SAT.. CECEM8ER 13, 1980 THE CAS3UM TIMES -5
Second Time Around Fatal for NCCU Eagles
Elson Rates The NFL Cities
It seems as if everybody
likes to rate something in
the world of sports so
yours truely decided why
not rate the cities of the
NFL; I'll admit that I
haven't visited all of these
metropolises but since I,
majored in Geography in
college I think I know
something about the
characteristics of all of
these places that harbor
teams in the NFL, this
rating is not in any order
it's just luck of the draw.
Buffalo: It good that
the Bills are winning
agian, can you imagine
living in such a lousy city
that's also a loser in foot
ball? Yuk!
New England: This
team belongs to an entire
region, most of it is
georgeous but as far as
I'm concerned they should
drop a bomb on bigotted
Boston!
Baltimore: I think
they've already dropped
the bomb here!
Miami: The sun shines,
the palm trees sway.it's
my king of town, except
I'm a Steller fan, don't
like the Dolphins!
New York: America's
most boastful city, need I
remind them that us so
called small town hicks
bailed them out when they
went broke! The song says
"New York, New York" I
say let it "sink, sink" off
the face of the earth!
Cleveland Can you im
agine spending a vacation
here?. If so then you
should shoot yourself!
Houston: Another town
I would just love to live in,
only thing, I cbuldift
display my Steeler pen
nants (and live!).
Pittsburgh: I love their
football team but the
weather (winter is just too
long) and their pot holed
streets have got to go!
Cincinnati: They say
this is America's biggest
small town, I can't think
of any reason to go there!
SanDiego: I hear tell it's
a beautiful town, too
many Marines and Sailors,
for me!
Oakland: I feel sorry
for people who live here,
they're always over
shadowed by San Fran
cisco, on top of that I
HATE the Raiders!
Kansas City: It just hap
pens to be there!
Seattle: Despite what
you hear the people who
live there aren't webbed
footed, it's beautiful but
too far north.
Philadelphia: In answer
to Tug McOraw I say take
this city and stick it!
Dallas: The home of
"America's Team," I
could live here I just love
those "cool summers"
they have and those cheer
leaders.
St. Louis: You've Got
to be kidding! i
Washington: This is I
where the politicians and,
the Redskins make their
homes, I can't stand either
of them!
Detroit: Any city that
gave us the Supremes with
Diana Ross and the Temp
tations can't be all bad,
but it's not that good
either.
Green Bay: Summer is
nice here, all two weeks of
it.
Tampa Bay: Hey, another
one of my towns, it's hot,
4 sticky , and they have
tcand6e let mepack my
bags now.
Chicago: r wish the
wind would blow this
disaster area into Lake
Michigan.
Missesota: A great place
to visit but don't go there
to watch the Vikings play
unless you want to be dull
ed to sleep.
Atlanta: Hey, the party
town of the southeast, an
oversized Durham
Raleigh, but we have the
Bulls they "only" have
the Braves (and the
Falcons).
Los Angeles: This is
where the Bandwagon was
invented these "fans"
always love you when they
win but drop you when
they lose, it's not really a
part of America, let the
Iranians have it.
San 'Francisco: The only
"real" city in California,
despite what they say it's
o.k. to call it "Frisco,"
that's right Frisco, Frisco,
Frisco.
New Orleans: Sorry
Atlanta, this is where par
tying was invented, they
even have swinging
funerals here, forget the
Squints, let's get to Bur
bon Street. i
In the future I'll rate the
ACC campuses.
Durliamites Scoreless In
Gold Bowl Debut
RICHMOND, VA - N. C.
A&T handed North Carolina
Central a 37-0 beating in
Gold Bowl IV before 3,400
fans. The Aggies closed out
their best season in history at
9-3 while the Eagles, who
enjoyed their first winning
season since 1976, fell to
7-5.
The Aggies marched 78
yards on the opening drive
with quarterback William
Watson going the final yard.
Cleotis Johnson had a 70
yard Gold Bowl run setting
the stage for Watson's run.
In the second period, the
Aggies marched 83 yards
with a 43 yard touchdown
pass from Watson to Billy
Mims climaxing the drive at
14:26.
Central got to the A&T 4
but a Ken Pugh fumble throt
ted the drive.
The Aggies capitalized on
two Carl Sanders muffs of
punts in the third period to
increase their lead. Frank
Carr caught a 10 yard pass
from Roland Myers and
Charlie Sutton had a 1 yard
run for touchdowns. Senior
quarterback Charles Yuille
was tackled for a safety giv
ing the Aggies 16 third
period points.
Johnson climaxed the
scoring in a 3 yard run in the
final stanza.
The Aggies rushed for 291
yards and passed for 103
more while holding the
Eagles to only 11 yards
rushing and 186 passing.
Johnson led all ball
carriers with 112 yards in 12
carries. Watson, the MVP of
the game, had 25 yards
rushing and completed 4 of 6
passes for 93 yards and one
touchdown.
Yuille completed 7 of 14
passes for 116 yards and
Sanders had 6 receptions for
100 yards.
A Tribute
to
Littlejohn Resigns as Grid Coach
SALISBURY An
drew Littlejohn, three
year head football coach
at Livingstone College,
resigned this recently en
ding weeks of speculation
on his future. (Littlejohn
resigned on December 5,
1980.)
Littlejohn informed
Livingstone president, Dr.
Goerge Shipman irfa letter
that he would end his
tenure at the school.
1980-01 BASKETBALL OUTLOOK
With the loss of consen
sus All-America Ricky
Mahorn (27.6 ppg and
15.6 rpg) to the
Washington Bullets,
Hampton Institute coach
Hank Ford, knew he had
to find a replacement for
the 6' 10" center.
So Ford came up with
University of Southern
Cal transfer. Leonel Mar.-.,
quetti and suddenly Pirate
fans are talking about
another twenty-win
season. Marquetti ' was
named to virtually every
high school All-America
team and averaged 7.2
points for the Trojans last
year. The 6-7, 210 pound
junior has a measured ver
tical jump of 42 inches
(the same as David
Thompson) and Ford ex
pects Marquetti to earn a
starting position.
The Pirates return four
starters from last year's
'214f teant that wort- the
NAIA District 19 crown
and made an appearance
in the NAIA National
Torunament in Kansas Ci-,
solid, too. In addition to
Hines, the CIAA's Rookie
of the Year last season,
outside gunner Dave Sip
pio, a 6-4 senior who
averaged 9.9 points per
game last year, is back.
In all, six lettermen
return from last year's
team including sixth man
Tony Washington. The
6-4 soDhomore ac-
Littlejohn announced
no immediate plans.
Just five weeks ago Lit
tlejohn said that he had
not even comtemplated
resigning. Athletic Direc
tor, Joe Robinson, said at
that time that the school
was not considering firing,
the coach, but that a;
routine evaluation would
take place at the end of the
season.
Shipman said that Lit
tlejohn had not been
pressured to resign and
that the evaluation process
had just begun.
"We knew that we had
to evaluate the football
program, but we didn't
know the outcome of the
evaluation" Shipman
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both" forward and guard
and has looked impressive
in the preseason
workouts. Sophomore
Wayne Spencer, out much
of last year with knee in
juries, is capable.
In addition, Ford has
recruited heavily in
preparing to defend the
NAIA District title.
Everett (6-7, Newark,
N.J.), LeGrant Williams
(6-6, Norfolk, Va.), Ron
Blake (6-3, Easton, Md.)
and Alphonso Godwin
(6-2, Smithfield, Va.) will
join transfers Jake Jordan
(6-5) and Gerald Moore
(6-8).
But matching the record
of the last three years
(1977-78: 24-7; 1978-79:
24-6; 1979-80: 21-10)
won't be easy.
"It won't be as easy as
it was last year," Ford ad
mits. "All we did last year
was werk the ball in to
Mahorn and let him do his
magic. This season we are
going to have to work a
little harder for our
points."
, Ford knows what he is
talking about. The three
time NAIA District 19
Coach of the Year arrived
on the scene after Hamp
ton had suffered through
ten straight losing seasons.
Honors Pour
In For 'Dogs
ORANGEBURG, S.C.
The honors continue to
pour in for South
Carolina State offensive
guard Edwin Bailey. The
6-4, 255 pound Savannah,
Ga., native was named
recently to the Kodak
Division 1-AA All
American Team as
selected by the American
Football Coaches Associa
tion. Bailey, along with nine
of his teammates, was
earlier named to the All
Mid Eastern Athletic Con
ference team and was one
of three Bulldogs to land a
spot on the Sheridan
Broadcasting network All
America squad.
Only one other MEAC
player, Florida A&M
-defesnive back Gifford
Ramsey, made the Kodak
squad.
our evaluation, I guess he
(Littlejohn) saw fit to sub
mit his resignation.
No successor was nam
ed but Shipman said a
search for one would
begin immediately.
Littlejohn said in his let
ter to Shipman this morn
ing that he had resigned
"for personal reasons,
and I feel that the position
I am taking is in the best
interest of all concerned."
Shipman replied with a
letter, dispatched recently,
accepting the resignation.
Littlejohn will remain on
the faculty until the end of
the school year.
"We thank you for
your service rendered Liv
ingstone College during
the period of your
employment year, and we
extend to you best wishes
for your new. endeavors in
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Carl Easterling: 1907 -1980
By Elson Armstrong, Jr.
Coach Carl Easterling was a super star in every
sense of the word to the people associated with
Durham's Hillside High School. He was a winner.
On Monday, December 8, 1980, this giant of a
man collapsed and died while walking on the track at
Shepard Junior High School.
For many of Durham's black sportsmen and
women, his death is a great loss. I first began to
follow "Bear" Easterling's Hillside teams as a junior
high youngster in 1962. During most of Easterling's
reign, Hillside, because of segregation, competed in
the North Carolina Negro High School Athletic
Association. Consequently, many of his early ac
complishments were probably not covered by the ma
jor media. Easterling never showed any-outward bit
terness about this. He continued, like clockwork, to
turn out winners.
Easterling, who coached HHS's basketball and
tennis teams, achieved some of his greatest successes
durine mv three years at Hillside U964-67).
j In 1965, he fielded what many consider his greatest
j cage team. After a mid-season slump, the Hornets
j jelled and swept to the State 4-A Championship.
both the district and state title games to bring home
the big trophies. Easterling was the NCNHSAA 4-A
Coach of the Year in 1965.
In 1966, employing a running-gunning offense and
a tremendous full court press, the Hornets set some
offense records that still stand in North Carolina
High School annals such as: most points by a team in
one game - 147; first N.C. High School team to
average over 100 points for an entire season (105
ppg); and, most points ever scored in a N.C. High
School post season tournament - 128.
That 1966 Hillside powerhouse finished second in
the state.
During my senior year, 1967, we all figured that
the HHS cage glory years were behind us due to
heavy graduation losses, but Easterling rallied his
bowerfuf RaHglT-Efgorl the pre-seaSdn
favorite) in overtime.
Easterling tennis teams swept every black team title
from. 1953 to 1960. He also won team tennis cham
pionships in 1966 and 1967.
The mark of a truly successful coach is one who is
willing to stand by unpopular decisions. Easterling
faced this during 1968-69 when a dissention-racked
Hillside club was consistently getting clobbered on
the court. In the middle of the season, Easterling cut
most of the starters. Most of us thought that "Bear"
had flipped, but the old coach showed us as he took
this team to fourth in the state during the last year of
the all-black league.
"Bear" coached such tennis greats as Bonnie
Logan, Michael Ruffin, J.D. Lewis, Jr., from
Raleigh and Richmond's Arthur Ashe.
When Hillside integrated in 1970, Easterling still
fielded winning cage teams. His last team in 1972
won the District Seven title and featured current
NBA star, John Lucas, Jr.
Yes, Coach Easterling was a giant in Durham. He
will be sorely missed. He leaves an important legacy.
To further honor this great man, I suggest that we
start a Carl Easterling Scholarship Fund. Men like
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