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18 THE CAROLINIAN RAIXIGH. H. C.. SATORDAY. APRIL I, 18": EARL MASON’S SPORTS VIDEO i£ Coach Height center, with Danny Oakley, lef> anfi .Jerry Dunn Honered By CAC Height’s Dream As Coach OfThe Year Comes True •As a BY EARL MASON small boy in the Raleigh community. Bobby Hfiirht use to read about coaches gainini coach of the year honors inti dreamed some day maybe he would reap such honor. WeH Bobb>‘’s dr^am came true this yearwhenhevi’asnani- ed Coach of ihe Year In Capl* . taj Area 3-A Conference after gruldtng his team, Valden ley to Impressive 13-S overall mark In his first year as varsity head basketball coach. Bobby can remember the times ’Ahen he would pick up the newspaper and read about such coaches as his high school coach Pete williams winning honors for outsandlng coach- 'Ing Jobs turned In for different sports during his younger ca reer. Speaking of his honor which was bestowed upon him by his fellow coaches In the league, Height said, “First of all I want to give gull credit to my team i>ecause no coach could have accomplished anything without such a dedicated group of young men as I had to work with, I want to thank each mem ber of the team and the man agers for having made this a successful season.*' Coaching Is nothing new' to H. lght hut winning c' ach of Ihe year awards Is. after graduat ing from Shaw University In IfCC, Dohhy slgnedja profes sional baselall cofi MlJi pro miii During the year 1368-65. Height's cagers compllr-d his best wun.Jost recir'J as a head coach on the varsii-. level. His third year at Shallotie saw his team finished 17-4 fo; the s-a- son losing to UhlteviHe in tho finals of the district tourt.a- ment. Reggie Royals, who now plays lor Honna State, was s member of the winning Uhjte- vllk* quintet. Helgufs last seaso.n at Shal- lotte, 1069-70, hl.s cagers cor:., piled a 14-8 overall record before he moved on to Valden Whitley tho .next year. Bobby served as Jiuitor varsity baskotljall coach his first year at VaWen wijitley His team finished the >4’ar with an Imoresslvo 19-2 worksheet With a record like this, the athletic dopaxtsuent at Valden W’hltiey jau something In Height's coaching techniques and elcvatei] hlin to the varsity head coaching pos« for th*'l571- '72 basketball sea- on. Bobby logan his athh-ttc background iratr.-t'g at Ligon High ?chool playltg baskctliaU, basetiall and runnt.-rg track. .\f- ter graduating (r >m Ligon b* 1962, he continue-' his ttJuca- ilors *l tinf abiluv raughi the attention of the Not* York, Yankee scouts. Despite a baituig average drop to .36r. d'lrltrg his senior ye.ar. the Yankees signed Height to a l^seb^all co.itract tn tho spring of 1966 and assignedhlm to Johnsor. City, Tttiiiessoe In ‘lie Rookie Lvague. Bobby hada fair season his first year in professlor.al baseball battlne ,26!^. The next tear Bobby played for Fort IjuudcrdalelntheFla. ot.nte l.eague. His averaged dropped to ,230 l>ut the Yankees still saw hope In Height and the next year l.e played for the Loxif.gtoii Braves In the West, orn CdrolUia Leage?. Aiu!t mildway the season Heigh! relnjured his knee which he first hurt during the ClAA bi».sk'>tliall tournament during his JiiJiiur yoiir ,it Shaw andwas force.-* to have an operation in the .spring of 1969. Tins 'iporatloii meant the end of IW! by*s basoball career but tie Ugiiiuing of hls ftilltlmo coaching duties. He Immedl- ately accej^ed the Job at Valden 'Vhltley where he also serves .IS assistant J«r lor varsity foot* fail coach .w) head lasetial] ClAA MEETWG UPCOMING The spring meeting of tho ClAA set for next week at VIp* Rlnla I^sch. Virginia may have some Interesting develop ments. The meeting which will bo held AprU 5, 6 and 7 at the Cavalier Motel may turn out to be quite a fanfare. Several rumors have boon reported whl*‘h may make the meeting very interesting. Tt has been rumored that If L. D. Smith gets the Job as fulltime commissioner of the conference, at least two schools have slated they will withdraw from the league. It has been all but stated by Livingstone College and maybe Vir ginia State that they plan to leave the conference any'way. Not because of Smith gelling the Job but for other reason Llvingst'^e Is considering Joining tho neighboring Carolina Conference while we understand Virginia State expressed some concern over the way n football protest against the Trojans was handled last year by conference officials. But the big event on he schedule for Ihe conference at the upc^lng meeting is making revisions In Its constitu tion. The conference Is still operating with aconstltutlo iet ^ for IB-Ieams. But since the conference no longer has iB-teams, a lot of changes have to be made to bring the constitution up to date. One of the Hens on the agenda which will be talked a- wout at the spring meeting will be what sports the member u|.« it«itlons must play. At one time li was reported that since the conference lost six members, cne of the require ments of the remaining schools was to play a certain number of sports and amnng these sports was football. This requirement would affect St. Augustine's. At the present time thv Falcons do not play football. However. U Is expected to be decided at the meeting next week exact ly what the conference wants to do. Officials at St. Augustine's have agreed to go along with Whatever decision the conference makes at the meeting In Heartley, the head basketball coach and athletic director at the Episcopal school, has been quoted as saying whatever the Board of Trustees and the St, Augus tine's community want Is fbe with him. In other words, if It Is necessary for the Falcons to Install a football program ag in, then Heartley Is all for It and wUl go about his task of sotting up the program as soon as the decision is reach ed. Also oxpcclod to come up on Ihe Ihree-iUy igonil. 1» the aispersUiB of conference funils to Ihe 12 schools, Smllh reported at . recent conference meeting that the confer, ence uas In position rove to give tack to the member achoole some of the money the conference has made especially through the yearly basketball tournament. ExacUy what percentage t' ‘t'”, »'tU >» Bluen back to the schools remains to no dfecided. Ono Ihlng which will not have to bs solved at the confer ence meeting is a new site for the conference basketball tournament. Rumors stated at tfc last conference tournament that the ClAA was thliJelng In terms of moving its confer- enc ' tournament from Greensboro after this year. BU these ^ tournament when coherence officials announced the 28th annual ClAA Baskel- h— 11 All V n A MM ..ng .. .M..8.1 _ a ^ —....a. _ .. . ■ ^ AUUIES HONORED-Df. I.eory T. Walker, second from left, con gratulates A1 Carter atui Kliner Austin, both members of the 1972 MEAC Tournament champ.s. l«. :t is Cal Irvin, holding the ball that marked his' 400lh college coaching viciory. (Photo by Mike Braye). swwaaa vwaawaisaa^ t.^ta/a^a. \a aiavau 'Jy .a*|g\a^ A&T Well-Wishers Honor Aggie Basketball Team With Banquet npt?irvcorkijr^_ .... .1. ... lo.. a_ ^ — .. GREENSBORO- M’re ’ban 100 friends of Nortn Carolina .ASiT State University turned up last Weiinesday night at the Sheraton Motor Inn In the Gate City to pav tribute to the Aggies’ Mid-Eastern Athletic Con.- lerence basketliail ohampiojis. L ,T • —aunvugiww intf tfoin onnusi ciAA Bsskot- oall Tournament would return to Greensboro March I. 2 and 3. The conference may undertake some Ideas on Im. proving the tournament but the site Is set for next year and the year after, Norfolk made a pitch to land the (oumment last year at the spring meeting but It all went for naught. After It was learned that A i T was withdrawing from tho ClAA to Join the newly formed Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, rumors started that the conference was thinking about moving the }S city. Norfolk, wl'h Its dynasty in the- !rf/k: t DMketball program, made a pitch for the three-day BOvornor of the CommonwoMth t.ic put In « good word for the tourument. This put the fi ® i.® j f'crth Carolina on the spot and of course North Caro- •i\ to keep the tournament. After the delegation feasted on steak and chicken, a score of awards were ^>estowKi urxin members of the team and Its coaches, Cal Irvin and Warren Reynolds. Even though Irvin failed to win the .MEAC's "Coach of the Year Award” or the tourna ment’s “Most Outsianowig Coach Award, •* aAT's aIuit.-jI Chairman Joseph Williams spoke the sentlmezAs of most present by saying “Irvin is certainly our Coach of the Year,” MEAC Commissioner Dr. Leroy Walker presented Irvin with the game ball used during the semi-finals of the League's Howard U. Cagersl8-8 WASHINGTON, D. C, - Al- though composed of six starters that Included two freshmen, three sophomore.^ and a single senior, the 1971-1972 Howard University basketball DIsgus tinjrn.inie:.t In which the Ag- gl.> mentor earned hls 400th career coaching victory. ^en.H:ng the :>trange results of Ihe post-tournament voting whicl: .eft aaT with the cham pionship but without any In dividual or tear, recognition, YValker said, *^We realize that our cmfererce couldn’t sue- coivs -clthoot theA^Tcorrmunl- IV. We»r« an Infant organlra- tlor .ind I hope (hat MEAC won't be found tjuUty of this over- slghi.” Odifi a on hand to celebrate the Agcic’S' 2t>-6 season were N. C. House Rep. Henry Frye of Crcensl'Oro, theclty's mayor Jjrr. Moi\i;i, Hal Sleber of the Chjjnl.ei of Commerce, Ch.irles Whitehurst, moderator of the "A&T Report" on W- . MY'-TV, Samuel McLendon, chair ::.ati the Aggie Boosters and A&T pre.sld«nl Lewis C. Dowdy. .Yfti’i' each player was a- ward»d a i4aque and gifts •rA presented to Elmer Aus tin, MEAC “Player of the Year.” IrvLn closed the affair by saying “this club is bet ter than Its 20-6 record. “.After suffering through ad versities and losing some u- nlty, they pulled themselves together. And when they played right, they were as good as any team I'vecoached,“hecon cluded. Other speakers reminded the' players that sports tsm tehhko Ilf - since men don't always get the recognition they deserve. Greensboro Attorney Her man Taylor said "It hurts when you're young but at least you can come back. It's when you get old that being disregarded Is really bad.” The Aggies will welcome six of the 11 players honored last week back into MEaC basket- baU warfare next season. The banquet wa-- sponsored by businesses In the Greensboro area and was organized by A&T's public relatlcxis direc tor. Richard Moore, Jkiuore. L , .Sfe These Mew ^ mim want to give gull credit to my team t^ecausc no coach could have accomplished anything without such a dedicated group of young men as I had to work with. 1 want to thank each mem ber of the team and the man agers Ix^r having made this a successful season.” Coaching Is nothing new to Height but winning coach of the year awards Is. after graduat ing from Show University In 19C6, Bobby signed a profes sional baseball coniract with the New Y'ankecs. This did not lotLan Bobby had no time for coaching because he did. During' ■ off season, Bobbv taugh . voached at Shallotte Hlgli School for four years re signing in the spring to report to baseball camp. At Shallotte, he compiled some records im pressive enough to win somea- ward but evidently hls records were not good enough. In hls first year as coach at Shallotte, Height's team finish ed 16-4 during the season. The next year, i Is cagers were 19- 9 for the campaign. an xmorcssivc jg-z worksheet. With a record like this, the atldotic departmo:.t at Vaxden Whitley 9aw something In Height’s coaching techniques and elevated him to the varsity head coaching post for the 1971- *72 basketball season. Bobby began hls alhlettc background training at Ligon High School playing basketball, baseball and running track. Af ter graduating from Ligon In 1962, he continued hts oluca- tlon at Shaw. At Shaw he played basketball and baseball for four years. Baseball was hls better sport at the Baptist school. After making the All-CIAA honorable mention team hl.s freshman year, Height was named to the All-CIAA baseball teams each of hls three rcmabiliir years at Shaw. Bobby started off as a first basoman for Ih? Bears but was moved to the outfield hls sopho more season. Batting wise. Height enoyed his best season During hls Junior vear when he batted .414. Hls field and ImI- Hetght reinjurcfl b*.$ knee which he first hurt c ing tho ClAA basketball (ournamont during hls Junior year at Shaw andwas forced to have an operation In the spring of 1969. This ojjoratloii meant the end of Bobby's basetall career but the beginning of hls fulltlmo coaching duties. He Immedi ately accepted the Job at Valden Whliloy where he also serves as assistant Junlorvarsltyfoot- oau coach and head baseball coach. Bobby Ismarrlodtolheform- «r .Miss Brenda Bullockof Apox a id the Heights make Ihelrhomc at 728 Carlisle Street In the Worlhdale community. Bobbv has seen one dream come ti ue. Insteao ux mtii read ing about coaches being named caich of tho year, ho has won tho honor hlm.:elf. This Is the only (he bc-ghmlng of thing to come. Ho Is looking for an even much (tettor season next year and perhaps another coach of the year award JO go along w ith a rosslble state rlia.'nplon- shlp. !P!PT^ the semi-finals of the League's Howard U. and 3, The conference may undertake some Ideas on Im. proving the tournament out tho site is set for next year and the year after. Norfolk made a pitch to land the toumment last year at the spring meeltng but It aU went for naught. After it was ^ I O O learned that A&T was withdrawing from the CtAA to Join I I the newly formed Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, rumors ^ ^ started that the conference was thinking about moving the tourMmont to another cUy. Norfolk, with Us dynasty In the. J program, made a pUch for the three-day dribble derby. Even the governor of the Commonwealth slate put In a good word for the tournament. This put the stale of North Carolina on the spot and of course North Caro- llna had to show why It was wUIlng to keep the tournament. The cUy of Greens'ooro, knowing It could not afford to lose the wealth of the tournament, did some research and prcsenLfld Us flguies to the ccnforenco tournament com mittee also. So Greensboro was able to persuade the tourna ment committee to slay In tho Gate CUy at least two more years. Exactly what changes the coaches, athletic directors and she executive coramlUee of the conference wlU make In the constitution of Ihe conference remain to be seen. Either Way, we are sure there will bo some healed arguments al the conference meeting next week. Some will be happy and thers will be highly dlsas^olntcd hut some changes are go ing to have to be made In Ihe conference coostltutlon. New York Jets Counting Heavily On Fayetteville’s Ken Gamble Fayetteville • w’ho is Kenneth Jerome Cambio and why • i‘e the New Y’ork Jets S 'Vma all (hose nice things about him? Well, for one reason pro- scouts In Ihe Jets camp are betting heavily on Gamble's foot--the one he use* at Fay etteville Slate University lofting footballs on a lazy, high arch on Saturday afternoons. The lean and muscular Gam ble, who averaged 45.S yards puntlnc 1 hts senior year, w“l i> fxo of many rookie isp.-Lis trying to earn a posi tion with Ihe Jots when they op' n spring (raining. Gamble will also be trying to crack another barrier In pro fessional athletics, tf he makes tho grads as a punier, lie'll be In a rather exclusive frat ernity of Black athletes who hold the title of specialty play er. If Gamble makes tt as a punt er for the Jets (and) evi dently v^'oeb Ewi>ank5 th^ks he can), he'll be one of the scarce few Black pimters In ail of professional football. Bkit Gamble has another tce jp hls sleeve, and It's pos sible the Jets may have un covered a bonus when they began t.ik!ng note of hls high lingering punts that delighted Fayetteville Statefansforthree seasons. More than one pro-scout has made note of the (act that Gam ble can breeze ft'otr zero to 40 yards In 4.5 second.^ In un- iforni. But kicking Is hts first love and he’ll concentra'-e on punt ing until ne gets an opportuni ty to display hls other talents to the people that count. Hls college coach, Raymond McDougal, Is cc'^fldent that Gamble will make U In the pros, "He definitely has the tools” says McDougal. “If there Is a belter kicking Dr9speci around FCANTCINC THE SPRING SPORTS Now that ihD basketball season Is over on all but the pro fessional level. U is time for us to take a quick scan at the spring sports. The ClAA has set dates for their spring sport championships. Because of early school closing the MEAC had to make some changes In Us plans for the spring championships. It Is stUl too early to predict how some of the spring sports of (ho teams. Tho weather has been too cool lor the bue- ball pitchers to really get uncorked. Several tennis matches had to bo postponed because of Inclement weather. Hm one group of athletes who have been able to get some work In so far has been the track teams. iMien the word track Is mentioned, North Carolina Central UnlversUy in Dur ham Immediately comes to mind. Coach Leroy Walker's thinelads have not only made local and state Impressions but the Eagles have claimed national attention. Walker Is known to develop some of the (op sprint ers and hurdlers In the nation and this year is no exception. T!jc Eagles' mile relay team was clocked In 3:06 In the Florida Relays last week. The 440, sprint medley and shut tle hurdle relay teams uavo also turned in some Impressive times so far this year, ^ome of the times the Eagles have run compare with the best In the nation. In the ClAA, Johnson C. Smith hts been tabbed as one of the strongest teams on (he cinders this year, Virginia State Is expect^ to be heard from this year fielding one of Us strongest teams In recent years. to*"JJr mstllule is again4he team c ^ the net sport, league al£’ wme of the top netters in the it. Carolina Central stands head a-nd shoulders above !.«? ^ The Eagles were also Hampton and Johnson C. SmUh be fore leaving the ClAA. l»seb»U co-ch.mplon of Uie ClAA Northern Division and Is the team to beat for the base ball crown this season. Delaware State and A & T have beer picked as (he teams to boat for (he baseball tUle In the MEAC. Virginia Union Is always hard to beat when U comes to golf. This year is no ^ceptlon. Winston-Salem's link team may challenge the Panihers this year. The MEAC will not have a conference championship In three of Us spring sports because of early school closings. The conference champlon^lp will be decided on the round robin bases for tennis, golf and baseball. The track and field championships will be decided for the MEAC In Durham April zi and 22. The Southern Division golf championship was playeo at Winston-Salcm Monday and Tuesday of this week. Virginia Union will host (he Northern Dlvlstoo link title AprU 10- 11. And then th« ClAA golf championships wlU be played at W'lnston-Salem April 24-25. WASHINGTON, D. C. - Al- though composed ofslxstiirtors that Included two freshmen, three sophomores and a single senior, the 1971-1972 Howard University basketball Blsofis won 18 games and lost 6. In' fact, tho Bisons defeated every rival member of (ho new Mid-Eastern Athletic Confer ence (MEAC), then battlodNorlh Carolina A&T State UnlversUy to a standstill, before bowing, 71-62 In Ihe finale of the first annual MEAC Basketball Tour nament al Durham, With 8,800 fans looking on, the Bisons won all four of the Special MEAC Tournament A- wards. Stwhomore forward Robert Lewis of Cnlcago, hlgh-polnt star of the tournament with 63, won (he Individual Sportsman ship Award and the Most Valu able Player Aw-ard. Howard w on the Team SportsmanshlpAward and hlarshall T. Emery won the Outstanding Tournament CoacJ- Award. Having .achieved a 20-? record In 1970-1971, the Blsors have ascended to the rank of a 1(9 cage power In the East, by way of (he two-year, 38- 19 record. The team Is a yeai or two shy of Us peak, believes Coach Emery. or oi'v'etiAioro, tho city's mayor Jlrr. Melvin, Hal Sleber of the Cha.mber of Commerce, Charles Whitehurst, moderator of the “A&T Report" on W- FMY'-TV, Samuel McLendon, cbatrm.in of the Aggie Boosters and A&T president Lewis C« Dowdy. .\ftor each player was a- warded a plaque and gifts w-ro presented to Elmer Aus- can come back. It's when you get old that being disregard^ Is really bad.” The Aggies will welcome six of the 11 players honored last weok back Into MEAC basket ball warfare next season. The banquet was sponsored by businesses In the Greensboro area and was organized by A&T's public relations direc tor. Richard Moore. These New Spring Models JUST ARRIVED -ALL NEW- • Z-SO • CT-70 • CB-100 • CM 75 * CB-350 « CL>350 1971 Prices Still In Effect On Many Model* BUY NOW SAVE It much as *100 BBIV JI*LMITS^ ' Open SirUROAT ,nd SUNOAJ Adnpoo.v H01\DA of SfilEIGH ■1600 010 iouiseui!CPo.>a» sjfo.i FAYETTEVILLE'S KENNETH GAMBLE the country than Kenneth, i haven’t i,een him." Gamble himself is anvlous a- bout making good when the Jets springirainlng. "I’vebeen looking forward to an op portunity like this over since I startM playuig fo'AbaU. All players do, I suppose, I Just hope to prove I'm capable of the Job, and In the process hopefully obtain (he kind of contract that will enable me to enjoy (he better things In life.” When Gamble and the Jets sit dow-n to talk money, player- reprosentatlve Robert L. Pitts, a Black businessman from At lanta, Georgia, will be looking Cut for Gamble's Interests. Pitts, the founder of Profes sional Representatives, Ltd., Is confident hts man can a plus factor to the Jets. “We have the utmost confid ence and respect In Mr. Ew- banks and the Jets' manage ment,” says Pills, '‘I'm sure everybody concerned wants ths best for Kenneth Gamble. We all know he has outstanding potential, and besides, any team could use a punter of hls abUtty.*' Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven! HUIUTIOXS BEST FILM BEST DIRECTOR BEST SCREENPLAY BEST EDITOR From VJatnec Bros AMBASSADOR THEATRE Starts Friday, April Zth
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