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-THE CAROLINA TIMES SAT., FEBRUARY 28. 1067 | 6B j I IB jDlf jl^Hfl ■ SIGN FOR TITLE BOUT—New York Heavyweight Cham pion Cassius Clay (left) shakes hands with Zora Folley after they signed contract February «R\ " ■ WE LOVE YOU EARL— vtiss Gloria Tyson (left) of Rocky Mount, ''Miss Rr.m" and Miss Roberta Henry of Marion, " Miss Brown Hall" show Earl Monroe how they feel about his efforts to return the Ram-Aggie Tro Draft Board ... Leaves Clay Silent HOUSTON. TPV 1 World vjvyv. v!au Cx'-iuc Clay returned to Houston Mon day. happy to be home for the firsl lime." bul silent about the announcement that a Texas Selective Service appeal board has refused his plea for classi fication as a Muslim minister. The announcement was made in Frankfort, Ky.. by the director of thai state's Selec tive Service as Clay was aboard a jet en route from Chicago to Houston, the city he adopted last month as his hometown. "I don't know 100 much doout what's going on." Clay said, adding that all quer Hons about the matter would h? handled bv his New York rilv lawyer. Hayden Coying- Inn. ftay checked into a hotel and awailerl Ihe arrival of friends who have been apartment hunl ing for him. "They've been recommending one and fixing it up," but I don't know where it is." he said. After be it -settled in the apartment. Clay said, he will start looking for a house. day said be would begin working out today at Houston's Muslim mosque on the city'* near East Side, and preaching there in Friday and Sunday service*. I "I have to start working out for Folley," he said. "11l also be all over the city working with boys and meeting the people," he said. -.TP. o; 15th for a title bout. Clay will defend his world crown against Folley at Madison Square Gar den here March 22nd. Folley, a professional fighter for 14 ■phy to the campus of Winston- Salem State College. This tro phy is traditionally awarded to the winner of the home con test between the W-S State Rams and the N. C, A. and T. Aggies. "I'm hom? now." Clay said I in Home NOW I.JI me ursi time." Chicago Courl Fines Clay For Speeding CHICAGO - - An attor ney for boxing champion Cassi us Clay paid a speeding fine of sl2 and costs for his client in Traffic Court Monday. Clay did not appear in court. He was en route to Houston. Clay was ticketed on Chicago's South Side Nov. 26 for driving 42 miles an hour in a 30 m.p.h. zone. Attorney Sanford Kahn pro duced a driver's license issued to Clay in 1965. A charge of failure to produce a driver's license when the arrest was made was dropped. Marines Nudge Asheville, 72-70 ASHEVILLE - I - Jim Myers sank two foul shots with one second showing on the clock to give the Quantlco Marine* a 72- 70 win over Asheville-BOtmoca College here Monday night Myers' shots came after the Marines had come from behind to tie the game with two minutes to go. A-B's Buy Batael led both sides in scoring with X points. years, will be getting his first chance at the title. It will be Clay's seventh title defense in a .little more than a year. Eagles Upset J. C. Smith University Bulls North Carolina College's Ea gles proved again Saturday night that conference standings mean little when rivals meet. The Durham cagers avenged their earlier 24-point loss to the Golden Bulls of first divi sion Johnson C. Smith Univer sity with a 78-73 victory in the CIAA battle here in R L Mc- Gymnasium NCC's Eagles now have a 7- 14 overall record for the sea son, with victories in their last 2 games They face Shaw Uni versity on Saturday, February 25, in their final tilt of the seasor Lfle Davis, with 25 points, and Joe Pridgen, with 20, led the Eagles to the win Satur lav night. Byron Kirkley and Paris Lenon scored 10 points t each for NCC. Five of the Golden Bulls scrrfJ "i the double figures. Regir,: and Wilton Enoch lan.c Mike Turner came off the bench ar>d scored 16, Jackie Wilson nc'fd 13. and Cody King scored 10. The Bulls led for the first four minutes and 15 seconds, after scoring a fast four points before the first Eagle tally. The Eagles never again fell behind during the game. With 1:30 left in the first half, the Eagles found them selves in a tie ball game and rallied to dump in three fast . iCiu . i mane th . oCOre j 38 to 32. A field goal by Smith ' Rulls' Wikori made the score 38-34 with 20 seconds remain ing. Lee Davis dunked one for for a six-point half-time lead for NCC. The Golden Bulls came with in two points twice during the second half but found that they had sparked an Eagle rally which gave NCC a ten point lead with 8:45 left. NCC led the rest of the way, holding on to at least four points in excess of the Bulls' tallies. Indoor 440 Mark Fall to Lewis Ex-Southern U. Runner Covers Distance in 47.1 Theron Lewis, one of the world's best quartermilers. lowered the world indoor mark for the 440- yard dash by knocking two-tenths of a sccoiwf off the old standard when he w m the Albuquerque In vitational in 47.1. The former Southern University star, running unattached from Ba ton Rouge, La., led all the way in liea ting a strong field In the same meet, Texas South •rn's Jim Hine* tied tho indoor record for the W-y?rd dzs'i by covering the distance in S? sec ond.* WASHINGTON - Hank Allen, .iS-ycar-okl brother of Philadelphia rtillliwi third b:>»*man Hohi«- Al len, hah signed a I*7 contract with thfcjysshingtcn Senators. w Shaw Bears Win One, Lose One in Past Week's Gaines RALEIGH The Shaw Uni versity Bears soundly, defeat- High School Cage Playoff Sites Named ROCKY MOUNT—The Com missioner's Office released this week the sites of the 1967 Bas ketball Playoffs for the North Carolina High School Athletic Conference and stated that some changes had been made this year in the manner of con ducting the playoffs. The State Finals are scheduled later this year than in previous years because of the dates of the CIAA Tournament and the ACC Tournament in Greensboro. All Finals will again be held in the Dudley High School Gym nasium in Greensboro. How ever, the first and second rounds of the 2A and A will be held in the St. Augustine's Gtym in Raleigh, beginning March 14th and running thru March 15th. The Finalists in these two Divisions then will move to Greensboro for the championships. The 4A and 3A Finals will be held in Greensboro along with the 2A and A Finals on March 1618 Tornaument sites are as follows, starting March 9th and running thru Mafeh 11th. WESTERN DIVISION 2A—Newbold HigK School Lin colnton 3A and A—Logan High School, Concord 3A and 4A Dudley High School, Greensboro EASTERN DIVISION 2A—Kingville High School, Al bemarle A, 3A, 4A Hillside High School, Durham 2A—Frederick Douglas High School Elm City 4A—Central High School, Nash- ville 2A—Garner Consolidated High School, Garner 3 A and 4A—E. E. Smith High School, Fayette ville A—Carver High School, Laurel Hill 2A Artesia High School, Hallsboro 2A — South Lumbeitos High School, Lumberton 2A Sampson High School, Clinton 2A—Jones High School, Tren ton 3A Central High School Gatesville March 14th and 15th—State Finals in A and 2A first and Seconl rounds—St. Augustine's Gymnasium, Raleigh. March 18th—Finals in A and 2A Dudley High School, Greensboro Marcr 16-18—State Finals In 3A and 4A—Dudley High Schl., Greensboro. m soM mk w W COLES William Coles High Scorer At Gretna Hi GRETNA, Va.—William Lind bergh Coles, in his senior year at Northside High School, is the leading scorer in the Wes tern District, Virginia Inter scholastie Association and the ctate of Virginia. Coles, a 6-foot, 170 pound guard, has started every game for Northside and in 17 games has a per game average of 29.7. He has amassed a total of 906 points in the 17 games with a game high of 4#-points against Addison High of Roanoke on Janaury 13, 1967. The flashy sharpshooter has made 187 field goals, 132 free throws, while being guilty of fooling only 46 times. An about average student, the 18-year old Coles 1s con sidered by his coach as one of the finest all-around basketball "'avers ever produced at North i de High School Ed the Blue Bears of Living stone College, Salisbury, here last Tuesday night, 90-72, but were the victims of defeat when they hosted the highly touted Panthers of Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia, on Thursday night Both games were played in the Spaulding Gymnasium. Livingstone held ShaWs top scorer, Norman Joyner, to only 18 points, but the shooting of four other Shaw Brulna in the double columns made the vic tory possible. Bobby Saunders, an ex-tsand out at Clayton's Cooper High School, dumped in 20 points for the host Bears, fourteen of his points coming in the first half. Saunders and Joyner combined for 11 of Shaw's final 17 points, sending the teams Into the dressing rooms at halftime with Shaw leading 45-31. Ex-Ligon High School stand out, Robert Drakeford racked up 14 points for his Bears, while Edward Hamilton got 11 and Ivan Donovan, rebound specialist, chalked up 10. Dono van also dominated the boards with 21 rebounds In the Virginia Union game, the final score at 71-all, caused a five minute overtime and the Panthers went on to defeat the Shaw Bears 82-77. Shaw grabbed an early 5-0 lead and extended the lead to 20-13, with 9:56 left in the first half. Norman Joyner was held to 21 points, six below his per game average. Panther forward Mike Davis shot ten straight points to bring his team from a 28-18 deficit with 2:24 left in the half. At halftime, the score was tied at 34-all. Davis also turned a gerat sec ond half performance as he drove up the middle for many of his shots. With 2:18 left in the game, the Rears were lead ing by the score of 68-67, when Union tied it up. NCC Trackmen Look Forward To Good Year c North Carolina College,track coach Leroy T. Walker'whose team's firs? meet on February 4 was highly satisfactory to him, looks forward to a good season fo>: the Eagle runners "We Wire very pleased with the results of the Philadelphia Inquire (Gtmes," Walker said.. His -nen placed in every event entered. "Weaknesses show-.-d up," the track mentor reported, "as they do in first meets. Our I ; 999—yard man freshman Cyril Roberts, didn't do as well as we hoped." Koberts, didn't do as well as we hoped," Roberts placed fifth in the event. "Of course," Walker said,, "you have to remember th.it this was Roberts' first indoor meet—his first time on the boards anywhere. We think he is as good as the Cornell man who won the event." The Eagles will compete on Monday and Tuesday, February 17and 18, against some of the state's best trackmen in the Big Six Championship event in Chapel Hill. Other teams in the event are the University of North Carolina,' Duke, wake Forest College, North Ca -olina State and Davidson College. Tennesse State Slates 10 Grid Games for '67 Undefeated in 10 games last season, this will be the the first year since 1959 that the big blue tgridders Will have to play 10 collegiate ball games during the regular sea son. Coach John A. Merritt played a 10—game schedule his first (1963) year at Ten nessee State but two of those games were against armed ser vices teams. "This year our traditional schedule brings three o( the strongest tea ma to Nashville,' 1 Gentry ventured in announcing the 67 grid offerings. "After opening in San Diego, our next game ia at home against North Carolina A&T, Septem ber 23. That will he followed by our toughest rivals, Gramb ling College, October 7 and Florida AMI, October 28." Lincoln, November 11 and Allen University, November 23 for Homecoming, completes the Tigers home stand. igmm ft 5. ■k ' r FOUR-TIME WINNER (Miami, Fla.)—Lee Elder of Washing ton, D. C., displays the form he used to win the North-South rT ■ A II I JL M t 1 A I RAMS AGGIES ill 'l^h rvrffT THE RAM-AGGIE TROPHY is returned to Winston-Salem St. College. Miss Gloria Tyson, "•Miss Ram," Earl Monroe and Lee Elder Wins North-South Golf Tournament MIAMI, Florida—Lee Elder of Washington, D. C. won the North-South Golf Tournament for an unprecedented fourth time when he led a field of some 300 golfers from start to finish with 69-70-67—206 total. The event, at the City of Miami Country Club was a 54- hole medal play contest loaded with suspense, drama and ex citement. Tournament spectators who followed the Elder foursome experienced all the thrills a determined golfer could pro duce. Hard pressed the entire three days, Elder, playing with Gib by Gilbert of Hollywood, Fla., George Skomsky of Highlands. N. C., and James Walker, Jr., Albany State College Hosts SEAC Basketball Tournament ALBANY, Ga.—The 18th an nual Southeastern Athletic Con ference (SEAC) Basketball Tournament gets underway here on Albany State College's campus on February 23. W. O'Neal, secretary treasurer of the seven-team athletic association said that for the first time this year the tourney will span three days, beginning at 6:00 p.m. The 7th member team, the top seeded or regular season champion, will draw k bye in the opening round and move automatically into the semi-finals the fol lowing night, Friday, Febru ary 2f Albany State College'a "run ning gunning" Rama are the current pacesetters with a 9-1 SEAC log and the favorite for the bye. Saturday, February 28. will send the tournament into the finals and consolation games, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Friday night's semi-finals in Sanfoni Gymnasium willjriso tip-off at 7{oo p.m. This year's tourney figures to be the biggest and best of "11 with the league flooring iany outstanding individual , Golf Tornamuent for an unpre cedented fourth time during the Feb. 8-12 event at the City Steven Smith, co-captains of I the Rams and Miss Roberta Henry, Miss Brown Hall, pose \ with the Ram-Aggie Trophy l of Los Angeles, held a slim one-stroke lead over Skomsky and Gilbert after 18 holes. Walker was two strokes back, but three others—J. D. San derson of Pasadena, Calif., Paul Desjardins of Miami and a top amateur, Jim Jewell of South Bend, Ind.—equaled El ders two - under - par 69. The four were tied for the lead. At the end of the following day's round, Elder's one-under par 70 for a 36-hole 139 total netted him no more than a tie with Gilbert and amateur Jew ell. On the final day, this trio supplied the large gallery with all the mental uncertainty one expects to find in an Earle Stanley Gardner thriller. stars, among them Albany State's "give 'an go" six of Mel and Wilbert Jones, Bob Prit chett, Jimmy Reams, Joe Poi tier and Mack Daughtry: Savan nah State's Lee Maulls; Claf lin's Si Dickerson and Ron Pe ters; and Edward Waters' Mel vyn Coleman and Osborne Longsworth. Bob Rainey's Rams are pre tourney favorites, but dark horse choices are Edward Wa ters, Savannah State and Claf lin College. The first requirement of a law enforcement officer is that h« always obeys the law. Capi. Bills Seafood ' M fTMC FINEST FOOD FROM THE SEA rresn t t SHRIMP • {i X ' . v / || PHOWE m-tm WELLONS VILLAGE? of Miami Country Club In Miami Springs. (M-M News Bureau) which was awarded to the W-S State Rams following their de feat of the N. C, A. and T. Aggies 104-93. Gilbert and Jewell, playing with Elder, doggedly held on, forcing Elder to finish the first nine holes at three-under-par 33. Jewell finally faded but Gilbert was only two strokes back. It was a nip-and-tuck battle the last nine holes, and Gilbert caught Elder by dropping sev eral spectacular putts. Both finished with 6Ts and were forced into a sudden-death play off. On the first extra hole, Elder dropped a six-foot birdie putt for the win and SBOO in prize money. Renee Powell of East Canton, Ohio had an easy time proving the best of a small field in the women's division. 9 ,RADIO DISPATCHED ■ otivt IN savta I*2 ; 1 1 * DIAL I I ! yl 682-1566 | j I WEAVERS . I CLEANERS j ■ 1111 rAYITTUVILU V ■ . DURHAM
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