FACE 6 tribunal AID WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6.1975
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CHARLOTTE POST
1975 CIAA
Football Preview
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SAY YOU SAW IT HERE
Your Opinion of yourself is always different
from that of your friends.
Howard University has been named the team
most likely to win the MEAC football champion
ship this fall. MEAC publicity people believe the
Bison will better their 8-2-1-record of a year ago.
There has been some wholesale changes made
in the coaching staff at North Carolina A&T State
University. The Aggies have added Sherley
Stuart, successful high school coach from Roa
noke, Va. Murray Neely, Mel Groome and James
Toon are not returning to Aggieland as coaches
this season.
The SIAC will st)on become the third major
Black college conference to change its basket
ball tournament site. Earlier, the CIAA moved
its big show from Greensboro to Hampton, Va.
and the MEAC pack up and left Baltimore for the
Greensboro Coliseum. Now the SIAC officials
say they are going to stage their 43rd tourna
ment at Huntsville, Ala. next March 4-5-6. The
tourney was held in Tuskegee, Ala. at Tuskegee
Institution for many years prior to last winter.
It’s alright to save money, but too many are
trying to save it from people they owe it to.
Shaw University will also have new personnel
on its coaching staff this fall. Horace Smalls,
who once served as an assistant football coach at
the Raleigh University, has returned from Del
aware State and William Spann has been named
head of the athletic department.
In an effort to comply with the Washington
Redskins 24-hour rule prohibiting football teams
frorn playing in the stadium the day before their
Sunday games, Howard University has changed
three of its football games from Saturday to
Friday night. The Maryland-Eastern Shore,
Hampton, and Morgan State encounters were
moved from Saturday afternoon to Friday night
due to schedule conflict with the Redskins.
Grambling University will conduct its annua)
summer band camp from July 31 to August 9 and
applications are now being accepted. Conrad
Hutchinson Jr., director of bands, says appli
cants have already pre-registered from as far
awav as Texas. New Yot-k, California and
Illinois, Incidentally, Grambling will have a
freshman band. The band is staff by 14 directors
and five additional staff members.
The seven head football coaches in the MEAC
will meet with the press at the annual MEAC
football preseason conference in Greensboro
Saturday morning. The session is scheduled to
begin at 10 a.m. in the Howard Johnson Motor
Lodge on High Point Road...South Carolina State
College proudly announces the addition of Marty
Salley McGee to its public relations staff. Ms.
McGee will serve as public information specia
list. She’s a former sports editor with the
Orangeburg Times and Democrat.
The Mecklenburg County Semipro Baseball
league contest between the Morris Field Rang
ers and the Charlotte Hawks has been changed to
Sunday afternoon at Griffith Park. It previously
was scheduled for Saturday afternoon.
Basketball greats from around the country will
gather at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on
August 22 to battle for the United Negro College
Fund. 15,000 spectators are expected to turn out
for what should be one of the year’s most
challenging basketball games.
Livingstone College, which has won 17 of its 22
football games in the past two years, appears to
be an excellent bet to push Norfolk State for
football championship honors in the CIAA this
fall.
S. C. State College has signed to appear in the
annual Charlotte Invitation Basketball Tourna
ment at the Park Center here in early December.
NORFOLK STATE
COLLEGE—Coach Dick
Price accomplished something
no other Spartan mentor had
in his first effort-a champion
ship. What will he do for an
encore? Time will only tell as
the champion meets a threat
every weekend.
Quarterback Steve Graeff
returns to lead the Spartans
and he will have a strong
running game with Tony
Drakeford, Collin Arrington,
and Johnny Warren, returning.
The receiving corps will be
m headed by Eddie Powell, Vic
tor Miles, Madrice Kearney,
Dwight Powell and Charles
Hurdle.
On defense, the Spartans
will have experience in the
backfield with the likes of
John Williams, Bryon Grier,
Anthony Knight, Curt Walls,
Preston Owens, Russ Mitchell,
Larry Thompson, Elisha Har
ris and on the line Temple
Jackson, Steve Minor, Roger
Nance, Bill McKeith and
James Flowers.
The Spartans have a host
of rising sophomores and
that is a signal of the fire
works to come.
LIVINSTONE COL
LEGE Coach Baxter Hol
man is looking for a champ
ionship. The young mentor,
who carries a paddle as his
constant companion, has
performed great wonders
with the material at Living
stone.
The Blue Bears came close
last year and with offensive
threat, Sam Branch, returning
for another campaign, Living
stone has to be considered a
serious threat for league hon
ors. Nose-guard Johnny Miller,
6—2, 243-pound; will be the
defensive leader. He has been
rated by his coaches and op
posing coaches as one of the
best in the nation.
Andrew Cooney, 6—3,
180-pounds; gives the Bears
offensive and defensive sup
port with his field goal, place
kicking and punting ability.
SHAW UNlVEKSI'l'Y-
Shaw University won four
games last season and emerged
as the surprise team of the
league. The Bears got wins
over Federal City College,
Elizabeth City State, Fort
Bragg and Winston-Salem
State.
Coach Jesse Qements nar
rowly missed the “Coach of
the Year” honor as Living
stone’s Baxter Holman
squeaked out the honor over
Norfolk State’s Dick Price.
Clements feels that the exper
ience, the taste of victory and
new found confidence will
spur the Bears to great heights
in 1975.
All-CIAA honoree William
Artis, 5—9, 190-pound line
backer; will lead the defens
ive effort along with Freddie
Ryans, 230 pound tackle.
Running back James Jones
returns for another campaign
and should be a strong cand
idate for All-CIAA honors.
Shaw University is expect
ing 32 veterans to answer the
opening whistle and this along
with the newcomers should
make them a strong contend
er.
HAMPTON INSTI
TUTE—Twenty-three veter
ans return to bolster the^
Hampton Institute fortunes,
and this group will be aug
mented by some seasoned
transfer students. The spot
light is on the Pirates’ four
individuals - quarterbacks
Dwight Joyner and Jebsen
Baker, T. C. Logan, Halfback-
flanker and Joseph James
tackle.
Hampton played a lot of
inexperienced men last season
and the season of football fire
is surely bound to help them.
In addition,. Lovett is known
as a good recruiter and he is
a sure bet to bringinsome top-
notch newcomers that car
help the cause immediately.
A lot of things are in the
Pirates’ favor, most of thei
games are in the friendly tide
water area, new enthusiasm,
a taste of the victory tree and
the spirit of Lovett and his
staff.
Hie Indians, High Point Little League Baseball I'eam,
sponsored by Facecraft Veneers Company, had an unde
feated season record of 14-0. The players are: (1 to r) Mark
Wall, Anthony Gray, Alfred Shirrell, Jerome Robinson,
SAINT PAUL’S COL ■
LEGE Coach Pemell Sims
has an advantage over most
teams in the league. Hell have
a seasoned quarterback. Hor
ace Pomley, a 6—4, 180 lbs.,
returns to lead the Tigers af
ter gaining some real experi
ence under heavy fire last
year. “Pomley’s development
was very smooth and we feel
that he has gained enough ma
turity to make us more than
just a team,” Sims said. “He
has an excellent arm and is a
heady fellow.”
Also returning on offense
are two power running threats.
Bob Parker, a 6—6, 190 lb.
tailback and Mark Spring.
James Woodson, one of the
best wide receivers in the
league also returns.
The Tigers have a number
of question marks on defense
and Saint Paul’s is going to
shore up a lot of trenches if
they are to finish with some
v/ins.
Perhaps the biggest prob
lem is finding a replacement
for Hubert Smart. Smart gain
ed All-VCAA, All-CIAA hon
orable mention and other hon
ors last season.
FAYETTEVILLE
STATE UNIVERSITY-
The return of All-CIAA James
Godwin brings smiles to
Coach Ray McDougal’s face.
Godwin led the league in scor
ing last year with 54 points,
and total rushing with more
than 1,000 yards. “He is a
premier runner with power
and speed (Godwin does the
100 in 9.5) and finds holes
in a defense like running wat
er.”
FSU’s offense will be led
by Godwin and hell have
backfield help in Tim Heath,
a running back; and Wayne
Bythewood, a wide receiver.
Up front, All-CIAA candidate
Charlie Boyd, 6—1, 240 lbs.,
middle linemen; and lineback
ers Tony Reid, Phillip Platt,
James Williams, and Mike
Stevens.
McDougal says that he
plans to find the best foot
ball players out of the 21
returnees and walk-ons and
make them a tough unit.
(Barber Scotia and Federal
City College have applied for
membership in the CIAA. The
former does not play football
and the latter one does. It
would not have been proper
to inquire about Federal City’s
prospects prior to the CIAA
Delegate Assembly meeting,
which is scheduled for April
18, 19 and 20,1975.)
Vernon Dehart, Danny Quick, Dean Barnes.
Second row: Sonny Hardin, Coach (top left); Everett
Dehart, Captain; Jaybird Tate; Richard McCleod; Mickey
Leggett; Larry Hedrick; co-captain.
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