Sports Beat '! with Bill Johnson SAY YOU SAW IT HERE. Many people are like signposts in that they spend their HVes pomffng in the right dlrecflonr but never go that way themselves. The famed Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association is undergoing a big shakeup in the coaching departments at three of its top in stitutions. Coach Whitney Van Cleve has officially resigned as head football coach at Hampton In stitute amid speculations that Dr. Walter Lavett and his staff at Virginia State College will assume his HI post. It’s unofficial at this writing but John D. Marshall, the popular assistant football coach at Johnson C. Smith University, has accepted the head football coach position at Virginia State. SUDDEN THAWT - It would be difficult to disagree with coach Digger Phelps in that Notre Dame’s victory over UCLA Saturday was “good for college basketball” ... Especially at Notre Dame, which is riding in the No. 1 position among the nation’s top 20 basketball teams! Coach Charley Cox has a swimming date in Hampton, Va. Saturday, Feb. 23 when Charley C’s Golden Bulls meet the Pirates in a CIAA meet. David Thompson, the gifted junior at North Carolina State, is indeed a super star in basket lball. In addition to his fluid moves and uncanny •shooting, Little David sparkles the game with the •same excitement Willie Mays uses to generate in Ibaseball and which O.J. gives to football. Bob Boozer’s debut as a color commentator on TVS Weekly Basketball colorcasts was im pressive. Though he’s no Bill Russell, Boozer is more than adequate. ASK COACH JOE ALSTON to name the top four basketball teams in the CIAA Southern Division and you’ll get a ready answer. Joe feels that five of the division’s six quintets are “about evenly matched.” He figures J.C. Smith, Fayetteville, Livingtone, Shaw and Winston-Salem will battle to the wife for the coveted tournament berths in the southern division. According to Alston, Winston-Salem has the toughest schedule in the final weeks. “Seven of their 12 remaining games are away from home,” Alston offered. Joe also believes that Shaw is the team to beat for the Southern Division title... 4M . ,*>,,, > '•'.!! Reports rfeaching this desk are that Kenny Diamond has the best of the little league basketball teams in the area. Ken’s KYD’s cagers will go on public display at Hartley-Woods Gym on the Smith campus Monday night in the preliminary to the game between Virginia State and the Golden Bulls. How Does That Grab You? When Joe Caldwell failed to win a position with the ABA East All-Stars, Cougar management immediately started pushing for a change in voting mechanics “in order for statistic sheets fail to tell a complete story when all-star voting time arrives.” DID YOU KNOW THAT Livingstone’s Blue Bears did not convert a free throw attempt in their 82-80 loss to Winston-Salem last week? “I can’t remember a team of mine never making a free throw in a game,” coach Morris Wiggins admits. "It’s most unusual,” he con tinued, “It’s also unusual when you get only one free throw chance.” Who is the most improved player on the Johnson C. Smith basketball team? The consensus here is that big George Cooper wins the honors. The 6-8 junior is leading the Southern division in field goal percentage. shooting, is third in rebounds and I Black news is good news Every day something good can happen to those beautiful ears of yours. It's called Black news. 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Cooper has now taken his offensive show to the outside and is hitting his 15-20 foot tries with amazing accuracy. His -15 for 21 shooting night against Winston-Salem, in cluding an 11 out of 12 per formance during the first half, is just a sample of Cooper’s newly found shooting touch. According to Cooper the shot is a result of two years of hard work in an attempt to gain respect from opposing defenses who had slacked off him when he was outside. i nave always oeen a center and never did much practicing playing forward.” said the 6-7 junior, who leads the CIAA conference in field goal percentage with an ever ■500. “Actually the shots I'm taking now are more for a forward but I felt that if I was going to play basketball when I was going to have to develop some other shots.” The big question surroun ding his outside shooting is whether the team could survive without his inside rebounding off the offensive boards. But Cooper quickly threw out any possible problems underneath when he added 15 rebounds in the Winston-Salem game. "I strive for 15 rebounds a Frazier, Ali Bout Will Be Seen On Coliseum Screen For Joe Frazier, the former heavyweight champion of the world, his return battle with Muhammad Ali, the former heavyweight champion of the world, in Madison Square Garden on Monday, January 28th, is purely personal. There’s big money involved but it’s not a fight for money alone. Joe Frazier wanted this fight as badly as Ali. It’s a challenge of pride • and prejudice. It is a mutual dislike that can only be resolved by violence in the ring, and maybe not even then. It is an authentic “grudge” match and it can be seen via special telecast at The Charlotte Coliseum 1----^ ATTENTION Dn't Forget These Nnbirs: 392-13 QS •r 392-1307 Tbtsi Art Nnbirs Vi I an MM Ti Rtcaiii Ymt Niws, Tips, Saffistins mi CiapMits: ciu iwiiy tiihii mui .. irac i r ■ » — —I—LI— _l-- - - -» George Cooper game because I'm still the controller in the back." said Cooper, a native of Syracuse. New York. The whole thing is tokeep the oilier team playing honest If they see you like to do just one thing they'll overplay you just tn tesi \..u If \ mu let them get aw a\ w ith r \**u even tually star'-playing 'heir type of game and 'ha' > nut wi.a' we want tn do "We have a crong line in and Dr .lay •■-<; freshman Robert Lewis It I see 'h;r they are having trouble un derneath then I'1! go inside and help out "But since they are s good off the boards, there is never any hassles about me sir"emg from uu'side " And how does Cooper leel about the Bulls til ing m tirsi place" "We had a In' nt changes throughout tilts seas i and we are just starting to ge' used to each other as a unit "I think we've got it together now and 1 don't think we re going to give i' up to easily We've still got a lot ahead of us but it feels great to be on tup right now ' LionsHave Easy Week Kv \l. \\ l{(»l NOTKKK Uest Charlotte High shoulc have a relatively easv week voming up when, g takes or Independence- High and Hickory High*'" Independence which gave a tough Hast Mecklenburg team all it could handle before the hagles wout *>n to an "V ertime victory depend on their guards to control the tempo of 'he game This strategy should play riglr into 'he hands of West Charlotte, who is led I y Phil and Kric Harris The ua i r a re ■ ranked -'wo ard three in the Mecklenburg « .untv scoring race and have become known throughout 'tie u'y as the .dlarni Machine The Lion's would have to be ffh "red in both i'ont^sfy fin* only because of their overall talent but also tiecause of the home court advantage Kv< ry Lion game this season has been a sellout and the noise level m their tiny den could certainly compare with mam larger college crowd 'nd judging from 'heir performance m Monday - game against Hunter Muss it appears 'he Lion s prefer playing in closed surroun dings Said one Wes! Charlotte player. "In our gym there are people all around you and you can feel the crowd At the f oliseum you can look through CM \KI.KS MttT I.LOl C.H West Charlotte mentor 'lie basket and see nothing hut empty sea's I’s jus* a log cold place I' was definitely cold in the Coliseum as far as Hie tern peratures go but if the Lions Impe to make another up pearaitce in the state playoffs 'hey are going to have to learn flow to play on the bigger floors \ big plus for 'he Lions will be the return of center Tom Wilson who cracked a bone in lus foot shortly after 'he start of Hie season Although John Reynolds and Darrell F’otts have filled in admirably for the Lions, neither possess an outside shot and as a result teams have been doubling up on Hie hot member of the Hams Machine Pride in their skill, care in their work. / The closer you look at Ford Dealer service, the more confident you’ll feel. - [* Y (