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Keep the Faith
By RITA CAMPBELL
“They don’t make 'em like
they use to”, is a truism in
college football today. So it
goes with the coach’s, as well
as the players.
It’s disappointing to lose to
teams like Miles, Lane, and
Fort Valley Colleges, but not a
total disaster.
Every year I hope for
improvement in our team. But
Clark College Panthers, will
have to do a better job than
they’ve done up to this point.
There are teams that have
worked hard and haven’t been
successful. Yet, I truly believe
that the Clark College Panthers
will not be one of the many
cases.-
You say to yourself, things
will get better, just keep the
faith. But you’re still wondering
if you just want to believe that,
or if it will really come true. I
say to you that it can and it will.
Clark College has a young
ball club, and a very inex
perienced club. You have to
realize that the change from
high school ball to College ball
is a big step. When you’re
accepted this you can begin to
rationalize the losses.
What has happened
doesn’t totally surprise me.
With the inexperience of the
team one can begin to accept
the result.
The basic part of football
always has looked easy. Maybe
it hasn’t been easy, but it has
looked easy to the fans. In a
sport in which injuries are
expected, where the average
playing career is limited,
somehow I know Clark College
will glide through this troubled
spot.
You don’t control all the
factors in a football game. It’s
how you play, it’s how your
players play, it’s how the other
teams players play, there are
just so many factors involved.
In order to win a cham
pionship in any sports, there
has to be an abundance of
quality players and luck. Clark
College has had both of these
characteristics down through
the years. Whether they have
luck this season seems to be a
Clark Edges Fisk,
By Ronald Anderson
The motto for Clark
College’s football team is
“never be pussycats, roll-over,
play dead, or whisper meow.”
TKHE Panthers lived up to
their motto in their first home
game against Fisk University
overcoming a 20-7 deficit to win
28-27.
The Panthers started slow,
and Fisk capitalized on two
costly turnovers to take a 14-0
lead. Clark fullback Walter
“Brickeaters” Landers made
the score 14-7 after he broke
through the line, slipped three
tackles, and reaced 90 yards
for a touchdown. But Fisk came
right back with a score and took
a 20-7 halftime lead.
Clark rallied in the second
half behind sophomore
quarterback Ted “Pryor
Street” Jackson who completed
12 of 20 passes for 297 yards.
Late in the third period, a
scrambling Jackson uncorked a
73-yard bomb to wide receiver
Charle Cammbage who was
knocked out of bounds at the
two-yard line. Frank Walker
ran the final two yards with 13
seconds left in the third period
to make the score 20-14.
Midway through the final
period, Jackson again evaded a
hard rush and connected with
freshman tight-end Kenny
Ellison for a 60-yard Touch
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BRAVES NAME BLACK MANAGER
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By Larry Simpson
In an historic first, the
baseball world has seen a black
assume the role of general
manager of a major league
team.
Bill Lucas, former Braves’
director of player development,
was named general manager
Sunday, September 19, by
fraves’ owner Ted Turner.
According to Turner, Lucas
was recommended by Eddie
Robinson and former general
manager John Alevizos.
“Both said that Lucas was
die right guy,” said Turner.
Lucas, also a former
Btacves’ player dating back to
the eir days in Milwaukee,
assumed his new duties im
mediately.
“I felt I’d be called upon
to handle some of the ad
ministrative duties when
Alevizos resigned,” said Lucas.
“But I though that would be
only until somebody was named
to the job. I didn’t expect this
at all.”
Lucas has much experience
and is not really new to the job.
Ife has made recommendations
in most of the recent Braves’
deals.
“The first thing I have to
d) is evaluate the operation of
the team from thie standpoint
cf position,” said Lucas. “I
have the knowledge of what
needs to be done, but I have,
after all, been more involved
with the minor league
operation.”
Lucas, 40, is married, and
a graduate of Florida A&M
Uiiversity.
big question. But somehow I
know Clark College will prevail.
It’s the team that can
generally match their skills with
luck, that comes out a winner.
Luck, meaning relatively
free from key injuries, getting
the right official call at the right
time, and having that drive and
desire to win. Things like these
are generally what makes a
winner, because as great as I
think the Panthers could be,
they are by no means heads
and shoulders over their
competition.
With all of this taken into
account the outcome of the
Panther team should be in
teresting indeed.
So, I say to you, keep the
faith, believe in the team. For
deep down in my heart I believe
the Clark College Panthers are
second to none.
Remember our motto:
“We are furocious black
panthers. We stand proud and
roar. We’ll never be pussy cats
who roll over, play dead and
whisper meow!”
28-27 |
Down pass. Keith Thomas
kicked the extra point, and
Clark too the lead for the first
time, with a 21-20. score. But
the lead was short-lived Fisk
took the ensuring kickoff and
drove 70 yards for the go-ahead
touchdown.
With” 5:31 left in the game,
and trailing 27-20, Jackson took
the Panthers 60 yards on passes
to Phillip- Peoples, Cammbage,
and Ellison. Fullback Landers,
who finished with 109 yards
rushing, took a pitch-out on an
option play and ran the final
four yards for the winning TD.
Thomas kicked the extra point.
The Panthers improved
their record to 1-2 with the win.
Chimp Might Retire
By Ronald Anderson
The brilliant and con
troversial career of Muhammad
Ali may have come to a close
after Ali won a close unanimous
decision over challenger Ken
Norton.
The 34-year-old Ali, the
greatest boxer of all-times,
retained his heavyweight
championship in a controversial
decision over Norton. Later, he
announced he had retired from
boxing.
Ali used every boxing skill
in his repertoire against the
charging, hard puching Norton,
but he could not dominate the
challenger. Referee Arthur
Mercante scored the fight-8-6-1
for Ali, while judges Harold
Lederan and Barney Smith each
had it 8-7 for Ali.
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Ted Jackson Named
Player of the Week
Ted Jackson, a
sophomore majoring in Political
Science, is Player of the Week.
Jackson played his role well
enough against Fisk to be
picked the Atlanta Con
stitution’s Offensive Player Of
The Week in Division I and II of
the Southern Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference.
Recognition is something
that arrives when a person does
something nobody else has
done. As a result .of Jackson’s
outstanding performance the
media recognizes him.
Jackson is from Atlanta,
and a product of Price High
School. Off the field Jackson
has the personality of a warm
and modest young man.
Jackson feels the more you do,
the more you’re cable of doing.
“I’m doing much better than
last year, Jackson said during
this interview.
“Playing is a real trip to
me,” says Jackson. “I enjoy
playing football more than ever.
I enjoy the intrinsic rein
forcement of the game, of
seeing things work. The
position I play allows me to
create something within myself.
Believe me I have a lot to
learn.”
Jackson contributed the
big lost against Ft. Valley to a
lack of experience. Jackson
feels that the coaches haven’t
put together! the right com
bination within the offensive
line. Another reason is the lack
of leadership ability.
“I feel that the quarter
back position is looked to for
leadership,” yet I and my
fellow quarter-backs have not
reached that potential. Yet, I
feel I have potential that is
developing rapidly.”
“Because of the lack of
experience and injuries in key
positions, our defense has
performed poorly,” says
Jackson.
“All in all I’m happy with
my improvement from last
year, I have the ability and it’s
developing. I feel with patience
and hard work I can really be a
great quarter-back.”
"Every game means
something, every game is
another game, everytime I go
out on that field, I’m trying to
give my best,” Jackson said
seriously.
Right now the losing is
hard on Jackson and his
teammates.
“You have to understand
it’s over, it’s done with,” says
Jackson. “You have to un
derstand this whole win-loss
syndrome. If what you did
wasn’t good enough, it simply
wasn’t good enough. You have
to understand there are so
many factors involved.”
Jackson feels that the
Clark College Panthers can be
looked to in the future as a
“winner”.
“We have potential even
though we are a young team,”
he said.
Jackson wished the Clark
College Panthers would keep
the faith, and believe in the
team.
Essentially, he is the
epitome of the unselfish player,
trying to lead his team on to
victory.
Jackson has these three
words across his helmet and
most of his teammates haven’t
figured out what they mean, as
of yet. The Arabic words say,
“Allah-u-Akbar,” (God is the
Greatest).
Ft. Valley Trounces Morehouse
offensively by freshman run-
The Fort VALLY State
Wildcats continued their almost
traditional dominance over the
Morehouse Tigers by beating
them 26-6 before 11,000
screaming fans at Lakewood
gadium, Saturday, September
18.
The Wildcats were led
ring back Roscoe Mitchell and
senior quarterback Billy Joe
Gbpeland
This was Morehouse's first
game of the season. They have
a young, but experienced team
and should improve as the
season progresses.
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