Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 January 1962 — Page 11

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The Indianapolis Recorder, Jan. 27,1962—11 Attucks Loose in Beating Roosevelt

Attucks looks loose.

Sporting a 7-game winning streak climaxed by a successful invasion of Gary Roosevelt, the Tigers starting Friday will gqfinto another 7-game schedule before the tournament. All these contests will be in Naptown except for the Martinsville game, which will be played at Martinsville on Saturday even though it's an Attucks "home game." But then Bill Garrett’s '62

Timers seem to do better on the road. That’s where they knocked off the likes of Lafayette apd and Roosevelt, while their only two losses (to Shortridpe and Tech) were suffered at home. Maybe that’s a mark of a loose ball club? This is no Team of Destiny, and it’s no Bunch of Bums either. To make things nearperfect, the Tigers are rated second in these parts to Southport’s classy Marion County champs*. As any runner will _ tell you, second is a very good place f 4o come from. Especially if you’re loose.

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SATURDAY. JAN. 27—ATTUCKS at Martinsville. Howe’s Hornets, who have won T* games and lost 7, stayed with Tech for three quarters before going down 05-49 last Saturday. Attucks defeated Howe last month in the City Tourney, 04-53. Martinsville, playing a pretty sharp Southeastern Indiana schedule, will get its biggest test Friday against Conners-

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The Arlesians are in the middle year of ai 3-year building program, in other words they’ll start the same lineup Saturday that lost to Attucks a year ago, 75-49. And next year, four of the five boys will still be around. Steve Sadler,.0-3 and 194 pounds, Is the leading scorer. Meeting Attucks the night after Connersville will be quite a test for the Artesiansl WATCH FOR C L A R E N C E WEBB, hot-shooting little sophomdre, to join the Attucks varsity as the seme-ter turns. Other schools drawing aces in-

clude Wood, which gets back J. C. Smith to go along with his brother, James Smith; and Shortridge, which has just been waiting for Roosevelt Jackson. * * THE TIGERS’ 61-53 defeat of Roosevelty/n the Panthers’ lair surpris^Tmost of the experts. Not the snfbothest-played game in history, it had plenty of real rugged rebounding. Once again it was team balance that paid off for Attucks. The Panthers had heard about Richard ‘‘Boo” .Ellis, and they threw up a 2-1-2 zone with the front men -sagging on Dick in the pivot. Unfortunately for the home team, this left Glenn Bradley which is a long way to spell free to fire from outside— MURDER. The lanky guard hit ll-for-24 from the field, and added a free throw for 23 points. The other guard, Cornell Brooks, scored 12 and Ellis—who’s a team player all the way—was content to rack up 11. Allen Bridgeforth continued to come on with 5-for-12 from the field. Bridgeforth is developing into a valuable rebounder. Game scoring honors, however, went to Roosevelt’s brilliant sophomore, Clarence Harville, w ho bombed in 24 points. A big boy with an ‘‘unguardable” jump shot, Harville connected on y-for-17 from the field. Arthur Jones counted 16, but the rest of the Panthers remained in the shooting slump that has caused their season record to fall to 10-6. Attucks shot .361 in 72 attempts from the field, while Roosevelt was hitting only .275 in 80. Garrett was far from satisfied with the floor play of his charges, who committed 12 errors to Roosevelt’s

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Benson Breaks Visitor Record At Xavier; 20th in Nation

. CINCINNATI — A peppery “mighty mite” from Indianapolis Attucks poured 39 points through the nets in a losing cause to break a record at the Xavier Eieldhouse here Saturday. LeVern Benson, 5-10 star of Attucks’ 1957 state runner-ups, hit 15-for-32 from the field and a perfect 9-for-9 from the free throw line, although his Miami team lost to Xavier, 81-68. LITTLE B E N S ON ALSO grabbed 8 rebounds as the underdog Redskins beat the taller Muskies on the backboards, 49-42, and almost pulled an upset. Benson entered the game with a 23.7 average—20th best in the U.S. He scored on fine jump% and sets from the corners, and drive-ins/ The senior gunner had 1,3 points at halftime, and then really went to work after the intermission. Fed by his teammates and cheered by the Xavier crowd, he hit 11 of Miami’s 14 field goals in the

second half. It was a good thing LeVern had a hot hand, as his mates were centering only 10-for-39 throughout the game. BENSON’S TOTAL WAS t the highest ever scored by a visiting player in the Xavier Fieldhouse. The previous record was 35 by Frank Burgess of Seattle last winter. The all-time Fieldhouse mark is 45 by Gene Smith of Xavier a decade ago.

AND THEN THERE WERE SEVEN: Monday night's fast and furious action at the Indiana Central gym removed one of these eight PAL Club boxers from the Golden Gloves tournament before we got his picture printed. But that's the way the cookie crumbles in the amateurs' hectic leather carnival. Left to right, standing, are Herbert Ellison, 147 pounds; Charles

Mederas, 135-pounder from Hill-Douglass who lost to Hosie Chapel of Christamore House; Cecil Cornell, 126, and Ernest Cousins, 135. Kneeling are Steven Ballard, last year's 112-pound Novice champion who is now fighting Open; Henry Orr, 126; George Johnson, 1 12-pound Open defending champ, and Charles McKay, 147. (Indianapolis Park Department photo)

Jackie Robinson In Hall of Fame BOSTON — Jackie Robinson, the first Negro in major league baseball, on Tuesday was elected the first Negro in baseball's Hall of Fame. Jackie was nam^d to a spot in the Coopertown, N.Y., shrine on 124 of the 160 ballots cast by veteran members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. This was only 4 more votes than the minimum 75 percent, or 120, required for election. Pitcher Bob Feller also was named, receiving 150 of the 160 votes. It was the first year of eligibility for both players.

Will Glovers Repeat 8 Knockouts on Card?

By CHARLES S. 4 PRESTON

If you dig action, try the Golden Gloves Monday night. Granted it's an unfamiliar route—for fight fans—out to Indiana Central's gym at Hanna and State. Timewise it's a breeze, via the Madison Avenue Expressway. And where else will you catch EIGHT KNOCKOUTS

ON ONE CARD?

That was the story this Monday, as the 5th annual Indianapolis Golden Gloves Tournament got under way with an

all-Novice program.

Believe it or not, two-thirds of the fights on the screaming card never got into the 3rd round!

These Gloves come to fight. In the Novice division they have little savvy and less defense. Instead, the general idea is to blast the other boy out of there right now. If you get blasted yourself in the process—well, that’s the Golden Gloves. FOUR OF MONDAY’S bouts were short and sweet, ending abruptly in genuine Ist-round KO’s. The climax came in the 10th fight of the evening, when Alvin Yates of North Street PAL Club disposed of James Dulin of Northwestern PAL in 15 seconds of the

first!

Try that sometime—that’s 5 seconds for hitting and 10 seconds for counting. That’s faster than Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling. The boys, 136-pounders, came out of their corners in a flurry, Yates connected with a left to the eye and down went Dulin. That was it. EARLIER ON THE CARD, the crowd of 400 went wild as two bouts in a row ended with the losers flat on the canvas. In a 135-pound match, Richard Lewis of North St. PAL had a size advantage ovfer Willie Johnson of Northwestern PAL. Lewis caught his foe with a left hook to the jaw at 1:22 of the 1st, and it was Endsville for Willie. The next fight pitted Charles Durham, -Lockefield PAL,

against Fred Mills, a white boy from Christamore House. The 147-pounders slugged it out in a frenzy until Durham caught Mills with a right. Mills landed flat on his back, where he remained. It all happened in 43 seconds. The other KO was registered by Ronald Bali of Hill-Douglass! PAL at the expense of Henry Tunstal, Northwestern PAL. They were 126-pounders. Ball clobbered Tunstal with a left to the - face and the victim fell motionless in the corner at 1:57 of the 1st. THERE WERE ALSO a quartet of TKO’s. Fiasco Jordan, North Street PAL, had too much for Norman Dixon, Rader and Udell PAL, at 1:46 of the 1st. Weight was 126. In the next bout Charles “Bucket” James of Christamore was a winner (also at 126) when James “Randy” Williams of Northwestern PAL was unable to answer the bell for the 3rd round. Lee Cooksey of North Street gained a TKO at :32 of the 2nd when Lafayette Smith of Hill-Douglass threw up his hands to indicate surrender. They were 147-pounders. In the last bout of the evening—a helluva fight—A.C. Hill of Hill-Douglass played it cool and TKO’ed slugging Paul Arnold of Northeast PAL at 1:48 of the 1st.

Patterson-Liston Bout Prediction Is Seen Jelling

HARRISBURG, Pa. (ANP)— A recent prediction by the Associated Negi’o Press that champion Floyd Patterson would soon defend his title against Sonny Liston, the No. 1 challenger, moved a step closer to reality with the announcement here last week that negotiations were being started for the staging of the bout in May

or June.

According to informed sources, the Patterson-Liston bout will be arranged as soon as Jack Nilon, business man of Chester, Pa., becomes Liston’s new manager. IT IS BELIEVED Nilon will be acceptable to Cus -D’Amato, Patterson’s manager. The soutces Continued on Page 13

By BILL BROWER For ANP In the past 15 years we have applauded among our heroes a world's women tennis champion, a national Public Links amateur golf champion, hundreds of professional athletes in football, basketball and baseball. Now we have tan bowlers competing with their white counterparts in nationally televised tenpin tournaments. All this is pertinent because this is a significant year for one of our favorite sports performers—Jackie Robinson. It was a little niore than 15 years ago that he r pioneered as the first tan ^player in organized baseball. Jesse Owens before him, Joe Louis in his time, and evdn Sugar Ray Robinson had contributed mightily to breaking the barriers in sports. But we doubt that anyone else did as much as Jackie to ensure the mass success of tan athletes. Having retired after the 1956 season, Robinson meets the requirements of the five-years-out rule. On his own mettle as a ball player, Robbie—the now graying executive with Chock Full O’ Nuts—is entitled to the

A major league rookie at the age of 28, Robinson spent 10- seasons in the majors, all of them with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He gained the accolade as the greatest of all clutch performers. A fipry competitor, Jackie could be^Cnis opponents a half-dozen way^with his bat, his glove, his running, his inspiration to teammates, and his ability to get under your skin. DURING HIS CAREER he played several positions. When he was signed off the roster of the

JACKIE ROBINSON Montreal club, Jackie was handed a 1st baseman’s mitt and performed so ably that he won the distinction as baseball’s Rookie of Continued on Page 13

Archie Accepts Fullmer's Challenge to Title Bout

NEW YORK (ANP)—While c his cagey manager viewed the possibility as “a real big money match,” light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore indicated last week he’d be glad to meet middleweight ruler Gene Fullmer for the light-heavy title sometime next summer. Moore announced through his manager, Jack Kearns, that he welcomes the challenge hurled by Fullmer in accepting the Edward J. \ Neil Memorial Plaque here. Nego- ‘ tiations for the proposed title bout were reported under way. However; Moore—who has been given until Jan. 31 to sign Continued on Page 13

Moore to Fight Argentine; Seek Crack at Floyd LOS ANGELES fANP)—Promoter George Parnassus announced here that he has matched Archie Moore, co-holder of the lightheavyweight title, with Alejandro Lavorante of Argentina in a bout Continued on Page 13

They were 135-pounders. THE JUDGES HAD little work and seemed to get rusty, rendering one decision that was a real stinkeroo and another that appeared dubious. Decisions were: 135—Hosie Chapel, Christamore, over Charles Medaris, Hill-Doug-lass PAL. 135—Tom Strouse, St. Rita’s, over Dennis Perry, North Street. 147—Charles Board, .Lockefield PAL, over Thomas Ivey, Hill-Douglass PAL. This was a wild fight and the decision really stunk up the joint. The fans booed loud and long. 147—Lovell Vaughn, Lockefield, got the nod over Lawyer Bunch of Hill-Douglass. We saw it the other way. Forfeits were taken home by William Gilley of Christamore, 175-pounder, and Victor Robbins, Rader and Udell, 147-pounder.

Gaither Named Small College Coach of Year

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CHICAGO (ANP) — Alonzo 5. "Jake" Gaifher, whose fabulous Florida A & M University Rattlers have rolled up 47 consecutive football victories doting back to 1952, recently was awarded the Small College Coach of the Year trophy at the Xfnnual banquet of the American Football Coaches Association, held at the Conrad-Hilton Hotel. He was the first member of

his race to win the honor. Gaither was honored along with Paul Bryant of the University of Alabama, who was chosen the Big College Coach of the Year. BOTH MENTORS EMERGED from their 1961 campaigns with unbeaten 10-0 records, and both won their bowl contests. The Rattlers defeated the Jackson State College Tigers in the Orange Blossom Classic on Dec. 4, successfully defending their national Negro college football championship. Alabama’s Crimson Tide defeated Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl.

CLAY TO FIGHT MAKCIANO'S BOY MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (ANP) —Cassius Clay, former Golden Gloves and Olympic boxing champion who is unbeaten as a professional, will fight Tony Huges here Wednesday. Huges is a protege of former heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano. Clay, of Louisville, is working toward an eventual shot at the light-heavyweight title. Most of his 9 pro victories have come by knockout.

It was a signal honor for Gaither, a 58-year-old coach who has led the Rattlers to five national Negro titles. He

has survived, among other handicaps, a major operation several years ago as a result of whiilh he now wears a steel plate in his head. The selection of Gaither was the second breakthrough for Negro coaches. Several years ago Johnny McLendon, then cage mentor at Tennessee State, was named NAIA basketball coach of the year. He is now mentor of the pro Cleveland Pipers.

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