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18 THE RALEIGH. N. ( . SATURDAY. MARCH 1. 1969 Aggies End 17-2 Regular Season,- Await CIAA Playoff Spot i * ' ?,.*. ' 4 or'0 r ' 1 "**"" * s ' '"'* .*♦ S^’ ’ :; , », 4 . ISPNfftfll PLOUGHS INTO GRANDSTAND WALL - Daytona Beach, Ma.: Don Aiac la\ ish, Stiuwater. N. \.. is sti 1 ] strapped into his seat at horrified spectators skid down the tr.- -k after Mac'l'avish plowed into the grandstand wall and cut off the entire front half of the car. MacTavish was seriously injured. (UPI). ■mmm WS^M-'Sk wSfSr . -B&Vtml DRAWS A FOUI,-Cincinnati: Tom Van Ars clale oi the Royals draws t foul under the net from Baltimore’s West ley Unseld in a rain attempt to get his te em going in the second half. The Bullets ho we re r, poured it on to win 126 to 109. (L PI). Vikings , Spartans Head Pack Jo Annual CIAA tournament GREENSBORO - Elizabeth City State and Norfolk Statp, two highly successful exponents of “run and shoot" basset ball, have been established as favor ites to win the annual CIAA basketball tournament, which gets underway here Thursday, February 27, The Vikings and the Spartans have the inside nod, but history has shown that any of the eight teams in the playoffs Is Cap able of pulling the big upset. Other teams already assured of tournament berths are North Carolina A&T, Maryland state, St, Paul’s, Winston-Salem, and dpmusEsn | n I I SCHWINN FASTBACK^ 1 & g: STiNG-itAv* :?.• ISCHWmiASTBACK STING-RAY «f £ qc BUY MOW ON EASY TERMS S ST What <5 bikei Thot combination of narrow tires, lightweight frame, and 5 speed gears adds up to Speed! For brea { htaking gef -3 aways, long effortless rides. Ad- B jusfable saddle and handlebor E tool Sensational new v stile-shift" | Chrome plated fenders. You hove C to ride it to believe it, As.!it»'i«cs 10® e rfowr. I HILL'S, Inc, | 1720 N 6lvd, 833-4384 8 8 Support Youi Ifnititd Fund VV» wSot w« •.»!! Shaw, The remaining berth will go to either Virginia Union or North, Carolina College, S. C. State Takes Si AC Cage Title s * C.-Senior f - Gheeseboro, playing at ti e peak of his game, led South Carolina State College to Us 20th, basketball victory of the season and the SIAC title in an 88-72 decision over Tuskegee Institute last Tuesday night in . * S tn it h-H am n; ond -Middleton Memorial Centex. The Bulldogs are 8-2 in con ference and 20-2 overall A crowd* of nearly 2,000 saw Cheeseboro, ,i 6-3, 233-pounder from Darlington, S. C,. put on a dazzling- exhibition or ball - handling and shooting for the liome folk, Ke finished trie game with 23 points, but it was a three minute stretch when he pumped in 12 straight points that drew the favor of the Bulldog faith fuls. The Bulldogs were in no danger after they pulled ahead, l*-11, 011 a free throw bysopho more Johnny Carey with -3for> in the first hall. Then the nationally ranked team enlarged its lead to 29-16 with seven and a half minutes in.the half. Second in scoring was senior Jim English who finished the game with 16 points anc! 20 of the S, C. State's 71 rebounds, Willie Grate, the Bulldogs' big gun, was held to 16, well below his average of 26. Although it was the final game oi the season for Grate, Cheeseboro, English, and Sam | FSC Broncos Open Drills in Baseball Fayetteville - The solid pop of a glove and the crack of the bat has signaled the started of 1069 baseball drills for the Fayetteville State Col lege Broncos. More than 30 aspirants greet ed Coach Hubie Doub at the opening whistle. Included in the group are nine-lettermen from the 1068 club' mat posted a 8-3 mark which included a victory over Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association champion 1 Shaw University. According to a schedule re leased by Athletic Director H. L. Scott, the Broncos will play a 20-game slate with, an ap pearance in the Tournament at Fort Bragg as the highlight. Three newcomer, Hampton Institute, West Virginia State College and Pembroke College, have been added to the slate. They will be faced along with eight league foes.’ Seven home games are on tap for the Broncos and will be played on the College Athletic Field. Captain Ronnie Cox, junior from Traveirest, S. C.; heads the returnees. Cox, a catcher, led the chib in hitting and rbis last season. Also in the fold are Terry Brown, first base man; Randy Baskerville, Karl Smith, infielders; Mike Pear son, and Willie Bond, outfield ers; Robert Haith, Fred Hill, and Len Thompson, pitchers. Hill and Faith posted 3-2 marks last season and Coach Doub is expecting bigger things from them this season, Thomp son didn’t figure in any de cisions last year, but had some valuable “saves” as a re- Kails, the Bulldogs will per form on the home court March 3 when they host the first round of the NAIA District 6 playoff for a berth in the NAIA finals in Kansas City, Mo,, March 10-15. S. C. State meets Tuskegee in the final game of the season for both teams Saturday night in Alabama, BLOCKS PATH - New York: With outstretched arms, Adolfo Porrato (12) of Nev.- ■ X'-y-e «itv hlo.-v the path of Austin Carr (34) of Notre Dame du:-ng (he -\a.n at uare Garden here February 20. \ - -i O-i ■ ■ wot' 9? Sd, t( f Pt A&T Adds Livingstone, St. Aug. To Victories BY RICHARD E. MOORE OR 2 ENS BORO-Nort h Ca rc lina A&T downed Livingstone and St, Augustine’s to complete regular season play wit! ?. 17-2 record, the best skein for the Aggies prior to CIAA Tourna ment time in 11 years. By winning their final two games, the Aggies assured themselves of a good seeding in ti.e conference tourney wr-.u-: gets underway here February -27. A&T trounced Livingstone, 92-60, two nights after whip ping St. Augustine's, 100-69. Both wins followed on the 1, -el.- of the Aggies’ 96-83 loss to league-leading Elizabeth Cit\ State. A 3-4-point performance 1 \ senior forward Charles Or a i helped A&T down the Be.; ~ Greer hit on 17 of 34 shots from tire floor, his best shooting effort of the season. With Greer popping av.r. from his favorite spot in ?! e corner, and beefy Vernon Walker and Elmer Austin dominating the hoards, 'he Aggies really had salted the game away five minutes after halftime. A&T set a torrid pace at the beginning of the game, racing to a 12-1 load at 15:24. The Aggies bpjm- -a .yjifiiF-iigi s. , J , N•. -‘ijfiEjZr * ..... »0 jKMBkjSBSi WAKE FOREST BEATS STA TE-Winston- S:ilem.- Evervboriy _■;<•?.» inU> the icl reaching for the ball as <’ .rolina Male’s Doug Tilley (50) defend- , tins' Wake Forest’s Charles Davis (12; it, in.- • iter of the action. In on the play for V, Forest are Dan Ackley (23) and Rob l;heads (30). Wake Forest defeated North < uroiina State 52-49 Feb ruary 20. (UPi). Haywood Thinks He Can Play Pro Sail Now, Sot Wants. Education NEW YORK - College sopho more Spencer Haywood, the out standing player on the U. s. Olympic basketball team, thinks he could play in the pro ranks right now, but says he pre fers to finish his education at liefer. Coach Doub has aur.ounr. d that every position on the c!u! is open and expects some of the first year men to break ttie starting lineup. “We have a very good looking crop of newcomers and we welcome their addition,” he said. “They have some very strong arms and we nope to develop some hitting power,” he added. led 37-30 at halftime, A&T beat the Bears in shooting, i pei' cent to 44 per cent and in rebounding, 59-36. Wali ■ i making a deter ■ii.mod hid for the conference’s i abounding title, pulled down 23 rebound.- against the Bears. He was followed by Austine with 15 grabs. Gree: was also the Aggies’ star in the victory over St. 6 sharps sliooter pumped in 25 points tn.i t>' '. United 16 rebounds. \ustin, also a native of Greens t; :o, l icked in 23 points and 11 rebounds. A&T no vd out to a 40-22 ; i ! late in the first half and -•, but Aggies el.--. t:.eii defense and raced to victory. "We i; oved the ha!! well i. the first half,” said A&T coach Cal I. .in. “We rebound ed, we lit the free man and 'i did a lot of tilings right. We still don’t have that kil ler instinct.” resides competing in the CIAA Tournament, the Aggies arc also making a bid for berth in the forthcoming NAIA Dis trict 26 playoffs, to be staged the first week in March in Winston-Salem. Detroit University. In an article in the current issue of Look Magazine, Hay wood says he would emulate Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics and Elgin Baylor of the I.os Angles Takers. “On defense, I would !>e a blocking center like Russell, while on iffenselwouldtry to be drn Ing forward like Baylor my f vor its player,” says Spencer, Some of Spencer’s confidence t ait he could make it in pro bail iv.w comes from his ex perience playing weekend sum league games where tie more than held his own with such pros a: Eddie Miles and m ; ‘ *7' ’ > \ ' StvC -o' . , v >./-if /" TREVINO WINS $20,000 - Tucson, Arizona - Lee Trevino, El Paso, Texas, using body English after hitting the ball on the 16th, sinking a 8 foot putt. He won the 1969 Tucson Open, winning $20,000. (TJPI). -..rtf 7?* 1 ill mjjjt ; laliTMi®?*3bk- WSm tor* lLJr*Ttt»ii —jsvjk.-. JmS MISSES IN JUMP ATTEMPT - New York: Watched by several hundred fans who moved from iheir seats to the floor to watch him jump, Ed Caruthers, ot the Pacific Coast Club, misses in his attempt to set an American indoor record of 7 feet, 3 1/2 inches in the high jump during Ist U. S. Olympic Invitational meet here February 21. Caruthers won the high jump with a leap of 7 feel, 2 inches to earn the silver trophy as the meet’s outstanding performer. (UPI). Merrick-Moore Wins CP AC Title BY EARL MASON BURLINGTON - Durham’s Merrick-Moore Tigers won the 13th annual Central Piedmont Athletic Conference tournament held here at Jordan-Sellars High School February 13-15. Merrick-Moore defeated Jordan debars, 82-78, in the finals of the three-day dribble derby. Booker T. Washington of Reidsville claimed third place In the tournament by turn ing back Little River of Dur ham In the consolation contest, 77-67. The Tigers, behind a 36- polnt performance by Harold McCrokle, held off several de- Mi Mr m VLgpT'j§7 t 1 BtfflMM (IBP?' Jr?::* ' mmm jf y ATHLETIC DIRECTOR NAM ED-Johnson C. Smith Univer sity President Lionel H. New som has announced the appoint ment of head football coach Eddie C. McGlrt to the posi tion of Athletic Director and Head of the Department of Health and Physical Education. Sonny Dove of the Detroit Pis tons, In term of basketball, the 6’B" center concedes he “doesn't really like the college game that much. But he doesn't want to worry about what happens “if there’s an accident *and I can’t piay pro ball.” Through basketball, Spencer has discovered education. He wants a bachelor degree in j radio-TV, pro basketball for five or six years and then a career as a disc jockey, an nouncer or program director. “I’m really at the point where I need challenging courses. I get enough Phys. Ed, playing ball," says Spencer, who at one time was unable to get past freshmen entrance courses at the University of Tennessee. termlned rallies by Jordan- Sellars. The homestanders held a slim one point lead at 74-73 with 2:20 left in the game be fore Merrick-Moore scored seven straight points to take a 80-74 lead with, a minute left in the contest. Jordan-Sellars reached the finals by defeating Horton of Pittsboro in the first round, 76-59, and holding off a rally by Little River to survive with a 69-62 semi-final victory. Booker T. Washington won the other first round game at the expense of Person County of Roxboro, 95-45, but dropped a 89-70 decision to Merrick- Moore in the semi-finals. Merrick-Moore won the re gular season crown with a per fect 8-0 slate and Little River finished second with a 4-3 mark. By virtue of their one-two finish in the regular season race, Merrick-Moore and Llttie EARL “THE PEARL” SHOOTS -(Bullets- Suns) - Detroit: Baltimore’s Earl Monroe (10) gets a one-handed shot off as Suns’ Dick Van- Arsdale (5) tries to block during the first half of the Phoenix-Baltimore NBA game at Detroit February 20. Baltimore won, 124-121. (UPI). River received first round byes. McCorkle, who netted 40 points in the victory over Booker T. Washington, was named the tourney’s most val uable player. The 6-5 1/2 senior led the balloting for the al!-tournament team which al- j so included Jerome Brown and Kenneth Hinton of Merrick- Moore, James Graves and Dar nell Warren of Jordan-Sellars, Melvin Mangum of Little River, Robert Neal and Donald Crisp of Brooker T. Washington, Ber nard Dickens of Person County and Larry Alston of Horton, Bobby Johnson, coach at Merrick-Moore, was named the coach of the year in the CPAC. Merrick-Moore won the team sportsmanship award and Jor dan-Sellars claimed tire Dave Maynard Sportsmanship Award which goes to the school ex emplifying the most school spirit.
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