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Basketball Standings
tl4A MEN'S
CONFERENCE
Northern Division
School W L
Norfolk State - 2 0
Hampton 3 1
Va. Union 3 1
Elizabeth City St 1 2
Va. Stale 1 2
Bowie State 0 1
St Paul's 0 . 3
Southern Division
School W L
N.C. Central 4 0
Johnson C. Smith 2 I
Fayetteville St 1 i 1
St Augustine's 2 2
Shaw 2 2
W-S State 1 2
Livingstone 0 4
OVERALL
W L
12 1
13 2
11 1
6 4
W L
9
7
8
4
3
5
0
3
5
5?
9
9
9
11
Games Scheduled This Weekend:
Thursday, Jan. 20
Virginia State at Bowie State 7:30 p.m.
N.C. Central at N.C. A&T 7:30 p.m.
Livingstone at Shaw 7:30 pjn.
Fayetteville Stale at St Augustine's 7:30 pjn.
Norfolk State at Virgina Union 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 22
Norfolk State at Elizabeth City 7:30 p.m.
Shaw at Fayetteville State 7:30 p.m.
Virginia Union at Hampton 7:30 p.m.
W-S State at Johnson C. Smith 7:30 p.m.
N.C. Central at St Augustine's 7:30 pjn.
Virginia Union at St Paul's 7:30 p.m.
CI AA WOMEN'S
Northern Division
SchdbL W L
u ^ 4 0
?1 0
3 1
1 1
Norfolk State
Va. Union
Va^ Stale ? -
W L
12 3
11 1
6 4
Bowie State O 1
? St Raul's 0 J
Elizabeth City St. ? 0 3
Southern Division
School W L
Shaw . ... 4 0
6 7
7 3
2 10^
1 7
Johnson C. Smith 2 O
St Augustine's 1 2
N.C. Central 1 . 2
W-S State 1 3
Livingstone 0 4
8 5
8 5
2 8
1 10
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MEAC MEN'S
CONFERENCE
School ^ L
Coppin State 3 0
S.C. State 4 1
Md-Eastern Shore 3
Delaware State 2
Howard 2
Bethune-Cookman 2
Morgan State 1
N.C. A&T 1
Florida A&M 0
OVERALL
W L
9 7 1
8 7
"7
8
8
11
10
8
10
Games Scheduled This Weekend:
Saturday, Jan. 22
Delaware State at N.C. A&T 7:30 pjn.
Coppin at Florida A&M 8 p.m.
Md-Eastem Shore at S.C.
Morgan State at Bethune-Cookman 4 p.m.
MEAC WOMEN'S
CONFERENCE
School W L
Coppin State 3 0
S.C. State 4 1
Howard *" 3 1
Florida A&M 2 1
N?. A&T 2 2
Delaware State 2 2
Bethune-Cookman 1 3
Md-Eastern Shore 1 4
Morgan State 0 4
OVERALL
W L
9
3
8
3
5
9
7
10 '
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Games Scheduled This Weekend:
Saturday, Jan. 22
Delaware State at N.C. A&T 5:30 pjn.
Coppin at Florida A&M 6 p.m.
Md-Eastern Shore at S.C. Stale 5:30 pjn.
* Morgan State at Bethune-Cookman 6 pjn.
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Boycott Still A Possibility For Black Coaches"
A Washington : "In all likehood, there will be a boycott," when unknown _i
SAN ANTONIO -The head of the Black Coaches
Association, upset over the NCAA's decision to limit
scholarships, said he expected his group to boycott
men's college basketball games possibly for the rest
of the season, but the Department of Justice has
decided to intervene in the case.
The boycott, which would include coaches and
players, would have begun as early as Jan. IS, Mar
tin Luther King's birthday. The BCA decided not to
boycott any g?nes for the moment, but Washington
did not rule oUt the possibility in the near future.
"In all livelihood, there will be a boycott but I
"am reluctant to give you the date," Drake basketball
coach and BCA president Rudy Washington said.
"Players and coaches are expected to participate.
And they're talking about the rest of th^season, Uke
the baseball strike."
On Jan. 10, the NCAA voted down a proposal to
restore a fourteenth basketball scholarship two years
after it voted to cut scholarships from 15 to 13. The
BCA says that minorities are primarily hurt by cut
ting scholarships.
The Presidents Committee cited costs and the
need is held firm on reform measures. The presidents
also indicated to the BCA the scholarship could be
added next year if savings could be found elsewhere.
"If there's to be a boycott, how long will it bel"
NCAA executive director Cedric Dempsey said at a
news conference. "We could play executive games
related to this. I don't see how it would be prof
itable." .
It is not clear hdV many coaches would partici
pate in a boycott The BCA has over 3,000 members
but that number includes head coaches and assistant
coaches in all divisions in men's and women's pro
grams as well as high school coaches.
Dempsey and Joseph Crowley, the NCAA's
president* both said they had talked with BCA repre
sentatives twice and hoped to talk with them again .
"There is certainly the possibility of continued
dialogue," Dempsey said.
Black coaches have said dropping the scholar
ships will deny 880 young men, totally African
Americans, access to education. But others said not
all the 297 Division I coaches use their full scholar
ship limit any way. r
"Of the 64 teams in last year's NCAA Tourna
ment, the average squad that used all their scholar
ships is 15.7 percent," Dempsey said.
Crowley was asked whether in view of the
threatened boycott the presidents had agreed in not
letting the coaches having their way.
"The problem with this issue is ihat it has
evolved into far greater symbolic significance than
anyone predicted," he said ? 7 ? -r
The boycott was approved by the BCA's leg- ;
islative committees, which includes George Raveling
of Southern Cal, John Thompson of Georgetown and
John Chaney of Temple. Washington said the group
was scheduled to talk again and set a date for a
boycott
"It's nothing that any of us want to do," Wash- '
ington said. "It's just something we have to do. Not
every coach wants to boycott. But in' order to help
themselves and their kids, they have to doit."
While the BCA planned its strategy, all 33
Division I conferences set up a conference call to
discuss they might react to the boycott; ? - :
"I really don't know what they'rg being asked to
do, what they want to do," Big Ten commissioner
Jim Delaney said. "Well try to have a consistent way
of managing the games. If the players aren't them, ?
well just have to apply the rules of the game."
See BCA page B3
Workers Enjoy Company Basketball Games At Hanes
By MICHAEL JOHNSON
Chronicle Sports Wnter
Before warming up to play, Hanes Hosiery guard
Elbert Jeffries looks at each of hi"? teammates while
they practice shooting free throws. Then he glances
down the court and looks at his opponents, the Sara
Lee All-Stars, perform a layup drill. While it's only a
game of pickup ball, Jeffries takes every game serious
ly, as if he was playing for a national championship.
Jeffries and his teammates comprise only one
team that plays in the Hanes Hosiery Adult Basketball
League, one of the few such organizations in Winston
Salem organized specifically for workers The league
workers for several firms that want to boost company
morale and build relationships among workers.
"The league gives us a chance to meet some new
people, people we haven't seen in a while and some we
would have never met otherwise," Gunnin' Rebels
guard Keith Mi ms said. "The guys want to get together
on the court and win. Then we go to work."
?The league started two years ago as a way to spur .
interest among several workers at firms. All the league
teams have players who either play immediately after
or before going to work. According to program direc
tor Art Blevins, the league started on its own in an
informal manner several year before it was organized.
. "Guys would come in and play and they got off
work or before they went, so I iust thought it would he
great to have "something that was constructive during
basketball season," Blevins said. "The guys here want
to stay in shape during the winter and the interest was
already there, so it was rather easy to start"
The league currently lists four teams, a pair from
Sara Lee ? the Gunnin' Rebels and the All-Stars ?
the Hanes Hosiery team which won the regular season
championship and a team from Douglas Battery. The
games start at 9:30 and 11 ajn. each Wednesday, with ?
Wlearfes'meeting on a round-robin schedule. Each
team' must pay a registration fee to sign up into the
league.
Most of the players on the teams are in their early
twenties and are starting their first jobs, which some
of the players felt it would be to their advantage to
jQin. *
"This wa^^rw first job, so I did know a few peo
ple here, bufTve mti a lot of people here," said Leant
wone Roberts, who is in his first year at the plant. "It's
been great because I get to see some of the other work
See HANES page B3
Vic McCummings goes up for two during the game .
Amateur Boxer Anxiously Awaits Chance In Spotlight
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A 22-year-old desires to go far despite a late start , following an elusive dream
By MICHAEL JOHNSON
Chronicle Sports Writer
Rasbback-,r?4Fca~ Darraa
Smith used to watch Sugar Ray Leonard
on television and marvel at his speed,
quickness and power. Someday, the
transfixed youngster used to say to him
self, that could be me fighting in the
' But there was only one catch. To
rbe a boxer, someone has to be trained.
And a trainer was something he couldn't
find until last year.
Now fast forward into the present:
Smith has found someone who can
teach him, and hopefully those lessons
he can embellish on Keith Davis Satur
day night at the 14th Street Community
Center amateur boxing bouts. Smith's
bout is one of four fights on the card,
with Wade Ridenhour and Steve Mahan
also on the feature bout. A Junior
Olympic bout with Rico Hairston and
Tony Lindsay and Brian George going
against Marico Hairston will be on the
undercard.
Saturday's bout will be Smith's
third as an amateur, with the first two
ending in victories. And while he start
ed late in a sport he follows passionate
ly, the 22-year-old rookie said his dilli
gcmcc was more than worth the wail ?
"I think the maturity he has shown
and his level-headedness have made up
for his late start:/ said William
Kennedy, director of the 14th Street
community center's boxing program.
"Darran likes to box; he doesn't have
dreams of being world champion. The
kid is straight."
In fact, it was those qualities that
made Kennedy decide to train him. Two
years ago, Smith caught wind that
Kennedy, a fellow worker at Taracorps
Industries, was a former professional
boxer. But Kennedy scoffed at the idea
of training him because he was trying to
get away from the sport A year passed,
and Kennedy asked the young man was
he still interested in becoming a boxer.
So began a long process in which
Kennedy showed him the ropes. Along
the way, Kennedy picked a pair of
younger boxers which have formed the
nucleus of his boxing program. But
Kennedy knew that Smith was a special
Boxer Dhrran Smith will fight Keith Davis as the main event Saturday at the
14th Street Recreation Center. Smith , 22, will fight in his third amateur bout.
projcct and head him train with his for
mer trainer, Robert Giles.
"When Darran first came here, he
didn't anything about boxing, 1-2 com
binations, jabs, nothing," said the for
mer Marines boxer. "But under that raw
body was a hard worker and an eager
learner. He'll do what's good for him as
a boxer and wants to improve."
Being a boxer was such an elusive
goal for Smith as a teenager that he
wanted to join the Marines after high
See SMITH page B3