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THE BLACK INK
March, 1973
Waddell Is Interested
In All Kinds Of Sports
Linda Florence
Staff Writer
Charles Douglas Waddell who
played tight end for Coach BUI
Dooley’s football squad and
fo.rward for Coach Bill
Guthridge of the Junior Varsity
basketball team, ended the
season by playing varsity
basketball with Coach Dean
Smith. “I hope to go out for
track and field before leaving
Carolina,” he said.
Several colleges offered
Waddell a scholarship in track
and field. “I probably would be
throwing the shotput this
season, but 1 hurt my hand
playing football. So, I’ll wait a
while,” he said in a deep but
pleasant monotone.
Charles Waddell, a handsome
6-foot-5, 218 pound sophomore
from Southern Pines, N.C. came
from a family of two children.
He got into sports, as many
young Blacks do, by playing the
games with the “boys on the
block” when there was nothing
else to do.
The “block boys” helped him
develop his interest in sports.
But Waddell gives his brother
credit fro being the
“encouraging factor” that
guided him into the sports
world. “My brother, who is eight
years older than me, played
football and basketball
throughout high school. He
encouraged me and taught me a
lot of the things I know. He gave
me the background.”
When Waddell was in high
school, he played spoiite ‘‘jttst
for something to do.’’. But; lie h
has found that college sporls. -
require more time. “Yo« have to
put yourself into it more,” he
said. Waddell doesn’t mind
putting more of himself into his
games. He enjoys sports and
plays well.
In high school, Waddell was a
member of the National Honor
Society. Of a graduating class of
400 students, he was in the top
five per cent. Willie McLaughlin,
a sophomore who went to Pine
Crest High with Waddell,
described him as a “high school
celebrity.” He was outstanding
for his high quality of academic
work as well as sports,
McLaughlin said. “Yet, he never
was one to brag or boast about
what he could do.”
When he isn’t with the teams,
in class, studying or sleeping,
Waddell does find some time to
socialize. “I go to campus parties
occasionally, and friends come
by my room pretty often,” he
said. Although sometimes
WaddeU likes hard rock music,
“I like nearly all soul music,” he
said.
Socializing on campus is
sometimes possible, but his
schedule doesn’t allow him to go
home often. He says that his
parents do come to visit
sometimes.
His mother didn’t like the
idea of him playing football at
first because his brother got hurt
while playing football at A&T.
“But later she went along with
the idea.”
Waddell came to CaroUna on
a football scholarship, planning
to major in business
administration, but soon he
decided to change to industrial
relations. “Industrial Relations is
related to business
administration,” Waddell
explained, “but since it’s kinda
general and broad, I thought
that it would be more beneficial
than concentrating in business,”
he said.
Waddell lists academic
standing as one of his major
reasons for coming to Carolina.
He doesn’t think that it is “too
difficult” but he admits that he
does get behind in his studies
sometimes. “Getting behind,
having so much to do, make
things tough,” he said.
The athlete hesitantly talked
about playing professional ball
after graduation. “There is
always the risk of injuries in
sports. That will probably
determine whether I go to the
pros or not,” he said. But, if he
doesn’t go to the pros, he is
confident that Carohna’s “strong
academic standing” would be
beneficial in his occupational
quest.
If WaddeU does make it to
the professional level, wiU he
play football or basketball? He is
not sure. He enjoys both sports a
great deal. “I suspect that 1
would play football because I’m
a little short to be playing
forward position in basketball,”
he said.
Most people are not
confronted with the choice that
stands open to Charles WaddeU.
Because of this, some consider
him to be one of a unique group.
Some speak of him as a
celebrity. But WaddeU backs
away from this classification not
with emphasis but with a
pleasant firmness.
“I’m not a celebrity,”
WaddeU said shaking his head.
“I’m just a regular guy trying to
get along.’
•.Jill
FSU Triumphs
In Tournament
WiUie McLaughlin was the
center of interest last week
when he bowled a perfect
game, i.e. 300 points, at the
Carolina Union. He caught
the attention of about 50
people after bowling hi^
fourth strike in a warm-up
game before an intramural
match.
McLaughlin is a
sophomore business major
from Southern Pines, N.C.
by Ethel Johnson
Staff Writer
The Central IntercoUegiate
Athletic Association’s 28 th
Annual Tournament was held
Feb. 22-24, 1973 and it was
more dynamite than ever.
Greensboro Coliseum, the site of
the events, was packed with
enthusiastic fans.
In the first round, Norfolk
State was paired off with St.
Augustine; J.C. Smith with
Virginia; FayettevUle State with
Elizabeth City State; and
Virginia State with
Winston-Salem State.
The struggles between these
teams ended with Norfolk State,
J.C. Smith, Fayetteville and
Winston-Salem State winners. In
the semi-finals on Friday,
Norfolk State upset J.C. Smith,
while Fayetteville triumphed
over Winston-Salem State.
On Saturday night, the
Consolation game was played
between J.C. Smith and
Winston-Salem with the latter
winning. Then came the big one.
Norfolk State brought plenty of
school spirit with her, if nothing
else. She was the favored team
because she had won the title six
times and consecutively for the
last two years, whereas
Fayetteville State had only won
once.
At game time, there was a
fierce battle on the court. The
game was tied twice; fans
stomped and yeUed; and Norfolk
lost her cool. The game went
into overtime with FayetteviUe
controUing the baU. The result:
FayettevUle State won.
FayettevUle State played
exceUent ball that night and was
a worthy champion to compete
for the NCAA “small CoUeges”
title.
The ClAA is a member of the
National Collegiate Athletic
Association, as weU as the
National Association of
I n t e rcollegiate Athletics and
determines its champion through
the annual tournament.
Winston-Salem State in 1967,
became the first predominantly
black college to win the NCAA
college Division BasketbaU title.
Since then many others have
won; enthusiastic fans hope this
trend continues.
‘Lord, will I ever ...”
‘No nigger, never!”
Southern (anonymous)
ACC’s
Best
Player
by Leonard Lee
Sports Editor
It is very unusual to pick up a
paper from this university and
read anything favorable about
North Carolina State University
but this article is going to make
an exception.
In the smaU city Raleigh,
thirty miles from Chapel Hill,
there rests a pretty big man. He
has made the transition from
freshman basketball to the
Varsity team with little
difficulty. He has accomplished
more in one season of varsity
action, than most players
achieve in an entire coUege
career.
Without him, there is much
doubt that his team would have
remained undefeated through
twenty-seven games. Many pro
scouts have remarked that a
player of his natural ability
comes along maybe once or
twice in twenty years. One scout
went as far as to say that he
might very weU be one of the
ten best basketball players in the
nation, in pro or coUege.
Since the season began, he
has made every major
All-Americail team, including
the Associated Press
IntercoUegiate BasketbaU Team.
By now, I am sure you have
identified this basketball
superstar as the Atlantic Coast
Conference’s Player of the Year,
Brother David Thompson.
It is interesting to note that
although Thompson has already
accomplished everything that a
collegiate player can, he has
decided to remain at State and
earn his degree. One of his
reasons for continuing is that he
wants to achieve the ultimate
goal—the dethroning of the
UCLA Bruins.
Brother Dave beUeves that
State can do it next year. This
statement might be debatable
but if David improves as much as
he did this year, his goal might
be accompUshed.
It is encouraging to see a
Brother getting what he deserves
from the establishment, but it is
also difficult not to look around
and notice what non-superstars
are getting.
The American majority is
always eager to jump on ‘ the
bandwagon of an aspiring
Brother when he turns out to be
a superstar, but let that same
Brother slip one time, and he
wUl become just another nigger.
The case of Florida State’s
basketball team is a good
example. Last year, they were aU
saints in Florida. They were
number two in the nation and
had made an admirable showing
against UQLA.
But this year, when the team
lost two early games and finally,
six overall, the same Brothers
turned into whipping boys. They
started getting criticism from
every corner of the state-too
many niggers on the team.
So, I say to David Thompson,
“right on Brother, buf please
don’t mess up.”