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RALEIGH TO LOSE A TOP CITIZEN
The announcement from Shaw University officials recently
stating that Ira Mitchell had resigned his head coaching basket
ball post at the Baptist school was not really a surprise, hut
it was a big blow for the Capital City university.
Not only has Shaw lost a great basketball coach, but also
Raleigh lias lost one of its top citizens. When Ira Mitchell
packs his bags to leave Raleigh, the city will say farewell
to one of her top citizens.
In announcing his resignation, Mitchell sa *d 0,1 e °l the hard
est tasks facing him was leaving behind the school and the
community at which he had made so many personal friends.
Raleigh did not become Mitchell’s home when he started to
coach. The New York native was a four-year performer for the
Bear basketball program from 1962-1966. So Raleigh had become
a "second home” for Mitchell.
After graduation from Shaw in 1966, Mitchell served as as
sistant coach the following year before being named head basket -
ball coach for the 1967-’6B campaign. So the basketball program
at Shaw is nothing new for the 28-vear-old lover of the round
N ball sport.
The hardwood tactician said he was filled with mixed emotions
as he announced tils resignation from Shaw and the accepting
of the head coaching post at Delaware State. In his words,
"I regret leaving Shaw because of the loyalty to the I
have recruited and the friends I will be leaving behind. It s
as though a part of me is being cut out, but I have to alwajs
consider my family first.”
A BIG STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
The new job at Delaware State is a step in the right direction
for Mitchell, who is considered by many as one of the brightest
young coaches in the CIAA ranks. Having teen brought up in
the basketball program in New York City where playing basket
ball is almost as common as eating and sleeping, Mitchell
believes in big time basketball.
He cited Delaware State’s rise to the National Collegiate
Athletic Association’s university division and Shaw’s “non
committal” athletic program as the two major factors in the
switch.
Delaware State, which will be leaving the CIAA this year to
become a member of the newly formed Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference, offers grants-in-aid while Shaw does not. Shaw is
able to give scholarships and work-aid programs to the incoming
athletes. This is one of the big ingredients toward big time
basketball-grants.
During his short stay at Shaw, Mitchell tried to revamp the
athletic program for the basketball team. But due to the lack of
funds, he was unable to develop the program he ever antici
w,pated of coming up with. He had made request for tetter fa
cilities and more financial aid to get the program off the ground
at Shaw. But as is the case in so many instances, the lack of
funds will cause any program to hold at a standstill.
PLAYERS ALWAYS A CONCERN
Before accepting the job at Delaware State, Mitchell called
a team meeting of the players and discussed the facts with them.
This shows that Mitchell has always been close to his players.
The upcoming season could have been the one for Mitchell
and Shaw cagers to go all the way in the CIAA. The Bears
finished second last season to Norfolk State and with the bulk
of this team returning next year, Mitchell had to consider
these players since the rising senior group of players was the
second group he had recruited at Shaw.
Mitchell wanted to make it clear that he had an understanding
with the players he is leaving behind. This way, he will still
have the respect of the players even after they have completed
their playing days at Shaw,
Shaw’s athletic director, James Lytle perhaps test summed up
Mitchell’s departure by saying, "Our loss is Delaware State’s
gain.”
These words can perhaps be said by all the students, faculty
and administrators at Shaw as well as the citizens of Raleigh,
because come May 31, Raleigh will certainly suffer a big loss.
On this day, Mitchell will leave his office at Shaw University
for the last time as head basketball coach. But the loss for
Raleigh will be the gain for the citizens of Dover, Delaware.
They inherit not only a g r eat basketball coach but also' a top
flight citizen in Ira Mitchell.
Best of luck to you Ira in your new undertakings at Delaware
State.
Shaw U. Begins Search For Cage Mentor
As Ira Mitchell Heads For Delaware St
Shaw University’s he ad bas
ketball coach, Ira Mitchell sub
mitted his resignation to the U
niversity Provost’s office late
last Wednesday evening, April
28, to accept the chief basket
ball coaching position at Dela
ware State College in Dover,
Del.
Mitchell began his career at
Shav. eight years ago as a stu
dent, and first rate basketball
player, making all-conference
(CIAA) twice during this play
ing career. He stayed on at
Shaw after graduation as assis
tant basketball coach and as
sumed full time coaching duties
the following year.
■ During his first year as head
basketball c6ach, he carried
the Shaw five to the CIAA
tournament in Greensboro, and
each year thereafter, bringing
home the runnerup trophy this
year, and placing 3rd in AAU
competition.
The 1960 graduate developed
the Bears basketball program
int o one of the finest and strong
est In the Central Intercolle
giate Athletic Association.
Mitchell said the hardest
part of Iris decision was leav
ing the school and the com
munity at which he had made so
many personal friends. He ci
ted Delaware State’s rise to the
National Collegiate Athletic
Association’s (NCAA) Univer
sity division and Shaw’s inabil
ity to make the same kind of
commitments at this time.
"I feel the two programs
are at extreme ends of the
spectrum right now,” Mitchell
said in an Interview. ‘"’Dela
ware State is moving in the di
rection I would like to be apart
#Shaw is not'in a position to
what I feel needs to lie done
to improve its athletic pro
gram now. It is basically the
.same as when I entered as a
freshman nine years ago.” Mit
chell was offered the position
at Dover toy Athletic Director,
Janies K. Williams, a Raleigh
native and North Carolina Ctsn-
BY OSCAR SMITH
tral University graduate.
Coach James E. Lytle,
Shaw’s Athletic Director, said
“We (Shaw) are losing one of
the finest, most enthusiastic
young men I have ever known.
The new coaching job will
give him a chance to do some of
the things he has wanted to do
at Shaw for a long time.*’ He
ended by saying sadly, “All 1
can say is that Delaware’s gain
is our loss.”
Both Delaware State and Shaw
are now members of the CIAA.
Delaware, however, will leave
the CIAA this summer to be
come one of the teams in the new
Mid-Eastern Conference along
with North Carolina Central,
North Carolina A&T, Howard,
Morgan State, and Maryland-
Eastern Shore, all of whom are
currently members of the CIAA
and independent South Carolina
State.
Lille said the University’s
athletic committee will prob
ably begin an active search for
a new head coach arotind May
10, following final examinations
and commencement exercises.
Mitchell said he feels his
energies will best be utilized
at an institution with “the same
ideas I have toward big-time
basketball.” Delaware State,
unlike Shaw, offers grants-ln
aid, a policy Mitchell sought fox
athletes in all sports rat Shaw.
Shaw, however, does offer
scholarships and work-aid pro
grams for all students, in
cluding athletes.
Mitchell said he had mix
ed emotions about leaving Shav,
because of the loyalty to the
players be had recruited, and
the friends I will be leaving
behind. “It's as though a part
of me is being cut out, but I
have to always consider my
family first,” he said.
.1 met with the team last
Tuesday and put the cards on
the table,” he said talking about
the job offer. “They (the Shaw
basketball team) felt the oppor
Tmhwssc State And Ky. State
Reftssed Admission To League
Tennessee State, lor years a
member of thp Old Midwest
Conference, became an inde
pondent when that conference
was dissolved some years ago.
Howard C. Gentry, Tennes
see State's Director of Ath
letics, had stated on several
occasions that this lack of af
filiation with an athletic con
ference was causing his school
to experience difficulty in the
scheduling of football games.
This, in addition to list of
advantages other members of
tl i- league would derive from
the admission of Tennessee
State, was duly pointed out in
the document of application.
Earlier in the week, the Ed
ucation Committee of the Ten
nessee Stab Legislature’s
House of Representatives en
dorsed a resolution introduced
by Representative Harold
Low, Democratic-Nashville,
which called upon the heads of
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COUGARS SIGN TED McCLAIN - Greens
boro: Carl Scheer, General Manager of the
Carolina Cougars, is all smiles after signing
last week Ted McClain, a 6-3 1/2 guard from
Tennessee State. The Cougars got McClain after
a money battle with the Atlanta Hawks. It was
the biggest contract given a player who was not
on first round draft choice. (UPI).
tunity was one 1 couldn’t pass
up, and reassured me that I
could leave them with good feel
ing between us. I wanted to be
with those guys, the seniors of
next year. They were the second
group I recruited at Shaw , and
I felt we coull win the cham
pionship in ’72,’’ Mitchell
said.
It is obvious that Ira Mit
chell is not satisfied with the
progress the Shaw’s athletic
program is making. He lias
made requests for better facil
ities, additional financial aid,
and an increased budget for re
cruiting purposes and other
needed improvements.
Cleon r. Thomoson. Univer
sity Provost and President-E
--lect, J. Archie Hargraves, were
not available for comment. Both
are out of the city. A spokes
man in Thompson’s office said
that be (Thompson) had not seen
Mitchell’s resignation as yet.
Shaw University has included
in its master plan, new facil
ities fox basketball, but there
art other needs for the univer
sity which take precedence o
ver these facilities at this time.
Dr. Paul Johnson, chairman
of tlie executive committee for
Shaw University’s Board of
I rusteus said in an interview
that he was riot in a position
to discuss the situation Because
it had not been brought to the
Board nor the 1 xecutlve
Committee,
Mitchell said he recruited
four new men fen the coming
year, and he has no intention
of carrying them with him to
Delaware State. He has re
quested that his resignation be
effective May 31.
+ *■ *
Returning servicemen may
receive unemployment com
pensation while they are look
ing for jobs if they have had
90 or more continuous days of
active service in the Armed
Forces- -less if discharged or
released because of a service
incurred disability or injury-*
BY LUTHER MICHAEL
OVC schools to admit Ten
nessee State to membership.
Expressing disappointment
at the OVC action, Gentry said;
“I am sure that this university
■ ill not cease in its efforts to
be accepted into the Ohio Val
ley Conference. It is just right
that Tennessee' State be affil
iated with a conference as soon
is possible.”
Gentry explained that confer
ence affiliation was also
necessary for Tennessee State
to cut rising travel costs and
bi relieve pressure on its
athletes. He said that the OVC
ts the only conference in the
area that might help Tennes
see State University.
Gentry pointed out that the
Tigers are finding it difficult
to fill the home football sched
ule for the 1971 season, with
only two games definitely
booked at this time for the
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LOOK TOWARD FIRST BASE - Cincinnati:
Tito Fuentes anti Tony Perez, both look toward
first base in the sixth inning of Sunday’s game
to see Johnny Bench out on a double play when
he hit to the shortstop. The Reds lost 4-3 in
13 innings, a blast by Willie McCovey, making
the difference. (UPI).
Tennessee St. Reaches .500
NASHVILLE-The Big Tigers
of Tennessee State finally
reached the .500 mark on the
season recently when they
cashed in on two Morris Brown
error s’in the bottom of the sev
entli to score two runs and e~
merge with a 7-6 win.
Arthur Buchanan tallied the
first rutl of the frame on an
error after John Bolden had
singled, 'lTiat one tied the score
at 6-all. Bolden then stole sec
ond and third, and rode home on
a wild throw by the catcher.
The visiting Wolverines
jumped off to a 2 run lead In
the first, but the Tigers coun
tered with a singleton in the
third. The Tigers went out
front with a three-run out
burt in the fourth, but the Wol
verines got back on top in their
home stadium.
In the meantime, the school
has had several offers for
games on the road; some of
these as far away as
California.-
A few w’eeks ago, the Vander
bilt University HUSTLER,
leading student publication at
Vanderbilt University, edi
torially endorsed athletic
competition between Vander
bilt and Tennessee State.
The two universities are now'
never met in basketball and
football.
Delaware St,
Romps Past
Hampton
DOVER, DEL. - BUI Robin
son and John Parker combined
for a seven-hitter as Delaware
State rompedtoa 16-sbaseball
victory over Hampton in a Cen
tral Intercollegiate Athletic
Association Contest last
Thursday.
The victory was the third in
five outings for the Hornets in
CIAA play and upped their ov
erall record to 7-5.
The Hornets went to work in
the first inning and put a run
on the board. In the second
they put the game on ice with
a seven-run uprising that in
cluded a two-run homer by
Robinson, his third of the seas
son.
Except for the third frame,
the Hornets tallied in every
Inning, picking up single runs
in the fourth and fifth, three in
the sixth, two in the seventh
and one in the eighth.
Robinson left the mound in the
sixth in favor of Parker, after
yielding one run, four hits,
issuing three walks and strik
ing out three.
Parker gave up four runs on
three hits and a walk in the
seventh, but was able to get out
of the final two frames un
scratched.
Every member of the Hor
net cast connected safely at
least once.
BUI Lecates set the pace with
a triple and single and two
RBIs. Gary Holloway connect
ed for three singles, Tony Cul
len a double and single and
Monte Baldwin a two-run dou
ble.
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A record numner of job op
portunities, 514,000, wUI be
open this summer to disad
vantaged young people through
the Neighborhood Youth Corps.
half of the fifth when they
carne up with three.
Not to be outdone, the Big
Blue Tigers came back in
their half of the fifth and
scored a run to tie things up
again, Morris Brown then took
the lead in the top of the sev
enth, but then carne the er
rors which gave the home team
the decision.
The game ended » lengthy
home stand for the Big Blue
which began March 29,
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Spanish Americans coax
prised well over 1.50,000 of the
persons enrolled in training
and work experience pro
grams administered by -the
Labor Department in fiscal
1970.
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OUTSTANDING FALCON SENIOR ATHLETE - Left: J. H. Twitty, .>
sistant dean of students, Saint Augustine’s College, presents a rophv
Carver Durham of Goldsboro, named “Outstanding Falcon Senior \ U\
during Student Recognition Day, April 29.
Six Student Athletes
Honored A tMorehouse
ATLANTA - Six Morehouse
College students have been
chosen to appear in the 1971
edition of OUTSTANDING
COLLEGE ATHLETES OF
AMERICA.
Those selected are:
BasU Hall (football), a senior
from Atlanta, Georgia, Her
bert X. Orise (baseball), a
sophomore from San Antonio,
Texas, Lee Cloud (tennis), a
sophomore from Winston-
Salem. Larry Strozier (bas
n. $
DAVIS TAGGED OUT - Atlanta: Dodgers Wil
lie Davis looks like he is getting a solid punch
I in the mid-section from Braves pitcher Ron
Reed. Such is not the case however. Reed
tagged Davis out in a wild first inning run
down. Second baseman Felix Millan at the
top. Atlanta beat Lob Angeles, 4-1. (UPI).
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ketball), a junior from Atlanta,
Clinton Young (track), a junior
from New York City and David
Watkins (swimming), a senior
from New Y'ork City.
Announcement of their se
lection was made by the Board
of Advisors of OUTSTANDING
COLLEGE ATHLETES OF A-
M ERIC A, an annual awards
volume published to honor A
merica’s finest college ath
letes.
Coaches and athletic direc-
tors from individi;.-: < li- •. s
and universities tb
nation nominated t’. i.-::i.
athletes on the basis of th* ii
displayed abilities, n./t :ly .
athletics but also in ror mi; .
service and campus activitii
Other criteria foi those
lectod included strength u
character, leadership both os
and off the pla ing field, ..,-i
scholarship.
Biographies ot at! mtst -
ing College Athletes will i
included in the 1971 'dition s,
lie published in July,
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