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fend this statement to the press:
It feel* good to be beck at home
gain," he began, "we had a rough
road trip but this team is still a
great team. We will be ready at tour
nament time."
The Golden Bulls host Paine on
Saturday at Brayboy and hit the road
for games at Livingstone on Janu
ary 19, at St Augustine's on Janu
ary 22, and at Bowie State on Janu
ary 24.
Dante Johnson is leading the
Bulls in scoring with 20.8 points
per game average. He is followed by
Vincent Brown-16.1, Rodney Rich
ardson-1 l.S, Reggie Moses-10.5,
and Chris Jones--10.4.
Johnson' is the leading rebounder
" with 10.3 per game, followed by
Jones with 6.4.
Brown leads the assists race with
6.7 per game. Ricky McCormick
has 4.7 per game.
Chris Jones is averaging 3.1
blocked shots per game.
Jones leads the team in field goal
percentage with 65.2 per game. He
is followed by Johnson with 64.4
and Richardson with 63.2.
Vincent Brown is averaging 2.5
three pointers per game, hitting 25
of 54 for 46.3%.
The leading field goal shooter is
Moses with 94.1%. He is followed
by Richardson's 88% and McCor
mick's 85%.
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Mead’s Account Of
Joe Louis Is Engrossing
By Dorothy W. Robinson
Special To The Post
There is nothing more inspiring
than a story about a person who is
bom among the poor and lowly, but
who takes the gifts they were given
and climbs to the star*. Such is the
story of Joe Louis, who started out
with nothing more than a pair of
hard, • walloping fists and a warm,
generous heart.
Chris Mead gives an engrossing
account of this story in the book
"Champion Joe Louis: Black Hero
in White America" (Viking Penguin,
1986). Through the newspapers of
America, he takes us directly to a
ringside seat to watch Joe Louis
fight against democracy's greatest
challenger Racism.
Joe Louis' career started during the
1930s, right after a former black
heavyweight champion. Jack John
son, had goaded and taunted racism
into a frenzy. When Joe stepped
into this arena, the press came out
swinging. They attacked his color,
his speech, his ancestry, his work
habits and his mind. But Joe stayed
calm and unruffled. His trainers had
carefully taught him to lead from
the non-aggressive side and to
counter punch with so-called
right, or middle class behavior.
He followed these directions to the
letter.
Even though Joe kept a low and
humble profile, the press kept pum
melling him, viewing all his fights
through a color lens. It was not un
til he had his second fight with Ger
many's Max Schmelling that Joe
Louis became the symbol, not the
black versus white, but of Democra
cy versus Nazi ism. This was the
first time the press cheered for Joe
and began to accept him as Ameri
ca's champion. - '
The black press, of course, was in
GOLDEN BULL
OF THE. W K
Ricky McCormick
The Golden Bulls have been
searching for a point guard and they
might have found him.
Ricky McCormick is a 5-10 sen
ior from Fairmont, North Carolina.
Against Livingstone to bring the
Bulls out of a stump, he hit three
of four from the field and five of six
from the line for 11 points, but
most importantly he had 12 assists
and three steals in 31 minutes of
play for the Golden Bulls.
LADY BULL
OF THE WEZK
This week, we have two young la
dies who have helped the Lady
Golden Bulls towards a Five game
winning streak with their efforts.
Shanrion Beard is a 5-1, 150
pound point guard from Anderson,
Indimi.
She helped lead the Bulls lo a SI
56 win over Virginia Union and a
57-55 win over Shaw on the road
and a home win over Livingstone
by a 70-58 score.
She had 31 points against Union,
13 against Shaw and 14 points and
9 assists against Livingstone.
Angela Hamilton is a 5-10, 160
pound sophomore from Rutherford
ton, N.C.
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She scored 26 points and pulled
down 19 rebounds against Living
stone, 14 points and 16 rebounds
against Shaw and 17 points and 14
rebounds against Virginia Union.
his comer all the way, but there
were a couple of black writers who
had problems about white America
accepting a black who had not met
any of the required standards for ac
ceptability, such as speaking the
King's English and performing in
tellectual feats. It wasn't that these
writers didn't like joe. They just
would ave been more comfortable if
the hero section had been reserved
For Scholars Only.
Joe didn't seem to mind this ei
ther. He just kept working with his
two talents: the walloping fists and
the generous heart.
It was during World War II that
Joe's other championship skill,
giving away money, reached an all
time high. Joe would give away
money to anybody and everybody
who came within touching distance.
If he walked through an Army PX,
he would buy steaks for all the sol
diers in the place. He even rirkad
his championship title to give a
free fight for the Navy Relief Fund!
This was truly the round in which
he became everybody's champion. It
was also the round in which he be
came fiat broke.
The press and the public sympa
thized and continued to be on his
side, but he also got a few boo's for
not having handled money the way
big money-makers are supposed to
do. The author shows, however, that
Joe had made a heavy investment in
being good to people, and his in
vestment paid off handsomely.
There were so many people who
loved him that he was well taken
care pf in the last years of his life.
The book ends with a description
of Joe's ftmeral, where thousands of
people of all races gathered and
waved goodbye to this beloved
champion.
What an exciting story! What a
magnificent life!
Byron Dinkins arcs a rainbow jumper over an Old Domin
ion defender In a Conference win.
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"SPORTS SHORTS
Here's one to think about
when you're watching the
1988 Winter Olympics: In
the 1984 Olympics at Sara
jevo, U.S. skiers won a total
of five medals, more than
any other country that par
ticipated.
One thing you’ll see less
of at the next Olympics: in
juries. That’s due to a sports
medicine program to im
prove the overall fitness of
the U.S. Ski Team. Four
inter-related services aid
the skiers: research, psv
chological testing, educa
tion and medical service.
Shaklee Corporation is
program sponsor and offi
cial nutrition consultant to
the team.
One of the most innova
tive facets of training these
days is wind tunnel testing, v
a highly technical approach ,
to determine aerodynamic G
variables of both alpine and
nordic skiing. Skiers train
at wind speeds of 60 miles
per hour, simulating actual
downhill course conditions.
CIA A Basketball
Jan. 15
Bowie State at St. Paul
Fayetteville St. at Va. State
Shaw at Winston-Salem State
Roxboro College at Livingstone
Jan. 17
UDC at Bowie State
Fayetteville State at N.C. Central
Virginia Union at Elizabeth City
Hampton at St. Paul’s
Paine at J.C. Smith
Shaw at Livingstone
Virginia State at Norfolk State
Winston-Salem at St Augustine's
Jan. 19
Winston-Salem At Fayetteville St.
St Paul's at Bowie State
J.C. Smith at Livingstone
Jan. 20 ,
Livingstone at St. Augustine's
UDC at Hampton
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Virginia St. at Long)
Barber-Scotia
State at Norfolk 3
at Vliliiia Union
MEAC Basketball
Jan. 15
S.C. State at Augusta
Morgan State at Brooklyn
Jan. 15
UMES at Florida International
Jan. 17
Coppin State at S.C. State
N.C. A&T at Bethune-Cookman
Morgan State at Howard
Jan. 19 -.-'I
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S.C. State at Bethune-Cookman
UMES at Delaware State
Morgan State at Maryland
Baltimore County
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