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Whitney Young grid classic to salute Alory M. Bethune Yankee Stadium, New York New York Urban League will bring the "big ballgame" back to the new Yankee Stadium when they present the Sixth Annual Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial Football Classic at the Bronx ball park on Saturday, October 30, 1976. Bethune Cookman College will tangle with Norfolk State College in a battle of conference champions.

In a Bicentennial celebration of its own, the New York Urban League's theme for the 1976 Classic is "A Salute to The National Council of Negro Women in honor of Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune." Mrs. Bethune, founder of Bethune Cookman College, was an outstanding stateswoman of international acclaim; advisor to presidents of the United States and one of the most distinguished women in American history. Mrs. Dorothy I.

Height is president of the National Council of Negro Women. Announcement of this year's Classic was made in the Lindsay Room at Yankee Stadium. Presiding at the press conference were Mrs. Cyrus R. Vance, president and Horace W.

Morris, executive director of the New York Urban League. Other notable New York Urban League officials in attendance were Board Chairman George M. Brooker, and co chairpersons of the Football Committee, Rita Robinson and Claude "Buddy' Young. The Classic will present not only a battle of conference champions, but also a battle of states. Bethune Cookman College of Daytona Beach, Florida are co champions of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC).

Norfolk State College won the title of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) and will represent the state of Virginia. Bethune Cookman, with a 10 1 record last year, tied with Florida A for the S.I.A.C. title. Bethune Cookman has been a power in the southeast for many years despite its 1200 enrollment. Tightend Andre Samuels 6 5, 235 is looked upon as a "sure shot" for the pro ranks.

The backfield duo of Richard Roke and Charlie White, both with pro credentials, are from New York. Over the years Bethune Cookman has sent top flight talent to the National Football League Jack McClairen with the Steelers; Jerry Simmons with Denver, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and New Orleans; Larry Little with Miami; Malty Moore and Boobie Clark with Cincinnati; and Alvin Wyatt with Oakland and Buffalo. Presently in pro camps are Bernard Coleman, New England; Randy Walker, St. Louis; Willie "Foots" Lee, Kansas City; and Bubba Burton with Houston. Norfolk State with a 7 1 conference record and 8 3 overall, annexed the C.I.A.A.

crown for the second year in a row. This will be their second trip to the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial Football Classic. They were shut out last year by Grambling.

Their alumni in the pro league are Ray Jarvis with Detroit; Ron Bolton, recently traded from New England to Cleveland; and Ken Reaves with St. Louis. Draftee Roger Nance is still holding on in the Dallas Cowboys training camp. Norfolk State was represented at the League's press conference by its Athletic Director William Archie; Coach William "Dick" Price; and Sports Information Director Cal Jacox. Appearing for Bethune Cookman were Athletic Director Lloyd "Tank" Johnson; and Coach Andy Hinson.

In a parting shot Johnson said, "we are small, but we are big, and we come to play." As usual the Classic will mean a "big fun" weekend in New York City, especially in the Black communities. A spectacular parade featuring the marching bands of Bethune Cookman and Norfolk State, as well as outstanding marching groups from the Metropolitan area, will strut up Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd. (formerly Seventh Avenue) from 110th Street to 145th Street. Big name acts will perform in a pre game show at the stadium.

Fans will get a special treat when singing star Melba Moore sings the National Anthem. Connie Parker will return for the second time to sing the Black National Anthem, "Lift Every Voice." Those in attendance last year remember the rousing applause Ms. Parker received for her rendition of the Black National Anthem. For all game and ticket information call the New York Urban League, (212) 730 5200. Clydesdale Horses strut with Shriners in convention parade Negro League great receives an award LORMAN, Alcorn baseball coach William "Bill" Foster received an award from the Old Pros Unlimited Club in Chicago Sunday.

The award was presented as a memorial to Coach Foster's brother Andrew "Rube" Foster, who organized the Negro Baseball Leauge. Coach Foster was an outstanding pitcher with the Chicago American Giants from 1924 37. According to his records, he faced the world reknowned Satchel Paige twenty two times and won eleven of their contests. Foster pitched the winning games when the Chicago American Giants won the Negro World Series in 1926 and 1927. Coach Foster's family moved to Rodney, Mississippi when he was four years old from Texas.

He attended elementary school, high school and college at Alcorn. He started playing baseball with the varsity team when he was in sixth grade. While he was in college Foster pitched for the Giants every summer, and he would leave every other winter to play baseball in Cuba. Foster had won fame as a pitcher by the time he finished college at Alcorn in 1933. Then he went into professional baseball as a regular playing with the Chicago American Giants.

"Rube" Foster, his brother, owned the team. Bill Foster is not bitter about not getting a chance to play in the major leagues. He says, "I had my time. We each had our time, and if it hadn't been for the Negro League Jackie Robinson and those guys would have never gotten into the majors." Foster played with many of the greats of the League including Josh Gibson, Bobby Williams, "Piggy" Powell and "Jelly" Gardner. Rube died in 1930, but Bill Foster stayed on with the team until 1937.

In a very matter of fact fashion the retired coach recalls that in 1926 and again in 1927 he pitched a total of fifty games with the Chicago team and the Cuban teams and lost only two games each year. His team got to play an all star team from the White major league teams sevt.al times. LOS ANGELES, CALIF. The world famous Budweiser champion Clydesdale horses, all eight of them, came to Los Angeles, Calif, to participate in the annual street parade, sponsored by the 83rd annual Imperial Council session of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of North and South America and its jurisdiction, incorporated, Prince Hall Shriners. According to an announcement by Imperial Potentate Marshall S.

Johnson of Sahara Temple 2, Pittsburgh, and Mrs. Thelma M. Gordon, imperial commandress of the Imperial Court, Daughters of Isis from Abdul Court 87, Huntington, West Virginia, the Clydesdale horses were one of the featured attractions in the parade, which started north to Olympic, east to Main street, north on Main and end at the Los Angeles Mall. The annual Prince Hall shrine convention parade is one of the several stops in the nation that the eight horse hitch will make this year as they travel some 40,000 miles to appear in horse shows, at state fairs, and in street parades and at other special events. The Budweiser Clydesdales are probably the most widely traveled horses in the world.

A featured attraction with the Clydesdales was their mascot, "Bud," the frisky Dalmatian, that sits with the driver of the horses in all public appearances. "Bud" enjoys his famous role aboard the Budweiser wagon, barking out his enthusiasm as the hitch travels the parade routes, circle fairgrounds, and be entered in horse shows. The Clydesdales are a most familiar sight seen from coast to coast nearly every week. The hitch and the harness for the eight horse team cost nearly $30,000. The horses have won hundreds of trophies and ribbons in their U.S.A.

travel and have appeared annually in the Rose Bowl parade. Ten Clydesdales are taken on each trip to make sure that eight are in pink condition and are definitely available for the hitch. Budweiser Clydesdales are entered in parades and state fairs, and in horse shows only under these conditions. Sue men care for the horses when they driver, an assistant driver, and four chauffeur grooms who take care of the horses and harness. Clydesdales are of pure Scotch ancestry.

They are raised in the U.S.A., and Canada, as well as in Scotland. Each horse is usually three have all four legs stocking white with white face. Each horse averages 2,300 pounds in weight, stand between 17 and 19 hands high, and wear shoes made from 4 and pound piece of steel. The Clydesdales stables, built in 1885, have been designated a National Historical Landmark by the National Park Service. The stables are located in Saint Louis.

Mo. Some 52,000 Prince Hall Shriners, Daughters of Isis members, their families and friends, as well as an estimated crowd of some 500,000 persons in Los Angeles, will be on hand to witness the four hour fonr nilp 'nnp narad ') THEIR HERO GLEN COVE, N.Y.:No man is a hero In his own hometown, sayi the old saw. But judge for yourself as Olympic boxing champion Howard David (C), wearing his Olympic gold medallion, is mobbed by youngsters in his i'a THE COURIKH. SATURDAY, AUGUST 21. 1976.

PAGE 9 by William Nunn, Jr. who say he has the best shot at being the first Black to land a job as a head coach in the If you think the NFL is making strides in its effort to hire Black assistant coaches then you better take a second look. Of more than 220 coaches in the NFL only eleven are Black. Strange that in a league where so many Blacks excel as players there are so few who qualify as being capable of teaching the sport as coaches. While the San Diego Chargers are lauding their number one draft choice, Joe Washington, the feeling around the NFL is that the Chargers are making a mistake in planning on using the former Oklahoma star as a halfback.

Most grid observers feel that Washington won't be able to take the physical pounding that' goes with running the ball. His best bet to survive will be as a flanker and return Slater, the outstanding offensive tackle from Jackson State University who wasn't drafted until the third round by the Los Angeles Rams, could end up being one of the top rookies in the NFL this season. Slater, who stands 6 4 and weighs 257 pounds, has been making the coaching staff of the Rams break into big smiles everytime they see him in action. Ferguson Jenkins in talking about his days with the Chicago Cubs says, "Sure the Cubs paid :1 vw 7'' Uraefl Taylm, tilers Bllk hdl msrM gish Few people are aware of the fact that Lionel Taylor, the Black assistant coach with the Pittsburgh Steelers, is not only the oldest coach in point of service on Head Coach Chuck Noll's staff, but he is the oldest Black coach on a time basis in the National Football League. Listed as the Steelers receiver coach, Taylor also works with the teams quarterbacks.

There are those Change of Pace well, but only until your salary reached $50,000 or $60,000. After that, you've got to fight just like you have to do with all the other James Harris, the Black quarterback with the Los Angeles Rams knows he's under the gun, he has told friends that he is confident he has the ability to keep his starting job. Ashe Too Active On Side? Oscar Charleston, the late great baseball star in the old Negro Leagues ho was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this week, was rated as one of the smoothest outfielders to ever play the game. Not only did Charleston excel as a hitting and fielding star, he was considered to have had one of the best baseball minds in the game of his time. Oldtimers say that Charleston could have managed with anyone during his Arthur Ashe says he is not concerned with the tennis slump he has been going through recently.

Ashe does admit that it is possible that he is involving himself in too many outside activities and this might be having a bad effect on his game. Bob Moorman, new commissioner of the CIAA, believes that basketball has more of a future for the conference than football. Moorman's belief is predicated on the theory that it is far less expensive to floor a top basketball team than it is to field an outstanding grid Andrian Dantley, who will bypass his senior year at Notre Dame in favor of a pro basketball contract, has promised officials at the school that he will return for his degree. Dantley needs only nine credits to graduate and he plans on getting those next summer. Sports highlights of the week hometown here.

The 20 year old lightweight returned home 81 and dedicated his medal to "my mother, my father, my country." He planned to visit the grave of his mother who died while he was in Montreal. iNv rSw OUT AT PLATE DEJECTED BOSTON: Brewers George Scott (L) is LEFT, out at the plate as he collides with Bosox catcher Bob Montgomery (R), 1st inning action, Fenway Park (87). Scott was waved home on double hit by Hank Aaron to Bosox CV Fred Lynn. SS Rick Burleson relayed throw to Montgomery for the tag. RIGHT.

NORTH a 4i if i CONWAY, N.H.: A dejected Arthur Ashe tares at the ground 83 during his losing match with Zelko Franulovic of Yugoslavia. Third seeded Ashe was defeated by Franulovic 6 4, 6 4 in the second round of the $100,000 Volvo International Tennis Tournament. I PI ATHLETIC DIRECTOR CARBONDALE, ILL: George Mace, (L) Southern Illinois University vice president for university relations, introduces Gale Savers, (R) former University of Kansas and Chicago Bears star running back, as the new athletic director of SlU Carbondale at a new conference 715. Savers. 33, will take the new job on 81 a sav he will hit the recruiting trail in an effort to boost tvf sagging fortunes of SIU.

Savers has been assistant director of the Williams Educational Fund at the University of Kansas for the last three years. RIGHT (EAGLES STEELERS) PHILADELPHIA: Pittsburgh Steelers Franco Harris (32) looks for room to move around Eagles" Bill Bergey 6 in the second quarter at Vet Stadiufr in Philadelnhla RQ (I PI.