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Page 8 The Panther February 5, 1980 “And what do you two think you’re doing? - That’s what the referee seems to be saying to Clark College’s Harvey Giddens (1.) and James Harthey (r.) in game against Morris Brown College which Clark won 83-71. (Photo by Tyraun Patterson) MBC Dunks CC BY AL REID Panther Reporter Three Hawks Chosen as All-Stars BY VEVERLY Y. BYRD Panther Sports Editor Sports WELCOME TO 1980 The Panther Sports staff would like to welcome the Clark College family back and hopes that the 1980 school year is prosperous for each of you. ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM NAMED Congratulations to Lamar Smith, Charles Cheek, Carlton Gibson and Charles McPherson for being selected to Division III of the SIAC All- Conference team. Smith was the only player to be selected for the first team defense as tackle. Johnny Pellman, a tackle also, and flanker, Medrith McCrary were chosen for the second team defense. Cheek, Gibson and McPherson were all selected to first team offense. CONGRATULATIONS. WELCOME TO ATLANTA With the departure of Terry Furlow to Utah, the open spot on the roster of the Atlanta Hawks was filled by free agent center Sam Pellom. The 6’9 Pellom scored 10 points by hitting all five field goals he attempted in the 142- 120 victory over San Antonio in his debut. The Panther Sports Staff welcomes you to Atlanta. 1979 Outstanding Professionals The year 1979 has come to an end leaving hopes that the eighties will bring some sort of championship to Atlanta teams. But seventy-nine had its moments of glory and that leads to the Panther Picks for the “Best of ’79.” Most Outstanding Team The Atlanta Hawks who. finished with a 46-36 record and brought the playoff to Atlanta. Most Outstanding Athlete Phil Neikro of the Atlanta Braves, tied with brother Joe Neikro for the National League’s winningest pitches - won 21 games with an ERA of 3.39, pitched 44 games for 342 innings and struck out 208 players. Most Improved Athlete Wallace Francis of the Atlanta Falcons as wide receiver was voted by the Falcons as Most Valuable Player. Most Outstanding Rookie William Andrews, third round draft choice of the Atlanta Falcons who rushed 239 times for 1,023 yards for three touchedowns and caught 38 passes for two touchdowns. Most Outstanding Coach Hubie Brown, coach of the Atlanta Hawks. On January 22, the Morris Brown Wolverines defeated the Clark Panthers 83-71 in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference basket ball action at the John H. I^ewis Physical Education Center. For Panther fans not only had they had to battle heavy rains just to see the game, but they also waited not five minutes, but one hour and forty-five minutes before the game officials even showed up. But what ever the case was it did not manage the upset the Wolverines at all. The contest began quickly as Clark scored two baskets to ob tain a 4-0 lead, the only such one they would have for the en tire night. But a poised Morris Brown team lead by senior point guard Paul Delaney came back to take a com manding 34-14 lead with 9:03 remaining in the half. Delaney who was academically ineligible the first half of the season took out his frus trations on Clark by tossing in 14 points and dishing out six assists. At the half with Morris Brown leading 38-23 it was clearly obvious that the Pan thers had to get their act together before it was too late. For the Panthers had only managed to pull in ten rebounds compared to twenty- four by the Wolverines. It was now visible the lengthly pregame delay had possibly effected the Panthers performance thus far. However the Panthers did show signs of a lot of character as they managed to cut the halftime deficit of fifteen points to a mere six points as sophomore Harvey “Goose” Giddens scored on a breakaway slam dunk with 9:06 remaining in the game to put the score at 54-48, Morris Brown. But the Wolverines own version of Earvin Johnson, Paul Delaney got his “magic show” rolling again as he helped the Wolverines to score ten unanswered points in a radius of three minutes and seventeen seconds. Delaney, cont. on page 10 On February 3, Atlanta Hawks fans will have a lot to cheer about as John Drew, Ed die Johnson and Dan Roundfield will represent the Central Division leaders in the National Basketball As sociation All-Star Game in Landover, Md. Drew and Johnson will be in starting positions with Julius Erving of the Philadelphia 76’ers at forward, Moses Malone of the Houston Rockets at center, and George Gervin of the San Antonio Spurs to complete the starting team at guard. Roundfield was selected by the Eastern coaches after finishing third in the All-Star voting behind team mate Drew and Erving of the 76ers. “The Doctor” topped all Eastern forwards with 180,260 votes followed by Drew with 126,006 and Roundfield with 61,465. Drew represented the Hawks in the 1976 All-Star Game when the coaches voted him to the team. However, the last Hawk players to be voted on the team by the fans were Lou Hudson and Pete Maravich who were starters in the 1974 game. “It's a great thing to be picked for the game,” Drew said. “I just appreciate what the fans in Atlanta did in vot ing for me and Eddie and in voting for Dan Roundfield, too.” Hawks guard, Johnson, finished with 149,678 votes, second to Gervin, the top vote getter, with 286,463. Another Hawk player, Armond Hill finished third among Eastern guards with 132,288. The five other players to be selected by the coaches for the Eastern squad were Washington's Elvin Hayes; Boston’s Dave Cowens, Larry Bird and Nate Archibald; and Michael Ray Richardson of the New York Knicks. The Western starting team will consist of forwards Mar ques Johnson of Milwaukee and Adrian Dantley ot Utah; center, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of Los Angeles; and guards Ervin “Magic” Johnson of Los Angeles and Lloyd Free ot San Diego. MBC player rebounds over Reginald Townsend (42) and Blair (34). Photo by Tyraun Patterson