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BILL JOHNSON
BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT;..
The reason some people can't do theii
Christmas shopping early is that they don't know
who their friends will be by Holiday times.
The first of two annual meetings between
Winston-Salem State and North Carolina A&T
State in the Greensboro Coliseum Saturday night
is well worth the drive to Greensboro.
By the time you read this, O.J. Simpson and his
wife of 11 years would have discussed an
amicable divorce settlement...There's an all
black basketball team in the NBA. The Golden
State Warriors released their only white player
last week, leaving the squad truly black. Even
the two coaches, A1 Attles and Joe Roberts, are
brothers.
ine rniiadeipnia fogies defense, which gets
^very little media 'attention, has forced 42
turnovers, 22 interceptions and 20 fumble
recoveries while allowing the opponents only 14.5
points a game...Another record worthy of note is
the fact that Kermit Blount, Winston-Salem
State's great junior quarterback, has been
intercepted only two times prior to last Satur
day's encounter with Delaware. Blount has
thrown 133 times for 951 yards and six touch
downs. He completed 55 of his tosses.
Unless you're paid to do so, never argue with
anyone over grammar.
Only 7,500 attended the third annual Gold Bowl
in Richmond, Va. last Saturday afternoon. In the
meantime, Winston-Salem State was playing
before a mere 10,000 in Delaware. The feelings
here are that South Carolina State and Winston
Salem State would have attracted an overflow
crowd in the Gold Bowl and both schools would ι
have reaped a harvest of publicity from the
venture.
If you missed the Gold Bowl in Richmond last
weekend, you also missed out on an opportunity
to take a basketball doubleheader, jazz show, the
crowning of "Miss Gold Bowl" and pageant,
ρ re-game activities, victory parties, brunches
and commentaries.
if you're wondering why you haven't seen Billy
''White Shoes" Johnson do his thing for the
β Houston Otters this fall, it's because the famed
broken field runner btm tûiéfl fldifflSd for the
season with an eye injury.
When Tony Dorsett missed a Dallas Cowboy
practice and was fined for the oversight, a rival
team's journalist labeled the Cowboys' famed
glamor boy, "Sleeping Beauty."
A reputation, acquired through publicity, isn't
to be confused with character acquired through
living. _
Jackson State has taken over the top spot in
this week's top 20 black college football teams.
Grambling is second, Winston-Salem State third
and Florida, A&M, an outfit that thoroughly
thrashed GrambBng last week, is fourth.
Tennessee State, S.C. State, Alabama State,
Mississippi Valley, Bethune-Cookman and Ken
tucky State round out the top 10 in that order.
How about three cheers for the fine job WBT
announcer Ken Koontz did?
List this reporter among those who thoroughly
enjoyed WBT announcer Ken Koontz's play-by
play descriptions of the West Charlotte football
game in Wins ton-Salem two weeks ago.
SUDDEN THOUGHT-Pederal Aid to Educat
ion should start with the teaching of arithmetic
in Washington, D.C.
υ us au-oua, me spans iraormauon airecior
over at Johnson C. Smith, is high on the JCSU
basketball team. "We're going to be competi
tive," Stroud boasted Tuesday afternoon.
The reason for his optimism can be found in
the pre-eeason performances of several promis
ing athletes. Among them is Audrey Hoçd, 6Ί"
frfcenter and the team's leading rebounder from"
Greensville, S C. Stroud says coach Moses
S harpe also likes what he's seen of freshman
Anita Brewer and Tanja Walls. A 6'3V4" leaper
from West Nyack, N.Y., Brewer should add
backboard strength to Sharpe's attack. Walls Is a
pure shooter.
Sharpe is also expecting big things from
Vernetta Simp kins, one of the team's most
promising shooters. Sara McColl, Chanda Trues
dale, and Loretta Lockhart round out what is
expected to become a tough team to beat down
the stretches.
Sharpe is molding his team around three
seniors, three juniors, three sophomores and six '
freshmen.
Stroud announces that JCSU supporters should
look out for Ronnie Thompson and Gary Adams,
a couple of transfer students who shoida help the
basketball learn during the second semester. /
Thompson is a 6'7" forward from Camden,
N.J. and Adams is a 6'S ' swingmsn from Miami,
Fla. "They're going to help ui a lot," concluded
Stroud.
West Charlotte wiU host North Mecklenburg
Friday night. Coach Charles McCuHough will
then send his Lions against Olympic Tuesday
right at Olympic High.
First release of Johnson C. Smith basketball
statistics show freshman William Tibbs leading
the individual scoren with a 20-point per game
average. Tibbs is shooting better from the fleld
tytan he is from the free throw lines.
FRESHMAN WILLIAM TIBBS
...Bulls' leading scorer
Golden Bulls Clash With
Bears In WBTV Classic
by Chase Vance
Post Sports Writer
The Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity Golden Bulls, who are
coining off a two week layoff,
will tangle with the Bears of
Lenoir Rhyne in a 7 p.m. first
round game of the WBTV
Carolina Classic on Thursday.
The winners will play on
Friday at 9 p.m. The cham
pionship is Saturday at 1:30
p.m.
Lenoir khyne is having a
disappointing season. Coach
ed by Neil Hodges, they are
young and inexperienced But
so are the Bulls.
The bears didn't return one
senior from last year's 19-12
team. Seven freshmen, two
sophomores and four juniors
are included among the ranks.
Mark Moore and Mitch An
derson are both 6-3 return.
They averaged three points
and one rebound each. Height
is a problem unless β'7" Hick
Buchanan and6'7" Jeff Nifong
who transferred from junior
colleges begin to help immed
iately.
Six-six freshman, Kevin
Maloney and a pair of 6'4"
frosh, Gary Nobles and Alvin
Cobb are vying for the point
guard spot.
Currently 0-2, the Bulls,
playing without Sonny Francis
Proctor, are hoping to better
last year's 10-17 record. Lack
of experience is their biggest
problem. Top scorer Herb
Entzminger is gone and
Robert Moore is beginning his
first season as head coach.
Leading the Bulls in the first
two games has been 6'6"
freshman lefty, Timmy Tibs,
who has a soft touch with his
jumpers.
The winners of this game
will play Belmont Abbey or
catawba One of Smith's
defeats was at the hands of the
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ι our (Jar insurance Has Increased
RALEIGH....The North
Carolina Rate Bureau filed
with the State Insurance Com
missioner on June 30th a rate
increase that would amount to
5.6 percent, statewide. The
increase would cover liability
and medical payments and
physical damage insurance
for private passenger automo
biles.
The industry-run bureau has
advised Ingram that-they wUi
put these increases into effect
on December 1, despite the
Commissioner's disapproval
of the requested increases.
This means that all new and
renewal private passenger
automobile insurance policies
written on or after December
1, 1978 will show these increa
ses and policies written before
December 1 that is scheduled
to become effective on or after
January 15, will also reflect
the increases.
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State Insurance Commiss
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was extremely disappointed
that the insurance industry
chose to ignore his order, and
put the higher rates into
effect. Ingram has given the
State Rate Bureau an opport
unity to refile its request
presenting specific statistical
data showing the need for the
increases. The insurance in
-dustfy -did not priant thaL·
data at the earlier hearings.
Deputy Insurance Commiss
ioner Byron Tatum said for
some North Carolina drivers
this increase will amount to
about 30 percent. Tatum said
compounding the two increas
es that the insurance industry
has put into effect over In
gram's disapproval in less
than a two-year period, own
ers of private passenger auto
mobiles will be paying some 48
million dollars in increases
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Poet Salutes Frank Christopher Brown
py cnase vance
Post Sports Writer
In a rare occurence this
week, the Charlotte Post
salutes a ninth grader as
its player of the week
Ordinarily this would not
happen, but the poise and
determination displayed by
Frank Christopher Brown of
the Charlotte Catholic Cou
gars warrants the occasion.
BrQwn, a ninth grader,
pumped the Nets for 22 points
in an 85-69 loss in the 4A
1 Olympic and sank two crucial
free throws to give the Coug
ars a 70-68 win over 4A East
Mecklenburg last week. He hit
23 point5 against East.
That is a total of 43 points in
his debut on the Charlotte
Catholic varsity team.
Anyone who has a chance to
see this youngster play should
He was a legend at Our Lady
of Consolation Junior High
School where he averaged 51
points and 31 rebounds per
game
They say that Brown a as
the team's playmaker, re
bounder and shooter The
team was one of the lop
parochial junior high teams in
the city.
Brown was seasoned last
summer at Dean Smith's bas
ketball camp at UNC-Chapel
Hill where it is said that he
brought smiles to the Tar
Heels mentor's face
Brown lives in the western
part of the county near the
Catawba River with his par·
ents Mr. and Mrs Frank
Brown
The Lougars are members
of the Rocky River 2Λ Confer
ence The league had better be
prepared for Frank Brown's
basketball exhibition.
Teams in the conference
include: West StanJy, Park
wood, Monroe. South StanJy.
Piedmont and Mount Plea
sant
Catholic is one of the favor
ites.
W. Charlotte Came Away As Winners
by Chase Vance
Post Sports Writer
The rumor has it that when
West Charlotte head football
coach Rudy Abrams starts
playing tennis again his foot
ball season is over. The
gifted tennis player seldom
practices during football sea
son.
Usually, he begins playing
tennis in November but this
year it was different. The
season ran right down to the
wire with a state 4A champ
ionship game with Richmond
County Senior High School and
although the Lions ended up
with less points on the score
board, they came away as
winners.
This was the best year the
team has had since 1945 and
1954 when they won state
championships in the all-black
North Carolina State League.
"It was a good year for us,"
said Abrams -in his usual
conservative and poised man
ner. "We came a long way and
we accomplished a lot of
things other people didn't ex
pect us to accomplish We
were supposed to finish some
where in the second half of the
conference and we wound up
on top.'' _ ...
Two losses blemished West
Charlotte s 12-2 slate One was
to Richmond. The other came
against East Mecklenburg
Included in this success
story were eight shutouts and
a 4.7 scored against average
Several accompanied the
team to the little Hamlet of
Rockingham located on high
way 74 in Rockingham
County, mere must have been
12,000 people packed into the
stadium at the beautiful and
spacious school The largest in
the state with 2600 students.
Richmond County High School
lost the state finals in 1976 to
High Point Andrews by a 6-0
score but w ere not to be denied
this time around. For the
Lions, nevertheless, it was a
good year
Stop Thieves From Getting Your Gifts
Christmas shopping often
means driving from one shop
ping area to another, making
purchases at each stop
-Since a car loaded with
packages in the front or back
seats is an open invitation to
roving thieves, NCA Exten
sion Service specialists offer
these hints to insure that the
right person gets your Christ
mas gifts:
Always lock the door even if
you'll only be away from the
car for a few minutes
Be sure all windows are
closed.
When you leave the car. put
packages in the trunk and be
sure it is locked Don't tempt
thieves by putting your par
eels on display inside the car.
If your Christmas gifts,
which are considered your
personal belongings, are
stolen from your car, your loss
may be covered if you carry a
personal property floater in
surance policy or if you have a
homeowners "package"
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