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The Augusta News-Review - March 1, 1973,
By Mark Southerland
National Black News Service
The rise to become the
NBA’s winningest team this
season began for the Boston
Celtics when they acquired
forward Paul Silas from the
Phoenix Suns for rights to
Charlie Scott who jumped
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from the ABA. Silas has
consistently provided the
board strength and defense
which the Celtics have lacked
since the retirement of
superstar Bill Russell and in a
recent game against those same
Suns his talents were very
evident.
In a performance that
evoked from Celtic Coach Tom
Heinsohn such praise as “Silas
was super; he did everything
for us,” the rugged veteran
pulled down a game-high of 22
rebounds and scored 19 points.
In addition Silas provided the
inspired defense that held
all-star Phoenix Connie
Hawkins to 10 points.
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Since the slaying of two
adults and 5 children in a
Washington house purchased
by basketball great Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar for his Hanafi
Moslem sect the Milwaukee
Buck center has been
accompanied by
plainsclothesmen fearing an
attack on his life.
Abdul-Jabbar, himself, recently
said, “I’m not afraid for my
self. I’m afraid for my family.
These (the murderers) are not
very brave people, and they are
very sick.” As the police
believe that Black Muslims
were responsible for the
murders when Jabber played
recently in Chicago, the home
of the Muslims, he received a
police escort to and from the
game and had his hotel
corridor heavily guarded.
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As the negotiations between
baseball’s owners and players
continue to stagnate, the
training camps remain closed.
The newest voice in this
dispute is Jim Wynn of the
Houston Astros, who has said
that legal action may be taken
against the owners if spring
training does not begin by
March 1. Wynn claims that
with the current lock out the
owners are illegally preventing
the players from making their
living.
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Now that the indoor track
season is in full swing Olympic
hurdler Rod Milburn is
exhibiting the form that he
hopes will carry him into
successful pro careers in both
track and football later this
year. Before 12,903 at the
Olympic invitation meet in
Madison Square Garden,
Milburn tied the world indoor
mark with a 7.0 second time in
the 55-meter hurdles. After
winning the Southern
University senior
explained,“When I went over
the third hurdle, my pants got
caught on a screw. I then
pulled the hurdle a bit, before
shacking loose, and that
prevented me from breaking
the world record.”
In the 50-meter dash, the
meet record was tied by Herb
Washington of Michigan State
when he finished in 5.6
seconds while in a Fort Worth,
Texas meet the 60-yard hurdles
went to Willie Davenport in 7.2
seconds.
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Football may be the
farthest thing from most
people’s minds but to former
all-pro linebacker Dave
Robinson, who just retired
after ten years with the Green
Bay Packers, its very much in
his thoughts. The problem for
Robinson is that one day
before his retirement was to be
announced he was traded to
the Washington Redskins for a
future draft choice and his
retirement is now only
tentative. In Robinson’s own
words, “It’s really a hard
situation. It has complicated
my whole life.”
**********
Former St. Louis Cardinal
running back, Ollie Matson,
who was just last year inducted
THE
NEWS-REVIEW
SPORTS
Henri Freeman
A A A BAAA A » Ok
LOCAL SPORTS FEVER DIES ... UNTIL FALL
From September to mid February, sports in local high schools
remain at a fever pitch. That is the period during which time
football and basketball are in the sports spotlight. The performers
on the gridiron reign upstage in the fall, and the hardwood actors
do their upstage bidding from December to mid February. After
that there is no sports fever, and the fever dips below normal.
True it is the local high schools have track and baseball during
the spring, but these programs do not capture the interest of the
students and the adult citizens of the local community as do
to the pro-football Hame of
Fame, has been hired as the
offensive backfield coach for
San Diego State. San Diego’s
State’s new coach Don Coryell
considered himself lucky to
obtain the man who spent 15
years in the pros with four
different teams and who at 42
has been the head football
coach at Los Angeles High
School for three years.
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• U.S.D.A. Choice beef is flavorful and Naturally Tender.
• Pantry Pride sells U.S.D.A. Choice beef... exclusively.
• Not all beef is graded by the government.
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Having just disposed of his
latest unknown opponent in
Joe Bugner, Muhammad Ah
has signed for a March 31 bout
with even more obscure Ken
Norton of San Diego. While Ali
will receive $200,000 for the
bout, Norton, the
seventh-ranked heavyweight,
will pick up $50,000 to which
Ali replied, “that is a good
day’s pay for getting
whupped.”
football and basketball. Even though baseball is a popular
spectator sport, it just doesn’t make it big as it is played by the
youngsters, that is if spectator attendance is the popularity
indicator.
As we approach the spring season, local high schools are
preparing for and looking forward to fielding teams in track and
baseball; but when they begin to compete against other schools,
the spectators before whom they will perform will not be large in
number. They just won’t be there, and year in and year out that
has been the case.
BEGINNING DIFFERS FROM THE END
The Paine College basketball team started the 1972-73 season
last year by winning the first three games. They began to falter
shortly after, and this was the course followed by the team for
the remainder of the season. The unsuccessful season was ended
in a one-sided loss to Barber-Scotia College at Concord, N.C.
Monday night.
As the Paine coach looks in the future to the 1973-74 season,
he no doubt hopes to find that missing “something” that will
mean a winning season for the Lions. He has most of his present
team returning, so it won’t be a case of dealing with a lot of new
faces. It will be, though, a case of turning to some new strageties
and more emphasis on defense.
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Nigerian
Pilgrims Die
In Crash
Lagos - (NBNS) - The worst
air crash in history took the
lives of 180 Nigerian Moslems
returning home from a
pilgrimage to Mecca.
Aviation officials said only
29 of the 209 aboard the
chartered Boeing 707 survived
when the plane missed the
runway at Kano Airport 520
miles north of Lagos.
The plane has been
chartered by Nigerian Airways
from the Jordanian national
Alia Airlines and was
completing its 2,100-mile flight
from Mecca when it touched
down in gravel 40 feet from
the runway at Nigeria’s second
largest airport. Officials said
the pilot and five other
crewmembers, who survived
the crash, were placed under
guard at Kano Hospital to
protect them from angry
relatives of those who died in
the crash. Just before the
landing attempt the pilot had
been warned of fog and poor
visability.
The worst previous crash
occured last October 13 when
a Soviet Aeroflot jetliner took
176 lives near Moscow Airport.