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THE VOIC E
APRIL 18. 1970
BRONCO WORLD OF SPORTS
An Onward Look At
Athletics And The Athletes
BY Ray Privott
Like picking the main contenders for the Cl \A
crown or like betting on a fight between Clay and
Frazier, it Is equally as easy to predict the future of
sports. Athletic performances will continue to accel
erate due to better equipment, improved physiques
and increased perfection in training and coaching
methods. Those skilled in teaching and coaching the
young athlete know that sports competition builds
good habits, directs the competitive urge toward con
structive ends, stimulates the imagination to new
goals and satisfies the desire to belong and parti
cipate. The next decade is respectfully dedicated to
the Coach, History shows that the coach has always
had to cope with enough attacks of students (not winning
enough), and faculty (“wins too much”). Now he must
keep an eye out for the local humanities commission
which may conclude that he is “Insensitive” to the
needs of modern youth or that he is failing to “com
municate”.
Sports stimulates the activity of struggle. It is a
virgorous form of struggle precisely that It may make
young men stronger for the battle of life. If you should
take the element of risk out of sports there would be
no stimulus to strive, no cultivation of courage, and
no demonstration of what is In men waiting to be called
out. Not only are athletes worth all they cost; they
could lose their meaning If they did not run the hazard
and excite the chance. The glory of man, especially
glowing in youth when there is much to lose is that he
can throw himself Into struggle at whatsoever cost
may come. It is this, that makes the spirit of men
unconquerable.
Tennis Team
Looks Good
The Broncos ofFSUtook
on the Trojans of Vir
ginia State in their first
CIAA tennis match
Thursday, March 26.
With six returnees to
the team, the Broncos
boast two new recruits
who show good potential
in competitive play. FSU,
going at it strongly, won
all six singles to only
return with Byrd, Sld-
berry, Jones, Winfrey,
Battle, and Swepson to
take the doubles with
room to spare. The fin
al score of the match was:
FSU —9, Virginia State—
0.
Also playing host to the
Livingstone Blue Bears
April the fourth, the fir
ed up Broncos of Fay
etteville State overpow
ered another foe with an
8:1 victory on a bright
sunny Saturday afternoon.
The only loss came to
Ronald Byrd and Michael
Sidberry In the doubles.
Clifton O. Wright
FAYETTEVILLE - Fay
etteville State Univer
sity graduates are em
ployed by the United
States Defense Depart
ment, Atomic Energy
Commission, and by the
leading industries
throughout the State and
Nation.
V
Bronco Cmdermen
Cop Strong Second
By
Ray Privott
With Donald Lucas and
Alvin Powell getting two
first places each, the
thinclads of FSU went
ahead to cop a strong
second place behind Pem
broke at Sandhills Com
munity College. The
Bronco runners showing
domination In some events
and close following in
others were able to pull
out five first places
and seven second place
standings at the recent
meet.
Donald Lucas dominat
ed the broadjump event
with 21’ 6 3/4” being his
best jump and came back
to monopolize the triple
jump with 41.3 1/2.Right
on his heels was Bronco
John Lloyd who took sec
ond in the triple jump
with 41.3. Then came the
man who ran like he own
ed the track: Alvin Po
well. He took a first in
the high hurdles with a
time of 15.9 and a first
in the 440 intermediate
hurdles at 57.9. With the
meet getting well under
way, along came the
Bronco speciality: the
Mile Relay Team. The
team composed of Mau
rice Graham, Alvin Will
iamson, Alvin Powell,and
Manuel Marbett took first
place and dominated the
event with poise.
The local team then
compiled two second
places; one from A1 Will
iamson on the Javelin at
147' 10” and the other
from Kenneth Gamble
with a 6’ 3” high jump.
Russell entered and took
a fourth in the three mile
run.
Jephunneh Lawrence
proved his ability as cap
tain by taking a third in
the pole vault competi
tion. Our 440 relay man:
Melvin Lewis, Sherman
Freeman, Don Lucas and
Perrin took a second with
a time of .44 behind Pem
broke with a .45 while
William Price took a
fourth in the shotput
with 36.9. Hicks took a
second with the discus at
116’ 4”.
The host school took
first and second in the
100 yard dash with 10:2
and 10:3, but Bronco Per
rin took third with 10:6.
Our mile man Maurice
Graham took a fourth and
second in the 880 to round
out the score: Pembroke-
107, Fayetteville - 54,
Sandhills - 20.
M.L HANDS ON' Dl.t.K!”
McNEIL
POWERS
BRONCOS
Earl McNeil may be
classified as the guy who
has everything. Some
say he is not big yet,
but possesses the ma
terial for another Gib
son, Mixing his pitches
and speed with marvel
ous control, McNeil is the
left-handed pitching ace
of the FSU Bronco mound
staff.
The Aggies of A&T
found McNeil to be all
and none short of the a-
bove mentioned as he pit
ched an eight man strike
out as the Broncos belt
ed the Aggies in a 4-1
win in the second game of
a double-hitter here.
McNeil falls none short
In the hitting compart
ment either. The four
runs the Broncos receiv
ed all belong to McNeil
and came as a result of
his third inning home
run, a single; and his 3
RBI’s. The Broncos took
the lead in the third inn
ing with McNeil’s home
run and staved off seve
ral Aggie rallies In the
closing phases of the
game. The Aggie’s only
run came as a result of
a single and a passed ball
in the top of the fifth inn
ing.
The first game went
to A&T despite a third
inning “ tennis - court
home run” by Ronnie Cox.
The Bronco diamond men
now sport a 4-2 record
with lots of games left
to play.
Ray Privott
FAYETTEVILLE - Over
20C recruiters represent
ing major corporations,
government agencies, and
educational institutions
come to the campus each
year seeking the Fay
etteville State Univer
sity graduate.
LATE SPORTS
C. Wright & R. Privott
INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL
The faculty basketball team, in settling for a 71-
71 deadlock came from behind March 23 in the closing
minutes of the game only to shatter the dreams of
victory for the students. With the dominating rebound
ing of Harvey Jenkins and Johnson, the sure shooting
of George Reid, Isaac Robinson and Stone Walker, the
high strung faculty scored point after point in an allout
effort to keep their team out of the losing circle.
Coach J. S. Jones later replied, “If it weren’t for my
bench, we would have never done it.”
INTRAMURALS GET BRAND NEW BAG
The intramural people are still doing their “thang”,
but it’s a brand new thing. With the girls playing the
pre-games, the men come back with that organiza
tional touch. The Omegas led the way with a 2-0
record followed by the Alphas with 2-1 and the
Grooves 1-2 and the Kappas 0-2.
The Omegas compiled their record with victories
over the Grooves and the Alphas. The Alphas came back
to win over the Grooves and Kappas before a loss to
the Omegas, and Grooves dropped one to the Omegas
and one to the Alphas before winning over the winless
Kappas.
SEMI SPRING DRILLS
The Broncos of Fayetteville State’s football team
have a four-day-a-week grid iron schedule that is
primarily aimed at building bulk for the grid Iron
season, 1970-71. After finishing last season with three
wins, one tie, and four losses. Coach Doubs feels
that in the next couple of years his Broncos will surely
be CIAA championship material.
The semi-spring practice drill is held from Mon
day through Thursday, two days inside working with
weights and two days on the field —jogging to de
velop stamina, calisthenics for developing muscletonc;
and the execution of various football plays and maneu
vers.
Bowden Leads Bats
with the power slug
ging of Earnest Bowden,
Aaron Denmark, Karl
Smith, and Earl McNeil.
the on-charging Bron
cos dominated both games
of a double hitter against
Virginia State college
March 26.
Winning the first game
with a score of 6:5, the
Broncos merely carried
their dominating efforts
over into the second game
to win it 3:1. Second
game scoring was done
by Aaron Denmark,Fai n-
est Bowden, and Larry
Faulk,