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Clark Atlanta University Panther
August 31, 1990
Hamilton Plays To Win
By PIERCE W. HUFF
Sports Editor
Wide receiver Millard
Hamilton has seen the football
coaches come and go at Clark.
His freshman year he was
coached by Jesse McClardy.
His sophomore and junior
years he was coached by
William Spencer. But as he
enters his senior season under
first-year head coach Willie
Hunter, his third coach in four
years, his desire to win remains
a constant.
“I’m all about winning,”
Hamilton said.
Hamilton says that there is a
huge difference between Coach
McClardy, Coach Spencer,
and Coach Hunter.
“Coach McClardy had a real
rough style, he wanted us to
play and really get after the
opponents. Coach Spencer was
real emotional. He would use
negative newspaper clippings
to try and get the team
motivated. Coach Hunter
believes in techniques and
getting the team mentally in the
game,” Hamilton said.
Last year the 5 ft. 8 in., 165
pound Hamilton was the lone
bright spot in the Panthers’
dismal 3-7 season. He played
wide receiver, returned punts,
returned kickoffs and played
safety. He also led the Southern
Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (S.I.A.C.) with an
average of 145.4 all-purpose
yards per game.
This year Hamilton has been
named second team wide
receiver and received honora
ble mention as a return
specialists on the S.I.A.C.
pre-season all conference team.
According to Coach Hunter,
Hamilton’s one of those players
that coaches love to coach.
“Millard is just a top flight
player,” said Coach Hunter.
“He’s a good returner, a good
special teams players, and one
of the best downfield blockers
around."
Hamilton said he developed
Jtis style of play by growing
idolizing Chicago Bears
running back Walter Payton
and Pittsburgh Steelers wide
receiver Lynn Swann.
“I borrowed Payton’s
physical play and determina
tion, and Swann’s speed and
gracefulness,” Hamilton said.
This year Hamilton says his
goal, and his teammates goal,
for the season is playing in the
S.I.A.C. conference playoffs.
Hamilton dreams of playing
in the National Football
League, and that dream may be
a reality. This year he has been
visited from scouts from the
New York Giants, the Dallas
Cowboys and the Los Angeles
Rams.
Hamilton reflects on his
career and Clark and re
members what his mother told
him when he decided to go to
Clark.
Said Hamilton, “My mother
said. Tf you’re good, you’ll be
good anywhere,’ and I guess it
turned out to be true.”
Sports, The Way It Is
By PIERCE W. HUFF
Sports Editor
LA Y OFF STEINBRENNER
appointment.” And 1 thought tennis players
skipped Grand Slam events because of
something as insignificant as a death in their
family, boy was I wrong.
It seems like everyone these days is trashing
former New York Yankees owner George
Steinbrenner, but give the man a break! Forget
the Spira incident. All the Yankees did during
his tenure is win consecutive World Series in ’77
and ’78, three American League Eastern
Division titles and one American League
pennant. Steinbrenner’s only crime, if it can be
called such, was wanting to win too much. Ted
Turner and Stan Kasten should be guilty of that
with the Atlanta Braves.
NOTHING TO DANCE ABOUT
Why did Atlanta Falcons cornerback Deion
Sanders have to dance after a 21-yard punt
return in a preseason game against the
Cincinnati Bengals? I could see it if Sanders had
scored, but he didn’t. If Sanders were a real
competitor he would have been angry about not
having scored a touchdown. Give me
competitors like outfielder Kirk Gibson of the
Los Angeles Dodgers. Two years ago in a
meaningless game against the Atlanta Braves,
Gibson flung his bat against the wall of the
Dodgers’ dugout after striking out in the ninth
inning with a runner on scoring position. Now
that’s a competitor. As for now, Sanders is
strickly a two-sport hotdog who can’t even hold
Bo Jackson's jockstrap.
HAIR’S NOT GOOD ENOUGH
Being the avid tennis player that I am, I
couldn’t help but almost faint when I read Andre
Agassi’s reason for skipping this year's
Wimbledon. When a reporter for the Los
Angeles Times asked Agassi why he skipped this
year’s Wimbledon, Agassi said: “I had a hair
LOOK OUT FOR THE DODGERS
The team to watch in the National League
Western Division is not the defending champion
San Francisco Giants, not the frontrunning
Cincinnati Reds, but the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Tommy Lasorda, Ramon Martinez, Eddie
Murray and don’t forget Kirk Gibson, are one
major quartet. What about Martinez, the league
leader in strikeouts, and ace of the Dodgers staff!
Not bad for a man who in spring training had to
fight for the fifth spot in the rotation. One guy
who is hurt but doesn’t get enough ink is
shortstop Alfredo Griffin.
YANKS AHEAD?
In the “Interesting Stat Between Issues”
department, as of Aug. 22, the New York
Yankees were 24-23 against teams in their own
division. I guess the Yankees aren’t as bad as we
think they are.
DON’T BET ON IT!
Question: Is the Atlanta Falcons preseason
performance an indication that they might make
the playoffs? The answer: No! The Falcons do
have talent, but before you start getting those
dusty Falcon Fever T-shirts out of the closet
remember these two things: 1) they have two
games against the San Francisco 49ers, the Los
Angeles Rams and New Orleans Saints; and 2)
they play the Philadelphia Eagles, the Cleveland
Browns, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. No wonder
the Falcons can’t win their division. Their city is
a one-word name. If they changed their name to
the At Lanta Falcons, then maybe they could
beat the San Francisco 49ers, the Los Angeles
Rams and the New Orleans Saints.
Panthers Seek Key To Victory
By PIERCE W. HUFF
Sports Editor
With everyone on campus
wondering how the Panthers
plan on winning their season
opener against Morris Brown
College and avenging last
year’s 49-7 loss, first-year head
coach Willie Hunter has found
the solution.
The Panthers must stop the
long pass.
“We’ve got to stop the long
pass.” Hunter said. “We can't
allow Morris Brown to get that
quick-hitting touchdown pass.
We can’t hold a team to third
down and 15 yards and have
them get a touchdown pass.”
H unter feels that in order for
the Panthers to win, the defense
and the special teams will have
to have strong performances.
“We just can’t allow them to
get long runs from scrimmage
and on the special teams,”
Hunter said.
According to Hunter,
stopping Morris Brown from
making the long pass forces
them to have to score on long
drives.
“We’ve got to make Morris
Brown drive 50 to 60 yards in
order to get a touchdown,” said
Hunter. “If we can make them
drive and shut down the long
pass, we’ll be alright.”
Meanwhile, three starters
from last year’s team have had
their positions switched during
summer practices. Alex
Cottman, a 6-ft. 2-in.,
290-pound nose tackle has been
moved to offensive tackle.
Ernest Bryant, a 6-ft.3>/2-in.,
225-pound defensive end has
been moved to tight end.
Anterious King, a 6-ft. 1-in..
235-pound defensive end has
been moved to offensive tackle.
This year’s team has nine
returning offensive starters in
quarterback Marlow Rober
son, wide receiver Millard
Hamilton, wide receiver Felix
Lewis, wide receiver Ed Jones,
offensive lineman Fred
Williams, offensive lineman
Tim Crowder and tight end
Chris Hudson. The returning
starters on defense are
defensive tackle Dale Dixon,
defensive tackle Richard
Sieback and defensive back
Claude Flynn.