the e days ...
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COLLECT
LADY
0. .w. N ... 1IuIr, A..L.
This card of LAR Y BERRA. better
known u "Y Oli," i. from his rookie
year of 1947. and wu put of a set
issued by Tip- Top Bread that year ...
YOli 's card is one of the more valuable
ones in this set. about a S400 item ...
That year he hit the flnt pinch-hit
home nm in World Serle history ...
Althouah listed as an outfielder here,
Berra became a areat catcher for the
Yankees, once playing 148 straight
game without an error ... A power
, hitter famous for fUtting'bad pitches,
Yogi put together some great seasons,
winninl American League MVP
Awards in ·SI. ·S4. and 'SS ... Al­
though known for humoroUl1llinta1e-·
menta. he wu reluded by his man .. -
en u u a smart and ,avvy ca1Cher, and
was a ,�,ful manaAer �self ...
Sports Quiz
by Larry Duncan
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
1. Name the only head coach to win
a national basketball championship
at Marquette University.
, 2. Name all the teams who par­
ticipated in last year's Final Four
tournament. .
3. Name the last team to lose back­
to-beck NCAA Championships.
4. Name the last Ivy League team
t win an NCAA Championship.
S. Name the last NCAA team to
finish an undefeated national cham­
pion.
6. Who were the two finalists in
last year's NIT Tournament?
7. What coach h won the most _
games in NCAA basketball history?
8. Who is the NCAA's all-time
leadin scorer?
Sports Quiz Answers
1. Al McGuir ; 2. Duke. Michigan,
Cincinnati nd Indiana; 3. Houst n
in 1983 and 1984; 4. Princeton in
1925; S. Indi na w 32-0 in 1976; 6.
Virginia defeated N tre Dam ; 7.
Adolph Rupp ith 87S; 8. Pete
Maravich with 3667
01892 bJ Fe tur. ynd.
By HARRY • ANDERSO ,JR.
Specl., to lchlo.n Cltlz.n
(First In a four
D ROI - To m ny young
BI hoc y isn't 'our port.' But
not anymore. During the p t 20
years, The Detroit Hockey Associa­
tion (DHA) out of the J ck Adam
Arena on Detroit' Northwest ide
has worked with diligen e to change
th Black Community's perception
of the port and has opened the doors
for many Black youths who live in
the city.
"I've been actively involved for
five years," say George Adams,
DHA treasurer and coach of the
. Detroit Red Rockies Travel Squad.
"We now have close to 400 mem-
bers."
ADAMS SAID THAT the or­
ganization is growing because the ex­
posure they receive from the local
media, but still there are problems.
"The problem in the Black com­
munity is that there's little
knowledge about the sport of hockey.
Blacks as an entire group aren't inter­
ested in hockey," Adams said.
"When you tum on the TV the only
faces you see playing are white."
"This organization of Blacks are .
interested in hockey," explained
DHA President Sylvia Puckett.
"One of our main goals is to get the
Black community interested."
"We've dispelled the myth that
Blacks aren't interested in hockey by
the number of achievements in tour­
n�ments and state championships
over the years." .
"Our Bantam Team (14-15 years
old) didn't win either tournament
they competed in this year but, they
came in second both times," Adams
said. "To get to the finals in two
tournaments takes a lot of ac­
complishments because many teams
compete in those tourneys."
"WE'VE DONE WELL outside
of the City of Detroit." Two years
ago that same Bantam Team when
they were Pee Wees (12-13) won five
of six tournaments they competed in.
DHA is attracting parents and
kids, but not on the basis of success
alone.
"Our program isn't just hockey;
po
rl
Selected team sports and the
and benefits associated with each:
that' condary. Our program .
about Bl c mal and pointin them
in the right direction," Adams id.
"U ing hockey to teach them v lu­
able life-long I sons' more impor­
tant th n winning hockey gam like
some other organizatio ."
Adams explained that the ORA i
aining more kid b ck who are
ually heavily recruited by ubur­
ban coaches and clubs.
"Suburban coaches use to drain
our a ociation of highly killed
players," Adam said.' "Tho e
coache use to recruit our skilled
players by talking to their parents
about joining their clubs. Suburban .
coaches would persuade them about
exposure that their kids would get ....
and so on."
"Our program
Isn'tju t
hockey; that's
secondary.
Our program
Is about Black
male and
polntln
In th right
direction. "
- George Adams
Invita Jon I Hoc y T ..... ' _ .....
Detroit Hockey Association's team participated in the Pepsi Hockey Invitational
Tournament. There were 350 registered teams in. the tournament.
house league must grow. Your travel
team gives you exposure to attract
kids in."
THE DETROIT Hockey As­
sociation, sponsored by the Detroit
Police Athletic League and the
Detroit Recreation Department, has
20 house league teams.
The OHA has six squirt (9-11),
four mite (12-14) and a crub league
compromised of players of several
ages.
The Detroit Rockies, the OHA
travel squad, is made up of five
teams: Squirt (9-11), Pee Wee (12-
13), Batam (14-15) Youth (16-17)
and Senior (18 and over). '
The ORA doesn't have a Junior B
t�am,. but is trying to remedy the
sttuauon, _
One of our main problems is
trying to field a Junior B Hockey
Team for 18-19 year olds," Adams
said. "Most of our kids drop out of
hockey at 18 and 19 years or they opt
toplay for a team in the suburbs."
sibility to skate into the Juqior Red
Wings program. We hope we can
make a positive impact in invest in
the future of our kids to play for the
Jr. Red Winp ....
"But we're till out there cam-
paigning and recruiting kids for our
hockey program. We have parents
working real hard to promote our
hockey club at work, churches and
school.
C'1() I�/J 1:'(; I:' I;'()() rn» I�/-J
I: � I � i d, ,,"I II \ ;I n
"WE'VE HAD A meeting with
the Detroit Junior Red Winp. One
of the executive directors who's
seems to be interested in our kids who
finish our program.
The kids in our program that our
good skaters may have a strong pes-
Adams explained that it took plen- '
ty of work from the parents, coaches, -----------�
and board members to attract kids
and parents to join the organization
and help many kids who want to play
hockey. He said that's the reason
why the hockey organization has
swelled to 400 members. But he said
the group still has a long way to go.
"We haven't reached our goal
yet," Adams said. "Most uburban
communities have hockey groups
that have up to 1,000 to 2,000 mem­
bers. If you go to any uburban com­
munity everyone within 30 to 50
mil know that hockey rink of
club exists there. 'You have people In
Detroit who live on the next block
that don't even know that this rink or
our group even exist."
"ONCE 'FHEY get out there
most of them find out it's not what
they thought it would be. Parental
pressure from suburban parents
would force their Idd to sit on the
bench. We don't have that here' at
Jack Adams. A lot of parents find out
that we have excellent coaches and
teams down here.
In fact, we're attracting Black and
white ldds from the suburbs to OUf
rink because their kids aren't as com­
fortable in the suburbs as they are
here. The white kids from the sub­
urbs would rather skate here because
our kids are more open-minded here
. than they are in the suburbs."
Adams emphasized that the DHA
is . working to build on its house
league program which will
strengthen its travel squad program.
He explained that building house
leagues and travel squads is a "Catch
22" situation.
"The way you pull kids into your
program depends on the success of
your travel teams," Adams said.
Paren register their kids into the
house program when the travel teams
are winning, but the sUC?CCss of your
travel squad depends on the number
of ldds in your house program."
. "It's a two-way street. You must
have a good travel team to attract
parenti and kids to your house pro­
gram, but at tbe same token your.
. .
't�'
. �
,
COLLEG BOWL GAMES
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, .
. 1992
INDEPENDENCE BOWL �t
Shreveport, La. (ESPN) 12:30 p.m
_ L Year: Oeoraia 24, Arkansas
IS. TbU Year: Wake Forest VI.
Oregon. Spread: Oregon by 2.
LIBERTY BOWL at Memp
Te (ESPN)' p.m. - Last Year:
Air Force 38, . . 'ppi State 15.
Thla Year: Air Fon:e VI. • • i�
pi. SpnacI: Mississippi by 3.
GATOR BOWL aUacUoDvilIe,
Fla. (l'BS) 'p . _ Year:
Oklahoma 48, Vif,inia 14. ThIs
Year: Florida v . North Carolina
State. Spread: Florida by 2�.
JOlIN BANCOC BOWL at EI
P ,Teus (CBS) 2:30 p. .-
L Year: UCLA 6, Illinois 3. ThIs
Year: Arizona IVS. Baylor. Spread:
Arizona by 9.
FRIDAY, JANUARY I, 1993
BLOCKBUSTER BOWL at
Miami, FIa. (CBS) 1:30 p.m. _
Last Year: Alabema 30, Colorado
2S. ThIs Year: Penn State VI. Stan­
ford. Spre d: Stanford by 5.
HALL OF FAME BOWL at
Tampa, Fla. (ESPN) 11 LID. _
L Year: S� 24, Dlinois 17.
This Year: Boston College VI. Ten­
nessee. Spread: Tennessee by 1�.
CITRUS BOWL at Orlando,
Fla. (ABC) 1 p.m. _; L Year:
California 37, Clemson 13. This
Year: Ohio State VI. Georgia.
Spread: Georgia by 4.
COTTON BOWL at Danai,
Teus (NBC) 1 p.m. - Lut Year:
Florida State 10 Texas A&M 2. This
Year: Texas A&.M VI. Notre Dame.
Spread: Texas A&.M by 6.
nESTA BOWL at Tempe, Ariz.
(NBC) 4:30 p. • _ Last Year:
'eon State 42 Tennessee 17. This
Year: Syracuse vs. Colorado.
Spread: Syracuse by 1.
ROSE BOWL at Pa.adeDa,
Calif. (ABC) 4:45 p.m. _ Last
Year: Washington 34, Michigan 14.
Thi. Year: Michigan VI.
Washington. Spread: Michigan by
7.
ORANGE BOWL at MIami, Fla.
(NBC) 8 p. .._ L Year: Miami,
Fla. 22, Nebraska O. Th Year:
Nebraska VI. Florida State. Spread:
Florida State by 23. .
SUGAR BOWL at New Orle
La. (ABC) 8:30 p. • - Last Year:
Notre o.me 39, Florida 28.
Year: Alabam. vs. Miami, Fla.
Spread: Miami, Fla. by·6.
SATURDAY,JANUARY 2,1993
PEACH BOWL at Atlanta, GL
(ESP� 8 ·p.m. - L t Ye r: East
Carohna 37, Nonh Carolina State
24. Year: NOr1h Carolina vs
Mi i. ippi St teo Spread: North
Carohna by 1.
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