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Hornets Face San Antonio 9 Here Saturday Night At 8 sDom Deal -BY__ BILL JOHNSON IT OCCURS TO ME THAT.’. The Greater Griertown Open Golf Tournament will have to undergo some radical changes if it is to earn a position among the major amatuer golf tournaments in the area. It’s difficult to imagine a golf tournament with such great potentials being supervised so poorly. As a matter of fact, the Par Busters Club’s sixth annual Greater Griertown Open Golf Tourna ment at the Cedarwood Golf Course last weekend turned out to be a farce. The comedy of errors began the moment the golfers found there were no Par Buster members around to supervise play. Needless to state, there was wholesale cheating as golfers were seen padding or lowering their scores following play on the Saturday to get in the flights they thought they had a better chance to win. A large number didn’t count their scores accurately and there were others who did not adhere to the unwritten rules of golf. Their conduct was not praiseworthy. It would appear that the first step in improving the popular tournament should be taken to organize better supervision. There should be uniform rules to govern all the players, and a marshall should be available on the course to define rules and to disqualify violaters. The Par Busters would do well to clearly define the word “amatuer”. There were'a number of players entered last week who are known to travel the play-for-pay circuit for Black golfers, and they’re generally regarded as pro fessionals. These players should not be eligible to compete in an amatuer tournament. This reporter’s first impression of the Greater Griertown Open Golf Tournament was that it was an outing whereby the Par Buster members and a few of their friends would have fun. The sixth annual Greater Griertown Open Golf Tour nament didn’t, even in the remotest sense, bare any resemblance to an amatuer golf tournament that’s worthy of any praise. A DATTHi AmTTrm t A VlIULiU lnil^UO... Eugene “Superman” Simms is returning to Morgan State University. An All-American line backer durin&hisjjlaywg. career with the Bears, Simms will replace coach John Townsend as defensive football coach who will work with the Bears linebacking crew.Eddie McGirt will meet his Johnson C. Smith University football squad on August 24. That’s less than two weeks before the Golden Bulls open their 1975 CIAA campaign. Fayetteville State and Elizabeth City will begin football practice this weekend. Andre Springs, the talented prep golfer has decided to attend Fayetteville State University on scholarship. He was originally ticketed for South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, S. c* A&T State University will roll out the red carpet on Sept. 17 for one of its most honored athletes. The school has planned a special recognition day for A1 Attles, who coached the Golden State Warriors to the championship of the National Basketball Association. A1 led the Aggies to CIAA basketball championships in 1958 and 1959. He has been head coach of the Warriors since 1973. The NCAA has cleared Norfolk State College of any basketball rule violations. According to informed sources, the Spartans were in a ques tionable position with the NCAA since they accepted an invitation to compete in the 1975 NAIA Tournament after indicating their avail ability to play in the NCAA Division II Meet. Hie confrontation between the school and the NCAA’s availability questionnaire has promp t e<J the NCAA to revise the 1975 document. pour -1 Black tation. HUoni Iwort lyQ^* Division or unity Broadcasting Natworh Inc % 1350AvaauaotthaAmancaa Na*>Vor* NY Meek news is good news By James Cuthbertson Post Staff Writer After opening the seasoi . with road losses at Sai _ Antonio and Memphis, two o the strongest clubs in Tin World Football League, thi Charlotte Hornets finally havi a chance to play at home Saturday night August 16 at I p.m. in Memorial Stadium. But this time the opponent ii the San Antonio Wings, whi are undefeated with three vie tories in World Football Lea gue play. One of their victorii was a resounding, 54 to 22 defeat pinned on Southeri California, who is rated as thi top WFL team. However, Coach Bob Gib son's Hornets have not beer blown out in any game. In the first game at San Antonio, seven turnovers plagued the Hornets in a July 26 loss. Two weeks later, the Hornets minimized mistakes against Memphis and held an 11-0 halftime lead but the running game of the Grizzlies with Csonka, Kiick and Warfield at the‘helm took control of the game in the second half before 20,000 fans in Memphis. Gibson feels like the Hornets have “been on the road since June.” But Gibson a first year coach feels that “playing at home should make all the difference in the world.” “Saturday’s game means a great deal to everyone,” Gibson said. “We want to win it for the people in the Caro linas area and we also want to open at home in the strongest way. San Antonio is doing everything right at this stage. BENNY BARBOUR ...Rookie defensive standout 11 ICt l/u\lr OI IL'inrto C A |. OO • I. ...Ill I 1 • rout of Southern California. They played as fine a third quarter on offense as any ef fort I’ve ever seen." The Wings, leading 15 to 7 over the Sun, exploded for four touchdowns in the third period to shock Southern California. "San Antonio's quarterback Johnnie Walton poses some real problems for the defense because he can run and throw equally as well,” Gibson said. “He makes it very difficult to commit a defense to the run or the pass.” • • nivuiuu " 111 i^v. pia * 111 fS its first road game. After beat ing the Hornets, to open the WFL season, the Wings’ dis posed of Shreveport before -bombarding Southern Califor nia. Aside from quarterback Walton from Elizabeth City State, San Antonio boasts run ning backs Bill Sadler and Jim Strong, currently ranked se cond and seventh respectively in rushing in the league. Lonny Warwick and Billy Hobbs, both linebackers, lead the defense along with pass rushing terror Rick Cash. S. L. State To Appear In Tip-Off Tournament Here Orangeburg, S.C. - South Carolina State College annou nced a 26-game basketball schedule for the 1975-76 season featuring appearances in three tournaments. The Bull dogs will participate in the Charlotte and Tallahassee (Fla.) Invitational and host the annual Colleges of South Carolina Tournament. The schedule, annoupced Friday by athletic director Dr. Milton D. Hunter, include several new comers in addi tion to three tournaments and a 12-game Mid-Eastern Ath letic Conference slate. In an effort to bring its schedule up to NCAA Division I standards, the college has added intra-state foe Baptist College of Charleston, Mercer College and Samford Univer sity, S. C. State will meet Baptist in a home-and home series and face both Mercer and Samford on the road. The only NCAA Division II and NAIA teams the Bulldogs will meet in regularly sche duled contests are Mars Hill and Winston-Salem State Uni versity. Tbe^ Charlotte Invitational will feature host Johnson C. Smith, the Bulldogs and two unannounced teams. Other teams in the Tallahassee tour ney are Fisk, Dillard and host Florida A&M. The Bulldogs were 15-11 last season under second-year head coach Tim Autry PIUS F.E.T. $1.80 PER TIRE Slight In Bom* l*h That Wo Chal Yow to Find pjittsu* COR* pl*S f\%*RG***S Sins Bank Charge Honored AA i/itl*J.'f i LEONARD 4 NICHOLSON i j'iJ fr/yv —1 »»Mmi HiSMmi nrrw it. titm it. nm-Tiit mirt-mi n.m*m I ■MUIUUML mnnMUT.M. MUTIMU.ML S' Thursdax August U, 1975-THE CHARLOTTE 1'o.si MCL Baseball Bourulu/1 Rangers Slam Bums 6-2; Hawks Edge Colts, 3-2 Only two games were play ed in the Mecklenburg County Semipro Baseball League last weekend—Two nthern were postponed because of-ram. The fight between the Royal Bums and the Gunn Colts for second place in the ,\Vest divi sion remains unsettled as both dost games over the weekend. The Morris Field Rangers, who will represent the East in the league's championship contest at Griffith Park on August 24. whipped the Colts. 6-2, while the Bums were dropping a 3-2' decision to the Charlotte Hawks. Alfred Thompson. Lawrence lzzard and Ken Koontz were the big heroes for the Rangers Thompson hit a pair of singles and accounted for one rbi while lzzard was driving in two teammates u ith a single and Koontz was plat ing one run with a one base r blow Koontz also received credit for the win, having pitched in relief of Eward Thompson Jr. He. however, received mound • hel£ from Larry Wright, who WHERE THEY PLAY Saturday . August 16 Gunn Colts at Royal Bums Morris Field at Hoskins Charlotte Hawks, bye HOW THEY STAND j WEST Teams \\ ! Hoskins Giants 18 Royal Bums t, i;j Gunn Colts ii u a EAST - Teams ,. Morris Held Rangers t.i » Charlotte Hawks ;> ;j Stein Hall Jets 8 U " finished up for the winners Bobby Reynolds. K> vu Staley and Joe Graham ui Tad a Pig liana In the in Oliver Hampton, Lee i or;> A'illis Orr and Joe Blacktuat ilayed best for the losers an togers Coleman, who stru; .• iuI 10 and walked only thn-< ias the losing pitcher. Offensive work by Mar* • underburk, Johnny Davis lames Wilks and Palme lilmore powered the Chai atte Hawks to their win ove he Bums. Funderburk,-Davi nd Wilks each had extra bas< lows and Gilmore contribui d two singles to the 5-hit Hack on William Ross. Bill Davis and Ross each id two hits for the losers. In addition to sharin^-tn the ffense. Davis pitched" a 4-hit - •r in picking up the victory. 1 I —"" ~ ■"'nv ] I -A cold Budy in your hands says you still care about quality. When you say Budweiser, you've said it all! «NHfUSER BUSCH, INC • St LOUIS CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Police Officers With The Charlotte Police Department I The City of Charlotte is seekmg qualified applicant, for positions of Police Officer. These ore career opportunities oZncZIn, ’■ b'ne'i,S- °"d 'or The salary range will be determined by. educational attain ment, as follows: (o) High School E ducation or Acceptable E quivalency: $9,420 - $11,760 (b) A relevant Associate of Arts or Associate of Science Degree from Accredited College or University $9,830 - $12,310 .. ..— $10,240 - $12,860 Mole or femole applicants ot least 21 years of age with m inim um of high school graduation or evidence of high school equivalency are encouraged to apply at the City Personnel \ DePf- Third F loor. City Hall, 600 E . Trade St., 8 o.m. to 4:30 j P-fnM Monday through F ridoy. . _An Equal Opportunity Employer "
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