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?- f ' ^7""^"""" "" EjHe/tr' :*m Sport, Sports * Editor i In case you didn't read it in the sidelights of the story about Terry Bradshaw leading the Pittburgh Steelers to a win over the Cleveland Browns last Sunday and into a tie with the Browns for the Ceilrfd Division lead, a black quarterback got his first shot at prov ing himself in the NFL. D ave Mays, a 28 year old refugee from the World Football . League, came in to replace Brain Sipe when the starter was injured and nearly beat the Steelers with three touchdown passes in the games final ten minutes. For the day,' Mays a 6-1 204 pounder, out of Texas Southern, hit 17 of 32 passes for 2 69 yards, wVlTT htlH hpon rkff ?h^ season and that time only to warm up. The Browns organization must have known something about Mays before the seasofi started they irgufed . .away, Mike Phip : experts in the draft who were saying they would draft*a quarterback very early. The Browns didn't pick one al all. Before this season Mays had thrown a total of 20 NFL passes completing 9 for a total of 101 yards, and had rushed for 14 yards in 5 carries. So much for his experience in the league. Now, however, with Sipe probably out for the season with a broken bone in his shoulder? it will be up to the black signal caller to lead the Brown, who were picked to finish last in the Central Division, into the playoffs in the leagues tightest division race. Look out.NFL, the Browns are now being led black. Good luck Dave here's hoping you can beat the odds. Basketball sea son is just around the corner and the ClAA-Sportswriters Association has made its preseason picks for the conference. Here's how the writers pick the teams to finish this season: In the Southern Division St. Augustine's was tabbed as the number one cage group. Winston Salem State, the defending champs were picked to finish second, with Johnson C.Smith third, Shaw Foirth, followed by Fayetteville State, and Living stone. Viriginia Union was a unanimous choice to?r take the Northern Division crown with Hampton Institute second, Norfolk State third, with Viriginia Stflip ? Wi7nhf?th Pitv ar-ir4 Q+ Pottle . , ,11 i , , f, ^ a J Ull'. WV. M UU1J lUUJIUIIIg UUV IIIU diviision. Viriginia Union , coached by Robert Moore, was an overwhelming pick to capture the tournament. Should the Panthers win the title they would go no further however, since they are on probation. As promised last week when he criticized the nominations for the ALL-CIAA Football team by the fCIAA-SA this writer will give his ALL-Conference team, Here goes. Offense; Quarterback-Kermit Blount(WSSU); Runningbacks-Timmy Newsome (WSSU), and George Leonard )Virginia State); Wide recie vers-James Woodson (St. Paul's), and Reggie Midget (Hampton ); Tight end-Fred Hargrove! Eliza See Black page 10 fTj To**--.w-v-4*1 - *' *^_ M^ii^arg^^ese8^ - ?'*--? 1V<CT II -. I } Jl WSSU's Rams capped an undefeated season with last triumph over Shaw University. Rams Demoralize End Perfect Seast i . By Robert Eller started that if we could Sports Editor beat our preseason preAll the visions, hopes, diction by six places again and dreams of the WSSU this year we would be in Rams football team came high cotton. I guess you true Saturday afternoon at could say we are in that Bowman Gray Stadium as high cotton now." Hayes the Rams crushed Shaw was aluding to the CIAA University 46-6 giving the preseason poll where the city of Winston-Salem its Rams were picked to fifirst ever undefeated col- nish sixth. "Last year they i r . y 11 . a _ r l_ a rt lege tootoaii team. picnea us to nnisn tenin The Rams finished the and we finished fourth, storybook season in fitting This year we beat the fashion as they scored 14 prediction by six again." points in a 54 second span he said, a sense of satismidway through the first faction in his voice. I'm quarter) and never looked happy for the coaches and back in route to their the job they have done, eleventh win in as many 1 m happy tor the kids who outings in the 77 season, gave it their all (pause) No A happy but subdued kind of material thing can Bill Hayes sat in the replace the feeling I have winners dressing room af- inside right now. Whatter the historic victory and ever the feeling is hereflected on the season. 'T tween a smile and a tear said before the season is. that's how I feel and its r : Winston-Salem | Chronicle ^^^^^SaturdajHNovemberl9^197^^Pag^^^^^?g Finishes Dream Season Hayes Made ] by Robert Eller w. * * -* r; - \ The da?e was. February " Salem State Rams had just ft I ISk TtESr seconcT cons ecu Uvto CIA.A ball touF jlfcr?yr ' State Spartans in overtime \ 1 M ag*ir\. This writer had ^ r r~- -y_ -heme with the new WSSU? football coach Bill Hayes r j-??y was about \ j Hayes. Hayes had been \ Cleo ed? He had never been Jft a head coach in college V and he had been across where losing was only bad?T* ^s^V-gS |I^R L if the score wasn't res- r selection committee think t 'a K he could get the Rams on JIB. the winning track after the I disasterous 1-9 season ff|j I wasn't really at ease He seemed to want to talk i s To someone, anyone who would listen to his ideas ,? gjjj ] about football and his plans for WSSU. It was know anything about the kind of strange. No ques- CIAA. I don't know much tions were needed to get about the coaches or the the new coach started kind of ball they play, but talking as he wound his I have some ideas and 1 way through Virginia back guess I'll sink or swim toward the Twin City. with them." He pausec "I'm really kind of ap- while he overtook a pair ol prehensive," he* began, slower cars on the twc staring blankly at the road lane highway, but th* ahead. ''I don't even know wheels continued to turr what?to expect.?I dpn't?in his head. must w^ ' three \ weeks to meet ME AC champion South Carolina Stfltc 11^ ^ T the Richmond Stadium on ynnStEJS 3 December. * - 7 ?* ? Garfield Mizzell and Saturday a final victory, a \faicolm Barnwell played pass and catch as they f 1 teamed up to beat the , f lrofXl iSm Livingstone Bears 38-0. Junior quarterback Mizell ~1 ~1 fk bit on 9 of 12 passes for JFF J- JL m\J 233 yards and four touchdowns. one being a 78 the ultimate." yard st,r,ikef t0 Barnwell. The Ram plavers. who artwe or t e ay , , caught seven passes for showed little emotion in , , , . . 218 yards and three touchtheir ten previous victo- J , . ries. could hold their eta- dow and rushed 4 tmes tion in no longer after for 29 -vards' Reginald Sherard return- Virginia State under ed a Bear free kick 64 new head coach Tom Moryards for a touchdown ris is enjoying their best following a safety. After season since 1974 as they the return, which made shut out Bowie State 40-0. the score 33-6. tackle Gary Sophomore running back Raiford fell on the turf and George Leonard rushed 18 threw his legs in the air times for 120 yards and wildly. -- scored a touchdown on a Another celebration 61 yard gallop to trigger broke out on the Ram the Trojan's offense. Rubench after Kermit Blount fus Crawford contributed hit George Miles with a 59 109 yards in 19 attempts. yard scoring pass two Offensive guard Arthur minutes into the final Waddell. a sophomore quarter for a 39-6 lead, from Durham. NT.C. was Third string quarterback Leonard's and Crawford's Harold Timmonms led a key blocker and threw the 45 yard drive for the final block that sprung Leonard ? ,, on his 61 vard ^scoring see Ram page 11 ^ p \ Mfc ? Plans...NotPr jtj^L . i n~~ . A %.?*> *-v" T , bW??AI?ii*,'W-w ?^ n; ''12. w H ,-v\ :V' '- K ?:J J| r ^ -? j B^^*1: '*'- jRaE'S^wi^^ 'A-? ^t:-" gBr^ - 1? *&, - ~ iayes embraces his mother. ,, rp? r- a ., t ? can build a pretty gooc The first thing Im ? ,r . , . A t 1UL offense. The veer offense going to do is to install the . ... . . f . r b rr ?,.????is a little ahead of almos veer offense at Winston , c _, . o i o? t. u i any defense. There almos Salem State. It s been said , , , . , 4 vii u i * always has to be a vulner that a black school can t , , ' .f ~ _ . t , r .i i 'a able spot if the quarter run the veer, but I think it , , r j7 . y f 1 V-. ?-w. I. ~ . a ,A ^ ., U ,A ? ... , . r T 1 .1 I^o^rv icaua tlic Uf lfclllSf I will work if 1 can find the , . A . 1 . . . i Then you can almost al f right quarterback. . , , 1 T . i * c ways pick up some yard ^ I plan to recruit lots of ,, age ? big strong lineman, and ' . . , . , ? ii Haves explained in de t some good running backs. ? .. j ,.r> ... tr t i I , T ., . , T tail the options of the vee If 1 can do that. I think I . . ?*on any given play, ob Norfolk State who has ments came when senio not been able/to bring linebacker James Daught; home a victory in the last 6 intercepted IJeisman Tro games fell to Grambling Phy candidate Doug Wil 48-12. The Spartans and liams' Pass md raced 8' Coach Dick Price are suf- -vards for the score'. Ano fering their worst season t'ier m?ment was whei in three years. Lame Har- Henry Sheppard hit El rington. until last week more fainey on an eigfi the second leading rusher -vard Pass f?r the score in the CIAA rushed 18 Gramblings William! times for 81 yards. The aee Three page 10 Spartans only bright moSCORES OF THE WEEK Johnson C. Smith lc _ ?.ii_ o. x ajrcttc VUie Ol. lij Award Grambling 4i "I Norfolk St. U Franchise VirginiaSt. by Robert Eller Bowie St. .? Sports Editor Winston-Salem St. 46 The second organiza- Shaw Univ. 6 tional meeting of the 1978 Winston Salem Baseball ^arnPton Institute 15 League will be held Sun- Maryland. E.S. 13 day November 20 at 6:00 Elizabeth City St. 21 p.m. in Benton Conven- Saint Paul's 19 tion Center. Virginia Union 38 The meetings agenda Livingstone 0 will include the awarding ? ? r , . c . CIA A Standings (through of team franchises for the , ? m~Qu U 11 , 12 November 1977) 19/8 baseball season, leaWJ T T gue entrance fees and e > s L 1 ... W mston-Salem g n 0 pavment schedules, poss- ,T. . . w ible field cites, the crea- ^rg!n!a 6 1 0 , , \ lrginia State 5 1 1 tion of a league umpire TT . T . 1 association, the divisional n ' ^ 2 0 structure of the league. 7?rf?lk.Sl" 3 3 1 and its preseason ban- lvin8? on? 3 4 0 quet. EllZ Clty St' 330 League President Ike m,M, 2 5 0 Howard said the WSBL cfy 6 2 6 0 ri?u ?? ^ Shaw Univ. i n ma* iiciu as iimny as ~ ,, ? St. Paul s 0 7 0 teams for the upcoming u season. "We feel that there is sufficient interest GAMKS OF 19 NOV. in baseball and that there Virginia Union at Hampis enough talent to expand ton Inst, our league for next sea* Virginia State at J.C. son. WW are considering Smith having_t^o divisions. This St. Paul's at Norfolk State see WSBL page 14 Livingstone at Shaw Univ. .. T f' isruv h1. .- . . .i.v ~ .-. . '>" ? * ~- ' ' ..> Ram of the Week Anthony Oates d^jifek ^bL ** m omises J^/rw viously knowing what he / ? was talking about. We were in Wake Fo- ^ Anthony Oates , rest, N.C. and I began to WSSU linebacker An- ; tubv Wahp Fnrp^t, TTnlYffr retorted as ^ Wawr - j sity football program. 1 Salem Chronicle's "Ram asked about Hayes' exper- of the Week" for his play iences at Wake. "I learn- in the Ramg j46-6 trouncr^echsmit& a hit ahr.rrr. tg. of Shaw University ^ | ization there." he said last Saturday. - : _1_ 1 "That's one thing the <In helping the Rams program .has is organiza?end their perfect season __ tion." "What about re- Oates was-credited with cruiting," I asked. "Re- 10 primary tackles, 8 as cruiting at Wake is diffe- sists, 2 quarterback sacks rent than at most other and knocked down three schools," Hayes explain- passes. , ed because you have to go The 6-0 210 pound senafter the kids who can get ior, playing his last game in. You can't just try to at Bowman Gray Stadium recruit the good athlete. .. was all over the field. He He has to be able to get in played what may have and do the work.^That's been the finest game of one of the things that I his college career against l willcontinue to do at Win- his .hometown team A ston Salem State. native of Raleigh, N.C., I "My experiences with Oates was not highly rerecruiting has taught me cruited after his high that a kid has to be smart school career at Sanderto be a winner. Athletic son. "We really didn't do ability alone is not e- that well in high school. I nough. The kids I bring in think we were 3-7 my ?will have to be able to do junior year?and 6 4?my college work. I'm not go- senior year. Only Appala?ing to be the^type of coach ~chiah7 Shaw and WSSU who simply recruits foot- contacted me. J._ hadball players. I'm going ' friends here and after after the student athlete. I visiting the school I deci* know that's what every ded to come here." The 5 coach says but I really Business Administration ^ mean it. Not many ath- major became a starter at t letes who come to college linebacker his freshman can go on into professional year and started off and sports and I want the ones on his sophomore season. who play under me to be He started only three able to do something else games last season but ^DesTae^pTay ball when bounced back to start they leave." every game this season. oflap 10 After heinv nicked as r see Hayes page m see Ram page 11 r I MF 4 , jjv ft AAr : > ^x* ^^HPCsl w^* ft mtm ^1 <3BBA ^ James Sparrow 6*6" Guard takes a jumper over / v/ppv/uv,uv. 'The Bird9 To Play For Aggies This Year Greensboro, N.C. - The Association, will take over return of guard, James the A&T head coaching "The Bird" Sparrow, the job replacing Warren ReyMid-Eastem Athletic Con- n?lds, who resigned folference's Most Valuable lowing the conclusion of Flayer during the 1975-76 the 76-77 season. Littles season, along with seven be assisted by George lettermen from the 1976- Felton, who played his 77 team will restore the college ball under Frank winning tradition at North McGuire at the University Carolina A&T during the of $ouih Carolina and 1977-78 basketball sea- sPent the 1976-77 season son as a graduate assistant at Last year's team suffer- Appalachian State Unied through a frustrating verslty3-24 campaign plagued by If the 6-6 Sparrow can inexperience, the acade- reta^n bis All-American mic ineligibility of Spar- form of the 1975-76 season , row. and a rigorous sche- wben be ^averaged ^21 dule which included-na- FUU1L5> o reuuunus, ana o tional powers North Caro- assists Per contest from lina State. Oral Roberts, his guard post, the Aggies and North Texas State. should be ab,e t0 re?aln their championship form. Gene Littles, former Coach Little is also'high standout guard with the on 6-8. 210-pound transfer Carolina Cougars of the gee Bjrd n American Basketball ^
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