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liSDOfti Γ DC il Β ι ;j by l·. BILL JOHNSON Is - •JELLING IT LIKE IT IS 1 It looks as if 1977 is going to be a great year! 1 After listening to President Ford on television ■ast week, I became more aware of the fact that ■Americans have it made. We have new cars in Kach'garage, big, comfortable homes with all the anodern conveniences and luxuries and at least l>ne freezer full of food. I It also became crystal clear that the only thing le have to worry about is gas for our cars, heat ■or our homes and fuel to cook our food. Yes, sir, 1977 is going to be a great year! S Bet VOll rlirln't Irnmu " 4 " -* ' _ — .wvtiv pvii \JL· Ι,ΙΓΙϋ :olleges and universities show that the average (eight of college basketball players is going up ind the number of little men is going down. A [reat majority of the players stand between -foot-3, and e-foot-7. Only 153 were under six feet ind 38 were seven feet and over. Looks as if we'll have a real dogfight in the race for the CLAA Championship. Johnson C. Smith, St. Augustine's and Winston-Salem are ■B girt g à ding-dong battle for the southern division title, while Norfolk State, Virginia State and Virginia Union appear capable of battling to the wire before the nothern championship is decided. Charlotte native Ed Roper is coming strong with the-Eagles of North Carolina Central -The 6-4 sophomore, who formerly played at Indepen dence High here, has brought his scoring average up to 14 points a game while pulling down an average of 11 rebounds with the Eagles this season. He hit a season high 19 points and 12 rebounds against Delaware State in Durhan last week. Would you believe that America was founded to avoid taxation? Dick Price, the highly successful head football coach at Norfolk State College, is getting a head start in the recruiting war. He has signed seven prep standouts, all linemen, for the 1977 Spar tans. ^ "The Bird" has been grounded for the current basketball campaign. James "The Bird" Spar row, the clasgyrt#g£rwh/> led A4fT>.ia<the MEAC « championship and even further down the glory oad to the National Invitational Basketball Tournament last winter, did not earn enough credits to participate with the Aggies this semester. MEAC regulations require that ath etes earn 24 additional hours between periods of )articipation, according to a league source and, ✓ 'The Bird," who was the conference's player of he year last season, earned only 21 during the >ast two semesters. That's quite a loss! It's back to court for Joe Caldwell. You'll ■emember "Pogo" as the star of the now defunct Carolina Cougars. He's trying to collect pay nents on the $1.1 million contract he signed in 970. ' h - » ·■* · · · *· ·— · ± uiuig ijany γ»π(μιι, uie giiiea iy-year-oia «seball player, has been drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Wright, who attends Dekalb funior College in Atlanta, Ga. is a former South Mecklenburg diamond star. A strong righthand id pitcher, Wright also performed during the ummer months for the popular Morris Field langera of the Triple County Semipro Baseball eague. He was unbeaten with four victories ith the Rangers in 1976. Bob Moorman, the able commissioner of the IAA, says the conference basketball tourna ient will have many new features this year, and tat it will be even bigger and better this year tan lût. The big event is only five short weeks away. 's later than you THINK! The perfect example of minority rule is a baby Λ/9/VOlD M/./W&? λ a 7ΐ//ί/,Ά J saies - service ri?. ' " . Leasing *73-*74-*75Pre-ewn«d Cadillacs With Factory 12^000or 12 Month Warranty 615 S TRYON - 376-9181 J.C. Smith freshman Love Τ iQVPO Ron η r-in or RoiinHhall By Araett Barksdale Post Staff Writer A decision was made some 22 years ago by a young fellow in the ghetto of Baltimore that he would rather spend his spare time playing basketball than anything else. After hours and hours of practicing, with nothing but net and ball which helped to develop his game, Leon Love made ano ther decision that would be written about in a popular book. Leon's last name summa rizes his relationship with the round ball and his devotion to sharpening his talent. "It almost became a com plete necessity with my lei sure time," Love said, "every minute I found I played ball." Love, who played center in Baltimore at Johnson Junior High, North Western Senior High, and Vo-Tech Senior High, averaged 23 points while in high school. upon nis graduation from high school, Love attended Bay Junior College in his hometown and continued his play under the basket. During his two years at Bay, the team "compiled a 42-6 record. Besides the 21-point average and 16-rebound average he accumulated during his junior college days, Love was re warded by being selected a member of the "Blue Chip per" organization, consisting of under-rated better than average ball players. The young athlete at this point wasn't sure where he Wanted to go to further his education and continue his"" love affair with the sport. Adding to the confusion of choosing a college was the bombardment of offers he was getting from some of the big universities. "I wasn't ready for major university ball because 1 was not that confident I could play," Love said, "And all the universities were giving me the mafia style treatment, giving me offers I couldn't refuse." Love added that he received Offers tO plAy from T-niiigiana ' State University, Appalachian State University, University of Tennessee, University of South Florida, and Fayette ville State, all promising to do a lot for Love and his family financially and materially. Len Shapiro, Sports Editor of the Washington Post, had observed Love playing in an all-star game where he was chosen most valuable player. A/ter talking with the young athlete. Shapiro added Love's name to the "athletes for sale list." "At the time Shapiro was working on a book that deals with athletes who go to big schools where the main con cern is to excel athletically and putting education as a back seat," Love said. In the book entitled ATH LETICS FOE SALE, Shapiro makes reference to Love be ing a typical athlete for sale. So there he was six feet, seven inches, 200 pounds and just ripe for the big schools, or any school, for that matter. After looking over the consu mers and listening to his father's advice, Love chose the University of Tennessee uui aeciaea just prior lo the basketball season that he wanted a refund. "I guess I just didn't like the large school's atmosphere," Love said, "so I left two weeks before the season started and went back home to work." Love who has been at J.C. Smith since January, 1976, had to sit out two semesters of basketball. He came off the bench this month and assum ed his old position under the basket. · —Although T/ivp has played — center for every team he has played on, he feels he is a natural forward. "I think it's easier for me to manuever facing the basket forward than playing center with my back to the basket," Love explained. Since starting for Smith the Bulls have lost only one game and Love has averaged 7 points. His highest game score was against Shaw which he scored 18 points. "Although there may be some adjustment problems. now,'' Lexg_said. "1 feel that I will be a verv beneficial U1NCC Library To Display 49ers υ nue Basketball has been a popular topic of conversation since the Forty Niners repre sented themselves so well last year in the National Invita tional Tournament in New York. Now, it's also the theme of a display in J. Murrey Atkins Library on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Two displays in the main lobby of the library deal with UNCC basketball specifical ly-one about the 1976 NIT and the other about the current UNCC Basketball season. Another display on the se cond floor of the library con ^erns^rofessiona^asketball· Ilea^h^nïiTîStt^PÔsr %ltrails t'.tjir < 11 I hi· t arnlhias' i largest I k DnilcrJ" A AIR CONDITIONED 77 MONTE CARLO COUPE Metallic * L * Tinted Glatt * Deluxe Bodyilde Molding» * 303 2V Vt * Air Conditioned * Hue Interior * Turbo-Hydramatlc * Rally Wheals SALE PRICE *5140. factor to the Bull squad." Love said he can't help but be very grateful to two people he feels were most inspiring to his career, Les Bundy, a re cruiter whom he admired, and Chuck Robinson, a former original player for the Balti more Bullets. 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