New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-01118

wsr C mb 'Wjg| Panthers' Near Miss Earns Coach An Award S^T V10LET8 — The sews in the metropolitan area this year is NYU's basketball team which is top ranked aatiostally Althea Inks Links Pact For Golf "Teams wts my first love but my heart is »rapped up in golf­ ing bow.” Althea Gibson told the Amsterdam News after sign­ ing a contract to represent the Puniep Tire Rubber Co. on the women's pro golf tour which starts in March. "I have played in six profes­ sional tournaments,” the long ball hitter revealed. ”1 enjoyed every stroke of the game. I hav­ en't played in a tennis match since 1660 when I won the wo­ men's pro title in Cleveland.” Miss Gibson, currently em­ ployed by the Ward Baking Co., as a community relations special­ ist grill remain with the com­ pany. which .makes Tip Top Leu Bosslri (coach), Tom Boose, Harold Hairston. Bob Patton, Steve Jordan, Ci am Gslliard. Ray Bennett, David Berliner (manager), Arthur Loche 'assistant coach). Griffith Fights; To Be Honored ship. Boy Hayes. ABM’s 100-yard dash record holder and leading grid scorer, was prevented from recording a tally during the Jonas Goes In Coliseum Inaugural Heavyweight contender Doug Joneo Is scheduled to meet George Chuvalo, Canadian heavy­ weight, at New York Coliseum January 6. The bout will be the first in the 5,000-seat arena. Murray Goodman, promoter of the fight club, told this news­ paper. that he has a date with Ray Robinson who Is due back from Europe this week. Good­ man said he will discuss the moat active boxers in action to- F^HritUas of Robinson boxing --------- day. ln the C°T1>gum Carter, a top middleweight with 17 wins and four defeats is a good "“al Writer’’ Association puncher who has stopped eleven d,nn<r- 8unda’r evenln«- January of his victims. The 26-year-old 12 at Amrricana Hotel. P.t™,7T horn citor, a Q^ffith, tbs only boxer to win recent groom lost his last bout to welterweight title three times, will receive the Edward J. Nell Joev Carter Trophy and Markson will receive the James J. Walker award. Ta Be Honored Griffith and Harry Markson, Barney Nagler, president of the director of Garden Boxing, will Boxing Writers said the dinner ba the honored guests st the an- is open to the public. AT THE END — Samuel John­ son, a loyal Jet fax covets his ears Saturday as be watches his team go down to a 16-10 defeat at the last game to be held In Pob Grounds. The first pro grid game played at the Polo Grounds was 41 years ago as the Buffalo All Ameri- football Glanta first played there on Oct IS. 1625. The famed Harlem institution will be razed finally for a housing project. (Gilbert Photo) When you're giving a gift this Christmas, SACRCMENTO, Calif. - Prair­ ie View ABM’s Panthers came that eloee to becoming the first all-Negro team ever to win a na- tional fixttball championship, the small college football crown. .But the undefeated Panthers were bombed by Quarterback Craig Muyrea of It. John’s of Minnesota as he tossed two big aecond-half touchdown passes last Saturday to lead his team to a 93-27 win over Prairie View In the third annual Camella Bowl. Prairie View scored la the first. Wilt Is Closing In On Oscar If Oscar Robertson of the Cin­ cinnati Royals appears to be look­ ing over his shoulder these days, it's understandable. The Big “0” is about to be overhauled in the National Baksetball Association's individual scoring race by Wilt Chamberlain ot* San Francisco. Scoring 196 points In three games against the Bullets last week, Chamberlain moved to within 16 points of Oscar’s lea- gue-leading total of 667. In so doing, Wilt also took over the leadership in rebounding and maintained his edge in field goal percentage. < Between them, Oscar and Wilt lead the NBA in five Individual departments. In addition to his point lead. Oscar heads the league in assists and. last week, moved to the top in free throw- percentage. . —Meanwhile, the Boston Celtics, without a man among the top 10 scorers, continue to roll along at a blistering pace with 20 vic­ tories in 23 games. With only Bill RusseU near the top in any itatisueai department (second in rebounding), the Celtics nonethe­ less lead the league in offense and defense. They have averag­ ed 116 points a game, while giv­ ing up but only 101.6 potato per contest. Jim Brown Rum A Mile WASHINGTON, D,C. Jimmy Brown, Clevelands Mr. Fullback and the first National Football League player to gain more than a mile In a season. discussed football Monday with President Johnson in the White House at the Chief Executives invitation, following the game against the Washington Redskins. Browh gained lM-yarda In M tries to pash hia total yardage to 1.169 Sunday as Cleveland beat the John's scored 19 points in the second and third quarters and their final TD in the fourth. 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