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soon J ! DC (il »γ BILL JOHNSON SAY YOU SAW IT HERE Ever thought of this?...If Rick Monday of the Los Angeles Dodgers married actress Tuesday Weld, she'd be Tuesday Monday. If all of the people in the Charlotte area, who say they're going to Richmond for the second annual Gold Bowl Football Game, show up in Richmond, Va. a week from Saturday, CIAA commissioner Bob Moorman would be more than happy. Seven Charlotteans will make the Gold Bowl scene. Randy Bolton, Andre Douglas and Robert Weeks are members of the Winston-Salem State squad. Native sons of the S.C. State roster are David Brown, Walt Sullivan and freshman Aaron Cunningham and Tommy Green. oaseDaii great, Joe DiMaggio, and football star, Jim Brown, are working on a plan to promote an annual "Hall of Fame Invitational Golf Tournament" in Las Vegas with hopes of obtaining TV network coverage. They say every athlete who participates will be paid expenses and "come away with some money." Don Pearce, former starting center with the UNCC 49'ers, is in his first year as graduate assistant to the Mean Green basketball program. Among the superstars Willie Jeffries will unveil in Richmond on December 3 is fullback Rickey Anderson, who owns the majority of S.C. State's rushing records. Here we go again - Joe Buggs, who will assist first-year head basketball coach Gene Little with the basketball duties at North Carolina A&T this ; season, predicts "we (A&T) will make tremen dous progress from last year's 3-24 season." We wholeheartedly agree simply because up is the only avenue available to a 3-24 campaign. Rumors are mounting that Frank Robinson, . the first black man to manage a major league baseball team, will be the next skipper of the Atlanta Braves. List this writer among those who hope and pray for Joe Louis to make a speedy recovery. The Brown Bomber is still the heavyweight champ in the popularity polls. Joe Faust, the able sports information director at A&T, has flooded newspaper offices with a listing of outstanding Aggie football players who - deserve to be honored with all-conference and-or i, ail-American ranking. Charlottean Clavton Pri WKKÊÊÊÊHÊÊWlffl± ^3 ' nas been namecr. ME AC "Lineman of the Week" twice this season. Those knowledgeable gentlemen, who com pose what is more widely known as the "CIAA Sportswriters Association," have chosen St. Augustine's as the No. 1 basketball team in the conference's southern division. They pick Win ston-Salem State to finish second and J.C. Smith third. Virginia Union was a unanimous choice to capture the northern division crown, with Hamp ton rated second, Norfolk State third, and Virginia State a distant fourth. St. Augustine's talented Falcons will be in town the weekend of December 16 -17 to compete in the annual Tip-Off Basketball Tournament, sponsored by the Charlotte Chapter of the Johnson C. Smith University Alumni Associa tion. Muhammad Ali has taped two lengthy inter veiws for the television series "For You...Black ' Woman." Your Stake in Money and Economics Not a day passes that the average American does not make decisions regarding money. Insurance, tuition, rent, bills, taxes—all these require some knowledge of money matters. Yet too many Americans do not understand economics and too many do not realize that economics and money are really different ways of - talking about the same thing. Economic institutions with • esoteric sounding names often affect us personally • but many of us don't realize it. For example,most people couldn't care less about Federal Reserve Bank rates until they discover that rates set by the Federal Reserve will determine how much interest will be paid on their auto loans. Because Champion Inter national Corporation is con cerned about the low level of economic literacy in this country, it is sponsoring a nationwide competition which is being administered , solely and independently by the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College. Called the 1977 Media Awards For The Advance ment of Economic Under standing, the $100,000 a ward program is directed toward working newspaper, radio and television pro fessionals. The competi tion's aim is to encourage reporting and programming of all kinds that will in crease the public's knowl edge and understanding of economics. It seeks to en courage newspaper and broadcast reporters to ef fectively explain how the economic system works to the average consumer and how it affects him. Most Americans get a major part of their infor mation from the media. A single story in a big city newspaper or on national television reaches more people than a teacher will instruct in his lifetime. Therefore, the Awards program has been structured to reward excellence in ec onomic reporting tn the media as it is this group that must lead the way in translating the often con fusing economic terminology Into a language we can all understand. Grumbling's Quarterback Doug Williams Is Heisman Candidate? by Lome J iNicnoison Special To The Post GRAMBLING, LA.—More than a dozen crack sports writers from the nation's out standing newspapers have joined multiplying boosters of Grambling quarterback Doug Williams as a Heisman Tro phy candidate in recent weeks. Williams, an astute judge of personalities, has used the interviews, television appear ances, filming and radio expo sure, to acquaint himself inti mately with a broad collection of media representatives. He has compiled his own profile list. "I have met some of the most respected report ers and network people in sports coverage. It has been both interesting and reward ing," he said in a manner that indicates he will not fall into a trap of personal vanity so fatal to athletes infected. Media representatives have presented pictures, facts, sto ries and figures on Williams with a view of bringing him closer to the man in the stands. Their attention has project ed the 6-4, 214-pound senior into a position of prominence never before attained by a black college player. Doug calls the experience provocative. Invariably, when quarter backs are mentioned this sea son, the first name to pop into the mind of football fans is the record-shattering senior sig nal caller. In eight games, he has amassed 2,426 yards passing and 29 touchdowns. Williams said he is indebted to writers and fans alike. He credited Norm Miller, New York Daily News, who labeled him "a black Joe Namath;" A1 Harvin, New York Times; Larry Carmody, Newsday; Dick Schapp, NBC TV Sports; A.S. "Doc" Young, Los Angeles Sentinel; Jim Lampley and Curt Gowdy, Jr. ABC-Sports; Dr. Frank Ban nister, National Black Net work; Ron Pinkney, Mutual Black Network; Paul Attner, Washington Post; Howie Ev . aos, J^M^QCk AnwteetiH m Sun-T m*e», Wayne Β et ha, Washington Star; Brad Pye, Los Angeles Sentinel, Bill Nunn, Jr., New Pittsburgh Courier; Howard Cosell, ABC TV; and Skip Bayless, Los Angeles Times, for much of the national credit. Doug has also attracted at tention from state and area newspapers, radio and televi sion stations, in a manner usually reserved for big-name titans from other sections of the country. It started with Jerry Byrd, sports editor of the Shreveport Journal and Buddy Davis, sports editor of the Ruston Daily Leader, two of the states moet respected writers. Williams insists that their efforts brought about a re markable transformation in his life. "Read their sports sections, they provided undis putable testimony," he point ed out. "Mr. Byrd is a re markable man." Early in the season, the Journal's focus of "Doug Wil liams, Heisman Trophy Can didate," on a two-page spread, was the initial eye-catcher. The indepth story, illustratec by photos, was written by Jefl Rude. Davis wrote a penetrating _piece for Gridweek and later introduced the Grambling gridder as a Heisman candi date to readers of The Sport ing News. Other poetic responses have come from Bob Roesler, New Orleans Times Picayune; Pe te Finney. New Orleans Sta tes-Item; Bud Montet, Baton Rouge Morning Advocate; Mike Richey, Monroe News Star; Bvron Botler, Monroe Morning World; Dan Hardes ty Baton Rouge State-Time; R.L. Stockard, Lousiana Weekly; Gerry Robichaux, Shreveport Times; Bill Car ter. Alexander Daily Town Talk; and Austin Wilson. As sociated Press. Sports Illustrated paid tri , bute to his take-charge tempe rament with a story entitled "He's Already in the Big Leagues" in its Oct. 31 issue. Newsweek joins the national magazine list this week, which also includes Jet and Black Sports. Williams was featured Tues day morning on NBC-TV's "Today Show" as "College Football Player of the Week" for throwing seven touch down passes against Langston University Saturday. I JAMES "THE BIRD" SPARROW ...Ready to fly high again Merchants Who Advertise In The Post Are Telling You They Appreciate Your Busi ness. Patronize Them. Aggies Expect To Restore Tradition GREENSBORO-The return of guard, James "The Bird' Sparrow, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's Most Valuable Player during the 1975-76 season, along with sev en lettermen from the 1976-77 team will restore the winning tradition at North Carolina A4T during the 1977-78 bas ketball season. Last year's team suffered through a frustrating 3-24 campaign plagued by inexpe rience. the academic ineligibi lity of Sparrow, and a rigorous schedule which included na tional powers North Carolina State. Oral Roberts, and North Texas State. Gene Littles, former stand out guard with the Carolina Cougars of the American Bas ketball Association, will take over the A&T head coaching job replacing Warren Rey nolds. who resigned following the conclusion of the 76-77 season Littles will be assisted by George Felton, who played his college ball under Frank McGuire at the University of South Carolina and spent the 1976-77 season as a graduate assistant at Appalachian State University. If the 6-6 Sparrow can retain his All-American form of the 1975-76 season when he ave raged 21 points, 6 rebounds. and 5 assists per contest from his guard post, the Aggies should be able to regain their championship form Coach Little is also high on 6-8.210-pound transfer Marvin Brown, who had an outstand ing prep career at Philadel phia's Simon Gratz High Brown, a junior, is a strong rebounder ι he was awarded the Top Rebounder Award in Philly's famed Sonny Hill Lea gue» and has a good jumper inside 15 feet of the basket At 6-9. junior L.J Pipkin is perhaps the best pure shooter on the team He's thin at 185-pounds but will probably play center fur the Aggies this season He was the top scorer and rebounder for the Aggies last season averaging 15.6 points and 8 6 rebounds per outing. 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