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■■By Bill Johnsoa
TELLING IT LIKE IT REALLY IS!..
Hope springs eternally in the hearts of
those who have eternal hope!
It is hoped here that Dr. Robert Al
bright was misquoted in the statement
concerning the promotion of Horace Small
from assistant coach to athlectic director
and head football coach in which he stated
If we never win another game, but
graduate our athletes, I’U be happy.”
Historically, the schools with the best
athletic programs have gotten the best
students and those schools who have less
fthan average athletic programs do not
attract the top scholars.
Another point to be made is that if
Johnson C. Smith is not dedicated to
developing a highly competitive athletic
program, why bother to field athletic
teams? will prove a waste of valuable
time.
Let’s pray that Mr. Small will put
together a football program that will excite
the Golden Bulls supporters to the point that
they will not only attend the games, in
impressive numbers, but will invest money
in the program as well.
Johnson C. Smith is anchored in rich
history. The school is an asset to the
Charlotte area. The thing Dr. Albright and
Mr. Small must keep in mind at all times is
that the world loves a winner and that few
people, very few people, support a loser.
Saturday afternoon’s baseball game in
Hoskins will provide answers to several
questions, (l) Is the Metro baseball team as
good as Robert Morris believes it is? And
(2) are there more than two better
than-average teams in the Triple County
Semi-Pro Baseball League this summer?
Have you heard the one about the base
ball player who was so slow that bulk rate
mail beat him down the firstbase line. In
case you’re wondering, that’s very, verv
slow! J
Jackson States surprised everyone re
cently when the school gave Paul Coving
ton a one-year contract extention. The move
was unexpected since Covington’s teams
have posted a non-too-impressive 16-42
record the past two years. Look for the NFL
to start fighting back. Their first move
against the USFL will be a special sup
plemental draft of college seniors already
siped by the rival league. It’s about time!
The Chicago Blitz of the USFL is about to
fold. They, as expected, are experiencing
cash flow problems.
How’s this for small change? The Uni
versity of Alabama football team raked in
$2,195,000 from television during its 1983
regular football season.Wonder if th’d
sports reporters, who berated John Thomp
son for not allowing his Georgetown
basketball players to talk to the media
without permission, have forgotten that
John Wooden did the same thing when he
coached at UCLA?
The wonderful people over at Walls Me
morial’s athletic department are sponsor
ing their annual golf tournament a week
from Saturday. It’s an invitational meet
that will be held at Revolution Park Golf
Course, beginning at 8 a.m.
The tournament will be played Captain's
Choice and will have an entry fee of $25 for
adults and $20 for those participants under
16. Entry forms should be paid to the
church’s athletic office. Monday, April 23, is
the deadline date.
It’s a great meet that deserves your
support.
Should you desire additional informa
tion, give Haze Moore a call at 398-0335 or
375-6131.
Carol Hudson, one of the country’s better
sports information directors, sends word
that Sheila Hillman, a 5’2” sophomore, has
beea named to the 1984 National Associa
tion*or Women’s Sports Black Collegiate
All American team. And 5’8” senior Irma
Jones of Bethune-Cookman was named
“Player of the Year.”
Howard is the new MEAC baseball
champs. The Bisons defeated Bethune
Cookman, 18-1, for the title in Greensboro
last week. The Washington D.C. university
scored 66 runs enroute to the champion
ship. That should be a new league record.
Special attention will be focused on
Delaware State, S.C. State and Howard, the
top challengers in MEAC track and Held,
when the loop’s spring championships get
underway at S.C. State this weekend. .
Bet yod didn’t know that Ralph Sampson
led the Houston Rockets in just about
l everything except issuing tickets to the
1 contests. He led in scoring, rebounding and
I blocked shots and was among the team’s
I leaders in assists and steals,
1 Why is it we find it so easy to mind other
■ people’s business?
1 ^nto Hall Of Fame
I North Carolina
Central Inducts Three Charlotteans
• v,, »y Uretti Man a go
Poet Staff Writer
. .Three Chariot leans were
recently inducted into the
North Carolina Central
University Hall of Fame.
Jack Aikens, Bill Ma
lone, and Roy Moore were
among the former Central
athletes who were recog
nized and honored for their
contribution to the univer
sity.
Aikens’ honor resulted
from a team effort. In 1953,
Aikens was a member of
the first CIAA champion
ship football team in the
college’s history. On that
day, nearly 21 years ago,
the Eagles scored a victory
over A&T State University,
15-6. • Coached by Herman
Riddick, the Eagles scored
on a 13-yard field goal by
Bill Hollingsworth, an
eight-yard run by Jerome
Evans and a five-yard run
by Linwood Johnson. The
victory was the first over
the Aggies since 1947 and it
gave the Eagles an overall
record of 5-3-0 for the
season.
Aikens received his B.A.
degree from NCCU in 1956
He is presently employed
with the U.S. Postal Ser
vice and is the husband of
the former Bobbie Jean
Hoey.
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Jack Aikens
.Football star
oome of Aikens previous
athletic honors include:
Most V'aluable Player for
Freshman of the Year
Award; All-American
Team senior year; All
CIAA Team - senior year
and a free agent contract
Mark Harris And Rick Powers
Win Par Buster Golf Title
By James Cuthbertson
Post Sports Writer
The Par Busters Four
Ball Tournament at Paw
tuckett Golf Course, was a
big success, according to
spokesman John Love.
“We had a really good
time,” Love said. “There
were people from every
where attending the golf
tournament.”
The event attracted 80
players and two junior '
players - Gene Lawrence of
Olympic and Tony Snead,
Jr. of North Mecklen
Durg.
Visiting players were
Emerson Sherman of Cin
cinnati, James Welbon of
Cincinnati, Randy Rozier
of New York City, Floyd
Boulware and Cleet Pen
dergrass of Chester, Willie
Ingram and Jimmy With
erspoon of Lancaster,
Richard Hinton and She
drick Jackson of Rock Hill
and Paul Cunningham and
Gerald Young of Spartan
burg.
In the championship
flight, Mark Harris and
Rick Powers won with a
66-74-140 score.
Other finishers were the
team of Sherman Jackson
and Richard Hinton, 71-71- -
142; John Crawford and
Raymond Grier, 70-73-143;
Larry Dean and Francis
Pendergrass, 70-74-144; -
Haywood Stevenson and
I -TT
Leroy Roseboro, 72-76
140 and Carl Bailey and
William Funderburke, 71
81-152.
They were followed by
Gene Lawrence and Bobby
Ellis, 74-77-151; Robert
Brown and Howard Parth
low, 75-77-152; James Wel
bon and Randy Rozier, 74
78-152; Cleet Pendergrass
and Floyd Boulware, 74
78—152 and Willie Ingram
and Jimmy Witherspoon
75-79-154.
in flight two Paul Cun
ningham and Gerald
Young won with 76-72-142;
Ronald Morris and Ray
mond Mitchell, 76-74-150;
John Lathan and Kenneth
Mitchell, 77-79-156; John
Granger and Wallace Pay
sour, 76-80-156; Larry
Washington and Not Col
son, 76-80-156; Freddie
Goodman and Olin Grier,
77- 82-159 and John Love
and Roosevelt Swift 76
82-162.
In Bight three Charles
McCullough and Otis Wor
thy, 7.9-71-150; Dave Tay
lor and Raymond Fewell,
78- 74-152; George Pettice
and Barry Mason, 78-76
154; Lewis Rorie and Tom
Brewer, 80-75-155; Johnny
Williams and Price Cathey,
79- 76-155; Emerson Sher
man and Willie Thompson,
78- 79-157 and James Plum
mer and Tim Harris, 78
79- 157._> •
Flight four winners were
Elmore Hicklin and
James Parthlow, 82-76
157; Gerald Bridges and
Simon Hooper, 81-78-159;
Herman King and Jim
Olson, 83-77-160; George
Williams and Otha Gam
ble, 81-80-161; Billy Bran
non and Donny Snead, |
81-82-163; Charles Kemp
and Jennings Brewer, 83
83-166; Reggie Sellars
and Burnice Bittle, 85
81-166; Steve Lawrence
and lony Snead, 79-79
158; Melvin Jackson and
Robert Stevenson, 80-80
160; George Moore and
James Moore, 78-85-163;
Sammy Lawrenpe and
Shelley Lawrence, 80
83-163; Harry Benton and
Charles Barnett, 78-88
166; Mack Adams and Joe
Hill, 86-82 -168 and James
Rush and Charles Mc
Kinney, 82-90-172.
The. closest-to-the-hole
on Saturday was Mark
Harris. On Sunday the
contest winner was Leroy
Roseboro.
WHERE THEY PLAY
Saturday, April 21
Bowling Green at Q.C.
Rangers
Mount Holly at Charlotte
Bombers
Westside Eagles at Kings
Mountain
Lincolnton at Charlotte
Redbirds
JPhiljies at Hoskins
Members of Walls Memorial AME Zion
Church, celebrating their IMth church
anniversary, will present their Centen
nMl Pageant, "A Walk Down Memory
Lane With Faith," Wednesday, April g.
Above, participants In the pageant pre
pare for dress rehearsal. The pageant
will depict the history of the church while
also Including Its spiritual emphasis,
past and present.
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from the Cleveland Browns
and a professional-con
tract from the Hamilton
Bearcats of the Canadian
Football League
An All-CIAA quarterback
for two years, Malone
played both track and base
ball. He is considered a
pioneer in the history of
Central’s track program.
A former CIAA football
official, Malone is a retired
employee of the North
Carolina Mutual Life Insur
ance Company. He is still
active in NCCU’s alumni
association and Kappa Al
pha Psi Fraternity. Malone
is also a deacon at First
United Presbyterian
Church.
Roy Moore's efforts in a
1941 Peach Bowl Classic
against Morris Brown
earned him the title of
“Most Valuable Player."
Moore was widely known
for as a specialist in the
classic end around play.
Although he had to halt
his education to serve in
World War II, Moore, not
only returned to receive his
bachelor’s degree, but ob
tained his master’s degree
as well.
Durig his professional
career, Moore was both
football and basketball
S,0"** al Augustine’s
College and football coach
and athletic director at
South Carolina State Col
leg*. ,
Some of the people in
attendance at the bacquet ■
and induction ceremony
were. Coach Dean Smith,
Coach Clarence “Big
house’’ Gaines, Senator
Robert--Morgan, and
Horace-‘'Bones” McKin
ney.
Springs fc “AlHete Of The Week”
By James Cuthbertson
Post Sports Writer
“I really like baseball,'’
smiled Olympic High
• School’s Sherman Springs,
this week’s Charlotte Post
‘‘Springs Sports Star of the
Week ”
“I am having a good year
and I believe our team will
do well in the league tour
nament,” Springs added.
A senior at Olympic, he
excels in football and base
ball. Twin brother Herman
is an excellent basketball
player.
Springs has pitched in
five games this season
winning four and losing
one.
He is the second pit
cher in Olympic’s two-man
rotation of starting pitch
ers.
He. pitched a two hitter
against West Mecklen
burg, a two hitter against
Harding where Jie struck
out seven, and a two hit
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Springs has struck out 37
batters in this young sea
son and is getting a repu
tation from the college
scouts as a strikeout artist.
His best pitch is a blis
tering fastball.
Even in his lone loss, a
12-8 decision against South,
he hurled the ball and had
struck out seven batters
and allowed only two hits
before he left with the team
behind 4-2.
This summer, Springs
will play for American
Legion Post 262.
When he’s not pitching,
he doesn’t ride the pine. He
becomes the designated
hitter and so far this sea
son, he is batting .342 from
the cleanup position.
He hit a home run
against Harding and has 12
singles to his credit.
“I am having a real good
year,” he said. “I just want
us to do well in the Con
ference tournament at
Crockett Park.”
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