TELLING IT LIKE IT REALLY IS!
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The 1984 Black College Football Campaign has slipped
up on us! The CIAA lists five contests and there are three
games involving as many MEAC schools Saturday.
. football fans will have a choice of five games. The
rwattfaCt,l0Tn 18 016 big batUe between North Carolina
Central and Livingstone is Salisbury Saturday afternoon.
The other attractions include the JCSU-Virginia Union
ia Rl1?hmo[ld> Bowie State at St. Paul’s Tennessee
State at Hampton, and Virginia State at Winston
Salem State m the CIAA. South Carolina State will journey
white ^Central ' Furman in ^ afternoon
i Florida engages Bethune-Cookman and
Hrirlen^rtains Rhode Island in the MEAC contests
W!Ui 19 starters returning from last year’s team, coach
an <rx?ellent opportunity to capture the
Southern Division title, a first-time honor for Living
stone College. In addition to the benefits of having had a
good recruiting year, Rose has top-quality threats in
kicking specialist Paul Ford and highly explosive JoJo
White who has scooted for 3,007 career yards. He rushed
for 221 yards a game in 1983. Ford kicked 57 field goals last
year.
It would appear that coach Billy Hayes has bitten off
more than he can chew. His Winston-Salem State Rams
one of the teams the experts say will contend for the
Southern Division crown, will face five top-ranked
opponents in the first five weeks of the new season.
Hayes opens the season Saturday night against Virginia
^ ^ H1 Winston-Salem. Then, in successive weeks, he is
rw?Ule<^t0* c^Ue"8e A&T in Greensboro and North
Carolina Central in Durham before facing Virginia Union
in a night game in Winston-Salem. The Rams will be in
wSSSSSSSf'0ctober 6' engaging Uvingstone’s
CHECK THIS OUT! When the St. Louis Cardinals sold
??ry TemPleton -to the San Diego Padres, the
guted shortstop was labeled as one of the game’s problem
chiWren. Today, knee problems and all, Templeton is
rated the game’s most underrated player. My guess is that
„ ,U singly in the National League’s “Most
Valuable voting. He has become a crowd favorite.
It appears to me that black college officials should hold a
meeting to figure ways to get some of the big bucks the TV
people are tossing around. There’s a tremendous black
consumer market out there, with plenty of money!
Look for O. J. Simpson to replace Howard Cosell on the
“Monday Night Football” broadcast team. ABC will air 21
Monday night NFL games this season, with Don Meredith
scheduled to work only 14. , r.’
HERE’S A TWIST! Big Bob Hopkins, high-scoring
forward with Grambling in the mid-50’s, has been named
head football coach at Louisiana Southern. The Atlanta
Hawks, which reportedly lost a whopping $3 million last
year, is trying to unload guard Johnny Davis and center
Tree Rollins and thier hefty salaries.
Rumors out of Boston are that the Red Sox are close to
closing a deal with the Atlanta Braves for outfielder Jim
Rice...Latest check revealed that firing Frank Robinson
has not proven beneficial to the San Francisco Giants.
They were 3-7 in their first 10 games under Danny Ozark.
Nyles Darling, South Carolina State’s top defensive
back has beem tabbed ^m-AlLAmerican by the Sporting
News in its preseason poll ofDivision I-AA schools..
Reno Patterson, John Bostic and Leon Gonzales of
' Bethune-Cookman, offensive tackle Franz Kappel, wide
receiver John Taylor and defensive tackle Joe Lane of
Delaware State, offensive guard Lance Bonner and
defensive end Johnson Crutchfield of South Carolina State
were also picked for the high honors.
The Sheridan Broadcasting Network, which hasn’t had
much luck with the ratings of its Black College Foot
ball Polls, has placed Joe Purzycki of Delaware State,
Willie Jeffries of Howard, Bill Davis of S.C. State and
James Phillips of Morgan State on its voting members
committee for 1984.
Did you know that Johnson C. Smith has carded three
outstanding teams for night games at Memorial Sta
dium?...The new Bulls will host Catawba a week from
Saturday in their home opener. A&T comes to town
September 29 and S.C. State follows on October 6. Each
contest will kickoff at 7:30 p.m.
Homecoming will be celebrated October 27, with
Winston-Salem State as the CIAA opponent
Johnson C. Smith’s football roster has a few surprises.
The Bulls, for example, successfully recruited 13 athletes
from South Carolina and they carrolled only five from
North Carolina. Three players, junior noseguard John
Logan, senior tackle Robert Wright and freshman Randy
Green each list their playing weight at 280 pounds.
Forty-five of the 67 athletes weigh morethan.200 pounds
while 21 roster players tip the scales at less than 200.
Sophomore running back Jeff Easterling is the smallest
1 person on the squad. He weighs a mere 15$>.
Coach Small and his staff had more success in recruiting
players from Florida and South Carolina than they did in
I North Carolina. Of the 30 newcomers to the team, 15 are
from South Carolina and eight are from Florida. Four of
the rookies are from the ol’ home state. >
THE PRICE OF INFLATION? ....The San Francisco
49ers’ payroll soared from $7.6 million a year ago to an ’
all-time high of $8.5 milliort this year.
It’s nothing short of remarkable how the political
candidates recommend themselves
The ol’ Crystal Ball has been polished and, like the
athletes who have trained enthusiastically, is ready to get
into action. OCB picks Virginia Union to edge Johnson C
Smith; South Carolina State to slip by Furman; Rhode
Island to defeat Howard; Tennessee State to wallop
. Hampton; Winston-Salem to get by Virginia State*
Bethune-Cookman to trounce Central Florida; St. Paul’s to
down Bowie State; and Livingstone to cruise by North
Carolina Central.
Eft '■ -**&*[*;+ ' , * *’ ' • ‘ * _ * /
J . U4 .s ■>. ■ N '
Jeff Easterling
.Swift running back
Horace Small
.New taskmaster
Darrel W esley
.Potential All-American
Against Virginia Union
Golden Bulls Open ’84 Cantnaion
By Phil Busher
Special To The Post
First year Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity head coach Horace Small
will get a taste of what it felt for
Daniel to be thrown into the lion’s
den when the Golden Bulls travel to
Richmond, Va., to take on the two
time defending CIAA champions,
Virginia Union, on Saturday, Sep
tember i.
The Panthers will be primed as
Joe Taylor takes over as the new
Virginia Union head coach from the
super successful Willard Bailey
(106-32-4) who moved to his alma
mater,‘Norfolk State. Taylor is a
former Panther assistant who gave
up the head coaching job at Howard
to be able to return to Virginia
Union.
The Panthers are heavily favored
to take the CIAA Northern Divi
sion title with 16 starters back from
1983 s 10-2 squad. Fourteen seniors,
including pro prospects LB Samuei
Harry Morrow
.Hoskins manager
Triple County
League Playoffs To
Be Held Saturday
Freddy Petty’s 450-foot homerun
in the fifth inning enabled the
surprising Hoskins Giants to elimi
nate the fa voretTQueen City Rhtf~
gers Trom the Triple County Base
ball League’s Championship Play
offs at West Mecklenburg Athletic
Field Sunday night.
The blow, which sent the Giants
wining to an 11-9 victory, also sent
the Giants into the playoff’s semi
finals at West Mecklenburg Satur
day afternoon against the Metro
Phillies. The contest is the second
half of a doubleheader that will
match the Charlotte Red Birds
against the Charlotte Bombers,
starting at 1 p.m.
“We’re not sure at this early date
who will be starting on the mound
for us,” Hoskins manager Harry
Morrow said. "However, 1 would say
it likely will be either righthander
June Graham or lefty James Pen
dergrass.” Morrow said Graham,
who posted a 4-1 record during the
regular season, is 2-0 in playoff
competition. Pendergrass was 6-3 in
regular season play.'
The veteran Giants manager is
looking to second baseman Michael
Forney, third baseman Vic White
and left fielder Fred Petty to fur
nish the offense for his team. Each
was outstanding last week. Forney
clouted three singles and a double
while White wee hitting three
singles and Petty a homerun and a
single.
The championship contest will be
held Sunday afternoon, starting at 3
o'clock. The opponents will be de
cided after play on Saturday.
Here’s how it works: The Red Birds
and the Bombers are competing in
the losers' bracket and Hoskins and
the Phillies are In the winners’
bracket. The winning team in the
losers' bracket will take on the
losing team in the winners' brack
et at 7 Saturday night. The winner of
the winners' bracket will face the
victor in Saturday night’s game
Sunday afternoon
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Grooms and DB John Warren will
line up against a younger Bulls
squad
"We realize this will be one ofour
toughest games all year and that
coach Taylor is looking for an
impressive start, " remarked Small
The Bulls offensive line received
a boost when All-CIAA prospect
Kelvin Davis completed summer
grade requirements after missing
spring semester. The 6'3”, 320
pound junior from East Orange, NJ,
will be a key in springing speed
sters Darrel Wesley and Jeff East
erling on the outside. Wide receiver
Shelton Johnson (6’3“, 190 pounds)
has returned to school after a year
layoff to bolster a capable receiving
corp led by sophomore Tracey
Gainey and Leon Shipp.
"W’e're on schedule and generally
pleased with our ability to move the
ball so far,” assessed Small.
The Panther defense, ranked num
ber one in the C1AA and the NCAA II
last year, will present a formid
able challenge for the Bulls with
eight starters back. Last year,
Union prevailed 14-0 in Charlotte,
turning away Smith three times in
the second half.
Taylor has been noted in Rich
mond as not planning to tamper with
the highly successful Panther ma
chine. Union operates out of the wing
T offense and generally shows eight
men up front on defense when not
running a 4-3. “The championships
will continue" is the 1984 Panther
motto. Union has won four CIAA
crowns the past five years and has
been invited to the NCAA II play
offs the same number of times.
Kickoff at Hovey Field on Union’s
campus will be 8 p.m. Saturday. The
Golden Bulls will return to Char
lotte to host the Catawba College
Indians of the SAC 8 at Memorial
i * O
Stadium.on September 8 at 7:30
pm
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