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2-r. Frilnv. Mflv 21. 18 The Shreveport Time Fifth Annual Preptacular Set Todav at Bolton of Alexandria Attaway, Jefferson Get Top at Sports Dinner 1 Jtpitch tOilgllB Bolton Stadium today with field events beginning at 5:30 p.m. followed by the running events at 7:30 p.m.

McKinnon's top mark for the ALEXANDRIA Miler John McKinnon will help represent Shreveport's Fair Park High School in the fifth annual Preptacular track and field-meet at Skinner Sulley Honor By BILL MtlNTVRE Tlmc Editor Amateur sports personalities from the Shreveport-Bossier City urbfln area were given a professional polish before the cameras of KTAL-TV i Channel 6) Thurs- CM ni ii I if i came's only run on John Shreveport's 'fast pilch Softball circuit picked Major Leagueithe O'Bryan's single. Jim Piper was its tirst no-nuier oi me season till Hint mile this year was a 4:13 he ran in thu stale Triple-A track moot. His closest competition will come from John Stewart of Glen Oaks of Baton Rouge. Stewart has hit the tape at 4:13.3 in the mile this year, lie followed McKinnon across the lino in both the stale meet and the Southwestern Relays. Owen Self, Byrd High of Shreveport, holds the current mile record of 4:11.8 that he set last year.

Rodney Milburn of Opelousas, Tommy Prejean of Beaumont, and Spencer Thomas of New Orleans have had good timei in the hurdles this year. Milburn has crossed the tape at 13.9 and 19.1 while Prejean has run 14.0 and 19.0. Thomas has clocked 14.0 and 19.2 in hurdles events this year. Another North Gosdin Most Valuable For BCC Hoop Team jrfJ I I 111 I the losing pitcher. In another tight duel, Cobbs Barbecue bumped Lincoln Liberty, 1-0, in the nightcap with big George Holmes taking his second LIAOUI ITANOINOS III Won Lest Pel.

OB Aavou Melels 1 0 1.000 Cobb' Barbecue 0 1 000 Aarksdale AFB 0 1 .000 Hi Marshall, Ttx. 0 1 .000 Hi Lincoln liberty 2 .000 2 iv. 1 IJIIf "4' If Mike Gosdin, who set 13 of 15 school records, was named the most valuable player in basketball as Baptist Christian College cited its athletes Thursday night during graduation week exercises. Two other cagers were also singled out with Lonnie Skinner receiving an award as the best foul shooter (77 per cent) and Phillip Salley receiving the scholastic award for a 3.3. average on the school's 4.0 point system.

Skinner, Salley and Jim Tobin were among those on the honor roll for the year Each letlerman received a M. i trophy and certificate from 'same. The Ambassadors played Coach Larry Greene during the 'through two overtime periods exercises held at the chapel on! with Northwestern Slate Col-the campus jlege's freshmen before suspen- Greene called his season "sue-1 lhelRamle as.lnh1Pn cessful. Our won-losl record wasfe'" ZalL RL JACKIK JKFFFRSON (left) of Union High School, I triple-threatcr in football, basketball and baseball, was named Shreveport's Athlete of the Year at the 1 2nd annual Sports Award Dinner. It was a big day for Jackie, who earlier signed a grant-in-aid scholarship agreement with University of California.

Seated next to Jefferson is his prep coach, Foster Wheeler, who leaves this weekend for a coaching clinic at Iowa City, Iowa. (Times Photo by Billy Upshaw) day night as the second annua) Greater Shreveport Sports Award Dinner came across living room video screen living color. in Ten awards were announced by KTAL-TV snortseaster Al Gordon, thumbnail sketches were provided on each nominee in eight sports and when they opened the envelopes for the surprise package at the finish Douglas F. Attaway, publisher of the Journal, was named Sportsman of the Year and Jackie Jefferson of Union High School the Athlete of the Year. The awards covered amateur athletics in Caddo and Bossier parishes.

The Journal publisher was honored for his active support of bowling in the city, both as a sponsor and a bowler. He has been backing league teams since he now has three teams competing and he has sent local teams into national ABC and WIBC events for the past 12 years. In addition his narticinatiojt: in bowling, Attaway sponsored teams in local softball leagues from 1935-40 and he currently serves on the steering committee for the domed stadium project in New Orleans. Three-Sport Star Jefferson, the second Negro athlete in as many years to receive the banquet's top honor, I was a three-sport standout at 'Union in football, basketball and baseball. A co-captain of the Eagle grid squad for two years, Jackie played split end on 'offense, caught 140 passes through three varsity seasons for 3.113 yards and 48 touchdowns and earned Caddo Parish all-star honors three straight years.

In two seasons of basketball. i covering 39 games, Jefferson scored 787 points, or better than! uuinia per gctine, auu iwu, seasons of bascbau he stole bases and batted a cool .500 at I the plate. Yesterday he signed a Ifnnthnll sr'hnlarshin with Ihp University of California at Berkeley. Attaway and Jefferson succeH last year's award winners, SPAR and Baptist League junior coach Sam Burleson and former Bet-hune High standout Johnny Lewis. Other award winners in various sports were Jesuit's Louis Cascio in football, Valencia's James Speed and Byrd's Joe Corclill tied in basketball, Fair Park miler John McKinnon in uov-k aim nciu, ui vctu wiijui and Dr.

Harold Brewster tied in i handball. Pat Tiger Harrington in boxing, Mrs. Lyndall Phillips in bowling, Charlie Minder in I cuimmincr an4 IK.voar.nM AlinA A uenucneiuom hi tennis. Woodlawn's Joe Ferguson, a junior, was second in tne tooioan awards category, Linear half- miler Willie Bolden was runner- nn in track ann He inoa fu eri mac co.nnrl in cnrlmminit MicO ,11 A ,11,1 lllli, Fuller, like Miss deRochemont, 111 BWllIUIimK. lvllBXlSAiH ihptup straight decision.

The only run eame in the fourth when R. V. Lockwood singled off the pitch er's glove, went to second on an error and then scored on Bill Hancock's double to leflfield. Tommy Anderson was 2-for-4 for Cobbs and Gil Searcy 3-for-3 for Lincoln. Losing pitcher was David Fultz.

FIRST CAME BAYOU METAL Al RBI Soiled, cf 1 1 0 Irvtn, 2b 7 0 0 O'Bryan, rl 3 0 I Jordan, ts 3 0 1 Woodruff, lb 3 0 1 Gray, If 3 0 0 Thomas, 3b 0 I Crawi, 3 0 0 Erie, 3 0 1 Ouncen, 3b 0 0 0 Totals 14 1 BARKSDALE AB RBI .3 0 0 0 Masfv. lb Cheney, ss 0 Walkar, 3 0 Armhrusler, 0 Griffith, If 3 0 Heist, 2b I. 0 Cannon, cf 0 Wall, rf 1 0 Ploer, 0 Waqner. 0 Beller, 3D 0 Baumlardner, 0 0 Totals Score by Innings: Aavau Mata Jl 0 0 100 000 0 II Barktdale 000 WO 0 -Bay Jordan. Cheney, Jordan, luo S.

Barksdal, 2. Erie (W, 20) 7 0 0 0 2 10 Piper (L, 0-1) 7 1 1 3 2 SECOND GAME COBBS ab rbi Cascio, If 3 Anderson, rf Dunn, cf 3 Lockwood, 3 Hancock, 3b 3 Holmes, 3 Jacobs, 2b 2 Futch. ss 1 Cooper, lb 2 Rolhenber, 4th 2 Totals 2 i 4 i ab rbi LINCOLN Shaw, 2b Clancy, rf Searcy, lb Candler Brown, 3b 2opp Dees, cf Vance. If Candler Fuitj. I caskey, Pn i Totals 0 4 0 Cobbs 000 too oi Lincoln 000 000 00 Cooper.

Searcy, Shaw, Sriaw; DP Cobb's (Holmes, Futch, Cooper), Cobb's (Rotherberqer, Cooper); OLB Cobbs t. Lincoln 2B Hancock; Clancy SF Hancock. IPjH Bn St6 Holmes (2-0) 7 i-iuiz lu-o rum. ro Racing Probe Sel for June 10 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) I I 9, olthe o' oj 3likLl? mn FISHING LINE nut Inn mnrncs vf nil i produced an unselfish team" Greene said four of his players finished with double figure averages.

I II F' MII'MIIII XH 1 1 1 lit TL i 1. was i looking varsity adding forward to a 2fi-game schedule next season, that he had signed six Southern Tennis Tourney Results JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Top-seeded Leonie Lucotti and see- ond-seeded Laura Nail, both of jJI.New Orleans, earned places in me women senior singles finals here Thursday at Southern Seniors tennis championships. Mrs. Lucotti defeated unseeded Fran Newman of Atlanta 7-5, fi-fl at the River Hills Club, while Mrs.

Nail defeated third-seeded Marcia Weinacker of Mobile fi-2. 8-6. The two will meet at 10 a.m. Friday for the finals. Finals in most men's classes are Sunday, Among other results: Senior Men's to Singles Tom Marshall of Memphis defeated Vic Sheshunoff of Magnolia, 6-2, 4-1.

Singlet Men's 35 Junior Vets Bobby Jones of Columbus, defeated Irvin DeLalte of Lafayette, 6-2, 6-3. Ben Boesch of New Orleans defeated Garland Pinholste? of Baton Rouge 5-7. i DrV'Ale Haydav of Hunlsville, By vd outstanding area athletes and was negotiating with five others who have had collegiate experience. The lettermen included Gosdin, Skinner, Tobin, Salley. Gary Palmer, Pat Pool, Tommy Mo Kethen, Tommy Watson and Fred Pippcn.

Gosdin scored 523 points for a 20,1 average and had 209 rebounds for an 8.0 average. He hit on 56 per cent of his field goals and had the second highest foul goal percentage (71 on the club, Greene recalled the school's one distinction earned last year, ptnying in basketball's only tie again me loiiowmg wcck aim again ended regulation tied and an overtime deadlock. BCC later lost in sudden death. In his first year, Greene guided Ihe Ambassadors to an R-17-1 mark. Twelve of the 17 losses came in "in Ihe last three minutes and were by margins of less than 10 points against the state's best competition." A majority of games played by the Christians were on the road as the school has no home court.

Handicapped by having to use wood backboards during practice sessions and glass backboards during game play, the Ambassadors still managed to hit 47 per cent from the field as a team. LET'S TRADE CARS NOW HAROLD SCOTT during our qiganric SELLING AND SAVINGS EX-PLO! Ask for me I con save you money on the Chevy of your choice! SHOWROOM Traffic St. Exit Off I 20 Boisier City 425-4221 Because Seagram's 11 Cross Lake ARK-LA-TEX LANDING Has been pretty good fishing but could have been better. Miss Rose Batkin. Kilgore, caught 27 catfish while B.

F. Gary of Gladewater, brought in 67 catfish on two trips and E. F. Landrum, Gladewater, hauled in 27. Louisiana runner, Randy Guil-lory of Natchitoches, has turned in a 19.1 in the low hurdles.

The top relay team entered the meet is McKinley of Baton Rouge. It has turned tin 41.8 in Ihe 440-yarder and 1:28 in the 880. The man to top in the sprints should be Wycliff Robertson of Baton Rouge. He has turned in a 21.2 in the 220 on a full curve. Willie Bolton of Linear in Shreveport has turned in a 1:54.8 in the 880.

John Mayo. El Dorado, has a fiS-footer in the shot put and a 177-footer in the discus competition this year. Top triple-jumpers this year have been Thomas of New Orleans with a 48-(i'2 and Sidgy BcnoR of Creole, 48-1. Also representing Fair Park in the meet will be Kenneth Mann in the hurdles events. NOW OPEN C.

CAFE (Air Conditioned) at C. C. SANDIDGES CAMP Lake Bistincau Specializing in: CATFISH CHICKEN STEAKS Closed Tuesdays Phone 987-2216 Ruth Eaton Manager You always can. 7 Crown always has A defeated Dr. Robert Borders of Bossier 6-3, 8-6.

inursaay mgni imuidiiuer John Erie, winning his second straight Eame. hurled a 1-0 shutout for Bayou Metals over Barksdale AFB. PCte Solice walked in the first inning, stole second, moved to third on an infield out and scored U.S. Girls Advance in Net Meet PARIS (APi The tennis girls of the United States swept past erratic Swiss opposition Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Federation Cup, the tournament the Americans are trying to win for the third straight year. Nancy Richcy of San Angclo, and Mary Ann Eiscl of I Amis quickly sewed up the American victory in singles matches that were too one-sided to be exciting.

flrim Determination Little Miss Richey, a floppy white sunhat on her head, hit with grim determination from her baseline to overcome Anne Marie Studcr 6-1, fi-1. Miss Eisel, hitting accurately down the sidelines and slipping in an occasional drop shot, annihilated Marianne Kindler 6-0, 6-1. Kathy Harter of Seal Beach, came in for the doubles and with Miss Richcy scored a 6-0, 6-1 triumph over the two owioa The Americans thus dropped only four games in the three matches. That was one better than their principal rivals, the Australians, who ran up a 3-0 victory over Brazil and lost five games in the process. About 1.000 people beat the Paris transport strike and watched ihe play at the Roland Garros Stadium.

Olher teams reaching the quarter-finals were South Afri- ca. France. Russia, Bulgaria, Britain and The Netherlands. SPAR Results GIRLS SOFTBALL Eiohth pi.vou Bixnchard "Vihi 3 I Holy Rosary 422 2-12 8 5i Lottin and Leon; canatena ana brocato; Senior Girls playoffs I 124 10-8 10 'Northwood st. Vincent 051 03-9 2 1 Terehume and Sides; Hill and Wall ADULT MEN'S SOFTBALL Fast Pitch Electrical Workers 012 013 10- 8 7 3 007 100 01- 9 1 0 2 Sanders and Collins; Brocato, Dean and uolul 'Lakeshore Baptist Rossette and Sharp and Parham Valentine Ready Mix 000 00 0 3 western Geophysical 105 4X -io 5 Deal and Jackson; B.

Moore and watlr Dept ooi 040 6 ti I Dwrt UnMa. an4 KEEL 301 000 4 6 (united Gas 000010 0-1 5 1 000 010 34 9 0 and Elza; Huckabee Durr Queries' Results Three women tied for first place in a nine-hole Even Holes even( Lacies' Day Querhes Park Thursday with identical net 14s. Tied were Mrs. W. J.

Shumate, Mrs. J. R. Jones and Mrs. H.

G. Smith. Top golfer in the second flight was Mrs. Felix Stellman with a net 12. Low putts for the day went to Mrs.

C. M. Shroyer with 14. trade and bet- Chev rolet. In headqua rters in signals this yours ou I immo 2-3 2 Addison, Robinson i 1 3 Take equipped washers, Tne Kentucky Racing Commis i'sion said today its full scale investigation into the disqualify cth Pre is a student at Captain Shreve High School.

Minder, in the middle of final exams at Southern Methodist Univprsitv was rpni'psfinlpfl hv younger brother Bobby, also a i w'" standout swimmer. It was oiii ooo oo-o 2 2 nounced during the dinner Deot- 1 1 .1 Hememan and van Cleft; Thompson Cordill, the Jacket cage stand- and Lacabee M. THE GRITS GRESHAM fishing conditions have been Green plastic worms have been accounting for the best catches. Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Jones got 30 bass while Mr. and Mrs. John Dupuis, Lafayette, pulled in 31. Bream beds are still producing good catches on both worms and crickets. Crappie have been biting good but not many fishermen have been trying for them lately.

Johnny Atkins of Dallas, got 68 last weekend. Kepler Lake McMULLIN'S CAMP Water high but on a standstill and the weather is good now. Bream are still hitting good and bass fishing is still good. No report on white perch or catfish. Toledo Bend Lake MURRELL'S BAIT STAND -Fish are biting good.

Bream are moving into deep water but large strings are still being caught. Catfish are doing good on trotlines and bass and white perch are fair. Lake Murvaul STOVALL'S CAMP Again, unsettled weather conditions have had their effect on the fishermen by keeping most of them off the lake. A lot of fish are still being caught, mostly bream and bass. The largest bass caught weighed in at 8 pounds and was taken by Mrs.

M. N. Knox, Henderson, Tex. Bream are hitting good on crickets and worms. The bass seem to be doing good on top water lures and purple worms.

Trotline fishing is fair using live bait, shrimp and hearts. Lindy Britton and Rayford Tinkle, Longbranch, brought in a 42 and 50 pound Opelousas Catfish White perch fishing has been siow. Water is going over the spillway and is in good shape. Lone Star Lake SCENIC VIEW MOTEL AND FISH CAMP The lake has been over spillway level twice in the past week. As a result bass fishing has been slowed.

Plastic worms in green, purple or blue have been the best lures. Fishing the worms in deep or shallow water has been successful. E. G. Garrell, Dallas, Wayne Carrell, Longview, and Maj.

Ken Kirkendall, Longview, caught their limit ol bass. Crappie fishing has been slow while bream fishing is good. Harvey Golden and- Mike Zoller, Kilgore, caught 150 bream. Catfishing has been good on trotlines. The water is murky in the north end but clear elsewhere.

The lake level is back to normal. The Big League CheW in the foil fresh pouch yfcj "'u Kentucky Derby winner will be- jojn June 10. No site was set for the hear- mg The commission also turned down a request that it lift the suspensions of trainers Lou Cav-alaris and Robert Barnard, pending completion of their probe. NOW OPEN i Pendleton Bridge Marina 19 mile west of Mc on Hwy. 6.

Boers for rent, cabins, rjtauront, i bait, gasoline, rent stalls, camper area, free launching ramp, automatic fish scaler. Phone 256-2958 (Many, La.) for summer and weekend reservations. BILL HALL, MANAGER I out. had signed a letter of intent with SMU two days ago. Assisting uornon in me awards ceremony was Bat LaCrouts, chairman of the sponsoring Ath letic Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Commerce.

Trophies! and plaques were donated h.v Ahe Shreveport Sports foundation Shreveport braves baseball club! and Athletic Affairs group. YMCA I(ulls 7-8 Year Old Sports 4, Pirates 0 Hawks 8, Yankees 1 9 Year Old Wildcats 10, Athletics a Bears 8. Mustangs 7 1011 Year Old Twins 7, Orioles 5 Astros 13, Mets 3 THIS TRUCK OWNER SAYS i Other catches included Howard Pope, Harleton, 27 catfish, Pappy Stewart, 14 catfish, T. A. Rae and friend from Longview, 50 catfish.

John Hunt from Henderson, also brought in 34. 0. R. Corbet pulled 15 white perch while Paul Morgan got 32 bream and Larry Bamburg got 42 bream. Black Lake BLAKE LAKE LODGE The lake is rising slowly and is still clear and in good fishing condition.

It is about a foot above normal. Bass are schooling and hitting worms, rapalas and hotspot. perch fishing is slow but on the mend while bream are unusually slow for this time of the year. Lots of catfish being caught on trotlines and yo-yo's. WOODS LODGE Lake is rising after the recent rains.

and bream are hitting good. The best lures for bass have been Toothpicks, Tiny Torpedos and plastic worms. i Bob Strong and Don Sfalmake, Dallas. caught two limits of bass. W.

D. Kleppingcr, Dallas, also caught his limit of bass. Bream have been hitting good on crickets. CHANDLER'S CAMP AND MOTEL lake is still several feet above normal and Hard wick Is New Leader In All-Star GARDEN CITY. N.Y.

'AP Billy Hardwick, who moved to' Louisville, Ky from San Ma-j teo, a few days before leaving home for the 27th an miai rational Aii-star uowung Championships, was well on the way Thursday to paying the movers bill. Hardwick rolled at a 226 aver age cup tor tne opening io games in the men's division fi-' nals to assume a 104-point lead over Jim Stefanich of Joliet, 111. Hardwick's pinfall was 3.B30, and he added 525 bonus points 50 points for each game won in the finals for a 4,155 total. Stefanich has 4,051 on pinfall of 3,486 plus 575 bonus points. The men are competing for a $15,000 top prize.

There are still 32 games to go, lfi each on Fri-: day and Saturday. Dotty Fothergill of Attleboro, won 11 of her 12 games to build a commanding lead at the 12-game mark of the 36-, game women's finals. HEWING TOBACCO is 1 acinar win i 3 singles Jay Freeman of Little Rock, defeated Dr. Paul DeCamp of New Orleans 6-4, 7-5. Alex Guerry of Chattanooqa, defeated Eduardo Lucotti of New Orleans 6-2.

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