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ESPN management people have changed
their minds. They’re now saying they will
televise live 35 USFL games, starting
February 26.
Look for the Atlanta Braves to trade first
baseman Chris Chambliss for a pitcher. The
Braves, faced with the loss of starting
pitcher Pascaul Perez, will be without two
a of their starters when spring training opens
"shortly. Fifteen-game winner Perez is in a
Dominican Republic jail, facing a mini
mum two-year prison sentence on a charge
of cocaine possession. Another Brave front
line hurler Phil Niekro has signed with the1
New York Yankees.
Word is that Robert Morris will head up a
group of sponsors who will field a semi
pro baseball team in a local league this
summer. If plans are carried out, the team
will play its home games on the field near
the old Plato Price High School.
Would you believe that the Philadelphia
Phillies paid center Garry Maddox more for
.playing' in 97 baseball contests last year
than Joe DiMaggio earned in one of the
game’s most illustrious careers?
Ralph Sampsom must be foul prone. The
:big Houston center has been whistled to the
bench five times in his first 40 games.
That’s a near record for NBA players. I find
it difficult to believe that Wilt Chamber
lain did not foul out of a contest in 14 NBA
seasons.
It’s a good thing the Los Angeles Dodgers
are not paying their high-salaried pitcher
Fernando Valenzuela for runs scored. The
big righthander allowed more runs (122)
than any other National League hurler last
year.
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Record shows the teams that pay more
paoney win more games in baseball and that
the teams that pay less money win fewer
l.contests. 'Las Vegas bookies are now saying
wo estimated $75 million was bet on the
jriecent Suber Bowl football game.
LK‘‘Street! And Smith’s Basketball Year
book” has joined the large group of boosters
■ with high praise of Norfolk State All-*
American senior David Pope. S&SBY rates
*£he 6’7” forward among the top five seniors
™n College Division Basketball.
; Northern Division experts, who earlier
l ranked the Norfolk State Spartans third
.behind Virginia Union and Hampton, have
S. changed their minds. They are now saying
i Christian’s brilliant outfit will take
i and the CIAA Tournament crown as
tian points to the “super play” of
an forward Barry Mitchell and
guard Ralph Tally, who have
'sparked his team to its best start in 31
^yeari
\ „ The latest MEAC Men’s Basketball sta
tistics reveal North Carolina A&T is the
conference’s only team with a winning
recorq in all games played. According to the
January 29 release, the Aggies are 12-4
against all comers. They, however, are tied
with Hbward for the league lead, each with
4-1 records.
Chaiflotte native Eric Boys is shooting a
commendable 15.4 points a game for the
Aggies to rink sixth in individual scoring in
the MEAC;weekly standings. The former
Independence High standout is hitting 49.5
percent of .his shots from the field.
This ondjis difficult to believe! In its first
18 basketball games this season, Johnson C.
Smith outplayed its opponents in each
major category except assists and games
won and lo$t. The Golden Bulls are hitting
the bull’s eye with a respectable 49 percent
of the floor shots but they have been rather
anemic from the foul lines, hitting a mere 67
percent of their aims.
List South Carolina State and Delaware
State among the schools turning out "Slick”
basketball media guides. Bill Hamilton and
his able SCS staff rath an "A” for their
efforts.
Reports from the Norfolk, Virginia, area
are that there are no hotel or motel rooms
available and that the tickets are going fast
fOr the animal CIAA Basketball Tourna
rdent in the Norfok Scope week after next.
Johnson C. Smith athletic director Eddie
NfcGirt predicts a "sellout.”
Prairie View A4M has chosen Conway -v
Hayman to replace Jim McKinley as head
football coach. Hayman has served as an
assistant coach at the school for the past
three years. Florida A&M is looking for a
head basketball coach to put new life in its
jnw Bl( EM Conference own»^U>c best
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Here Saturday Night
JJI$CC 49ers Take On Jacksonville Dolnhins
By Junes Cuthbertson
Pest Sports Writer
..On Saturday, tbe UNCC
49'ers take on the Jack
sonville Dolphins in a
Coliseum matchup at 7:35
p.m.
The 49'ers lost to Jack
sonville by a mere three
points in the Florida city in
overtime recently.
The hot man on the team
continues to be Melvin
Johnson whom many tab as
a highly regarded NBA
prospect.
Johnson has upped his
average to 18 per game
which is third in the Sun
Belt Conference.
The 6’9”, 220 pounder
VORTvl
Melvin Johnson
.Hot prospect
trom Miama, Florida, put
on a scoring exhibition at
South Alabama in which he
executed for 34 points
against the Jaguars.
Former coach Lee Rose
comes to town on Thurs
day, February 16, with the
Bulls of South Florida for a
7:35 p.m. ocetaat. r
The BuOrhav* eqjoyed a
mastery over the 49’ers in
recent years.
Charlie Bradly is the Bull
to watcn and the most
deadly of a team that would
relegate the 49’ers to a
lower division status in the
Sun Belt with a victory.
Hoping to get out of the
rut, the Niners will have to
get increased scoring from
Randy Davis and Emery
Atkinson to take some of
the load off Melvin John
Moore Exhibits Hot Shooting Streak
By James Cuthbertson
Post Sports Writer
West Mecklenburg's
Milton Moore is repeating
as ‘‘Playet- of the Week’’
for The Charlotte Post
because of the steady
streak of the hot-shooting
that he has been exhibiting
around the Southwestern
4A Conference recently.
In his last four games.
Moore hit 34 against North
Mecklenburg, 24 against
Olympic, 28 against South
Mecklenburg and 18
against West Charlotte to
bring his scoring average
to fourth in the confer
ence at 15.1.
Only a junior, West
Mecklenburg’s hopes of
making the playoffs rests
on his 6’2" shoulders.
Moore average 14 points
per game for the junior
varsity last year and is the
hottest item in the confer
ence at this time.
His 34 points against
North gave him the high
est point production in a
single game by a member
of the Southwestern 4A
Conference.
“I would like to make the
All-County team,” said
Moore, who is rather shy
about shooting and had to
be encouraged by his coach
to take more shots.
Coach John Day calls
Moore the “best all around
athlete” on the Indian
basketball team.
“I would like to do any
thing to help our team
make the playoffs,” said
Moore, the son of Mrs.
Doris Moore.
“We have been playing
well lately,” he said. “We ,
believe that we are getting
better as the season goes
along."
And indeed they have. !
The Indians rallied from a
15-point deficit to beat
Olympic 68-67, romped
over South 76-62 and car
ried West Charlotte to the
end only to lose 59-57.
Milton Moore of West
Mecklenburg is a star on
the horizon.
Other stars included
Angie Henderson of West
Charlotte who hit 25 points
in a 66-61 triple overtime
win over West Mecklen
burg. Haywood Workman
of Myers Park who hit 24
points in a 68-62 win over
East, Paul Grier of Myers
Park who hit 21 in the win
over East, Leonard Faul
con of Harding who hit 20 in
a loss to Olympic, and
Mark Schell of South who
had 22 in the loss to
Garinger.
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Melvin Johnson scored 27
pointe in 34 points of play
against South Florida. He
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made one of four free
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