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ports pi Mm Running May Dominate All-Star Clash Monroe Newi-Stor Friday, April 1. 1977 7-C Mike Richey All-Stars Out To Win After a lot of build-up, the second annual Louisiana College All-Star game unfolds tonight at Wilson Ewing Coliseum with host coach Lenny Fant hoping for a crowd of 5,000 or so. Coaches and players from New Orleans to Shreveport began arriving early Thursday afternoon, and by this morning year-long rivals had become friends and roommates. the way it is with these all-star clashes, this one matching the sectional talents of north and south. For instance, Roger Green have to worry about stopping Louisiana Lanky Wells.

After four years of going against each other be helping each other. The collective college coaches around the state say they like the game because it helps promote basketball within the state. The players like it because it gives some one last chance to play, others one more chance to impress pro scouts. In spite of all of that, winning taken a secondary spot. still a primary thought of those involved, as it was last year when the North scored an upset 110-109 victory in the inaugural game at Centenary.

fun is in says UNO Coach Ron Greene, head coach of the South. want to have Most-Often Booed somewhat ironic in that Greene and Tynes Hildebrand have been selected to head up the two respective all-star units. Since the retirements of Beryl Shipley and Louisiana Scotty Robertson, Greene and Hildebrand are the leading contenders for the often title at Northeast games. Both have court-side manners that not only stir up the wrath of the crowd, but often times the wrath of an official or two as well. Hildebrand, for instance, has been seen before at Ewing Coliseum dropping to his knees on the tartan surface.

He may have been begging for mercy, and then again he may have just been chasing an Oscar If anything, Greene is a little more dramatic. He has been known to leave the bench and take a seat in the crowd. At Louisiana Tech this year, he bclly- flopped right to the floor. If he was trying to get the attention, it worked. Keeping that in mind, the best show tonight might not be on the floor but rather on the sidelines.

Wonder which one will draw the first technical? Pardon My French Flashing back on the first all-star game, you might recall that David Pickett scored the winning points on a late layup and then clinched the victory by drawing a charging foul with three seconds to go. Pickett will be among those in the crowd tonight, having flown in from France and a year of basketball there late Wednesday. David was drafted by the Lakers after last game, tried out and missed, but was placed in one of the many European Leagues by agent Herb Rudoy. Flaunting his newly- learned French, and saying he quite understand English very well anymore, David took time out to explain the European set-up. It seems they have different divisions, one through five, with teams limited to the number of Americans on a club according to their division.

Pickett played for Sainte Maxime, a Riviera resort but a one American team. Mnll had one player that could speak pretty ggp JBtg, good Pickett 9 said, he had an 9 argument with the ask fl owners and got kicked jHsji JgH Bm After that, David JR8H was pretty much on his David Pickett own. His French may not have been too polished, but no doubt his teammates and fans understood his 44 point a name average quite well. very good, he said, "and 1 got to shoot all I wanted. Some games I was so tired 1 even want to shoot.

The 6-7 forward that finished among NLU top five career scorers also shot 62 percent he hopes his performance will help him land a spoi on one of the division one clubs next year. like to talk to some NBA teams about trying out but the only one 1 have any contact with is Los he said. they have the best record in basketball right now and first round draft choices I might as well not bother. Pickett savs still enjoying playing, and making a Hvable wage. hoping for at least another year in Europe before returning home and settling into law school.

Stovall Named To Hall and was one of the best iootball. players the squad ever had. He was All-America in 1962. He spent nine seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League before turning to coaching.

He joined the LSU staff as backfield coach in 1974. By Mike Richey Sports Editor It could turn into a running game, this second annual Louisiana Collegiate All-Star contest set tonight at Wilson Ewing Coliseum. New Coach Ron Greene, for instance, put his troops through a two-hour workout Thursday night that included more running than a lot of his South All-Stars were used to. Along the same lines, North All-Stars Coach Tynes Hildebrand of Northwestern says, going to run, get it down quick, and keep also the professional rules, the shot clock not included, that could keep the game wide open. More contact is expected, and each player is allowed six personals during the game of four 12-minute quarters.

Hildebrand wants to shoot because his North club has the shooters. Two of them, Louisiana Mike McConathy and his own NSU star Billy Reynolds, scored over 2,000 career points at their respective universities. The game is considered a toss-up, hut if there is an edge it would go to the North via its marksmanship. The South hopes to offset that edge with a height advantage of its own. McConathy and Reynolds finished seventh and eighth respectively in the nation in scoring this year, and be joined by a fine support cast.

Other North All-Stars include 6-8 Roger Green; 6-3 Willie Simmons and 6-7 Albert Davis; 6-4 A1 Barnes and 6-7 John Pitts; 6-3 Dan Bell; Louisiana 6-6 Lanky Wells and 6-7 Elliott Lawrence, and Louisiana 5-10 Drexel Robinson. Heading the cast for the South All-Stars is 6-11 Jeff Cummings, the tallest player in the crowd and one a number of pro scouts attending will be watching closely. Cummings is joined by 6-6 teammate Arthur Bibbs, 6-4 Daryl Weston, 6-5 Curtis Pace, and 6-5 Mike Pittman; 6-10 Calvin Crews and 6-9 Myron Wilkins; 5-10 Leo McClure and 6-7 Melvin Smith; and LSU 6-5 lob Miller. The game is limited to collegiate seniors only and is in its second year. Centenary hosted last contest which saw the North take a 110-109 upset victory.

Included in the night activities are a pair of preliminary games featuring teams from the Monroe Recreation Department, selection of an All-Star MVP, and a halftime slam-dunk contest. Northeast All-Star Roger Green practice lay-up against new teammate Elliott Lawrence Bean's 67 Leads GGO Calvin Natt Natt Named To All-American GREENSBORO. N.C. (AP) His first career victory provided Andy Bean with a new outlook on the pro golf tour, allowed him to plan his life and, he sheepishly admitted, gave him a little bit of hardwon wisdom. now on.

gonna let my caddy throw the Bean said after his solid, five-undcr-par 67 had staked him to the first round lead in the $235,000 Greater Greensboro Open. The reference was to his joyous, unrestrained reaction after his wire to- wire triumph three weeks ago in the Doral Open. The 6- foot-4 Bean plucked the ball out of the cup on the final hole in the manner of a football player spiking the ball after a threw it far, far into a lake. He threw it so happily, with such unrestrained enthusiasm, he popped something in his right shoulder. He missed the cut in his next start, then took a week off to rest up.

fine no the red-haired. 24-year-old Bean said Thursday. gonna let my caddy do the throwing from now The other consequences of the victory were more happy ones. really does make things a lot said Bean who. until the victory, had to survive the rigors of Monday morning qualifying rounds to gain a place in the urnament.

now exempt. have to go out and qualify any more, or do a lot of other things the qualifiers have to do. It puts you more at ease. can play a lot more relaxed. You have to worry about making the cut.

NLU Golfers In State Tourney At Shreveport BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Backfield eoach Jerry Stovall of Louisiana State i University and state Rep. Bobby Freeman of Plaquemine were elected to athletic Hall of Fame Thursday. Stovall came to LSU from West Monroe. Northeast sophomore forward Calvin Natt has been named to the Citizens Savings Athletic all-American first team.

The Citizens Savings Foundation is formerly the Helms Foundation, a Los Angeles based group that has been honoring college basketball performers since 1901. The team consists of 39- players, 13 forwards. 13 guards, and 13 centers. Natt. who had earned honorable mention on Associated Press, Sporting News, and Basketball Weekly teams previously, is one of only three sophomores on the squad.

Other sophomores are San Bill Cartwright and Phil Hubbard. Natt finished the year as the No. 6 scorer with a 29.0 average, and he also ranked in the top dozen in field goal percentage and rebounding. In being selected, Natt becomes first first- team major college all- American selection. say anything that already been Northeast Coach Lenny Fant said of selection.

certainly deserves any honor he has received, and the type of kid that can get these things as a sophomore and not let it go to his senior forward Marques Johnson was named Player of the Year on the team and Marquette was selected as college top team. The entire 39-man teams follows: Foru Calvin Natt, NLU.Ores Ballard Oregon; Ken Carr, Nortt Carolina State; Wesley Vox, Louisville; Bo Ellis Marquette; Jack Givens, Kentucky; ked Oriffm. Wakt Forest; Ernie Grunfeld, Tennessee. Marques Johnson, UCLA; Bernard King. Tennessee, Eddie Owens, Las Vegas; Anthony Roberts, Oral Roberts; Greg Sanders, St.

Bonaventure. Centers Kent Benson. Indiana; Bill Cartwright, San Francisco; Jarnes Edwards, Washington; Bob Elliott, Arizona, State Hayes, Idaho State. Phil Hubbard, Michigan; Toby Knight, Notre Dame, Cedric Maxwell, Charlotte; Glenn Moseley, Seton Hall; Wayne Rollins. Clemson; Mtke Russell, Texas Tech, Mike Thompson, Minnesota; Jeft Wilkins, Illinois State.

Blrdson, Houston; Ron Brewer, Arkansas, Walter Davis, North Carolina; T. R. Dunn, Alabama; Phil Ford, North Carolina; Mike Glenn, Southern Illinois; Rickey Green, Michigan; Joseph Bassett, Providence; Alfred Butch Lee, Ix-w Massey. Charlotte; Freeman Williams, Portland State, Ray Williams. Minnesota, Gary Yoder, Cincinnati GREENS80KO.

NO, AP) first round scores Thursday in the $235,000 Greater Greensboro Open Golf Tournament on the 6.984-yard, par-72 Forest Oaks Country Club course ta-denotes amateur); Danny Edwards George Bums Bill Mallon Hale Irwin Larry Nelson Butch Baird John Schlee Gary Player Al Geiberger Peter Oostcrhuis Gil Morgan Rik Massengale Joe Inman Miller Barber Mark Alwin Lanny Wadkins Fuzzy Zoclter Mike McCullough Bob Glider Grier Jones Andy North Dale Douglass Peter Jacobsen 33 34 33 35- 68 34 34-68 34 35 69 35-35 70 35 33 70 36 34- 70 37 34 71 38 33- 71 34 37 71 39-32-71 33-36-7! 36 36-72 36 38- 72 35-37 3636-72 35-37- Northeast Louisiana University golfers were in Shreveport today poised for the Louisiana Intercollegiate Golf Championship, a 54-hole event that runs through Sunday at Huntington Park. It is last appearance before returning home to compete in the Central Bank College-Am at Chennault Park here next Thursday and Friday. The Louisiana Intercollegiate was won by Southwestern last year and will include most of the college teams. NLU was seventh in a nine-team field last year but the Indians are expected to finish higher this time around. Coach Wallace Jones will take five golfers to the meet and three other Indians will along at their own ex- senior Jack Hunnicutt of Monroe, back after missing the last two meets.

They earned places on the official team in qualifying rounds this week. Competing as i n- dependents will be Birl Spicer of Monroe, Bob Cole of Pickerington, Ohio, and Jim Rowan of Monroe. Cooper, the first state prep champion from Neville, is the team meadlist with a 77.8 average Bryant is averaging 78 strokes, Spicer 79.3, Hunnicutt 79.7 and Kennedy 80.0. Among players who have not competed in a majority of meets, Smith is the leader with a 77-stroke average. He has played in the last two tournaments, the Corbett Memorial two weeks ago and the Morris Williams Tournament last weekend.

Cole has a 77.6 average for one tournament, the Corbett, and Rowan averaged 78.51n the Williams tourney last week. NLU will be one of 12 entries in the Central Bank College-Am next week, a tournament in which college players will be paired with local and area amateurs. The college players will compete for the college title and the college-amateur team will also compete for the four-ball championship. go play as 34 38 -72 -72 36 36-72 37 35-72 33 37-72 3636- 72 pense to dependents. The official team will consist of freshmen Bob Cooper of Monroe, Tom Bryant of Lake Providence, Sput Kennedy of Monroe and Jay Smith of Shreveport and Pipes Repaired Tobacconist DR.

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