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' Champion Florida A and M College basket
ball team?(Left to right) Tom Hogan, sen
ior, Green Cove Springs; Willie Irvin, jun
tor, St. Augustine; Charlie White, sopho
more, Tampa; amT^frdin Cuyler, fresh mar
Hartford, Conn.?staged a performance ii
.the recent tournament held at Tuskegee In
stitiite that will long be remembered ii
sports circles?a performance that is pos
sibly unequaled in the past?-a feat tha
win stand for a long time to come. The]
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1952 FLORIDA A and M Collage Base
ball Team ? Seated left to right, Arthui
Holley, infielder, Tampa; Charles Columbus
catcher, Jacksonville; John Andrews, outJ
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?uuiuei, riymuuin, Mass.; Atired Miner, out
fielder, Copiaque, N. T.; Alvin While, pitch
w, Jacksonville; Roland Lewis, first base
man, Camden, N. J., Isadore Reed, catcher
Tampa; Robert Austin, pitch^, Lake Wales
Fla.; Robert Wilcox, Catcher, Jacksonville
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FAMCBE TENNIS SQUAD?The Flori
da A. and M. College Tennis squad is ex
~ pected to be one of the strong contender:
for the doubles and singles championship:
at the Famcee qpen tennis meet that wil
be held at A and M College the third week
end in March. Left to right, Thomas Cal
. houn, sophomore, 'Jacksonville; Valentin
7 Dorsey, sophomore, Miamf; Walter Aasttf
Bradenton Turns Gordon'
Out For Dodger j Split Ho
League Game j In NEA
BRADENTON, 71a. . (CNS) ? DILLON ?
The largest crowd ever gather- school basketl
ed here turned out to see the home spilt w
Dodgers play the Braves in a Gastern AthJ
fipring bvhikkinrt riamii a tournament h
? . portion of the 3,40ft attendance high school I
was made up of school children day morning,
for all the Negro schools were Gordon girl
closed so that the kids might see ?coached by
Jackie Robinson and Boy Cam- and Carter, w
panel la perform. j downing Hoi
At tot it w*gutiiiii mm null * "'* """r
Pr. btl i^TCkBkiy wouMn't be <m termed?
the diamond when the two were would be at
seen flying beck to Miami in the times, the Bn
| Dodger plane the night before truck going i
thi ball game. People started not neighborhoods
m to turn up at the' ball park not news. ^
kttewing that Roy and Jack just There* was t
i; couldn't abide the hotol accomo- day 0f the g
I' da'.ions at Bradenton and so had gtr9 didn't V
? made the arduous trip back to mirert. They
Miami. To keep the crowds in- well pitched 1
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played 13 minutes and 35 seconds ag
- the five-man Alabama State College
In the finals of the 19th annual tou
The Rattlers were trailing 54-5# whei
fifth man was disqualified five of th
, man tournament squad had fouled out
i viously). Yet they tied the score 58-j
the end of the game; 64-64 at the ei
i the first five minute overtime period,
went ahead to win 71-67 in the second
time period .They were accorded a tren
r ous ovation at the game's end.
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and Robert Thomas, pitcher, Sanford,
Standing left to right, Moses Poole, pit
; Jacksonville; Jesse Yates, pitcher, Su
Va.; Theodore Poole, pitcher, Jackson
John Neves, infielder, East Boston, M
John Gomez,' pitcher, Boston, Mass.;
Avery* outfielder, Day tona-Beach;
Church, pitcher, St? Petersburg, and An
Stephens, Phoenix City, Ala. The Rat
are defending champions of the SIAC.
coach; Wilbur Perkins, sophomore, J
- sonville; Edward Whitsey, 'Junior,'~Ti
3 ville, and Charlie Wier, Nassau, junior.
* latter two are Florida State doubles ch
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ions. Whitsey is state singles titleholriei
_ Wier, runner-up. Not shown is Paul
e and John Henry/Singletary.
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Teams Omega Heads
mors Make Tour
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J Grant Reynolds of New
The Goirion high1 City, Grand Basileus of (J
:>aU teams brought pSi Phi Fraternity, and n.
irir in the North- Moultrie, Washington, D. C
etic Association's Clonal Executive Secretary
,elcL at thiL. Wilson eurreniJy en -*teue -of Oh;
n Florence Satur- and Districts of Omega Ps
| Fraternity which will take
Is, the Trojanettes to the following places;
Mesdames Gerald Charleston, W. Virginia,
ron the girls' title, Haven, Conn., Chaney, 1
mes 39-29 In the Youngstown. Ohio. Tampa,
had beat Wartipw vnimington, N. C., Dayton,
,..,.1. j 577 Houston. Texas. Evanaton
?mviuiz emu nuj ' ? - ?
the game and on Denver, Colo.
wee had a souiv | 3g_|g jn t^0 quarter final:
through tho Negro Lorls 36.29 ln the fin
i announcing the Gordon boys, the Tr
| coached by A. J. Stewart, 1
I leaden *sky on the the finals to Loris, 66 to 52.
ame, but the Dod- had beta ten Palmetto ?52-1
it down their apd- the quarter finals and W
won 3 to 0-6n a more of Con way 51-41 L
jail game. * semi-finals.
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IiFamceans Still Talk
. By Charles J. Smith, III co
TALLAHASSEB:?N'?w NYork- thi
H era may still talk abourt the great de
:>. il comeback1 of thudr Oian+g iiv-?n
1951, but for Famceans, give them ca'
HE their Rattlers when you think 01 fr'
talk about great comebacks in
the world of sports . . . basket- wi
ball in particular. m
T^his is one way of summing cei
I . up reaction around here simv the ne
Florida A an <1M College ca^nr3 on
beat the Alabama State cagef'k
71-67 for the SIAC tournament Jo
crown in the 19th annual SIAC foi
hoop derby held in Tuske gee's on
Logan hall last week. lor
Sports writers were thinking 8*
I in terms of their lead sentences. F1
. . . "Bama" State fdns were m
ainst ready to -hit the floor and lift hi!
quint t^le Hornets atop their should- nu
rney. ers but though trailing 54T-^||e
-56?with threLi minuter and 35 ?
^ seconds remaining in th? game, 58
pre- and with but four men on the' tic
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(folk, WARMS UP FOR OPENIN
srtlle; ball Season ? John Gomez, ace
ass.; SI AC champion Florida A and
John gain expected to lead Famcee U
John gue title. The 21?year old pit?
Jrew two in 1951. He struck out 73
tiers a junior and a native of Boston
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Buie ALPHONSO VARNER. sho
A and M College track and fic
hoto) ou* 'n preparation for the
held March 22. Vamer Is an A
ior, and comes from West Palm
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urt agplnst the Alabama five, ^
e Rattlers refused to conoeed
feat. And they brought to an Q
d a tremendous surge that had
rried the Montgomery flve
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five who entered the tour- Ei
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M College Rattlers, i^ii- E
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her won_six while losing g)
in eight games. Gomez is E
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t put ace J>f the Florida s
Id'squad is shown workFamcee
Relays that were
11-American tackle, a senReach.
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ROCK HILL ? The Voorhee
uriior College girls' team an
mrnett Scott boys won over op
osition to cop respective divi
onal championships in the an
ilfcl basketball tournament c
le South Atlantic Athletic Con
pence here at Friendship Jun
r College last week.
Friendship boys eked out
air-raising 62-61 win over Hai
ison Junior College to win the
ivision. Voorhees girls had beat
? Harbison 32-23. The Emmei
cott win was for the hig
^hool division. '
Friendship and Rettis Acad*
ly are tied for seasonal champ
>nship and there looms the pos
bility that the two teams ma
aeet later for a play off an
rial settlement of the issue.
Valcott, Charles
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'hilly Battle
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) ?rsey
Joe Walcott has finally a
eed that he will face Ezzar
haTlcs this June. The two mee
lis week and will make officia
leir battle for June 9th at Phil
lelphia's Municipal Stadiurr
he huge outdoor arena sea*
ver 100,000 and has been th
;ene of only one other champ
>nship . fight?Gene Tunney v
ack Dempsey in the famous up
?t of 1920.
foe Black To
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5e Given Dodger
lound Spot
BRADENTON, Fla. (ClfS) 1
year old Joe Black, the ne<
egro righthanded pitcher, ca
ick up his Dodger contract, ac
ording?Manager Cbarfl
ressen. Though Black hasn
lown so far he is anywhere a
>od as he was billed?a secon
on Newcombe?still he has <
ough to make the Dodger.
id of the first five minute ovet
mft period and went ahead t
'ore seven points to the Hoi
et's three in the second over
me period, and became the firs
:am ever to win four SIAi
urnament crowns.
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