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BY BILL JOHNSON IF YOU ASK ME... ‘ | \ There’s something more than humor to Frank lyn Ajaye’s joke about the white football coach : in a small town in Miss^sippi who was . explaining -- via television - why his team had '■ won 10 straight games this season, a 100 percent improvement over its 0-10 record of the year before. “It seems,” the white gridiron task master began, “that we were too light last year. So, this year we darkened our team up quite a bit. As a matter of fact, I’m the only white cat still with the squad.” • * Can you imagine a black youth leading the Rebels of the University of Mississippi to a football victory in Mississippi?...Or the Bulldogs of the University of Georgia...Or the Volunteers of Tennessee? Well, it’s happening each Satur day during the fall and the once lily-white schools are reaping great benefits, both at the gate and in the won-lost columns. And would you further believe that on those same crisp afternoons, pretty Black girls in revealing dress are serving as cheerleaders throughout the southland. Some have even won the lofty honors of being named queen of the ’ annual homecoming festivities at predominantly white universities in Georgia, Alabama, Missis sippi and other points south. Times have changed. There was a time when a black couldn’t pay his way into a stadium where white teams were playing football in the south. mow n you a lane a iook. around you n nnu iew, if any, teams in the country that do not have blacks among their key personnel. That’s a significant sign of the progress now being made among the citizens of both races in this wonderful country. And all are profiting from the results. AIT, that is, except the predominantly black schools. These schools are losing the majority of the class black athletes to the big, rich predominant ly white colleges and universities.. The loss has caused the over-all classification of play in the predominantly black athletic conferences to be lowered to a point where it’s only a small step above that of the best high school conferences. There is no comparison of the over-all quality of play in the black conference between now and 10 or 15 years ago. In addition to better and improved publicity the prime need of the athletic programs at most black schools can be found in the discipline factor. It is a well-known fact that athletes signed by black colleges require more coaching than the class black athletes who matriculate to the predominantly white schools. .There is also a great need for better organiza tion. Few of the black schools make an effort to secure advance or post-game publicity for their athletic programs and few go out of their way to assist a reporter who is assigned to their sporting events. Such small items as squad rosters and team statistics are very rarely made available to the visitinc? nress and thpsp cphnnls malro nn attempt to acquaint the reporter with the recent changes in personnel or the physical status of the team, and the head coach seldom makes himself available for interviews immediately following the contests. On most occasions, there is room for everyone ^except the visiting reporters in their pressbox. At a critical time when the athletic programs at most black colleges are dying fast, it would appear that the first step in survival should be taken in the direction of improved exposure to project a greater image to the paying public. Look what first-class publicity has done for the black oriented movies and the television shows which have blacks in key roles. FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS .With parent*,coaches at victory party Johnson Memorial YMCA Team Captures Flag FOotball Title By James Peeler Post Staff Writer The Falcons, Johnson Me morial YMCA's Flag Footbal Team, has just clinched theii second league championshi) with a highly impressive 11 and 0 record for their six 1971 games and their nine 1971 games. The 20-member Falcons coached by Head Coach Gar; Brown and Assistant Coache: Walter Booker, Richard Gil lespie, and Robert Land, wil meet the Hornets Flag Foot ball next Saturday at 10:00 a Sharon Garden Football Fiel< in the 1976 version of thei; SUPER BOWL. The game was scheduled fo last Sunday but was callei because of inclimate weather The Falcons, 1975 Supe Bowl Champs, have only beei scored on twice this year for ; total of eight points, accordini to coach Robert Land, wh also said the Falcon players who must be between 7 and years of age and weigh n more than 70 pounds - hav averaged 37 points a gam against opponents this year. To celebrate the Falcon second league championsho and second trip to the Supe Bowl, Mrs. Pearline Harre! and her husband. Love, gav the team and their parents VICTORY PARTY last Satui day at their home at 144 Weddell Street in Oaklaw Park residential section. The party started at 2:00 with the 20 players, their parents, and coaches-number ing approximately 55 - enjoy ing a lavish dinner of ham, , fried chicken, potato salad, , deviled eggs, string beans, ; fruit punch, and a special 2ft x ; 3ft cake with ‘Welcome Fal cons' inscribed on top. The affair, catered by Mrs. Grier, “Was just beautiful!" ' according to Mrs. Harrell, | who added, “Some of the 1 people stayed until 9.” Mrs. Harrell’s son Tony, 9, ■ plays quarter back for the | league champion Falcons. The Falcons Team is com posed of Eddie White, Richard Gillespie, Jimmy Brown, Chris Land, Clifton Baldwin, ; Taries Bonds, Kevin Watts, Jerry Hollifield, Chris Law 1 horn, Scott Withers, Jason 1 White, Tony Harrell, Joe Le ’ wis Harper, Robert Reeves. 3 Mickey Martin, Thomas Glenn, John Cummins, Mark ’ Hoesman, David Lloyd, and 3 Edward Morris. In Flag Football, according - to coach Land, each ball han dler wears a string in his belt 5 on his back. When an opposing 3 player pulls the string from i the handler's back he is consi dered tackleld. A touch down counts 6 points 1 and an extra point, which can .be run or passed for, counts 5 one point. i A nine yard penalty is ac cessed for tackling, 3 yards for offside, and 6 yard penalty for illegal motion. The Falcons team is 2 years-old and each player will receive trophys should they win Saturday. r~ ■ — iH«u v...wvi »•»«« 11 viirmr>vi i Ci root •rage y Chamber Seeks Outstanding Employees WANTED...Two outstand ing government employees (one city and one county) who are considered by their co workers to represent those qualities which reflect the highest calling of public ser vice in local government. Ap plications must be made by co-workers to the respective personnel office of city and county government by De cember 1. Those selected will be rewarded by the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce with an appearance before their e lected leaders, their names inscribed on a roll of honor in City Hall and the County Office Building and checks to each in the amount of $100." The above want ad will never run in local newspapers but it sums up the search which.is.now underway for the 1976 Outstanding City of Char lotte and Mecklenburg County employees of the Year Selected last year were City Fireman A1 Caudle and Doro thy Probst. County Tax Super visor. w m jM fin Illrl^B I * Will m J 11 I'b ■||||| S. C. State To Compete In Bicentennial Bowl ORANGEBURG-South Caro lina State College officials announced Monday afternoon the Bulldogs will play in the Bicentennial Bowl scheduled for Richmond, Virginia, Dec. 11. The contest will be at City Stadium and has an 11 a.m. kick-off, according to Bulldog I athletic director Dr. Milton D. Hunter. The Bicentennial contest will match S.C. State, winner of its third straight Mid Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) title, against Central Intercollegiate Athletic Asso ciation (C1AA) winner, Nor folk State. 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