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SUNDAY, MARCH 186, 1952.
BANNER - HERALD
SPORTS
MERRITT POUND, sm. | Sports Editors
Titleholder’s Lead
BY STERLING SLAPPEY
AUGUSTA, Ga., March 15. — (AP) — Babe Zaharias,
shooting like she had a compass on every ball and gaining
ground on every round, looked today like a sure bet to set
" NeW titleholders.gol‘f tog_rx}amg‘n‘t scoring record.
The output today in the third
wund for the all-time queen of
olf was a 73—the best score of
e day. Her 54-hole total is 220—
aven big strokes better than any
e else has managed on this long,
indy Augusta Country Club
urse.
All the Babe needs tomorrow to
¢ a new titleholders’ record is to
oot a 77 or less, From the way
.+ shots are going and her putts
o falling, that should not be too
s an order. Mrs. Zaharias set
o 908 titleholder record in 1950,
Suggs Second
Louise Suggs, -a professional
.ond only to the Babe in money
nnings for 1952 and second only
the Babe as a gallery attrac
n, {& second to the Babe in scor
[ouise came in with a fancy 74
jay—two over men’s par on the
-36—"12 Country Club -course
Jich streteches over 6,619 yards
east Georgia sandlands. But her
wasn't good enough to gain on
» Babe. "
Mrs. Zaharias opened the meet
wursday with a 74—best of the
v. She got a 73 yesterday—best
the round. And, her 73 today
lin was the best of the round.
Betsy Rawls of Austin, Tex,
as third with a 228—a slump
om second place. And, Mary Le
. Faulk of Thomasville, Ga., was
urth with 230. Miss Faulk is low
mateur thus far after a fast fade
v several other promising ama-
Irs. S
Patty Berg and Marilyn Smith,
th professionals, are tied with
|ls'
‘Tiss Rawls had a 76 today; Miss
ulk a 75—lowest single round
re for an amateur all week;
ss Bereg a 77, and Miss Smith a
Stnlb Has 246 . :
)f the leaders in the Titlehold-
Women’s Golf Tournament on
» par 36-36—72, 6,619-yard, Au-.
sta Country Club Course:
«-Mrs. Géorge Zaharias, Tam
, Fla., 74=73-73—220;: « :
x-Louisé~Suggs, Carrollton, Ga.,
-76-74—22 T. 2 ‘
x-Betsy Rawls; Augustin, Tex.,
1 7-75-16—228. |
Mary Lena Faulk, Thomasville,
Ga., 19-16-T5-=RB3O . o o w
.-Patty Berg, Minneapolis, 79-
75-77—231,
«-Marilyn Smith, Wichita, Kan.,
78-77-76—231.
Claire Doran, Cleveland, 77-79-
76282
x-Betly Jameson, San Antonio,
Tex., 81-78-76—235.
x-Alice Bauer, Sarasta, Fla., 78-
78-80—236.
x-Beverly Hanson, Indio, Calif.,
£'-74-80—238.
_Marnie Polk, Chattancoga, Tenn.,
(0-78-84—238.
h Y{T}'lagé%ne Bauer, Sarasota, 81-
Barbara Romack, Sacramento,
Colif., 77-82-79—238.
~.“quéhy Kirby, Atlanta, 79-78-
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| [ommy Huts, A Man Of Action
| It has been said that the school children of Ath
7. ens put Tommy Huff in the position of Sheriff. The
‘fi school children knew and loved him, when, he, as
% a rookie policeman, protected them at the highway
1 crossings. School children are wonderful students
4 ;)f human nature and appreciate a friend they can
4 trust,
| Tommy Huff is a gentleman, a straight shooter,
. a man who is always trying to make something bet
& ter. He has the initiative to grow with the times in
" his efforts to maintain law and order. Since his in
- duction, Clarke County has become a safer place in
{ which to live. Who wants to be without County
. Police and State Troopers?
! When his father died thirteen years ago he shoul
.| dered the responsibility and ably assisted his
| mother in making a cozy home for his younger sis
< ters and family. The war years, however, found him
| doing his part in the Army from 1942 to 1946. He
| zained experience then in police and law enforce
~, ment work, which he has so effectively practiced
| throughout Clarke County. In his dress regalia he
}} lends dignity and strength when he leads the Aca.;-
4 demic Procession for the University of Georgia
s,‘% Commencement.
% If one cares to delve more deeply into T9rpmy
yg Huff's record, visit the jail and inspect conditions.
i Also see his dogs being trained at the County Farm
| to hunt down fugitives, thereby giving the people
and their children still more protection. Read the
% daily report of “News of Fires, Accidents a.md Po
o lice Action,” listen to the coverage by rgdlo, then
.| the dangers and responsibility of a Sheriff’s occu
.| Pation will be evident. I wager if an emergency or
' Violence arose Tommy Huff would not be absent.
He would enforce the law and do his best for Clarke
’1; County and its people.
'~. With the functioning of his most competent staff,
3 the status of Clarke County Law Enforcement effi
¢ ciency has been so raised that it is now accredited
i for Federal Prisoners. Does not this speak for what
o She- .ff Tommy Huff has accomplished.
Moselle S. Weston
| Pat O’Sullivan, Orange, Conn.,
79-78-83—240.
Maj. Pat Grant, Ft. MacPher
son, Ga., 77-81-83—241,
x»Shirley Spork, Detroit, 81-
T 7-84—242,
Bonnie Randolph, Columbus,
Ohio, 81-76-87—244,
Grace De Moss, Corvallis, Ore
gon, 80-79-86-—245.
x-Peggy Kirk, Findlay, Ohio,
| 84-75-87—246.
Eileen Stulb, Athens, Ga., 82-
82-82—246,
Marjorie Lindsay, Decatur, 111,
81-82-83—246.
l x-Denotes professional.
G i
ame & Fish
Club Joi
ub Joins
Federati
ederation
Clarke County’s Game and Fish
Club has been affiliated with the
Little River Valley Wildlife Fed
eration and will receive all of the
benefits of a member club, ac
cording to T. Ed Williams, secre
tary and treasurer of the local
group. |
Williams and E. E. (Pat) Lam
kin, president of the Clarke
County organization, attended the
meeting of the board of governors
of the Federation Friday night at ‘
Tignall.
In connection with the Game
and Fish Club’s conservation pro
gram Morton Hodgson, member of
the club’s board of directors, ad
dressed the Clarke County 4-H
boys and girls Friday, March 7, in
the court house. The club will
‘work hand in hand with the 4-H
‘groups in this area and will spon
sor varjous wildlife .conservation
-projects, giving awards. to the
‘most worthy boy and girl in this
field, ls
New members of the Clarke
County group are Ralph Kelley, H.
David Bridges, W. H. (Bill) Bai
ley, Dr. John A. Simpson, Mrs, J.
D. Godiree, W. H. Johnson, jr.,
Mrs. L. R. Tarpley, and J. D. God
free.
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ok WADIAK SERVICES
CHICAGO, March 15—(AP)—
Funeral services were held in Chi
cago today for Steve Wadiak, Uni
versity of South Carolina star
halfback who was kille din an
automobile crash in South Caroli
na Sunday.
Wadiak, a Chicagoan, was a 24-
year old senior and one of the
leading college football ground
gainers in the nation, He was an
All-Southern Conference halfback
last fall.
Wadiak died in University Hos=
pital at Augusta, Ga., shortly after
the car in which he was riding
turned over five times near Aiken,
S. C. Five others in the car were |
injured, none seriously. |
Patterson Sets
New Stegeman
Pool Record
Georgia’s sophomore swim
ming star, Reid Patierson of
Pineville, Ky., set a new Stege
man Hall pool record of 1:00.0
for the 100 yards backstroke
here Saturday afternoon. The
old pool record was 1:01.5 by
Theyx Stewart of Georgia in
1949,
Patterson, who last week set
the Southeastern Conference
meet record of 1:00.) at Lexing
ton, Ky., was clocked by five
timers in a special exhibition
during the State High School
championships here.
Patterson will compete in the
NCAA championships at Prince
ton, N. J., March 27-28-29.
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| By The Associated Press
FORT PIERCE, Fla., March 15.
Rain washed out the Southern As
sociation Memphis Chicks’ spring
training activities here today.
To get even, Manager Luke
Appling decided to double up on
tomorrow’s drills. In addition to
the usual workouts, there’ll be a
five or six inning camp game.
Appling said all 29 players in
good shape, barring the usual
blisters and minor aches.
LONDON, March 15 — Lord
Burghley, a member of the execu
tive commission of the Interna
tional Olymplc Committee, was
reelected president of the British
Amateur Association today.
VERO BEACH, Fla., March 15—
The Mobile Bears took a 3-1 de
feat at the hands of Fort Worth
in their first exhibition game of
the season here today.
Third bagger Rocky Tedesco
doubled in the second, went to
third on a passed ball, and scored
on a single "by shortstop Les
Barnes for the Bears’ only run of
the day.
Browning, steem, and Nicolis
each pitched three innings for Mo
bile.
MELBOURNE, Fla., March 15—
Southpaw Fred Sherkel and right
handers Jim Atchley and Clyde
Stevens will handle pitching
chores for Nasnville in an exhibi
tion game 'Wednesday with Min
neapolis. I will be the Vols first
exhibition match of the season.
Atchley is being counted on as
a regular starting pitcher this
year, Sherkel hurled for Musko
gee in the Class C Western As
sociation last year, and Stevenson
worked with the Class A Jackson
ville club in 1951.
SACRAMENTO, Calif;, March
15—Irked by rain which cancelled
today’s exhibition between the
Chicago White Sox “A” team and
Sacramento, Manager Paul Rich
ards ordered his pale hose to the
ball park for cold, damp drills.
The Sox “B” squad was at San
Diego.
To offset loss of competition the
last week by bad weather, the
Sox have booked five additional
exhibition games, the first of
which will be an “A” squad en
gagement with Seattle at Palm
springs Monday,
If tomorrow’s scheduled game
with Sacramentc is played, Gus
7 errabakos and Harry Dorish will
ritch for the Sox.
L.OS ANGELES, March 15—
Wet weather which forced can=
cellation of today’s exhibition be
tween the Chicago Cubs and Los
Angeles Angels may also Wipe
.out tomorrow’s scheduled- contest
between the two clubs.
Manager Phil Cavarretta will
continue experimenting with Cub
outfield material if tomorrow’s
game is played. He will try Jack
Wallaesa, former American Lea~-
gue infieldeér, in left field; Bob
Usher, acquired from the Cincin
nati Reds, in center; and holdover
F--~'-in Raumholtz in right.
Bob Kelly and Bob Rush, to
dav's scheduled pitching starters,
will try again tomorrow.
STOCKHOLM, March 15 —
Torsten Johansson of Sweden,
trounced a listless Frank Sedgman
of Australia, 6-2, 7-9, 6-4, 6-4, in
an International Tennis Tourna
ment tonight. Sedgman is on a
tennis-playing honeymoon of
Europe.
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HIGH HOPES~—PauI Richards
smiles faintly as he watches his
team work out at Pasadena,
Calif., no doubt hi;lr%y gleued
with what he sees. e Chicago
White Sox manager predicts an
other tgood year fcr his men,
says they may even cop the
v pennant, (NEA)
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
GMA Takes Swimming
Meet; Athens Second
Les Fouts’ Georgia Military Academy Cadets captured
the Georgia High School Open swimming championship
for the seventh straight year here Saturday afternoon at
the University of Georgia's Stegeman Hall pool.
GMA scored 94 points, Athens
52, Murphy of Atlanta 17, Marist
of Atlanta 15, Boys’ Catholic of
*Augusta 12, Rochelle 12 and North
Fulton of Atlanta 7.
The Cadets set five new state
high school records. Marshall
Floyd of Atlanta set two new
marks: 24.2 seconds in the 50 yard
free style and 54.8 seconds in the
100 yard free style.
Other record setters were Hal
Stolz of Atlanta with 1:05.5 in the
100 yard breaststroke, Gordon
Hiles of Atlanta with 1:44.8 in the
150 yard individual medley and
Albert Fuller of Atlanta with
2:10.4 for the 200 yard free style.
50-yd. fre style—Floyd (GMA),
Hill (Boys’ Catholic), Glancy
(Marist), Andrew (Marist), Crane
(Athens), Upchurch (Athens).
Time— :24.2, betters old record of
:24.5 by Fountain of GMA in 1949.
100-yd breaststroke — Stolz
(GMA), Brannon (GMA), E. Hiles
(North Fulton), Langley (Athens).
Only entries, Time—l:os.s, betters
old record of 1:06.7 by Stolz in
1950.
200-yd. free style — Fuller
(GMA), Terry (Athens), Warnock
(GMA), Oakes (Athens), Gallis
(Athens), Courie (GMA). Tome—
-2:10.4, betters old record of 2:11.5
by Parham of GMA in 1947,
100-yd. backstroke — G. Hiles
(GMA), Stringer (Murphy),
Blakely (Athens), E. Hiles (North
Fulton), Martin (GMA), only en-~
tries, Time—l:o6.o. . (Record lis
1:05.5 by Bird of GMA in 1950).
One-meter diving—Hill (Boys’
Catholic), 216.4;, Cook (GMA),
205.95; Crane (Athens), 173.5;
Markley (Marist), 128.0; Bahnson
(Rochelle), 85.0; Gordon (Roch
elle), 67.7.
150-yd. individual medliy—G.
Hiles (GMA), Stolz (GMA), Terry
(Athens), Blakely (Athens),
Langley (Athens). Time—l:44.B,
betiers old record of 1:45.5 by
Hiles in 1951.
150-yd. medley relay — GMA
Martin, Brannon, Fuller); Mur=-
phy (Stringer, Hughes, Crouch);
Athens (Hadaway, Bell, LaBoon).
Time—l:32.2. (Record is-1:28.5 by
GMA in 1948.)
200-yd. free style relay—GMA
(Courie, Warnock, Bailey, Chand
ler); Athens (Laßoon, Bell, Had=-
away, Galis); Rochelle, Only en
tries. Time—l:ss.7 (record is
1:47.0 by GMA in 1948).
Independent
Loop Meeting
Set Tuesday
All managers who wish to enter
teams in the Athens Independent
‘Baseball League this year are
urged to attend a meeting at the
Athens Sports Goods Store, Tues
day night at 7 p. m.
T. Ed Williams of the Sporting
Goods Store states that this is the
first organizational meeting of the
league and requests that all in
terested persons be present. Mr.
Williams also asks that managers
get in touch wit hhim sometime
before Tuesday night and tell him
:vhgther or not they plan to at
end.
At Georgia Today
“The Harlem Globetrotters,”
the red-hot team who play to more
than 20,000,000 basketball fans
the world over every year, bid
fair to win many more admirers
among moviegores as a result of
the Columbia pictiire which boasts
their name. The new film, featur
ing Thomas Gomez, Dorothy Dan
bridge, Bill Walker and the Orig
inal Harlem Globetrotters,opens
today at the Georgia. *
The razzle-dazzle ball-handling
of the team is the ultimate in
visual eomedy. The Globetrotters
play for laughs, and then they
cut the comedy and buckle down
to the serious business of piling
up points to win.
Against its basketball back
ground. “The Harlem Globetrot
ters” tells a story, an exception
ally moving story. The film deals
with an All-American college bas
ketball player and honor student
named Roy Townsend, who wants
to quit school to join the Trotters.
Manager Abe Saperstein urges
him not to make this move, but
Townsend quits anyway, and
quickly becomes the star of the
team. Despite his skill, he dosen’t
become a member of the team in
spirit, and ridicules his team
mates’ feelings .that they repre
sent the entire Negro race.
Saperstein’s order to rest in his
hotel room before a big game
with the powerful Celtics, arch=
rivals of the Globetrotters. He
sneaks out to marry his sweet
heart, at the same time injuring
his knee. The Trotters lese the
game, and the boy cannot under
stand why the loss is taken so
seriously by his fellow-players.
He quarrels with the manager,
who fires him. Finally, Towsend
develops an understanding of the
Trotters’ spirit. The picture winds
up in a magnificently thrilling
return match with the Celtics.
Thomas Gomez plays the role
of Abe Saperstein, white man
ager of the all-Negro team, with
spirit and aathority. Dorothy
Dandridge is beautiful and tal
ented as Townsend’s sweetheart.
Bill Walker is thoroughly believ
able as a college professor. The
role of Roy Townsend is por=
trayed by Billy Brown, a star of
the Trotters in real life. Alfred
Palca’s story and screen play and
Phil Brown’s direction show “The
Harlem Globetrotters” and the
professional actors at .their best.
Suddy Alder produced.
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lyn Red Devils’ Gloria. Cleire
|baut is only. a rookie in Roller|
Derby circles, but she's an old'
(pro when it comes to winning|
beaut{ contests. -A - former,
model, the pretty Nutly, N.J.,
miss has been voted the Queen
of Roller Derby, entered com
petition 18 -months ago after
watching it on television, (NEA)|
Grapefruit
Full Swing
PHOENIX, Ariz.,, March 15 —
The St. Louis Browns scored three
runs in the ninth inning to break
a tie and defeat the New York
Giants, 5-2, this afternoon.
Vinny Dilorenzo, rookie south
paw, was the victim of the
Brownie uprising, giving up three
hits, t{:ree walks and making a
wild throw to third base in the
one inning he pitched.
A home run by third baseman
Leo Thomas gave the Browns a
run off Dave Koslo in the fourth,
while a single, sacrifice and dou
ble brought a second run off Hoyt
Wilhelm. ‘
Ned Garver started for the
Browns and blanked the Giants
on three hits in a five-inning stint,
Cliff Fannin followed and was
tapped for the two New York runs
which tied the score in the eighth.
Monte Irvin drove both across
with a single, Bobby Thomson
scoring the second run all the way
from first base,
PENSACOLA, Fla.,, March 15—
The Atlanta Crackers came out
of their hitting doldrums today
for the first time and bounded six
hurlers for 21 safeties in an intra
squad game,
Manager Dixie Walker wel
comed the bombardment on his
pitching corps as the previous high
was seven in a game earlier in the
week.
gookio Jimmy Zinn, with a
triple and a two-run single, and
Rusty Morgan, with a pair of
lusty two-baggers, led the Walk
ers to a 6 to 5 victory over the
Wyatts.
OCALA, Fla.,, March 15—The
Birmingham Barons today played
a spirited intra-squad game in
preparation for their opening ex
hibition game with Chattanooga
tomorrow.
The 8-7 score indicated that the
hitters did better than the pitch
ers, but three newcomers to the
Baron mound showed promise of
helping out during the 1952 sea~
son.
LAKELAND, Fla., March 15—
Walloping three Detroit rookies
for 17 hits, including five home
runs, the Cincinnati Reds defeated
the American League Tigers, 12-5,
in an exhibition baseball game
here today.
Ted Kluszewski polled two
homers for the National Leaguers,
while McMillan, Post and Dick
Sisler added one each. Cliff Mapes
got a homer for Detroit,
SARASOTA, Fla., Maych 15—
The Braves hammered 18 hits and
thumped the Red Sox, 12-2, in the
year’s first meeting hetween these
Boston baseball clubs here today.
It was the seventh straight exhibi
tion loss for the Sox.
The Braves used 13 players and
all except relief pitcher Jim Wil
son shared in the slugging orgy.
Ebba St. Claire led the Braves
attack with three singles which
drove in four runs. .
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March
15 — The Philadelphia Phillies
pushed across two runs in the 12th
innin gtoday to break a three
game losing streak and defeat the
St. Louis Cardinals, 4-2.
The Cards scored both runs off
Pitcher Robin Roberts in the first
inning, but then were shutout by
Russ Meyer, Steve Ridzik and
Andy Hansen. Ridzik was credited
with the victory.
Bowl League
Lead Held By
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Five Points
The Five Point Five pulled
ahead in the Women’s Bowling
League this week and now have a
34-20 record. The Hot Points are
in a close second with a 33-21
mark, In third place are the Atom
Bombs with a 29-25 record, while
the Strikers possess a 12-42 slate,
Theo Kiene leads in individual
high singles with a 215. Rosena
Hinesley and El:.ieJWhipple fol
low with 191’s, .
Kiene is on top in individual
high series with a 512, followed by
Whipple with a 459.
The Hot Points have the lead in
high team games with a 709. In
second place are the Five Points
Five wit ha 690,
High team series honors are
held by the Five Points Five with
1932, followed by the Hot Points
with 1912,
Kiene, Whipple and Hinesley
are the leaders in individual high
averages with 142, 131 and 130,
respectively, 4
Y Basketeers
Top N. Fulton
A scheduled swimming meet
between the “Y” and North Ful
ton was called off yesterday be
cause of the illness among the
North Fulton team.
However, the North Fulton 15
and under basketball team made
the trip to Athens and was turned
back by the “Y,” 58 to 21.
Francis Tarkenton sank 12
points for Coach Kelley’s winning
crew, Carlton James dropped in 10
points whiie Valdon Smith, Jim
‘Hall and Jerry Jackson each had
‘eight, Billy Garrett and Billy
Gambrell with four points apiece,
and Mahlon Spears and Jack Tol=«
bert with two each rounded out
the Athens scoring,
Y., B TEAM WINS
Athens High's B tear: and the
’ YMCA 110 pounds and under team
won the Braselton Invitational
Cage tourney last night, the B
team beating the Braselton BEEs
28 to 17 and the Y stoping the
Braselton Midgets, 28 to 16.
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Nelson Hitchcock
Emory Letterman
’ OXFORD, Ga., March 14 — Nel=
son Hitchcock, jr.., son of Mr. and
Mzs. Nelson Hitchcock, of Athens,
}was one of fourteen students
awarded the coveted Emory “E”
by Coach Carlos B. Meyer .at a
‘recent chapel assembly. All the
letters were awarded in basket=
lbal]. Athletic ability, performance,
sportsmanship, and loyalty are
considered in making the awards.
All lettermen are eligible, upon
initiation, for membership in the
Lettermen’s Club.
Nelson entered Emory-at-Ox
ford from the Athens High School.
Here he is a member of the Glee
Club, Athletic Company A, the
Lettermen’s Club, Youth Fellow=
ship, the Religious Autivities
Council, the Student Activities
Council, the Memory Staff and
Phi Gamma Literary Society. -
VINEGAR BEND DEFERRED
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March
15, — (AP) — Wilmer (Vinegar
‘Bend) Mizell, one of the promis=
ing rookies with the St. Louis
Cardinals, said today he had been
granted a draft deferment,
He reported he had received a
notice of 3 — (dependency) draft
classification.
Mizell, who was the strikeout
king of the Texas League last
year, was given a 1-A draft clas
' sification by his homretown board
at Leaksville, Miss, He appealed
to the state board at Jackson,
Miss.
Mizell, 21, had a 16-14 record
with Houston last season. In his
first exhibition game this spring
he whiffed five of the first nine
men to face him. But yesterday
the Washington Senators got five
hits off him in the first inning.
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DIAPER LEAGUER — Two
year-old Lonny Rogers, garbed
in a San Francisco uniform,
grabs a king-sized mitt and
joins the Pacific Coast League
team’s screening camp work
outs. Lonny was told to come
around again in 20 ycars. (NEA)
Of National C
NEW YORK, March 15, — (AP) — The University of
Kentucky opens defense of its National Collegiate Athletic
Association basketball championship next Friday, meeting
Penn State at Raleigh, N, C., in one of four regional tourna
ments. :
Sixteen hand - picked teams,
champions of 10 major confer=
ences and six “at large” delega
tions chosen on season records,
open fire in the tournament at
Raleigh, Chicago, Kansas City and
Corvallis, Wash,, Friday and Sat
urday.
Cats Favored
The Wildcats from Kentucky,
who finished the season with a
27-2 record and the No. 1 posi
tion in the Associated Press poll,
are favorites to prevail and per
haps again represent the United
States in the Olympics.
Both the NCAA winner and
runnerup qualify for the Olympic
trials, opening March 29, Ken
tucky and the Phillips Oilers made
gp the 1948 Olympic team at Lon
on.
Winners of the regional tourna
ments Friday and Saturday go to
Seattle for the semi-finals and
finals. The two Western division
and two eastern division winners
clash March 25 with the divisional
champions meeting March 26 for
the title,
Coach Butts Heads Drive To
Stamp Out Dreaded Cancer
BY WALLACE BUTTS 4
Chairman, Membership and Fund Raising Campaign,
Georgia Division, American Cancer Society
Followers of athletics should be well aware of the alarm
ing increase each year in cancer deaths.
The ranks of sports, like all walks of life, have been hit
hard by cancer. o : i g )
Babe Ruth died of cancer. So‘
did Harry Heilmann, another
baseball immortal. |
Here in Athens at the Universi
ty of® Georgia we feel keenly the
ravages of this malady. Last sume
mer the University lost its distine
guished baseball coach, Nolen
Richardson, and colorful baskete
ball guard, little Joe Jordan, be
cause of cancer.
One of Georgia Tech's greatest
football players, Carter Barron,
died of brain cancer.
Can Be Cured
There are many people with
the mistaken impression that can
cer is incurable., We know that
cancer usually can be cured if de
tected and tredted early., Jim
Thorpe, considered the greatest of
football players, recently under
went a successful operation fog
cancer of the lip.
The Number Two Killer of our
people is cancer. One out of every
seven people in the United States
who died in 1950 died of cancer,
R TT s T,
The Citizens Committee of Athens has read the
Mayor’s statement of March 14 regarding publie
housing. We welcome the Mayor's efforts to bring
out into the open all the facts concerning the pro
posed low rent housing projects. We wish to reiter
ate that we are not opposed to the construction of
the proposed projects; nor are we in any way ope
posed to the industrial development of the Athens
area. We heartily support the efforts of all who
work for a better way of life for all of our people.
We do not believe, however, that these objectives
should be accomplished at the cost of substantial
injustice to any of our citizens, be they white or
colored.
The only issue is whether the proposed projects
shall be located in areas where injustices will be
done to the property owners affected; and whether
the plans and policies of the Athens Housing Au
thority shall continue to be kept secret from the eiti
zens of Athens.
We are opposed to the expansion of public hous
ing on the sites originally selected for both the
white and colored units, which sites were discussed
at the open hearing last October. 2
We are opposed to the selection of these sites for
many reasons, some of the most important of which
were stated by the Athens Housing Authority in
their resolutjon published in the Banner-Herald on
October 19, 1951, as follows:
“... . WHEREAS, . . . a large number of
families would have to be displaced to carry
out present plans to enlarge low rent housing
facilities in Athens, and;
“WHEREAS, approximately two-thirds of
these families are home owners, and; |
“WHEREAS, these home owners cannot re
place their homes elsewhere for the amount
of money which the Authority can offer them
for their present homes,
“THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, we, the
Commissioners of the Athens Housing Author
ity, . . . do not believe it is to the best interest
of the community to displace so many home
. owners for the erection of tenant property ...”
The situation described by the Athens Housing
Authority Commissioners last October is unchang
ed, and we deny that the supposed benefits to be
gained by the construction of these projects at the
expense of injustices to so many of our citizens can
in any way be in the best interests of our com
munity.
We are agreed that the members of the Athens
Housing Authority Board are public officials exer
cising governmental powers and that the publie is
vitally concerned with their plans, policies and ae
tions. We therefore believe that this Board should
inform the public fully, in advance, of their plans
for the proposed housing projects before any defi
nite site commitments are made. : o
J. N. HARTFORD, Chairman
Cifizens Commitfee of Athens
PAGE THIRTEEN
The feature game at Chicago
sends Illinols, the Big Ten cham
pion, against Dayton.
Here's the schedule for the four
regional tournaments next Friday:
At Raleigh—Kentucky (27-2),
Southeastern Conference cham
pion, vs. Penn State (20-4); North
Carolina State (23-9), Southern
Conference champion, vs. St
John's (22-4).
At Chlc;fo
At Chicago—lllinois (19-3), Big
Ten champion, vs. Dayton (2'7-');
Princeton (16-8) Ivy League
champion, vs. Duquesne (22-2).
At Kansgas City—Kansas (22-2),
Big Seven champion, vs. Texas
Christian, (22-3) Southwest Con
ference champion; New Mexico A.
& M. (21-8), Border Conference
champion, vs. St. Louis University
(22-7), Missouri Valley Confer
ence champion,
At Corvallis—Santa Clara (15-
9) vs. U. C. L. A. (19-10), Pacific
_Coast Conference champion; Wy~
oming (29-6), Mountain States
Conference champion, vs. Oklaho
ma City (17=7).
About 578 people died of eancer in
this country per day in 1950. Of
approximately 5,000,000 men be
tween the ages of 18 to 37 rejected
for medical reasons during the
last war, 32,200 were rejected for
cancer and other neoplasms.
No age group is invulnerable to
cancer,
It is estimated one out of every
five persons alive today will have
cancer unless new preventive
measures are found. How can we
find these preventive measures?
By research.
Need Money
We need more money for the
National Cancer Institute to con
duct its research, That is why we '
again are calling on all-Georgians
to contribute to the ' American
Cancer Society. }
Your contributions will help
find better treatment and pre
ventive measures for this malady
that has taken the lives of over
15,000 Georgians in the past five
years, ’