Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 July 1979 — Page 16

PAGE Ifi ™ 6 INDIANAPOLIS RECORDEff SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1f7t t

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Kentuckians rub it in! Since the calendar has let us complete the first half of this year, as usual, the sports desk remains full of letters and more notes than you can imagine consisting of many what if? and buts! An first on my mind is what if the situation to be described in the next sentence doesn’t change soon? For the Kentuckians appear to be growing and dominating Hossiers of late in the game of basketball. A Louisville team outlasted a classy field in the Black Expo Dustbowl Tournament last weekend to capture the championship trophy. Remember now, the Kentucky High School All-Stars are fresh off a boys and girls two game sweep of Indiana teams during last month's annual World Series of High School Basketball. * * * Dustbowl surroundings and the tensions that sometime go along seemed like a complete turn around from the ugly occurrences during the annual sandlot tournaments in 1978. It's worth mentioning that Black Expo's Soul Picnic atmosphere inside Douglas Park made it rather a pleasing question about the mass crowds and its effect on the game-watchers. All of this behavior refers back to one particular scene during a tournament at Tarkington Park last summer, not worth mentioning again. We all should bare in mind there are a series of dustbowls *icheduled during the forthcoming weeks. Real fans will abhor the control of "tempers," not onlyfor the safety of follow spectators but players, coaches and referees as well. • * # Speaking of dustbowls. an eight-team field is nearly set for the first John Ed Washington Memorial Tourney, July 15. It is open to all neighborhood residents in the Oak Hill Park community (past and present' Entry fee per team is $25. Washington and the entire University of Evansville basketball team, coaches and associates were aboard the twin engined DC 3 chartered plane which crashed moments after takeoff from the Evansville Airport in December of 1977. For more information contact tournament director. Warren Fields at 547-3174 after 5 p.m. * * * Riverside Boxing Team will combine with other local amateur ring clubs in hosting the Black Expo Boxing Show. Saturday and Sunday in th Convention Center. Teams from Detroit. Cincinnati. Louisville, Gary, South Bend and Anderson will be entered. The first bout is scheduled for noon Saturday. Honoray judge tor tne two-day card involving some 50 fighters are Indianapolis middlewe.ght pro Sammy NeSmith. and recent turned pro Greg Page of Louisville. A former amateur champion. Page is the 1978 Black Expo heavyweight champ * * * The good and the bad! Although world class athlete did receive invite for the July 1 National Track and Field Invitational, automatic entries in the 100 meters finals competition for men was not narticularlv lair, some sav. A couple of local entrants in the event had qualified sufficiently m the earlier run preliminary heats. But they were withdrawn from the final race in order to accommodate lanes for, you guessed it! Steve Riddick and Clancy Edwards. Admittedly, the two internationally acclaimed sprinters were entered in the meet via requests from organizers, but as some observers questioned the quiet happenings. “They should have been made to (earn) qualify their way in the field like everybody else.” Ixri me add mot necessarily in defense of the track officials), the meet undoubtedly raised the image of this city as a sure breeding, developing and testing ground for an abundance land in many cases untapped) tracked talent.

RALPH DUDLEY

Williamson tuned

for Pan-Am games in modern centers COLORADO f RINGS, C0.~ J.B. Williamson, an Indianapolis rooted amateur fighter, trained with the boxing team here at the U.S. Olympic Center for the Pan Am Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico,

which opened Sunday.

Williamson, who fought in his early amateur career in Indianapolis, (Ind.), is hoping the Pan Games, (scheduled July 1-17) will pan his bid for a spot on the Olympic team for the

1980 Games in Russia.

He and more 15,000 athletes were selected by national sports governing bodies to use the training centers here and at

Squaw Valley, California.

Williamson was 1976 and 1978 national champ and 1977 world military champion. The Tech High School graduate was also the All-Marine champ in 1975, 1977 and 1978 as well as the 1978 all service champ. Williamson and the other athletes had a chance to polish their skills and physical con-

Expo track meet produced few marks, plenty matches

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Continue not to be misled by the statistics: There are some blacks in college athletics that earn their degrees in four years. Not many do - granted. Let us look at one who did. Whittier cage captain, and

A CAREER IS A CAREER, 1979 graduate Ralph Dudley ‘Bjg 0 ChdllCflPBS and though William ‘Billy’ Tuc- Jr., capped a brilliant career b ® ker has a few credits to earn past season at the California . Ifiplf nff nf before receiving his college college, as the 5 foot 7-inch dlCu MCI\*0TT QT diploma, the former high school player established an assist /aioa <n All-American at Bishop Cha- record of 9.8 per game. r6pSI/NDA HOtShOl

lard High School could have a He also set several other

professional basketball career records at .the school as a “Big “0" Oscar Robertson, awaiting his future. The 6-5, member of the basketball team former Crispus Attucks, Uni 215-pound swingman [guard- for four seasons. At one point of versity of Cincinnati and Natforward] was drafted in the his tenure. Dudley played in 48 tional Basketball Association eighth round of the annual straight conference games superstar with the old Cincinati college draft last week by the without experiencing a defeat. Royals and Milwaukee Bucks is New York knicks. He played at He averaged 11.4 points and director of the Pepsi-cola/NBA Tennessee State University the 10.2 assists during conference Hotshot competition, past few seasons after trans- 8 ames season. His honora He and top competitors from ferring from Kentucky wesie- ble mention selection on the the program were to select van. Tucker, who led the In- NCAA's Division 111 squad is a spectators and media repre dianapolis prep league in scor- compliment to the contribu sentatives to join them in an ing in his senior season at tions he made to the school's accuracy challenge Thursday at Chatard, was considered one of four straight SCI AC basketball the l^ity Market which will Tennessee State’s best defen- titles. mark the opening of the sive players while carrying the Dudley is the son of Ralph Hotshot program's fourth sea

second highest scoring and re- and Beverly Dudley, formerly son

bounding average this season, of Indianapolis, and the grand The largest program of its Tucker joins a lengthy list of son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold kind in the country, last year's former Tigers who have been Dudley of the city, and Mrs. competition drew an estimated drafted in the pro ranks from Cioteen Turner of Los Angeles. 2.8 million youngsters from 22

the predominantly black col- He received his bachelor of arts NBA cities,

lege. degree, majoring in health, Playgrounds are the sites of

physical education and recrea the first steps of eliminations, tion at the renowned institu- There youngsters of various tion. levels of ability begin the long

read of competition that can lead to the national Finals held

By BEN DULIN No national or world records were established, and the numbers didn't exactly add up to total success, yet picture-per-fect weather Sunday propelled the premiere of Indiana Black Expo’s National Track and Field Invitational. As ideal summer breezes hovered the backs of some 1,000 participants, a field of junior com, etitors entered in high school categories, and world caliber tracksters dawned the Tech High School Stadium for the all-day meet for males and females. There were numerous bright moments during the AAU (Aqiateur Athletic Union) sanctioned meet, " witnessed by an estimated 2,000 spectators— obviously keyed for tense and exciting matches from the more glamorous sprint events to long distance running and field events. A sentimental favorite of fans had to have been former Olympic 800-meter champion

Madeline Manning, who after singing the National Anthem during (noon) opening ceremonies, returned to the six-lane Tech track to easily capture her 800-meters specialty events following performance in the ^40-yard dash with a time of 56.57. Presently studying for a doctor of divinity degree at Oral Roberts University (Tulsa), Miss Manning eyes another Olympic entry for the 1980 Games in Russia—attesting to such by her constant training since April. Her winning time in the 880 was 2:05.27. Many of the fans had come to see, and were riot disappointed with the showdown in the 100-meters between world renown sprinters Steve Riddick and Clancy Edwards. Although Riddick broke into a lead at the start of the race, Edwards managed to catch the competitor he has faced many times in the past at the tape for a first place finish and clocking of 9.70. Both of the flashy type dashmen were scheduled to meet again in the 220 yard event later in the evening, but Edwards withdrew because of a stiff leg. As expected, Riddick easily captured that event with a 21.63 peformance in the

one-quarter of a lap, type race. Former Tech sprinter Madison Miller showed signs of hanging with the best of internationally acclaimed athletes in the dash everts. He placed third in the moderately paced field. A lot of the action centered around the anticipation of the women’s competition as 1978 Arlington graduate DeAndra Carney, who is expected to transfer from West Los Angeles to Tennessee State University next semester, prepared to receive stern tests from Washington graduate Reba Jackson and Indiana Track Club's Karen Welshsler. The challenges were as expected considerably strong for Miss Carney, who after getting a slow start in the afternoon finals of the 100meters, regained her poise to capture the victory. DeAndra is the world record holder of the indoor 60 yard dash—time TURN. TO PAGE 7 W

"Decision destroys suspense, and suspense is the charm of existence.” Benjamin Disraeli

City tennis, sport center GM affirmed David L. Kimball, a cer-

tified tennis professional from Indianapolis, has been named general manager of the new $7 million Indianapolis Sports Center on the near westside. The announcement was made by Robert R. Baxter, president of Municipal Recreation, Inc., managing body of the multipurpose recreation complex located at 725 E. New York St. A spokesman for Geupel DeMars, Inc., construction manager for the project, said the facility should be completed in mid July -- well in advance of the U.S. Open Clay Courts Championships slated Aug. 6-

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WIN, PLACE AND SHOW: By no means a horse race, participants in the Indiana Black Expo National Track and Field Invitational Sunday at Tech High School’s Stadium at times reflected such an environment. [Left to right], Donna Pope “won” the women’s open division long jump with a leap of 18-feet and

2-inches; Rafer Johnson, the former Olympic decathlon champion “showed" an abundance of pride and concern for the inaugural events as meet “grand marshal,” and long-distance runner Willie [Tiny] Young “placed" [third] in the meet’s opening six-mile marathon run. (Recorder photos by Marcell Williams].

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