WILMINGTON JOURNAL
RALEIGH. N. C.. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 28. 1988
10
Shaw, A&T Tied For Ist Place In CIAA Cage Contest
WINSTON-SALEM RAMS TO HOST 6-TEAM HOLIDAY FES
**' o. * * •
. . » i
! . -£
3-Day Event Will Draw Many
Gagers From Tno Gi ouucs
WINSTON-SALEM lt wiU b*
trumament time Monday. Tuesday
and Wednesday,. Dec. 20, 30. 31 and
January 1 at Winston-Salem Stata
College
Six teaat from three states
srfll compete in the Holiday.
Festival basketball tourney at
tbe Whitaker Gymnasium.
Host team will be the Win
ston-Salem Rams, winners of
tbe Georgia Invitational Tour
nament and defending visita
tion champions of the Central
Intercollegiate Athletic Associa
tion.
Coach of the Rams la the color
ful C. E. (Bighouse) Gaines. The
Rams are 7-1 for the season. They
will be seeded first.
Second seeded squad will be the
AAT Aggies of Greensboro, coached
by Cal Irvin, the Aggies are un- !
defeated in three games this sea
son They are favorites to win In
the CIAA
These two teams will draw first
round byes A double header will
hr played Monday night starting
at 7 o’clock. Triple headers will be
played Tuesday and Wednesday
nights, with first gam# tipoffs at
6:15 p.m.
Tile Johnson C. Smith Gol
den Bulls of Charlotte, will
meet tbe Kentucky State Thor
oughbreds, es Frankfort, Ky,
and the North Carolina College
Eagles will battle LeMoyne Col
lege of Memphis, Tenn. Mon
_ - -*!.
I m ■■■■
&- IV <* ?JJ
& s"* *. j'
B ’ v » / : .
■I B I
§™B3h ]
R
iBF W '&s■ t ’'lliiiip
It .I R
Br lAgnR
I BB| B b JH
AGGIE SCORE Wiley Brig** (30). star forward with the A&T
College Africa, buckets a one-hand Jump shot over the guard of Hen
*7 Wlßarna (45), forward for Fayette rile State College. In a basket
ball game, played last week In Greensboro. The Aggies won 104-80.
Potoed for the rebound which never came were: Jim Jackson (40),
left. ART, and James Winters .*3). of State, both forwards.
Holiday Basketball
Extravaganza
FEATURING 6—BIG TEAMS—6
NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE
JOHNSON C. SMITH UNIV.
A&T COLLEGE
KENTUCKY STATE
LEMOYNECOLLEGE
(JPACKSON. TEYN)
WINSTON-SALEM STATE
AT
Teachers College Gym
WINSTON-SALEM
3-DAYS Dec. 30; Dec. 31; 70# «’•
■ L 8:30 P.M.
Admission $2.00 Students $1.50
With ID CARDS
i __
day. . ,
Smith n tha tallest team in the
CIAA. Stoney MclWorris Is 6-10.
James Htnnant at 6-8 and Charles
Turner at 6-6 form a stalwart front
line for the Golden Bears Smith
Is 4-1 for the season
Kentucky State Is coached by
the fabulous Johnny McClendon,
who achieved great records at NCC
and Tennessee State. The .Thoro
breds are a typical McClendon
quintet, fast moving and accurate
shooting Kentucky State is 5-1 this
year
NCC has a 8-1 record, but Is
rated the meat Improved teem
In the CIAA. The Eagle* have
lost to three teams that have
combined records of 16-2 for the i
4 NCC Gridders Make
AII-CIAA Selections
DURHAM—Die North Carolina
College Eagles, gridiron champions
of the Central Intercollegiate Athle
tic Association for 1963, placed four
team members on the ALL-CIAtA
selections for 1963-two on th* first
tram, one on the second, and one >
the third team.
‘Named to the first team from
NCC were Robert Currlngton,
<.
season. All five starters are av
eraging In doable figures.
LeMoyne » rated one of the top
teams In Its section of the country.
It is a high scoring quintet with
a 4-2 record.
On New Year’s Eve Winston-Sa
lem State will meet the winner of
the NCC-LeMoyne game, and AAT
will play the winner of the Ken
tucky State-Johnson C. Smith con
test in the semifinal*. Tha two ftrat
night losers will play In the third
game.
The semifinal winner! will face
each other for the Championship on
New Year's Day. The losers will
play the previously eliminated
teams In tha other two games.
| halfback, and William Hayes,
center. Both are native*
Durham. Hayes Is ✓fl-l,
205-lb. junior, whlljr Currlng
ton is a 6-1, 195-pound senior.
Carrington recently signed a pro
fessional football contract with the
the Buffalo Bills of the American
Football League and was the eighth
draft choice of the Pittsburgh Steel
ers of the National Football League.
Samuel Durant, a 6-1, 225-pound
guard from Rocky Mount, N. "C.,
whs named to the second ALL-CI
AA team. William Giles, a 195-
pound, 8-1 end from Lackey, Va.,
was chosen on the third team of
the squad.'
Shaw Bears
Edge VSC
95-94
PETERSBURG. Va. Benny Jo
Byera' basket with only a few sec
onds left gave the Shaw Beara a
95-94 victory over Virginia State
here Thursday night.
The victory kept Shaw atop Cen
tral Intercollegiate Athletic Asso
ciation, standings with a 8-0 reccffd.
The Bears' overall mark tht» tea
son is 7-1.
Byers’ shot broke a 93-93 tie. Va
State hit a free throw with 13 sec
ond* left, but the second effort on
a one-and-one situation missed and
Shaw came down with the rebound
and the victory.
Byers had 29 points. Jim Snow
26. and Ira Mitchell 21 for Shaw.
The win nullified a 42-point per
formance by Ernest Broch of Vir
ginia State.
Shaw's next game will be Jan
uary 6 against Livingstone, at Ra» *i
leigh.
PLAY FAIR!
UpR i iBI^B
mgM ! BB^BB
MUSIC DlßECTOßS—Directors of students musical groups
pose with trophies following the recant North Carolina College
competitive Christmas singing, participated in by the college's va
| nous women's d rmitory and off-campus groups. From left: Miss
es Elizabeth Smith, director of the McLean Dormitory group:
Doris Greene, director of the New Residence Hall group: and ' Ella
Tyson, who directed the Annie Day Shepard Dormitory chorus,
winner of the yearns competition j
el
WESTMORELAND IS "ROOKIE OF THE YEAR- Richard
“Dick’ Westmoreland, right, former halfback with the AAT Aggies,
and now defensive back with the San Diego Chargers in the American
Football League, waa last week cited as Charger “Rookie of the Year”
by the Charger-Backers, a San Diego fan elub. Sid GUbnan. head
coach and general manager, presents to Westmoreland the rookie
trophy and a second in commendation as the outstanding defensive
player.
Break 2-Game Losing Streak:
Falcons 111 To 85
DURHAM—The North Carolina
Eagles reached the century mark
for the first time this season by de
feating the St. Augustine's College
Palcons 111-85 in McDougald gymna
sium Tuesday night.
The win over the Falcons broke
the Eagles' two game losing streak
and left them with a 2-2 league
mark and a 4-2 overall record.
St. Augustine's College put
two points on the scoreboard
after 40 seconds had elapsed In
the first half. At 18:46, however,
NCC sophomore forward Ted
Manning made a layup to knot
the score at two-all. From this
point on. the Eagles never
trailed again.
Basketeers At N. C. College
Need More Big Men: Brown
DURHAM—If the North Carolina
'College basketeers don't move along
al the expected pace this year, it
won't be because of a lack of re
serve power. Head Coach Floyd H.
Brown has plenty of reserve po
wer to spare. If he needs anything,
it's big men. --
NCC* defense hold tho visitors
scoreless for four straight minutes
while dropping in 17 points in the
four minute span far. a 17-8 run
away lead. With 9:30 remaining in
the first halt NCC led 29-9. And
with 5:30 showing on the clock, the
Eagle* were ahead 39-19. NCC went
to th* dressing roam with a 00-31
lead. -
Co-captain of th* NCC squad.
Jo* Parker, led both teams In
scoring with 38 points. He was fol
lowed by teammates Ted Manning
with 35 and Leon Grant with 20
points.
Jack Wedley was the high man
for the visitors with 28 points, fol
lowed by Thomas New bold with 14
and George Ratliff with 13.
Last year, 4-7 center John
-Pete” Jones collaborated with
8-7 freshman Leon Grant to
give the NCC eager* two of the
beat big men on the Inside In
the league. This season, how
ever, could tell a different
story. Coach Brown has Grant
but Is minus Jones, who gra
duated last June.
Grant is the tallest man on the
squad this year, making the NCC
basketeers concentrate heavily on
point-making and strenuous ball
control.
The remaining 1963-64 schedule
for the NCC Eagles:
HOME GAMES
CIAA STANDINGS
A
DECEMBER 18 4888
SHAW UNIVERSITY 4 0 BTM 4 1
MARYLAND STATE 2 0 8848 4 1
• WINSTON-SALEM 8 0 80.00 8 I
A * T. COUTOE 2 0 80.00 2 8
MORGAN STATE ..-1 0 80.00 2 1
JOHNSON C. SMITH UNIV 4 19.00 4 1
NORFILK STATE 2 18.75 f 1
NORFOLK BTATE 8 18.75 2 i
DELAWARE STATE 2 I- 18.75 5 1
HOWARD UNIVERSITY . . . 3 1 18.87 8 I
SECOND DIVISION
ELIZABETH CITY.STATE 8 2 14.00 f 2
NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE ... 1 8 1848 2 8
HAMPTON INSTITUTE 1 8 1340 1* 2
FAYETTEVILLE STATE 1 8 1340 1 2
SAINT AUGUSTINE’S COLLEGE .1 3 13.50 1 8
VIRGINIA UNION 0 2 10.00 0 8
LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE 0 8 10.00 X 8
VIRGINIA STATE 0 4 10.00 0 8
SAINT PAULS COLLEGE . . . 0 2 10.00 8 8
• Ineliglbl fur loop eha npienship and CIAA Tearnameni play.
T. R. Leaser la Btatlsttclal.
CIAA TIDBITS
BY PESKY B. IJtAEBB
Johnson C Smith University’s
Golden Bulls set ■ blistering scor
ing pace in their first five games.
The “Queen City” sharpshooters
played basketball string music to
the stunning tune of 518 points for
an average of 103.6 per outing.
If this is an tmtlrstisn of
things to come frost the GoMen
Bulls, then the Johnson G
Smith five wiU have to ho
i, ranked open the top tssilewdsra
for the IK3-64 e*empienshtps
(visitation and tonrnament).
The league has seen some high
scoring games this season. Among
them is the game between Johnson
C. Smith and Shaw University, won
by the Bears 134-131 With all the
emphasis on offense in the CIAA
Holiday Tourney:
Marauder*
Set Sights
On Crown
Mm tough Quincy, Holiday
moot tar the first time, the Ma
rauders at Central State are bstag
forced to put ibeir unbeaten record
o< 7-0 on th* lino against the na
tion's top small ooUago by MALA
rating, Pan American. Lad hr 6-6
All-America Ludous Jackson, the
Texas team hi the pre-tournament
favorite to eop ell honors, making
tha task for Central Stata doubly
rufged.
In tbs same bracket with Central
Stats end Pan American la Duluth
and host Quincy. LUcs Central
Stats, Duluth Is a newcomer to the
tournament, but Quincy finished aa
consolation winner last year. Pan
American already holds • decisive
win ever Tennessee AAI this sea
son. and is rated sth nationally in
the poll of amsll llegas. Quincy
ha* hosted the torn.lament for ten
years, but ha* never won the title.
GLOBAL
PORTRAITS
BY LOU LATOUR
May the blessings at Divine Gui
dance be your* this Yuletlde Sea
son and throughout 1964, as "Glo
bal Portraits" continues to salute
those whose contributions In your
opinion will encourage others to
give of their services, and their
precious time towards helping oth
ers to help themselves and, or, help
ing to make the world a better
place In which to live.
‘Global Portraits’ gives He es
tates this week te tta rseders
around the world, te Hi press
comrades who make It passible
for the readers to enjoy the col
umn and rarely to those who
take time to send hifannstlra
about outstanding peraetialHiee
worthy es being known the •
world over.
Another worthy person to whom
‘Global Portraits" salute goes to
day is Dr. Wayman R. 7. Grant
Sr., principal of Booker T. Wash
ington Junior High. School in Mo
bile, Ala, who has been cited so
many times It’s Impossible to list
all here. But for your efaserration
we list a fewt
, .Xk
Jan. 11—Va. Union University;
Feb.—Winston-Salem State Col
lege; Feb. 8-Morgan State College;
Feb. 8-AAT College; Feb. 11-J. C.
Smith University; Feb. 15-Hampton
Institute; and Feb. 33-Shaw Uni
versity.
GAMES AWAY
Dec. 80-31-Holiday Tournament
Winston-Salem; Jan. S-Virglnla
Union University; Jan. 4-Hampton
Institute; Jan. 6-Morgan State Col
lege; Jan. 13-St. Augustine's Col
lege; Jan. 18-A&T College; Feb. 3-
Virginia State College; and Feb. 18-
Fayetteville State College.
Feb. 27. 28, 29—CIAA Tourna
ment, Greensboro.
this ososnr. tans who appreciate
“slow down” and win hooka than
will long cherish the game played
between Hampton Institute and
A&T College. One hundred and five
points were scored tat the contest.
won by ‘he Aggies 58-47.
Mary.and State’s Eddie Williams
recorded 45 points against Hotstra
College for the season's individual
high. Williams fat his point total
on 16 field goals sad IS free throws.
Against outside opposition. CIAA
members have chalked up quite an
impressive 1863 cage record. In M
non -confemce games, league mem
bers have Jointed total at 14 victo
ries and four defeats.
BUY ROM CABOUNIAN
ADVERTISKBS
local Sports Circles Fee!
Miaw Has Champ Squad
v
-A Champtnnshtp Teaml" That’s
what tbs students on tha campus
of Shaw University are saying, and
it locks like the accomplishment
may sene true. The Shaw Basra,
whs are 6-6 In tha CIAA conference
and T-l over all, are striving for
tha CIAA title. Shaw is currently
tied for first place with-AAT Col
lage, Orssnsboro, fat conference
The Bear teem 1* so well-round
ed that Coach William Spann can
take out any one of the starting
five and put in a substitute that Is
Just as effective.
Tha haner tar high seerer
has been shared by two es the
starting five. Benny Jo Byers
gamee; XI points against Living
atone College, and 3S prints a
gainet Johnson C. Smith. Ira
MiteheD has had claim to the*,
■caring leadership twice; 27
petnta against Virginia State,
and 86 points against Elisabeth
CHy State College.
In the other games the scoring
has been divided evenly among the
top five.
Jl i Jpjl •.<
: - g/jt
HHkV :> i. .'a
i^bl
BB
v; : 4pgHK
NCC CO-CAPTAINS Joe Parker and Clarence Stewar
an this year’s leaders of the North Carolina College basketbak
Eagles. Parker, All-CIA A in 1962-63. is a senior from Aulandar.
Stewart, a senior also, hails from Wilmingon.
KENTUCKY '■
GENTLEMAN
tmJCKY STRAIGHT
OURBON WHISKEY
86 PROOF ■BARTONDISTILUNG COMPANY
A big factor for the success at
the Beers has been strong rebound
ing Jim Snow, a junior, who has
been averaging 20 rebounds a game.
Lee Monroe has sparked the teem
on several occasions. He Is tha
type es player who is there when
you need him for a clutch Play.
Kermit West captain of the Bears
has come into his own this year. He
is second In rebounding and la av
eraging 16 rebounds a game. His
scoring average Is 14 points per
contest.
The Shaw beach b fall at
talent; Benny Lake, a sopho
more/ Is a good ball handler
and an excellent shooter from
26 to 25 feet ont. Right behind
him you'll find Bobby Height a
good dribbler who can freeee
the ball with a good dribbling
exhibition. Norman Joyner ta
. another talented rebounding as
set and Coach Spann has used
him considerably. Ernest Perk
in* and Richard Moore, who ta
6-7, are showing signs of im
proving snd probably will be
used when the Bears go on tho
road.