?THE CAROLINA TIMES S ATURDAY, JAN. 27, 1968

NCC Hagtes ToTatse On TC Rams Jan. 27Eagles 8-2 In CIAA Play

ISPOOTSINCC Fives' First HalfBetters '66-67 ShowingDURHAM, N. C. North

Carolina College's Eagleshave been away from thebasketball court for the pasttwo weeks as the playerstackled an even bigger oppo-nent?first semester exami-nations.

The Eagles will return toaction Jan. 27 when they playhost to the nationally rankedWinston-Saiem State CollegeRams in Durham.

COACH FLOYD Brown ex-cused his players from drillsfor the week of Jan. 17-22,when semester examinationswere given at the college.Full scale practice commenc-ed again Jan. 23 as NCC pre-pared to launch its secondhalf ocf the season.

If the home court meansanything, the Eagles willhave six of their 10 games inthe friendly confines of theR. L. McDougald Gymnasi-um. NCC sported a perfect

4-0 slate at home for thefirst half of the season.

IN ADDITION to Winston-Salem, the Eagles will playhost to Morgan State College,A. and T. State University,Hampton Institute, J. C.Smith University and ShawUniversity.

lege and make-up two post-poned dates at FayettevilleState College and A. and T.

THE EAGLES have al-ready bettered their 1966-67showing. Lest year, NCCwas 7-13 in the conferenceand 8-14 overall. To date,the Bull City chargers are8-2 in the CIAA. good forthird place, and 9-6 overall.

NCC will gutn the servicesof swing-man Steve Hum-phrey at the beginning of thesecond semester. Humphrey,a 6-2 i jnior, is expected tobolste the Eagles' attack.Acco Jing to Brown, Hum-phry / shoots well, is a good

rebounder and an excellentbell handler.

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!'I ;DKO |{. YKEZ, who quarterhikCked Thomas Edi->on lo Public l< eaxue Playoffs, is npw playing an im-porlan ( role for the Inventors as a basketball guard.Bare/. ha> hvl ped the Inventors win six straightgames" juilh hi s cJuteb shooting and ball hawking.

Unbeaten Edison,Over brook ClashTIM Kdi >»II ai ICL Overbrook

two 11 i ihu tluec iindi -fcated PublicI-cag' jo teams, will clash todas(TUP vday) at the Inv cntors' home3th . iid Lehigh a\e? a nd the winner

'ome out as th e favorite to* 1 n the league cham pionship play-u* if and the right to meet the' .'a tliolic League winner for the.It y championship

?Ovci brook a slight-'favoritP, car-n t s a 21-uame i'ubt ic League vic-tory stnn:.' into the Inventor-' gym.I Alison. 6-0 and tied for first place'.Mill the ililltopixi\ and Olney,

have a nir'.gaine i ,trcak.

Kdisoit. a scrappy crew, is head-ed bv lion \|yer s. one of theleague's Inner ri l> iund''rs Klli'itlMn-.k. a good itiii'ip shooter, and|,ia> Maker IV'lio Hai e/y who has

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k. ihe habit of coming through withic the big play.iy{ The Hiilloppers will counter withn.js-9 Ron Klcby, who chipped in withr ja career high of 37 points last weeko, against previously undefeated West

r- Philadelphia, and F.lred Bagley, thecjNo: l our scorer in the league.

c.OLNKV PLAVS MASTBAIMI While Edison and CKrrbrook are

it out. Olncy will travel to

Mastbaum where, it is a top-heavy'? favorite to make it seven wins in a

c row. Olney is paced by Julius Wil-'? hams, the PL's third-ranked scorer.

In another vital game, West Phil-I- adelphia (5-1) will try to get back on

t'llhe winning side of the ledger whent;it travels to Frankford. The Speed-'' [bo* s* Fred Stokes is the top pointsj producer in the league with 166

jtallics.In other games Bok Tpeh travels

to Simon Oral/. John Bartram is' at Home to Dobbins Tech, Lincoln

goes to Gormantown. Central opens

'its doors to Northeast. Roxborough

is at George Washington and Ben[Franklin hosts Soulhem.' An Orphans' Court JudM

Cheyney EdgesDel. State, 90-89

All five of Cheyney State's start-ers scored in double figures as theWolves held 0.7 a stubborn bunchof Delaware State Hornets to regis-ter a 90-89 victory it St. Joseph'sCollege ficldhouse.

The win was Cheyney's 10th of theseason in 14 starts. For coach HalBiitman it was his 100th winagainst 18 losses since he took thecoaching Job five years ago.

. Toby/Tyler and Sonny Realer ledthe Cheyney* scoring parade with20 points each. They were followedby Willie Kirkland (19). Dave Ken-nard (IS) and Bill Smith (13).

THE PROFESSIONAL TOUCH?Hall of Famers Bob Fellerand Jackie Robinson are joinedby Willie Mays, Mickey Mantleand Baseball CommissionerWilliam Eckart in announcing

the 2nd Annual Astrojet GolfClassic, February 15-18, SanDiego, California sponsored . . .by American Airlines TheAstrojet Cassic features pro-fessional baseball and football

players.

Livingstone isDefeated by St.Augustine's 5

RALEIGH The Saint Au-gustine's College Falcons even-ed its season's record at 4-4Saturday night (January 20)

with a 101-86 victory over theLivingstone College Bears.

Saint Augustine's took thelead with 12:13 left in the firsthalf and never relinquished itthereafter.

Raymond Gilmore led SaintAugustine's with 28 points and

14 rebounds. John Lockettescored 27. Gary Waytes wascredited with nine assists andLeConte Stover had 13 re-

bounds.Livingstone College (86)

Berry 21, Little 19, Lewis 9,

Dawson 2. Boger 16, Allen 6,

Ricks 14. Crosby 1. , ,

On the road, NCC will meetMorgan and Va. State Col-

FORMER AGGIE FOOTBALLSTAR RETURNS HOME?Dick-ie Westmoreland (right), de-fensive halfback with the Mi-ami Dolphins, chats with A&T

NCC's improvement thisyear is due in part to a bal-anced scoring attack. Fourplayers are scoring In doublefigures for the Eagles.

ALL-CIAA LEE Davis hasbeen the sparkplug for theteam over the first half ofthecenter has N aVe£&fted 21.1points per game and 14.T re-bounds.

Other double-digit scorersfor NCC are Joseph Pridgen17.0, Paris Lenon 13.4, andBilly Rose 10.1. Ronald MoCrimmon, the fifth starterfor the Eagles, is averaging6.3 points per game.

assistant football coach MurrayNeely on Westmoreland's visitto campus this week. The for-mer Aggie star will play jjjAFL All-Star game.

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ette 27, Gilmore 28, McKie 6,Mask 4, March 2, Dickens 10,Waytes 5, Stover 11, Robinson2, Scot 4.

Halftime: St. Augustine's 48,Livingstone 39.

The Falcons will play their

next home game on Saturday,

January 27; with Fayetteville

State College as opponents.

January 29, the Falcons will

meet Saint Paul's team; Febru-ary 1, Elizabeth City SUte; and

on February 2, the Shaw Bears

NCC STARTERS These fivethe starting line-up for theNorth Carolina College EaglesSaturday when the Eagles play

Local Cagers to Return to Race Against WSWith the first semester ex-

ams over, the North CarolinaCollege Eagles returned to thepractice floor Monday after-noon to get ready for the Win-ston-Salem State College Rams.The CIAA headliner will be

ojjayed in the R. L. McDougald

Gymnasium Sat. night with tip

'off time set for 8 p.m.NCC has been idle since

January 8 when the Eagles de-feated St. Augustine's College,82-72. Scheduled games withFayetteville State College andA&T State University, werepostponed because of incle-ment weather. The NCC-Fayet-

teville game has been reset forFebruary 1 in Fayetteville.

Coach Floyd Brown is hoping

the long lay-off will not hurthis team. The Eagles are 8-2in conference play and 9-6over-aii.

Gibson, FloodReject Cards'Initial Pads

Winston-Salem ha s lost itslast six games, including a 50-49 setback to A&T last Fridaynight in Greensboro. However,th Si n%sfi!P ppered by . Cl«r : ,en|p w )n second,pllte in the conference with a

53 loop record. Over-all, theTwin-City quintet is 6-7.

Steve Humphrey, who willbecome eligible this week, isexpected to give the Eaglessome added bench strength.Humphrey, a 6-2 junior, will

see duty at a guard or forwardposition.

Winston-Salem defeated theNCC squad, 67-56, earlier this

season in Winston-Salem. Thevictory for ttae Rams halted a

mon, Paris Lenon, Lee Davis,Joseph Pridg&n, and BillyRose.

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Plans Being Made for B-S Cage Tournament

ST. LOUIS, MoThree - game World Serieswinner Bob Gibson and Cen-terftelder Curt Flood of theet. Loui« Cardinals balkedat contract negotiations forIBM, with the 32-year-oldrighthander apparently ma-king a pitch for a near>IOO,OOO figure.

"I received a contract andI returned it," said Oibaon,

who made a quick trip to St.Louis and then headed forhis home in Omaha, Neb.

"YOU ALWAYS say 'no*the first time no matter whatthe club offers," Flood said.

Asked Just how much hewanted, Flood said, lustmy fair share."

SO FAR, outfielder Roger

Maris signed for what webelieved the top figure?-s79,ooo, with Outfllder LouBrock a cloee second ataround 970,000.

host to the Winston-SalemI State College Rams. The start-

ing quintet for NCC, from leftto right, are Ronald McCrii%

CONCORD?PIans are beingfinalized' for the forthcoming

Eastern Intercollegiate AthleticConference basketball tourna-ment schedule for February 15-17 here.

Conference officials are prid-ing themselves on the fineshowing of conference mem-bers against outside foes. TheTeams have held own againstopposition .from the CIAA,SEAC; and SIAC. Barber-ScotiaCollege was involved in one ofthe nations highest - scoringgames and team winning mar-

- Barber-Scotia College "willhostthe three-day extravagan-za. Logan High School's spaci-ous gymnasium will be thescene of the hardwood battles.

According to A. L. Coe-field, EIAC president, no stonesare being left unturned to in-sure the success of the initialEIAC tourney in Concord. Coe-fied also serves as Athletic Di-

rector at Barber-Scotia College

and this is the first time thedribble derby has been staged

in Concord.

four game winning streak forthe Eagles.

This time, NCC puts a threegame winning streak and aperfect 4-0 home record on

the line against Winston-Sal-em, which was nationallyranked until last week.

with aid of Earl Monroe, nowthe NBA's top rookie. He has astrong supporting cast in Eu-gene Smiley and Johnny Wat-kins.

Lee Davis has been the lead-ing scorer and top rebounderfor NCC this season. Making a

bid to regain a spot on the all-conference team. Davis hasaveraged 21.1 points per gameand 14.7 rebounds.

William English is the lead-ing scorer and top rebounderfor the Rams'who won the NCAA college division last year

gins when they spanked MorrisCollege 157-87 earlier in theyear.

? Sideline observers rate theEIAC as of the fastest cageloops in the Southeastern re-

gion -aad the teams boast someoutstanding individuals thathave attracted national atten-tion.

The EIAC is composed ofcolleges located in the Caro-linas and includes Kittrell Col-lege, Friendship College, SouthCarolina Area Trade School,Durham Business College,

Charlotte Business College andBarber-Scotia.

EIAC members have been in-volved in a spirited battle forVisitation honors this season.The Visitation champion willbe top-seeded in the tourna-ment. Barber-Scotia's Sabersand Kittrell are locked in a

two-way tie for first place atpresent.

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Of the contract mailed tohim br General ManagerBlnf Devine and Vice Preri-dent Stan Musial, Gibson\u25a0aid, "It wa« a rery gener-ous offer, but It wasn't evencioae to wtaat I had Inmind."

GIBSON WAS paid clowto >60,000 last y*r, and 11Brock, as reports Mid, re-ceived a $29,000 raise, Gib-con figured he m worth abill hike too.

Besides Maris, Brack andthird baseman Hike Shan-non, only leesrve catchersDave Rkketts and Pat Cor-rales have signed.

Packers' Tough Defense

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The Green Bay defense, which proved to be the toughnut to crack In pro footbaKl'a Super Bowl, puts the brakeson the Oakland Raiders' Hewritt Dixon as CornerbackHerb Adderley limits the fullback to a two-yard gain onah end sweep in the third period of the Packers' 34-14victory over the AFL representative. Moving in to as-.pist Adderley is teammaU Bob Jeter.

BIG MAN WITH A REBOUND?6-6 Ted Campbell, A&Tsstarrebounder, (42) snags ball inrecent game in Greensboro,against Livingstone College.

Aggies beat the Bears, 1Q&-67to up season record to 6-2.Other A4cT player is Carl Hub-bard (30).

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