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SAT- APRIL 27, 1979. THE CAROLINA TIMES -8 'L LGy'y'iti3ore Pleased With Awifuclle off ollpDyers "Wc are pleased with the attitudes of the ballplayers. They have ac cepted me as the new coach and they are think ing in terms of winning this year." lamented Lat timore. "We have an outstan ding nucleus with good receivers. We are not deep at tailback or fullback, however." added Lat timore. The Eagles lost their starting quarterback Alvin Cauthorn, who set a school record with 1621 yards passing including 339 yards against North Carolina A&T State last year; three-time All MEAC tight end Joe Mack, who had 84 career catches for the Eagles; Eric Hines, who had 20 field goals (eight last season) and averaged 38 yards per unt; two-time All-MEAC linebacker Walter Odom, who led the Eagles with 187 tackles and had over 500 for his career; second team All MEAC linebacker Dennis "Deke" Warner, the se cond leading tackier on the team; safety Ringald Little; and halfback Melvin Crawley. "With time junior Charles Yuille, Freshman Al Gainey and senior Ken Pugh, a converted flanker, will learn our system and perform quite well at quarterback" remarked Lattimore. The interior line ot tackles Ken Collins and Joe Samuels, guards Art Williams and Gary Smith and center Anthony Grif fin return intact. Guards Robert Jacobs, William Carter and centers An tonio Southern and James Noble are again expected to (end backup support. Junior Anthony Judd, the leading rusher last year, returns at fullback, he rushed from 411 yards to 105 carries good for 6 touchdowns. Junior tailbacks Ernest Strickland and Andre Cooper will vie for the starting post. Junior Carl Sanders set a school record with 44 receptions for 657 yards, and 3 touchdowns last season. He finished se cond in the MEAC. his sidekick junior Wallace Barnes caught 10 passes for 132 yards (all in the final three games). Senior Ron Tate ( 9 for 131 yds) and sophomore Mitch Bouie(l for 12) will fight for the vacated tight end slot. Defensively, the Eagles will be strongest at the tackle position with the moving of Vincent Pear sail from offense. He will push senior Ken Ramsey (7S tackles) and junior Terry Brown (54 tackles) for playing time. Seniors Gary Harris and Greg Wylly will man the end posts. John Hunt returns as the noseguard. The linebacking crew of seniors Chris Smith and Vernon Wilder, junior William Owens and sophomores Louis Mclver and Chris McKinstry. Our strongest area will be our defensive secon dary. The return of juniors Alan Douthit and Jerry Davis and sophomores David Riley, Michael Spease and Ken neth Thomas will make the Eagles deep backfield a tough nut to crack. Sophomore Clarence Spinks is expected to han dle the punting chores. "Overall, we will play interesting football, added Lattimore. Our won and lost record will depend on the supporting roles that our recruits play. We were so close to winning last year that we know what it takes to win." 1 iff S Golf Tournament To Support Urban League SMI I. INC PACKS A happy mood prevails as Muhammad Ali accepts a pla que from secretary of Labor Ray Marshall designating him honorary chairman of the 1979 U.S. Savings Bond Drive as Mrs. Aiie Taylor Morton, U.S. treasurer, wat ches. Marshall, named chairman of the Interagency Savings Bonds Committee by President Carter, said, "U.S. Savings Bonds are a guaranteed investment and they guarantee savings." LOS ANGELES - The Miller High LifeLos Angeles Urban League an nual Celebrity Golf Classic drew 192 entries making it the largest tour nament at the Western Avenue Golf Course this season. Some of the celebrities who par ticipated in the tourna ment were actor Stack Pierce; Don Newcombe, former Brooklyn Dodger pitcher and first Cy Young Award winner; David "Deacon" Jones, former All-Pro defenseman, Los Angeles Rams and com munity relations director of Miller Brands; James "Shack" Harris, quarter back, San Diego Chargers; Lawrence Mc Cutcheon, tournament chairman and All-Pro of fensive halfback, Los Cal Irvin to Be Honored For 401 Basketball Victories Angeles Rams; former basketball All-Pro Cazzie Russell; Jim Youngblood, All-Pro linebacker, Los Angeles Rams; and famed golfers Pete Brown and Curtis Sifford of the Pro fessional Golfers Associa tion. Thomas B: Shropshire, senior vice president, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wise, said, "As one of the major sup porters, of collegiate and professional sports pro grams, we recognize that education, employment, training and counseling are basic ingredients in the growth and survival of in dividuals and even na tions. We therefore welcome this opportunity to assist the Urban League in raising funds for its many worthwhile programs." South Carolina State Wins HE AC Track Meet Hazel Plumper Bowling Scores GREENSBORO - Cal Irvin, who carved his niche as one of the na tion's most outstanding basketball coaches while at North Carolina A&T, will be honored by his friends and supporters at a testimonial banquet in the Holiday Inn Four Seasons here on Saturday, June 9. In announcing the monumental event, Rev. Prince E. Graves of Greensboro, who is coor dinating the affir, said Ir vin has been selected for this testimonial "not because of his outstanding contribution towards athletics, but also because tournament 'itles in 1958, 1959, and 1964 and won the first MEAC Tourna ment and Visitation. Among guest scheduled to participate in the tribute to Coach Irvin are Jesse Jackson, former Ag gie and now the National President of PUSH; Al Attles, who formerly played under Irvin and who now coaches the San Francisco Warriors of the National Basketball Association; and Irvin's Brother, Monte Irvin, assistant (o the Commis sioner of Baseball. Like his brother, Monte, At Johnson C. Smith, Irvin compiled a 53-17 record in lour years, then left Smith for Atkins High in Winston-Salem. He coached Atkins to a 23-2 record and a state champtionship his first season, then the offer came from nearby North Carolina A&T. Irvin's teams at A&T won ten of fourteen games in the rugged NCAA Col lge Division playoffs. In March of 1971, A&T ad vanced to the quarter finals of the NAIA playoffs in Kansas City. A topnotch recruiter. atnieucs, out aiso oecause trvin ,ral was quite, a Vi -k- v,, of his immeasurable in 4ab The eighth running of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's Annual Track and Field Cham pionship got off to a ra diant start during Satur day's qualifying under a beaming sun that glorified Morgan State University's campus all day. Two-year defending champions, South Carolina State College, continued their dominance over the seven team field totaling 32 points the first day; and looked strong going into Sunday's finals. On Sunday afternoon, the sun shone only for those Bulldogs, who with 140 points; secured a third straight crown to tie North Carolina Centeral Univer sity for number of years winning. Ironically, NCCU finsihed last this season scoring 14 team points. Delaware State College was second for the third year in row with 115, Morgan finished with 1 10, North Carolina A&T State University totaled 57, and Continued on page 9 The Hazel B. Plummer Bowling League score report for April 23: Ladies High Game: Barbara Bridges, 203; 'Dee Plummer, 201; Alyce Little, 197. Ladies High Series: 'Dee Plummer, 562; Alyce Little, 532; Barbara Bridges, 520. Men's High Game: Howard Fitts, 229; Ken Snipes,221; Norman Johnson, 213. Men's High Series: Doss Massenburg; T-Bird Roberson, 549; Howard Fitts, 547. Others: Doss Massen burg, 207; Bill Little, 200; Norman Johnson, 545; Booker Spaulding, 502; Ken Rice, 501; Split Con versions: Ora Huey, 7-9-10; Lillian Thompson, 3-7-10. High Team Game, 833, Fireballs and Series, 2422, Fireballs. pact upon the entire com munity. Irvin has shown all of us how much we can accomplish when we com mit ouselves." Irvin served with distinction as head basket ball coach of North Carolina A&T for eigh teen years. He never suf fered a losing season, while compiling 401 vic tories against only 132 losses. Irvin's basketball team at A&T won five C1AA Tournament Champion ships and Visitation and playing with a semi-pro. team in Raleigh when he received his basketball coaching offer. Irvin was born in Hailsburg, Ala., but was reared in Orange, N.J. He was one of thirteen children in his family. After graduating from high school, he starred in football, baseball and basketball at Morgan State College,' before transferring to the Univer sity of Illinois where he earned his bachelor's deeree. success in developing pro basketball players. He can count among his former stars such notables as At tles, Warren Davis,, Maurice McHartley and James Staggs, formerly players in the American Basketball Association. "1 think whatever suc cess 1 have enjoyed as a coach," said Irvin, "is due mainly to an ability to make on-the-spot ad justments. 1 think this may have come about as a result of some of my own athletic experiences." Flat Tires No Barrier as Student Wins First Place GREENSBORO Two flat tires and 1200 miles later, Arnold Pinnix of A&T State Univeristy was declared the best dramatic monologist in the recent National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts' annual competition in Chicago. It was really an out-of-1 breath pinnix. that con vinced the judges that he was really a bonafide con testant and that even though eh hadn't registered yet, he had just gotten to the convention. They told me that I was too late," he said, "but I persuaded them and then they let me go on. I hadn't been able to see anyone ese perform, so I was just hoping for third place." Pinnix, a junior profes- ' PAY BY CHECK It is the safe easy way to pay bills. Your cancelled check is proof positive that you have paid your bill. You can open 9 regular or special account, depending on your needs with minimum balance. For Complete and Efficient Banking Service, See Any of Our Courteous and Experienced Staff at Qochanics & Farmers Dank at Durham 116 VI. Parrlah St-Man Office Mutual Plaxa Branch sional theatre major from Burlington, was declared winner of the competition among 44 historically black colleges from across the nation. Pinnix, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Pinnix, left Greensboro for Chicago by car along with ten other A&T students and their advisor. Dr. John Kilimanjaro. For his trophy, Pinnix performed a monologue from "The Bloodknot," which the Richard B. Har rison Players of A&T pre sent on the campus begin ning this week. "The first flat occured in Tennessee," he recalls. "We didn't have ajack and a truck driver helped us that time."" , They also had no spare tire, by the time they got to Ohio, they blew another lire. This time they sat in a tiny town there the rest of the night. By the time they secured a tire and repaired the Hat , the Chicago competition was well underway. "One of our players missed his competition altogether," said Pinnix. "The only thing that sav ed me was the fact that we gained an hour in the Midwest." Pinnix has appeared in A&T's productions of "Golden Boy," "Six Characters in Search of an Author." and the "Owl and the Pussycat." COQUIS? or AUTO PARTS STORES The heavy duty replacement shock with a bigger piston for more control. II If II Gabriel ted lyderi artoxiamrtiMn II II II rtwdawl snoefca, II 1 -II had heat fastec 1-. kaapwofUngln I i Lit rouoh Botng. II IkkzUJ ll fourvtrtuaifyln- ffSs. destruetatteeoll f2ar aprtncalnttaadof , T-wAw tnauauaitwDon II I I iZcs?v2r 1 1 many shocks Btve lfy you batter fact I I II if tor the road. I j&f M-taeaaMn9 CT ntaadofjuttifx I sjwaa bettor I kv3'I I raaUtaticatofada jr 0( V I for conalitoiit C?Ytt V -iJJ operation, battar () SPECIAL IDUU PPITP M I K IMCTAI I ATirJ XSttX SPECIAL LOW PRICE PLUS INSTALLATION AVAILABLE AT PARTICIPATING CARQUEST SERVICE STATIONS AND OARAGES. 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