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The chronicle., 1963-11-07
D~iekering Starts
On Title Match
Of Liston, Clay

DENVER (UPD Backers
Of world heavyweight champion
Sonny Liston and challenger
CassiuS Clay were weighing Of
fers today ranging up to $1.2
million to stage their title fight
next February.
Denver promoter and restau-
rant owner Milt Wilmer an
nounced Wednesday he had
formed a syndicate TO offer $1.2
million to hold the bout "in
Denver or other places" Ear
lier, three 81 million offers
were made - two from Los
Angeles interests and one from
Miami Beach. Bids also were
made from Chicago, Las Vegas
and Minneapolis.
Wilmer said Sheldon WoIl-
man, owner Of Pal Joe's res
taurant in New York, was a
principal member of the syndi-
cate. He did not name any
others.
The chronicle., 1963-11-07

Bulldogs Over Tigers
N Refunds Please

NEW YORK (UPI - Fra
ley'S follieS and the weekend
football winners" with no
guarantee concerning co-sign-
erS.
Game Of The Week
Texas over Baylor - The
Longhorns are seven point ia
voriteS and, after a series of
cliff hangers, on their home lot
should finally make it with
something to spare.
The South
Mississippi State over Auburn
Taking the 31z.
TCU over LSU - With an
other 31s points.
Clemson over North Carolina
Getting the five point spot.
Georgia over Florida - TAX
ing five for four straight up
sets.
Also: Kentucky over Wander
bilt, Georgia Tech over Florida
State, Tennessee over Tulane,
Duke over Wake Forest, Vir-
ginia over W & M, Mississippi
over Tampa, Memphis State
The chronicle., 1963-11-07

the tapering-off phase Of the
weekly practice cycle.
The chronicle., 1963-11-07
EzstOn HOWurd MVD

and led the leagues catchers in
fielding with a 1894 average.
Kaline, who was mentioned
on 10 Of the 20 ballots, ranked
second in the American League
hitting race with a .312 aver
age. The Detroit outfielder, who
was rested by the Tigers during
the late stages of the season,
had 27 homers and 1O1 runs bat
ted in.
Ford led the American
League in games won (24), per-
centage (24-7 for .774), and in
nings pitched (269). Killebrew,
who was third in the voting a
year ago, was the leagues top
slugger with As homers though
he batted only 1858.
Though ne did not qualify
among the official league lead
ers on the basis Of innings
pitched, Radatz had the cir
cults best earned run average
Of 1893 while posting a 1876 rec
ord in 66 games Of relief. Vas
trzemski's 1921 average led the
league by nine full points to
earn him mention on II of the
20 ballots.
Towards choice meant that
members Of the New York
Yankees have won MVP hon.
ors Is times in the 33-year his
tory of the award. Detroit is
The chronicle., 1963-11-07
LuceduIe Beuts
East Central
In Junior Tilt

The Lucedale Junior Panthers
defeated the Junior Hornets Of
East Central at Lucedale Tues
day night by a score of 27-O, as
they scored in every quarter.
The Panthers scored first on
a l5-yard run by halfback Wayne
Hatcher. The extra point was
scored by Mitchell Quinn. Luce
dale scored again in the second
quarter on a 15-yard blast by
fullback Terry Hathcock. End
Dale Brown added the PAT on a
pass from quarterback Tommy
Graham.
Dale Brown scored a touch
down in the third on a 30-yard
pass from Graham. Mitchell
Quinn again added the PAT. Ter
ry Hathcock scored again in the
fourth quarter on a IA yard run.
The PAT was missed.
The chronicle., 1963-11-07
Weuthermen
Picked Over
Pedestrians
BY ALEX KAHN

LOS ANGELES CUPID How
would the Weathermen's All
America team fare against the
Pedestrians eleven or could the
Birdwatchers' squad defeat the
EpicureS?
At this time Of the year when
attention is focused on selection
Of candidates for All America
honors, the Helms Athletic
Foundation in a spirit of fun to-
day came up with % teams
picked only because of name
associations.
The Weathermen'S team is
composed of Fair Of Syracuse
and Sprinkle of Cornell at ends.
Frost of Oklahoma and Clear
of Virginia Tech at tackles.
Cool of La Verne and Freese of
Indiana State at guards and
Blizzard of Western Maryland
ct center. The backfield is
made up of Rains of Oklahoma
at quarterback, Winter Of New
Hampshire and Snow of Cal
Poly at halfbacks and Storm of
San Fernando State at fullback.
The coach is Cooley of Lehigh.
The Pedestrians team: Ends,
Tramp of South Dakota State
end Pace of Detroit; tackles,
Walk of Connecticut and Stepp
OF Kansas; guards, Rush of
Purdue and March of Lafa-
yette; center, Chase of Purdue;
quarterback, Bulge of Utah
State; halfbacks, Running of
Oklahoma and Wade of North
IeXaS State. Coach, Walker,
Central State.
If the BirdwatcherS team met
the EpicureS squad the lineup
might be:
Birdwatchers: E. Eagle,
Frank. & Marsh; E. Bandy,
Redlands; T. Wing, Colo St.
Coll; 7. Crane, Cal Poly
POM; G. Bird, Alabama; G..
Falcon, Columbia; C. Stork, Cal
Poly (Slo); Oh. Craven, Pasa-
dena Coll; HB. Peacock, Rich
mond; HB. Crow, Southern
Calf; FB. Tweet, California;
Coach: Dove, Hiram.
Epicures: E. Egge, Puget
Sound; E. Bean, Utah; T.
Trout, Miami (Ohio); T. Limas,
Omaha; G. Rice, LSU; G. Ham,
S. W. Texas ST.; C. Chew, Day
ton; Oh. CuStardo, Illinois; HB.
Meats, Kansas St.; HB. Lamb,
Rutgers; FB. Bacon, Kansas;
Coach: Rice, Eau Claire st.
The chronicle., 1963-11-07
Pass Defense
Gator Worry
BY United Press International

Coach Ray Graves ran his
Gators through a secret prac-
tice session Wednesday on for
nation for stopping Georgia
passing ace Larry Rakestraw.
New offensive and defense
plans for Georgia." Graves said
after the session and indicated
there would be more before the
game Saturday in the Gator
Bowl at Jacksonville.
Two injured players half
back Haygood Clarke and tackle
Fred Pearson - returned to
practice, but guard Larry Beck
man was still injured and prob
ably will be sidelined.
Johnny Griffith said his Geor-
gia team has little chance of
going up the middle against the
tough, fast and heavy Florida
line and he is tailoring his Of
fensive plans for a passing
game.
AS for the running game,
Griffith said, lit looks like we'll
have to try to 60 around their
ends, because with that crowd
in the middle they will be hard
to move"
The Georgia Tech Yellow
Jackets concentrated on passing
offense and defense, and coach
Bobby Dodd named three CO
captains for the Florida State
game Saturday. The Captains
will be halfback Joe Auer, Full
back John Martin and tackle
Joe Chapman.
Mississippi State closed out
heavy work for Saturdays game
with Auburn in a session devoted
to pass offenSe and the kicking
game. Other SEC teams began
The chronicle., 1963-11-07

BOSTON (UPI)-The Ameri-
can Leagues Most Valuable
Player award remained almost
the exclusive property of the
New York Yankees today when
Elston Howard won the 1868
honors in a landslide.
The 33-year-old Yankee catch
er collected Is of 20 first place
votes in balloting by selected
members of the Baseball Writ
ers Association of America
(BWAA) and finished 100
points ahead Of runnerup AL
Kaline of the Detroit Tigers.
The results Of the voting
were announced here by Hy
Hurwitz, national secretary of
the association. Two members
In each of the 10 American
League cities participated in
the balloting.
In scoring his clear-cut vic
tory over !outfielder Kaline,
Howard became the fourth sue
cessive Yankee to CAPTURE the
coveted award and the eighth
New York winner in the last 10
seasons.
Succeeds Mickey Mantle
Howard succeeded Yankee
outfielder Mickey Mantle, the
1862 MVP selection. Roger
Maris won the award in 1860
and 1861 and Yogi Berra, the
The chronicle., 1963-11-07

New York's nearest challenger
for most MVP'S with a total Of
six selections.
Towards selection came in
voting conducted even before
World Series play when he led
Yankee regulars by getting five
hits off the Los Angeles Dodg-
er pitching staff. In addition,
Howard was struck out only
once by Dodger southpaw
Sandy Koufax, who posted a
World Series strikeout record
and last week was named the
National Leagues Most Valua-
bic Player.
It was Howard who spoiled
Koufax's World Series no-hit
bid and who drove in a run to
break the Dodger southpaw's
Shutout try in the opening
game.
A nine-Season Yankee veter-
an, Howard broke into organ
lied ball as an outfielder with
M uskegon Of the Central
League in 1850 and had his mi
nor league career interrupted
by two years in the service.
He won the International
Leagues Most Valuable Player
award while playing at Toronto
after he was ordered convert
ed to a catcher by Casey STEM
gel in 1852.
The chronicle., 1963-11-07
DIV Pee Wees
SIoted To PIoy
Ocean Springs

Our Lady of Victory pee wee
team will clash with Ocean
Springs on Nov. 10 for the
championship in Ocean Springs.
DIV and Woolmarket battled
to a scoreless tie last night at
War Memorial Stadium. 1t was
the second scoreless tie be-
tween the two teams this year.
However, Woolmarket withdrew,
clearing the way for DIV to adj
vance to Ocean Springs.
The chronicle., 1963-11-07

over South Carolina, N. c.,
State over VPI and George
Washington over Brigham
Young.
The Southwest
Arkansas over Rice TC
coin a phrase, a toss up.
Texas Aggies over SMU -
And getting a field goal.
Texas Tech over Kentucky
State - BY more than the Is.
Wyoming over New Mexico
Proving how easy it all is.
Also: West Texas State over
New Mexico State a n d Idaho
over Arizona.
The East
Navy over Maryland - Jolly
Rogered by more than the Il
quoted.
Army over Utah = Should
beat the 17-point spread.
Syracuse over West Virginia
-14h is too much.
Princeton over Harvard =
Give the seven happily.
Also: Columbia over Dart.
mouth, Yale over Penn, Cornell
over Brown, Connecticut over
Boston u, Delaware over Tenn.
pie, Boston College over Buffa-
10, VMI over Holy Cross, Col.
gate over Bucknell and Rutgers
over Lafayette.
The Midwest
Illinois over Michigan Don't
like those nine points.
Ohio State over Penn State
Should 60 to state penn if they
dor't beat the 61z point odds.
Michigan State over Purdue
Giving the three.
Notre Dame over Pitt - TAX
ing the four because it's your
money.
Also: Wisconsin over North
western, Iowa over Minnesota,
Oklahoma over Iowa State, Ok
lahoma State over Tulsa, De-
troit over Villanova, Nebraska
over Kansas, Oregon State over
Indiana, Miami, Ohio, over
Toledo, Missouri over Colorado,
Wichita over Dayton, Cincinnati
over North Texas State and
Ohio U. over Western Michigan.
The West
Washington over California
But not by eight.
use over Stanford - Not by
the quoted IL.
Air Force over UCLA - Ten
plus with rare air.
Oregon over Washington State
The 9k is risky.
Also: Utah State over Color
ado State, San Jose State over
Arizona State and Montana
State College over Montana.
The chronicle., 1963-11-07
BY CARY N
Chronicle Correspondent

The Lucedale Panthers will
take on the Lumberton Panth-
ers at Hattiesburg High in Hat
tiesburg on Nov. Is. Lumberton
is the defending DeSoto Confer
ence champs.
Lumberton finished its season
with a $40 overall record and a
500 conference mark. The only
defeats came at the hands of
Stone High and Heidelberg, both
non-conference teams. They will
be banking heavily on the run
ming Of halfbacks Ronnie Cow
ser and Daniel Sartin, both lead
ing the conference in scoring.
Lucedale Friday night edged
Purvis for the playoff berth with
Lumberton. Lucedale ended the
season with a $40 overall rec
ord and a conference rating of
4-1-0.
Lucedale had two non-confer-
ence victories and one non-con-
ference loss. Their only confer
ence loss came at the hands Of
Lumberton in an offensive show
by a score of 40-39.
The conference race was
somewhat thinned down as Petal,
Leaksville and FCAHS Brook
lynn were suspended. Each had
a chance at playoff.
Lucedale will be behind Troy
Smith and Charles McLendon as
The chronicle., 1963-11-07
NCAA Approves
More Tv Games

KANSAS CITY, Mo. CUPID =
Member colleges of the Nation.
al Collegiate Athletic Associa-
ton (NCAA) have approved a
plan for televising So football
games during the 1964-65 sea-
son. it was announced today.
Walter Byers, NCAA execu-
tive director, said the plan was
approved by a 226-21 vote.
The plan provides for %
breakfasts on Is Saturdays and
Thanksgiving Day of each sea-
son. During the current season
the NCAA authorized "a tele-
casts.
Bids on the 1964-65 televising
rights will be received at a
meeting of the NCAA television
committee in N e w York Dec.
II, Byers said.
Among the changes from the
current program, the new plan
called for:
The possible televising of
college division playoff games
on a Saturday in December
following the close Of the tele-
vision series.
Complete freedom of college
division teams to televise their
own games.
The requirement that at
least AZ different colleges APP
pear each of the two wears.
The chronicle., 1963-11-07
Showdown Battle SET
In DeSotu Conference

both are high scorers in the con-
ference.
With no injuries both teams
will be in top condition after two
weeks of working on offenSe and
defense.
The chronicle., 1963-11-07
Junior Colleges
To Play Tonight
BY United Press international

Three games are scheduled in
the Mississippi junior college
race tonight.
East Mississippi, knocked
from a first-place tie a week
ago, faces winless Holmes.
Copiah-Lincoln entertainS South
west and Itawamba and East
Central play at Louisville.
Powerful Pearl River, which
vaulted into the league lead
last week when Perkinston up
set East Mississippi, will play
Kinds, a two-game winner, Sat-
urday night.
Perkinston faces Jones in an
other Saturday game. Jones has
gone undefeated since losing its
first two games.
The chronicle., 1963-11-07
Action Near E md
For High Schools
Junior Punthers
Close Season
Tonight In Pas
BY KEN ERNST
Chronicle Correspondent

Chronicle Correspondent
Football action comes to a
close for some local schools this
weekend while others are idle
pending their final game next
week.
Junior High action tonight sees
the PaScagoula Junior High
Panthers cunning for an unde-
feated season when they take
on Bayou View Of Gulfport at
1880 at War Memorial Stadium.
The Ocean Springs Greyhound
juniors meet Notre Dame Of BIZ
loxi at 7:30 at Freedom Field
while the Moss Point Tiger jun
iorS ended their season last
week.
On the Big Eight scene tomor-
row night the Moss Point Tigers
looking for victory number four
travel to Bay st. Louis for a
game with the St. Stanislaus
RockachawS and the Pascagou-
la PantherS seeking win number
six travel to Natchez for a con-
test with the Rebels.
Ocean Springs
The Ocean Springs Greyhounds
of Coach Hugh Laurin Pepper 20
after an indicated, united sea-
son tomorrow night when they
put their 80 record on the line
against the tough Bay High Ii
gers of Bay st. Louis in Ocean
Springs. The Tigers are also I'M
defeated but once tied.
The East Central Hornets COM
pleted their season last week
dropping their first contest of
the year 40 to a tough squad
from Agricola.
The Vancleave Bulldogs with a
"a record plays Agricola.
The DIV Eagles closed out
their season last week on a win
less note finishing up with an
0-9 slate.
Big Eight Crown
A capacity crowd will pack
Miner Stadium in Gulfport to
see the top-ranked Gulfport
COmmOdores with a 60 record
meet second-ranked Hattiesburg
Tigers also with a 60 slate. The
winner of the contest will re-
present the south division in the
Big Eight playoff later in the
season.
The Biloxi Indians who have
won only one contest this sea-
son will be idle this weekend.
Other Big Eight action Fri
day night sees vicksburg at
Clarksdale, Jackson Central at
Meridian, Yazoo City at Column
bus, Tupelo at Greenville, Jack
son Murrah at Corinth, McComb
at Columbia, Brookhaven at
Jackson Provine and Laurel at
Greenwood. Picayune is idle.
Saturday night another big
contest will be held in the local
area which will be of a great
deal of interest to Paspoint fans,
the annual meeting of the Car
yer Hornets and the Magnolia
Monarchs at 8 pm. at Dantzler
Field.
The Perkinston Bulldogs Sat-
urday night, put a 5-3 record on
the line as they meet Jones at
Jones.
The chronicle., 1963-11-07

Yankees new manager, cap
tured the title three times, in
1851, 1854 and 1855.
Only the third catcher to win
MVP honors, Howard totaled
248 points to 148 for Kaline.
Yankee pitcher Whitley Ford
finished third at 125 points and
was second only to Howard in
first place votes with three.
Kaline and Yankee Tom fresh,
who was 18th in the point to-
tails, Melted the remaining No. ]
votes.
American League home run
champion Harmon Killebrew Of
Minnesota won a close three
way battle for the fourth spot,
his IS points barely edging Bos-
ton relief pitching ace Dick Ra
datz (84) and American League
batting champion Carl Vas.
trzemski of the Red Sox (81).
The point totals dropped off
rapidly from there with %
players earning mention in the
balloting.
Top Fielding Catcher
Howard, who didn't get a sin
gle vote in 1862 though he bat
ted .279, was named on all 20
ballots this year after a season
in which he hit .287 to finish
18th in the league. He had q
home runs, drove in 101 runs,
Evening star., 1963-05-27

nuclear testing in the atmos-
phere or underwater"
Senator Dodd said he con-
siders it "a great tragedy" that
the United States did not make
a partial ban on tests con-
taminating the atmosphere
and oceans its prime objective
at Geneva.
He concurred in the esti-
mate of Senator Proxmire,
Democrat of Wisconsin, tn a {
the comprehensive test ban
treaty advanced by the Ken
nedy administration at Geneva
would not be ratified by the
Senate if it were signed.
Senator Humphrey urged
immediate approval of the
resolution and emphasized it
implies no criticism of our
current efforts aimed at OBJ
tanning a comprehensive test
ban = including a ban on tests
underground and in the far
reaches of outer space.
Evening star., 1963-05-27

offering the Soviet Union a
ceiling of Is on-site inspections
over a five-year period, an av-
erage of three per year.
The Dodd resolution was
sponsored by these other SEN
ators besides Humphrey: Bart
lett, Burdick, Case, Church,
Douglas, Clark, Engle, Gruen-
ing, Hart, Inouye. Heating, Nc
Gee, McGovern, Metcalf,
Morse, Moss, Muskie, Neuber-
ger, Prouty. Randolph. Ribi-
coff. Scott, Sparkman, Yar-
brough, Dominick, Javits, Nc
Carthy and Kefauver.
The resolution states 1t as
the sense of the Senate that
"the United States should
again offer the Soviet Union
an immediate agreement ban
ming all tests that contaminate
the atmosphere or the oceans,
bearing in mind that such tests
can already be monitored by
the United States without on
site inspections on Soviet ter
ritory;
g. That If the Sovie t
Union refuses to accede to such
a first-step agreement, we COM
NIT ourselves before the world
to conduct no nuclear tests in
the atmosphere or underwater
so long as the Soviet Union
abstains from them;
". That. in committing
ourselves to such a moratori-
um, either unilaterally or by
agreement, we keep the Soviet
record of deceit and bad faith
in mind, and maintain our test
ing facilities in a state of con-
slant readiness so that the
United States will never be
caught unprepared should the
Soviet Union suddenly resume
Evening star., 1963-05-27
Other Sponsors
Nebraska Group
Boosts GoIdWuter

OMAHA, Neb.. May 27 (AP),
The formation OF a Nebraska
for Goldwater Committee has
been announced by an Omaha
attorney.
The object is to promote
the candidacy Of Arizona
Senator Barry Goldwater fol
the presidency and the intelli,
gent conservative point Of
view," said William C. spire
United States district attorney
for Nebraska In the Eisen-
hover administration.
Gerald X. Hall, Omaha
real estate executive. is chair
man Of the Nebraska for Gold
water Committee.
Evening star., 1963-05-27

Angola's liberation, he appar-
emily did not think of thou
sands Of Algerian women dem-
onstrating against more blood
shed for his people.
President Kwame Nkrumah
of Ghana has a vision of Africa
where Africans shall accumu-
late machinery and establish
steel works, iron foundries ano
factories. We shall link the va
Evening star., 1963-05-27

rious states Of our continent
with communications. We shall
astound the world with out hy-
droelectric power. We shall
drain marshes and swamps,
clear infested areas, feed the
undernourished and rid our
people Of parasites and dis
cases."
In the massive applause that
followed the statement few At
Evening star., 1963-05-27

wines at meals. They scott at
tea drunk by the British
trained Africans and do not
hide the opinion that anything
French is superior.
A delegate from the former
Belgian Congo TO the summit
meeting proudly announced:
1--WE who have been brought
up by the Belgians have a more
pragmatic approach than the
others"
Arab-NegrO Fears
BY tradition, North African
Arabs still have contempt for
the African Negroes who pro-
vided slaves for Egypt, Algeria,
Tunisia and Morocco. By the
same token black Africans still
fear the Arabs as slave traders.
The Algerians need France to
help them run their huge, de-
veloped coastal cities.
The pledge Of unity seems
hardly enough to eliminate sew
eral bitter frontier disputes and
territorial claims. One single
force, however, is capable of
bringing these men together
the fear of colonialism coupled
with the desire to have an
equal place in the world.
That is why they roared ap-
proval when the fiery Nkrumah
told. them "unless we establish
African unity now, we who are
sitting here today shall tomor-
row be the victims and martyrs
of Neo-colonialism."
Evening star., 1963-05-27

ricans thought of the often
bitter facts:
The continents per capita
income is around $50 a year.
Although civilization has
reached most urban centers,
millions of Africans are still
clad In skins and the voice of
drums still carries messages
across thousands Of miles of
the African bush.
Although Jet planes piloted
by the white man roar over the
vast continent, many Africans
still practice voodoo and mil
lions of newly born children
are SCARED with tribal mark
ings.
Phones Are Primitive
To make a telephone call
from Ghana, winch was q Brit
ish colony, to nearby Togo, a
former French territory, the re-
lay must go through London
and Paris-4,00O miles distant.
To help African leaders ex-
change ideas and conduct their
recent summit, q whole staff
of European secretaries, stem
ographers and translators was
needed.
The influence of former
colonizers is frequently more
evident among Africans than
the ties which they would like
to develop with one another.
French-formed Africans au-
tomatically reach for Paris
newspapers and order French
Evening star., 1963-05-27
Africans Step Toward Unity
BY ANDREW BOROWIEC
Associated Press Staff Writer

Adds ABABA, Ethiopia,
May 27.-Stirred by the forces
Of the goth century, the giant
continent of Africa is flexing
Its muscles and seeking power.
The adoption of the "char-
ter of African Unity" yesterday
at the African summit confer
ence was an important step
toward the eventual pooling
Of the resources of 80 nations
representing more than 200 mil
lion people.
Only yesterday docile sub
jects of European colonial
powers, the Africans are NOV
ing forward despite difficulties.
The charter lays the basis for
unity that eventually could
make the continent one of the
worlds major powers. But many
obstacles are in the path of
unity and it will take years
to eliminate them.
All UnderdeveIOped
All the nations signing the
charter are underdeveloped and
face mounting economic prob
lens. In French speaking
Africa, only two countries have
balanced budgets. Other rely
heavily on the help of France,
their former ruler.
The desires of Africans to
grow and WELD influence fire.
quently make them forget the
facts of their own misery.
Newly independent Algeria,
which has found no solution to
internal chaos after seven years
of war for independence, wants
to send 10000 men to liberate
Angola from Portuguese rule.
When Premier Ahmed Ben
Bella, to a thunderous ap-
plause of summit delegates,
pledged his people to die for