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aiZABETH CITY STATE TOPS CIAA TOURNAMENT OUR IVOJttB OF SPORTS ■ ■mjHp f\j ■ & II ° 1 -i^ iMLT lEfc n ■S tH^r^ Ik.* •■fe' j #sSßMll^ r THE 1968-69 SHAW UNtVER SI T Y BEARS BASKETBALL team that went down to defeat ;>t the of Elizabeth City Vikings in the 54th CIAA tour nament in Greensboro Thurs day, Feb. 27, in an overtime Bruins The underdog California Bears almost pulled off the upset of the college basket ball season against the mighty UCLA Bruins as a finishing touch to the last big Saturday night of the long, regular cam paign. Routed earlier in the season by the national collegiate champs 109-74, the Bears this time forced the unbeaten Bruins into overtime before going down 84-77 at Berkeley, Calif. It was only the second time d'lring the reign of Ail- American Lew Alcindor at UCLA that the Bruins have had to go to overtime. Sou thern California did it in Al cindor's sophomore season in 1967. After a free throw by Cal's Bob White with 14 seconds left brought a 74-74 tie in regula tion time, UCLA took a 79-75 lead enroute to its 40th straight victory, including 24 this season and its 87th triumph in 88 games. In addition, the Bruins won the Pacific-8 Conference crown and qualified for a berth in the postseason NCAA tourney where they are expected to * win a record third straight na tional cnampionship. Jackie Ridgle's 28 points helped Cal to a 12-point lead at 59-47 aPer seven minutes of the second half before falter ing. Curtis Rowe, with 21, and Alcindor with 17 topped UCLA. Night of Woe Cal's gallant, but unsuc cessful bid to upset UCLA, would have provided the pro per signoff to a night of wee fl H * 1 H^, f&Z .> M !■ -jjj^^B ST. JOHN'S UPSET—John Warren (30) and Ralph Abraham (15) of St. John's reach for a rebound in their game with Notre Dame Saturday night. Notre Dame upset the Redmen, 71-67. At right is Notre Dame's Bob Arnzen. scrap. Shaw had previously beaten Elizabeth City cagers ealier in the season, (back row) Jacob Newton, and Bobby Moore, (second row) Greg Da vis, Willie Nelson, Robert Barely for many of the teams in The Associated Press' top 20. Duke upset second-ranked North Carolina 87-81, Van derbilt took sixth-ranked Ken tucky 101-99, Notre Dame downed seventh-ranked St. John's of New York 71-67 in overtime, and North Carolina State surprised eighth-ranked South Carolina 67-64. Louisville, No. 11, was, trampled by Drake 101-67, Kansas, No. 13, lost to Colorado 75-67, Ohio State, No. 14, fell before Michigan State 85-?2, Tennessee, No. 17, took a 71-60 beating from Auburn and Tulsa, No. 19, was tripped by North Texas 89-04. Ninth-ranked Purdue walloped lowa 97-85, paced by Rick Mount's 43 points, and won its first Big Ten title in 29 years as well as an NCAA berth. Fifth - ranked Davidson also qualified for the NCAA by routing East Carolina 102-76 in the final of the Southern Conference championship tourney, St. Joseph's of Philadelphia upset Temple 68-67 in overtime to win the Middle Atlantic playoffs and an NCAA berth. Miami of Ohio and Brigham Young also qualified for the NCAA competition. Miami took Toledo 70-65 and won the Mid-American Conference. BYU was beaten by Wyoming 79-69 but took the Western Athletic crown when Utah fell before New Mexico 102-80. Despite its defeat by Vandeihilt, Kentucky clinched at least a tie for the SEC crown, as did Murray in the Ohio Valley Conference by beating Western Kentucky 89- 79. Santa Clara took another Vampbell, Bobby Sanders, Jas. Valentine, Robert Johnson, and Greg Jenkins; (number 40) Pernie Wilkes: (front row) An thony Miles, Kelly Utley, Her man. Escape step towards the WCAC title by whipping Los Angeles Loyola 89-66, and Princeton completed a 14-0 sweep in the Ivy League by downing Cornell 74-64. The Big Eight and Missouri Valley Conference kings will be decided this week, along with the Atlantic Coast Colorado and Kansas are tied in the Big Eight, Drake and Louisville in the MVC. With Duke now a threat,. North Carolina no longer is con sidered a shoo-in in the ACC championship tourney starting on Thursday. Boston College, the onty team invited so far to the NIT. the second major postseason tourney, downed Holy Cross 80-74 for its 20th victory in 23 games. Calvin Murphy scored 39 points as Niagara whipped Fairfield 99-75, Steve Van denberg's 33 paced Duke over North Carolina and Don Draper got 31 as Drake rid dled Louisville. They, as well as Mount, were topped by Pistol Pete Maravich of Louisiana State. Maravich, the nation's leading collegiate scorer, threw in 49 points in another losing cause as LSU was trip ped by Mississippi 78-76. Tbfe weekend activity set up these first round games in the NCAA tourney opening Saturday: At Raleigh, N.C., afternoon doubleheader: St. John's, N.Y., 22-4, vs. Princeton, 19-6, and Villanova, 21-4, vs. Davidson 25-2. At Kington, R. 1., night single game: Duquesne, 19-3, vs. St. Joseph's of Philadelphia, 17-10. At Carbondale, 111., af ternoon doubleheader: Mar tte, 21-4, vs. either Murray, 21- 5, or Morehead, 17-8, and Notre Dame, 20-5, vs. Miami of Ohio, 14-10. At Fort Worth, Tex., night doubleheader: Trinity, Tex., 194, vs. Texas A4M, 17-6, and Dayton, 2W, vs. Colorado State U., 154. At Las Cruces, N.M., night doubleheader: New Mexico State, 23-3, vs. Brigham Young, 15-11, and Seattle, 19-7, vs. Weber State, 23-2. The winners of the Big Eight, MVC, ACC, WCAC and SEC drew first round byes along with UCLA and Purdue. The NIT, to which 15 teams still are to be named, doesn't open until March 13 in New York. Greer Leads 76er Win DETROIT Greer drill ed in 39 points to pace the Philadelphia 76ers to a 126 - 112 victory over the De troit Pistons Sunday in a Na tional Basketball Association game. Greer collected 22 of his points in (he second quarter to equal the Cobo Arena mark for a single period held by Detroit's Dave Bing. The victory enabled the 76ers to move within three games of the idle Baltimore Bullets in their battle for the Eastern Di vision championship. Philadelphia, in winning its seventh game in the last nine, j pulled ahead for keeps midway [in the third period on a short ; jumper by Greer to make it 83- 82 after the teams had foupht virtually at even terms until , that point. ~ Vikings Edge Norfolk State By Score 89-86 GREENSBORO—'Top-seeded Elizabeth City Rami put on a late aecond period rally to edge second-seeded Norfolk State, 89-86 for the champion •hip of the 24th annual Cen tral Intercollegiate Athletic Aiaociation championship here last Saturday nl^it. By the speedy Vikings completed a clean sweep of the conference having previously annexed the visitation title. It was the first time that Elizabeth City had won a CIAA crown in ten years of competition. In the consolation game, also a thriller down to the wire, fourth-seeded Maryland State nipped Winston-Salem, 89-88. More than 9,000 fans, who braved a 10-inch snow storm that hit the Greensboro area Friday night, were on hand in huge Greensboro Coliseum to see the showdown between the Spartans and Elizabeth City. After deadlocking eight times in the second period, the final time at 72-72 with 4:29 unplayed, the Vikings moved out front for good. Sparked by long-haired Mike Gale, A flashy ball handler and shooter from Philadelphia, Elizabeth City moved out front, 76-72, then fought off another charge by Norfolk State. The Spartans, led by their aces, Bobby Dandridge and Charles Bonaparte, still trailed, 78-74 with 3:49 unplayed. After that, Elizabeth City managed to keep a small lead an repel Norfolk State's thrusts. Y i| Lew Alcindor Rick Mount Carolina's Scott 2nd Tearn Choice NEW YORK v - Tower ing Lew Alcindor of UCLA, Pete Maravich of Louisiana State, Spencer Haywood of Detroit, Rick Mount of Purdue and Cal vin Murphy of Niagara were named Thursday as the 1969 col lege basketball All-American team by The Associated Press. These five completely domi nated the voting by 339 sports writers and broadcasters throughout the country. Charlie Scott of North Caro lina headed an all-junior second team. Jo-Jo White of Kansas, Mike Maloy of Davidson, Bob Lanier of St. Bonaventure and Dan Issel of Kentucky rounded out the second five. Neal Walk of Florida, Bobby Smith of Tul sa, Howard Porter of Villanova, Dave Scholz of Illinois and Dave Sorenson of Ohio State were chosen as a third team. Rudy Tomjanovich of Michi gan, Butch Beard of Louisville, Jim McMillian of Columbia, Bud Ogden of Santa Clara, Bill Justus of Tennessee, John Roche of South Carolina and Bob Amzen of Notre Dame were among the honorable men tions. In making the All-American team for the third straight year, Alcindor, the 7-foot-lVk senior star of the country's No. 1 col lege team, missed by only 19 points of achieving a perfect ■t^Baf )K^ H| Mickey Mantle, New York Yankee centerf ielder for 18 years, shows his classic swing. Yankees 9 Micke Admired Man of Courage FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. lt was 18 years ago in another spring' training when Mickey Mantle, using healthy legs, trotted out under a bright sun to play the outfield for the first time in an exhibition game. It was the initial step in Mantle's conversion from shortstop to the center field position he would play with the New York Yankees until his ailing legs finally sent him to first base and ultimately into retirement Saturday. But, in 1951, Mantle was young, strong, healthy. The only thing that bothered him was the sunglasses sitting on ■b * ■ .«F & * ' wmm qjpf Calvin Murphy *1 K. ' I f V ... .*■ .^m Spencer Haywood score of 1,695. Big Lew collected 334 firsts and three seconds in the voting. He was omitted on just two bal lots. On the basis of five points for a first and three for a sec ond, his total was 1,676. Jack Vermeire of the Stillwa ter, Okla. News-Press and Rob ert E. Johnson of the lola, Kan. Register were the two who skipped Alcindor. Vermeire commented, "Alcindor was not named because of snubbing the Olympics. A no-no for a player of his stature." Maravich, a 6-foot-5 junior famed as Pistol Pete for his shooting that made him the na tion's top scorer, was another repeater from the 1967 All-Am erican team. He garnered 303 firsts and 22 seconds for 1,559 points. Haywood, a 6-BV4 sophomore who led the United States team to a gold medal in the Mexico City Olympics last October, was third highest in the voting with 1,288. He had 222 firsts and 89 seconds. Mount, a 6-4 junior, beat out' Murphy, a 5-10 junior, by one point in the voting. Mount had 1,132 points on 182 firsts and 111 seconds. Murphy had 1,131 on 159 firsts and 168 seconds. Scott a 6-5 junior who starred with Haywood on the U.S. Olym pic team, topped the second team with 913 points on 151 Mr • " «• &■**■-. «. -M*+ - L 1 -T - -^SWKL* the brim of his cap. He had never worn sunglasses before and he couldn't help toying with them as he stood in center field. "The first thing I know Ray Boone hits one," Mantle recalled as he reminisced about the early days of his career about an hour after he announced his retirement. "First thing I did was flip the glasses down and break for where the ball should be. "But everything was black." It was so black that Mantle never did find the ball until it landed on the bridge of his nose. - The next day Mantle was called aside for a small con ference with Manager Casey Stengel. The subject: iunglasses, and how to use them. "Casey told me I should keep my right hand on the glasses, ready to flip them down, as soon as the ball was hit," Mantle said. "Then pick up the flight of the ball through the glasses. "So I stood out there the whole game with my hand up, holding the glasses so I'd be ready to flip them down." Mantle eventually learned he didn't have to keep his hand there throughout the game, mastered all the subtle nuances of handling the glasses, conquered center field and became one of baseball's all-time greats despite the limitations placed on him by the dime store legs that seem ed totally misplaced on his million dollar body. When he announced his retirement in the Yankees' hotel overlooking the palm-lin- firsts and 79 seconds. White, whose eligibility ended on Feb. 1, was the only otter player to tally more than 500 points. He had 64 firsts and 91 seconds for 502. Maloy polled a total of 368 points, including 48 firsts. Lan ier had 340 points, including 30 firsts, and Issel 337, including 43 firsts. Walk headed the third team with 259 points, including 21 firsts. Thereafter the voting fell off sharply. Smith had a total of 123 points, Porter 117, Scholz 109 and Sorenson 108. Each player on the first three teams will receive a certificate from The Associated Press as a member of the AU-American squad. i a : 'iß Vfej /Wit" Pete Maravich I»in! Turn Lew Alcindor, UCLA. Heipht. 7 feet. IVi Inches. Class, senior. Hometown, New York City. Pet* Mersvich, Louisiana State, 4-5, lunlor, Raleigh, N.C. Spencer Haywood, Detroit, 4-tVI, sooho more. Sliver Cltv, Mlu. Rick Mount, Purdue. *-4. lunlor, Leba non, Ind. Calvin Murphy, Niagara, 1-19, lunlor, Norwaßt, Conn, liml Tmn Charlie Scott, North Carolina, 4-5. |un lor. Now York City. Joseph "Jo-Jo" White, Kansas, 4-3, sen ior, St. Louis. Mo. Mike Maloy, David eon, 4-7, lunlor, New York City. Bod Lanier, St. Bonavanture. 4-11, lun lor, Buffalo, N.Y. Dan I seel, Kentucky, 44. lunlor, Bate via. 111. Third Team Neal Walk, Florida, 4-10, isnlor, Miami Beach, Fla. Bobby Smith, Tulsa, 4-5, senior, Mem phis. Tenn. Howard Porter. Vlllanova. 41, eooho more, Sarasota. Fla. Dave Schott, Illinois. 44, senior, Deca tur. 111. Dave Sorenaon. Ohio State. 4-7, lunlor, Flndlay, Ohio. SATURDAY, MARCH 8, IMS THE CAROLINA TWB- * LjiMJhyc^^iL^Sr%^i^ VtJhHRI Ed ocean, he was No. 3 on the all-time home run list with 536, had set a World Series record with 18 home runs and had established himself as an example of courage for many to follow. For during most of the 18 years he played with the Yankees, Mantle went through a careful routine prior to each game, wrapping himself in tape from thigh to ankle to hold his ailing legs together so that he could play. "I admire the man." said Elston Howard, the former Yankee catcher who played on pennant winners with Mantle. "You have to admire a guy who had to wrap his legs up every day, take whirlpool baths and get massages so he could play, and then go out and give 100 per cent. "That's something not every player can do." Mantle, who won the most valuable player award three times, couldn't do it any more, at least, not the way he wanted to, and so he finally decided to retire after talking fl ■2>/i jW^M H • I x )^H fl K » ■ \ I Hf 9 \ ■ BLt m W AGGIE STAR SCORES —Lon nie Kluttz, 6-6 forward at A. and T. University, pumps in two points over the head of a Shaw University player in a District 29 Tournament The NAIA District 29 basket ball playoffs open action Mon day night at two sites with Campbell College facing Atlantic Christian College at 8 p.m. at Laurinburg and Elizabeth Cky State meeting Methodist College at Rocky Mount. Elizabeth City State is top seeded in the event and faces the fourth-seeded Monarchs, the Dixie Conference representative in an 8 p.m. clash at the gym on campus of North Carolina Wesleyan College. The St. Andrews College Gvm will be the site of the ACC-Campbel) game. Campbell, coached by Danny Roberts, is second seeded in the event and meets ACC. the third seeded team. Monday night's winners will meet Tuesday night at Rocky Mount for the District title. The District winner will ears the right to compete in the national finals in Kansas City, Mo., the following week. Thirty-two teams will compete in the na tional finals with eight games things over with Manager Ralph Houk when Mantle ar rived in Fort Lauderdale Fri av night. "When we got together." Houk related, "the first thing he said was: Ralph, I'm not going to play any more.' I ask ed him if he was sure of his decision. He said: 'There's no way I'm going to play. But if you want me to work out and then decide. . "I told him if he wasn't going to play, he should make his decision and stick with it. He said he didn't feel he could contribute any more and that by continuing to play he wasn't going to help himself. Contrary to what he says, though, he would have helped this club. "But," Houk continued, "he must have felt pretty strongly about it because you don't turn down the kind of money (SIOO,OOO a yearJ ije makes for six months work unless you feel that way." The 37-year-old Mantle did. recent CIAA game. James Monroe received 231 electoral votes in the 1820 presidential election to only one tor John Quincy Adams. per dav for*he first four days. Elizabeth City State finished the campaign with a 21-2 record, losing to Winston-Salem State and Norfolk State. ACC finished with a 11-10 NAIA record while Campbell was 15-7 in the NAIA Pete, Lew Picked NEW YORK - Lew Al cindor of UCLA and Pete Mar avich of Louisiana State Univer sity were unanimous choices for the National Basketball Associa tion College All-America team picked by the pro league's coaches and announced Sundav It marked the third straight year Alcindor has been chosen and the second straight for Mar avich, who is a junior Others on the team are Spenc er Haywood, sophomore center of the University of Detroit; Rick Mount, a junior guard from Purdue, and Jo Jo White who was graduated last month from Kansas. LILLL x, GTON - The Harnett County commissioners Monday approved architects' plan* for a new county office building estimated to cost 1140,000. 7B
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