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The Louisiana Weekly from New Orleans, Louisiana • 11

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New Orleans, Louisiana
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THE LOUISIANA WEEKLY New Orleans Louisiana Saturday April 25 1964 PAGE 11 LEMANN DIVISDN Displaying their creation Department The team is from Lemann championship awards presented to them by Playground They are kneeling left to right Coach Charles Wilson (right) are the 63-inch Dennis Mitchell Nelson Thompson Russell champs They competed in the city-wide basket- Banks and Larry Grant Standing Roy Arriola ball league conducted by die New Orleans Re- Sam Davis Winston Duplessis and Coach Wilson DISTRICT CHAMP DNS The Violet Bulldogs DLson Allen Goldsmith and Eldridge Cager boys team won the AA district championship Standing Philip Jackson James Thornton and zone runner-up cage honors recently with a Lionel Johnson Roland Woods and coach Donald seasonal record of 21 wins against five defeats Moore Kneeling left to right Morris Gallo Ernest THE PEE WEES Hardin Playground Basketball Team shown above won the 55-inch title the smallest division in the playground league Members of die team kneeling left to right Gregory Hessier Ronald Jones and Way Brooks standing Reginald Frilot Coach Ernest Johnson Kenneth Bailey Lincoln Carver Clark Leslie Duncan Signs With SD Chargers Score Diamond Triumphs referred to as "Work was among top offensive threats for die Tigers as they won back-to-back Southwest Athletic Conference championships in 1961 and 1962 The fleet-footed Tuscaloosa native figured prominently in Jackson State College's 22-6 win over die Florida Rattlers in the Orange Blossom Classic December 8 1962 which established Jackson State as Negro collegiate football champions Duncan's play in foe early part of the 1963 season was hampered by injuries but he came on strong to emerge as one of the leading pass catchers in die perennially strong SWAC thereby becoming a double threat anytime he was in the game Duncan played his high school football at Druid City High School Tuscaloosa Bob Hayes In Penn Relays Philadelphia Pa The world's fastest human' Florida's Bob Hayes nas had one big problem during his college running days getting on the record books The speedster will be at foe 70th Annual Penn Relay Carnival at Franklin Field April 24-25 to see what he can do about setting some marks in his first appearance here Hayes will be running in two invitation races die 199 yard dash and the 200 meter lax Sports Bag Fourth Win 6-2 The Jax Sports defeated the Pirates 6-2 for their fourth straight triumph ladt Sunday in Gretna City Park A Washington turned in a three hitter and registered 17 strike-outs in his pitching GaryvilleS Scores 9-5 Victory The Gbryvllle Giants downed die New Orleans Jax Red Sox 9-5 last Sunday in Boutte La The Red Sox will tangle with die Pensacola Florida Coast Champs Sunday April 26 in Boutte Park The game will start at 3 pm JACKSON MISS Leslie Duncan Jackson State College halfback recently signed to play with the San Dfego Chargers American Football League champions Duncan often Mathews Leaves tty Spring Drills LEXINGTON Ky (ANP) Mathews dropped off the University of Kentucky football squad after two weeks of competition in spring training drills thus ending Ms bid to become the first Negro varsity athlete at a Southeastern Conference school Mathews it was reported never advanced beyond fifth string fullback with U-K A transfer student from the University of Detroit Mathews had failed to make the grid team of that school also performance He collected two Mts Sunday April 26 die Jax Sports will clash with the once-beaten Jax Page All-Stars in Gretna City Park The game will get underway at 2 pm Without labor there is no rest nor without fighting can die victory be worn 'A Jempis Second row Ezzie Dean Hampton Lois Brown Jacquelyn Johnson Lois Leonard and Leola Tate Top row Coach Melvina Harris Mert Lee Miller A Tate Anna Lee Johnson Sandra Smith and coach A Sanchez GIRLS TEAM won their district championship and posted a record of 17 wins and one defeat during the 1963-64 cage campaign First row left to right: Joyce Dison Lois Jiles Audrey James and Iris Winesberry Lakers Seeking Hazzard Gal RELIEF ar yasr MONEY BACK Laboratory tests provs ILF kills athlete's foot forms in 15 seconds Use Hi liquid daily until toe cracks scales and blisters to 30-year record of success Ask for at drug counters J4 oz 65c 5300 blood such as Hazzard to aid Elgin Baylor who was hampered with injuries practically throughout die season and I Jerry West the sharpshooter However Schaus did not disclose his real plans as he left for die Olympic trials at St John's university in Brooklyn Meantime it was disclosed that Baylor would continue to receive treatment for his injured knees Doctors hope to get him back into A-l shape or next season The Lincoln Trojans scored two impressive district wins and dropped an extra inning contest In last week's prep baseball play while the Clark Bulldogs broke even in two loop outings The Carver 1 Rams bagged two diamond victories The Trojans who moved to the top position in the Uptown District play last week dusted off die Booker Washington 11-1' last Wednesday in Pont-char train park then bowed 3-2 to the Carver Rams Friday at the same site Sunday at PP die Marrero nine belted the Xavier Prep Yel- -low Jackets 5-3 The Rams stopped the Clark nine 4-1 Monday and Friday avenged an earlier defeat at the hands of the Trojans by hipping the Wests iders in an eighth inning affair The Bulldogs bounced back from the Carver setback and checked the Landry Buccaneers 8-7 last Friday in Skelly Park hi die Rams win over the Bulldogs Lawrence Randolph was the winning hurlerand Carl Black was the losing flinger Each gave up five hits Michael Cummings paced die winners' attack with two safe blows Albert Green went die dis tance In die Lincoln Game for die Rams and he was touched for five bits Robert Joseph starred for Lincoln and Ms successor Irvin Williams came in fourth and wag charged with the defeat Herbert Pierce and Lawrence Fletcher each collected two hits The two wins gave Carver a 3-4 overall record and a one-and-one mark in district play Clark Indie underdog's role clipped Curtis Bern and Octave Franklin forfour hits to tally three runs in the third inning two in the fourth one in the fifth and knotted the game at 7-7 in die seventh with a single marker The Bulldogs won foe game in the seventh when Charles Brown walked stole second moved to third on an error and scored die winning run on a fielder's choice Landry got 8 hits off Lionel Hodge and Carl Black Black came on in the third and struck out 12 Landry players The Bucs scored one run in the first inning five in the third and one each in the fifth and sixth frames Lincoln shelled Washington for three runs in the second inning four more in the four dv then tossed in three in the fifth and one in foe sixth The Lions scored their lone marker in the third Lin The New PINIOUa AND ARE TRADE-NARK OF FEP1I-COLA COMPANY AES I PAT OFF 1RM PEPM-CMA COM PAN' coln got six hits and Washington four Arthur Hill was die winning pitcher and Bouie was charged with die defeat Sunday foe Trojans scored -its second 5-3 win over foe Preppers Early in die sea- son at Marrero die West-seders handed foe Jackets their first loss of the season to scoring their fourth win of foe season against four los- ses and one tie Vernell Jones and Samuel Eugene were die hitting stars Horace Robinson started and gave way to Arthur HOI in the fourth to chalk up Lincoln's third Uptown district win Curtis Jones was tagged with the defeat for the Preppers The Trojans dented die Prepper for three runs in the second one each in the fifth and seventh while Prep tallied one each in the third fourth and fifth and picked up only two hits Lincoln is sporting a 4-4-1 record: Clark (3-3) Carver (3-4) Washington -(0-4)-' Landry (3-1-1) Prep-(4-4) and St Augustine (5-2) HARD COURT i NET NOTES Tennis activities scheduled by members of New Orleans hard court tennis club1 at Xavier University last weekend were called otf because of a heavy downpour of raimMany tmnia fans came out for the events I saw' Earl Rollins Alex Johnson Alvin St Cyr Johnny Ray Freddie Washington Richard Pettis Marcus A Callste and many others Congratulations to Curtis Harris of Green Jr high school who won die boys singles at Landry Jr high last weekend The organized state tennis 1 ogram is really on die move singles A AA- AAA youngsters are hitting die balL Charles Calvin of Clark high school in Opelousas La is 1 responsible for much of his success Calvin has won State championship two years in a row losing only to his teammate Sylvester Thomas in 1963 Calvin ranks number eight in die junior ATA Washington Robert Summitt counsel for the World Boxing Association (WBA) said last week WBA President Edward Lassman was threatened with assassination after he recommended stripping Cassius Clay of his heavyweight championship a National Basketball Assn last week was reported to be hot on the trial of UCLA's great All-American and play-maker Walt Hazzard The Lakers were reported ready to exercise heir territorial rights to Hazzard who this past season led the Bruins to the National Collegiate Athletic Assn championship Coach Fred Schaus of die Lakers is believed to be planning to rebuild the Lakers and perhaps bring in new Sports KINGSTON JAMAICA Barry Mason a boxer-puncher and bob and weave expert was crowned die new featherweight champion of Jamaica recently after he outpointed and dethroned Killer Solomon in their title bout at the NationaL Chicago The Monogram Qnh Reunion and annual Basketball Banquet at Loyola University staged last week was fitting climax for the career of The a ulous die school's sensational basketballers The four players all seniors are Co -Captains Ron Miller and John Egan Vic Rouse and Leslie Hunter There was a fifth honoree track star and famous miler Tom log Los Angeles calif Phillip Ellis a former Gardena High star was signed recently to a Pittsburgh Pirates bonus pact by scout Chet Brewer New York Roosevelt Brown 32 year old lineman who led the New York Giants to their third straight Eastern Division title last season signed his 64 contract with the Giants for his 12th year in the National Football League eeeeeeeeee Shreveport La Jerry Tim Brooks local golfer won the Alpha phi Alpha golf Tournament held recently at die Lakeside Golf course Brooks won out over Roland Turner and beat the latter by eight strokes LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles Lakers of die Western Division of the QUAID FENCE CO FENCE SALE WOOD FENCE installed 198 per height Ai Uw a I foot Style INSTALLED Installed in Your Existing Fence NO CASH DOWN Up to 0 Months to Pay Free estimates day or night Wo are Pleased to CONGRATULATE: isSfT -'i 'T i 1'" vWV wa MR WILLIE EDWARDS on his 7th Annivorsary with us IMKETSFEEBSORJ 1815 BIENVILLE AVE PHONE 523-8262 Room with or without Bath Bridal Suita Hot aud Cold Rumniag Wator in Each Room now ith Pepsi-for those who think vounP The livelier life is more populorthon ever 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