May 6,1981
THE VOICE
Page 7
Intramural
SPORTS
Awards
Program
By Willie Smith
Student participation, organizational
as well as individual, proved to be a
very decisive factor in making this
year’s intramural season a tremendous
success. In recognition of this deligent
effort on the part of the students, the
FSU intramural staff held its annual
Intramural Awards Program. Under
the supervision of Mr. Jerry Williams,
acting intramural director, the
following awards were given in the
various areas of competition;
Basketball
Sportsmanship: Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity and Halt
Regular season champions: East
Division-Staff; West division-Omega
Psi Phi
FSU Intramural basketball
champions: Staff (men) Sharp
shooters (women)
Outstanding Players: Edward Jef
ferson, John Robinson, James Knight,
Roger Scott, Darryl Merritt and An
thony Tull
Scoring championship award:
Victor Smith
Championship most outstanding
player: Andre Green
Outstanding coaches: East
Division-Tim Moore, Roy Handon and
James Johnson. West Division-John
Sherrod and Jasper Cokely
Flag Football
Most Valuable Player: Clarence
Smith
FSU Intramural champions:
Lollie Pops
Team Sportsmanship: Psi Beta
Sigma
Bowling
The awards for bowling are given to
the male and female bowlers with the
highest average at the end of each
semester. This years winners are Valery
McDonald, Cynthia Harrell and
Alexandro Rosado.
Table Tennis
Michael Pearcell (men) and Stacie
Burkes (women)
Billiards
Earl Bryant (men) and Nora
Stephens (women)
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Steven Mims ■ Graduating Senior,
Varsity Basketball’s Most Valuable
Player.
Athletic
Banquet
By Willie Smith
On Saturday, April 25, the Fayet
teville State University Athletic Depar
tment in conjunction with the FSU
Booster Club, sponsored the annual
“All Sports Banquet” in the H.L.
Cook Dining Hall on the University
campus. This event is held each year in
recognition of athletes who have ex
celled in their various sports. The
speaker for the occassion was Mr.
Danny Buggs, former wide-receiver for
the New York Giants and the
Washington Redskins. Mr. Buggs em
phasized the importance of athletes
performing well in academics as well as
in athletics throughout his speech. He
stated that less than five percent of the
college athletes go on to attain
professional status. He gave reference
to what Reverend Jessie Jackson said
pertaining to the fact that if athletes
would put into academics one-third the
effort they put into athletics, they
would be excellent students. He said
that, “it’s time to raise oneself above
mediocrity.”
Approximately 150 students received
awards in the various sports. Most
Valuable Player awards were given to
the following individuals:
Intramural Track Meet...
...Exciting Success
By Pete Panzerl
On Saturday, April 25, the FSU Physical Education Majors club sponsored the
First Annual Intramural Track Meet. Prior to the big day. Meet organizers were
apprehensive about this endeavor to boost FSU’s intramural program. As it tur
ned out, the occasion was a great success for the PEM Club, and for the scores of
students who participated. Several hundred people were on hand in beautiful
weather to watch the meet from the stands and the infield. The meet director was
Mr. A. Herron, assisted by Dr. Henry Darlington’s Track Theory class, who ser
ved as officials and inspectors. All of the meet organizers were commended by
Mr. Herron: “I was impressed by the whole-hearted effort and complete
cooperation of those envolved. ’ ’
The big stars of the day were of course the students who ran in the races. They
represented several campus organizations, and a few of their own. These included
the PEM Club, Phi Beta Sigma, and the “Home Boys” from Richmond County,
N.C. Thirty-six trophies were handed out to first and second place finishers in the
fourteen men’s and women’s events. The individual honors of the meet go to
Sherman Baker who picked up first place trophies in the 1(X) and 440 yard dashes,
and to Sandra Powers who took home first place trophies in four women’s even
ts. Sandra’s comment upon her clean sweep of the sprints was: “That’s right. I’m
bad!” Kenneth Johnson won the Mile Run for Phi Beta Sigma and the “Home
Boys” from Richmond County won both the men’s 880 and 440 yard relays.
Almost every race was very close and this kept the level of enthusiasm high. As
Mr. Herron put it, “With this type of participation we hope to have a larger meet
next year.” Basic field events and the hurdles would require more officials,
equipment, and planning, but FSU is looking forward to next year for an equally
rewarding, well-rounded track meet.
Meet Statistics: (Men)
Basketball (men)
Basketball (women)
Football
Cross-country
Golf
Softball
Track & Field
Tennis
Volleyball
Steve Mims
Dianthia Morris
Bertie Wadford
Roy Sapp
Toney Terry
Wanda Hill
Robert Dancy
Steve McFarland
Peggy Horton
The C.W. Coleman Memorial
Award (athlete of the year) was given
to Ike Hall and the Athletic Depar
tment Scholarship Award was given to
Dianthia Morris as the athlete with the
highest grade point average.
Bertie Wadford receives Football
MVP from Dr. Richard A. Hogg.
FSU Wins
CIAA
Golf
Tourney
See Story On Page 6
Event
Winner
Time
1(X) yard dash
Sherman Baker
10.6
220
Jeff Holiday
23.9
440
Sherman Baker
54.3
880
Richard Ford
2.16
Mile
Kenneth Johnson
5.17
440 relay
Townsend, Hick, Holiday, Goodwin
1.39
Women Events:
50 yard dash
Sandra Powers
6.13
75 yard dash
Sandra Powers
9.2
100 yard dash
Sandra Powers
12.00
220
Sandra Powers
28.11
440
Delores Monroe
1.05
440 relay
Ashley, Harrell, Monroe, Thompson
2.00
College News Features
Colleges In Fix Over Athletics
In 1951, the world of college basket
ball was blown apart by the revelation
that 31 players from seven schools had
been involved in point shaving.
Promising careers ended abrubtly and
the lives of some of the most famous
young athletes in the nation were tain
ted forever.
The stigma of that scandal had not
faded completely a decade later when
another bombshell exploded. The 1961
disclosures tied 37 players from 22
schools to charges of fixing games for
gamblers.
Now, after the passage of 20 more
years, college basketball is on the
precipice of another nightmare plunge.
So far, the disclosures have been linked
to just three Boston College players,
but it would be naive to think that the
matter begins and ends there.
The gamblers didn’t chuck their
profitable pursuit and dedicate them
selves to medicine and social work af
ter the 1951 disclosures. They didn’t go
away after the 1961 expose, either. No,
when things get hot, the gamblers
merely run for cover and surface as
soon as they’re sure the coast is clear.
It’s highly unUkely they remained in
hiding for 10 and 20 years at a time.
Which leads one to the conclusion
that the Boston College situation might
be only the tip of a very ugly iceberg.
A primary figure in the ’61 scandal
was Jack Molinas, a former player at
Columbia University and Fort Wayne
in the National Basketball Association,
who was found guilty of bribing
players to fix games from 1957 through
1960. MoHnas was shot to death at his
Los Angeles home in 1975 after serving
a prison term.
The Boston College accusations
came to light as the result of an FBI
probe in a $5.8 million Lufthansas
robbery at New York’s Kennedy Air
port, a crime which has left a trail of
dead bodies.
The people involved in fixing games
obviously aren’t happy-go-lucky,
Saturday night gamblers. There is
every indication that organized crime
pulls the strings and flunkies end up
taking the fall when, occassionally, a
fix is discovered.
The informer in the Lufthanas case
is one Henry Hill, who admits to being
a part to the Boston College case. In
fact, in the Feb. 16 issue of Sports
Illustrated, Hill tells “How I Put the
Fix In.”
Hill’s eight-page copyrighted cover
story describes how he and his
associates rigged nine Boston College
games in 1978-79.
A tragedy of the point shaving
fiascoes is the fact that youngsters who
didn’t fully grasp what they were get
ting into are left holding the bag. The
gambling kingpins, well shielded by
(See ATHLETICS, Page 8)