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BLACK COLLEC
July 1. Danzy will assume his new
duties at Alcorn on the same date.
The 55-year-old Danzy has had three
coaching stints at Alcorn, beginning in
1964. He stayed there until 1972,
returned in '74 and stayed until *77. He
began his latest stint in 1982, serving as
the Braves' linebacker coach.
His other coaching stops have in^_
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A&M and Miles College. He has been
head football coach at Prairie View
and Alabama A&M and athletic director
at Prairie View and Miles.
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Maryland-Eastern Shore has hired
former Florida State Assistant Coach
Steve Williams as its basketball coach.
Williams, 36, replaces Howie Evans,
who resigned after going 8-49 in two
season*^
A former University of Florida standout,
Williams was an assistant under
Joe Williams at Florida State. His
duties included recruiting, scouting
and the development of post and
perimeter players.
As a high school coach, Williams
compiled a six-season record of 128-48
at Washington High in Pensacola, Fla.
That included a state 4-A championship
in 1980.
Steelers' Signings
The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed
a pair of free agents from black colleges
in North Carolina A&T's Jesse
Brttt and Albany State's Chris Sbef
field;
Britt is a 6-foot-4, 198-pound wide
receiver who was one of all-star
quarterback Alan Hooker's favorite
targets last season. He caught 52 passes
for 908 yards and eight touchdowns.
Sheffield, a corner back, played in the
Freedom Bowl.
USFL Notes
Former Delaware State standout
Gene Lake, the NCAA Division I-AA
rushing leader in 1984, has signed with
the Baltimore Stars of the United
States Football League.
After being drafted by the USFL's
New Jersey Generals last year (a selection
subsequently voided by the league)
and later given an unsuccessful tryout
with the Washington Redskins of the
National Football League, Lake faced
an uncertain future. Now, after a
year's absence from football, the
former all-America is eager to get
another crack at the pro ranks.
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The Stars' training camp at Colt
Complex is scheduled to open the first
week of August. Their first game is
Sept. 14 at Baltimore's Memorial
Stadium ....
Several black college players were
drafted by USFL teams. Delaware
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round to the Baltimore Stars, who also
took Elizabeth City State's Eddie
Cofleld in the sixth round.
The Birmingham Stallions took
three black college players in Alabama
A&M's Mark McCraney, Grambling
State's James Polk and Prairie View
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The Tampa Bandits selected Alcorn
State's Wayne Dillard.
The NFL Snub
Trying to argue with National Football
League teams' tendency to
overlook black college talent is as
frivolous as "I'm Not Herb" bumper
stickers.
The bottom line is that black college
talent is plentiful and cheap. NFL
teams seem to feel they might as well
not draft most deserving black college
players because they can sign them as
free agents.
So nobody needed to be shocked
when the NFL drafted only nine black
college players in the April draft.
Following is the roll call:
Delaware State's John Taylor to San
Francisco (third round); Grambling
State's Leonard Griffin to Kansas City
(third); Mississippi Valley's Carl
Byram to Buffalo (fifth); Fort Valley
State's Eddie Anderson to Seattle
(sixth); Hampton's Ike Rendon to Kansas
City (mnth); Mississippi Valley's
Joe Thomas to Denver (ninth); Florida
AAM's Merlon Jones to New Orleans
(ninth); Alcorn State's Wayne Dffiard
to St. Louis (11th) and BethuneCookman's
Sebastian Brown to New
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Notable non-selections included
Mississippi Valley's Willie Totten,
Jackson State's Jackie Walker, Tennessee
State's Gilbert Reafroe and
Elizabeth City State's Ed Cofleld.
MEAC HOF
Bonnie Shell, who has played in four
Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh
Steelers, and Barney Chavons. a
14-year veteran with the Denver Broncos,
head the selections to this year's
MIiAC Hall of Fame.
Shell set a conference single-season
record at South Carolina State with
eight interceptions in 1973. Chavous, a
defensive end for the Broncos, has
been a mainstay on a Denver defense
that has built a reputation for being
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among the stingiest units in the league.
Former New Orleans Saints defensive
back Maurice Spencer will also be
inducted. Spencer, who played at
North Carolina Central from 1974-78,
suffered a neck injury in 1978 and
retired. He now works for CBS.
Sprinter Larry Black of NCCU
enters based on his performance in the
1972 Olympics and his holding several
NCAA and NAIA records. He won the
gold medal as part of the 4x100 relay
team in the '72 Olympics and captured
the silver in the 200 meters.
Eric Evans of Morgan State was a
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player who led the Bears to the league
title in 1977.
One coach will be inducted in former
North Carolina A&T football Coach
Hornsby Howell. Howell had a 37-25-3
record from 1971-76. ?. ----Six
others will be inducted in a
special category for service to the
league: Jimmy Young, former MEAC
commissioner; John McLendon,
former North Carolina Central basketball
coach, a member of the NAIA
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Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher and an executive
with the Greyhound Corp.;
Thorn Shropshire, retired Miller Brewing
Co. executive; the late John P.
Price, former president of the MEAC,
and Thomas P. Fraser, former president
of Morgan State.
Hurry Harrell
In a hurry, freshman Tyrone HarreD
is emerging as one of the outstanding
collegiate sprinters in the country.
The St. Augustine's sprinter captured
four gold medals in last month's
CIAA Spring Championships at
Hampton, Va. He won the 100- and
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the Falcons' winning 4x100 and 4x400
relay teams. He and his teammates advanced
to the NCAA Division II Track
and Field Championships in Los
Angeles this month.
If there was a surprise in the CIAA
Spring Championships, it was
Winston-Salem State's winning a
record third straight softball title. The
Lady Rams entered the tourney with a
14-8 record, but got three home runs
and 16 runs batted in from Keenan
Menefee to win five of six games and
the championship. Menefee had 12 hits
in 21 at-bats, won all five games as a
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Jackson State hired JohnJPriace, an
assistant at Alabama-SfaiRingham, to
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replace Paul Covington as its basketball
coach. Covington retired at the
end of the 1985-86 season.
That brought an end to the speculation
that Mississippi Valley State
Coach Lafayette Stribling might take
the job. Of the Jackson State job,
Stribling had said: "If I'm offered the
job, I'm gone." He added that the
MVSU job "isn't a bed of roses. I want
people to know what I'm up against at
Valley."
Stribling, in his third year at the Itta
Bena, Miss., school, led the Delta
Devils to a 20-11 mark last season, including
the championship of the
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Tournament. Mississippi Valley lost to
Duke 85-78 in the first round of the
NCAA Tournament.
Incidentally, ESPN analyst Dick
Vitale spoke at the MVSU's sports
banquet May 8. Vitale, who had said
he would resign if Stribling's team beat
Duke, was impressed with the Delta
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Howard AD
Leo F. Miles, athletic director at
Howard University, will retire June 30.
Rumor has it that Willie Jeffries,
HU's head football coach, is interested
in the position, as is South Carolina
State Athletic Director Willis Ham.
Baseball Notes
Former Southern University stan
dout Vtda Bloc registered career win
No. 200 in April. The San Francisco
left-hander became the 85th pitcher in
major-league history to reach that
plateau. Blue was put on the disabled
list a week later after suffering a pulled
hamstring ....
Even though Andre Dawson is in
the final year of his contract, the Montreal
right fielder is letting the Expos
know he can still play despite his painful
right knee. Florida A&M alumnus
Dawson was off to a sizzling start with
a .338 average and 13-game hitting
streak this season. He was second in
the National League in home runs and
slugging percentage ....
Delaware State's Charles Dafley
also was off to an outstanding start
with a .420 average in 100 at-bats.
Dailey had a 20-gamc hitting streak
through April 23. The junior has
played the outfield, first base, catcher
and pitcher for the Hornets. "He does
everything for us. and he does all of
that , well," said Coach Harry Van
Sant. The DelState coach expects
Dailey to be chosen in the June draft of
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