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The Augusta News-Review - February 22, 1973,
THE
NEWS-REVIEW
SPORTS
Henri Freeman
LAST CHANCE ... AT HOME
Fisk University’s eagers came to town Monday night and foiled
the Paine Lions in their bid to win another victory in the rapidly
closing 1972-73 season. Since the Lions will not be in action on
the home court again this season, another victory, or victories, in
their two remaining games will not come before the homecrowd -
if such happens.
For a brief spell on Monday night it looked as if the Lions
might pull an upset, as they led the visiting Tennesseans by
thirteen points. The lead, however, dwindled to five points by
halftime and completely evaporated into a loss by the
game-ending buzzer.
The remaining games to be played by the Paine team will be
against Georgia College at Milledgeville and Barber Scotia at
Concord, N.C. The Georgia College game was played last night
(Wednesday) and the Barber Scotia game will be played on
Monday night.
FROM NOWHERE TO SOMEWHERE
The Lucy Laney Wildcats did not win the Region 4 AAA title,
but the team did what many people, including this writer, felt
that it wouldn’t be able to do. Only because of the superior
height of a strong Southwest High Patriots team out of Macon did
the Laney team fall short of winning the title. The inspired Laney
boys kicked off highly regarded Westside High and Northeast
High, one of the two Macon pre-Tournament picks, thus earning
the right to play Southwest for the championship of the Region.
In finishing second in the Tournament, Laney will be one of
the two teams from Region 4 AAA contending for the AAA high
school crown in Georgia, the Region champs, Southwest being
the other team.
MBC Goes .500 For
The Regular Season
With an impressive 10-10
record, Coach Charles Isbell
has put together the nucleus
for what could become the
next basketball dynasty in the
SI AC. His young Wolverines
will lose only one member to
graduation leaving a unit
composed of eighty per cent
sophomores with one junior
and one senior for next year’s
season.
The Wolverines missed an
opportunity to fair better than
500 in a 75-71 loss to Fisk on
the home court. However, they
regrouped to defeat Clark with
a comfortable 71-54, thus
assuring a .500 season and
co-hosting the city-champ
ionship with Morehouse. This
is the first respectable season
for the Wolverines since 1969.
Coach Isbell, in his first year
at Morris Brown, saw a
partial-fulfillment of his
dreams for the Wolverines. He
saw a complete turnabout in
the won-loss column, and he
saw his young Wolverines
better the combined wins of
the past three years. Probably a
more gratifying feeling came
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when the team (primarily
freshmen) defied the
speculators with impressive
games against the best in
Conference. His only
disappointment came in
missing a tournament berth by
one game.
When asked what
contributed to this year’s
success, Coach Isbell held high
praises for the Wolverines’
spirit of team-play. He also
pointed out the service of
outstanding performers like:
Bernard Pope, one of the
Conference’s leading scorers
and rebounders; guards, like
Harry Davis’ and Ronald
Moore’s ball handling and
scoring. According to Isbell, all
of the members of the team
have made their contribution
at one time or another.
Coach Isbell anticipates an
even stronger team next year,
experiencing the loss of only
one member, coupled with the
maturity of 6’10” freshmen,
Otis Thrasher, and the addition
of a 6’9” transfer student who
will be eligible to play next
year.
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SPORTS CAPSULE By Mark
Southerland National Black
News Service
BUGNER TOUGH FOR ALI
England’s determined Joe
Bugner turned in a surprising
performance that extended his
bout, with Muhammad Ali the
full 12 rounds before he lost a
unanimous decision.
In this most difficult of his
series of comeback bouts Ali
failed to floor Bugner,
although he opened a cut that
persisted from the first round.
Ali came on strong in the
sixth round hoping to make a
good his prediction of a
seventh round knock out but
failed to finish the Britain off.
The fight was witnessed by
some 5,700 of which 1,500
were from England and grossed
$298,000 with International
closed circuit television.
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ARCHIBALD INCREASED
HIS LEAD IN SCORING AND
ASSISTS
In the statistics race Little
Nate Archibald is strengthening
his bid to become the first
player to lead the NBA in both
scoring and assists in the same
season. The 6-foot Kansas
City-Omaha guard raised his
league leading scoring average
by .3 points to 34.3 points per
game while retaining a
commanding lead in assists,
with an 11.7 average to 8.7 for
runner up Jerry West. In the
big men’s departments, field
goal percentage and rebounds,
Los Angeles Laker Wilt
Chamberlain leads with a .729
mark and a rebound average of
18.3
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ERVIN GETS 58 AGAINST
KNICKS
When the American
Basketball Association
statistics came out, Julias
Erving of the Virginia Squires
had a substantial lead in
scoring with 31.45 points a
game, the reasons became
evident when his play in a
recent 123-108 victory over
the New York Jets was
analyzed, in that game Erving
scored a career-high 58 points,
nearly equalling the team totals
for the first and fourth
quarters. It is almost
anticlimatic to acknowledge
that he scored 16 of Virginia’s
final 18 points and hit on all
22 of his foul shots.
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N.C. STATE STAR WON’T
JOIN PROS (YET)
Spiking rumors that he
might jump to the pros with
two years of eligibility
remaining, N.C. State
basketball star and Atlantic
Coast Conference scoring
leader David Thomas said, “I
am a student-athlete and I plan
to continue this role until I
complete my eligibility. I am
very happy here. At the
present time, I am not
interested in pro ball nor am I
interested in talking with any
pro agents.”
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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.
HOWARD SOCCER
STAR DRAFTED BY
DALLAS
Keith Aqui, who led the
Howard University soccer team
to the NCAA championship in
1971, but was benched
midway through this year
because of accusations that he
had played professionally, was
selected by Dallas as the sixth
choice in the recent North
American Soccer League draft.
Os his star center-forward,
Howard Coach, Lincoln Phillips
said, “It’s just a transition,
Keith could blossom out into
one of the tip professional
players.
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ROD MILBURN SETS
RECORD - SEEKS
FOOTBALL CAREER WITH
DALLAS
Olympic gold medalist Rod
Milburn, who hopes to make a
career of football with the
Dallas cowboys, set the world
record for 120-yard high
hurdles in the fifth annual
Astrodome Federation Indoor
Championships with a 13.3
second clocking. Milburn, who
already holds the world
outdoor record for the
110-meter hurdles came out of
the starting blocks behind
Randy Lightfoot of Texas, but
took command after the third
hurdle and won going away.
Finishing second and tying the
existing world indoor record at
13.4 was Olympic gold
medalist Willie Davenport.
Another fine performance was
turned in by 440-yard world
record holder John Smith, who
captured his speciality in :47.4
while in Mason-Dixon Games
Dr. Delano Meriweather missed
the world record for the
70-yard dash by .1 seconds
with a 6.9.
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GALE SAYERS ASSISTANT
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT
KANSAS
In an announcement by A.C.
Lonborg, University of Kansas
interim Athletic Director,
former Chicago Bear all-pro
and Kansas All-American Gale
Sayers, who was voted the best
halfback in pro-football’s first
fifty years, was forced to retire
last year following a series of
knee injuries. After a talk with
Bear’s owner George Halas,
Sayers decided to accept the
post that will include
recruiting, public relations,
counseling and coaching.
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CLEMENTE FUND REACHES
$350,000
The Pittsburgh Pirates
announced recently that they
would replace the usual black
mourning bands with small
black ribbons to be worn the
left shoulder in memory of
Pirate super-star Roberto
Clemente who died in a plane
crash on a refief mission to
Nicaraguan earthquake victims.
In a happier note, they also
announced that the Roberto
Clemente fund had reached a
total of $350,000 with
$154,837 being donated by
7,515 fans. The fund will be
used to build a new sports
complex in Clemente’s native
Puerto Rico.
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Interviews At The
Augusta QIC Offices
By R.L. Oliver
In an effort to get a
layman’s understanding of
exactly what 0.1. C. stands for,
and what type program it is, I
visited their offices at 135
Sand Bar Ferry Road. The
following is the text of two
interviews: one with Mr.
Chester Trower, Director of
Augusta, 0.1. C. and a student
in the program, Mrs. Gloria
Haskell.
Question: Mr. Trower, what
do the letters 0.1. C. stand for,
and just what is 0.1. C.?
Answer: 0.1. C. stands for
OPPORTUNITIES
INDUSTRIALIZATION
CENTRALIZATION. In
answer to the second portion
of your question, 0.1. C. is a
self help manpower program.
The primary difference
between our program and
other manpower programs, is
0.1. C. has a religious
foundation. Rev. Sullivan, the
founder of 0.1. C., is a very
religious person and he believes
in people helping themselves.
Consequently, students come
because they want to help
themselves, because there is no
stipend (cash) from the
classroom.
Question:Just tell what is
taught in class at 0.1. C.
Answer: Our Training
Program is of a two component
type pre-vocational and
vocational.
Question: Would you
elaborate on that?
Answer: Well, as you well
know, minorities have
problems getting along on work
day jobs, with their peers to
include such personnel as
Foremen. Line Supervisors,
Etc. Our pre-vocation training
deals with attitudes, employee
to employer, etc. Training also
includes English, as well as,
Math Capabilities. There is no
set time in moving from
pre-vocational to vocational,
when the level of efficiency is
reached that is when the
student is moved up. Our
Vocational program teaches or
trains in everything Augusta
Area Technical School does. If
we can interest 15 people in
one skill, we can set up a class
free of charge.
Question: After completion
of a class, do you assist in job
placement?
Answer: Yes, we do. Here are
some statistics for our first
year of existance. 0.1. C.
formally served nearly three
hundred disadvantaged
persons, 225 completed
training and 115 were placed
on jobs. The average wages for
these new workers was over
$4,100 per year, at a cost per
trainee of less than SSOO. At
the end of the year, at least
75% of persons placed were
still on the job. Several
received promotions. Some of
the notable placements were at
the Star Luggage Shop, The
Richmond County Sheriff s
Dept., Continental Can Co.,
Southern Bell Telephone
Company.
Question: I noticed a bus
from the Youth Development
Center. Is there a program for
youthful offenders also?
Answer: Augusta 0.1. C.
recognized it had a moral
obligation to provide some
kind of skill training for
youthful offenders at YDC so
that upon their release they
would have a salable skill and
not be forced to join the ranks
of the unemployed. Presently
some thirty students are
undergoing “Cashier Checker”
Training at Augusta 0.1. C.
Question: Mrs. Haskell, how
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did you learn about Augusta
0.1. C.?
Answer: I read a news article
about a friend who got a good
job after receiving training at
0.1. C.
Question: How long have
you been in the program.
Answer: I have been here
since October 14, 1972.
Question: What class are you
enrolled in now.
Answer: Presently I am in
typing class and I’ve been in
this class since October 5,
1972.
Question: Have you ever
typed before?
Answer: No, I did not know
anything about typing before
coming here. They really stick
with you.
Question: Who do you mean
they?
Answer: My instructors, they
don’t just tell you one time
and forget about you. They
stick with you until you learn
it. There is no set time so it is
really up to you, but the
instructors are really great.
Question: How many words
do you type a minute?
Answer: Approximately 37
words per minute.
Question: You have never
typed before two months ago
and now you type 37 words
per minute, that’s pretty good,
what do you attribute it to?
Answer: I have attributed it
to the fact that the instructors
really stick with you.
Question: What do you think
of 0.1. C.?
Answer: I think it is the best
thing I’ve ever heard of, first of
all its free, and the people here
are great.
Question: Would you suggest
0.1. C. for others that want
vocational training?
Answer: Yes, I would,
definitely
Zetas Observe
Finer Womanhood
Week
The speaker for the Finer
Womanhood celebration of the
Eta Theta Zeta chapter of Zeta
Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. will be
Mrs. Evelyn Drewery Brown,
formerly of Augusta, now
residing in Atlanta.
With the theme
“Relevance to Contemporary
Issues; Humanity Our Concern,
the Child Our Focus,” the
program will be held at 3:00
P.M., Sunday, February 25 at
Trinity G.M.E. Church.
Mrs. Brown did her
undergraduate work and
studies at Morris Brown
College, her graduate work at
Atlanta University, and is at
the present completing studies
for a six year certificate in
Supervision and
Administration. She has been a
teacher in Columbia and
Richmond Counties and in the
City of Atlanta. At this
writing, she is executive
director of the Edgewood
Parent - Child Development
Center for the Office of
Economic Opportunity.
As basileus of the Epsilon
Zeta chapter of Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority, Inc., in Atlanta, Mrs.
Brown has worked tirelessly in
the “Stork’s Nest,” Better
Infant Births, sponsored by the
National Foundation of the
March of Dimes. She also
belongs to numerous civic and
religious groups.
Mrs. Quennie Lawton is
basileus of the local chapter of
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
Arbor Day
Feb. 24th
Free California Redwood
seedlings will be distributed on
Saturday, February 24, during
“Arbor Day in the Park”
activities in Oglethorpe Park.
All park volunteers who help
with tree planting or with
other park work will receive
the seedlings, along with free
drinks provided by the Coca
Cola Bottling Company. The
seedlings are being donated by
Georgia-Pacific Corporation.
Volunteers will work under
the guidance of Arbor Day
Committee members and the
Lucy Laney football team. A
number of women’s
organizations will assist, also,
particularly with seedling
distribution, assignment of
volunteers to specific areas in
the park, and with a lunch
provided for all-day workers.
These workers, including the
football team, will be
identified by special Arbor Day
armbands or other insignia.
The trees to be planted have
been donated by the Georgia
Railroad Bank and the Citizens
and Southern National Bank,
and include nearly 200
flowering varieties not found
already in Oglethorpe Park.
These trees have been selected
by Roger Davis, landscape
architect and park consultant,
and will be planted under his
direction. The Richmond
County Forestry Unit will also
be on hand to plant weeping
willows in the area, and it is
expected that the Georgia
Forestry Commission will
donate dogwoods and other
trees to the park. During Arbor
Day ceremonies on February
16, the Optimist Club and the
Forestry Unit planted six live
oaks at the 7th Street entry
path down to the riverfront in
honor of six local businesses
who have long supported
conservation projects in this
area.
CAC Meets
The Community Action
Committee meeting, originally
scheduled for February 12 and
cancelled because of bad
weather, will be held instead
on Monday night, February 26.
According to Henri Freeman,
chairman, the meeting will
start at 8:00 and will be held at
the Community Action office,
2390 Walden Drive. Under
discussion will be the
emergency created by
President Nixon’s recent
budget message.
DRAMA SPECTACULAR AT
PAINE COLLEGE
The Upward Bound Drama
group at Paine College will
present a drama spectacular
“We Black and We Bad” at
3:00 P.M., Sunday, February
25, in the Odeum of the Music
Building. The program will
include several short skits and
will feature the Augusta
premiere of “The Owl Killer”
by Philip Hayes Dean, starring
Carolyn McFadden, Norma
Fryer and Jerry Davis.
The public is invited to
attend and there will be no
charge for admission.
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Swimming
Classes
As a result of cooperative
efforts between the U.S. Army
Fort Gordon and the Augusta
Chapter of the American Red
Cross, all levels of Red Cross
swimming classes will be
offered without any fees or
charges to those in the military
and civilian communities who
are 17 years or older at Oliver
General Army Pool (located in
the rear of Forest Hills V.A.
Hospital) beginning Tuesday,
February 20, at 8:30 P.M.
These classes will be taught
every Tuesday, Wednesday,
and Thursday for the next
several weeks to anyone
meeting the age requirements.
Since new methods and
techniques will be used in
teaching, a person may begin
on any of the scheduled nights,
attend as frequently as desired,
and will still benefit from
participation.
Included in the objectives
and purposes of these classes
are (1) To teach adults how to
swim (2) Teach more people to
be Water Safety Aides
(assistants to Instructors) (3)
Help local Water Safety
Instructors gain experience in
utilizing this new, more
flexible style of teaching (4)
Make it possible for more
people to swim and stay fit
while learning to teach others.
This program can lead to the
awarding of Senior Lifesaving
certificates.
It is hoped that high school
students, college students, and
older adults of the military and
civilian communities will
become involved.
The Augusta Red Cross
Chapter expressed high praise
for the Fort Gordon officials
and staff who are making it
possible for more people to be
safe in and around the water.
DISADVANTAGED
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from Richmond Academy,
Laney High, Josey High ,
Johnson Junior High, Sand Bar
Ferry Junior High and Tubman
Junior High. Institute
participants include classroom
teachers, school counselors,
administrators and students
from each of the six schools.
The CGI was begun in
January and will continue
through Mid-May. It is jointly
sponsored by AC, the
Richmond County public
school system and the National
Alliance of Businessmen. It
hopefully will be held on a
continuing basis each year with
an ultimate goal of reaching all
schools, Dr. Dye said.
PAINE COLLEGE
DRAMATIC CLUB
PRESENTS BLACK
SABBATH
The Paine College Dramatic
Club will present BLACK
SABBATH by Steven Coffman
on March 1-2-3 in the Odeum
of the Music Building at 8:15
P.M.
BLACK SABBATH deals
with the evils which are thrown
on people in the ghetto. The
evils are pivoted around dope,
corrupt politics, and shady
religious acts.
The major theme of the play
shows what society can to to a
depressed group and the
methods which one may use to
fight back.
The production is directed
by J.C. Taylor.
This play is not
recommended for children.