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Page B2 Winston-Salem Chrt Williams-le Charlotte fc By RANDY PETTITT Chronicle Sports Editor CHARLOTTE - You know you're in trouble when half of you team shows up. And suppose one of them has the flu and you're taking on one of the best teams in the league to boot. Enough reason to contemplate * staying home in bed on a Saturday morning for a few extra winks. But the Winston-Salem .Chronicle All-Stars overcame u*vii ut^i WIK1111H15 uaiiuikaps, emerging with a courageous | 126-114 win over Charlotte- 1 Budweiser in the NBA Pro-Am | of Charlotte last weekend at 1 Johnson C. Smith University. Flu-riddled Leon Williams emerged the unlikely hero, scoring 44 points and providing the offensive spark to the WinstonSalem team that was running-half its cylinders. Several players were 1 unable to play because they had to work, leaving only six to carry the load. With the short-handed victory, Coach Walter Funderburk was leftalmost as amazed as Charlotte-Budweiser. ' "i knew these guys had it in them, but what they did Saturday was snectacillftr.'* FunHprKnrlf | ?B?A%SVi V Ul XX said. 44All six guys gave a 110 percent. You name it, and they were doing it. Diving and hustling after loose balls, saving it out of bounds. It was truly amazing the way they played their hearts OUt." 2> Williams, who hit some very timely three-pointers to keep Winston in the game early on, was doubtful all week. "Leon had been sick with the flu all week long," Funderburk said. "But I ask him if he could ,~e play, and he said, 'I'm ready.* That's just his competitive nature. "I think a lot of guys would have stayed home in the bed, but he played one heck of a ballgame i to be sick all week." ] Local Sport chell said. "From the Little League, we will have a team for the 11 and 12 year olds. They will have to travel to the Swaim Complex in , Kernersville to play the Kernersville Little League Team "on July 17. "Our 13 year olds will have a team of their own and they play Randleman at Carver field on July 10," Mitchell said. # Mitchell said the 14 and 15 year old All-Star team will face Alamance County at Carver field on July 11. He said the selections for all three teams should be finalized by the first week in July. The Pony League i In the Twin City Pony League i for 13-16 year olds, the race for t the championship will come down to a sudden death playoff . - game. The Astros, coached by Gene Williams and Rip Wilkins* Cardinals both finished at 8-4 in the * four-team league. The Astros j could*ve won the championship ^ outright, but the Cardinals beat them 3-1 in the final game of the regular season to force the tie for first. The Red Sox, coached by Rev. j Zeb Payne lost to the Pirates 7-5 \ Sunday, and finished third in the 1 league with a 7-5 record. 1 Coach Curtis Roseboro's Pirates finished at 6-6 with Sun-, j day's win over the Red Sox. i < Growing Pains > S A1 Mitchell says both leagues are in dire need of their own com- t plex. t "We really need our own place i to call home," he said. < < r * ; 4 >ntclc Thursday, June 25, 19 d All-Stars >y 12 in NE ^m?~ ~'^BBBk \ Leon Williams drives around t Coca Cola NBA Pro-Am of Cha bug Saturday and scored 44 pc Charlotte-Budweiser (photo by Funderburk said the whole team displayed uncanny character. "We got down by twelve in the first quarter, but these guys just decided that they weren't going to give it away. They showed a lot of maturity and pride." V Popular Underdogs The Charlotte-biased crowd at Johnson C. Smith University eventually joined a small contingent of Winston-Salem fans in cheering on the underdog Chronicle team. Funderburk said his team won the respect of the crowd by not giving up. "The crowd could sense that we wanted to win this ballgame whether we had 20 players or six, and we went out there and did it. "We certainly appreciated the folks who made the drive down to Charlotte from Winston. They helped to give us something to shoot for." What really won the crowd over though, was a spectacular HlinV from H/mi Unnac ??U munn 11 viii wv/ii vy uu finished the game with 28 points. Johnny Watkins got the ball on a missed shot and led a 2 on 1 fastbreak, but was covered by a Charlotte defender as he prepared to go up with the ball. S From Page B1 HHUJH H0L^jSMyi^0 ' ' J''' ? James Moore loses his battin score for the Yankees. The Yar Dodgers, and finished in a tie f< ie League with a 9-5 record (pi "This league has been around for quite a while, and we are anxious for it to start doing some positive growing. We hope a new little league complex is no more than three years away." Mitchell said he also hopes to >ee the Pony league double in the lext few years. "Everyone asksmp where all :>f the black players are in high ?chool baseball, but the problem tarts right here. "We only have four teams for :he 13-16 year olds, and a lot of hem are afraid they can't make it n such a small league. They just 3uit playing after the Little 7. ' \'\ ' . \7 > wallop 3A Pro-Am ' 4^ ?- ~ . he competition in last season's rlotte. Williams shook off the flu >ints to lead Winston-Salem past James Parker). Watkins whipped a pass between his legs to Hayes, who threw down the one-handed dunk that ignited the crowd. Funderburk said the play was a turning point;? - ^ "That brought us to within one point with about a third of the game left," he said. "It got the crowd into the game with us too." " The Chronicle All-Stars then began to dictate the tempo of the game by pressing afld trapping their opponent. The result was a , 20-8 run and the rest was history. DeSDite back to hack timeout* Charlotte never recovered from the Winston-Salem outburst. Funderburk said his team was \ shaky early in the game, but came through in the clutch. "We took a beating on the boards early in the game, but once we got our second wind in the second half, the tide began to turn our way," he said. "Leon (Williams), (Don) Hayes, Terry Strickland (with 26 points) and Johnny Watkins (24 points), really did a good job scoring when we needed it. I think we left our mark on this league with our performance. . ; '4l feel certain that we are one of the most exciting teams to watch in this league." Please see page B17 IIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIHIINMHIIIIimilMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMllllll IMIHIUIIIIHIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIMIIMIIIIIIIIIIII gMgJw^ v i^piiijjjji^-^^ ^9Bpn| ., ^? ? ^WF jmM \ li 1 < 4 ^ -'^r'->' - ' Ifr I' ?... ~ f ' X ^ ^||r iWliftij vy. . V, . '. * .* few- > - v..--*. . PMKBiia&'^l g helmet as he rounds third to ikees lost a 10-9 shootout to the :>r third place in the Twin City Lithoto by James Parker). League because it's hard to get to play much when there's only four teams. "We lose a lot of kids hpraucp of the Pony League being so small. The problem is the lack of coaches. We wanted to have six teams this year, but we couldn't find anyone to coach the new teams." Anyone interested in coaching or volunteering their time to a little league or pony league team, should contact AI Mitchell at 722-3920. "We welcome anyone who is willing to help us with these kids," he said. * * sub; Winston-S 722 Never A Car I >1 I I ? I ?'l A i ire i_an rteipi /\si "FIRST TIME B mnip * Bernard Davis Willie Guess Mm ^ l~^Ch \ ?: "You Can't Bea NCL77I FORSYT Offers Cars' I 1982 Hyundai Excel ^ | 3-Door Hatchback I lai'... JjasaBBMHBBMBMIl r _ ? I Rhu i For $ Only ^ # Selling Price $5420. 25% dow payments $5309.20. 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