■ By Bill Johnson ■ SPORTS BEAT Kill Johnson TELLING IT LIKE IT REALLY IS!. We always formulate opinions at a time when our judgement is at its weakest! The NCAA announces its pre-tourney elimination round will qualify four teams for the regular bracket as the No. 12 seeds in e^h of the four regionals. A total of 52 basketball teams will get a shot at the major college championship, which will be held at Albuquerque, N.M. Some view the move as a setback to black colleges, especially the ones who elected to compete in Division I-AA several years ago. These teams will no longer receive the automatic invitations to the NCAA Division I basket - ball tournaments. They will have to com pete in the pre-tourneys. The Arthur Ashe-United Negro College Fund Tennis Championships expect to attract more than 500 participants at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, Queens, next week. One of the greatest boxers of our times, Sugar Ray Robinson, is ailing. During his brilliant career, he moved and boxed like a ballet dancer in scoring 109 knockouts and winning 174 bouts. Only Archie Moore has a better knockout record. Are you aware that to be tactful you must lie about others as you would have them lie about you? North Carolina state, which is rated as 'one of the strongest quintets in the*ACC, «>ens its 1982-83 cage campaign against orth Carolina A&T State. ...That’s tanta mount to sending David after Goliath without his trusty sling shot. Did you know that pro football is upon us? First game will be played Saturday after noon, August 7. It’s an exhibition, of course! But the college season is only four weeks away Hot Dawg! There must be a joke here some place. Jake LaMotta, former world middlweight boxing champion, states, “I fought Sugar Ray so may times it’s a wonder I didn’t get —Hinhnloc ” _ If Earl Weaver retires, major league baseball will lose one of its most colorful characters--and a darn good manager. Aside to those who argue Johnson C. Smith does not need more money to improve and expand its athletic program-according to an article in the Charlotte News Monday, the University of North Carolina athletic budget is $8 million George Allen is back in the news. The — former NFL coach says the USFL will make drug tests on players, and, he warns, “if any one of them (players) thinks it’s dehuman izing they can go ask Ed Garvey for a job.’’ I am of the opinion that it’s about time sports writers on the major publications stop listing the Yankees as pennant con tenders. Do you believe that tight drawers are the reason men become hostile and start wars? Neither do I! However, it’s reported as a historical fact. At this early date it looks asJf the Phillies and the Braves are the best teams in the National League and the Brewers and the Angels are the top clubs in the American loop. ~~ 7 Guess what Reggie Jackson’s favorite pastime is? Who cares? Anyway, he report edly spends his spare time playing Pac _ Man, eating meatball sandwiches and drinking beer. Reggie claims he scores 197,000 on the machine. Five of the eight major college basket ball conferences experimenting with the three-point play have set the distance at 19 feet. Two others have settled on 21 feet, and one for 20 feet. The NBA will have an orange leather basketball this season rather than the brown ones they have used in the past. The Los Angeles Dodgers will battle the Atlanta Braves on the tube in the Major League Baseball Game-of-the-Week Saturday, starting at 2:15 p.m. Is Putt-Putt golt your thing? The Ju venile Diabetes Foundation International Fund-Raiers have set an 18-hole miniature golf tournament on Friday, July 30, at the Food Town Shopping Center in Hunters ville. It will be held from 9 a m. to 2 p.m. Hats Off To: Jim Bouler for the excep tional round of golf he played in qualifying for the Charlotte City Amateur Golf Tour nament. Promoters in Philadelphia have scheduled the first Sports Classic for Sep tember 11. It will match Howard against Cheyney State at the University of Penn sylvania’s Franklin Field. A crowd of more than 50.000 is expected. Charlie Sifford pocketed $3,572 in the recently held U S. Senior Open at Portland, Ore. The Charlotte native shot a 69 on the final 18 to finish third in the tourney. J Golden Bulls fans (pictured above) are supporters of black college athletics They encourage your support of the athletic activities Your support is need ed if there will be a tomorrow for these teams. In !Sunwroits Fields Success Of CIA A Teams Help Open Docks Of Opportunities By Phil Busher Special To The Post Last week marked the final article of an eight part series on the history of sports at Johnson C Smith University In truth, it was a look into much more than athletic accomplishments on the fields and courts. Many of the battles and struggles that concerned the players, coaches and administrators of the time were a microcosm of the struggles that blacks faced socially and economically during that time The fact that the CIAA was able to survive and grow into one of th^host respected and competitive athletic con ferences in the NCAA II today T5 one of the great success stories in black history. Thanks to the lead ership of many dedicated and persistent coaches and .school administrators, a great many barriers were overcome, not the least were forms of segregation and hanging on at the bottom rung of the econo mic ladder. The success of CIAA teams and individual athletes helped open doors of opportunities for grad —miles of hlark colleges and universities in many fields Much of the success of the black schools, despite the incredible odds, have ironically caused many to be hanging on the bottom rung once again Black ath letes from the Gramblings. Norfolk States and J C Smiths proved their worth on the competitive fields With the advent of inte gration came opportunities for blacks to attend the finest schools in the coun try. athletes in particular w ere ; ought out_for their skills This is as it should be. opportunity for all But the option of strong black college programs is also extremely important Black colleges face a danger of becoming hi storical monuments. No in stitution outside of the churches have done so much for so many They continue to be a living, growing, training ground for black accomplishment While the odds make it unrealistic for black schools to compete with the Alabamas or North Carol inas. the caliber of com petition still catches the attention of professional scouts while providing op portunities for education for many _ These opportunities are beginning to dry up. It's no At Gardner-Webb Ivan Jones Has Locks On Wide Receiver Post h-an Junes of Yen K Ituau Park was a successful wide receiver for Harding High in J981 garnering Shrine Bowl and All Conference honors He excelled on the kick off and the punt return teams and .played a little basketball at the guard position. Now he is at Gardner Webb College. "I talked to the coaches at Gardner-Webb and they were really interested in my services," he began "I liked the campus and 1 liked the total program at the school I was not wrong It has been great there." ~ Coach Tom Mddreliead’is' the coach and Wendell Davis coaches the defense Ivan started as a fresh man at the cornerback position and has a lock on that position for next year The Bulldogs are in the rugged South Atlantic Con ference which includes - Lenoir Khyne. Catawba, Presbyterian, Newberry, Mars Hill. Elon and others "We were 5-5 in last season.” Jones said. "We were 5-0 at the midpoint, but key injuries caused us to lose the last five games of the season "The team looks good this year.” he continued "The team has a lot of new guys and is rebuilding. Next year, we should be a very good team.” Jones at 5'6" and 170 pounds hopes to play pro fessional ball one day. He admits that his size may hamper him, but believes that he can overcome this wlrtr sheer determination and will power. For ivan Jones. Gardner Webb is his dream come true. Other Charlotte foot ball players at Webb are -former .OJympic tight end Tom Pettway and former Olympic wide receiver Wesley McDonald THE CHARLOTTE POST Has Something For Everybody!! ★ Sports \ Tr ★ Features ★ Church News ★ Business