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telling it like it really is
Billy Booe and the good people over at Quail Hollow
Country Club pulled out the red carpet last week, along
with their finest china and their most delicious food to
entertain the visiting press.
The occasion was Media Day. Along about this time
each year, Quail Hollow officials make their beautiful
facilities available to the reporters from the two
Carolinas. A few are invited from upper Georgia and
lower Virginia and more than 150 representatives from
both the printed and the electronic media immediately go
about the business of making complete fools of
thMselves.
They eat too much.consume too much favorite
beverages—And most stay around too long enjoying the
opportunity to get out of the office for a day in the coun
try. They do this, of course, after they have spent more
than five hours destroying the lovely golf course that the
top pros will use when they compete for Kemper Open
dollars here in about a month.
Now don’t get the idea that Bill and his able staff con
done such practice.They do not. They are, however,
obligated to “butter up” the men who will give exposure
to one of the most colorful golf tournaments on the Pro
fessional Golfers Association circuit.
inacea no one can oiame Bill or his staff for what hap
pened last Tuesday, shortly after they opened their
private facilities to the press. Most of the visitors had not
seen the inside of a country club before and none of them
had enjoyed playing on a golf course that is so
inviting...30 treacherous....and so long. In fact several of
Quail Hollow’s greens are almost as large as the
entire golf course most of the reporters play.
As a result, many of the golfers (duffers) turned in score
cards that reveals well over 100 strokes for the 18 holes.
Some refused to turn in their cards for fear of being a
public embarrassment. Others shot in the 90’s, few in the
80's and none in the 70’s.
It was that sort of day. Can you imagine a low paid per
son who pounds typewriters for a living, suddenly finding
himself in the plush surroundings of Quail Hollow Coun
try Club? Can you further imagine such a person having a
day in the sun, with all the food he can eat, liquid he can
drink, including a round of golf? All for FREE.
HITTING THE HIGH PLACES_
Confession is not only good for the soul. In
Washington, it can also be turned into a best seller.
Black golfers Lee Elder and Jim Thorpe pocketed
slightly more than SI2,000 last week, having played well
in the tournament of champions.
-pey^’s athletic director Edward Lawrence is
fKig swaSSel with applications for the head football"
«wch position. Lawrence, who says “this is a good job
and the next coach will inherit an excellent program,” ex
ists to process more than 100 inquiries in the next few
Billy Joe, who led Cheyney State to an impressive 7-3
record last fall, resigned recently to accept the offensive
backfield coach post with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Look for Lennie Wilkins to be named general manager
of the Seattle Super Sonics before the start of the next
NBA season. It was not reported in either the
dailies or the television, but the top Dallas
Cowboys officials and players, including quart
erback Rogers Staubach, coach Tom Landry and
team owner Tex Schramm, were among those
asking District Judge Richard Mays to spare
Bobby Hayes from the ordeal of prison.
Did you know that Walter Davis finished 10th among
the individual scorers in the NBA? The Pineville native,
who starred with North Carolina, swished an average
23.6 points through the hoops during the regular cam
paign.
The good folks over at White Lakes are playing their
annual White Lake Water Festival for the weekend of
May 18. The planned activities include, delta wing ski
kite and glider tournament, long distance run, golf tour
nament, water ski show, parade, arts and crafts exhibits
and performing arts on an outdoor stage. The golf tourna
ment will be held on the Carolina Sands Country Club.
Wonder why Johnson C. Smith’s publicity people
didn't inform the local press about the C1AA Golf Tour
nament that was held at Sunset Hills Golf Course last
McCrorey YMCA Swimmers
on« "a? nme swimmers at
Pfeiffer s Swim Meet placing six in the finals
and winning six heats Jennifer DeCann won
first place in the Girls 9 and 10 200 yards
Individual Medley^with a time of 3:09.0. She
also placed 6th in the 100 yards Freestyle.
Crump placed 4th in 50 yards Breaststroke.
Wendall McCain aged up from 8 and under to
the 9 and 10 division handled himself well with
the older boys. He placed 6th in the 50 yards
Butterflyand 6th in the 200 yards Individual
medley. That’s a great improvement from a kid
wno nearly arownea ai me age o! 6 while he
was on a trip with his parents. The dedicated
swimmer is the son of Mr and Mrs Franklin
McCain. They enrolled Wendall in Pre-School
swim classes at the YMCA. He has won more
medals and ribbons than his older brother,
Frank, Jr. He also has a younger brother Berti
who is four years old and can handle himself
well in the pre-school class.
The heat winners were Wendall McCain, who
won two, Jennifer DeCann, Dan-Dan Herron.
I .vnee Stevenson and Derrick Chambers
Metrolina Speedway Will Be Site Of 270 Laps Race
Metrolina Speedway will be
the site of 270 laps of stock car
racing on Friday and Satur
day nights, May 25 and 26 with’
a total of $36,000 in prize
money up for grabs.
Identical racing cards are
slated for both nights that
include late model sportsman,
semi-modified and street divi
sion competition.
Action will get underway at
8 p.m. both nights with quali
fying runs for all three divi
sions.
Once starting positions are
determined, a night of racing
that includes a 10-lap street
division main event, a 50-lap
semi-modified feature, and a
75-lap late model sportsman
race, will get underway.
The two nights of racing will
fall on the same weekend as
the World 600 at Charlotte
Motor Speedway which is slat
ed for Sunday. Mav 27
The regular Furr Racing
Association weekly program
is scheduled for this Friday
night at the half-mile clay oval
located just North of Charlotte
on Highway 21.
Friday’s card includes a
40-lap late model sportsman
main event, a 30-lap semi
modified feature and a 10-lap
street division chase. Starting
slots for the semis and late
models will be determined by
10-lap qualifying heats.
1978 track point champion
Hayward Plylerof Kannapolis
has been having problems ’
finding his way to victory lane
this season after winning 20 of i
37 late model features at .
Metrolina last year.
Kings Mountain’s Freddie
Smith has been the dominant
figure in the late model divi
sion so far this season, winn
ing three late model main
events in his Camaro.
Plyler, in a Camaro built by
Harrisburg’s Robert Gee, has
one win this season as does
Benny Clontz and Carl Smart.
Other top late model drivers
expected at Metrolina Friday
are David Perry, Chuck
Piazza, Billy Scott, Stick
Elliott, Mike Duvall and
Shorty Baucom.
Top semi-modified competi
tors include two-time winners
Tony Eury of Kannapolis and
David Taylor of Lancaster
Ralph Eury, Don Diablo, and
Kenny Polston.
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Falls, Harlee Key Rangers
Over Union County Dodgers/
Kandv Halls dutch hitting
com I lined with the airtighl
pitching of veteran William
, Marlee enabled the Morris Field
Rangers to come from behind ti
edge the Union County
Dodgers. CPll. in Monroe last
Saturday afternoon.
A large crowd in William
Pickett Stadium watched Kails
4_i_l _ .L . e -i .....
home with what proved to Ih
the winning run. Houston
opened the frame with a single
and Alfred Thompson later
singled Randy across home
plate with the insurance
marker
In the meantime. Harlee. a
swift lefthander who spend
some time in the high minor
leagues, pitched hitless hall
over the last two innings,
struck out fourand w alked only
one hatter to gain the triumph.
I.nndell McClary worked the
first five innings, giving up
seven runs on five hits while
striking out five and walking
four The Dodgers rallied for
fiiur runs to build a 10-7 lead oft
Randv Falls
..Weildssizzling bat
I .afnvette Currenee. who
worked the middle thrii- in
ninits
Falls poled a three-run homer
in the top of the Nth to send the
Kamjers ahead by one (ll-ltll
Wahrji, PresJey Scare Sun-Drep Victores
nAKnisBUKLr-lirand
National superstar Darrell
Waltrip and Late Model
Sportsman ace Bob Pressley
scored impressive Sun-Drop
300 Invitational victories last
weekend to add a bit of irony
to the field for the *85,000 May
26th 300-miler at Charlotte
Motor Speedway.
Pressley is the epitome of a
"short track" driving special
ist. And Waltrip, the reigning
World 600 titleholder who gra
duated from "Saturday Night
Specials" to the opposite end
of the stock car racing
spectrum, is now a full
fledged superspeedway per
former. Both have to be rated
among the favorites in the
upcoming Sun-Drop 300...the
preliminary event which
opens the door for the May
27th World 600 Winston Cup
Grand National Classic.
Pressley, the Asheville,
N.C., competitor who finished
second in the fight for
NASCAR’s Late Model Sports
man championship last sea
son, won last weekend’s Sun
Drop Invitational event at
Nashville, Tenn
The curtain goes up on
1979’s World 600 Week at CMS
Sunday, May 20, with Formula
Ford, Formula Super Vee and
Canadian-American road rac
ing.__ _
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i>ul the I longer# fought hack to
tie .it 1 I aniece in their halt «>1
the same frame
Manager Herman Thomas's
speedy cress racked up their
second straight Jackie Kolnn
son I .eague w in with an eass >
1 verdict over the Charlotte
Romhers Sunday afternoon at
Harding High stadium
Young Darrell King held the
Romhers in check, allowing
only five hits over the first
seven innings He struck out
four and walked two Ricks
Summers finished up with a I
run hit performance that m
eluded four whiffs and three
bases on hall
Rohhv Reynolds and Alfred
Thompson and Harold Daw
kins led the offense with six
hits Reynolds clouted a pair of
single** and drove in three* run?*
while Thompson was hitting a
home run and a single* and
•Dawkins a pair of one base
blows
The Rangers will return to
Jackie Robinson League action
this weekend when they i«»ur
nev to North Mecklennurg
H igh School to face the danger
nus Davidson Jets on Saturday
afternoon Sunday afternoon
will find Morris Lield at the
Southside Playgrounds battl
ing the unpredictable Charlotte
Hawks
Thomas will pitch Ru ks
Summers against the Jets and
William Hnrlee is ticketed to
start against the* Hawks.
Jackie Robinson League con
tests will start at n m.
Saturday and at CIO on Sun
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Who is Joe Blackr Who writes
that stuff he talks about in his
commentaries? He ain’t no brother
because he doesn’t even deal with
racism. I’ll bet he doesn’t even live
in the ghetto, so he can’t know
nothing about Black folks. Those
are some of the responses that
"By The Way” receives from the
Black Community.
Well, if the taunts of race-haters in
the stands, or ballplayers singing
"Old Black Joe” in the dug-outs,
didn’t make me lose my cool when
we were integrating baseball more
than twenty-five years ago, then
those negative comments won’t
make me stop in my attempts to
provoke Black people to use the
minds God gave to them. Yes, the
Lord is my shepherd and as long as
one Black voice says to me:
i am seventy-tour years old and
I was born and raised in Georgia;
therefore, I didn’t get to go to
school full-time. But, thank God,
I had Christian parents and they
taught us the Golden Rule and
also to respect ourselves and
others. It grieves me to see the
great change in so many of our
young people ... for our race of
people nave a better chance now
than we ever had but unless
there is more concern shown in
the ones in our race, instead of
going forward they will find
themselves goin£ backward. The
ones that are guilty of stealing,
snatching pocketbooks, smoking
dope may wake up too late to
find out that they can’t make it
that way.”
You may rest assured that as long
as one voice calls out for help, I
shall continue to challenge Black
people to get our heads out of the
proverbial sand.
Jse'Bfack
Vice President
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