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NCCU Quarterback Stone
Worked Hard
North Carolina Central Uni
versity quarterback Garvin
Stone has been working hard
this summer on football fun
damentals, distance work,
isometrics, and other strength
work.
"I haven't trained as hard
as I have this summer in the
three years I've been here,"
Stone said. He has been in
spired to work hard by Coach
George Quiett, described by
Stone as "almost a fanatic
on physical conditioning," but
there has been another factor
involved.
Stone finished his sopho
more and junior seasons as
the number two quarterback
in the conference, but instead
of getting credit for that he
seems to feel he was suspected
of working less than he should.'
"Most people have no idea
how hard we train under
Coach Qliiett," Stone said.
Last year Stone completed
50 of 119 passes for 638
yards and six touchdowns.
That was quite a performance
for the quarterback of a team
whose top rushers ended up
second and third in the con
ference.
Coach Quiett expects more
out of his Fayetteville field
generel this year. "It isn't con
ceivable that he will play on
four very wet fields again in
1972 as was the case this
past season."
A&T Tackle Ste
Plays For Guys
GREENSBORO, N. C. - At
20, Steve Jackson has a few
years to blossom into an out
standing defensive tackle on
North Carolina A&T State Uni
versity's football team
Since head coach Hornsby
Howell signed a small number
of freshmen to help replenish
the ranks of 14 departed let
termen, Jackson and others
like him, who have been put
ting more stress on the side
line's grass instead of the
Aggie's opponents, will soon
have a chance to shed the
splinters born to reserve action.
Reared and educated in il
mington, Delaware, Jackson,
better known as "Wild Man
Steve," was an all-conference
and all-state selection as defen
sive tackle in high school. Now
entering his junior season, the
history major believes he got to
A&T because one of the Aggie's
assistant coaches and recruiters,
Mel Groomes, approached him
on one of his better days.
"The pictures of Delaware's
all-state players came out in
the paper that day," he re
called humorously, "my class
mates gave me a birthday party
in the cafeteria, and Coach
Groomes told me that I could
play baseball too," a sport
the 6-3, 225-pounder loves.
After graduating at 17, he
wanted to work a year or two,
but one of the chief decision
makers in Steve's life, his
mother, advised him to accept
offers from A&T, Syracuse,
Tc«as Christian, the University
of Delaware or around five
others.
His other conscience, and
almost as strong, was the "guys
on the corner."
"One big reason I'm here
now is the guys on the corner,"
Steve said recently. There are
great athletes on the corner of
STONE
Stone, one of four team
captains this season and last,
is quick to say that he isn't
the only player who has been
working hard. He's seen most
of his teammates working out
too. "Any accomplishment we
might make this fall, we're
going to deserve ail of it. I
know I really punished my
self."
Stone is proud of his team
mates. "Every veteran on the
team (there are 34) has de
finite professional potential."
The Fayetteville native's
eyes are set on a career in
the Canadian Football League.
"Usually, if you get picked to
go to Canada, y~u get to
play. I want to play quarter
back, and prove 1 can handle a
professional team as a quar
terback."
Stone, who is 6-1 and
weighs 182 pounds, se&r-his
size as a problem, but he can
conquer. "I'm going to try to
play around 190. I've been
avoiding a lot of liquids,
eating more solid foods, and
doing a lot of strength work."
The quarterback refuses to
predict the season's outcome.
"I'm not going to prognosti
cate. We are a real seasoned
ball club, and the only thing
I'm worrying about is that
well get too complacent.
We'll just take the games one
by one."
3rd and Clayton in Wilmington,
some better than myself, who
told me to go to school.
"They used to beat me up
to make me tough like them,
but they wouldn't let me get
in any trouble."
Doing for people who do
for him, Steve said "when I
play football I really play for
them, those guys from the
rough part of town. They sort
of made me their "Great Black
Hope."
This summer Steve worked
with young people accustom d
to life much like he lived in
Wilmington. A recreation aid
for A&T's NCAA Community
Sports Program, Steve instruct
ed boys 15-16 in personal hy
giene and also found himself
encouraging them to stay in
school.
"It seems that every boy
wants to be a professional ath
lete," he analyzed.
Then suddenly changing the
subject to his philosophy on
life, Steve said, "they call me
wild but I just want to be free.
Birds and animals uncaged are
called wild so I guess wild is
free."
A starting first baseman on
Coach Groomes' highly success
ful baseball team last spring,
the "Wild Man," now that sev
eral linemen from last season
are out trying to make pro
teams or adjusting to the free
dom to choose other occupa
tions, will have an ample op
portunity to liberate his ath
letic abilities for the Aggies
this fall, or maybe more ap
propriately, for the "guys on
the corner."
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FSU To P lay Nine
FAYETTEVILLE - Fay
etteville State University will
play nine opponents for the
1972 football season, accord
ing to a schedule released
today by FSU's Director of
Athletics, Dr. William M.
BelL
The FSU Broncos open the
season at home September 9
when they host Federal City
College. The grid season will
be highlighted by the Annual
Homecoming game which is
set for October 28 when the
Broncos entertain arch-foe
Elizabeth City State Univer
sity.
Last year, the Broncos,
coached by Raymond A. Mc-
Dougal, had an overall 5-4
mark while they were 3-3 in
the CIAA conference.
Central Opens
Season Against
Winston-Salem
The North Carolina Central
University Eagles will open
their football season on Sep
tember 9 against Winston-
Salem State University. The
Winston-Salem game, to ! be
played at 8 p.m. in Durham
County stadium, gives the
Eagles a ten-game season.
The eleventh game allowed
must be kept open in the
event the Eagles win the Mid
Eastern Athletic Conference,
championship. The champions
in the MEAC will play the
leader in the Southwestern
Athletic Conference (SWAC)
for the last game of the sea
son.
The non-conference game
against Winston-Salem should
be a popular one. Winston-
Salem won the Southern divi
sion championship of the
Central Intercollegiate Athte
tic Association last year. The
Eagles were frequently con
tenders in the CIAA race until
the MEAC was formed last
year.
NCCU Athletic Director
James W. Younge said the
added game is expected to
yield substantial revenue for
the Eagles.
Morgan's Earl
Banks Has
Winning Formula
BALTIMORE, Md. - After
an engaging conversation with
the ebullient Earl Banks, you
leave each time with more res
pect for the man than you had
the time before.
All you have to do is talk to
the man, and you immediately
realize why he is such a success
ful football coach and why
under his direction Morgan
State College has amassed an
amazing football record in his
twelve seasons at the helm.
Still, you have to wonder
how he does it! For it is a
wonder Banks or any of his
assistants ever find time to
coach. Banks, himself, teaches
in the classroom four days a
week, and helps his assistants
water the practice field, types
stencils, and answers the con
stant-ringing office telephone.
Before practice and games, they
not only tape players, but also
issue equipment.
However, the former Uni
versity of lowa All-Big 10 and
Ail-American guard and his
staff have found time to mold
the winningest team in college
division football over the last
10 seasons. Banks' Morgan
Bears boast an .839 won-lost
percentage to runnerup Central
of lowa's .809 for the years
1962-71.
When Banks inherited the
head coaching reins at Morgan
State in 1960, he took over a
1-6-1 team—only the second
loser in Eddie Hurt's historic
31-year coaching career at the
Northeast Baltimore, Md.
school.
McDougal, beginning his
third season at the Brohco
helm, will blow the opening
practice whistle on August
17 when he will welcome
some 14 lettermen, veterans,
and a host of freshmen and
new faces.
Among the leading letter
men returning are Larry
Walker, a Richmond, Virginia
senior offensive guard; Frank
Bohannon, W-S, N. C. senior
defensive back; Clarence
Pointe, junior wide-receiver
from Jacksonville; Norwell
Dance, senior Richmond, Va.
wide-receiver, and sophomore
quarterback Marion Wigfall of
Jacksonville.
"We will be depending on
these and other veterans to
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FSU TRI-CAPTAINS - The
1972 edition of the Broncos
will be led by Frank Bohan
tion, defensive halfback from
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
(left), Howard Alston, offen
sive halfback from Yonkers,
New York (center), and Larry
Morgan Tops In Mid last
And Virginia State In CIAA
Anyway you 1 look at it
Morgan, N.C.A.&T, South Caro
lina State, Virginia State stacks
up as the Eastern Seaboard
Football powers in *72. The
Bears of Morgan, if the Bears
don't stumble in the first two
games of the season is the
hands down pick. Tennessee
State and Grambling will pro
vide a strong test for the Bears.
A & T or South Carolina State
could be the Kingpins with
North Carolina Central as the
Dark Horse in the Mid-East
Conference.- Defending CIAA
Champs Elizabeth City State
through graduation looses, fin
ancial problems and probation
status of some athletics will be
hard pressed to break even.
Virginia State, Winston-Salem,
Norfolk State and Johnson C.
Smith should be in the. thick of
the race in the CIAA with
Virginia Union as the Dark
Horse. To rate them the
Coaches of the Eastern Sea
board has come up with this
order.
I. Morgan State
11. Virginia State
111. N.C. A& T
IV. South Carolina State
V. North Caroliaa Central
VI. Johnson C. Smith
VII. Winston Salem State
VIII. Virginia Union
IX. Norfolk State
X. Maryland State
After the first three you can
take your pick, and in the
Bottom Group Howard, Fay
etteville State, Elizabeth Cith
State and Shaw should have no
problem supporting the top
ten.
OUTSTANDING PLAYERS
AND THEIR TEAMS:
QUARTERBACKS: Joe
provide the leadership and
experience for our club this
year," said the Bronco Boss.
"We lost some 27 players last
year through graduation and
academic deficiencies and we
will definitely be a young ball
club," McDougal continued.
"However, with the core of
experience we have returning
this season we are likely to
have a very good year," Mc-
Dougal concluded.
Two major vacancies in the
Bronco camp will have to be
filled this year. Gone are All-
NCAA and NAIA punting
titlist, Kenneth Gamble and
defensive end, Belenda Gay.
Gamble was drafted by the
New York Jets and Gay, the
Oakland Raiders.
Walker, offensive guard, Rich
mond, Virginia. The Fayette
ville State University grid sea
son opens at home against
Federal City College Septemb
er 9, for the beginning of a
nine-game slate.
Window, Virginia State; Mc-
Daniel Anderson, Norfolk
State; Londell McClary, Wins
ton-Salem State; Luther Carter,
J. C. Smith University; Paul
Mc.Kibbons, A & T State Uni
versity; Garvin Stone, North
Carolina Central; Benjamin
Samuel, S. C. Sttite College.
RUNNING BACKS: Bruce
Duke, J. C. Smith University;
Gregory Brewer, Virginia State;
Oneal Pullic, Elizabeth City
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tablishing himself as a very
handy person in the boxing
ring, former heavyweight
champion Muhammed Ali' has,
over the years, established him-'
self as a very gifted conver
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Grambling vs Morgan, Haves And Have Nots?
The up-coming battle be
tween G rambling College and
Morgan Stale College shapes up
as a confhjiitrli' n between the
"Laves" and the ''have-nots/'
Grambling, the pride of Black
college football, shapes up as
the '"haves", naturally.
The two schools will clash
in the Second Annual Whitney
M. Young, Jr., Memorial Foot
ball Classic at New York's
Yankee Stadium on Saturday,
September 9th, with the pro
ceeds benefiting the New York
Urban League s Street Academy
Program and other Urban
League projects.
Grambling College, the globe
trotters of football, will again
play a coast-to-coast schedule
with stops in New York, Los
Angeles, Chicago, Virginia, Ten
nessee, Houston and a special
trip to Honolulu to play the
University of Hawaii. Morgan
State, except for the trip to
New York and a re-match with
Rutgers University in New
Brunswick, New Jersey, will
have to be content with hop
ping around the MEAC con
ference in quest of a repeat
championship.
On display for the benefit
of pro scouts will be Gramb
ling's quarterback Matthew
Reed. At 6'5 and 225 lbs. he
is an impressive figure, plus he
can throw the football. Over
on the Morgan State campus
Btjuntay, Aug. 12, 1972 THE CAB PUMA T—f~
{ his conversation as jabs pin
| point his boxing performances.
At the moment, the boxing
star rests while trading words
with newsmen at a press con
ference in Washington July
24th. Purpose of the meeting
was to announce that his next
they are scratching their heads j
trying to guess who will be
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ring appearance would be in
Baltimore, Md., on August
24th. He is scheduled to fight
ing two five-round exhibitions
for the benefit of the National
Medical Association's Sickle
Cell Anemia Research Pro
gram.
calling signals for the team this
year.
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