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By Robert Eller past school year, while
Sports Editor leading his team to conference
titles in all three
While many persons in sports.
the city of Winston Salem In addition, he was elec
? 'have conceeded the honor ted student body president
of the top junior * high and received the school's
athlete in the area to Mt. citizenship award. "I really
Tabor's Tommy Gregg, don't think about the
there -are quite a few honors I have received,"
doubters in the small town said the shy young Frazier
of Stokesdale where a 15- in a telephone interview
year-old phenomenon by this past week. "I just love
the name of Gene frazier is to play sports and I always
raising eyebrows. c give it my best whether its
Frazier, like Gregg, is a in school or whatever."
three sport star at his junior During the past nine
high school but, unlike the months his best has always
Mt. Tabor star, he is doing been good enough to make
it without a lot of publicity his team the best. As an
and fanfare. _ Crazier, a offensive guard and lineninth
grader at Northwest backer on the football team
Guilford Junior High was he ^ed the squad to a 6-1
named the school's Most record.
Valuable Player in football, In basketball he served
basketball and baseball this as point guard, attesting
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D.C. area, according to | v
Commissioner Bob Moorman ' Moorman.
"Adding these teams Commissioner Ken Free
will ~ have~a~ positive-effect? mandated-that-NCCU_andon
the CIAA," said the two Maryland schools quacommissioner
during the lify for Division One by next
league's spring meeting year, Central applied to join
here last week. "It will the C1AA and opted to stay
give us an outlet in the D.C. in Division Two.
. area ?nd it will tighten our North Carolina A&T
hold in the North Carolina State University is now the,
market." onlv school in the state
Central had been among belonging to the ME AC.
the six schools which btoke The CIAA has eight memfrom
the CIAA in 1971 to ber schools in North Caroform
the Mid-Eastern Ath- lina. Only Barber Scotia
letic Conference in hopes of College, among co-educabeing
the first black con- tional black institutions in
ference to reach Division the state, belongs to
One status. When MEAC neither.
MEACS*Free Res
DURHAM - Mid-Eastern "Some of Central's athAthletic
Conference Com- letic leaders continue to
missioner Ken Free has maliciously state that they
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mixed reelings on nonn wcic yui um ui mtnv,
Carolina Central Univer- however; the fact is that
sity's readmittance to the they refused to adhere to
Central Intercollegaite the mandate imposed upon
Athletic Association. He all conference members by
expressed sorrow for ha- the league's governing
ving lost that institution, body in a meeting nearly
but he was happy that they two years ago, advising
were able to reenter their each to comply with all
old conference. r criteria as it relates to
Free said, "I respect that Division I," said the
- decision, which indicates Commissioner.
that they are not ready for "In the beginning, I was
big-time college^ competi- not sure, but now I am
tion, in this case; Division certain the major reason
I-AA football and Division \ Central wants to remain
in all other sports. I wish Division II is to recruit
them well as they take a players with high school
step .backwards to a level averages less than 2.0 on a
where they think survival 4.0 scale," he added,
will come more easily." Division II allows an insti.
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sive player as they finished leftfield fence at Ernie
13-3. Shore Field. "He is play
Frazier's favorite spot is ing in the Colt league
on the baseball diamond now," says his prOud fa
however, and like Gregg ther, "and he is bustin^Xhc
this is where he excells the fences. I only wisjv-tfewere
most. "My father got me on my teapv now. W<
started playing baseball hav?J*H^on a game yet anc
when_Lwas five years need his bat in th<
and I've loved i^^ver lineup."
since," says the youngster . v
who batted .405 while lead- Manans Poultry needs
ing his team in every h.s bat in their lineup more
hitting department during and because of " ^ ^
.. wu 4. the league with a 7-1
the season. When not in # ? , . ,
leftfield during the season <ie"e doesn t pitch
he moved to the. mound for the?Colt leua?ue *ow'
. . j ? a r\ ever. "His coach says he is
where he compiled a 6-0
.1 a .. too valuable in the field and
record with 4 saves in his
. 11 ^ g4in at the plate, comments his
team s l i-j season. r
His father, Allison, is father
coach ot the Forsyth A's While Gene is little
semi pro baseball team and known in (Winston Salem,
Gene joined the team last he is vervf will known in
iches Sweep
ick Colleges
Morgan State and Mary- new clause stating that an;
land" Eastern Shore were new school coming into th<
also rumored to be headed league must participate ii
back to the CIAA but football, basketball anc
UMES' application for track, but that presen
membership was turned members can participate
^down-and-Morgan-did-not in only two of the three
apply. sports*
Bowie.^-aTi independent The consolation game
institution with an enroll- was also dropped from the
ment of 3,400, brings their league basketball tourney
duar~membership7 \t\ the with the women's chamt
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league for the first time. before the mens' title
The expansion now gives game.
the CI A A 14 teams with 12 The majority of the instiof
its members fielding tutions were pleased with
football teams, Morman the additions and rule
said both new entrants will changes. Representatives
be eligible for league ?f the womens' program
championships in 1980-81. felt the move to give thei i
In other action taken programs support of the
^during the meeting, the league was "a move in the
league amended its consti- fight direction to conform
tution to include women's with Title IX."
sports as part of its official Both Shaw and St. Auprogram.
gustine's were pleased with
A move to oust St. the rule allowing present
Augustine's and Shaw from members to choose which
the league tyecause of their of the two official sports
lack of football programs
was defeated. Instead, a See Page 13
.ponds to Move
nomics is purely secon
dary." Free charged.
T n Ki4 P A f* f a I I rv?f p r c
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K^ W Commissioner Free said,
going to fold, disperse, or
1A/ slow down to any degree.
We will go on with our four
Division I institutions (NC
c and I feel our expansion
'^66 program will be enhanced
tution to recruit at 1.6V by the simple fact that we
where Division I's requjne- are a Division I conference,
ment is 2.0 or better. The decisions made by the
"Central haslalked ma- ?,her schools have my
nv times of having econo- bless.ngs. and has released
mical problems, but it is ,he baU and chains ,hat
obvious they want recruit- bound me' and hindered
ing privileges of signing '"^EAC progress. If they
good athletes with min.mal feel not read>" for bi? ,ime"academic
skills, and eco- they have my well wishes."
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i Northwest Gilford where he 'plains his father and 1
will be attending the Senior noticed this man talking to
high next year. "I'm Gene's coach. Then he
looking forward to next went over and spoke to
season. I think senior high Gene for a while. I didn't
athletics will be rriope of a think anything more of it
challenge for me." ? until we started home and
.... , .. then Gene said he was
When asked if he plans , K
* asked to try out for the
j to run for student body Dodgers." '
s president, at the senior
?high r he answers-shylyr"-! "I Teally didn't think it
don't know. If the students was that important," said
; want me I just might." the younger Frazier. "I'm -i
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; At least one other factor ?? ?ver to Greensmust
be weighed into any ?r?, atu*" anc* 8jve it \
comparison between Gregg my est u* 1 ere *s no
1 and Frazier. What do the Pressure' ve g?* t ee
u c ?u o more years of school left
scouts thmk of them? , -. \_
| Frazier will know just what a ea 1 11
1 the scouts think after this ^tart , thmkmg about pro
weekend. He has been a ^
asked to tryout with the Los His father feels the same
Angeles Dodgers. "I was way. "I always wanted to
standing around after the play pro ball but I want
game Monday night," ex- Gene to get an education.
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