: , / : '•'• :-..- :*'.^ -' *^';.v-.';-.-.'^r ____M.-_•?.; .&_ SfS*« ^''"'^h *^5 * j Y^' •* i'>-" :i.,y'r,." £_£_§§$$- v-" ^''....--v-.->-v- ;%_~^V # /-;-_. t ;:^_S*Mm- A«BV»«-_»-V!-_' *•».»•,. ini'_aa__ai_i'i OHIO STATS MUitUsi LIBRA-IT 15T8 A'HIGH ST. COLU-IB'JS, OB 10 rfii ©ni© 1 *• Seven Yea* Old Boy's Slaying Still Unsolved, Poli ? I SPINGFIELD. — Continuous slaying which has had police baf­ Shaffer of Springfield police said ing and visiting with friends af­ mother is unemployed and re­ * THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 19G0 Investigation for the past week fled to this point. It is believed the boy was struck ter the evening meal. She said ceived^ aid for dependent chil­ had felled to turn up a substan­ The youngster was burled at least four times in the head she became alarmed when he dren. Mrs. Threats, a widow who [ § SENTIMEL tial clue at Sentinel Press time, from Henry's Chapel, Tuesday. with part of the chair, only 150 failed to return home later in had been married several times. to the slayer of 7 year-old Tho­ The body waa found along side feet away from where the body the night. The man who was appre­ mas Williams, Jr., who was of Iowa av., in Springfield's was found by a schoolgirl. Police said the young victim hended, lived near the spot SPORTS GLEANINGS found fatally beaten in the street Sountwest side about a block An autopsy disclosed death re­ had no juvenile record, but was where the youngster was found. near his home Tuesday of last from his home at 1414 Pen-in av. sulted from internal head bleed­ "what you would call a retarded • He wa» taktfh into custody, po­ By BILL BELL • Sports Editor week. The body was lying on its back ing. boy", lice said, only because he wasn't Thorough questioning of thc with arms crossed. A part of a Shaffer said the boy's mother Shaffer said the boy's body- in condition to be questioned* boy's mother, Mrs. Mary Rose chair was at the side of the told police she last saw Thomas bore some bruises, apparently j Tuesday." Threats, a. 64 year-old neighbor corpse. Investigators found no about 6:30 p.m. Monday when he from being whipped or punished After summing the matter .({_, 9 LAST FRIDAY night at Glenwood Recreation Center we and two playmates, failed to blood at the scene. went outside after dinner. She in the past. Capt. Shaffer said. "It just does* had the pleasure of hearing Ohio State All-American Fullback Bob shed any light on the mysterious DETECTIVE Capt. Francis said he was accustomed to play­ A POLICE officer said the i n't make sense. Ferguson make his first banquet speech. The occasion was the first annual football appreciation ban­ quet for the boys' Buckejv Club of the center, an interracial group - composed of boys ranging from 8 to 13 years old, under supervi­ sion of recreation worker Bill Galloway. Bob, speaking without notes, told the kids that in playing in TUB OHIO Little League football they were enjoying an advantage he never had. He began playing football at 8 years old, but it was sandlot THE PEOPLE'S ball without .benefit of coaching. He explained that football is a team game and that he could not have become an All-American if there were not ten men out CHAMPION TWO PROMINENT MEN IN SPORTS, Jim (Mndeat) Grant, Cleveland Indians hurler, and on the field doing their part to aid him. He also told the kids that Bob Ferguson, Ohio State's All-American fullback, are pictured as they took time oat trom sign- the men on the bench and the coaches and trainer were all a part lag autographs at ihe Buckeye Boys CInb banquet at Glenwood Recreation Center Friday. They of the team effort. were the honored guests and participated in a fall evening of fan. Both are noted for unusual ability In their respective fie Ids of sports. • HIS STRONGEST emphasis was on the necessity of "stay- VOL. 12, No. 27 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15,1960 20 CENTS COLUMBUS, OHIO log on the ball" in the classroom starting with the first year in ... .*_ said. "If you do not study now, you will never get to . high school, and if you do not study in high school, you will not get VRC Bowling News to play. So if you wish to become a star football player, you will have to study and at least be able to pass all of your subjects." Bob proved himself a., nimble on the speakers' platform as he By CHARLES (YAK) MASON LEAGUE STANDINGS LEAGUE STANDINGS is on the gridiron, during the question and answer period, by skill* Won Lost Pts. • KEGLERETTES at Ver­ Won Lost fully evading controversial questions. Lane Askins 26% 6% 36% mount Recreation Lanes con­ 5R* 28 10 He brought down the house when asked what be thought of S Trojan Bar 20 12 tinue to bring championships Spoilers SS 26 Dave Francis, the former West High fullback's, chances of replac­ StffOi ftp I and honors to the home lanes, VRC 22 Lee's Style Shop 15% 17% 21% ing him, by saying, "I hope he does not get too good before I gra­ the latest being Mrs. Frankie NAPE No. 2 14 Garland Equip. 14 VS 18% 19% duate, because he may send me to the bench." Ludaway, who shot 650 with Bonney Floyd 14 Vernon Club 13% 19% 15% • WHEN JIM (Mudcat.) Grant, who was dean of the Cleve­ handicap to become the first Money's 11 sepia winner of the Columbus Club Cadillac 10% 22% 13% land Indian pitching staff in years with the team, and on the pro­ gram with Bob, mentioned Woody Hayes' run-in with Vie Power Women's Bowling Ass'n's cov­ MERCHANTS INDUSTRIAL TRI-STATE TRAVELING 0-40 Yrs. In Pen eted 600 club. We have only last summer, in questioning Bob about Hayes' training and disci­ • JAMES PACE, 211-574; three or four sepia members e! Fowler's Ins., Ind. 15 3 .93* pline. Bob explained that curfew is 10:30, except after a game or Don Miller, 561; J. C. Reid, 563; this club. Tbe feat was more Well's Gulf, Ind. 14 4 .929 before a mid-term, but that if Woody knows a boy has a couple of W. Palmer, 555; Boyd Holllman, stiff mid-terms coming up, he would excuse him from practice. noteworthy because Frankie Garland. Col's 10 8 .926 202-578. He also said that if a play backfired, Woody always said that it was on both ends, meaning she Palace, Dayton 9 9 .902 was in the minority (two sepia LEAGUE STANDINGS i was his call, but that Woody does not always call the ploy, des­ members participated), but. she Pinbusters, Col's 8 10 .891 pite the fact a substitute went into the game. also had the majority (of pins, W. L.Pts. Hudcpohl, Cincy 7% 10% .897 Tom Keys, sports editor of the Columbus Citizen-Journal, wh© that is). James Pharmacy 27 12 37 Ridge Lanes, Cincy 6% 11% .875 introduced Grant and Ferguson, paid Ferguson a great tribute by 25 14 35 Roscoe's Car Wash Freshmen, Louis. 2 16 .823 telling the audience that the way AU-American is generally made The rotating trophy is to be Oasis Lounge 22 17 29 is by his well-wishers starting a build-up of him at the start of the High average—L. Walker, 203; retained by the home lanes un­ Burger Beer 21 18 27 season, and then if h _ is a good enough player, maybe he will Story On Page 4 . ' til next year's tour. Mrs. Luda­ Reynelds Hardware 17 22 23 N. Cooper, 200; J. King, 199; L. make some of the first elevens. way will also receive a beauti­ White Brothers 17 22 23 Daniels, 193; W. Ridley. 192. ful trophy to be kept by her. Garland Equip. No. 2 13 26 17 • BOB HAD no ballyhoo at any time. He has made every / Aces 14 25 17 All-American team that has been published to date on sheer abil­ Even though she was not the Archie May Head For ity. "We thought that that was as great a tribute a-man could re­ winner, Flo Richardson outshot SPRING ST. YMCA ceive." , ........ > the entire 600 club of Columbus 1 # (3. REEVES. 232-624; Hank Jim Grant, at 25, is not only the dean of the Cleveland Indian with a 597 scratch total. Let's. THle Bout In Texas Butler. 224-583; Charter pitching staff but also the only Cleveland player left from the 1958 hope next year we will have DALLAS, Tex. — Champion (Steady) Byrd. 202-578; L. Wad­ team. Which gives an idea of how Frank (Trader) Lane moves more rnembers and another erker, 234-558; Horace Jones, Archie Moore has hinted that he men like checkers. We say checkers, instead of chess, because a i champion. Congratulations to 199-556. may return to Dallas in the chess player takes longer to move than Lane docs to trade, a Frankie and Flo for their won­ LEAGUE STANDINGS near future to defend his cham­ player. derful performances! pionship—possibly against Wil­ Jim told us before the banquet that they were a happy team ; ... W. L.rts. in 1959 and felt that with just a little help they would win the SATURDAY MIXER Williams-McNabb 23 16 34 lie Pastrano.