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Initiates New Era
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GREENSBORO - A&T State
University recently initiated a
new era in iU athletic pro
gram by naming James Mc-
■ Kinlev as haaH f~,fhall
and Gene Littles as head
basketball coach.
McKinley, 32. resigned as
head coach at Central State
University in Ohio to accept
the A4T position. Littles, 35,
had served the past two years
as assisUnt basketball coach
at Appalachian State Univer
sity in North Carolina.
The new appointments, both
effective immediately.
announced by A4T Chancel
lor Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy, at a
Friday (March 25) noon press
conference.
“We are confident that we
have in Jim
were
in Jim McKinley and
(^ne Littles, two highly quali
fied and talented young coa
ches,” said Dowdy. “We are
certain that they will pursue a
course of excellence in guiding
these two important segments
of the A4T athletic program.”
Dowdy commended the A4T
Search Committee and athle
tic director, Cal Irvin, for
their nominations. He said the
committee interviewed more
than too applicants for the two
positions.
McKinley, who starred in
football at Western Michigan
-l!niuar«l»y^ '•"Tipilrfi tl IB g I
record in five years of high
school coaching at Allegan
(Michigan) High School and
won three conference cham-
CBS Sports To Cover
Masters (iolf Tourney
Marking its 22nd consecu
tive year of providing exclu
sive live coverage, CBS Sports
will broadcast the two closing
rounds of the prestigious Mas
ters Tournament at the world
famed Augusta National Golf
Club in Augusta, Georgia, Sat
urday, April 9, at 4:00 p.m.,
and Sunday, April 10, at 4:00
p.m., on WBTV, Channel 3.
On Friday, April 8 (11:30-
11:40 p.m.l, CBS Sports will
broadcast highlights of early-
round action in the 72-hole
tournament.
S.G State Sets
2 let Invitational
Track Meet
ORANGEBURG, S.C. — The
21st running of the _ South
Carolina State College Invita
tional Track and Field Meet
will be held Saturday, April 2,
at Bulldog Stadium.
Trials for the running events
will get underway at 9 a.m.
with finals scheduled to begin
at 2 p.m. All field events will
start at 9 a.m. and run contin
uously.
Host S.C. State is two-time,
defending champion in the
event which will have a 13
team field this year. Heading
the field are Norfolk State,
Fayetteville State, Florida
A4M, Johnson C. Smith, St.
Augustine and the Bulldogs.
Other teams participating
are Edward Waters, North
Carolina A4T, Livingstone,
Allen, Benedict, Voorhees and
North Carolina Central. Ab
sence from this year’s field
will be Pembroke State, run
ner-up in the event the past
two years and Delaware State,
winner of three of the last five
Invitationals.
Competition is expected to
be stiffest in running events
where Fayetteville State, Nor
folk State, Florida A4M, John
son C. Smith and the Bulldogs,
all boast speedsters.
Top contenders in the
sprints will be Fayetteville
State’s James Wooten, Mi
chael Keys of Norfolk State
and the Bulldog’s Charles Bur
gess.
Wooten, most valuable par
ticipant in the 1976 meet, has
run a 9.2 in the 100 yard dash,
while both Keys and Burgess
have turned in 9.4’s in the
event. Other challengers are
J.C. Smith’s Albert Barnes
and Eldward Water’s Ernest
Ross.
With a select field of inter
national professional and am
ateur golfers, including de
fending champion Ray Floyd,
the broadcasts will include
play on the par 3,155-yard 12th
hole; the par 5, 485-yard 13th;
the par 4, 420-yard 14; the par
5, 520 yard 15th; the par 3,
190-yard 16th; the par 4, 400-
yard 17th; and the spectacular
par 4, 420 yard 18th hole.
If two or more golfers are
tied for first place after 72
holes of play on Sunday, they
will immediately proce^ to
the No. 1 tee for a sudden-
death playoff, which will also
be broadcast by CBS Sports,
continuing on to successive
holes until a Masters chanip-
ion is determined.
Floyd in his twelfth Masters
last year, recorded a record-
tying score of 271, matching
the score of Jack Nicklaus, the
tournament’s only five-time
champion, in his second Mas
ters victory in 1965.
With a finely honed perfor
mance that began with an
opening round of 65, the best
start of any championj Floyd,
at the finish of the second day
of play, was at 131, setting a
new record for the first 36
holes. Then, on Saturday,
when play was completed, his
score of 201 was also a new
record for the first 54 holes. A
final round of 70 bested Ben
Crenshaw by eight
Floyd’s perforiW^e ^ the
par 5 holes (14 under par) was
the best by four strokes of any
champion. In addition, he
established a new Masters
record of sub-par scores with
one eagle and 22 birdies; the
best previous record being one
eagle and 20 birdies by Sam
Snead in 1957.
Other past champions of the
Masters who will comprise the
select field include Gary Play
er, the first and only foreign
contestant to don the green
jacket, 1961 and 1974; Tommy
Aaron, 1973; Charles Coody,
1971; Billy Casper, Jr., 1970;
George Archer, 1969; and Ar
nold Palmer, 1958, 1960, 1962
and 1964 titleholder. Nicklaus
recorded his victories in 1963,
1965, 1966 (the only player to
successfully defend the title),
and in 1972 and 1975.
Vin Scully, Jack Whitaker,
Pat Summerall, Henry Long-
hurst, Ben Wright, WBTV’s
Jim 'I^acker, and Frank Glie-
ber will be the commentators
for CBS Sports.
pionships. His record in three
years as head coach at Central
State University was 17-15.
McKinley also served one
year as defensive linebacker
coach at Eastern Michigan.
As a player, he earned All-
American Conference honors
as a tight end in 1965.
He was born in Chicago,
grew up in Bangor, Mich., and
is married to Mrs. Connie
McKinley. The McKinleys
have a daughter.
McKinley holds a bachelor's
degree in physical education
from Western Michigan and
the master's degree from Eas
tern Michigan University.
Littles is considered to be
one of the finest college play
ers ever to play in North
Carolina. In four years as a
player for High Point College,
he earned NAIA All-American
honors three times and All-
Carolina Conference four
times.
From 1969-1975, he played
professional basketball with
the Carolina Cougars and the
Kentucky Colonels of the A-
merican Basketball League.
A native of Washington,
D.C., Littles holds a bache
lor’s degree in physical educa
tion from High Point College,
and he is working on a mas
ter’s degree at Appalachian
State University. He is mar
ried to Mrs. Rita M. Littles.
They have two sons. Darren
and Travis.
McKinley will replace
Hornsby Howell who resigned
as the A^es’ head football
coach. Littles will succeed
Warren Reynolds, who also
stepped down as A4T’s bas
ketball coach.
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FAYETTEVILLE - Tennis
Coach Page Saunders recently
announced the 1977 tennis
schedule for the Fayetteville
State University Bronco net
men.
“The success of the team
will depend upon two fresh
men and five upperclass
men,’’ said dkiach Saunders.
'The team will be playing
more than 20 matches, accord
ing to the coach with a roster
consisting of four seniors, one
junior, one sophomore and
five freshmen.
The 1977 roster includes Sta
cy Burrs, senior, Fayetteville;
Larry Farrow, senior, San
ford; Linel Williams, senior,
Sanford; Wayne Williams, se
nior, Elizabethtown; Jeff Ca-
pel, junior. Southern Pines,
Eugene Westry, sophomore.
Rocky Mount; and Keith
Hatch, High Point; Lavem
Marshall, Wilmington; Chris-
tia Nwachwkwu, Fayetteville;
Carl Jones, Wilmington; and
Michael, Goldsboro, all fresh-
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ThomasSays
Morris FiddRaii^isJProgrejB)
••we re progressing very
slowly," is the way coach
Herman Thomas assessed the
development of his Morris
Field Rangers baseball team
Tuesday following three
weeks of spring training.
“We do not have the person
nel we had a year agoj'
Thomas explained, adding
that eight of the athletes who
Urf thn npnnHy Pnngor« (n
said.
The Rangers' mentor does
have some bright spots on his
team. Ricky Summers, a new
comer who appears to have
won the shortstop position, is
one of them. A 26-year-old
righthander, who stands 6-feet
and weighs 175 pounds.
The Rangers are interests
tall
in ■•players who would like to
go all the way to the profes
sional leagues. If there is such
a player our league would be
an excellent place to start 1
think the fact that three play
ers were signed off our team
by professional baseball
learns lasi year indicates (liitt
the Triple County League is a
good training ground for the
young players,” Thomas con-‘“
eluded.
Players interested in tryirtg
out for the team are asked fi
contact .Mr Thomas at 394-
1863,
Triple County Semipro Base
ball League Championship in
1976 are no longer with the
outfit.
Thomas is presently work
ing with 13 young men each
Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday afternoon, with
hopes of building the squad to
a full contigent of 25-men prior
to the opening of the new
season a week from Saturday.
“We'll have more players
when school is out," Thomas
was a standout in a semipro
league in Winsinn-Salem a
Flashy Alfred Thompson,
20-year-old secondbaseman,
who was a standout with the
Morris Field Rangers last
summer, has been signed by
the Texas Rangers of the
American Baseball League.
He is the second son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Thompson
of 3106 Capitol Drive. Bobby
Thompson, an older brother is
playing Triple A ball in Cali
fornia with a Los Angeles
Dodgers’ farm team. Alfred
expects to be assigned to
Asheville in the Western Caro
lina League until the Rookie
League School begins in early
June.
"With the assistance they
can give him in several are
as,” Rangers manager Her
man Thomas said Tuesday, "I
believe he has an excellent
opportunity to make it. He has
great attitude and is one of the
best defensive performers in
the game. He has a good arm
and he can hit with consistent-
cy.”
Thomas said Thompson
"loves the game and he hus
tles all the time.” The flashy
youngster hit Triple County
League pitching for an im
pressive .327 average while
stealing 23 bases and driving
in 53 runs in 25 league contests
last year.
Thompson is a graduate of
Harding High School where he
was a standout baseball play
er. He is not married.
According to Thomas,
Thompson is the third Ranger
player to sign a professional
contract in little less than a
year. Outfielder Mark Fun
derburk was picked up by the
Minnesota Twins shortly be
fore the end of the 1976 cam--
paign and pitcher Larry
Wright signed with the Los
Angeles Dodgers at the end of
the season.
Lady BuDdogs
year, according to Thomas.
He led the league with 26
homeruns. “1 believe he’ll also
help to improve our pitching,"
Thomas explained.
Thomas is also pleased with
the improvement infielder
Bobby Reynolds is showing.
“We may reach his potentials
this season. He is hitting and
fielding well and he appears to
have a fresh, new approach to
the game," Thomas said of his
veteran firstbaseman.
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ORANGEBURG, S.C.-Two
members of the South Caro
lina State College women’s
basketball team which cap
tured the SUte AIAW cham
pionship and was recently
named the top ranked team in
the nation, have been selected
to play on the Palmetto State's
AAU squad.
Margaret English, a 6-3 so
phomore and 6-0 senior Althea
McGriff along with other top
players from the state will
represent South Carolina in
the national AAU tournament
in Fullerton, Calif., March
28-April 2.
Other players on the eight-
woman squad are Accronetta
Clooper of Claflin, Pearl Moore
of Francis Marion and Sister
Green, Scoote Delorme, Va
nessa Harris and Janie Ruth
Lee, all of the College of
Charleston.
English and McGriff were
standouts on the Lady Bull
dogs’ team which finished the
season with a 28-1 mark and
captured the Mid-Eastern A-
thletic Conference women’s
championship and the State
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When you picture a canoe,
you think of a sleek vessel
gliding through the water. 'The
University of North Carolina
at Charlotte will be host to a
canoe race with vessels that
aren’t exactly sleek on April 2.
However, the fact that the
canoes float at all is remark
able considering that they are
made of concrete.
The event is the annual
Concrete Canoe Race spon
sored by the Southeastern A-
merican Society of Civil Engi
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