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THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1966
Maryland State College Wins CIAA Track Championship
Hillside Grabs State Tennis And Track Titles
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J"*"" ■*/ By EARL MASON
Times Sports Editor
SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE
DONE FOR NCHSAC BASE
BALL CLASSIFICATION
High school baseball teams
in the NCHSAC ended its regu
lar season last week and now
await the starting of the play
offs leading to state champion
ship. Some teams are on pins
and needles waiting to hear
the playoff schedule from the
commissioner's office.
Plans now call for the top
four teams in the eastern part
of North Carolina and the top
four teams in the western part
of North Carolina to engage iji
a playoff and the two winners
meeting for the state cham
pionship. Ho l *' well is this cur
rent plan?
It proposes some problems
and prove to disadvantage
somewhat. The only rule set
up by the conference now re
quires schools to play 12 game?
to be eligible for the playoffs.
Who these 12 games are against
are out of the commissioner's
hands
Consequently, with the "open
conference" in baseball, teams
play 12 games and that is it
The caliber of these 12 teams
never be measured until
the*«teams reach the playoffs.
For eaxmple .teams within 25
or 30 mile radius refuse to play
other teams within this same
distance. Maybe because one is
trying to look for the easier
teams to compete against.
Something needs to be
done. If the schools are not go
ing to be classified as in foot
ball and basketball, then some
authority should be placed in
charge of scheduling games.
Rules should be set up where
by schools in certain districts
AGGIES WIN FROM
WINSTON-SALEM RAMS
BY SCORE 12-S
GREENSBORO The A. and
T. College Aggies last week
downed the Winston-S a 1 e m
State College Rams, 12-8, in a
CIAA baseball game played
here at Memorial Stadium.
Overcoming a 3-1 first inning
deficit, A. and T. pushed ahead
5-4 in the third and iced the
game with a five-run outburst
in the seventh frame.
Leading batsman was Llyod
Lightfoot, for the Aggies who
collected 3 hits in four times
at bat, drilling in four runs.
The winning pitcher was John
Quick.
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other. In basketball, teams are j
required to play district repre- j
sentatives. The same is true in |
football. But unless, some rules j
are set up in the baseball, then
teams could go on forever play- j
ing mediocre teams and ad- j
vancing to the state playoff j
finals.
IS BILL RUSSELL THE FIRST
NEGRO MAJOR LEAGUE
COACH? '
When Bil lßussell was named j
as coach of the Boston Celtics j
recently, publicity to the effect i
that Russell was the first Ne- |
gro coach of a major profes
sional team. But this point is j
debateable. John McLendon was j
head basketball coach of the 1
Cleveland Pipers in the Ameri
can Basketball League. The
Pipers won the Eastern Divi
sion championship in 1962. The
American Basketball League
was considered a major team
hut due to the fact that the
league had such a short opera
ion due to financial troubles,
people fail to recognize the cir
cuit as major
McLendon, former basketball
coach at North Carolina College
here, is now head basketball •
coach at Kentucky State Col- [
lege. His list of 'first" is too |
long to mention including the
naming of the first Negro eoach
in the American Basketball |
League. He is the only coach !
to win a basketball champion- !
ship in every area, high school, :
college, university, industrial
league, amateur, athletic union,
professional and international.
EAST CAROLINA COLLEGE
TO GET TWO NEGROES?
Word has been circulated
that East Carolina College has }
signed two Negro athletes to I
grant in aid scholarships. 1
Though ECC officials fail to re I
veal the name of the football
player. Earl Thompson, sharp- |
shooting basketball player from j
Greenville's Eppes High is the |
other athlete ECC has recruit- j
ed. Many people in North Car- j
olina remember Thompson for
his shooting ability at Eppes. I
A southpaw shooter, Thompson j
was named tb the All-State j
team in 1965 However, he was |
unable to enter college this |
year because of his college j
board score. He is enrolled as
a freshman at Sue Bennett Jun
ior College in Kentucky where
he averaged 25 points per game
last season. He is now ready to
enter ECC in September
Virginia. A 6-1, 204-pound end,
he is a top flight grid prospect.
Clay Says
He'll Win
By Knockout
(XJNDON AP 1 - World
ivytfeight champion Cassius
iv claims he will knock out
nry Cooper in their May 21
title 'fight at London's Arsenal
Soccer Stadium.
"I will knock Cooper cold with
a good, clean punch," he told
newsmen Monday.
Clay stopped Cooper with cut
eyes in the fifth round of their
previous London fight in 1963.
Asked if he planned to cut up
Cooper again. Clay retorted:
"I do not deliberately cut peo
ple. Cooper is too nice a man for
me even to think of such a
thing."
Clay put in six devastating
rounds with sparring partner
Jimmy Ellis at his White City
Stadium gym Monday.
List on To Fight
German On June 9
LAS VEGAS. Nev. (API-Son
ny Liston, former heavyweight
boxing champion, says he has
scheduled his first fight since
Cassius Clay knocked him out
a year agd in Lewiston, Maine.
Listoh'S new trainer, Paul
Kurlylias of Las Vegas, says
Liston will meet Gerhardt
Zech, Germany s heavyweight
champion, on June 9 in Copen
hagen. Theffight has been con
firmed by cable from Europe.
.NFL to Extend
Its Goal Posts
WASHLNGTON (AP) - The
National Football League dis
cussed a central scouting sys
tem and voted to extend the
goal posts 20 feet above the
cross bar Monday in the open
ing session of its spring meet
ing.
Although the main business of
this session will be to hear rep
resentatives of seven cities
make a presentation in a bid for
the 16th franchise in 1967, Com
missioner Pete Rozelle again
said no final decision would be
made here.
Little River Third
In State Track Meet
WINSTON-SALEM - Raleigh
Mnrehead High and Dunbar of
Lexington each with 23 points,
finished in a deadlock here Sat
urday in the North Carolina High
School Athletic Conference
Group II track meet.
Burlington's Jordan Sellars
was second with 22 points.
Little River of Durham was
third with 20 points.
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Sprinter Placed
2nd in 220-Yd.
PETERSBURG. Ya .Mary-'
land State sot strong perform
ances in the distance race* to
win the CIAA Track and Field
championships held here last
Friday and Saturday. Mary
land State collected 40 points
to finish ahead of Morgan State
which had 37 A and T. was
third with 33 points.
Benedict Cayenne won the
mile and two mile runs and
finished second in the 880 while
Carver King was first in the
880 and second in the mile and
two mile runs. This duo ae
counted for 24 points for the
Ha 1 * ks.
North Carolina College, de
fending champion, had only
seven points, far out of con
tention for team honors. Edwin
Roberts, the Eagles ace sprint
er, failed to finish the 100-yard
and placed second in the 220.
Roberts, defending champion in
both events, was replaced in
the dashes by Morgan's Ray
Pollard.
To make matters worse,
NCC's 440 relay team finished
first in the event but was dis
qualified for a bad baton pass.
The disqualification gave Mor
gan the win.
Other double winners in the
meet were A. and T.'s Elvin
Bethea and Bob Beamon. Be
thea won the discus and shot
put and Beamon won the long
jump and the triple jump.
Leon Coleman of Winston-Sal
em '.von the 440 and 120 hur
dies. ,L
Three records were set in
the meet. Bethea's oss of 60'
2 12" in the shot put. A. and
T's Steve Dixon's heave of 212
feet in the javelin and Harold
Robinson's 13' 9" in the pole
valut were new standards.
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CIAA TENNIS CHAMP —Joe
Williams won hit fourth CIAA
singles championship at Hamp
ton last Friday. The Durham
senior tennis ace teamed with
Gilbert Bigsby to win the num
ber one doubles titles. The
Eagles, coached by James
Younge had to settle for a sec
ond place in team points for
the third consecutive year.
Hampton won the team trophy
with 36 points as compared
with 33 for NCC. The Eagles
have finished second in both
visitation and tournament play
for the last two years bemind
the Old Dominion state netters.
WIN 400 atudonts honored on |
th • college's 17th annual
Awards Day program, Friday.
From loft aro Billy Shropshire,
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TED MANNING
NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE'S TED
MANNING DRAFTED BY DETROIT
NEW YORK As expected, i
Cazzie Russell was chosen as J
the first player- in annual NBA j
draft held here last Wednes-1
day. Russell, a three time Ail-
American at Michigan, was
picked by the New York Knicks ;
who won the flip of the coin i
for first choice over Detroit.
Detroit selected Dave Bing,
Clyde Lee was chosen by San
Francisco, St. Louis grabbed
Lou Hudson, former standout
at Dudley High in Greensboro;
Baltimore took Jack Marin of
15th Annual NTA Tourney
Attracting Top Ranking Players
WINSTON-SALEM—The 15th
annual National Interscholastic
Tennis Tournament of the
American Tennis Association
is attracting some of the best
high school players in the coun
try Dr. R. Walter Johnson,
chairman of the event and re
cently named member of the
USLTA Committee for Girls'
14 and 12 Championships, states
he is confident this will be a
highly successful tournament.
James Hall, coach of the
Dunbar High Sch-00l team of
Lufkin. Texas, is entering his
group fresh from winning the
Texas State championships for
boys' and girls' singles. Bonnie
Logan and J. D. Lewis, who won
the North Carolina District and
State Championships recently,
are also entering the tourney.
Bonnie, of Durham, Is the
ATA's national women's singles
champions. Other North Caro-
moat outstanding player; Frad
Baldwin, moat valuable player:
Charloa Brown, most outstand
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j Duke; Cincinnati acquired Walt
j Wesley; Los Angeles, Jerry
j Chambers; Boston got Jim Bar
| nett; Philadelphia drafted Matt
Guakas, Jr. and Dave Schell
hase went to Chicago.
North Carolina College's Ted
| Manning was drafted in the
seventh round by Detroit. Steve
Vacendak of Duke was picked
fourth by San Francisco and
Bob Leonard of Wake Forest
was grabbed in the fifth round
by Los Angles.
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Una players entering are Henry
Berry of Sampson High in Clin
ton and Garland Barr of Booker
T. Washington High in Rocky
Mount.
From the Midwest Robert
Binns, with his two-handed
backhand shades of Segura, will
put in his claim. Dr. Johnson
considers Binns one of the hot
test prospects on the ATA jun
ior circuit. Eastern hopes, espe
cillay around Baltimore, are
being placed in Ann Roger, for
merly ATA girls' 14 champ, and
Sandra Pennington. Ann, 15,
and Sandra, 14, have received
professional help from the
well-known Baltimore pro, Mau
rice Schwartzman, and are ex
pected to be pleasant surprises.
Other players will be entered
from Washington, Philadelphia,
New York, Lynchburg, and oth
er places.
ing iinaman; Robort Ferguson,
co-captain; and Jamoa Do-Vono,
bast sportsman.
Hornet Tennis Team Gets Superb
Performance from Bonnie Logan
Winning state championships
in track and tennis is no
strange thing at Hillside but
winning the double honors this
season for the two spring
sport teams came by somewhat
a surprise. Hillside won the
state track and field champion
ships at High Point with 27
points while the tennis team
was claiming similar honors in
Charlotte with 18 points.
Coach Russell Blunt's thin
clads regained the .state title
after coming close for the last
years. The Hornets cindermen
won the state championships
for 12 consecutive years before
losing by close margins for the
last two years. Two seasons
ago, York Road succeeded Hill
side as the track champ and
last year, Williston won state
laurels when Hillside was dis
qualified in the mile relay.
The tennis team got superb
performance from Bonnie Lo
gan to win its first state title
since 1961. Coach Carl Easter
ling's netters won several state
titles prior to this time. Ligon
was second in the match with
15 points. The Little Blues
edged Hillside, 32-31 for the
Eastern District honors two
weeks ago at Rocky Mount.
The track title was not de-
NCC Footballer
Inks Contract
With Rockets
Sammy Durant, a senior at
North Carolina College, has
signed a contract with the
Charleston Rockets Profession
al Football Club of Charleston.
West Va. of the newly formed
Continental League.
A graduate of Booker T.
Washington High School in
Rocky Mount, Durant played
center, guard, and linebacker
for the NCC Eagles. At 21 years
of age, he is a six-foot, 225
pounder.
He is the third Eagle to sign
a professional contract this
year. The other two were Rob
ert Ferguson of Durham, who
joined the Miami Dolphins, and
Bobby Asmond of Columbia, S.
C., who inked an agreement
with the San Diego Chargers.
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eided until the last event ol f
the evening as has been the
case for the past two years
With the mile relay coming
up, the score was 23-22 with
Hillside trailing West Char
lottc. However, West Charlotte
did not have a team in the
mile relay and at least a third
place finish for the Hornets
would give the Bull City run
ners the state crown.
The baton exchanging crew
of Tony Ford, Harvey Hinton
Tippy Dark and Gus Thompson
went all out to win the event
The quartet had the lead aftet
the first leg, but a gallant ef
fort by William Penn on the
second exchange found Hillside
behind. The third runner for
William Penn slipped and fell
on the track enabling Hillside
to regain the lead. Thompson,
who finished just a fraction ol
seconds behind Robert Jenkins
in the 880 run, crossed the line
first to give Hillside the state
honor. The time for the four
some was 3:36.4.
Ford, rated by many to win
both the hurdle events, got off
to a bad start in the 120 high
hurdles and had to settle for a
fourth place. But he stepped
the low rurdles to a 21.3 first
place finish. Thomas Coving
ton was the only other first
place finisher for Hillside when
he won the discus with a toss
of 131' 3"
Miss Logan, undefeated in
scholastic play this year, won
the girls' singles, teamed with
Catherine Wright to win the
girls' doubles and was part
ners %vith Curtis Brown in
winning the mixed doubles
championship. J D. Lewis of
Ligon won the boys' singles and
Harry Berry and Victor Frvar
of Clinton were boys' doubles
champions.
Bonnie won 6-0, 6-0 over G
Caldwell, Elvita Archie and
Gwendolyn West before win
ning over Conita Archie in the
finals by default. Conita Archie
and her sister, Elvita -were
forced to leave the meet due to
death in the family. This team
of Archie sisters was to play
Logan and Wright in the finals
of the girls' doubles.
Logai. and Brown defeated
teammates, Wright and Michael
Ruffin in the mixed doubles
finals 6-2, 6-3. Ruffin lost to
James Ewers in the boys' sing
les semifinals.