I May 30, 1985 I Page B1 East Coach Ron Jessup aiming syth's first state championship (photo by James Parker). 1 Prep Track Alexana RALEIGH ~ East Forsyth senior Debra Alexander realized her season-long goal of a state championship in the triple jump last Friday night. Alexander, who was third as a junior, jumped 40 feet, 5l/2 inches. That tied her personal best, set earlier in the season at Parkland, and was just one inch off the state record. Alexander also finished second in the 200 meters with a time of 25.56. Lamonda,Miller of Chase won the event in 24.64. Alexander also was a member of East's third-place 4x200 relay team and fourth-place 4x100 relay team. Those efforts enabled East to finish third with 28 points behind repeat winner Greensboro Dudley (60 points) and secondplace High Point Andrews (34V Dudley was led by junior Pam Doggett, who won three firstBaseball Profile Cubs' GM Ernie Shoi By DAVID BULLA Chronicle Sports Editor Out of the blue, Chicago Cubs' President and General Manager Dallas Green arrived at Ernie Shore Field Friday evening to i watch the Spirits prepare for a doubleheader with Peninsula. "This ~ getting out of Chicago ? is something I wanted to do since I took over," said Green, who took over as the Cubs' chief after he managed the PVn1aH#?lr\hia Phillies tr* tVio A llltMVaVl|/lliM A II4IIIVJ V V/ UIV World Series championship in 1981. "I haven't had the opportunity to visit the minor league facilities in my three years with the organization. I'm a nut on facilities and I think it's important to get out and see them." Green had seen Ernie Shore Field before, in 1957 when he played for High PointThomasville. But the stadium has undergone many changes since then. "So with the changes we made during the winter (four new city affiliations for six minor league franchises), I thought I might check in and visit. Dennis (Bastien) seems to have an excellent facility here and has done his best to make the transition from the Red Sox to Cubs smooth." Green indicated that, although the Cubs rank last in the majors in system-produced talent, he fl|| Baseball Shi M By DAVID BULL/ Chronicle Sports Edi ST^Hl "I'll jump in tha *3 win," said East tr jM Meadows last T\ during a steady n > the East-Garing ? baseball playoff gi v H Meadows was Eagles trailed 4-2 i ml sixth inning wher ilfH coaches agreed to game was resche with East having tl one out. But the varying degrees th and the resumptioi jfefehfeb Since there wer J on the dry, sunr noon, Meadows d for East For- ^is promise. Wit! d in baseball inging at the fir: game resumed, th ler jumps U m - Debra Alexander place awards. Doggett won the 100 and 300 hurdles, and was a member of the Panthers' winning 4x400 relay team. Doggett ran her medal count in state meets to six. She had taken home three * Green visits *e, Spirits t* . realizes that will eventually change. 44When I took over, we had to build through trades and the freeagent market," said the 50-yearold Green, who spent rr^dch of his time with the Phillies as player development director. "We didn't have what was needed in terms of ability. "We were forced to do patchwork jobs at the upper levels of the minors. We also hurt the minors with all our dealings, but now we have to move in the other direction." Less than 20 percent of Chicago's talent came through the Cubs' system and the team primarily consists of veterans in the late stages of their careers. Yet the Cubs have produced one of the best individual players in recent minor-league history in Shawon Dunston, who started the season at Chicago but ha< since been demoted to Iowa ol the (triple-A) American Association. There are other players who may have bright futures in Chicago, including the Spirits' Dave Martinez. "We get daily reports, and I learned Dave's face and statistics in spring training," Green said. "I have a feel for the minors, the men who toil there as coaches and players, so I wanted to match faces with names. SPORTS I Playoffs ears, Snow 1 * . tor claim a 9-4 win < Shears' swing it mud puddle if we double and star Forsyth's Mike ing. It propelled mrsday afternoon semifinals a lin that postponed Ashbrook, whi( er second-round Caldwell in the < ame. The semifinal serious. The host ed for Tuesday n the bottom of the Sims Legion Fie Pthe umpires^ ancl The heroics suspend play. The batting order be duled for Friday, "the second ga le bases loaded and Ron Jessup. rain continued in "I think we roughout the night Garinger's crov n date was changed day," said Jessu field advantagi e no mud puddles sizable turnout ly Saturday after- the Charlotte scl lidn't have to keep it to us and we i Todd Shears sw- pretty much the st pitch when the 44But Saturdi le Eagles rallied to and Todd respo i state title firsts last year. I Meanwhile, West's Tomika Whitten saw her bid to win all state championships in the^ + distance events this school year halted with a loss in the 1,600. Marrianne Carraher of Lee County won the 1,600 with a time of 5:18.21, while Whitten took second in 5:21.23. That gave Car- I raher a sweep in the middledistance events. She also won the j 800 in 2:12.43. Ia the .1*700, which figured to a be Whitten's better event, the West junior was some 12 seconds slower than her time in the West Regional, where she won both 1 events. As a result, she finished third in 11:49.20, with St. Stephen's Patty King easing to . :_ ii . ^o I /" ! 1 viwiuiy jn anu \~napei Hill's Kim Shuman finishing second in 11:43.71. "I felt OK going into the Please see page B4 L m yH mJf Jm^^m j^V ' tt^M ~'r * * ' HM Chicago President and General M one of four new Cub facilities, James Parker). "Yes, Dave's done well and is fi off to a hot start. He's got some L pop in his bat. If he continues to play like this, he should move o steadily up the ladder." t! Green said he thought Cub farm director Gordon Goldsberry tl rn qHp 9 V1V1C *? rlAficinn m/Mnn > i v ^Br l_ j^m^L lanager Dallas Green reviews Ernie Shore Field (photo by om Lodi of the California eague. "The Carolina League is one f the best in the business/' said le former major-league pitcher. 1Tt ic a oaaH nrrtvino orr\i 1 nA If B i AO U 0V/V/VI pi V v 111^ V/UUU 1 | ley can make it here, then ou're fairly certain they can Please see page B2 ; Rour colur rsyth past jrent games." do > originally thought about a Br queeze, for Shears had been lor a slump, But Jessup recon- Ch since he was down two runs. rel didn't want a pop-up or hei t," Jessup said. "Todd's a siti ompetitor and, since 1,000 wh ould happen, we decided to iwing away. 10i know, they say when you are rr^ ; to play for the tie. But 1 wa 0 go ahead and win it that in- Bu fter all, how many times do the bases loaded? You figure in^ the maximum in a seven- Th game and three's a lucky toj " CO s' double was the first of roi f Garinger reliever Mike Hill. Ge >w added a single and, before shi 1 reliever could be ushered in, foi i seven runs. Ch Snow set the Wildcats, 15-7, )all in a Twin City Little Leagu Twins. For more Little League : Sports Scope Archie sisi into city-c< By DAVID BULLA Chronicle Sports Editor Twenty-five years after she spent the summer playing tennis all over the Eastern Seaboard, Marvis Archie fondly remembers how she knew Arthur Ashe was a special member of the tennis community. "I was awed by him," said Archie, who was inducted into the Winston-Salem-Forysth County High School Sports Hall of Fame last week. "He was just being introduced and accepted into white tournaments. He could afford to fly to the tournaments, but we drove everywhere. "When he had completed play in those tournaments, he'd come back and play in the ones we were playing in." Ashe went on to win the United States Open and had a distinguished professional career. Since he retired as a player, he has served as captain of the U.S. Hot/ip Pn?? L/a IUUII. Archie and her sister, Carolyn Archie Rice, distinguished themselves, too. They were among the first outstanding black tennis players in North Carolina and the Southeast. Carolyn dominated the state scholastic tennis scene from the late 1950s to the mid-60s, winning one national singles championship. The two even played head-to> idups, nns and profiles. Garinger wn in order to finish. He struck out ian and Jeff Price, who had hit a lg solo homer off starter Coy iristiansen on Thursday. Snow had ieved Mike Lawson in the fifth, inriting a one-out, bases-loaded nation. Snow only allowed one run lile pitching in a downpour. "Tim is one of the outstanding th-crade pitchers '* said Jessun. Ve UTougiu his play at second base is more valuable than his pitching, it we knew he could pitch.M Just like last week's weather, Garner had stormed into the lead lursday with a pair of runs in the ? of the first. Before a large crowd uld get situated on the banks surLinding East's field, Garinger's me Brown reached on an error by artstop Chris Sparrow. Scott Russ llowed with a single off starter Coy mstiansen to put runners at first Please see page B12 - ? F^k - S JafiL / e game. Lampkins hurled the scores, see page B2 (photo by ters inducted aunty HOF head in the Southeastern 13-18 final in 1959, with Carolyn winning 6-1, 6-1. Aftpr Carnlvn w#?nt r\n to rr?l _ - ?"- W.J.I "VIII v.* w W?lege, Marvis captured the state and district titles each of her years at Paisley High School. The Archie girls saw Ashe and Althea Gibson frequently the summer they met in the Southeastern final. "After the districts, a man came up to me, Carolyn and our parents," Marvis Archie said. "He invited my sister and I to come up to his house in Lynchburg, Va., and train for the summer. We traveled to a tournament every weekend, to Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C." The man was Dr. Walter "Whirlwind" Johnson, whose tennis camp gave underprivileged and nnnr rhilHrpn valuable train ing and exposure. The Archies were ones to take advantage of such opportunities. For instance, they played long and hard at Kimberly Park. When lights were installed, their hours on the courts grew longer still. Marvis, a teacher in Detroit since 1968, remembers a conversation with a Motown man who also grew up in Wins ton-Salem. "He told me how he used to Please see page B2