BY
BILL JOHNSON
athletic teams?
More than 30,000 football-mad fans will pour
into Groves Stadium in Winston-Salem Saturday
night to watch bitter rivals Winston-Salem State
and North Carolina A&T battle in the season’s
first football contest.
Three local athletes will play prominent roles
in the outcome of the A&T-Winston-Salem clash.
Randy Bolton is the top ball carrier for the Rams
and wide receiver Frank Carr and defensive
back Eric Westbrook are fixtures in the A&T
starting lineup.
There’s a new sports columnist among us.
He’s Walter Brown Jr., one-time basketball
coach at Livingstone College, who is now
pounding the typewriter for the Carolinian out of
Raleigh.
An encouraging note is found in the fact that
quarterback John Walton has completed 54.7
percent of his passes in leading the Philadelphia
Eagles to three victories in four starts in the
NFL pre-season games. The former Elizabeth
City State great is currently playing behind Ron
Jaworski, the Eagles’ No. 1 signal caller.
Had you thought of the possibilities of three
Stocks opening the new NFL campaign Sunday
vrc the vital quarterback post? Walton is being
considered for the assignment in Philadelphia.
'Jame? Harris is an almost sure bet to start for
San Diego and Doug Williams is a long
shot at Tampa Bay. >
Although there’s been no officia words from
the campus, the rumor is that Johnson C. Smith
will stage its annual Blue and Gold Football
Game Saturday afternoon on the campus.
Philadelphia is challenging Dallas for the
nonors neiaing me most eye-catcmng” cheer
leaders in the NFL this fall. From where I sit,
Jayne Kennedy is going to make the long
professional football season a lot more enjoy
able. She has it all...gorgeous, beautiful and
winsome. Here’s three cheers to CBS Sports for
making a wise choice...Wonder if she can read?
Lee Elder plans to spend the $60,000 check he
received for winning the Westchester Classic
renovating and upgrading the old Langston Golf
Course in Washington, D.C.
Jim Black reports Charlie Sifford and Jim
Dent have signed to appear in the first Crystal
Springs Pro-Am Golf tourney here in early
October.
It’s that time of the year when the ole crystal
ball is pulled from among the moth balls for
another season of guessing the outcome of area
football games. With only six games on the
schedule this week, the picking is kinda slim.
Look for Elizabeth City to maul Shaw.
Kentucky State will edge Fayetteville State and
Norfolk State will find easy goings against St.
fill’s. Morgan will beat UMES and S.C. State
will face tough goings against Virginia State.
ACCOLADES OF THE WEEK-To Big John
Harris for shooting the lights out at Cedarwoods
Sunday morning...To Big Walt Sullivan for being
named to the 1978 MEAC Pre-Season All-Con
ference Football Team.
Incidentally, there are seven Aggies and five
miuaogs on me among me selectees on
the ME AC Pre-Season team.
All now says he 11 KP Spinks in the fourth
round when they meet for the prestigious World
Heavyweight title in New Orleans on September
15.
Never one to economize with words, the
greatest boxer ever to enter the ring is telling
everyone who’ll listen ..“You can’t stay home,
you be in the dome, and see me send Spinks to
Rome!
It’s time for local supporters of golf to get
behind Jim Black in his efforts to promote the
game to Charlotte area youths. In my opinion
golf in Charlotte is very healthy but if is
neglecting to look to the future.
Once the deal with the Golden State Warriors
is finalized look for Bill Walton to sit out the
1978-79 NBA campaign so his injured foot can
heal properly
TELLING IT LIKE IT REALLY IS!...
It s much better to sit tight...than attempt to
drive in that condition!
Asides to the Imperial Wizard of the National
Knight of the Ku Klux Klans. Thanks very much
for the invitation. However, I herewith inform
ing you that I’ll not attend your annual Klan
Rally, Public Speaking and Cross Lighting in
Atlanta, Ga. Saturdaj because it simply is not a
social event that interests me and mine.
A recent conversation with young Joe Foust,
able sports information director at North Caro
lina A&T revealed that three white reporters
have recently been employed by CIAA schools.
Winston-Salem State is the latest predominantly
black school to hire a white SID, following
Hampton and Norfolk State.
We, Joe and I, wondered where are the black
jo^|pialists? Are our colleges and universities
bypassing the young blacks in journalism who
possibly could do as well in the art of selling our
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^oat!.1.(^ar’°l'na State Rated As ‘‘Team To R^ot” In \II \i u..
Durham - The return of nine
offensive starters and six on
defense- imrire- - defending
—Champion. South Carolina
State the team tolieat for 1978
in the Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference <MEAC).
Coach Willie Jeffries' Bull
dogs have been outright win
ners two times and shared the
title twice during the past four
campaigns Thirty-five re
turning lettermen make the
Bulldogs deep at every posi
tion Quarterback Nate
Rivers and running-back
Charles Burgess are the two
who make the Bulldogs growl
most fiercely The swift
Rivers rushed for 863 yards
from his quarterback slot last
year and scored 15 touch
downs. making him the lead
ing return scorer in division
I-AA Burgess, the team
leading rusher in 75 and 76,
managed 481, although ham
ijcieu uy injury mucn or tne
year The 9.3 sprinter is one of
the nation's fastest.
The offensive line will need
only one replacement, at
tackle. Bulldog runners
should have gaping holes once
again. The offense averaged
38 4 points and more than 400
yards on the ground while
compiling a 9-1-1 record, in
cluding a 10-7 Gold Bowl vict
ory over previously undefeat
ed Winston-Salem State.
Jeffries is not expected to
have too hard a problem find
ing five defensive replace
ments. Three of the five,
however, were all-conference
performers and two All
America. Competition for the
openings will be keen.
Fast finishing North Caro
lina A&T, many observers
feel, will be the team that
gives South Carolina State the
strongest challenge, and could
be even stronger than the
Bulldogs.
Alter losing their first three
games, two by horrendous
Margins, first year coach Jim
\inley rallied his Aggies to
-n wins in their last eight
starts lor nnal 7-4 overall and
5-1 ME AC marks The only
loss during that time was a
last minute 21-20 defeat at the
hands of Mid-American Con
ference power Eastern Michi
gan, a team that went 9-2 last
>ear
McKinley lost only six play
ers from his 1977 roster and
re- irns 10 defensive starters
sPVPn nffpnciuo ctorlorc
i .1 nucleus of a potent offense,
second only to South Carolina
State among MEAC teams
About the only headache Mc
Kinley will have is finding a
replacement for three time
All-MEAC quarterback Ells
worth Turner, and fullback
Ron Scott, who is having a
good preseason with the Pitts
burgh Steelers. Vying for the
starting quarterback nod are
three sophomores, William
Watson, Fred Freeman and
Andre Olden.
McKinley is blessed with a
stable of able runners, and a
corpof fine receivers. But the
backbone of the team is ex
pected to be its defense
The line, massive, speedy,
and experienced, features 6-5,
245-pound All-America candi
date Dwaine “Pee Wee"
Board. 6-7, 262-pound Ali
MEAC Lucien Nibbs, both
seniors, and 6-7, 255-pound
sophomore Ulysses Thomp
son.
A&T rated as one of the
NCAA’s top tdams in pass
interceptions a year ago with
28. Defensive backs Tom
Warren, Gerald Johnson, and
Tony Currie, who picked-off 19
of those returns, giving the
Aggies one of the top seconda
ries in the nation
From the depth of a 3-7-1
season in 1976 to 7-4 respecta
bility last year, Delaware
State will be seeking to move
up another notch this season
and seriously challenge for the
conference crown
The Hornet's rapid rise
earned coach Ed Wyche
MEAC "Coach of the Year"
honors and an Orange Bios
som Classic bowl berth now
site unbeaten Florida A bjto.
Whether or not the young
Hornets are equal to the task
of overtaking the powers of
long standing will depend a
great deal on how well the
otfense can operate.
Neither of the aspirants for
quarterback, seniors Andre
Brown and Phil Jackson and
junior Mike Evans, saw much
action last year. If one can do
the job, the Hornets can roll.
They have solid running
threats in 5-11, 185-pound
sophomore Anthy “Mr Out
side' Beamon, and two
juniors 5-9, 180-pound Ron
Shaw, and 5-8, 180-pound
tarry Rudd.
Delaware State was one of
the NCAA's defensive statisti
cal leaders in 1977. The
Secondary which yielded only
>aras per game via the
pass, returns Ronald Wright
and Tljpmas Douglas
The defensive ltntT'will In
anchored by huge Connie Mr
Deterrnmed~~HiIIiarch a C4.
275-pound junior and Don
Robinson, also a junior at 6-2.
215 pounds In all Wyche has
:Ui lettermen from last year
Morgan State and Howard
tell to the middle echelon of
the MEAC last year after
years of being near the top or
in a challenging position
Morgan suffered through a
disappointing 4-6-1 ledger,
after being co-champions in
PJ76. and was 3-3 in the conte
The Bears will be seeking a
return to loftier heights under
a new coach, former Bear
TnTerior linrmsn-Clarence
Thomas -Thomas, one of
three new coaches in the
conference this year, .came
back to his alma mater from
Williams College in Massa
chusetts.
He has installed a veer
offense with a split backfield
in hopes of keeping the game
under control on the ground
Morgan lost some valuable
people in key positions from
last year, and this could be a
rebuilding year However.
Thomas termed his recruiting
year excellent, and has a
goo.! group of return letter
men to look at
I CM tensive line, led try
MEAT guart* Marvin
Hieks. returns foui starters
All three top receivers return
ed. led by Hanker Nathan
Mumiord ' 26 catches. 533
yards), an All-MEAC select
ion
The quarterback and run
nlng back positions are wide o
open, however, and must be
termed questionable Senior
Donald Beasley and sopho
more Billy Burgess are ex
pected to fight it out for the
sDming^ quarterback nod.
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with \laxzell Morgan and
Me Mayer the likely run
ner
Hn-nr-.rr^ have outstanding
speed on deiense, w ith the lop
men being 6-6. 245-pound
tackle Elvis Franks, lineback
er Maurice Brooks, and
cornerback and All-American
candidate. Joe Fow lkes Fow
Ikes has a career total of 13
interceptions, after grabbing
live last year, and will become
Morgan's career recordholder
should he pick off four more
Howard's Bison returns 16
of 22 starters from last
season s 5-5 squad, which fini
shed 2 4 in the MEAC.
Bulldogs coach
rence.
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