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-f Jp ppk ;pBPp.*-'V p v V4!^VnV^8q$^ I /1?^ ps iNOrtOtk "Sfllw \ V Pfllll 1 | v fi ^K ^mSk*'' HMAA hjg I ;|ir ? n I ?i i ^ - Bilkf ' # riHi til I I- UCK TdCK90 flM1^ FB"i '"i*^ ^TTfiBPgMIMi^^^BSPB I " Howard iJiiiv6i^ULV ' ' K&RiL Pflttri^s Af/fin^H&B^fl^^l I C/%MfU ror^lina Qtftfi1 At* Tsl pjfMKN^ be ^fjoJo White edcfefl^^H NewsomeY 1/?1 A ' rin >. r V^^RFeiBW Sports Scores, Standings, Strong second half keys c Ram rally By SAM DAVIS Chronicle Sports Editor Employing 4 4 Bill Hayes" power football, Winston-Salem State awoke from a sluggish first half to defeat North Carolina A&T 35-21 in the annual battle for local bragging rights. The Rams overcame a 14-7 haltime deficit, taking complete control of the Aggies in the final two quarters of the game. Although the contest didn't count on the Rams' conference slate, the rivalry between the two "At half time the kids said we should jusi go out and take the ball straight at them... In the second half we just shot Horn ana Pulley straight up the gut. " ? Bill Hayes neighboring schools was, as always, a major challenge for the defending C1AA Southern Division champs. Some 18,000 fans watched as sophomore running back Leonardo Horn led the second-half rushing assault which carried the Rams to victory. The Rams pounded out 251 yards on the ground in the second half while giving up only 18 yards of total offense to the Aggies. "We went to the things we do best," Hayes said of WSSU's tactics to go straight at the Aggies in the Please see page B2 CIAA This Week TJUL 17. jrugn-iiyiiig ?j\ By SAM DAVIS Further nori Chronicle Sports Editor Fayetteville As far as surprises go, last week in the CIAA will be a tough Union *> act to follow. frustrations o, Among Scores that make you . the pnly wonder if you heard or read them "J1? ,w? conj[?! right, Fayetteville State played. State hosts Eli the defending conference champs e y Living to a 22-22 standoff, while Nor- . folk State gave new Coach .. 7 L,vin?5 Willard Bailey his first win at his f1 ? . con alma mater, 13-7 at Howard. University of . umbia, while While most of the conference Bridgewater teams will wage war outside of conference ga the CIAA this week, two gtate at < Southern Division heavyweights Virginia State will battle for first place Satur- Baptist, dav. *- - i 11 ?'" in inc ncaui Southern frontrunner North will be out to a Carolina Central will look to gain to Winston-Sal the inside track on defending a game which champ Winston-Salem State Southern Di\ when the Eagles host the Rams. vaunted NCC Central already has recorded which has yet l two conference wins, while the '84, will be up Rams have yet to play a league most ferocious game. the CIAA. - jfl Ocsar Blackburn: After 50 years of golf, he still Improving on his game (photo by Jame Parker). sIVeek Columns, Features win downs fired Hrji ^ '''^| "^V 1 Winston-Salem State Freshman Lonnie Pu - responded by rushing for 95 yards against i for Pulley and the other WSSU backs (phot< agles host Rams th, after its tie with On the other hand, the Rai State last week, T-Bone offense, which rankec A kingpin Virginia the top .offensive unit in e out to hang its league a year ago, regained n poor Hampton. form in WSSU's 35-21 win < other same involv- North . Carolina A&T rence teams, Bowie weekend, izabeth City, which In order for the Eagles to o jstone 13-12 a week take the Rams, they'll have give their talented senior quar stone ventures out- back, Gerald Fraylon, time :rence, hosting the find standout receivers Rol he District of Col- Clark and Robert Green. 1 _St. Paul's is at stopping the Rams' pass rusl Other non- no easy task, mes include Nor- The game provides a da: ^heyney State and matchup between teams with *, hosting Liberty posing philosophies. The Rai under Coach Bill Hayes, are c iner, N.C. Central tent to grind it out, while uanno it c .1 1 1 r\rc C o nloc Kti UI fvugv iv j - u ivjj i^ugivoi wavuvu ujr n^iu / L [em State last year, timore, are one of the most cost the Eagles the plosive teams in the CIAA. /ision title. The The game will likely go do U passing attack, to the final minutes. If, howe> to get untracked in the Eagles don't allow Fray against one of the time to pick out his receive i defensive lines in Please see page B5 I Sports People Blackburn: i By SAM DAVIS Chronicle Sports bditor TV.?? nAor.intnciKla man an/4 vi//*na?n in a "'/ I a i iv j iv iivoi "iiiTUiuiv 111 v 11 auu w uiuwu in a nv of stars. They work behind the scenes at sporting event make sure things go as they ought to ? but stan< receive notoriety only when things don't. Si: eight-year-old Oscar Blackburn is one of them. For the past 20 years, Blackburn quietly but c ciently tees off most of the major tournament Winston Lake Golf Course. Blackburn, who been involved in golf for more than 50 years, is of the least recognizable faces at the tournamei Yet, without him, the events wouldn't run nearl; smoothly as they do. "1 make sure that the players know the r before starting and that they tee off at the cor time," Blackburn says of his role as chairmar j the Winston Lake rules committee. "It's not 'W' most important job, but it has to be done corre F. i M r/I Ar f \r tK/s C r rt ' vp... 111 uiuvi iu in*, 5v/ii^i a uu scucuuic. Like many other blacks that are involved in g f?H Blackburn took up the sport as a youngster to c jfe extra spending money. "At the time I became a caddy, 1 was only |p terested in golf as a means to support myse tt Blackburn says. "At that time, caddying was * way for young blacks to earn money and to j Hi learn the game of golf." 's Once, however, Blackburn began to acquit >s feel for caddying and playing golf, he began to Y less time to cultivate his skills. By taking a full-t > Section B Thursday, September 13, 1984 up Aggies Key got the first start of his collegiate career and *&T. The Rams* offensive line opened gaping holes d by James Parker). 1 ins* I as the I its >ver last verto I terto I >ert But I ssic op- I on- I the I .at- I cx' I wn 'er, I Ion I 5TS, He tees 'em off job with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., he was forced to relegate golf att<i oiiict lectealioual activities to ? his weekends, L >r "I went to work with Reynolds when I was only 15 years old," says Blackburn, who retired from s i0 Reynolds last year after 52 years there. "When I to retired, I was in management. I'm very proud of cty~ that because it is as far as you can go in the com ^ pany without a college degree.'* has "ivhen / pick Up the newspaper and read ?^e about some of the people that I have been y as fortunate enough to share some time with, I feel that my time in sports has been wellules spent." rect ? Oscar Blackburn i of the Although Blackburn's job with Winston Lake is on a voluntary basis, he takes it very seriously. And ?tf? he takes other sports seriously, too. '?*11 'when I was young, I liked a lot of sports, he says. 4'But I didn't have the means to take part in >m" them as I would have liked to. Once 1 was in a position to do so, I picked back up on them again." one por years, Blackburn worked with the local semia*so pro baseball teams. 44I used to announce all of the games for the c a black teams in Winston-Salem," he says. 'They us,avc ed to play at the. old Southside Ball Park off of Please see page B5
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