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By BARRY COOPER
Syndicated Columnist
For Marcus Duprecr the former Oklahoma running
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vH?n mow "vuiu uv iivuiiiaii i lupny winner, me oays
pass as haltingly as they did for another supreme talent
some 15 years ago.
Remember Spencer Haywood? He was blessed with
moves that seemed to defy gravity and promised big
money - if only Haywood could play and study his way
out of the University of Detroit.
It turned out that Haywood was shiftier than anyone
had imagined. After his second year in college, he suddenly
went on the offensive, charging that professional
basketball and its rules regarding underclassmen were unjust.
Haywood played a season in the American Basketball
Association and then decided tojump leagues, but found
his move blocked. When the National Basketball
Association said no, Haywood went to court. A federal
judge ruled that the NBA had to find a way to allow willing,
qualified prospects into the league, regardless of
whether the^ had survived four years of such strenuous
classes as basket-weaving and the fundamentals of
coaching.
Thanks to that judge and thanks to the courage and,
yes, greed of Haywood, any young man who can look
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the eye or leap as high as David
Thompson now can make himself eligible for the NBA
draft with a sheet of paper and a 20-cent stamp.
It has been a good thing, both for players who have
gone on to become young millionaires and the NBA clubs
that have replenished their talent pool quicker than they
had anticipated.
The schools haven't been hurt by Haywood's actions,
either. Is there anyone who dares suggest that college
basketball is lesser a game than it was 15 years ago? In
fact, few players even opt to leave college early. Usually,
only five or six take the quick exit.
The point, though, is that the choice was theirs, just as
young journalism students may leave school to write for
newspapers and music students may shun campus life for
a spot in a punk-rock band.
When a James Worthy decides to leave the University
of North Carolina a year early for the riches of pro
basketball, he is replaced by a Michael Jordan, and a
mammoth college money machine never skips a beat.
The same holds true for virtually every other sport.
That Calvin Peete never went to college does not matter.
He has proved that the noble acquisition of a sheepskin is
not a prerequisite for making birdies at the U.S. Open.
Jack Nicklaus, John McEnroe, Julius Erving and Bob
- Horner all left college early, and nary an eyebrow was
raised.
But none of those men play pro football, apparently
Please see page B3
Rams might be pe
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By ROBERT ELLER after the seo
Chronicle Sports Editor the Ram pi;
nearly mon
The 1983-84 season had, until recently, 86-64 win o>
been just that for the Winston-Salem team did no
State Rams: a season in 1983 and a season The "nev
in 1984. prefers to <
The Rams started the year like layoff, bega
gangbusters, giving the Hall of Fame win over M
Coach "Bighouse" Gaines his 700th win that the Rai
their first time out and going on to win test. His fea
their next three contests handily. night when
Despite a tough loss to powerful Nor- . Raleigh by
folk State, and a btowoef at the^randy ef - number of-t
another Northern juggernaut, Virginia surfaced.
Union, during the pre-Christmas break, The Rai
WSSU entered the holiday season with a designated
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With Troy Russell leading the con- Gorham's s
ference in scoring, and Kevin Vaughn do- side lacked <
ing an excellent job on the boards, the Gaines m<
Rams looked like a sure-fire contender for side scoring
the Southern Division title and appeared ing with a 6<
to have a legitimate shot at championship the second \
honors in the CIAA tourney. But the t
But all that changed for the Rams soon PU
Prep Spotlight
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Chronic!# Stiff Wrlfr
Carver ended the local era of 9-10 basketball competition
with a bang, pummelling inspired but outclassed
Anderson 77-50 in the league's tournament final last Friday
at Mt. Tabor.
Coach Alfred Poe's Yellow Jackets withstood Anderson's
pressure defense for their sixth consecutive title as
they closed out their domination of high school basket
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outside shooters from the
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hooting touch from the out- I
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against Bowie, escap)-66
win after trailing by 10 in
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jase see page B3 Blnon in the Rant's first
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ball in Winston-Salem with 29 straight wins dating back
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Brian Howard, Carver's highly-touted 6-5Vi swingman,
had 10 of the Yellow Jackets' 18 third-quarter*
points to break open a surprisingly close 35-29 game at
intermission.
"Brian took the game into<his own. hands after
halftime," said Poe of his prize sophomore. "We went
after them more in the second half and eliminated some
of the mistakes we were making earlier.
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"We were a little tight coining out," said Poe, "I think
our kids might have been up too high for the game and
made some mental mistakes they don't normally make.
"When you're number one, everybody's motivated to
play hard against you. Anderson did a good job of
pressuring us in the first half. They were well-prepared
for us and weren't awed by us."
Howard shared similar thoughts on Carver's subpar
first-half performance. "They were real pumped up
Please see page B5