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Benefit Game Rescheduled Officials of the Triple Coun ty Semi-Pro Baseball League have rescheduled the All-Star Benefit game for Saturday afternoon, September 24 at Griffith Park. “In addition to the best players from our league, we plan to have several players from major league farm clubs competing,” president Bill Co les said late Tuesday. Cole said all proceeds from the contest will be given to the family of the late Roosevelt Davis, who was shot to death Labor Day during a softball game at a church picnic. The All-Star game will mat vii pmyers irom uie east and . west division against players from the north and south division. Each team will have two managers. Herman Tho mas and Willie Barringer will manage the East-West squad which will be composed of players from the Morris Field Rangers, Charlotte Bombers, Charlotte Trojans, Albemarle Sluggers, Morning Grove Hawks, Charlotte Chiefs, Ro yal Bums, Norwood Pirates, Charlotte Tigers and the New : London Cardinals. Thomas manages the Rangers, Bar ringer the Royal Bums during regular season. Their squad will be led by Randy and Rudy Falls, Tim and Murphy Morris, Melvin Latta, John Harris, Terry Bel ton and Sammy Burroughs. Minnie Mendoza and Henry “Lunchmeat” Wallace will manage the North-South out fit. rhey will have players from the Charlotte Hawks, Kings Mountain "A’s”, Rock Hill “O’s”, Charlotte Raiders, Town and Country Ford, Hos kins Giants, Charlotte Red Birds, Westside Eagles and the Charlotte Mets. They will have an awesome crew including such standouts as Jim Erwin, Bert Cueto, Willie Dixon, Benny Little, Willie Hancock, Jerry Alex ander, Harry Morrow, Ira Simpson, Willie Rorie, Albert Turner, Johnny Davis, Palm er Gilmore, Willie Alexander, Walter Alexander, Steve Helms and Nectar Valesquez. .' According to Cole, the price of admission will be $1.50 for adults and only 50 cents for children under 12. Cole said no passes will be issued and that everyone will have to pay to get in “even the players." S. C. State Hosts Howard ORANGEBURG, S.C. - The Bulldogs of South Carolina State College will try to make it three wins in a row Saturday when they host the Howard Bison in a 2 p.m. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference contest at Bulldog Stadium. The encoun ter is the third straight coming at home for Willie Jeffries’ squad and the first afternoon contest of the season for the Bulldogs after two night gam es. Saturday’s contest will be a showdown for the early lead in the MEAC. After last week’s action, in which both the Bulldogs and Howard sco red shutout victories, the two stand one-two in the league standings. Howard, a 15-0 winner over Maryland-Eastern Shore last week, is 1-0 in league action and holds down the second r*4*-. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHARLOTTE POST call 392-1306 COMPLETE THE COUPON BELOW AND MAIL TO: CHARLOTTE POST P.O. BOX 97 One veer no 13 weeks S3 25 6 months $6.75 Two years $18 Payment enclosed Bill Me Later Name- _ Address — City - I I 1 ■ warn by Martin Chliiom LARRY BROWN ...Garinger senior Larry Brown Named Post’s “Player Of Week” By Martin Chislom Post Staff Writer Larry Brown would like to leave Garinger High School with a championship under his belt. A shy 5’9”, 165 pound half back, Brown explained that the only time he has been on a championship team was when he played on the JV football team his sophomore year. Brown is the key in the run oriented offense played by the Wilcats, and be said “Our true test will be against Myers Park Saturday night during Homecoming." In the three games Brown has appeared in, he has rush ed for more than 500 yards and has had six touchdowns. His latest feat was against Inde pendence in which he gained 206 yards and scored four touchdowns. When asked a bout the game he really want ed to play. Brown said, “The team I would like to play is East Mecklenburg, because they beat us.” He added how ever that he didn’t want to look past Myers Park, “be cause they are better than their record indicates." When Brown is off the foot ball field, the sport he plans to keep playing, he may be seen playing basketball or base ball, two sports he also plays for Garinger. Brown said he recently started playing ten nis and enjoys working with electronics, but said he sel dom has time to take a deep interest in any hobbies. Brown talked about attend ing college and has been to games at N.C. State and Duke but right now his goal is to “do good.” Shaw Receives Foundation Grant Raleigh, - The office of Dr. John W. Fleming, Interim President of Shaw University, announced last week the re ception of a $20,000 National Science Foundation Scientific Research Grant. The grant is in support of Research Initiation for Mino rity Institution Improvement: The Effects of Cyroprotes tants on Bacterial Cells, and will be administered by Dr. Bibek Ray, Department of Biology. Dr. Ray explained that the research would determine what happens to bacteria when they’re frozen and how some chemical compounds protect cells from freezing. C. COMPARE AT TWICE 'W r^l THE PRICE! ■ ■ Finely-styled sofas such as these aren’t ■ 1 m. M often on sale. Especially at a price this H ^ low! H _ Compare the look, comfort and quality of H M ^ our exquisite Reflections sofas with sofas H costing up to twice as much. You'll find H we have the same handsome styling and H “ designer fabrics But at our extraordinary H Sofa Sale prices. Bl |W . •y, Shop now for savings too important to H I miss. ■ mA ^ ^ I Chooae this handsome transitional sofa and 3dve a host ot decorating problems. 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Virginia State scored two touchdowns with less than two minutes gone in the first quar ter and blitzed Elizabeth City 34 -12. Hampton Institute, who 10 High Schools Are Semifinaliste Each of the 10 CMS high schools is represented in the National Merit semifinalists program for 1978. They are among 15,000 students nation wide who scored the highest on the National Merit Scholar ship Qualifying Test. The semifinalists include: -East Mecklenburg High School: Christopher Allen By rd, Thomas L. Hall, David W. Johnston, Barton Paul Leven son. -Garinger High School: Wal ter J. Bernard, Mary Lou Matsik. -Harding High School: Robert E. Harrison. -Independence High School: Robert A. Patterson. -Myers Park High School: Adrian R. Halpem, Ruth He rold, Holly A. Hill, Michael E. Matthews, Guha K.A. Shan kar, Libbi B. Stidman, Anna J. Wright, Kimberly A. Young. -North Mecklenburg High School: William B. Miller, Frank C. Spencer, Craig J. White, Helen E. White. -Olympic High School: Lor raine I. Camp, Enola J. Gar land, Sean V. Lawler, David fl. Robinson, Louise C. Spie ler. -South Mecklenburg High School: Hooper Alexander, Winthrop B. Cody, David C. Fugate, Melissa A. Garmon, John C. Siman, Gerald G. Williams. -West Charlotte High School Grace T. Ayscue. -West Mecklenburg High School: Ruth E, Howell. Keep your out-of-town friends informed on what’s happening in Charlotte by sending them a copy of the Charlotte Post each week. The ^c^tU^otd^$iQ^ryear^ ^ HOW THEY STAND Last Week’s Results Bethune U, Livingstone 7 C1AA Conf. yyj Va. Union 25, J.C. Smith 8 m W-L-T w-l t sc- State 52> N.C. A&T 0 ^eams . Howard 15, Maryland-ES 0 Norfolk State 2-(H) 2-1-0 Grambling 35, Morgan St. 19 Winston-Salem 1-0-0 3-0-0 Winston-Salem 21, Va. Union 1-00 3-0-0 n.C. Central 13 Va. State 1-0-0 1-1-0 Clarion State 8, Delaware 3 Hampton 1-1-0 1-1-0 St. Paul's 01-0 1-2-0 WHERE THEY PLAY: Livingstone 01-0 02-0 September 24, 1977 Eliz. City 01-0 02-0 Fayetteville 01-0 1-2-0 Norfolk at Elizabeth City J.C. Smith 01-0 02-0 (Portsmouth, Va.) Shaw 01-0 1-1-0 J.C. Smith at Hampton „ Livingstone at Maryland-ES Conf. All Fayetteville at Shaw Teams W-L-T W-L-T Saint Paul’s at Virginia St. S.C. State 2-0-0 2-0-0 Winston-Salem at Virginia U. Howard 1-0-0 1-1-0 Howard at S.C. State Morgan State 00-0 1-1-0 Livingstone at Maryland ES N.C. Central 0-0-0 1-2-0 N.C. A&T vs. Bethune Delaware State 01-0 0-2-0 Cookman at Orlando, Fla. Maryland-E.S. 01-0 02-0 Delaware St. at Salisbury St. N.C. A&T 01-0 02-0 Morgan at Uni, of Delaware ----—-- I got off to a bad start against Winston-Salem last week, took their revenge out on Shaw, 34 - 7. Saint Paul’s, who has been the victim of two squeakers by a total of three points, out pointed Bridgewater, 18 - 0. Beset by injuries, Livingstone lost to Bethune-Cookman 14 - 8. Norfolk State running back Larue Harrington, who leads the CIAA in rushing, rushed 19 times for 139 yards and scored two touchdowns in Norfolk State’s win over Fayetteville. Freshman kicker Tony Smiley in two games has established himself as one of the top field goal kickers in the conference with an overall record of 6 of 7 attempts. Smiley has also made three of three extra point attempts. Cornelius Washington con tinues to be a key to the success of the Winston-Salem defense, making 5 unassisted and 5 assisted tackles and one interception against North Ca rolina Central. Kermit Blount, CIAA passing leader, accumu lated a total offense of 180. Livingstone, who is respect ed for their defense, lost two of their starting defensive play ers to injuries in the first half. Comerback John Stoutamire suffered a blood clot in the left thigh and starting tight end Chris Campbell suffered brui sed ribs. Also lost was kick-off and punt return specialist Wil liam Williams. Rus Seaton threw three touchdown passes and accu mulated 177 yards total of fense to lead Hampton to a 34-7 win over Shaw. Seaton, who only completed one of 14 pass es in the first half, came back to complete 13 of 17 in the second half. Hampton's de fense lead by 6’8" sophomore, Ernie White, held Shaw to only 34 yards rushing in 41 at tempts. White had 10 unassist ed, 7 assisted tackles, 1 sack and caused two fumbles. < Virginia State scored two ! touchdowns with less than 2 minutes gone in the first quar- 1 ter to beat Elizabeth City 34 - 1 12. Elizabeth Citv scored six 1 mints late in the first quarter. >ut could not score again until •: 30 was left in the fourth juarter. Elizabeth City's starting quarterback Johnnie Williams was in juried early in he second quarter and did not etum for the remainder of he game. 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