APRIIa 1968
THE NEWS ARGUS
PAGE FIVE
ENGLISH DECLINES OLYMPIC BID
William English has accom
plished one of the highest hon
ors in basketball this year. He
was chosen by the Olympic Com
mittee to participate in the try
outs for the summer Olympic
basketball team.
Although English feels that
this opportunity only comes
once in a lifetime, he declined
the bid. His main reason for de
clining was to support the boy
cott of the Summer Olympics.
When asked how he felt about
this once in a lifetime opportuni
ty he said: “I never dreamed
anything like this would ever
happen to me. Last year, when
Monroe got this same honor, I
never even thought this oppor
tunity could come my way.”
Among his accomplishments
this year was the breaking of
the school and state scoring rec
ord by hitting 77 points against
Fayetteville State. His fabulous
hook shots and his tremendous
rebounding ability were impor
tant factors in his record break
ing performance.
Scoring 77 points had nothing
to do with his getting the invi
tation from the committee, how
ever. He received it a week be
fore this event took place. He
explained that even if he had
made the team, his only reason
for playing would have been to
test the competition.
English feels that next year’s
team will be much better be
cause most of the recruits look
ed very good. The team’s attack
should be better balanced also.
—Remus Gunn
Net Season Opens
The Winston-Salem State Col
lege tennis team opened another
campaign April 1 when they
journeyed to Norfolk, Va. to
face Norfolk State College.
This year will mark the first
time the Rams have played a
full schedule of ClAA opponents
and participated in the post-sea
son tournament. Last year the
Ram netters finished with a 3-3
record. Lost from last year’s
team are Edward Davis, Leon
Bigby, Coleman Freeman, and
Edward Charleston. The only re
turning letterman is Reginald
Isley, a sophomore from Gra
ham, N. C. Hopefuls for this sea
son are John Michaels from Lex
ington, N. C., William English
from Salem, Va., John Young
from Elizabethtown, N. C.,
George Packenham and Donald
Mebane from Graham, N. C. Mr.
Hugh Smith, tennis coach, says
this is a young team and there is
a bright outlook for the future.
The schedule includes:
April
l_Norfolk State Away
2—Hampton Institute Away
6—Fayetteville State .. Away
12—N."c. College Away
19—Fayetteville State .. Home
20—Livingston College .. Home
22—Howard Univ Away
23—Morgan State Away
27—Livingston Away
May
3—N. C. College Home
4—St. Augustine Home
17—St. Augustine Away
—Reginald Isley
Intramural
Program Ends
The intramural basketball pro
gram has just concluded another
enthusiastic season. Aside from
the game itself, many interest
ing intervals were highlighted
this past season.
The students who came to
the games showed a great
amount of enthusiasm. The par
ticipating teams and individual
players exemplified the best
sportsmanship possible.
The purpose of the program is
threefold: To promote physical
fitness of those students who do
not participate in intercollegiate
athletics; to help athletes keep
physically fit during their re
spective off-seasons; to aid in
the work of the President’s
Council for Physical Fitness.
There were six teams entered
in the program: Costra Nostra,
76’ers, Hotshots, Phi Beta Lamb
da Society, Regulars, and the
Celtics.
The Round Robin Tournament
was decided by two teams: the
Hotshots and the Regulars. The
Hotshots captured the tourna
ment. Members of the victorious
Hotshots are: Lawrence Izzard,
Reginal Isley, Lacy Gunn, Au:
trey Reynolds, Melvin McNair,
Bobby Brandon, and William
Harris. They were coached by
Richard Covington.
The tournament trophies were
awarded to members of the
championship team.
It i£ hoped that by next sea
son more young men will take
an active part in this program.
—Robert Brown
Coach Gaines In Hall Of Fame
On March 15, Coach Gaines
was inducted into the basketball
Hall of Fame by the National
Athletic Intercollegiate Associa
tion for his worthy contribu
tions and devotion to the game.
Coach Gaines has been at Win
ston-Salem State College since
1945, serving in all capacities of
the physical education depart
ment. Under 'his leadership in
basketball over the years, his
teams have won 427 and lost
only 153 games. In addition he
has guided the Rams to six
CIAA tournament champion-
ships, four regular season titles,
a Chicago Invitational Champ
ionship, two Georgia Invitation
al Titles, and four NAIA district
tournaments. As you can tell
from the records. Coach Gaines
is long over due for this honor.
Last year he was named
NCAA college division Coach of
the Year. He has been named
to this honor four times in the
CIAA.
Coach Gaines attended Morgan
State College in Baltimore, Md.
While attending college, he had
no intentions of coaching at all,
he said. At Morgan he was a
chemistry major and had inten
tions of going either to medical
or dental school. After gradua-
MR. GAINES
tion, he did not have the finan
ces to attend, so he decided to
come to Winston-Salem and
work for a year.
Upon coming to Winston-Sa
lem State, he served as an assis
tant to Coach Brutus Wilson in
all sports. When Wilson left, he
became head coach of all sports.
In 1948 he became Athletic Di
rector and decided to give up all
other sports and concentrate on
basketball.
During his early years of
teaching here, basketball was
second rate in the CIAA. John
McClendon, former coach of
North Carolina College, and
Coach Gaines soon began to pave
the way to bring this sport to be
number one position.
An embarrassing defeat by
North Carolina ended Coach
Gaines’ practice of picking his
cagers from the general run of
students and turned him into a
recruiting coach. He recruited
his first player, Horace Hill in
1949 and won the CIAA champ
ionship, visitation and tourna
ment, four years later. He has
recruited such players as Millard
Harris, Jack DeFares, James Ses-
soms, Wilfred John, Cleo Hill,
Louis Parker, George Foree, Ted
Blunt, Ted Ratchford, Earl Mon
roe and William English.
Coach Gaines is active in the
community in sports, religious
circles and in a variety of civic
groups.
He is married to the former
Miss Clara Berry. They have a
daughter, Lisa, and a son, Clar
ence, Jr.
—Thomas Andrews
SPORTS SHORTS
Our man, Earl “The Pearl”
Monroe, formerly a Winston-Sa
lem State College All-American
was named “Rookie of the Year”
by leading sports w'riters and
sports magazines. Along with
our man. Wilt “The Stilt”- Cham
berlain was chosen NBA playei
of the year. Earl has proven that
he can be nothing but th(
“Pearl” with his superior ball-
handling and fantastic shooting
ability.
* ♦ *
The Rams were eliminated in
the first round of the CIAA Bas
ketball Tournament by the
North Carolina A&T Aggies,
80-77. The Aggies then advanced
to the finals, but only to lose to
the Norfolk State Spartans, 134
132 in three overtimes (tourna
ment record). Wait until next
year, Norfolk and A&T. Inci
dentally, Norfolk lost to Ash
land, Kentucky, 61-50, in the
NCAA College Division Champ
ionship.
* * *
Is anyone aware that our
school is the proud possessor of
one of the best hurdlers in the
eastern part of the United
States? His name is Leon Cole
man. He probably appears to be
an average person to many, but
on the track he has utter disre
spect of every man in his way.
♦ * *
Three “super stars” led UCLA
to the NCAA basketball champ
ionship at Los Angeles, Calif.
They are “Big” Lew Alcindor,
Mike Warren, and Lucius Allen.
They bombed Houston, 101-69, in
the semi-finals. The next night
in the finals, the Bruins humili
ated UNC, 78-55. These three
“stars” were also selected to the
All-Tournament team, with an
other star, the “Big E” Elvin
Hayes. UNC’s Larry Miller was
selected as the fifth man.
♦ ♦ *
The Olympic boycott is still
being pushed by Dr. Harry Ed
wards of San Jose State.
—Thomas Andrews
* ♦ *
The National Basketball
Assn.’s (NBA) and the American
Basketball Assn.’s (AMA) di
vision playoff finals were post
poned in mourning the Rev. Dr
Martin Luther King, Jr’s mur
der. The Philadelphia 76ers and
the Boston Celtics and the San
Francisco Warriors and the Los
Angeles Lakers also canceled
their games in mourning Dr.
King’s death.
Ram Nine
Wins Scrimmage
The Rams defeated Reynolds
High and the Winston-Salem
Pond Giants, 7-2, and 16-3 respec
tively in pre-season action.
The Reynolds game only went
3 innings. The Rams looked very
good at the plate. They collected
a total of 9 hits. The fielding has
improved tremendously. Pitcher
Johnny Morrisson went the
route against the Demons. Only
one of the Reynold’s runs was
earned. McKoy and Hall led the
Rams in hitting with 2 each.
Against the Pond Giants, as
one can tell, the Rams had a
field day. Foster Epps, a rookie,
showed promise in the hitting
department, by smacking a
home run with one man on base.
By racking up three double
plays, the defense showed that
it is likely that the Rams will
be ranked in the C.I.A.A. this
year. Harold Dunovant and
Dwight Markins were the pitch
ers for the Rams. Dunovant al
lowed the Giants only 3 hits. He
pitched four innings. Markins
pitched the last inning, allowing
only one hit.
The pitching department
seems to have more depth than
it has had in the past. Over all,
if these two games have any sig
nificance at all, the Rams are
well on their way to having
their best season ever.
—Thomas Andrews
Rams Look Good
With the 1968 baseball season
just around the corner the Rams
hope to reverse last year’s 5
win 12 loss record. This year’s
team seems to have the best po
tential of any in the past. They
have a little more experience
and more depth in their corner.
This is just the third season the
Rams have participated in base
ball. So as one can see, there is
only one way for them to go,
and that is up.
The other day I happened to
run into Coach Wallace and I
posed the usual question to him:
How does the future of the 1968
Ram team look to you? He had
this to say, “Oiu- team is pro
gressing along just fine. I am
looking forward to a better sea
son than last year, and with re
turning veterans such as Velinza
McKoy, Alfred Hall, Lawrence
Izzard, Harold Dunovant, and
Robbin Kirkland, we should
have a very strong nucleus for
great potential as a high rank
ing contender for this year.”
To support Coach Wallace’s
first statement, as far as being
a ranking contender in CIAA,
he has some very good first year
men on the team. In the past
this was one of the departments
that hurt the team.
Coach Wallace had a word to
say about his new ball players:
“Some of the new prospects that
will help provide depth and
punch are Foster Epps, Melvin
“Buzzy” McNair, Bobby Bran
don, Johnny Morrison, and Jim
my Harvey.”
These “new” players along
with the veterans are expected
to provide a fine well-balanced
attack that should produce a
solid CIAA contender, a condi
tion that has eluded our school
for the past two seasons in this
field of sports.
—Chevene Bailey
SPRING SPORTS CALENDAR
April
1
Baseball
Norfolk
Result and Site
Rained out
2
2
Baseball
Tennis
Hampton
Hampton
Lost 0-5
20
Track
Dog\vood Relays
Knoxville, Tenn.
22
Golf
Morgan-Howard
At Baltimore, Aid.
27
Baseball
Glassboro
Fayetteville
Winston-Salem, N.
c.
28
.Baseball
A&T
Winston-Salem, N.
c.
30
Tennis
Fayetteville
Winston-Salem, N.
c.
May
3
Tennis
N C C
Winston-Salem, N.
c.
3
Track
W T V D Relays
Durham, N. C.
4
Baseball
Saint Augustine
Raleigh, N. C.
4
Golf
J C Smith
Charlotte, N. C.
4
Track
W T V D Relays
Durham, N. C.
6
Baseball
Fayetteville
Fayetteville, N. C.
6-7
Golf
CIAA Tournament
Baltimore, Md.
8
Baseball
A & T
Greensboro, N. C.
10
Track
CIAA
Petersburg, Va.
11
Track
CIAA
Petersburg, Va.
11
Baseball
Saint Augustine
Raleigh, N. C.
OUT-DOOR TRACK
ROSTER
Name
Ht.
AVt.
Chiss
Hometown
Davis, Glenn
5-10
133
Fr.
Newark, N. J.
Devbrow, Eugene
5-11
165
Fr.
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Faxio, Philip
6-2
185
Sr.
Washington, D. C.
Fewell, James
5-9%
149
Fr.
Chester, Pa.
Ford, Anthony
5-6
130
Soph.
Durham, N. C.
Hawkins, Wiley
5-10
150
Soph.
Newark, N. J.
Shaw, Robert
6-%
203
Jr.
Wilson, N. C.
Thomas, Cedric
6-0
157
Soph.
White Plains, N. Y.
Vandiver, Clarence
5-5
141%
Fr.
Newark, N. J.
Winston, Frederick
6-1
165
Fr.
Chicago, 111.
TENNIS ROSTER
Name
Ht.
Wt.
Class
Hometown
English, William
6-5
230
Jr.
Salem, Va.
Isley, Reginald
6-0
145
Soph.
Graham, N. C.
Mebane, Donald
5-8%
170
Fr.
Graham, N. C.
Michael, John
6-3
175
Soph.
Lexington, N. C.
Packenham, George
5-11
159
Fr.
Graham, N. C.
Young, John
5-11
155
Fr.
Elizabethtown, N. C.
GOLF
ROSTER
Name
Ht.
wt.
Class
Hometo^TO
Dunovant, Leonard
5-11
148
Fr.
Montclair, N, J.
Funches, Ralph
6-0
175
Soph.
Winston-Salem
Jones, Hobart
6-3
190
Soph.
Winston-Salem
Kimbrough, Leslie
5-11
169
Soph.
Winston-Salem
Lathan, John
6-7
215
Soph.
Charlotte, N. C.
Morrison, Marvin
6-0
175
Fr.
Winston-Salem
Watkins, Johnny
6-3
195
Sr.
Badin, N. C.
Watkins, Michael
5-11
160
Fr.
Badin, N. C.