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SDorii DM HY BILL JOHNSON TELLING IT LIKE IT IS... If half of the supporters of professional baseball, especially those who are critical of Charley Finley had to pay the huge salaries of the Oakland players, they would no doubt be more understanding of his action...And if the other half would stop purchasing tickets to the big league games, professional athletes and the owners would soon get the message. The point I'm trying to make is that profession al sports-as we know it today-is pricing itself out of business. It is doing so not necessarily because of the high salaried players or the tight purse string of management, but mainly because of 'the greedy agents who supposedly represent the athletes. Anyone for a long Sunday afternoon with the Hopalong or the Long Ranger reruns! Talk about the big one that got away. Consider the case of Clarence "Bighouse" Gaines, popular athletic director and head basketball coach and top recruiter at Winston-Salem State. Bighouse's son, Clarence Jr., recently signed a tootoair grant with.William And Mary. Lee Elder has apparently encountered some second thoughts about suing the PGA and others. He has withdrawn the $5 million suit. This writer would like to be among the first to publicily congratulate Jimmy Stevens, the new athletic director at North Carolina Central University. Bet you didn't know that the voice calling the action -- or the lack of action -- Friday night between Muhammad Ali and wrestler Antonio Inoki belongs to Dr. Frank Bannister, well known figure around the CIAA and the MEAC. Frank is the sports director for the National Dln/»L· Μλ^ιιι/μ»1τ If you dig in the NFL record books, you'll discover that O.J. Simpson leads the active AFC players with a commendable 30 yard kickoff return average. You'll also find that the Juice, who says he will not return to the Buffalo Bills, has not runback a kickoff in three years. Followers of CIAA basketball in general and the surprising Saint Paul's Tigers in particular are going to miss the sensational freshman Doug Collins on the courts this winter. Collins has withdrawn from the Lawrenceville, Va. school and will sign shortly with Augusta College in his hometown. Now that Len Wilkens has been added to the unemployment rolls there are only two Black head coaches remaining in the NBA - Bill Russell of the Seattle Supersonics and A1 Attles of the Golden State Warriors. K.C. Jones, who was fired at the end of the season bv the Washington Bullets, is assisting North Carolina coach Dean Smith with the U.S. Olympic basketball team. John Marshall, one-time J.C. Smith assistant and former head football coach at Livingstone, has completed his most successful recruiting campaign since becoming the head football coach at Virginia State College. John's selection includes 28 players, mostly from the state of Virginia, to play football at VSC this fall. In spite of that popular tooth paste commercial - on TV, the average high school student has 10 cavities in his mouth. If you're on the blackness kick, you ought to know that in the last five.years three Black men have reached the 3,000-hit mark in big league baseball. They are Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and the late Roberto Clemente. Mike Pressley, 6-8 forward from fcau Uaire ftigh in Columbia, S.C., will take his 21-point and 16-rebound averages to Howard University next winter. The Bison have also signed Mike Hollingsworth from East Forsyth High in Winston-Salem. An All-City choice the past two seasons, Hollingsworth is a 20-point a game shooter. ft '-"n FIVE TOWELS ONLY$1. We are Introducing a new line of wonderful, practical unwoven polyester and rayon blend towels and would like for you to have a set. All first quality - No seconds ASSORTED PASTEL COLORS MAIL TO: MAJOR. Box a 74 . New York. Ν Y 10025 Encloted you will find my: G $1.00 plut 36f (or pottage and handling for 1 tat of 5 towalt _ □ $2 00 for 2 tatt of δ towalt (We'll pay all pottage) Ν. Y. retidentt add 8% tales tax LIMIT 2 SETS PER PERSON PRINT NAME AGE ADDRESS ' C,TY — STATE ZIP. - LIVINGSTONE COACH FLETCHER JONES ....if ilh prize recruit Kouuie W noil Livingstone Signs Prize Prep Halfback Ronnie Wood SALISBURY - Honnie Wood. Salisbury High's outstanding defensive halfback, has signed a foptballgrant · in - aid with Livingstone College's Fight ing Bears. Wood, who stands six leet and weighs 160 pounds, won All-Kowan County and All South Piedmont Conference tor the past two years. "He's the best defensive back I saw in the Piedmont area." said coach Baxter Hoi man after signing the Hornet star "He can be a starter tor us next season." Holman. whose Bears have ranked among the best in the nation's small college ranks on defense lor the past three years. said Livingstone will loose four defensive backs b\ graduation They are Law rence McDuflie. Ronald Mc Cleave. Kenny Pearson and Garcia Ciilmore "We leel Wood is going lo help us at a deep defensive position." Holman pointed oui "There's a job open there, and we think he can do it for us. We also think iJave Ro bertson <of Kast Rowan who recently signed with the Bears ι will help us a lot at a position in the secondars ." Wood also played basketball for the Hornets He is the son ol Mrs Jean Wood of 1002 Short Street His lather is deceased. iiorth-south htars Downs Last-West lilt: ,>uriirsouin /\ii-aiars rushed three runs home in the bottom of the ninth to edge the East-West All-Stars. 7-6. in the first anfiual Triple County •Semi-Pro Baseball League All-Star Baseball game Sun day afternoon. An overflow crowd at Hard ing High School's athletic field w atch Manager Walter "Dub" Cuthbertson's squad produce a trio ol tallies on three base hits, a walk and a fielder's choice. Pinchhitter Ira Simpson of the Hawks started the rout with a single and Jerry Ale xander of Hoskins pour oil on thè flame w ith a base oil bails. II Kobert uavis ol the Charlotte Hawks promptly singled to left field, scoring two runs and trying the score at 6 apiece. Smith also set the stage for Bobby Ashbrook's sharp sin gle up the middle for the winning marker Kossie Uavis of the Red Birds w as the winning pitcher and Londell McClary of the Morris Field Hangers was the loser. In addition to being the game's most outstanding per former with a long home run and two singles in five at bats. Ashbrook was named the game's most valuable pUiyei. Current Λ (M l Setup ME AC, SWAC Hail Higher Status Ul the 53 predominate!) Black colleges playing foot ball. 14 have made the step to higher status in the National Collegiate Athletic Associa tion 1 NCAA'. Of that number. 12 hail from what have bi corne considered the two toughest Black football confe rences - the Southwest Athle tic 'SWAC and the Mid Kast ern Athletic MKAC (.rambling State" I'niversity 11U-1 Jackson State I'niver sity 7 i . Southern I'niversity H- : . Alcorn State I'niversity li-i-l . Mississippi Valley State I Diversity ti-4 '. Texas Southern I'niversity 4-H .and Prairie View A—M College '.i-? will represent the SWAC in the new NCAA Division 1A classification while South Ca rolina State College 8-1-11. North Carolina A&T State Cni versitv »■:!>. Howard I'niver sity <K-:i North Carolina Cen tral I'niversity "> 4 I . and Morgan State I'niversity 4-»i ■ will be members from the MKAC last year's team re cords are listed in parenthe ses f ·! I » Λ * · « 1 • i\>i l\IU .Itt.U V III » **l J"»ll * 1 i» 2 of the Southern Intercolle giate Athletic Conference and Tennessee State Iniversity ·; 4». an independent, round out the U schools I'nder the current NCAA setup, colleges are classified into three divisions according to their competitive strengths. Division I includes top powers like rCl.Aand Michigan while Division II included most .ME AC and SWAC teams The smaller programs tall into Division 111 But under autho rization to restructure this alignment tor the ty~7 season, the NCAA's Classification Committee is implementing the four-division concept which will lower former Divi sion I teams like those in the Ivy League to 1A while 2.1 former Division II teams a mong them the 14 Black col leges. will be elevated to the higher status. •"Currently there are i:i8 members in Division I. tat in Division.11 and tw7 in Division III said [.ouïs A Myers, committee chairman and la culty representative tor athle tics at the I niversity of An· zona 'Under the new imple menlation 97 will be in Dim sion I. 91 in Division 1A. 82 in Division II and 196 in Division III Of the 14 Black colleges admitted, eight finished in the Mutual Black Radio Network Top Ten" last season and six received votes for the NCAA Division II poll including Grambling. Jackson. Alcorn. Howard. South Carolina State Southern This is the type ot progress wed like to make in our conference and at our institu tion.' said Howard University Athletic Director Leo Miles y upon hearing the decision "We're playing in Division I in other sports and this could move us closer to a total Division I program in the future " Miles was one of the men who helped organize the MEAC six years ago and since has been the spokesman for Division 1 status in the league Douglas Porter, presently head football coach of the Howard Bison and former assistant head coach to Eddie Kobinson at Grambling. feels that the change puts his pro gram in a better position if Howard gives him the tools necessary to compete in 1A. Fantastic Savings on éfood We Redeem Food Stamps l-S.No.l Potatoes 5lb· 49c Μυΐ J I/2lh. Loaf Slice Bread 3 $1 puke s Or Mrs. Filbert* Mayonaise i )ld-Farm-Slice Bacon 1»» Pk.gçc !★★★★★★★★★★ Zing Can Drinks 8 12<«. -a Cans J Pintos I ">· Pk. 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