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do with it,” Smith explained. “I heard there was an opening, and from there figured if I could get the job it would be well worth my efforts.” Smith, a former Wood High School product himself, (and also an Anderson College alumni), has spent all of his coaching career in Indianapolis, where he has led several players of the likes of now Pacer Charlie Jordan, former Indiana All-Star Derrick Johnson, as well as Butler University standout Wayne Burris
to name a few.
All of these players hooped for Smith in his progressive stages as head coach at Public
had landed the job with the Badgers in Wisconsin, he was set to take Woodson, two seasons ago Ripple standout Jeff Gibson, and several other close and former players he worked with at one time or another. Lew Burns, recognized as perhaps, the first Northwest High School superstar, said of Smith recently, “it’s too bad he’s been stuck in the lower echelons of coaching because I’m convinced I learned quite a bit about a lot of things, let alone basketball, when he was my grade school coach.” Practically the same kind of admorations came from Pacer
School #44, where he compiled Charlie Jordan, who rest asan indispensab le 76-4 win-lost suned, was one of the more record. skillful luxuries of Smith when Smith feels that having this he was a 6-3 demon in the grade
natural instinct to relate and school ranks,
exchange basketball ideas is When asked about that conwhat has brought his coaching troversial call in the Sectional career around to the height it loss to Lawrence Central currently stands at. (which forced the ejection of “What I’ve always tried to do another Smith mainstay, Don with my players,” Smith said, Cox), Smith only reiterated
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THE INDIANAPOLIS RECOKDER pArF .y SATURDAY. MARCH 20. 1976
“is initiate a valuable relation-ship-whereby we each have a mutual understanding as for many things are concerned- not
only basketball."
After going to the Northeastside Broad Ripple school four years ago as an assistant coach, Smith ultimately received one of the opportunites
what most know already. “It was just one of those tough breaks. And though we’re still not positive as to what may have been the best discipline for the mishap--we accepted it with a vivid integrity and sportsmacship like attitude which includes the entire Ripple administration,” Smith
he’d been waiting on for quite explained, some time. This opportunity So what might the future came as he was elevated to hold should you not be going to varsity coach after long-time Madison coach? “I just hope all Broad Ripple coach Gene Ring of the young men I’ve coached moved to permanent Athletic (such as Woodson) gets the Director. break they deserve to develop No one will deny that some, if themselves into competent not most of Smith’s desires young men in society as well as have not been fulfilled. In his the court. I’ll be looking forfour season at Ripple, his ward to continuing at Ripple records stand at 53-31, with the and upgrading the basketball last two seasons showing signs program there,” Smith went of tremendous progress. Last on. season’s team finished 13-7, and That shouldn’t be hard to do the 20-4 record of this year with junior starter Don Cox must have been a delight with back next season, anxiously every Rocket supporter. waiting to repay his coach and Another example of Smith’s school for an acceptable-yeat success is how the Rockets inmature gesture when it all were ranked in the top twenty counted. “Don’t get me wrong," teams in the state for most of Smith explained, “Cox didn't the season, and all are aware blow that game and I’m sure that the Broad Ripple outfit he’s really looking forward to closed this season rated as the next season.” 4th best team in the state. Many coaches are involved in This is the first year that their respective sports because Broad Ripple has been in the it’s just another job. But to top twenty in seasons-and examine the practices, conbeyond that. Smith’s Rockets ditioning periods and mental won the Richmond Holiday activites which surrounds a Bill basketball tourney- which all Smith camp, is something that Hoosier Hysteria buffs under- many of the so-called glamour stand the reality in such coaches of today might envy,
accomplishments.
CHURCH VISITATION:Members of Wilbur Stone Lodge No. 65 visited Messiah Baptist Church recently. In top photo are Worshipful Master Ben Johnson, Past Master Lawrence Patterson, Secretary Joe Butts, Senior Warden Bill Qualls, Past Master Harry Beach, and [back row] Bill White, John Ellis and Kenneth Gant. Rev. A. Wadsworth of Messiah Baptist [bottom photo] congratulating Brother John A. Ellis and Brother Kenneth Gant of Wilbur Stone Lodge on becoming members of the church. Also pictured is Rev. G.G. Northerton of Franklin, Ky., guest speaker for the day. [Photos by B. Daniels] May or Dantley It’s a bird
Of course, having a player of the caliber of Mr. Basketball candidate Mike Woodson had to have a lot of impact on the dividends Smith has been endowed with. To show the
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16 Scott May of Indiana and Adrian Dantley of Notre Dame. The senior cornerman. May, who led his teammates to a bruising first round victory over St. John’s last weekend, was named last week winner of the James A. Neismith Trophy (Neismith invented basketball in America) as UPI’s College Player of the Year. He won the honor by a mere two votes over Notre Dame's Dantley, who, meanwhile, was cited by the United States Basketball Writer’s Association (USBWA) as the College Player of the Year. May becomes the first Indiana University player to ever receive the Neismith Trophy, which he’ll be awarded from the Atlanta Tipoff Club at its annual banquet next month. In the closest balloting in the history of the 22-year-old award. May finished with 56 votes to Dantley’s 54 votes, with the closest follower being I. U. standout Kent Benson, acknowledged as the other half of the Tenacious I. S. frontline
tandon.
Indiana University coach Bobby Knight has called May the best all-around player I’ve
LONDON-(NBNS)--
Nigeria’s military govern
ment lifted the nation-wide ever been associated with, and dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed perhaps, the best I’ve seen
effectiveness of Ripple’s star after an abortive coup attempt playing the game," Knight said, player, Woodson captured 10 of February 13, Lagos Radio said. May, respected as a modest 14 individual trophies given to The government will continue and serious individual, has the athletes at their Winner to enforce a late-night curfew in been the main cog in the banquet Tuesday night. the area of the capital, but not Hoosier lineup for the past two It was learned that if Smith in the country, the radio said in seasons, and in some close
a broadcast monitored here. encounters already this year
has shown why he might be considered the premiere player in the college ranks today. His latest accomplishments include a blistering 33-point performance in I. U.‘s first round game against the Redmen of St. John’s last Saturday. All May did was sank 14 of 23 floor shots, and seven rebounds to go along with his usual prolific scoring display. On the other hand, Dantley has been much of the nucleous for the Notre Dame team the past two seasons also. Besides being one of the leading scorers in the nation for the past two seasons, Dantley has leveled his overall game to fit with that his coach demands for his well
balanced Irish team.
Coach Digger Phelps has often been heard exclaiming how he feels Dantley has sacrificed his pure offensive skills for the sake of the total Notre Dame team -noting -“if he wanted too, he could score
40 points a game.”
Dantley’s average this season has been slightly less than 30 markers an outing, and even though the Washington, D. C. product has another year of eligibility left at the Catholic college in South Bend, he is expected to possibly select the professional circuit for his play
next season.
Both Dantley and May have previously expressed desires to play in the upcoming Olymics in Montreal this summer before making any kind of committment to pro ball.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16 fact that their victory over the talented Pioneers wasn’t what you’d exactly term as luck, or perhaps, a fluke. Dave Bertram, head coach at the three year school, said, “we really didn’t do anything differently from what we’ve done all season long.” He went on, "many people forgot that this is the same team which lost a cliff-hanging 72-70 contest from 1975 Southport Sectional titlist
Wood.”
The Falcon Team has to be considered a cinderalla if that’s actually describing the situation though. Being considered the local favorite on the other hand, many wouldn’t be near as surprised as others to see Hoosier hysteria at its best if the Falcons were to capture the Semi-State title. They’ll be hard pressed to find this kind of success, as top ranked Rushville will also be invading the Hinkle bill-facing perennialy tough Richmond in the opening affair. Rushville might be con-
exclaimed how delighted he was in first full poet-season
tournament gamd.
“This is really my first NCAA tourney,” the modest 6-7 cornerman said. “It just so happened I was open most of the game, but we do have other guys that can get the job done. I’m just glad we won,” the two-time All-American said. Speaking of the othes who are capable of getting the job done is May’s counterpart All-American teammate Kent Benson, who neatly supported his teammates with 20 points himself -after missing his first five field goal attempts. Notre Dame, the other Hoosier entry in this year’s NCAA field, received a treck of luck as reserve center Toby Knight's tip-in at .*02 seconds led the seventh-ranked Irish to a come-from-behind 79 - 78 squeeker over rugged Cincinnati at Lawrence, Kansas. It looked all but over for the Irish as the Bearcats took control of the game from the outset and maintained it for the most part. But a last ditch effort by the way of three doth jumpers by super-sub Donnie (Duck) Williams was the spark that put Digger Phelp’s charges in the position for the exciting
closing moments.
Cincinnati Coach Gale Catlett charged that the game was taken from his club by a judgement call that awarded the ball to the Irish with :06
paving the way for several top-notch encounters Thursday which will ultimately decide championship foes in the four Regionals Saturday. I.U. will face All-American Leon Douglas and his Alabama Crimson Tide thursday, and judging by the Tide’s play in their rout over ACC foe North Carolina Saturday, this game is sure to offer another stern test for the nation’s No. 1 teamwhich has now won 28 straight games. Assuming the Hoosiers are successful against Coach C.M. Newton’s Alabama outfit, many feel the long herald I.U. Marquette match-up will unfold Saturday, but before, Marquette must dispose of a stubborn Western Michiganwho lost only twice this season, but barely survived their opening round game in a 77-67 overtime win over Virginia
Tech.
Both Marquette and Indiana lave solid team depth, and many observers have previously earmarked both squads as perhaps, one of which will emerge as this season’s NCAA
king.
Saturday’s regional champs will journey to Philadelphia next week for the Semi-Final and Final games, and though second-ranked Rutgers (who got a scare from Providence) is expected to be the team that might ° ake it to the final game, providing some timely Notre
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seconds left in the game. The Dame P la y-it could very well call was tliAt Cincinnati took ^ the Irish in that final game, longer than the alloted five That possiblity may seem seconds to get the ball inbounds, somewhat far-fetched, but the
All-American Adrian Dantley led Notre Dame with 27 points, follow e d by Williams' 22
markers.
While Notre Dame and Indiana was getting off to positive starts, 14 other teams around the country were having their way in the elimination tourney,
Smith’s
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Irish, who’ve showed their capable of playing under pressure, would enjoy nothing better than possibly facing state rival Indiana in the championship game, if both are
around at that time.
The Hoosiers enter Thursday’s game with Alabama having recorded a phenomenal won-lost record of 59-1 during the last two seasons-that one loss occuring to last season’s
you say? GOOD NEWS...Congrats to Dr. George Rawls, the highly regarded surgeon and the MAN who opened up my stomach and did a miraculous job that put me back on the main stem in good condition, has been elected president of the medical staff at Winona Memorial Hospital. During my stay in Methodist Hospital, I was constantly reminded by white doctors that I was under the care of two of the city’s top doctors - Paul T. Baltics and George Rawls. I will always keep a warm spot in my heart for these gentlemen-one a cardiologist and specialist in internal medicine and the other a renown surgeon. And may then continue to scale the heights in medicine and surgery. A FRIEND TO THE NEEDY City-County Council refused to approve expenditures for 15 maintenance personnel for Center Township new h e a dquarters building at 863 Mass. Ave. at a meeting in late January. Eight Democrats voted for the measure, 18 Republicans and Democrat Rozelle Boyd (Black man) opposed it. They did give County Welfare Dept. $284,000 to pay 15 caseworkers’ salaries. You dig? Just a Black man trying to give 15 persons work and not a handout. But he was turned down. Remember this the next time somebody ask you to VOTE for these guys on City-County Council. Dr. Osborne has helped many persons black and white and that seems to bother certain downtown politicians. But remember, after all is said and done you are in the driver’s seat. So, act accordingly! Alotta these guys don’t like Doc, because he is not a (“Me too, Boss” N----r if you dig the pig English.)
TOP MUSICIAN of the ‘30’s? This is the renown Fletcher Henderson, the man Benny Goodman is reputed to have offered $300 a week to quit his band and arrange for the Goodman band excusively. This picture and story appeared in this colum in 1938 announcing h i s forthcoming date to play for the Mayor of Bronzeville inaugural ball in Tomlinson Hall. This was another Recorder promotion with the wrtier as director. It was really an elegant affair with big politicos from downtown as honored guests for the occassion. The winnah was Businessman Sea Ferguson. Bronzeville was downtown Naptown with Indiana Avenue right in the heart of things socially and politically, and entertainingly. Please spend you MONEY with Recorder ADVERTISERS first- then go io the field... and DON'T FORGET TO TELL THEM YOU SAW THEIR AD IN YOUR FAVORITE NEWSPAPER. That would be a PLUG for us and help vou in the way of EMPLOYMENT, (dig)?
tion effective at the end of this ^<3^ runners-up Kentucky, season, and though Coefield LU. fans cant help but admits he would rather not look remember the setback, but at the position as a “white or mos ^ would rather forget it for
black thing,” he intends to recruit outstanding basketball
players.
Local attention had been focused on Broad Ripple coach
now, because this is another season with another chance one that in less than two weeks will crown a new NCAA titlistwhich of course could still be
BUI Smith, who applied for the perennial and defending champ position and according to re- UCLA, a 10-point winner in liable sources, was one of the their opening night encounter top contenders for the post. against San Diego last week-
It’s assumed that Coefield’s endcredentials, boosted by Vir-
this season (Virginia won the tough ACC tournament, edging out perenial contenders Maryland and North Carolina), was responsible for his final
selection.
sidered by some experts as the
Pat Barlow
that it was only a week ago that powerhouse Lawrence Central and Northwest were thought to
be “untouchable.”
It has been a whUe since an Indianapolis team brought the coveted trophy and gold rings back to the capital city, (the last to do so was the George McGinnis-led Washington Continentals in 1969), and without hesitating--local fans are anxious to get the crown back
in this area.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16 since lost a bruising battle to former heavyweight champ George Foreman-who Ali
stripped of his title.
It had been previously announced that the proposed fight between Ali and Young would be staged in Costa Rico, but promoters have detered completely from postAli-Coop man plans-highfited by All’s initial revelations not long ago he would be defending his title
May 24 against Dunn.
Dunn, 31-year-old Britain champ, must dispose of West German Bernd August next month for the vacant European championship to earn the shot
at Ali.
If he loses to August, Ali’s opponent in Munich would be an American, whose name has yet to be disclosed by pro-
moters.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16 first female boxing and wrestling inspector in the state of
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Pat says she hopes to have no hassle in Miami, explaining that some of the coaches will be fired before the tourney ends. The trip to the tourney is paid for by the local Golden Gloves organization, but that’s
as far as it goes.
Getting “fired” as a judge in the tourney is not as terrible as it may sound; by the time the finals come around, there won’t
be that many left.
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