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S5 By Bill Johnson — SPORTS BE A T r Kill Johnson ARE YOU REALLY READY FOR THIS?... Discipline is necessary for every child to learn but the lesson requires a wise tether! mEAC commissioner Ken Free says his conference will stage its annual basketball tournament in the Greensboro Coliseum next February. Free also announces that the MEAC has been discussing the install ation of a shot clock for next season He anticipates Norfolk StateodhedAAand Morris Brown of the SIAC as possible newcomers to the MEAC. A well-known ticket agency in the area reports that sales of tickets for sports and other events are down 23 percent from a year ago. Doesn’t it bother you that the depression is finally being felt by some people when most of us have been feeling it all along? - Would you believe that nearly one-fourth of the players in the National Basketball Association will become free agents at the conclusion of the championship playoffs?,, Carlos Terry of Winston-Salem State, Hawkeye Whitney of N.C. State, and Bob -MfiMSg^and Dudley Bradley of UNC are among them. ” * Look for Billy “White Shoes” Johnson to return to the Houston Oilers before the NFL season gets underway. Billy has cleared Canadian Football League waivers and is free to negotiate with NFL clubs. His former team, Houston, is interested. Two athletes from predominately black colleges were labeled as “sleepers” in the recent NFL draft. They were Carl Powell, Jackson State’s wide receiver and Rod Hill, Kentucky State’s fine defensive back. Outfielder Dave Collins is unhappy with the New York Yankees. The former Cin cinnati Reds star says he’s the fourth outfielder, third first baseman and third designated hitter on his team. He didn’t mention his $800,000 a year salary. Three choice positions await applicants at a5 many black colleges and universities. Mfrris Brown has not announced the employment of a new head football coach, and Southern University and Prairie View are still searching for head basketball coaches. A motorcade of city and school officials, a reception at the Benton Convention Center, and a banquet on the Winston-Salem State University campus will honor Clarence “Bighouse” Gaines during “Bighouse Gaines Week” in Winston-Salem and across the state this week. It couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy! WBA light heavyweight champion Michael Spinks is looking for new worlds to conquer. He's seriously considering a move into the heavyweight division. ...Former pro football star Jim Brown is telling all who will listen that NFL football players are underpaid. Says Brown, “It’s very simple the NFL players are underpaid. They are basically disrespected as business people. Some players are making $30,000. Are you kidding? $30,000 a year before taxes in 1982?” Jim, who racked up 12,312 yards and scaled previously unattained heights in nine pro seasons, perhaps didn’t take in con sideration that about 85 percent of the working people in this country would _consider $30,000 a year “pretty good Hnread!” The “Sporting News” has singled Moses Malone out as this year’s NBA “Player of the Year.” Malone is a sure bet to get identical honors from NBA heirarchy. Frank Robinson is rumored to be returning to Baltimore to succeed manager Earl Weaver when and if the veteran Orioles skipper retires. Isn’t it strange that Reggie Jackson has ru>t sounded off this season. ... Not even oifce. Reports are that Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Dave Parker is paid only $300,000 of his $1 million a year salary. The rest is --deferred. ..Pitcher Vida Blue is proving the critics wrong. The big lefthander has gotten off to a 2-1 start with the Kansas City Royals to discredit the reports that his best days I were behindhtmr~--> I If Detroit Pistons owner really believes I that poor attendance in the NBA is due f mainly because of a preponderance of black player*, how come his team is much whiter this year. The once all-black Detroit team finished the season with five white and seven Vlack players...Here are some facts that shiild prove startling! No all-white team hit won the NBA championship since the St. Louis Hawks won it in 1958.... That was the last year an all-white college team capturec the NCAA title. Can the Boston Celtics become the first team in 2 years to repeat as NBA World Champions!....They were the last team to successfully win back-to-back titles since the 1968-89 season. Eleven teams have tried and failed * 'Wfh • SIPKK BU.I.DOGS’ - Three of the former South Carolina State College football players pictured above have played in the NFL's Super Bowl. The fourth came within five minutes of appearing in the prestigious contest The foursome took time out for a picture recently at ttie Buttdogs recent Athletic Banquet. Pictured are (1-r) reserve linebacker Angelo King of Dallas whose Cowboys missed out on a Super Bowl appearance last January when San Francisco edged his team for the NFC Championship in the last five minutes, former wide receiver John Gilliam who appeared with the Minnesota Vikings in 1973 and 1974. safety Donnie Shell who has been on four World Championship — teams < ’74-’79) with the Pittsburgh Steel ers and derehsTvg~~gnd~Barnu> Cluvous who appeared with the Denver Broncos in 1977 In SCSU Spring Game Garnets Wallop Blues By James Cuthbertson Post Sports Writer The Garnet exploded for two touchdowns in the secondqparter en route to a 20-0 triumph over the Blue in the amroal-springfooG ball game at South Carol ina State University at Bulldog Stadium. Afte a scoreless first qjj a r t.e r^quarterback Desmond Gatson directed a 56-yard scoring drive climaxed by Anthony Reed’s one-yard plunge to stake the Garnet to a 6-0 lead with 10:25 left in the half. Gatson, w ho will back up placekicker A1 Gardner, added the first of two extra points for a 7-0 lead Five minutes later the Garnet struck again by covering 51 yards in two plays. Bernard Burgess took a pitchout to the left and rambled 47 yards for the score and a 14-0 lead with 5:23 left in the second quarter. The-defense..scored the Garnet’s final touchdown. Safety Abraham Mack pil fered a John Gentry-to Andre Charlton pass at the Blue’s 32 and raced un molested for the score and a 20-0 bulge with 11:18 left It was the Garnet’s night all the way. Its defense held the Blue to a minus five total yards, recovered two fumbles and intercept ed a pass. Bulldog Coach Bill Davis was pleased overall with the showing of his squad in the contest that culmin Grier Gains All-American Track Honors Katrina Grier of West Charlotte is an All-Ameri can track standout. The senior gained high school All-American honors in her junior year with a leap in the long jump of 20’li4”. Feeling the pressure, she has responded with a stel lar senior season saying that "people are coming out and looking for her to be awesome at \rack meets." An All-Southwestern 4A track team member was a sophomore when she jumped the triple jump at 39 feet, has now set records in the 200 meter run, long jump and triple jump Girls softball standouts were Jackie Hinson and Emily Bondurant of South, who had two for three and two KBIs each in South's 7-1 win over West, and Bobbie Jean Wrencik who had a triple and a homer -for 3- Kills to lead Olym pic past Garinger 6-2. Dean Benson Leads Hantfing To Victory Dean Benson of Harding drove in six runs and Keith Lewis and Andre Crawford each drove in two in Hard ing's M-ll win over Olympic. David Blackwelder of Olympic had two homers. Jeff Newton of West Charlotte hit a two run homer in the second and an RBI single in the fifth to lead the Lions over the Indians. 5-3. Gary Kline of West Mecklenburg had three hits to lead for the losers. * ated the Bulldogs' spring drills. "I think we accomplish ed what we set out to ac;. complish," Davis said "We had to discover some defensive linemen and we found some." " However, there were some areas where we feel that we need help. One of them is at Quarterback n1 There's just two much of a gap between the first and second spot." -Another spot that con cerns Davis is the receiv " ers. "Our receivers didn't have a. good night, ' he_ said. "Our tight ends didn't do well at all But I was pleased with the play of Zack Thomas. He proved he could go get the ball.'' Nathaniel May fc Perfect” Example Of Student-Athlete By Janies Culhbertson Post Sports Writer Harding s Nathaniel May is the perfect example of a student-athlete Ranked number 16 in his 'class uf !)uu atiiflnnltii he was eligible for many an academic scholarship His prowess on the ath letic field, however, gar nered him a four year foot ball scholarship to North Carolina A&T State Uni versity. Kanked number five among the state's shot-, putters, he discusses what got him this high position "The technique is not that hard." he said "You enter the circle from the back w ith your back turned to the toeboard at the front of the circle, place the shot put under-your chttw-bend over in a hump position, lift your left if right-handed and right leg if left handed, kick to generate power, throw the left arm over and release the shot-put while thrusting your chest Yes. May. this week's Charlotte Host Spring Sports Star of the Week has narrowed the sport of shot putting to an art and ap proaches it much" th the same way as one would an English, composition or sci entified treatise/' He treats the discus the same way and although not as successful as he is in the ^hot^i^^ive^i^h^old college try. With the discus your back is to the toeboard, you pivot with the left foot then swing back to the right and throw open chested off your right foot The discus is probably the hardest to throw as far as technique,” May said "The shotput is easier be cause it relies on your strength The discus re quires perfect form and timing " May has been successful _in both since his ninth grade year at Spaugh Junior High School when he was undefeated in field events. Last year, he was unde feated in the regionals and made it to the state tour nament where he finished eighth Not bad He considers—Dennis Branau and Kelvin Grooms of South Mecklenburg as his competitors in the shot ^^andMarl^^hillii^of West Charlotte as his dis cus competition Nathaniel considers con ditioning as a big part of his program He works out four days a week prepar ing himself for what he renns as the "long shot— goal" of playing profes sional football Practice begins in late July for the A&T Aggies of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference when he trvs out for linebacker His highest throw in the shotput was 54'6" in a meet against North Gaston. Jim Lovett is his coach He is anxious to play m the new stadium at A&T and to see the new gym "I would t-.ke to get some playing time my freshman year." 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