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can’t holler at the guys on the
floor without themgettingupset.
The Vince Lombardi
psychology....you can’t use it
today.
“You can’t go out and tell a
guy to play with a broken arm or
a broken leg — he’ll tell you
where to go. There’s not ‘Do it
like the Gipper,’ no crying in the
dressing room. He’d (the coach)
better show what he (the player)
is doing wrong.”
And Epps has been telling
players things for quite a while.
Has the wear and tear of 27
years of coaching been a strain?
Apparently it has. So much
so that Epps hasn’t had time to
keep up with things like bir
thdays.
When asked his age, Epps
became slightly embarrasseed,
looked toward the heavens and
pondered the question.
“Well, let me see,” he
mused. “I was born in 1918, so
that makes me uh....I’H be 58
soon.”
After amazing 405 wins in
basketball and countless others
in three other sports, Leonidas
Epps can be excused for
forgetting his age.
Sports
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to be the only winning
professional team Atlanta has.
Well if you can’t beat em’ tie
em.’ Even with the tie’s the
flames have managed to get an
Atlanta audience to give them a
standing ovation. They even
managed a sellout crowd of
15,155, that actually cheered.
Foreman Crumples
Opponent
George Foreman beat up
Pedro Agosto and then took a
swing at disease by making by
making a $10,000 contribution
to the National Cancer Fund.
Foreman fights Jimmy Young
on March 17 and has his hopes
set on a return bout with
champion Muhammad Ali. This
was Foreman’s 45th victory.
Black Magic Woman
In her time she was black
magic on the courts. Althea
Gibson former tennis champion
has resigned her post as New
Jersey Athletic Commissioner.
Saying she's tired of fighting
the bureaucracy.
Ashe Signs Contract
Tennis star Arthur Ashe
signed a two-year contract with
ABC as an all-star sports
commentator.
Atlanta Says Thanks A Lot
Bowie
Bowie Kuhn has made Ted
Turner 'he most popular owner
in baseball. Turner has proved
Jo 'he people 'hat lie is serious
about bring a Winner to
A'lan'a
Inside Sports
The one year suspension of
Atlanta Braves owner Ted
Turner was made official by
Baseball Commissioner Bowier
Kuhn despite protests from
several citizens and public
officials. Kuhn confirmed the
suspension a week after
meeting with Turner and a
group of Atlanta citizens, led by
Mayor Maynard Jackson. The
suspension, which becomes
effective Jan. 18, 1977, was
levied because Turner was
charged with “tampering” in
pursuit of free agent Gary
Matthews
Notre Dam’s star defensive
end Ross Browner has been
named the outstanding college
lineman for 1977. Browner
received the Outland Award,
presented by the Football
Coaches Association of America
for the outstanding college
lineman, and the Lombardi
Award, which is voted on by a
panel of 59 college coaches,
sportswriters and tv sport-
scasters, for the outstanding
college lineman.
Walker Speaks At Banquet
By Ronald Anderson
The top vote getters for the
East and West squads of the
national basketball association
All-Star Game are both rookies
in the league. David Thompson
of the Denver Nuggets and
Julius “Dr. J.” Erving of the
Philadephia 76ers, both first
year players in the NBA after
successful career in the now
defunct American Basketball
Association, led the balloting
with 319,047 and 310,517 votes
respectively.
Joining Erving on the east
team are forward George
McGinnis of Philadelphia,
center Bob McAdoo, New York
Knicks, guard Pete Maravich,
New Orleans Jazz, and guard
Doug Collins of Philadelphia.
Starting with Thompson on the
west team are forward Bobby
Jones, Denver, center Dan
Issel, Denver, guard Paul
Westphal, Phoenix suns, and
Norm Van Lier, Chicago Bull.
The game is scheduled for Feb.
13th in Milwaukee.
The 100 Per Cent Wrong
Club held its 42nd annual
awards banquet at the Marriot
Hotel last month, it was at
tended by several sports
celebraties. Among those in
attendence were Atlanta Braves
and Hawks owner Ted Turner,
Minnesota Viking’s Sammy
White, Rickey Bell, Walter
Underwood, and Vincent Evans
of Southern Cal, and Norte
Dame’s Ross Browning. .
Dr. Leroy Walker, the U.S.
1976 Olympic track and field
coach, was the quest speaker at
the banquet. Olympic stars
Michael Spinks, who won the
gold medal in the middleweight
boxing division, and
Morehouse’s Edwin Moses, the
gold medalist in the 400-meter
hurdles, were honored.
Five professional athletes
were cited for awards. Chuck
Foreman and Sanny White of
the Minnesota Vikings won
honors, and special citations
went to Atlanta Falcons John
James and Alfred Jenkins, and
the Hawks John Drew.
The Southern Inter
collegiate Athletic Conference
awards went to Fort Valley
State's Billy Joe Copeland for
SIAC Player of the Year, and to
Andy Hinson of Bethune-
Cookman, and Joe Cornelius of
Knoxville College for Coaches of
the Year in Division 11 and
division 1 respectively.
The high school awards
went to Warner Robins’ Robert
Davis for high school coach of
the Year, and Ronald Simmons,
also of Warner Robbins, as the
High School Player of the Year.
Clark College’s Head
Basketball coach and Athletic
Director Leonidas Epps also
received a citation.
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