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NOTES AND MUSINGS.
A friend" of mine has read so much about the harmful
effects' of smoking that he has decided to give up reading!
' The puzzle has been solved...Well, Sort of! The
scenario' of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Southern Division title race is coming to form.
At this writing, it appears that neither Johnson C. Smith
nor North Carolina Central will catch Winston-Salem State
down the home stretch. The Rams were comfortably
'out-in-ffont with a two-game advantage and a 7-1 division
.ilate while the Bulls were 5-2 and the Eagles 5-5.
Winston-Salem has four games remaining and would have
to lose at least three times to let the pursuing teams get
back in the hunt.
In the meantime, the Bulls would have to sweep their >
five remaining contests to finish 10-2 in the division. That
appears to be a bit unrealistic when you consider coach
Bob Moore’s cagers are playing four games in six days this
week. However,, if the Bulls sweep their slate and the
Rams lost'one'of their four games, the two teams would
end up with identical 10-2 division records.
If you want your son to become rich and famous teach
him to play firstbase. Major League Players Association
study shows firstbasemen are baseball’s highest paid
performers. They were paid an average of $710,000 last
season, r- .
New York is a difficult market to crack. The New York
Knicks are learning daily Row tough the NYC markets can
be when they note thatonly four of their first 21 home
games have been sellouts. With Patrick Ewing playing
sensationally, you’d expect much more.
List Michael Jordan among those who believe North
Carolina center Brad Doughty will be the first player
picked in the NBA Draft. My guess is that Kenny Walker of
Kentucky will get the honor.
t Milwaukee Bucks’ coach Don Nelson says he believes
jthe rampant drug problem threatens the existence of
college and professional sports. “It (drugs) is not being
• dealt with. It is hot being stopped and unless we stop it
J there are major dangers,” NelSon warns.
Pete Maravich has joined Meadowlark Lemon’s
“Shooting Stars,” an offshooCof the Harlem Globetrotters.
If Lemon could talk Curly Neafoufof retirement, he would
have two"of the most colorful cagers ever to play the game
in his lineup.
William “The Refrigerator” Perry is my kind of man.
sometimes
|l read the script, but I don’t care for herfrea^^A^f
j didn’t want to ' out to California and stay ho seven days
to be in ho I’d rather go back home and spend some
.time*_r■ '
The Chicago Bears received $64,000 each for beating up
“ on the'New England Patriots in Super Bowl XX. The losers
were paid $52,000 for their efforts.
\ The odds agMiSkt^fifie USFL playing this faU took a
; substantial leap when Jim Mora left the Baltimore Stars to
; coach the New Orleans Saints in the NFL. He took his
! entire staff of assistant coaches with him.
Billy Martin can’t seem to getout'of baseball. He’s
; become a member of the New York Yankees’ broadcast
$ team. Remember A1 Hollands, the star relief pitcher who
,r once resided in Charlotte during the"off-seasons? The big,
' strong lefthander is dose to reaching an agreement with
! the New York Yankees.
Indiana’s stormy basketball coach Bobby Knight has
! lost 24hrecruiCs in 15 years. Guard Delray Brooks recently
transferred to Providence College. One of the most Sought
after players in the nation, Brooks will be eligible to play
for his new school next January.
Edok for Florida A&M to enter the market shortly for an
athletic director. Early indications are that the scalpers
will have a field day at the upcoming CIAA Basketball ;
Tournament. All 10,500 seats have been sold and each of
the 14 member schools has put up the SRO signs. This will
be the third straight year the conference has sold all seats
; to its four sessions.
The entertaining Harlem Globetrotters is readying a
music video of their famous long, “Sweet Georgia Brown”
Jon location in the ballroom of the Plaza Hotel in Los
Angeles. RCA Records will market the t^pe shortly.
Fayetteville State’s quest for the CIAA Southern
Division Championship took an abrupt halt when acade
mic problems removed Edward James and Samuel Nelion
from the Broncos’starting lineup. (eligible for
the 1906 spring semester.
Coach Eddie Robinson of Grambling state, u>e winning
est coach in college or pto
in ^Aiigeles March 1.
ESPN,
on theoth
MfAlllAltrA
seaion games each ’'Tech
headliners didn’t catoM imagina
tion. The Contest drew a n NBA
All-Star Contest'on Sunday for
• CBS.
Remember Mike Gminski, the former Duke University
standout? Mike, wfio is now in his sixth seaton with the
• New Jersey Nets of the NBA, has donr4--* Fjj
« Duke’s endowment scholarship fund.
Did you know that there are 32 black ai^_
the NFL, up from four in 1971? George Stallings became
; the sixth former Dallas player'of assistant Coach who Is
flow serving as head coaches in the NFL.’.. ..
Just when I was beginning to think Georgetown Would
repeat major College basketball champs, the Hoyaa
wining team hi loring ■
In Crucial CIAA Matchup
Crolden Bulls Host Ruins In Churlotte Coliseum
By James Cuthbertson
' Special To The Pest
Saturday at the Charlotte
Coliseum, Johnson C. Smith
University and Winston-Salem State
University will do battle before what
promisee to be a large crowd.
The battle will begin at 7:90 p.m.
with the Rams in the pole position
and the Bulls challenging The
stakes are the Number One seed in
the ClAA and the right to a bye in tbe
first round of the tournament that
begins February 26 in Richmond,
Va.
The last time the two teams met,
the Rams won by a 68-65 count as
guard Charlie Spell sank two free
throws with five seconds left on the
clock to ice the victory and push the
Rams into first place In the CIAA
Southern Division. \
Key matchups are guards Spell"
and Steve Hood against James
Shockley and Rodney Richardson of
Johnson C. Smith.
In the previous games, the guards
accounted for six of Winston
Salem's points while the guards
accounted for 16 of J.C. Smith's
points.
In the center position, Gary
Cromartie pulled down 17 of his
team’s 37 rebounds as the Rams out
muscled the Bulls on the boards by a
10-rebound margin.
The center who was most effec
tive against the Rams for the Bulls
was Kevin Hinton who was a perfect
four for four with eight points.
Hinton had four rebounds. Eddie
Coach Bob Moore
.Faces great challenge
Jordan was good on the boards also
pulling down seven rebounds against
the shorter Rams.
The Winston-Salem forward
combination of Alex Hooper and
Harry Giles accounted for almost
half of their team’s points. Hooper
had a game high 25, while Giles had
eight.
Jett brvin and ever-ready Dante
Johnson are the Bulls’ combination
that accounted for 20 points in the
first game with Johnson getting 20.
The Bulls are a more patient unit
than the Rams are. The Rams like to
run. The Bulls will be trying to slow
down the pace.
The bench strength is in favor of
Clarence Gaines
.WSSU head coach
the Bulls. Vincent Brown, Chris
Jones, and Reggie Moses are all
strong players who can fulfill a
starting role if someone is not
performing up to par.
The Bulls should have a signifi
cant home crowd available in the
contest that will probably decide
first place in the CIAA.
The Johnson C. Smith University
Golden Bulls will more than likely
finish either first or second in the
Southern Division of the C1AA.
The Bulls have games remaining
with St. Augustine's on February 20
and Fayetteville State on February
22.
Both games are at home.
Winston-Salem State has games
remaining with Shaw on February
19 and North Carolina Central on
February 22.
Both games are in Winston-Salem.
Assuming that the Bulls are
victorious in the Winston-Salem
game and win its remaining games
while the Rams lose theirs and finish
in first place, the most likely first
round opponent would be the winner
of the first round matchup between
the fourth place northern team and
the fifth place southern team.
At this juncture that would pit
them against the winner of the
Elizabeth City State (almost certain
fourth place northern finisher) and
Livingstone or St. Augustine’s who
are battling it for the number four
position in the South.
If the Bulls finish number two, the
first round opponent would be
Bowie State. The Bulldogs of Bowie
have one of the worst records in the
United States.
You be the judge of which team
the Bulls would rather face.
Remember that during tournament
time, every team is dangerous.
Especially a team like Bowie who
stands a chance of correcting an
entire season's pitfalls with one
victory.
So the Bulls' options are pretty
clear.
If they should slip and finish third
behind N.C. Central or St.
Ausutine's, they would play the
number six team in the northern
division which will more than
likely be St. Paul’s, a team they beat
80-71 in Charlotte during Christmas.
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