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North Carolina A & T won Howard defeated N. C.
three conference games last Central Friday night, 74-68
week including a victory over ' before dropping its decision to
By Ray Jenkins
When I take a look at the
nominations for the Lewis
Teague Award for the most
outstanding North Carolina
amateur athlete, there are two
questions which come to my
mind right off: by what criteria
and to which clique must one
belong in order to be
nominated for the award?As I
looked over the list of
nominees, I noticed that there
were two names that should
have been there but weren t -Ronnie
Ray and Charles
Foster, two world class runners
out of North Carolina Central
University. What I did see was
that not a single nominee had
comparable athletic credentials
with the athletic credentials
those of Ronnie Ray and only
one came up to par with Foster
for the 1975 sports year. Let's
take a look at the roster.
Of the ten nominees, five
are from Atlantic Coast
Conference (ACC) schools -Dave
Buckley, Jay Haas, Dan
Harringan, Mitch Kupchak, and
Tony Waldfop. Two more
either live or attend school in
the Charlotte area where the
awards are held each year.
They are Johnny Ray Miller, a
student at Livingston College
of Salisbury, and Bernard
Taylor of Charlotte. The
remaining three, two are from
Ashville, Mary Montgomery
and Margaret Boyd and one
from Raeford, Kathy
McMillan. The only ones who
were from the northern part of
the state were all from ACC
schools. (p.s.: to many that is
the only important conference
in the state; forget about
MEAC, CIAA and any other
smconferences) Incidently, not
one of the ten ranked number
one in the world nor has any
one of them a world record to
their credit. Ronnie Ray
accomplished both these feats
in 1975. He was a member of
the world record shattering one
mile relay during the USA-West
German-Pan African meet held
in Durham last summer and in
winning the Pan American
games in Mexico City, he
produced the fastest . time in
the world for 175 and the
fourth fastest ever in the 400
meters. Only one of the ten
candidates ranked as high as
second in the world, swimmer,
Dan Harrigan. Charles Foster
ranks second in the world for
the high hurdles. In 1974, he
was ranked number one, yet he
was not nominated last year
either.
1 do not want, in any way,
to undermine the
accomplishments of any of the
ten nominees, for they must all
be commended for their feats.
By the same token I cannot
stand idly by while the closed
minded North Carolina
Amateur Athletic Union
undermines the
accomplishments of these two
athletes or any others deserving
of the honor.
so why weren't Ronnie Ray
and Charles Foster nominated
for the prestigious Teague
Award? There are several
guesses that I could make,
however, I am not one to
expound upon wild hunches.
So won t someone please
answer my question.
The last veteran of the
Indian Wars died in 1973,
according to records of the
Veterans Administration.
previously; league-leading
Morgan State to jump back
into first place in the
Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference (MEAC) basketball
standings.
The Aggies defeated North '
Carolina Central last Tuesday,,
82-70, held on for a 77-74 win
over Morgan State Friday night
and outlasted Howard, 75-70
Saturday night. The three wins
Eive the ARRies an n-i
conference slate and
overall mark.
AiT Saturday, Earlier in the
week the Bison defeated
Maryland-Eastern Shore,
99-83. Howard stand 5-5 in the
conference play and 8-14
overall.
In addition to losing its only
league outing last week,
Delaware State divided a pair
ofgames against
n on -conference teams. The
Hornets nipped Lincoln
Wednesday night, 88-87 after
a 17-3 losing io loppin oiaic iasi
Monday by the score of 78-62,
Coach Warren Reynolds' The Hornets are 3-8 in
cagers are at least assured of a conference play and 5-16
tie for the regular season, overall,
honors in the MEAC. Morgan N. C. Central suffered three
State now has an 8-1 league conference losses last week,
mark with three games to play The Eagles lost to A & T
in conference play this weel. Tuesday, Howard Friday night,
Overall the Bears are 174. and Morgan State Saturday
The team finishing first in night. The Eagles are 2-10 in
the final regular season MEAC play and 5-18 overall,
standings will receive a first Maryland-Eastern Shore
round in the 5th annual MEAC dropped a pair of league games
Basketball Tournament which last week losing to Howard last
will be played February 26-28 Tuesday and S. C. State
at the spacious Greensboro Saturday ngiht. The Hawks fell
Coliseum. In case of tie for to 1-9 league play and 2-18
first place between Morgan and against all ooponents.
A &T, a flip of the coin will be Five family games will
necessary to determine who highlight an 11-game care in
receives top seeding in the the final week of the regular
tournament. season in the MEAC. Morgan
After dropping the close State will be involved in three
decision to A&T Friday night, f a mily tests while
Morgan State romped to a Maryland-Eastern Shore, S. C.
113-78 win over N. C. Central State and Howard will play in
Saturday night. two.
South Carolina State Morgan State plays host to
strengthened its position in Howard Tuesday, South
third place with a paid of Carolina State Thursday before
league wins over the weekend, going to Maryland-Eastern
The Bulldogs defeated Shore Thursday and journeys
Delaware State, 66-58 Friday to Richmond, Va. Saturday to
night and nipped meet Virginia Commonealth.
Maryland-Eastern Shore, 81-79 A & T has completed its
Saturday night. S. C. State now league competition but the
stand 7-3 in conference play Aggies have two big
and 15-6 overall. non-conference games in a
tune-up for the MEAC
Tournament. The Aggies (day
host to Western Carolina
Monday night and travels to
Fakleigh-Dicldnson Saturday
night
Si C. State completes it
regular season with three road
games this week. The Bulldogs
play at Baptist Monday night,
Morgan Thursday night and
Howard Saturday night. The
two games against Morgan and
S. C; State are the two games
on the Howard schedule this
week.
N. C. Central plays two
CIAA opponents this week.
The Eagles meet
Winston-Salem at home
Wednesday night and travel to
Charlotte Saturday to meet
Johnson C. Smith.
Livingstone
Bovs toW-S
Rams 90-76
WINSTON-SALEM -Livingstone's
Bears lost a
basketball game but found a new
scoring star here Tuesday night.
The Bears suffered a 90-76
setback at the hands of
Winston-Salem State in the
CIAA race. At the same time,
Barry Brown, a 6-5 freshman of
Charlotte, took scoring honors
with 31 points.
The Livingstone
sharp-shooter collected 15 field
goals and one free throw.
Tommy Johnson was next at
scoring for the Bears with 22.
Three Winston-Salem players
reached the 20s. Tom Paulin was
high with 22. Carlos Terry
followed with 21, and Mike
Garrett had 20.
Livingstone, now 5-15, fell
behind by 44-30 at half time but
played the Rams on even terms
for the rest of the game, fcach
team had 46 points in the last
half. .
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LOOKING UP - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Alleles Lakers, awry leadw m the Seagram's
Seven Crowns of Sports computer basketball competition, gets handshake and Seven Crown's
"Oscar from Seagram's vice-president Mel Elliot prior to game at L. A. Forum.
Morgan's Eric Evans Gains -Bowfcg Hew
MEAC Honors 4th Week
Eric Evans of Morgan State
Tuesday was named Player of
the Week in the Mid-Eastern
Athletic Conference (MEAC)
by the Sports Information
Directors in the conference for
the second straight week and
the fourth time this season .
Evans, a 6-9 sophomore
from Clinton, N. C, scored 58
points and grabbed 32
rebounds in two games last
week. Against N. C. A & T last
Friday, Evans scored 36 points
and collected 14 rebounds in a
77-74 setback. However,
against North Carolina Central
Saturday night Evans tallied 22
points and grabbed 18
rebounds in a 113-78 victory.
Other players nominated for
the weekly honor were Donald
Aaron of Maryland-Eastern
Shore, James Rogers of
Delaware State, Ronnie
Henderson of South Carolina
State, John Mullen of Howard
and Sinclair Colbert, Ron
Johnson and James Sparrow of
A&T.
WARNER BROS. RECORDS,
ARTISTS NOMINATED FOR
FIVE N.A.A.C P. AWARDS
Warner Bros. Records and
several of its artists have been
nominated for awards in five
separate categories of the
N.A.A.CP.'s Image Awards
presentation. In addition to
being nominated Record
Company of the Year, Warners
was distinguished by the
nomination of Tom Draper,
vice president and director of
black music marketing, as
Executive of the Year. "'
The Hazel B. Plummer
League of the Durham and
Orange County Bowling
Association announces the
following High Series and High
Game scores in the Women's
and Men's Division. Leading in
High 'Game scoring in the
Women's Division was Nancy
Rowland with 203; Georgetta
Parker, 188 and Nancy
Pinckney with 181. High
Series: Nancy Rowland, 531;
Walterene Parrish, 510 and
Nancy Pinckney, 506.
Leading in High Game
scoring in the Men's Division
was Jerome Rothenbcrg with
207; Norman Johnson,
198 and Joseph Parker, 189.
High Series: Doss Massenburg,
541 ; Jerome Rothenburg: 534
and Augustus Thompson, 529.
In other bowling news:
Joseph Parker, 511; Norman
Johnson, 506; Wallace Royal,
505; William Little, 501;
Harriett Miller - Triple Games
Series - 120; Jim Dyer
6-7-10- Split Conversion.
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even these barriers will soon
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strong spirit our people
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desire to achieve by
working together.
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February, as a time to remember our
heritage. To remember the
achievements as well as' the hard
ships. Then use this as a lesson in
how to build a stronger, more unified
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