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by Barry Cooper
Sports Correspondent
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s. f?or ? wfaie, H looked as if Norfolk Stale basketball .
joach Lucias Mitchell had dodged the bullet. Mitchell,
>aid to have mistreated his players by \erbally abusing the
team and putting them through over-demanding drills,
was given a vote of confidence recently by the Norfolk
State administration.
School officials said, Mitchell, one of the winningest
;oaches in the history of black college basketball, would
keep his job, despite the allegations.
But now the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference,
of which Norfolk State is a member, has promisid
to conduct its own inquiry into the charges. This could
mean more trouble for Mitchell, who has come under
neavy criticism.
In fact, the CIAA has already launched its investigation.
"It is regrettable that an action of this type is
hecessary," said CIAA commissioner Bob
Moorman..."Because of the extremely high visibility ot
the alledged problems, I feel that the CIAA must conduct
its own investigation. I feel the integrity of the CIAA, as
well as Norfolk State University, is at stake."
! The CIAA investigation was sparked by present and
former Norfolk State players, who have complained
publicly about Mitchell. But after an investigation by
school officials, Norfolk State president Harrison Wilson
Premier Practia
LORMAN, MS - The run- but we must balance it with
tiers are still running, the good defense," Whitney
tacklers are still tackling, noted. "The keys to our
but nevertheless Havei/ ...:n u- j ??
T j JV03UII will UC 111C UCVCIUpWhitney's
basketball team ment of a center and how
hit the courts yesterday. well we play defense."
The first day of practice Heading the list of Brave
for the college basketball returnees from last year's
season was met with en- 17-12 team is All-SWAC
thusiasm at Alcorn State forward Albert Irving, a 6-7
University, the defending senior from Natchez. IrvwO-champions
of the South- ing, who has been scouted
western Athletic Con- by professional scouts, avference
(SWAC). For the eraged 17.1 points and 9.0
Braves, the Alcorn State rebounds a game last year,
poach called it "their The leader of the Braves'
toughest first-day practice line-up, who has been hamwver."
pered by a leg operation,
"That was propably the said he's optimistic about
hardest opening day prac- (he prospects for his team,
tice we've ever had," "We opened up with a
Whitney stated. "But the hard practice and I think
kquad is in real good shape that's an indication of
and we're pleased with the things to come," Irving
way things went. We have said. The SWAC race is
a bunch of people who're going to be tough, plus we
aggressive." have a tough schedule. So I
. Alcorn State's opening know that we have a lot of
iday drills, as well as sub- improvements to make."
sequent workouts, will con- In the conference race,
bentrate heavily on indivi- Street and Smith's College
dual and team defense, Basketball Handbook
rebounding and ballhandl- writers have tabbed Alcorn
ing, according to Whitney. as the team to beat.
With the graduation of Houston Chronicle reporter
stalwart center Eddie W. H. Stickney, Jr. wrote,
Baker, though, it's the "The Braves of Alcorn this
defense that may be the key year will establish stability
to the 1981-82 season. at the top of the standings
"We have a lot of offense, as they run away with yet
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equipment and boats, now I w ^ ^ M
is the time to winterize I
those items. Especially the I H BhJ
motors: those being a bit I Hll H 1
complicated for tinkering. I B
ror the best performance, |
motor should be winterized I ^ Ppnrm
by the dealers that sell 1 Uy
them. The saving that one
'may gain from do-it-your- ed several occasions where
self jobs are not worth the I was out-fished by a kid
inconveniences that could with a cane pole,
be experienced with a Sometimes I think about
Ibreakdown. the fun that I have missed
i while trying to master
i In some areas, fishing has sophisticated equipment;
become so sophisticated
that it is necessary to use
handbooks to get the most / "gi ii
out of your equipment. pH ffQ
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myself with the expressions
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and Fish Locations, I feel J
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same at the National
Bureau Of Standards. Then
to lure &nd hook 3 lunkcr Blrjy I
bass; fail, then see a ten jpjf,wLA
year old fisherman come
along and take the fish on a
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innounced that Mitchell would be retained.
That ruling didn't sit well with the Norfolk media, and
it didn't go over well with some members of the Norfolk
State baskethaM team. Several wrote leuer* to the new ^ -a
media and to the university, again complaining of what
they called '/inhumane and demeaning treatment" b>
Mitchell last season.
Two players left the team recently. They are Louis
Thomas and Tim Allen. Thomas was captain of last
year's team.
Mitchell has a 61-28 record in three years at Norfolk
State. He was absent from practice last week because ol
he controversy. Mitchell, 46, has a career record ot
253-47. He also has coached at Kentucky State and Norfolk
State.
The CIAA is expected to wrap up its investigation by
mid-November.
NEWS ITEM: FAMU Grad Gets $250,000 Award.
Andre White, a former Florida A&M and San Diego
Chargers football player, has just won a $250,000 lawsuit
against the Chargers.
White, who played under Florida A&M Coach Jake
Gaither in the sixties, received the quarter-million-dollai
settlement 13 years after suffering a career-ending knee
injury.
White testified in court that the knee injury was much
more serious than the Chargers would admit. He said the
team called the injury a bad sprain, and White was sent
home for the summer to recuperate.
? Toughest Ever
another outright champion- poll in our conferenship."
. ce, that doesn't mean a
While Whitney isn't mak- thing," the coach continuing
"any predictions this ed. "I don't know what the
early in practice, he did chances are, but we're still
say, "We just hope we play champions and we certainly
to our potential. If that won't give it up without a
results in a lot of wins, then fight."
that's great. Alcorn's season starts on
"Even though we're pick- December 1, 1981 at the
ed No. 1 in the pre-season University of Missouri#
Howard Organizes
Women's Basketball
Second-year head women's scoring power, but I'm
basketball coach Sanya :onfident that the newcomTyler
welcomed eight re- :ts will help make up foi
turning veterans and five hat," says Tyler. The leadnewcomers
to the beginn- ng returning scorer will be
ing of fall practice last point-guard Blonde 11
jveek. 4BeBe" Curnell, who aver"I'm
very pleased with lged 11.0 points per game
he condition that.the girls ast season.
eturned in. They seem to
tave worked hard during The Bisonetts will be look:he
off-season and ready to ng for scoring power from
lave a good year, says newcomers Claudia Eaton
^er* md Sherry Van Pelt; both
Howard finished the 1981 ire transfers with excellent
season with 11-14 record, scoring ability. Eaton
vhile winning six of theii
ast eight games and winn- < stands 6-3 and can play
ng the Catholic Invitational either the strong-forward oi
Tournament. However, :enter position, while Van
:our of the team's top Pelt, at 5-11, averaged 21.C
scorers were lost to gradua- points and 10 rebounds at
ion. Atlantic Citv Communitv
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when I know that the best finny sport. There is nothcrappie
fishing is ac- i?g wrong about looking
complished with a cane pretty and well equiped
pole, a strip of cut bait or a when you go on a lake. You
small minnow. Don't let won't be alone when it
these experiences alter comes to returning with an
your thinking about the empty stringer.
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But during the summer, White's knee began to swell
and discolor from torn cartilage and ligaments.
After a grievance was filed, NFL Commissioner Pete
RozeUe ruled the Chargers owed White a full season's
oay and corrective surgery. "I waited nine months and I
iidn't have any operation," White said.
Tired of waiting, White took to the courts and finall>
won after a 13-year battle.
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t iiiw sajo iiv icmciiiuci) uit* piay inai pui mm our 01
pro football.
"1 got hurt against the Kansas City Chiefs when some
guy clipped me," he said. 441 was hurting and all they
^Chargers) could think about was whether or not 1 could
play the second half.
"Sid Gillman (the San Diego coach at the time) was
heartless. If you were hurt, he had no use for you. He was
>o different from my college coach (Gaither). Gaithet
was like a father to me. When they (San Diego) saw 1
couldn't play, they released me."
So serious was White's injury that he came out of the
operation with 60 percent disability in his right leg.
441 can get along all right as long as 1 don't move
laterally," he says. 4 41 * 11 be fine. I'm just worried about
the young athlete that has the delusions of playing in the
NFL. I don't want this to happen to them."
Howard Drops To 7-2-2
The Bison soccer team *$ork on everything, expeddropped
to 7-2-2, after tying ally shooting. The team is
UDC, 0-0, last Tuesday, just a little off target, but 1
and losing to Division III have confidence that they
power, Averett College, will pull together."
1-0, last weekend. Howard, which was rankAfter
reeling off six ed number one in the
straight victories in the Mid-Atlantic Region and as
earlv season, the Bison high as seventh nationally.
have lost two, tied two and now has dropped to number
won one of their last five .three in the Mid-Atlantio m
games. and out of the national poll. I
"We lost some of our The Bison will travel to I
consistency during those.. Alderson-Broaddus on Oct.
games," recalls coach 31, before returning home
Keith Tucker. "This week to host Old Dominion on I
in practice, we are going to Nov. 4 at Howard Stadlium.
(VOTE I
Bonce B. Williams I
As Write-In Candidate tor Mayor I
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