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Page B2The Chronicle, Thursday, May 24, 1984 r Eleven inducted into Sports Hall ByROBERT ELLER Chronicle Sports Editor Eleven new members were inducted into the WinstonSalem/Forsyth County High School Sports Hall of Fame Wednesday night, May 16, at the Benton Convention Center. The 11, who became the second group to be so honored, join 16 persons who were inducted at last year's OakiffttehR'aidu. tu>i wn )IW'BPf' Wgythe featured speaker for the event and gave credit to the Winston-Salem Sportsmen Club for organizing the hall. Branch, who himself was recently inducted to the sports hall of fame at the University of Colorado, where he was a standout wide receiver and a teammate of Ike Howard, who chaired this year's banquet committee, recalled his own induction and the honor involved. "My induction to the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame was one of the biggest highlights of my life," he said, "and I'm sure each of these inductees share that feeling tonight." Basketball hall of famer Clarence "Bighouse" Gaines, one of the original members of the 28-year-old Sportsmen Clllh. whirh was nrioinallv rrx 11#?H th#? "Unnnr?/ y Wk/ VI V U1 I V V4 v I V i lUII^I J Club" because its members met for lunch, added remarks and used the opportunity to push for a home for the Hall of Fame. "These people have earned a great honor and their medals and certificates should be placed where they can be seen in either the Coliseum or the Convention Center," Gaines said, looking at Mayor Wayne Corpening, who was also on the platform. The new inductees include coaches Frances Cook and David Lash, basketball official Thomas "Tom" Chambers and the late Frank Spencer, long-time sports editor of the Winston-Salem Journal. The former athletes honored include Roscoe Anderson, Don Cardwell, Talmadge "Ike"Hill, Ronnie "Rod" Osborne, Harvey "Pops" Staplefoote and Booker "B.T." Williams. They join last year's inductees, who include coaches Sarah Kirby, John W. Tandy, the late Baxter Holman and Jack Blaylock, as well as Mary Garber, another Please see page B3 Overcnmine thp n. ? W V m m W w m m W \ Undaunted Howard wrestler c< By EDWARD HILL JR. Special To The Chronicle Paul Cotton may be considered an underdog to make the 1984 Summer Olympics. But, then again, the former Howard University wrestler and present head coach wasn't expected to make the Olympic trials, either. It seems that being a longshot has been a way of life for the Olympic hopeful in Greco-Roman style wrestling. Yet, he is among the nation's top 24 wrestlers in the 1 14-nnnnd weioht | * w*o* ~ Greco-Roman wrestling is one of three styles in international wrestling. Its participants aren't allowed to use their legs in competition. Cotton will participate in a "wrestle-off" June 7-10 at the University of Minnesota to determine the six wrestlers in his weight class who will comprise part of the 1984 U.S. Olympic wrestling squad. "Phad a rather successful high school career, but none of the schools in the area wanted to offer me a scholarship," recalls Cotton, a native of Chicago. "They all said I was too small. The only school that showed interest was Howard University. And, even when I got there, they had never seen me, and there were doubts." De.sfii&vpgjJteMaittfr-Uk. celaiiu&. two. years, Cotton emerged his Junior year r when be made it 118-pound class. "I proved to people what I always knew: that I could Black On Sports Former Rams \ By ROBERT ELLER Chronicle Sports Editor This article is the first in a two-part series. Last week, Winston-Salem State head football Coach Bill Hayes sent two more of his players off to pro football camp. As quarterback Karlton Watson and defensive back Jack Cameron left WSSU for the Chicago Bears' mini-camp for free agents, Hayes, who has seen 23 of his players attend pro camps in his eight years at the school, talked about some of those athletes. "Working with each one was a totally different experience," he said smiling, a sense of pride in his voice. "Each one had his strong points and his weak points." SportslVeel Scores, Standings, Columns, Feature Bm^-'^l^fl wrj^m PPHP^MHf ^^k# ' >Al flnik W ^v J Ifi* *1 - ^0 v*4H f pf ^mf jA W 4m ? m m KL& . mm I P vH v W \*-? < # 40 j001 Mm 'Jfl Ready To Break Though Little League rules prohibit players from taking leads while on base, the Subaru Brats' Eusi Jordan appears ready to break as he anticipates a hit. Jordan and the Brats play in the Twin City League (photo by James Parker). )nt in lies Olympic quest compete with some of the best," he says. *1 'S J After his four years of eligibility had expired. Cotton J $ continued to work out while pursuing an undergraduate ,r J&k degree.in nutrition. The work paid off as he went on to k/B win a gold medal in Sombo wrestling at the prestigious National Sports Festival. "I can recall the times when 1 was preparing for the National Sports Festival and people jokingly would say things like, 'You're training for a national championship, huh?' or 'What are you doing? Training for the Olym- i J pics?"' says Cotton. "Even the people at the Sports Festival doubted me. Those WinHs of thinos inst motivate me more After u/inn- Bfl ing that gold medal, I began to a of working Cotton's schedule had to be put on the back burner temporarily while he was head coach at Howard this past I season and guided the wrestling team to its most suecessful campaign in a decade. But coaching, in addition to being a full-time graduate student in nutrition, &Tr hampered his training regimen. Still, the 23-year-old thrives or) defeating odds, as he TI%a WinnArQ proved at April's Eastern Regional Olympic Qualifying ^ Tournament in Trenton,"N.J. " W^tU classes-mat lung, ami rtvrrcrrnrjK.fr wavrhfftrttfr, to put in a consistent training program," says Cotton. champtonshlp.j>tandti "To add to that, I had other disadvantages.'Mosr6TmjT<^ ' Kneeling, left-to right. Please see page B5 Richardson (photo by < vho have given the pros a t Hayes talked first about his two current pro The Ahoskie native w players, Timmy Newsome of the NFL's Dallas however, as he turned in Cowboys and rookie Alvin Powell, who has earned a to go down late in the y< starting spot at guard for the USFL's Oklahoma But Hayes said the ii Outlaws. Newsome better. "Dr. (Steven) Homer "I've always said there are three kinds oj on Newsome's damaged athletes: There are the willing but not able, worst knee injuries he hi the able but not willing, and the willing and "but' by the next sea , . ,, hard on rehabilitating tY than the other one." -- Bill Hayes Hayes also recalled tha ing the 1,000-yard mark "Timmy," Hayes said, "was the kind of athlete playing on two teams th; who wouldn't accept defeat. And he was probably regular season, the pro j the hardest worker I have ever had. He was not him. highly recruited and he came here unheralded." "The scouts always < 1 k s Block College Sports Pro athletes where they By BARRY COOPER Syndicated Columnist When a black athlete is taken early in r Sure, there's a lot to cheer about when white athletes are selected, too, but this column, for this week, at least, chooses only to talk about the black players. You see, it's much more critical that a black athlete be taken in the draft and made wealthy than it is for his white counterpart. ^^JLahe history of sports has shown us "anytmng, it has proven that former white athletds have a much better chance of making it in life than former black athle/es. ^Sfp, when a black athlete is drafted and made a millionaire, it means his best chance of succeeding in life has been realized. But what about those behind him? Will they make it, too? Will there be black schools left to turn out well-paid athletes like Charlie Brown of the Washington Redskins and South Carolina State or Clempn Johnson of the Philadelphia 76ers and Florida A&M? Perhaps not. Black schools are fighting a fierce battle, and for some, it is a life and death matter. Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., is on the verge of collapse. Florida A&M lives under a constant cloud of merger possibilities. In Georgia, Savannah State and Albany State have been under close scrutiny by those who would like to do away with black schools. The feeling here is that we will lose ^ikjlj ( ;:Vm' >u /Jt If 'wlr L. /. \Ji / t a ^W ^ rj?^ ?^^yB ^ C?^MfBKtmT^j^^ 71 ^ ^ -i^Bl wF ^T^tt 0 UigtLSmatttk Giniig Tiark team, caplj ig, feft f 6 right, head coach Btand n. Ws 61yntf)hv Darian l>7?Ri{noA v ?a?h D& Jeff Ingram, Jim Sharp, Robert Brannc James Parker). ry: Bill Hayes 'asn't unheralded for long, _ wrong with h a fine freshman season only a scout came jar with a knee injury. and said he hi njury only served to make but he can't 1 came to WSS (the surgeon who operated benchpressed knee), said it was one of the scout) came, ad ever seen," Hayes recall- forty and ber ison, Timmy had worked so "The more le knee that it was stronger der I got and my had done t, despite Newsome surpass- to block, thei in three straight seasons and Still, Hayes at were unbeaten during the "Tirnmy d< scouts weren't very high on (Cameron) hs side that mak said there was something . r * > who forget came from some black schools before the year 2000. Some will have made themselves extinct because of declining enrollments. Others simply will die from a lack of support. itjSi hftfi enough that the graduates of K4im>" inihil11 nfilii iifmiirrWr schools once they've moved on. But it is sinful that rich black athletes, many of whom got their starts at small, black colleges, often don't give a nickel of their wealth to their alma maters. Of course, not all black athletes come from black schools. Bm~there are enough "It is bad enough that the graduates of black colleges often don't give to their schools once they've moved on. But it is sinful that rich black athletes, many of whom got their starts at small black colleges, often don't give a nickel of their wealth. " rich white graduates of the University of Southern California to keep that school going. The same holds true for Ohio State, Michigan, Harvard and North Carolina. But how many millionarie businessmen has Jackson State turned out? How about Morgan State and Benedict College? Clearly, one of the greatest resources black colleges have are its former athletes. Yet, as a group, they have not supported their schools as much as they should. True, there are some exceptions. Oklahoma Outlaws quarterback Doug Williams has given his school, Grambling, Please see page B4 I , Vjuv-iri') j-;)H < O^HHH /* HBK2^R|m^P*?flBBjy^j? (tgp^ thit ucbx*& QVP-CaIL rlty-rnnnty STEFt, CWTs XTng, Step Ka n TSFfahce, awftwiw# ?>4 tsatch'AigK C&wen.- ?? in, manager; (Jerry Liles and Carlos reflects im," Hayes said. "I remember one day to me after watching Timmy work out ad the speed, the size and the toughness block. I told him that, when Newsome U, he was 6-2, 188, ran a 4.7 forty, and 150 pounds. And, on the day he (the he (Newsome) was 6-3, 230, ran a 4.65 ichpressed 425 pounds. I thought about the remark, the madI finally told him that, after what Tim in four years, if he couldn't teach him i I should have his job." \ said, Newsome was not a great athlete, sesn't have the athletic ability that Jack is," he said, "but he has something ines him great." Please see page B4
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