1 iffWHiTiW"!1 srw'JvriiiHiuiiiifiwanrT" nri rrrrnvBrirnnrm-inj: "" eVMNEtMMMiaNU - 6H?: sP?rt8 Tis the season to be jolly, and since it is let's start off this week with a few sports comments and happenings that have given this writer a chuckle or two in the last few days. First, there's the comment made by Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt when talking about the Chiefs 2-12 season and the firing of two head coaches in less than a season. "I don't think the Chicago Bears are any better a football team talent-wise then the Chiefs," said Hunt. "Maybe a leadership factor is involved." Too bad Lamar doewr^t have a Walter u:? i .1 j r??.. 1 j - 1 1 A -* a mwu ui lug uacmieiu. ravwn wouia lane ud a 101 01 ht>hfntrw>*w1rtftlntnrri-t tr fi -nan?? w?y!?? ? ?wii?muxiji ii i i m iw yn m jt> hm i nnwmw i . the _ lack of leader sKip~^rackwit ha few iou yard ? gaiflooT Mooii in Wftfltt tttu fluwH mm-umxuir' Payton their Number one pick who were the Chiefs drafting on the first round? The first person to send me a card with the answer to that will win a prize. Wh en 1 INC hpqd fnnthwll r^flr'n when he failed to single out the injury of a star runningback Amos Lawrence as the main reason why the Tarheels were unable to beat Nebraska. "I don't want to use Airas as an excuse. He's obviously a great football player and I thought Doug Pascal did a good job for us as a replacement." Dooley must have forgotten that Carolina's two losses this season came with "Famous" Amos not in the backfield. What about the Liberty Bowls Most Valuable Player (UNC quarterback Matt Rupee) being announced just before he committed his second turnover in the final quarter. That gave Nebraska the ball so sub quarterback Randy Garcia could turn it into his second touchdown pass, after a Rupee Or take a look at St. Louis Cardinal Head Coach Don Coryell's remarks when making a public apology for stating that Owner Bill Bidwell was a tightwad. Coryell went on to predict that the Cards would win only four games next season and two the following year. "I'd like to say something to Bill Bidwell," he stated. "I regret very much saying whaLl didin public expressing myself as Idicf? Cm tr very poor loser, ^had to blow pp. I guess it's better to blow up than commit suicide. I thought it waaan off-the-record conversation with a friend who also happened to be a sportswriter,'' he commented after the Cards had been eliminated from playoff contention by the Redskins. That's only good for a laugh if Coryell doesn't commit suicide after failing to blow up in the wake of Sunday's 17-7 loss to the m r% lampa nay bucs. Finally, The Bucs got their jollies when they beat the New Orleans Saints after Saint quarterback Archie Manning had said it would be a disgrace to lose to the winless expansion club. "It's disgrace ful," said the Bucs players aa the final seconds ticked off the clock. Here's wishing everybody a Merry Christmas even the fans of the Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Oakland Raiders whom I pick to be eliminated from Super Bowl contention Saturday and Monday. Four Rams Make All ClAAAcedemic Team Four members of the attend Med school. 1977 CIA A championship Sherard received the WSSU football team were Chase award as the named to the conferences CIAA's outstanding schofirst annual All Academic athlete last season, team. The coaches now Junior linebacker Baxter plan to make this an Harrington, a Medical annual affair in recogni- Technology major who did tion of the leagues out- work with cells over the standing scholar athletes, summer and discovered a Hampton Institute led new area of ceil developthe list with seven team rnent, and Johnny Wilkermembers being selected, son, a sophomore defensLivingstone placed five ive end who is majoring in players on the list. The Business Administration. four members of the Elizabeth City placed WSSU squad on the lisjjp^hree football players on were, All-American center team, while Norfolk Robert Weeks, a senior state had two representaHealth and Physical Edu- tives. Virginia Union, cation major, ^e&hiajd_shaw, Fayetteville State, Sherard, a senior defens- and Virginia State each ive back who is majoring ^ad one player on the in Biology and plans to team Florida A & M Tops Among MBN Pollster Washington, D.C. ~ the season last week with Florida A&M University, an impressive 37-15 O11-0, and its first unbeat- range Blossom Classic win en season since 1961, was over ninth ranked Delanamed the No. 1 ranked ware State. In the final football team in the final balloting by black college 1*..^ 1 r?l i- vt _. i onftrtourriforc Krrtorl. mutual niacK rxetworK wo o football rankings for 1977. casters, the Florida team nosed out Grambling for The Rattlers, coached the top spot. Many of by Rudy Hubbard, ended those lasting votes cited Florida A&M's 31-28 upset victory over Tenn State B 1 j as the deciding advantage B|Tj I for the Rattlers Tennessee NBIBlflBIBM State beat Grambling earLer the season 26-7. BWffuTftffElffffPflBB Last years Black Col2gg lege champions South Carolina State finished third, upstart Winston Salem State was fourth Di-Gel. and Tennessee State Tha Anti*Gas Antacid. rounded out the top five. > I W/nston-oa/em * Chronicle 4 ^^Saturda^D?cember24^197^^Pag^^l i^JW^ ?w B WJM TjbJ WM F y^' U . ^B Ib HSH ^b HygS i^i^Hr/m m' El ' _^H ? J^Hk?Irv I VH^B \f j (Br jAp^r WSSU Rams Moi Winston-Salem ? The Champions an overall reWinston-Salem State ' cord of 6-? g?inS int0 the Rams moved into first Christmas break. Their place in the CIAA South- non-conference wins were em Division with Confe- over Delaware State rence wins over Living- 111-58, High Point 83-71, stone 91-73 and Shaw North Carolina Central 80Tlwivnrafry" 7ft,Sti FmTr 66, and North Carolina non-conference wins give A&T 84-74. the 1977 CIAA defending Carlos Terry last year's Bears Drop ( Raleigh,?N.C.?=?The the teams they: JieaL in ShaW" University- bears; Kocky Mount, after winning their first The final score was two games, have now Fayetteville 89, Shaw 68. "dropped six straight, losing four times last week. Edward Jefferson led A close look at their all scorers with 31, followschedule, however, could e*l_by Kenny Howell_with_ explain some' reasons Dwight Marley with why. 13, and Jeff Ballard with The Bears, under new Ernest Perkins led Head Coach Ira Mitchell, Shaw with 17. Claudius are basically a freshman ?J?nes added 14r Jake oriented team, though R?dgers, who had his there are some experienc- nose broken in the game, ed players out there. This, Pu^ed down 12 rebounds plus facing the three top ^or Shaw in just 12 miteams in the CIA A, has a nutes ?f playlot to do with it. ^ . , . , . a,, ? . . iL . Saturday night, the The Bears, playing their ? . ^ , , r. x , ... Bears met the Eagles of first home game this sea- XT ^ ^ A , , t, . N.C. Central in the conson, took on the Panthers , .. r? , ......... ... solation game. The Eagles of Virginia Union Umver- ,ed 43.42 at and _s.ty on Wednesday _De-wonth ame 87.8] The cember 7 in the Raleigh r. , . x final two points came on Civic Center. , , .. , the one-and-one shooting Shaw got off to a good of Ear, Sanders after the start, getting the lead behind the inside pjay of jwrz 5 r* big 7' 1 Jake Rodgers, who S /Mil took control of the boards, and outside play of Ronald Cash, who, along with The WSSU Women's Phillip Holmes, kept Un- Basketball Team is off to a ion out of their offense. fast start this year. At this John Waller out-leaped P?int in the season the Shaw's Mike Heard under Rams are 8-0, with victothe Shaw basket, drawing ries over North Carolina the one-and-one with :29 Central 93-68, Shaw Uniremaining. Calmly he hit versity 70-52, Gardnerboth shots to put the game Webb 102-82, Bennett away. College 77-51, Livingstone Waller led the Panthers College 83-63, Guilford with 25, followed by College 88-70, Greensboro Charles Benson and Larry College 99-51 and Shaw Holmes with 14 each. University 93-50. The Mike Heard led Shaw with Lady Rams are an improv13. followed by Jake Rod,. ed squad this year. The gers with 12. plus 13 hig return of seasoned players rebounds. and additional talent on , the bench has made the Shaw traveled to Dur- Rams a much stro ham on Friday and Satur- team day, December 9 and 10, to participate in the Bull The Rams compiled an City Invitational Tourna- 18-6 record last season ment. Their first foe was with Brenda Winfield Fayetteville State, one of leading the way with a 24 \ C * 1 I . .w.wv.v.w vX^Rr!? ! ; ! v.v.w.vwwwv.ww\www\www.',w.w X\\\wvvX'.wM^Atf*!* . # ???????* ? # ? * ? * ? * ? * ? *?**. * * ' i ? i i i ? a m *,* ' * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1 * *?* * * * * * * * * < I ?| ? ^^^B*^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^PSSW[*f*?fJT!??.r>*?Yai ?^vMHSMMM7R^->f>v~ Fill I ^^^1 rill raA .. ^ vuu.vu mc uau uvtr nl . , the first three times we Playing their? third , game in as many days, the ^?. 1 ' os our Bears took on Winston P,0,se ,.and they kePl Salem in Raleigh's Civic * ^ . o on Cur turnovers and Center in a 2:30 p.m. _ir. , . ? . 0 , ,.u Winston s inside play hurt Sunday afternoon tilt. ,, w. , ? / itT us. Mitchell said. "In The Rams, behind 6'5 the second half, we got forward Carlos Terry, muscled around. They were methodical, but were too strong and wore could not pull away from us down." the Bears in the first half, Shaw is now 2-6 overall, holding only a 30-24 lead. 0-3 in the CIAA. Their It was Terry's 6-7 from the next outing will be Janfloor and 6-7 from the line uary 6, 1978 in the Capital that kept Winston Salem City Tourney. sketball Team Off To Start HHk 1 lS&?l Brenda Whitfield Laurice Jenkins point per game average. Per Karne. Carla Kincaid Brenda was followed was also the leading reclosely by Carla Kincaid bounder, pulling down 16 and Laurice Jenkins who boards per game. Brenda averaged 20 and 17 points Spp Women, Page 10 lyjyM|i^ i. ?*8 ___jJ^^B ^P . -tL^^ "7 T ^ SHU :'r, ' : . WST i 1 . -"^WBHBBBBIWff'nrwiw ^ mil iiiiwi ii Mutual Black Network Names ,iu - -" - _ - -- - -.- ? Hayes Coach Of The Year" WASHINGTON, DC - come off its worst season Winston-Salem State Uni- iR history, 0-9. The Rams versity head football coach finished 4^6 in 1976, and Bill Hayes, was. named this year Winston-Salem Mutual Black Network, won H straight games Black College Coach-of- before losing to South the-year, for 1977. Carolina State 10-7 last Hayes, a former offen- week in the "Gold Bowl", sive line coach at Wake "It's great," Hayes Forest before moving on commented when told of to Winston-Salem State in the award. "This culmina1976, nudged out last ted my greatest season in year's coach-of-the-year, football," Hayes said. Willie Jeffries, of South Hayes, a graduate of Carolina State, and Rudy North Carolina Central Hubbard of Florida A&M University, where he was in halloting. h?* ?^.iilfl?iu.T^cent^^and liinebacker college coaches. on. the 1961 team, also jeffries and Hubbard carried Winston-Salem to were tied for second, if8 fast Central Intercollewhile Grambling coach gisteAthletic Association Eddie Robinson, who re- championship in 19 years, ceived the honor in 1975, Hayes also coached high was third, and Ed Wyche school football at Durham of Delaware, State was Hillside, Winston-Salem fourth. Forsyth, where^e won a " When Hayes took over state championship in at Winston-Salem two- 1971, and at Winston-Sayears ago, the school had ^em Parsley High. S,C, State. Domingte Mutual Black College All-Americah Team ? Washington, D.C. - For the second straight Graffiblinc State?Univer^ _ ? 1 CU1U sity and South - Carolina Carolina State placed State dominated the 1977 more players on the team Mutual Black Network than any other black colAll-American Football lege. Team with four players For Coach Eddie Robineach on the fifth annual son's Louisiana Tigers, team chosen by black Williams was joined on college coaches across the the team by his two top nation. Grambling s rifle- notch receivers Carlos armed quarterback Dou- Pennywell and Mike g'as Williams and Be- Moore, along with defenthune Cookman's Earl sive end Russell Hall, a "Country Boy" Inman led strapping 6'8" 231 lb. the balloting. senior from Houston, Williams, who passed Texas, for 8,082 yards and 89 South Carolina State dicareer touchdowns in four vided their four players seasons, was named the evenly with runningback Offensive Player-of-the- Rickey Anderson, who be- year' came the schools first one Inman, a 6 3 222 lb. thousand yard rusher in linebacker from Umattilla, history, and tackle A1 Florida, led " Bethune- Lester on offense, and end Cookman to a 7-3 season Anthony Clay and cornerand was called by coach back Tommy Brown on Andy Hinson, "A top pro defense. Jackson State prospect was named De- University of Mississippi, fensive Player-of-the- placed three players on year. The 22 man squad the team, runningback will be honored at a Rickey Patton, a repeater banquet in Atlanta, Geor- from 1975, tackle Lou gia, January 7, 1977. BullarH nnH rnm orKaolr Williams and Howard Charles Williams. University guard Keith WSSU's Cornelius Napier along with Alcorn Washington who tied for State Linebacker Johnny the national lead in interThomas were the only eeptions with 12 was namrepeaters from the 1976 ed to the squad, team. Mutual Black Network Coach-Of-The *. ? -Year Awards ~ 1973 John Merritt Tennessee State University 1974 Marino Casern Alcorn State University 1975 Eddie Robinson Grambling State University 1976 Willie Jeffries South Caro. State University 1977 Bill Haves. Winston-Salem State University Willie Jeffries South Carolina State University