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soon) -Del | .THE GQLDPRESSBQX IN There ought to be a law against it. The Johnson C. Smith-Virginia Union football game lasted more than three hours in ice-cold Hovev Field here Saturday night. Fifteen penalties and 27 missed passes contributed greatly to what may be a record for the longest football game ever played. Bruce Dukes, the wondrous little Golden Bull senior, ran for a net total of 87 yards against Virginia Union to bring his total yards gained rushing in two games this season to 196. That’s 5.6 yards for each of his 35 carries.... The fact that J.C. Smith lost its second straight football game of the year—their first in the CIAA Conference—is no fault of the Golden Bull defense. Charley Cox’s Headhunters were sup erb and most vicious in holding the powerful Panthers to 124 yards on the ground and just 71 passing. In addition, they scored one of the Bulls’ two touchdowns and was scored upon only once. Coach Williard Bailey, who is a master of deceit, said his Panthers concentrated more on rushing the Smith quarterbacks than they did on covering the Bull receivers. It figures as Luther Carter was decked six times behind the line. Bailey also stated that “we played one of the best football teams in the country here tonight.” Everyone is entitled to his own opinion. What is wrong with the Johnson C. Smith football team? In my opinion there is very little wrong with the Golden Bulls that improved blocking will not cure. Mike Gibson, the strong Bull runner, has finally seen the light. The native of Newton. N.C. watched Saturday night’s game from the • press box and experienced some of the difficult ies one goes through in trying to report on the Black college football teams. What Gibson didn’t know prior to Saturday night is that officials at black colleges expect professional football scouts, college scouts, pub lic address system announcers and visiting reporters to become super humans. Most of these colleges do not accept the responsibilities of servicing the working press with squad rosters and such other vital information that would ehahle him to do a better job. ‘These people are still operating in the stone age,” is the remark of one of the white reporters attending the game in Richmond Saturday night. It is time for the CIAA Commissioner to take charge and demand that these school live up to their responsibilities to the press. It does not take a lot of money to have squad rosters mimeo graphed. Would you believe that Luther Carter, the ALL-CIAA quarterback, was sacked six times Saturday night and that the Charleston, S.C. senior has now been decked behind the scrimm age line 10 times in two games.? That should tell you that the Bull quarterback needs better protection. Professional scouts at the Smith Union game are of the opinion that Frank McCray of VU is the top prospect in the CIAA. They are also unanimous in the belief that Dukes is too small to make it big in the professional leagues. If you’re keeping count, the MEAC has whipp ed the CIAA in three of four encounters on the gridiron this season. Kenny Powell-was among the few people who was really warm Saturday night. The grayng Smith coach thought the Golden Bulls were the victims of several "bad” calls by the game officials. F 1 ■ ' T- ■ r - - r -, Sophomore Terry Bellamy ...Speedy A&T defensive back Bellamy Sets New A&T, MEAC Record Greensboro-The last time North. Carolina A&T defensive back Terry Bellamy had an open field and the football, he was a junior kick return specialist at Charlotte, N.C. West Mecklenburg High School. He took advantage of that situation and his 9.5 speed to race 93 yards for a score. Since coming to A&T State University, a school which has 17 members from the Queen City on its roster, Bellamy has seen little action running with the ball until Saturday’s open ing contest against non-con ference rival, Elizabeth City State. ht was at this time thal Dean Moses Belton Is Retiring From Johnson C. Smith The General Alumni Assoc iation of Johnson c. Smith University is honoring Dean Moses S. Belton in a Retire ment Testimonial Luncheon on Saturday, October 5, 3 p.m in the Student Union Building on campus. Dean Belton is retiring after 32 years of service to Johnson C. Smith University. IT Bellamy intercepted a Charles Hardesty pass four yards deep —m the A&T end zone and raced untouched down the sidelines 'for a score. His 104-vard run set an MEAC record and has earned him the conference’s Defen sive Back of,the Week Award "It really felt good to see that much room in front of me again," said Bellamy, who besides being an excellent football player, is the NAIA District 26-100-yard dash champion. "At first I thought I was going to trip because I was off 1x4an<.'8 when I caught it. Once I got my balance, I got a good block by Ron Tuck at about . our fifteen yard line and after that it was for me. The touchdown run was the first touchdown of Bellamy's college career. “I think we played a good game but I don’t think it was one of our better games,” the sophoniore said, recalling last Saturday's 28-16 win over Eli zabeth City. “I think a lot of our mistakes had to do with first game jitters. “I think we’ll get better as the season moves along. Bellamy also recovered a fumble in the game and made four unassisted tackles tor Youngsters 8 - 15 Learn To Play Tennis Clinic Headed by Joe Alston and John Mickles, the Black Asso ciation For Tennis in Char lotte has accelebrated its ef forts stimulate local interest in the popular sport The stimulus derives from the reception given their first tennis tournament., the West side Invitational Men's Tennis Estates and West Charlotte High School several weeks ago. As a result. BATCH will kickoff two new tennis here in the next two weeks.,The first one is a "Learn To Play Tennis Clinic which will be held at Norlhwood Estates Tennis Courts Saturday, from 12-Noon, on Wednesday from 5 pm and a week from Saturday, starting at 10 a m. Alex Thompson has been named head instructor His lop Dodge Teum Returns To National 500 The K and K Insurance Dodge team will return to super speedways of the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit in the National 500 at Char lotte Motor Speedway. Oct. 6, with one and a possibility of two cars. "We've entered one car offi cially. and if 1 can get enough engines together in time, we’ll enter two cars." said K' and K team manager Harry Hyde. Hyde said a drive--or drivers-for the S161.000 Nat ional 500 will be named at a later date He would not spec ulate on his choice, but said that “the driver of the car we haw otticially entered in the 500 will very likely be our choice for the 1975 season.” Hyde said he has encounter ed difficulty in securing en gine components in his team’s • conversion from the big bore hemi to the small block 355 cu. in. displacement mill which will supply power for the 500. "We’ve gotten behind because of the difficulty in getting pieces, but I’ve told (CMS President j Richard Howard we re going to do everything we can to put two cars in the 500.' Hyde said. The Dodge team is schedul ed to return to Grand National action in the Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville Speedway, Sept 29 with Virginia Sports man veteran Ray Gendrick behind the wheel As of now, the arrangement with Hend rick is for one race, however Hyde said he would not rule Hendrick out of the 500 The K and K team has sat out most of the season because of NASCAR engine rules changes which •killed our chances of winning We've gone to work building little engines and we hope to be' capable of winning when we •eturn," Hyde said. “-1 Mickles, Floyd Young and Robert Hicks and some guest instructors to be named prior to Saturday The clinic is open to children between the ages of eight and 15 "Each person is asked to bring a tennis racquet and other equipment necessary for playing the game.'' a spokes man for BATCH said early Tuesday morning. 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