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Kennard Plummer and Daniel Willette lead Winston-Salem into state meet, page 18. The Indians retired Larry Doby's number, (14). He was the first black baseball player in the American League./; page 19 / ' ' . ? Quentin Huff took the education road when faced with a decision between school and tennis, below WFtJ's Huff Chooses Education at the Crossroads Demon Deacon star will give pro tennis a shot after obtaining his, degree * By JEROME RICHARD Chronicle Sports Writer ?, I ? v ' ? ' " V " " _ * Luckily for Quentin Huff, it's not wljjere he started .< that mattered, but where he finished. "1 played in my first tennis tournament when 1 was 6 years old," Huff, a 19-year-old rising senior at Wake Forest University, said while sitting on a bench at Leighton Tennis Stadium on the Wake campus. "There were three people in the tournament and 1 came in third. I got beat by a 10-year-old named Art Freeman who went on to be ranked in the top-20 as a 14-vear-old He was pretty good." ? - Huff isn't too shabby himself these days. He was scheduled to play Steven Bryan in the opening round of the Flow Moiors Invitational professional tennis tourn.s menton Tuesday. Two victories in the tournament could give him thp opportunity in pla\ Todd Martin, "the fifth ranked player in the world. v Huffs participation in the How comes on the hceK of u season at Wake Forest in w hich he led .the Deacon^ In singles victories for the second straight season. -as. he posted a 14-11 dual-match record. He played No. 1 and No. 2 singles, seeing the most action at No. 2 where he finished K)-9. hut played six matches at the top spot, ?compilim: a 4-2 mark. Huff's three- vear dual-match record is .^N-24 with an overall singles mark of 50-37. In between his first tournament as a 6-vear-old and hu? participation in this week's Flow. Huff played tour naments all over the country, becoming ranked as a 9 war-oid . While some players +ie met at tournaments turned pro at an early age. Huff never seriously consid ered thin route. He w as ft*cused on other goals. M> mind has always been set on going to college see Ht'FF page 17 Quentin Huff uses his backhand. AAU Tourney Off In rfston I By JEROME RICHARD Chronicle Sports Writer The 17-and-under national Amateur Athletic Union basketball tournament returns to Winston-Salem's Joel Coliseum starting Saturday with over 150 games slated during an eight-day run. This year's tournament, the last in Win_r_ ston-Salem after a two-year stay, will crown a champion to succeed ust year's winner. | the Charlotte Royals. ? ? ? v This year's opening game tips off at 8 p.m. Saturday following the Parade of Ath letes at 7 p.m . Olympic -style pool play begins July 17 on two courts in the Coliseum and two in the Coliseum Annex and continues through Tuesday. Games are scheduled from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. Bracket championship play and the Tarheel Shootout are scheduled for Wednes day through July 22 from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. The national championship game is on tap for 2 p.m. July 23 in the Coliseum followed by the awards ceremony. ? Last year's tournament featured over ISO games and included nearly all the Divi sion 1 college basketball coaches in the country on hand to scout talenL Some of the players in the 1993 tournament were Ishua Benjamin who signed with N.C. State, Jahidi White, who signed with Georgetown, Willie Mitchell, who signed with Michigan, and Michael Maddox, who inked with Georgia Tech. Leading the way in this year's tourna ment will be one of the top prep prospects in the country, Ron Mercer of Good Pasture ? High School in Tennessee. The 1994 see AAU page 19 Gettin' Into the Swing (iolfer Harold Dunovant teaches youngsters the game that put food on his table for many years. ,? ? - - l Inner-City Youths Find Golf to Be Fun Sport By JEROME RICHARD Chronicle Sports Writer _ ? " r r~ ' ? Harold Dunovant was 7 years old an cl b arely big enough to earn a gol f bag when he started caddying at Reynolds Park in 1916 Bark then cad dying was one of the few ways a black man could get on a golf course. Exposure to the game at an early age spurred Dunovant to a career as a golf professional, and now. in the twi youngsters to the game that put food on his table for many years. To do that, he started the Housing Authority of Winston-Salem Summer Golf Program under the direction of Bill McClain. director of youth ser vices for the housing authority. "Mr. Dunovant came to us last year and wanted to introduce golf to inner-city youth." McClain said. "We were excited because part of our athlet ic program is to introduce what we call non-traditional sports to inner-citv youth. It fits well with our tennis and soccer programs." . Dunovant has pursued a golf career in various parts of the United States since turning pro in 1954 and he played on the PGA Tour in 1964 and 1965 and the Senior Tour in 1984. Now the 65-vear-old wants to give Something back to the community. "My idea with this golf program is to expose the game to mainly under privileged kids, though it is open to anyone," said Dunovant, standing in the sweltering heat at Civitan Park barking orders, instructions and encouragement to his^students^"When I came along the black guy was exposed to the game by caddying. M..I. I,.f g,.)f ports nri?-^= no caddies and the'exposure is dead." Many youngsters in Dunovanfs program never gave golf a second thought until coming into contact with him; and most had never been on a w ' * - goh course. As part of thg~progiam, ? they have had the opportunity to go to Tanglewood Park and to a local mina ture golf course.. Some, like 10-year old Candace Bacote, have even found the game easy. "It's not that hard to learn." she said as Dunovant interjected with a hardy laugh: "Say it isn't hard because you have a great teacher." Bacote says she will probably continue playing golf as will Chris Reid. who wants to split his time play ing football. "I kinda like playing golf because 1 plaived with my granddaddy, but after taking this course 1 like it more." said 'Reid, 1 1. "But sometimes it gets hot out here." - Eleven-year-old Joe Blackwell, a sixth-grader at Hanes Middle School, is typical of many children in the pro gram ? he wanted to experience golf first hand. That is just fine with }ee PROGRAM page 18 ENTERTAINMENT "SWING" highlights music from the big band era including songs intro duced and recorded by Duke Ellington. page 21 | RELIGION | The pastor and congrega | tion of Galilee Missionary : Baptist Church holds Sun day school and morning Uworship at Tanglewood f Park. l page 22 ? BUSINESS Chesebrough-Pond's marks OIC's of Ameri ca anniversary with $25,000 corporate contributions. page 20
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