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Big 0 Shuns Pros for Business Career, Report
Oscar to Play With Royals, Cincy Coach Predicts NEW YORK (ANP) — Although Oscar Robertson himself has been reluctant to discuss the matter, George Smith, his coach at the University of Cincinnati, predicts he will enter pro “Ijasketball with the Cincinnati Royals. Smith said he feels sure the famed “Big O” will select the Royals over the Harlem Globetrotters. He pointed out that Oscar is not looking for the fat salary which the Trotters would undoubtedly offer him, but for the security of a home and a chance to enter the in<surance business. Traveling around with the Trotters would not provide such opportunities, he said. He noted that Robertson will be married in June.
NEW YORK (ANP) — Oscar Robertson last week became the third tan star to show disinterest in professional basketball. Oscar told reporters questioning him about his future plans that basketball was not uppermost in his mind. “I don’t think I want to play pro basketball,” he said pointblank. “Right now I’m just thinking about the Olympics. After college I’m going into insurance and real estate; I’m a marketing major at school. “I do enjoy basketball; I enjoy competition, but business comes first.” ROBERTSON’S STATEMENT followed Wilt Chamberlain’s announcement ithat he was quitting pro basketball. Also declaring he has no wish to go with the pros was Bob Boozer. former Kansas State All-Ameri-can, who led the Peoria Cats to the national AAU championship.
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By CHARLES S. PRESTON Naptown’s second venture into the big-time fight picture—“The Return of Archie Moore,” scheduled for the Coliseum on May 25 or 28—ought to prove a better show than our maiden effort last year. Fans were somewhat disappointed in 1959 when one of the maidens, Britain’s cherrycheeked Brian London, failed to throw a punch. The mystery was cleared up a few weeks later in Yankee Stadium when it developed that if Brian had hit the then heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson, he might have knocked him out. But don’t take it from us—listen i Jack “Doc” Kearns, the legendary manager of Jack Dempsey and now of Archie Moore, as he talked with the press boys at a Claypool luncheon Saturday: “THIS FIGHT OUGHT to be a sellout because it has several advaneages over last year’s. Patterson was no box-office attraction and London was no fighter. “Archie Moore is the Jack Dempsey of today. Even when Patterson was champion, Archie outdrew him everywhere on the Coast. And Willi Besmanoff, though unranked, is a game scrapper and no quitter. In fact, Archie’ had to come from behind in the last two rounds to beat him in Louisville on Derby Eve in 1958.” He might have added, but didn’t, that Cus D’Amato was no Jack Kearns. With all due respect to Patterson’s energetic and colorful manager, we believe Cus tried to carry our town a little too fast. But of course he had no time to spare, with the whole thing blowing up in a couple of weeks. Which is another advantage of this year’s bout. MAIDENS NO LONGER, we can take our time and do the thing right. Promoter A1 Farb, NBA Secretary Arch Hindman, State Boxing Commissioner Stan Gldaberg, Coliseum Proprietor Mel Ross — all have last year’s necessarily hectic experience behind them. The same goes for the Naptown sportswriting corps, which we believe is the best in the land, but most of whom were basketball writers first. So we were relieved when Kearns, after vainly trying to explain how Moore and Besmanbff could fight for the “American heavyweight title” (in 10 rounds) with Patterson still alive, not to mention 10 other contenders — when the Grand Old Man said with Irish candor: “Every fight promoter has to have a gimmick. In Europe, Continued on Page 13
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HISTORIC PHOTO, taken by Recorder in Butler Fieldhouse dressing-room on Oct. 20, 1956, shows Oscar Robertson (left) shaking hands with Bill Russell, who was then the star of the U. S. Olympic Team..Now it can be told that Russell was somewhat sniffy about posing with a "highschool pheenom." Oscar, who had just enrolled at Cincinnati, almost walked off the set because of Russell's la-de-da . . . But The Recorder knew what it was doing and captioned the pix, "Hoosier fans are confident he (Oscar) will be playing in the 1960 Olympics." Four short years have rolled by and the "Big O," now the leader of the Olympic team, will return to Butler for exhibition games Saturday and again April 27. Russell meanwhile has been performing at center for the pro Boston Celtics in the NBA championship playoff with the St. Louis Hawks.
Crowe to Coach Oscar's Stars Sat
Oscar's back and Ray Crowe's "got" him. When the acclaimed "Big O," who is "Mr. Basketball" of the U. S. Olympic team, returns to Butler Fieldhouse on Saturday, his quintet will be coached by the Attacks Wizard who mentored his high school ca-
reer.
CHICAGO (ANPl—When Marshall High School of the Westside recently won the state high school cage championship for the second time, it marked the end of a great
This will be Oscar’s first appear- P rep ca , reer and i or ^ ast one of anco on the shiny Butler boards ^i^t n A.“ I,e JL Careers
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where he skyrocketed to fame’s doorway since the Indiana-Ken-tucky All-Star contest four years ago. In that game he broke the then scoring record with 34 points, leading the Hoosiers to a 92-78 victory over the Bluegrass boys. Playing with Robertson on the College All-Stars team Saturday will be Willie Jones of Northwestern; Mike Graney, Notre Dame; Jimmy Danw, Bowling Green; Jackie Moreland, Louisiana Tech,
and other luminaries.
IN SENDING HIS charges- against the Cleveland Pipers, Crowe will be matching wits with the only Negro coach in the nation who has achieved more fame— Johnny McLendon, who piloted Tennessee State to three straight NAIA championships before mov-
ing on to the Pipers.
The Cleveland outfit plays in the National Industrial Basketball League. Thus Mcr Lendon is the first tan coach of a top interracial semi-pro
team in the U: S.
The squad, which includes John Barnhill from Evansville Lincoln and Tennessee State, narrowly missed the Olympic Trials, as it lost to the Peoria Cats by a last-second
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Saturday’s game will start at 8:30 p. m. It is sanctioned by the AAU, with part of the proceeds going to the Olympic Fund. THOUGH THIS WILL be the first breathtaking look at “the New Oscar” for Naptown fans, the real big deal will come later in the month when Oscar’s old state champion buddies meet an all-star outfit in a game sponsored by the Jack and Jill Club The Jack and Jill game on Wednesday, April 27, at Butler, was
for the team’s leading starv George Wilson, Marshall’s ace who thrice was named allcity and all-state and who captured a spot on this year’s high school All-American team, looks forward to college as one of the most sought-after rookies in his-
tory.
The 17-year-old, 6-7 ace faces the problem of selecting a college from more than 100 seeking his services. He is certain of one thing —he wants to be a basketball coach some day. “BIG GEORGE” HAS been outstanding in virtually every department: shooting, rebounding, defending and as a field general. Opposing teams always made him planned first. It is in the nature of a “Homecoming Welcome” for Indiana’s greatest athlete.
their No. 1 target. “Stop George Wilson!” was the constant cry. But George was unstoppable The Mississippi-born star may well become the “Big G” of college basketball, succeedihg Cincinnati’s sensational
“Big O.”
Watch George Wilson. Local Pugs in National AAU Four outstanding local fighters left Wednesday for Toledo where they were to take part in the National AAU boxing meet. Accompanied by Fred DeBorde, state AAU boxing chairman), and A1 Allen, coach, the group included Cornelius Johnson, 178 pounds; Cleo Horton, 160; Elmo Flynn, 1)8, and Rudy Morales, 132. Five additional boxers from South Bend were to fill up the Indiana “team.”
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Mays, Aaron, Banks Rated Million-Dollar Players
VERO BEACH, Fla. (ANP) In the view of Al Campanis, former major leaguer and now director of the Los Angeles Dodgers scouting system, there are five players in baseball today who are worth a million dollars in the open market, and three of them are Negroes. The awesome three, opined Campanist in a recent interview.
'are Willie Mays, San Francisco’s sensational “Say Hey Kid”; “Hammering Hank” Aaron, the Milwaukee Braves’ mainstay and 1959 National League batting champion; and Ernie Banks, the record-breaking Chicago Cubs shortstop and N. L. Most Valuable
Player last year.
The other two “million dollar players” listed by Campanis are Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees and a surprise entry,
DOWN the ALLEYS With BILL MILTON
Norris Cooper Mon Bowler of Yeor Norris "Duke" Cooper, who is carrying the highest average of any kegler at the Fun Bowl, is the choice of this column
for Man Bowler of the Year.
“Duke” has . fourteen 600’s to his credit at this writing. He > is a member of ft the Fun Bowl All-Stars, with | an average of 191 in the Parker House
League.
Cooper has ! been one of the top bowlers down the years, but this season he stands out
above all. He has a ball that all bowlers dream about. So we give you “The Duke,” to go along with Mrs. Gladys King who was named last week as Woman Bowler of the
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When naming top men at the Fun Bowl, you can by no means leave out Willie “Do Funny” Ridley. < He has come a long way in a very short time, I am sure William Brown has his eye on “Do Funny” for next year’s All-Star team. * * * HIGH GAMES OF THE WEEK: Men—E Hardy, 255; W. Ridley, 247; B Ping, 244. Women — Mary Jewell, 258: Frances Tank, 244; Willa Murrell,
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* * * STANDINGS IN THE Parker House League are: Ridley, Cooper. .Street, Benson, Hughes, Budd, Brown, Beamon, Ferguson, Dryden, Vinnegar, Avant, Foley, Grider, Tolliver, Mmner, Covington, Baugh, Brooks and Wilcox.
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Frank Howard, a Dodger rookie who Al said is big and strong and powerful, with great potential. CAMPANIS SAID ball players are rated on the basis of five departments — hitting, fielding, throwing, running, and hitting with power, A player who scores 70 percent on all five factors is a true major leaguer, he explained. Mays scores 80 percent — the top rating — in all departments and thus is high man in Campanis’ book. In another group just below the million-dollar class Campanis mentioned Frank Robinson and Vada Pinson of Cincinnati, and Orlando Cepeda of the Giants, among others.
WALT HITS THE TOP: "Most overlooked All-American of the year" they're calling Walt Bellamy, 6-11 Indiana University junior who'll play center for the Olympic team.. At the Denver trials Vince Boryla of the New York Knicks said, "He's a helluva ball player" and Alex Hannum of the Wichita Vickers added, "I would compare him with Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain. He has a better natural shooting touch than either of them." Walt is first I. U. player ever to make the Olympics.
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