Horace Small
.Intends to win!
Horace Small Says:
Academically Ineligible
Players Can’t Help You!
By Tay Burwell
Special To The Post
When Horace Small was
introduced to the media
as Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity’s new athletic
director and head football
coach, he was presented
with a coach’s dream si
tuation.
“I don’t care if Johnson
C. Smith University does
not win another football
game, as long as Smith
players succeed in their
academic work and grad
uate with their degrees,”
remarked school president
...Dr.Jtobert L. Albright.
I appreciate what Dr.
Albright was saying, ’' com
mented Small. “J. C.
Smith has earned a repu
tation throughout its his
tory as an institution that
takes its educational mis
sion seriously. That doesn’t
mean that we don’t intend
to win every .athletic event
scheduled or that we feel
-we won’t be able to com
Horace Small thinks just
the opposite is true.
“Academically ineligible
I
players can’t help you in
the line-up, nor will re
cruiting youngsters who
drop out after a year or
two,” points out the Shaw
graduate. “Student
athletes who have the dis
cipline to be good students
certainly have the disci
pline needed to be good
football players."
Because JCSU graduates
a high number of recruits
brought to campus, Small
has found a warm recep
tion in, the homes of re
cruits this year.
rarenus warn uieir sons
to graduate from college,”
he emphasized: “We - al
ways sell our academic
program first, then talk
football.”
If one word could sum
mon Horace Small’s
coaching philosophy, it is
discipline.
“We can’t have 60 people
doing 60 different things,”
stated Small. “We will be
dressing out only about 45
jpeople even ^for, hojpg
games. Wearing the Gold
and Blue will be a pri
vilege earned each week.”
While the chain of com
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, Phil Neely
—— .Top amateur golfer
PM Neely: One Of
’City’s Better Golfers
By James Cathbertson
Past Sports Writer
Phil Neely has a
reputation of being one of
the better golfers in town.
When he is not oo his
salesmanship job at Papal
Cola, he is on the golf
course. TtMtaative of Rock
Hill, South Carolina picked
up the game when he was
25 years old.
"I was a caddy at Rock
Hill Country Club and the
more I caddied the more I
began to brfieve that this
was the game for mo,” he
said. ,.
He attended Emmett
Scott High School in Rock
Hill and sold he likes the
■port of golf bettor than
nyaport.
'"There ia not as much
naming as football or as
much jumping as basket
ball,'' he added "hi golf
you can ride/
Neely says be Is a
scratch player but 1*M
fete?<*^tr rnB'n'
honors include winning the
East Mecklenburg
Optimist Tournament, the
Golfer's of America Lark
haven Tournament and
teaming with Donald
Littlejohn to finish second
in the Mecklenburg Four
Ball tournament.
What would Phil tell
someone who was trying
golf for the first time?
<‘l would tall them that it
is very important to grip
the club properly,” he said.
“If you don't leant to hold
the club properly, you will
not swing properly end you
will never ieam to play the
game wKh any success If
you learn this you will
always have fun at golf.
“Also you have to
remember to keep an eye
on the ball,” said the golfer
who plays year round
“There Is no season in golf,
you can play year-round.
That is another thing that I
like about Otis game.”
mand is quite clear on the
field, Small is seeking to
build a team support
among alumni and support
ers off the field.
‘‘Building a winning pro
gram will mean building
gate attractions and ge
nerating financial support
in the community,” reflect
ed Small. “It’s important
for alumni to help scout the
area talent and make the
effort to convince a pro
spect To visit-the school.
Winning football seasons
don’t happen overnight nor
without the involvement of
many people who want a
program to succeed. ”.
as coacn small maps out
an overall plan for the next
five years and puts to
gether the details for his
1984 campaign, a formid
able schedule awaits him.
The Bulls open on the road,
traveling to defending
CIAA champion Virginia
Union on September 1. The
home schedule will feature
Catawba (September 8)y»
Bowie State (September
22), N.C. A&T State (Sep
tember 29), S.C. State
(October 6), St. Paul’s
(October 20), and Winston
Salem State (October 27).
Next Week: The JCSU
recruiting year.
City And County
Government Phone
Numbers To Chang
All City and County
government telephone
numbers with the 374 prefix
will change to 336 effective
July 1, 1984. The last four
numbers will remain the
same. All other local
government telephone
numbers will remain
unchanged.
Persons needing
emergency police, fire and
ambulance service in
Charlotte and Mecklenburg
County will still dial 911.
The new numbers will be
published in the Southern
Bell telephone directory to
be distributed in late June
and early July.
After the change persons
calling the .374 exchange
will receive a recording
instructing them to dial
338
In 1970 City and County
government converted to
the 374 exchange with a
capacity of 1,500 lines. All
of those lines are now in
use. In the new 336
exchange 3,000 numbers
have been reserved for
local government use.
Corey Baker Has Chosen Jordan As “Role Model”
By Teresa Simmon*
Post Managing Editor
Corey Baker. It’s a nor
mal enough name. But at
the rate this 13 year old is
going that name may fast
become a household word
like Michael Jordan or Wilt
Chamberlain.
Baker, who has been
playing since the age of
three attributes his style
and winning ability to his
father, Willie Baker.
“I like the way my
father plays basketball,”
Corey began. “I also ad
mire Michael Jordan, who
ttow lias gune pm with the
Chicago Bulls.”
Baker has chosen Jordan
as a role model and wishes
to play for a college team
first, then move on to the
professional ranks.
Baker just might be in
line for the honor. At 13 he
is already 5’6”. His stra
tegies are best as a team
player and passing the ball.
He is also good at shoot
ing, averaging 16 points per
game.
Competing recently in
the Junior Olympics in
Memphis, Tennessee,
Baker walked away with
one of the "Best Players"
awards. This plaque and
honor was given to four of
the best players from
seven competing teams.
As a member of the Win
ter Fiplri Booster Club All
Star Basketball Team
(since the age of six).
Baker aided the team in the
Eastern Region tourna
ment against the All-Star
Burlington Team. The
Corey Baker
...Basketball star
teams were shooting for
the Junior Olympics.
Unfortunately, Winter
Field Io6t the game to
Rangers Romp Over Eagles
Powered by the big bats
of William Wright, Bobby
Thompson, and Rudy
Falls, the Queen City
Rangers romped to a 15-8
victory over the Westside
Eagles here last Sunday.
Designated hitter Wright
led the assault against
three Eagles' hurlers with
four singles, while Thomp
son was hitting three one
base blows, and Falls' two
singles and a triple.
Wright scored three times
and plated three team
mates. Falls also had three
RBI's.
Manager Herman Tho
mas used four pitchers in
his team’s 15th triumph in
17 starts this season. “I
thought it best that we
work them for a shorter
period of time,'’ he in
formed. pointing out that
Phil Harris, Bill Davis and
Bernard Thomas each
worked two innings. Willie
Patterson pitched the final
three frames. Thomas was
the winner. It was his third
victory against no defeats
this year.
The Rangers jumped out
to a 4-0 lead in the first two
innings only to have the
Eagles to cut the margin to
one run after four rounds.
A 5-run Ranger outburst in
the sixth put the score out
BATCH Plans Tennis Tourney
The ninth annual Greater
BATCH Invitational Tennis
Tournament will be held
July 13-15 at Hornet’s Nest
Park.
Singles events include 35
and over men’s, men’s,
ladies’, junior boy and
junior girl.......
Judge Todd
The Special Projects
Committee to Re-Elect
Judge Michael Todd will
sponsor a “Cocktails With
Judge Todd” affair Friday,
June 29, from 7-8 p.m. The
event will be held at the
Excelsior Club, 921 Beat
ties Ford Rd. After the
cocktail sip;’’a disco will
also be sponsored.
Tickets are $5. The pu
blic is invited to attend.
Doubles events in
clude 35 and over, junior
bay, junior girl, mixed,
men’s and ladies'.
The cost is $7 per sin
gle and $10 per doubles
team. Junior costs are $5
per single and $7 per
junior doubles team.
Default time is 15
minutes.
The deadline is July 7.
For further information,
.contact James Cuthbert
son, 5537-3 Northstream
Drive, or call 393-2058 after
9 p.m. or before 8 a.m.
of reach and the Rangers
coasted from that point.
Thompson ignited the
rout with a base on balls.
Marcus Velasquez also
drew a base on balls, but
Wright came through with
the second of his four base
knocks to send Thompson
scurrying home. Velasquez
and WTight both came f
home when Michael Peake
hit a long triple to right
center. Fall tripled to score ;
Peake and raced across
home plate on the front end
of a double steal.
After notching a single
ton in the seventh and a
pair in the eighth, the
Rangers closed out the
point making with a trio of
tallies in the ninth.
“We were glad to get that .
win under our belts," fi
Thomas stated, adding,
“We will not play again
until July 7th. We definite
ly wanted to go into the rest
period with a win.”
Thomas didn't elaborate
on whether he would con
tinue to use the four
pitchers-per-game rotation
or not. “I’m not sure,” he
responded, “I just thought
it was a good idea last
Sunday. That doesn't mean
I will use it on a regu
lar basis.”
- -L
Burlington. So how did
Baker become . fortunate
and eligible for the Junior
Olympics? -
Burlington’s team chose
three players from the
Winter Field Team and off
to the Junior Olympic
games they sprinted.
Now a member of the
official Eastern Division
winners Baker helped the
team through two winning
games. During the Junior
Olympics championship
the team came in second
place. Now Baker's team
will be off to Jacksonville,
Florida, for another cham
pwnshipJitlfi._
iwo other Charlotteans
played on the Junior Olym
pic team: Sean Miller and
Hewell Hykes. Hykes also
received one of the "Best
Players” honors.
Since the age of three,
Baker has played basket
ball with his father and his
three brothers, Willie Jr.,
Adrian and Dedrick. He is
now in the seventh grade at
Spaugh Middle School and
plans to play basketball
and football next semester.
He may also run the 100
and 4-40 relay in track.
He labels “all sports" as
his hobbies and practices
on various community
courts with adults and one
of his older brothers
Adrian, who plays basket
ball for Harding Senior
High School. “Adrain has
taught me a lot about
basketball also," Baker
stated.
The dream of becoming a
professional basketball
star may be just a few
years away for Baker. “My
ambition is to become a
professional basketball
player," Baker interjected.
With the proud support
from his parents, Willie
and Johnnie Baker, his
chances are good
He is a member of St.
Paul Baptist Church,
where Rev Paul Drum
mond is pastor.
Baker's plaque reads:
“1984 -- 13 and under
AAU-USA Junior Olympic
Boys Basketball National
Championships - Southeast
Zone - All Tournament
Team ” His coach on the
Winter Field team is B. V.
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