Up,~
with major league hitting stars
as instructors; the 1962. World
Series; and a variety of instructional and entertaining movies.

Miles In Meet

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ~ The.
Golden Bears track~ team participated in the 17th Annual Alabama State Relays at Montgomery. Alabama n-April. 13.

The cindermen reached the: finals in the 100 yard dash, the
409 yard run, the 880 yard relay and the mile relay. Leon
Jones placed third: in the ct
tury rvn won by Harris of Florida ~ with a 9.4 time. Robert
Williams. finished fourth in the
440 yard run won by. Bowen of
Leymone College. The 880 relay team, of Leon, Jones, Ben
Horn, Will Irvin and anchored
by Robert Williams placed in the
fina!s. In the finals of the Mite
Relay Leon Jones, Will Irvin W.
Bradford and Robert Williams
placed fourth.

Mile~s track team will compete
in the Annual Tuskegee Relays,
May 3rd and 4th at Tuskegee.

ANN ARBOR ~ Billie White,
Mumford High, 15-year-old, run
~ning for the Varsity Club of De
troit beat Francie Cracker, of the
Ann Arbor Track Club easily in
the girl~s 40 with a time of:62.0
in the Michigan Open U.S: Track
Federation meet. _, |: _* * ~ |
ARIZONA STATE SET WORLD
RELAY RECORD WITH CARR
WALNUT, Calif. ~ The Arizona State mile relay team, with
three men: timed in~ under 46
seconds, broke the 1960 USS.

Olympic and national team rec- |

by knockouts. He has fought
eight draws.;

Thornton, rising young slammer from Stocxton, Calif., had
two fights in 1963, both against
Pastrano, winning and drawing
one, When he fought Pastrann
string which had extended te
eight stra:gnt over a.two year
period, seven of them by knockouts, was broken. In winning 27
out of his 30 professional fights,
Thorton has scored 18 kayo~s.

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In their very next game

ril 16th at Minnesota, the

ngels went 13 innings before

losing to the Twins 11-10. Ima. |

so doing, Rigney used nine pitchs;
ers to tie a major league record;
for most pitchers used in a gamey- ~
of any duration and Sam Mele
skipper of the Twins, usedr
eight hurlers for a new major.
league record of 17 pitchers inb
an extra-inning game. The 4:4lp
contest was the longest extrainning game, time-wise, for thep
Angels on the road and was on@
minute short of their longestgame on record~4:42 againstr.
Baltimore on June 25, 1961 ine
Los Angeles..; ~sh
A record of dubious ~distine-< ~
tion was also made by Angels
in the April 16th game when
they committed six errors for
a. new club mark. _.

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He has one draw.

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Johnson & Johnson Company that
took over the Visger Inn Saturday. afternoon. Yeah, I mean
Laura Johnson, jazz vocalist, and.
Floretta Johnsoa, exotic dance
stylist who also sings. They had
the blues, it seems, and by the
time they finished singing, everyone else was similarly afflicted.
Floretta, who was scheduled
to open with Brook Benton at the
Flame last week, will be opening this Friday, May 3. She has
a ~hip~ act, you dig.
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The fabulous Walter Jackson~s
~Starting Tomorrow,~ on the
Columbia label, is catching the
public~s fancy now. Wait, whose
~I Don~t Want To Suffer~ enjoyed
huge success, will be departing
in the very near future for New
York where he will complete another recording date~perhaps an
LP this time. It couldn~t happen
to a nicer guy. Be strong, Walter,

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The Michigan Department of
Corrections is offering a thirtyfive cents reward for information
leading to the apprehension and
subsequent conviction of John
Sullivan, alias The Mad Dancer,

When last seen, John was doing
~The Dog~ for a few guards at

the Cooper Street coop. Being
~lifers,~ we'll never hear of
them again. The reason for the
thirty-five cents reward?

That~s-all The Mad Dancer is
worth. ne

The Frank Morelli Sextet was
the featured group at Mr. Kelley~s
Jazz Workshop last Sunday, but
that didn~t keep the Battle Creek
Jazz Ambassadors from stealing

~| the show.

Frank, who recently cut an album for the Jazz Workshop label,
~layed baritone saxophone and
\flute. Joining him for the workshop set was Marcus Belgrave,
trumpeter former'v with Ray
Charles, Vance Matlock, bass;
Johnny Griffith, a Workshop recording artist in his own right,
piano; Ronnie Fields, formerly
with ~Charlie Spivak and Ralph
Marterie, tenor; and George Gold.
smith, drums. Roy Brooks, drummer with Horace Silver, made
the recording with Frank.

The Jazz Ambassadors. from
Battle Creek, made it in just
under the wire for a couple of
refreshingly new and different.

posed of Lee Gatling. tenor; Jack

Hill, trombone; E'ldie Hollis,

piano; Lennie o'lis. harit-ne;

Bobby Pridgin, drums; and ~Just

Plain~ Bop, on bass. ihey cooked.
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Jimmy Davis, a barber with

son, came down to the Workshop
Sunday, and filed me in on the
Jacktown Rumble last week-end.
No wonder Benny Wade, managing editor of the Jackson Blazer
wanted me to make the scene. No
good!

However, tell Cade not to sell
that Chrysler to anyone until I
get myself together, you know.
If anyone in Jackson has any information regarding the condition of Charles Cade~s 1955 Chrysler New Yorker, please give all
the poop to Willie Edwards, Blazer Ad-man, so that he can pass
it on to me. I can~t help but think
that Pm being set. up for th
okey-doke.

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Subconsciously, last week, I

Southern Michigan State Prison |
at Jackson. While they were dig- |\
ging John, four ~residents~ - flew | t

jazz stylings. The group is com- |

Fulkner~s Barber Shop in Jack- | -

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For a hot minute, he rocked
from side to side like Ray Charles
but never did he sound like anyone but Gene Harris.

Inadvertently, I stated last
week that they were from Jackson, Michigan. Gene and Bill -
Dowdy, the drummer, are from
Benton Harbor, while Andy Simpkins, the ~bassist who: gets more
out of his. instrument tone-wise
than anyone else in show biz, is.
from a foreign country~Richmond, Indiana. - ~ i

Together, regardless of where
they are from, they swing. and
the crowds that have been making ~
it to the Grand: attest to this fact
We'll hate to see them go. They'll
be heré until Sunday night.
Catch ~em.; a: * & & f

Be it ever so humble, there~s
no place like the Dexter Bap.
where Joe Harris, one of ~the
foremost drummers in the Nation, gigs every Friday and Saturday night. The fact that - he
has Claire Rocquemore on trum/
net does not detract one bit fronr
the fact that this is a weekend
must.: 3

+ Claire, a hornman who has always fascinated me~even at Con.
don~ Intermediate School where
we balled together eons ago~is
outa sight. He. says he'll be to
gether again soon, then watch his
smoke. Good luck, ~laire. We~re
in your corner, like always.
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Aretha Franklin, along with
Fleretta Johnson, will take over
the Flame Show Bar Friday,
May 3. Even Governor Barnett
wouldn~t want to miss this darling
combination.

PHYLLIS BAGLEY

currently gigging at thé unique
Unstabled Club, may soon have.
a chance to make a recording of |
her favorites. Negociations ane
underway and Don Bagley, her
manager, is very optimistic regarding the outcome. Phyllis will
be at the Unstabled Theatre Club
until 11. ~ig?
The Unstabled, located at 16
Temple, is also featuring a~;
play, ~The Respectful titute,~
a Jean Paul Sartre thing
is something else. Along ~

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