BY BILL JOHNSON • I THE $.98 RAP SESSION. Promises are eaiser to make than to fulfill but people continue to make them care lessly. Very little is being said in preseason about Chris Ragland, the human tank who runs over people for South Carolina State College. If you recall, the 5-9, 190-pound fireplug rambled over and around people for 1,134 yards and 11 touchdowns m a substitute ro'e last winter. He’s the kind of runner the boys from the NFL will keep a close watch on throughout the season. A real prospect, I’d say! The way Tommy Hearns destroyed Pipino Cuevas has made believers out of a lot of boxing fans. The replay of the fight on television Saturday afternoon left this wri ter with the option that there’s no one around who could defeat the popular Detroit “Hit Man.” Have you heard the one about the hunter and the game warden? It goes like this: The game warden, upon learning the hunter’s license was not valid, questioned: Hey! You. What’s the idea of hunting with last year’s license? The stunned, but quick witted hunter responded: “Oh, I’m only shooting at the birds I missed last year!” ♦his is no joke. CIAA Commissioner Bob Moorman has established a Gold Bowl hot 11mm HA A n AAAA A — 1_ . • . i «*• uvn-mu-uuvj ivccp yuu anreasi OI me happenings for the 1980 Gold Bowl Football Contest in Richmond, Va. next December 6. The game annually pits the MEAC cham pions against the CIAA title-holder. This could be the last time the game is held under the current format, and, more than likely, this will be the last time it is held in Richmond. Charley Neal will handle the play-by-play for the Black Entertainment Television football games this fall. The selected cable system plans to televise nine black college games, opening with S.C. State and Dela ware State on October 19. Anheuser-Bush is one of the first major advertisers to sign on for the series. The popularity of the New York Yankees is evident by the fact they’re attracting an average of 29,000 fans to each of their road games this season. No other major league club iselose to that attendance figure. Rumors have it that lack of publicity has hurt the Jackie Robinson Semi-pro Baseball League attendance this year. Look for a candy bar to be named after Magic Johnson, the gifted Los Angeles Lakers basketball star. The Pittsburgh Steelers, wh#are wearing super bowl championship rings on each of their four fingers/ say they’re playing for “One for the thumb in ’81.” /T Black major league baseball players list Chicago’s Wrigley Field as the worst place for verbal abuse. Have you noticed that some sportswriters who were blistering major league baseball players for “not providing color and excite ment” to the game are now blasting these same players for “not being good little ole boys?” Looks like Kenny Evans, the smooth forward who starred for Norfolk State, has found a home in Boston. He survived the first cut in the Celtics camp last week. He was their sixth round draft choice. Inci dentally, the Celtics have upped their figure to $1.4 million to keep Cedric Maxwell in their uniform. However, reports are that the Indiana Pacers are offering the former UNCC ace $2.2 million for five years. Maxwell hasn’t decided which way he’ll go. Jim Rice has returned to the Boston Red Sox .ine-up. He missed 26 games after sustaining a broken wrist. A long chat with William Gill revealed that Jimmy Westley won the Walter Wil liams Memorial Golf Traveling Memorial Plaque here recently. The Savannah native was playing in the Charlotte Braves Golf Tournament at Pawtuckett where he shot a two-under-par 140, with rounds of 72 and 68. Gill, Mo was the tourney chairman, also informs that Curtis Johnson of Benton Harbour, Mich, came in second, shooting 167 with a 79 and an 88. The Sportsman ship Award, donated by friends of the late Crnest Cherry, was won by Ed Iron of Atlanta, Ga. “He was the golfer who best >ersonified the personality and character hat the former West Charlotte Athletic director exemplified,” Gill continued. Gill concluded that Bob Johnson, our columnist, John Love and Phil Neely, and John Granger, provided the assistance ie«.-ded to make this one of the best ournaments the Braves have staged. A lomg round of applause is due Phil Jusher for the slick 1980 Johnson C. Smith Jniversity Football Media guide. Among he things one learns from browsing hrough Phil’s excellent booklet is that eight ocal gridders are on the Golden Bulls quad. Pictured are the BATCH winners of the Southeastern Racquet Association Tour nament, recently held in Winston-Salem Standing En try fees will be collected at the golf course on Friday evening up until 8 p.m. Between 8-11 p.m. the entry fee will be collected at the Days Inn Motel at 1-77 and Woodlawn intersection. The tournament will fea ture 5 amateur flights, 2 ladies flights, and 2 senior flights, according to the number of players. Several prizes will be awarded to the winners in each flight, and a purse of $4,465 will be at stake for the pros. Among the pros battling for this year's top honors are: Chuck Thorpe, George Johnson, Bobby Stroble, James Black, David Strawn, Alvin Grier, Wil liam Lewis, and Kevin King. According to John Love Sr., tournament director, busloads of players and spectators will arrive from Knoxville and Atlanta for this year's tournament Players are expected to arrive from Charleston. Columbia, Asheville, Eu fala, Alabama, Chester, Winston-Salem. Greens boro and Waj hington, D C. Love also predicts that Chuck Thorpe George .o hnson. Bobby Stroble. Nate Starks and Jim Black will be the top contenders for the title. Love singled out Donald Littlejohn, Haywood Ste venson, James Bouler, John Shadd. Robert Brown. Ray Thomas and Joe Lewis as the top local amateur and senior cham pionship players. The top flight players from out of town were listed .is Charles Kemp. Arthur Moore. Da vid Taylor. Reggis Sellers. John Cornelius and Johnny Middleton. The top female contenders are said to be Kim Smith. Debbie Win field. and Bertha Cauthen. According to Love, the amateurs will tee off be tween 8-11:30 a m. Satur day. The pros will follow immediately thereafter. For additional informa tion. contact John Love Sr. at 392-1036. BATCH Finishes Fourth The Batch Racquet Association of Charlotte finished fourth in the Southeastern Racquet Association's annual championships. The championships were recently held at the Hanes Tennis Center and Tangle wood Park, in Winston Salem, N.C. Robert Hicks won flight seven of the men’s single while Alan Blackwell won the men's singles in flight five. 1■_ ' macKwen ana hicks emerged victorious in men’s doubles and Newkirk and Forte won the Junior doubles. Mixed doubles runner-ups were Slade and Frento Burton. . 1 “ ■ Thursday. August 14. 1980 - THE CHARLOTTE POST - Page 9 J. C. Smith Football Players Will Report Sunday Y\ ylie Harris and football staff are following the ex ample of Moses and Mo hammed by taking to the mountains for final inspira tion before the start of the 1980 football season. Johnson C. Smith players will report to campus on Sunday, August 17 to start four weeks of preparation for the September 13th sea son opener against Lenior-Khyne at Charlotte Memorial Stadium In the meantime. Harris and as sistant coaches Red Jack son. Moses Sharpe. Horaxe Small and Otis Stroud are holding work sessions at Pine Mountain this week "We take the wives and family along w ith plenty of good food and golf clubs." explained Harris "It's a family get-together to kick off the start of the intense work ahead." "Onced the season be gins. the wives hardly get to see their husbands." commented Ellamae Har ris. "The mountain trip is a nice sendoff that we all share each year Even at that, the men are in meet mgs aii aay. Mother Nature will likely be contributing to coach Harris' ‘lean and mean" fitness program Last spring the Golden Bull staff announced a running and weight program designed to eliminate excess body luggage. For those who W. Charlotte Cheerleaders Are Number 1! The West Charlotte Hieh cheerleading squad came home with top honors re cently as they won a first place trophy in regional competition at the Cheer leading Spirit Camp, held in Boone. N.C. In addi tion to the first-place tro phy, the squad also took the •‘Helping Hand" award ( gi ven to the team most in strumental in making the camp a success), and the ‘‘dynamite spirit stick" for demonstrating school spirit. report "water-logged" to camp, either the three weeks of daily weight room sessions or the 95 degree heat will likely melt away the pounds “If an athlete doesn't report in top shape, he'll never make it through the first few days." noted Otis Stroud. "We re looking for great er quickness on the field." emphasized Harris That is why all linemen were re quired to wrestle last spring to develop quick ness in using their stren gth " Practice sessions will be gin early in the day to com pensate for the higher tem peratures this summer. Water.salt and medical supplies will be in abund ance at all times. Asked about the effects of the heat, a defensive back commented that "It s a challenge to play well despite the heat The team has been w orking on deve loping the mental tough ness that overcomes such conditions and develops the winning edge out on the field." Preparations for the 1980 season began in December of last year. The final touches can be heard in the smack of shoulder pads and the clash of helmets for the next four weeks at the Beatties Ford Road cam pus As with Moses and Mohammed before him. Wylie Harris will be com ing off Pine Mountain with the intent of sending a thundering message throughout the CIAA that the Bulls are truely back in 1980_ Brunswick, i ft Gandy and other SLATE TOP POOLTABLES *»t-ud ’Recovering ’Moving pnopuav 6119 South Blvd. 525-7969 Don’t ten anyone! HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES we offer up to $3000 CASH BONUS No Experience Necessary Immediate Openings If you qualify, the Army will give you up to $3000 to train and work in spec ified career fields. 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