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m Things I'd Like To See Happen In Sports Just Once Herschel Walker, Running Back, Wins Tanqueray Award Flip Of Victory Sugar Ray Leonard does a flip in the ring after knock ing out Ayub Kalule in the eighth round of their WBA Junior Middleweight Championship fight recently in Houston. UPI All-Star Game Thrusts Durham Into National Spotlight By Elson Armstrong, Jr. Durham definitely put its best baseball foot for ward during the Carolina League All-Star which was held at the Durham Athletic Park Tuesday. The old ball park was decked out in all-star decorations and 4011 fans (the biggest Carolina League All-Star turnout , ince 1966) flocked to the ft v contest i a hazyc warrn fght that was neat perfect ir baseball. rEven thouah the contest Itself was a 9-3 rout by the Northern Division Stars, it failed to dampen the festive spirit that prevailed over the Bull City. Home run king Hank Aaron was in attendance and he seemed to have en joyed every minute, even when he was virtually bombarded by the broad cast media for interviews and widely sought after by young and old alike for his autograph. Not only was the game broadcast live locally by WTVD, Channel 11, but a crew from ABC-TV's "Night Line" made their way to the park to do a story on minor league baseball during the cur rent major league strike. The show, which will feature interviews with Durham fans, Hank Aaron, . All-Star .players ,, vnA manaeers. is scheduU , erprfeautia ionairjr-des hft ihe fkct that j, on Monday night, July is, fa;u-. ,,,, i!ivt.A ,ith at 11:30 p.m. (Channel 5 th , t edi acknowledging the visiting dignitaries, displayed a trophy which is annually given by the league to the team that draws the big gest opening day crowd. This year the Bulls held that honor and Bock told the Durham fans, "We should chop this up and present pieces of it to you fans because it truly belongs to you." .i n The - .came onerat ions , weftUOttaiHe clockwor locally). The crowd of 4011 may have been much larger, but thousands were turned away for safety reasons. Carolina League presi dent Jim Mills beamed as he scanned the throng, "I'm obviously happy," he said, "this money goes ' directly to the league". Before the contest began, Pete Bock, while tingent of the vear. The North squad was led by Hagerstown catcher John Stefero's two homers the first a solo blast over the right field wall in the top of the se cond for the night's first score; the second came an inning later which helped ignite a four-run explosion that virtually decided the By Elson Armstrong, Jr. One of my favorite skits that Johnny Carson does on the "Tonight Show" is the way you would like to see certain commercials done - just once. Yours truly feels the same way about the sportsworld and here are a few things I would like to see happen -just once! v-V When the major league baseball strike finally ends, I'd like to see the fans and media respond by throwing a "strike" of thier own. I'd like to see both fans and writers boycott the ball parks for the same number of days that the strike lasted. I'd love to see Notre Dame finish 0-1 1 in football and watch some nuts still vote them in the top twenty. Let's have a Rose Bowl game between Northwestern and Washington State and see just how NBC will hype that one. . The next time that Muhammad Ali convenes a press conference and says that he'll fight again, everyone should walk out and ignore him. Let's have united champions in all boxing divisions, then abolish both the WBA and the WBC. Instead of the Oakland Raiders, let the San Francisco 49ers offer to move to Los Angeles and see how fast the Angelos reject that idea. The next time that Pete Rose spikes a ball, let it fly back and smash him in the face. The next time that Dan Pastorini, Woody Hayes, and Bobby Knight decide to hit someone, let it be a Black Belt in Karate. Let's have the Dallas Cowboys finish 0-14 and see how great their organization is then. I'd like to see Duke finally develop consistant winning football and the next time some "egg head" tries to de emphasize the sport, let him be shot at dawn. I'd like to seelgdlf eased off TV permanently. Have North Carolina and Indiana meet in the Orange Bowl and count the number of times that you'll hear "'These two schools are more noted for basketball, now they can be proud of their football, too". Is it too much to ask for the Giants to make it to the World Series during our life time? Why is it when the Raiders play at home they always show the San Francisco skyline? The Radiers DO play in Oakland, don't they? Let's have more local coverage of high school sports. The kids work hard and they deserve recognition. A certain local TV station COULD show a little less auto racing on it's eleven o'clock sports show, If Cable TV must show us West Coast basketball,, then Have : you 7 ever "watched .those P zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz I'd like to see the Dodgers get their uniforms dirty once. Something has got to be done about the network sports programming on weekends. They usually shpw ninety minutes of junk! I'd like to see N.C. Central beat A&T in football for a CHANGE! VSU Signs 3 Lady Cagers Running back Herschel Walker, the Georgia foot ball fledgling who broke records and precedents in becoming an AH-America player in his freshman season, has been named winner of the 1981 Tan queray Achievement Award for excellence in amateur sports. Walker, now 19, became the first freshman ever to make both the Associated Press ' and United Press International All-America teams, also was named to six other post-season mythical honor elevens and was selected to the second team in another, giving him a clean sweep. He also finished in third place in the annual balloting for the Heisman Trophy given to the college Player of the Year and won in 1980 by George Rogers of South Carolina, a senior. The young blockbuster from Wrightsville, Ga., is considered by many veteran observers to be the best running back since O.J. Simpson came out of the college ranks at Southern California after the 1968 season. The six-foot, two-inch speedster, who has dreams of winning an Olympic ' Gold Medal in sprint events at the 1984 games in Los Angeles, weighs 220 pounds and literally runs away from tacklers. He is the 16th winner of the prestigious Tanqueray Award given to athletes . who have excelled at the amateur level, and is the first to receive it as a foot- eit contests? , .-k - i "We are proud to have Herschel Walker as our latest winner who in his first year at college had such tremendous achievements as a football player," said John Heilmann, president of Somerset Importers, Ltd., the sponsors of the Tan queray Award. "There is every indica tion that he will go on to even greater achievements in college and eventually in the pros. He is in the best tradition of our past winners," Other recent winners of the Tanqueray Award were baseball star Darryl Strawberry, now in the New York Mets farm system, in 1980; gymnast Kurt Thomas in 1979; high jumper Franklin Jacobs in 1978 and Olym pic boxers Sugar Ray Leonard and Howard Davis in 1977. Walker set a NCAA freshman rushing record with 1,616 yards in one season, scoring 15 touchdowns and averag ing 5.9 yards per carry He climaxed Georgia's first perfect record season as the Bulldogs finished with a 12-0 mark in a 17-10 triumph over Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl when he scored both touchdowns and carried 36 times for 150 yards-. He will accept the award at a luncheon in his honor at New York's Gallagher's Restaurant on Wednesday, August 5. IO l m .fcfc. f mm The on fsSX" co-rY One.' " "Self-Preservation The First Law Of Nature" Spend your bucks with merchants who spend some of their's in YOUR community. . . If we are ever to "overcome", we must weigh the economics and be ever imindful about WHERE we spend. Those merchants who advertise in The Carolina Times are telling you that ) they want your business; they appreciate your business; they spend in your community, too! lit Makes Good Sense ' PETERSBURG, VA. The Virginia State University women's basketball team, has an nounced the sighing of ' three players to letters-of-intent for the 1981-2 season. Misses Judy Douglas, Barbara McMillian and Ellen Pinnock will be playing for the Trojanet tes for the first time this year. Miss Douglas, 6-2, 165 pound center-forward from Sanford, N.C, played for Chowan Junior College last season and averaged 15.6 points and 10.6 rebounds per game. She made her all conference team as well as the NCJAA Region 10 all star team.' ' Six-foot-four, - 145 pound : center, Miss McMillian, from Hamp ton, Virginia, averaged 1 2 points and 7 rebounds for Hampton High School last year and was selected to the . All-Tidewater se cond team. Miss Pinnock, 5-8, 140 pound guard-forward from Hartford, Connec ticut, average 17 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists and was selected to her all conference team. youth and limited ex perience in collegiate foot ball, was faced with a dif ficult decision when he was given a lucrative offer to play in the professional ranks with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. "I decided to continue to play football at Georgia because I am an American and it did not seem right to leave the country to play pro football," he said. "I know the right decision is to stay at Georgia and in this way I also will have a chance to fulfill my dream of com-' peting for the United States in the Olympic Games." o "Bmai. -unci nun v. HBQ MSB' Virginia State Roundball Camp Time Rescheduled CHECKING WITH INTEREST Is one of many ways we offer where your money can work for you! Just ask for our "Now Account" brochure at any of our conven ient locations. We want you to see if checking with interest is right for you, because with us... You're Somebody LjMfctnANIlSa rAKMbKooANK r i StpecaaBi W 116 West Parrish Street 615 Fayettevilte Street 411 E. Chapel Hill Street PETERSBURG, VA. The dates for the third annual Virginia State University Basketball School have been changed from July 26-August 1 to August 3-8. The switch was made necessary because the National Youth Sports Program dates were changed at a. late date, making it im possible to hold the basketball school on the original date. The school, which is open to students between the ages of 9 and 18 and will cost $50, will include instruction, T:shirt, lunch, awards and evalua tion of each student. The camp will be run by Viriginia State University basketball coach W. Floyd Laisure and his assistant, Anthony S. "Tony" Rinaldi. The two guided Virginia State to a 20-11 record last year and runner-up finish in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (C1AA) Tournament. They also coached together at Lincoln University and Alabama State University. They will be entering their third year at Virginia State. Guest speakers at the camp will include William Lawson, Jr., basketball coach at Petersburg High School; Sam Jones, former NBA star with the Boston Celtics and now a representative for Nike; Sterling Wright, a player-, coach in the top profes sional league in France and a former player under Laisure at Lincoln Univer sity; and John Averett, a representative from Con verse Rubber Company. Some other names could be added or deleted because of the change in dates. Virginia State players Brennar Carter, Linwood Lee, Julius Norman and Darrell Stith will serve as camp counselors. "We regret the change in dates, but we still feel . the camp will continue to grow in terms of success," Laisure explained. "We hope the change in dates will not affect any of our guests, but many of them have very busy schedules. We hope to have even more prominent speakers, but we do not want to make any announcements at this time until we are completely sure." Further . information concerning the camp can be obtained by contacting Laisure (520-6242), Rinaldi (520-6242). or Jim Belcher (520-6231). Area code for both numbers is 804. OA w,Gvfn "fan, ' 40oir Find..' spread,,?0 i SSSS1SB5SS Bf7 ; A fcrf Far rTrA f Kit f-! .a err w Every month YOU get the BEST IN Home Entertainment from DURHAM CABLEV1SI0N!!! (This is only a por tion of July) J
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