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By Bill Johnson ■ \ Jfl Rill Johnson . TELLING IT LIKE IT REALLY IS!. . Character building is almost like the weather; everyone talks about it but very few do anything about it. Jimmy Grier, the best tailor in town, says the Morris Field Rangers are being re organized and will field a semi-pro base ball team here this spring and summer. According to Jimmy, the team will pro bably«operate under a different name and it will play its home games on a field near the old Plato Price school. Johnson C. Smith is fielding a women’s softball team. The Lady Golden Bulls (what a name!) will host Shaw in a twinbill here Tuesday afternoon. Kenny Powell’s track squad will compete in the Atlantic Coast Relays in Raleigh Saturday. Garinger win name its new head football coach here Friday morning; at the same time a new head basketball coach will be appointed at South Mecklenburg. The one thing that most men can do better than anyone else is to read their own writing......Look for the St. Louis Cardinals to peddle hard-hitting outfielder George Hendrick this spring to make room for Davey Green. The USFL is paying its officials a mere $250 per game. Now you know why the quality of their game needs to improve. Georgia football coach Virice Dooley has named his black Labrador Retriever, “Herschel Walker Dooley.” “TV Guide” reports NBC is paying Ahmad Rashad 1 $135,000 a year as a television commentator. Did you know that the New York Yankees i haive 33 former collegians on their roster? Contrary to what you may believe, the ACC is not the most televised conference in college basketball. The Big East owns the distinction. Sixty-nine of their 79 conference contests were televised this past season, and 86 percent of all BE games will be on television through 1986. In. case, yourre wondering, the NCAA will earn more than $20 million for its 1983 Playoffs. Each team that lost in the first and second rounds will receive over $100,000 each arid the teams advancing to the final four will be paid more than $500,000 apiece. Have you ever heard of Mahdi Abdui Rahman? You haven’t! He’s Walt Hazzard the former UCLA basketball great who has undergone a name change. Tennessee State president has overrulled athletic director Sam Whitmon, giving basketball coach Ed Martin a year’s reprieve. Whitmon recom mended that Martin be dismissed. Orie reliable source reports the 23 NBA franchises lost a total of $24 million last year. The loss, they say, will reach $27 million this season. Don’t be too surprised if Billy Martin returns outfielder Rickey Rivers to the, New York Yankees roster before the 1983 major league season gets underway. Rivers is currently patrolling the outer gardens for the Texas Rangers. A sign of the times - or is it a word of warning. An estimation of only $150,000 per week was bet on the USFL opening games. The normal bets placed on NFL games is between $1 and $2 million each week. Adidas has agreed to pay Herschel Walker between $1 and $2 million a year just to wear their shoes, and to endorse' the company’s athletic shoes. Tampa Bay quarterback Doug Williams’ original contract expired February 1, 1983. He is talking of returning to Grambling, where he set a bushel basket full of school and conference records, and coach football if contract talks are not agreeable. Don’t bet on it! NFL scouts are predicting that Anthony Reed of South Carolina State, Bejamin Tate of North Carolina Central and Tennessee State’s Larry Kinnebrew will go high in the 1983 National Football League draft. They also list Otis Brown of Jackson State among _the best bets for stardum in pro football. Classified Advertising J*?r- 5r! -T?V! 7J«» ^vr*» r-r. .jF ^ r.| *' • I - * r"-r **»•• • ‘ijj^ 4i* •*■ ? * * -* *** • * "4 w? Ihworits for you! ' * - 24 l onk^l Week - 8355 •_ «■ 376-0196 ;=^£ With 16 Starters Returning Johnson C. Smith Opens Spring Football Drills D.. 04.11 n % A M ^ JL Special To The Pott As the Johnson C. Smith gridiron veterans suited up Monday for spring drills, head coach Wylie Harris and his staff were putting the finishing touches on what appears to be the best recruiting year since Har ris arrived in Charlotte five years ago. Sixteen starters return from the 1982 CIAA South ern Division co-champions, including nine starters from a defense that ranked number five in the NCAA II stats in pass defense and 13th best in points allowed. Associated Press small col lege All-American line backer (second team) Craig Warren leads a ve teran unit that includes All-CIAA and ALL-NAIA Stephone Darby ...Linebacker performers LB Mepnone Darby, FS Alveraz Aber nathy and SS Steve Gray. The offense returns seven starters, but will have re building work to do on the line. CIAA Offensive Play er of the Year, John Henry Thomas, graduated from the QB spot, leaving sophomores Keith Harris and Eddie Glaze to battle senior Hubert Jewsome for the honors this spring. Spring practice will end with the annual Blue-Bold scrimmage on campus on April 23 at 1:30 p.m. There will be some mighty large freshmen aiming for the vacant spots along the line. Best of the crop appears to be Everett Jackson, a 6'4'\ 290-pound All-Fldrida tackle from Miami Jackson High and Kelvin White, a 6’4", 280 pound tackle from Park land High in Winston Salem, N.C. White was selected to play in this summer’s East-West All Star game in Greensboro. Other signees expected to' make early contribu tions include Tony White, a Fort Mill, S.C., linebacker named to the -Charlotte Observer All-South Carol ina team; Leon Shipp, a 6'3” wide receiver from East Gaston High and Joseph Baysmore, a 6’1”, 249-pound tackle from Suf folk, Va. Several prime Charlotte athletes have signed as well, including West Char lotte’s Jackie Wilkes (three year starter as OG-LB) and TE Henry Thomas (two year starter) along with South Mecklenburg's Darryl Wallace (FB-DE). In all, 26 newcomers will be reporting to campus in August. “I’m pleased with the caliber of student-athletes we've been able to re cruit,” assessed Harris. ”1 „ feel that as many as six of these recruits would be considered blue chip pro spects. Certainly a good many will be heating up the competition for starting po sitions this fall.” Attic Sale Charlotte Latin School is planning an attic sale for Saturday, March 28, from 8 i a.m. to 1 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Items for sale include quality used clothing, sam ples, baby equipment, small appliances, plants, toys, games, sports equip ment, linens, kitchen j items, jewelry, books - the ! list goes on! There will also be re freshments available. Charlotte Latin School is ' located at WOO Providence Road, 1.5 miles past High way 51. i Proceeds from the sale will benefit the school. For News , • * | About You And The People • . \ | - You Know, '! j Read The Charlotte Post i . f [HOW TO , SUBSCRIBE TO i THE ' CHARLOTTE POST? C ‘ Enclose Check or Money Order , of *17.68 » t and Fill Out • L The Below Information. , I ; ! Mail To: * I THE \ CHARLOTTE » POST ! K r P.O.Box 30144 I Charlotte. N.C. 28230 1 I or call: 376-0496 1 M I ■Name-1 1 I I Address---* ■ " I City-. |r-^ I State-1 I I ZIP- 1 Lucky fisherman Will Be $25,000 Richer oome iucKy nsnerman will be $25,000 richer if he catches a specially tagged striped bass being released in Lake Marion of the Santee-Cooper lakes in South Carolina. From Saturday morning April 9 until Sunday morn ing April 10, every fisher man who enters the fish ing contest will be a poten tial winner. The fishing contest is the highlight of a four-day festival sponsored by the Claredon County Striped Bass Festival Commission. Glen Wells, a member of I " “ urc ^uiuimadiuii, miu r n day, “Everything is in place for a fisherman to win $25,000. Arrangements are complete for the South Carolina Wildlife Resourc es Department to tag and release a five-pound striper just 24 hours before the contest begins. Additional ly, we’re tagging and re leasing 14 fish, each of which is worth a $100 prize." Although this is the fourth annual fishing con test to be held in conjunc tion with the four-day fes tival it is the first time that tagged nsn ana sucn a Dig cash prize has been offered. According to Tourna ment Director Bill R. Hunter, the contest is de signed to allow the maxi mum fishing time for the prize striper. “We’re starting the con test at 10 a.m. on Saturday and ending it at 10 a.m. Sunday to give everyone within driving distance of the Santee-Cooper lakes an opportunity to enter the contest without losing any time from their job. “The <25,000 fish and ail uie other pnze fish will be released in Lake Marion at the dam separating Lakes Marion and Moultrie.” . In addition to the tagged fish, the Festival is of fering a cash prize of $125 to the person catching the biggest striper and $75 to the person whose entire catch weighs the most. According to Hunter the $25,000 fish will be a striper of approximately five pounds selected by Wild life Resource Department officials from their hatch ery stock, I Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your He4$. ll~ ' I y.jllv >
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