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THE CAROltNA TIMES -5 '
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Several Black Colleges Are
In NBA Draft
Represented
By Larry Barber
In the annual National1
Basketball ' Association
draft held Tuesday, June
9, eight players from seven ;
different historically black
colleges wereselected as
potential professional
stars.
Kevin Loder of
Alabama State was chosen
by Kansas City in the very
firit round. The 6-6 for-
ird averaged 23.3 points
jr game ana i4.u re-
f bounds tor tne Hrneis i
last year, uespuc piaynig .
'independently and in;
NCAA Division II, Loder
was well scouted, and the
KC decision, was no real ;
surprise.
Larry Spnggs, a 6-7 ;
fnrwarn '
from Howard University, j
ecame the second of this
lot Jo be named when
Houston picked him in the i
fourth round. He averag-1
ed 16 ppg and ten re-'
bounds last season, and
led the Bison to a NCAA
Playoff date. Sprigg was
the MEAC'S Player of the.
Year in 1981, and was
named the ' Tournaments
MVP three years in a row.
Hampton Institute of
the CIAA was the only
black school to have two
players drafted. Guard
Darryl Warwick was taken
by Atlanta in the sixth,
while Leonel Marquetti
went to San Antonio in,
the ninth. All-Conference i
Warwick, at 5-10, pumped ,
out 22.8 ppg a year ago.
MarquettU a 6-7 forward,
declared "hardship" after
his junior year, but not ,
before he helped lead the
Pirates to a lAA Tour
nament berth.
The other four players'
were all SWAC products.-:
Robert Williams, a 6-6
forward from Grambling,'
. was dratted by nf;--Washington
in the sixth. J F "if
He averaged 20 points and : rjf
11 IWUUUU3 tl
last year.
, Also in the sixth, San
Antonio chose Northern -Shavers
of Jackson State.
The 6-6 forward averaged
around 20 ppg, nine rpg, J
shot nearly 60 from the I
field; and 70 from the,'
free throw line.
David Williams of,
; Southern, another 6-6 for-
ward, was selected by
. Phoenix in the seventh.
He had an 18-point
'. shooting average, and
gathered in about ten re
bounds per game.
Detroit claimed Eddie 7
Baker of Alcorn in the j
ninth, which was the next i
to the last round. Baker, a
6-9 forward, canned over :
18 ppg, while hovering
over the ten mark in re-
1 bounding.
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On The
Dotted Line
Arlington Jones signs pro football contract with the San Francisco Forty-Niners ot
the NFL. Lookins on Q-r) are: Ronnie Jones, brother: Mrs. Jeannette Jones, mother;
Arlington Jones, Neil Schmidt of the 49ers; Alton Waldon, Jr., Jones' agent; and,
standing WSSU Coach Bill Hayes.
Photo by Roland Watts
MEAC Basketball Was A Nail
Biter Ten Overtimes
Arrington Jones Signs With (49ers
With the first-time-ever
NCAA automatic berth
on line, the NIT in mind, a
wealth of talent around
the Conference; and a
competitive spirit that
goes beyond human im-j
agination; the Mid-i
Eastern Athletic Con
ference's 1980-81 basket
ball season was one of cl
inging cliff-hangers and
nipping nail -biters. From
as early, as December 2 to
February 21, MEAC
iteams were involved in 13
overtime games including,.
outside competition.
Regular season cham-
pion NCA&T led the
league with six OT games, :
four in the MEAC, and
was one-half of that triple :
affair, losing to Howard'
64-63. That happened to
be HU's only extra-period ,
tiff. However, the very
next night, A&T beat
Delaware State 78-75 in
double OT. The Aggies
also defeated S.C. State
64-62-n a double, but lost
to Bethune-Cookman I
ference encounter, and
downed Texas Southern
(SWAC) 97-96 in double .
OT. The Rattlers dropped :
a 81-79 thriller to Ten-:
nessee State in a single;
OT. !
Adding to S.C. State's
'demise with the two Con
ference OT losses, the
Bulldogs also lost a 77-75
OT game to Southern.
Delaware State was also
blanked in OT contests,
losing to Baptist 62-61 and
NCA&T.
WINSTON-SALEM
In a formal ceremony in
1 the lobby of Winston
Salem State University,
Arrington Jojies, star run-
, ning back of the WSSU'
Rams for the past four
years, signed a football
.contract with the San
Francisco Forty-Niners of
I the National Football
k League.
Jones is a native of
Richmond, Virginia and
! attended John Marshall
High School in that city
where he was an outstan
ding football player for
three years. He was highly
recruited in his senior year
and elected WSSU over
Grambling State, to
Coach Bill Hayes'
satisfaction and joy.
His four years with the
Rams were all winning
seasons, including two
CIAA championships. In
his senior year, Arrington
was selected to the CIAA
coaches' all-conference
team and also the NAIA
District 26 all-star team.
Arrington ended his col
legiate career in the An
nual Blue-Gray football
game played in Mon
tgomery, Alabama in
December.
Coach Bill Hayes con
siders Arrington and Tim
my Newsome, now with
the Dallas Cowboys, the.
two most talented backs
he has ever coached.
Present for the signing
were Arrington, his
mother, Mrs. Jeanette
Jones; his brother, Ron
nie; Neil Schmidt of the
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nnm trinle.: four doub es, ?i side i tne upnierence u
four naa one-poini
46-44 after one OT. Out-; , The spine-tinglers were
not an overume-wrougni,
because MEAC clubs, were
part r of "pn r twojoint
margins, and four were
two-pointers. Figures
show that at least once a
week or every ninth game,
a MEAC team forced, or
was forced into an over
time. Five of the contests
entwined two MEAC
teams, while the league
split eight eames against
'down; ' "WirtstonSalem
State (CIAA) 78-74, and
one to escape Tennessee
State 68-58.
In addition to B-CC's
win, the Wildcats got by
Albany State (SIAC)
70-62, but lost to SWAC
foe Southern 66-63.
Florida A&M slipped by
S.C. State 87-86 in a Con-
BASEBALL STRIKE - '
COULD CARE LESS
games, and nine one
pointers in contests played
within the allotted 40
minutes.
The MEAC had a 46-36,
record against all outside '
opponents for a winning'
percentage of .561. One
sportswriter reported that
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By Elson Armstrong, Jr.
. Maybe its the 108 heat
, that I've had to contend
with this past week, or
maybe its Vkreeping old
age", or maybe its like
they said in the movie'
"Network", "I'm mad as
Hell and I'm not going to
take it anymore!"
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When the baseball
strike began recently, the
only thing that I could
think of ' saying was
"Whoop Tee Doo!" "Let
those over priced players
and fat cat owners play
their stupid little cat and
mouse games, I've just
about had it with profes
sional sports."
. The owners and players
in this soap opera seem to
have forgotten the main
ingredient for their suc
cess, the FAN! That's
right, if the fans hadn't
supported baseball either
through ball park atten
dance or. television, '
neither the players nor
owners would be where
they are today.
I have noticed a sicken
ing and dangerous symp
tom in American pro
sports over the past
decade and that's a com
plete disregard for the
average fan in favor of the
big bucks.
No baseball owner or
player will get any sym
pathy from me by crying
that they're going broke
when they make more in a
year than I'll make in a
life time.
Have you been to a pro
sporting event lately? If
so, then you know that
you virtually have to mor
tgage your home, if you
take your family. First,
you have to pay a parking
fee, which in some cases
costs more than an admis
sion to a nigh scnooi
game. Then there's
highway robbery at
concession stands (the
food is usually terrible).
Then the good seats are
usually out of your price
range, and to top it off,
the cry baby players
sometimes will not sign a
kid's autograph.
The owners say that
their teams are a business
and they should be free to
do whatever they feel with
them. But just where
would that business be
without fan support?
The players say they
should be free to demand ,
the highest salary possible,'
but we fans don't have to
help pay for them!
With baseball (major
league style) mired in this
strike, there- are rumors
that the NFL could follow
suit 13 months from now.
That does it!
I happen to be oriented
toward collegiate and high
school sports and I per
sonally wouldn't miss the
pros if they went out of
business forever.
As long as they feel that
fans are not important
(unless they fork out the
big bucks), I say nuts to
them!
Just look at the way Al
Herman Louis Turner,
..son 'ftt: Rev. od Mrs. .
Lawrence H. Turner. Jr., ;
lajcelleMJiMhall teams and possess
fham, was the recipient good leadership pofen-
Aggies Sign
Two Prep
Standouts ,
GREENSBORO
North Carolina A&T
Head Basketball Coach
Don Corbett, who was
named the Mid-Eastern
Athletic Conference's
"Coach of the Year" last
season as he guided the
Aggies to a 21-8 record
and a berth in the Na
tional Invitation Tourna
ment, has announced the
signing of two prep stan
douts. Eric Boyd, 6-4 sw
ingman, from Charlotte's
Independence High
School, and 6-6 Brendan
Mitchell from Schenec
tady, New York's Mount
Pleasant High School,
have signed grants to at
tend A&T in the fall.
Boyd average 19 points,
7 rebounds and T assists
last season for In
dependence under Coach
Dave Christenberry. He
was named to the All
Mecklenburg County
team and will play in the
coveted East-West All
Star game in the
Greensboro Coliseum in
(July.
Mitchell also brings
some impressive creden
tials as he averaged 24 .
points and 14 rebounds
per game last season under
Coach David Bleu. He
was a first team All
County and All-State
selection.
"We feel we have made
two excellent additions to
!our program for the com
'ing season and future.
Eric Boyd and Brendan
Mitchell are both excellent
athletes. Both played
quarterback on their
i.respective high ' school
Durham,
of the 1981 Duke
Children's Classic Celebri
ty Tennis Championship
Award. An entry contest
winner, Turner competed
with celebrities including
tennis pro Bob Lutz,
former Dallas Cowboy
quarterback Roger
Staubach and Ahmad
Rashad, wide receiver of
the Minnesota Vikings.
Davis, the owner of thei Turner is amember of the
Super Bowl Champion Durham Racquet Club
IIIC
the
Raiders, is spitting in the
face of the Oakland fans
i after they've supported .
' him with sell-outs for over
a decade. He wants to
move his team to the sup
posedly more lucrative
market in Los Angeles. I
guess all that support in
the Bay Area doesn't
mean a hill of beans to
Davis. He wants to go the
LA where he will find that
unless he wins the Super
Bowl EVERY YEAR the
fans will not match the
loyalty of those in
Oakland.
If Al Davis wins his case
to move to LA, what can
we expect next. Will some
fat cat from New York or
Chicago make an offer for
the perennially powerful
Pittsburgh Steelers so they
can finally have a cham
pionship team?
How about the people
in Cleveland who were
looking forward to
hosting this year's All Star
Game? The game would
be a much needed shot in
the arm for that city but
now it is uncertain -as to
whether the game will be
played at all.
You know, I won't miss
major league baseball at
all if the strike lasts the
whole season. I've still got
the Durham Bulls. Then,
there's collegiate summer
league baseball in the
area. I can always play
some city league basket
ball. Then there's time to
spend on family outings.
No, I won't miss the big
leagues a bit.
Finally, to the owners
and players, I say you tru
ly deserve each other, but
you don't deserve the sup
port of we fans!
Finally, to the owners'
and players, I say you tru
ly deserve each other, but
you don't deserve the sup
port of us fans!
and is employed as a
Youth Specialist with the
Durham Housing
Authority.
tial," said Corbett.
"Mitchell has so much
talent I haven't decided,
just where he will play. He
has the ability to play in
the backcourt," Corbett
said.
To lengthen the life of spare
batteries kept around the
house, try storing them in the
refrigerator.
Batteries have a short life
span and even when not in
use, they run down, extension
' home economists at North
Carolina State University,
observe.
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