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'Hiinga One Learned WhUe Attending The 40th CIAA
Basketball Tournament ...
Life is the only game in which each individual makes
his own rules ...
THie majority of the NBA scouts attending the games
did not agree with the popular opinion that “CIAA game
officials are inferior. ‘In my opinion,” countered one of
the visiting experts who did not want his name revealed,
I would guess thev’re on a par with the referees in the
other conferences.
My opinion is that the games would be much more in
teresting if the coaches would concentrate more on
coaching and let the referees call the infractions.
The magic of Ralph Tally and the board strength of
M“* Smith and Donnell Brown almost pulled it out for
Norfolk State. However, the stronger team prevailed in
go down in history as one of the most siting
^CIAA championship contests ever. This one went all the
Iwy to.the wire before a champion could be determined.
I Virginia Union has now carried the coveted banner
;back to Richmond seven times. Norfolk State has also
been a big winner in this famed event, having bagged the
•op trophy nine times for the honor of having won more
tournament titles than any other conference member.
Winston-Salem State, with the legendary- Clarence
Bighouse” Gaines at the helms, has celebrated the
championship victory on eight occasions.
Johnson C. Smith has won four regular season titles,
but the Golden Bulls have yet to capture a championship
trophy. Cal Irvin is the only J.C. Smith coach to win the
Outstanding Coach” award. So, the Bulls have come up
empty handed through the years in CIAA Tournament
competition.
Norfolk state coach Charles Christian has won 20 or
more games in six of the nine years he has coached the
Spartans.
Hampton’s 6-11 sophomore center Cedric Miller, is
considered heir apparent to Charles Oakley’s honor as
the conference top player. Competition for the individual
honors next year will come from Hampton’s 6’8”
freshman sensation Tim Price and Jamie Waller of
Virginia Union.
Virginia Union and Winston-Salem State have ad
vanced to post-season play. The Panthers will host the
NCAA South Atlantic Region in Richmond this weekend
and Winston-Salem State has qualified for the NCAA
playoffs.
The first Nielsen Ratings for the United States Foot
ball League’s televised contest were lower than expected.
Tbe ratings were^down 18 percent from a year ago and
they 1wwpc down 67-peeecnt from-l#83tr- ■■■■
One of the reasons given for thepoor rating is that only
41 of the nation s top 60 stations TV markets have picked
up the ABC s Sunday USFL package ... Black golfers
Calvin Peete and Jim Thorpe have been invited to par
ticipate in the 49th annual blaster’s Golf Tournament in
Augusta next month.
The NBA Kansas City Kings cut former Norfolk State
All-American David Pope. He was drafted by Utah as a
third-round choice in 1984.
THIS WILL STUN YOU! ... There are 10 gambling
casinos in Atlantic City, with a combined total of 14,301
slot machines and five times as many free-spending
gamblers who are motivated by the “get rich quick”
formula.
Charles Oakley is the only senior on the Virginia
Union sauad. Starting guard Billy Walker and backup
center Mike Smith are the lone Norfolk State seniors.
Coach Floyd Leisure starts four freshmen at Virginia
State. Altogether, Laisure has nine rookies on the squad.
Why am I telling you this? Just wanted to let you know
that the northern division will be much stronger next
year.
Bighouse Gaines notched his 734th career victory
when his Winston-Salem State Rams whipped Elizabeth
City in Friday night’s quarter-finals. Gaines also sustain
ed a hand iqjury during his stay at the popular
tournament.
Elizabeth City coach Bobby Vaughn, who has been at
it for close to 25 years, is considering quitting. “One more
year, that’s all, the man who has been at the Vikings’
helm few more than 17 years, said last week. No one
believed him, however.
Charles Oakley will get an opportunity to prove how
great he is when he competes in the Portsmouth Invita
tionals this week. The o-8 Virginia Union senior drew
mixed praises from the 19 NBA scouts in attendance.
Speaking of big men, there are 23 7-footers in the NBA
this season.
Look for several Division I schools to make strong
overtures to Dave Robbins, Virginia Union’s highly suc
cessful basketball coach ... CIAA tournament tickets
will cost $50 next year, a $10 jump from last week’s
price.
Norfolk State dropped Cheyney State from its football
schedule to make room for William and Mary. A sellout
I ft PIT 0
Mygueas is that the CIAA ’Player of the Year”
Charles Oakley will not make it in the NBA. He’s too
small to become an NBA center and he does not appear
to be mean enough to become a power forward. He,
however, likely will be selected in the first rounds
because of his she. ; V
Will Robinson, who owns a string of firsts for blacks,
is beating the bushes for the Detroit Pistons.
Add another feather to Caesar Wallace’s cap. The big
fay directed The Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Breakfast Friday morning at the Hotel Madison. Over
200 athletes and coaches attended and Coca-Cola, USA
picked up the tab. Nice going, Buddy!
How would you like to see a Division I-AA composed
of Norfolk State, Virginia State, Virginia Union,
Howard, Hampton, Delaware State, Winston-Salem,
North Carolina Central and AfT? The idea is being
kicked around. ' A ^
According To Jayne Atchison
Working Out On A Regular Rn«k
P "ns Up Calories , Tones Up Muscles
By Audrey C. Lodato .
Post SUff Writer
For many women, the attainment
of a trim figure is a life-long
struggle. One diet follows another in
the vain hope that, this time, weight
and inches will melt away overnight
and stay away forever after.
Others seek to lose weight for
health reasons. Heart disease, high
blood pressure, and diabetes are but
a few of the illnesses that spur
people on to weight reduction pro
grams.
One result of this quest for a better
figure or better health is the proli
feration of spas, exercise programs,
and work-out facilities.
According to Jayne Atchison,
manager of Spa Lady on Freedom
Drive, the benefits of regular exer
cise include increased endurance,
flexibility, and energy; improved
circulation, reflexes, and sleep;
tension reduction; and a raised
metabolism. “Working out on a
regular basis — and by that I mean
two to three times a week — a person
can burn up calories, tone up mus
cles, and lose the fatty layer that
surrounds the muscles,” Atchison
explained.
For those who join a spa or other
exercise program hoping for
immediate results, they may be
disappointed. A month, Atchison
pointed out, is a good time to
evaluate results, not sooner. “The
average person who has never
worked out before can lose three to
four inches overall” after about 30
days, if they are consistent, she
asserted.
Along with being consistent, spa
personnel recommend sensible
eating. “The more consistent you
are with your eating habits and your
exercise,” she commented, “the
more consistent your health will
be. ” The first three months of a new
exercise or eating program are the
hardest; after three months, what
was new should become habit.
Responding to the misconception
that women who use weights develop
unsightly bulges, she noted, “Wo- '
men do not get huge muscles
from working out. They’re not going
to build muscles unless that’s their
objective, and then they would have
to follow a program designed* for
that.” What might happen, however,
is that as fat is burned off, muscles
. will have more definition.
She also denied that misuse of i
...equipment will cause woman, to I
develop unwanted muscle mass. “If -
you use a machine the wrong way,
you may be injured; but the chance
of becoming malformed is very
slim,” she said. She added that, in
most spa or gym programs, if
someone is doing something wrong,
someone else is likely to notice and
say something about it.
The spa manager countered com
plaints that some women have made
that they actually gained inches or
felt fatter after beginning an exer
cise program. “They may think
they’re fatter because it’s easier to
see bulges when they’re wearing a
leotard than when they’re wearing a
suit,” she replied.
Atchison discounted the notion
that bow one breathes during exer
cise determines whether, inches
come off or are put on. ‘‘The
important thing,” she insisted,? “is
to breathe. If you hold your breath,
your muscles tense up.” For a
person new to exercise to be Md "a
bunch of rules” about breathing Just
complicates matters, she believes. A
general rule, she said, is to exhale
during the part of the exercise when
you’re exerting the most stress.
“There are two parts to every
movement,” she explained. "For
most people, it’s the second part
that’s most stressful.”
Among the pieces of exercise
equipment to be foimd in many
fitness facilities are belts, rollers,
and other pieces of passive equip
ment. These, declared Atchinson,
"don’t do a thing. The old philosophy
was that they broke up fat and made
it easier to dissolve, but that’s not
true.” She said that this equipment
at Spa Lady was left over from a
previous fitness center that occupied
the premises. She remarked, how
ever, that such equipment, if used
properly, might aid in muscle relax
ation.
Noting that "there is no such thing
«*POt reduction,” Atchison empha
sized the importabce of working on
all the major muscle groups. "You
can tone up Just some muscles,” she
remarked, "but to lose weight,
you’re going to have to do it all
Chances are, if your arm is out of
shape, the rest of you is out of shape,
too.”
Atchison recommended the first
step in exercising and working out is
heart rate and circulates blood to the
extremities, as well as tones up the
3-.
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kenW nrjt.Klj.mii A*«ui
son related that haTS-H^are just
as good as full sit-ups and do not
5’j^ririr
Lady,
PANSIE ROBERSON
."^Working the pounds off
on a cunerent muscle group and
enables the exerciser to progress at
her own rate.
Atchison described an individual
fitness program as “an investment
in yourself. It’s two or three hours a
week that no one would argue with
you about spending. Exercise can
help you lose, gain or maintain your
goal.’’ The main thing, she affirmed,
is the change that often occurs in
people’s attitudes once they have
accomplished what they set out to
do.
Finally, the exercise instructor
insisted that everyone can do some
form of exercise, however limited.
Among the clients at her facility are
people with heart problems, high
blood pressure, and those who have
had disc surgery.
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Museum and of the British Library
exhibition on “Raleigh and Roanoke
Colonies” highlight a tour of historic
Raleigh offered by Central Pied
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Saturday, March 9, trip, which costs
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