BY
BILL JOHNSON
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THE $1.98 RAP SESSION.
If you live by high principles you will not
have to tell anyone.
It would appear that finances are getting
tighter at the predominantly black schools
; at the college level. Morris Brown College
• basketball coach and athletic director
Charles Hardnett quit his post recently,
citing “It’s been too little monetary com
pensation and not the best support.” Hard
nett accepted a position with the Atlanta
Parks and Recreation Department because
he was “tired of working on a shoestring
budget.”
GramMing will make history next fall
when the Tigers cattle Southern Methodist
University on tne gridiron. It will become
the first time the famed Tigers have taken
the football field against a predominantly
white school during regular season.
There are some men in public office who
ought to be in private life.
Racing buffs will be interested in knowing
that Charlotte’s ’81 collector car flea
market-antique car show and old car
auction is coming to town April 10 for a
three-day stand at the Charlotte Motor
Speedway.
Some last-minute basketball notes, not of
tournament interest.Hampton set three
school records during the past campaign.^
They established a new standard for shoot
ing accuracy when Lionel “Gino” Mar
; quetti shot 57. from the floor. Hank Ford’s
Pirates, who’ll return ll lettermen next
year, also hit 49.7 percent of their shots
from the field and they connected with 35 of
52 field goal attempts against Southeastern
for a sizzling 67.4 percent.
Would you believe the Chicago Bears paid
. runningback Walter Payton $325.34 for each
yard he gained during the 1980 NFL football
- campaign? Payton was paid $475,000 last
year. He gained 1,460 yards rushing. In the
meantime, the Atlanta Falcons were com
pensating their backfield duo of Lynn Cain
and William Andrews with pittance in
comparison. For example, Andrews and
: Cain did not make $100,000 between them
- fast fall. But together they rushed for 2,223
yards. Andrews earned $52,500 and Cain
was paid only $45,000.
The best show in town this summer will be
found in Atlanta where the powerful Braves
are going to make a serious run fdr the
National League Pennant.
Now that the college basketball season is
winding down one wonders if a great deal of
pressure will be brought to bear on
Virginia’s famed sophomore Ralph Samp
son. The 7’4” center turned down a bid from
the Boston Celtics to turn pro last year.
Already the scouts are saying that Sampson
does not have the strength to play against
the big boys and that his weakness may
become more apparent in another year of
collegiate competition. Isn’t that a cheap
way to get a kid to sing?
My guess is that either Notre Dame or
Louisiana State will capture the NCAA
Championship this year. The prediction is
based on their performance last week.
Wonder what the public relations people in
- the ACC are saying now that two of their
three teams got bumped in the first rounds
; of the playoffs? Could it be that the ACC is
vastly overrated? I think so.
The New York Mets have hired former
star Cleon Jones as their minor league
hitting instructor...Elvin Hayes, the dur
able Washington Bullets’ star, says he will
enter the ministry when his playing days
■ are over.
Eddie Murray and Ken Singleton of the
Baltimore Orioles have proven they’re men
of exceptional worth. Both have purchased
blocks of tickets to the Orioles 1981 home
games to give to poor youngsters and the
elderly. You’d have to take your hat off to
Grambling and Southern, who went out on a
limb to promote their own athletic event
last fall. The gamble paid off to the tune of
$192,945, slightly more than $66,000 each
: more than the returns they received when
the experts handled the promotion.
Walt Frazier is currently earning more
yearly as a legitimate executive than he did
‘ when he was performing so brilliantly in the
NBA for the New York Knicks. Walt’s
agency managers some of the nation’s top
athletes.
• Would you say that national polls aren’t
; worth a hill of beans? The Black College
• Basketball Poll last week lists Johnson C.
; Smith in a seventh-place tie with Grambling
': State while Virginia State, a team that
: whipped Smith twice during the season and
came within an eyelash of winning the CIAA
: Tournament, was placed in the 14th posi
; tion. And Norfolk State, which got bumped
■ out of the CfAA Tournament the first night,
: is roosting in fourth place.
; Grambling will not play Morgan State in
New York City next fall.
JCSU Gives Its Coaches
Unanimous Vote Of Confidence
Special To The Pott
Johnson C. Smith head
football coach Wylie Harris
and basketball coach Bob
Moore received a unani
mous vote of confidence by
the Athletic Committee in
- their March meeting.
"Our athletic program
has certainly become more
competitive,” commented
JCSU President, Wilbert
Greenfield. ‘‘Both head
coaches are well received
in the community and have
represented J. C. Smith
values well.”
‘‘We’re proud of the
Southern Division basket
ball championship,” re
marked Jack Martin. “I
believe coach Harris is
building in the direction of
a winning football pro
gram. It just takes four or
live years of hard work.”
The work began in earn
est Monday with the start
of spring football practice.
The annual Blue-Gold
game will end the month
long sessions 6n Sunday, -
April 12, at 2 p.m. on
campus. Head coach Wylie
Harris invites the public
out to view the squad that
returns 15 starters from
last year’s 4-7 campaign.
Robert Moore
...Basketball coach
dozen blue chip prospects, ’’
cited Harris. “After a
period of initial adjust
ment, several incoming
players will be able to help
us out right away.”
A report on the Golden
Bull recruits will be up
coming in the POST as the
Smith football staff has not
finalized the list. “We've
still got our fingers crossed
plained Harris.
1981 Football Schedule
Sept. 5- Elizabeth City
Wylie Harris
..Football coach
State, away; sept. 12- Le
noir-Rhyne College, away;
Sept. 19- Virginia State Uni
versity, home; Sept. 26
Bowie State, away ; Oct. 3
N.C. A&TState, away; Oct.
10- S.C. State, home; Oct.
17- Livingstone, home; Oct.
24- University of D.C.,
away; Oct. 31- Winston
Salem State, away: Nov. 7 -
N.C. Central, Homecom
ing; Nov. 14- Fayetteville
State, home.
All Charlotte home games
to be played at Veterans’
Memorial Stadium.
BATCH Elects New Officers
BA 1 uh Kacquel Asso
ciation has kicked its year
off with the announcement
of new officers, two early
season major tournaments
and a major league tennis
schedule.
Officers for 1981 are
George Neale, director;
Cornell Whitley, vice di
rector; Darlene McCul
lough, secretary; and
Floyd Young, Treasurer
Board of Directors are
Robert Reeves, Derek An
derson, Tom Brown, James
Cuthbertson, Leon Nor
man, Frento Burton and
Stan Law.
The first major tourna
ment is the Nest Open, to
be held at Hornets’ Nest
Hark on April 4-5 Singles
events are men’s, ladies’
and junior. Doubles events
are men’s, ladies’, junior
mixed and junior-senior
For information call
Robert Reeves, 525-1515 or
376-04%. Singles events are
$5 for adults and $3 for
juniors Doubles events are
$8 per adult team and $6
per junior team. You must
bring a can of balls for each
event to be played
The 4th annual South
eastern Racquet Associa
tion Tennis Tournament
will be held at Hornets'
Nest Park on April 25 and
26.
Singles events will in
clude 35 and over men’s,
ladies', junior boy and
junior girl,
and junior girl mixed
Senior costs are $6 per
event per person Junior
costs are $5 per event per
person.
BATCH'S first match is
at Sugar Creek against the
Strokers on March 21, be
ginning at 9 a m
Round Robin will be held
March 28-29
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good nucleus of experi
enced players back," com
mented Harris. “We’re go
ing to need that experience
since we open with four
road games out of our first
five contests this fall. The
1981 schedule features two
new faces in the Elizabeth
City State Vikings and the
Bowie State Bulldogs, both
CIAA members. Virginia
Union and Hampton were
dropped as CIAA commis
sioner Bob Moorman ini
tiated a rotating schedule
among the conferences’ 14
teams. Traditional rivals
N.C. A&T, S.C. State,
Livingstone and Winston
Salem State return along
witg Lenoir-Rhyne, Fay
etteville State, Virginia
State, U.D.C and defending
CIAA champions N. C.
Central.
Harris and his staff are
pleased with the 29 athletes
signing national footbau
letters of intent with JCSU.
“We’ve inked a half
Thomas Pettway
k “Athlete Of
The Week”
By Chase Vance
Special To The Poet
“I didn't know how good I
would do,” said Thomas
O’Neil Pettway of Olympic
High School after his
astounding early season
showing on the high jump
bar at a track meet
recently.
His jump of six feet and
four inches is one of the
best marks of any high
school senior in this young
track season. And although
the Trojan track team has
not been a legitimate com
petitor in years, he seems
like a possible choice for an
All-State if he keeps im
proving.
“I just try hard to do my
best,” said Pettway, son of
Mr. And Mrs. Moses Pett
way of the Rolllngwood
community.
“I love track,” he added.
"Next year, when I go to
college I would like to run
track and play football.
That’s my other interest."
Pettway, the Charlotte
Post Spring Sports star of
the week was an outstand
ing tight end and wide
receiver. He holds three of
his school’s passing re
cords.
Pettway is also active in
community affairs. He is
serving in the 1981 Kappa
Alpha Psl Fraternity Beau
tillion Militaire.
At Olympic, he is in the
Key Club, and was on the
basketball team. He plans
to attend Gardner-Webb or
North Carolina Central to
major in Bio-Chemistry.
Other outstanding per
formances were recorded
last week by Tony White
and Durain Anderson of the
West Charlotte Lions base
ball team. Although they
lost 7-6, White went 2 for 4
with two RBIs and Ander
son was 3 for 3 with two
RBIs.
Also Drew Berry defeat
ed Andy Fink of Provi
dence Day 6-1,6-4 and John
Murphy defeated Todd Nel
son 6-1, 64) as the West
Charlotte Lions beat Provi
dence Day 6-3 in tennis.
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