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The Indianapolis Recorder, Feb, 18,1961-11

Tournament Wide Open After Tost Weekend

Six Tan Glovers

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★ The War of the Centers ★

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By CHARLES S. PRESTON

Negro boxers continued to dominate the Golden Gloves, as the Indianapolis annual tournament came to a close Monday. On the Naptown team of Open winners that will try its fortunes in the Chicago Tournament of Champions, six of the

eight are tan pugilists.

The Novice results would have had the same ratio, except for a strictly sentimental decision that reduced it to 5-to-3 in

fovor of Negro battlers.

Mayer Chaoel walked off with the Open team trophy. Douglass PAL took home both the Novice team trophy and

the PAL Club trophy.

Heavyweight Cornelius Johnson and light-heavy Donald Lee, both of Mayer Chapel, were the only I960 champions successfully to defend their titles. The class of the team, Norman Johnson of St. Rita’s moed up to the 160-lb, bracket where he won handily Two more Mayer boys, 147lb. Thomas Hayden and 135lb Patrick Davis, turned in the night’s cleverest boxing to win their divisions over strong opponents. One knockout and five TKO’s expedited the finals program, which went like this: OPEN DIVISION Heavyweight — Cornelius Johnson turned in a “hat trick" by racking up two TKO’s in one evening. His victims were Charles Weils. Christamore, in 1:59 of the 2nd and Gene Correll. unattached, in 1:08 of the 2nd 175 — Donald Lee had no trouble TKO’ing Joe Dudley, Northwestern PAL, in :53 of the

2nd.

160— Norman Johnson floored Charles Barnett, Hill Center, at the end* of the 1st round and TKO’d him in :43 of the 2nd 147—The fight of the night for our money. Thomas Hayden stayed Inside and absorbed the punishment of his larger opponent, James Allensworth. also of Mayer Chapel. Then Hayden caught AHensworth with a roundhouse left to the jaw that decked him for an 8-count. Hayden by TKO at 1:59 of the 2nd. 135 —Another cute fight as muthpaw Patrick Davis ducked »nd spoiled everything thrown by he' Tavored Ernest Cousins of Douglass PAL. who had a great /each advantage. Davis by decision. 126 — Controversial decision ;;pve Tom Krukemcier of Christaiioro House an upset over teammate Sonny Kercher. We'll have to say the glamorous Sonny never delivered his bombs. 118 —William Whiteman of Riley PAL took a hell-for-leather scrap from defending champion Elmo Flynn. Mayer Chapel 112 — George Johnson of North Street PAL will be fighting his first Open bout at'Chicago. George was promoted from Novice on ihe basis of his opening-night showing. He picked up his ticket when clas-

Louisville Team To Fite at Mayer A post-Golden Gloves card will be given at Mayer Chapel on Saturday night when a Louisville team takes on Mayer boxers. Lousiville shut out Mayer in their last meeting, and the local pugs are looking for revenge. There will be 15 bouts from 146 pounds on down, according to A1 Allen. Mayer Chapel coach. The feature wi’l be a 135-pounder matching Rudy Morales and the visitors’ Alvin Sutton. Allen said belt buckles will be awarded to the winners. “1 am looking lor a welterweight without too much experience to fight a l^niisville boy who has had only two or three bouts.” he added. sy Don Chowning, Northwestern, broke his hand in a sidewalk fall and had to forfeit. NOVICE Heavyweight — Portly John Adams of Hill Center, who looks like a real comer, thrilled the crowd by kayoing James Johnson of Northwestern PAL with a left to the midsection in 1:03 of the

2nd.

175 —Luther Gray, Loekefield PAL, showed a few Globetrotter moves as lie declgioned Jib Mobley, Columbus PAL, 160 —Dale Spears. Columbus PAL. over teammate Gary Zeiglcr. 147—Gene Pinner, Douglass PAL. lost apparently on ‘’sportsmanship” to Sherman Woods, Northeast PAL. Pinner was bothered by a ringside fan yelling “Black boy” at him. When the decision was announced, he had to be restrained from going after the

fan.

135 — Victor Kmchlow, 19-vcar-old Douglass boxer, “outpointed” his 18-year-old brother LeRoy in a hilarious shadow-boxing permance. Well, why not? 126—Cecil Cornell. Douglass deelsioned “Hopalong Herbert Howard” of the same club. 118 — Richard Packwood, Northeast PAL, defeated Fiasco Jordan, Continued on Page 13

BARNES VS. LIGON: Tech's 6-7 Dave Barnes, the "third" of Noptown's giant centers, has many partisans but he got hold of a tartar in the person of "Junior Goose" Jim Ligon, 6-6 performer from Kokomo. Ligon was supposed to come here to learn how to play center, but he wound up giving lessons as he tossed in 24 markers. (Recorder photos by Jim Burres)

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SAHM VS. JONES: Prevue of possible action in next week's Sectional tournament is seen as Cathedral's Walt Sahm comes down with the ball after rebound battle with Attucks' Bill Jones (35). At left is Roy Smith of Irish. Sahm outscored Jones 18-13 as Big Bfll had a bad night with the bucket. Walt also held a 19-18 rebound edge but over-oil, the duel was inconclusive and will have to be settled "next time "

Garrett Shuffles Lineup on Eve Of Sectional

Johnson Tauntingly Challenges Old Man Moore' to THIe Fight MIAMI BEACH, Flo. (ANP) — Harold Johnson, inflated by the ease with which he manhandled Jesse Bawdry here last week, tauntingly challenged "Old Man Archie Moore" to do

battle with him again.

Johnson stopped the St Louisan in the 9th round of their National Coxing Association light-heavy-weight* title bout. He was recognized as champion by the NBA ofier flattening Bowdry, a gallant

tut outclassed opponent.

But Johnson said he won’t feel like the champ until he catches up with Moore. “When I beat the old man. I’ll get that feeling,” he

remarked mockingly

THE VETERAN MOORE, whose age is now 44. knocked out Johnson in the 14th round in Harold’s only previous title bout. Johnson was ahead on points until the wily Moore caught up with

him.

Archie also defeated the Philadelphian on three other occasions. But it’s been seven years since Archie's last victory over. Johnson, and apparently Harold feels that thesands of time have quickened under

the old gentleman’s feet. In fact, so much time has elapsed since Moore’s last defense of the title he won by beating Joey Maxim, that the NBA has lifted his crown for inactivity. LAST WEEK JOHNSON, a classy, stand-up boxer-puncher, had Bowdry virtually eating out of his hands Bowdry made futile lunges at the 32-year-old, more experienced Johnson, who was content to lie back and counter-punch. „ When the opening came, Johnson bombarded Bowdry with a volley of punches, stopping him on a TKO in 45 seconds of the 9th round. Moore is still recognized as champion in New York State and Europe. His scheduled defense against Eric Sohoppner seems to be falling through, with Giulio Rinaldi of Italy the probable next

opponent.

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Coach Bill Garrett made some lineup changes as Attucks rolled over W r ood on Tuesday, 69-43, but the game tvasn’t hard enough to tell whether the Tigers have recovered from their slump. “Wood just didn't have enough height to test us,” Hill wnid after the game. Attucks took 51 rebounds to only 17 for the Chucks. Shelbyville. against whom Attucks closes its season Friday (at Shelbyville), has a little more height and Garrett thinks the Golden Bears take better shots than Wood. So he is hoping for a somewhat tougher “final examination” before the Sectional. FOR THE W’OOD contest Edmond “Duke” Brown was promoted to the starting lineup, pairing at guard with Willie Davis. “Brown „ hustled all the way more than any other player at East Chicago,” Garrett said. “His attitude is great and he can set up plays.” The change moved Jerry Trice into the front line, perhaps marking the end of Garrett’s two-year effort to make a guard out of Trice. Jerry loves to play the pivot, and has never looked comfortable in the backcourt. The Tigers appeared smoothest Tuesday with Trice in the pivot and Bill Jones roaming the baseline. Another arrangement with Jones in the center of a 1-3-1 also clicked well at times. FORWARD GENE HILL was moved onto the bench to make room for Trice. When Gene got into the game, he seemed to be playing guard. Trice scored 9 points and Hill 6. Star performance of the night was turned in by Davis, who hit six whistling baskets from outside while missing only one. And he played like he meant it! Jones led the scoring with 22 points but still didn’t live up to his potential. The 6-8 ace started off on the wrong foot and was benched midway through the first quarter. He returned in the second period and rammed in four

buckets.

Jones hit only 2-for-8 free throws while the team as a whole was converting but ll-for-24. ATTUCKS LOOKED LIKE a million dollars at times, but again ran into a dead spot after intermission. The Tigers scored only 4 points in the first 4 minutes of the third quarter, and were outscored 9-8 in 5% minutes. This Continued on Page 13

Sifford Heads Field

North-South GolfT ourney MIAMI — The reigning National Negro Golf Tournament champions will head the greatest field in the eight-year history 'Muffin' Paces Sutler

of the North-South Tournament when some 300 tee off Monday

at the Miami Springs course.

Charley Sifford, pro titlisf, Carl Tanner, amateur winner, and Ethel Funchess, best pmong the women, have entered tthe five-day event, according to Ray Mitchell, tournament director.

I’vo received 200 entries nl-

School 64 Wins District Crown 2nd Year in Row School 64. at 2710 Bethel, for the second straight year won its district chamoionship in junior high school basketball with an undefeated record. John Patterson is coach of the Southside team. Players include Lutch Barnes, Ronald Barnes, Don Black, Jess Carter. Clarence Edmonds, Larrv Eldridge, Wintam Eldridge, Cliff Hudson, Chris Jones, Harrison Jenkins. Walter Morrow, A1 Phillips, Chariie Reid, Lindell Reid, Gerald Robinson and Stan Wilson. Student manager is Sam Hutton.

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Say 'Little 0' Fills Oscar's Shoes at Cincy CINCINNATI (ANP)—The Univc'rsity of Cincinnati campus is ringing with praise for a tall, trim Negro youth, whose fans from Coach Ed Jucker down are raising their eyebrows and saying of him: “Shades of Oscar Robertson!” The player getting such high praise is Tom Thacker, a 6-3 forward who is filling the Big O’s shoes and doing a • good job of it. Like Robertson, Thacker is an excellent jumpshooter, and Coach Jucker maintains he “drives as well as anyone.” The coach added: “He has all the moves Oscar (Continued on Page 13)

Integration of Camps Supported By Fla. Governor TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (ANP) — A campaign by Negro major league baseball players against segregat ; on in Southern training camps apparently got partial support from Gov. Farris Bryant of Florida

recently

The governor said the .end of segregation at major league camps in his state would go against custom, but so far as he knows, no state laws would be violated During the election campaign, Bryant pledged to oppose integration. But in recent weeks he has promised to help keep major league camps in Florida. Eight major clubs trained in the state last spring.

ready and approximately 50 are in town practicing.” Mitchell declared last week. Nassau will be represented as well as almost every slate in the union. Sifford, the only Negro on the pro tour, has led two PGA tournaments with 65’s on opening day but faltered thereafter. In the Lucky International, won by Gary Player, Charley wound up with a 278. good for 13th place and $1,750. Sifford is a five-time National Negro victor. He’s captured the North-South crown twice, the last time in 1956. Pete Brown of Jackson, Miss., dethroned Cliff Harrington last j’ear as North-South ichuampion. Both will lx* hack along with Ted Rhodes, four-time National cham-

pion

Brown recently captured the Asbury Park title. JOE ROACH, a native Miamian, has won the amateur title the last four years but is expected to have a tough time this year. In addition to Tanner, Richard Gardner, two-time tournament winner, should be a prime contender. Miss Funchess’ main foes will l:e Myrt Mclver, last year’s winner, and Muriel Patterson, who has won the title several times but did not compete last year. Among champions of other sports who are expected to match their links talents are boxer Ray Robinson and baseballers Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Junior Gilliam, Don Newcombe, Frank Robinson and Brooks Lawrence. The North-South event begins the day after the National Baseball Players Golf Championship tourney winds up at the Springs. ABOUT 300 BUSINESS and professional people are expected to compete in the meet, which will run through Feb. 24. Swim and fashion shows, a beauty contest plus other social activities are scheduled during the week.

The litUrst Bulldog is leading

the pack this season

As Butler’s cogers headed Into games with Indiana State at Terre Haute on Thursday, and DoPauw at the Fieldhousc Saturday, sophomore Gerry Williams topped the column of individual scoring. “Muffin.” the former Shortridge aec, had tallied 375- points In 23 games for a 16.3 average. Second was Tom Bowman with 338 and

14.7.

Strangely enough, the 5-8 guard Was also ahead in personal fouls with 57.

DOPE BUCKET UPSETS --AND AWAY WE GO!

By CHARLES S. PRESTON And suddenly if's spring!

Just when the high school basketball season had grown to unbearably dull that it looked os if L. V. Phillips should put in for his unemployment compensation (after the Indianapolis

Sectional) —

Just when the Indianapolis Era was rolling along so merrily that this writer would give you 20 points and name

your out-of-town team, and —

Just when (after vowing we would never, never, never do that again) we had got around to predicting that Attucks would win all its scheduled games and the state tournament without

working up a heavy sweat •—

Why just then, you know what happened — all hell broke loose. The Butler Fieldhouse attendance record was smashed two nights in a row, so Mr. Phillips con make his Florida vacation reservations agin. Kokomo put Naptown in its place, and everybody handy pitched in on Beat Attucks Week.

All of v/hich not only guarantees us a wide-open horse-race tournament starting Wednesday . . , but may help to explain flic peculiar lure of Hoosier Hysteria to those normal people who move here from other states and look at us like we had flipped, man,

flipped!

THIS WRITER ADDED himself to the 13,723 and 13,199 paying customers at Butler not "or ilhe purpose of seeing who would win — we already knew it would jbe Attucks and Tech—but in order to study the center question. You know, that’s the question whether Attucks’ 6-8 Bill Jones Cathedral’s 6-8 Walt Sahm or Tech’s 6-7 Dave Barnes is the heist center in the state. We found out all right — it’s 6-6 Jim Ligon of Kokomo! The long and slender Negro was the Koolcst Kat in Butler during the two-night show, lie operated real sneaky, and we predict that if Kokomo w'ins the state'it wjll be because of the comparatively unheralded “Junior Goose.” (Incidentally, he is only a junior |n school, too.) MATTER OF FACT, Ligon was the only one of the four centers whose play W’as decisive. Jones and Sahm were pretty well a stand-off in their game. Jones hit only 6 for-25 and he wasn’t evdn shooting the right shots at the r.ght times. If any one thing beat Attucks, maybe it was that. On the other nand, Big Walter had nothin? at all for Big Bill until the roof had already caved in in the fourth quarter, Sahm’s points — in eluding 6 free throws—were mostly of the pour-it-on va-

riety.

Tech’s Barnes, who lately has often looked like the most man of the three, also suffered from acute miss-itis and scored only 12 points to Ligon’s 23. Sahm and Jones got 18 and 13. WHAT HAPPENED TO Attuck.^, to blow a 14-point lead in. 11 minutes and wind up on the short end ot a 65-58 tally? And lo a team that was not all that good? And

Tourney Ducats

Go on Sale Attucks’ Sectional tickets went on sale to students, faculty members and season-ticket holders Thursday and Friday, Feb. 16-17, it was announced by Athletic Director Ray

Crowe.

The remainder will he sold to the general public Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 20-21, Crowe said. The ducats are sold at the school bank from 8:30 a m. to 4 p.m. Price is

$3.00.

Uicn to die again two nights later, 64-57' to East Chicago Washing-

ton?

Not to snow you — we’re shaking like a leaf ourselves— hut it’s almost a pattern of Flying Tiger teams to drop a game or two through here. Sometimes they come back fresher than ever—sometimes * they don’t. Last year Bill Garrett’s kingsized crew lost to East Chicago Washington and almost lost to Wood, 72-69, and then expired easily before Shortridge in the Sectional. But year before last they dropped verdicts to Connersviile and East Chicago Washington — and then rebounded to pick up all the marbles. EVEN OSCAR ROBERTSON and Company stumbled at Connersville in ’55. And Ray Crowe’s first “Big Team” was knocked off by Howe. Call it overconfidence, call it pressure, call it the basketball law of gravity — call it officiating, since Attucks fled Cathedral in field goals and outscored East Chicago 24-23. Ca’l it whatever you like, the ’61 Flying Tigers have had it good. New they face the supreme challenge of getting up off the canvas Continued on tare IS

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