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' *?* *rtd,pt Friday night as
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> P1 YMCA lost to K.T. earlier In
v.i.fJMtMMtMter self-destructing and
i tnem to make a miraculous
Ain the last inning.
_ loot time we played them
< IKaMla Temple], <!ur players
*® kave somewhat of a
mwodotsleol attitude which is the
rWWnuuji they came back to beat us
w pm runs,” commented YMCA
;■'* •PMont coach Unwood Dunn.
TP win was largely due to our
fmamg tha guys in practice—trying
to fat thsfr fundamentals together.
Wh time Coach Irving and myself
■“"4 to let the players have some
f i
fun, and it seemed to piy off real
well.”
This turned out to ix aus as Coach
Ed Irving’s boys built a lead and
maintained it.
The first inning was close. YMCA
first baseman Dan Oneal reached
base when Terry Bell misjudged a
ball hit to right field. Bell's mistake
was not crucial as Oneal was left
stranded on third.
Kabala Temple came up in the
bottom of the first but was not
productive at all—leaving the game
scoreless and somewhat boring.
. Not being one to disappoint the
rfau*, Anthony “Falcfff* Walton’
decided io add some excitement'to*
the game by hitting a ground rule
double. Walton played well all night
by striking out five batters and
coming up with big hits.
Coach Dunn commented on
Walton’s pertormSRce, saying, "We
have been working on his hitting
technique."
"He seemed to be a happy kid, and
I don t think he was paying much
attention to the big plays he was
making. We reminded him that this
team beat us last time after coming
from such a sizable deficit, and it
seemed to help out. He did a good Job
tonight.”
Walton’s crowd-moving hit seemed
to be contagious as his teammates
rallied behind him to build a
comfortable lead.
Catcher Shawn Ruffin stepped to
the plate and drove Walton in with a
single to right field. John Sellars did
even more damage as he singled to
bring in two more runs before being
batted in by shortstop Ohmar Dunn.
The inning wai climaxed when Dan
Oneal decided he did not want to
stand in the heat and wait for
someone to drive him home.
Therefore, he simply crushed a Chris
JohnsoriTastball to center Held for a
two-run, base-clearing homerun.
Oneal’s homer gave the YMCA a 6-0
lead.
In the bottom of the second, K.T.
could only get one run as Chris
Johnson stole home to bring the score
to 6-1.
In the top of the third inning, the
YMCA employed the following
philosophy: “if you get on baser I’ll
bring you home.”
This was demonstrated as Cory
Pinder hit a sacrifice single to bring
in f'Patcat” Walton.
«! Shawn Ruffin picked up an RBI as
he drove in Dante Quiller.
Ohmar Dunn came up with an RBI
single to make the score 0-1.
The YMCA continued to roll when
Chris Johnson walked Dan Oneal to,
load the bases for Robert Ruffin, who
popped a shot that got through
shortstop Mike Poole to bring in three
runs.
Matters got worse for K.T, when
Johnson walked an eager Mitchell
Irving who was looking to score. He
got his chance as “Fatcat” Walton
came up again in the same inning to
knock in two more runs.
With the score . 14-1, the K.T.
coaches, decided to bring in a relief
pitcher. Earlier in the season, the
coaches made a key pitching change
that enabled them to come back and
best the VMCA.
The K.T. coaches looked to Mike
Poole to lead them to victory. Poole
got his team out of the inning, but not
before the YMCA increased the score
to 17-1.
The last inning presented itself as a
do or die situation for Kabaia
Temple.
Centiel Adams came up--v^tth-a
double to drive in-SherodMcQiaerp?.
Ron Everett continued the rajly^as
he sacrificed himself to bripgl.ln
Adams
With two outs, Shea Williams’ bat
represents K.T.’s final opportunity
for a comeback. ? -
Williams hit a fly ball to leftfleld,
•only to have It caught bv Cnrv Pfnjfer'.
K.T.’s rally ended the game iyith.*
score of 17-3. ;r': 1
In commenting on his team’s ^eas,
K.T. coach Gollon Umphrey summed
it up best by saying, “Practice,
practice, practice!” .r.-.;.
_ The
Coaches
Box
BY JAMES L. GILES, 8R.
THREE-POINTER UPSTAGES
STARS
n* game-winning three-pointer
i’t by Johnson, Jordan or
^Hjdns moved the Spotlight
Jordan and Magic
Mjmon Sunday when his three-point
with Mseeonds left proved to be
‘ the hey play as the Los Angeles
Lahsn edged the Chicago Bulls mi
taasmelafthe NBA finals.
The Lakers were trailing 91-89 with
SU Meonds left when, after a time
out, tiny set the play. Perkins buried
hb third three-pointer of the game
altar Johnson got the ball to him at
the tap of the circle.
The shot gave the Lakers a 92-91
tafidL Jordan then had ah lS-footer go
Igand out with four seconds left and
> Scott made a free throw to
t for the final point.
_i Lakers’ coach Mike Dunleavy,
*Td like to say I designed the three
-fatal ploy tar Sam, but I didn’t.”
Said! siren’ guard Magic Johnson,
“ ‘ I't know that three-point
It was like a designed
>:
(amid laughter from the
“Seriously [it was
]. Well, I thought so. I wasn’t
ptag to the hole at all. I knew we
NSdoda three in that situation.”
Pllkins, who finished the game
uNfcttpotats, continued, “During the
;.****, I asked coach [Dunleavy]
I was supposed to be and he
tJbMU
training camp
~Tivac are very
Dunleavy
i the green light to
taha that shot when he’s open. It’s his
.ttitbbgheandVUdeDii
shooters,
sou. “Perkins has the g
Atour press time (Wednesday), the
JpcdatfcJobBSge,_ sbgwdpwn for
NBA championship is only four
dns-sM, but if the first game is any
iantaatbtt of what’s to come, fans are
In tak a treat.
'TVs Jordan-Johnson duel lived up
ts Ms WOtag. Jordan had as points, 12
•arista and eight rebounds and
Johnson had a triple double, with 19
'iafcta, li assists and 10 rebounds.
Jordan guarded Johnson most of the
but Johnson seldom guarded
the hype of their
was no matchup
tndMdusls," said Johnson. “I am not
gshlg to take Michael on in a personal
batata because he'll win that."
called it “A great game..
i the plays when he had
; everybody got what they
. The series isn't over just
i we loot one game. We’re still
s’t change.”
POT what it’s worth, the winner of
MICHAEL JORDAN
MAGIC JOHNSON
Game l has won 31 finals, losing 13.
Phil Jackson, in his second season
with the Chicago Bulls, and
Dunleavy, first-year coach of the
Lakers, are making their first
appearances in the finals. The last
time both coaches had no experience
in the championship series vM 10
years ago, when Bill Fitch was
coaching Boston and Del Harris was
at Houston.
Carolina Clan: Former University
of North Carolina players combined
for 80 points in game 1. Michael
Jordan had 36, James Worthy and
Sam Perkins 22 each.
Jordan, Worthy and Perkins played
on the Tar Heels’ 1962 national
championship team.
8CHEDULE
Lakers lead series 1-0.
Wednesday: at Chicago, 0 p.m.
Friday: at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.
June 9: at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.
June 12:* at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.
June 14: * at Chicago, 9 p.m.
June 16: * at Chicago, 7 p.m.
•If necessary.
All games will be televised on NBC
TV.
Improved RPD Leads On
With Powerful Plays
BY JOHN MCCANN
I Poole smashed a ground-rule
i to center field to give his team
a Mined in the first inning.
These three runs proved to be a bad
lor Kabala Temple as RPD
to beat them by three
..._baseman Wilbert Howard
get ttongs started for RPD by beating
eat a stow ground ball before being
prison to by Jermato Johnes.
*—i remained to the spotlight as
Opted to steal home on a wild
by Poole. Kabala Temple
■ Von Everett made a valiant
tto atop Jones but failed as the
ar was able to wisely sneak
I across the plate.
| down by only one run, K.T.
IB cMd net get it together in the top
01 the second tontog-leaving
the
•M*44 to favor of HPD.
"■ *ng that their offense was not
•Bjjfctoc. K.T. looked for defense and
fMindWto first baseman Ron Everett
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who displayed his athleticism by
making a remarkable, jumping catch
to rob Rand Wilson of a sure single.
The momentum soon shifted as
RPD’s Wilbert Howard came up with
another big hit to drive in Trey
Watson, and to give his team a 6-3
lead.
Later in the game, Von Everett
came up with another great defensive
play as he caught a pop fly to double
up James Cook. This, however, was
not enough as RPD built an 8-4 lead.
RPD’s Drae Harris came up with
an RBI double to make the score 9-4
before K.T. catcher Von Everett
decided enough was enough.
Jermain Jones, who stole home on
Everett earlier in the game, decided
to gamble and do it again. This time
Everett showed he, too, had quick
feet as he raced to the plate to put the
tag on Jones, who is proabably the
fastest man in the league.
Going into the last inning, Kabala
Temple trailed by five runs. Gould
they somehow pull out a victory?
Golf Classic Set
For June 16-17
The sixth annual March of Dimes
Celebrity Golf Classic will be held
June 16-17 at MacGregor Downs
Country Chib in Cary.
Although actual play will take
place on Monday, June 17, a Celebrity
Gala and Auction will be held on
Sunday, June 16. The Celebrity Gala
has been a sellout for the last five
years and those interested in
attending are encouraged to
purchase their tickets prior to the
event. Celebrities are scheduled to
participate in this. year’s classic
including Moragan Brittiny, star of
long-running “Dallas;” Jack Gill, a
Hollywood stunt driver; Michael
O’Leary and Mark Derwin of “The
Guiding Light;” James
“Bonecrusher” Smith, heavyweight
champion of the world; and others.
Tickets to the gala may be purchased
for $30.
Players will be treated to a full,
slate of events on Monday morning,
beginning with breakfast at 7:90 a.m.
Captains Choice play begins at 9:90
a.m. with a cook out at the conclusion
oftheday.
For more information, contact
Renee Harris at the March of Dimes
office, 781-9481.
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Colleges: Howard
BY BARRY COOPER
Howard University, perhaps the
most prestigious of the black
colleges, is under NCAA investigation
for alleged wrongdoing in its athletic
department. The Washington Post
first broke the story that Howard is
being scrutinized, a charge that
school officials later confirmed.
NCAA investigators reportedly are
trying to determine whether Howard
used ineligible football players under
former coach Willie Jeffries, who
resigned after the 1988 season to
return to his alma mater, South
Carolina State. Also there reportedly
were other violations and the
leadership of former athletic director
William Moultrie has come under
scrutiny.
An internal investigation at
Howard revealed that under Jeffries,
the Bisons used 80 ineligible players
over a 5-year period. The players
were supposed to be sitting out the
season, but Jeffries allegedly allowed
them to play. In 1987, Howard
forfeited the Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference title because it had used
ineligible players and school officials
considered the issue closed. But now,
four years later the NCAA has begun
its own probe. It could be up to a year
befonj any final findings are
announced.
Inflation is striking everywhere,
and even black college sporting are
being effected. The Central
Intercollegiate Athletic Association
has announced that ticket books for
the 1988 CIAA basketball tournament
will cost f75, up $5 from last season.
Here’s another sign of the times:
Rivals Norfolk State and Elizabeth
City won’t by playing their annual
Fish Bowl football game in Hampton,
Va., this fall. The reason is
apparently because promoters were
not willing to pay the fee the schools
asked. The amount of money Norfolk
State and Elizabeth City were
seeking has not been revealed, but
the school’s decision to withdraw
from the popular game is yet another
indication that black colleges no
longer are willing to give away their
services. We’ve seen that in the past
with top black colleges such as
Florida AAM demanding more in
rights fees from Black
Entertainment Television, and now
other schools are getting tougher.
Quick quiz: Of the men who
founded the CIAA Tournament, only'
one is still living. Who is he? Give up?
The answer is John McLendon and
North Carolina Central is renaming
its gymnasium in his
honor.Former Florida A&M coach
AJac Triplett, who disappeared from
the Mack- collage basketball scene
altar being fired by Florida A*M and
later by Delaware State, has surfaced
again as the coach at Morris Brown
College.Grambling’s Eddie
Robinson is proving that with age and
success comes respect and dollars.
Robinson, take winningest college
football coach ever, reportedly will
rake in more than $100,000 from
salary and endorsements this year.
It’s clear that pay-per-view is
taking off, so why haven’t some
young entrepreneurs lined up say, the
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