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1 ALABAMA TRIBUNE Friday, September 22, 1961 Wynnes 5 Wolverines In Final Drills For 1961 Grid Opener With Benedict South Fulton Gets Pass Archer Hi 7-6 and Clarence Brown, tackles; Cap! Dixon and David Crolt, guards Eugene Robertson, center; Jme Mai tin, tight bick: Calvin Tho mas, fullback, Co-Oapt Anderson slot back; and Samuel Hill, quarter back. UNIT NO. 2 Ivory Jones an Cecil Fredd, ends. Alex Miles am Henry Trotty, tackles; Donald Be and Maxic Hemmans, gua-ds: Lay mon Bailey, center; Richard Law tight back; Frank Peoples, full back; Solomon Brannan, slo back; and John Davis, By JOEl W. SMITH Time is wlndlng-up for pre-teason workouts and the Morris Brown College Purple Wolverines "are making final preparation for their ,1961 curtain-raiser against the Benedict College Tigers, of Columbia, S.C., Saturday afternoon, at Herndon Memorial Stadium.

Kick off time will be 2 o'clock, Atlanta fans dm i ti be reminded that this Is no pushover warm-up game for the Wolverines Lat year, the Tigers chalked up a 7-and-2 won-lost reoord. including a 28-7 victory over the Wolverines According to reports from Columbia, Benedict will be tough again this year, which indicates that the fans may be In or an exciting afternoon. INJURIES TAKE TOLL Head Coach Edward J. Clemons announoed last week that Alex SIAC Rivals To Clash Here Saturday 2 PM At Herndon Stadium are still on the Injury list and will be sidelined Indefinitely Oddly enough, all three have sustained knee Injuries. Donald Bell, from Dun oar High, Bessemer, a guard on the No.

2 line unit, will also take over the linebacker spot left vacant by James Price. DIXON, ANDFRSON TO SPARK WOLVrRINES Sparking the Purple Wolverines against the Benedict Tigers will be Capt Bernard Dixon, a product of Pinellas High School. Clearwater, and Co-Capl. Leonard "BuH Anderson, who halls from Merry High School, Jackson, Tenn. Head Coach Clematis and his aides Assistant Coaches George Thomas, Sam Ross and Alfred Wilkes selected two units last week, with three promising freshmen earning berths on the line They are George Bowman, end of Atlantas George Washington Carver Vocational School, Laymon Bailey, center, from Ballard-Hudson High school, Macon, and Maxte Hemmans, guard, from Center High School, Waycross, Ga.

These units are as follows: UNIT NO. 1 Simon Hubbard and Bowman Earl Grigge back Robert Moore Just 1.35 be fore the beginning of the fourth quarter White may not have been the he Is at this moment, a the gapie remit may have beep something nil together different. Until the Lions forged ahead with the one point advantage the Eagles were flying high on a cloud with a six point lead they had pushed across In the first quarter, and the flahy purple and gold backs frequently opened up by spontaneous combustion and gave Indications that the Eagles would widen-, cd the gap on many occasions. LUTIIFR LITTLE INTLRt'EPTS I Defensive Dark Luther Little can take credit for paving the way fqr the Eagles to score their lone TO. From the South Fulton 20 Archer made their bid for Lion territory.

Quarterback Oatllii pulled the surprise of the game when he pulled a 20 yard sneak, but the score was nullified by a penalty. i Halney came back on the next play and carried the mall to the one, and over on the next play. Willie Tilmer broke through and picked up Gatlin's pass in the mid -third period to set the stage for South Fultqo's score. The blocked punt and what followed was the turning point for the East Pointer, and once they went nhead by one it became apparent that they were satisfied with starving off the clock. Be Sure To Vote Friday ATLANTA, IHNSI By HARMON G.

PERRY Harvel White Is the most popular tudent on the South Fulton cam-tus this week, lor it was his circus fitch of Foster' pass which prodded the one point margin that polled the 1961 debut of Archer Julies, and sent the Lions back to last Po(nt, Georgia 7-6 victors. Yet had it not been for Fosters 8 yard touchdown strike to half- Vated the Tigers 24-12 Use year at Jaokson, Miss. The Prairie View -Jackson Col- pge tUt Saturday will also give 'o-al fans an opportunity to see for the first time what type txf defense Panther mentors have been able to build since workouts started In late August Developing strong line from sophomore and new recruits has been the chief objective of Prairie View coaches this year The Panhcr season opened Saturday at Tennessee State with a fleet of backs on hand and ready to go. Jackson State Is expected to field the best passing attack in the league. The Mississippi eleven led the conference lost year In passing and in total offense.

The occasion Is also Dad's Day at Prairie View AdoM College and an unusual number of visitors are expected for this first home game. Be Sure To Vote Friday 1 QOK MAW NO HEAD Carver High de- ard. The bdll carrier is actually Willie Ward etnive back, Milbert Cooper (82) appears to sweeping artound end during the second quor- leaping in an effort to stop a headless ball ter of the qame won 19-7 by Howard. carrier In a game between Carver and How- ry'S Photo) i Prairie View Opens Against Jackson Stale PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas The Prairie View AWM College Panthers will open their 1961 home schedule with Jackson State College Saturday. September 26.

This Important Southwestern Conference battle Is scheduled for Black-shear Field with the kick-off set ler 2 00 pm. Saturday's game will be the Panthers flnst test of strength in the strong Southwest loop Prairie View shared in a three-way tie for championship in the conference In 1960 Jackson State finished In second place. The Panthers de-1 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE I aw? mai VB5EDQ) Miles, tackle from Columbus, Geor-lla, and Gradv Floyd, end from South Fulton, are ready for action, vhile Janies Price, another ex-South South Fulton star; Clarence Wiggins, back of Nashville, and James Jones, end from rteKalk Juki, W. bUlB 'mum (a The Sports Patrol Southern Association sentiment is reportedly developing for the inclusion of Negro players in 1962. The belief is that the circuit cannot survive unless it can absorb all of the talent' farmed out by the major league clubs.

Toledo, Ohio, has been selected as the site of the world wrestling tournament to be held June 21-27, 1962, under the Sponsorship of the International Amateur Wrestling Federation. United Press International By STEVE SNIDER (8UC) Benedict vs. Morris Brown, Atlanta, Ga. N. O.

College vs. Alien Columbia, S. C. Alabama A. and M.

vs. Lane, Jackson, Term. J. C. Smith vs.

Tuskegee Tuskegee, Ala. North Central State vs. Fisk, Nashville. Tenn. Edward Waters vs Fort Valley, Fort Valley, Ga.

Bethune Cookman vs. C. State, Orangeburg, S. C. (CIAA) Slippery Rock vs.

Delaware State, Slippery Rock, Pa. Elizabeth City vs. Norfolk State, Elizabeth City! N. C. Hampton Institute vs.

Morgan State, Hampton, Va. Howard vs. St. Pauls Washington, D. C.

N. C. A. and vs. Tennessee Stite, NtihviLe, Tenn Virginia Union vs.

Shaw. Raleigh, C. St. Augustine vs. Morris College, Sumter, S.

C. Kentucky State vs. Winston Salem, Winston Salem, N. C. (SWAC) Texas College vs.

Grambling, Grambllng, La. Texas Southern vs. Southern, Baton Rouge, La. Lincoln vs. Arkansas State, Pine Bluff, Ark.

Jackson State vs. Prairie View, Prairie View, Texas. (MWAA) Centra State vs. West Virginia State, Institute, W. Va.

(SEAC) Claflln vs. iAvtagstone, Salisbury, N. C. Albany State vs. Miles, Birmingham, Ala.

as more and more pressure is brought by major league clubs. There is talk that the Southern Is moving toward acceptance of Negro players In 1962 as the only means to saving the league from destruction. But at the ouset at least, the number of colored players will be limited to two or three. "This rumor, perhaps, pi eans there was more than just talk to the report we printed recently that the major league clubs had secretly decided to drop the Southern In 1962 if Negro players were not allowed. The major league organizations could accomplish this by agreeing not to operate in the Southern.

PASS AAU TESTS School officials pondering dismal reports on physical fitness tests for youngsters around the nation can take heart from the results at Slatington, Lehigh Joint Junior High where 104 boys out of 104 who, tried passed the AAU's standards for strength, speed endurance and Riders entered In New York six day race starting at Madison -Square Garden Sept. 22 have been "racing each other aboard the liner Flander en route to the big town Bies are mounted on rollers that measure mileage Fernando Tootsie Terruzzi of Italy, who won a six day grind here in '59, Is the leader. Okay, quarterback Charlie Con' erly of the Giants is 40 years old- -but the rest of the New York pro-- 1 football club brings down the -squad average to 279 years and -thats not exactly over -the -hfll stuff. if if RETURNING LETTERMEN of Mother Mary Mission High School who will open the season against Van Buren High School of Eufala, Sept. 22...

The Invaders ended season Igst -Lean lagersoll, right halfback; George Ingersoll, end; Marion Wilson, tackle; Robert Abron, center; Charlie Smith, guard; Willie Brown, guard; James Bell, guard; Carlton Picketts, right end; with an 8-1 record. They are left to right: Thomas Williams, left fullback; Herman Williams, left halfback; Jimmy Coar, halfback; and Pete Ingersoll, quarterback. Do yon know the membership of the divisions of the National Football League? If not, theyre as follows: Eastern Division Cleveland Browns, St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, and Dallas Cowboys, Western Division Green Bay Packers, Baltimore Colts, Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Rams and Minnesota Vikings. Warren Sphan, who recently joined baseballs 300 club is the third lefthander to make the coveted clique.

He is the first to make it since Lefty Grove struggled to his 300th victory while with the Boston Red Sox in 1941. A native of Buffalo, N. now and off-season rancher in Hart-Shame, Okla, Spahn came up to the Braves in 1943, appearing in only four games without being involved in a decision. He then went into the army for three years, serving in Europe, where he was wounded, decorated for bravery and won a battlefield commission in the Infantry. Spahn had an 8-5 record in his first full season with the Braves, in 1946, and then hit the 20-victory mark for the first time with a 21-10 record in 1947.

Since then, he has failed to win 20 in only three seasons 1948, when he was 15-12; 1952, with 14-19 and 1955, with 17-14. POWER RUNNER: Charles Bis ins, the former Morris Brown College All-American, has developed into a tremendous runner for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League at closed halfback, where his blocking has been awesome In pre-season games. Bivins, who picked up his football savy at Luther Judson Price High (School, is expected to see more aeon as a sophomore in the NFL, along with rookies Bill Brown, an lUlnols fullback who also will play ralfback and Mike Ditka, a Pitts-I burgh end. NEW YORK (UPI) Sports of all sorts: The only thing dead certain about pro football this year Is that sling -shot Johnny Unltas of the Baltimore Colts Is red hot and ready for Sunday's season opener with Los Angeles Unltas, playing eight periods or the equivalent of two fuU games in Baltimores five pre season exhibitions, hit 10 touchdown passes bad a 65 2 completion percentage with a 25 yard gain lor every completion. Projected over a full season, that type of performance would give Johnny 60 TD passes for the year and over 5.000 yards gained He holds the record of 32 TD passes 1959 and yardage mark of 3,099 set last year.

Pass defenders, please note! Coming up for golf buffs: Golf lessons on television A new Instructional show, with veteran pro Herman Barron as emcee, is heading for a fall debut leading pros will be guest teachers. groomed as specialists Two soccer players are being groomed as placekicklng specialists on Eastern college football teams this fall Pete Gogolak of Cornell, who played soccer In Hungary before coming to the U. Is booting em for the Big Red and Leon Blrbragher of Boston U. is using kicking talents he learned as a student in South America Colombia Both players use soccer style, approaching from an angle and kicking with the side of the foot. Ben Schwartzwalder, head football coach at Syracuse, calls tackle John Brown the "best lineman we have coached at Syracuse Injured last year, John is a 230-pound senior from Camden, N.

J. His bum knee of 1960 now is only a bad memory. The south Carolina at North Carolina State football game Nov. 18 has been switched from 1.30 p. m.

to 10 15 a. m. and late -sleepers who ordered tickets but dont want to get up that early can get a refund up to Oct 1, according to N. C. State officials Early risers, however, can catch the morning game and still get home for the Duke North Carolina game on television in the afternoon If the issue Is, Negro or no baseball, we vote for Negro players.

They played In Mocan for a number of years when the city was a member of the League and many were among the most popular performers. The Southerns consent to let Negroes Into the league could make It once again one of baseballs strongest minor league bastions, Bowers, concludes. Sports Editor Bowers in recent weeks has been an intelligent and informative job of reporting on the Southern Association and its problems. The issue of Negro players in the last stronghold of segregation Veteran Tackles Strengthen Line Play Of Clark Panthers Meany Favors Strike JERUSALEM (UPI) APLj" CIO President George Meany Thursday he favors a national maritime union strike to help Israel, gain use or the Suez Canal. Meany.

wno is visiting in said he had no idea whether the union was planning such a He said he Is proud of the tradrut Labour Federations role advancement of Israel, and said he would like to see the development of free trade unions vin Arab countries the Southern Association going to be resolved. Whether baseball will have died by then another thing. Failure to absorb the Negro into the structure of SA baseball had a lot to do with the dwindling internd in the game as its now ippjK one game. Experience shmld make it up to the 1959 level in the current season. Epps' main problems will be down the middle, the guards and center, where he was hardest hit by dropouts from last years squad.

Turmon wiu lessen the problem some, but thue are no guards who saw significant action last year to classify them The team's hope at center Is LoveU Dickerson, who saw only limited action last year. Gilbert Turmon Recovered From Injury And Expected To Lead Team On Defense ATLANTA, Ga. (SN5) Our strongest position at this stage is tackle," said Clark College Head Coach Leonidas S. Epps following a "controlled" scrimmage Thursday. "Our defense is definitely better than our offense and Gilbert Turmon, returning with a last season injury completely healed, has been about the most aggressive member of our strong group of veteran tackles." NEW BIBLE IN AMHARIC ADDIS ABABA (ANP) A 1.370 page revised version of the.

Holy Bible translated in Amharic, has just been published. This new version, an Improvement over an earlier edition, was prepared by a committee of Biblical expert formed in 1947. Originally the Bible In Ethiopia was translated into Gheez, the former literary medium of the country. Clark College Quarterbacks Battle For Starting Position Epps Highly Impressed With Two Freshmen Signal-Callers Although a sophomore by the name Elmer Mixon has a head start by virtue of limited experience last year, the man who barks out the signals for Clark College's Panthers this year may be any one of three aspirants for the quarterback position. "We have been concentrating a lot on pass defense, continued the Clark coach, a spot where we were weakest last year.

At this point, if Saturday were our opening date, I'd say Port Valley would have a difficult time getting passes around the group of alert and fast backs we have in defense." tions this year, Coacn Epps finds himself in just the opposite position he was in when the 1960 season opened. At that tune there were no veteran tackles to carry the load. Those who will flu the spots this year had their baptism by fire last year and have given Epps great confidence for assignments in the coming season. Sam Wright, David Palmer and Robert Barksdale are the experienced ends. Wright and Palmer play mostly delensive, but may be called on for offensive duty this year.

However, Charles Benford, a sophomore is shaping up well as a prospect for offensive duties along with Barksdale, whom Coach Epps calls "as good as any end In the conference. WAGNER'S VICTORY Democratic National Committee WASHINGTON lUPI) The said Friday that Mayor Robert Wagner's victory indicates a Democratic strength in New York Whicn will chill Republican hopes of a statewide victory In 19962 earn his team the state foootball championship. In scrimmage, Roberts hr, moved the team as well as perhaps a litte better than any of the three quarterback hopefuls Elmer Mixon, who hails from Bessemer, Alabama, Itle only Panther quarterback who will be even faintly recognized as a holdover from last year and the best choice right now for first unit duties for the Clarkltes. But lets underscore that right now, because he is being hard-pushed to hold his grip by two very talented newcomers. To share the duties at the tackle spot will be Louts Nevett, 225 pounds; Randolph Smith, 205 pounds; John Vance, 215 pounds; Lionel Downer, 238 pounds; Abraham Franklin, 206 pounds; and a newcomer, Ronald Loving, 210 pounds.

Enough beef to hold their own against anything the conference has to offer. Getting back to Turmon, who is a cousin of the great Roman Turmon who starred for Clark in three sports a few years back, Epps called him a player who will be most valuable to us in the center of the line. Atackle last year, Turman has been converted to fill a guard spot This conversion acknowledges and pays tribute to the fine group of uiiklcs on the Clark squad this year. Fast and very aggressive, Turmon sparked on defense and offense in this week's bead-knocking, making a number of key tackles and doing more than his share of timely blocking. With strength at the tackle posi Strength at tackles, though weak-end last year, was as good most of the season as In the 1959 season when the Panthers dropped only Robert Lowe, the third quarter-all-aroUnd back at this slot.

Epps clearly defined him as the best defensive quarterback. Last year Lowe called the plays for Atlantas Howard High School and was a member of the All-Star team in the East-West selections. At this point he is virtually assured of assignments as a defensive quarterback, and because of his triple-threat ability be may wind up doing a major share of Clarks signal calling. 1 Lomond Godwin has just been moved from quarterback to end. but because of his showing In limited appearances on defense at this position last year, he may see as much action quarterback defensively as he will at the end position.

Epps calls Godwin a good tackier who hits hard. At end he will contribute greatly to a position that is net very strong beyond the first unit Be Sure To Vote Friday Bivins, Brown and Willie Gali-nore, the Florida A. and M. All-lUMrican gazelle, or Johnny Morris, likely to alternate at the clos-halfback and Rick Casa res and ohn Adams will switch at full-ck. Morris, Anglo Cola and, Jim looiey and Galimore will be at the flanking halfback as well as the end.

Bivins, 2 212-pounder, is expected give additional power to an of-j nse that was terrific, but weak-ied by a leaky pass defense. The Bears attack could be sur-lslngly good with the developed of Bivins and the recruitment a good crop of other backfield ent. T. C. Caroline, Richie Petitbon Dave Whitsell, a new acquisi-n plug up the pass defense, weakest spot on the club.

EYE-OPENER: Harley Bowers, orts editor of the Macon Tele-aph writing in the August 30 is-of his newspaper on rumors rculating on "the Negro sltna-in as regards to next year, work-g agreements, etc. had this to in part: EGRO PLAYERS As for the Negro player situation the Southern, it is our under-anding that It is bieng given a iry careful and thorough study league officials. Chances of hav Negro players in the league ap-better than at any tune in past. A Birmingham ordinance that Id not permit Negro players in lat efty was ruled unconstitutional cently in the courts, erasing one nd block. Other cities who have Itterly opposed Negro players are Ud to be weakening in their stand Howard Rolls To 19-7 Triumph Over Carver By HARMON G.

FERRY Fleetwood and Levi Cunningham. Howard took the lead In the early RAMS pile UP SCORE Mixon aroused fans interest last year by throwing a few timely liases that were completed for good jaau at crucial moments. He tl team fairly well but had ittlo opportunity, plaving behind iaaies Felder and Terry Nelson nd piaying mostly late in the season wnen Clarks best halfbacks were benched with the injuries that Tagued last years Panther squad. In an Interview with Coach Epps earl.er this week, Epps indicated that "Mixon would prooably be our first unit signal-caller if we had to play this week end, but with nearly two weeks before our opener, the situation may change. Clarkb opener is on September 30th at Griffin against SIAC rival Fort Valley.

Challenging strongly Mixons hold on the quarterback position are Earl Roberta and Robert Lowe. Gaining dally In that bids for regular duties, both apparently have greatly impressed the Clark Coach. As yet, neither has displayed any overwhelming talent to make a clear choice possible for the Clark mentor. Earl Roberts like his rivals tor the position is not big. in fact he is going to be one of the smallest quarterbacks in the conference Given a year or so be may rank as one of the best, however.

Last year, Roberts called signals for Savannahs Thompkins High Scluol, and his signals were good enough to A 1961 prep football race in rolling to its second straight win Saturday afternoon by overcoming Carver, 19 to 7, at Herndon Memorial Stadium. The win marked the second straight city opponent the Rams have turned back. They beat Price last week. 12-0 in the season's opener. The Panthers were unable to cope with the three-platoon power thrown at them by the Rams and were unable to push across their lone TD until the last few seconds of the third quarter.

Tbs Earns art tbs pace tor most of the game with an array of break -away backs In John Dana. WULe Harris, Walter Frazier. All-lie Wards, Robert Eaicy, James IN SECOND QUARTER All of Howard scoring came in the second quarter. John Dans scored the Rams first TD on a 5-yard plunge that had been set-up by a Carver fumble. Frazier ran the point after.

Willie Ward widened Howard' lead later in the second quarter wuh a 60-yard twist through the Carver team. A heave from Frasier to Dans set-up Howard's fmal score, with Dans racing 33 yards to pay-dirt. Carvers ton score cams on a 94-yard strike from John Lupoe to Curtis Davenport. A Grady Clav to Joseph Berry pass provided the Carver eura point. Gen.

Davis Resigns Uonciaents Position WASHINGTON NNPA President Kennedy today accepted the resignation of retired Brig Gen. Benjamin O. Dans, this country's first Negro general officer of the military service, as a member at the American Battle Monument Cannuasian. He Is the father of United States Air Force Major Gen. Benjamin O.

Davis, now on duty at the Pentagon here. 3 AGGIE REID GENERALS Upon these broad shoulder will rest the quarterback responsibili-he for the A and T. College Aggies in the 1961 season. They ore, from left to right: Jim- Mitchell, 6-2, 190-pound junior from Newport New Willie Ferguson, 6-1, 175-pound sopho 6-lj 176-pound sophomore from Norfolk,.