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Demetrius "Oaktree" Edwards and Frank Williams,
Secretary-Treasurer of Oaktree Enterprise, Inc. after signing
a contract for PKA World Heavyweight Title Fight, Felt Forum,
Madison Square Garden, New York City.
Oaktree To Defend
Heavyweight Title
Aydcn's Demetrius
;"OaktreeM Edwards will
idefend his PKA World
Heavyweight Title against
Indianapolis' Ross Scott
at the Felt Forum
JMadison Square. Garden
in New York City this Fri
day night. The fight will
be televised on NBC's
Sports World later in
May.
"Oaktree" won the title
from Ross Scott in a
seventh round KO last
August 12. the KO of
Scott in Ottawa, Canada
came after "Oaktree" had
lander) a nnwprful sprite
TtlrtSTTTha- fight ended
when "Oaktree" con
nected with an overhand
right that all but destroyed
Scott. Edwards was a late
replacement for Van
couver's Miro Michael,
who broke his nose in
training ten days before
the scheduled fight.
Scott, who stands 6-2
and weighs 216 pounds,
.will outweigh Edwards by
21 pounds at fight time.
The 5-9 Edwards should
be beefed up to around
195 pounds by fight night.
In preparation for this
match, "Oaktree" has
" worked his way up to thir
ty rounds of shadow box
ing and bagwork each
day, eight miles of road
work, and two hours of
stomach and body work.
Edwards' unusual training
schedule is from 7-1 1 p.m.
He says that night training
helps with keeping his
weight up.
"Oaktree" predicts that
he will defeat Scott again
and go on to take the PKA
World Light Heavyweight
, Tit) early next fall. ' He ;
- ah.trtias irtSTfyes- OTi'i be
Boxing Light
Heavyweight crowns
presently held by Matthew
Saad Muhammad and Ed
die Mustafa Muhammad.
Edwards' goal is to be the
first fighter to hold titles
in Boxing and Karate
simultaneously. His
ultimate goal is "a triple
crown", boxing light
heavyweight crown,
Karate's heavyweight and
light heavyweight crowns.
ACC Baseball
Tourney
A Capital Idea
By Elson Armstrong, Jr.
When the ACC decided
to go to a post season
tournament in baseball
back in 1975, 1 was one of
.the biggest skeptics. I
thought, no way is this
event going to make it!
As I've often had to do
in the past, it seems I've
got to eat my words.
This past week, I took
in the 1981 ACC Baseball
Tourney that was played
on the University of North
Carolina campus and I
inusl say that the
;bascballers may soon rival
ihcir basketball cousins
for post season excite
iment. I The weather through
(most of ihe event was
jideal and the action was
just super.
j Clemson defeated
'Carolina for the cham
pionship on Sunday, 7-5,
before a packed house.
The game was not decided
until the ninth inning
which was indicative of
the entire tournament.
There was only one true
blow-out in four days of
action (when UNC
romped past Maryland
9-2).
Like the older, more
established ACC Cage
Tourney, the baseball
classic was bpth praised
and condemned by the
participants. Maryland's
head coach was quite ir
ritated when his club,
which finished third in the
regular season, was ousted
early (the tourney is round
robin double elimination)..
Clemson had nothing
but good words for the
format because the Tigers
constantly rose from the
dead to take the title.
Duke and Carolina,
who don't exactly love
each other, put on a
tremendous show when
they met undefeated in
tourney play. The Dukies
dominated the game for
seven and one-half innings
as their colorful fans
howled and yelled "Go to
Hell, Carolina". Then in
the bottom of the eighth,
the Tar Heels erupted for
six runs after two were out
and won the bitter contest,
8-5. Duke showed . real
character by recovering
from that defeat twenty
minutes later to oust pre
tourney favorite N.C.
State 11-7.
Duke finished the
tourney with it's finest
team in twenty years.
Georgia Tech also
delighted the fans with
their ability to capitalize
on the long ball. In one of
the most humorous
events, the Yellow Jackets
were playing N.C. Slate
and a State player hit a
towering pop up in front
of home plate. While three
Georgia Tech , players
waited for each other to
call for it, the ball landed
harmlessly four feet in
, front of home plate. The
State player running like
greased lightening got a
triple out of it.
Yes, I'll admit that I
was wrong in saying that
an ACC Baseball Tourna
ment would never make it.
Heck, I'm already looking
forward to next year!
Elson's All Time Gage Team
By Elson Armstrong, Jr.
Last year this time, I
rated what I considered to
be the greatest collegiate
football teams over the
past twenty years. Well,
this time out, I'll rate my
all time collegiate basket
ball teams over the past 25
years. (Note, there will be
some teams here that
didn't win the NCAA title
either because of proba
tion or just plain bad luck,
but that doesn't take away
from their greatness.)
1. UCLA (1968) This
Bruin club was John
Wooden's best and that
alone tells you how great
they were. If you don't
believe me, just ask
Houston and North
Carolina, two great teams
who were no match for the
Bruins in the NCAA
Finals.
2. UCLA (19'. & 1973)
For two years the
"Walton Gang" were ter
rors on the hardwood and
they won an NCAA all
time record 88 straight
games.
3. INDIANA (.976)
The Hoosiers completed a
32-0 season with only a
minimum of close calls.
4. i NORTH
CAROLINA V STATE
(1973 & 1974) The
David Thompson-led
Wolf pack would've pro
bably won two straight
National Titles if they
hadn't spent one year on
probation. Still they ended
the UCLA reign and made
college basketball in
teresting again.
5. NORTH
CAROLINA (1972)
Dean Smith's best club
won five tournaments
from Spain to Oregon, and
were denied a crack at
UCLA in the '72 Title
game by a bum call by an
official in the semi-finals.
6. UCLA (1967) Lew
Alcindor's first team just
walked to an unbeaten
season.
7. INDIANA (1975)
If Scott May hadn't got
injured in the regionals
this club would've been
NCAA Champs that year.
8. NORTH
CAROLINA (1977)
This team finished second
with three starters, playing
injured, just imagine if
they'd been healthy!
9. NEVADA-LAS
VEGAS (1977) This
club averaged over 108
points a game and they're
probably the most exciting
club to ever play the major
college eame.
Hazel Plummor
Bowling Scores
The Hazel B. Rummer Bowling
League scores tor April 27;
Ladles high game: 201-Pauline
Johnson, 199-Flo Roberson,
192-llla Hill.
Ladies high series: 54 9-Flo
Roberson, 501-Nancy Plnckney,
491-Roslyn Leslie.
Men's high game: 218-Chartes
Parker, 218-June Winston. 215.
202-Cliff Parker.
Men's high series: 606-Clltt
Parker, 567-Chartes Parker.
541-Charies Horton.
Others: 205, 203-Charles Horton,
200-Robert Curtis, 537-June
Winston, 522-Joe Garner,
5 16-Robert Curtis, 515-George
Thome, 515-Ronald Miller,
504-Doss Massenburg, 501-T-Bird
Roberson, 501-Norman Johnson.
High Team Series: 2449. Odd
Pins; High Team Game: 867,
Rockets: Four-Game Winners: Lots
of Luck Express, Jive Five; Split
Conversions: Minnie Norris, 3-7.
107 UCLA (1964)
John Wooden's first
NCAA Title team finished
HoCTd U, potters
Capture Meac Titto,
WASHINGTON, b.C.
The Howard University
tennis team captured the
Mid-Eastern Athletic con
ference tennis champion
ship by winning four of six
singles and sweeping all
three doubles matches.
This was the first con
ference championship
held since 1975.
Howard, led by captian
George Martin, tallied 33
points, while South
Carolina State finished se
cond with 24. Martin was
chosen the most outstan
ding performer in winning
the number two singles
over Eric Holland (SCS)
6-2, 6-0 and teaming with
Edward Cruzat to capture
the top doubles match!
Cruzat won the top
singles match with an im
pressive 6-2, 6-1 victory'
over Fred Morgan of
South Carolina State.
Third-seeded Eric,'
Johnson defeated Doug'
'Henderson (FAMU) and
sixth-seeded Greg Suns
beat Pharington Douglass
(FAMU).
In other doubles com-'
petition, Kevin Proctor '
and Johnson teamed to
win the number two flight,
and Lloyd Eason and Sims
combined to win the third
flight.
"We did well,'' stated a
jubilant Coach Eddie
Davis. "Now we have to
repeat. It was a good vic
tory and it is going to help
the rest of our season. It
has given them the incen
tive to work harder.
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