Hayes receives national honor for involvement in Boy Scouts
1}? SAM DAVIS
THk CHKONKl-E
What do football coaches par
ticipate in when they are away from
the field'.' Most have some form of
diversion that helps take their
minds off football at the end of a
long, grueling day or at season's
end.
Bill Hayes, the head football
coach at N.C. A&T, has found an
avenue to help keep him focused-en?
the big picture. For the past half
dozen or so years, Hayes has spent
many of his free hours as a Boy
Scout volunteer. And while he's
managed to keep that low-key, he
? recently received an honor from the
national organization that brought
him into the limelight.
Hayes, who served as the head
football coach at Winston-Salem
--State for 12 years and is still the
Rams' all-time winningest coach,
was honored by the Boy Scouts of
America at their national meeting
in Boston. Mass. Hayes, who is also
the Aggies' all-time winningest
coach, received the Silver Antelope
award, the highest regional award
bestowed upon a Boy Scout volun
teer.
"We are very proud to have
coach Hayes receive this award."
said John Fitzpatrick of the Boy
Scouts of America Southern
Region. "His Greensboro program
is one of the top programs in the
country and is the type children
benefit from participating in."
The Scoutreach program in
Greensboro serves more than 800
"at risk" youths throughout the
Greensboro community. Hayes has
been very instrumental in helping
the program reach out to kids in the
community.
"Through his football coaching,
he has gotten many of his football
players involved with the
Scoutreach program, which allows
them to have an opportunity to
interact with youths and give back
to the community."
Hayes, who still lives in Win
ston-Salem, has amassed 94 victo
ries as head coach at N.C". A&T in
13 seasons as the Aggies' head
coach. He also led the Aggies to the
National Black Championship in
1999 and three MEAC champi
onships. Last season the Aggies,
posted Tin 8-3 record. A&T will
open its 2001 season in the annual
Aggie-Eagle Classic against N.C.
Central in Raleigh on Sept. I.
jiNew Winston Lake clubhouse should be named for E. Jerry Jones
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J?* ? Golf is a sport that can be
Jet joyed by all, regardless of age,
"gender or color. This is evident
more today than ever. Yet a lot
had to be done in order for people
of color to be able to have the
same facilities and opportunities
as their white counterparts, when
it came to golf courses and tour
naments. Elvia Jerry Jones, better
known as E. Jerry Jones, worked
hard and did his best to see that
Winston Lake Golf Course mea
sured up to others in the area like
tlie Reynolds Park and Old Town
g&f courses.
;J-Joe White, an assistant under
kjoyd B. Hathaway, head of the
Vflnston-Salem Department of
^creation at the time, inter
viewed and hired Jones as manag
er of the Winston Lake Golf
Course. After an intensive review
of Jones' resume, it was evident
that Jones was the man they want
ed. At that time, black golfers
were not welcome at area courses
that catered to white golfers.
White asked Jones a serious
question when he was hired: will
you be able to keep your people
(blacks) from coming to play at
Reynolds Park? Jones believed
that golfers should be able to play
wherever the courses and greens
were best fit to tee off. At that
time, Winston-Lake Golf Course
had only nine holes vs. the 18
holes at Reynolds Park, plus the
course was often overcrowded.
Jones made it known that if
the recreation assistant manager
wanted blacks to stay at the Win
ston Lake Golf Course, then he
needed an additional nine holes
added to ease the overcrowding
and bring the course up to "par"
with the others in the area. As the
golf manager, Jones pushed to get
the stall' integrated, requested the
addition of a practice range and
sand traps.
Jones owned golf carts and
rented them out at the course
through a contract with the city.
After vast improvements at the
golf course. Jones concentrated
on bringing Professional-Ama
teur tournaments and other tour
naments to the course. Tourna
ments such as the annual Pro-Am
tournaments, the Fall and Spring
Festival tournaments made it pos
sible for black golfers to play in
tournaments when segregation
did not permit them to play in
other tournaments, such as the
Forsyth Invitational. The Pro-Am
tournaments gave black golfers,
many who later turned profes
sional, the opportunity to show
oil' their talents and excel. Some
of the esteemed golfers who
played in the Pro-Am tourna
ments at Winston Lake Golf
Course were Lee Elder. James
Dent, James Black, Chuck Thor
pe, Jim Thorpe and Leonard
Jones, to name a few.
E. Jerry Jones was the first
black in Forsyth County to get a
PGA apprentice card. He com
pleted schools 1 and II. In order
to get this card, one had to be
highly recommended to attend
PGA School. Grady Shumache,
Joe Annicelli (pro at Old Town
Country Club) and Dave Hill (pro
at Forsyth Country Club) signed
and recommended that Jones
attend the school. After Jones
received his apprentice card, he
became the first to teach the fun
damentals of golf at Wake Forest
University. Jones also became the
first black member of the Forsyth
County Invitational. By being a
member, Jones executed his rights
and fought for black golfers to be
able to play in the tournament.
With the backing of the NAACI'
and Board of Aldermen. Jones
helped to open the way for Joe
Johnson to be the first black
golfer to play and win the Forsyth
County Invitational Tournament.
The reputation of E. Jerry
Jones as a fighter for the rights of
black golfers and his love of the
sport led him to become a great
organizer of many different tour
naments. Jones believed that
black golfers had just as much
right to play on the best-kept and
groomed greens and in tourna
ments that could give them
opportunities to excel at the pro
fessional level. Jones organized
several tournaments such as the
Inner-City Tournament, where
golfers from area cities converged
on Winston Lake Golf Course to
compete. He also organized the
Senior Golfers Tournament at
Winston Lake for many years. He
organized the Junior golfers,
where they could come out in the
evening with coaches to practice
and play. Those golfers w ho broke
80 were awarded scholarships to
CIAA schools. The students at
WSSL' practiced and played at
Winston Lake. He helped them
with golfing issues, for his work
with the CIAA schools, he was
given an award by the coaches of
the teams.
To improve play at Winston
Lake, he had McLean Trucking.
Hanes Hosiery, AT&T. Schlitz
Brewery and Westinghouse to
play in the afternoon. It was
spaced so each group could par
ticipate during daylight saving
time.
Roberl Belhea
Winston Lake Gulf Association
Tiny Vikings Booster Club meeting
set for June 14 at Carl Russell Center
Special to The Chronicle _
The Winston-Salem Tiny
Vikings Organization will host a
Booster Club meeting on June 14
at the Carl H. Russell Reereation
Center at 7 p.m. The organization
is still in need of head coaches and
assistant coaches, board members,
and other volunteers.
Anyone interested in writing
sports highlights for the Tiny
Vikings organization is urged to
see Jo Ann Bush, our public rela
? tions director and media corre
spondent. We would like to
encourage any parents, school
staff, college organization and/or
any interested parties to be at the
meeting on June 14.
Also any local DJs or interest
ed parties who are interested in
announcing the game according to
the guidelines of the officiating
referee, please e-mail
WSTINYVIKINGS@hotvoice.co
m or try and attend the meeting.
The Winston-Salem Tiny Vikings
Booster Club is open to anyone in
the community who has an inter
est in helping with the children in
academics and abiding by the
Northwest Midget Football
League rules, and regional and
national guidelines of the Pop
Warner Little League Scholars
Program.
We look forward to working
with several different clubs, orga
nizations, and school personnel to
help all children who participate
in the program. II" you have any
suggestions, comments, or propos
als in reference to academics, feel
free to attend the meetings or send
a representative. We are open for
suggestions and we welcome all
volunteers.
The president of the Winston
Salem Tiny Vikings is Robert
McCormick. You can reach him
anytime at
WSTINYVIKINGS@hotvoice.co
m or contact him in person at the
Tiny Vikings Booster Club meet
ings, which are held on every sec
ond Thursday of the month.
Rangers
from page BI
and keep our kids here and let
them develop their talent."
That is an area where Can
dace Stowe, vice president of T
Ball, said Twin City is attempt
ing to provide all the tools to
do so.
"I think our season went
great this year," Stowe said.
"What the Rangers accom
plished was outstanding. They
started out the season in third
place and came back and won
it."
With a strong early start.
Stowe and Teal both saijJ. the
players in the T-Ball division
should be prepared to make a
contribution in the league as
they continue to mature.
"You have to lay the foun
dation for the kids in the
sport," Teal said. "That's the
kind of sport baseball is. You
have to work on skills and
develop talent rather than rely
on all natural talent."
"I see the way that our black kids are getting
away from baseball, especially at the high school
level.... "This league has the ability to do some
thing about that. It's important that we see our
black kids out here playing baseball. "
? ?'V Kenny Teal
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