1 Page B2-The Chronicle, Thursday, March 8, 1984 I I i mmmmmmmmrnmmmmmmmmmmm ^Norfolk- State' -; t Virginia State ?~ vC\A I k I M 1 I Hampton Institute , 18-11 c c I h i F s t r t c I f i c I ll t I I c i < I i j I I ( _ ' < Sportsbeat ????? Do pro football A Syndicated Column Watching football and other violent sports on television can actually bring out the beast in a lot of men, claim several battered women's groups in Northern California. Officials at shelters for battered women in San Francisco say the more important the game, the more likely a man is to take out his frustrations afterward by throwing something at his wife. "Big football games, and the drinking and gambling which often go with them, seem to be a catalyst for wife^ beating," says a speaker for one San Francisco shelter. The Marin Abused Women's Service reports that its hot line normally gets about 15 calls in a weekend, but it got 32 calls during the weekend of the four National Football League playoff games. * f r \ I J Sports Rams (surprise), y ROBERT ELLER hronicle Sports Editor An account of North Carolina A&T's MEAC victory ippears on B3. "Bighouse" Gaines was ready to close the books in the 983-84 season late last month when his Rams were liminated from the C1AA tourney by Norfolk State, the op-ranked NCAA Division II team in the nation. In fact, Gaines wasn't thinking at all of a post-seasdn >erth following the hard-fought 64-60 loss to the Sparans in the semi-finals of the conference tourney. "I don't think we will get a post-season bid," said 3aines, still fuming over the behavior of Norfolk Coach "harles Christian in the closing minutes of the contest. 'I'm going to go out and hit the recruiting trail." And that's just what Gaines did last week. After apparently concluding the season with a 20-8 mark, good nough to tie his team for Southern Division honors in he league, Gaines felt he had gotten as much mileage as te could out of the 1983-84 edition of his Rams. So, when the NCAA tried to get in touch with Gaines ate last week to let him know WSSU had received a postseason bid, he'd already dismissed his team for the eason and was on a recruiting trip. "I had been down East and the league office was trying o contact me. I didn't think we had much of a shot at the playoffs and had forgotten about it," the coach admited. But once told of the berth, Gaines quickly swung into iction, putting his squad through a practice session Sunlay night and a tough workout on Monday. Scoutine the ODDOsition would not have been nnssihle ince all schools have concluded their seasons, but Gaines von't need a scouting report on the team his Rams will ace this Friday night. WSSU will take on Norfolk State for the third time this eason at 9 p.m. in Echols Center on the Norfolk cam>us. The Spartans not only knocked the Rams from the :iAA tourney, but also topped them 77-70 in Norfolk in arly December. The Rams led for much of that contest and the players 3ok at it as one that got away. "We should have beaten Norfolk in both games," said enior point guard John Watkins. "We are happy to be in he playoffs, especially the seniors, but we are even hap>ier to be getting another chance at Norfolkr" Another senior, Troy Russell, felt much the same way. 'We are going to do it this time," he said. "This posteason berth is yet another new season and I plan to go )ut a winner this time." Roger Mason, who scored a game-high 19 points in the Yarns' tourney loss to the Spartans, also relished the :hance to continue his college career. "1 don't have my . nind on pro ball and the realization that my basketball :areer had ended was really setting in on me until 1 heard about this," said Mason, a native of Hampton, Va. "Now I'm really fired up, especially since we will be playng close to my home again." Though Gaines insisted that playing Norfolk State again gave him nor his team special motivation, he said getting up for the game would not present a problem. "1 don't think we'll have any problems as far as motivation DU... riwaau page do pj K|RAH f; w?f??vU!Z^^ v?- # '*>: ^Uft&BSSBK HB HffiB ** a * UUufnQMNG ASSKK& *V ^..^NXpflwwOofiBBur^^^SflBI^ Clifton Mack: Favorably Impressed during talki James Parker). games bring out t And one shelter in Oakland reports that the number of calls it handled nearly tripled on Super Bowl Sunday. A psychology professor from San Jose State University, Bruce Ogilvie, says football could bring to the surface a number of men's already-hostile feelings. "The greatest danger is in men seeking to fulfill themselves through some artificial identification with a team, he says. "Then, if their team loses, the men throw a childlike tantrum, and thev take nut their hn?ti1itie* against their wives and other women." A radio commentator from Berkeley who produces a monthly show on violence against women says her husband once threw a can of beer at her after his team lost at the Rose Bowl. "First, he threw a can of beer against the wall," she says. "Then he threw another one, and finally the third \ Week , Aggies (yawn) get f^r V J? Br l^^'sSlS ' -V as ^ *,... ? > ^%f^P^-j|r apr ' afi^llPilill ^?*rt*--^-*3*P gsw jgyg^'" -.-^reaftajl tU .- * Home-Grown Winston native Robert Mcllwalne, a freshman for MEAC tournament finals (photo by James Parker). Bill Hayes By ROBERT ELLER Chronicle Sports Editor Winstnn-Sal#?m football Coach Bill Hayes mus of his Winston-Salem connecti Over the past few years, Hay able to keep some of the to talent in the city at home by n to play football at WSSU. Some of the outstanding h products he har-kxpt. w the an Sidney Wilkins, Chris Kirkpati Pearson, Bobby Clark, Brian \ I with Hayes (photo by just last year, the two top run in the city, Leonardo Horn anc he violent beast in i one squarely hit me. I got angry, and then he rushed at r me and began hitting me on the head with the telephone, a "Three days later, my husband sent me flowers and begged for forgiveness, but it was too late. I left him and ( never went back."... i New York Mets pitching relief ace Jesse Orosco was all smiles recently at O'Neill's in Ma^peth for two reasons: r He had just signed a $425,000-pW-year pact with the Mets and the airlines had just notified him that they had c located seven pieces of his luggage that were missing.... Calvin Griffith, the tight-fisted owner of the Min- 1 nesota Twins who's always railing about baseball's soar- * ing salaries, is getting a raise - even though his team came up nearly $1.8 million in the red in 1983. 1 Last year, Griffith's salary was in the neighborhood of . $155,000, but now, after a decision of the five voting V NCAA bids WlM'Uiu ^ . ,, ... Ij ; WM ,*. M :