ME AC Roundup
ME AC Football Race
Becomes 4If And But’
Morgan State continued its
winning ways over Howard by
knocking the Bison from the
ranks of the unbeaten and, as
a result, the Mid-Eastern
Athletic Conference football
championship race has turned .
into a "if-and-but" race.
The Bears whipped Howard,
27-7 Saturday afternoon before
a crowd of better than 25,000 at
KFK Stadium in Washington.
The victory for Morgan was
....-its 21st-straight over Howard
and the victory for the
Baltimore eleven put the
championship race in the
MEAC up for grabs.
The victory for Morgan was
only-one of five games played
by conference teams this past
weekend. South Carolina
State won its fifth straight
game by turning back
Maryland - Eastern Shore, 30
7 in Princess Anne, Maryland
in the only other conference
test involving MEAC teams.
In non-conference action
Saturday. Johnson C. Smith
came from beKImnn the
second-half to defeat North
Carolina Central 15-7 in
Charlotte. Grambling pulled
out all stops in a non-league
test in Grambling, La. and
completed outclassed North
Carolina A&T to the tune Of 62^—
6. •(- '
Delaware State suffered its
ninth straight loss of the
season Friday night, losing to
Hofstra by the score of 26-14.
Howard went into its last
home game of the season with
a perfect 4-0 league mark and
a 8-0 overall record. But
Morgan State, feeling the
pressure of beating Howard, to
still have an outside chance of
winning the regular season
title which they were picked to
win in pre-season predictions,
scored three touchdowns in a
period of less than six minutes
in the second quarter and
took a 21-0 lead before Howard
was able to gel itself together
Morgan scored with the aid
of a pass interception, a
blocked punt and a high fourth
down snap on a punting
situation for a 21-0 lead
midway the first half. Howard
finally scored on an U-yard
scamper by quartdhjwrck—
Michael Banks for a 21-7
halftime lead.
The Bison were not able to
get their offense going in the •
second half as Morgan played
stingy defense in addition to
scoring a third period touch
down. »
South Carolna State
brighten its chances for the
MEAC title with its 30-7 win
over Maryland-Eastern
Shore. UMES scored first on a
one-yard sneak by quar
terback Charles Boston but
South Carolina State came
back with 17 points in the
second quarter on the running
and passing of quarterback
Benjamin Samuels. Samuels
scored two TDs himeslf and
then passed 43 yards to
Darious McCarthy for another
score.
North Carolina AAT suf
fered its fourth setback in a
row at Grambling.. Gram
bling rebounded from its
defeat at the hands of Texas
Southern two weeks ago with
the shellacking over A&T.
Hofstra scored three touch
downs in the first quarter to
take a 21-0 halftime lead but
Delaware State stormed back
to score two six-pointers in the
third period to narrow the
margin to 21-14 after three
quarters of play. Hofstra
added a field goal and a safety
in the fourth stanzd while
holding Delaware State
scoreless for the victory.
The big game in the con
ference this week will find
Howard plavine North
Carolina Central in Durham in
an 8 o’clock contest. The
outcome of this game could
decide the conference
champion and by the same
token, the result could make
the championship go down to
the final week of the season.
North Carolina A&T will
play Delaware State in Dover,
Delaware in a'1:30 afternoon
contest in a battle of the two
teams yet to win a league
game. Maryland-Eastern
Shore completes its season at
home against Federal City at
2 o’clock. _,
rrep nounaup
West Takes On Myers
Park Friday Night
west Mecklenburg High,
who last week upset s
previously unbeaten South 1
Mecklenburg, will again in- *
vade Myers Park Stadium this I
week to take on the Myers 1
Park Mustangs.
The Indians now stand 4^ on '
the season and have im- 1
pressively won their last four r
games. Myers Park has had 8
its ups and downs this season 1
enroute to a 4-5 record. 8
Bubba Mills and the West r
Mecklenburg defense did a
super job in containing Thad (
Bonapart and the Sabres last w
week. This week they face 1
another great runner in Myers 1
Park’s Gene Petro. 1
Petro has rushed for close to
.1,000 yards this season and is a 1
-**“ scoring threat from, anywhere *
on the field.
Melvin Cathey, the Fleet 1
Indian halfback who made the
spectacular touchdown catch
last week to end South’s win
streak, is the big threat for the
Indians.
bubba Mills;
Postjs Prep \
Of The Week
The Sabres of South
Mecklenburg High entered
Myers Park Stadium last
%eek sailing along on an 11
game win streak to face the
always tough Indians of West
Mecklenburg High.
In its eight games this
se&son South had outrushed,
outhit, and simply outplayed
all of its opponents. But the
Indians were not to be denied
last Friday.
For his efforts in stopping
the dangerous Thad Bonapart
and John Elam, Bubba
Mills, the middle linebacker
of West Mecklenburg, has
been selected as the POST's
Player of The Week.
Mills was responsible for
keying on Elam whom he
believes is the key to the South
Mecklenburg attack.
"They have a great back
field in Elam, Bonapart, Hall
and Thompson so there is
really just no way to key on
them all,” said life, 170-pound
Mills. “We decided to prac
tice to work on Elam because—
he is the heart of their offense
He makes them go "
Rpfnrp thp start nf this i
season West Mecklenburg was
rated third in the state but
after their first four games the
Indians still had not registered
a victory.
| The team has bounced back
to win their last four and with
* the win over South, Mills
believes the team has proved
their potential,
"We did have that high
; rating and after we started
. losing it seemed as though
• everyone was down on us.” he
£ said "There was even talk
£ that their conference was
1 stronger than ours and that
£ their team was so much better
*]» than ours
f "We have been improving
5 steadily and with this win we
> know who has the best team in
t the county
"I am going to be rooting for
'■ South in the state playoffs but
\ we have proven that We are
( the best team because we beat
the team who was supposed to
-be the heft,”-:==■■«__J
%
t-atney nas snown ver
satility as a runner and a pass
receiver during West’s win
and has emerged as one of the
premier offensive players in'
the county.
In another top contest this
week South Mecklenburg
takes on. an improving East
Mecklenburg team which
sports a 6-2-1 record. This is
the Eagles final game of the
season so they should be out to
make it a good one. *
South is still the best in the
county, however, and if last
week’s loss to West isn’t
lingering in the back of their
minds they should be able to
handle East.
Garinger High led by the
smooth and powerful running
Herb McKinney will take on
"always' tough Hunter Huss
High at Memorial Stadium.
Hickory High will travel to
Independence High to take on
the Patriots.
Winless North Mecklenburg
High will go to Gastonia to
take on Ashbrook High and
Catholic High will be in
Albemarle to take on South
Stanly.
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Eric Polite
Johnson C. Smith’s Exciting Little Man
On a crowded downtown
street his small body fades
easily into the crowd
Even on a basketball court
Eric Polite’s 5-8 stature cango
unnoticed during warm up
drills --swallowed up by his .
towering Johnson C. Smith
University teammates. .
But the second the ball goes
Itt the aii~Pulite seems to go
through a sort of metamor
phosis and keeps on growing
and growing and... v
With each of his precision
passes that he whips to a
teammate, with every twist of
his thin frame that leaves a
taller opponent swattmg at a
handful of nothingness, and
with every roar of the crowd
after he perfectly demon
strates the asthetic beauty of
sound defense, Polite seems to
stretch.
His presence is felt. When
he’s on the court, he is as
dominant as anyone there.
“Basketball has always
been a very emotional game
with me,” Polite said prior to
the start of practice at Smith
University where he is a rising
senior. “On the court you can
sometimes be so determined
you can do things you didn’t
think you could do. A deter
mined mind can stretch the
body as far as it can go.
That’s how I play. I feel Like I
can do anything I want to do
on a court.”
The native New Yorker, who
played in tournaments
throughout his younger years
with such schoolboy greats as
Mel Davis and Ron Behagan,
believes size has little to do
with winning^ basketball
games.
“To be successful in
basketball you must be able to
get along with other members
on the team,” the soft spoken
economics major said. "Then
you have to be able to move
without the ball and play good
defense.
"Above all this, you have to
be able to make a special
contribution to the team. You
have to be able to do the things
I""
you ao oeuer tnan anyone else
when its needed. If you can do
it and nobody can stop you,
size means nothing,’’ he
continued.
As Polite recalls some of his
boyhood experiences in
basketball, a smile comes to
his face. Although he admits
he has patterned his style
directly after that of Nate
“Tiny” Archibald, of the
Kansas City Omaha Kings,
there were a lot of other
players who had an influence
on Polite's style.
“We used to play a game
called O-U-T and the purpose
of the game was to take a
basically simple shot and do it
in a way that the guys playing
with you couldn’t "match,”
_ Polite recalled.
“I used to watch some of the
bigger guys do some dunks. _
They would do all kinds of
things; Hit the ball off the top
of the backboard and throw it
in over their head, doyit^
triple pump and dunk, and
sometimes they would hold
the rim with one hand then
slam the ball in with the other.
It was just fabulous to watch
them-.
“I used to practice the same
things on the biddy baskets.
All the time I was practicing
those freak dunks I was
developing my body control. I
really think th'at is my
greatest asset.”
" • I
, As he grew older, and just a
little bigger. Polite and his
friends used to travel all over
New York City playing ball
The Patterson Projects. 148th
and 3rd Ave., Forrest House.
163rd ant^jaiti.Ave and-the—
Lincoln Projects:' 135th and
_5th, were, just a few places
where they stopped off.
—-Te—most—hiark kid*
growing up in the city.
basketball—is—more than—a_
game it is a way of life
Through basketball I was able
to construct my energies in a
positive way."
“I was in ninth grade at the
time and Tiny Archibald was
playing in the senior
r~
division." Polite said “When
1 won the MVP award in my
division and he won it in the
senior division it was a great
emotional lift for me "
During the Central In
"Te FcdlTe glare—Athleti c—
Association iCIAA' Tour
nament last February.
Pdlites wizardry drew ,•
superlative comments trom a
"Milwaukee D|iek scouts
"The thought of pro
basketball never seriously
entered my mind." Polite
said Basketball has provided
me with a means to go to
college'and a chanee-—fo
achieve some of the things I
have always wanted out of
life
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