By Bill Johnson
I
SPORTS
BEAT
Hill Johnson
TELLING IT LIKE IT REALLY IS!.
The reason some people can’t do their
Christmas shopping early is they don’t
know who their friends will be by holiday
time!.. \
-List this reporter- among those who
believes Dalis will win the Super Bowl next
month and become the king of professional
football. The way I figure it, the Cowboys
have had their low moments and are not
playing well at the moment. They, however,
should pick themselves up to the level of
play that projected them as the best team in
all of football and get on with the business of
chalking up victories.
Another reason I like Dallas is its stingy
defense....And Tony Dorsett...Any know
ledgeable people in the game will readily
tell you that defense is where it’s at in the
world of football!
SUDDEN THOUGHT - The end of the
world will probably catch most of us
promising to do better!
Eddie Hurt, one of the all-time greats in
black college coaching circles, was among
the honorees at the first Golden Bear Roast
at Morgan State College in Baltimore
Monday night. Now in retirement, Hurt
coached the Bears through 57 straight
victories without a setback in the 50’s.
Big David Pope is off to a great start with
the Norfolk State basketball team. He hit 28
points in his first outing...Don’t be too
surprised if the California Angles go after
Reggie Jackson if the New York Yankee
outfielder and Yankee owner George Stein
brenner do not come to terms.
Did you know that 52 rookies made the
NBA teams this season? New Jersey and
Dallas have five each. Darryl Dawkins, who
was off to his best start since joining the
Philadelphia 76ers, will be sidelined for a
while with an injured knee. The top four
leading rushers in the NFL - George
Rogers, Tony Dorsett, Earle Campbell
and Billy Sims - are all Heisman Trophy,
winners!
The great Muhammad Ali will celebrate
his 40th birthday in late January, 54 days
after he fights Trevoe Berbick at Queen
Elizabeth Sports Center in Nassau, Baha
mas Friday night ..What does that mean?
Well, in my opinion, a 40-year-old does not
have any business fighting anyone...not
even his wife!
Bill Davis will send his South Carolina
State Bulldogs against Idaho State Saturday
in the biggest contest of his illustrious
coaching career. A victory in the contest,
which will be televised regionally, will,
project the Bulldogs into the NCAA 1AA
Champiomship game in Wichita Falls,
Texas, a week from Saturday. Bill ancj his
Bulldogs are showing how small colleges in
general and black colleges in particular can
reap the countifui harvest of television/
richness.
Progress would be faster if people could
go forward on excuses!
Curt Peter’s recent letter to the wh/te
media regarding “better coverage to /he
CIAA Football Championship Contest )fere
November 21, was, in my opinion, odt of
tune with the times. Mr. Peters completely
overlooked or completely Ignored tl*b fact
that the Charlotte Post gave the/ event
major coverage through a 16-pagd insert
that has received praise from /a wide
variety of sources.
In addition, he apparently did not read the
seven pre-game stories that appeared in the
Charlotte Observer the week of/the game.
WBT and WBTV spent counties* man hours
and a large sum of money promoting the
game, even in what is generally regarded as
“prime time.” /
The point I’m making is that a crowd of
12,000 people does not mean very much to
the white media. Even whan one rernent,
bers that the local white m^dia went all out
with the coverage of the championship
game, it must be pointed out that the Black
Press is the only media in Charlotte that
fully concentrates on selling black products.
I thought the dailies and the local radio
^stations gave exceptional coverage to tne
Tgame and it is suggested here that each of
you, especially the members of the West
side Optimist Club and local CIAA offi
cials, send letters / to the Charlotte Ob
server, The Charlotte News, radio stations
WBT and WSOC, as well as WBTV,
WSOC-TV, and WPCQ-TV congratulating
them for a job well done.
They’re deserving of your enthusiastic
support!
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TERRENCE J. MILLER
...Sensational eager
Terrence J. Miller Is
“Player Of The Week”
By Chase Vance
Post Sports Writer
The first time I saw the
kid, he was a ninth grader
hitting a 30-foot jump shot
to send a game with North
west into overtime He has
come a long way since
then, but I predicted that
one day he would be a
viable force on the local
basketball scene.
Terrence Jeffrey Miller
has graduated from junior
high and now three years
later, he is the helm of the
North Mecklenburg Viking
basketball team and this
week’s Charlotte Post’s
Basketball Player of the
Week."
The 5’8”, 145-pound
senior who wears number
12 scored 26 points in his
team’s 71-65 win over
Mooresville at North and
went to Mooresville to
score 13 in tht Vikings’
72-70 win.
His expectations of the
Vikings are high.
"I think that in order to
win, we mutt play as a
team and keep out big men
out of foul trouble," he
remarked m referring to
Raymond Philips, Junior
Stinson and Charles Ma
honey. ,
“I am going to trv hard to
be a team player and take
my points as they come,"
Millersaid. "1 want to win
the conference, the play
offs hnd then the state. I
woigd like for us to take the
wWle thing.”
Tomorrow, the Vikings
ptoy at Garinger one of the
tougher teams in Ihe
jbague according—to—his
/.•oach, Leroy Holden, who
/is credited with building up
I his confidence.
S.C. State
Tackles
Idaho State
By Chase Vance
Post Sports Writer
The small crowd at South
Carolina State's game with
the Tennessee State Tigers
sent the Bulldogs to the
West Coast for the continu
ation of Countdown To A
Championship.
In this semi-final match
up with the Idaho State
Bengals of the Big Sky
Conference, the Bulldogs
are an underdog.
Idaho State was a 51-0
winner over Rhode Island
last week while State was
being put to the test by
Tennessee State.
Twelve thousand fans
showed up at the Pocatello,
■Idaho;-Mini dome whieti—
holds 15,000. And although
it is cold in Idaho at this
time of year don't fret
because the Bulldogs will
be playing on an artificial
turf at room temperature.
Coach Bill Davis' squad
will play the winner of the
Eastern Kentucky at Boise
State game in the NCAA 1
AA championship game in
Wichita Falls, Texas, Sa
turday, December 19, if
they win.
file Bulldogs are strong.
Quarterback Ben Mungin
must have a good day if
they are to win. He hit his
receivers five of 12 times in
the first playoff game for
105 yards
Coach Holden told me."
Miller added, "if you see an
open shot, take it."
Miller believes that the
team's biggest competition
will be Independence.
South Mecklenburg, and
West Charlotte in that
order.
On the Lions-Vikings
rivalry, he stated. "I love
to beat them. They beat us
twice last year.but we are
not going to let that happen
again."
Starting for his team as a
junior has been his biggest
sports thrill.
Julius Erving is the
sports star he admires the
most.
'Julius Erving plays
with poise," Miller ex
claimed, "nothing excites
him He is truly a team
player.”
Miller would like to play
college ball one day like his
brother Eric who plays for
St. Andrews Presbyterian
College in Laurinburg, NC.
But for the time being he
is taking it one step at a
time with Garinger,
Harding, Independence
and the Myers Park tour
nament being next on the
agenda. _
. "That’s the shootout,” he
revealed, "this is our first
year in it and we would love
to win it. We will if we play
as a team."
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In Greensboro
Golden Bulk Enter
MiDer-Aggie Classic
- - Bab _MflQre'S-_Cplden
Bulls basketball patch-up
job now leaps out of the
frying pan into the fire as
Johnson C. Smith travels to
Greensboro Friday and Sa
turday for the Miller-Aggie
Classic.
While the Bulls battled
powerhouses Belmont
Abbey and Gardner-Webb
for narrow victories in the
WBTV Classic, Moore was
pleased with the hustle and
spirit of the team
"It was a tremendous
amount of pressur eon our
young players with only
one game under their
—better1' assessed Moore.
"Give us three more weeks
and we'll be ready for the
Limestones down the
road."
Unfortunately for the
Smith coach, he has only
until Friday before running <
into national power Ala
bama State in the 7 p.m.
game of the Miller-Aggie
Classic. The Hornets are
undefeated <6-0> having
blistered opponents for an
average 106 points a game
including a 143-iK) thumping
of Stillman. Other Hornet
victims have been Georgia
Coll ege, Miles, Sou them,
Talledega and N'AIA' na
tional runner up Alabama
Huntsville.
St Augustine's challeng
es A&T State in the 9 p m
nightcap with the cham
pionship bracket set at 7
and 9 p m. Saturday at the
Corbett Sports Center on
A&T State s campus <7,500
capacity). Tournament
books sell for $6 Per ses
sion prices are $4 adults. $2
students with IDs
If there were anv doubts
about Bill Tibbs' comeback
after a knee injury, the
junior forward from Elms
impressive fashion. "Mr
Tibbs" is averaging 26
points and 10.5 rebounds a
game on 66 percent shoot
ing from the field after four
games.
> "Many of our players are
off in their game right
now,” pointed out Moore
“The 45 percent team
shooting is an indication
that we are overdue as far
as shooting Kight now a
tremendous defensive ef
fort by our players is win
ning games for us.”
Smith followers who are
used, to the..Bulls' blitz .of.
run and gun are surprised
to find tenacious defense
and patterned offenses
instead. “We had to run
Limestone." noted Moore
“We were 15 points behind
But playing under control
and putting on defensive
pressure won the games
against Abbey and
(»ardner-Webb."
Johnson c. Smith will
host Bowie State next
Thursday. December 17. at
Brayboy before a three
week break for the Christ
mas holidays.
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