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Page 8 HOOF PRINTS Track Star Prefers Gridiron Security By ROOS^;VELT MCPHERSON THE VOICE May 15, 1972 There’s little or no difference between playing football and run ning track. Dispute it if you please but that's the way a super- track-star here at Fayetteville State University feels, James Godwin, FSU’s number one track man, is a freshman this year on a football scholarship. Unfor tunately he didn’t get to see any gridiron action during the past football season because injuries early in the training, season put him out of play. “1 think there’s only a small difference between the two -- football and track,” Godwin maintains. "In both sports the main elements involved are pow er and speed.” Godwin, a native of Fayette ville where he was all Ameri ca, all conference and all city- county track star at Cape Fear High School, explained, “when changing over from track to foot ball running, it takes a little ad justing because of the difference in the way you run in the two sports.” Although Godwin, who holds a 25 feet 1/2 inch jump record, sees little difference in the sports he said, "football is my first love. And my real goal is to be come a professional football player. I’m in track mainly to keep in shape for football.” The 20-year-old fullback ro- Okie is more optimistic about lootball than he is about the sport in whi cb he has already proven his outstanding ability. "What I’m trying to do in track is to keep my time down so when I come back to football next season I’ll be able to perform well with my feet.” Whether he’ll shine as a foot ball star this fall as he has as a track star this spring re- mains to be seen. "Track does not offer me much. I can’t live off medals and publicity,” he lAMES GODWIN Bronco Sports Fayetteville State University Fayetteville, N.C. May, 1972 — Baseballers Miss Title Northern Trip Ruins League Playoff Hopes said in reference to his prefer ence to football over track as a career. "But football offers a lot as an occupation.” He said about the part coach ing has played in his track ach- ievements, "the coach can only advise you as what to do and how to do it but its got to be you who will do the rest of it -- perform.” He continued, "if you don’t have that mind to win, then you’re not going to win no matter if you have the best coaching in the world. Winning comes from you.” "But the coach we have is a pretty good coach,” he said about track Coach Harold Scott, "He has guided me in the right direct- to be a winner.” While the 6-foot-1-inch Bronco knows that he has it made in track if he continues to develop he’s not telling people that. "When someone asks me what I’m going to do in a particular meet I just don’t tell them be cause I like to surprise them,” he said. It’s dlsappointingto them and to me if I make a prediction and don’t come through on it.” Although Godwin, a broad jump specialist, is not telling, howev er, he did express his desire to eventually jump 26 feet by the end of the season and to run the 100-yard dash in 9.5 seconds. He also has his eyes on the Olympics. He works with 18 other track members. "I love to work with them because we’ve all got that team spirit. There’s none of that spitting on the team. You know when one guy envys the other guy he tries to downgrade his success or potential,” But with this guy, how can you argue with his success or poten tial, whether it’s as a success or to Gayle Sayers on the grid iron or to Bob Beamon in the long jump pits. Coach Milton Armistead’s Broncos went North on April 19 for a three game excursion that they hoped would bring them their first league crown. But it just wasn’t to be. The Bronco’s first stop was Dover, Delaware, where they dropped a 12-8 non-league con test to Delaware State's Horn ets. They then proceeded to drop the next day’s game to Norfolk State which sent their league re cord down to 4-3. For the final game on the trip, several sen iors who had not made the trip because of practice teaching committments, joined the team at Hampton to give the title hopes a final boost. Ace lefty Earl Mc Neill went to the hill, and pitched a strong nine innings. The Pi rates, however, broke through for the 2-1 clincher in the 10th frame when McNeill walked the first two batters, and then gave up a game winning single for only his second loss of the cam paign. The ace hurler did return to winning form in his next two games, uRjing his season’s re cord to 8-2 with victories over St. Augustine’s and Winston-Sa- lem. Against the Rams, he fired a 9-0 one hitter for his second shutout of the year. The Broncos finished their league schedule at 6-4, and were 11-9 overall with one final game to play. Bell Named League Proxy BRONCO’S WILLIE MONROE, one of Coach Milton Armi stead’s top infielders, comes off the field to get ready to hit. DR. W.M. BELL Dr. W.M. “Bill” BeU, chair, man of the department of Phy sical Education and atheltic (U- rector here for the past three years, has been named president of the CIAA. A native of Akron, Ohio, and graduate of Ohio State University where he is an aU-time athletic great, he has pledged a continued strengthening of the league’s of ficiating. W~S Wins Southern Division Track Winston-Salem’s Rams ran away with the CIAA Southern Di vision track meet in Winston- Salem Wednesday, May 3, piling up a total of 94 points. Johnson C, Smith placed second with 72, Livingstone had 47, Fayetteville 31, and St. Augustine, 19. There were three double win ners. Bill Corbett of Smith won the shot put and discus, Alfred Adams of Winston-Salem cap tured the 120 high hurdles and 440 intermediate hurdles, and Livingstone’s Murray won the 880 and mile. FSU’s James Godwin picked up the Broncos’ only first with a leap of 22 ft. 5 1/2 inches in the long jump. ciaa southern division results Team Score -- Winston Salem 94; Johnson C. Smith, 72; Liv ingstone, 47; Fayetteville, 31; St. Augustine’s 19. Long jump -- 1. Godwin (F); 2. Taylor (WSS); 3. S. White (JCS); 4, C. Hodge (WSS); 5. Fawell (WSS); 22 ft. 5 1/2 in. Hi^ jump -- 1, Shipp (WSS); 2. I. James (WSS); 3. Jackson (L); 6 ft. 4 inches. Javelin -- 1, J. Smith (L); 2. D. White (L); 3. Fisher (L); 4. Fewell (WSS); 5. Peterson (WSS) 139 ft, 3 inches. Triple Jump -. 1, E. Wil liams (SA); 2. Fewell (WSS); 3. Herring (F); 4. Jackson (L); 5. C. Hodge (WSS) 47 ft. 2 1/2 in. Shot -. 1, Corbett (JCS); 2. Jeffries (L); 3. Wilkerson (F); 4. Godwin (F); Pole Vault -- 1. Ballard (WSS); 2. Peterson(WSS) 51 ft, 2 3/4 in. Pickett (F); 3. Fisher (F); 4, Lucas (SA) 13 ft. Discus -- 1. Corbett (JCS); 2, Bell (F); 3. Wilkerson (F); 4. Jefferies (L); 5.Peterson (W SS) 154 ft, 2 3/4 inches. 440-yard dash — 1. Warner (JCS); 2, Little (WSS); 3. Taylor (WSS); 4, Gibson (JCS); 5, Wil liams (WSS); 48.7, Mile -- 1. Murray (L); 2. Cro ckett (JCS); 3, Harris (WSS); 4, Clark (V/SS); 5. Graham (F) 4:31. 440-yard relay -- 1, Johnson C. Smith ( Like, Moore, Porter, Warner); 2. Winston-Salem State; 3. St. Augustine’s; 4. Living, stone 41,9 880-yard run -- 1. Murray (L); 2. Harris (WSS); 3. Crock ett (JCS); 4, Potter (JCS); 5, Breedlove (L); 1:58,1 220-yard dash -- l,Lide(JCS); 2, I, James (WSS); 3. Moore (JCS) 4, J. Williams (L); 5, Cole (L) 21.4 High Hurdles -- 1, Adams (WSS); 2. Griffith (JCS); 3, Boggs (WSS); 4, S, White (JCS) 14,6 100-yard dash -- 1. James (WSS); 2. Lide (JCS); 3. Moore (JCS); 4. Lucas (SA); 5. Carter (WSS) 9.6 440 IM Hurdles: 1, Adams (WSS); 56.0, Boggs (WSS), 3/8 Dunston (ST. A.). 4. Griffith(JCS) Two mile: 1. Cohen (L); 10: 17,0, 2. Clark (WSS); 3. Hodges (JCS), 4. Crockett (JCS) 5, Potter (JCS) Mile Relay: 1. Winston-Salem State Little, Taylor, Adams, I, James, 3:13,7; 2. Johnson C. Smith, 3, St. Augustine, 4. Liv ingstone, One baby in every 14 born in this country has a defect, according to the March of Di- mes.
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