THE CAROLINIAN
RALEIGH. N. C. WEEK ENDING SAT., AUGUST 1, 1970
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Bill Russell Laments Image Os Today’s Black Athletes
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The Playground Slow-Pitch
Softball Championships were
.til but rained out last week at
Lions Park. The only game
played was in the girls’ 15 and
under. That contest saw Fuller
playground soundly trounce
Biltmore, 23-9. Worthdale ver
sus Carolina Pines, and Jaycee
A versus Halifax are semi
final games to play in the boys'
in and under division. The only
other division to be completed
is the girls' 12 and under, where
P il'.ips playground edged Fred
Olds, 19-18,"for the title.
At Chavis Park, your assist
ance is needed in forming a
Pei V.'. and Midget football
program this fall. Program
requirements are the outfitting
of two rosters of twenty boys
eat ! , and insurance, all of which
is costly. To defray this cost,
the program needs your fi
nancial assistance. Football
shows a youngster the import
ance to teamwork necessary for
the successful operation of any
efficient unit, it also gives him
an opportunity to contribute
his special skills and prepare
for a possible future in ath
letics, whose rewards could be
mam . Those interested in these
football urograms should see
I.eon (iwnes or Walter Brown
ing or call either 755-6988 or
7-5-6689.
The 3-man basketball stand
ings look pretty much the same.
The Chavis Cougars are still
in front with two victories this
past week, pushing their re
cord to 9-0. The Pantherswere
the victims in both Cougar con
i'\s;, losing 78-54 and 68-40.
Jerald Hinton took the scoring
bonoi ; for the Cougars in the
first contest, ripping the nets
for 36 points. His Cougars
teammate, Tarry Barnes, who
saw action in only the third
and fourth quarters, chipped in
22. The Trojans managed to
hold on to second place, al
though they were defeated
b; tla ti rd-place club this
past v..vk. The Trojans were
2-1 on the week, with vic
tories over the Bucks and the
Royals with their lone defeat
coming at the hands of the Blue
Colts. The Trojans slapped
a 134-46 shellacking on the
Bucks as Charles Muldrow led
all scorers with a 52 point
performance. His teammate,
C. Burt, added 48 as the Tro
jans looked unstoppable. The
Blue Colts stopped them, how
ever. in their next game, 102-
74. C. Burt managed 40 points
for the Trojans. Fred Hinton
and I.indsey Avery took the
scoring honors for the Blue
Colts, with 38 points eaqh. The
Ticjans rebounded, but got a
victor;, the easy way by for
feit, thanks to the Royals, giv
ing them an over-all record of
0 wins and one loss. The Blue
Colls are alone in third place
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with a 5-0 record, but haven't
played enough, games to over
take the Trojans.
Other games around the lea
gue were forfeitures. Neither
team showed in the Black Soul
vs. Buck’s tilts, and the other
scheduled Panthers versus
Courgars game.
The I ittle Leaguers bowed
to the weatherman this past
week as the rains came. No
games were played ilieithei the
J. K. Massenberg 1 ittle Base
ball League or the C, E. Light
ner Little Baseball League. All
those games rained out will not
be rescheduled according to
League official, I eon Owens.
Only two games are sched
uled in the Little Leagues this
week. Those games are: Me
chanics and Farmers vs. Meth
od in the J, K, Massenberg Lit
tle League, which is to be play
ed at the Biltmore Hills Ball
Field July 30 at 8 p.m., and
Chavis Heights vs. Hall Beau-,
ty game at Roberts Park in the
C. E. Lightner Little League
with game time set at 6:30p.m.
The Women’s Softball schedule
features only one game this
week. The Raleigh Women’s
All-Stars will face the Chavis
Heights Braves at Chavis Park
July 29. Game time is 8 p.m.
That’s it on the recreational
scene.
Maybe the weather will be a
little kinder to the ballplayers
this week.
Willie Davis Likes
The Artificial Turf
LOS ANGELES-The artifici
al turf on the Dodgers' home
ground, Chavez Ravine, seerns
to be to Willie Davis’ liking. In
a stretch where the Dodgers won
10 of 12 on the artificial surface
Davis batted an amazing .491.
Willie said of his success,
". . .If 1 keep the ball on the
ground, 1 have a good chance
of getting a hit.” Davis seems
to be getting quite a few hits.
He has hit safely exactly 109
times through the fourth week
of July in 358 trips to the plate
for a .304 batting mark.
Maury Wills, an old Dodger
stalwart, views Davis’ success
this way. Maury says, “The en
tire tl ing is psychological with
Willie. He just thinks he can
hit on the aitificial grass, so
he does.”
Davis is collecting hits at a
faster pace than last season, and
lie may eclipse his career high
average of last year of .311.
Willie said of the brisk pace,
‘‘Don't ask me to explain it be
cause I can’t.” The Dodgers
don’t need an explanation with
Willie Davis’ "Hot Bat.”
"They Ire Trailed Like Girls*
Nobody Cares What They Think”
by chip Kaufman
new YORK, N. Y.-A domin
ant figure in college and pro
fessional basketball for the past
two decades. Bill Russell la
ments the image of : lack ath
letes in American society.
"They are treated like a beauti
ful girl. Nobody cares what i! ej.
think.”
But more and molt, '.lack
athletes are speaking their
minds and people are beginning
to listen. Four outstanding black
athletes and the leader of the
black protest during the 1968
Olympics spoke out about racial
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SLAMS THREE BACK-TO-BACK HOMERS-Cincinnati: Johnny Bench
dominated the game here’ July 26 as the Re Is’ catcher, playing left field
to rest a “tired” back, slammed out dee I nek-to-haek home runs to pace
the Reds to a 12-5 win over St. Louis. Bench gets his first homer (UL),
scores the second time and is greeted by Pete Rose (UR). At bottom,
Bench is tagged out by Ed Crosby as he tried to stretch a single into a
double his fourth time at bat. (UPI).
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WILLIS D.WIS HOMKHS AGAINST MLITS-
New York: L, \. Dodgers’ Willie 1.) < i.w is
congratulated hy teammate Wes Parker ■Uri
home ring in first inning against the X. , Met s
July 25. (DPI).
Bulldogs To Play 10'Game
Football Schedule in 70
ORANGEBURG, S. C.-Witl
the addition of tv.o conference
opponents, South Carolina State
College v.ill play a 10-game
football slate this coming sea
son.
Joining the Bulldogs in Group
1 of the SIAC in the fall will be
Alabama State University, and
Tuskegee Institute. The Bull
dogs will host Alamha State for
their home opener Sept. 26 in
Orangeburg and v ill tangle
with Tuskegee in Tuskegee,
Ala., Oct. 10.
Other opponents include pow
erful North Carolina A&T, and
strong Florida a&M, pins Mor
ris Brown, Johnson C, Smith,
Bethune - Cookman, Alabama
A&M, Savannah State and Al
bany State.
Coached by Oree Banks, the
Bulldogs finished last season
with a 5-3-1 record. If key
personnel remain free from in
juries, the Bulldogs will be
strong contenders for the
elusive SIAC crown.
Offensively, the team will
be built around two quarter
backs - sophomore Benjamin
Samuels and junior Birto Ben
jamin. Samuels throws the long
bomb and Benjamin is a whiz at
guiding the ground attack as well
as passing.
discrimination in athletes to
day on NET’S .ark Joil. ; ai”,
Monday, Job 27 at ■.» jam.
Besides Russell, others ap
pearing on the program are
Jackie Rol insou, who ’ rcke
baseball’s color arm. wen
he joined t e Lro-kl ~ Dodgers
in 1946; Arthur Ashe, America’s
top-ranked tennis star Johnny
Sample, a defensive stalwart
Toi the New York Jets; and Har
i Edwards, organizer of the
black protest during the 1968
Olympics and lecturer :.i so
ciology at Cornell University.
In other segments.; “Black
Journal’' takes a look at the
Ends Ervin p. .Te, Al Young
are expected to sparkU this
season. The iefense will D- led
by defensive lack Ca. It on Ta; -
lor and tl <• line will 1 e keyed
l \ ends I.ouis Ross end Rob
ert Davis and tackle.- Barney
Chavous and Jam-.- Evans,
Assisting Banks v it! the
coaching will be Fred Collins,
Melvin Pete, .Junes Carson and
Willie Simon.
FSU To Get
Bark Court Are
FAYETTEVILLE Wo , d
has been received that one of
Coach '1 1. Reeves' cage
catches ftom the 1970 prep
ranks, Willie Baker, has been
named the “Athletic of the
Year” a* Falisburgh High,
New York. Bakes is a 6-i
backcourt perfonnei that
Reeves is counting on for
help this coming basketball
season.
Coach Reeves is working on
an advanced degree at North
Carolina Central University
this summer and gelling in a
few recruiting licks in his
spare time.
efforts of black and Puerto
F leans in the Transit Workers
Union in New York City to oust
the union leadership and elect
leadership more representative
of racial minorities; Charles
Hamilton, professor of political
science at Columbia Univer
sity, comments on news of the
black movement in the past de
cade and its political implica
tions for the 19705; and singer
composer John Lee Hooker
sings blues music he has re
corded since the 19505, and
comments on the nature of his
blues.
Oliver is
In Swing”
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Pitts
burg!'. Pirates' lineup card has
been showing a lot of the name
of Al Oliver lately. Oliver, who
is a first baseman-outfielder,
has not been lifted when the
Pirates faced southpaw pitch
ing. Oliver agrees with * that
mqve saving, ‘T never have
had trouble with lefthanders.
Sometimes 1 think I hit them
better than righthanders.”
Pittsburgh manager, Danny
Murtaugh, apparently agrees
with Oliver's assertion. Mur
taugh stated that he was con
fident of Oliver's ability. Dan
ny went on to point out that,
“for the first half of the sea-,
son, only Roberto Clemente
hit the ball harder than Oliver.”
Murtaugh cited Oliver’s past
performance, commenting that,
“He always becomes a better
hitter during the second half
of the season.”
Al doesn’t believe in waiting
on the pitcher when he steps
into tile batter’s box. Because
he is a swinger, tie has an un
i ■ante, record, being hit in eight
pitches and drawing a scant
four walks in 280 at-bats.
Olivei . who has put on a good
surge at the plate since the All*
Star break, believes lie lias
sop. id ,r.e of his problems at
■ •• plate. He crowded the plate,
. i:t i:e as decided to dig in a
couph of inches farther away
from it. As Oliver sees it,
•T naa to make an adiustrnent,
I aas getting jammed by too
man-, pitches. I’m seeing the
ball better now.”
Al is seeing the ball fine
alright, as he is hitting at
.200 at present, and driving
toward the .300 mark tha
he once said he couldn't reach
because he wasn’t a regular.
.Nov. that problem is solved,
here comes Al Oliver.
Don Buford s
Bas Stops M.
Rettenmund
BALTIMORE, Ma. - Haiti,
more fans had been clam our lrt{
sot Merv Rettenmund to be used
as a regular. Merv had showed
both, power and consistency at
the plate, but there was a glar
ing problem that the fans’ plea
presented. Where was Retten
mund to play?
The fans thought they had the
answer early this season when
Don Buford, the Oriole left
fielder was batting a scant .225.
This put Oriole skipper, Earl
Weaver, on the spot. Weaver
responded by saying, "Donny
will be hitting .285 by July l,"’
Buford didn’t fail the Oriole
pilot in making his prediction
come true. ’
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EIGHT INNIXG XCTION-Chicagc !!•• rui slides in suit it third
base on hit by Orlando Cepeda .n B • sth inning of game c Wrigley
Field July 25. Umpire Chris Pelekoud .nukes the call at third as Ron
Santo falls flat while taking u r >m CulcP left fielder. Lilly Wil
liams. Braves won. 9-0. (UPI).
Help Offered On Athletic Fields
Every North Carolina sol 00l
that has an athletic team should
also have a good athletic field.
Two men who believe strong
ly in the above statement are
Drs. Car. T. Blake and Wil
liam B, Gilbert, agronomists at
North Carolina State Univer
sity.
To help Tat Heel schools ha •
a good athletic field, Blake and
Gilbert have prepared a free pu
blication on turf for athletic
fields.
They describe bow to design
football fields, base!,all fields
and general playgrounds for
best survival of the grass. The;,
tell how to prepare ihe soil
and care for the grass, and
they outline the best grasses
for the Mountains, Piedmont
and Coastal Plain.
Copies of the publication are
available from local offices of
the Agricultural Extension
Service, or by writing to the
Department of Agricultural In
formation. N. C. State Univer
sity, Raleigh, N. C.
Blake and Gilbert stress that
a good turf is going to depend
on the grass used, the design
ami construction of the field,
good soil drainage, adequate
fertilizer and proper manage
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the main axis ; tinning north and
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Among their oth a tips for
maintaining a good turf are
these; Make only minimum use
Twins Blade' Mows Em Down V
TWIN cn It s, MhUi.-T! ornas
Edward Hall, who is also known
as "The Blade” because of ids
slight statue, is doin ' quite a
of in a relief role for the Twins
Unis year. Hall was Let) in
Thomasville, N. but four
years after !is bli tb mo--o< ■■ ■
K l v e r s id e, California when
he now resides.
In Ton ' earl; ■ ,s. i e
plared first base, an ; orovib
ed a fair!;' difficult tan ■ i for
his teamm.iies to bit at the hag.
It wasn’t Hall’s slender physi
que (hat prompted i is move to
the pitchers mound, but what
happened m > pegs io tlu
plate.
His soilti-pav. tbro.-.S vem
ed to tail off at the lasi moment,
keeping '• is catcher p- 1 usj\
Tom’s coac laid • lown (he
of the field when it is wet,
Rotate the playing areas to give
worn spots a rest. Avoid con
centrated, heavy use such as
comes with band practice. Don’t
use a new turf before the grass
is well established. Keep off
the turf when it is partially
thawed.
law, telling him to throw
si;:.) :'i!. Hall replied Cat f
was doing just that, and sud
denly liis pit oi tug career .
its start as he was mow d
from first to (be mound.
Today, Hall is a professional
ballplayer with the Minnesota
Twins, w! o study don’t regret
Tom’s move to the pitching
rubber. At the All-Star Break
Hall was fanning batsman more
often than the innings he bad
pitched. "The Blade’’ in fact
lead Minnesota’s pitching staff
with 69 strikeouts in only
• 7 1/3 innings pit <' ed.
Hall said of his strikeouts,
”1 don’t know why I’m strik
ing out more, new, J’u sure
not heavier, or stronger.