By COOper
The Blac athl te h become
dominant that more than
half th pI y in the tional
Football Le ue e Bl c , 70
percent of all BA player
ar Blac and nearly 60 percent
of all m [or league ba ball
pl yer are either B c or are
of dar -skinn d, Latin de ent.
Despite tho overwhelming
number and de ite th f ct
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he
SOUTH BE D - Softball
in the o? Yes, the fifth
double elimination Sno-Ball
Softball Tourney sponsored by
th orthern Indiana Chapter
arch of Dimes will be held on
the kend of January 8 and
19, 1986. Soft Ball diamonds
in . waka, and South Bend
will be utilized.
Thorn Tuc er, Volunt r
Chairman of th event
announced that entry blanks and
ru s of this fun event have been
nt to local T
but yonc,..� __ t1II�mdlna
team m y call the local chap er­
office be ceo 9 am. and
5 pm. onday through Friday
for information. A team entry
fee of 575.00 is being charged.
. year the Tournament .
being pon red by Stroh'
Brewing Company/United
Beverage Company, Me nger
and WzzP F radio.
e nger Trop . e pro-
viding 1 , 2nd and 3rd pl e
trophie fOI the en's DM . n
(individual pl yer trophies for
o. 1 team) and 1st, 2nd and
3rd pl ce trophic for Co-ed
Division (indMdual player tro­
phic for o. 1 team).
en and Co-ed Team are
encouraged to participate. R -
istradon deadline is January
13, 1986. Call 282-1611 or
255-2464.
d m [or college
There h never been a
B c he d coach in the tional
Football League, and th league
seem willing to forever pat
it If on the bac after having
elev ted a handful of Blac
into uch semi-visible jobs
'offen . e or defensive coordi­
nator."
Gr ater re pon 'bilityor not,
those jobs still are merely
ssistant coaching po itions, We
may never know hether Pitts­
burgh Steeler defe 've coordi­
n tor Tony Dungy ha the
right ufT to be the next Don
Shula, or whether Tamp Bay
Buccaneers offen tve coordina­
tor Jimmy Raye could match
wit with Tom Landry.
For Blac "men, coaching
ha become a bear of a job. It
is both demandin and unfair,
rewarding and degrading. The
be . obs e clo d to Black
co ches and the few jobs that
they can hold - usually t
historically Blac college
ue often pressure-cooker situ t-
n. T e the pUght of South
CaroUna State football Co ch
BID Da' and Rudy Hubbard
of Florida
Fi
Hubb
be
L e
thy
h
on th job,
m than 50
o bin credit.
12 ye , h d
it fair to pu
m n out the
their teams
r pp n­
ed to comp . on 0 lty?
When you 100 t hat
happ ned to Hubb d nd D vi ,
you di over in hurry that
co ching i tough all over for
Bl ck men, from the most
wealthy FL team to the most
financially rapped Bl ck col­
lege. Everybody wants to win,
The Cltlz
Icom your opinion.
Send your co m nta to:
The Cltlz t P.O. Box 21 e
B "ton Harbor. I 48022
The College Scene.
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Blac College Confidential: The Southern Univer­
ity-Grarnbling footb 11 game drew a crowd of me
56,000 in the e Orleans Superdome recently, but it
w a far cry from th more than 70,000 who d to
o up for the game, In 'den y the hool decision
a few year ago to di ontinu usin an out "de public
relations finn to promote the game I to eadily
declining attendance. Thi year's crowd rever d the
downward trend, but many uspect that the Bayou
CI . c will never regain it m gic. . . . d note:
Bennie Thomas, the likeable Southern University sports
information director who wa one of the dean of Black
college publicists passed aw y recently in Baton Rouge.
He was in his early six . s.
Former J ckson State great alter Payton, now with
the Chicago Bears, and Grambling football Co ch
Eddie Robinson are among the more than 100 ports
figure being con idered for Sports lliustrated's pre­
stigious Sportsman Of The Year Award. It would be
the fu time a person from a historically Blac college
has won th honor.
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