SUIT
Deal
BY
BILL JOHNSON
TELLING IT LIKE IT REALLY IS.
Cedric Maxwell, the lad who almost
sjflgle-handedly placed the University of
North Carolina on the nation’s basketball
map, is the NBA’s most accurate shooter.
According to recent releases, the Boston
Celtics star is hitting 61.8 percent of his field
goal attempts. Pineville native Walter
Davis, who starred with the University of
North Carolina, ranks ninth among the
league’s top shooters with a 55.1
percentage.
John Duncan, a die-hard Winston-Salem
State supporter and a long-time close
friend, is coming to town Saturday to root
for the Rams when they tangle with our
Bulls in the CIAA’s “Game of the Week”.
There’s a problem. John, along with several
thousand other supporters of the two teams,
will have to find a way to get into Brayboy
gymnasium. The JCSU campus facility is
far too small for the large number of fans
who’d like to attend tnis big contest.
Somebody should recommend coach
Robert Moore for high honors. I can’t recall
this old town being as excited about
anything since Morganna left town. Moore’s
young basketball team has local sports fans
reeling as did Morganna.
Steve Joyner, the knowledgable little
floor master who was a picture of excite
ment while playing with the Bulls a few
years back, is of the opinion the Baby Bulls
will be “ready” by tournament time. Says
assistant Coach“Jbvner “We’ve brought
them along rather slowly. We didn’t want
them to go stale in the late stages of the
season.”
Can you recall a time when the Bulls were
on the happy side of the won-lost column
this late in the season?....A win here
Saturday night will likely send them into the
tournament riding in the “expected to win’’
seat.
Olympic hero Jesse Owens’ condition has
worsened. Owens set 11 world records
during his athletic career. His physicians
have diagnosed lung cancer and its spread
ing. Now that the Denver Nuggets have
gotten rid of George McGinnis, will David
ThomDson eet the axe next?
^As a Dallas Cowboys’ fan. I’d like to see
Tom Landry forgive both Thomas “Holly
wood” Henderson and Ed “Too Tall” Jones
and give them another chance to play with
my heroes. Henderson was dismissed last
November because of a “disruptive internal
influence” and has asked for forgiveness
and the opportunity to rejoin the Cowboys.
~“Too Tall”, who quit the team to turn to~
boxing as a money-making venture, is being
accused of “Stooping” without permission.
He reportedly is also interested in returning
to the team.
A little success has a way of changing
opinions....When Maryland was losing, their
coach Lefty Driscell was rated by the news
media at the top of the “worse coach in the
land” list. Now that the Terrapins are
rolling and are perched comfortably on the
top of the ACC standings, ole Lefty is going
to receive unanimous nods for ACC “Coach
of the Year” honors.
Virginia State has named A1 Tabor Jr.,
former assistant with the Cleveland Browns
football coaching squad and a one-time
head football coach at Southern University,
as its head football coach.
—IH-Jthfi_final voting Mike O'Koren will
probably go down in history as the ACC
“Player of the Year” for 1979-80. But. that’s
because no blacks are voting in the polls. If
they were, I would think Hawkeye Whitney
would get the nod. Whitney, in my opinion,
contributes more to his team than O’Koren
does to the Tar Heels.
Will someone please tell me how to get
cablevision. I have tried bribery, cursing,
praying, cajolery, pleading and just plain
“down-on-my-knees begging to no avail. It’s
rather disgusting to read the TV listing each
evening and see all of the good things that
are happening to HBO without becoming a
part of it.
How come Norfolk State (5) and Winston
Salem (10) are rated in the top 20 NAIA
teams and our Bulls are no where to be
found????? John Duncan joins Gerald
(Johnson of our staff and a host of other
followers of the Golden Bulls in rating
Sonny Proctor a “complete basketball
player.” That’s a lofty honor for a deserving
performer.
Have you ever wondered if Mean Joe
Greene would have given the little boy the
shirt off his back if he’d been black?
Happy days are here again!....Charles
Ramseur, the insuranceman is contemplat
ing on returning to the golf course next
season....Just when I was wondering how I
was going to pay my green fees this
year....If he does, my prayers and concerns
would have been answered.
Here’s a public THANK YOU to Teddy
Curry and all of the fine people in the CIAA
for selecting me for a special award in
.Norfolk during the conference tournament^
CIAA's Game Of Week
Bulls Host Rams Here Saturday Night
Johnson C. Smith fans
call it the Brayboy Mad
house. Clarence Gaines re
fers to it as "Hell's Kit
chen”. By whatever name,
the Golden Bull campus
gymnasium is the place
to be Saturday night when
the NAIA-26's number one
team. Winston-Salem
State challenges the ten
game home winning streak
ot the number two ranked
Bulls
Best advice is to come
early. The Smith women's
team will host the lady
Rams in a 5:30 p.m. con
test. The girls have won
two out of their last three
and are eager to avenge a
close loss to Winston-Salem
two weeks ago. Tht men's
team is certainly in the
same frame of mind
"The game two weeks
ago was a well played
contest by both teams,"
commented Bob Moore
"The Rams had the home
court advantage then and 1
expect the Brayboy crowd
to be a factor in determin
ing the outcome Satur
day.”
Clarence “Bighouse"
Gaines is well aware of the
effect the Brayboy crowd.
"It's noisy; it's often fiery
hot and you've got all those
packed people breathing
down your back," ex
plained the Rams' head
coach.
One player sure to make
it hot is Blue Oliver. The
sophomore forward has
been on a shooting ram
pag^th^as^hre^weeks.
Coach Robert Moore
...Has Bulls sizzling hot
leading the teams in scor
ing (18 points per game),
and field goal accuracy (58
percent). Blue earned
CIAA and NAIA-26 Player
of the Week honors this
week in contributing to four
straight Smith victories.
One other player that
always comes through
when the big game is on the
line is two time AU-CIAA
guard Sonny Proctor The
senior from Brandywin.
Maryland, will be honored
at halftime of the Bulls'
final home game against
St. Augustine's on Thurs
day. February u Sonny
leads the team in steals 14 5
per game', second in as
sists (5 per garnet and
second in scoring 116.8 per
garnet. Proctor is among
the top five all time leading
scorers that ever played
for JCSU as he has an
outside chance of breaking
the 2.000 point mark for
career scoring
Attend (ihiiroh
Winston-Salem, Virginia
Union Dominate _ Race
Special To The Host
Hampton. Va The CIA A
Championship race is still
up for grabs as Winston
Salem State University and
Virginia Union continue
their dominance as the
Southern and Northern
Division leaders, respect
_ ivelv _
The Rams sport a lu-1
conference record and a
15-2 overall record, while
the Panther maintain a 9-2
conference and a 12-2 over
all record
The Panthers, the 1979
CIAA Champions fell to .J
C, Smith University in
Charlotte over the weekend
79 to 78. The Golden Bulls
seldom lose at home and
the Panthers lost a tough
one
Keith Valentine, a 6-2.
senior continues to lead the
team in most points scored
and most field goals
against (,'oppin State, with
•in points. i;i field goals and
4 free throws; and 13 field
goals out of 19 attempts in
the same game
Larry Holmes, a 6-6
senior leads in most free
throws and most rebounds
against Morgan State and
Elizabeth City State with 11
free throws and 19 at
tempts; and rebounds of 17.
St. F’auls College upset
the Norfolk State Univers
ity Spartans. 106-87 Satur
day night in Lawrenceville.
VA. as Greg Jackson, the
6-2 Tiger guard from
"Bighouse" Gaines
Popular Ram coach
Augusta, GA was very
outstanding
The Tigers also defeated
North Carolina Central,
S8-K6. and lost to Johnson
C. Smith 95-90 in overtime
Jackson led the Tigers in
their victory over NC Cen
tral and kept them in the
overtime game against
Johnson C Smith
Jackson earned the CIAA
Player of the Week Award
for his efforts
Elizabeth City State Uni
versity has a 7-5 conference
and a 12-9 overall record
with 5 more games left in
the season.
Arthur Gaskins, the 6-4
junior sensation who
averages 22.5 points after
20 games is the team's
leading scorer and most
field goal specialist in the
game against Fayetteville
State. He had 22 points and
16 of 20 attempts in field
goals. —
The Vikings split 2 wins
and 2 losses ior the week,
defeatifttftaMfestone 71 to 4
fi'f'and \VgJfiTa State 73
65 and loJfng to St August
ine's 97-86 and Hampton
Institute 94-85
North Cantina Central j
lost 4 gtamr this weelc'J
against St Augustine‘8 '
96-82: Virginia Union 95-80;
-St. Paul's 88-86, and Fay
etteville 71-69
The defeaMI Mar\ lamj. jj
Eastern ^bdft* lui-«5
Februar£*l
The Eagles will meet
Winston-Salem and Mor
gan State tMfcweek
David DfMVb a 6-6 for- 1
wal’d. Mtphomore from ‘
Rochester, N.Y played
outstandingly well in the 5
games making 101 points.
Against SL^Bpnstme's. he"Jj
■Cured and had 12 n
rebounw; against Virginia
Union, he scored 20 points.
12 rebounds, had 5 assists
and 3 steals^ against St. 4
Paul's he Mired 15 points *
and b*T 5 rebounds;'
against Maryland Eastern
Shore, he scored his career
high of 30 points. 17 re
bounds, aaiAnssists. and u
against T^MPteville State, 'f
he scoreH^fi points.
Shaw University is still
last in the conference with
a 0-15 overall record and a .
0-11 coitfeMfp^ record •,
fSrl Uat*v: a sophomore
forward continues to domi
nate the Bears' offense. He
averages 23.5 points after
15 games *
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