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The Augusta News-Review, February 8, 1973 THE NEWS-REVIEW sports Ol Henri Freeman ————————— EX PAINE STAR WAITS PATIENTLY . . . FOR ANOTHER CHANCE James Green, Paine’s ex basketball star, did not make it with the Atlanta Hawks as a professional, and he was not picked up by any of the other NBA teams, nor by any of the ABA teams. No doubt the Savannah native has been quite frustrated. This is understandable, for it was generally known that Green was looking toward to playing professional basketball for some team, NBA or ABA. While he hopefully waits for beckoning signs from any one of the pro teams, Green teaches in his hometown of Savannah. He wants only again the opportunity to prove that he can perform as a professional basketball player. PATRIOTS BIG LOCAL HOPE IN 4 AAA If any team from the Richmond County area is going to make a respectable move toward winning top honors in Region 4 AAA, it’s got to be the Westside Patriots. The streaking Patriots have been winning big in recent weeks and seem destined to pose problems for other teams in the Region - even for powerful teams from Macon. Currently sporting a 17-4 record, the Patriots are being led by the lanky jumping-jack, Earl Williams. He has been leading scorer and rebounder for the team all season long. However, the able assistance of Chuck Johnson on the boards and Pat Richards and Ashby Krouse in point-making cannot in all justice be glossed over at this point. CAN THE LIONS DO IT TONIGHT? The Paine College Lions still find it hard to win a basketball game. What was expected to be a relatively easy task Monday night turned out to be a losing cause. Clark College came to town with a record worse than the Lions’ record and proceded to demoralize Ernest Tolbert’s crew. The inability of the team to control the ball consistently again turned out to be the culprit. Tomorrow night (Friday), as the College observes homecoming week, the Lions will play host to the Yellow Jackets of Allen University, a team that has not been setting any winning record. Seemingly, though, teams that visit the Lions’ den seem to strike gold even if they haven’t won all season. But maybe Lester Paige, Ed Maner, Johnny Nims and Horace Cummings can gain enough points and play enough defense to capture another Lions’ victory. JOHNSON SIGNS WITH ALBANY STATE John Paul Johnson, Jr. has received a scholarship to Albany State College in football and track, Hephzibah Coach Charles Evans announced this week. Johnson, 6’ 1”, 185 lbs., runs the 100 yard dash in 9.9 and the 40 yard dash in 4.9. He also boasts a 3.0 grade point average. The 17-year-old Johnson is from Baltimore, Maryland. His parents, Sgt. and Mrs. John Paul Johnson live at Fort Gordon. Evans called Johnson the “best athlete we’ve got.” In the regional championship he won the 440, the triple jump and came in second in the 100 yard dash. He went to the state championship competing in three events. Captain of the football team, he played split end (5 TD’s) and defensive back. He will be a flanker at Albany. Albany was rated 3rd among Black colleges last season. ■ SAND BAR PLAZA H 111 200 BLOCK OF SAND BAR FERRY ROAD HI THRIF-TEE SUPER MARKET GROCERIES • MEATS - BEVERAGES JOHNSON'S LAUNDERMAT Illi NEWLY OPENED ALL MODERN EQUIPMENT ■■'l. BLACKMON'S BARBER SHOP ggi HAIRCUTS-HAIRSTYLES BLOWOUTS .gj; fl| AUGUSTA, GEORGIA H ANTHONY QUINN YAPHETKOTTO PTQ Title Song by FRIDAWfBftfc Wltlliliw FRANCIOSA lalvio l 1 30 - 3:20 - 5:15 - 7:10 - 9:05 Page 6 Sd®>« Op ■wß s SPORTS CAPSULE By Mark Southerland National Black News Service fAs the NFL pro-football draft approached many teams went to the trade in hopes of improving their rosters. Most active were the Chicago Bears who obtained troubled running back Carl Garrett from the New England Patriots for the first-round draft choice they received earlier in a trade with the Detroit Lions for tight end Craig Cotton. Meanwhile the Kansas City Chiefs picked up running back Willie Ellison and quarterback Pete Beathard from the Los Angeles Rams for linebacker Bob Stein and two draft choices and traded defensive end Aaron Brown to the Green Bay Packers for defensive tackle Francis Peay. The draft itself appears to have pleased the NFL coaches who have called these college seniors “a bumper crop” but a few college standouts were dissatisfied with being passed over for lesser known players. Running back Chuck Foreman of the University of Miami said , “I was shocked I was around that long,” when he learned that he had been picked 12th in the first round following two other running backs, Otis Armstrong at Purdue and Sam “Bam” Cunningham of the University of Southern California. This year’s Heisman trophy winner, wide receiver Johnny Rodgers of Nebraska also expressed his surprise at lasting so long, 25 th in the first round, and said “I’m determined to prove to the San Diego people that they made a good choice. I’ll bet some of those other pro-teams will wish that they’d picked me before I’m through playing.” Rodgers was bypassed because of size 5-foot-nine, as was his teammate and winner at the Outland and Lombard trophies as linemen of the year Rich Glover. Glover, who was selected by the New York Giants in the third round, was equally determined to prove himself and said, “I know 1 can make it in the pros.” George Allen may not have had any draft choices, nevertheless he came out of the two day draft with a blue chip player through a trade, all-pro linebacker Dave Robinson of the Green Bay Packers. Robinson at age 31 is the experienced performer that Allen favors and will fit easily DON'T BE MISLED Nobody gives away anything But We Guarantee the Lowest 3 \ Prices on Diamond Watches, i /MpjjgSß Jewelry, Gifts ■ SDiiurtW EMERALD -< A I Jeuielers FREE Engraving (Rings-Jewelry) ’ NOTICE If you are a military dependent, or a person in the military service who has retired, you are now eligible for psychological services under CHAMPUS. The government pays 80% of the charges. You can get help from any licensed psychologist. You do not need to be referred. You can obtain assistance for marital problems (in which there is an emotional disturbance), behavior disorders of children, learning disabilities, depression, anxiety, and psychosomatic illnesses. If you qualify under Medicaid insurance, you are also entitled to the same psychological services. For information call any licensed psychologist. JK —, ■ IL- I 11 iK] ■ ' S : \v C si? Mi . . - M ’i: Famed Georgia Legislator, Julian Bond, was a guest of Black Citizens of the Bay Area in Berkeley, California, January 30, 1973. He met with civic and community leaders, businessmen, and women to discuss plans for his mid-spring visit to the Bay Area. In a lengthy discussion with two local Bay Area Blacks, John K. Ford, President of Polls Marketing & Development Corporation and Theodore Belvin, Senior Vice President, the manufacturers of “IT” Detergent - the nation’s first and only Black owned detergent nationally distributed in 25 years, Mr. Bond encouraged them to continue the fight. into the Washington Redskins system should he decide to end his short-lived retirement. Coming off Achilles tendon injury, suffered in 1970 Robinson had two superlative years before he became disenchanted with the Packers and accepted the post as director of Minority Affairs for the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. Knowing Allen’s ability to stretch player’s careers as he did with veteran linebacker Jack Pardee, whom he brought out of retirement while with the Rams, Robinson will be a Redskins next year. ********** BLACK WOMEN’S GOLF In an attempt to open up the sport of tennis to more Blacks, Gladys Heldman, the organizer of the Women’s International Tennis Federation and the Virginia Slims tour, has formed a fund to aid four Black women competing on the professional circuit, thus far this money has paid for lessons for Bonnie Logan and cross-county air fare for Sylvia Hooks. The fund, which includes SIO,OOO from a group endorsement of a playing surface various fines and even some of Miss Helderman’s private contributions, is also helping Ann Koger of Baltimore and Bessie Stockard of Washington. ********* KIP KEINO TO TURN PRO? The amateur status of miler Kip Keino of Kenya is in question following an article in the Nairobi Daily Nation that said he has accepted free air passage to the United States. Earlier there was rumor that Keino would turn professional after one meet in the U.S. but thus far he has indicated to the Amateur Athletic Union that he will remain an amateur . Reports of Keino being offered an initial fee of $4,800 by an American group persist and this latest development may cost him his amateur standing in a technicality. ********** FOREMAN MAKES IST PUBLIC APPEARANCE ml 47, George Foreman’s first public appearance since capturing the world heavyweight boxing championship fit his gentle personality as he accepted the key to the city of Haywood, California in front of 300 school children. After also receiving a fireman’s helmet and a bouquet of carnations Foreman said he did not have time to sign autographs but would do so on a tour of local schools. ********** PAUL BLAIR SIGNS Center Fielder Paul Blau ended rumors that he would jump to a Japanese league when he signed a new one-year contract with the Baltimore Orioles. Blair was disgruntled earlier when the Orioles pointed to his poor .233 batting average last year and offered him a 16 per cent pay cut. 709 BROAD ST. • 416 7TH ST. * 1301 BROAD ST. * BUSH FIELD 2870 CENTRAL AVE. • 2820 PEACH ORCHARD RD. * NORTH LEG 1752 GORDON HWY. * 1450 WALTON WAY * CENTER WEST BRANCH ********** CLEMENTE’S DREAM MOVES CLOSE TO REALITY The sports complex for Puerto Rican youths that was Roberto Clemente’s dream is fast becoming a reality as fund-raising projects are meeting with great success. The latest activity in memory of baseball great that died recently in a plane crash is the minting of a $lO commerative silver coin which has raised $105,000 already and has prompted plans for a gold version that will sell for SIOO each. WANTED NEWS BOYS Good Pay CALL News-Review Office 722-4555 Paine’s Lindsay Napier drives in for Lay-up. Clark College, a team Paine figured to beat, humbled the Lions here Monday night. (78-86) Paine Coach Ernest Tolbert called it “a night of nights, the kind that makes a coach develop ulcers. There was no hustle. We were just dead on our feet. Clark (5-12) is one of the weakest teams we’ve played.” The Lions were hampered by poor shooting (hitting on only 29 of 80 shots from the floor) and numerous turnovers. Paine led most of the first half. Clark took a 26-25 lead wi two minutes to go in the half. i Lester Paige led the Lions with 21 points. Edward Maner had 18. Horace Cumming 10, Lindsey Nepier, 8, Johnny Nims 5, Brinson and Kenneth Lawson had 2 points each. Clark coach L.S. Epps was jubilant. It was the first game his team had won on the road this year. “It was also the best officiated game on the road this year,” Epps commented. Paine plays Allen University Friday night. SICKLE CELL ANEMIA TEST SICKLE CELL CENTER SCREENING CLINIC OPEN MONDAY - FRIDAY 8:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. SATURDAYS 9:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. 1526 GWINNETT STREET PHONE 724-0104 REGISTERED NURSE ON DUTY NO CHARGE -NO WAITING SUBSCRIBE TODAY