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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
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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.
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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 %/
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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<v fourth ^*7 X
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- -wwad going to the
Pacers. Program on Monday June
Terry, a two time All- 1Q md wiU have five day
- America choice was the s^ssions fdr 25 days _
16th player taken in that The program is 8pon_
same round ^The 6-5 Terry sored by the NationaJ
scored over 2,000 points in
his career at WJjSU while * i 'I
leading the Rams to a fjwlCi/ThlS M
CIAA championship, two
district 2? titles and two
" s'srsrsr Division
was a four time A1I-CIAA By Robert Eller
b pick, and was named the Sports Editor
conferences Player of the
Year last season when the The defending champRams
rolled to a 28-4 ion Pond Giants took over
J record and the number the lead in the Western
n one ranking among small Division of the Winston
h colleges. The 28-4 record Salem Baseball League
p was the best the team had this weekend extending
g- recoraeq smce-tue days ot thnsir winning gt.rpflW
0 Earl Monroe. eight-games with wins
1 Both Sparrow &nd Terry over the Walkertown
n appear to have a good shot Tigers and the High Point
, at making ii in ihe WBA. Christians. , The Pond
t Sparrow was the second Giants whipped the Tigers
guard drafted by the Pac- 7-1 Saturday's John Bolb
ers behind Rfcky Lee of ton tossed a four hitter for
s Oregon - State. Indiana,, his fifth straight win of the
a one of the leagues weak- season and Tommy Elrod
est teams, is in need of a tossed a four hitter for his
1 big guard. Lost Angeles fifth straight win of the
t players on their roster drove in six runs with a
after trading foward Tom homer and three singles.
5 Abernathy earlier in the Stan Smith continued to
r week. The Lakers have lead the league in hitting
_ Adrian Dantley and Jam- rapping out two hits as did
nn 1 Wi1Up?? <amnll fn_ t rn- ^
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wards but rumor has it tie. The Pond Giants came
r that one of the two will be back Sunday to beat the
t traded before the season High Point Christians 1-0
a begins. The Lakers draft- while the Astros, who
_ ed UNC Charlotte s Lew entered the week with a
Massey in the second half game lead, split two
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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
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lation aftd the WSSU ath- ween the ages of 10 and
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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
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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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