Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1963-12-07 J. A. Beauchamp Magicians Opens Season With Win Over Philander Smith; Currin And Gordon Stand Out The Magicians of LeMoyne College will be back on their home court in Bruce Hall on Saturday night of this weak to tangle with the fast-moving Alabama State College quint from Montgomery. Game time is 8 o'clock. Following the tussle with Alabama the LeMoynites will get ready to take on two more invaders - Fisk University from Nashville on Tuesday night, Dee. 10, and Stillman College from Alabama on Friday night, Dec. 13. The Magicians opened their home season last Saturday night with an 83-77 victory over Philander Smith College from Little Bock, Ark., and then hit the, road for encounters with Knoxville College at Knoxville and Alabama A. and M. College at Huntsville. Although the Magicians were never in real trouble last Saturday night and managed to outmaneuver the dangerous Philander five, they still were a loose outfit and didn't start clicking until the second half. It appeared too that Coach Jerry Johnson was shifting his players in an attempt to find a dependable starting team. Standing out for LeMoyne were veterans Monroe Currin, junior from Halls, Tenn., who was high man with 39 points, and James Gordon, the big junior from Louisville, who was second high scorer of the night with 23. James Sandridge, the highly touted freshman from Melrose High served notice that he will be an important cog in the LeMoyne machinery. Other freshmen showing signs of being able to cope with college ball were Robert Hardway, 6-5, from Cincinnati, and Edward Brents, 6-3, from Indianapolis. Giving valuable aid to the LeMoyne cause against Philander were Capt. Robert Hambric, Paul Lowery, Jimmy Charlton, Cleophus Owens, Verties Sails and big Robert Nelson, a returnee. Tenn. State Tigers And Lane Battle Monday In Melrose Gym. Memphis chapter of Tennessee A&I State University's Alumni Association will present its second annual W. J. Hale Scholarship Benefit Basketball Classic in the Melrose High School gymnasium Monday night, Dec. 9, starting at 8. The chapter has been successful in matching two powerful teams the Tennessee State Tigers, three times NAIA champions, and the Lane College Dragons of Jackson, Tenn.' the Cinderella teaem of last season. A preliminary contest will throw the strong Lester High School Lions against a smart aggregation from Mitchell Road High school. Tickets, selling for $1.50 in advance and $1.85 at the door, may be purchased at all city and counay schools, Paul's Tailor Shop, 184 Beale; Rolloway Lanes, 1428 Michigan, and Strozier's Drugstore, 2192 Chelsea. Proceeds from the game will go to the W. J. Hale Scholarship Fund crated for the purpose of aiding deserving students. AUTOMATIC Transmissions EXCHANGED $9950 All Labor And Parts on All Hydramatic 50 Through 55 One-Day Service No Money Down 24 Months to Pay JA 6-7491 FREE SAFETY BELT EACH SMISSION or EXCU of march Coleman-Taylor Automatic Transmission 647 Madison — JA 6-7491 Livingstone Opens Basketball Schedule The Livingstone College basketball team will play a schedule of 18 games on the hardwood with the opening game set for Monday, Dec. 2, at home against Allen University, Columbia, S. C. Team should be greatly improved this year and promises a winning season coach L. A. "Pop" Warner has a veteran team returning for the season and has added some very promising freshman talent to his squad. The full schedule mows Allen Uni. Home, Dec. 6; Fayettevile, University, home, Dec. 2; Shaw University, home, Dec. 5; Fayetteville State College, away, Dec. 7; Benedict College, away, Dec. 12; and, Johnson C. Smith University at home Dec. 14. This will close play for the Bears before the Christmas holidays. The January 1964 schedule will show Shaw University away, Jan. 9; Allen University, away, Jan. 13; Johnson C. Smith, away, Jan. 17; St. Augustine College, away. Jan. 35; Fayetteville State College home, Jan. 27; Winston, Salem State, home, Jan. 30: St. Paul's College, home, Feb. 5; Norfolk State College, away, Feb. 8; St. Paul's Collegs, away, Feb. 10; Norfolk State College, home, Feb. 12; Benedict College, home, Feb. 16; Winston Salem State college, home, Feb. 15; and St. Augustine College, home, Feb. 21st. TENN. AND LANE CLASH HERE — The celebrated Tennessee State Tigers, three times NAIA champions, will appear here in Melrose Gym on Monday night, Dec. 9; taking on the fast-moving lane College Dragons. The game is being sponsored by the Memphis chapter of State's Alumni Association, Tennessee State Coach Harold Hun ter is shown with hit starting five, kneeling, left to right: William Bradley of Louisville and Ronald Smith of Camden, N.J. Standing, left to right: Lawrence Nixon of Galesburg, Ill.; Willie Porter of Winston Salem, N.C.; and Bobby, Edmonds of Indianapolis. By SAM BROWN The Booker T. team is rated among the top teams that have represented the Warriors in recent years. Finishing the regular season with a 6-1 record and a tie with Melrose, also, 6-1, the Warriors will have their hands full against the Mississippians in the Blues Bowl Classic. The Broad Street High team finished the season with an 8-2 overall record. The team is the top team in the mid-Delta section of the state and has several college prospects on its roster. The team is not quite as strong as the one the year before, which like Booker T. Washington was undefeated during the season, compiling 10-0 record. In addition to the game itself, fans will enjoy plenty of band music, performance by the Booker T. Washington Band, musical tribute to the memory of the late W. C. Handy, "Father of the Blues" and plenty other fanfare, to make the affair a gala occasion. The game is a worthy one and for a worthy cause. It is sponsored by the Beale Street Elks Lodge to raise funds for their Christmas Basket. These baskets are distributed to needy families of the city Christmas eve to help the less fortunate enjoy a Merry Christmas. It deserves the support of all charity minded citizens. In pre-season predictions all concerned place the Lester Lions as the team to beat. Lester, the detending champions, has a good scoring team and a team that plays good defense. Richard Jones, the All-Memphis, All-State center will have fans, critics and well-wishers following his every move. The fans are wondering can Lester repeat? The Lane College Dragons, rated the Cinderella team of 1963-64 has a large following in the city, and considered one of the contenders in the SIAC this season. The team boasts of the number two and number five, scorers among small colleges in the nation last season. The game is sponsored by the A&I State University Alumni Association of Memphis, with the proceeds going to the Association's Scholarship Fund. Although this is the officially the basketball season, it is also the season for the Hot Stove League, and with the several trades announced by the major leagues for the 1964 baseball season, the league will be going at a torrid pace In the next few weeks. With trades Involving such well known and established stars as Rocky Colavito, Jim Gentile, Leon Wagner, and several others, the release of Billy Pierce, the Hot Stove League fans will have, plenty of fodder for the season. Wilkins Says JFK Death Fault Of "Poison Pens" The executive secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said the moral thinkers of the times would not point the finger of guilt at Lee Harvey Oswald as being responsible for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Roy Wilkins, in an address at a dinner given by Freedom House, said the assassination of Kennedy supports "our repetitious insistence that madness is abroad in this land." Wilkins blamed the "poison pen patriots, the suave salesmen of superiority, the analyzing anesthetists, the vocal vermin, and the hawks of hate." LeMoyne, Alabama Clash Saturday; Tenn. State, Lane Go Monday Pearl High of Nashville is sending its spectacular basketball team here for an encounter with the powerful Lester Lions. The game will be played in the Lester gym, Saturday night, Dec. 14. This promises to be one of the top high school games of the season and is almost sure to draw a packed house. The Lions are defending champions of the City Prep League and are coached by Ira Spiders. The team is paced by Richard Jones, 6-7, a top college prospect. Pearl High Of Nashville Will Meet Lester Lions Here Dec. 14 Pearl High of Nashville is sending its spectacular basketball team here for an encounter with the powerful Lester Lions. The game will be played in the Lester gym, Saturday night, Dec. 14. This promises to be one of the top high school games of the season and is almost sure to draw a packed house. The Lions are defending champions of the City Prep League and are coached by Ira Spiders. The team is paced by Richard Jones, 6-7, a top college prospect. BUY BONDS FINDS $5,800 A 16-year-old who quit school and went to work on a ranch to help his mother pay bills found $5,800 in a purse. Clayton Thompson turned the money over to officers. "Bile owne claimed the missing purse and lef a $20 reward for Thompson. See Jack at ALG LIQUOR STORE Morris Brown goes to Nashville on Monday, December 9, to take on the Fisk University Bulldogs and will play host Jo Bethune-Cookman's Maroon and' Gold Wildcats on December 12. Then after, shooting-it-out with the Maroon Tigers on December 14, they trill invade Daytona Beach to end their preholiday schedule with a returned match with Bethune-Cookman, on December 16. The complete schedule is as follows: TEN MORE GAMES AT JOE LOUIS GYMNASIUM The Morris Brown College Purple Wolverines will play a 20-game schedule during the 1963-64 hardwood season, including the traditional curtain-raiser against the Tuskegee Institute Golden Tigers, played Saturday night, at the Logan Hall Gymnasium. According to the schedule, released by Director of Athletics Major J. Powell Jr., the Purple Wolverines will, with one exception, play the same teams played last year. This schedule calls for a single contest on their home court, before the Christmas vacation-against the Bethune-Cookman College Will the Bethune-Cookman College Wildcats on Thursday night, Dec. ember 12. Morris Brown's only other Atlanta appearance before this holidays will be against the Morehouse College Maroon Tigers on Saturday night. December 14 at the Samuel H. Archer Health and Physical Education Building. The Purple Wolverines will play ten more games, at the Joe Louis Gymnasium -five in January and five in February. On the road they will, play games at Nashville, Tenn.; Daytona Beach, Fla.; Fort Valley, Ga.; Tallahassee, Fla.; Orangeburg and Columbia, S. C, and at Norma, Ala. Morris Brown goes to Nashville on Monday, December 9, to take on the Fisk University Bulldogs and will play host Jo Bethune-Cookman's Maroon and' Gold Wildcats on December 12. Then after, shooting-it-out with the Maroon Tigers on December 14, they trill invade Daytona Beach to end their preholiday schedule with a returned match with Bethune-Cookman, on December 16. The complete schedule is as follows: Shine, McCollough Head 16 Benedict Lettermen Timothy Shrine and Robert McCollough, two of the biggest names in SIAC basketball circles, head the group of 11 returnees and four newcomers who will carry Benedict College colors in the 1963-64 basketball campaign which opens in early December. The fighting Tigers figure to be an improved unit over last year's squad, which posited a 17-9 record and placed fourth in SIAC competition. In Shine and McCullough, the Tigers have probably the best, Scoring combination in the league. Shine, a senior forward, has averaged 23.5 points per game for three seasons and won All-SIAC honors each year. McCullough joined the team as a sophomore last season, following a year of ineligibility, and became an immediate sensation as a scorer, ballhandler and play-maker. He averaged 18.2 points per game in 1962-63. Davis transferred to Benedict last season after quitting Oklahoma State in his freshman year. He along with junior Nolan Brackett and sophomore Johnny Robinson both at 6-5, will furnish necessary height for the tough 24- game schedule ahead. Other veterans who offer reserve strength are forwards Marvin Wlev and Turner Hughes, guard Alvester Pate and center Benjamin Trapp. Newcomers include Kenny Hall and Ernest Perry, freshmen from New York; and forward Eddie Williams, senior from Columbus, Ga. President Orders U.S. Postage Stamp In Memory Of JFK President Johnson would like a U. S. postage stamp to be issued in memory of President Kennedy. The Post Office Department said Wednesday, Nov. 27 that the President had instructed Postmaster General John A. Gronouski to confer with Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy and other members of the family at the appropriate time. SHORT VISIT Altadena, Calif. — It is not every family who can boast of a deer visiting them during their evening dinner.