I OPINIONS I, OBVIOUSLY, SHOULD KEEP TO
MYSELF.
A point on inflation can be found in the fact that it now
takes 14 cents for you to say your two-cents worth on a
i penny post card!
Wonder why good buddy Wjllie Harris is prancing Mb a
peacock these days? (Maybe I should have said
strutting. ) Could it be that he has finally cranked up the
.. Winston-Salem State Rams and has them moving in high
gear Sugar Ray Leonard is a class guy. To steal a word
from the days of yore — he reflects great credit to his race
~ the human race! Wish I could truthfully say that about
our new heavyweight champion, Michael Spinks.
• Does exercise dent heart disease? According to U.S.
Government physical fitness expert, Richard 0. Keelor, it
„ does. Keelor cites findings showing that for the first time
«. ,n nearly a decade, American deaths from cardio
vascular disease fell below one million. Could it be that
v I’ve finally found the reason my good buddy James Peeler
is walking a mile each day? You can bet your Sunday boots
it’s not to get one of those Camels. He doesn’t smoke.
It looks kind of strange to see Livingstone on top of this
p week’s CIAA football standings. It also seems kind of
• strange to note that the Blue Bears are 4-0 in all games and
; 2-0 in the league at this late date. Quick now! Can anyone
recall when Livingstone was having it so good on the
, gridiron? Can you remember when once-powerful Virginia
. Union was this far down near the bottom of the Northern
L Division pack? They’re just ahead of St. Paul’s, the
i division’s last-place club, with a 1-2 conference record.
How about Charlie Smith, Livingstone’s 5’10” 175
pound junior comerback? The Wadesboro native had two
: interceptions, 19 yards in returns, recovered a fumble, had
; tackles and broke-up two passes. Wow, what a day'
•Small wonder he was such an easy choice for “Defensive
-• Jack of ^ WeekM by CIAA experts. Guess who provided
the most competition for the honor? His teammate Russell
Rice, a freshman cornerback from Winston-Salem who
:. caught three interceptions, including one on the three-yard
: nne to preserve Livingstone’s First victory in history over
Virginia Union. He also had ll tackles and broke up two
. passes. /
; Looks to me like North Carolina Central coach Henry
Lattimore has found an adequate replacement for Gerald
Fray Ion, the Charlotte lad who set a bucket full of passing
' records for both the Eagles and the CIAA.
Prior to going up against Wylie Harris’ tenacious
defense at Winston-Salem State Saturday night, freshman
quarterback Earl Harvey had thrown for more than 300
yards in three consecutive starts. The 6-foot-4, 195-pound
ymmgjter from Fayetteville stands atop .the conference
UKhvftmaf possets with an impressive 47 percent comply
tion record. He has connected with 73 of his 155 aerials for
1,197 yards and seven touchdowns. Eight of his tosses fell
into the hands of the opponents for interceptions.
Now it can be told, etc. Dan Marino, the Miami Dolphins’
super quarterback who demanded that his contract be
renegotiated, quickly returned to camp upon learning he
was about to lose about $800,000 in endorsements.
New York Mets’ all-star outfielder Darryl Strawberry
finished the baseball season in manager Davey Johnson’s
doghouse for removing himself from the lineup during an
important contest. He complained of a sore thumb.
The Atlanta Braves will probably spend the winter
months searching for pitchers. Their current starting
rotation won a mere 11 times in their first 58 games after
the All-Star break. They lead the National League in runs,
hits and walks allowed and were last in complete games.
In the meantime, the young man they let get away,
reliefer Donnie Moore, has been placed on the California
Angels’ “Most Wanted” list. He’s headed for the free agent
class in 1986.
Pat Ewing, who exceeded his wildest dreams of be
coming a very rich man, has money coming in from all
avenues. He’s close to reaching an agreement with signing
the richest shoe endorsement contract in sports history.
He already has secured the most lucrative deal in NBA
history.
Get this! Unless they make a trade before the season
opens in a few weeks, the Boston Celtics will begin the new
NBA campaign with only three black players on its roster.
Here’s a new twist! James Worthy would have had to
pay the Los Angeles Lakers a substantial sum of money If
he didn’t receive his diploma from Carolina this past
summer.
As if you didn’t know already, there are 4« football
players playing with NFL teams who performed with
USFL teams this past summer. The NFL reportedly paid
$3 million buying players out of USFL contracts It
suddenly occurs to me that the United States Football
League would possibly become more firmly seemed if
they realign themselves as “farm” teams to the NFL.
Paul Silas will be an assistant coach with the New Jersey
p' Nets this winter . Did you read about the legendary
Minnesota Fats getting himself arrested in Nashville, Tn.,
for shoplifting a $1.99 box of Ex-Lax? The Utah Jazz is
giving former North Carolina A&T standout Joe Blnion
another chance to perform in the NBA. He recently signed
withthe Utah team as a free agent.
The Old Crystal Ball will attempt to improve on its 34-6-1
record with 10 picks this week St. Paul’s should
experience very little trouble defeating Bowie State
Hampton should sneak by Elizabeth City; North Caro
lina AAT will edge Fayetteville State; Virginia State will
whip J.C. Smith; Norfolk State will beat up on North
Carolina Central; Kentucky State will add further
embarrassments to Virginia Union’s losing season
Winston-Salem is too strong for Howard; Bethune-Cook
man will outscore Georgia Southern; Delaware State will
a co”"****; south;
Carolina State will win easily over Morgan State.
CIAA football teams are doing very well in the National
Polls Norfolk State (5) and Hampton (15) are in the NCAA f
Division II Top 20 and the Sheridan Poll has Norfolk In
IK? Pitone^5th t°nSalem ninth' HamPton nth
» • . * »
Burden Of Carrying Bulb To Promised
Land Rest On Westmoreland’s Shoulders
By James Cuthbertaon
Poet Sports Writer
The burden of carrying Johnson C.
Smith’s football team to the pro
mised land rests on the shoulders of
a six foot, 173-pound basketball
player, who transferred to Golden
Bulls land from Maryland Eastern
Shore.
Recruited by UMES for his bas
ketball ability, Mel Donte West
moreland shunned Boston College,
East Carolina, Georgia Tech, and
Wake Forest in search of his first
love - basketball.
Times have changed and fate has
been good enough to the young man
to place him a top leadership posi
tion on one of the CIAA’s emerg
ing powers, the Johnson C. Smith
University Golden Bulls of coach
Horace Small.
The 19-year-old advanced fresh
man from Greensboro’s Dudley
High School was All-Central Pied
mont Conference and All-City in
football and made the All-Metro
Basketball team after leading his
team to the playoffs with his 14
points per game average.
Always a quarterback, he remem
bers an exciting game his senior
year in which he threw one touch
down, rushed for one and threw for
over 200 yards total rushing even
though his team lost to Greensboro
Grimsley, 28-14.
The young man was marked for an
exciting career from the start. He
was MVP of the varsity team at
Allen Junior High School in seventh,
eighth, and ninth grades.
“We were the city champs when I
was in eighth and ninth grades,”
said the affable and articulate young
man..
The major difference in college
ball and high school ball?
“They hit harder in college
ball,” he answered, “and you have
to make more decisions on your own.
You have to be mature. 1 sur
Mel Dente Westmoreland
.Budding quarterback star
vey the opposing defense and some
times I call a different play after I
see what defense they are set up in.”
The toughest game in which he has
played since receiving the starting
nod when Wendell Dixon became
injured in the first game was
against Norfolk State. The Bulls lost
that game by a 38-0 count.
“I think that the Norfolk game
was the first game in which I had
ever been hit that hard," he said
Golden Bulb To Test Virginia
State In Petersburg Saturday
By James Cuthbertson
Post Sports Writer
The Golden Bulls of Johnson C.
Smith University will tackle the
Virginia State Trojans of Peters
burg at 13,500-seat Rogers Stadium
in Petersburg, Va., Saturday at 1:30
p.m.
The Bulls will be trying to ruin
Homecoming for the Trojans by
scoring a major victory.
Virginia State beat Winston
Salem State in its first game, 17-7,
lost a close one to Mid-Eastern
contender Bethune-Cookman, 14-13,
tied Fayetteville State, 7-7, and lost
to Elizabeth City, 14-3,
The Bulls lost 10-6 to Hampton,
24-20 to Catawba, and 38-0 to Nor
folk before getting on track to beat
Bowie State, 24-21.
They lost to N.C. A&T, 25-7, last
week in Greensboro.
JCSU is l-l in the CIAA and 1-4
overall.
State is in the Northern Division of
the CIAA. JCSU is in the Southern
Division.
Volleyball Marathon
Volleyball teams throughout the
Charlotte area will be joining forces
on November 1-3 for the WBCY
Cablevision Volleyball Marathon for
Easter Seals at CPCC gymnasium in
Charlotte. The event is being spon
sored by WBCY-FM, Cablevision,
Bud Light (Bealer Wholesale) and
Pepsi.
The volleyball marathon is open to
all male, female, or coed teams,
whether in a league or just friends
getting together for the marathon.
Each team rates its own playing
ability from "highly skilled” to
"what’s a volleyball?" Teams may
participate in the marathon by
securing pledges and playing
against other teams of similar abi
lities during two-hour playing shifts.
Prizes will be awarded to top
fundraising teams and individuals,
including a team pizza party at
Pizza Hut, including salad, pizza and
soft drinks, a ski vacation-double
accommodations for three week
days at the Plaza Motel in Boone,
N.C., with complimentary equip
ment rental from Alpine Ski
Center and two free ski lessons and
lift passes at Sugar Mountain
Resort, and a dinner for two at Steak
and Ale. Marathon participants
may also qualify for T-shirts,
visors, duffle bags, and trophies.
Funds raised in the WBCY
Cablevision Volleyball Marathon
will help Easter Seals continue to
provide direct services to physically
handicapped children and adults in
North Carolina Easter Seal ser
vices include equipment pur
chases and loans, speech, occupa
tional, and physical therapy clinics,
adapted swim programs, respite
care services and residential camp^
ing opportunities.
Anyone interested in entering a
team in the marathon can contact
Easter Seals, toll-free at 1-000
(ZZ'lawt. - V « r • \ . ]
The Trojans are returning nine
starters on offense and four on
defense.
Defensive end James Ward, de
fensive tackle Rudy Goodwine, de
fensive back Robert Clarke, of
fensive tackle Oscar Austin, center
Stanley Sexton, tight end Calvin
Deshazo, wide receiver Kim Pride,
quarterback Sam Taylor and run
ning backs Von Allen, Reginald
Warfield and Tyrus Hill are big guns
for the Trojans.
Goodwine is a 6'3”, 280 pounder
Ward is 6’5” and 245 pounds.
The Bulls’ offense is led by Mel
Westmoreland, the 6’, 173-pounder
from Greensboro Dudley High
School.
Westmoreland has passed 123
times and made 44 completions for a
total of 402 yards and three touch
downs. He is hitting his receivers
with a 35.8 percent clip.
The top receivers for the Bulls are
Terry Jeter, a standout from Spar
tanburg High School, and Randy
Briggs, also from Spartanburg
High.
Jeter has made four catches for 43
yards and a 10.75 per catch average
gain.
Briggs has caught five passes for
66 yards and a per catch average
gain.
Leon Shipp is the leader in the
touchdown derby for the Bulls for
two touchdowns. Westmoreland has
one, Mike Conley one, Terry Jeter
one, James Branch one, Michael
Swain one, and Tim Newman one.
Branch received his touchdown on
an interception against Catawba.
Swain received his on a 54-yard
punt return against Bowie State.
The Bulls are averaging 11 4
points per game The defense is
giving up 23.6 points per game.
Defensive standouts for the Gold
en Bulls are Craig Warren. Mus
tufa Shaeed, Willie Harris, DeCar
Brown, Jerome McCoy, Jackie
Wilkes, Anthony Byers, and Ronald
Jones.
smiling. "The line felt real bad
because they could not hold them 1
out. but they were a big unit.”
Basically a scrambler, West
moreland had to run for dear life at
Norfolk after the big 280 pound i
linemen had broken through.
"The Norfolk game was a learn
ing experience for me,” he revealed.
With five games on the road un
der his belt, Westmoreland said the
biggest problem is that you don’t
feel comfortable.
“I like to relax before a game,” he
said. "When you are at home it is
easier to relax.”
Westmoreland said that coach
Horace Small and coach Ike Full
ard have been a big help to him.
“John Thomas, the quarter
back coach, tries to show me how
to react in different situations," he
said. “He has helped me a lot by
telling me things that I need to
know."
Also helping him is his brother
Rodney who was the quarterback at
N.C. A&T before he graduated in
1979.
Westmoreland has the skills
of which a dynasty is made.
With a little seasoning under his
belt, he could go down in the Bulls’
record book as one of the best
quarterbacks ever.
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