g— ' 1, ssBy James CuUiberUoBa=ss
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, James
. Sometimes it is with regret that sopho
mores are allowed on varsity squads. The
situation should be one of honor but
sometimes it carries with it certain
problems.
Sophomores on junior varsities are al
most guaranteed that they will play, but the
sophomores on varsities are often not
assured of that much playing time.
Coaches say that it is an advantage to the
player because he or she learns the system
a year before they would otherwise and
have a big advantage over players who are
coming up from the junior varsity.
But most players want that playing time
and in a couple of situations, young men
have quit because they were not getting
enough playing time.
This hurts the team and the young man.
The following is a reprint from the Wall
Street Journal that seems appropriate. It is
entitled “To the kid on the end of the bench”
and is worth noting.
“Champions once sat where you are
sitting, kid. -
“The football Hall of Fame (and every
other Hall of Fame) is filled with names of
people who sat, week after week, without
getting a spot of mud on their well
laundered uniforms.
“Generals, senators, surgeons, prfee
winning novelists, professors, businessmen
and executives started on the end of the
; beach, too. f-.' •..... .. %
“Don’t sit and study your shoe top6. Keep
- your eye on the game.
“Watch for defensive lapses. Look for
tin a great spot, wait
’ would like to take it'
j practice.
do from the bench this
season could put you on the Held next
season, as a player or back in the grand
stand as a spectator.”
Terry glance is still the scoring leader in
the Southwestern 4A with an 18.3 average.
' The Wag Charlotte senior is setting the
pace far the league.
Myers Park’s Haywood Workman is
second with a 17.6 average.
Independence’s Harrell Patterson is third
with a 16.1 average.
West MecUepfiititg’s Milton Moore is
fourth with 15.1 points per game.
Zn fifth place is James Elmore of
Garinger with 15.0
He is followed by Olympic’s Herman
Springs with 14.6, Independence's Brad
Smith with 14.1, Myers Park’s Paul Grier
with 13.9, East Mecklenburg’s Terry Con
ner with 13.9, Garinger’s WillieWalker with
13.4, North Mecklenburg’s Mike Gurley
with 12.8, East’s David Sereptca with 12.6,
Olympic’s Gene Young with 12.4 and
North’s Clarence Bryce with 122.
The highest point production in a game
this season belongs to Milton Moore of West
Mecklenburg who. popped the nets for 34
points against North Mecklenburg.
The Ranking* v
• • 1- MYERS PARK * Hie Miwtanga have
climbed'hack to the top and look like the
hottest team in the conference at the
present time. Paul Grier has blossomed into
a star from his forward position.
1. WEST CHARLOTTE - With some of the
best talent in the league, the Lions is the
only team with a legitimate shot at ousting
Myers Park from the number one spot and
the regular season championship.
3. NORTH MECKLENBURG - The
Vikings are red hot. You can’t win in the
North gym. This could be the spoiler of the ■
conference. On a given night they have
shown that they are capable of beating
anyone. , yj
. .4. INDEPENDENCE - The Patriots have
suffered a couple of losses but don’t rule
them out yet. The season is still young.
*. OLYMPIC - The Trojans have suffered
»«ne tough losses at West Mecklenburg,
North Mecklenburg and West Charlotte, but
have hung in there to pull back to the .500
mark.
«. EAST MECKLENBURG - The Eagles
have hung in there despite some close losses
to some top teams also.
. .7. GARINGER - The Wildcats had a run
and gun shootout with the Sabres in which
they scored 102 points showing their high
offensive power potential.
8. WEST MECKLENBURG - The Indians
are struggling for a playoff spot. A big
game comes up Tuesday when they host
Harding.
i. HARDING - The Rams are fighting for
that last playoff spot and have to beat West
Mecklenburg on the rood*) get it.
10. SOUTH MECKLENBURG - The
Sabres are almost out of the playoff picture,
but have been getting good play out of
^ Roman Phifer and Mark School]
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^f^^CLARENCE “BIGHOUSE” GAINES
-/ ~JBa*ketbalTs winnmgest coach
in Crucial CL4A Battle
Johnson C. Smith Bulk
Host Winston-Salem State
> By Phil Beshdr
Special To The Post
Johnson C. Smith coach
Bob MoOre simply sighed
relief at the end of the
Golden Bulls five-game los
ing streak, a 33-77 thump
ing of Virginia State.
“Something like this (the
streak) really gets to be a
mental problem that af
fects the players’ confii
dence,” reflected Moore.
“Just about every team
goes through a slump nmy
a year. I would have stood
on my bead at courtside if
it would have helped
shake us loose.”
Moore had praise for his
players, despite the losses.
“We never lost due to
lack of effort qr an indif
ferent gttitude,” pointed
out Moore. “We made our
share of mistakes, but tbtf;
team absorbed the set- .
backs without blaming
each other dr Anger-point
ing. That is important as
far as starting another
win streak and leading into -
the CIAA Tournament.”
The Bulls will have the
chance to improve their,
tournament seeding when
they host arch-rival Wln:
ston-Salem State Friday
night in Brayboy gym and
then travel fd Shaw Satur
day.
“We were flat against die
Rams up in Winston
Salem, but t expbeted a
much improved intensity
Friday,'*’ commented
I
FACTORY RETRIAOS
Ai'iir
F'T- - ' '' "IMF*'Wli*'#"
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strong again in recent
weeta,” remarked coach
Steve Joyner. “We're
capeWe of pulling off a lew
surprises, hot it will take
our beat efforts In that with
players like Odelia Johns,
Sonya Dalton, Cassandra
Howell and Caryl Hardin,
we won’t be regarded
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Ianta
turns to
WTBS in
Sports
of America’s
1964 Major
ball season. ^ '
Same 190 games are
scheduled for telecast on
WTBS again season,
showcasing the beat in '
baseball battling the
Braves.
A TV slate of 74 home
games, 71 road contests
and five pre-seaaon match
es has from late March
through September.
SuperStatkm viewers
wiU see America’s Team
take oO all lj other Na
tional League teamo, in
eluding 15 regular season
games against the iotra
divison rival Los Angeles
Dodgers and 10 contests
against the defending Na
tional Leaguh Champion
Philadelphia PhOUea.
Pre-seaaon telecasts
begin with the New York
Meta-Braves match on
Friday, March a, at 7:35
p m. (ET), live from West
Palm Beach, Florida Re
gular season coverage
starts with the season
opener against the 1963 -
N.L. pennant-winning
Phillies on Tuesday, April
3, at 7:35 p.m. (ET) at
Atlanta-Pulton County Sta
dium.
Award-winning announc
ers Ernie Johnson, Skip
Caray, Pete Van Wleren
and John Sterling comprise
the 1984 Braves broadcast
team. Johnson, Caray and
Van Weiren all have won
the Georgia SportscasteT of
the Year award. Sterling
also serves oh WTBS's
“Atlanta Hawks Basket
ball” play-by-play crew
and co-hosts ‘The Coon
Sports Page.”
' * Experience is the key to
this successful broadcast
team. Caray and Van
WieTen are in their ninth
year announcing Braves
games. Johnson, a former
Braves pitcher who has
been in the organia tioa for
more than *s jeers, be
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came a Braves play-by
play announcer in 1M6.
Sterling, in his second year
on the crew, has. exten
sive experience broad
casting college and profes
sional baseball, basket
ball, football and hockey.
Led by Manager Joe
Torre, the Braves last sea
son narrowly missed a suc
cessful defense of their IMS
National League Western
Division championship. ‘
The 1M4 season contin
ues that excitement, as
America's Team possesses
some at baseball's top,
young talent. Two-time
National League Most
Valuable Players Dale
Murphy, home run slugger
Bob Horner, hard-hitting
first baseman Chris Cham
bliss, All-Star catcher
Bruce Benetfict aad steady
batting shortstop Rafael
Ramirez top one of the
sport’s most explosive of
ten*.. V f,
Murobv the Uimaesf"
Player In' the league’s
history to capture back
to-back MVP booors, led
the league In RBI’s with
121, hit a dub-high 36 home
runs, .cored a club record
131 runs, led the league
with a .540 slugging per
centage and bitted a
career high .302 iq 1063. He
also stole SObaaeg, making
him only the sixth player in
baseball history to hit 30
homers and steal 30 bases
in the same seasae.
Horner and' Chambliss
were second to Morphy in
home runs with 30 eub,
while Benedict and Raff
rei both enjoyed their best
major lea^ie season ever
last year.
The pitching staff re
volves around Len Barker,
Craig McMurtry, -Terry
Forster and Steve Bedro
sian. >■ t ’*
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