Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1970-02-28 J. A. Beauchamp MARION JACKSON Views Sports of The World Words, but not deeds, are the hallmark of the United States Lawn Tennis Association! It is easy to sit down in genuine horror that, at long last Richmond, Va. Arthur Ashe, Jr., cannot play in South Africa, but it is an immense burden upon the young man who is the son of a policeman in the Old Dominion. They call him controversial, what Ashe wants to be is an American! At the old American Tennis Association Tournaments at Central State College, he was a shy, somewhat bewildered young man, puzzled about all the acclaim that had come his way. Dr. R. Walter (Whirldwind) Johnson of Lynchburg, Va., sent out to play in St. Louis, Mo., where some of the outstanding Davis Cup Stars and Stripes players were developed. He went on to UCLA (letters pour in asking me what this means–well, University, of California at Los Angeles) Anyway, Ashe left UCLA for an U. S. Army hitch as a lieutenant. He was honorably discharged and the brass gave him an opportunity to play all over the World under the auspices of the. Star-Spangled Banner. ARTHUR ASHE JR., is in Atlanta under the sponsorship of the Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Ga. He is one of the internationally-based firm's prized assets in public relations. "Global "Coca-Cola, which honored Ashe in the magnificent for the erudite, and the plush for the rank-and-file Wednesday at the incomparable Regency Hyatt House (Remember this suite if you are in a social club, but the 100 Per Cent Wrong Club, Extra Point Club, Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Guardsmen, et al, are already I hipped.) It is somewhat like those VIP rooms at the Atlanta Airport where everything is on the house if there is a flight delay. IRA C. HERBERT, Vice President of Brand Management was host to Arthur Ashe, Jr., but everybody in these situations remain close to pleasantries. No one mentioned that the United States Lawn Tennis Association, furious over South Africa turning down a visa for our youthful, black, native son, has mouthed that it is prepared, to join the World Cup Soccer, the Olympics, and the British Commonwealth in barring future sports competition with South Africa. INTERESTING TO NOTE WHAT Ashe has to say about the violation of his civil and human rights. Mind you, this came after winning the Australia Open, first leg of tennis' big four international tournaments. "This puts tennis back five to 10 years throughout the world," Ashe commented. "It shows that tennis does enter into international politics." As Ashe wondered what steps the USLTA would take, President Alastair B. Martin was issuing a statement in his office across town. "South Africa's refusal to grant a visa to Negro American Arthur Ashe is a violation of the rules of the International Lawn Tennis Association and the USLTA will take vigorous action to exclude them from the international family of tennis. It is a clear case of racial discrimination and the rules of the ILTF prohibit this. Any violation of those rules is grounds for expulsion. The only criticism expressed by Ashe was that South Africa excluded black athletes because of color." Bill Waring, minister of sport and recreation, said Ashe's visa was turned down because the young American was generally antagonistic toward South Africa and attempting to put a crack in the racist law. Ashe said he will try to contact Secretary of State William P. Rogers once more to intercede in his behalf. The State Department already has expressed deep regret" over South Africa's visa decision. THE AMERICAN TENNIS ASSOCIATION took a courageous stand on behalf of Ashe through its national officers and members deploring South Africa's rejection of his participation in the South Africa Tennis Tournament. Dr. Hubert Eaton, National President of the A.T.A. and Executive Secretary, Ronald Charity, issued a strong statement after holding their executive committee meeting at various local clubs throughout the country. "The officers, members of the A.T.A. deplore the decision of South Africa to refuse a visa to Arthur Ashe, a black tennis champion of all Americans, who has shown long proven ability to play in the South African Tennis Championship." Although black Americans and other minorities suffer discrimination here in America, we certainly have no nation-wide policy that approaches apartheid. We do not suggest that America react in an apartheid-like manner. However, South African amatuer and professional players are treated cordially as, sportsmen and allowed to win American money and to share tantamount fame withour reprisal or embarrassment. We recommend the following: 1. That the U. S. government cancel its sanction which allows American athletes to perform in South African sports events. 2. That the U. S. government should establish an embargo on South African athletes taking money back to South Africa. 3. That the U. S. Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA) refuse to allow any of its members to play South African tournaments and that they cancel the South African Davis Cup sanction. 4. That objective-thinking Americans, black and white join forces and boycott all tourneys which allow South Africans to participate especially those playing In America. In conclusion, B. Cammack a national A.T.A. officer stated that it would Attles, Hill Lead Voting For Ail-Time CIAA Quint A1 Attles, the first black to hold, a head coaching job in the National Basketball Association, and Cleo Hill, former player with the St. Louis Hawks, were the leading vote getters for the All-Time Great CentralIntercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Tournament Team unveiled Sunday. Announcement of the 10man team was made by Johnny McLendon, former Denver Rockets coach and chairman of the national panel of coaches, players and sportswriters who selected the team. The team will be honored at a luncheon in Greensboro, Feb. 28, in connection with the 25th silver anniversary tournament scheduled for the Greensboro Coliseum. Other members named to the team include Bobby Dandridge, Milwaukee Bucs; Earl Lloyd, former Syracuse and Detroit star; Earl Monroe, Baltimore Bullets; Sam Jones former Boston Celtics star and head coach at Federal City College; Theophalius "Sonny" Lloyd, former Maryland State star; Jack Defares, Winston-Salem State; Marvin Trotman, Elizabeth City State; and Ernest Garrett, Morgan State. Attles, who was named last month as interim coach of the San Francisco Warriors, and Hill, who played college ball for Winston-Salem, both received 150 out of a possible 170 points in the poll. Attles led the Aggies to tournament championships in 1958 and 1959, while Hill sparked the Rams to titles in 1960 and 1961, winning the most valuable player award both years. He was the Hawk's first round draft choice to 1961. Runnerup in the voting were Jones, who last month was elected to the Hall of Fame sponsored by the Helms Athletic Foundation; and Dandridge, who smashed four scoring records in the 1969 CIAA Tournament. Jones competed for North Carolina Central and Dandridge for Norfolk State. Earl Lloyd, who also served for awhile as an assistant coach for Detroit, is now a personnel relations manager with the Chrysler Motors Corporation. The predominately-black CIAA Tournament was first staged to Washington's tiny Turner's Arena in March of 1946. Wilkens' Assists Set Seattle Mark Player-Coach Lennie Wilkens set a Seattle Coliseum record with 18 assists and he scored 21 points to go over the 1,000 point mark for the sixth straight season in helping the Sonics beat Baltimore, 110-117. Bob Boozer led Seattle with 23 points and Bob Rule had 21 while Kevin Loughery led Baltimore with 25 and Jack Marin added 23 in the game played Feb.11 Albany State Ramettes Play On Hawk's Card ALBANY, Ga. The Golden Ramettes, Albany State College's women's basketball team, have been invited to play a preliminary game to one of the National Basketball Association (NBA) Atlanta Hawks' games. The Ramettes, champions of the Southern Women's Athletic Conferences (SWAC) for the last two seasons, will match baskets with the Atlanta Tomboys in the opening contest on Sunday, March 15, prior to the Hawks and Phoenix Suns' test in the main attraction in Atlanta's Alexander Memorial Coliseum. Edith Daniels' femmes, 9-1 for the season, are paced by Atlantan Demeris Jefferson, who scored 262 points this season for a 26.2 pp.g, and Johnnie Hicks (12.6). Hawks' Bill Bridges Slated To Address Appeal Meeting Twelve people who have benefited from United Appeal services will appear on the program at the fifth annual United Appeal Recognition meeting, honoring 553 business firms and organizations which helped make the 1969 campaign a success. The meeting will be held at 12:15 p.m., March 3, at the Marriott Motor Hotel, and is sponsored by 16 civic minded firms. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Macko and their four adopted children will tell what the adoptive and foster parent services of the United Appeal's Child Service and Family Counseling Center have meant to them. Mr. B. S. Keith, who lost his sight in his middle years will explain how he has remained active, thanks to the training he received at Community Services. For The Blind, an agency of the United Appeal. Five young members of the Cerebral Palsy Center chorus, directed by their teacher, Mrs. Elinor S. Robert, will stag-out their thanks for this United Appeal agency. Climaxing the program will be a talk by Bill Bridges, captain of the Atlanta Hawks and the selection of the two most outstanding loaned executives of last year's United Appeal. "Purpose of the annual meeting is to thank employees of business firms and organizations for their generous support of the United Appeal campaign," said Thomas K. Edenfield, regional vice-president, General Electric Company, who was chairman of last fall's successful drive and chairman of the awards meeting. The United Appeal's highest accolade, the Pacesetter Award, will be presented by employees of 134 organizations where 90% or more made fair share gifts to the 45 United Appeal agencies. Honor Awards will go to 75 groups where 75% or more gave fair share gifts, and Achievement Awards will be presented to employees of 344 organizations where support to the United Appeal increased by at least 33 ⅓%. Special citations will go to winners of the first annual contest for Industrial editors co-sponsored by the United Appeal and the Atlanta Chapter of the Georgia Industrial Editors Association. Sponsors of the meeting are, American Oil Company, American Telephone & Tele graph Company, Atlanta Gas Light Company, Atlanta Newspapers, Inc., E. T. Barwick Industries, Inc., The Citizens & Southern National Bank, The Coca-Cola" Company, Colonial Stores, Inc., Continental Can Company, Inc., The First National Bank of Atlanta, General Electric Company, Georgia Power Company, OwensIllinois, U. S. Steel Corporation. Westinghouse Electric Company, and Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. Catry Signs Contract With Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves apparently decided it was less expensive to sign Rico Carty than to negotiate with him via telephone. Carty called several times from his home in the Dominican Republic to talk about his contract and each time telephoned collect. Saturday, the Braves announced that the slugging left fielder had signed his 1970 contract. Carty, who sat out the entire 1968 season because of tuberculosis, came back last year to bat. 342 with 16 homers and 58 RBI's despite injuries which idled him for a total of 58 days. He was particularly effective the last month of the season when he knocked in 25 runs to help the Braves win the National League Western Division. Carty thus became the third starting outfielder to be signed by the Braves in three days. Hank Aaron agreed to terms Thursday and Tony Gonzales signed Friday. Morgan State's First 7' High Jumper Soaring over the bar at the Boston AAU Indoor Games. Erie Howard became the first high jumper in Morgan State College's track history to clear 7 feet and emerge as the best high jumper the Bears have produced during the 40-year coaching career of veteran mentor Eddie Hurt. Howard's leap wiped out Morgan State's high jump record of 6' 11½" held by George Dennis. Other top Morgan high jumpers were Bob Barksdale 6'10½" and Wilbur Davis 6' 9". Pontiac announces the beginning of tomorrow. There are four. Why? People have different ideas of what a sports car should be, Incorporating all of those ideas into one car is equivalent to putting an elephant's trunk, a camel's hump and stripes on a giraffe. You end up with a creature that doesn't do anything well. So... four Firebirds. Firebird (1). An economical model. Firebird Esprit (2). A luxurious model. Firebird Formula 400 (3). A road car. Firebird Trans Am (4). Our ultimate performance car. Four distinctly different Firebirds for drivers who agree on only one thing. A sports car. Three have always been a crowd. Especially in the back seat of a sports car. So the new Firebirds have two bucket-type seats in back. Plus two bucket seats up front. Four comfortable passengers, each in an individual seat. And a more comfortable ride. The rear seats gave us room to raise the drive tunnel between them. Which gives the suspension room to travel when you hit a bump. Which, in the Firebird and Esprit, produces a ride that many a full-size sedan would be proud of. Formula 400 and Trans Am don't have it quite as soft. Enthusiasts like a stiffer ride. Stiffer springs and shocks provide it. We didn't compromise handling a bit. We made the Wide-Track wider. Made fade-resistant front disc brakes standard. And for level cornering, we installed stabilizer bars up front. And added rear stabilizer bars' to Formula 400 and Trans Am. If you read bur descriptions of the four Firebirds, the engine lineup makes supreme sense. The basic Firebird has a 250-cubic-inch six. Esprit— a 350-cubic-inch, regular-gas V-8 Formula 400 has a 400-cubic-inch V-8. And Trans Am comes on with a 400-cubic-inch Ram Air V-8. Pontiac's Endura material is probably the best thing to happen to bumpers since bumpers. It's a resilient, rubberlike material that looks like painted metal. It resists dings, dents and chips. And it positively won't rust. A tough bumper. Covering the entire front end of each Firebird. Instrument panels, for instance. Easy to read. With easy-to-reach controls. We even designed the panels so that any light bulb can be changed in 60 seconds. By you. Without lying on the floor. But you'll undoubtedly want to find out for yourself. Please do. At a Pontiac dealer's. Then you'll know our "beginning of tomorrow" claim is more than a boast. The all-new Firebirds are here. There are four. Why? People have different ideas of what a sports car should be, Incorporating all of those ideas into one car is equivalent to putting an elephant's trunk, a camel's hump and stripes on a giraffe. You end up with a creature that doesn't do anything well. So... four Firebirds. Firebird (1). An economical model. Firebird Esprit (2). A luxurious model. Firebird Formula 400 (3). A road car. Firebird Trans Am (4). Our ultimate performance car. Four distinctly different Firebirds for drivers who agree on only one thing. A sports car. Three have always been a crowd. Especially in the back seat of a sports car. So the new Firebirds have two bucket-type seats in back. Plus two bucket seats up front. Four comfortable passengers, each in an individual seat. And a more comfortable ride. The rear seats gave us room to raise the drive tunnel between them. Which gives the suspension room to travel when you hit a bump. Which, in the Firebird and Esprit, produces a ride that many a full-size sedan would be proud of. Formula 400 and Trans Am don't have it quite as soft. Enthusiasts like a stiffer ride. Stiffer springs and shocks provide it. We didn't compromise handling a bit. We made the Wide-Track wider. Made fade-resistant front disc brakes standard. And for level cornering, we installed stabilizer bars up front. And added rear stabilizer bars' to Formula 400 and Trans Am. If you read bur descriptions of the four Firebirds, the engine lineup makes supreme sense. The basic Firebird has a 250-cubic-inch six. Esprit— a 350-cubic-inch, regular-gas V-8 Formula 400 has a 400-cubic-inch V-8. And Trans Am comes on with a 400-cubic-inch Ram Air V-8. Pontiac's Endura material is probably the best thing to happen to bumpers since bumpers. It's a resilient, rubberlike material that looks like painted metal. It resists dings, dents and chips. And it positively won't rust. A tough bumper. Covering the entire front end of each Firebird. Instrument panels, for instance. Easy to read. With easy-to-reach controls. We even designed the panels so that any light bulb can be changed in 60 seconds. By you. Without lying on the floor. But you'll undoubtedly want to find out for yourself. Please do. At a Pontiac dealer's. Then you'll know our "beginning of tomorrow" claim is more than a boast. Comfortable seating for four. Period. There are four. Why? People have different ideas of what a sports car should be, Incorporating all of those ideas into one car is equivalent to putting an elephant's trunk, a camel's hump and stripes on a giraffe. You end up with a creature that doesn't do anything well. So... four Firebirds. Firebird (1). An economical model. Firebird Esprit (2). A luxurious model. Firebird Formula 400 (3). A road car. Firebird Trans Am (4). Our ultimate performance car. Four distinctly different Firebirds for drivers who agree on only one thing. A sports car. Three have always been a crowd. Especially in the back seat of a sports car. So the new Firebirds have two bucket-type seats in back. Plus two bucket seats up front. Four comfortable passengers, each in an individual seat. And a more comfortable ride. The rear seats gave us room to raise the drive tunnel between them. Which gives the suspension room to travel when you hit a bump. Which, in the Firebird and Esprit, produces a ride that many a full-size sedan would be proud of. Formula 400 and Trans Am don't have it quite as soft. Enthusiasts like a stiffer ride. Stiffer springs and shocks provide it. We didn't compromise handling a bit. We made the Wide-Track wider. Made fade-resistant front disc brakes standard. And for level cornering, we installed stabilizer bars up front. And added rear stabilizer bars' to Formula 400 and Trans Am. If you read bur descriptions of the four Firebirds, the engine lineup makes supreme sense. The basic Firebird has a 250-cubic-inch six. Esprit— a 350-cubic-inch, regular-gas V-8 Formula 400 has a 400-cubic-inch V-8. And Trans Am comes on with a 400-cubic-inch Ram Air V-8. Pontiac's Endura material is probably the best thing to happen to bumpers since bumpers. It's a resilient, rubberlike material that looks like painted metal. It resists dings, dents and chips. And it positively won't rust. A tough bumper. Covering the entire front end of each Firebird. Instrument panels, for instance. Easy to read. With easy-to-reach controls. We even designed the panels so that any light bulb can be changed in 60 seconds. By you. Without lying on the floor. But you'll undoubtedly want to find out for yourself. Please do. At a Pontiac dealer's. Then you'll know our "beginning of tomorrow" claim is more than a boast. A ride is nothing without quick handling. There are four. Why? People have different ideas of what a sports car should be, Incorporating all of those ideas into one car is equivalent to putting an elephant's trunk, a camel's hump and stripes on a giraffe. You end up with a creature that doesn't do anything well. So... four Firebirds. Firebird (1). An economical model. Firebird Esprit (2). A luxurious model. Firebird Formula 400 (3). A road car. Firebird Trans Am (4). Our ultimate performance car. Four distinctly different Firebirds for drivers who agree on only one thing. A sports car. Three have always been a crowd. Especially in the back seat of a sports car. So the new Firebirds have two bucket-type seats in back. Plus two bucket seats up front. Four comfortable passengers, each in an individual seat. And a more comfortable ride. The rear seats gave us room to raise the drive tunnel between them. Which gives the suspension room to travel when you hit a bump. Which, in the Firebird and Esprit, produces a ride that many a full-size sedan would be proud of. Formula 400 and Trans Am don't have it quite as soft. Enthusiasts like a stiffer ride. Stiffer springs and shocks provide it. We didn't compromise handling a bit. We made the Wide-Track wider. Made fade-resistant front disc brakes standard. And for level cornering, we installed stabilizer bars up front. And added rear stabilizer bars' to Formula 400 and Trans Am. If you read bur descriptions of the four Firebirds, the engine lineup makes supreme sense. The basic Firebird has a 250-cubic-inch six. Esprit— a 350-cubic-inch, regular-gas V-8 Formula 400 has a 400-cubic-inch V-8. And Trans Am comes on with a 400-cubic-inch Ram Air V-8. Pontiac's Endura material is probably the best thing to happen to bumpers since bumpers. It's a resilient, rubberlike material that looks like painted metal. It resists dings, dents and chips. And it positively won't rust. A tough bumper. Covering the entire front end of each Firebird. Instrument panels, for instance. Easy to read. With easy-to-reach controls. We even designed the panels so that any light bulb can be changed in 60 seconds. By you. Without lying on the floor. But you'll undoubtedly want to find out for yourself. Please do. At a Pontiac dealer's. Then you'll know our "beginning of tomorrow" claim is more than a boast. Engines to match. There are four. Why? People have different ideas of what a sports car should be, Incorporating all of those ideas into one car is equivalent to putting an elephant's trunk, a camel's hump and stripes on a giraffe. You end up with a creature that doesn't do anything well. So... four Firebirds. Firebird (1). An economical model. Firebird Esprit (2). A luxurious model. Firebird Formula 400 (3). A road car. Firebird Trans Am (4). Our ultimate performance car. Four distinctly different Firebirds for drivers who agree on only one thing. A sports car. Three have always been a crowd. Especially in the back seat of a sports car. So the new Firebirds have two bucket-type seats in back. Plus two bucket seats up front. Four comfortable passengers, each in an individual seat. And a more comfortable ride. The rear seats gave us room to raise the drive tunnel between them. Which gives the suspension room to travel when you hit a bump. Which, in the Firebird and Esprit, produces a ride that many a full-size sedan would be proud of. Formula 400 and Trans Am don't have it quite as soft. Enthusiasts like a stiffer ride. Stiffer springs and shocks provide it. We didn't compromise handling a bit. We made the Wide-Track wider. Made fade-resistant front disc brakes standard. And for level cornering, we installed stabilizer bars up front. And added rear stabilizer bars' to Formula 400 and Trans Am. If you read bur descriptions of the four Firebirds, the engine lineup makes supreme sense. The basic Firebird has a 250-cubic-inch six. Esprit— a 350-cubic-inch, regular-gas V-8 Formula 400 has a 400-cubic-inch V-8. And Trans Am comes on with a 400-cubic-inch Ram Air V-8. Pontiac's Endura material is probably the best thing to happen to bumpers since bumpers. It's a resilient, rubberlike material that looks like painted metal. It resists dings, dents and chips. And it positively won't rust. A tough bumper. Covering the entire front end of each Firebird. Instrument panels, for instance. Easy to read. With easy-to-reach controls. We even designed the panels so that any light bulb can be changed in 60 seconds. By you. Without lying on the floor. But you'll undoubtedly want to find out for yourself. Please do. At a Pontiac dealer's. Then you'll know our "beginning of tomorrow" claim is more than a boast. Endura bumpers that absorb blimps. There are four. Why? People have different ideas of what a sports car should be, Incorporating all of those ideas into one car is equivalent to putting an elephant's trunk, a camel's hump and stripes on a giraffe. You end up with a creature that doesn't do anything well. So... four Firebirds. Firebird (1). An economical model. Firebird Esprit (2). A luxurious model. Firebird Formula 400 (3). A road car. Firebird Trans Am (4). Our ultimate performance car. Four distinctly different Firebirds for drivers who agree on only one thing. A sports car. Three have always been a crowd. Especially in the back seat of a sports car. So the new Firebirds have two bucket-type seats in back. Plus two bucket seats up front. Four comfortable passengers, each in an individual seat. And a more comfortable ride. The rear seats gave us room to raise the drive tunnel between them. Which gives the suspension room to travel when you hit a bump. Which, in the Firebird and Esprit, produces a ride that many a full-size sedan would be proud of. Formula 400 and Trans Am don't have it quite as soft. Enthusiasts like a stiffer ride. Stiffer springs and shocks provide it. We didn't compromise handling a bit. We made the Wide-Track wider. Made fade-resistant front disc brakes standard. And for level cornering, we installed stabilizer bars up front. And added rear stabilizer bars' to Formula 400 and Trans Am. If you read bur descriptions of the four Firebirds, the engine lineup makes supreme sense. The basic Firebird has a 250-cubic-inch six. Esprit— a 350-cubic-inch, regular-gas V-8 Formula 400 has a 400-cubic-inch V-8. And Trans Am comes on with a 400-cubic-inch Ram Air V-8. Pontiac's Endura material is probably the best thing to happen to bumpers since bumpers. It's a resilient, rubberlike material that looks like painted metal. It resists dings, dents and chips. And it positively won't rust. A tough bumper. Covering the entire front end of each Firebird. Instrument panels, for instance. Easy to read. With easy-to-reach controls. We even designed the panels so that any light bulb can be changed in 60 seconds. By you. Without lying on the floor. But you'll undoubtedly want to find out for yourself. Please do. At a Pontiac dealer's. Then you'll know our "beginning of tomorrow" claim is more than a boast. The decisive victory of functionalism over faddism. There are four. Why? People have different ideas of what a sports car should be, Incorporating all of those ideas into one car is equivalent to putting an elephant's trunk, a camel's hump and stripes on a giraffe. You end up with a creature that doesn't do anything well. So... four Firebirds. Firebird (1). An economical model. Firebird Esprit (2). A luxurious model. Firebird Formula 400 (3). A road car. Firebird Trans Am (4). Our ultimate performance car. Four distinctly different Firebirds for drivers who agree on only one thing. A sports car. Three have always been a crowd. Especially in the back seat of a sports car. So the new Firebirds have two bucket-type seats in back. Plus two bucket seats up front. Four comfortable passengers, each in an individual seat. And a more comfortable ride. The rear seats gave us room to raise the drive tunnel between them. Which gives the suspension room to travel when you hit a bump. Which, in the Firebird and Esprit, produces a ride that many a full-size sedan would be proud of. Formula 400 and Trans Am don't have it quite as soft. Enthusiasts like a stiffer ride. Stiffer springs and shocks provide it. We didn't compromise handling a bit. We made the Wide-Track wider. Made fade-resistant front disc brakes standard. And for level cornering, we installed stabilizer bars up front. And added rear stabilizer bars' to Formula 400 and Trans Am. If you read bur descriptions of the four Firebirds, the engine lineup makes supreme sense. The basic Firebird has a 250-cubic-inch six. Esprit— a 350-cubic-inch, regular-gas V-8 Formula 400 has a 400-cubic-inch V-8. And Trans Am comes on with a 400-cubic-inch Ram Air V-8. Pontiac's Endura material is probably the best thing to happen to bumpers since bumpers. It's a resilient, rubberlike material that looks like painted metal. It resists dings, dents and chips. And it positively won't rust. A tough bumper. Covering the entire front end of each Firebird. Instrument panels, for instance. Easy to read. With easy-to-reach controls. We even designed the panels so that any light bulb can be changed in 60 seconds. By you. Without lying on the floor. But you'll undoubtedly want to find out for yourself. Please do. At a Pontiac dealer's. Then you'll know our "beginning of tomorrow" claim is more than a boast. Delaware State Bows To Maryland State, 91-85 In 20 of his 24 points after intermission, led-the Hornets back. Delaware State took the lead at 51-50 with 15 minutes left and it changedhands four time before Maryland State went ahead 63-60 with 11: 30 left. The hawks widened their margin until Vanderhost and Leroy Lark brought the Hornets to within two at 8381 with 1:49 left. Maryland State switched to possession bail to force the Hornets to foul and free throws the hawks their final margin. Delaware State is now 156 for the season and 9-5 in the CIAA. Levi Fontaine, Jake Ford and Jim Morgan all had 18 points for Maryland State. Maryland State had its problems but finally subdued Delaware State 91-85 to extends its undefeated streak in a Central Intercollegiate Association Basketball game Saturday night. The victory was the 19th straight for Maryland State, which leads the CIAA with a 14-0 mark. It is fifthrated among the nation's small colleges. Fouls hurt Delaware State, which lost four regulars on personals. The Hornets had a decided edge in field goals 35-29 over one of the nation's topscoring teams but at the line, Maryland State was 3342 while Delaware State was only 15-24. The visiting hawks took a 45-34 first-half lead but Bob Vanderhost, who put Broncos Sign S. C. State Footballers The Denver Broncos have announced the signing of South Carolina State College football players Wallace Richardson and Odell Sumter as free agents. Richardson, 6-1 ½ 215, running back, carried the ball 112 times for an average of 4.8 yards. He Is a native of Darlington, S. C. Sumter, 6 - 2, 220, end caught 22 passes for 214 yards and two touchdowns. He is a native of Columbia, S. C. "I am very happy to get an opportunity to tryout for a professional team," said Richard son, the workhorse of the Bull dogs' attack last season. "I have always wanted to play in the pros and I hope I can measure up." In a recent trip to Denver both Richardson and Sumter were given the red carpet treatment. "The club seems to be very Interested in us," said Sumter "I think I have what it takes to make it with Denver and I am looting forward to the first days of practice."