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Illustrated, in its college football preview issue,
says black college teams Grambling, North Carolina
A&T and Norfolk State should all advance to postseason
play this winter. The magazine says Grambling and A&T
should make the Division I-AA playoffs. SI rates Florida
A&M as a sleeper in Division 1-AA.
~ 150,000 Game??Florida
A&M and Grambling may need to take Wells
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< uuus mong wnen tney travel to New York Sept. 5
? for n footbali^game. The rwo-daytTipwUlcost the
schooh^atmosi $50,000 a piece! FAMU, for example, will
spend $27,000 on airfare, plus $2,600 for ground
transportation. The Rattlers will be headquartered at the
Sheraton Centre, where rooms, at the group rate, are $59
per night. Coach Rudy Hubbard's suite will cost $250
nightly. And when the team settles down for hot
chocolate and donuts Friday night, the tab will be $5.45
per person. Dinner Saturday night, featuring prime rib,
will be $33 per person. Soft drinks are not included and
are Sl.25 each.
Neither team should lose money on the trip, though.
They'll split 80 percent of the gate receipts, with the New
York Urban League getting the remaining 20 percent.
Some 50,000 fans are expected in Yankee Stadium for the
game. "V
Who Produces Most?
What black college produces the most pro football
players? It's Jackson State. Last year, the Tigers had 21
former players in the NFL, including Chicago's Walter
Payton. Only six schools, all predominantly white, had
more alumni in the pros.
Pro Scouts Drooling
Pro scouts are drooling over Bethune-Cookman defensive
end Booker Reese. He's 6-foot-7, and runs the
40-yard dash in 4.7 seconds. That's not bad for a man
who ups me scaies ai zou pounds. Says Philadelphia
Eagles personnel director Carl Peterson, "He's so quick
off the ball, sometimes he's not even touched."
Other black college players high on pro scout's lists are
Morris Brown free safety Ricky Eberhart, North
Carolina A&T defensive end James Williams and
Tuskegee linebacker Kenneth Woodward.
Morris Brown's Eberhart, says the Atlanta Falcons'
Tom Braatz, "is the best small-college prospect in the
country." . .
_ Press Guides f
Black college press guides are starting to roll off the
presses, and so far, Alcorn State and Hampton institute
have the most attractive guides of any small college I've
seen...Alcorn State football coach and athletic director
Marino Casern commenting on attempts by some schools
to push small colleges off network TV: 4<I think the
'haves' are trying to push the 'have nots' right out of existence.
We have reached a position in the NCAA where
all parties, regareless of division, can exist in a manner in
which they are accustomed to existing and do well."
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By Barry Cooper
Sports Correspondent
When North Carolina Central noticed how big the
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference was becoming, the
Eagles quickly left the league for a smaller conference.
Central didn't go far. The Eagles joined the Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Association, and in their first year
won the CIAA championship. That was last season, and
you can look for Central to challenge for the title again
this vear.
Of the two CIAA divisions -- North and South -- the
South seems the weaker. That means Central should easily
breeze to the South title this year, if it can hold off
challenges from Winston-Salem State and Johnson C.
Smith.
This is how the South division race should go:
FIRST ? North Carolina Central.
SECOND -- Winston-Salem State.
THIRD Johnson C. Smith.
FOURTH -- FayetteviUe State.
FIFTH - Livingstone.
SIXTH -- Bowie State.
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL (7-5, 7-0 in the
CIAA last year) swept through league play unbeaten last
year, and return 15 starters. There are some problems,
however. The Eagles lost their top two quarterbacks to
graduation, and also lost their top wide receiver and two
top linemen. But the first three running backs return:
Roscoe Burnett (660 yards), Michael Worthy (561) and
Bennie Tate (376). There are also some pretty good
linemen back to block for Burnett and Co. Tackles
Clarence Kenny (6-1, 250) and Charles Bush (5-10, 245)
return.
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receiver last year with nine cc
and senior from Ft. Myers, F
two-time All-CIA A punter Si
will be seeking his third title
native of St. Stephens, South
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Fayettevllle, NC -- Rayetteville
State University's new
football coach William
"Bill" Head will unveil his
1981 edition of the "Broncos"
Sept. 5 when FSU
entertains cross-town foe
Ft. Bragg in a non-conference
encounter.
The "experts" of the
C1AA conference have picked
the Bronco-men to finish
fourth in the newly aligned
Southern and Northern
Division C1AA format.
Last year with a 3-5-1
mark overall, the FSU-men
led the league in total
defense averaging only a
stingy 163.8 yards to opponents.
They were second
in the CIAA in scoring
defense averaging 11.1,second
in the conference in
rushing defense allowing
only 79.7 yards per outing
and just sever TDs.
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year, but the Eagles look strc
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WINSTON-SALEM (5-5,
young players. Quarterback
returnee. He hit 52 percent <
cond in the CIAA. Center Ba
should be a young offensive
nucleus of returnees on defen
Jenkins and Alvin Barnes.
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despite a losing season a ye<
climb in the standings last
games by close margins. Wit
have been a winning season,
could challenge for the CIA/
The Bulls return 15 starters
Alveraz Abernathy. A big
america defensive end
academically ineligible.
FAYETTEVILLE STATE
another dismal season. The
top players to graduation. It
LIVINGSTONE (0-10, 0
season, so anyming win pe
was plucked off the South Ci
breathe some life into Livings
be easy. Things could get
started a youth program last
freshmen. In a couple of y
respectable, but not this year
BOWIE STATE (2-8-1, 1-i
the cellar. Coach John Orgai
but finishing ahead of Liv
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ightend, Johnny Burns of Ans<
Jtches, I TD, and 274 yards; B
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However, two stalwarts in
the defense have departed
via the graduation route in
A11-C1AA defensive Ike
Hall and AU-C1AA tackle
Ken Tillman.
New first-year coach
"Bill" Head is neverthe
less optimistic about the
upcoming campaign.
"We will be small but will
be highly competive, and
we'll show up to play every
game," the likeable former
Morris Brown College
coach began. f
"Our kids are cdming
along rather will and learning
the system. I feel we
are making substantial progress
at this point and some
of our veterans are getting
into mid-season form."
One of those veterans is
two-time All-CIAA punter
senior Bertie Wadford who
will be seeking his third
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>ng enough to win the CIAA
5-2) may have to win with
Karlton Watson is the top
3f his passes and ranked seirry
Traynham anchors what
line, i nere is a pretty good
ise, led by linemen Lawaskia
-7, 3-4) is full of optimism
\r ago. The Bulls started to
year, and lost a couple of
h some luck, last year could
so it's entirely possible JCS
\ crown this year.
,, including All-CIAA safety
loss, however, will be allDaniel
Beauford. He's
(3-5, 2-5) will likely suffer
Broncos lost most of their
could be a long year.
7) didn't win a game last
an improvement. Mel J*osc
irolina State staff to try and
tone's program. That won't
better, though. The Bears
year, starting as many as 16
ears, Livingstone could be
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and defensive stalwart; and
raged over 40 yards a punt,
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title this year after averaging
over 40 yards a boot last
year. Another C1AA candidate
is senior Jacksonville,
FL native runningback
Reggie Williams, who
despite an injury, rushed
for over 500 yards and two
TDs. Senior tight end
Johnny Burns, another
bright spot on offense last
campaign, will be trying to
better his 12 grabs last
season for 274 yards and
one touchdown.
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By Robert Eller
Sports Editor
Former Pond Giant Floyd
Greene-^tefrpedn a-^ ingle to
jcigJtxi field-jsruting Bob JLiaiLther
with the winning *un in
the Fifth inning Sunday as
the East Side All-Stars
nipped the West Side Stars
7-6 inThe 15th Annual Pond
Giants Old Timers Games
played at ERnie Shore
Field.
Former Indian and Pond
Giant star "Pookie" Baileywas
the loser, taking over
in tne tinal inning from
Doug Mitchell another former
Giant who pitched the
fourth.
Lonnie Barker led off the
fifth by popping out to the
thirdbaseman before Gaither,
who had walked twice
previously, singled to center.
Allison Frazier drew a
walk bringing up Greene,
who had reached base tWice
on errors and flyed to left in
three plate appearances.
Greene stroked the first
offering to right scoring
Gaither.
George Fulp was the winner
in relief of Ed Greene
who gave up all six of the
West Side runs in his three
inning stint. Fulp pitched
hitless ball over the final
two frames.
The winners struck first in
the first inning. Floyd
Greene reached second
when Rip Wilkins misplayed
his fly ball to left for a
two base error. Babe Johnson's
single moved Greene
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Evans sacrifice fly.
West Side came back with
four runs in the second.
Whit Lowry, who was
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named the game's Most uame to score both
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Valuable Player, tripled to West Side got back to
right center and scored on within two in their half of th
Wilkins ground out. Af- inning. A.J. Cole walked
- ter Anky Lowvy wdiked, and went to third on Pd
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left sconng Lowry. Center J f ?? ? .
fielder Arthur Neely sin- scored on Lonn,? Barker s
gled and pitcher Bill Dickey ?round out and Greene
_scorejd_.b_o.th. with a double came in on-a passed ball.
la left_ Don Johnson then They tied the score in the
sent Dickey, who had mov- fourth against Mitchell who
ed to third on a wild pitch, took over for Dickey.
home with a sacrifice fly. Babe Johnson walked and
Ea$t Side closed to 4-2 in moved to second on a wild *
" their half of the second on a pitch. He got to third on an
walk to Gaither, a single by Evans groundout and scorFrazier
and an error. ed when Whit Lowry failed
East Side added their final to pick up Cole's grounder
two runs in the third. at second. He then came
Whit Lowry and Wilkins hit around to score on two wild
back to back singles with pitches and a passed ball,
one out. After Anky Lowry knotting the game and set
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grounded out uaiiey repped ting the stage for Green's
his second double of the hit in the following inning.
CI A A Sports Information
Cherry Named
Vice President
Salisbury, N.C. -- Wilson R. Cherry, Director of
Public Relations and Sports Informations at Livingstone
College has been elected Vice-President of the Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Association's Public Relations and
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? .imvi miuiivii n.-?.iuv.iailUIIS.
The organization was formed ?to promote greater
visibility for student athletes in their academic, athletic
and community endeavors. Joint efforts will be made to
bring about a better working relationship between the
mass media and the fourteen member institutions in
North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland.
Cherry is a graduate of Catawba College in Salisbury,
N.C., a member of the College News Association of the
Carolina's National Basketball Writer's Association,
Rowan Cooperative Christian Ministry, and the TrinityUnited
Presbyterian Church.
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