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Black College All-Star Game Set for January 17
Jackson, Hiss. Site of
Post Season Classic
Football aficionados
and pro scouts will lavish
attention on 66 highly
touted seniors in the first
annual Sheridan Black
College All-Star Game in
Jackson, Miss.v? on
January 17.
The game pits the East
squad against the West in
c contest considered a pro
ving ground for talented
athletes with pro aspira
tions. Players from the Cen
tral Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference, Mid
Eastern Athletic Con
ference and Independent
teams east of the
Mississippi River form
one squad.
The other unit is com
prised of athletes from the
Southern Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference,
Southwestern Athletic
Conference and Regional
Independents.
A pair of former NFL
stars Willie Wood and
Irv Cross who made
sundry stops around the
football and TV map, will
plot strategy for the young
apprentices.
A former star with the
Green Bay Packers, Wood
presently serves as coach
of the Toronto Argonauts
of the Canadian Football
League. He is the only
black head coach in pro
football.
. Since his retirement,
Cross has remained visible
as a commentator for the
CBS "NFL Today" show.
He had a distinguished
pro career with the Los
Angeles Rams and
Philadelphia Eagles. In
casual conversations, he
admits to having pro
coaching aspirations.
Wood will tutor the
West and Cross will coach
the East. Both men are im
pressed by the obvious
potential of players on
opossing squads.
Twenty-two stars nam
ed to the prestigious
Sheridan Black College
AU-American team pro-,
vide the nucleus for the
post-season classic.
Heading the list is
quarterback Joe Adams of
Tennessee State, rated by
Sheridan observers as the
Most Valuable Player on
the 1980 Ail-American
team.
Thfcelite star passed for
2,653 yards and 30
touchdowns as a senior to
cap a fantastic career with
8,653 yards and 81 TDs.
Adams will dual Grambl
ingV Mike Williams,
younger brother of Tampa
Bay's signal caller, Doug.
Mike revved up the at
tack that propelled
Grambling to the National
Black Championship.
Williams' transition has
been radical. In a sense, he
escaped from his brother's
shadow through
perseverance, hard work
and the ability to meet
competitive demands of
the moment, passing for
2,1 16 yards and 28 TDs in
1980. His career log shows
3,73,4 yards and 44 TDs.
Other Ail-American
stalwarts with the re
quisites of size, speed and
toughness include defen
sive ends Jerome Tate,
Alabama State and Wilar
thur Jackson, Alcorn
State; linebackers Larry
Werts, Jackson State, Ives
Prince, Grambling and
Angelo King, South
Carolina State; defensive
tackles Curtis Green,
Alabama State and Mike
Barber, Grambling.
Pro scouts will be awed
by the versatility of defen
je backs Victor Jackson,
Bowie State., Robert
Salters, Grambling, and
Gifford Ramsey, Florida
A&M and Iverson Walls,
Grambling.
Impressive specimens
anxious to gain acclaim on
offense are running backs
Robert Parham, Grambl
ing, who bulled for 3,314
career yards; Henry
Odom, South Carolina
State and Edward O'Neal,
Tuskegee; wide receiver
Wally Wright, Mississippi
Valley, and tight end Billy
Mims, North Carolina
A&T; tackles Lorenza Lil
ly, Alabama State and
Don Herring, Norfolk
State; guards Edwin
Bailey, South Carolina
State and Mike West,
North Carolina A&T.
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ICE HOCKEY AVAILABLE IN THE TRIANGLE
The Hit Man
DETROIT Welterweight champion Thomas Hearns stands over Luis Primera after knocking
him out in the 6th round to retain his title. UPI Photo
If you happen to be one
of the many transplanted
"Yankees" who've moved
into the Triangle Area you
may find that one of our
shortcomings is that you
can't find a live hockey
game anywhere.
Well, .ice lovers take
heart. You can now see
your favorite sport up
close and in person and
you don't have to leave
this area to do it!
Just take 1-85 west of
Durham to the Daniel
Boone exit in
Hillsborough and there
you can find and exciting
brand of collegiate club
hockey.
While admittedly this is
not the NHL or even the
best college hockey, as one
spectator told me, it's the
only hockey available so
why not make the best of
it.
The Daniel Boone Ice
Rink is the home of the
"ACC Club Hockey
League" which consists of
teams from Duke,
By Elson Armstrong Jr.
Carolina, State, and
UNC-Greensboro.
The league is a brain
child of UNC student Bill
Detner, a native of Con
necticut, who saw the need
for hockey in this area.
Detner, a player for the
Tar Heel, team is the
league Commissioner.
Recently I took the
short ride to Hillsborough
to see just what was going
on. On this particular day
Duke, the defending
champion, was playing an
exhibition match with
Carolina last year's run
ners up.
Larry Fields one of the
1
officials told me that the
game is played unJer
amateur hockey rule;
which consists of no red
lines and three twenty
minute periods with a run
ning clock.
The teams are usually
made up of players who
are either from regions
where hockey is promi
nent or North Carolinians
who have been exposed to
hockey.
The league also plays
teams from Fort Bragg
and they will also take
part in tournaments in
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Have a Coke
and a smile.
Elson's
Fantastic
NCAA -Top
15
' (Football)
By Elson Armstrong Jr. ,
1. Georgia
2. Notre Dame
3. Florida State
4. Pittsburgh
5. Michigan
6. Oklahoma
7. Alabama"
8. North Carolina
9. Baylor
10. Nebraska
1 1 . Penn State
12. Washington
13. Brigham Young
14. UCLA
15. Southern California
Bowl Suggestions: Why
don't we have bowls with
such tasty names as Chili,
VSalad, Grape, Chicken,
Bar-be-que, or Ice Cream?
Tom Rice of Jackson
State is the center and
Wilfredo Roseles of
Alcorn is the field goal
kicker.
Alternates will be an
nounced later by All-Star
Game coordinator Fred
tMattingly.
Five S.C. Bulldogs to Play In All-Star
Football Game
ARLINGTON, VA
Five seniors from South
Carolina State's 10-1 Mid
Eastern Athletic Con
ference team have been
selected to play in the
Black- College All-Star
game at Jackson, Miss.,
January 17.
Tb& contest, sponsored
by the Sheridan Broad
casting Network (SBN), a
black-owned national
broadcasting network,
will be played at the
Jackson Memorial
Stadium.
Bulldog running back
Chris Ragland of In
dianapolis, Ind.; guard
Edwin Bailey of Savanr
,UaV; r junior, was hampered by
and linebackers Angelo
Bay Packer standout, will
guide the West Team.
Ragland, who rushed
for over 1300 yards as a
King, Columbia, S.C;
and Ronnie Burton,
Newbery, S.C, are among
36 players making up the
East squad.
Former Philadelphia
Eagles Standout Irv Cross
will be the head coach for
the East squad while
Willie Wood, ex-Green
injuires tnis season out
still managed 454 yards on
109 carries and scored
seven touchdowns.
Bailey, earlier named to
the SBN and Kodak AU
American squads and the
All-MEAC team, led the
Bulldog blocking which
netted almost 260 yards
rushing per game.
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