• , , Iv;' ' • ■ 5 ,.. -• 1 ii' ; ":"ka- ', A LIONS' DEFENSIVE HALF BACK—Bobby Thompson, De fensive halfback, runs back a kickoff, one of 17 he returned ~"~ , : '* ', f AGGIES WIN CIAA CHAM PIONSHIP—Pictured above are members of the North Carolina A&T baseball team which won the annual CIAA championship in a three-game playoff against Delaware State State last week. Kneeling are Kenneth Smith, ■■IHHR ■ | I I EH ¥£>\ W" K - ... UFC I Pet FORMER M-M STAR NOW SMITH'S MVP Johnson C. Smith University sophomore Larry Jones holds the awards presented him recently at J. C. Smith's Annual Athletic Ban quet. Jones, a Durham, native, gained honors as Player of the Week for his play against A&T J ksi tmmml3 v ft o V * Bflßp fl NAIA RUNNER-UP North Car olina College's Scott Howard was the runner-up in the NAIA District 26 tennis tournament held recently at Pfeiffer Col lege. Howard lost to James iVHr L fli for 363 yards during the 1968 season. Off the field, he runs down a parts lineup as a Michael Bushrod, Larry Fran cis, Gregory Hairston, Royal Mack, Bernard Chambers, John ny Thompson, Louis Cummings, and Clarence Williamson; Standing are Charles Middle ton, Tyrone Bolden, Vernon State, MVP in the Pumpkin Classic against S. C. State, and the Golden Helmet Award for player of the year. Coca-Cola Bottling Company made the presentations to the 6' 2" de fensive end. Larry is a '67 graduate of Durham's Merrick- Moore High School. i Ewers of Johnson C. Smith in the finals, 64, 9.7. j. c. Smith won the tournament with 18 points while the Eagles finish ed third with eight points. (NCC Photo) trainee at Ford Motor Com pany's Los Angeles Assembly Plant. Walker, David Ellison, Arnold Gaskins, George Lima. Dave Smith, Reginald Hughes, Bob Borden, and William Delaney. Missing are Steve Parson, Wil son Stallsworth, and John Quick. 3 A&T Athletes Selected as Outstanding GREENSBORO - Three North Carolina A&T athletes have been selected for inclu sion in the 1969 edition of Outstanding College Athletes of America. They are Aggie football stars Merle Code and Willie Pearson and baseball player Clarence Williamson. Outstanding College Athlete of America is an annual volume featuring the accomplishments of approximately 5,000 young athletes who have proven them selves in sports, campus activi- SEAGRAM'S V.O. IMPORTED CANADIAN WHISKY I $5.85 §*:! $3.70 Seagram* . A UMP """ •» c~.«o— , . ""•WMUIW || t ||| «*»>>*' I^, MHO mc to'*' l * *' i* l **o CM.il M'^ 1 ' IIUMN-DIITIUIII COMMMY,I.Y.C.N.I MOOF. 111(11...Ill TUIIOiI. Howard Track Team Second in CIAA Tourney WASHINGTON, D. C. - The Howard University track team, all but counted out of the Central Intercollegiate Ath letic Association trade and field championships, surprised a host of perennial conference powerhouses and took second place in the meet held at Mst gan State College in Baltimore, May 9 and 10. For the Biaon, it was their best showing in the tough, 18-team CIAA in 21 years. In 1948 a Howard team won the conference champlonahip, but since that time it has been all downhill. Paced by William Ritchie, the Beckley (W.Va.) Bullet ' the blue and white of Howard, stunned a capacity crowd in Hughes Stadium, as if finished behind Morgan State in the final team standing, 45 - 32. Ritchie, a college division Ail-American, streaked to vic tory in the 100 yard dash with a time of :9.5, beating Mor gan's Ray Pollard and Norfolk State's Coleman Thomas, two 1 of the top sprinters in the conference. Later, in the 220- yard dash, Ritchie and Olympic gold medal winner Vlnee Mat thews of J. C. Smith staged a blistering battle to the wire, with Matthews nipping Richie at the tape. Matthews finished at -.21.0, Ritchie was clocked at : 21.1. However Ritchie wasn't through. Running lead-off fqr the mile relay team, he turned as astonishing :46.5 for the first leg, and the team went on to capture the even with a record time of 3:10.9. ties, and studies. Code, a junior defensive halfback, is a native of Seneca, S. C. He is an engineering mathematics major and an honor student. Last season he was named to the All-CIAA team and the District 26 NAIA team. Pearson, who hails from Winston-Salem, was an NAIA Ail-American flanker and re cently signed a pro contract with the Miami Dolphins. Williamson, a native of Lawndale, is an outstanding outfielder on the Aggie base ball team. He holds A&T's re cord for stolen bases in a single game (nine) and was named the NCAA College Division's base-stealing champ in 1968. AGGIES END SPRING GRID DRILLS COACH SEES ROUGH YEAR FOR 1970 GREENSBORO - North CmoHm AliT, national Nqpro foot ball dmnjiotis last snson, condud- Vl»f practice hat wart. Aggie coach Hornaby Howell immediately predicted that hie -teem "might win three or four game* if we Ye lucky. "Nfext aeeaon will be a rough one," added Howell , who guided the Aggies to an 8-1 record last year. "We slip ped up on some people laat year because they took us Hghtly. That wont happen apln." Even ao, A&T is expected to be thick in the fight for the CIAA championship. Just as laat aeeaon, apring practice revealed that the Aggies' forte will be defenae, its shorcoming depth. In the fpring drills, Howell came up with a defensive secondary unit of rising seniors Merl Code, Doug Westmore land, Mike Warren, and William Hargrave. Code will be A&T's candi date for little All-America honors and Westmoreland, like his brother Dickie (Miami Dolphins), is a pro prospect. 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Aggies Dump Hornets to Defend Crown By RICHARD MOORE RICHMOND. Va.—ln future preparations for championship playoffs, A&T bgseball coach Mel Groomes may change his usual strategy and limit his players to four hours of sleep the night before the big game. At least, that amount of sleep proved sufficient for the Aggies to beat Delaware State 7-4 last Monday night for the CIAA title. It was A&Ts Bth championship in 15 years. A&Ts bus broke down Sun day night enroute from Rich mond to Greensboro. The Ag gies grabbed a quick snooze, then took off for Richmond again. It worked out just fine. "These kids played the way I have been trying to get them to play all season," said a hap py Groomes. "They just did everything right. We found out what we will have to do In the forthcoming NAIA playoffs in Greensboro and we are look ing forward to it." The Aggies pushed across 3 runs in the top of the 10th inning to whip the Hornets. SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1009 THE CAROLINA TUBS n NO. 5 CIAA CHAMPION—Cur tis Brown, a 5-10, 162-pound junior from Durham won the CIAA number five singles championship recently by de feating Lonnie Oliver of John A&T got a fine pitching per formance from senior David Ellison of Laurinburg. "The pitching of Ellison was just great," said Groomes. "He had only started one previous game this season and he must have been scared to death. He did a fine job and also relief ers Tyrone Bolden and Wilson Stallsworth." son C. Smith University, 6-2, 6-1 in the finals. NCC finished third in team points with 28. Hampton won the team title edging J. C. Smith, 39-37. (NCC Photo) The Aggies and the Hornets split the first two games, also played here Sunday on Parker Field. In the first game, freshman catcher Charles Middleton's single in the eighth inning, sparked a four-run rally and A&T won 6-3. Wilson Stalls worth picked up his eighth straight win for the Aggies. 3A