Vote Althea Gibson
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Tigers Set-Up College Scholarships Vote Althea Gibson nKTROIT In a bold move to foster closer coopera- 1 organized baseball and Michigan colleges, rtl I between °- )llesrc scholarship fund has been established by the p.-u-oit liasebali ( ompany, 1 resident Harvey I*. Hansen Top today. and . Female Athlete ‘■iniioi.net outset, live M eh {tan schoo s, l niversitv ot At the NEW YORK Althea Gib- Fb/.abeth II who awarded her |i Michigan ;» 1 •• In versity, Western .Wich'garf Mi ran. jon, who was voted the top fe- the tournament trophy in a ges- L'nive;sity of and Wayne nner* (•o'Ure Detroit State I iyf>7 in a year- ture for participat on. DETROIT SATURDAY, FEB. 1, 1958 5 male athlete of which received worldwide litv have qualified eend poll conducted by the As- publicity. And aftej her For* t The scholarsh p arrangement is not limi»**d to these sociated Press, disclosed, fol- Hibs victory foi the U S ti- open for other schocV, apply warmly greeted by five ?ctoo s. It wll be to HOTS IN lowing her selection, plans to tle. she wa- and continue playing tennis mdefi- Vice President Richard Nixon • availab‘e the schools’ pro- hen morey is baseball SHORT PORTS nately. • •• i •y* ms .... , . In fart, the only .>eioa K .*\l- o 1 ft program, By DON RAPHAEL Pointing out that she is still T( > ”i <‘r »he seho wslitp whch will tlua during came* :dm Hiving to achieve peak form suffered 19f>7 SS,G<’O annually in four years, a non-profit <jt the of hej former ne- rOW to o the game. Alt h< -j, poised and hantfa baseball Company mesis, Fry. corporation titled Detroit kduen- cons dent now, said: I*l fee I Sh.rle> Miss hi V Inc., bas been with Johnny Summerlin set on o defeated hei in the f.rials of the uoiiai Foundation, established Han- .m improving mv game every i Ftt/.er, T.ger board cha rman, and Harry wootU n bench at ;ho M <t »r City lay.” out regularly Australian tournament in Jan- • en, John K. fihe wodks uary , president, gym and talked fi.nk'y about Sinet then. however,, M „ t otimve vre as trustees. uidcr the watchful eves her ls In., of ha:- of ss,obt) has been to the Foun- chances for a fistic come- ouch, Sydney Low* llyn, a Nc- Fi> quit the court.and Mins An initial sum riven back. G.bson went on to become Hetro t Company. The gi o. by the baseball Founda- He looked like a battler who queen of the sod. dation succeeding years Regard ng her immediate fu- I will be ma nta.ned in by annual had novel boon aw: y. Ho is tion ’ure plans. Miss Git»on said The overwhelming choice of limn the Detroit ba.-eball Company to prov’de muscular anrl taut, with no ox- ora»its Ik might tour South America i tlu writers. A thca reeeived 42<J ad to a maximum ot 20 men in tin* funds’ fat. In the rmji he moves thij* i .i.iis lor erne time year, hut won’t ' out of a possible sifj points in year operation. with the authority of an old pro of play in the indoor chan pion the AP winner of the fourth program who has kept sharp by fighting poll As is a no-sti ings-attached to aid boys in- hips here or abroad. reti-ivded two ••This appearance is do poll sh t will tro- playing and furthering edu- of’en. This Althea's selection by 214 wri phies terested in baseball their Summerlin hasn’t fought the Fredriek C. Mihe*i coivinfi •ei> and broadcast i\. who pa: ction. Our scholarship fund was developed to enhance award and the Babe Dickerson icipated in the AP poll tupped the status of baseball as a major sport in coheres arm j Zaharias trophy. t.es,” Hansen sad. *' Tumn/m| mz i year of great acnievements, u ,uvers be fust added, ** We recognize t*e fact that there is an n which she ame the IU Vegro player to win the coveted increas nr number of cohere pia.vers roinr into organiz- Vimbhdon tennis churnpion- encourage ’ AGGIES ed baseball, and we want to this trend. hip She also won the U. S WIN Here aie the rnujor points in the Hansen seholarshi| ’fr CS /t- v vomen’s singles championship II I mother first. Jllil # OVER WINSTON 1, A «.rho’arsh p w ll be provided ea?h year to each v. So outstanding win Miss Gih- participating school for a.d to qUftlif ed st’identi. on's vicfoiy at Wimbledon, GREENSBORO. N C. The that she was personally eon (' lleg»- Ageios » A\T whipped /, oo y committee wt i lc lotincu w. h toe f.r patuh ted by Bn'iun'a Queen ancial aid directors of participat ng schools plus mem Winston-Salem Teachers C'ol- Johnny Wayne I. -* lid if in a *hrilling ,ba>- beis ot ti'e foundation mi the group. Summerlin Womochil i k( tba ‘ games played here la-t 3. An applicant to be considered must have secured ' Monday nigfit at Die Charles Moon admission to the school and have supporting recom Announces Gymnasium. since he dropped a spht decision from his high school principal, bascbal. isHlHliLfi&p* Little Joe IF well, the Aggie*’ mendations "o Eddie Machen in Syracuse on coach and a Foundation repreaen'at.ve. BRUINS' MAN OF DISTINCTION Billy OTtee (left), first Dee. 5, 1950 candidate for all CIAA seh c- I Grid Slate ; t:on, busted the n p-and tuck college Negro in the National Hockey League, is shown with teammate *T ihink I can kck any heavy- j 4. Students already enrolled in must be battle widt op'-n ,n thi la-t 10- Fleming Mackell of the Boston Bruins during a recent game in weir hi on earth," Summerlin de-, BATON ROUGF. Loui -lain.* making satisfactory progress toward their degree, be minutes (and play. dropped Boston. A native of Fredericton, N. H., O'Ree was with the dared. Not boastfully, just in A W Mumford athletic di- a* he standing Office of of Men, long outside ; ung in good with the the Dean Bruins during pre-season training, and is slated to play on a the manner of an honest man iei tor and head football coach shots with by a.; y lav up- sc oi ed 15- be recommended the.r baseball coach and a Found- line with Larry Regan left wing. stating a deep conviction. of Southern University an- i He at center and Mackell at in ation representative. (Newspress Photo). "Maybe I couldn’t do it right nounced this week a 10-gamc po.n’s the- la t stanza. nine- now. I’d like a couple o! tough schedule for the 1958 J.guui in the first period lor a total 5. Scholarship awards will be of S2OO mininlun and lights to get ready. Then I’d be Footballers included the sched- l of 2f for the evening. This ran SSOO n.tnimum based on individual student need as de- teady for Machen Zora Folley. ule is tilt* appearance for the hi total for the 11-games to fined by the school’s aid program, rules of the N. C. A. Ray Harris, Will e Pastrano. first time of Jackson State Co 1 - ,220 and even 20-point average game ball-handling A., rules of the conference in which the school partici-i r.ny of them. I want to prove •cge of Mississippi, replacingj pei His Bobby Lane Meets Langston University, with.] was equally superb as he pass- with who pates, and the program provided for baseball. that I merit a title fight I Floyd Patterson.” iiew from tile SWAC\ effec- ed nit munv easy shots to hi- 6. Continuation of the scholarship program will at Summcilin will hit the tive at the close of the past j teammate. Herbert Grev. who ,: aeason. dropped 15 points himself. ?.*! m°s be subject to the approval of the Foundation. Spieser comeback tiail in earnest when Chuck Here Langston pulled out Neither will the Detroit Baseball Company be commit- ;he meets rough-tough Wayne of the Womochil, recent kayo victor Southwest Conference and be- 1 the career in baseball of a recipient Hobby Lam*, a slick-boxing record of 111 kno kouts in 24 ted to further Jasper, 10-round game affiliated with the Ok- a vt n to be a victoiies (including four kay- lover Don in a nor will the recipient be obligated in any way to the light heavy with lahoma Intercollegiate Confer- Hampton artist, oes in six wins in 1957) sup- j special match on Promoter C Slate Baseball Company. kayo will shoot for the ence. Detroit ports oth« hand, 'W. Smith’s boxing program at , / biggest upset win of his career this. On the r Armory, Baton Rouge area fans will that this scholarship when he battles Chuck Spieser Spieser can do plenty of dam- the new Light Guard “We are sincere in our belief 4-400 Mile Road, on get their first glimpse of the match age himself in a slugging match. j Eight Sa- Spring Practice plan will encourage boys both to play baseball and fur- in the 10* round feature 1. 1958 Jaguars on October 11. Saturday night the new 2. Lane has k< pt busy, lit* en- turday night. Feb. Chuck ther their education with the r future beyond a playing at Spciser, light heavy- when they host the Xavier Uni- Hampton, Va.