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HOLT HOLDS OUT OHMTo
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In the continuing saga of
the controversy over the firing
and recall of North Carolina
C en t r a I basketball
coach. James Holt by Chancel
lor . Albert Whiting, the
chancellor has turned down
the coach's .counteroffer this
past Monday. As of now.
Holt has not agreed to return
to his position of two years
According to one source the
counteroffer sought an
cxtention of Holt's contract
to five years, an increase in
basketball scholarship funds,
a six per cent pay raise annual
ly., a full time assistant
coach and the title of assistant
professor - associate athletic
director.
In his rejection letter to
Holt. Whiting reiterated his
original reinstatement offer
as basketball . coach and
asssitant professor in the
Department of Physical
Education for the duration
of . Holt's original contract.
olt could not be reached
for comment concerning
the rejection of his counter
offer. It was also learned that
the school's sports informa
tion director. Chris Fisher
has sent in his letter of
resignation from his one year
old post and requested another
position. ! However. Chancellor1
Whiting said there were no
others available.
In his acknowledgement
of the letter. Whiting wrote.
"I sincerely regret this
because it has been my
opinion that the. information
dispensation aspect of our
athletic program has improved
decidedly under your
tenure. Unfortunately, there
are no vacancies in the other
areas at this time. So with
reluctance. I have no alterna
tive but to accept your
decision."
Fisher is the son of the
late theologianhistorian.
Dr. Miles Mark Fisher, author
of "Negro Slave Songs in
America."
Golf Dynasty Oh Horizon
At fayettevitte State
FAYETTEVILLE
Coach Moses Walker has rea
son to smile these days. He
virtually has a golf dynasty
on the horizon at Fayetteville
State University.
Walker's team, a member
of the CIAA conference,
went through the entire sea
son this year undefeated and
ran away with the CIAA
Golf Title for the second
straight year. The Bronco
team won nine matches.
"W said the beg
inning of the year that
we wanted to go undefeated
in the conterence. Cur
took all the matches and they
deserve great praise," said the
Raleigh born native.
Indeed, Coach Walker
has a super bunch of athletes
by Greensboro native Vincent
Reid, last year's CIAA golf
champ. Although Reid did
not win the individual honor
this year, it went to another
member of the FSU golf
he is responsible for the
splendid play of the round.
"Vincent is the team
captain and is very consist
ent. Vincent has won medal
ist honors several times this
year with his low scoring,"
said Walker, a former caddy
himself.
However. Coach Walker
knows that although Vincent
is a senior and will be leaving.
a strong freshman . named
Andre Springs, this year's
CIAA Golf Champion, is
standing in the wings ready
to take over.
Andre Springs, a
native of Charlotte, won the
"Most Outstanding Freshman
Award'lat; the school's athle
tic banquci-reeertily, while
Reid took "Most Valuable
Player honors.
This year in the CIAA
Golf Tourney plan at Winston
Lake Golf Course in Winston
Salem, the Bronco team led
all CIAA teams by 25 strokes
after the first round of the
two-day event.
The Broncos finished
the tourney with a romping
57-stroke win over J. C.
Smith, St. Augustine's,
Winston-Salem State. Living
stone and Shaw University.
St. Paul's and Virginia Union
did not participate' in the
final round.
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CLEVELAND'S JIM BREWER (52) puti up two points as
Clevtland Nat Thurmond (42) watches during Eastern Div.
playoff . Cleveland beat Boston 83-78 to give Boston a 2-1
lead in the best of seven series. Series will continue in Cleve
land on May 14. (UPI).
The Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference (ME AC) Delegate
Assembly will hold its annual
spring meeting at the Fen
wick Inn in Ocean City,
Maryland May 24, 25, & 26.
PresidentsChancellors,
Faculty Representatives and
Athletic : Directors of the
seven ; member institutions
making up the MEAC'will be
in attendance at the three-day
meeting. The first ( business
session 6f the Delegate Ass
embly will get" ; underway
Tuesday, May 25 at 9 a.m.
The coaching association
of the four required sports
in the MEAC will meet Mon
day, May 24 at 10 a.m.
Among the items to be dis-
g In 0cep Cfoy
cussed among the coaches'
associations arc possible
post season play for MEAC
football teams and new
NCAA guidelines in respect
to MEAC competition.
One of the biggest items
on the agenda for the Dele
gate Assembly is the division
al status of MEAC insti
tutions. Two years ago at its
Spring Meeting all MEAC
institutions decided to go
Division One in all sports
except football. However,
since that time NCAA
litigation has prevented two
institutions, Morgan State
University and North Caro
lina Central University, from
becoming Division One. The
MEAC Delegate Assembly
wfjl'farmulate its plan of
action .
' J Dr; J. W. Younge, In
terim Commissioner, will
make his report to the body
during the Tuesday session.
Dates for the Winter and
SpringCarnivals will be final
ized, during the sessions. The
wrestling championship is
conducted during the winter
carnival while the track title
is decided during the spring
carnivaL
? Installation of new off
icers and the appointment of
committees for the 1976-77
term will climax the duee
day meeting on Wednesday.
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gram for boxers and therefore has no facilities.
MCCU IFreshEyisEi To Try For
Zoning Team Dm Olympics
CIAA GQLF CHAMP FyettevjlleJljSL!yiniveirslty golf coech Mosei Walker congratulatas the
1976 CIAA Golf Champion Andre Springs at the CIATOtT Tournr recently ptayod-at Wlnttort
Lake Golf Course in Winston-Salem. Springs, a physical, education major, is a freshman from Char
lotte, and is a budding golf superstar. The FSU team won all honors in the CIAA this year and was
undeafted in nine matches. (FSU Photo by John B. Henderson).
Doc Young Rips Black
Athletes Hall of Fame
Vet sports columnist A. S. Doc Young rips Black Athletes
Hall of Fame for honoring many blacks "prematurely" and some
"un-deserving," but he's especially angry at the "special award"
to Howard Cossell, "for what reason I do not know....I do not see
the names of Frank A. Young, the pioneering Chicago Defender
sports editor: Sam Lacy, the Afro-American Newspapers sports
editor; the late Wendell Smith, the late John I. Johnson of Kan
sas, or any other black media greats who contributed most of
their adult lives and their falents to the cause of black sports."
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When the Olympic trials
open next month in Philadel
phia to select the United
States boxing team, a fresh
man from North- Carolina
Central University in
Durham will be there.
Richard Larkiris a native
of Jersey City, N. J., with
only six months experience
and a deva sting knock-out
punch is determined to be
among the heavyweights at
Montreal. The odds makers
wouldn't give a plugged dime
for his chances but the whole
saga of sports is replete with
rags to riches stories. For this
drama Richard, who wants to
becjome "King Richard" is
superbly casted for the role.
He is personable and
physically attractive but
behind his lithe 6-0, 220
pound frame and disarming
smile is a lethal punch that is
pure raw power, no style -just
a big punch. Larkin
hasn't had time to polish his
skills, in fact, he has had only
five fights. He won three by
knockouts, one by a decision
and lost a semi-final shot at
the Golden Gloves in Madison
Square Garden in New York
before 14,000 fans.
The bizarre story began
with a little announcement
from a cousin in the Golden
Gloves tournament th
The bizarre story began
with a little encouragement
from a cousin who tried his
hand at the fight game some
years ago. He entered Larkin
in the Golden Gloves tourna
ment and paid for his 1 2 hour
bus trips from Durham to
New York. His preparation
was mostly shadow boxing
and sparring with some of his
football teammates at NCCU.
For a punching bag he would
bang his fists against the wall
in his dormitory. His first
fight was with an enlisted
man from the Navy in the
Felt Forum. The fight had to
be stopped when Richard
broke his opponents nose.
A victory over a fighter
ffom Attica Prison Jfjtbwd for
him a bout whK onVoTthe
tournament's favorites.
Larkin admits that for the
Hrst time, he was in trouble.
"He was 6-6, and 240 pounds
and was punching me against
the ropes," Larkin recalls.
"I guess he thought I wasn't
much competition and dropp
ed his guard. When he pulled
away and tried to throw a
right cross I ducked and
countered with a right
hook. I closed my eyes for
a second and when I opened
them he was flat on his
back and they were giving
him smelling salts." This was ,
called the most exciting fight
of the tournament by the
New York Daily News which
sponsors the Golden Gloves
in New York.
Armed with a movie film
clip and newspaper accounts
of his victories. Larkin re
vealed for the first time to
the university that he had
been engaged in Golden
Gloves tournament in New
York. There arc no facilities
for training boxers at th:
University since it is neither
a part of the athletic pro
gram nor is it taught in
physical education. The
alumni became so fascinated
with Larkin "s exploits that
they returned him to New
York for his Madison Square
Garden debttt by plane.
Larkin lost to ex
perience and" probably a
better fighter but not before
he had him in trouble. The
21-19 decision came after
he buckled his knees. "He
should have gone down."
Larkin said, "but guess
that's where his experience
came in." Larkin received
the silver glove award and
a chance to try for the
Olympic team.
Larkin has just
his freshman year here at
NCCU where he handled a
tough physics major and
participated in football and
track. He was injured earl
in the football season and
sidelined for most of the
season.
BISON QUALIFY FOR NATIONALS - The Howard University mile relay team will run in the
1976 NCAA Track Championships, June 3-5 in Philadelphia. Led (left to right) by New York
City's Richard Massey, the quartet also includes Zach Jones, Washington, D. C; Reginald Sojour
ner, Washington, D. C; and Gosnell White, Charlotte. Massey, Sojourner, and White were named
1975 NCAA all-Americans at the Provo, Utah Championships for a 3:07 effort.
Morgan State University Baseball
Season Ends IVifh 8-12 Record
After; finding .the winn
ing ways for six games, Mor
gan State .University's base
ball team lost their last five,
games of the season. This
brought their 1976 record to
8' wins and 12 loses. Head
Coach Flan Couch feels that
he had a pretty good-season
after beating Siena College
and George Mason (two top
ranked teams in the nation),
but the boys got a little over
confident af the end of the
season.
Morgan's slump began
with Bowie State College who
scored 6 runs in the first inn
ing. This margin was too
much to make up as Bowie
went on to win 11-9. After
that, Morgan fell to Howard
University three straight
by scores of 8-1, 11-3, and
8-4.
George Simon was the
leading hitter for the Bears
with a .387 batting average,
followed by Anthony Mc
Phail .349, Basil Williams
.318 and Eric Couch .301.
Simon also led the team in
extra base hits with 8
triples and 2 home runs.
Leading pitchers were John
Heatworth with 3 wins and
3 losts and Clifton Marshall
with 3 wins and 5 losts.
ASC Holds All-Sports Fete
ALBANY - The Albany
State College Athletic Assn.
honored more than 150 ath
letes during the Annual All
Sports banquet on Wednes
day, May 12 in the William
H. Dennis Student Center here
on the campus. Al Tabor, Ass
istant Coach of Specialty
Teams and College Talent
Scout for the Cleveland
Browns Football Club, deliver
ed the keynote address.
Tabor, a former athlete
himself said, "Interdepend
ency is the big key in pro
fessional sports, you have the
owners, the coaches, and the
players all doing their individ
ual task, yet one cannot do
without the other. Moreover,
thcame thing, is true here in
the University System where
you have the Regents Office,
the College President, and the
students all doing their thing
and each depending on the
other in order to survive."
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