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8-TH E CAROLINA TIMES SAT, AUGUST 8, 1931 MEAC ' V Awarded Automatic N CAA Playoff Berth Tx:Bj Eboi Armstrong, Jr. -rS The 1980 football - season was definitely bit tersweet for the South Carolina State Bulldogs. ,l was sweet because for tnost of the season the 7Dofs rolled to a 10-0 record and were ranked 1 either No. 1 or No. 2 in ? tfie NCAA Division I-AA poll. The bitterness carte after the last game of the .year a disappointing loss to Grambling in Loui sjana. Sporting a 10-1 mark, SCS expected to get -a bid to the NCAA Divi sion I-AA playoffs, but the bid never came! Much to the chagrin of SCS coaches, players, . and fans, they had to v watch on tv as teams with f lejser records and lower v -rankings went to the yarious playoff bowls to decide the Division I-AA National Title. MEAC Commissioner f Ken Free was all smiles as he reported that such an injustice will not befall the conference champions of 1981 and beyond, at the MEAC Media Day in Greensboro recently. . "-"Free said, "We can hap pUy report that beginning this season, the MEAC Football Champion will now receive an automatic berth in the NCAA Divi-. sipn I-AA Playoffs". Free added that this was proof that the MEAC (formed In 1970) was definitely "mov ing forward. (The Con ference also has an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I basket ball tournament which began this past season.) Free further added that the quality of play within the MEAC was definitely on par with other strong I-AA schools most notably the powerful SWAC which includes Grambling, Jackson State and Alcorn A&M. Free said, "We often hear a lot about the SWAC. This past year;, we were 4-3-1 against teams proving that we can play with the best I-AA teams, even though Division I-A , teams (the major con ferences such as the ACC, . Pac-Ten, SEC) won't play us, I can say that we could ' probably beat some of them, too". Media Day, the league's annual kickoff to the foot-' ball seasofi, was lively as the coaches gave their pro specti for the coming year. South Carolina State, which has won more league titles than any other team in the league, was tabbed as the pre season favorite. Bill Davis, the SCS mentor, said, "We lost seven people to the NFL and we also lost our star ting quarterback, but we . have a good nucleus to rebuild on". Davis added that on .defense, "we lost all of .our linebackers and our secondary last year was weak". On the plus side, Davis said that the Bulldog kick ing game would be the same. In closing, Davis said, "If we get a 10-1 season this year, I'll be happy". Because of' SCS past record, none of the coaches were shedding any tears for Davis and his Bulldogs.! ' '; ', Jim McKinley of North Carolina A&T really liven ed things up when he said that due to y the Aggie losses at the quarterback positions (both 1980 starters - graduated), - he was ready to shelve his op tion offense to accom modate his present per 1 sonnel. ,,':;.:.,' ; The Aggies, also heavy favorites to challenge for 'the league crown, went all the way to Riverside California to recruit their expected 1981 starting QB James Harris. "I would feel better if other schools fried to get him,: but we were the only One," McKinley added. , The Aggies appear to be very strong at all other positions. Floyd Keith, head coach at Howard, also expects good things from his club. "Last year we were 6-2-2, not great, but good. Hopefully we can be bet ter than that." Keith said that the linebacking core was hit hard by graduation. "At quarterback, we have some good prospects com ing back." The loss of Howard -Ward's kicking will be sorely felt. "He did- it all," Keith said.' Keith said that the Bisons should be a Junior laden team. He also added that Howard will disdain play ing ' games .." in Washington's .. REK Stadium in favor of the . campus stadium. ' Florida A&M's Rudy Hubbard was unable to at-; tend, due to illness. Joe Puuycki of Delaware State was com ical, but to the point, as he did not promise Hornet fans' the world. "We'll ' have to play a perfect game to beat any of our opponents," he com mented. "We're young, but hopefully we're a pro gram on the move." s Purzycki said that one thing that his team's humiliating 105-0 loss (to Portland StateX last year accomplished was that -it 1 made people all over the nation hear about us. Bobby Frazier of Bethune-Cookman said that due to graduation losses, his team would have to turn to a number of freshmen to fill key roles. "On paper, freshmen can be great, but you . never- know how they'll play under game condi tions," Frazier said. Frazier said that the MEAC was a real tough conference. As the day idrew to a close, all the coaches pro mised that ' MEAC Football-1981 . will be highly competitive. Golden Arches and. Surgettes Win Championship Softball Tournament Time In The City By Larry Barber v ;The City of Durham's Recreation Departmment conducts an abundance of ' Softball leagues and tour naments during the sum mer months all over the ci ty; but none could have been, or will be as exciting A, i- as. the ones held on Op itmist It's diamond. Two ; different women's leagues played on the field "A" League on Mondays and Wednesdays, and , "CI" League on,. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Both had eight teams and aTl played a 14-game ! ' regular season. The park . closed this year's cam paign with a flurry . of. feminine competition, and a rash of surprises, as both ,;tdp seeds failed to make -the finals. . - League "A", which houses ' the ? more A ex perienced clubs,, found its . champion in the! Golden Arches when they demoralized Walker's Angels 6-2 Monday night. ' The Arches (7-7), a team sponsored by McDonald's . in Wellon's Village, com posed mostly of school girls, and seeded fifth; -knocked off the Golddig efs 10-3, and regular season champion Studio , . D', 2-0, before stopping the Angels, who tied Studio. D for the best record at 10-4. , TThe Arches used timely hifting coupled with the Angels' untimely errors, and won the game in the first three innings scoring two runs in each. Thev Angels tried numerous comebacks but were con tinuously shut down by -tremendous ; defensive plays. To j?thlhe finals, ouH ted iiiie? j Rascals 14-ktt .V " t IiOeCUyaivisiOn, sec4ndeeded Plastic SwrgCfkatiPf 'fifth seeded IartsH-5 to win r 4 v f'' j .- . , , ' ( . ATLANTIC CITY-WBA Bantamweight Champion weight raises both arms In victory and jumps on the shoulders of his cornermari after he scored a KO against Puerto Rican challenger Julian Soils.- UPI Photo For News Service Dial 682913 1 4 it : We Loan The Most f Shop iFhcns e32573 122E::tr.!2inSt f Partem. H.C. the championship, but not before they had a scare or two. In the semi-finals, a first-year team called the Duke of Rays forced them into a ferocious match and had a one-run lead in the last inning, but two . Surgette runs were walked in giving them a 7-6 vic tory. Duke, seeded sixth, and had beaten TSU 12-4 that same day; lost its star pitcher because an umpire rule,d the coach visited the mound over f his allotted times, ' i and r her replacements could not do the job. In the champion ship game, the Hearts had the champs down 5-1 in the fifth, but the rain and five hits lifted them to a 7-3 advantage, and the Surgettes survived another; threat. . , Top-seeded Electric (12-2) lost Hearts' 8-4 in a protested semi-final contest. During the season, the Surgettes finished 11-3, TSU 9-5,' Warren's 9-5, the Hearts and Duke .6-8, Durham County General 3-11, and the Double Aces 0-14. . Look for more city ac- tion next week. mi a smile. V- r i -- I t Demetrius "Oak Tree" Edwards (left) and Boss Scott fight for the PKA World Heavy Weight Title In Madison Square Garden in May. Edwards will be fighting in in Durham August 12. , PKA World Heavyweight Champ To Fight In Durham Wednesday On Wednesday, August 12, the seven-year old - sport of Professional Full Contact Karate or U.S. style kick-boxing makes its full-fledged Durham debut with the Universal Sports Promotions Agen cy's "Bull City Kick Boxing Show." North Carolina's own Demetrius "Oaktree" Edwards (33-2-1 and 22 KO's) of Ayden will headline this Kick-Boxing Show. "Oaktree" is the present holder of the Professional Karate Association's (PKA) World Heavyweight Title. ' While 250 PKA events take place annually in twenty cities around the U.S., North Carolinians have until now only seen PKA events in one of its fifty yearly network televi sion and Cable telecasts. World Heavyweight Champion Edwards' last Outing was his successful title defense against former heavyweight king Ross Scott (17-3-0 and 15 KO's) at the Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden on May 1. "Oaktree" took the title from Scott last August 12 in Ottawa, Canada. "Oaktree's" opponent for the August 12 show is undefeated Anthony Elmore (10-0 and 8 KO's) of Memphis, Tennessee. Elmore is presently being rated by the PKA. PKA officials predict that he will be rated around number 4 or 5 in the world. . Other professional mat ches will include Frank "The Tank" Knight of Ayden against Lacey Green, Jr., of Dillon, S.C.; Dale "Sunshine" Fyre of Aberdeen against Harry Graves of Fort Bragg and Jarvis Gardner , of Goldsboro against Ed die Dourant of Benson. Amateur matches on the show will pit Kenny "Sweet Feet" Green of Dillon, S.C., against Tony Pridgen of Snow Hill; Johnnie "Super Foot" Davis of Dillon against Jerry Parker of Green ville; and Curtis Crandall of Greenville against Virgil Crawford of Fayet teville. Full-Contact Karate or. Kick-Boxing combines the' ! kicks and speed of Karate with the power punches of boxing. Each fighter is re quired , to throw a. minimum of eight above-: the-waist kicks per round. Work on energy, balance, focus and power of the kicking techniques is com-! bined with a total boxing, training program to con stitute the full-contact; fighter's daily regimen. George Steinbreriner Goes To Bat For Minority College Bound Students NEW YORK George Steinbrenner, principal owner of the New York Yankees, will once again serve as co-sponsor of the 11th Annual New York Urban League Football Classic. .The annual col lege football clash bet ween the Grambling University Tigers and this year's new opponent, the Florida A&M Rattlers, will take place at Yankee Stadium, 7:30 p.m. Satur day evening, September 5. The New York Yankee Foundation has helped to support the Classic since 1977. Steinbreener also makes a personal con tribution to the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund, prin cipal beneficiary of the game's proceeds. The scholarship fund,: which enables minority students to obtain a college educa tion, is consistent with Steinbrenner's overall philosophy on success. "There is no natural CIAA FootbaiT (Continued from Page 5) 1 Ippfl ; it Phillips f Swjl Moorman'. "This hurt us at the Gold Bowl gate as a last minute replacement had to be arranged. With the November 21 con ference championship game,, both participating teams will still be available for the NCAA II and NAIA, playoffs in1 December." "We intend to do , everything in our power to make this a great success,"- promised Charlotte Mayor Eddie Knox. . CIAA schools are: Nor- It's a life saver Giving up' smoking can live you more than the price of cigarettes, says the American Council of Life fnsurance. -vf; 'At'f- It can, according to health ex rerts. add years' and better health to your life. It may also save you money when buying a life insure ance policy, says the Council. A growing number of companies have reduced their rates for non smokers, with at least one reducing its rates some 35 to 40 percent for eligible applicants. ' Being, a woman,, in some , in stances, can save you money, too. One company, for example, is re ducing the cost of its term insurance by as much as 67 percent for women and by as much as 40 per cent on ordinary life (individually purchased) policies, with the low est rate offered to women who do not smoke. .'. ' In the past, according to the Council, a typical woman aged 35 bought coverage at the same cost as i that of a man aged 32.' therrt . Division-Bowie State, Bizabeth , City State, Hampton Insithute, -Norfolk State, St. Paul's, Virginia State, Virginia Union; Southern Division Fayetteville " State,, Johnson C. Smith, Liv ingstone, North . Carolina ' Central, St'. Augustine's, , Shaw, Winston-Salem State. 1 . resource which this nation possesses that is more strategic, more important, than its young people, and their education - and preparation for leadership in this troubled world, regardless of race, creed or color, is our most most vital task as a nation." As a principal owner of the New York Yankees, which he purchased from CBS in 1973, he is credited, because of his keen foresight and ag gressive leadership, with turning the Yankees, once again, into World Cham pions within five years. As far as the coming game is concerned, Stein brenner, a former assis tant coach himself at Nor thwestern and . Purdue, recently remarked that "the. ' Yankees - are dedicated to the New York Urban League Football Classic. It's a perfect way to provide educational op portunities for deserving youngsters as well as to provide a showcase foe black college sports corrir. petition. We hope to iflg crease its appeal to thi point where we can double and triple the number d: scholarships the eveni assures each year." Horace Morris, ex ecutive director of thex New York Urban Leagued said that he was grateful for the "generous support of George Steinbrenner and the New York Yankee: Foundation." Tickets for the Classic: are available at thiF Yankee Stadium, all Ur ban League offices an&: many local outlets in Nec: Yorki New' Jersey andr -Cdnnectficut. For specifiE ticket outlets call the New York" Urban League aB (212)-730-5200. .i The New York Urban League is a non-profit in- terracial ,w.-organizatiorH which works on behalf ofz., blacks and otheEs minorities ' in New Yor JP " City. ', ;;.v;- Live at Home anff Earn Credit University Toward a Bachelor's Degree J2 N'C- burses are taught ;t?li 2SlA5!a?,, rt.--North Carolina resident man'lVstate St?4f h fnr SW8' SreS,er Financial m 18 avallable- First semester begins August Z4tn. For more information, see: Shelia Smith Stanford L. Warren Library ,1201- Fayetteville Street Durham, NC 27707 Tuesdays 1-4:30 p.m. (919) 688-8027 Oenise Cathey Bragtown Branch Library 3200 Dearborn Drive. Durham, NC 27704; Fridays 1-5 p.m. ' (919) 477-6136 .. Elizabeth Davis v ' Durham Co. Public Library 300 So, Roxboro Rd., Durham,-NC Tuesdays & Thursdays 1-5 p.m. 919) 683-2626, ext. 31 or call: ' IS1""2! Opportunity Center (919J 599,-0257 in Roxboro, NC
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