& ^ , '- i ? ' m< i i . i. n .M.? . i .. ? .;*!? . _ ~~^ - V* ? 1 ""^Mntiu. '? .-?: 'IT!". James Sparrow Black?? 'M rfE Sports 42Sp Sports Editor Just like in anything Johnson. Charley Johnso else, when you start mak- came off the bench wit ing sports predictions you his 'Tn your eye jum; win a few and lose a few, shot11 and was in IS That was the case for this writer's opinion the key t writer during the past their championship. Ha< week when he picked the it not been for Kevi] Seattle Supersonics to Greedy, I mean Grevey i beat the Washington Bui- getting hurt the resul lets for the champ- may have been different ionship. The miracle So- And how long will it b< ? nics,- a team without an before the Sonics Dennl established superstar, a Johnson goes 0 for 16 in i high scoringd foward, or a game again? superfly guard, almost The two best teams ii madeT it over the hump the league" may not hav< behind the brains of played for the title bu Lenny Wilkins and the there is one thing for sure team concept he brought no two teams in the league with him to Seattle. could have put on a bette: The Sonics, one of the j??w of unselfish basket least talented teams in the . . XTO A / i. i i. v Last week I was sittini NBA (at least on paper), . , . . . _ . ' ? n . i in the Imperial Barbe gave the Bullets a real .A. , . c , Shop waiting on a haircu scrap for the crown and , T , . ., c , , , when I was asked to pick j the fans, probably the . VT . i ... winner in the Ken Norton most even and exciting _ TT . ~ A , , . . Larry Holmes fight, championship in memory. ? ? They just might have won *?nen l said Larr. .. . t , , u c Holmes was my choice thi it too had it not been for a t t _ , r '. . shop began to rustle number of circumstances, 4tVTrV ... . . f , w Norton will knock hi some of which were fre- rr TT .rj~, , head off. He HOlmes yond their control. , ,, , ? . J 0 ... , , doesn t stand a chance, Seattle may have made . . the biggest "boo boo" in e\e some of.the rePh? history when they counted 'hat w?re JPven Onl; the Sonics out of the Guar/ Connally and hi playoff picture early in the son GuaiT Jr. went alon, u my prediction, bu season when they were ... J r ' near the bottom of their Holmes came out the vie division. That's when they t0J 0n Frldf night b* th' ill . . slimmest of margins, am booked another event at T_ VT . ? ., o u , i Ken Norton failed to keei the Sonics homecourt and , , , , . i . i . , . i the crown he could not wn caused their team to have . L . T ? to take one of their games ,ine Jf1 mS. P?f to the Kingdom which flght whe? he sa.d h. , . m. . waited too late to go arte they promptly lost. That __ . .... A , p U u Holmes. What Kenn loss may have been the . , , . ,.rr . might have meant is abou difference in the series. , . . ... \xt i u the same thing Muham l .-r^ ? v. o?: ** tr~. f* mad meant - after* th< Sonics on their home- 0 . . r. . , . Spinks fight, and that 1 court once was a surprise, , , . , ' j . .. . . , , each champ underesti but doing it twice would ... ^ , , , . mated his opponent, have been an even bigger rr Ali gets another shot f Two other keys to the Spinks in September, an Bullets victory was the that could start the ba play of two guards named rolling again. I t m >. ITM ' >- ? i?l ? II ? -. Hi 1 l ? I 1 prrv. SfiArrf in Fifth Rou By Robert Eller round and he is expected Sports Editor to provide Terry's chief competition f6r a spot on Local black college All the Laker roster, with both Americans Carlos Terry of vying forlhe same spot. Winston Salem State and "What I've got to do is James "the bird" Spar- beat out the other guys row of North Carolina who were drafted and A&T were both picked in Massey is the only toward the fifth round of' the " ; National Basketball As- C* W T M sociation college draft last rr JL %/ - Friday. ? . __ ? Sparrow, a 6-6 guard who led the Aggies to the MEAC title this past sea- "IT" ^ son when he led the team W iti arnring was th! ! -?tt?ttn tt-tt ?TnWTITB i ii ii i ? I i ?? ?l |_IUmil?JilJ vw Pinlf Ad nid Draft ? they took ahead of me, so he would go higher," he is the main man I have commented Gaines, "but to beat out, said Terry he is only 6-5 and that is after the draft. small for a foward, especTJoth Terry and his ially a power foward. But I coach "Bighouse" Gaines think he has an excellent were surprised the Lex- chance of making it. He i9 ington native was not a sound defensive player taken earlier. "I thought gee page 19 arts National I jorts Program AssTaruy^. ttlT pfflfgmft. ..bet-? lation aftd the WSSU ath- ween the ages of 10 and letic department. It is -19. funded hv thp F*nprimpnt WSSU Athletic Director in Self Reliance, the local Clarence-Gaines said the l community service program will have two agency. The program is new special enrichment series this year/ "We have a special enrichment series in Art which will be conducted by our Fine y t 2. I Arts Department. There . f instruction in drama, music, and art and games to fall percentage we hope this will play and points behind the Pond important part in the kids Giants. page jg Tire we're the other guys < -- ? nnlifpctpr pnrt) tl pvijv^ivi w. * f.\ ' (ire. Polyester cord body for strength \ ) I ) ' \ \ ueur Deep tread provides long mile; Mm ^ \ | 11 |i| I S^K'resis,ance G78^14 36.60 2.45 L78-15 40.70 2.93 0W IH79-15 38.50 LS5~B7* C7* ' I . E7? THE ADVANTAGE 55 I H7! ,v5 5"e odo * A -ooe G7I espec c r fccasserge' CTs UT] -''CjJ SuD CC^DOC'S'C * "' s-.'e ^'/y seoars G7I ^'c&ara v 4 D'v 4c dea be t L7? s/s'e^ advantage * * 3 ~et\vGrt< c* stre^gt^ Des gnea 'of _ , ' " '' ' "..I't nit i * i - * i - ( i i ^ ? < i v -. < A kJ I ' # > ? #< > ?* I Page 9 ".*??!1 . ./ ? ### ## V \ MUiiiiiiiuUiiiiiiiuuiVvV - " ' ? fT - . .. _____ ______ r . .?v ^ VmNSTOI^M Carlos Terry 3elview To Hold 2nd One-On-One_.. Preliminaries will begin nes Junior College in the July 10, 1978 in the se- fall was the winner. This ;ond annual one on one year Belview Director contest sponsored by Bel- Hanzel Hentz says he view Recreation Center, expects more that 50 partLast year more than 35 icipants. Trophies will be young men took part in awarded to the winners the initial one on one and Karate demonstratcontest. Alex Mackey a ions are to be held during former East Forsyth star intermission of the semiwho will enroll in Vincen- finals and finals. 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