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\, Page Six THE CAMPUS ECHO Friday, March 29, 196S AThLETE ■F The NDKTh By Lestee Perry, Jr. Lionel Urgan, the Eagle’s sen sational sprinter and broad jumper, by virtue of his out standing performance at the prestigious Philadelphia Track Classic, the All Eastern Games, Big Seven Indoor Track Meet and the All Eastern Games, Big Seven Indoor Track Meet and the Triangular Track Meet—has been elected as Athlete of the Month for March. , At the Philadelphia Track Classic, Lionel and two other runners in the 50-yard dash, Monty Frazier of South Dakota State and the Army’s Art Pol lard, were timed at 5.4. This timing was good enough to earn Lionel a fifth place finish in the event. In the mile relay, it was Lion el’s speedy legs which enabled the Eagles to breeze to a 3:24.8 finish, first best in the section, and fourth best in the meet. Other teams in the Eagle’s sec tion were Fordham, Cornell, and American University. In the All-Eastern Games at the Baltimore Civic Center, Li onel got a measure of revenge by beating Villanova’s Eru Hall and Army’s Don Pollard (both of whom beat him at Philadel phia) with a 6.2 clocking in the 60-yard dash. In the mile relay, the Eagles finished second to Villanova, who set a meet record of 3:17.1. The Eagles’ clocking was 3:20.2. With Lionel running a 50 sec onds flat first leg, the Eagles led for two laps, but Villanova took the lead on a 47.8-second split and coasted in from there. In the Big Seven Indoor Track Meet, Lionel copped two individual titles and led the Eagles’ winning mile relay to enable the cindermen to finish second in the event to the Uni versity of North Carolina. Lionel won the long jump with a leap of 22 feet 10 3/4 inches, 2 1/2 inches farther than Carolina’s Gary Iverson, whose 22-8 1/4 was a personal indoor best. ixxsxvm d LIONEL URGAN In the 60-yard dash, Lionel beat out teammate Floyd Wil liams, defending Cl A A 100-yard dash champ, with a winning run of .06:2. With Lionel running the first leg in the mile relay, the Ea gles won easily over such schools as Duke, UNC, and Wake Forest, with a winning time of 3:25.8. Eagle fans witnessing the Tri angular Track Meet, (first meet held here since 1965) saw Lion el walk away with victories in the 100-yard dash with a clock ing of 9.9 and the broad jump with a leap of 22 feet, 11 3/4 inches. Lionel who hails from St. Thomas, Virgin Island, by way of New York has been selected as “Outstanding Performer”, for two years in a row (1966 and 1967) in the Furman Invitation al Track Meet. As a product of The High School of Fashion Industries and a recipient of awards for shoe manufacturing and leather trades, Lionel states that he was persuaded to come to NCC by three of NCC’s famed “Four Horsemen”; Edwin Roberts, Norman Tate, and Amos Terrell. The psychology and biology major plans to attend medical school after graduation and spe cialize in psychiatry. SCOUTS LIKE BIG LEE In February 29, the eight best basketball teams in the CIAA assembled for the twenty-fourth annual CIAA Tournament. Al fred Hitchcock could not have a more dramatic climax for one of the closest finishes in a decade. The number one seated Norfolk State College team edged A&T State University for the champ- pionship in three overtimes. Never before had there been such talent assembled in one year. There was no Earl Mon roe, but almost every team pre sented its own super-star. Scouts from both pro leagues were on hand and they commented that they had never before seen such individual talent as was present in our conference this year. Most of the scouts came to see A&T’s big Ted Campbell, last year’s most valuable player; William English, the man who scored 77 points in one game this year; “Hookshot” Grant, the most valuable player three years ago; and Mike Davis, the second leading scorer in small colleges. As the scouts left, a new name could be heard which received much praise. The name was our own, Lee Davis, who had played in only one game which the Ea gles had lost on a last second shot by Butch Niles of Virginia Union. Lee Davis was also chos en on the all tournament team, the first time such a distinction had been awarded a player on a losing team in the first days of action. Big Lee Davis had so domi nated the play in one game in which he played that his pro potential was obviously apparent to any laymen. It was the con sensus among the scouts that big Lee would easily be the first player drafted from our con ference in next month’s pro draft. Lee Davis didn’t lead the CIAA in any statistical category. Hustlers Are lAA Champions By Lestee Perry, Jr. Led by the hot shooting of Julian Martin, the Hustlers pulled out a close, hard-fought 58-54 victory over the Sharks in the Second Annual Intramu ral Athletic Association Tourna ment, held March 9 in the 6500- seat McDougald Gymnasium. The Sharks, leading the lAA in seven departments statistical ly, were favored to win the tour nament. They led the Associa tion in team offense with 349 to tal points in 6 games for a 58.1 per game average, won a game by the widest margin which was an 81-12 victory over the Invad ers. In addition to their high scoring ability, the Sharks sport the best backcourt combination in the league. With sharpshoot- ing of Terry Cole, averaging 12.8 points per game (third best in the lAA), and the superb passing ability of Walter Fun derburk, with able assistance from Pete “Hondo” Quinn, this trio forms a backcourt combi nation which would be desira ble even by Coach Brown’s standards. Up front, the “Bruis ing Front Three” of Ben “Glue Man” Bullock, averaging 12.6 points per game (4th best in the lAA). Russell “Hatchet” Price and Thomas “Stylist” Cameron would be the pride of any coach’s heart. Taking all these game win ning elements and a first-place finish into the tournament, the combination of Martin, HoUo- way, and Spruill proved too much for the Sharks who were defending IA A tournament champions. Martin, “All lAA” selection and the league scor ing champion for the second consecutive year with an av erage of 19.2 points per game, received the needed support in the form of rebounds and sheer hustle and drive from Robert Holloway and Robert Spruill to end the Sharks’ domination of the lAA. In balloting by the Intramu ral staff the following players were selected to the lAA All- Star Team: First Team: Julian Martin, Frank Bullock, Terry Cole, Ro naldo Lawson, Ricardo Samuda. Second Team: Robert Spruill, Joseph Barnes, Thomas Came ron, Ralph Ferrell, James Davis. Honorable Mention: Watson, Trotters; Funderburk, Sharks; Smith, Groove Phi Groove; Thomas, Swamp Foxes; Enoch, Kappa Alpha Psi. but he was among the top ten in scoring and reboimding. What Davis had done was simply lift the Eagles from the second divi sion to third place in one year. While leading the Eagles in scoring, rebounding, shooting percentage, minutes played and serving as the backbone of the best defense in the CIAA, Davis had dominated play on both ends of the court in almost every game he played. The scouts agreed that Lee Davis has more overall talent than any player in the confer ence. He shoots, rebounds, plays defense, runs, takes charge when needed and is seldom in foul trouble. He is a team player with strength and attitude de sirable in as a pro player. Question: We have the best player in the CIAA and the best coach, why don’t we have the best team? Maybe it’s the ath letic budget? From the expression and position of the players, one could readily conclude that quarterback Quinn (white), just fumbled a snap off off from center Martin as fullback Spruill awaits hand-off. How ever, this is just some of the action which took place in the final grame of the lAA tournament, which saw Martin and Spruills Hust lers victors in a 58-54 thriller over the defending champion Sharks. In championship game against Hustlers, All-IAA forward Frank Bullock of the Sharks, tries for a two pointer over the extended arms of the Hustlers Robert Spruill. The Hustlers won the game 58-54. -Brown Named Coach Of Year— this sport. He was a star athlete in both football and basketball here at NCC where he received his bachelor’s degree. He holds the M.A. degree from Northwestern University and the LL.B. degree from the NCC School of Law. (Continued from Page 1 ) cation Department. His scouting reports of other teams were in strumental in guiding the Eagle footballers to many victories. Brown also served as golf coach for NCC in 1965, the only year the school has fielded a team ia
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