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The Detroit tribune., 1963-12-14
Williams Leads
Prairie View
BY CURTIS A. WOOD

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Co
Captains Dewey Mcqueen an q
WILDER Williams paced the Prair
ie View A & NJ College quin'
tet in a 90-60 win over Puru
State of Nebraska in the first OF
double header played at Ten
Eessee State University.
Pan American eased by Ten
nessee A & l 1875 in he second
game.
Mcqueen led the scoring at
Nashville with 21 points, follow
ed by Guy Manning with l8.
harles Richards scored ID
points TO lead the Bobcats.
Sophomores Alvin Wade and
Guy Manning played outstanding
ball during the second half. One
of the biggest surprises for Coach
Bob Hopkins was the work Of
Elmer Scott, the 6'7" reserve
center who looked good in grabb-
ing Is rebounds and scoring sew
en- points in the few minutes
he was in the game.
The Detroit tribune., 1963-12-14

MAG honorS and honorable All.
American d'pb
tt had one Of its best ever
freshman Gaze squads last win.
ten one Of them is 6-8. 2l5
center Bob Aston. highly pub.
llcized prcu star from Carnegie,
Pa As a freshman. he tied for
top spot in rchounding l2.3 per
eamel and was second in scoring
tl1S per eamcl and in field goal
percentage 484). His services
were sought by 63 other coll
cses He scored just under 1900
points in three straight of high
school play, including over $50
as a senior
The other is 60. ITS. Robert
Williams. As freshman he av-
craecd l6 points per game. hit
on 43 per cent of his field goal
alfcmptS and was 81 per cent
fro m the foul line. He has rock
ct fast rcflexeS and fine speed
aiOo'.
The Detroit tribune., 1963-12-14

shots are being taken per contest
this season with an average Of
90 per game for AZ field goals.
as compared to l03 attempts,
last year. for As field goals in
each tilt.
The Big o, Oscar Robertson
Of Cincinnati, has assumed the
scoring lead with 69l points for
27.6 per game averaged fol-
lowed by Jerry West Of Los An
geles with 638 tallies for 28.9
Wilt Chamberlain OF San Fran
cisco with 32.2 average per
game in six less appearances
nan Robertson PAGES the loop
in [ h G average per game col
umn. Bob Petit of st. Louis and
Elgin Baylor of Los Angeles
round out the big five among
the scorers.
Robertson, in addition to lead
ing the scoring column. contin
ues to head the circuit in the
assist department with $40 feeds
for 9.6 per game average. fol
lowed by Guy Rodgers of San
Francisco with 10 per game
average in six less appearances.
Rodgers has 1856 feeds to his
credit.
The Detroit tribune., 1963-12-14

needs just one more victory 10
ioin the 200winS club. pointed
to ;hc fine work of his top six
plavcrs after the first two games.
"Afer ell. we are young
tssm havinq only one senior 70
60 witi three ivr r'ors and two
o h o ores" The work of
eorhomorc guards John CrisS and
Kelly Pete has been particularly
PLEASING to WI coaches. Each
has started one game. Pete CD
getting the Wyoming call and
SIN Criss starting against Colo
RADIO. Between them they have
taken q shots from the field.
hitting l3. for fine .6l9 per.
centage mark Pete. who broke
.he WI frosh rebounding mark
last season. has also pulled down
The Detroit tribune., 1963-12-14
BY WALTER HOVE
Sports Editor

On a day that was officially
proclaimed Dick Might Train
Lane Day by Mayor jerome p.
Cavanagh, the Lions defense real
~ won the game. rs they derall-
"a The title hungry Cleveland
Browns with a very impressive
1910 trouncing before 5l,328
chilly fans.
They stopped the superb rum
ing Of record shattering Jimmy
Brown who only gained 81 yards
in l3 tries and no tbs. With
Lane spearhcading the pass de-
fcnsc the Lions intercepted 3
Cleveland passes.
The Lions with nothing to lose
played a very relaxed game, the
Browns on Inc other hand with
everything al stake seemed very
tight If the Lions carry this
same attitude into the Chicago
Bear game they are sure TO up
set the Bears title plans.
One Lion in particular was
very pleased with his perform
ance. Ernie Clark. the rookie
lircbackcr had been looking for
ward to this game for a long
time. All through his college
days at MSU he had heard of
the fabulous running of Jimmy
Brown. This game would answer
many questions in Frnie's mind.
rs Brown really that gcod9'
Can he be stopned?' "Will ]
be able to stop him?'
Clark's answer TO the first ono
was an emphatic YES. To the
second question Ernie said "ha
can be stopped, but YOU have to
get him just right or he's gone. y
In the second quarter the Browns
had second and 10 on their %.
Ryan hit Jimmy with a pass in
the right flat and Clark nailed
him for a six yard loss. Ibis
answered the last question. the
one that was the most impor-
tant to Ernie.
Clark had been tested under
fire. he had faced the NIL great
est running back in history and
withstood the fiery onslaughls-
In years TO come writer's will
The Detroit tribune., 1963-12-14
SPORTS
WORLD
Waiter R. zy,,,,.
TOLEDO. Ohio

TOLEDO. Ohio - A possible
sleeper this year in the Mid.
American Conference race are
the Rockets of the University
OF Toledo.
The Rock cts VINO compete
against the University of Detroit
at Toledo on January 25. and
Western Michigan University N
Kalamazoo. Michigan on Fcbrn.
ary IL. then again AT Toledo ON
February 26. have at their com
mand one of the finest csllac.
tions of material in the nine
years that Rocket pilot Eddie
Melvin has been at Toledo.
Although coach Melvin has sew.
en- returning lettermen plus
reserves, plus three extra prom.
ising sophomores he has some
caution because there happens
to be at least three other teams
in the league who will be re.
turning just as many lcttcrmen
ard have as fine a sophomore
crop as he does.
But the Rockets will have some.
thing going for them that the,
didn't have last year and that
will be senior Larry Jones.
Jones is one of Tolcdo's all.
time great athletes and iruv
one of the nations most ouisiand.
ing basketball players. Larry is
a 81. 1870 pouhd guard forward
from Columbus EAST who the
Los Angeles Lakcrs OF the MA
drafted in the fifth round of last
winters draft even though he
has a season Of eligibility re.
naming. After great sophomore
and junior seasons. Jones last
winter seemed destined for All
american. untll a broken WrlS;
stopped his bid.
As sophomore Larry blasted
away scoring records (423 points.
1873 per game) set % years ago
bv Toledo All-Amcrican Chuck
Chuchobits. Following year he
set new Rocket marks for a Jun.
lor (508 points, Oil per game.
AS a junior he earned honor.
pble mention All-Amcrican (t'PD
pnd unanimous first team All
Nlid-American Conference hon
br;.
Besides his terrific scoring abil.
~. Jones rebounds like rocket
blasting eff for outer space
The Detroit tribune., 1963-12-14
Ruthers To
Face Bears

MIAMI. Fla. - FAMU)-The
Florida A & M University Ratt-
lers and the Morgan State Coll
eye Bears are set for the 3lst
annual playing of the Orange
Blossom Classic here in tn c
Orange Bowl Saturday night, De-
cember IA.
This is the first bowl accept,
ance of the Bears; the two grid
titans have met only once be-
fore The Bears so scape is the
worst a Rather team has been
dealt. This was in '43.
The Rattlers, as in '43, are not
having one of the better seasons.
They have dropped two squeak
ers Tennessee All State sur
prised them, 14-12, in Nashville,
and Texas Southern edged them
2O.l4. in the Gator Bowl in Jack
sonville two weeks ago. The Tex
as Southern shocker came with
only nine seconds remaining In
the ball game
Morgan is having one OF It's
better years. The Bears have won
eight games and lost one. Their
lone defeat was issued by North
Carolina College, 25-2O, In tneir
second game of the season.
Both teams have been able 10
bounce back after setbacks. a
& M dumped such powers as
Central State (54-0), A & t Coll
eee of North Carolina (Sz-O)'
Southern (37-O), and Bethune-
Goodman (38-14) after being up
set by Tennessee State.
Morgan got by Maryland state :,
uO-M. Howard (53-8), A q 1
(2s.o). Delaware State (46-l4), Vlr-
ginia Union C2s-0o, Shaw Cot-
AZ. and Virginia State (3O-0 ioi-
lowing the North Carolina iias-
The Detroit tribune., 1963-12-14

ed to be out for about three
weeks.
Next Wednesdays game with
the Bullets will mark tthe first
invasion of the season for Bal
timore. Coach Bobby Leonard 5
young club Is paced by 6'l0'
Walt Bellamy and 6'5" guard
Terry Dischingcr, the top rock
les in the NBA for the past
two seasons. Baltimore has anoth-
cr rookie standout in 63' guard
Rod Thorn, the clubs No. |
draft choice from West Virginia
University.
The December 2l game against
the Hawks has been designated
as Family Night at Cobo Arena
as an adjunct to numerous down
town activities. Purchase of one
full-price reserve seat ticket at
S4, So or 50 entities all other
members to be admitted to ad-
jaccnt seat for so cents each.
The Detroit tribune., 1963-12-14
Big o. Tops
leans MIA

NEW YORK. NY. - II may
be tougher defanses or it's just
po sible the shootin ghas fallen
ofi. but whatever the reason.
the fact remains that for the
first time In five years the scor-
n. prcciiyities of National Bas-
ketball Association gunners has
hit downward curve on the Lea
que shooting graph.
This year, the nine teams as
a whole. are averaging .422 and
a fraction percentage in their
shooting averages as contrasted
TO 343 last season at the cores
ponding period. In foul shoot
ing, however, the average for the
League is rs nerccnt as compared
to last winters 72 percent for
the corresponding period. Less
The Detroit tribune., 1963-12-14

Prairie View
Lands Five On
AIl-Ameriean
BY BENNY THOMAS
District Publicity Chairman

BATON ROUGE, La. - Prairie
view College, newly crowned
football champions of the South
western Athletic Conference
landed five players on the Dis
trict 6B NAlA Football All
America team selected by pan
el of coaches of the district.
was released this week.
Veteran Prairie View Coach
William J. Billy Nicks who guild
ed his Panthcrs to a $50 champ
ionship game victory over South
crn University here last week,
was named District 6B Coach
OF the Year by the panel OF
coaches.
Southern University, second
PLACE finishers in the Southwest.
ern Athletic Conference race,
placed four men on the squad
along with Grambling College
On the offensive team, Prairie
View placed end Otis Taylor,
G3 Junior. senior tackle Carl
Robertson, 6.l, 235 pounds; jun
ior quarterback Jlmmy kearney,
and halfback Ezcll Seals, a 1872
pound senior
Making the defensive align
mcnt for the panthers was jun
ior guard George Dearborn, 22l
pounds.
Southern placed 7peri Clyde
Williams, a 238 pound senior and
235 pound senior center Martin
Tansil on tNe offensive team, and
end Sidnsy Williams and half
back hAvin Raymond on the de-
fenSivc team
Gramtling placed senior guard
Fred Collins and fullback Hen
ry Dyer on the offensive team,
and end James Griffin and SEN
ior guard Arlen Cullors on the
defensive unit
Texas Southern had two Sc
lecticns: Jackson College two;
Arkansas AM & N two; and VIII
cy College two.
The Detroit tribune., 1963-12-14

included 81 personal fouls. Wy
oming lost an 82-67 verdict to
the Shockers.
Barnes, who scored 10 points
and pulled down II rebounds
against the Shockers last season,
and Arizona States Joe Cald-
well were named the Best Play
ers Faced" by last years WI
team. Arizona State was pick
ed as the toughest team met.
WI won over the Miners and
Sun Devils last year. both by
two-point margins. I'VE have our
work cut out for us against these
teams. Miller said. Barnes is one
OF the top big men in the nation
and Arizona has a solid, explos-
i've club"
The veteran WI coach, VIII o
The Detroit tribune., 1963-12-14
Pistons Have
Family Night

DETROIT, Mich. - The immi.
nent return 10 action OF Toward
Dave DeBusschere is expected 10
bolster hopes of the Detroit Pts
tons to regain their winning form
in the National Basketball AS
sCciation race.
DeBusscherc has been sidelin-
ed for five weeks with frac
tured left ankle, suffered dur
ing the home game Of November
g against the Philadelphia 76crS.
Team physician DR.. Raymond
Forsyth has not set definite
date for DeBusschere's return
to the lineup. but anticipates it
could be in either of he two
games on this weeks schedule
The Pistons are in action at
home this Wednesday (Decem-
hcr ID against the Cincinnati
Royals and journey to st Louis
to meet the Hawks Saturday
If DeBusschere fails TO round
into shape for either of these
games, it is almost a certainty
h will be ready for the three
game slate next week, which
features home games on We'd
nesday. December 10 with Bal
itmroe's Bullets an d Saturday
against the st. Louis Hawks.
The Pistons are expected TO
be- back 10 almost full strength
for the pre-holiday games with
only Guard Don Oil question
mark. Oil suffered severe an
kle sprain, also against the 76ers,
en- December lst and was expect.
The Detroit tribune., 1963-12-14

q. i Jones wasn't enough ,be
SKY cn tcam oG 2l0. R,y
No''ori- center rwmd from To.
'''o 'Sco = viia him 10 add 10
NE wees Of Their foes
nay was ihe most publicizcd
n'sh sghool player ever /, come
oo' OF Toledo and two time
former All-ohio star. WoIford
ocr'' INTO his own las, wear
mAen y Jones was injured. Bic
ray rust shrugged his broad
''.ui'efs and sank 507 points
'll"SSlng by one Of iyins the all.
''me I record for juniors set
= year earlier by that man a..
gam Larry Jones' averaged oil
points per game. grabbed 3l3
''o'ondS' earned first team All.
The Detroit tribune., 1963-12-14
H( Tigers Win

JACKSON, Miss. - The Jack
son State College Tigers took
a commanding 44-3i half-time
lead but never threatened after
then. Lyvovnne Leflore was high
scorer In the game. Robert Firth,
a fellow Tiger. scored 10 points.
Joe MCGOWAN and Archie Car
Isle were the big guns for the
losers with 10 and II points,
respectively. Coach Harrison B.
Wilson played every man on his
17-man squad.
The Detroit tribune., 1963-12-14
Dave SiaHHvyOraEn In
PAGES ShOckes.S

WICHITA University of
Wichita head basketball coach
Ralph Miller said that we are
Fatisfied with our play So far
Pfter watching his charges win
their second game of the young
season over Colorado
Colorado. Biz Eight Confer
lfnce co-champion in 1868, fell
Pl-6l after tough contest that
The Detroit tribune., 1963-12-14

ton had had this same desire
and drive he would have signed
and the Detroit Football Com
pany
But then Ernie Clark's don't
come along everyday Here is
a young man that generates so
much confidence that you get
the impression that he could
STOP a runaway train if he just
set his mind TO il.
The Detroit tribune., 1963-12-14

13 rebounds in the opening con
tests.
All.American Dave Stallwortn
hitting a good .567 per cent OF
his field attempts, is leading The
club in scoring with a 25.2 av-
erage. Guard Leonard Kelley Is
naxt with a l5-point mark, fol.
lowed by 6-10 center Nate BOW
mans l2.5 average
The Detroit tribune., 1963-12-14
fIns.E Goes
FROM BsDsDEie
no Veteran

look back on this day as the
one that truly made a pro Of
Clark. And as always with the
really great ones. desire was the
motivating force
It's possible that if Matt Snor-
The Detroit tribune., 1963-12-14

JOHN HENDERSON, lsnky
junior from Dayton. o. whose
pass catching was a bright
spot Of the Maize and Blue
seeson. earned new honors a.
aainsf : he Iowa Hawkeyes
His two pass receptions brought
his season total TO "a TO top
all previous Wolverine reeeiv-
ers with the exception Of All
American Lowell Perry's 81
in l02. Other sfandovt reeeiv-
iry marks include % for Ron
Kramer (lo54); Bob Topp and
Harry Allis. 1853 and l94o,
respectively and Dick Rifen-
burg and Leo koeeski with n
apiece in l94s.
The Detroit tribune., 1963-12-14
Yankees To Add
Suburban Nights

NEW YORK. NY. - In an ef-
fort to service he fan who has
some distance TO travel for games
at Yankee Stadium the New
York Yankees next summer will
institute a Suburban Night SER
les of games at 600 pm. on
Thursdays
The idea, conceived by co-own-
cr Dan Topping, will enable fans
to leave the Stadium around g.
30 after a night game and get
home with their families at an
early hour. The 600 pm start
ing time for these games is also
expected 10 prove attractive to
any Metropolitan fans who
would like to attend week night
games and get home at an early
hour.
The Yankees new concession
aire. the Automatic Canteen Co.
of America, intends TO cooperate
with Suburban Night events
by offering popular priced box
suppers and other food novelties
for fans attending.
The six Suburban Nights are
scheduled as follows.
Thursday Nights - 500 pm.
~ .As....a
Evening star., 1963-05-29
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Film Attractions
and Times Of Showing

Stage
NatiOnal-"Take Her, She's
Mine; Q and $3.50 pm.
Arena Stage - "The Three
penny Opera; $3.50 pm.
Olney Theater = plays from
Bleeker Street.; $3.50 pm.
Howard "Cannonbalp Ad-
derly, Nancy Wilson, 4:30, 7:3C
and 10 pm.
Screen
Ambassador - 1T Happened
at the Worlds Fair; 1880, 1886
5:35, TAO and 9:45 pm.
Apex-"The Trial; /, 3:05
$40, 7:25 and 9:40 pm.
CapitOl-"Hud";; 1850 am.
1850, $3.50, $50, 1850 and 9:5C
pm.
Dupont "The Law; 1905
$40, Sis, 7:25 and $3.50 pm
Keith's - "Dr. Mo-; ll:2s
am, 1880, 3:35, $40, 7:45 anc
$3.50 pm.
Macarthur - "The Wrong
Arm Of the Law" $50, 8 anc
9:55 pm.
MetrOpOlitan-"It Happened
at the Worlds Fair; 1880
am, 1885, $40, $40. TAO anc
GAS pm.
OntariO-"Lawrence Of Ara
bia"; 8:15 pm.
Evening star., 1963-05-29

draw the same audience, and
get the same laughs.
This is the invincible achieve
ment of Make Believe, the pot
hole in the path of progress
that cannot be repaired. 1t may
not be much. but 1t is some
thing.
What it is specifically at the
moment is Take Her, She's
Mine" at the National Theater,
It is the work of those old
laugh-makers, or makers Of old
laughs, Henry and Phoebe
Ephron. With Tom Ewell as
their major accomplice, the
Ephrons' comedy had the Ma
tional's audience In an uproar
unequalled since the play was
here last time. Under another
Of the many aliases it has worn,
Of course.
Only a laugh-meter, or an
applausometer, could measure
the plays funniest line-laugh-
ter plus applause - but the
naked ear can make a guess
at it.
The scene is a Massachusetts,
women's college dorm, a kind
Of Bloomington. Two
girl students are setting for
lornly on their beds when a
third enters.
This place." observes the
newcomer, "is nothing but a
nunnery."
Thanks to the stages greater
freedom Of speech, the line was
never bigger.
H&&
Mr.. Ewell, a very pro among
comedians, is the great aggre-
gate laugh-maker in Take
Her, She's Nine" however.
He is the father of the 1S-
year old blond, the man who
sends her all the way from the
family seat in southern Cali
fornia to that sophisticated
"nunnery." From the helpless
distance of 5000 miles, he
must watch her travel the Ivy
League house-party circuit,
unchaperoned. He must steel
himself to survive her discov-
cry that there is more in
Shakespeare's sonnets than
just words. He must sit by
helplessly while she escapes
the wolf-pack long enough to
pass through intellectual snob-
Evening star., 1963-05-29

Palace The List of Adrian
Messenger; 1870 am, lis,
3, 4:50, 6:35, 8:25 and 1910
pm.
Playhouse - Sundays and
Cybele";; ll:15 am, 1:20, 1926,
$50, 7:35 and 9:40 pm.
Plaza-"The Fruit Is Ripe;
l1:40 am, 1:10, 2:55, 4:30,
6:l5, sos and $50 pm.
TOwn-"To Kill a Mocking-
BIRD; 1920, 1855, $50, 8 and
1920 pm.
Trans Lux - THE Birds;
l0:45 am, 12:45, 2:50, $40
7:l0 and 9:45 pm.
Uptown - How the West
Was Won; 2 and $50 pm.
Warner-"55 Days at Pc
king; l, $40, $40 and 9:lC
pm.
Evening star., 1963-05-29

berry to social consciousness,
including a stretch as a folk
singer in a downtown Boston
coffee dungeon.
The Ephrons keep Mr.. Ewell,
and everyone else on stage for
that matter, In a state of tur-
moil. His anguish runs strict
ly to formula, from angry
speech to handwriting resig-
nation. He cannot make it look
or sound fresh, no one could,
but he does make it funny and
less of a stereotype than the
Ephrons had any right to ex-
pect.
Two other assets Of "Take
Her, She's Mine" are the di-
rection of George Abbott and
the settings by the Eckarts,
William and Jean.
1t is a matter of history that
Mr.. Abbott is the least faxed
man in the theater when con-
fronted by strictly stock COM
edy. He simply steps on the
accelerator and away every
body goes, including audiences
If this requires high-speed mo-
bile sets, as it certainly does
one simply turns their design
over to a high powered pail
like the Eckarts who, in this
case. have turned out one oi
their fastest jobs.
y 4
At the windup of two sea-
sons, one on Broadway, one or
the road, the company still
performs like one directed BY
George Abbott.
1t fairly flies through the
Ephron country, made familiar
Evening star., 1963-05-29

in uncounted screen comedies
before Henry Rnd Phoebe
started writing for Broadway.
Helpfully, too, it looks youth
fully attractive in its swift
passage.
This is particularly true of
Joanna Pettet as Ewell's dis
concerting daughter, a girl
that even Radcliffe could af-
ford to admit on her looks and
Evening star., 1963-05-29

zest for life. Also in small Ca
role Benton, Mr.. Ewell has a
younger daughter with q pos
sibly more menacing. II latent,
sparkle.
Among the others in the cast,
the most useful include Audra
Lindley as the mother, and
Fred Burrell and Carl Johnes
as the most persistent members
of the Ivy League wolfpack.
Evening star., 1963-05-29
THE PASSING SHOW
Dad Daughter Farce
Still q Laugh Riot
BY JAY CARMODY
Drama Critic Of The Star

Whatever be happening to elsewhere with whatever
degree CONSERVATION The Family safe in the comedy
theater.
So long children grow into adoescen away from
their parents after brief fling be just like the
latter there will be to write domestic comedy about
them same comedy Identical detail will
Evening star., 1963-05-29

TAKE HER, SHE'S NINE" q
comedy by Phoebe and Henry Ephron,
presented by Harold Prince, directed
by George Abbott, scenery and
lighting by william and Jean Eekart,
costumes by Florence Klotz. At the
National Theater.
, 1963-12-23
DUG

AA @M
cation, and notes that clear
lines Of communication should
be developed within the De
partment Of Education with
major emphasis being placed
on the role Of the building
principal Institutional leader.
The need for more efficient
busintss and Plant Manage
ment which will strengthen
the indignation, under the De-
partment, of all serves reltat-
ed to the Instructional Pro
gram, wss5 advocated
In viewing the Professional
enrichment of Virgin Islands
Educators the report calls for
j massive in-service Training
Program for Teachers to be
developed and designed to up
grade the content for Method
ology Of instruction
, 1963-12-23
BUS

Torres, Ford and Fredericks
repeatedly responded to the
call received at 4:2O pm. yes
terday. Commissioners Gibson
was also at the accident.
Samuel Lake was originally
employed as a cane cutter,
then drove a commercial
truck and for the last year and
a half has been EMPLOYED by
Abramson Enterprises and
will be remembered by many
as a bus driver.
Witnesses at the scene Of the
accident say thtre were no
skid marks on the road to in
dictate that Lake had slammed
On The BRAKES u Ills CdAs
One Of the passenger, Eulia
Bradley, suffered a broken
leg. The other, Alberta Dore,
was treated for cuts. Both
were taken to the Charles
Harwood Memorial Hospital
for treatment.
Lake was declared Dead On
Arrival at the same hospital
The car is said to be demolish-
ed.
, 1963-12-23
President.

President.
In creating the committee
the Governor felt that sit is
the sincere desire of all Vir-
gin Islanders that the megn-
Dry Of John +. Kennedy be
perpetuated ii the islands.
, 1963-12-23
PRoposEp

vites local citizens to give
their views on the subject.
This can be done by writing
to the CAB, Washington, DC.
, 1963-12-23
ADyIcE . .

Session Of the Legislature a
resolution was passed request
ing the Governor Of the Vir-
gin Islands to name q public
Facility III honor Of the late