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SATURDAY, MAY 15. THE CAECUM Ttt;Z2-5 Ms. Sandra Sfaton s ; NCCU 's Reigning Pool Shark By Hayes Thompson ' 'iSandra Staton beats men at their own game, which js not that unusual in itself, because women have been doing that for years. But Ms. Staton, 20, a NCCU business education major from Charlotte, ; : beats men on the pool table. tiNow that's unusual. ' ' S'This attractively petite young woman, with her coffee and cream complexion, laughing brown eyes and .a carefully coiffed hairstyle, is Central's recognized pool champion. She has represented the school at a regional billiards tournament,. for the. ; past three years. V X ' ' -"She plays with a quiet intensity and determina ; tion that makes her hard to beat, even when she's playing below par. A recent game with one oXthe better men players on campus is a good case in ppintr':1!';;? v,-'-;" ": V: '"(" . a In this game, called Eight Ball, because the object five is to roll seven multi-colored balls off the table into one of six pockets before trying to hit the solid j black eight ball, Ms. Staton struggled during thej game's early stages. Hei; opponent always left her ai bad shot, but in pool, concentration and determina-l tion often pay off, especially late in the game as the pressure mounts. . -v;:-; 'Late in the game, Ms. Staton had three balls left ,on the table after her opponent had played all ofj his. He lined up his shot on the eight ball and miss-; : - ; Quickly, she rolled two of her balls off the table, 1 but wound up with a bad shot on the last ball andj missed it. The game appeared to be over, because1 her opponent had a relatively easy shot on the eight ball., . , , - l . But again he missed. This time, the young woman who has been play-. '( ing pool since she was in the eighth grade, carefully i lined up her last shot, and knocked it in the pocket. 1 She banked the eight ball into the pocket to win the : game.'r"'; '.''r " "''! : For the uninitiated, pool p an old game that: ; nobody knows really where or whert it started, but, most authorities concede that the formal name fori ' pool, billiards is of French origin. The wordj :means "curved stick"? 4 " In this game, two or more players "rack" or organize 15 different colored balls into a triangle,: or a smaller shape, depending on the specific game " being played. The balls are "racked" on a rec-i lingular tale that usually has six pockets. llTo start the game, one Of the players "breaks"! j the balls by hitting the white cue ball with the "long ' . . itick", ialled the cue stick. Hopefully j one of the 15 ' vr4cked balls will roll into a pocket.' Each time a1 '. playerTcnocks a bair fri aotk.'that'playet feetS'toi - . shcK)t:again:i;wr i i The balls, numbered one to fifteen, are color cod-; ' ed. The solid colors are numbered one through seven,; 'while the multi-colored balls art numbered' ;: nine through fifteen. The eight ball, the game's only , Mack ball, is the game-winning ball in the game! tailed Eight Ball.. -'-' V iS-fe-Kf 6, The overall object is' to- knock all of your seven balls off the tables hopefully, before your opponent does: Once you do that, you try to play the eight1 ball to win the game:" '.'.i?&v ' t . '' s "I started fooling around with pool when I was in i the eighth grade," explained Ms. Staton later dur--, Ing an-interview. "I had a cousin who had a pool table, and he taught me to play. After a while, I could beat him about as often as he beat me." Looking back on her six years of playing this : game that requires exceptional hand and eye coor . i dination, steady nerves and icy concentration, Ms. ; Staton recalled that pool became a challenge for her;-;-fortwo reasons. :X.:s..,.vJ:'r T' "One, it gave me an opportunity to do something men say women can't do," she said, "and since I couldn't play basketball as well as my sister Beverly could, but had a knack for pool, I stuck with it." She was still playing when she came to college three years ago, and discovered that, for the most part, women on campus just didn't use the rfool . tables in the student union. "t tried to get them into it," she said, "and a few would play a couple of games, but after I beat them they would lose interest. One finally told me that' she didn't think it looked very lady-like to be ben-, ding over, a pool table." None of that stopped Ms. Staton though, who stays involved in a variety of other campus ac tivities, including the Student Government Associa tion, the French Club and the Student Congress, among others. Shooting pool is how she relaxes. "Sometimes I would go down to the union and shoot there for hours by' myself," she said, "because I find pool to be very refreshing." , Apparently viewed as an invader of their domain, a sort of upstart, she was soon challenged to a game of pool by one of the men" who frequents the union. That was a mistake. Kermit Rose, a freshman computer science major from Washington, D.C., remembers it well. "The first time I played her," he said, "I was sure I would win. I couldn't image a woman beatipg me at pool." Imagination or not, she beat him, and changed ; Rose's entire outlook on women pool players. "I admit it hurts a little being beat by a woman," he said, "especially if there are a loU)f people wat ching. But Sandra's not conceited about her play- . ing. She's a classy winner." f What that really means is that Ms. Staton doesn't rub it in when she beats the men which is most of the time. She savors her victories privately, leaving the vanquished fellows to salvage their egos. "I remember one guy I beat while a lot of his friends were watching, and it really shook him up. $ He kept saying, I know this girl didn't beat me. I know she didn't.' He cursed some, and then challenged me to another gme in private. I beat him again. He finally admitted that (was good and had the potential to be a really great player." ;,So afteir,that,;Ms. iStatoh entered the tampus wide sompetition for the annual regional billiards school in the Regibrt Five tournament sponsored by the Association of College Unions ,;(ACU-1." - Her first year in the tournament, she finished in the top 20, and repeated that performance the next year, 1981. In the most recent tournament, this past February, Ms. Staton finished seventh in a field of -.12 finalists:-;;;.-: .M? The ACU-C founded in 1914, helps college unions improve their programs; and helps colleges form new student n unions. The organization's membership is about 950 universities, colleges and junior colleges in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and several other-countries. Looking to her future in pool, Ms. Staton says simply that she will continue playing, and chances are she'll continue beating men at their own game. hlklii -si ,,,, MNINC; UP THE WINNER N ( CI I reign ing pool champion, Sandra Staton, lines up her winning shot on the eight ball in a demons) ration game al the NCCU student union. With this shot, another man fell I he Ms. Slaton's prowess on ihc poor table. pysttrKU New A&T Coach To Meet Local Alumni The Durham Chapter of the N.C. A&T State University extends an in vitation to all area "Ag , gies" to come out to meet A&T's new Head Football Coach Mo Forte. He will be special . guest at the regular mon , thly meeting on Tuesday, May 18, at 7:3.0 p.m., in the office of Alexander Really, 511 Grant Street. - Coach Forte is a graduate of the Universi ty of Minnesota and has had twelve years of! coaching experience au' major universities. He! comes to A&T from 1 Arizona State where he ' served as an assistant coach for. the last two seasons. For details , on the coach's visit and regular : alumni activities, contact Edgar Murphy at 682-6767. i PARADKE : , 1 ..,, 1m,Z. n ' U1inItJllHfHHIIIUIIIlillllllllHllllllltMimitlll . - Daily: 7.00-9:00 Sat. i Sun. ' fSSTipM a'-M 1 Mat. 1:00-3:00-5:00 Sun- Mat- 2 ;4 :8 00 ' owwi i iii 1.- . - - - r- .j v , '""''."'"'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiraiiiii uitiiiiiiiiiiumuiiiiiiiiiittiiumiiiiMnw"" ii' FSU Golfers Win 9th Straight Golf drown And Softball Honors ; Hazel Plummer : Jowling Scores V; The Hazel' B. Plunrtmer Bowling .eague scores tor Ma 10: Ladies, high , game:- '243 ' f '11 -Nancy 'Rowland. -199-Roslyn , 't eslie .. and Flo XRoberson. 92 Erma Reid , . , Ladies hiqh series: 592-Nancy ' i "owland.v, 576-Roslyn : Leslie.' 51-Flo Robersort. .,); r 1 ; Men s hiqh game: .216. 1 1 -T-Bird Roberson. 212-Charles ;. arknr and Joseph Parker, : 08-Jim Dyer V' Men s hiqh series: 6-T'Blrd Js'Oberson. 571-Charles Parker, j, 67-George Thorne - ' , Others 513 Erma Reid 65-Jim Dyer 551 -Joseph Parker. 34-Adolphus Caviness. :'i7'Jamin. Peddy. . 606-James, ; Jarrlngton High' Team Came:- 846-0dds' & ' nds High Team Series: 24 18-0dds & ' 'nds- . - - V Four game'winners: Gutterettes. : iooners. Screwballs. Jive Five. last Shift , LBowling Scores i. t The Last Shift Bowling League , scores for May 6 ' Ladies Jitgtf . game:,! 107-Clara Nichols. 189-Fto Roberson, 'H 79- Ann Norwood vj Ladies ; high series: 506-tva McKov. 488-Flo Roberson. 479-Jg ' aJVade, 479-Ann Norwood. - ' : Men s high game: 245-Jimmie t i-fcook.i 221-ClittOn Parker,.- r 214-Kenneih Snloes.' 213-Doua t-Varbrough Men s high series: 598-jimmie took, 596-Ooug Yarborough, 581-Ken Snipes. 522 Bo-Jim Parker ? nign Team Game: ooi-uie v Hards, 824-Ace ot Spades. 823-Lookina r-Good- ' 81 1:Bad t Habits i High Team Series: 2382-Bad "Habits. 2381 -Looking Good. ." 2338-Ace ot 'Spades, 2320-Jive - Four - - ' Four Game Winner: By John B. Henderson Sforis lntonwilMw IMrrrHir : FAYETTEVILl.E -, Faycitcvillc State University captured the golf and , soft ball crowns in competition recently ing ; gamevt?" hcldV in inJ975 and 1976, rcspec-Winsion-Salem.w v ,JV .;'Vtc'V. 1 The Bronco." volfers, sThc l.adv Broncos o I Coach Walker ' has dircctcdjwo other Bron co athletes to individual titles Vincent Reid, a Jiativc of Greensboro and Andre Springs from Charlotte nabbed the ' i. iaa mcctalist: crowns coaencu ry ' Mtfscs Walker, ' annexed thiir 'ninth straight CIAA vic tory; and the Walker coached squad'produccd uthe C AA individual golf champ for f82, sccond timc winner Ricordo Stevens, a j junior , business education ma jor from Philadelphia, who shot a . two-round total of 150 (72-78) to claim ; medalist honors. . Tlic Bromcov also : won Ihc CIAA golf, team crown,, with a two-day, 623 score, , ,? Stevens. by winning , the "' ? 1982 individual -CIAA' title;.: became ihc firsts Bronco golfer to win backrto-back CI A A crowns'. 'Kc won the5 in dividual honors iiv 1981 . for the conference' -; "We " have , a lot of talented ' golfcrs,'V said, Moses Walker accessing', .his golf squad. MWc have individuals with a ureal acai voi ,poicnuar FSU captured their first CIAA slow-pitch soft ball behind the timely hitting senior All-CIAA" and. All-NAIA Dianlhia Morris of Lawrcnceville, New Jersey. Morris sparked the Lady Bron cos, coached by first- year mentor George Williams, winning two out of three games with Norfolk State for the CIAA title. Morris, an out stan ding student athlete at FSU during her four years, starred in basket ball garnering practically every conference honor (Continued on Page 7) i Bowling Team Finishes Season ' The North Carolina Central University Inter collegiate Bowling Team finished the season with a 6-2 record for women and a 7-5 record for the men. v "-' . Some Of the recorded events and competitions scheduled and placed in during the season were: N.C. StatcPabsi In vitational Tournament, "women-first place; men seventh place. Region V Tourna ment, Association of College Unions Interna- tional, Blacksburg, Va., vomen-first . place; mcn- third place, . ' Southern i Intcr- and ; it's hard to sinulc collegiate Bowling Con- out any one player (FSU ference,. Roll-Off . and junior Toney Terry won 1 Championship, Spartan- ihc ' CIAA , title his burg, S.C freshman year.)" place. In addition to his ore- conference ' sent duo of . Ricardo first place --Stevens and Tonev Terrv events. Looking 0f Aberdeen, Maryland, 1 National men-fifth women-champions-, team, all .Bowling', Conference Sectionals, Brunswick Lanes, High Point, women-third place, men-fourth place. National Women's Iik tcrcollcgiatc Bowling Championships, St.,- Louis, . Mo.-, i Jacqueline Lowcry placed 12th of 24 participants. 600 Series Awards: " Miriam . Wadc-601, Elaine Wadc-609. Terry Singletary-655, Nikita Kirkland-605. . Bowling team coach is Ronald T. Harris. Men bowlers arc; Terry Singlctary, captain; Merle , Freeman, Nikita Kirk land, - Gregory Lewis, 1 Kcrmk Rose, ' Frank. Boyd, . Jimmic Turner, David Alston. Women bowlers are: , Cynthia ' Brooks, : cap : tain; Elaine Wade,' Miriam Wade, - Jac queline Loweryi Jessica Broadnax, , , Vicoria Turner, Shohfeb Rashti. Meet C. Warren Massenburg Director of Operations 10 a.m. -1 p.m. n w W7i i ; i ; :'kw i -ir i Hometown .Wake Forest, N.C Birthday . , December 22 Sign. . . .Capricorn Nickname. ."See Dub'l Education. .. . . .Wake Forest-Rolesville Senior High Schoc Shaw University, Raleigt v , University of Tennessee, Knoxvilif Most Memorable Moments . . Meeting Alex Haley, Shirley Chishoim; - v Muhammad Ali and Rosa Parks Pet Peeves. . Rude and inconsiderate people Most Admired Persons: Shirley Chishoim, Rosa Parks and Katliy Massenburg Favorites: . Color. ' .Blue Artist(s) or Group(s). ..... Lou Rdwls, Shirley Caesar, Les McCann Actors . Ed Asner, LeVar Burton Actress r. Betty Davis Food. Domestic and International Cheeses ..- Athlete. . . . . . Jackie Robinson :. v TV Show , . . 60 Minutes, Tony Brown $ Journal Magazine .... Newsweek t Black ttiterprise i Hobbies . . Collecting drinking glasses and collecting art, photography Last Movie Seen. . . . . . . On Golden Pond Last Book Read. ; . . . White House Years, by Henry Kissinger Professional Goal: ; . J To further develop C. Warren Massenburg and Associates (my public relations company) .. .'- Special Awards and Recognition: (Partial listing) - Outstanding Young Men of America r Who's Who Among ptack America : Duke Divinity School Outstanding Community Services Award 'V..
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