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• .There are people who discuss problems
maturely and people who converse all day
without saying a significant word.
If you’re wondering what is happening to
professional boxing, try to get excited about
the April 6 heavyweight championship bout
between champion Larry Holmes and for
mer champ John Tate.
Grambling’s football staff is excited over
the the signing of 6’1”, 250-pound run
ning back Darin Jones, the best ball
carrier in £he state of Louisiana last year.
#s stats include 2.000 yards rushing and 24
touchdowns. Grambling also inked Tommy
Johnson, a 6’5”, 287-pound defensive end
from Houston. ___
Early reports out of Florida are that
Florida A&M will have the toughest road
schedule in small college football next
fall.The Rattlers are scheduled to meet
Eastern Kentucky, Jackson State, Southern
University and Tennessee State, four
powerful small college football teams on
Tore teld nextfall —"
F will host Alcorn State in its annual
Orange Blossom Classic and Kentucky -
State will be their homecoming opponent.
According to Barry Cooper, top young
sports writer out of Tallahassee, Fla.,
Florida A&M will operate as an indepen
dent for the next two years before join
ing forces with several predominantly white
schools in Florida, Georgia and Alabama to
form a new Division 1-AA conference.
Cooper seems to believe that there’s a
strong possibility that FAMU will return to
to the MEAC in either 1984-85 or in 1985-86
Tate yuur pick!
While playing the “guessing game,” I
woUld think the CIAA Basketball Tourna
ment is going to remain in Norfolk, Va.
Secure for many, many years to come. It’s a
very good marriage for both the CIAA and
the city of Norfolk in that both are making
lots of money.
"Delaware State continues to sign the
exceptional athletes. Coach Joe Purzychi
landed Billy Teel, 6’1”, 185-pound defensive
back and 202-pound John Stone, who rushed
for 1,160 yards last fall;
Remember Reggie Gaines, the former
Winston-Salem State basketball shooting
star? He’s currently leading the Continental
Basketball League individual scorers with a
ldlfy 27.5 average. Gaines is the ace of the
Louisville Catbirds squad.
ONE FOR THE BOOKS - Grambling
football coach Eddie Robinson says he’s not
worried about chasing the victory record
set by the late Paul “Bear” Bryant. You
waht to bet? Robinson needs only 10 wins to
catch the legendary university of Alabama
football couch.——--—-*
THINGS I BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW ’TIL
NOW! .Eight of the 26 major league
baseball teams will have new managers
when the 1584 season begins April 2. The
teams expert to establish two new records
in attendance this spring and summer. They
played before 1,463,345 fans during the 1983
exhibition season and they attracted 45,540,
333 during the regular season for their 10th
record in the last 15 years.
The Los Angeles Dodgers may not pay
Dusty Baker the remaining $1,395 million
due for thej final two years of his contract.
They contend they’re off the hooks when
Baker refused to report to the San Francis
caGiants. [.
The television networks will air fewer
college basketball games next season be
cause of very low ratings. Several syn
dic® tes aren’t meeting their original fin
ancial obligations because of the poor
ratings.
Robert Morris, my golfing pal, says the
new team he’s fielding in the local semi
pro baseball league this summer is a
wi—W. Morris declines to name any of his
qj grs, who are now practicing for the
season competition. He just says
best team ever put together in this
the country.”
GETTO THIS! ....North Carolina did not
place en individual among the nation’s top
50 individual scorers. Yet the Tar Heel
finished the season with the 12th best
offense Among the major college basketball
teams, Wth 1,983 points for a respectable
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athlete, Who has signed a contract guaran
teeing him more than $1 million a year,
would have a need for a $200,000 loan. ^
remove the big defensive end from
Atlanta training camp after be
the Falcons. More
coach John Hadl s B
make the L<ty,
EDDIE MCGIRTj
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Eddie McGirt Inducted
Into CIAA Hall Of Fame
By Karen Parker
Poet Staff Writer
..Any football or basket
ball player who was
coached by Eddie McGirt,
probably learned more
than the importance of
winning a game.
“As a coach, I wanted to
develop good teams and
develop young men that
could be a credit to their
school, family and com
munity,” the athletic direc
tor at Johnson C. Smith
University commented.
While he never expected a
rat on the back. McGirt,
nevertheless, was honored
at the recent Central In
tercollegiate Athletic Asso
ciation (CIAA) basketball
tournament held in Nor
folk, Va. Nearly 11,000 at
tenders witnessed McGirt’s 1
induction into the CIAA
Hall of Fame. To be cho
ses as one of the select few
by the CIAA Commission is
one of the highest attain
ments associated with the
CIAA.
“I was elated to be cho
sen,” McGirt stated when
he returned to Charlotte.
“It let me know I’ve done
something worthy of recog
nition.” McGirt obviously
had no preconceived plans
for winning the honor. It
all started when he was a
student at the school which
he now serves as athletic
director.
I played In the CIAA
for four years,” McGirt
recalled. After graduating,
he had several ha«k»*han
coaching positions in high
schools, and became the
head coach of the JCSU
Golden Bulls’ football team
in 1956. For two years,
1961-63, McGirt doubled his
coaching challenges and
took over the basketball
team as well.
How could McGirt or any
other coach bear to re
main at the same school for
nearly 22 years, and not
lose any interest? “I did it
because there was always
a Job undone at the end of
each season,” McGirt re-1
vealed. “I was offered
other Jobs, but Smith was
the school I attended and I
Just couldn't leave.”
McGirt discovered he
wasn’t only attached to his
alma mater, but to the
other 13 schools in the
CIAA as well. It was his
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undying dedication that led
to a present 10-year posi
tion as a tournament cotn
mittee member of the
CIAA. From 1978 until 1982,
McGirt was also the CIAA
president. ,
It disappoints McGirt
that black athletes believe
they have better chances of
being spotted for the pros
if they attend a predomi
nantly white school.
“That’s not true,” McGirt
insisted. "If a player is
capable of professional
sports, professional teams
will find that player rti
gardless of the school at
tended. '
The primary reason Mc
Girt is bothered about
losing athletes to predo
minantly white colleges is
exploitation. McGirt
pointed out every college
sports player can’t make it
_ to the pros. He implied
these players often don’t
have the education which
makes them marketable in
the business world, so
they have no career to turn
toward. McGirt stressed
black colleges emphasize
academics as well as ath
letics.
Looking on the brighter
side of the CIAA, McGirt
looks forward to achieve
ments like the first tele
vised CIAA tournament,
and more invitations to
participate in the National
Collegiate Athletic Asso
ciation (NCAA) Division II
championships.
Whi|e McGirt couldn't
think of anything better
than coaching while he was *
coach, he says now that
he’s retired, he never has
the urge to get back on the
field to teach a few
plays. “Maybe little league
could be a novelty,” Mc
Girt laughed with unoer
tainty.
Kay Gub Roundbal ( lasac
The 14th annual Round
ball Classic, sponsored by
the East Mecklenburg
High School Key Club, will
be held on March 16-18.
Registration is now open
for 128 teams with five |
to 10 members, any age
from junior high through
adult.
The single-elimination
marathon basketball tour
nament will begin with a
student-faculty game at
1:30 p.m. Friday, March
18, in the East Mw<H>n.
burg gym.
Tournament play will be
gin about 3 p.m. and con
tinue non-stop through the
weekend concluding with
the semi-finals and finals
at approximately 4 p.m.
Sunday.
The tournament is open
to the public.
Proceeds from the
Roundball Classic benefit
the Cystic Fibrosis Foun
dation. According to Will
McNair, Key Club presi
dent, the event was created
in memory of Marcia Hans
bury, a CF patient who was
a student at East Mecklen
burg 15 years ago. Each
year Hansbury’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hans
bury of Folger Drive, are
honored guests at the tour
nament.
During the past 13 years,
the East Mecklenburg Key
Club has donated more
than $25,000 in proceeds
from the tournament to the
CF Foundation to support
research. For information
on registration or atten
dance for the tournament,
call Will McNail, club pre
sident.
North Carolina University
To Host Bass Institute
Greensboro • “If I didn’t
have bad luck I wouldn’t
have any luck at all!”
Sound familiar? Well,
UlBft’h more to flahtng thair
just luck and fishing en
thusiasts can now learn
how to eliminate prac
tically the luck factor in
fishing by attending the
American Pishing Institute
(AFI) at the University of
North Carolina in Greens
boro, N.C., on March 10-11.
Since 1972, this award
winning two-day fishing
course, conducted by Indi
ana State University, has
brought the fun and excite
ment of fishing to over
18,000 anglers across the
nation by providing in
struction in sound fishing
techniques utilizing the ta
lents of America’s fore
most professional anglers
as instructors.
The prtmary instruction
is conducted in eight one
hour long General Ses
sions. Three of the profes
sional instructors are on
stage during each of these
sessions and, with the help
of visual aids projected on
three giant screens, pre
sent all the known facts aiid
theories of bass fishing to
the students in an under
standable and useful man
ner.
Students have the oppor
tunity to seek out the in
formation of their choice
during breaks between the
General Sessions. They
might select to attend a
demonstration on lure tech
niques at the AFI 3,500
gallon aquarium, or visit
the Informal Rendezvous
where manufacturers’ re
presentatives provide one
on-one instruction on tech
niques covered in previous
General Sessions, and help
students make the right
decisions in equipment
selection. One might also
select to attend one of the
three new classes being
offered in 1984 as instruc
-tion -m -ETycasting, Map
Reading and Outdoor Pho
tography have been added
to the list of subjects
available during the Con
current Sessions.
The theater is available
to those desiring to take a
breather from the intensity
of instruction. An instnac
tion*] film is shown du-fa*
each concurrent soaataa.
Bents the best films of*the
bass fishing world includ
ing “Bigmouth,” "Bass in
Heavy Cover,” “The
Bassmasters Classic”
(’83) and the ’83 "Bassin’
Gal Classic.”
Each full-playing student
receives a comprehensive
study manual, an AFI ex
clusive, detailing the tech
niques and information
presented during the
course of instruction. This
manual will serve as a
useful reference volume
and working guide for im
proving one’s fishing sue
cess. “Bassmaster Ma
gazine” baa <*aiiarf tUi
textbook “aat at the beat
It’s all at the Basa In
stitute. Fifteen hours at
practical techniques and
know-how to helo every
one catch more fish and,
thus, enjoy it more.
Yes, there is a lot more to
fishing than luck!
Registrations for this ex
citing learning experience
are still available. Contact
the Office at Continuing
Education, University of
North Carolina, 100 Foust
Building, Greensboro,
N.C. 27412, or call 919
379-5414.
Lynch Named Minority
Affairs Coordinator
Raleigh - Lucille Lynch
of Charlotte has been
named Minority Affairs Co
ordinator for the 9th Dis
trict in State Attorney
General Rufus Edmisten’s
campaign for governor of
North Carolina.
“I’ve worked in Demo
cratic campaigns from
Adlai Stevenson to Jim
Hunt,” Lynch said in ac
cepting the position, “and
I’m proud to be a part of
Attorney General Edmis
ten’s campaign for govern
or.”
In making the appoint
ment, Edmisten said,
“Lucille Lynch has been in
the mainstream of political
and community activities
for many years. Not only
are we counting on her to
work hard to mobilize the
minority vote in our cam
paign, but we also know she
will serve as a catalyst for
good government if we are
honored enough to become
governor.”
Lynch, a lifelong resi
dent of Charlotte, is an
active precinct worker,
and does extensive volun
teer work in hospitals and
nursing homes. She is a
member of the Cherry
Community Board.
The 9th District includes
Mecklenburg, Lincoln, and
Iredell Counties.
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