San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, July 19, 1963 Page: 3 of 8
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Kirven Family Corners
State Go'.fing Crowns
**0181 Oolfln* Kirven*," m they turn to frtqtuntiy dona ta
1 the paat, cornered Megro golf in* honon, lait week, In the
i uaraal running of the Teue Bute Qolf auoci&tion
S0th
tenr ehunpiooihip tournament. Malcolm Kirven copped the
gUte chunpionihip, while hia dad, Lazar Kirven, Sr., won the
tenior diviiion title.
Twenty-one-year-old Malcolm Kirven wavered in the late
found., but rame ■■ th. atat.
rhnmpioa wit* • eeren-o»«r par 2fW.
eli ivtrokf* better than the runnerup,
(Tlarene. lti*lt»by of (Mew. Illiriraby
caril 'd • 2M. niirc»by waa the 1IHJ1
mute Negro champion.
Till. wu the aecond .t.t« crown
for Malreim. bia havln* won the
dttfilem In HX*>. •» Auatin.
He hafl' been a history-maker on
the Interracial acene, too. in 1BT» he
made hlctory In Han Antonio and the
South when he became the flrat Ne-
aro to win the Ban Antonio Jnnlor
dtr (toU rhamplonahlp. He repeated
In 1!)60, to win the junior crown two
*rnr. running.
'ITirn age made him too old to com-
pete attain aa a Junior, ao. In 1MB,
he ron the city amateur men'a golf-
ing rbamplnnahlp. li be the flrat Ne-
gri to eeptore the 8m Antonio city
crown.
Malcolm wee ahead all the way,
last week. He ahot a acorrhln* flrat
ron nil «!—11-M, to lead by four
■trukea. Then he built up ( 12-atroka
advantai*. only to bare two nitf-ao-
(ih.iI late rounda when he ahot orer
par. HUH he waa nerer cloaely punh-
ed.
Tougher for Dil
Thing. were not quite ao eaay for
I^iuir, Sr.. In hla eaptnrlng the eenior
iMv i«lim— for pUyera o»er *l». Tlie
filler member of tha golfing Kirven
clan bad to hole a birdie, on the nine-
teenth green, to edge Ricky Moody,
one up. "Hilt wee the flrat yeer tha
aenior divWon erent haa bee* rue.
In an all-San Antonio eenli* dlvi-
alon con notation flight, Charlee J
defected Kid red Sprlgga, one np,
The champion.hlp flight conaolatloa
waa won by Carl Turner, Anatin.
Ike Oliver of Pnllna won the flrat
flight, taking out Itohert Crunk of
Han Antonio, 3 and Z In the coa-
mlallon, Oawald Flower* rtf Hun An-
tonio ouated laaac Lewie of Dallaa,
1 and 2.
Han Antoninna were abut out la
tha aecond flight. Millard Hodge,
Seguin, defeated Volmer Overton,
Anatin, to win It. but Orenthue Ma-
Jora. Ran Antonio, defeated Hedell
Terr.v, Houston, 4 and 2, In the con-
notation.
The third flight wai all-San An-
tonio, with Thomaa FJII* defeating
Tmnmle Jnnea. 7 nnrl fl. In the con-
aolatlon, Henry Manning, Anatla, de-
feated Pleasant Hill, Sau Antonio,
2 and 1.
Ed Benton, Sweetwater, won the
Marvin Watimn flight, defeating Har-
ry Wllaon, San Antonio, 1 np. Leroy
.lackaon. San Antonio, defeated John
I/oke, Amariilo, 4 and 3, tor conaola-
tlon honor*.
Heaatoa Woman t haan,. Again
The woman'. title waa won by
Maureen tiuiiord of llouaton. who
eucceeafully defended the atete chain-
pionftMp .tie won let year. T.illle
Matthewa, San Antonio, waa runner-
ap.
Junior TUIIat
I<eaia Matthewa. Dallaa. 821. we*
the Junior tltliat: Jamea Brown. Fort
Worth, 331; Johnny Strong, Fort
Worth, 3X4, and Chrla Manning, Dal-
laa, 44)0, finished In that order.
Lindbergh
Recreation Center
News, Activities
The lap awl ballet claaaea, under
■>» direction of Mina Judy Lo|>ea and
Sr.. Kmily Brigga. planlat. Monday,
from 9:30 to 11 in the mornlnga, ere
%*ll attended. Hpnninh and Mexican
«.*-ce are held Tueaday morninga
Iri ..mi #:») to 11, under the direction
•f Vra. Hjlvle Caliado.
Pirtieipeifl* en tookiaf forward
Id the (tinU frown, bald each year
et M ueli/j'ii 1 auditorinm. Thia one la
eeheduled % Thuradaj ereaing, Ang-
aat 13, at 4y^clack.
Free aarlafl^g inatrnctioM an
Preaidttt — _
prograa. Jhft a ad girW walk a
cq tiara eaefc dag, fee W Haa, which
eonitltatee a mile. After participant,
walk 100 mllee, they win he flven
an honorary, i1 ■llflaate. Adulta wlah-
Ing to teke part la thla phyelcal fit-
aeaa program tfily tirop by the center
and talk with tke ptaygroaad leedera.
Mra. Cynthia Lee end Wlneton Mllea.
llie Midget beye hare won the gone
chainplouahlp and will atart pUylng
aeit week for the dty cbamplonablp.
Aenior glrla bar* won three out at
four gamea, and will pley the South
Hide I lone to flnlah the eeaaon.
On July *1, Lindbergh, along with
41 other plajffnnde, wUl hate aa
all-day cook-oat Toungeten wUl plaa
and prepare meaaa, at the alt*. Par-
enta Interacted la coatribuUng food
and tranaportatlon an e*ed te call
the center, CApltel 8-T288.
LINCOLN PARK
YOUTH LEAGUE
Hie Indiana made It Una la e
row la tha Amerlcaa league ct the
IJaeoU Park Youth league eecead-
helf race, ac they plaatared tha win-
leaa Tlgerc, 1M. The wtaaera were
paced by kard-hlttlag Ait Darla whe
Clashed oat three daglcc, and a bock-
Vt-back home ma wlU "Good «' Mr."
Jlmmle Wlleoa.
The recargtag WhlU Boa and little
Bobby Ward taraed back the Taakr
ere, 17-12, ia ■ fucceorlng affair.
Ward hit two doaUea tad two home
nine, oac c( the totter wUh tha bcaec
loaded. Ward drove la • total ed eU
CHe then eame ea ia the third
eke the aeaad aad halt the
a' late-laalaf rally.
ent aU.
Harvey Odcaril itoe Mt a
raa for the wlaaere. Ncthiag, how-
ever, could atop the TankecC bid for
the dbtteetiea of baring the heat
ahortctep ia the leagae, Oeaa Shrop-
chin, whe aeat flee far flea, with
a aiagle, three doaUea. a trtpto, aad
fire Maha baccc, along wra eome
Black Sox
Thump
Wonders
Han Antonio Blark Sox thumped
Klng'a Men Young Wondera, 10-3,
Sunday, cc Felix "Woodman" AVood-
aoa end IT. F. Plnch'mck kept the
Wimden under contrd. all th« w»y.
Woodson picked np rictory No. 4,
pitching five full Inninga, end "leav-
ing the game with the Sox In froat.
ft-3. Pinchbeck gave three hlta aad
one raa the lcct fear fnmee.
lie Wondera' manager, Blair New,
taraed pitcher after » yean ia the
tfcfS^e
Lea Oarrlaon, m* eee-
cad cachcr. bleated a haaaa loaded
doable te aeon three raaa with that
wallop, aad idagied la aaother ran
la the eoventh. L D. Bow ma alao
got a doable and a dngle.
Alrla Orlffla, with two for foor,
was the leading hltfer for tae Won-
dera.
Sex la Aaatla, Haaday
The Box had originally bean eched-
nled to pley the Lockhort Tiger* In
Hegnln, Hunilav, but thla gauie bad
to be canceled because tbe Seguln
White Sox most uae the perk to make
up a nlned-out South Texnc league
game.
The Sox wlU, ln«teail of the Seguln
game, play the Anatin Palomino* In
AuallB. Sunday, July 28. tbey will
play a double-header la Uraldc, end,
oa Snnday, Aug. 4, will bring the
Pchmlaoa to Baa Antonio for a game
ct Plttmgn-SuMren perk.
Ia the Natloeal league. Calvla
Uaeery'e hcoa raa, plaa ctroag cap-
port fnm Leoa Behcet*. Lloyd Paa-
ey, aad Leroy Thomae, aided the Pl-
rctee la thdr wa;ciit el the Cuba
Howard Pcttua waa the epark plug
tcr the faaproriag Oaha
Other game* caw the White Box
edge the Ttgara, 4-8, cad the Dragone
hep the Yankee^ 144, la th* Amerl-
caa Iccgne, cad la the National, the
laagae-laadlng Breve* pot a d-2
wheamy on the Cat*, aad th* cceoad-
ptocc Qlcnte got by the Dodgen, 8-0.
The Mending* fee the atcoad half,
thrcagh Wow.
N flTw! la P«-
Braece 4 4 J 1 1.000
Otoatt 4 t .TOO
Plntca 4 I r i .000
5«ka f 0 M0
Dodger* ! 0 I .000
India ac
Dragone
White Sox ..,
Ycnkeec
O. W. L. Pet.
.. » • 0 1.000
... 4 a
... 4 a
... » 1
0
1 .750
2 .900
a .*as
4 .000
Scribe Boosts
"Satch" for
Hall of Fame
By the Accocutrd Negro I'recc
OHICAOO—A Chicago aportc writ-
er propoaed laat week that baarball
make amende for Ita paat color ban
which kept cce pitcher Hatchel Pnlgo
out of the major league until he waa
pact his prime, by placing him In
the Hall of Fame.
Writing In hlc daily column,
"Wake of the Newa," la th* Chicago
Daily Tribune, writer I)nve Con-
don, commented:
"Satchel l'clge'c color kept him oat
of the majon until Bill Veeck bad
the gute to bring him up la 1648.
Paige then waa 42 yean old.
"Let baaeball net ciimponnd the
Injuctlce done Paige, one of the moot
drilled of all pitcher* and permit hi*
cdor to keep him oat of the Ilnll of
Decplte hla advanced age, Paige, la
104H, helped pitch th* Ulevdaad
Indiana to th<> American leagae pea-
nant
Ilefore entering the major*, Paige
pltchcd for the Kansas City Mon-
arch* In the now defnnct Negn
American league, atarring with the
Kanaa* City Monarch* far many
yenrc. lie la on* of the moat fabled
pifchen In all baaehnll.
i'aijte, now liilieicd to b« near 90,
la etill ceml-actlva ia baaebalL
Ex-Wheatloyite is
Awarded Marine Good
Conduct Medal
Marine Corporal Arthur N. Ell, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley EH of 1407
Pelgatlo *treet. Aon Antonio,
tioned at the imrine lic. rnrka, United
Htatea Navu! Mfotlon, Br muda, ra-
rently rccrivetf a (Joud m^d«L
The medrl la awjirdoii for demon-
ntrating hiuli a^liiermient In ronduet
and proficiency lu rnnk Juring three
jenn of continnrviiM ecflve aervlce.
A gratiuat^ ut tfi« 1'hillla Wheat ley
high achool. FT! eutrred thn marines
In April. 1900
MAIJCOIJM KIRVRM
9fATR CHAMJ*—Malcolm Kirven
21, tie younffat of the "Golfin' Kir-
I vena," wnlked off with the atata
Nagra golfing cliampionahip in the
aaMil tournament held laat week at
WiBeV Hpringa courae. He waa atata
ehi^OB ia 11)00. Ua made hiatory
in IfOi whfn he became tha firat Ne-
gro to win tbe dty junior arolf chain-
plo«Mp. Hnd then retained bia titla
in I9i0. Ia 1'*'- he became tbe firat
Negra to win the San Antonio men'a
golflaf crown- and the firat Negro
to fca the Rolf champion of any aouth
era dty.
Royals, Bombers in Finals
Of ESBB League Playoff
Athletica' Ed Charlea
Mixes Poetry, Baseball
aj bill aaowaa
Tor the Aaaociated Negro Praaa
KANSAS CITY—The poet Uure&U of major league baseball
is a fellow who probably nerer thought that he would snake
the big time—in baaeball, that if.
Hit name if Charles, who knocked around the minors for
10 seasons before he became a big league performer. Now Ed
Charles is considered one of the most accomplished third base-
men in the American league.
By ' BUBBA ' WASHINGTON
THE San Antonio Royals, regular league champions, and San
Antonio Bomberg, fourth in the final regular season stand-
ings, both came from behind, Sunday, to win their respective
second straight first-round playoff games, to barge into the
final round of the East Side baseball league playoff series.
Sunday, at Pittman Sullivan park, they will meet in a
double-header in a best two-of-three series for the league cham-
pionship, and right to play in the all-1 *hoy got to Jnmea for two more runa.
city chnmpionahip aeriea. |nntl aucceaaor. Tucker Guinea, for
K | hre*, to mnke their tofnl aix, and
Last Sunday, tbe Itoyala went
inninga to get a 7-0 decision from the
Reea to make the final round.
Sum Bimwita hit a tremcudou*
100-foot triple to drive In the win-
ning run for the Bomlwra over the
Denver Helghta Beara, 5-4, to *weep
their aeriea.
Baea LaaJ for Seven
Joha Harvey and tha Beea breezed
along ia front, through aeven Inninga,
6-0. The Beea picked up one run In
the third, off Levy Jamea, Royala'
starter, when ha walked four consecu-
tive battera. In the fourth Inning,
■ ed by that count, 0-0, through aeven
frames.
The Roynla came alive In the
eighth, and jumped on Harvey for
five tallies, to trail by one run, 6-ft.
Homer Ties It
In the top of the ninth, Victor
Dupree alammed out a homer, for
the Royala, to tie up th* game, at 0-6,
and aend It ln<e extra innings. Then,
tha Beea, apparently nnnerved, gave
up aa unearned run to the Royala
ia tha tap at tbe tenth, and that
proved to be tbe ban gaae.
Benny Houaton, who came aa In
One baaeb*I1 abeerver told Hank
Bauer, then maaager of tbe Kanaas
City Athletica, to put Charlea on
third aad forget It. Thla was la the
1062 training sea**) after the 30
year-old Infielder had been acquired
ia a trade from the Milwaukee Bravee
of tbe National league. Bauer was
reluctant to take the observer's sd-
vice, but he did and didn't live to
regret it
Now Eddie Lopat, manager of the
A'a now, says:
MI don't know how good he was in
tbe minors, but evidently the esper-
ience didn't do him any harm. It
ahows in bis orer-all work."
Aa a member of the chain gang of
the Milwsnk#e Braves system.
Chsrles wss probsbly held back be-
cauae of the number of tan playera on
the parent club. This might be Im-
provable, bnt in the mid-1860*s a lot
of clubs had a quota ou baseball.
MI don't know why, but they Just
held me down," Charlea aaya now. "I
know acouta who said their teams
wera trying to buy me, but Milwau-
kee Just wouldn't let me go.M
With the A's last season. Charles
wss one of the few bright spots for
a ninth place ball club. He waa one
of the team's most timely hitters snd
proved more-than-adequate defensive-
ly.
He continued his fins hLtting and
fielding this season. In June be waa
rapping the ball at a better-than-ftX)
clip and waa in tbe contentlou. with
an exceptional field, for AL all-star
third baseman.
Charles, s native of Pt. Petersburg,
Fla , was a hlrh school basketball
and baseball star. He waa signed to
his first contrsct by Hngh Wis*, s
seout for the Brsvea.
After aerving ia the army 21
montha, he began hia organize! base-
ball career la 1062» A lour the war
to the majors, he batted ..'I'm) and had
115 runa batted in for Corpna Chris-
ti of the Big Rtste league in ltt.%5
He also hit JOB for Vanconrer of
the Pacific Coast league In 1W1,
his laat aeason In the minors. He also
performed for Quebec In tbe Pro-
vincial leegue. Fort Lauderdale In
the Florida Htate league, Wichita in
the American aaNoHati»»n, Jackson-
ville In the Houth Atlantic and Louis-
• Hie In the American asuneiation.
Charlea doesn't mind talking about
baseball or pegtfjr,
"If I had time." he said. "I believe
I could compose some pretty good
poetry. I'd like to write stuff sbout
baaeball and my experience with the
game."
He got hie poetic Inapiratlon In
Puerto Rico in the 1060 winter base-
bell season. Niwe then, be has had
several published, including one thst
netted him $25 from a national msg-
azine. That Is the sole extent of hia
eamlnga. But hia poetry isn't bsd,
aa witness this:
"Baseball, America's favorlts
pastime
MI played with the b»«Ht in my
prime.
"What I'd like to say is this.
•The game to eome la far from
bliss-
tha rfg'1 to relieve Galnea, pitched I
brilliant I tail for the Royal*, to allow
es no runs the last three in-
ningae He ran into trouble in the
tentl^but, with the basea loaded aud
twe eat. bo bore down to strike out
tha always dangerous T. J. Williams
to end the ball gnme.
There were some fielding gems.
Bsblfft Russell made a sensational
catch for the Roy sis In the seventh,
snd lientcr Collins came up with a
hrsadktsk.r in the eighth.
rfRulz Boys Beat Bears
rmUiit brothers. Bunny aud Ern-
ie, coaibiued their hurling talent to
b«it tSle Pears.
close, well-played game,
managed by Floyd Montgomery. In j the South Ride league playoff winn* r.
the playoff finals. The winner oft Aug. 3, at Mission atadinm, In the
the East Side playoff will meet'city championship series.
Segaii BIm Jays
Boabardtd, 19-0,
By SMI Stealers
By K. CKIJSNTK AMJCN
RKtSUlN—The RMI Rteelera to;-!
with the Reguin Blue Jays at Fsir-
ground park. Sunday, July 14, while
pinning a 1M defeat on them in a
Houth Texaa league basetiall game.
Aa the game turned out, it could
have been called in the first Inning
when tbe Hteelers arored four runs «>n
six hits snd tbe first two of ten BJue
•Tsy errors. They added two runs in
the se«ond Inning, and. after going
soorelesa in the third and fourth aeut
VI men to the piste in the fifth to
telly seven times. Two more runs were
sdded in the sixth, snd four in the
eighth.
Meanwhile, C. Kemple. flfeel-c
ruoundamau. had the Blue Jsy bau-
mea helpless. He allowed only four
bits, two In the latter innings when
he began loafing the ball in. allow-
ing Jays to get on base, then bearing
down to preserve his shutont. He
struck out ri. while his team pounl-
ed out 23 hits.
The Blue Jays played the game
with a makeshift lineup, several of
their players having quit »he team
during the week. Whether they could
have won at full strength is doubtful,
thourh they might have rade a better
showing.
Although hopeleaaly out of the race,
the msnsgemeut of the Blue Jays h:<s
vowed to finish the season, regard-
less.
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Free Estimates
Chain Link and Wood
WAlnut 3-3191
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It ■
nd It wa«
derona triple, In the seventh, off Sid-
nay driving in a run, that
the Issue.
Thaigafce was called after the sev-
enth, beea i
use of darkne
its tbe Bombsrs, msnsged by
Hartfield, and tbe Royals,
Althei Gi
To Make Pro
Golfiog Debut
Bf tke Aaeojlatel Negro Preca
SUTTON, Mace.—Althrt Olbaoo,
net Wimbledos and United BUtea
wcaea'c alnclea teanla cfaemploo
taraed goller, will meke her peo-
(eatoaal (oiflnc debet la the United
Statca OoUerc accoeUtlon Women'e
Open tonrnament la Clndunatl, July
18-90, It wac anaooaced here laet
|J^
Jjm Wlrta, LadiM Pro(eccioi>al
Ootferc cceodatioa tournament direc-
tor, toaflnned that be had proeecaed
Ml— Oibeon'e cppKectlon. He pre'eed
lflcc Gibaon, ccjrlnc:
"Oar entire froop U tour in* pro-
fecdoBdc feel that Althea haa tra-
mtailnTH yK—H«1 aad oonld develop
Uto CM ef oar top pUjere. Hh. ic cn
loaf and aecorate hitter,
which to alw.TC aa adrcatafe la
eoea'c fo».-
Althea took «p «oinn« .pproxl-
metelr fonr yecra ar>, efter retirlef
from tennla eompetition, ana her
tcM hca liaprored ctcadlly.
Ia 1902, the woa both the Ihi*le-
wood, N. J., Oolf club championship
cad the North-South winter tourne-
■t la Miami. Bho rceentlr tied for
th piece la ST&eteru Udiee
Amctcur of tbe LFG*.
Ml. Oibwin wild that eh. hed con-
templated turning prul^onel "for
ease tinw" and la ewrrinced thet
"now S the time to burin pleyln*.
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Only oBe-third of New York City*,
populatioa actually lirea la
Hirlem today. The twielnimr two-
tUrd lire In other pcrtc of Manhat-
tan and In tbe dty'i fonr other bor-
oofta. ^
Pegrot. ie both a eaetua aad a rell-
doa. the letter one of the renieicins
rrctlrcc of enclent Indian cnlinr.
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