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RALFIGH, N C . SATURDAY. FEBRUARY, 17, 1968
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St. Augustine’s Falcons In Running For Cl A A Tourney
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HOPING FOR A CHAMP - San Juan, Puerto Rico: Pittsburgh Pirates
r Hoberto Clemente (R), newest horse owner at San Juan’s El
' or.-.n .ili' Li Race Track, talks with jockey Hector Diaz during morn
workout recently. Diaz is astride Clemente’s horse, appropriately
i uio ! champion Bate (Champion Batter). The horse is a two-year old
a.d hasn’t started to race yet. Clemente, leading hitter in the National
- !g u > , has already signed his contract and plans to stay in Puerto Rico
until spring training begins. (UPI PHOTO).
RJDKS HIGH - A&T’S 5-10 playmafcer Carl
'• ui: ■ ; M' ,S way up for layup in recent
• North Carolina College. Watching
: ';U r *s’ Ron McCrimmon. Aggies
n> boost their record
Sufcmg Aggies Win
Off Balanced Attack
GREF NSBORO - A quick look
at ctuTf.it. statistics reveals
t':at b -land depth are the
k*.-> lac* r- the success of
cea.-.-n’s t.-.T basketball
team. Alt l ough the second
place Aggies have no high scor
ing star, four players are scor
ing in double figures.
These include flashy fresh
mar. Jimmy Staggs, who tops
A&T wit*, a 17.1 average, Ted
Campbell wit; an 11 8 average,
Sylvester Adams with a 10.8
average and Bob' . Rrooker with
a 10 2 average.
Ironically, neither Staggs nor
L: r are starters. Both
are irest-men who have come
off the bench to ignite the Aggies
on various occasions.
The two youngsters both
learned thoi basketball on
playgrounds in Philadelphia.
Both have become crowd pleas
• ers with A&T fans.
The other A&T starters are
Carl Hubbard(9.B)George Mack
(8.5) and Lonnie Kluttz (6.7).
But it has been the Aggies’
strong bench that has enabled
them to down their last eight
foes handily. In Staggs, Brook
er, 6-6 Vernon Walker and 6-7
Walt Anderson, Coach Cal Ir
vin has probably the most fear
some back-up crew in the con
ference.
The lanky Anderson, a na
tive of Alachua, Fla., was not
•even listed ort the roster at
the beginning of the season, but
has developed into a tremen
dous rebounder and scorer,
"This boy has real desire to
succeed,” said Irvin. “Justfive
m inutes a day working with him
has made the difference.”
Walker, who prepped at Wil
liam Penn High School in High
Point, has also come along
fast. Against JohnsonC. Smith,
Walker snagged 16 rebounds and
scored 17 points, his highest
total of the season.
In the rebounding department,
the Aggies are again strong with
Campbell, Kluttz, Staggs and
Walker leading the charge.
Reefy Campbell is averaging 12
grabs per game and Kluttz, An
derson, Brooker, Staggs and
W alker, six each .
A&T has important confer
ence games remaining with
Elizabeth City, Winston-Salem,
and road games with national
small - college powers Kentuc
ky Wesleyan and Akron.
Eagles Win
Place In
Md. Meet
DURHAM - Sparked by a
first place, in the 60-yard dash
by Lionel Urgan, North Car
olina College track team showed
improvement in its second in
door meet of the season as the
Eagles participated in the All-
Eastern Games at Baltimore,
Md. last Saturday.
Urgan was timed in 6.2 in the
dash event to finish head of
Erv Hall ot VUlanova and F"ort
Fustic’s Don Pollard, both of
whom had defeated him in Phil
adelphia Feb 3. NCC's Floyd
■Williams was fourth In the dash.
The Eagles mile relay team
cut 4.6 seconds off its previous
time but ..this was only good e~
nough for second place behind a
record breaking performance
by the Vlllanova baton exchang
ing crew.
NCC’s foursome oi Urgan,
Carl Reed, Williams and James
Stevenson crossed the line in
3;20.2 behind Villanova’s 3:17.1,
Last week, the Eagles ran 3-24 -
8.
Freshman Ron Draper, who
was eliminated in the 80-yard
hurdles in the semi- Inals, fin
High School
Basketball
Roundup
Laurinburg Institute had lit
tle trouble with William Penn
Friday night and defeated it
75-65. The High Point five
hung in there fairly well. They
were behind only 2 points at
the close of the first period.
The Scotland County boys upped
their lead 7 points at the half
and had only a six point lead
going into the final quarter,
due to the fact Penn took the
third quarter, Laurinburg was a
little too much in the final
There was another story when
they got to Winston Salem Sat
urday night, for a contest with
the freshmen deacons. McGre
gor, whom they had heard of in
Raetord, let them know that
even freshman college basket
ball is different from high
school basketball. He and his
deaconlets, of Wake Forest,
downed Laurinburg 110-70
Ligor; journeyed to Goldsboro
Friday night and Harvey Heart
ley’s little Blues ran into Ty
rone Best arid lost 67-54. Rob
ert Kearney tried to stave off
defeat with 15 points. He was
followed by Davis with 13, while
Me Lamb poured in 12. Best
with 26 and Holloway with 18,
were tor. much. Ligongot some
consolation when the JVs al
most doubled the score 56-29,
over the Billiard juniors.
Wilson’s Darden showed no
fear for J. T. Barber of New
Bern. They gave a preview
of what they hope to do in the
tournament, by beating the boys
from the three-C-county 56-37.
The winner had only one play
er in double figures, Atkinson
' with 21 The Spruill boys from
J. T. Barber, A&B, poured in
13 each.
Tarboro’s Pattillo, who has
to be heard from in the tour
nament, crushed Nash Central,
96-73. The Tarhoro boys, ear
ning on the rivalry between
Edgecombe and Nash Counties,
had Hinton, 32; Rrauthen, 24;
White, 21 and Cherry 14. This
quartet was toe much to over
come. Bouden, with his 30 and
Bailey’s 24, could not carry
the load.
Here in Raleigh, Carnage
nosed out Daniels 63-56. Car
nage carried a 11-point lead in
to the final quarter, but Dan
iels cut that lead in the final
quarter, throwing a scare into
the Carnaee 1 Mr.
Johnston Control
To Host Triple A
Tournament
SMITH FIELD - The Johnston
Central Htgh School has been
selected to play host to the
District UI Triple A. Basket
ball tournament which will b*
held at the Johnston Central
South Campus gymnasium Feb.
22, 23 and 24.
Eight teams will be compet
ing for top honors: They are
(1) Harnett High, Dunn, (2)Shaw
town High, Lillington, (3) Nos
wayne, Fremont, (4) Governor
Morehead, Raleigh, (5) Wicker
High, Sanford, (6) Horten High,
Pittsboro, (7) Richard B. Har
ished third with 7,4 clocking.
NCC will compete in the Big
Seven Meet hi Chapel Hill Fob.
23 and 24. This will be the
last indoor meet of tt ;■> sea
son for the air ' mc.. .rip
Keeps Title Bid Alive
AM I||ies Beat
NCC Cegers Twice
GREENSBORO - A&T teat
arch rival North Carolina Col
lege twice in the space of three
days last week to keep alive
the Aggies’ title hopes In the
rugged CIAA race.
The Aggies downed the Ea
gles, 85-65 Monday night lie
fore a capacity crowd in Moore
Gym . A&T had previously taken
the measure of North Caroli
na College, 78-62 in Durham.
In Saturday's game in Dur
ham, Staggs, who has become
A&T's fireman, pumped in 23
points, 10 of them in the first
half when the Aggies were hav
ing trouble getting started.
Loose toll handling hurt the
%. -ritsfak
iI&MUU\? HATTI.E"- A&T veri
ty’s Walter Anderson (23) and Robert Booker
battle North Carolina College’s Lee -Davis
and Joseph Pridgen for a rebound in the gam
in Durham between the two schools lastSutur
day night. A&T won the game, 78-62 (XCC
PHOTO).
Smith Cagers Make
Strong Bid For Berth
BY BILI JOHNSON
CHARLOTTE - Johnson C.
Smith University’s basketball
made a serious bid for a berth
in the CIAA Tournament at the
Greensboro Coliseum with two
easy victories here last week.
Coach William McCullough's
Raiders routed Fayetteville
105-48 Wednesday night. They
then made Shaw their third
straight victim with an 108-76
decision Saturday night.
Jackie Wilson, the team’s
outstanding candidate for All-
Conference honors, contribut
ed 54 points to the victories.
The 6-foot native of Brooklyn,
N. Y, put in 22 points in 20-
minutes of playing time against
Fayetteville. He hit 13 of 23
field goal attempts and six of
eight fouls to lead the scoring
against Shaw with 32 points.
rison, Selma (8) Johnston Cen
tral, Smithfield.
Come out and meet your
friends and enjoy the evenings*
of excitement and fun.
NEW GARDEN - New York: The new Madison Square Garden, shown
in this picture made at. dusk, opened its doors to the public for the first
time Feb. II with a salute to the USO. Bob Hope*and Bing Crosby headed
thi’ star-studded cast in the debut performance. (DPI PHOTO).
Aggies in the first three min
utes of play and North Car
olina College jumped off to a
9-3 lead. Staggs and Adams
began finding the range and A&T
tied the count at 16-16 with 9:10
left in the period. The Aggies
then rolled to a 41-26 halftime
lead. Staggs opened the sec
ond period by scoring four quick
goals and the Aggies kept a 15-
point lead the rest of the game.
North Carolina College’s big
guns were 6-8 Lee Davis with
18 points and Joe Pridgen with
16 points. The Aggies are now
12-2 overall and 10-2 In con
ference play.
Jumping Jack Reginald Ran
dolph stole 30 rebounds and
scored 20 points in the two
games, getting 1“ caroms in
each game and 10 points each
night.
The results left the Bulls
9-4 in the league. Shaw is now
2-10 in the conference.
“It would appear that we’ve
decided to play deionse,'' Mc-
Cullough said Saturday night
following the Shaw game. Mc-
Cullough declined to single-out
a special player, saying he
thought “all of them” played
well on defense.
NCC’s 12 Point
Margin Tops
Hampton
DURHAM - North Carolina
College was not too sure Satur
day night tliat, the Hampton Pi
rates might not cause trouble
and was happy when the last
whistle blew, giving it a 69-
PFFORT IN VMN - Bnston: MM.M*
tic’s Mel Counts (R) wrestles ball from Cel
tics Bill Russell during 2nd quarter of game
here last Sunday. The Lakers administered
one of the worst beatings in Boston Celtics’
recent history, defeating the Celtics 141-109
in a nationally televised game. (UPI PHOTO).
NCC Eagi es Dump
Morgan By 76-26
BALTIMORE, Md. - Floyd
Brown’s Eagles from Durham’s
North Carolina College continu
ed their mastery over Morgan
State College here Monday night
and with Lee Davis making 23
points dumped the Md. boys
75-66.
The win brought the Eagles
closer to a berth in the 23rd
annual CIAA Tournament, which
will be played in Greensboro,
Feb. 29, Match 12. The Eagles
now have a 12-4 conference rec
ord, while Morgan is 4-8.
The Eagles found the going
rough against the homestanding
Bears for most of the first half
as Morgan held leads oi 10-7
and 15-10 with William Scott
handling the big scoring loan
for the Bears.
But eight minutes before in
termission, the Eagles put on a
drive that caught and surpassed
the Bears at the 6:55 mark when
Ronald McCrlmmon put NCC
ahead 16-15.
The visitors never relin
quished the lead alter that
building up a 10-point lead,
32-22 at halftime, and coast
ing on in from there tor the
final 20-point victory.
Davis was high scorer for the
contest and he also pulled down
11 rebounds. But Joe Pridgen
was top boa idm an for the Ea
gles and for the game with 13.
He also netted 13 points. Ron
ald McCrimmon was the only
other double figure score: for
59 win.
Coach Floyd Brown’s Eagles
ran into difficulty toward the
close oi the first hall after ac
cumulating a 13-point margin
with 7:30 left. The Eagles scor
ed only two points in the last
five minutes of the half as the
Hampton Pirates scored 10.
The scoring difficulties con
tinued into the second half for
the Eagles, who were down to
only three points o lead with
16:15 remaining in the game.
A basket by Billy Rose, who
scored a total of 15 points for
the Eagles, broke the ice.
NGC went on to lead by 22
points, 63-43, wih 3;40 remain
ing. Coach Brown sent in his
substitutes at this point and
Hampton managed to reducethe
margin to 10 by the end of the
game.
the Eagles, bagging 12 mark
ers, but Billy Rose and Paris
Lenon scored nine each.
For the Bears, bernara
Barnes’ 17 points was high,
closely fol 1 owed by William
Scott’s 16. Fred Gibson pour
ed in 12 points Barnes was
also Morgan’s top re bounder
with 11 caroms.
Show Bears Host
Falcons Thursday
At Dorton Arena
The Shaw University Bears,
with a 2-11 record, will host
the Falcons of St. Augustine’s
College Thursday night at 8 p.
m. at the J. S. Dorton Arensf
on the N. C. State fairgrounds.
Sporting a 7-6 won lost rec
ord, the Falcons were beaten'
by the Bears, 86 82 in the
first of the twice-yearly en
counters. This game was play
ed at Reynolds Coliseum be
fore a partisan Falcon audi
ence on Feb. 2,
Bobby (Pap) Moore, Shaw’s
All-CIAA candidate, is averag
ing 22.5 points per game, which
is good 'or 7th place on the
CIAA list and 15.5 rebounds
which rank him > sixth in the
Conference.
Gregory (Little Lew) Davis,
the strong 6’ 7;; rebounder and
adequate scorer will be a ma
jor factor, along with the fast
moving Bernard Wilkes,thehe
ro of the first Shaw-St. Aug.
encounter.
A capacity audience from both
institutions is expected to turn
out to watch this second arch
rivalry contest.
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FOR THE CIAA
GREENSBORO - The beauti
ful War Memorial Coliseum
which seats 9,000 people is a
w&iting eight teams for the 23rd
annual CIAA Basketball Tour
nament, scheduled for Thurs
day, Feb. 29 and Friday and
Saturday, March 1 and 2.
Twelve teams are fighting for
eight places in the tournament.
The Central Intercollegiate
Athletie Association features 18
teams. Six of these teams are
out of the race.
Last season’s No. 1 team, the
Winston-Salem Rams, are In
danger of missing the tourna
ment. With Ear! Monroe as
the star, Winston-Salem sbst
only one game last season, won
the National Collegiate Athletic
Association college division na
tional championship and the
CIAA visitation championship.
• This year the Rams are
struggling to maintain a .500
record in conference play and
hope that their Dickinson Rat
ing will slip into the tourna
ment.
The A&T State University
Aggies, the only team to beat
Winston-Salem last year, is the
team to beat this season, A&T
is in first place, and once beat
en Norfolk State Is its only
serious ‘challenger.
These teams do not meet dur
ing the regular season, but both
are certain to be in the tour
ney.
Only three other quintets are
sure to make the trip to Greens
boro. They are the North Car
olina.JE-
ollna College Eagles, the Eliz
abeth City Vikings and the John
son C. Smith Golden Bulls.
The above teams take care of
five berths In the tournament.
Three others remain. Winston-
Salem, St. Augustine, Maryland
State, Hampton, Virginia State,
Virginia Union and Howard all
are mathematically eligible for
these spots.
A&T has only two games to
play, against Fayetteville on the
road Feb. 14 and at home with
Elizabeth City Feb. 17. Vic
tories in* both games will vir
tually assure A&T of the visi
tation championship.
Norfolk State has a tough
schedule remaining with three
games on the road and one at
home. The lone home tilt will
be Feb. 19 against St. Paul’s
an also ran.
The Spartans will play at
Winston-Salem Feb. 16, at St.
Paul’s Feb. 17 and at Eliza
beth City Feb. 24. Somecoe
will have to knock off A&T
while Norfolk State wins all the
way.
NCC has three games to play.
The Eagles will be at home to
Johnson C. Smith Feb. 17 and
to Shaw Feb. 24. The Eagles
must play at threatening Vir
ginia State Feb. 19.
■ln addition to A&T and Nor
folk State, Elizabeth City must
play Delaware State at home
Feb. 14.
Smith plays at St. Augustine
Feb. 25 at home. The Golden
Bulls will play at Winston-
Salem feb. 14 in addition to the
NCC game.
Winston-Salem will be at
home to Fayetteville Feb. 19
and to Livingstone Feb. 24 plus
games with Smith and Norfolk
State.
Howard is host to Maryland
State Feb. 14, Hampton, Feb»l6,
Virginia State Feb. 17 and Dela
ware State Feb. 24.
St. Augustine plays at Living
stone Feb. 22 and at Smith Feb.
24.
Hampton, Virginia State, Vir
ginia Union and Howard will play
several games with each other
during the final two weeks of the
season.
Tournament time is coming,
and 12 CIAA teams are claw
ing their way toward the top.