The Augusta news-review. (Augusta, Ga.) 1972-1985, November 22, 1972, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextThe Augusta News-Review, November 22, 1972 THE ; NEWS-REVIEW SPORTS Pi Henri Freeman ggE OOPS! SORRY! Somebody goofed last week when they listed Ronnie Beard, a senior on the Paine basketball team, as being a graduate of Lucy Laney High School. This I am sure Beard didn’t appreciate, nor did the supporters of T.W. Josey High School, the school he attended and from which he graduated as a star basketball player. We offer our apology for the error, no matter who made it. IbT vs fa jimlHk IK KHBk. .KHMK Left-right: James Matthews, 6’ 8”, Buffalo, N.Y.; Lester Paige, 6’ 0”, Savann ah,Ga.; Lee Boyd, 6’ 7”, Augusta, Ga.; Lewis Brinson, 6’ 1”, Tampa, Fla.; Edward Maner, 6’ 6”, Savannah, Ga. Defeated Olympic Boxer Gets Russian Rematch w ■■ WWffSH£ Br T* :. YHBfl KZ v /UHF «trJjfOS ■* KRk "’- • / ««* ■ —raPS '-ZT. '- Ja»• < ■F"®r ■<*' * ;^'i,: ' M *f »• ®? B - awfe*' i ..-■•« ——■><»»«■*« <•— ■- Reggie Jones, the black Marine corporal who trounced a Russian boxer during the Munich Olympics yet “lost” the highly controversial and widely viewed match, will fight his Eastern European opponent again. This time, however, the bout will not be fought near either the beer gardens of Munich or the cold monuments of Moscow. Instead, Las Vagas will be the site of the re-match between a Soviet light middleweight named Valery Tregubov and Reggie Jones on Newark, New Jersey. In the last bout, Jones ended, the fight with more points than Tregubov, but the scoring system was so convoluted and complex that the Russian was declared the winner. The crowd of 6,000 watching the bout in person hooted with disbelief calling the officials “Schieber!” (crook). Disheartened by the event, the young Jones said he would never tight again. However, since then, he has changed his mind. “I got lots of calls and letters Page 6 from people I didn’t know, telling me to fight again. My Marine Corps coaches and buddies all encouraged me to continue my career and I am going to do just that.” In a few weeks, Jones will be leaving the Corps and those who taught him his new life style. He has hopes for a professional career in the ring, but he will still be an amateur for the January 27 bout in Las Vagas with the Russian. Jones had fought before joining the Corps but never put on boxing gloves until he went through training at Parris Island. In Newark’s Weequich High School, he had played guard on the basketball team and in 1968 was named to the All-City team. His fighting, however, had been confined to the streets of Newark. Joining the Corps in 1969, Jones was stationed at Quantico, Va., when he saw an exhibition bout in 1970. “The fighter looked good, and I liked the way he stopped his opponent. So I tried out for the team,” Jones says. “I sparred with a guy and, of FT. VALLEY TUMBLED FROM UNBEATEN RANKS Two weeks ago, the Ft. Valley State Wildcats appeared on regional television as an undefeated team. In that game they extended their streak by defeating Fisk University, thereby remaining one of the top predominantly black College teams in the nation. Last Saturday, the “Valley” renewed one of its intrastate squabbles with Albany State, a college noted in recent years more for its top-flight basketball teams than for its football teams. This time, though, the State eleven rose to the occasion and upended the Wildcats, thus dropping them from the ranks of the unbeaten. If State’s season prior to the game with the “Valley” had been so-so, its now considered a success, for they have conquered an arch enemy. LIONS IN LID-LIFTER SATURDAY NIGHT If you have been wondering what the Paine College Lions have for the hardwood this season, you’ll be able to get some idea Saturday night when the Lions play host to the Ft. Valley State Wildcats in the season’s lid-lifter. The R.A. Carter Gym on the campus will be the scene of the encounter. Lions’ Coach, Ernest Tolbert, is not certain of his starting five for the opening game, but he is leaning to a lineup that will range from 6’o” to 6’B”. This means that the team will be going with more height than ever before. Reggie Jones course, he got the best of me. But the coach said I had ‘heart’, and he let me stay on the team.” At eight p.m. every night, Jones would start working out with the bag and sparring with other amateur boxers. His proficiency with his fists improved and soon “started knocking guys out.” Fighting first within the Corps and then at interservice bouts, Jones proved he was a good boxer. Using his best punches-left hooks to the body set up by right jabs-he became Golden Gloves Champion in two divisions: welterweight and light middleweight. “I enjoyed the skill that the Corps taught me. Not many 21-year-old blacks get a chance to go to the Olympics. I have even sparred with Mohammed Ali. He is the greatest.” Many people have found either their profession or avocation in the Marine Corps. The Corps has many programs designed to help people find their interests and learn new skills. Local Marine recruiters can provide more information. Jones’ main goal is to become a world champion and then retire. If, upon taking up the fight game as a profession, he sees he can’t make it to the top, Jones plans to quit and go to college. But right now, all he has on his mind is the fight in Las Vagas with the Russian. It should be one of the most widely watched amateur bouts in history. More than 8 million Blacks aren’t registered. Are you part of the problem or part of the sol ution ? 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