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F?g? U'Tht Chront^'f, Thuridfy, 1QM ? sports t /J " :' rm mH Sfc Chairman Of The B< regular season records In the history off the Association, is a leading candidate ffor the lea Year'* award, sponsored by Miller High Life. M points and a league leading 15.3 rebounds \ regular season in leading the 76ers to a 65*17 i ? Black College Sj>orts Don't Look Now, But There's A Ne1 B% BARRY COPPER C mm /< I oyriuiwuicii U(/iMrnnu( Even though the United States Football League, in its first year, is fighting for survival, yet another league has decided to open for business. It is the International Football League, which plans to begin play in March and compete during the spring and summer with the USFL. Only one IFL franchise has been awarded so far, that one going to a group of South Honda businessmen. They hope to base their club in either Miami or Ft. Lauderdale. The IFL is thinking of fielding 10 francishes this year, with prospective owners investing $2 million at the start. The IFL, which has not yet been taken seriously by the NFL, USFL or the media, intends to develop by taking players who were released by USFL clubs. That could mean third-rate players, but it also could mean that even more college players will advance to the professional ranks. The $25 Million Man Twenty-five million dollars. That's how much David 4 * Deacon" Jones says he is worth. Jones, inducted recently into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame, says he owns assorted businesses in Southern California, including extensive real estate holdings. Union's Wooten, By ROBERTELLER Sports Editor Virginia Union's Barvenia Wooten, who led her team to the NCAA Division II women's national title, and Union Head Coach Lou Hearn were named Player and Coach of the Year, respectively, in women's basketball by the National Association for Women's Sports, it was announced late last week. Wooten, a 5-8 senior, was the top vote-getter in the balloting for the all-America team. Joining her on the first team were sophomore Belinda Copeland of Tuskegee, who received 90 votes, and seniors Mary Stalling* of Mississippi Valley State and Concetha Smith of Fayetteville State, with 75 votes each. Senior Jimi Gatlin of South Carolina State and junior Chtnel Hamilton of UDC, with 70 votes each, rounded out the first team. I 4 Columns, Scores, Profiles Black On Sport (I There'l I I By ROBERT ELLER Sports Editor When the deadline for applyi draft under the so-called hards I recently with only six of th underclassmen doing so, the I I predicted a mass exodus from I ball started looking for somewl Those experts expected more I I to make the move due to the I ceiling imposed by the 1 new NBA collective I bargaining agreement. I When the new pactU was announced late last I month and its details ex- I I I plained, there were a I great many "in-the- I know" fans and writers I I who claimed that the I I agreement would cause i I the best talent to flee the | college ranks for the I NBA's large salaries while the getting was good. I happened. In fact, with only six players this just may be the smallest a I I Sports From Tfc Lanier. Time and uniforms have ch Vitale says the battles betweei ^ and Bob Lanier remain the ss mid-70s, Vitale was coaching i oards team that included Lanier. Ma for the Houston Rockets at th< s to one of the best recalled recently that Lanier * National Basketball a game against Malone like a j gue's "Player of the ready for a showdown at Hig [alone averaged 24.3 "He'd whirlpool, have his pei game during the sjt there looking down at ti record. ' ; said. "He'd tell me: 'Hav< ^(Lanier's back-up) ready early Rnnrfc Fane k^|/V/t JL UllU^ w League Coming Jones, also a member of the National Football League Hall of Fame, played for the Los Angeles Rams. He started at South Carolina State. Interestingly, Jones left S.C. State before his eligibility was complete. He played his senior season at Prairie View after falling out with the S.C. State coaching staff. Knfcks' Coach Applauds Johnson . Hubie Brown, coach of the New York Knicks, says he knows a good basketball player when he sees one, and he says Clemon Johnson is a mighty good one. Johnson, the former Florida A&M standout who is now a back-up center with the Philadelphia 76ers, could be a star in the league, Brown says. "Just give him some time," Brown says. "He has all the tools you want in a center and he is just a great offensive rebounder." Johnson, who has played for Portland and Indiana, also has never been a full-time starter in the league, but coaches consider him the best back-up center in the NBA. Johnson will be a free-agent after this year, and many expect him to sign a contract worth $400,000 or more. Another black college player who has made it to the NBA is "Audacious" Audie Norris, a 6-10 center from Jackson State. The Portland Trailblazers were extremeiy pleased with Norris' development this year. Hearn Honored Florida A&M sophomore sensation Cynthia Lee paced the second team with 65 votes. Wooten's junior teammate Maria Nicholson and Norfolk State senior Norma Knight each received 55 votes. The second team was rounded out by seniors Jackie Franklin of Dillard and Regina Pope of Albany State, with 50 and 45 votes, respectively. Knight was a member of the 1982 first team. Makinc the third team were iunior Irma Jones of Bethune-Cookman and seniors Darlene Jones of Mississippi Valley, Deborah Davis of Claflin, Thelma Bogues of Clark, Beverly Scott of Lincoln and Joyce Williams of Paul Quinn. Hearn, in his first year as head coach after serving as an assistant under the late Tom Harris, led the team to the national title after seeing them beaten in the CIAA tourney title game by arch-rival Norfolk State. %> , Predictions a [ Be No Mass Exc group of undergrads to come out sincc hardship rule went into effect, j. Still, the Houston Rockets could care ng for the NBA about the kids that stayed in school, since hip rule passed wnn th#? min trvts anH u/ill ant a cKonc# \t e nation's top Ralph Sampson's name on draft day. "experts" who j^e Indiana Pacers, on the other hand, college basket- ^ave t0 settle for less than what they may here to hide. hoped for after losing the flip. * underclassmen gvcn though the Pacers would have first-year salary chappy at losing the flip no matter who out, now, with the likes of Pat Ewin Georgetown, Akeem Olajuwon of Hou Earl Jones of UDC, Keith Lee of Mer I State and North Carolina's dynamic di Sam Perkins and Michael Jordan all read another year of college ball, the Pacers wil the drop-off in talent behind Sampson ! greater. The opinion here is that the underclassman to declare his draft eligibi r Houston swingman Clyde Drexler. A W smooth leaper, Drexler is a superb deft Eller player who may end up as a guard in the 1 And with players with the size and abili Jut it just hasn't Magic Johnson, George Gervin, M Cooper and others now playing guard, his ? going hardship, should be high. md least talented Another top guard prospect is Ennis Wl le Press Box ? , Malone: Clash O anged. But Dick after every rebound like it's his last meal n Moses Malone Fans of the Pittsburgh Pirates now ti Lme. Back in the the Cobra -- Dave Parker ? as if he wer a Detroit Pistons another snake, but they haven't brok< tlone was playing belief that a healthy Parker still is capa ? time, and Vitale doing things on a baseball field that gunslinger getting "All the negative stuff started when I b h Noon. the first million-dollar ballplayer in knees taped and Parker said. "My being rich, famous, tal le floor," Vitals outspoken and a proud black man wi s Leon Douglas much for some people to take. The i . Malonyis going never changed me; it just changed how H3 0?^ Based on 48 months $225 security <* I and only $51I '83 MID SIZE I MARQUIS ~^SS I NO^ MONEY and only $51, pius ^^^^55s5?5S2B??33?Bi, "? frttght aflk Based on 46 months $225 security deposit Total $10,660 FMC Red Carpet Lease ^01^ land onlyS29 I Drive One H LLIBERTYJS I * idus This Year I : the of Alabama, who will give up his last two years of college eligibility. Whatley may have benefit- I f less ted from another year of college experience but they still should be a first-rounder because of his > call size, strenath and Quickness. Byron Scott of Arizona State hasn't gotten a f| I , will great deal of press, but his nearly 22-point 11 have average will be of interest on draft day. Illinois guard Derek Harper may be the best been shooter of the guards to decide to turn pro early came and he also has good size. And Marquette's I ig of Glenn Rivers is yet another underclassmen who I ston, could push the likes of seniors Stewart Granger, nphis Greg Jones, Dirk Minniefield and possibly even ( I 10 of "Rocket" Rod Foster down the line in the ly for draft. 1 find At 6-10, power forward Russell Cross of Pur- 11 even due is the biggest of the lot of underclassmen to come out. . II top The fact of the matter, however, is that this lity is year, for the first time since 1980, the fust silky player to be picked in the NBA draft will not.be jjl msive an underclassman?That is no surprise, NBA. however, since Sampson would have been the ity of first player picked no matter when he decided ichael to turn pro. The big surprise may be that, over value the past two seasons, the first five players picked have been underclassmen. tiatley Please see page IS ? j ??. ? f The Titans 1 ... reacted to me. A guy earning $30,000 is going M ilk of to resent someone getting $1 million of playirig e just a kid's game. But they forget that we're artists. in his Being able to squarely hit a little round ball ble of traveling 90 miles per hour with a round piece other of wood qualifies as art." There's a double standard in baseball just as ecame there is in life. No one complains about Pete '79," Rose's contract or that he's outspoken. When ented, Pete says something, he's articulate. When a is too u black or Latin says the same thing, he's &r- M money rogant." J people Please see page 24 MERM I ' way to beat the I I st of financing! I I Ill 1 eoosit Total $10 660 FMC Red Carpet Lease 25 per week! I /Tjr n>v I V. J^ Plus taxes and local Wgjjgppp*-' v.. fees - J|HV/ Kt wmM Jased on 48 months. $225 security I deposit Total: $10,531.35. FMC ~ Red Carpet Lease 1 2 per week! I V '83 LYNX I _ft A Mr lAfAolrvl 1 ome Today! I S, 725-0411 I '
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