Page 14 - The Chronicle, Saturday, February 2, 1980
Black
Robert Eller
Sports Editor
Way to go Hank Aaron! That’s the way to show Bowie
Kuhn that you don’t have to accept his piecemeal honors
and at the same time point out some of the many
inequities that continue to exist in professional sports.
And after some the statements that Tank Younger
made in his address at the Black College All-AMerica
banquet in Winston-Salem this weekend its good to know
that there are still a few of us who have jobs in pro sports
who will “tell it like it is.”
After all Aaron’s sport has had two black field
pnerals (managers) while Younger’s is still looking for
its first head coach. And while Tank, a black college
product, was busy defending Pete Rozelle and pro
football for not having more black executives, Aaron was
busy exposing baseball’s dual system of having an
abundance of black stars on the field but very few in the
front offices.
According to Younger, there aren’t more blacks in
front office positions in pro football because of the fact
that so many of them prepare themselves for better
paying jobs in other areas when they leave the field.
To hear Tank tell it, there have been more turned
down offers by black former players to move into front
office positions than there have been blacks who were
overlooked because of their color.
Furthermore, Younger says that the basis of Player
Representative Ed Garvey’s remarks that the NFL is
racist was the fact that Raymond Clayborn was fined for
striking a newsman.
Even ClAA commissioner Bob Moorman who fre
quently introduced this writer to league representatives
and scouts as “the writer who says the NFL is racist”
took exception to that statement. Former assistant to Ed
Garvey, Harold Kennedy III, could only laugh at the
statement, possibly to keep from crying.
Come on folks, lets not be led to believe that the NFL
has guaranteed instant equality just because Doug
Williams is Tampa Bay’s starting quarterback.
Back to baseball, how could Pete Rose be named
player of the decade when Aaron broke the one record in
the sport that many felt was untouchable. Rose is a fine
player. He is a guy who has made the most of what he
has but what did he do in the 70’s that could even come
close to Aaron’s homerun record?
NASHVILLE'* Tenn
Construction is underway
here at Tennessee State
University for a new bas
ketball arena. It will be a
multi-purpose physical e
ducation and recreation
complex, and is being built
at a cost of S12 million.
When completed the are
na will seat more than
11,000 for basketball
games. Tennessee State of
ficials say it will be one of
the finest arenas in the
South.
BATON ROUGE, La.
Pro scouts are drooling over
Southern guard Tony Mur
phy, who is leading the
nation in scoring with
32.5 average. Murphy is a
6-foot-2 senior who is ex
pected to go high in the
next National Basketball
Association draft. Not far
behind Murphy in the Divi
sion 1 scoring race is Texas
Southern’s Harry “Ma
chine Gun” Kelly, who is
fourth in the nation with
28.9 scoring average.
MONTGOMERY, Ala.
Alabama State is still
ranked third in the NAIA
Top 20 poll. The Hornets
are 17-1, and trail Wiscon-
sin-Eau Claire and Came
ron, Oklahoma in the week
ly poll...Two other black
colleges are ranked in the
poll. They, are No. 5
Norfolk State and No.
10 Winston-Salem State.
If we do not have a good
lake freeze-over we will
have to move in on those
lunker bass sooner than
expected. Seems like an
early Spring is inevitable,
however; 1 may have to
change that thinking before
the month of February
passes. Come March, no
matter what the weather,
presents, if you want to get
a big one, March will be the
month. .
Considering all of the
fine weather we have expe
rienced at intervals, it
would seem that we are in
store for a mild winter. This
being a blessing what with
the fuel prices what. they
are. What. ever February
and March brings, here’s
hoping the the possible
freeze will not extend into
April.
Have you had your fish
ing motor winterized? If
not, have you pulled the
starting cord a couple of
times to turn the motor over
to keep the piston wallsl
lubricated?
If you are not sold on the
idea of having your dealer
winterize your motors, then
now is a good time to
remove the sparkplugs and
squirt into the cylinders
oil, and give the motor a
twirl. This feat will prevent
the rings from freezing;
becoming inoperative.
Of course there is one
sure way to keep that
fishing motor in working
condition and that is by
using it at every possible
chance. Why not? Wea
ther , permitting, and you
are not chicken about being
exposed to a bit of chilling
weather. If you don’t have
the wherewith to get out
there and break the ice just
get yourself a seat before
good log fire and reminisce.
some oil, preferably 3 in 1
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State tackle Fred Sparks and Grambling
linebacker Aldrich Alien were named to
the team for the second straight year.
Others picked to the team were:
George Farmer, Southern U., wide
receiver; tight ends McDonald Oden,
Tenn. State, and Derrick McCondichie
Central State tackles Albert Lester, South
Carolina State, and Gerald Ridge, Gram-
biing; guards Edwin Bailey, South Caro
lina State; center, Kiser Lewis, FAMU;
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runningbacks. Perry Harrington, Jackson
State and Robert Parham, Grambling.
Defensive picks were: ends, Plummer
Bullock, Virginia Union and Willarthur,
Jackson, Alcorn State. Tackles, Philip
Murphy, S.C. State, James Sankfield,
Miss. Valley. Middle guard, Harold
Oliver, FAMU. Linebacker, Joe Aaron
Joseph, Tenn. State. Defensive backs,
Mike Ellis, Norfolk State, Gifford Ram
sey, FAMU and Dexter Clinkscale, S.C.
State.
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Williams
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delphia , game. That
week was really some
thing. I had a press
conference almost every
day and the ,question
kept popping up about
my completion percent
age. I just told them that
I hoped they.could ask
me the same question
next December because
that would mean that we
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were back in the playoffs
again.
“It’s just a fact that
the quarterback gets the
credit when, things go
good and the . blame
when things go bad.”
That, statement may
not be entirely true.
Many people still insist
that, Williams’ part in
getting the Bucs to the
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Championship game was
minute.
“That kind of thing
doesn’t bother me. 1
don’t care what is said as
long as we can continue
to win.”
Maybe next year those
same persons can debate
Williams worth after the
Bucs get to the .Super
Bowl.
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