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ORANGE BOWL. Miami
Fleet footed. hard driving.
Clarence Childs. Florida Az
NJ UNIVERSITIES Junior half
back from Lakeland, Flori-
da. and Prairie Views 6 fl
6 in. Rufus Granderson. 272-
pound tackle from Temple,
Texas. were awarded The J
r +. Lee Player Trophies.
climaAing last weeks Florida
% Prairie View !, Orange
Blossom Classic.
S'aNdin. f. III ia and
weighing in at 1870 pounds Childs
scored three Of his team, four
touchdowns. gaining for himself
the undiSputcd recognition as
Rather playcrof the Game Prai-
rio Views GranderSon, mountain
ol steel. left no doubt in the
minds Of the Judges sports
writer's and radio.TV folk coy
crine the game-that he was the
biz Panther man. and as such
was without doubt winner OF one
Ct the coveted Lee trophies
The lee trophies are named
fyr FAyM's vice president. r f.
Ice. Jr. son Of a tate distinguish
cd former president Of the ITALIA
hasScc institution, who founded
the classic event in 1898 Bot
tiers Of Coca-Cola at Miami and
BRENNAN. Texas. donated The
playcr-cfthc Game Awards. which
The Orange Blossom Classic Com
mitee will present annually al
The close of the nationally famous
bowl game The awards are dcS
isnated for the outstanding play
or Ct each classic team
This 27th-cdtion. classic win
was a big one for Coach A. S
Jake Gather. Florida A an ath-
lclic d,rector-who had never
beaten Coach Billy NickS' Pan
Tiers in an Orange Blossom Clas-
s;c-who had never seen 43.645
fans watch one of his teams. The
fighting coach from the North
Florida campus had CHALLENGED
lis team to win this one for
joyce Rather PLAYER Oliver
joyce, who died early in the sea
son from scrimmaec injuries For
Jake Gather, il all came true
Before the onslaught OF the
Childs-led doing a mans work.
Orange Wave. the All-Texas team
OF Billy Nicks went down 28-7,
almost the identical score heapcd
upon Gather 23-6, by Nicks last
year-same place, same event
Two times before. Prairie View
had taken home the Orange
Blossom bacon-l953. 1877; 1888.
co. for an Orange Blossom record
Of 3 To top all NickS last year
I robbed Gather Of The W a
Scott. II. National Championship
Trophy. This year, however the
( Gaithermen are Atlanta. Ga.
headed to pick up the Scott tro.
ply. an annual award of The 100
Per Cent Wrong Club. honorlng
the late founder Of the Atlanta
Daily World and sponsored by
The Atlanta Coca-Cola Company
And here is the Gather rec.
ord, 1859. 43l points against II
points for his opponents while
he was beating Benedict 40,
Wiley $40; Morris Brown. 60;
Rethune-Cookman. 68-6 S C.
state 34l2: North Carolina AIT
28-l6, Southern. 2l-l4 Texas
southern. 1868. and the seasons
closer. PPrairic View. 287 This
was Gathers greatest season
Roy CampaneIIa was brought
TO town by Miami radio station
WFEC TO receive FAMU's
Most Courageous Athlete Of
the Year" citation, which Or.
George w. Core, A & MS presi-
dent presented TO the former
Dodger in an impressive half
time ceremony. Csmpy also re-
ceived from Or. Gore sweat
cred "F", with membership in
the institufion's Lettermen's
Club and a Contract" making
him The first person TO enter
FAMUs Athletic Hall OF Fame.
Gather. Is years in his cur
rent post has FAMUl winloss \
record Of 40 wins. 20 losses. and
four ties, He has sent number
Of his players TO the Professional
ranks. including Willie Ga!imorc
and Willie Lee. who arc now
main.s,ays with the Chicago +
Bears.