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Page 16-The Chronicle, Tfii sroi CIAA'8: Virginia < To Win i * By Robert Eller s Sports Editor^? 5 The Central Inter-, j coHegiate Athletic Associa- ( tion held its annual football 1 preseason roundup in t Durham this past Tuesday s and, as expected, the 1 league's coaches tabbed a perennial favorite Virginia IJninn thp tpam tn V ...w* VI* v ?VMill W C/VUi I this season. s The Panthers, who-rolled \ through 1981" without a t loss, then went on to trounce Southern Division t winner?North?Carolina?t The coaches surprised when they tabbed Winstc out last year's division w . Central in the battle for crown. Central 45-7 in the CIAA ti- s tie gameT return much of r last season's team. > Coach Willard Bailey, ' enterinc hU 11th ?pa?nn at r the Panther helm, will again t have one of the best defen- v sive units in the nation. Last g season, the Panthers, who yielded but 66 points during ( the regular season and pro- c duced three shutouts, have S no less than seven members s of that unit returning to the \ fold. Bailey's offensive unit will also be strong again this year with what has been called the best offensive line in the school's history retur-? ning in tact As usual, Bailey was his ? . eloquent self at the roun- _ dup, stating that "we will again be a good football team, but only time will tell just how good." The coaches surprised a number of the press when they tabbed Winston-Salem State to beat out last year's division winner North Carolina Central in the battle for the Southern Divi ~L By Rob< The Winston-Salem Inc best season in their history this past week, losing thre( Stan Musial playoffs, and the tourney. ' "We made too many < ?? mental, cmd that eost us 1 Rip Wilkins this week. The Indians, who entere by virtue of winning the mi inesem 1$ A Last week, this writer talked manager of the Winston-Salen team, who expressed a desire Pond Giants, a team Wilkins and prove once and for all thi not the Pond Giants, are the t ty. This week, this writer hope the story from Nelson Petree, the Pond Giants and a man wl of baseball in Winston-Salem' able to contact Mr. Petree at 1 still feels that there has to be This writer has vivid men teams of a few years back "Marvelous" Marvin Shaw, Green brothers, Floyd and Ed, wards, Bill Dickey and others He can also remember the la to see the Pond Giants as the; top teams in the South week * v ? i * ursday, August 19, 1982 rts I Union's The It Again Thi iion crown. WSSU suffered hrough its second straight ?-5 season last year as inuries took their toll on "oach Bill Hayes' team. The Rams, however, return heir entire back field and II f f#?rH r*nlv minimal % ? I V i. v v? v ill j 111 11 1 111 C* 1 osses on both the offensive ind defensive lines. Still, Hayes would make 10 boasts at the meeting, aying only that he would lave his team ready to play his season. Hank Lattimore of Cenral was a little more opimistic The Eagles, 7-44asv a number of the press m-Salem State to beat tinner North Carolina the Southern Division eason, have ^3 seniors eturning- and 19 of last 'ear's 21 starters back. 'We don't have much ex>erience," quipped Latimore with a smile, "but ve hope to have a pretty ;ood season." Following WSSU and Tentral. accordine to the ' ------ w """" oaches, will be Johnson C. imith, which has shown teady improvement under Vylie Harris, now in his ifth year at the school. rayetteville State, Bowie >tate and Livingstone ounded out the order of he coaches' predictions in he Southern Division. The?coaches?picked -lampton Institute to give firfVnia iTninn -Us-kiggesr jroblems in the Northern Division. Hampton returns >1 nf ")*) - e - .i ui 4.4. aiaiicis uuill A earn that finished 8-2 last 'ear and ranked ninth in the inal NAIA national poll. Leading the HI charge vill be everybody's Allamerican running back, Dennis Mahan. Mahan was he CI AA and NAIA ndians L srt Eller iians, in the midst of the , ran into a series of errors i of four games, two in the I thus were knocked from errors, both physical and huse games,11 said Coach d the Stan Musial playoffs ; Winston-Salem Baseball * i-Pro Tr In Importan* l to Rip Wilkins, owner and n Indians semi-pro baseball to play the Winston-Salem i says the Indians can.beat it they ? the Indians -- and op semi-pro team in the cid to have the other side of , the long-time manager of ho is called "the Godfather This writer has not been the time of this writing but another side of the story. luries 01 me rona Uiant that boasted the likes of "Big"John Spease, the Ken Valentine, Dickie Edrge crowds that turned out y entertained and beat the in and week out at Ernie 1 * I Pick t s Year | District 19 Player of *the A Year last season when he led the league in rushing I with 835 yards and scored nine times. In front of him Mahan will have two All- I American guards: 1 280-pound Mike Johnson and 270-pound Kevin Ross. Elizabeth City was the il coaches' choice for third spot. Former Philadelphia Eagle quarterback John Walton led the team to an 8-3 mark last year and a berth in thftNCAA Division 11?playoffs: Walton^lost^ quarterback Ralph Eagleton and some other key offensive players, but has a corps of fine receivers for new signal-caller John Robinson to throw to. ^ Defensively, the Vikings V have 320-pound defensive tackle Howard Oglesby and? ^ record-setting interceptors P Dwight Taylor and Bobby P1 Futrell back. ^ Virginia State's Trojans, ? 4-6 last year ? they won their first four games and lost their last six ? were picked to beat out Norfolk State's Spartans for fourth spot. St. Paul's, the league's g doormat for many years, ?5 was again picked to finish fe, last. wc The CIAA season begins on Sept. 4 with a number of afl key games on-tap^ including?^ THizabeth City at Johnson a<! C. Smith and North ? Carolina Central at Liv- las ingstone. fei fr< The second annual CIAA Championship Game is set jn for Nov. 20 at Charlotte pr Veterans Memorial r Stadium. The game begins at 1:30 pm. nsp Thrae League regular season title, 1< Ullah in their opening round With two out in the botton ing pitcher Chris Mackey, wl walked two straight batters a to end the contest. The Indians bounced bacl beat Cliailutic Mcti'ullna Spt going six-hitter by Mike Sm scoring single in the seventh i ing run. adition t Part Of Win _Shore Field or Finclr Field in Shore was not available. At that time, the Indians wei m AC k ON SI'OKI4ROBER1 ELLER few established players such Roseboro, Sandy Woodruff s name a few, but at that time tY P-Giants, a team nationally semi-pro baseball club in existc Things have changed quite years, however, not just for th< dians, but for semi-pro baseba grown more and more popular -y ? \J r ? Ithough A&T lost a bi Itta is one bright spot repares for the new sc (lack College S.C. } By Barry Cooper ix teams in the Midistern Athletic Conrence play football, but it >n't be a six-team race for ; league's championship. jtead, it'll be a two-team fair, with S.G. State /Ored to outduel Florida ~ kM for the crown. .C. State (10-3 overall it year and 5-0 in the conence), loses nine starters )m last year, but capable placements are available^ fact, the Bulldogs are oud of their depth; they rely play freshmen, meanl those players have four Games, Dst a 5-4 decision to Mt. 1 game. f* . % ? /V - i oi me lutn inning, los10 had gone all the way, nd then gave up a single c the following night to ins, 3-2, behind a rouieith. Curt Gibson's runnning drove in the winnston's Basei Thomasville when Ernie e on the rise. They had a as Charles Rice, Curt ind "Pookie" Bailey, to ley were no match for the recognized as the oldest ;nce. a bit over the past few ? Pond Giants and the InII in the city. Softball has and a number of former jKi ,v - H ' xN-' 4 ?? .- :*. ilk of talent last feaioi for the Aggies as Coacl a son. The Aggies won't Sports State W more years left after the in itial season at S.C. State Because of that policy plenty of talented players are always ready to step ir * ? tor graduating seniors. S.C. State has dominated the MEAC, winning _44 games and losing only five in conference play over the last nine, years^ The Bulldogs have "won the MEAC crown five times and finished tied for the title twice. This year, unless Florida A&M or Bethune-Cookman can mount a challenge, S.C. State will probably win the crown again. This is how the race should go: , Elimina % The Indians were elim following day when the) Rowan, 15-14. The Indian in the contest, were leadin inning but South Rowan and a succession of reliev win. The Indians' skid cor when they lost a 10-7 decii opening round of the Da ment in Danville. Jim P? ball Heritagt baseball players can now b hot summer Sunday after captured a number of form away quite a few of base them involved in playing t out to see their former bas over the fences. Just three years ago, the baseball league in Winstor Walnut Cove, Stokesdale ? a number of teams from were numerous attempts to three teams finally affiliai Musial organization. . Another sign of the fa baseball is the fact that, f there will not be a Winsto Tourney. Wilkins, who h past, says that there simply the event a break-even pro Wilkins feels this is a sh< 1 =???? /m I '; .av;,:- <?' i v4^S * ? -'V V1 r, Waymon challenge h Mo Forte Barry Coo t, however, ill Reign ] I. Smith Parnlina Qt-it? - - Wtaaau k^wuvv i . 2. Florida A&M , 3. Bethune-Cookman I ? 4. Howard j i 5. Delaware State i 6. North Carolina A&T < I S.C. State is strong all 1 1 over, especially in the of fensive backfield,?where s fullback Henry "Boom I Boonx^OdOnTreturns. He i had~468 yards las! year i despite being troubled by \ injuries. He'll line up i , alongside all-MEAC runn- 1 ing mate Anthony Reed, ) who had 933 yards last year, for a 6.2 average. : Florida A&M (7-4, 4-1) is i * hungry. Only S.C. State has \ 1 stood in the Rattlers' way ) the last two years, and t ted From inated from the event the f lost a slugfest to South is, who pounded out 16 hits ig 12-4 entering the seventh touched loser Gary Groce ers for 10 runs to take the itlnued this past weekend sion to South Boston in the nville Invitational Tourna- i terson took the loss in that ? Yielding Its 1 e seen on the softball fields on < noons. Not only has softball < ier players but it has also taken i iball's fans, either by getting hemselves or by getting them 1 ;eball heroes bang the softball i ] re was an eight-team semi-pro i l u/itfl PTltri<?c frr\m A !?) t ??ivn vim ivj ii v/iii iTiii nil J f ; md Greensboro in addition to Winston. Just this year there ] start a semi-pro league before 1 ted themselves with the Stan j 1 iding popularity of semi-pro i or the first time in six years, n-Salem Invitational Baseball ] as handled the WSIT in the 1 isn't enough interest to make < position this season. ame since he feels that the In- t / * * * i' <? BZL< Of > ^ tr' M ;.y ( K jjl for the ME AC crown thl per in his league preview In MEA< FAMU has lost to thp Bulldogs by a total of three points over the last two i seasons. When the teams meet Oct. 23 in i Orangeburg, S.C., it'll probably be for the league title. FAMU has a four-year : itarter at Quarterback,? Mathaniel Koonce, and an i ill-American at .noseguard n R.C. Eason. The team < vill return 14 other starters ? n what could be Rudy i -lubbard's best squad in \ /ears. ! Bethune-Cookman ; 1-2) needs some offense to 50 along with an already 1 )otent defense. The defense j fielded only 12.6 points a same last year, but more of- < Tourney rnntMt The Indians now play the Ri this Thursday night in the event. The Indians, winners c Invitationals, hope to bounce year's performance when the round game only to take the brackei. The three losses, the first i three games during a week this Feeefchte^4?7. ? ? Prominence 1 dians, despite having their would be a strong favorite to time. The obvious question to baseball dying? Have the days the Pond Giants and Indian general faded away? Are we t when our eight- and nine-yearsoftball team rather than the Here's hoping that is not former player in the black U baseball, and a one-time aspir jiving up baseball would be leritage. After all, it's a loi learest major league ballpark Next I'll again try to find < lave to say about Rip Wilkin: Until then, we will all still w; >ut which team is the best. Will semi-pro baseball die b< led? f \ M^ri m)*1 I ^ n II / *?, &< f '"> V'" s year, says columnist ???-? fense must be found. Howard (6-4, 2-3) continues to improve. The Bison have one of the country's best receivers in Tracey Singleton, but he > won't be enough; the Bison still are about two years from challenging for the title. . Delaware State (2-9, 1-4) could surprise some folks as Coach Joe Purzycki continues to rebuild. They've got 17 starters back, and should do better than last year. North Carolina A&T (3-8, D-5) seems to have its program in reverse. New Coach Mo Forte has his work cut out for him. ) ??????? ingo All-Stars at 8 p.m. losers' bracket of the >f the last two Danville back and duplicate last )y also lost their first; title from the losers' time the team has lost ; year, dropped its 1982 To Softball? problems this past week, take the event for the fifth ask then is, is semi-pro of not only battles between s but of semi-pro ball in o look forward to a future old sons will try out for the baseball team? the case. As the son of a ragues, and later semi-pro ing baseball player myself, like giving up part of my ng way from here to the out what the Pond Giants 5' challenge. . ait and wonder if we'll find efore the debate can be set#? ?.
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