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ajors Slate inors Chat By JOK RE1CHLER ssoclnted Press Sports Writer RT. PJSTEUSBUKG, Fla. (AP) first head-on clash between majors and the proposed third Eijor the Continental- lay lake place Tuesday when ley (ill meet separately bul under Ic same roof at Miami Beach. I The American and National, furred by Commissioner Ford are expected to make their positions on expan- ion of their eight-club leagues. The Continental League, aware If Frick's pressure on the majors, called a meeting of its own coincide with those of the Majors.

Branch Rickey, president hf the five-team circuit, will fly liown from New York, prepared respond when the majors state positive intention. 0 American League President Joe will call on his three-man Cagers Slate Action At Boys' Club Six Junior League Basketball teams at the Boys' Club were chosen by volunteer coaches Tuesday night. Junior team members are boys that are freshmen and sophomores in high school. Junior Leaguers will be t- fitted with game uniforms that were donated to the Boys' Club by local civic groups. Coaches who have volunteered (heir time to work in the Juni League this year are Jack Davenport, George Madding, Bob Bailey, Bob Anthony, Walter GrLmmett, and Bobby Wortham.

The following boys who had signed up to play were assigned to the following teams: Lions Club Bobby Davenport, Gene Dillard, Johnny Todd, Claude Daniel, Larry Redus, Jimmy Luckey, Charles Mettitt, and Co a Jack Davenport. Odd Fellows Alvin Suit n. Paul Darnell, Morris Cox, Don Crenshaw, Neil Collard, Mike Julian, Howard Sikes, and Coach George Madding. Optimist Billy Fox, Jimmy McEwin, Johnny Landers, Jesse Green, Billy Golden, David Armstrong, Robert Winn, and Coach Walter Grimmelt. Kiwanis Travis Wayns Dodd, tnnie Young, Paul Pomroy, Lonnie Presl.on, Buddy Free man William Sapp, George Boaz, and Coach Bobby Wortham.

American Legion Gerry Tow ton, Kenneth Phipps, Jackie Armstrong, Victor Abeles, Tommy Marr, Jimmy Catrina, Clifton Pope Rodney Flippen, and Coach Bobby Anthony. Rotary George Hyde, Charles Sterling, Pete Connally, a vid AlcCrcight, Troy Rasor, Jerry Davis, Charles Crumley, and Coach Boh Bailey. Workouts- will begin for the dif ferenl teams on Thursday night League play will begin after the Christmas holidays. There are still vacant places each team. Any boy that is no playing on an organized team i eligible to play on a Boys' Clu team and can sign up at the Boys Club.

fact-finding committee to report its findings for internal expansion for 1961. The committee was selected during an October meeting in New York when the league announced it was seriously considering expansion to 10 teams by 1961. The meeting stemmed from a Minneapolis group's request for a franchise. Minneapolis-St. Paul is one of the five founding members of the Continental League.

The others are New York, Denver, Toronto and Houston. George Kirksey, associated with the Houston franchise, met with Frick earlier this week in an attempt to clear up all misunderstandings that had cropped up in recent weeks. He indicated he came away satisfied. Frick said he expects some kind of a statement on expansion from the two majors. "As commissioner of baseball" Frick said, "I have three great obligations.

One is to the public, another is to the players and the third is to the minor leagues. I must guard against players being sold down the river or the minors sold down the river. "They (the Continental League) "nust comply with the conditions icy agreed to at a meeting with he majors in New York. THE PARIS HEWS, THURSDAY, MC. 1959 Brown Keeps Crown, TKO Dave Charnley HOUSTON, Tex.

'API Light- and neck like a heavyweight, nev- weight champion Joe Brown, a cr was in the fight with the Baton skittish 34-year-old, stopped another charge of youth Wednesday night when he beat Britisher Dave Charnley on a technical knockout. And a few minutes later the champion said he would be ready lo fight again only a week hence. Brown didn't have any particular fighter in mind but declared he would like to get somebody for Dec. 9. "No use wasting all that the hardest part of it," he explained.

"I'm not hurt and I'm ready to go." Charnley, the 24-year-old ex- boilermaker from Dartford, Kent, who is called "the midget Marciano" because he has shoulders staggered back just as the bell rang, ending the round. Rouge, Negro, making the Charnley shuffled to his corner eighth defense of his title in 39 land while his handlers worked months. It tied the number of de- over him, Referee Jimmy Webb fenses by Benny Leonard, who raised Brown's hand and led the the record in the lightweight class I champion to the center of the before he retired undefeated in ring. Arthur Boggis, manager of 1925. Brown was leading by as many as five points in the fifth round hen he lashed out with a left nd then a right and crimson pread down the right cheek of ne 24-year-old Briton as a deep ut opened over his eye.

Charney put his glove to his head and TRIO OF SWEETHEARTS The Paris Wildcats elected three football sweethearts in a recent meeting. All three are senior students. Holding the football and flashing winning smilies, they are, left to right, Pat Jessee, Martha Ricks and Nancy Hearn. (Paris News Staff Photo). NFL Shuns Money Battles, Stress Good Job Security DALLAS newly or- anired American Football is shunning financial wars or top name players and will oncentraU on "building, solid earns," its founder declares.

Opportunities and job security be stressed in seeking college players, Lamar Hunt, wealthy )allas oilman, indicated yester- lay. He laid he isn't worried about the fact the competing Na- ional Football League has ligned iome of the top stars of the col- ranks. "We're not interested in high ridding for the name players. We vant to build a solid team," Hunt said. Both Hunt and Don Rossi, his lo.

1 executive, said they plan to ell the college stars this: The National Football League will have openings for only about 20 players from the new crop of college players. The American League will have 264 job openings. "We'll put it to the kids that way and it becomes a matter of simple arithmetic to see which way they'll go," Rossi said. Hunt also disclosed that 161 more college players have been picked by the eight AFL In the first draft round, each AFL team picked 33 players- many of whom also have been sought by the NFL or Canadian pro clubs or both. Dallas picked 21 additional names yesterday while the other clubs each named 20, apparently because Don Meredith, Southern Methodist star, has been signed to a personal contract by a group of Dallas men seeking a NFL franchise for this city.

"They've signed certain players that we wanted like Meredith and George Izo (of Notre Dame)," Hunt admitted, "but we're not loking for individuals. We're looking for 33 players to make a team." Paris Police Hold Lead In Commercial Bowl Loop Pony Cagers Open Tonight By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Southern Methodist opens its basketball season against Minnesota at Minneapolis in the only tilt of the night involving Southwest Conference teams The other seven members swung into the season Tuesday. The Methodists are on a Mid Paris Police held onto the Commercial Bowling League lead Tuesday night by capturing three games from Ben E. Keith Produce Company. Westinghouse won z-1 over Wunsch's Mens Wear and he 1 onto eecond place.

Security 1st National Bank of Hugo posted a 2-1 margin over UARCO to stay immediately behind Keith's Produce. Coca-Cola won three games on forfeits from Goodyear. Willie Spencer had the highest game of the night with a 212 for Wunsch's. His teammate, John Brown, rolled a 200 game for runner-up honors. Players rolling above SOO series included Roger Holman, 530 for Westinghouse, John Brown.

517 for Wunsch's Mens Wear, Buddy Beasley, 522 for Security 1st National Bank of Hugo, J. C. Walker, 519 for Paris Police, Andy Smith, 511 for Paris Police, and Larry Ayers, 511 for Keith reduce. COMMERCIAL BOWLING LEAGUE Pet. Paris Police 25 11 .694 Westinghouse 23 13 .639 Ben E.

Keith Produce 2'J. 14 .611 Security 1st Nat'l Bank Wunsch's Mens Wear BRIJTS BEAT Coca-Cola 15 21 .417 UARCO Goodyear 9 12 2-1 Western tour. Saturday night they take on Iowa at Iowa City. Friday night Texas Christian meets Oklahoma City University at Oklahoma City, Texas host to Trinity, Baylor journey to Stillwater for a game will Oklahoma State, and Arkansa entertains Missouri at Fayette ville. In other Saturday night game Baylor plays Tulsa at Tulsa, Ar kansas will be host to Oklahom State, Texas meets Trinity in Aus tin, and Texas Tech goes to Bou 27 1250 der for a game with Colorado.

20 18 .550 18 18 .500 OPENER FRIDAY Culpepper Set to Start For ET Cagers COMMERCE The East Tev- State Lions open their 1959-60 lome basketball schedule against N'ortheast Louisiana State at Friday (Dec. 4) in the House in Commerce. This first meeting will bring to- ether two teams suffering almost equally from lack of experienced performers. Both the ions and the Indians have only one starter back from last year's team and each will be expected to brm the nucleus of this year's squad. Only returning starter for Coach Norman Pilgrim's ETexans, who wound up with a 16-9 record last season, will be 6'4" Noel Fain from Winnsboro, La.

Fain was the Lions eading rebounder with 178 and third high scorer with 244 in 25 lames last year. In a similar situation, ach Lenny Fant of the Indians will have only 6'2" Ronald Doyle back from last season's starting quintet that compiled a 12-13 record. Joining Fain in the Lions' starting unit will probably be any four of Ronald Vaughn. 6'5" Hoyt Burnetle, 6'5" Bill Mayes. 6'3 Jim Culpepper, and 6' Weldon Taliant.

Vaughn is a squadman from Kevil, Burnette (Lufkin), Mayes (Midland), Culpepper (Sulphur Springs), and Taliant (Nashville, Ark.) are all transfers. PARIS HOSTS FORT WORTH The Paris Wildcats, owners of a victory and a loss thus far in practice cage duels, play host to Polytech of Fort Worth here Friday night. Coach Sonny Fagan said the same clubs will battle again Saturday night at the Paris gym. Paris blasted Sherman 6436 Tuesday night on the road, after dropping the opening road duel to Thomas Jefferon of Dallas, 52-42. Fagan will probably use all his varsity cagers as much as possible since the season is just getting started.

Those include Jimmy Williams, Richard Lynn, Mike Long, Butch Perry, Carlton Critten Jackie Bailey, Joe McKnight, Wayne Bonham, Bill White, Jackie Schols, Johnny Howard and Butch Charnley, claimed it was a butt that caused the cut but that it was unintentional However, Webb ruled that it was a hard right and that Brown had won on a technical knockout in the sixth round since the fifth was over when the fight was stopped. Webb Challenges Fullmer for Title LOGAN, Utah (AP) Bigger of the gate with an even split on pay days loom for NBA middleweight champion Gene Fullmer if he successfully defends his crown Friday night against the challenge of Chicago's Spider Webb. For although the Mormon Sunday school teacher twice has ruled the 160-pound boxing class, there always have been strings attached. When he beat Sugar Ray Robinson on Jan. 1957, contracts called Cor a return match and Gene lost.

For the first fight, Fullmer received just per cent 25 TEXANS LISTED AFL Drafts 161 Collegiate Stars DALLAS (AP) Twenty-five players from Texas colleges and universities were picked when the newly formed American Football League selected 161 more draftees Wednesday. Earlier each of the eight teams had picked 33 number of whom are also being sought by the rival National Football League and Cnadian pro clubs. Texans named in Wednesday's draft by the eight clubs were: Quarterback Vernon Cole, North Texas State; Austin Gonsoulin, Baylor halfback; Billy Tranum, Arkansas end; and Larry Ward, Lamar Tech end. Branch, Texas halfback; Jim Welch, SMU fullback, and Jerry Muennink, Texas center. Farrington, Prai- rie View end.

James Bud Jones, SMU end. Priddy, Texas Christian fullback; Babe Dreymala, Texas guard, and James Sorey, Texas Southern tackle. Stanger, North Texas State center; Billy Luplow, Arkansas guard, and Jim Colvin, University of Houston tackle. Los Talkington, Texas Tech quarterback; Marvin Lasater, TCU halfback, and Ronald Ray, Howard Payne tackle. Minneapolis-St.

McCord, East Texas State quarterback; George Boynton, East Texas State halfback; Gerald Lambert, Texas tackle, and Jim Woodward, Lamar Tech guard. New York Gordon LeBoeuf, Texas fullback; Marshall Harris, TCU halfback, and Ramon Armstrong, TCU guard. the second. He collected 580,000 for his victorious battle with Carmen Basilio for the NBA crown last Aug. 28 after the association took its title from Robinson for failure to defend.

Still Basilio received more. The string this time was an NBA requirement that Fullmer meet its No. 1 challenger in his fcrst defense. That's why he fights Webb. "If we $et over this fight there will be more strings attached as far as the NBA is concerned," says Manager Marv Jensen.

"Another string might be Robinson for the undisputed title but truthfully, I don't hink he'll ever fight Fullmer so we might as well eliminate him from Gene's plans." Should Fullmer lose lo Webb, a contract already is signed calling for a return match in Salt Lake City on June 10. Promoter Bennie Ford has offered a 000 guarantee for a return bout in San Francisco. Gibbons Cagers Slate Skirmish The Gibbons Gophers will open the 1959-60 basketball season here Friday night against Madison High of Dallas at the Gibbons High gymnasium. Coach John Burton said the first game will start at 7:45 between the Gopherettes and Powderly. The Gophers take on Madison immediately following that game.

Gibbons opens the district race on January 5. With BRUT MARTIN CARROLL (CAL) SHILLING was probably as good a jockey as ever stepped up on a steed, and the native of Paris has finally been voted to the National Jockey Hall of Fame at Pimlico Race Track in Maryland. SHILLING died in 1950 and is buried in Pans, where he was born and raised. He left Paris as a youngster, and like his four brothers, met with great success on the race tracks of America and other places. BACK IN NOVEMBER, Shilling was named to Jockeys Hall of Kame, but most of the hullabaloo at that time went to Willie Shoemaker, the youngest jockey ever to be named to an honor.

QUITE POSSIBLY Shilling might have made It years sooner if his racing career had not been cut short by suspension for rough (riding. He hit the tracks in 1905 and a big name for himself before the suspension in 1912. Cal given an indefinite suspension on Se.pl. 25, 1912 at Maryland's Old Havre dc Grace track for starting a fist fight with another jockey while both -were locked in a head and head due) through the stretch. SHILLING fought the suspension for eight years bill he was never to get his license back.

His crirne was Ws temper according to writers. He' would not accept defeat. However, his uncanny talent for producing winners gave him a lifetime percentage of 25 per cent winners, 069 victories from 3.S38 mounts, including 631 seconds and 536 thirds he finished In the money 55 per cent of the time. THE NEW ADDITION to the Jockeys Hall Fame also scored victory in the Kentucky Derby. He was aboard Worth in 1912 for the big one.

Earlier he had guided Novelty the- 2-year old championship and had captured the leading money-winning title In 1910 'oy wlnnine 42 major stakes victories before his temper put nn end to what many veteran racing critics call the most brilliant saddle career of all lime. He was named to the Hall of Fame along with Shoemaker and Mack Garner. OIL PORTRAITS of the Hall of Farne members were unveiled at Pimlico November 13 for racing CAL te survived by two sisters and a brother, Mrs. Vahlc Collins of Florida and Mrs. Alice CaJdwelJ of Decatur, IlUnoia, and Rufus Shilling of Chicago.

Illinois. A RECENT ISSUE of Turf and Sport Digest magazine carried a story about Ol. All the articles to him as one of best riders af all SEEING RED? You hove noticed how much redder Paris is getting, haven't you? On many corners bright, new splashes of red, trimmed with crisp, gleaming white, are changing the appsarqnce of Paris. Look around you and see the new ors of.

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