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irRv';I*r.N elt;£rlt; C7rwl T*IheRejects Track GranlrttsCHARLESTON Negro track sWellsburgdowntrack scholarship, it was disclosed here Monday.Charleston Attorney Willard Brown, an officiial of the West Virginia branch of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People, said he understood Hearst rejected an offerfrom track coach Stan Roma noski because Hearst felt he would not be able to compete with cer-:ain Southern Conference teams.It was learned last week that wo other Negro high school ath-etes had turned down football scholarships to the university.Both Negro football players, all -state halfback Tom Bloom erf Weirton ami tackle Dave Robinson of Moores town, N. I., saidthey did not like the idea of being the first of their race tobreak the color barrier at t h euniversity.nan- HIM i i-j— gw.im»n
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Morgantown Dominion News
Morgantown, West Virginia, US
Tue, Jun 23, 1959
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