Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 May 1960 — Page 11

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The hdianapolis Recorder, May 28,1960—11

Roosevelt Stakes Claim to '60s Sports Supremacy

Louis Gives Floyd

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NEWTON, Conn. (ANP) — With Joo Louis joining his comp os adviser and consultant, ex-heavyweight chomp Floyd Patterson thinks he hos a chance to become the first fighter in the top division ever to regain the crown. And so docs Joe.

At a workout before a select

a workout beiore a

crowd of sportswriters, Patterson put his best foot forward as he boxed four rounds—two with Cuban heavyweight Julio Mederos and a pair with his brother, Ray-

mond.

After the session Louis told Jack Fugazy, head of Feature Sports, Inc., that he was satisfied with Patterson’s performance. Feature Sports is promoting the June 20th Championship bout between Ingemar Johansson and

Floyd.

“I’m predicting Patterson will take out Johansson In six or seven rounds if he listens carefully to the advice of his trainer, Dan Florio, and myself,” said the famous Brown Bomber. “WE BOTH HAVE looked over films of his bout with tne Swedish heavy, king and we could plainly

see why he was knocked out in the 3rd round last year. “Patterson was flat-footed in the ring and didn’t move around enough to stay away from Johansson’s right hand,” continued Louis. “If he expects to win this time he will have to A ee P on his toes and away from his opponent’s

dangerous right.

“Looking at the films I pointed out certain things helpful to Floyd, but which I don’t want to discuss in public. If we can overcome these faults, then I think we’ll see him regaining his crown.” MEANWHILE IN HARLEM, strange as it may seem, Johansson is the betting favorite by 6-5. A well-known tavern owner has already picked the Swede as his choice, and backed it up by laying down $6,000.

Naptown Dodgers in 4-Game Series This Weekend at Douglass Park

Douglass Little Loop Opens June 4

The Douglass Little League will open its season Saturday, June 4, at 1 p. m., at Elsie Clark Park, 22nd and Ralston.

Rev.- James L. Cummings, pastor of Trinity CME Church, will throw out the first ball.

Opening Day major league games will pit the Yankees against the Cardinals; Giants vs. Indians, and Braves vs Dodgers.

The Naptown Dodgers are hoping the Weather Man will cooperate for their big 4-game series with Cincinnati, to be played at Douglass Park this weekend. There will be one game Saturday at 2:30 p. m., a double-header Sunday starting at 1:30, and another single game at 1:30 Monday, it was announced by Charles Skaggs, Dodger manager.

No Relief in Sight

GARY — The Roosevelt freshman-sophomore track team, coached by Louis “Bo” Mallard, won the city FroshSoph championship meet here last week. *

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FAST AS THEY COME: Wood coach Walter Stahlhut pins three medals on Dick Davis, who won the State Meet 100yard dash in 9.9 seconds. Only one Hoosier schoolboy has ever done it faster (9.8 by Fred Elliott of Kokomo in 1934). A junior, Davis also collected points in the 220 and half-mile relay as Wood placed 3rd in the meet. (Recorder photo by Jim Burres)

FANTHERS AT THE SUMMIT: Gary Roosevelt's tracksters came to the State Meet at Tech last Saturday and just about "buried" the rest of Indiana. L. V. Phillips, IHSAA commissioner (right), congratulates Coach Don Leek (second from right) while Captain Floyd Theus, the amazing quarter-miler, holds championship trophy. Athletic Director Louis "Bo" Mallard is fifth from right. Other team members, whom we regret being unable to identify individually, include Robert Jones, Ernest Robinson, Louis Thomas, Emanuel Newsome, Timothy Williams, Lawrence Robinson, Arthur White, Cecil McClendon, Lawrence Jones, Jim Lynch, Walter Little, David Wade, Richard Calloway and Oscar Kellum. Recorder photographer Jim Burres missed two boys at left of photo — for which shame on him!

Gary Tracksters Roll To Whopping Victory

By CHARLES S. PRESTON

If the 'Fifties were Attacks', it looks like the 'Sixties

belong to Gory Roosevelt.

The Calumet Panthers always have a powerhouse football team; they were ranked No. 3 in basketball this winter; and last Saturday they wrapped up the state track championship just as Ray Crowe's Tigers used to do the hardwood title. It was Roosevelt's 5th state cinder crown. It was young Don Leek's 2nd in 3 years of coaching, and he would have won the other one except for a relay disqualification. That's getting

darn close to perfection.

The Panthers rolled up 40 points with a smooth display of power— it was their finest performance of the year. They won with a smile, and running the victory lap at the close, the boys stopped and knelt to say the Lord’s Prayer in

gratitude.

ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Louis •‘Bo” Mallard said several of the team members are honor students. All in all, the triumph brought a vast boost in prestige for the Gary school with a student population of about 3,000 (including junior high;. Another feature of the day was the brilliant showing of Wood, which rose to the top of the Indianapolis heap with 17 points for 3rd place. (Elkhart was 2nd with 22.) Shortridge was not far behind with 15 for 4 th.

turely announced the mark would not stand because of the wind and the Gary boys were saying, “We come down here and they mess us up each year.” But after the next event in which Chesterton’s Tirh Bagby broke the half-mile record with a 1:56.5, somebody looked in the rule book and discovered both marks would count.

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Rufus Evans. 80-lb. champion, was given the Outstanding Fighter Award at the annual Mayer Chapel boxing tournament last weekend. Johnnv McOrone won the Open heavyweight title, and other chami pions were: OPEN CLASS 160 — Harry Short. 147 — Leonard Kelly. 135 — Rudy Morales. 126 — Edgar Bateman. 118 — Robert Bolden, Jr. NOVICE CLASS 126 — Johnny Earp. 118 — Jim Settles

112 — A1 Barnes 90 — Ronald Lewis. 70 — Reginald Carpenter. 00 — Larry Odom. 50 — Deiek Caroenter. Mrs. Gladys Evans, who lost a son in an accident recently, was given a trophy as Mayer Chapel Mother of the Year. Fathers of the Year were Dr. E. B. Earp, and Lee Huey of Franklin. The next show at Mayer Chapel will be Saturday, June 4, with Louisville’s boxing champs providing the opposition, it vas announced by A1 Allen, coach.

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CHARLESTON, W. Va (ANP)— The Charleston Senators of the Ainerican Association recently purchased Bob Thurman, former major league pinch-hitting star, from Seattle of the Pacific Coast League. Continued on Page 16

NEW YORK (ANP) — An employer is running a unique advertisement this week to praise an employee. He says the employee is "outspoken" but adds: "All great men speak their minds." The employee is Jackie Robinson, personnel vice-president of Chock Full O' Nuts. His boss is William Black, who founded the company which now has 1,100 employees.

Clemente 'Arriba' In Batting Race

All these are interracial schools. Negro athletes won 7 of the 11 individual blue ribbons, and both of the relays. They also took 5 seconds, 4 thirds, 4 fourths and 3 fifths, adding up to a magnificent display. ROOSEVELT’S 40 POINTS set a modern era team scoring record, and its 18-point victory margin over Eikhart was the largest since regionals were added to the setup in 1949. The amazing quarter-miler, Floyd Theus, had himself a day. Theus, badly-positioned (No. 9) at the start of the 440, passed the pack on the no.theast turn and was all, all alone at the finish with a record-shat-tering :48.9. An official prema-

THEUS LATER WAS the victor in the day’s dramatic feature, the last lap of the mile relay. When they took the batons Ft. Wayne North Side’s Brad Bendure was 1st, Shortridge’s A1 Evans 2nd and Theus 3rd.

Evans dueled Bendure on the back stretch and inched past him, but on the last curve Theus came barreling around both of them. The time was a record-breaking Continued on Page 16

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Black worked on the text of the ad which coincides with the publication of Robinson’s biography, ‘Wait Till Next Year” (Random Mouse). The book is authored by Carl T. Rowan, prize-winning journalist/or the Minneapolis Tribune. MIost of the ad exto’s Robinson’s qualities as a man, and recounts che tiials he faced as a Negro pioneering in the major leagufes.

BLACK WRITES: “Jackie Robinson is an uphill fipbter with a heart and a great mind. “Last year in Greenville, S. C., at the airport, an armed policeman . and the airport manager threatened to jail Jackie if he. didn’t leave ‘the white section.* Jackie didn’t leave. The officer didn't arrest him. “In his baseball days, opposing players beamballed him, spiked him and spat at him.

By BILL BROWER For ANP Among top batters in the National League as the baseball season moved into its second month were Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente and Tony Currv Mays, the San Francisco center fielder, was second with a .377 mark; Clemente, Pittsburgh outfielder Lom Carolina, Puerto Rico, was third at .358; and Curry, surprising rookie for the Philadelphia Phillies, W’as fourth with .350. The 25-year-old Clemente has developed overnight into one of the league’s stars. They shout ‘Arriba, arriba” when he comes to bat — which means “Up, up!”

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CINCINNATI—Oscar Robertson was named winner of the outstanding senior athlete award by the University of Cincinnati’s circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, at UC’s annual Honors Day convocation recent’y.

“In 1946, a roa ing mob of white men chased a tearful Jackie Robinson through the streets as he left the Montreal Continued on Page 16

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With the fastest front-row qualifiers in the history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway ready for the green flag, all indications point to a host of new records during the 44th annual 500-Mile Race

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Roger Ward, last year’s winner, will be in the outside spot pf the front row and Jim Rathmann— winner of second place in three previous Indianapolis Classics — iwill occupy the berth between {Ward and Sachs. I Capable veterans also hold down imost of the other starting positions near the head of the pack with such “chargers” as Tony Bettenhausen and Johnny Thomson certain to challenge the leaders from their berths in the sixth row. Other favorites are Jimmy Bryan and Troy Ruttman, both former win-

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Gates to the grounds on race day will be thrown open at 5 a.m. (central daylight time) and the usual pre-race ceremonies featuring the Purdue University band will get under way at 9:30 a.m. The pace lap will be timed so that the field crosses the starting line at exactly 11 o’clock as thousands of multi-c o 1 o r e d balloons float skyward. ! Prize money is expected to exc e e d $300,000 for the fourth

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