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u BY BILfc JOHNSON TELLING IT LIKE IT REALLY IS.* The trouble with most minds is that they are unused. It was good to know that some of you missed my article which did not appear in the paper last *%ek—Thanks for the calls and other inquiries.. To answer your questions (some of your questions, that is!) it will appear weekly hereafter.Can you imagine someone writing to tell me that it would be better if we’d leave it out forever? Thirty two local golfers made the trek to Columbia, S.C. two weeks ago and returned with five trophies and prizes. It was a most productive weekend, says John Love who points out that eight of the 10 golfers who competed for the fourth flight title were from Charlotte. Jerald Bridges won the crown with a 179. Donald Queener shot 180 for second place and Otha Gamble’s 181 was good enough to capture third place. Ben Hood, Jennings Brewer, James Parker, Charles Camp and William McCollum were the other local golfers vying for the title. Donald Littlejohn, who was three under par at the turn on Saturday, won third place in the championship flight while Haywood Stevenson, who lost to Littlejohn in a sudden-death playoff, finished fourth. James McDougal walked away from the field to capture second flight honors with a two-over par 146 for the 36 holes. Billy Brannon, Johnny Campbell, Raymond Mason, Walter Strong, John McClure, John Crow, John Love, James Bouler, A.B. Jenkins and Frank Liston competed for first flight prizes and John Crawford, Robert McDowell and John Hearn were among the players in the championship division. Would you believe that three Philadelphia Eagles football players were arrested by Cam den, N.J. police last week on drug-related charges? If convicted, Mike Hogan, James Betterson and Will Wynn could get up to 10 years in prison, plus facing a $10,000 fine. Did you know that a dollar sign is a capital S which has been double-crossed? % Winston-Salem State has recruited what bas ketball coach Alfred Harvey terms “a super prospect’ ’ in Pam Gleen of Forbush High School. “She was an all-state selection Iff BSSketball, volleyball and softball and she will give us even more strength up front,” Harvey praised. Don’t be too surprised if the Boston Celtics trade Bob McAdoo before early fall. The much traveled Greensboro native has been considered prime trade-bait since Boston signed Larry Bird to the five-year $3.25 million Dact. The good news on the pro golf circuit this week! Lee Elder will become the first black to •qualify for the Ryder Cup team. The Washing ton, D. C. native, seventh in point standings among members of the 12-man team, will compete in the 1979 Ryder Cup matches against Great Britain when top golfers of the two nations meet in the Greenbrier Club, White Sulphur Springs, W.U.A.There will be two blacks in the Masters’ Golf Tournament next year. In addition to Elder, Calvin Peete has qualified for the 1980 Masters and will join Elder as the second Black in the Augusta event next April. Wonder when, where and how the big bucks will stop flowing generously to the top profes sional athletes? Ron LeFlore, Detroit Tigers’ superstar who earns a mere $200,000 per year just to roam the outfield and swat a little white baseball, is thinking of becoming a free agent at the end of this season, if Detroit doesn’t meet his demands. What are his demands? He wants to triple his current s"lary. Dennis Johnson, one of the most complete players in the NBA, is also asking for more money. He currently earns $85,000 per year as a standout performer with the Seattle Supersonics. He likely will test the free agent waters a year from now. ^Life would be much simpler if we didn’t try to Siake people think we’re what we’re not! Fayetteville State has two open dates on its 1979 football schedule. The Broncos likely will be idle on September 22 and November 3. Coach Raymond McDougal will host the Golden Bulls in Fayetteville in the season finale on November 10. It’s going to be interesting to see if the four remaining schools in the MEAC can successfully merge with six of the schools in the SWAC. According to Ken Free, commissioner of the MEAC, they have “agreed in principle and a committee has been appointed and dates were established for future meetings to further define and institute procedures related to the proposed new conference.” Alcorn State, Delaware State, Florida A&M, Grambling, Jackson State, Mississippi Valley, Howard, N.C. AAT, S.C. State and Texas Southern are the schools, colleges and universi ties represented at the first meeting. Tickets went on sale July 2 for the 1979 Bayou Classic, which matches Louisiana Southern with Grambling. It will be held in the Louisiana Superdome on Saturday, December 1. More than 80,000 spectators will be on hand for the outing. j Prep Football Series I Rams Have Hie Horaes To Do It! by James Cuthbertson Post Sports Writer Last season was a season of several near misses for Hard ing High School coach Bruce Hardin. But everyone knows that near misses do not count in the win column. They are recorded as losses. The Rams hope to rectify this situation in the fall. They hope to redeem a 7-6 loss to arch-rival West Mecklenburg, a 28-26 loss to Myers Park and a 10-0 loss to defending con ference champion West Char lotte. The Rams have the horses to do it. Perhaps the most sensation al player on the team and the one all the scouts will be watching is number 10. That’s 6-0, 170-pound quarterback Mike Eppley. “Eppley is an outstanding athlete,” said Hardin. “He does everything that you ask of him. You couldn’t have a more coachable person. He Chris Hill .. .Rams’ Lost throws the ball well. He runs the offense well and the boys respect him.” Respect is something the team offers for Coach Hardin also. He came to the Rams as an assistant from Olympic High School and in two years has turned the Harding pro gram from the conference doormat to a legitimate con tender for the Southwestern 4A Conference championship. Minnie Mendoza, Herman Thomas To Manage Stars uy James ^uuiDeriaon Post Sports Writer Everybody in Charlotte is getting excited about the Jackie Robinson League’s All Star baseball game at Croc kett Park on July 20 beginning at 8 p.m. The managers of the West All Stars are Minnie Mendoza of the Mecklenburg Orioles, Herman Thomas of the Morris Field Rangers and Larry Burns of the Union County Dodgers. The East Managers are Rufus Mingo of the Northside Bombers, Mack Rivens of the Davidson Jets and Andrew Brown of the Kings Mountain A’s. The trainer is Harold Claw son of the Morris Field Rangers. The scorer is Tony Tompkins of the Kings Moun tain A's and Jonathan Rivens of the Davidson Jets. The East players are Martin Rivens, Grover Rivens, Javet Wilson, Marcus Rivens and John Patterson of the David son Jets; Fred Rembert, David Shirely, Sammie White side, Johnnie Taylor and Mark Windle of the Northside Bombers; Willie Hancock and Richard Harris of the Hoskins Giants; Mark Hager, Scott Vause and Danny McDowell of the Kings Mountain A’s; MEAC To Hold Football Clinic Durham-The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference will con duct its annual football officials’ and coaches’ clinic here July 13-14, according to Commissioner Ken Free. Re gistration is set for 6 p.m. Friday at Ramada Inn 1-85, which will serve as headquar ters. Atlantic Coast Conference Supervisor of Officials, Nor vell Neve, is the two-day clinician. Neve grew up in western Kansas, attended Fort Hays State, did graduate work at Colorado, and began officiating in 1935. He has been at his present post since 1969. Ron Pinkney, long time sports announcer, and now the voice of National Black Net work Sports out of New York, will be in on Saturday. He will discuss different phases of sports media with the coaches and Sports Information Direc tors tentatively scheduled for 2 p.m. Five new MEAC head coaches will be introduced during the weekend: Tyrone Caldwell (UMES), Henry Lat timore (NCCU), Bill Davis (SC ST.), Floyd Keith (How ard), and Charles Henderson (DelawareSt.). The other two are, Clarence Thomas (Morgan) and Jim McKinley (NC AliT). These gentlemen will be available for interviews both days of the clinic. ‘ Darryl Jackson, Ira Simpson, Larry Spears of the Charlotte Hawks and Ed Thompson, Jim Irvin and David Yost of the Mecklenburg Hornets. The West All-Stars are Garry Morrow, Eddie Latta and Melvin Latta of the North Charlotte Bombers; Darryl King, Alfred Thompson, Bobby Reynolds and Londell McClary of the Morris Field Rangers; James Williams, Ronnie Do6ter and Melvin Cuthbertson of the Union County Dodgers; Ricky Care lock, Jackie Jennings, Jerry Alexander of the Charlotte Mets; Phil Harris, Dalvin Eggelston of the Royal Bums; Allen Smith, Bobby Harrison, Rick Siler, Steve Helms, Micky Ledford, Nestor Velaz quez and Luke Vasser of the Mecklenburg Orioles. The Rams have a bevy of I quarterbacks to aid Eppley Included are 5-10, 150-pound sophomore named Keith Davis who quarterbacked for the junior varsity last year In the backfield. 5-7, 135 pound Greg Gettys and 5-9, 165-pound Danny Robinson, are mainstays. Gone are Chris Hill who I gained hundreds of yards dur ing his three year sUy at Harding and James Springs who aided the Rams’ cause. All was not lost last year. The Rams came up with big wins over Garinger 26-6, Inde pendence 20-0, Olympic 14-2 and state 2A runnerup Char lotte Catholic 21-10. The overall record for the team was 4-6. They were 3-6 in the Southwestern 4A Confer ence. Rams who figure to make contributions to the Ram cause are junior split end Lewis Cornelius, junior tail back Reggie Floyd; senior tailback Johnny Love, junior fullback Danny Robinson, senior center Tracy Kiser, senior center Cliff Traylor, senior tailback Jeff Wright, senior offensive guard Steve Johnson, junior guard Bobby Shoemaker, junior tackle Carl Hubbard, junior guard Chip Helms, senior tackle Mike Kydd, senior tackle Rick Lahm, senior defensive end Rocky Lewis, senior defensive back Charles Baker and senior defensive back Zack Wallace. The Harding Rams are ready for the opening of the spring summer football prac tice. ‘‘We should have a good year,” said Bruce Hardin. “We had a good junior varsity and we will get several out standing athletes from that team.” Some schools may have to reach their heads up to the sky when the new improved ver sion of the Harding Rams pass by Morris Field Rang ers Win Three Out Of Four Ball Games by James Cuthbertson Post Sports Writer The Morris Field Rangers had a good week on the local semi-pro baseball circuit. They won three out of four ball games and sport a 21-2 overall and a 16-2 league record as a result. The Rangers celebrated the Fourth of July with a 17-5 win over the Charlotte Redbirds. They had 11 runs on 18 hits to support winning pitcher Darrel King's seven hit per formance King struck out 15 and gave up 5 bases on balls. His record is now 7-0. The leading hitters for the Rangers in their rout of their Triple County League cousins were Darrel King with a single, two doubles and three runs batted in; Alfred Thomp son with two singles, a double and three runs batted in; Albert Turner with a single, a home run and three runs batted in; Londell McClary with a single and a triple; Bill Davis with two singles; and Charlie Houston with two singles The leading hitter for the Redbirds was Mark Cole with a single, a home run and three runs batted in. On Sunday the Rangers were upset by the Northside Bombers by a 10-9 count. The losing pitcher for the Rangers was Rickie Summers, now 3-2. Summers who pitched in relief of William Harlee came to the mound in the third inning. The Rangers committed six errors and the pitchers gave up 11 bases on balls Northside scored the win ning run in the top of the ninth with two outs. Saturday, the Rangers play the Mecklenburg Hornets at 3:30 p.m. at Hornet's Nest Park Emmett Cherry will pitch hj^jrs^am^^^tanger^ - *« Charlie Houston Hit two singles On Sunday, the Mecklen burg Orioles are the foe at Crockett Park at 3:30 BATCH All-Star* Will Take On Norfolk Netters The BATCH Traveling All Stars travel to Barraud Park in Norfolk, Virginia this week end to hopefully clinch a tie for first place in the Southeastern Racquet Association regular season standings. Winston-Salem beat Raleigh 18-13 Saturday to finish the season at 4-1 in the con ference. BATCH is 3-1. The meeting at Norfolk will also pit the conference's num ber one junior squads against each other. BATCH is 4-0. Norfolk is 3-0. The locals warmed up with each other in the fifth annual Greater BATCH Invitational. The winners were Stan Law and Ron Johnson in junior doubles. Madelyn Simpson in ladies singles, Tyrone Holland in men s singles. Bill Carles and George Krajack in men’s doubles, and Keith Haywood and Darlene McCullough in mixed doubles The Rangers will play the Senior Babe Ruth League All Stars at Harding High School at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Exceptional local talents will be on display for the team coached by Harding High Baseball Coach Don Atnip Atnip coached Crawford Sprinkler to a 16-1 record with which was good for first place in the regular season stand ings. SCSC To Face 10 Tough Opponents ORANGEBURG, S.C.--A ten-game 1979 football sche dule, featuring six home games, has been announced by South Carolina State Col lege. .. _ - In addition to a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference lineup, the Bulldogs will meet Alcorn State, Johnson C. Smith. Grambling and Morris Brown who returns to the S.C. State schedule after a seven year absence, replacing Maryland Eastern Shore. The Bulldogs open the 1979 campaign Sept. 1 at Richmond against Virginia State. Other road games include Alcorn, Sept. 29; Johnson C. Smith, Oct. 6; and North Carolina Central, Oct. 27. Games at Bulldog Stadium are Delaware State, Sept. 8; North Carolina A&T, Sept 15; Howard, Sept. 22; Morgan State, Oct. 13; Morris Brown (Homecoming), Nov. 3; and Grambling, Nov. 10 All games at Bulldog Sta dium will be at 2 p.m. with the exception of the Delaware State and North Carolina A&T games which have a 7:30 p.m starting time. CAROLINA WHOLESALE, INC. 3201 Parkside Dr. Charlotte, N. C. 28208 392-2321 J_ Introducing... Golden Champale the classic drink with the bold sophisticated taste! Golden Champale will take you away from the ordinary! It's the great new taste experience1 Tastes like a fine sparkling wine At a most affordable price Perfect for parties, celebrations, and those very special encounters Delicious on the rocks, too Tonight, share a Golden Champale® Malt Liquor with someone you like Make it happen1 Experience — u/hpn onlv FbV3«D/MAlTUQU0R tf* best Will do! Champalt and Champ are rag TMt of Champai*. 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