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Coaches Rate Eight Negro Stars
As All American Candidates
Radnor, Pa. — Eight Negro
players from seven colleges
were among 47 gridiron stars
named .*.962 All-America fav
orites today by the American
Football Coaches Association.
The blue-ribbon list was an
nounced in the current issue
(Sept. 22) of TV Guide maga
zine by Bill Murray, associa
tion president and head coach
at Duke.
Iowa contritbuted a high of
two players, Capt. Larry Fer
guson, breakaway halfback
from Madison, 111., and elusive
end Cloyd Webb of East St.
Louis, 111. Penn, State, Minne
sota, Washington, Southern
California, Syracuse and New
Mexico State had one each.
The coaches association,
which has a membership of
more than 500, will pick the
73rd annual All-America, origi
nated by Walter Camp, after
viewing films of 1962 games.
The selections will be announced
in Dec. 1 issue of TV Guide. The
first team will appear on the
Ed Sullivan Show Sunday, Dec. i
2.
Ferguson was sidelined with a :
twisted knee in 1961 but had a j
(7.3 yard rushing average in
1960. Webb is a fleet wingman
who snared 25 passes for 426
yards and four touchdowns as
a sophomore last season.
The other six players are:
Dave Robinson, huge Penn
State end from Moorestown, N.
J., who was picked to shrug off
1961 injuries and make a strong
bid for football immortality this
season.
Bob Bell of Shelby, N. C.,
speedster tackle for Rose Bowl
winner Minnesota.
Charlie Mitchell, Washing
ington’s scat halfback from
Seattle, who gained 529 total
offense yards in 1961.
Ben Wilson, bulky fullback
from Houston, Tex., who was
the workhorse of Southern Cali
fornia’s running attack last
season.
John Mackey of Freeport, N.
Y., speedster end, who set a
Syracuse record in 1961 with
321 yards on pass receptions.
James (Preacher) Pilot of
Kingsville, Tex., New Mexico
1 State halfback whose 138 points
and 1,278 yards set national
; scoring and ground-gaining
j paces in 1961, his sophomore
, year.
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HOLE-IN-ONE— TWO IN
SIXTY-TWO — William Brisk
er, Cleveland real estate man,
seen at left above, became the
second golfer in 1962 to score
an ace in The Coca-Cola Com
pany sponsored Hole-in-One
Contest, which has been con
ducted in five major tuorna
ments so far in 1962. Seen with
Mr. Brisker, from left are Alan
Kendrix, Washington, D. C.,
who succeeded his brother, Air
Force 2nd Lt. Moss H. Kendrix,
Jr., far right, in the post of
contest director, and Hamilton
Hughes, Fort Worth Texas,
businessman who made hole-in
A. E. Simmons who went to
Tennessee A & I as line coach,
will have only five experienc
ed players on the team to com
bat eight strong opponents.
Graduation took a heavy toll
on the team and several other
players who had been counted
on for outstanding performan
ces failed to return to school
this season. Ernest Moore, a
draft choice cf the Los Angeles
Rams, decided to cast his lot
with the professionals and will
not be around to help make
the passing attack go, and
Franklin Alford who played
two seasons at Bama before
going in service is ineligible,
j Both players played their high
) school ball at Booker Washing
j ton High School in Montgo
mery.
Coach Anderson reports that
the team will bank on speed
and deception this season. He
is trying out a flock of fresh
men backs who will try to nail
down the positions left vacant
by graduation. Among this
crop is speedy Ray Jenkins of
I Columbus, Georgia. Jenkins
played his high school ball at
Spencer High school where he
also starred in track. Big Ru
dolph Overstreet, a sophomore
from Sylvania, Georgia, will
be the starting fullback. Over
street was the leading rusher
on the team last season be
fore he went out of action
with an injury, Marvin Neal
of Memphis, Tennessee and
Eli Slaughter of Carver High
School in Montgomery will be
the leading candidate for the
signal calling spot w'hich was
left open when Albert Lowery
of Gadsden was graduated.
The Hornet line will be light
but it is expected to be strong
with Clinton Perry, a sophomore
from local Booker Washington,
leading the way. Perry is con
sidered one of the top linemen
in the conference and he was
one earlier in year at the Ray
Mitchell tourney in Miami. In
serted below, Mr. Brisker, right,
kisses his hole-in-one ball after
his accomplishment during the
Memphis tournament of the
United Golfers Association in
August. Witnessing, from left,
are UGA president, Max Stan
ford, Philadelphia, Nat Jordan,
UGA executive veep, St. Louis,
and Frank Lett, Detroit, who is
chairman of UGA’s national
tournament planning committee
and Mr. Brisker’s opponent at
the time of the hole-in-one. The
Cleveland golfer will receive a
complete t</p quality golfing
MVC Devils
Invade JSC
Den Saturday
J Itta Bena, Miss. — The Mis-!
! sissippi Vocational College Del- j
' ta Devils, fresh from a heart- |
break 13-12 loss to Bishop Col
lege last Saturday, have re- j
grouped their forces for an all
out invasion of Jackson (Miss.)
State College Saturday,
i The Devils will be seek’ng
their first win while the JSC
Tigers, sporting 56-6 and 41-7
wins over Mississippi Industrial
and Prairie View colleges, will
be out for their third straight
win as they seek to retain the
mythical National Negro Grid
Championship.
MVC mentor Douglas Porter, j
whose coaching staff has been j
strengthened by the addition of
Robert Heard, former Univer- |
sity of Oregon great, and John I
Dickerson, former West Amory j
(Miss.) High coach, is hopeful
of directing the Devils to an up- ■
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petition for jobs.
For example, the 1961 crop of i
June high school graduates who J
did not go on to college had j
an unemployment rate of 179
per cent in October of that |
year — compared to a much J
higher estimated unemployment
rate (26.8 per cent) for the 1961 '
dropouts.
The dropouts apparents are
unable to overcome that disad
vantage in job markets, even
over the longer run, is indicated
by statistics reported in the lat
est issus of FINANCE FACTS,
an economic newsletter publish
ed here by the National Con
sumer Finance Association.
While it is true that unem
ployment rates tend to decline
—both for dropouts and grad
uates — as the young people
mature, and obtain job experi
ence, the NCFA newsletter cites
figures showing that 1959 drop
outs had a rate of unemploy
ment two years later that was
TWICE AS HIGH as that for
1959 high school graduates. As
of October 1961, about 17 per
cent of those who had left
school without a diploma two
years earlier were unemployed
—as compared to the 8.3 per
cent who “stayed with it” and
graduated m 1959.
Which tends to show that the
“dropouts" aren’t choosing the
wise course — or even the
EASY way out. They may get
out of studying some of the
“three R’s’’ in school—but they
also stand a very good chance
of becoming “lose outs" in the
all — important job market!
named to several all-opponent
teams last season. The stocky
built youngster tips the scales
at 205 pounds and stands six
feet tall.
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a gift from Coca-Cola. The
UGA’s annual tournament was
the fifth of the year in which
Coca-Cola promoted the con
test. In addition to the UGA
and Ray Mitchell events, the
contest was held in Philadel
| phia, Chicago and Monterey,
California. The last contest of
the year will be sponsored dur
ing the YMCA golf tournament
to be held at Langston Golf
Course In Washington, D. C.
September 22-23. Mr. Hughes is
1962 president of The Hole-in
One Club operated by The Coca
Cola Company, Atlanta, Ga.
set over the favored Tigers
whose last loss to the Devils
was in 1954.
The probable starting line up
for the Devils: Walter Nichols
i and Lewis Thompson, guards;
! Bennie Abson and Walter Elliott
I tackles; Carver Randle and A.
: C. Thomas, ends; John Moore,
j center; Rodney Buford and
Theodore Scott, halfbacks;
! Robert Coleman, fullback, and ,
Billy Knight, quarterback.
Southwestern
Conference
Round-Up
The frist big weekend saw
six conference teams in action.
Alcorn, playing her first game
as a member of the conference
whipped Rust College 51-0. Al
corn replaced Texas College in
the eight team league and opens
conference play against Wiley
next Saturday.
Paul McPherson scored early
for Arkansas, but Lincoln came
from behind with a second peri
od run and a third period pass
to defeat Van Johnson making
his debut as a head coach and
the rest of the Golden Lions.
In the conference tilts, both
games went as expected as far
as the victors were concerned.
However no one expected Jack
son State to run over Billy
Nicks - Prairie View Panthers.
The Jackson State attack was
awesome as Willie Richardson,
A1 Greer, Louis McRae, Chico
Jordan and Roy Curry were all
heroes as Jackson State led 18
7 at the end of the first quart
er and slowly turned it into a
41-7 rout before it was over.
Texas Southern, choice of the
scribes, and mentioned in last
weeks Sports Illustrated de
feated Southern 20-6 in a game
closer than the score indicates.
T. S. U. nurseing a 7-6 lead on a
long run by all-America Homer
Jones saw Clyde Ray Moore’s
attempt for his third field goal
go wide before going to work.
With less than five minutes re
maining, Homer Jones went
sixty for another tally and De
fensive star W. K. Hicks and '
Chas. Green deflected a South- j
ern pass until Green grabbed it'
to score the final touchdown in
a tough game played at Galves
i ton.
Next Saturday, Arkansas en
tertains Jarvis Christian at!
Pine Bluff. Grambling goes to
JSC Tigers
Crush Prairie
View By
41-7 Score
The Jackson State College
Tigers unleashed an awesome
attack here Saturday night as
they crushed Paririe View A&M
College 41-7. Led by a host of
battle-scarred veterans, the Tig
ers scored almost at will after
a slow start. The Tigers broke
the ice late in the first period as
Roy Curry hit Willie Richard
son on a 20-yard pass play. The
conversion attempt failed. Prai
rie View led the Tigers 7-6
briefly when Otis Taylor scored
on a 4&-yard pass from Jimmie
Kerner. Albert Greer put the
Tigers ahead tootsy seconds- lat
er as he rambled 80 yards on
the kick off. Curry scored from
one yard out and the Tigers
were completely in charge after
that. The last two conversion
attempts failed. A Curry to
Richardson pass covering 20 yds.
put the Tigers ahead 24-7. Cur
ry added two points to put the
Tigers ahead 26-7 at the half.
Chico Jordan gDt into the scor
ing column on a five-yard run
and Curry again added two
points. Leslie Duncan complet
ed the Tigers touchdown outpjt
and Jordan converted.
T. B. Ellis, Jr., did some ter
rific punting as he averaged
more than forty-two yards per
try. Albert Greer picked up 56
yards on three pass completions
in addition to his 80-yard scam
1 per to rate as the offensive star
of the game. Ben McGee, Wil
liam ‘Bruiser’ Robertson, James
Baton Rouge for a conference
tilt against Southern; T. S. U.
playshost to Bishop in Houston j
and Jackson State is at home
against MVC. Prairie View is
idle next week.
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man Basic Albert Thigpen, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Thigpen Sr. of 1538 Deer Park
St., Jackson, Miss, is being re
assigned to Amarillo AFB,
Tex., for technical training as
a United States Air Force sup
ply specialist.
Airman Thigpen, who comple
ted the first phase of his mil
itary training here, was select
ed for the specialized course
on the basis of his interests
and aptitudes.
The airman is a 1961 grad
uate of Jim Hill High School.
Negro Editor...
(Continued From Page One)
build a hospital in Nigeria.
Holman is a graduate of Lin
coln University in Missouri, and
holds a master’s degree in Eng
lish from the University of Chi
cago. His wife, Mariella, teach
es in the Atlanta public schools.
They have three children.
Carson, Harold Cooley, Danny
Pride, Eugene Rooks, Vernon
Biggs, Alonzo Clark, Bennie
Crenshaw, and Elbert Vaughan
were outstanding defensively.
Merritt used 36 of the 38 play
ers dressed out for the game.
Jackson picked up 18 first
downs to Prairie View’s 8. Rush
ing and passing, the Tigers pick
ed up 325 yards to 199 for the
Texans.
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