8-TKE CAPITA TIKES-SATURDAY. AUGUST 28. 1S82 "
Arthur AsheUnited, Negro
College Fund Tourney A Hit
Write-In Campaign Underway
(Continued from Front)'
paign, and that Vance I members, chose to play a
'voters overwhefmi'nelv hands off role.
NEW YORK
,'Althea Gibson, the first
black woman to win the
Wimbledon title, teamed
with former basketball
whiz Earl "The Pearl"
Monroe to create one of .
the most exciting ; mat- j
ches of the 8th Annual I
Arthur AsheUnited t
Negro College Fund Na
' tional Tennis Classic at
the USTA National Ten
nis Center at Flushing
Meadow, Queens, The
Tennis Classic was spon
sored by Miller "Lite."
The Gibson-Monroe
doubles team lost the
cliff-hanger match to
musician William i. King
of the Commodores and
soap-opera star Tim
Slough. The score was
t7-5. In another match,
'New Yorkers George
Plimpton, the author,
and McNeil-Lehrer cor
respondent Chartayne
Hunter-Gault defeated
actors Lyle and Sharon
Waggoner, who flew in
.from Hollywood for the
UNCF Tennis Classic.
Other celebrities who
played doubles and mix
ed doubles in the Satur-
day afternoon exhibition
were: photographer Gor
dan Parks and - actor
Fred Williamson who
lost a doubles match to
City Clerk .David
Dink ins and Ron Gault,
Commissioner of the
New York City Depart
ment of Personnel; actor
Todd f Bridges and
former State Senator
Carl McCall who
defeated Bob Johnson of
Jet Magazine and actor
Hector Mercado; actor
Dabney Coleman and
tennis instructor Phil
Gibbs defeated actress
Barbara Rucker and
singer Billy Davis, Jr.
The National Tennis
Classic is a fund-raising
event that benefits the
United Negro College
Fund. UNCF raises
funds in support of 42
private, historically
blacky colleges' and
universities that current
ly enroll some 50,000
students.
The Tennis - Classic
was the grand finale of a '
week long UNCF tennis .
event held at the USTA
National, Center.' Over
700 youngsters and
adults played' in open
competition Monday-
Saturday in the Arthur
AsheUnited Negro Col
lege ; Fund Champion
ships. Juniors competed
for trophies in the largest
USTA-sanctioned tour
nament in the Eastern
Region. Adults com
peted for a $10,000
purse. All prizes were
provided by Miller
"Lite."
The tournament's top
winners were Jerome
Jones of Los Angeles,
who won the: men's
singles title for a second
year m a row, and Carole
Watson of St. Albans,
New York, who won the
women's singles title for
the second - consecutive
year, Jerome and Carole
teamed up to win the
mixed doubles 'title as
well.- -r rrr
- - Winners in the Junior
Championships ; were:
Melissa Hernando and
Bruce Hoddad, both 10
years old; Christina Szep
and Charles Vest ner in
the 12-year old category:
Elizabeth Schram and
Martin Blackman, '3 14
years oldi Kris Simpson
and Jeff O'Dwycr. 16
years old; and Mandy
O'Donnel ; and Mike
Dungo, 18 year old win
ners. , , '
The, United Negro .
College Fund is known
by its motto: "A mind is
a terrible thing - to
waste." k :
approved of such an ef
fort. A Halifax County
representative said voters
there seem to be in favor
of a write-in campaign. :
Caucus spokemen also
said blacks who are run
ning for local offices.
such as the county com
mission, in races to be
decided in November
would lose momentum if
the forceful Michaux
.campaign was allowed to
die. ,.
Although Michaux
lost, blacks rode the en
thusiasm generated by
his campaign to a
of political
Caucus members also
.said there is no dif
ference between ., the
political ideology of
Valentinel'nd Marin.
. They said blacks could
no longer be fooled by
pouucai laoeis. said a
in effort. Others have
1 suggested that a write-in
effort would damage
Michaux's political
. future, which insiders
' say is long from over,
Caucus . members
refuted thai logic saying
Michaux's supporters
tee will also conduct
r workshops designed to
make the effort go
smoothly. And members
said there will be tovn
meetings in churches and
other places to drum up
support. Other unof
ficial steps that were
-Kberb discussed included ef
5 mcmocr OI inc W II SOn . .. . :.i.i f,,r oct- national
County Black Caucus,
"We may as well face it.
There is no difference
between Valentine and
Marin. They are two
racist conservative white
males who have no agen
da relative to the black
community." " .. -t
Another vexed voter
said. "We're talking
aoout two Republicans
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number
gains.
For . example,
Michaux's campaign
! prompted record
numbers of blacks to
1 register and vote.
Caucus members cited
the lack of suDDort that
Michaux got from , the Michaux said,
state Democratic Party, encouraging a
oting that the majority
,of white voters have not
risen above tradition and
can't bring themselves to
vote black even when the
person is well qualified..
The Caucus moved to in
itiate its plans, v - 4
Caucus Chairman
Frank Ballance ap
pointed a "write-in" and
a fundraising committee,
here. We have nothing to hing' 10 . jm;
lose."
Since ; the . election,
Michaux has suggested
that Valentine waffles on
Democratic Party prin
ciples, but when told of
the group's plans.
f J 4 I 1
rm not
write-in
mediately begin work. It
was not clear what they
will do, but for starters
they will inform voters in
each county of the write
in procedures for their
county.
The write-in commit-
:L 4 a '' j - ' - Mif i Anil .
political leaders to speak
at various 2nd Distrist
' points. Names mention
ed included Operation r
'PUSH'S Rev. Jesse
Jackson, NAACP's Ben
Hooks and Maryland v
Congressman parren
, Mitchell. ' - ; ' ;
The fundraising com
mittee, headed by
Dr.Green who practices
medicine in Henderson,
'will collect money; to be
used by all caucus
members. Members said
black entertainers would
be contacted and asked
to give benefit concerts.
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One write-in supporter campaign, but if that's
said, "We?ve got to send 'the will of the people of
;a message to the the 2nd District I certain
Democrats. .They've us- ly can't fight it." '
1 ed and abused black peo- Michaux said he didn't
i pie for decades. We've think he would catch any
jgot to be treated equal .lack from a write-in
and not taken for campaign, saying he's a .
granted." Democrat..
! Caucus members also ""If 1 decide to run for
Itook shots at Gov. James Something in two years,"
lv. ttuiii jt aayifix llv i'vurt.ijiu . anu even .'
saying
i failed to help Michaux.
They- noted that Hunt
has political pull in his
native Wilson, a 2nd
District county, as well
as in other 2nd District
counties,
cording
though I didn't get any
help for the, Democratic
Party, I would still be a
Democrat." '
Michaux has said that
a heavy, campaign debt
but Hunt, ac- keeps him from being ac
to caucus! J'ye'y involved in a write-
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