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News-Review December 2, 1971 THF I NEWS-REVIEW J SPORTS £1 TALK vX Henri Freeman , PAINE OPENS WITH A BANG; GUNS DOWN VOORHEES FOR SECOND WIN Paine’s Lions launched their 1971 season Saturday night with some torrid shooting in registering a 101-80 win over visiting Talladega College. The Druid Park Avenue “den” of the Lions shook to the rafters as the two Lesters, Allen and Paige plunked in 38 and 32 points respectively. The magician-like ball handling of Lester Paige was quite evident from the outset. He was simply outstanding in his first appearance before the Augusta fans. At times, as is to be expected, the slender junior from Savannah became a bit reckless and quick on the trigger with his shots and passes, but all of that was overlooked when the final buzzer sounded. Lester Allen, in joining the other Lester (Paige) in the first-game shooting outburst, made sweet music to Ernest Tolbert. He has been ticketed for much playing time this season, but not in the manner he performed Saturday night. Giving strong support to Allen and Paige in the Lions’ opener were Lawrence Hurley, Edward Maner and Lee Boyd. The trio supplied the board strength for the team throughout the evening. Hurley and Maner also chipped in with 14 points each. Johnny Nims, the ex-Lucy Laney s’ ar, was forced to sit out the Saturday night game having injured an arm the day before the game. Fortunately, though, the board help and the point-making that he is very capable of giving were not tc.u sorely needed in the Talladega game. The Lions made many mistakes Monday night as they out-gunned the Voorhees Tigers, 122-118. The second straight winning evening for the Lions found them making numerous mistakes which Coach Ernest Tolbert must correct if his team expects more winning evenings. The trio of “L” boys were on the firing line for Paine, notching a combined total of 88 points. Lester Paige with another good night (but again some early season mistakes that could be costly) garnered 37 points; Lester Allen had 28 and Lawrence Hurley, the Athens, Georgia freshman had 23. Edward Maner, with 20 points gave Paine a quartet of twenty plus point-makers for the night. It is the feeling of most of those who have seen the Paine team in action this season that they are ready to do their “thing” real well. However, Tolbert must work on his defense and drastically cut down on the erratic and thoughtless passing. Too many times in the game against Voorhees Lions players forced shots when there was a mate in the clear. On the other hand, there were times when Paige, the dandy play-maker, had good shots but chose to pass off to a teammate - no score. ALL ROADS LEAD TO VALDOSTA ... FOR LANEY Having convincingly beaten Groves High last Friday night, the Lucy Laney Wildcats now set their sights on THE game. They must now meet the perennial power house Valdosta at Valdosta Friday night for the Southern Division of AAA football in Georgia. Groves had been ranked above Laney among AAA high schools in the State, but the Wildcats rose to the occasion at Savannah and won the right to meet the always-strong team from South Georgia. In fact, as has been the case for the past few years, Valdosta has been ranked number one in the state all season long. It is no secret then that the Region IV AAA champs will enter the Valdosta game as the decided underdog. IT’LL BE BLUE AND HOLTZMAN FOR A’S With he acquisition of Ken Holtzman from the Chicago Cubs, Charles Finley of the Oakland Athletics has got his one-two south-paw punch for 1972. Holtzman joins Vida Blue, the young Cy Young Award winner, thus strengthening the Athletics’ position as the favorite to capture the American League Western Division crown in 1972. Holtzman has been a sturdy performer for the Cubs for the past few years but reportedly has become quite unhappy under the Cubs’ manager, Leo Durocher. In going to the pennant-contending A’s Holtzman has expressed much satisfaction which ought to be good news to the west coast club. SAND BAR PLAZA 200 BLOCK OF SAND BAR FERRY ROAD THRIF-TEE SUPER MARKET GROCERIES - MEATS - BEVERAGES fis 1 JOHNSON'S LAUNDERMAT »£ NEWLY OPENED - ALL MODERN EQUIPMENT Wjfc 'i.- BLACKMON'S BARBER SHOP O HAIRCUTS - HAIRSTYLES - BLOW-OUTS AUGUSTA, GEORGIA SH I USRY’S SEAFOOD MARKET j “Eat the fish today that was sleeping in the Gulf last night 2005 OLD Savannah road T’JH I I (North) i “AUGUSTA’S FRESHEST RSH” I I Open Thurs., Fri., & Sat 9 A.M. to 6:30 P.M. | Page 6 v “ t- LANEY NO. 1••• ? ’• f noi Paine’s Hurley (L) Boyd and Maner look on as unidentified “Dega” fires away. GEORGIAN HEADS BANKERS ASSN. I Ktl I. Owen Funderburg, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Gateway National Bank, St. Louis Missouri, was elected President of the National Bankers Association at its 44th annual convention recently held in Washington, D.C. The National Bankers Association, an organization representing the interests of minority-owned banks, numbers 36 member banks with assets in excess of SSOO million. These banks and located throughout the United States. Formerly Vice President of ANDERSONJAR | ptople \ Tps-w* Iflkjpilll OPEN FROM Hk|| 7 :30 >o 2 a « m 4 jL j' "Dot" "Hattie" Phone 722-7896 " Cht^rtneS Uiy " ' "We are happy to serve you” No Worries Come enjoy our pleasant BAV I* ... * u . surroundings and linger Wv wGSiI AllOWeCl Here. With your favorite brew f g and good companions., the National Bankers Association, Mr. Funderburg succeeds William R. Hudgins who is President of Freedom National Bank of New York. A native of Monticello, Georgia, Mr. Funderburg has been an executive of Gateway National Bank since 1966. From 1948 to 1966 he was an officer and board member of Mechanics and Farmers Bank in Durham, North Carolina. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in business education from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, and has had graduate study at the University of Michigan and at the Graduate School of Banking of Rutgers University. Active in the YMCA, Boy Scouts of America and the United Fund, Mr. Funderburg is married and has two sons. $$ WANTED $$ LADIES TO BE TRAINED IN IBM KEYPUNCH. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY, WE TRAIN. ONLY SINCERE NEED APPLY. Call 724-0249 CTI Panthers Wife Slain A woman whose bullet-riddled body was found stuffed in a sleeping bag has been identified as the wife of the deputy defense minister for the Southern California Black Panther Party, police said. Sandra Pratt, 23, had been on trial with 12 other Panthers in connection with a 1969 shootout between police and Panthers in Watts. Positive identification of Mrs. Pratt’s partly clothed body was made by her attorney, Joseph Reichmann. Police said they had no substantial leads and no motive for the slaying. The body was discovered Nov. 5 by a street-sweeping crew in the suburb of Lynwood. Last Monday, Mrs. Pratt failed to show up at the trial where she faced one count of conspiracy to possess an illegal weapon, a submachine-gun. The trial judge issued a bench warrant for her arrest at the time, before it was known that she was the woman who had been killed. Also on trial in the shoot-out is Mrs. Pratt’s husband, Elmer Pratt 29. Pratt, being held without bond, additionally faces a murder charge in the 1968 death of a schoolteacher at a Santa Monica tennis court. Pratt’s attorney, Marvin Zinman, said that Pratt took the news about his wife’s death “poorly”. She had been shot five times. 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