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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 ll . A X. ’ y I l 1 / r \ 4 The NEW YORK HARLEM QUEENS, Black Girls Basketball Champions, will be entering their 13th season of play this coming fall. This outstanding, talented group is anxious to procure additional talent for their May tour of Australia and New Zealand, as well as for the coming season. Interested young ladies should have h d previous basketball experience in school and be of good moral character. The HARLEM QUEENS play 150 games a season in the United States with additional dates abroad. They are a well dressed, talented group with an outstanding reputation. Any young ladies interested may contact Harlem Queens Basketball Team, Box 406, Rockton, Illinois 61072 for an application. L SUBSCRIBE E TODAY "J THE AUGUSTA NEWS-REVIEW 0 P O 80X953 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30903 NAME ADDRESS "U, CITY J One year (in county) $5.00 One year (out of county) ...... $6.00 years (in County) $20.00 5 years (out of county) $25.00 Page 8 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. ******M*t 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. ********** 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. ********** 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. ********** 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. Plain facts about beef • Shoppers have confidence in beef graded by the U.S. Gov’t. • The higher the grade the more tender the beef. • The highest grades are U.S.D.A. Choice and Prime. • The overwhelming shoppers favorite is U.S.D.A. Choice. • 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. • Some stores sell beef that is not government graded. • Some stores add artificial tenderizers to their beef. • Beef graded U.S.D.A. Choice needs no tenderizers. • There’s nothing ■EsMi artificial about f < Pantry Pride beef. We sell only U.S.D.A. v Choice Naturally / Tender beef. • Discount 1 Prices, Too! "Xife ■ '&# T 2907 Washington koad AT AUOUSTA OKOROIA 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. 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 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.