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NEWS-REVIEW
SPORTS Pi
Henri Freeman
LIONS STUMBLE AGAIN
Win number 5 was a long time coming for the Paine College
basketball team, but the winning feeling didn’t last long. In rapid
succession the Lions have lost to Bethune Cookman, Florida
A&M and Savannah State since winning over Georgia College on
January 22. Last night they were in Knoxville to meet Knoxville
College.
In the month of February most of the Paine games will be
played on the road; this means they must add to their winning
record where it is more difficult - on the road. Local fans will not
get a chance to see the team play more than three times during
the season-ending month.
LET RICH DO IT?
Rich Glover, the outstanding lineman for the Nebraska
Cornhuskers and a bonafide All American, has been drafted by
the New York Giants. However, the rugged middleguard was not
a draft pick of the Giants in the early pickings.
It is a foregone conclusion in the professional ranks that Glover
will not be able to do the job in the line as a professional.
Therefore, the Giants in not choosing to select him early in the
draft, must have been looking ahead and converting him to a
linebacker and taking advantage of his defensive prowness. His
232 pounds just will not equip him with what he needs to play up
front with the bemoths in the pro ranks.
When the 1973 NFL season gets underway in September, all
eyes will be focused on the New York Giants and how Rich
Glover will perform as a professional. He has been a terror on
defense as a college gridironer, but he must prove that he can “do
it” in the play for pay arena.
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LESTER PAIGE, “DOING IT!”
PAINE LOSES TO SAVANNAH
Paige’s 49 Points Not Enough
Paine College sharpshooter Lester Paige hit a career high 49
points against Savannah State College in the Paine gym Monday
night. Paine lost 95-85.
Paige hit with jump shots from 30 feet, drove for lay-ups and
hit from every point on the court with deadly accuracy. Five
minutes before the end of the first half, he had 29 points and
ended the half with 31 points.
Savannah switched to a-four man zone defense with one man
assigned to guard the 6 foot guard. And held him to 18 points
during the second half. Paige hit 46 points from the floor and
tossed in 3 more from the foul line.
Edward Maner was Paine’s second leading scorer. Both are
natives of Savannah.
Frank Harper led Savannah with 23 points.
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By Mark Southerland
National Black News Service
In an upset that rocked the
boxing world, undefeated
challenger George Foreman
knocked out the unbeaten
world heavyweight champion
Joe Frazier in th® second
round at their championship
bout in Kingston, Jamaica.
Foreman so devastated Frazier
that referre Arthur Mercante
stopped the fight at 1:35 of
the second round after Frazier
had been floored an astounding
six times. The magnitude of
Foreman’s victory sparked
Vluhammed Ali to proclaim that
in his loss to Frazier he had
punished him so severely as to
cause his downfall against
Foreman.
In a related incident, Ali’s
trainer Drew (Boundini) Brown
forced his way into the new
heavyweight champions
dressing room and shouted
“When you gonna fight the real
champ?” Ali reportedly has
suspended Bundini for his
actions.
Now Foreman is in the
drivers seat, having ruined the
hopes of a Frazier-Ali rematch
for 3-million each, he can
decide who he wishes to fight
and when. The speculation
continues as to whether he will
meet Ali first or whether he
will grant Frazier a rematch.
Most likely the 24-year-old
champion will add to the
$375,000 he received in this
fight with some easy matches
before he decides. Meanwhile
Frazier has voiced his
determination to regain his
title while Ali is calling the
ex-champion “washed up.”
O J DOMINATE PRO BOWL
In a season dominated by
running backs it was only
fitting that the AFC-NFC Pro
Bowl should showcase the
games finest runner, Buffalo’s
O.J. Simpson. The AFC’s
Simpson shattered the
post-merger Pro Bowl rushing
record of 57 yards with 112
yards in 16 carries. But
Simpson’s domination was to
come only after another
superlative runner, Green Bay’s
John Brockington, put the
NFC ahead with two first
period touchdowns.
Unfortunately, this rushing
exhibition war frequently
interrupted by fumbles and
interceptions that combined
for ten turnovers. The crucial
one was a 12-yard interception
and return for a touchdown by
Kansas City linebacker Bobby
Bell that clinched the AFC’s
33-28 victory.
Nebraska’s All-American
middle guard. Rich Glover,
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attained the personal goal that
evaded him last year when he
was named the recipient of the
third annual Vince Lombardi
Award as the outstanding
lineman in the nation. Glover,
a finalist last year, received the
award at a SIOO-a-plate dinner
in Houston.
ALL-AFRICAN GAMES
The second All-African
Games officially ended with a
fireworks display, a parade of
the 1,500 athletes from 36
nations and entertainment
provided by brass bands and
tribal dances. A crowd of
60,000 was in the national
stadium to see the final event,
a 2-0 victory by Nigeria over
Guinea in soccer, and stormed
onto the field before the
closing ceremonies. The
Olympic-style games were
dominated by the famed East
African runners and the
Egyptian swimming team.
Egypt captured the most
victories as their swimming
team won 18 of their total of
25 gold medals. In individual
performances none was better
than Kenyan Ben Jipcho’s
tying of the world record at 8
minutes 20.8 seconds in the
3,000 meter steeplechase.
PRUITT COPS CAMP TROPHY
Oklahoma halfback Greg
Pruitt received another
post-season accolade when he
was awarded the Walter Camp
Memorial Trophy as the year’s
outstanding college back by
the Washington Touchdown
Club. Pruitt, who first came to
national prominence when he
rushed for 1, 655 yards and a
phenomenal 9.4 yards per
carry in his junior year, gained
938 yards in 152 carries and
scored 86 points this year
although he was slowed by a
late-season injury.
ARMSTRONG HONORED
All-American halfback Otis
Armstrong of Purdue was
honored by the Gridiron Club
of Boston with the
presentation of the Nils V.
Nelson Award for
sportsmanship.
BLACK ORIOLES TOOK TO
JAPAN
As the baseball season
approaches disgruntled players
are looking toward Japan and
visa versa. Paul Blair,
centerfielder for the Baltimore
Orioles, has been threatening
to jump to Japan but Oriole
executive vice president Frank
Cashe appears unworried while
pointing to the joint agreement
that prevents the Japanese
Baseball Association from
negotiating with Blair. Another
Oriole, leftfielder Don Buford, I
has received an offer of
SIOO,OOO from the Fukuoka
Lions but is as yet undecided.
In the minor leagues, Tommy
Davis, former National League
batting champion, is also eying
a Japanese offer.
McCOVEY SIGNS FOR
$120,000
Last season’s record, the San
Francisco Giants’ worst in
years, was not one to support
much optimism, but veteran
first baseman Willie McCovey is
very enthusiastic about the
upcoming baseball season. He
became the first Giant to sign
his contract (1973) recently
and voiced hope for his
complete comeback from the
broken arm that interrupted
his reign as the game’s premier
slugger. The 35-year-old-star
reportedly will receive the
same salary as in 1972,
$120,000.
'Atlanta 500’
Tickets On Sale
Hampton, Ga. -- Tickets for
the 14th annual Atlanta 500
stock car race are now on sale
at the Atlanta International
CLEMENTE MEMORIAL FUND
Officials of the Roberto
Clemente Memorial Fund
announced that contributions
totaling $317,539 have been
received. The money was said
to include $57,539 from
individual fans, SIOO,OOO each
from the Pittsburgh Pirates and
the Richard Mellon
Foundation, $25,000 each
from a bank and a newspaper
in Puerto Rich and SIO,OOO
from the H.J. Heinz family.
The fund is designated to
provide relief for the
earthquate victims of
Nicaragua and to build a sports
camp in Puerto Rico in
memory of the baseball great
who lost his life in a plane
crash on a supply mission to
Nicaragua.
ERVING, GILMORE LEAD
Although Virginia’s forward
Julius Erving still has a strong
hold on the ABA scoring lead
with a 31.1 points per game
average, Kentucky’s 7’4” Artis
Gilmore leads in three other
categories -- rebounding, field
goal percentage and blocked
shots. Gilmore also sports a
respectable scoring average of
21.1 points per game for 10th
best in the league.
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other locations in neighboring
states.
Raceway official Stacey
Cotton said reservations for
Georgia’s premier sporting
event are running well ahead of
a year ago and all indications
point toward the best Atlanta
500 in history.
“The competition was
tremendous in NASCAR Grand
National racing a year ago and
there is no reason to believe it
won’t be just as good or better
this year,” said Cotton.
Tickets for the April Ist
event, ranging in price from $6
for infield admission to S2O for
box seat locations, can be
purchased by writing to
Atlanta International
Raceway’s ticket office, P.O.
Box 221, Hampton, Georgia
30228.
Cotton said tickets are also
available at several
metropolitan Atlanta locations
as well as Macon, Georgia,
Birmingham, Ala., Knoxville
and Chattanooga, Tenn.
The 328-lap affair drew an
estimated 75,000 spectators
last year when Bobby Allison
of Hueytown, Ala., put
Chevrolet back in the winner’s
circle by nipping three-time
Indianapolis 500 winner A.J.
Foyt at the wire.
Foyt had the lead with one
lap to go in his famed Wood
Brothers Mercury but Allison
charged past in the final lap to
win in his Chevrolet prepared
by legendary Junior Johnson.
This year’s event, scheduled
to begin at 2 p.m., is expected
to draw the two-time winner
and defending champion
Allison, as well as Foyt,
four-time Grand National
champion Richard Petty,
charger Buddy Baker,
three-time Grand National
champion David Pearson and
all other well-known national
stock car racing figures.
It will be first time in recent
years the race has been held in
April.
Track superintendant AJf
Knight has been hard at work
through the winter months
whipping the facilities into
shape and has pronounced the
high-banked oval in “as good a
shape as it’s ever been.”
Allison holds the Atlanta
500 record which he
established in winning the
event three years ago. He
averaged a shopping 139.554
miles an hour. His speed last
year in winning was 128.214
mph.
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Golf Tourney
TV Comedy Star George
Kirby, singing star Jo Williams
and Harlem Globetrotter star
Freddie Parsons are among the
entries in the Bondu’s
Bon-Adventure Eastern
Airlines Golf Tournament
scheduled for Feb. 14-18, 1973
at Paradise Island Golf Club,
Nassau, Bahamas.
Mr. Kirby and Mr. Williams
will be honored guests at the
Trophy Awards Ball at the
Drumbeat Club on Sunday
night.
Os other super stars invited
to play, Nassau’s own Sidney
Poitier, Sammy Davis, Jr.,
professional golfers Bob Toski,
Ace Noonan and Charlie
DeLucca are checking their
schedules for at least one or
two free days to participate.