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TELLING IT LIKE IT REALLY IS! .'..
A fanatic is simply an individual who knows that he’s
right!
For want of a better phrase, I shall call it the “Big
Basketball Ripoff.” Its purpose is not to discredit the
honest and those who aspire to be fair, or to expose the
dishonest. Its main purpose is to discourage the guilty.
Now, I said all of that to bring up the fact that it’s about
time the national press gives John Thompson the credit he
so richly deserves. Compare his record.Compare his
devotion to the welfare of his athletes, especially in
motivating them to become better students and men of
better character.
There is nothing in Georgetown’s track record under
John Thompson that points to the reference “Street
People,” as his players are too frequently called...,. The
Georgetown players dress extremely well.They appear
to be more intelligent than most athletes, and, above all,
they graduate on time.
Can any other college or university match that record?
Here’s three rousing cheers for John Thompson and for
the respect he’s brought to the college game of basket
ball. I wish there were more men in the profession like
him!
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Billy Packer, who’s almost as silly as the Miller High
Life beer commercials, apparently believes that he must
use the microphone to teach basketball coaches how to
play the game. Maybe he should apply for the vacancy at
Kentucky.
Can you imagine losing a basketball contest when your
team shoots 55 percent from the field? My guess is that -
despite the loss in the championship game to Villanova -
Georgetown will continue to reign as the No. 1 college
basketball team in America. They’re 35-3 for the year, and
that’s darn good!
Did you know that Georgetown has lost two champion
ship games in the past three years by a mere three points?
“We know how to win games, we know how to lose, too. I
just don’t want us to get in the habit,” my main man John
Thompson said shortly after the defeat Monday night.
Villanova assistant coach Mitch Buonagaro attributes the
victory to the shot clock. “Tonight, we didn’t have to take
bad shots,” he pointed out, adding, “we worked the ball
until we got the shot we wanted. With the shot clock, in
previous games, we were forced to take some bad shots we
^didn’t want to take.”
Donald Trump wants other USFL owners to help pay his
New Jersey Generals quarterback Doug Flutie $5
million-to-$8 million contract; ‘^They agreed to help pay
before he signed his five-year pact,” Trump said.
SUDDEN THOUGHT — It has been estimated that more
than 50 million Americans will begin their trek to the
fishing holes this month. What has not been figured is that
they will pay four times more for beer than they’ll pay for
supplies. -i
i he $22,000 minimum wages USFL rookies are paid this
year will escalate to $25,000 next year and to $30,000 the
year after...Pat Ewing is very impressive in his anti-drug
TV commercial.
I find it hard to believe that Smokin’ Joe Frazier is
planning to fight again. The 41-year-old former heavy
weight champion will meet Robert Cleroux in Montreal on
June 23. He will be paid $120,000, plus $10,000 in training
expenses and a $3,000 signing bonus.
Concerned with declining TV ratings, NFL officials have
scheduled 21 prime-time football games for next season.
They’re also considering scheduling “more appealing
matchups” for Monday nights on ABC.
Sources in Richmond, Va., report that there are few, if
any, hotel and motel rooms available for next year's CIAA
Basketball Tournament....The average NBA player would
take home $6,500 per week if they were paid mi a weekly
basis.....Chicago Cubs firstbaseman Leon Durham says
he’s set his sights on hitting 30 homeruns, 30 stolen bases,
and a .300 average.
Charlottean Eric Boyd was among nine MEAC athletes
to receive national recognition of excellence by the
Associated Press and the National Collegiate Athletic
Association recently. The former Independence standout,
who earlier was named MEAC “Player of the Year,”
received honorable mention to the AP All-American
Basketball squad, along with Jimmy Brown of AAT,
Dominic Snowden and Bernard Campbell of Delaware
State, and Sylvester Parson of South Carolina State. Anton
Skerritt, Richard Louis and Teresa Allen of Howard, and
Sophia Hunter of Delaware State were named All
American by the track coaches association.
Delaware state Doara of trustees voted not to renew the
contracts of head men’s basketball coach Joe Dean
Davidson and head women’s basketball coach Stanley
McDowell. “The decision not to renew the contracts was
based on the best interest of the two programs pnd the
future of Delaware State College basketball,” explains
athletic director Nelson Towsend.
North Carolina’s football team will show-off its new look
here Friday night. The "game-like” Blue-White scrim
mage will be held at Memorial Stadium, beginning at 7:15
p m “We’ll throw the ball more this year,” informed Dick
Crum. Coach Crum also stated that the Tar Heels will
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Coach Horace Small Excited About
Golden Bulls” Chance Of Improving
By James Cuthbertson
Post Sports Writer
Johnson C. Smith University head
football coach Horace Small is ex
cited about his team’s chances of
improving its 3-7 record of last year.
The Golden Bulls have complet
ed their spring practice and pro
gress has been noted by Small in the
multiple wishbone offense that he is
- implementing.
“This is our second year of trying
to run the wishbone offense," he
said. “Wfe are coming along fine.
They are becoming more adapted to
it. When we get it to working per
fectly, defenses cannot zero in on
one set of our offense,"
Standouts during the spring prac
tice have been halfback Jeff East
erling, halfback Tim Newman,
noseguard John Logan and defen
sive tackle Henry Galliard.
“Overall, we have had some good
play out of some people," said coach
Small. “Anthony Byers in the se
condary has had a real good spring.
The attitude of this team is very
positive.”
The battle for quarterback is be
tween Wendell Dixon and Leroy
Martin.
Dixon is the quarterback from last
year. Martin is a freshman trans
fer from the University of South
Carolina.
“The guys on this team believe in
themselves,” said Small. “They
think that we can win.”
Conference games on the road are
at Winston-Salem, Bowie State, and
Norfolk State.
The Golden Bulls will entertain
Hampton, Livingstone, Fayetteville
State and North Carolina Central at
home.
The non-conference schedule has
not been set, but A&T and South
Carolina State are two Division I-AA
teams the Bulls will play.
Rodney Huntley
.Secure In position
Huntley Is Making Big News
By James CitkkerttM
Post Sport* Writer
Myers Parks’ Rodney Huntley is
making news again. He’s throwing
the discus better than most of the
Conference’s big men.
The 8-foot-1, 185-pounder strong
man has participated in track and
• field since he was in the nth grade.
Admitting that the discus and
shot put are his favorite events, ha
said he wants to be the very beat in
the city in both categories
He has won most of the meets that
he has been in and recently won
another discus title In a dual meet
forth# Mustangs.
"I am going to keep on trying until
• I live up to my expectations,” he
said. “I have set some golds for
myself that I believe I can reach I
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to throw the shotput 56 feet or better.
Rodney Is hoping that by confe
rence tournament time, he will be
achieving these feats and get in
vited to the district, regional and
possibly a state championship. ‘
“I am going to go into the con
ference meet,” he said, “and try to
do my very best I would love to to
the state.”
Huntley speaks with an aura of
confidence. He is not cocky, but be is
secure in his position that you don’t
have to look like Hercules to ex
cel in the discus and the shotput.
Earlier in the year, he excelled in
football as an offensive guard. In
mid-year, he was a wrestler and
finished seventh in the conference
meet.
"I am really looking forward to
competing with the best in the city,
state and county," ha concluded.
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The Bulls don’t have any recruits
from the Charlotte area but have
some good looking prospects. They
are:
Warren Coleman, 6-4, 250, de
fensive tackle, Atlantic City, N.J.;
Dino Vinson, 6-3, 185, quarterback,
Jacksonville, N.C.: Tim Roberts,
6-4, 220, tight end, Florence, S.C.;
Craig Roberts, 6-2, 215, tight end,
Cherryville, N.C.: Sherman He
dricks, 6-3, 215, offensive tackle,
Shelby, N.C.: Dexter Brown, 6-5,
220, defensive tackle, Florence,
S.C.; Calvin Johnson, 6-3, 245, de
fensive tackle, Clio, S.C.; Ronald
Jones, 6-5, 195, strong safety, Wil
mington, N.C.; James Lofton, 6-3,
270, defensive tackle, Wilmington,
N.C.; Eddie Glaston, 6-3, 280, de
fensive tackle, Burlington, N.C.;
Greg Bennett, 5-11, 230, running
back, Sumter, S.C.; and Ronald
Boney, 6-3, 215, running back,
Wilmington, N.C.
Senior Games Set
Recreational and athletic compe
titions for adults 55 and older are
planned for the Charlotte-Mecklen
burg area in May.
The Senior Games will include
swimming golf, bowling, tennis, and
track and field.
The games will be on May 17-18 at
the University of North Carolina at
Charlotte, George Pappas Lanes,
and the Fort Mill Springs Complex.
Opening ceremonies will be at Me
morial Stadium.
Winners will be eligible to go to
statewide competition in Raleigh in
October.
To participate or ask questions,
call Susan Donaldson at 527-0237 or
Melody Wiggins at 889-5382. Regis
tration is $2 and the deadline to
register is April 22.
The games are co-sponsored by
NCNB, Central Piedmont Commun
ity College, Charlotte Parks and
Recreation Department, the Univer
sity of North Carolina at Char
lotte, Jefferson Pilot Communica
tions, YWCA, Council on Aging,
Mecklenburg County Recreation
Department, Centralina Council of
Governments, R.S.V.P., Community
Health Services, and Pineville
Parks and Recreation.
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Thomas Saxon
.Receives new duties
Bill Davis Names
Saxon Offensive
Coordinator
Orangeburg - Columbia native
Thomas Saxon has been elevated to
offensive coordinator by South
Carolina State head football coach
Bill Davis.
Saxon, offensive line coach and
recruiting coordinator for the Bull
dogs the past four seasons, takes
over the duties of Robert Johnson
who will devote full time to the S.C.
State’s men’s and women’s track
and field squads.
Saxon will continue his responsi
bilities for the Bulldog offensive line,
according to Davis, while defensive
secondary coach George Suggs will
take over as recruiting coordinator.
Saxon, a North Carolina Central
graduate, joined the State football
staff in 1981 after two years as an
assistant at Winston-Salem State.
He previously coached at the State
University of New York at Court
land, and Wisconsin-LaCrosse.
A North Carolina A&T graduate,
Suggs became the school’s first
full-time secondary coach in 1981.
He came to State after working as
defensive coordinator at Chapel Hill
(NC) High School. Prior to that
time, he was an assistant at N.C.
Central.
SCSC Hosts Relays
Orangeburg -A large field is ex
pected Saturday, April 6, for the 29th
running of the South Carolina State
College Relays.
Sixteen teams in the men’s divi
sion and 12 in women’s competi
tion are expected to be on hand for
the meet which gets underway at 9
a.m. at State’s new, all-metric
Lorry H. Hawkins Track and Field
Facility, located behind Dawson
Bulldog Stadium.
Bulldog teams have dominated the
Relays over the years, however,
State track coach Robert Johnson
expects stiff challenges to his teams'
dominance in both divisions.
The Lady Bulldogs’ toughest
challenge should come from Flori
da A&M, followed by Alabama
A&M and Fort Valley State, In the
men’s division, Florida A&M, Nor
folk State and Alabama A&M should
provide the stiffest opposition for the
Bulldogs.
Other teams making up the field
are Edward Waters, Clark, Florida
Memorial, Bethune-Cookman,
Fayetteville State, North Carolina
A&T, Benedict, Morris, Paine,
Claflin and Savannah State.
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