BY
BILL JOHNSON
THE WAY IT LOOKS TO ME ..
fhJf hie n u O? agree with coach BiU Foster
that ot?.UkTe ,Blue DeviIs didn’t deserve to win
°X!f f^hode Island here Sunday afternoon.
a»n?f^V1K’ Thu played as if they left their
game plans back home in Durham, got to be the
IS** fTJl“b“ketball. There were times
when it looked like Duke would have difficulty
defeating the old ladies of Aunt Jane’s sewing
circle.
Jj!* ™‘TSOn was the best performer on
weekend. The gifted Rhode Island
ir is a picture- book player, with velvet smooth
l’^Sennd °nC °f 1116 S0ft6St shootin8 touches
North Carolina A & T State University, which
fth1XymVhbanner year With its newyiookin
'^tC£lU>Sh0ZCase lts P°werful football team
£*5® W<? Charlotte High Stadium here
>aturday, April 8.
Our prediction last week that UCLA would
regain the NCAA basketball title, is on shakev
grounds this week. I’d like to correct the forecast
to point out that UCLA will win it all if it escapes
the powerful teams in the far west playoffs.
Add this writer to the list of those who do not
believe the ballyhoo about the best basketball in
the land is played in the ACC.
It’s good to see old friend Jim Dent pick up
good checks on successive weekends. The big,
likeable long-ball hitter has won close to $4,000 on
the PGA tour in the last two weeks.
Are vou aware that blacks dominate NCAA
basketball playoffs? Last weekend, the Univer
sity of North Carolina was the only team exposed
to TV that played as many as three white
players. The other schools fielded as many as
four black players at one time or another.
And blacks led the individual scoring and
rebounding in all but one contest.
^ Good buddy Matt Snorton, a former Michigan
®ate football standout, is of the opinion that
Earvin Johnson*, Midagan^Stete’s prized rookie,
may be the best ever to suit up for the game.
Snorton’s opinion is the consensus of the
majority of the game’s experts who have seen
the gifted 6’7” athlete in action. Nicknamed
"Magic” because he makes things happen,
Johnson is the first freshman ever selected for
the "All-Big Ten” team,and,to date,his name
has appeared on three all "All American”
teams.
Would you believe the famed Indianapolis
Clowns are still barnstorming? The Clowns are
currently preparing for their 49th year of
coast-to-coast competition on the baseball fields.
They will play a 75-game schedule.
ABC will televise nationally the heavyweight
bout between Ernie Shavers and Larry Holmes
Saturday, March 25. Black promoter Don King is
the producer of the fight which is being billed as
a “heavyweight elimination” 12-rounder at
Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas.
Don’t believe the rumor that Muhammad Ali
and heavyweight champion Leon Spinks have
secretly made the “arrangement” of the cen
tury. Word is out that there is a deal for Ali to
recapture his crown from Spinks and become the
first heavyweight in history to reclaim the title
three times.
NBC has appointed a black man as Director of
Olympic Administration. He’s Jarobin Gilbert
Jr., who will play a major role in the business
and planning aspects of the network’s sports
coverage of the 1980 Olympic games in Moscow.
Are you aware that speeding is profitable only
for the undertakers?
We send our congratulations out to a pair of
talented women athletes — Kim Fox of UNCC
and Candice Council of JCSU. And it’s good to
know that Lee Rose, the highly successful
letic director and head basketball coach is not
UNCC.
,, along with Morgana, the Civic Center,
_ and the upcoming liquor-by-the-drink,
1mm created the most excitement for Charlotte
Mleoelhe British were chased out of town some
years back.
This writer would like to see Gene Little
intensify his efforts to get NCAAT in the Sun Beit
Conference. It is my feeling that the Aggies
would be competitive, and that the Sun Belt
would, benefit greatly from the large crowds
A * T would attract.
Did you notice that the CIAA was represented
with two teams in the annual NAIA Basketball
Tournament in Kansas City? Winston-Salem
State and Hampton are comwHno
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Herman Thomas
Pleased With
First Workout
Coach Herman Thomas is
pleased with the results of the
Morris Field Rangers' first
workout. “We had a nice j
session,” the veteran mentor
said Tuesday morning, point
ing out that “We worked most- j
ly on conditioning and some
fundamentals."
Herman said he was pleas
ed also that three new players i
have signed with the team.
They are Harold Robinson, >
an 18-year-old pitcher from i
Bamberg, S. C.; Toney Koonce j
and Alfonso Mobley, outfield
ers from Johnson C. Smith
University.
Thomas expects big things ;
from this trio. According to ■
the Morris Field manager
Robinson is a 6’4”, 205-pound
lefthander who is attending
Johnson C. Smith. He pitched
Bamberg “High To two conse
cutive championships.
The Rangers will workout at
J. T. Williams Junior High
School Saturday, beginning at
2:30 p.m. Sunday's practice
session will also start at 2:30
o’clock.
A&T Sign8 Local
Grid Standout
Greensboro - Joe Collins, a
6'3”, 190 pound linebacker who
played his prep football for
North Carolina State 4-A
Champion East Mecklenburg
High, has signed a national
letter of intent to attend North
Carolina A&T in the fall.
Collins was an All-Confe
rence Selection and was voted
East Mecklenburg's Most
valuable Defensive Player.
East finished the 1977 cam
paign with a 13-1 overall
record.
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I UNCC Kim Fox Is Standout Cager
Kim Fox, standout basket
ball player for the Lady Forty
niners of the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte
has been named to the All-Di
vision II basketball team of the
North Carolina Association of
Intercollgiate Atheletics for
Women < NCAIAW).
The six foot freshman cen
ter from Catawba who atten
ded Bandys High School a
vereged 17.8 points and l-t
rebounds a game while lea
ding the 49ers to an 118 .nark.
This was the first winning
season in the history of the
program
According to Head Coach
Judv Wilkins . Fox is one of
her best recruits She played
in the North Carolina Fast
West All-Star game after lead
Bandys High School to a 3-A
state championship and a 23-0
■indefeated record her senior
year.
Totals for Fox for 1977 78
nclude 32 blocked shots 23
steals, and 18 assists
She played in all 17 games
shooting 276 times ar.d making
127 shots for a 46 per cent per
game average. Shooting at 59
per cent on the lu* throw line,
she hit 49 of sJrjge team's
leading rebounOfrwjth 241.
she averaged 14.4 per game
Ms. Fox fouled out only
three times She committed 57
personals and scored 303
points in the 588 minutes that
she played in.
She lead the team in scoring
average, minutes played, total
points scored, personal fouls,
rebounds, field goal percen
tage. field goals attempted
and field goals made.
With her freshman years
total of 303 points, Kim moves
behind Kathy McAmis as the
second leading scorer in
U NCC's historv.
i i\i, lians trymnasocs Hasses
lne luckaseegee Recrea
tion Center is offering gymna
tics classes for the general
public.
The Spring session will start
March 3rd and run March,
April, and May. The cost is $lo
per month. The program is
based on the student’s ability
and designed for individual
attentiuon.
You may register at the
center by calling 399-4492 or
364-6348.
The women’s gymnatics and
ballet division will be offered
on Mondays from 7 p.m to 8
p.m.
The KinderRvm from ages 4
to 5 will be offered on Mondays
from 6:30 - 7:15 p.m.
children's Gymnatics 1 (ages
o-o), viumien a uy mnaaiics 11
(ages 9-12) and Teen Gymnas
tics III (ages 13-18) will be
offered on Fridays.
Children's Gymnastics I will
be from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Children's Gymnastics II will
be from 7-8 p.m. Teen Gym
nastics III will be from 8-9
p.m.
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