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Bill Johnson
. .THIS YOU GOTTA BELIEVE!. Trust
Me!
I have never been able to understand the
Joys some people realize in gossip.
[You can get into lots of trouble sometimes
by repeating what you heard someone say.
Like Saint Paul’s College, which through
I years* has occupied the bottom rung in
CIAA standings, is pouring more money
its athletic programs. And, if the early
cations are accurate, the Tigers will
ate the lower position and head towards
recognition of being one of the confer
b’' most competitive teams. They have
ie (he first step in the signing of nine
lity football players, including six ath
s who were All-District and All-Regions
ctees in high school last fall.
•* Coach Daniel Antblik says, “These fine
athletes should make a valuable contribu
tion tb the Tiger football program. He’s
; especially high on William King and Vin
Icent Harris, both of Roanoke, Va. An
[All-District quarterback, Harris led his high
; school conference in passing last season.
I* Juan Lanauze, the 6’9”, 200-pound junior
j ho led North Carolina A&T to the ME AC
ampionship and a berth in the NCAA
lyoffs, has quit the Aggie team. Lan
who says he will play basketball on
Puerto Rican national team in the
-Jiping Pan American games, will con
roe his education in his native Puerto
•. tap
l The University of Virginia is doing the
right thing for Ralph Sampson. They’re
petiring his uniform number in appreciation
for all the great All-American center has
done *for the school. ' What will boxing
promoter Don King do next? Well, he and
his partners are dickering with manage
ment of the Cleveland Cavaliers in an effort
to purcahse the NBA franchise. Don’t bet on
this one going through.
•' Ever heard of the Starks Bucks? They’re
the new champions of the popular McCro
rey YMCA Adult Men’s Winter Basketball
League, winning both the regular season
and the tournament titles.
JohnSbh"C. Smith’s football schedule in
cludes two games showing the time of the
kickoffs as questionable. Contests with S.C.
State and Livingstone are shown with the
time of the kickoffs to be announced.
Incidentally, the popular series between the
Golden Bulls and the Bulldogs of SCSC may
be coiping to an end. Both' schools are
looking for replacements.''
Can you imagine coach Wylie Harris
sending his Golden Bulls against A&T, S.C.
State, Livingstone, Winston-Salem Sjtate
and N.C. Central in that order next fall?
WOW! The Bulls’ 10-gaiqe card lists only
two patsies - St. Paul’s and Bowie State; If
Harris can manage a .500 season with such
a touch schedule he should be named
“Coach of the Century.”' *
Who said athletes were dumb jocks. Thirty
four athletes at S.C. State have proven they
are as intelligent as anyone is. Ten made
the dean’s list and 24 were on the honor roll.
* This sounds like fun. WGIV radio person
alities will take the court against the
^Johnson C. Smith faculty and staff in
-Brayboy Gym April 14. That’s a night to be
Remembered for basketball will never be
same again 1 Don’t expect another North
rolfna - Houston confrontation. Or a
delphia 76ers - Boston Celtics fracas,
"bitter rivalry will not involve run
pnd-gun patterns. It more likely will utilize
Jthe walk-and-cap pistol variety, with the
pzone being Tilled with airballs.'
J Imagine!--such case standouts (they’re
standouts because their uniforms do not fit
Eoperly) as Phil “Can’t-hit-the-side-of-a
r*|” Busher; Wylie “Faster-than-yester
y” Harris; and Ike “Fill it up” Full
I. Fill what up? The guess here is that the
i will be 2-0. It may be called for
jfion because the players on each
m most surely will be Coo winded to
Continue play.
1 It’s all for charity. The proceeds - a buck
or adults and only 75 cents for students -
viU go to the UNCF. WGIV will give away
ecords and other prizes. You should
ittdnd!
The Houston Oilers, Who fielded the worse
Jefensive unit in the NFL last Season, are
)hopping the upcoming draft list for defen
sive standouts. The Oilers other option is to
[trade Earl Campbell for several "named
[defensive prospects. Calvin Peete was 10th
among the PGA money leaders last week,
[with more than $62,000 in earnings.
While the other members of the New
Jersey Generals were experiencing difficul
ties in finding living quarters, Herschel
“Walker was purchasing an expensive condo
fen upper Saddle Rivers Community,
former president Richard M. NixOn, NFL
great Lawrence Taylor ahd NBA Star Otis
Qir.d$on are his neighbors. ^
I*
At Myers Park High School
JCSU Invitational Track
And Field Relays Scheduled
By Phil Busher
Special To The Post
The Johnson C. Smith In
vitational Track and Field
Relays to be held Saturday,
April 9, at Myers Park High
School will feature some
thing for just about every
track buff.
Highlight event will be a
Feature 100 meter dash
with Olympians Ray Ro
binson, Steve Riddick and
Charles Foster. Robinson,
currently assistant track
coach at St. Augustine’s, ran
in the 4x100 meter relay in
the 1972 Olympics. Riddick,
former CIAA 100 and 200
meter champion and now
running for the Philadelphia
Pioneers, ran in the 1972 and
1976 Olympics in the 4x100
relay and the 100 meter
dash. Foster, former N.C.
Central great from the 1972
NCAA II champions and
now with the Philadelphia
Pioneers, ran the 110 hur
dles in the 1972 and 1976
Olympics.
Also featured will be a
“master mile” for those 30
years old and older begin
ning at 2:15 p.m. Anyone
is eligible to register right
up to the starting time. The
meet will start with the field
events (long jump, high
jump, shot put, triple jump
and javelin) at 9:30 a.m. The
100 meter dash trials begin
at 10 a.m. followed by the
I
distance medley relay, no
meter high hurdles, 3,000
meter run, 4x100 meter re
lay, 1,500 meter run, 4x200
meter relay, sprint medley
relay, 5,000 meter run and
the 4x400 meter (mile) re
lay. The awards ceremony
will follow at 3:30 p.m.
Men’s teams entered are
powerhouse S.C. State, Win
ston-Salem State, Elon, Fay
etteville State, Hampton In
stitute, Morris-Brown and
distance runners from Wake
Forest, Davidson, Radford
and UNCC.
The Women's teams in
clude East Carolina, Wake
Forest, Hampton Institute.
Winston-Salem State, N.C.
A&T State, Davidson, Shaw,
St. Paul’s Morris-Brown and
Barber-Scotia.
Four meet records were
set last year by S.C. State in
the long jump (24’ 4V4”,
Taylor, S.C. State), the jave
lin <2H’ 2” Holdin, S.C.
State) and in the women’s
long jump (11.58 meters,
Hinson, S.C. State).
S.C. State’s 1,600 meter
relay (mile) record of 3:12.8
set in 1979 will be in jeo
pardy as both Smith and the
Bulldogs have run excellent
times early in the year.
Frento Burton Wins
Frento Burton was the
big winner in the BATCH
Racquet Association’s
round robin playdowns.
Burton emerged as the
number one seed with a
victory over Andrew Gor
don, four games to three.
Burton amassed a total
of 48 points. Cornell
“Chuck” Whitley pulled in
43 points to finish narrow
ly in second place.
Other seeds and point
totals were 3. Andy Gordon
35 points; 4. Alan Black
well 33 points; 5. Robert
Reeves 30 points; 6. Don
MiUer 29 points; 7. Craw
ford Walker 29 points; 8.
James Cuthbertson 25
points; 9. Eric Law 24
points; 10. James Brewer
23 points; 11. Richard
Ellis 17 points; 12 Mack
Canady 12 points; 13. Mel
vin Carthran 4 points; and
14. Desi Fuller 3 points.
The Traveling All tars
will host the Nest Open
Tennis Tournament this
weekend at Hornet’s Nest
Park.
The first match for the
team will be home versus
the Greenville Aces on
April 23.
Call Post Classifieds
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Olympic Moves To Head Of
Conference Baseball Class
By James Cuthbertson
Post Sports Writer
“We felt that we would
have a pretty good team,”
said Olympic coach Bob
Rhodes in assessing the
performance of his team
that has moved to the head
of the class in the South
western 4A Conference.
The reasons? Good pitch
ing for one. Heavy hitting
is second.
Right hander Bill Haltom
is a senior who is 2-1. He is
a very hard thrower, ac
cording to his coach.
"We felt like they can
both be better,” Rhodes
said. "It is still early in the
season. It has been cold,
rainy and wet and they
have not gotten into a solid
rotation sequence yet.
They are walking more
people than they normally
do.”
A senior centerfielder is
one of the leading hitters.
Chris Abell is batting .300
plus.
Third baseman-catcher
Todd Fowler is batting .381.
He is a savior.
Senior second baseman
Rusty Smith is batting .350.
“They have been hitting
the ball well,” said Rhodes.
“We have come from be
hind with dramatic finishes
with Garinger, Myers Park
and North Mecklenburg,
rhey think they are like
North Carolina State-the
Cardiac Kids. We have
really played well in the
sixth and seventh innings.”
The juniors are tough
also.
Left hander Tim Lang*
meyer is the first baseman.
He is hitting .455 with 13
RBIs.
“He never struck out on
the junior varsity," Rhodes
said. “But he struck out his
first four times as a varsity
player. We were concerned
but then he came out like a
ball of fire."
The left handed junior
Chris McNear is batting
.471.
"He didn’t play last year,
Rhodes explained. “I saw
him playing for Steele
Creek and asked him to
come out for the team. He
came out and started the
year as a designated hit
ter. Now he is a regular and
among the leading hitters
in the conference.”
Rhodes admits that he is
still trying to settle his
shortstop and catching
positions.
But nevertheless the
team is 6-1 with a non
conference win over Gas
tonia Huss.
"We have a road trip
coming up with games at
Huss, East Mecklenburg,
South Mecklenburg, Inde
pendence and West Char
lotte,” he noted. "That
should determine how our
season goes. "
This is Rhodes fifth year
as varsity coach at Olym
pic.
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