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1963
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Brooklyn Mariners
Edge Cardinals 8-6
The Brooklyn Mariners football ■ Brooklyn. The Jackson Heights
team handed the powerful Card-! Raiders will engage the Brook-
d^?l IS lyn Americans at George Gcrsh-
day night at Gemtsen Field. The ,
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defeat was the Cardinals’ first in wm Field at Llftden Blvd' and
the eight-team Tri-County AA Pennsylvania Ave., in Brooklyn.
I Friday night, Oct. 4. the Ma-
Football Conference.
mL The Mariners scored in the first rlners and the Eastchester Ram-
wil1 uke over GerriUen
* quarter when the Cardinals boot-
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•r stepped out of bounds with a Field in Brooklyn.
snap back on the three yard line
In the third quarter Mariner's
half back Mickey Walsh carried V ill GT r I6TC6
-ewer for a touchdown.
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The Cardinals scored in the OpGQKGT AT
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•Ed Bishop pitched a strike to end r AL Lzlfl FIGT
r -Harry Price who went around left
id and scored.
i Deputy Police Commissioner
Sunday the Cardinals will take Lawrence W. Pierce who is in
charge of the Police Department
Youth Program, spoke at the
this weekend. Games which monthly dinner of the Eastern
Sporting Goods Association Mon
day at Hotel Park Sheraton.
an the Bombers at Wingate Field.
The rest of the loop will see ac
m this weekend. Games which
gw were scheduled for last Sunday
< ’ were washed out. Sunday the
• Muskateers will oppose the Goki-
Commissioner Pierce’s topic
fc-en Knights at Betsy Head Park was the Police Athletic League,
the Brownsville section of) its athletic, social and education
High School Football
Flushing, Boys, New
Utrecht Ready To Open
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CRICKET ACES — The power
ful West Indian cricket team
stopped over in New York af
ter flying from the British Isles
aboard the BOAC. The team,
captained by Frank Worrell,
left, standing, won three of
their four contests. After a
brief stay here the team flew
to the West Indies.
al program. Ben Goldstein, pres-<
ident of the Eastern Association i
was the chairman of the dinner J
Donations and gifts of sporting!
goods were presented to the PAL1
Iby members of the Association.
£ Gets Chance
or Pension
r
• Ban 1
5- Ihllba
**" qualify for his National Football
League pension. Perry was given
£Zjhis release by the Baltimore
►’ Colts although he needed only a
ttvi more games to qualify for
•J • pension.
as- The 36-y ear-old fullback who
JMs been playing football since
was reactivated by the
rera last
SAN FRANCISCO Calif. — The
Francisco 49’ers will give
ck Joe Perry a chance to Jackson Tops
By LES MATTHEWS
Flushing High School football was the only school to defeat us. on the ehd. These three men.
seven and lost one. Holy Cross the backfield and John Merkson
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Of course, this year we won’t juniors, will be in our starting
HOUSTON — Mets pitcher, A1
Jackson, finished the season with
a 13-17 record, the highest in the
club’s history. Little Jackson also
also fanned 142 batters.
Form a good habit and read
the Amsterdam News — Every
week!
coach Ed Berg is optimistic abtut
his gridders this season.
“We will take on DeWitt Clin
ton in our opening game Friday,
Oct. 4, on Monroe Field and as
usual we believe we will win,”
the coach said. Last season
Flushing defeated DeWitt 26-0.
“We had a good team last
year,” Berg admitted. “We won
have James Charles in the back- lineup. I have an assistant coach,
field anymore but we will do al- James Nidds, this year and the
right," Berg said.
iteam should knit into a winning
“Among our lettermen who re- combination, quickly,’’ Berg add
turned are Ken Kenya, Howie
Meadows, and Joseph Marchica
We will have James DeMetro at
quarterback, Harold Thompson in j George Diel is confident his
Boys High School football coach
ed with a twinkle in his eyes.
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Hank America of the Walker
Guns rolled a 206 game, Jerry
Cunningham of Convent Torna
does a 200 game, and Clara
Turner of Salem Mets a 176 Jn
the Harlem YMCA Church Bowl
ing League Games Saturday.
The Walker Jets lost to the
Convent Tornadoes by a score of
2-1; Salem Mets downed the
Mother Zion AME 3-0; Convent
Tradewinds lost to Walker X’s
2-1 and Church of the Master
was beaten by Wa ker Guns 2-1.
High Games Male: Hank -Am
erica, 206: Jerry Cunningham,
200; Dan Lynch, 186; Sam Ameri
ca, 186.
High Games Female: Clara
Turner, 176; Ida Lynch, 162;
Georgia America 156.
Games next week:
Church of the Master vs Trade-
winds.
Tornadoes of Convent vs Moth
er Zion AME.
Walker Tanks vs Walker X’s.
Convent Jets vs Salem Mets.
Seek To Bring
Jai-Alai Here
Sy Rapp, coach ofJyew Utrecht
High School football team said:
i “Our squad is ready for our sea
son which opens Oct. 12 against
An enterprising group of sports-i Alai as a winter spectator sport: Tilden. We have a tough sched-
minded New York businessmen in the metropolitan area. With
ule this year,” the coach said
appropriate legislation, he point- “After Tilden we will meet Lin
ed out, Jal-Alai could contribute c‘°ln ,<?.ct' 19 and Brooklyn Tech
this past week offered to ease
the state’s mounting fiscal woes
by hopping up the time - tested
sigmficantly to the state s rev-- «We had a good season last
formula of pari-mutuel wagering enue from pari-mutuel sources, year," Happ said. “We won six
with a *niaglc” new ingredient, Currently, Florida is the only, and lost one. After our opener we
Jstate which permits betting on
the game of Jai-Alai.
Foreseeing an annual return to jaj_Ajaj jn existence there since
Sports Whirl
By LES MATTHEWS
Roland Harrington, born In
Harlem and raised in Staten Is-
! land and his Brooklyn born neigh-
|bor, Horace Hamlett, born and
raised in the Borough churches,
were introduced to each other
by a group of youngsters play
ing football in front of their
Brooklyn homes early in Septem
ber.
Harrington and Hamlett began
showing the youngsters how the
game should be played and be
came impressed by the eager
ness of the youngsters. Harring
ton, an employee of Greyhound,
and Hamlett, a medical student,
asked the youngsters if they
would like to play organized foot
ball. The youngsters were en
thusiastic.
Harrington and Hamlett, both
fathers, then visited the home of
every youngster and received
permission to coach the boys.
The parents bought uniforms and
equipment for the youngsters,
who are between 10-14-years-old.
The Chargers, as they are
called, wear (uniforms °f ^ue
white and scarlet and are enter
ed in the Pee Wee division of
the Pop Warner Football League
They will play their first league
game later this month. Two
members of the team, Nat Trib
ble, tackle, and Sherman Bryce
end. will play on the All-Star
team which will play St. Rita s,
the loop's 1962 champions, Fri-
West Indians
ddy night at Floral Park, L.I.,
Receipts will go toward thq pur
chase of trophies and the an
nual dinner of the loop. Every
player and his parent la request
ed to attend the dinner.
Harrington, who played for Mt.
Loreto High School In Staten Is
land, is enthused with the young
sters but be fs seeking a sponsor
who would purchase Insurance
for the team.
Oldest Pitcher
Joseph “Old Pro" McAdoo Is
probably the oldest softball pitch
er around the local circuit. Last
Sunday the “Old Pro" won two
games . . . Arthur Ashe, Jr.,
is playing better tennis since he
settled down . . . Talking about
tennis, the Turkey Tennis Tour
nament, co-sponsored by the
Amsterdam News and Ward Tip
Top Bread, Is now taking place
on the Harlem River Tennis
Courts, 100th St. and Seventh
Ave.
James Fisher, youthful coach
of the Harlem Eagles, has the
team clicking like pros. . J
Hubert Hilton, the 24-yoar-old
Sanitation worker and father of
six, lost a close bout to Luther
Murphy at Sunnyside Gardens
recently and now he wants a te-
turn . . . Murray Goodman, pro
moter for Empire State Sports
Corp. Is looking for an opponent
for heavyweight contender Doug
Jones to fight at N.Y. Coliseum
Dec. 12 . . . Well there Is always
Zora Folly who kayoed John
"Tiger” Collins recently ...
Baseball fans are wondering
why the Cardinals collasped. . .
Hank Thompson, former Giants*
hot corner specialist, will «n-
doubtedly concentrate on base
ball now that he has ten years
of confinement . . . Hampton
Institute plays Moorehouse Col
lege Saturday . , . Cassius Clay
will make a ring appearance In
Louisville Convention Hall next
month while he is waiting for
champ Sonny Liston.
Hail o< Fame
Can the football Hall of Fame
in Canton, Ohio, be complete
without a Negro member? Fritz
Pollard. Judge Duke Slater, Joe
Lillard and Bob Marshall are
four Negro candidates for the
Hall of Fame. The American
Football League got started In
Akron. Ohio In 1920 and the
League had teams In Canton,
Cleveland, Dayton. Cincinnati,
and Columbus Ohio. In 1921 the
National Football League was
organized and Negroes played In
the loop. Football suffered ‘a
famine for several years but It
became big business after WW
II wh« n the loops signed playqrs
according to their ability instead
of color.
El Howard Is ready to catth
the whole Series . . . Will Roger
Maris and Mickey Mantle be able
to hit Sandy Koufax. JohnBy
Podress or Don Drysdale? . . -
Al Downing will be trying to
make a successful WS debut, so
will Jim Boutqp, but veteran
Dodger Jim Gilliam who has sone
of the mannerisms of Jackie Rob
inson, will take them In stride
if he Is given a chance to play.
Watch Yankee Joe Pepitone. .’.
Walt Alston will receive a three-
year contract from the Dodgers
if they win and the Yankees will
give Ralph Houk a desk Job If
the Yankees win.
The Hurricane Carter - Joey
Archer match is settled. Fight
fans thought the match would
not be made. , .Jackie Robinson
as commissioner would InJAct
some life in the N.Y. Athletic
Commission.
school will have a good football
season this year. Boys High, not
ed for its basketball and track
stars, has been unable to come
up with a winning football team
in several years.
“We will do better this year,”
Diel promised. "Returning from
last year's squad are Ted Wat
son, Desmond Larrier, Martin
Barry, Charles* Samuels, Gary
Jackson, Donald Patterson, Wil
lis Hyman and LaMar Macon.
The team is eager and willing,
Diel said.
“Last season we defeated La
fayette for our only victory but
we will be better this year.
Boys will meet Midwood Satur
day. October 5 at Boys High
Field.
New Utrecht
Entry blanks are available
• Edge Rovers
all Park Department playgrounds
for the 1963 “Punt, Pass and, In Soccer
Kick” Contest. This nation-wide
competition for boys from 7
through 11 years of age is being
sponsored by Ford Motors in co
operation with the National Foot
ball League. Last year’s com
petition attracted nearly 432,-
000 boys throughout the United
States.
The West Indian American soc
cer team defeated the Rovers,
3-2, in the Eastern District Soc
cer League opener Sunday in
Red Hook stadium. Sunday the
West Indians will play the Fel
lowship team in the Stadium
while the Rovers take on Mexico
at Van Courtland Park.
Boys in the metropolitan area
will compete in 4 age groups
at any of the 14 New7 Y’ork City
Park Department fields selected.
The contests will be held on Sat
urday, October 12, at 11 a.m.
In the event of rain the activity
will take place the following Sat
urday, October 19 at 11 a m.
'Trotters
To Circle
!z2 Globe
CHICAGO — The Harlem Globe
trotters will tour Europe, Africa
and the Far East beginning Nov.
21. The internationally famous
team will leave from New Y’ork.
The team will return home April
18.
The West Indian team includes
H. Hill. E. Dorset. E. Selby, H.
Moraocie, A. De Four, F. Luke,
S. Aird, O. Richards, S. Luke,
L. Leverock, D. Simposn, C.
Luke and G. Carter.
Playing for the Rovers were
H. Alexis, J. Bishop. R Estwick,
V. Lewis, O. Peterkin, M. Rob
erts, J. Thomas, G. Pierre. W.
Evelyn. W. Perry, O. Jack. V,
Marshall and D. Baptiste.
The Rovers, unable to defeat
the West Indians in six years
cored the first goal when Gas
ton Pierre booted the ball pass
the goalie. The West Indians even
ed up the score early in the sec
ond half.
The West Indians reshuffled
their line-up with the score tied
at 2-2, and five minutes before
the final whistle,—G, Richards
scored his second and winning
goal.
jthe following week
The team will visit Lisbon.
Casablanca. Morocco, Angola,
Mozambique, Southern and North
ern Rhodesia and Tanganyika.
The 'Trotteps will also visit
Australia. New Zealand where
they will spend seven weeks. Sin
gapore, the
gaporc, inc Philippines, Hong
Kong. Taiwan. Okinawa and Ja-
___ru.
But we have a good looking! pan. On their way home they will
squad Just the same,” Rapp said, perform in Honolulu and Alaska.
will know what we can do. Only
four of our lettermen returned.
They are Billy Wade. Nick Caous-
si, Leonard Herkovita and Jer
ry Tripoli.
New Athletic
League Formed
The Harlem Athletic League, a
PhOinnin«»« Hnnv new organization with headquar-
170
in foe Utopia Budding^ 170
win W. 130th St , is appealing to
youths between 10-18 to Join
League wblch has secured per
mission to use the facilities of
the W. 134th St. Bath House.
•
Organized by Robert Green,
Fred Tyler, a real-estate man, and
Rev. Millard Stanley, according
to its publicists, Bernard N
Dyer, the organization will stress
sports and give vocational guid
ance to its members. Samuel
Walton and James Finch have
been signed as coaches.
To people
OVER 65
and to their sons and daughters
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mind of senior citizens and their
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brought about by age or sickness
The premiums on these policies may be paid by the older
people t hems Ives—or by their children who may have the
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income tax laws, these premium are treated as nodical ex
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GRIFFITH - MINDED — Wel
terweight champ Emile Grif
fith is the chief concern of two
boxers and their two-man
board of strategy as they get
feady to board the Trans Cari
bbean Airways for Puerto Rico.
Left to right Jose Stable, Jose
Gonzalez. Victor Valle, trainer
and manager Manny Gonza
lez. Jose will meet Griffith in
an over the weight match in
Puerto Rico Oct. 5 and Stable
is waiting for a crack at the
welter crown.
Y Bowling League
The lowly Clubbers rose up and
smote the highly touted Dolls
and Guys last Wednesday and
moved up from the cellar to sev
enth place in $he Harlem YMCA
Bowling League.
In other matches the Aztecs
beat the Markers 2-1, Mets down
ed Star - Fires 3-6, Twosoms
took two from the Skylarks and
the Orbits, won three from the
Dragons.
Team standings:
Sky-Lsrks
Mets
Orbits
Markers
Azters
Twosoms -i
Dolls and Guys
Clubbers
Star-Fires
Dragons
Won lx>»t
6 3
3
3
4
4
4
5
6
6
7
i High Game Male: James Mc
Farlan, 216; Wilmont Christie,
209; Bob Maltimore, 203. Bobby
Humes. 196; Willis Hanks. 194.
High Game Female: Beverly
Bracey, 179; Josel McFarland,
168; Jennie Walker, 163; Dottle
Wilson, 155.
Next Week's Schedule:
Star-Fires vs. Clubbers
Dolls and Guys vs. Aztecs
Sky-Larks vs. Markers
Dragons vs. Mets
Orbits vs. Twosomes
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the state of some $24,000,000 in
tax revenue alone. Jack I. Gold
ner, president of the newly - form
ed Knickerbocker Jai-Lai Fron
ton Corporation, told members
of the press at Toots Shor’s that
Jai-Alai offers a unique and prof
itable opportunity to the state.
“Jai-Alai will benefit New York
1924, it has experienced rapid re
cent growth. Its pari-mutuel han
dle and revenue to the state have
zoomed 30 per cent in the last
two years.
in three ways” said Goldner.
One, as a major sports and tour
ist attraction: two, as a substan
tial source of tax revenue, and,
three, as a growing new indus
try, bringing with it Job opportun
ities for thousands and new con
struction which will run into tens
of millions of dollars.”
A 43 - year - old dress manu
facturer, Goldner heads a group
which plans to introduce Jai-
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