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Thursday, April 17, 1997
Eagles debut two new quarterbacks
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down as well as rushing for 54
yards and two scores^ He also
played guard on the Eagles’ bas
ketball team that advanced to
the NCAA Division II playoffs.
Central’s defense dominated
the scrimmage, however, allow
ing the offense 176 yards as the
Maroon rolled to a 28-7 win at
O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium recent
ly. The Gray managed just 26
yards rushing on 33 attempts.
Eagles runners were tackled
behind the line 13 times for 69
yards in losses. Defensive back
Trei Oliver' who recorded seven
tackles, three passes defensed
and a sack, returned an inter
ception 42 yards for a touchdown
to give the Maroon an 18-0 lead.
Bell’s backup, Howard transfer
Antonio King, completed 5 of 12
passes for 20 yards and the
Oliver interception in addition to
leading all rushers with 34 yards
on four carries. He also threw an
8-yard scoring pass to
Montwaine Lake.
Robinson story on display at Smithsonian
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April 15, 1947, Robinson went
on Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field and
smashed the whites-only ban
that had ruled baseball for gen
erations.
Robinson’s integration of
America’s pastime changed the
cotmtry. It preceded the integra
tion of the military by one year
and the integration of public
schools by seven years.
“Few stories are as inspiring as
the life of Jackie Robinson,” said
Spencer Crew, director of the
National Musexim of American
History.
The museum’s exhibit, “Jackie
Robinson and the Integration of
Major League Baseball,” shows
baseballs autographed by
Robinson, baseball cards and a
life-size cardboard cutout of
Robinson in uniform.
"Visitors can also see a program
from the 1952 World Series
between Robinson’s Brooklyn
Dodgers and the New York
Yankees, a bat autographed by
Robinson and pictures that trace
his history from UCLA track
star to U.S. serviceman to his
days on the baseball diamond.
Nearly all of the items were
collected over the years in the
museum’s American sports,
leisure and recreation collection,
which holds more than 100,000
artifacts.
The only loaned item was
Robinson’s baseball jersey,
emblazoned with the familiar
script, ‘Dodgers,” in blue and his
number, 42. Museum officials
said they hoped the jersey would
be donated permanently to the
showcase, which is on display
indefinitely.
The collection stirred memo
ries for some, such as Ernest
Burke, an infielder with the
Negro League’s Baltimore Elite
Giants from 1946 to 1948. They
weren’t necessarily pleasant
ones.
Burke wept briefly, recalling
the abuse Robinson endured
during an exhibition game in
Baltimore.
“The way they called him nig
ger,” Burke said, dabbing his
eyes with a napkin. “Anywhere
else, I almost could understand,
but to do that to him in my
hometown.”
A tennis instructor Hving in
Baltimore, Burke said happy
remembrances of Robinson far
outnumber the sad ones. Burke
said when he heard Robinson
had been selected to integrate
baseball, he knew “they had the
right man.”
“We were overwhelmed. He
had the education and the tal-
Fight not likely, De La Hoya says
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left hook that caught him off-
balance.
De La Hoya said he would be
willing to give Whitaker a
rematch.
“I’d love to fight him again,”
De La Hoya said. “I’d dominate
him the next time because I
know his style now.”
Said Whitaker, who lost for
just the second time in his 43
fights: “If De La Hoya is the
fighter he thinks he is, we
should have a rematch right
away. That was the Pernell
Whitaker of old.”
Prospects for another De-La
Hoya-Whitaker bout appear
dim, however, because De La
Hoya’s promoter. Bob Arum, is
against it.
“Once is enough,” said Arum,
who was critical of Whitaker’s
evasive style. “Just to do a
rematch where we would lose
half our money is not smart
business. The Mexican-
American fans don’t like that
kind of .fight. That’s not fight
ing, that’s just playing around
and looking for angles.
“I want to see Oscar fight
people like (Hector) Camacho,
(Felix) Trinidad, (Terry)
Norris, real fighters who
fight.”
Whitaker’s promoter, Dino
Duva, said they would appeal
to the WBC to order a
rematch.
Although Arum left a small
crack in the door, saying a
rematch might be possible if
Woods captures nation’s fancy
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employees paused for a silent
celebration.
“We were just joking around
about how it’s going to be
around here,” Lee said, grin
ning broadly.
Still, there was some trepida
tion about how a new era in
golf will be received at a place
like Augusta National, which
treasures its traditions so
dearly.
“I don’t think the atmosphere
is going to be the same around
here, I really don’t,” he said.
“We won’t know the story until
next week, when all the guests
and fans are gone and all the
regular members are back.”
But this was a moment for
blacks to celebrate. In the
employee’s break room, every
one was talking about Tiger.
Along the course, workers
assigned to pick up trash
paused for a moment when
Woods went by. A young girl
doling out drinks in the media
center stopped in her tracks
when Woods popped up on the
television screen above her.
“Wait a second. There’s my
husband,” she joked.
Woods has started a founda
tion to promote minority golf,
but he doesn’t go out of his way
to be a racial pioneer.
“That’s very peculiar to me,”
Lee said. “He’s not concerned
with all that. He’s just con
cerned with being a golfer. But
for everybody else, that’s what
we’re looking at.”
The major battles in the
struggle for racial equality on
the golf course were fought by
men like Elder, who was on
hand Sunday to follow Woods
around the course. Elder was
amazed that a mere 22 years
after the first black played
Augusta National, there was
now a black man wearing the
green jacket of a champion.
“This is going to bring in a
nice, fresh atmosphere,” Elder
said, noting the breezy condi
tions on the final Sunday. “I’m
not saying it was a bad atmos-
Iverson odds-on for rookie honor
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makers - “knuckleheads,” as
they were called by veterans
like Karl Malone. Charles
Barkley once commented this
season that the only award
Iverson deserved was one for
trash-talking.
With the gathering of the
league’s 50 greatest players
providing the backdrop, the
league had to face the reality
that life without Jordan was
fast approaching. What would
become of the league? Could
knuckleheads like Iverson be
trusted to carry the torch?
And then Iverson had a
superb performance in the
rookie game, winning MVP
honors despite boos from the
Cleveland crowd.
Booed in February, Iverson
received a standing ovation
when the buzzer sounded
Saturday and his 50 points
were on the scoreboard. They
cheered loudly when his final
points went in.
Bulls look good to Davis
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was among the CIAA leaders in fewest points and yards
allowed. The cupboard isn’t bare, but the Bulls need major
restocking.
“When you lose 10 starters, you are almost wiped out,” Davis
said.
Smith is in need of quality backups on both sides of the ball,
something Davis says will lie addressed with a late recruiting
push. The Bulls are dangerously thin on both lines going into
fall drills, with seven offensive linemen suiting up for sping
ball.
“We’ve got some upgrading to do,” Davis said. “It’s like being
in the forest and you can’t see for all the trees around you. The
people we have in place aren’t bad, but we need depth, espe
cially on both lines. When you get your linemen in, then you
can add to other positions.”
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were floating on air,” Burke said,
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Whitaker’s people would guar
antee a large enough purse for
De La Hoya.
Arum already is working on
a fight for June in San
Antonio, where De La Hoya
would defend his new 147-
pound title, his fourth in as
many weight classes.
“Then maybe Camacho,”
Arum said. “He has the biggest
mouth in boxing, so he would
get everybody fired up for the
fight.”
Whitaker, meanwhile, might
try to get a rematch against
Julio Cesar Chavez. He and
Chavez fought to a controver
sial draw in 1993, with many
ringside observers, including
De' La Hoya, believing
Whitaker clearly won.
phere before, but it’s going to
be better now.”
When Elder first played in
the Masters, he went out of his
way to speak -with as many
black workers as possible.
They were thrilled to see a
black man actually playing the
course rather than raking out
the traps.
There was the same feeling
when Woods made his way
around the course Simday for
a dominating victory.
“It’s a good thing to see a
black man in a position like
that,” said 17-year-old Earnest
Gaines, who patrolled the
grounds in a yellow jumpsuit
and a cap that said “Litter”
above the bill. “When you see
people of my race, you tend to
think of violence.
“Then you look at him,” he
said, motioning out to Woods,
“and you see a guy who’s living
out his dream. It shows that
not all of us are out there
shooting up people and drink
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