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iny Indians issue
just won't go away
By Chronicle Staff
The issue involving ihe Tiny
Indians Junior Midgets football
team just won't go away.
Last week, Chronicle Sport s
reported on a meeting that took
place between Tiny Indians support
ers and representatives of the North
west Midget Football League, the
body that governs Pop Warner foot
ball in the Winston-Salem area.
Warner League ruled that Monte
Potter was ineligible because he
was certified as overweight for his
weight division. The Junior Midgets
(ages 10-12) weight limit is 115 lbs.
Potter weighed 120 lbs. when he
was certified by the league. Accord
ing to the rule outlined by the
national office in Philadelphia, if a
player is certified as overweight, he
is inelgible and his team is not eligi
ble to play for any championships.
Photo by T-Lee
Tiny Indians supporters weren*t completely satisfied with the
answers they received from Northwest Midget Foo\txatt~
League officials. They feel that their Junior Midgets team
was unduly stripped of their conference championship.
Tiny Indians supporters requested In that meeting held at the 14th
the meeting to find out the league St Recreation Center, league chair
rationale for nixing the Junior man Jerry Tuttlc was quoted about
Midgets team from playing in the the Indians situation as he addressed
Sertoma Bowl after it was deter- the Tiny Indians organization. Tut
mined that the team had an eligible tie has come under fire for the state
player.
The national office of the Pop Please see page C4
Pop Warner Post-Season
Grayhoupds capture
Twin City Classic titles
By STEPHEN A. SMITH
Special To The Chronicle
The Winston-Salem Gray
hounds continued to enjoy a pros
perous post-season as the Junior
Pee Wees and Pee Wees teams
emerged victorious in the Twin
City Classic held last Saturday at
Griffith Field.
The Junior Pec Wees team
claimcd victory over the Little
Orangemen of Charlotte while the
Pee Wees triumphed over the
Rhode Island Rams.
Junior Pee Wees Division
The Grayhounds saved the
best for last with an offensive
explosion in the fourth quarter
that enabled them to blast the Lit
tle Orangemen, 33-12.
Tyson Patterson was the
prime runner for the victors, gain
ing 197 yards and scoring three
touchdowns. Anthony Spain and
Terell Field also rushed for touch
downs.
The Hounds took a 13-0 first
quarter lead on the strength of two
Patterson TD runs (20 and 35
yards).
But the Little Orangemen
answered on the following kickoff
when Johnny Bell raced 60 yards
for a touchdown, cutting the Gray
hounds' lead to 13-7. From that
point, it appeared that the game's
momentum was beginning to
change in favor of the Orange
men. The Grayhounds' Juaron
Orcc fumbled on the first play of
the second quarter and the Char
lotte team recovered the loose
ball.
However, the Hounds' defense
stiffened as Fields and Spain
combined to help shut down the
Orangemen's running attack.
Offensively, the team found its
groove again when Patterson's 35
yard run put the ball on the Char
lotte 20-yard line. Fields scored
on the next play with a nifty run.
This game may have been
blown completely open as Patter
son dashed 77 yards for what
seemed to be a sure touchdown.
But he was stripped of the ball at
the three-yard line and Charlotte
recovered the fumble. However,
the defense got the ball back when
they forced a fumble on the very
next play.
Spain scored on a short run
and the Grayhounds' onslaught
had begun.
Pf&ase see page C4
Photo by T-Lee
Jonathan Hardin skies for the monster dunk as the Rams showed surprising prowess in dismantling Hampton University
last weekend.
EMERGING AT LAST?
Rams show signs that they may be
on their way back to respectability
By CRAIG T GREENLEE it seemed like the Rams were headed
Chronicle Sports Editor ror anol}lcr season filled with lost
.>^oiiuniiics and .wuuiwr below .500
Winston-Salem State baskethali, rt?orij
coach Clarence "Bighouse" Games " Gaines had {Q llkc whal he wit
mtgbt be stamng to sec some - ncssccj tast weekend as his Rams ?
daylight at the end of the tunnel. manhandled Hampton University,
After all, Rams' basketball fcias- *6-69. In the process, WSSU showed
n't been what it used to be Last sea- signs that they can become a force in
son's 6-17 finish was the worst thai the C1AA, even to the point of being
Gaines has ever had at WSSU. Enter- a legitimate spoiler by the late stages
ing the season, C1AA coaches picked of ihis-seavon
the Rams to place fourth in the For .starters, the team played as
Southern Division in the pre-spason ? comple'c a came.as they have in the
balloting. After die first lour games, last two seasons. ..e, tnerc were
dry spells. But those lapses didn't last only power forw ard Jonathan Hardin
as long as they usually do. And u has started every game. Forward
appeared thnt CmincV sqttnri ^ start-?Toby Baiti'i :s next on itiai list with
ing to become comfortable while five, and Mike Phillips has started
establishing their own identity. four games. After those three, the
Still, the season is very young." rest ot the Rams (with the cxcep^on
You can't realistically evaluate a of Phillip Hayes) have started in
team that early, after only seven three of the first seven contests,
games. Nevertheless. Gaines is con- It's evident that the Rams will
vinccd that his troops arc very capa- improve tremendously as long as
blc of making a move and raising a Hardin gets some help in the front
few eyebrows along the way. court Barber, who usually provides
A*-this carls juncture, Gaines help in that area, had an off night
has played musical chairs with the.
folk on his rosier. In seven games, Please see page C3