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BILL JOHNSON
TELLING IT LIKE IT REALLY IS
If one is to believe Phil Busher, Ronnie
Mathews will provide immediate help for
the Johnson C. Smith University basketball
team this winter. The new recruit is a 6'2",
175-pound forward from Rockville, Md.
According to Phil, he was iust about
"all-everything" in his hometown while
playing for Rockville High School.
Busher also informs that North Carolina
A&T State will renew its basketball re
lationship with the Golden Bulls. The bitter
rivals will meet in a home-and-home series,
beginning with the 1980-81 campaign.
Coach Robert Moore has what Busher calls
„ "one of the toughest schedules in the
CIAA." Phil concluded, "the key to the
Bulls' success this season is 6'9" center
James George." Busher obviously believes
that if George goes, so goes the Bulls! (No
• pun intended)
Commissioner Ken Free of the MEAC will
• conduct a 1980 Football Press Luncheon
- Friday, July 25 in Greensboro at the
Holiday Inn-Four Seasons, beginning at
• 11;30 a.m., featuring the leagues six head
crtàches. Of special significance will be the
inmxluction of Ruddy Hubbard of Florida
A&M and Bobby Frazier of Bethune-Cook
man College, the newest members of the
conference.
Young Darryl Strawberry, who received
a bank full of money shortly after e
graduated from high school, has been
named the winner of the 1980 Tanqueray
Achievement Award for excellence in
amateur sports. He recently signed a
$300,000 contract with the New York Mets.
Bet you didn't know this!...If the Cali
fornia Angels finished the season in last
place in the American League West Divi
sion, they will become the first team in the
. history of modern major league baseball to
fall all the way from first to last place in the
final standings in a year's time.
Sunnnrtprs arp pnntino fr»r miartorKanL·
Vince Evans to regain his early form with
the Chicago Bears. He created quite a ripple
in the Windy City a year ago when he took
. over as the first string signal caller and was
going great before being sidelined with an
injury. Evans is well again and is looking to
become the Bears' Number One quarter
back.
Walter Payton has set 20 club records
with the Chicago Bears in what must be one
of the most scintillating careers ever in
l^bfessional football. Incidentally, pro
fessional football returns Saturday, August
2 when the San Diego Chargers encounter
Green Bay at Canton. Ohio. ABC will
televise the contest, beginning at 3:30 p.m.
You'd lose your week's wages if you'd bet
that Tom Landry is the winningest coach in
the National Football League. The famed
Dallas Cowboys' head coach is the oldest
mentor in the league from the standpoint of
service (20 years), but he ranks seventh
among the coaches in won-lost percentages.
Don Shpla ot Miami is thé best according to
percentages, having posted a lofty .723
mark with 187 victories and only 70 defeats.
Landy will begin the new season with .614
pcrvem.
Look for the Detroit Lions, who are not
noted for appearances on national tele
vision, to get more TV exposure this fall.
The network people are no bumbies and
they will more than likely keep Billy Sims,
the Lions' high-price rookie, on the tubes.
Bethune-Cookman and Prairie View A&M
are the most recent black schools to move
up to Division I from Division II. Would you
believe that nine members of the staff of
National Basketball Association referees
are from the Philadelpha area?
Columbia Broadcasting System has as
signed Irv Cross to the "NFL Today" studio
team. CBS has also dropped Paul Hornung
from its sportscasting lineup.
The San Francisco Giants are planning a
"WMlie McCovey Day" in honor of the
game's most popular player...Did you know
that Dave Parker of the Pittsburgh Pirates
earns more money than all eight teams paid
200 players in the depression year of 1932?
- inflation ana tne sagging economy nas
taken a big bite out of major league baseball
attendance. The American League is play
ing to 5,557 fewer fans this season while the
National League's attendance has fallen off
by 75,000; Houston, Pittsburgh and Oakland
are having banner seasons at the gate.
1 «ffiish I had said that!"....David Lamm,
mMÉta editor of the Jacksonville Times
Uwi says Earl Jones, β-10 basketball star
■Hp Washington, D.C. chose the University
Wlhe District of Columbia over the Uni
versity of California at Los Angeles "be
cause it's easier to spell UDC than UCLA."
Black athletes continue to be a dominate
force in the National Football League...
There were only six Anglo-Saxons chosen
the first 56 players in the recent
James "Gum" McClure Golf Tourna- Grier pose with Charlotte Post
ment officials, James Bouler, left, and reporter Anthony Hayes.
Golf Tournament Set To
Honor James ''Gum" McQure
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By Anthony Hayes
Post Staff Writer
Take a genueman...an
extreme "gentle-man",
mix him with a beautiful
personality, and expres
sion, determination and
many friends; and you will
discover the makings of the
late James E. "Gum"
McClure. McClure, who
died in 1979, will be honored
this Saturday (July 19,
1980), at the James E.
"Gum" McClure Memorial
Golf Tournament.
The tournament will be
played in a "Captain's
Choice-Two Man Team"
style at the Sunset Hills
Golf Course (800 Radio
Road). Tee-off time is set
for 8 a.m., and there will be
a $17. entry fee. The tour
nament carries the slogan:
"Golf is a Gentleman's
Game-Let's Keep It That
Way," and is being co
ordinated by tournament
director J. L. Bouler, co
director, J.D. Grier, and
co-captain, George "Hog"
Mobley. Several prizes will
highlight the tournament
including: a special prize
for the shot closest to the
hole on 6 & 8; the longest
drive on 10, 12 and 15; and
free beer on 15 and 13.
Trophies will be given to
the first 9 spots plus seniors
and also a special trophy
for the team shooting the .
highest score.
McClure was in his 70s
when he died. He had been'
living with his sister, Mary
Lou Bost, who spoke of him
and said, "He learned to
play golf at the Charlotte
Country Club as a hobby.
We all worked on a farm,
except my older brother,
Fred. When daddy sent him
to take Fred his lunch ( who
worked at the golf course),
he would never come
straight back home to work
on the farm. There were
seven boys and the others
would cooperate, but
"Gum" would not co
operate - he wanted to play
golf." She futher explained
that, "he had a real nice
personality. He loved to
teach and try to help every
body. It seemed like he
would be hurt if he couldn't
help someone."
Friends of McClure re
member him best for his
uncanny ability to play
with one club. Tabbed by
his friends as "Gum" be
cause he constantly chew
ed gum, McClure once
said, "Back then, there
was no such thing as a
whole set for us. Somebody
would give us an old club
and three or four of us
would play a round with it.
Maybe it would be a putter.
Then somebody would give
us another club and we'd
use it to play the whole
course. We's copy the
swings of the best players
we saw. That's how I
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According to those who
remember him, he not only
learned to play, but learned
to play well. When McClure
was at Kia peak, black men
were denied the opportun
ity to play in the tourna
ment having white partici
pante. It waa not until the
early 50s when golf courses
became integrated. The
Hillcrest Golf Course was
the first to make the move.
A movement led by several
prominent civic leaders
later caused integration to
spread to Revolution Park.
McChire was best know
in the eastern region where
some say that he, along
with Ralph Alexander and
Charles Sifford, were the
top black golfers. His moat
memorable tournaments
were played in KnoxviUe,
Asheville, and Winston
Salem, better known as
"The horn" due to its geo
graphical locations.
«j.l·». vjiier, one 01
McClure's best friends, re
membering the times that
they shared said, "He gave
me some of the skills that I
used as a player in the
Army. In golf, there are
times when your mind
takes a trip as people
watch you. I remember
leading the Olympian Golf
Tournament (in Olympian,
Washington), where the
people called me the N.C.
Sharecropper.'
Perhaps the best descrip
tion of McClure comes
I
w ν/111 «J. 1_ι. DUUICr, wno
says, "We had a father-son
relationship both on and off
the golf course. He built a
foundation for the young
players...just like Jackie
Robinson opened the doors
for baseball-McClure
opened the doors for golf."
The NAGA Nationals, an
annual tournament for
black golfers, will be play
ed here in Charlotte on
August 16-17. The tourna
ment will take place at the
Crystal Springs Golf
Course.
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JCSU Upward Bound Athletes
Defend Their Olympic Title
Special To The Post
Johnson C. Smith's Up
ward Bound Program will
travel to Pembroke State
University to defend its
state Olympic title July
17-19. The Smith team,
composed of male and fe
male athletes from the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
schools will be aiming for
its third straight title.
Teams from UNC-CH.
N.C. State, Pembroke,
Shaw, Wilson Tech, A&T
State, Livingstone. West
ern Carolina, Elizabeth
City State, Fayetteville
State, Chowan College, and
UNC-G will compete in
softball, volleyball, basket
ball. tennis, swimming and
track and field. Points are
awarded in each event and
totaled for the overall state
champion.
"We'll be pressed hard
by N.C. State and Pem
broke. but the talent is here
for . our 3rd title," com
mented program director
John Elliott. Upward
Bound participants spend
six weeks on the campus of
Johnson C. Smith Univers
ity taking academic class
es in basic skills develop
ment, art, music, physical
education and cultural en
richment trips.
"The Olympics at the end
of the year gives the stu
dents an opportunity to
meet other program parti
cipants in a festive en
vironment of friendly com
petition,'' notes Elliott,
who is also vice president
of the North Carolina As
sociation of Educational
Opportunity programs.
Area athletes expected to
io well include Reginald
Floyd (Harding), Jerry
VIcCorckle (Myers Park)
ind Juan Harris (Myers
Park), who will be out to
delend their 440 relay title
Sylvia Houston (Harding)
and Terry Curreton (West
Charlotte), will defend the
girls' 440 relay title. Sylvia
ilso is one of five returning
sasketball players for the
defending women champs.
The men were undefeated
in basketball last year re
turning three starters in
Cedrick MacAfee ( Hard
ing), Steve McClure (West
Meek) and Craig Raye
(West Meek). A strong
showing is also expected by
the swimmers.
Upward Bound coaches
include Carlton Yates, Ju
venile Court counselor;
William Crutchfield, Urban
League counselor; Ethel
Waterman, Myers Park
teacher; Steve Joyner,
JCSU women's basketball
coach and instructor; and
Leslie Egleston, adminis
trative assistant at Myers
Park.
Giants Κ. O.'s Two Opponents
ine HosKins Giants pro
vided plenty of entertain
ment this past weekend, as
they played two exciting
games on their homefield.
Qn Saturday, July 12, the
Giants played host to the
Union County Dodgers and
came off with an 8-1 vic
tory Benny Little, the win
ning pitcher and a left
tiander, allowed only 6 hits
and 5 base-on balls. He
struck out 7.
The power hitters in Sat
jrday's victory for the
liants were Michael Mot
ey. Victor White, and Pete
spear, each with 2 singles.
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game, the only league team
that saw action on Satur
day.
On Sunday, the Giants
challenged the N'orthside
Bombers, who were
bombed as Hoskinl ex
ploded for a 9-1 victory.
Lloyd Harris Jr., the win
ning pitcher, was spectacu
lar as he held the Bombers
to 1 run and 8 hits. The "big
bats" in the victory came
from Willie Hancock (1
triple and 2 singles) and
Perry Belton (2 singles).
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