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BY
bill Johnson
TELLING IT LIKE IT REALLY IS
Calvin Peete is experiencing a fantastic
%ear on the PGA tour. He already has
earned more than $30,000 in a mere four
months to move ahead of Lee Elder as the
top black golfer on the circuit.
Leavy Bernard Morgan II, a black man
will be vying for the large sums of money in
the Indianapolis 500 later this month. He
will, that is, if he can find sponsors with
enough money to finance the venture. The
28-year-old Morgan is currently negotiating
with Johnson Products and Johnson Pub
lishing Company.
Ohio State University has renamed its
indoor running track and three recreation
centers in memory of alumnus and Olympic
track medalist Jesse Owens. Remember
Jimmy Johnson, an All-Pro defensive back
with the San Francisco 49ers?....He recent
ly signed as a special assistant coach at
Stanford.
Look for NB(J to present a special on tne
life of Jesse Owens later in the year. Gerald
Abrams will produce the project but NBC
TV has not yet committed itself to an actual
production of the movie...Aren't vou haDDV
to learn that Ed. "Too Tall" Jones has put
his boxing gloves in storage and is contem
plating returning to the game of football
whichhe plays so well?...
Leon Isaac Kennedy, whose only claim to
fame is that he's the husband of the
gorgeous television sports commentator
Jayne Kennedy, portrays a boxer in the
movie, "Penitentiary." Rumorshaveit that
he wants to fight professionally. That's the
price you pay for marrying the prettiest
woman in town.
Isn't it rather childish to say that Roger
Staubach will return to the Dallas Cowboys
if coach Tom Landry will let him call the
plays. Mean Joe Green is a fitting example
of the high price of Joeing famous....The
Pittsburgh steelers' top defensive per
former is now asking for $3,000 to $5,000 for
.· personal appearance.
June" *»Ttear*B««ifi- set tùrXfie date for the
φ long awaited welterweight title bout be
tween Robert Duran and Sugar Ray Leo
nard... It will sell out any arena in the world
at whatever price being asked.
It seems to me that the best way to restore
some sanity to big league baseball would be
to grant Marvin Miller ownership of a club
and let him negotiate the unreasonable
salaries demanded from the other side of
the desk.
i^vcijruuuy s nero wuue Mayes is the
recipient of the coveted A. Phillip Randolph
award for his work in various charities....
Speaking of charities, don't be too surprised
when the announcement any day now that a
local organization is going to stage a
four-team basketball doubleheader in the
Charlotte Coliseum this fall. Hopefully
Johnson C. Smith will be the host team.
Wonder why Reggie Jackson has not
sounded off this season? If Bob Horner
expects the Atlanta Braves to reward him
generously for good play shouldn't he
expect to be demoted for poor play?
An injured right leg likely will force
Washington Bullets' forward Bob Dan
dridge to end his playing career early. The
former Norfolk State standout has played
only sparingly this past year....The New
York Knicks are looking for a trade for
Marvin Webster, the former Michigan State
star who was more popularly known as the
"Human Eraser."
It is true that A1 McGuire's troubles
began at South Carolina nine years ago
when he hired Ben Jobe a black man as his
assistant? Word is making the rounds that
Ralph Sampson's sister influenced him to
stay in school. Three cheers for that young
lady.
Shaw University has signed identical
twins, Donnie and Bonnie Tanner to basket
ball grants. Whrren Reynolds says he's
H delighted to have the former Clinton Junior
College players. "They should really add
depth to our team," Warren said of the 6'9"
athletes.
Hampton piled up an incredible 110 set
victories on the tennis courts this year,
recording a 65 2 match advantage and
losing only four sets, all to St. Augustine's
top player Tony Mmoh. The Pirates won 23
of 25 CIAA championships before withdraw
ing from Division II tennis league in 1977.
According to a press release, offense won
the fourth annual spring football game, 14-6,
at Hampton last week. Halfbacks Anthony
Armstrong and Dennis Mahan were the
standouts as was David Dixon, who trans
ferred from Maryland.
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HELEN LINDSEY
...JCSU top sprinter
Bull Athletic Teams To
Compete For OAA Titles
ι ne Spring sports season
comes to a close as Win
ston-Salem State Univers
ity will host three CIAA
championships this week
end in golf, tennis and
track and field
Hampton Institute will be
heavily favored in tennis
with St. Augustine's ex
pected to place second. The
doubles team of Tyrone
Holland and Miles Smith of
JCSU has performed well
and will be contenders for
both doubles and single
honors.
Golf coach Eddie Harris
didn't have the numbers
needed to enter the team
championship race, but ex
pects Tracey Mitchell, Ro
bert Clemments and Frank
Pendergrass to all be in the
running for the six top
individual medals. Mitchell
was the Bulls' best per
former in last week's NAIA
district championship. The
fnaa! mill Κλ of W>n.
I
ston Lakes May 2nd and
3rd.
Despite the rainy wea
ther members of the JCSU
track team enjoyed the
annual Penn Relays. "We
posted a 3:18 in the mile
relay and a 1:28 in the 880,
but it was exciting just to
watch some of the nation's
best track performers," re
marked coach Kenny
Powell. One highlight was
Herman Frazier's 43.6 se
conds split in the mile
relay.
The full track and field
team will participate in
Saturday's CIAA southern
division qualifying rounds
with the top finishers ad
vancing to Sunday's CIAA
championship round in
volving all 12 schools.
Hampton Institute and St.
Augustine's are favorites
to win the championship
with JCSU rated as a dark
horse.
Rend ill A> P««i
BY THE
WAY...
By Joe Black
Black Americans can tell you about the great
athletic feats of Joe Louis, "Sugar Ray" Robinson,
Muhammad Ali, Jesse Owens, Wilma Rudolph,
Jackie Robinson, Jim Gilliam, Roy Campanella,
Willie Mays, O. J. Simpson, Gayle Sayers, Wilt
Chamberlain, Bill Russell, and Elvin Hays. But
despite their apparent enthusiasm and
understanding about the various athletic games,
Black people don't seem to be able to grasp or
recognize the games that society attempts to play
on us. It seems as though we are so busy looking
for reasons to shout"Racism"that we fail to see the
subtle ways in which we are held back.
Some of you are probably asking what the heck
is Joe Black talking about now? The answer is
simple... Black English. Sure, I realize that some
young people who don't want to study will claim
that there is a Black language; and all of those
do-gooders, Black and White, who have written
books about so-called Black English will attest
to the fact that Black English is a legitimate
communication tool. It is time for Black people
to wake up to this rip-off. Don't you realize
that much of our unemployment and
underemployment is the result of Black
Americans not being able to communicate with
other facets of society? A profitable Black business
is not going to hire anyone who says: "We is
selling " or "We be doing it."
My friends, we say "Axe" instead of ask; "Poke"
instead of pork; and fail to conjugate verbs
because we didn't and don't want to pay the price
in a classroom. Other ethnic groupe can migrate to
this land and learn to speak English within five
years; but there are those who are trying to make
us Black people believe that although we have
been in thie country since 1619, we don't have the
ability to learn the English language. Of course,
the immigrants retain their native language
and speak English with a dialect, but Black
Americans' native tongue would be an African
language. Our parents and fore parents failed to
speak correctly because they were denied
educational opportunities. What is your excuse...
mental inferiority, or are you a victim of the
"Super-coon" myth?
Sfee~Bfack
Vice President
The Greyhound Corporation
Thursday, Ma ν ι. 1980 - THE CHAKl/OVlfc POST - Page
Entry Blanks Mailed
For $377,225 World 600 Race
HARRISBURG - Entry
blanks for the richest race
remaining on the 1980
NASCAR Grand National
schedule, the May 25th
$377,225 World 600 at Char
lotte Motor Speedway,
were mailed last weekend
to all Winston Cup com
petitors and teams.
The 21st annual 600-mile
classic, traditionally one of
the most competitive and
demanding races of the
major league stock car
racing season, is set for a
12 noon start Sunday, May
25, over the recently re
paved 1.5-mile high-banked
CMS quad-oval.
The record-breaking
World 600 payoff includes
several unique incentives
that are certain to intensify
a interest in the popular
event...beginning with
$27,400 in qualifying money
when the Busch pole
position time trials kick ofl
the action Wednesday af
ternoon. May 21.
The $15,000 Busch pole
the richest in the sport -·
will go to the driver posting
the fastest average speed
during a four-lap run The
second fastest qualifier will
earn $6,000, with $3,500 ear
marked for third and $1,50C
.for fourth.
"The $26,000 qualifying
- payoff to the top four start
ers in the World 600
establishes another first'
for Charlotte," said CMS
General Manager H.A.
(Humpy) Wheeler. "Wed
nesday afternoon's time
trials, especially since the
competitors will be qualify
ing for the first time here
on totally new asphalt, are
sure to produce a lot of
surprises."
Wheeler also pointed out
that Waylon Jennings will
give a full-length concert
from a stage on the start
finish line following the
Busch qualifying, and at
no additional charge to
spec la lors.
The 600-miler is also of
fering $15,000 to Autosense
Charger Awards with
$1,000 going to the leader of
the most laps in each of the
first 15 25-lap segments of
ihe 40(}-lap event
A total of $12,625 has also
been posted in Stant "Un
derdog" Awards to be di
vided among the highest
finishing "independent"
drivers who haven't re
corded a Grand National
victory since January 1
1978
uatorade's Darrell Wal
trip of Frankiin, Tenn ,
could become the first dri
ver in history to win three
consecutive World 600s
with a victory in the up
coming event. "Waltrip, who
has won more than $200,000
in CMS events since 1977.
broke away from a three
way fight with Richard
Petty and Dale Earnhardt
to collect $55,400 for his win
in last May's 600-miler.
Greenville Aces Defeat BATCH AD Stare
uivTCirjcai-Ulu H.I Il_
Abrams was a winner in
singles and doubles Satur
day for the BATCH Tra
veling All-Stars seniors.
Abrams beat Clayton Ar
nold 6-4, 6-2 to win his
senior men's singles match
and teamed with Delano
Rackard to beat Bob
Springs and Jim Pender
grass 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Charlotte BATCH lost by
a 9-7 vote score to the
Greenville Western Caro
lina Aces in the South
eastern Racquet Associ
ation non-conference sea
son opener for both teams.
Other winners were
Chuck Whitley, Rudy
Abrams, and Ron Johnson
in men's singles play and
the teams of James Cuth
bertson and Robert Reeves I
over James Poage and |
uctjucs» Dowuen ι-ο. b-l, 6-j
and Xavier Artis and Ron
Johnson over Ron Jackson
and Charles Mobley 6-2,
6-2. 1
The Traveling All-Stars
are at home this weekend
in a conference game with
Durham a 16-10 upset win
ner over pre season favor -
ite Winston-Salem last ,
weekend
The BATCH juniors will
seek their second consecu
tive regular season title.
Keep your out-of-town
friends informed on what s
happening in Charlotte b>
sending them a copy of the
Charlotte Post each week
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λ] Vote May 6
for
WADE MOSLEY
Candidate For
SCHOOL BOARD
by friends of Wade Mosley
We Endorse & Urge Your Vote For
_ .William H..
Scarborough
NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION
OF BLACK LAWYERS
PLEASE REPLY TO:
March 28, 1980
Judge William H. Scarborough
310 Mecklenburg County Courthouse
400 East Fourth Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
Dear Judge Scarborough:
This letter is to inform you that at its general
meeting on Thursday, March 27, 1980 the Charlotte
Chapter of the North Carolina Association of Black
Lawyers endorsed you as its candidate for District
Court Judge. You have been authorized by our
association to use this endorsement in any matter
that would be in good taste and that would assist
your candidacy.
If I can be of any further assistance to your
campaign please feel free to call me at 376-5588.
Sincerely, .
Marnite Shuford, President
Charlotte Chapter NCABL
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