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AIcorn College
Host To Southern
Central Athletic
Cont. Tournament

The tourney will be staged in
the gymnasium at the Liddell High
School in Fayette, Mississippi -
the temporary home of the Braves.
The first session of the tournament
will begin at 600 pm. Friday, Feb
ruary 21, 1858. This is the elimina-
tion contest, and as such, it should
provide great interest. The semi
finals will begin Saturday, Feb
ruary 22, 1858 at loo pm. and
the final curtains will be drawn
Saturday night. The contest will
begin at TOO pm. Saturday, Feb
ruary %, 1853.
The members of tie conference
are as follows: Alcorn A. & M.
College, Lorman, Mississippi; Le-
land College, Baker, Louisiana;
Mississippi Industrial College, Hol-
ly Springs, Mississippi; Mississip-
pi Vocational College, Itta Bena,
Mississippi; Paul Quinn, Waco,
Texas; Stillman College, Tuscaloo-
sa, Alabama; and Tougaloo South
ern Christian College, Tougaloo,
Mississippi. The members of the
teams will stay on the college cam
pus here at Alcorn and be enter
tanned by the institution.
The admission for the first and
second session is as follows: Stu
Jackson advocate., 1958-02-22
creenviIIe Man
Is Fire Victim

Greenville, Miss, Feb. 17-Will
Clark, IS, A Negro burned to death
late Saturday when he was trapped
by fire which swept two rooms of
a five-room dwelling house at 255
South Edison street.
Clark's death was the third fatal
ity from fires in the Mid-Delta in
three days. A 1-year old Negro
infant died in fire on South Kinds
street here Thursday night and a
73-year-old Negro woman perished
in a home blaze at nearby Benoit
Friday.
Assistant Fire Chief Joe Byrd
Harper said Clark, who was i'll had
been left alone in the house by a
Negro woman who had gone to a
Main street store to buy him some
tobacco.
Fire Engine Companies /, 2 and
responded to an alarm at 4:18
p. m. and battled the flames with
q line of hose.
The blaze had its origin from a
gas heater which ignited wallpaper
The flames spread rapidly, burning
out two rooms.
Jackson advocate., 1958-02-22

dents, Soc; adults, 75c. The ad-
mission for the finals will be Soc
for students and $1.O0 for adults.
Jackson advocate., 1958-02-22
Tiger cagers Post
1916 Record

The Jackson College Tigers sent
their seasons record booming to q
1876 mark this week as they up
hended two additional opponents.
The Tigers won over the LeMoyne
College Mad Magicians 1857. At
the halfway mark, H. B. Wilson's
charges led the Memphis five 31-25.
George Smith led the scoring for
the Tigers with eight 2-pointers.
Marlin Darget was high scorer for
the Mad Magicians with IL points
to his credit.
The Tigers second triumph came
at the expense of Alcorn Braves.
They took 51-37 lead at the inter-
mission and out-distanced their
sister rivals $3.50. Pearson of
Alcorn was top point maker in the
game with "a points while George
Smith of the Tigers showed the
way with 81.
In two junior varsity contests,
the Junior Tigers sent their sea-
sons record to 18 in a row by de-
feating Campbell College and the
Alcorn junior varsity. Billy Joe
Jones led the Tiger onslaught
against Campbell by racking up 27
points. The Jackson Staters de-
feated their across-the-street rivals
131-101 after taking a 61-60 half
time lead. Payne was high point
man for Campbell with 26 points.
The Junior Tigers defeated Alcorn's
junior varsity 93-67 as George Bell
topped the Tiger scoring with %
points and as Language led the
squad with 16 points to his credit.
Jackson advocate., 1958-02-22

home who does not want u.s.. he
said. "It is, however, an insistence
upon the right of people Of diff
ferent races and faiths to mingle
freely If they so DESIRE" Robinson
told the cheering throng.
He warned that Compulsory seq
Jregation in public facilities and.
Accommodations makes it difficult,
If not impossible, for people Of diff
ferent races to get to know and
respect one another"
"Integration of schools is no
more than standing beside these
people when you pay your bills at
the light and power companies"
Robinson said.
Robinson told Negroes they
should register and vote" 1--WE
hold the balance of power" he
said.
II can understand how Gov.
Coleman and Sen. Eastland can
make statements like they make.
But you get your names on the
voting list and see what kind of
statements they make" he Warn
ed.
Robinson denied reports that ra-
cial incidents have been the cause
of recent violence outbreaks in
New York schools.
"This is the problem in New
York." he said, youngsters who
have never had the opportunities
are putting their strength to work
race has nothing to do with
it, he shouted.
81 went to an integrated school
all my life and nothing ever hap
pened except / was called 'nigger'
here and there"
Robinson's speech followed greet
ing's to him on behalf of the
local community with Atty Jack
Fl. Young as the speaker, who
praised him as a great baseball
player, and still greater fighter
for Civil Rights for his people; and
Fund Raising address by Mrs.
Ruby Hurley, Southern Regional
Director of the NAACP, following
which an unannounced sum of
money was raised.
The speaker was introduced by
c. r. Darden of Meridian, State
President of the Mississippi Con-
ference of NAACP Bra ches.
Music was furnished by the
Tougaloo College Choir.
Jackson advocate., 1958-02-22

Southeastern Section of School for
the Deaf Tournament. This affair
will be held in. the Jackson State
College Gym, March 1. The first
session will start at 9:30 A. M. Ad-
mission 25c. This years squad
features the great shooting of Les
ter Thigpen (29.6 Game Ave) and
the rebounding of James Arnold.
Coach "Red Top" Smith is pleased
with the defensive play of Tommy
Williams. The teams record is ID
wins and no losses.
Sports Oddly
In a football game last year,
Prairie Views team was respon-
sible for every score in the game,
but the game ended, Prairie View
6, Texas Southern 6. The reason
Prairie View Scored the Only
Touchdown of the game but gave
up three safeties.
Laurela To
Our fine Editor Greene for his
sports enthusiasm in establishing
this sports review. Truly "Bear"
Greene is sportsman through and
through.
Jackson advocate., 1958-02-22
11a21S z4zI3;
Red Tops Review
I'm Sports

BY Leroy "Red Top" Smith
Editors Note: This is the first
writing of this sports column that
will be seen in this spot every
week by our sports reporter, Leroy
"Red Top" Smith, reporting the
best in sports for the Jackson area
Around the Basketball Circuit
The charges of Coach Tommie
Williams, of Hill High are ex-
pected to "burn the hoops" in the
annual Bib "8" Basketball Tourna-
ment, which will be held in the
Jackson College Gym, February %
Their seasons record is 20 wins and
loss. This smooth aggregation is
led by the brilliant scoring Henry
Minnion and Bobby Williams. The
Tigers only loss was to the Bull
dogs of Lanier.
Also representing Jackson in the
Tournament is Coach Leroy Smiths
fast breaking Lanier five, led by
the great play of Roscoe Williams
and Marion Anderson. Coach
Smiths team sports a 20 won and
3 loss record. They will be streng-
thened by the return of star Linell
Moore. Their defeats were at the
hands of Hill High, Greenwood,
and Medidian. They were winners
of the first Champions of Champ
ions" Tournament, held at Jackson
State.
Coach Harrison Wilson's squad
at Jackson State has performed re-
markably well this season without
the service of star forward Herbert
Smith, (Now a member of the Har-
lem Globetrotters) and Billy
"Showtime" Mcdonald (Now in the
service). They have played great
team ball, winning 19 and losing
6. This is the first season in
five years that the Tigers did not
win 20 or more games. The spark
this year has been Captain Pops
Gaines, and his running mate Dickie
Johnson at the guard slot. Jesse
Downey has played great ball. The
big surprise has been the scoring in
recent games of George Smith
Jack pistol" Powell is much i'm
proved, as is Guy Olinger. The
Tigers are underdogs in the up
coming Midwest Tourney to be
held at Kentucky State, Feb. %.
In Football the Tigers are now in
the process of Spring Training
Jackson's Coach "Big" John Mer.
ritt is stocking to fundamentals and
working with key men who he has
moved to strengthen the squad. The
moving of talented Willie Mack
Neal from end to quarterback anc
Archie Cooley from bullback tt
center is a very important move
and should bolster the Tigers at
tack. The Tigers were co-mid-west
champions last year.
The Mississippi school for the
Deaf will host the Second Annua
Jackson advocate., 1958-02-22
AIcorn Loses To
Southern 114-84

After losing to Southern by only
two points in the Gym down at
Baton Rouge, the Braves "five" at
the Liddell High School Gym got
off to a very slow start. They
say Southern take Is point lead
at half with a bench full of heavy
reserves. Southern freely substi-
tuted and used colasping defense
which forced long shots and with
the Braves not playing at top eff
ficiency during the second half,
Southern rolled up a comfortable
margin.
The high scorers for Alcorn
were: Ike Long with % points, and
Griffin 16. Southern's high point
men were: Ego Hayes with 20
points and Frank Pave with Is
points.
Jackson advocate., 1958-02-22
Sandy Amoros
Sent To Minors

Los Angeles (AP) - The Los
Angeles Dodgers are shipping
Sandy Amoros, 26-year-old left
handler from Havana, Cuba, back to
their Montreal farm club in an
outright sale.
The surprise move was disclosed
yesterday. The Dodgers got waiv-
ers from the other National Lea
que clubs to where he played for
a year and one-haf before going
to the Dodgers in 1854.
Amoros, a left, batted PIT last
year. He was one of three Dodgers
unsigned for the 1858 season.
Whether this had any bearing on
his sale was not revealed.
Jackson advocate., 1958-02-22
No Segregation Of Players At National
Collegiate Athletic Association
Regional Basketball Tournament
Tournament To Be Held In Charlotte. N. C..

won't be segregated in hotels, Of
course.
"But the players will not be seq
regated in any way"
Welchel, commenting on Cody's
statements, said Charlotte would
never have been awarded the tour
nament unless the segregation mat
ter was settled.
Expected II
"We knew it would come up. We
made arrangements to have the
players all together before we even
made our bid for the tournament D
In general, Negroes do not stay
at white hotels or eat in white
restaurants in Charlotte.
NCAA players will stay togeth-
er at a motel near the Coliseum
They will eat together at an ada
cent restaurant, one of Charlotte's
most popular.
Two of the Temple starters, All
America candidate Guy Rodgers
and the teams top rebounder, Jay
Norman, are Negroes. So is substi-
tute Ophie Franklin.
"It would disrupt the morale OF
our squad to have the boys sepa-
rated" said Cody.
Eve want definite assurance that
our team can eat, sleep and live
together or we won't 60, if, Of
course, we are selected by our con-
ference" said tie former Wander
bilt all-round athlete and a pro-
duct of the South himself.
Jackson advocate., 1958-02-22

Charlotte, N. c., Feb. II (AP)-
There will be no segregation for
players in the National Collegiate
Athletic Assn. regional basketball
tournament here next month. and
no segregation of the audience that
watches them.
That statement came from tour
nament officials today on the heels
of an announcement from Philadel-
phia that Temple University's
sixth ranked team would not play
! if three Negroes on the team were
separated from their teammates.
at would disrupt the morale of
our squad to have the boys sepa-
rated" said Josh Cody, Temple
athletic director.
Chet Welchel, chairman of the
NCAA eastern basketball tourna-
ment committee of Charlotte's
chamber of commerce, said:
Arrangements have been made
for months to take care of all the
teams in the same facilities.
"This is not news to Mr.. Cody"
II talked to Josh Cody at great
length when I was in Philadelphia
last month for an NCAA meeting
! and l explained to him then that
players positively will not be sep
arated.
Starting In NY.
81 think it's all starting out of
New York. They want Temple at
their National Invitation Tourna-
ment - Temple has a prize team
and one of the best players in the
country, a Negro boy named Rod
gers. They would draw very well
in New York.
There won't be any segregation
of the audience either. We sold
that thing out by mail early in
September. Who the tickets went
to, we don't know.
"We didn't ask. We just took
ticket orders. Blocks of tickets
were saved for the teams and those
people will all sit together"
Coliseum audiences lave not gen.
orally been segregated.
Cody claimed the tournament
planned to segregate its audience.
"When l talked to Cody" Scott
said, "he was concerned about fans
and families of players. Now they
Jackson advocate., 1958-02-22
of the Methodist Church.
Program for the Week

OI the mctnOOlSL OnuTcn.
Program for the Week
Sunday, February %, IL a. m
Sermon: "Sing A Song" DR.. Samuel
C. Kincheloe, President of Touga-
loo Southern Christian College.
6:44 p. m.-Vespers at Wood
worth Chapel.
Monday, February "a, 1000 a. m
THE Bandits of Religion" DR.
William J. Faulkner.
7:3O p. m.-Informal discussion
at the presidents home with facul-
ty and staff.
Tuesday, February Is, 1000 a. m.
1.-THE Spiritual Sources of Power
DR.. William ]. Faulkner.
7:3O p. m.-Informal discussion
at Judson Cross Hall.
Wednesday, February 26, 1000
a. MI Dare You to Grow Taller"
DR.. William ]. Faulkner.
7:30 p. m.-Informal discussion
at Galloway Hall.
DR.. Faulkner will participate in
the discussion groups. Alumni,
former students and friends are
cordially invited to share in these
activities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09
5 Hurt in Crash
In Alexandria

Five persons were injured
two severely, in a two-car col
lision last night in the 800
block Of Duke street, Alexan-
dria.
Mrs. Priscilla Lowney, 80, OF
1873 Marin drive, Manassas,
suffered head injuries and a
fractured leg. One of her sons,
Robert, 5, suffered a fractured
skull. and another son, David
4. suffered a possible fractured
skull. The three we're admit
ted to Alexandria Hospital
James Lowney. 80, the father,
was treated for leg injuries and
released.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cameron, 81,
of $500 Old Dominion boule-
ward, Alexandria, a passenger
in the other Car, was treated
for a leg injury and released.
Police charged Lowney with
reckless driving. The case is
scheduled for hearing on. June
%.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09
State School
LuWFoes
ToOrgunize

The Committee to Preserve
Public Schools, which has the
goal Of keeping Arlington class
rooms open by any legal
means, will be organized for
mally Thursday.
The meeting will be held at
g pm. in the Trinity Preby-
terrain Church, Sixteenth and
North Inglewood streets. It
will be open only to those who
agree with the detectives and
principles Of the organizers, a
spokesman said.
Twenty three county resi-
dents announced last month
that they were forming the
committee because of alarm
over the fate Of the public
schools.
Virginia's massive resist
ance" laws call for the auto
matte closing of schools if
Immigration occurs and the
Withholding Of State funds if
a community manages to re-
open clasrooms on a racially
mixed basis.
Arlington is under a Federal
Court order, which was upheld
last month by the Supreme
Court, to admit seven Negro
children to white schools.
Fifteen other Negro children
have asked to be enrolled in
county white schools this Sep
TENDER.
The citizens committee also
opposes any switch from pub
lie schools to a private school
system. Another objective is to
take legal action if necessary
to block the States fund cutoff
law.
A stated principle of the
committee is that it is con-
cerned with neither perpetual.
ing segregation nor Fastening
migration in the public
schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09
Carrier Bows
Of Star Tour
Baseball Park

Some 400 carrier boys for
The Star-all winners in a
circulation contest-were treat
ed yesterday to the baseball
game between the Senators and
the Detroit Tigers.
Before the game the three
grand winners got a chance to
meet the players and see Crit
nth Stadium from Dome to
dugout.
The three boys were Martin
r. Harley, is, of 1893 Morris
road Sc; Lloyd j. Conner, Is,
200 Adams avenue, Alexandria,
Va, and David H. Tomlin. IL,
1915 Quaker lane, Alexandria.
The tour started in the Sen
ators' dressing room and wound
up on the roof behind home
plate in the area called the
Dome, usually reserved for the
press and club officials. Along
the way the youngsters picked
UP autographed baseballs, met
Washington manager Cookie
Lavagetto plus a number of
players, and got batting tips
from Roy Sievers.
The behind he-scenes tour
was conducted by a club off,
cial and former player, John
Welaj. Louis A. Everett, The
Stars circulation supervisor,
also went along.
The youths even got into the
inner sanctum"-the dressing
room reserved for the clubs
manager and coaches.
Very few people get in here"
Equipment Manager Fred Bax-
ter told them. Sometimes the
ball players come in for a pat
on the back-or something
else"
After it was all over, the boys
regained their power of speech
and rushed to their grandstand
seats to wait for the other
carriers to arrive-and. of
course, for the ball game to-
start.
The day ended on a happy
note. The Senators beat the
Tigers, ( to 3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09

jumped out of the car with the
weapon and walked back.
Kobe told Sergt. Pearson he
did not know Thomas, who had
been drinking, had the shotgun
until they neared the Radtke
home. He went home after
Thomas got out of his car.
Police charged Kobe for fail
ing to notify them that his
companion was armed
When Thomas arrived at the
parked car. Sergt. Pearson said,
an argument started. Oc-
cupants of the car told police
Thomas fired a blast through
the closed left rear window,
which wounded Mrs. Seis in
the arm. The four in the car
climbed out to run, police were
told, but a second blast from
the shotgun felled Mrs. Seis
on a pile Of sand near the home.
The others said Thomas then
reloaded and fired twice more
into the protrate form of Mrs.
SeiS.
Gives Up to Police
The two daughters of Mrs.
Seis arrived at the Radtke
home just after their mother
was slain, Mrs. Radtke said.
They had been out with their
aunt, Mrs. Helen Taylor, at the
home of her Sister-in-law, Mrs.
George Taylor, at Friendly, Md.
Police were called and
Thomas gave up without re-
siStance when Pvts. Rudolph
Gallo and John F. Walters
reached the scene.
Mrs. Seis' sisters said Thomas
was permitted to see his chill
dren once a month under terms
of the divorce. However, they
said, he came to the Radtke
home nearly every day and
seemingly got along very well
with his former wife.
Eve never dreamed anything
like this would happen" Mrs.
Helen Taylor said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09
REPORT CARD: 1858
Falls Church Levels
High as Rolls Mount

Gas for teachers for these
classes, the problem of getting
or keeping them hasn't been
serious so far" Mr.. Schmitt
said, adding: $50 far as I know
we haven't lost any teachers
to any other schools because
of the salary schedule"
up until this year." he said,
we've been in a fairly favor
able position on salaries. But
we've been slipping behind In
the last two or three years."
He said this is "liable to
show up in the not too distant
future. There's a lot Of COM
petition in this area for teach
ers."
A school board budget for
the new fiscal year calls for
an acroSs-the-board. increase
in the teachers salary sched-
ule. The present schedule starts
at $4,000, with $500 after is
years. The proposed schedule
starts at $1,000, with $500
after is years. The budget goes
before the City Council for
action tonight.
Discipline, a problem in many
school systems. isn't much Of q
problem in Falls Church, &C
cording to Mr.. Schmitt, who
explained: 1--WE have a lot Of
personal guidance and cases are
dealt with before they get Out
Of hand"
But the schools are far more
interested in teaching the
youngsters, Mr.. Schmitt pointed
out that there are special classes
for mentally and educationally
retarded children and the schoo
curriculum has been changed
for next year to allow young
sters to cram more learning intC
their high school careers.
Grouping Bright Students
This curriculum change, HI
said, will allow bright young
sterS to take advanced matf
and science in the seventh anc
eighth grades and first year
Latin in the eighth grade
Youngsters also can take five
subjects in high school if they
can handle them.
The bright youngsters are be.
ing singled out in other ways
also. he said. We're grouping
them in high school according
to ability and we give the
smarter ones all they can take,
he said.
Past results of the system:
teaching show up in the stu
dents national standing, Mr.
Schmitt feels. Our eighth
grade" he said, "has been two
years ahead of the national
norm for the last two or three
years"
Tomorrow - The Prince
Georges County school sys-
tenn gets its report card.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09
MuIkus Seeks
To Head Senate

CAMBRIDGE. Nd, June 9
up. - Frederick c. Malkus,
Democrat from Dorchester
County. declared himself to-
day a candidate for President
Of the Maryland Senate at the
1859 session starting in Janu-
airy.
A new Senate president is to
be named next year by the
majority members, generally
expected to be Democrats. Louis
l.. Goldstein, Democratic presi-
dent for the past four sessions,
is leaving the Senate to run
for controller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09
Former Held for Jury
In SIoying Of Ex-Wife

A 30-year-old Prince Georges
County farmer today was held
for the grand jury on a charge
Of murder in the fatal shoot
ing of his former wife early
yesterday when she returned
home from a dance.
Henry H.. Thomas, of Dover
House road, Melwood, waived
preliminary hearing before
Upper Marlboro Police Court
Judge Nnina S. Hinman-Crane
He was held without bond.
Thomas is charged with firing
four blasts from a shotgun that
killed Mrs. Dorothy A. Seis,
rs, mother of his two children.
Detective Sergt. Richard
Pearson said Thomas killed the
woman because he thought
"she was an unfit mother" to
the two daughters. Mary Ann,
8. and Dianne Marie, Z.
Thomas and Mrs. Seis had
been divorced for two and a
half years, according to mem
hers of her family. She married
her second husband, Elmer, a.
service station attendant st
Forestville, Md. 16 months ago.
they said, but had been sepa-
rated from him for six months.
Had Attended Dance
The shooting happened
shortly before 2 am. yesterday,
Sergt. Pearson said, in front of
the home of Mrs. Seis' parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Radtke, on
Route / Of the Melwood section
of Upper Marlboro. Mrs. Nellie
Radtke, with whom Mrs. Seis
and the two children had been
living, said two Of her daugh-
ters-the dead woman and Mrs.
Mary Riston-had been to a
dance at the Clinton Fire House.
With them was Mrs. Seis' niece,
Helen Taylor, IA, who also lives
in the Radtke home.
The group had returned from
the dance with Walter E. Mar
shall, 10. and Warren j. Smith,
/ jr., 20. both of Melwood. Mrs.
RiSton had gone into the house
before the tragic sequence of
events began.
Sergt. Pearson said Thomas
had gone to the firehouse with
a companion, Arthur F. Kobe,
80, Of Dover House road, TO
look for Mrs. Seis and then
the two men drove to the
Radtke home. Finding his for
mer wife in the parked car,
Thomas had Kobe drive him
home four miles away where
he got his l6 gauge. single
barrel shotgun and some shells.
Charged as Accessory
Kobe, who is charged with
being an accessory, told Sergt.
Pearson he refused to stop at
the parked car when they got
back to the Radtke home and
drove a quarter of a mile past
the spot. He said Thomas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-09
Anglican Rite
To Be Observed

The 351st anniversary of the
f1rst recorded Anglican Holy
Communion service on Ameri-
can soil will be marked at VIII
liamSburg and Jamestown Sat-
urday and Sundays
The observance, sponsored
by the Brotherhood of st.
Andrew for all men and BOYS
OF the Episcopal Church, this
year is being arranged by the
Northern Virginia Assembly of
the Brotherhood.