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THE VOICE
September 30> 1972
Bronco Sports
Fayetteville State University
Fayetteville, N.C.
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Ross Appointed
william C. Ross, who was
appointed recently as director
of guidance and testing, will
also serve as an assistant
football coach at FSU it was
announced.
Ross, a native of Georgia,
assumed his duties July 1.
He comes to Fayetteville State
University from Fort Valley
State College, Fort Valley,
Ga, He Is also a native of
Fort Valley.
While at Fort Valley, the
36-year-old graduate of Fort
Valley State received both the
B. S. degree and the Master’s
degree in guidance counsel
ing. Ross, who’s a five-year
Army veteran, and his wife,
Marvls, have two girls.
SPORTS
BRIEFS
Pi JlTiaPATES IN TOURNEY
The Bronco basketball team
will participate in the Char
lotte Tip - Off Tournament,
Dec. 29-30, in Charlotte. The
Reeves - coached Broncos
finished second in the 1972
CIAA tourney and second in
the 1972 District 29 NAIA
tourney. The Broncos have
vowed that they will not be
"bridesmaids” always.
BEST TEAM
Fayetteville State was the
best hitting team in the Na
tional Association oflntercol-
legiate Athletics (NAIA), ac
cording to statistics released
by the NAIA Service Bu
reau.
Coach Milton Armstead’s
charges clubbed thehorsehide
at a .389 clip in 21-games
during the past baseball sea
son. The Bronco team had
three batters with over .400
hitting averages and they in
cluded Ronnie Battle, Larry
Faulk, and Roger Floyd.
Fayetteville State also had
the best earned run average
with a 1.43 mark in 21 games.
Earl McNeil was the leading
pitcher with eight victories
and a no-hltter to his credit.
TIED
Alphana Hobbs, FSU catch
er, tied for the NAIA lead In
the number of triples with six.
Roger Floyd was close behind
with six.
Support the Broncos
FSU Football Schedule1972-’73
DATE
SITE
September 9
Federal City College
Home
September 16
Norfolk State College
Norfolk,Va.
September 23
Fort Valley State College
Ft. Valley, Ga.
September 30
Shaw University
Home
October 7
Saint Paul’s College
Lawrenceville,Va.
October 14
Winston-Salem State Univ.
Winston-Salem
October 21
Livingstone College
Home
October 28
Elizabeth City State Univ.
Home
(Homecoming)
November 11
Johnson C. Smith University
Charlotte
1971 RECORD
Own Score
Opponent’s score
9
Federal City College
6
13
Fort Valley State College
33
27
Shaw University
6
26
Saint Paul’s College
6
20
Winston-Salem State University 15
8
Livingstone College
9
14
Johnson C. Smith University
30
30
Cheyney State College
0
2
Elizabeth City State University 21
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DR. BELL GREETS THE CHAMP — CIAA President and Fay
etteville State University Director of Athletics, Dr. William
Bell (second from left) greets heavyweight champ Joe Frazier
(third from left) with his manager Yank Durham, (on far left)
and Black Mutual Network News Sports Director, Frank Ban
nister (on far right). Frazier and his party came to Fayetteville
recently for a Sickle Cell Anemia Benefit.
HOMECOMING QUEEN and TRI-CAPTAINS - Homecoming Queen Patricia Spinks is surrounded
by (1-r) Frank Bohannon, William Alston, and Larry Walker. The Homecoming game is set for
October 28 against arch-rival Elizabeth City State University.
CIAA Names Seven
PAGE EIGHT
The Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Association (CIAA)
named seven persons to its
1972 CIAA Championship
Committee, according to a list
released by league President
William Bell.
In making the announce
ment, Dr, Bell, said that the
committee would have the ov
erall responsibility of setting
a date for the game, select
ing a site, promotion and co
ordination, and facilities for
the game.
Named to the committee
were; L. D. Smith, acting com
missioner, chairman; Robert
Vaughn, Elizabeth City State
University; A. D. Roscoe, Jr.,
Fayetteville State University;
Dr. Walter Lovett, Virginia
State College; Dr. Marlon
Thorpe, chancellor, Eliza
beth City State University;
Eddie McGlrt, Johnson C.
Smith University; and J. D.
Marshall, Livingstone Col
lege. Ex-officlo members are
Dr. William Bell; Dr. C. B.
Hauser, Winston - Salem State
University and Perry R. Lea-
zer, Fayetteville State Uni
versity.
CIAA Names
Committee
Five of the Central Inter
collegiate Athletic Associa
tion’s outstanding personali
ties have been named to the
1973 CIAA Basketball Tour
nament Committee, CIAA
President William Bell an
nounced recently.
According to Dr. Bell, the
list Includes for the first
time, to the best of anyone’s
knowledge, a member insti
tution’s chief administrator.
Chancellor Charles “A”
Lyons, Jr., Fayetteville State
University.
Acting Commissioner L. D.
Smith is the chairman of the
panel and it includes Dr. Jack
Bratboy, Johnson C. Smith
University; C. E. Gaines, Win
ston - Salem State University;
J, E. Lytle, Shaw University
and Joseph Thompson, Saint
Paul’s College.
Ex-officio members include
members Dr. William Bell,
S. M. Perkins, secretary -
treasurer, CIAA; and Perry
R. Leazer, director CIAA
service bureau.
The 1973 CIAA Basketball
Tournament will be held Feb
ruary 22-24 at the Greensboro
Coliseum and four big ses
sions are planned for the many
fans who will be attending.
NEWS BRIEFS
RISE IN LEVEL
American’s educational at
tainment continued to rise in
the last decade according to a
report issued this summer by
the Bureau of the Census. It
showed that the median num
ber of school years complet
ed for all persons age 25 and
over was 12.1 years in 1970,
compared with 10.6 years in
1960 and 9.3 years In 1950.
Basketball Schedule1972-’73
A TRUK BRONCO BEAUTY - Pat Spinks, Miss Homecoming for 1972 at FSU is definitely a true
Bronco as she displays her horsemanship with the mascot of FSU.
Dec. 1
St, Augustine
Raleigh
Dec. 2
Shaw University
Raleigh
Dec. 4
S. C. State
Orangeburg.S.C.
Dec. 6
Federal City
Fayetteville
Dec. 8
Livingstone College
Salisbury
Dec. 9
Pembroke
Pembroke
Dec, 13
Norfolk State College
Norfolk, Va,
Dec. 16
Johnson C. Smith
Fayetteville
Dec, 29-30
Charlotte Tip-Off Tour.(Smith)
Charlotte
Jan, 2
Virginia State
Fayetteville
Jan. 5
Livingstone College
Fayetteville
Jan, 9
St. Paul’s College
Fayetteville
Jan. 11
Shaw University
Fayetteville
Jan. 13
Winston-Salem
Fayetteville
Jan. 15
Eliz. City (championship)
Fayetteville
Jan. 17
Atlantic Christian
Fayetteville
Jan, 25
U.N.C.- Wilmington
Fayetteville
Jan, 26
Va. Union
Richmond, Va.
Jan, 27
Hampton Institute
Fayetteville
Feb, 5
Federal C‘ty
Washington, D,C.
Feb. 8
Pembroke
Fayetteville
Feb. 15
Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem
Feb, 17
Johnson C. Smith
Charlotte