THE OHIO Sentinel's 'Miss Bronze' Contest Seeks Queen For '60 OBig STAT* XL in**.******- mfamm*m» THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1960 THE OHIO SENTINEL THI PEOpirr CHAMPION SPORTS CLEANINGS SENTINEL By BILL BELL • Sports Editor tVOL. 12, No. X THURSDAY. TULY 28, 19G0 20 CnfeNTS COLUMBUS, OHIO m WE ARE DEDICATING this column to the late Sam Pur- nell, who passed Sunday. Many of you readers will wonder who was Sam Purneli, as you have never heard of him. Three decades ago there was only one name in the Ohio scholastic track world arcatcr than that of Sam Purneli of Central and that was Jesse Owens of Cleveland East Tech. Not only was Sam Jesse's shadow in every meet in which they met, but Sam was the only lad who could boast of having defeat­ ed the mercury-footed Owens. • IT WAS IN THE Mansfield, O., relays in Jesse's first year that Sam defeated him and others to reign king of the 100 yard dash. Sam made all-city in football, playing tackle on the de­ THE "GOLDEN LINEUP" OF NOTABLES In the realm of athletics, who made Friday eve- fense and fullback on the offense. nine..Jul? 15, "A Night to Remember" for more than 550 guests attending the Columbus Recrea­ He and Jesse entered Ohio State the same fall and Coach Lar­ tion Dept.*s "Golden Anniversary" celebration at Ohio Union. Each celebrity bad been selected ry Snyder had beautiful dreams of what the spring would be, with by a local recreation renter, to appear on the program as a guest speaker of honor. Left to Jesse dominating the 100, the 220 and the low hurdles, and Purneli right, front row: Dick Furry, Jesse Owens, Lee Snoots, Eugene Rlrardi, "Hop-A-Long" Cassady running thc 220 and the 440. For he had decided that Sam, who and Joe Roberts. Standing: Dr. Jimmy Hall, Hank Gowdy, Lew Hlnchman, Jack Keller, Opal was big and still growing, had the physique to become a champion Moler, Bill Willis, Carl Smith, Ralph Solt and Rob Watsons-Pierce Photo. quarter-miler. ':- • . & This dream never materialized, for Sam Purneli never ran a • race for Ohio State. He collapsed after taking part in the annual cane rush at Ohio State and was taken to University hospital. That Belmont Downs _ els In Tough Game was the end for Sam. He spent the rest of his life in state institu­ Story On Page 3 Belmont Youth Club's softball three scores for themselves. Ho­ and two more in thc sixth while tions. team journeyed to Chillicothe ward Brooks, better at fast ball the Belmont youth clobbered • WE HOPE THAT we have not bored you, but we had to Friday night to meet the Vete than slow ball which i3 coming McKee again in the fifth for ran Patients All-Stars and get back into poularity, settled down write this because of our feeling for Sam. It goes back to when he four runs. finished junior high. He wanted to play football for Central. So vengeance for a beating the Vets in the second inning ad held the Lewis switched Brooks lo first handed the club last month. All-Stars to one run while Bel­ he came to us that summer and said, "Bill, I want to go out for ' Plank Is Stronger' -- Wilkins base and Bob Beard to catching mont picked up a run in the end this fall and I don't know how to catch a pass. Please show Rudd Lewis* boys got their ven­ I while Moon Mullins went to thc geance the hard way for the same inning. me how." We did. mound. The Belmont boys play­ — — ^———Slit On, Pip 1 game was nip and tuck right up THE BELMONT club got to ed good ball from there on and • WE FIND THAT the Negro youth of Ohio has .apparently to the last inning. the All-Star pitcher, George Mc- • went on t beat the vets, 3-11. The All-Stars set the Belmont Kee, in the third inning and 0 deserted baseball for football and basketball, as there were only i ED CARTER and John Jeffer­ I boys clown one, two, three in the scored four runs. The All-Stars two sepia stars on the entire East-West Ohio high school All-Star first inning and then, piled up picked up two runs in the fourth son knocked four baggers for he squads, which played at Jet stadium Saturday and Sunday. They All-Stars. were James Baugh of Lima, who was the starting left fielder for Lineups: Ail-Stars — Walter the West, and Royce Starks oTfs% Clairvilte, who was a reserve • ; Morris, Charles White, Earl Car­ ] right fielder for the East. • • ter. John Jefferson, Earl Fer­ Firm Heeds Joe's Request guson. Dave Gibbons, Sam Gor­ Baugh hit safely in all three games. Starks played two inn-, don, John Brown, Dewy Cotton ings in the second game, but did not come to the bat. He pinch Story On Page 2 and George McKee. Manager is hit in the final game. Kenny Roll. • SONNY LISTON, the St. Louis slugger who had to go east To Drop Cuban Contract Belmont—James Burton, Bob to hit the Big Time, established himself as the No. 2 heavyweight Beard, Bob Ogletree, Charles GOP Civil Rights N. YORK. — In view of the spend on vacations and trips be- contender by KOing Zora Folley in the third round of their bout in ; Stoudermire, George Parks, situation between the govern-1 yond our borders, Denver Monday night. Sonny is clamoring for a bout with Inge­ j Norman Taylor, John Glover, mar Johansson, whom we think he can whip as easily as he beat ments of Arnerica and Cuba, the I rn a statement by Rowe, the M. Mullins. Ed Page and Ho- Folley. Plank firrn of Louis-Rowe-F i s h e r- firm's president, he declared, ward Brooks. Manager is Rudd I. VOTING. W« pledge; Lockhart Enterprises. Inc., an- j«.jn the course of human events, Lewis • EMLEN TUNNEL!., one of the all-time great defensive Continued vigorous enforcement of the civil rights law to guar­ nounced its resignation as the | a -climate between America and football players, signed a contract for his 13th year last week. American public relations rep- Cuba has been created on a gov- Nine More Boys Can Tunned, who holds the record for pass interceptions in the national antee the right to vote to all citizens in all areas of the country; resentative of the Instituto Na- ernmcntal level which makes it pro league—76, played with N. York Giants for 11 years before h® and - * cional Industria Turistica, di- undesirable for the agency, Enjoy T Bus Trips was traded to Green Bay in 1959. • Legislation to provide that the completion of six primary reeled by Dr. Baudilio Castcl- Louis Rowei pisher, Lockhart The Spring St. YMCA an­ grades in a state accredited school is conclusive evidence of liter­ lanos. I Enterprises, Inc., to continue its nounces that there are only • THE MOST IMPRESSIVE thing about the Columbus Rec­ acy for voting purposes. 1 The action On the part of the contractual agreement with the nine vacancies left for boys who reation Dept. _ 50th anniversary banquet in the Ohio Union Fri­ Z. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. We pledge: firm, founded by Joe Louis and , Cuban Tourist Commission. j wish to go on ^c four uu8 xrips day night was the humility of the famous stars who were honored. William L. Rowe, former dep- "The conflict of interest, which to Old Man's Cave, the Cincin- Hop Cassady set the pattern when he said that he did not feel The Dept. of Justice will continue its vigorous support of court uty police commissioner of N. continues lo multiply, and the'nati Zoo, the Cleveland Indians that the department owes him anything, but that he was the one orders for school desegregation. Desegregation suits now pending ! involve at least 39 school districts. Those suits and others already York City, which was embell- fajjure of the American and Cu-! stadium and the local Coca-Cola who was indebted to them. He paid special tribute to Barney, a ished in January, 1960, by Mau-jj,-,., governments to overcome Bottling Co. The trips will be- worker at Sunshine, who had influenced him. concluded will .affect most major cities in which school segregation is being practiced. rice A. Lockhart. former adver-•_.,,;_. wordy prob.ems leaves the'gin Tuesday. July 26. with buses Bill Willis gave credit for his success to Beatty Center and to> It will use the new authority provided by the Civil Rights Act Using director of the Amster- J tlrm with no alternative." (leaving the "Y" at 8 a. m. the inspiration which his older brother, Claude, gave him; dam News, and Charles B. Fish­ of 19G0 to prevent obstruction of court orders; er, who headed a public rela­ BOBBY WALSTON took the opportunity to share the spotlight' We will propose legislation to authorize the attorney general tions firm by Ihe same name in • with his father, a gesture which brought tears to some people's to bring actions for school desegregation in the name of the U. S. Chicago, was taken in the face Alia Baba Nigh! Al Jet Stadium Friday 'eyes. ia appropriate cases, as when economic coercion or threat of phy­ of worsening of the relationship Joe Roberts told the crowd that the Recreation Dept. had sical harm ia used to deter persons from going to court V) estab- between the two countries.