Memphis World
Memphis World Publishing Co.
1970-04-25
J. A. Beauchamp

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JACKSON
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Sports of The World
"Amazing" is the word for this item: Within four days, ducats 
for the New York Giants meeting with their crosstown rivals, 
the New York Jets in a per-season game August 23, in
the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Conn., were sold out to the turnstile 
count of 71,000.... Lamar Hunt of the Kansas City Chiefs
was elected president of the American Conference and Georga
Halas of the Chicago Bears to a similar post with National Foot
ball League both for two-year terms.
Commissioner Pate Rozelle
said their roles were to act
as spokesmen for their conference, 
maintain laison and
communications within their
conference, represent their
conferences at major public 
function and work overall
to foster and continue the rivalry 
between the AFL and
NFL.
OTHERS ACTIONS at the
League meeting.......
1971 Super Bowl game was
awarded to the Orange Bowl
Stadium, Miami, Fla., for Sunday, 
Jan. 17, two weeks after
the playing of the American
Football Cnference and the
National Football Conference
championship games.
Both the AFC and NFC will
use the Wilson ball beginning
in 1970. It will have a new design 
but the shape will be hat
of the old NFL ball.
Both the AFC and NFC will
use the former NFL conversion 
rule one point for a
successful try either rnning, 
passing of kicking
The scoreboard clock will
be the official timing device
in both the AFC and NFC. The
offical timer will be appointed 
and trained by the league
office.
Names of players will be
mandatory on the backs of jerseys 
in both the AFC and
NFC.
Inter - conference training
was reopened as of March 19
and the deadline extended to
May 1. It had originally run
from Jan. 19 to March 2. Beginning 
in 1971, the interconference 
trading period will
run from the day following the
final post-season game until
April 15.
No changes were made in the
playing rules. A proposal for
a change in the sudden-death
rule (giving the trailing team
an opportunity to score if it
had not had the ball for at least
one play from scrimmage) was
withdrawn.
The player limit for 1970
was set again at 40, with a 7man 
future list and 10 moves
(roster changes that do not
require the asking of waivers)
permitted for each team. This
is the same as was in effect
in 1969 in both the AFL and
NFL.
A waiver procedure was adopted 
whereby the other 12
teams in one conference will
have first priority at claiming 
a player before he may be
claimed by teams in the othe
conference.
DID YOU KNOW Sandy Stephens, 
who quarterbacked the
University of Minnesota to the
BIB 10 championship was labeled 
a "can't miss performer" 
when he signed a pro
fessional 
football contract?
Weel, he did missll Since Negro 
quarterbacks are taboo in
the pro ranks, Stephens rantinto 
an indictment of beingtoo 
big and too slow to be a
signalcaller. He never got a
chance to perform before an
American audience.
Eldridge Dickey who performed 
at Houston, Texas'
Booker T. Washington High
School and under John A. Merritt 
at Tennessee A&I University 
was similarly exploited by
Oakland Raiders of the AFL.
The Oakland Raiders tried
to convert him into a punt return 
specialist.
Marlin Briscoe was a star
quarterback at Omaha University. 
However, the pros would
not draft him as a quarterback. 
He signed with the Denver 
Broncos as a defensive
back. When injuries sideline 
the Broncos' regular
quarterback, the team was
forced to give him a crack at
the QB slot. Marlin, only a
rookie, performed well but
the Broncos let him go when
he refused to return to his defensive 
back post.
Other quarterback tragedies 
– James Harris of
Grambling College, Larry
Foster of Texas southern and
looming in te future Karl
Douglass of Texas A&I and
Jimmy Jones of Southern Cal.
James Harris of Grambling
...... will he and Dickey ever 
get anoter shot at quarterbacking 
a pro team? What will
happen in the seventies? Will
we Black fans and Black football 
players sit back and let
the man make a mockery of
Blacks who want to quarterback? 
Or will we do something 
about it?
A THOUGHT FOR THE DAYBooker 
T. Washington said,
"No race shall prosper until
it learns that there is as much
dignity in tilling a field as in
writing a poem."

THE EVER CHANGING FACE OF SPORTS
"Amazing" is the word for this item: Within four days, ducats 
for the New York Giants meeting with their crosstown rivals, 
the New York Jets in a per-season game August 23, in
the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Conn., were sold out to the turnstile 
count of 71,000.... Lamar Hunt of the Kansas City Chiefs
was elected president of the American Conference and Georga
Halas of the Chicago Bears to a similar post with National Foot
ball League both for two-year terms.
Commissioner Pate Rozelle
said their roles were to act
as spokesmen for their conference, 
maintain laison and
communications within their
conference, represent their
conferences at major public 
function and work overall
to foster and continue the rivalry 
between the AFL and
NFL.
OTHERS ACTIONS at the
League meeting.......
1971 Super Bowl game was
awarded to the Orange Bowl
Stadium, Miami, Fla., for Sunday, 
Jan. 17, two weeks after
the playing of the American
Football Cnference and the
National Football Conference
championship games.
Both the AFC and NFC will
use the Wilson ball beginning
in 1970. It will have a new design 
but the shape will be hat
of the old NFL ball.
Both the AFC and NFC will
use the former NFL conversion 
rule one point for a
successful try either rnning, 
passing of kicking
The scoreboard clock will
be the official timing device
in both the AFC and NFC. The
offical timer will be appointed 
and trained by the league
office.
Names of players will be
mandatory on the backs of jerseys 
in both the AFC and
NFC.
Inter - conference training
was reopened as of March 19
and the deadline extended to
May 1. It had originally run
from Jan. 19 to March 2. Beginning 
in 1971, the interconference 
trading period will
run from the day following the
final post-season game until
April 15.
No changes were made in the
playing rules. A proposal for
a change in the sudden-death
rule (giving the trailing team
an opportunity to score if it
had not had the ball for at least
one play from scrimmage) was
withdrawn.
The player limit for 1970
was set again at 40, with a 7man 
future list and 10 moves
(roster changes that do not
require the asking of waivers)
permitted for each team. This
is the same as was in effect
in 1969 in both the AFL and
NFL.
A waiver procedure was adopted 
whereby the other 12
teams in one conference will
have first priority at claiming 
a player before he may be
claimed by teams in the othe
conference.
DID YOU KNOW Sandy Stephens, 
who quarterbacked the
University of Minnesota to the
BIB 10 championship was labeled 
a "can't miss performer" 
when he signed a pro
fessional 
football contract?
Weel, he did missll Since Negro 
quarterbacks are taboo in
the pro ranks, Stephens rantinto 
an indictment of beingtoo 
big and too slow to be a
signalcaller. He never got a
chance to perform before an
American audience.
Eldridge Dickey who performed 
at Houston, Texas'
Booker T. Washington High
School and under John A. Merritt 
at Tennessee A&I University 
was similarly exploited by
Oakland Raiders of the AFL.
The Oakland Raiders tried
to convert him into a punt return 
specialist.
Marlin Briscoe was a star
quarterback at Omaha University. 
However, the pros would
not draft him as a quarterback. 
He signed with the Denver 
Broncos as a defensive
back. When injuries sideline 
the Broncos' regular
quarterback, the team was
forced to give him a crack at
the QB slot. Marlin, only a
rookie, performed well but
the Broncos let him go when
he refused to return to his defensive 
back post.
Other quarterback tragedies 
– James Harris of
Grambling College, Larry
Foster of Texas southern and
looming in te future Karl
Douglass of Texas A&I and
Jimmy Jones of Southern Cal.
James Harris of Grambling
...... will he and Dickey ever 
get anoter shot at quarterbacking 
a pro team? What will
happen in the seventies? Will
we Black fans and Black football 
players sit back and let
the man make a mockery of
Blacks who want to quarterback? 
Or will we do something 
about it?
A THOUGHT FOR THE DAYBooker 
T. Washington said,
"No race shall prosper until
it learns that there is as much
dignity in tilling a field as in
writing a poem."

Sports
The Montreal 
Expos announced Thursday 
that they had optioned out
fielder Jose Herrera to Buffalo 
of the International League 
on a 24-hour recall basis.
Herrera was replaced on the
roster by newly acquired catcher 
Jack Hiatt, purchased
from the San Francisco Giants
Monday night.
Doris
Hart of Coral Gables, Fla., the
top-ranking women's tennis
player in the United States 19
54 and 1955, has been named
captain of the U. S. Wightman
Cup Team. Miss Hart played
on 10 consecutive winning
Wightman Cup Teams from 19
46-1955 and won two U.S. Nationals 
titles.
Lou Carnesecca, 
the departing coach
of St. John's will receive the
University's President's
Medal, the highest award that
the school bestows on a lay
member of its faculty or staff
at a special conovocation next
Tuesday.
Carnesecca was head coach
at St. John's for five years and
had a 104-35 won-lost record.
A proposed 
deal to sell the New York
Jets of the National Football
League's American Conference 
to a syndicate that included 
for mew York
Giants' head coach Allie Sherman 
has fallen through. Jets'
President Philip H. Iselin said
that negotiations were terminated 
because of the "inability 
of the parties to arrive at
mutually acceptable terms."

HERRERA OPTIONED
The Montreal 
Expos announced Thursday 
that they had optioned out
fielder Jose Herrera to Buffalo 
of the International League 
on a 24-hour recall basis.
Herrera was replaced on the
roster by newly acquired catcher 
Jack Hiatt, purchased
from the San Francisco Giants
Monday night.
Doris
Hart of Coral Gables, Fla., the
top-ranking women's tennis
player in the United States 19
54 and 1955, has been named
captain of the U. S. Wightman
Cup Team. Miss Hart played
on 10 consecutive winning
Wightman Cup Teams from 19
46-1955 and won two U.S. Nationals 
titles.
Lou Carnesecca, 
the departing coach
of St. John's will receive the
University's President's
Medal, the highest award that
the school bestows on a lay
member of its faculty or staff
at a special conovocation next
Tuesday.
Carnesecca was head coach
at St. John's for five years and
had a 104-35 won-lost record.
A proposed 
deal to sell the New York
Jets of the National Football
League's American Conference 
to a syndicate that included 
for mew York
Giants' head coach Allie Sherman 
has fallen through. Jets'
President Philip H. Iselin said
that negotiations were terminated 
because of the "inability 
of the parties to arrive at
mutually acceptable terms."

NAMED CAPTAIN
The Montreal 
Expos announced Thursday 
that they had optioned out
fielder Jose Herrera to Buffalo 
of the International League 
on a 24-hour recall basis.
Herrera was replaced on the
roster by newly acquired catcher 
Jack Hiatt, purchased
from the San Francisco Giants
Monday night.
Doris
Hart of Coral Gables, Fla., the
top-ranking women's tennis
player in the United States 19
54 and 1955, has been named
captain of the U. S. Wightman
Cup Team. Miss Hart played
on 10 consecutive winning
Wightman Cup Teams from 19
46-1955 and won two U.S. Nationals 
titles.
Lou Carnesecca, 
the departing coach
of St. John's will receive the
University's President's
Medal, the highest award that
the school bestows on a lay
member of its faculty or staff
at a special conovocation next
Tuesday.
Carnesecca was head coach
at St. John's for five years and
had a 104-35 won-lost record.
A proposed 
deal to sell the New York
Jets of the National Football
League's American Conference 
to a syndicate that included 
for mew York
Giants' head coach Allie Sherman 
has fallen through. Jets'
President Philip H. Iselin said
that negotiations were terminated 
because of the "inability 
of the parties to arrive at
mutually acceptable terms."

RECEIVES MEDAL
The Montreal 
Expos announced Thursday 
that they had optioned out
fielder Jose Herrera to Buffalo 
of the International League 
on a 24-hour recall basis.
Herrera was replaced on the
roster by newly acquired catcher 
Jack Hiatt, purchased
from the San Francisco Giants
Monday night.
Doris
Hart of Coral Gables, Fla., the
top-ranking women's tennis
player in the United States 19
54 and 1955, has been named
captain of the U. S. Wightman
Cup Team. Miss Hart played
on 10 consecutive winning
Wightman Cup Teams from 19
46-1955 and won two U.S. Nationals 
titles.
Lou Carnesecca, 
the departing coach
of St. John's will receive the
University's President's
Medal, the highest award that
the school bestows on a lay
member of its faculty or staff
at a special conovocation next
Tuesday.
Carnesecca was head coach
at St. John's for five years and
had a 104-35 won-lost record.
A proposed 
deal to sell the New York
Jets of the National Football
League's American Conference 
to a syndicate that included 
for mew York
Giants' head coach Allie Sherman 
has fallen through. Jets'
President Philip H. Iselin said
that negotiations were terminated 
because of the "inability 
of the parties to arrive at
mutually acceptable terms."

DEAL FALLS THROUGH
The Montreal 
Expos announced Thursday 
that they had optioned out
fielder Jose Herrera to Buffalo 
of the International League 
on a 24-hour recall basis.
Herrera was replaced on the
roster by newly acquired catcher 
Jack Hiatt, purchased
from the San Francisco Giants
Monday night.
Doris
Hart of Coral Gables, Fla., the
top-ranking women's tennis
player in the United States 19
54 and 1955, has been named
captain of the U. S. Wightman
Cup Team. Miss Hart played
on 10 consecutive winning
Wightman Cup Teams from 19
46-1955 and won two U.S. Nationals 
titles.
Lou Carnesecca, 
the departing coach
of St. John's will receive the
University's President's
Medal, the highest award that
the school bestows on a lay
member of its faculty or staff
at a special conovocation next
Tuesday.
Carnesecca was head coach
at St. John's for five years and
had a 104-35 won-lost record.
A proposed 
deal to sell the New York
Jets of the National Football
League's American Conference 
to a syndicate that included 
for mew York
Giants' head coach Allie Sherman 
has fallen through. Jets'
President Philip H. Iselin said
that negotiations were terminated 
because of the "inability 
of the parties to arrive at
mutually acceptable terms."

Snaring Murphy
Pleases Rockets




Arthur Ashe Is
Tourney Winner
Arthur Ashe of
Gum Spring, Va., won the
men's singles title in the
Caribe Hilton tennis championships 
by defeating Cliff
Richey of San Angelo, Tex.,
6-4, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.

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All City Teams Cited
By Extra Point Club
Members of the All-City
College Football and Basketball 
Teams were placed in the
spotlight by the Extra Point
Club last week at the Annual
Awards Dinner sponsored by
the club.
The best of the city, conference 
and south were present 
at the knife and fork affair 
held at the Canopy Castle
on Hunter Street.
Using their style of informal
meetings, the Extra Pointers
displayed another event where
the purpose of the program
was the main point.
Hubert M. Jackson, president 
of the club, was the emcee 
and from time to time during 
the program, he would toss
in a few remarks about the
club's history and in general
what the club attempted to do
during the days when the black
athletics were not getting proper 
recognition.
Dr. Theodore Benson, a
member of the Extra Point
Club, was the main speaker
and talked generally about the
future of the athletic starts
honored. He gave a few of his
experiences after his playing
days were over with in college. 

Benson, of course is no

stranger to the sports scene in
Atlanta. He was a star football
and basketball player at Morris 
Brown College in the early 
'50s and starred on the three
teams that won the SIAC Basketball 
Championships three
years in a row.
Benson told the group not to
be concern about the records,
points, touchdowns, etc., etc.,
that you have broken or scored. 
Now is the time to look
toward the future, Benson related. 

"And tonight, right here in
this very room; the best any
city could offer is present and
for one moment, don't think
the Extra Point Club is not
proud of you" Benson related.
"But don't stop here or at
any athletics. If you go into
professional sports and I'm
quite sure some of you will,
remember one day your playing 
days will be over with
and then what Plan now for
that day," he concluded.
After getting a good ovation 
on Besnon's remarks, the
awards were presented. Extra 
Pointer Frank Scott introduced 
members of the AllCity 
Football Team, composed 
of the best players from

Clark, Morehouse and Morris
Brown.
Alvin Neeson followed with
the basketball team, dominated 
by the Clark Panthers, who
captured the city championship 
trophy, awarded by the
Extra Pointers.
A special award, was presented 
to Jerry McNeal of Decatur 
High, who was the State
AAA Most Valuable Player,
presented Paul E.X. Brown,
marketing representative of
the Atlanta Coca Cola Bottling 
Company, who donated
the trophies.
Also, a special award was
presented to Bob Reinhart,
coach of the Decatur team
mat won the State AA Championship. 
Ralph Long made the
presentation.

William (Red) Holzman
Named NBA Coach Of Year
William (red)
Holzman, who guided the New
York Knicks to their winningest 
season in history,
Monday was named Coach of
the Year for the 1969-70 season 
in the eighth annual poll
of selected writers covering
National Basketball Association 
games.
Holzman received 17 votes
from a 40-man committee.
Los Angeles Lakers' Coach
Joe Mullaney was second with
nine votes. Richie Guerin of
Atlanta and Larry Costello
of Milwaukee each received
five votes. Chicago's Dick
Motta had three and Player
Coach Lenny Wilkens of Seattle 
one.
This was an especially gratifying 
season for the New
York Knicks' fans. New York
won more games (60) than
ever before, including an NBA
record-setting 18 in a row
and 23 of their first 24 for
the fastest start in Association 
history. Their 11 road
losses (in 41 games) tied an
NBA record for fewest setbacks 
on the road.
More importantly, this
season produced New York's
first Eastern Division Championship 
since the 1953-54
season. Holzman becomes
the first knickerbocker coach
ever to receive the Coach of
the Year Award.
"Gee, I never expected this,"
Holzman said in a typicallycandid 
remark upon learning
of his selection. "It's quite a
thing to win this because
there are so many goal
coaches in the league. I'm honored." 

Holzman was born 49 years
ago in New York City. He
starred on Nat Holman's CC—
NY clubs of 1941 and 1942 in the
National Invitation Tournament. 

After Naval service in
World War II, Red became
a 5-foot-11-inch guard for the
Rochester Royals. From 194546 
until 1952-53 Red established 
himself as a dedicated 
team player a floor
general and, when the occasion 
arose, a good shooter.
The following year he went to
Milwaukee and before the season 
ended, Red was the Player-coach 
of the Hawks.
The following season, 195455, 
he was strictly a coach,
leaving behind a record of
3,668 points and 7.4 points
per game average.
The following season, 195455, 
he was strictly a coach,
leaving behind a record of
3,668 points and 7.4 points
per game average.
The Hawks made the playoffs 
in 1956 despite a 33-39
record and eliminated a Minneapolis 
Lakers' team that ineluded 
Clyde Lovellette, Vern
Mikkeisen and Slater Martin.
Then Fort Wayne ousted the
Hawks in five games.
Martin, like Holzman a veteran 
guard with leadership
qualities, replaced Red midway 
during the 1956-57
season. Holzman joined the
Kaicks on April 29, 1957 as
chief scout.
Holzman became happy with
this role, and the Knicks were
happy to have him too. He
scouted Willis Reed at Grambling 
and Walt Frazier at Southera 
Illinois, then recommended 
drafting them to the
Knick's braintrust. Less obscure 
as collegians ware Caz
zie 
Russell of Michigan and
Bill Bradley of Princeton,
Holzman wanted them in Knick
uniforms, and saw his hopes
come true.
Meanwhile, New York had
gotten off to a alower start
(1522) than anticipated in the
fall of 1967. The front office
felt a change was necessary.
Holzman, motivated more by
the best interests of the Knicks
than his own personal ambitions, 
took the job.
The Knicks won 28 of their
last 45 games under Red and
finished third. They came in
third last year, too, then
routed Baltimore, the Eastern
division champs, in four
straight playoff games. Boxton
stopped the Knicks in six
games in the Eastern Division 
playoff finals, then went
on to beat Los Angeles for
the championship.
The 1969-70 NBA season
from the start was earmarked
as a crucial year for Holzman
and the Knicks.
Here's how Knicks' forward
Dave DeBusschere, the only
New York Player with NBA
coaching experience, explains
how Holzman met and conquered 
a big challenge:
"We were picked as the team,
to beat, the team of the future, 
the greatest lnaup ever, 
you name it," DeBusschere, 
the only New York
Player with NBA coaching experience, 
explains how Holzchere 
recall. "Most Coach of
the Year winners come from
nowhere to win it, with no
pressure on them from the
start of the season.
"But Red's major hurdle
was blending everybody together 
to get the most out
of each man. The 18-game
winning streak gave us confidence. 
We knew we could
play Red's way and win."
Holzman, a man of simple
pleasures, simple pleasures,
simple tastes and sry humor,
has many philosophies, such
as:
"Never worry about anything 
you can't control.
"Never accidentally, raise
your hand when the check is
coming.
"Never get your hair cut
by a bald-headed barber."
Holzman will receive the
Coach of the Year Trophy from
Commissioner Walter Kennedy 
during a forthcoming NBA
Game of the Week telecast on
ABC-TV.
1956-57 Milwaukee Hawks 1016 

1954-55 Milwaukee Hawks 2646 

1955-56 St. Louis Hawks 3339 

1956-57 St.
1956-57 St. Louis 14-19
1967-68 New York Knicks 2817 

1968-69 New York Knicks 5428 

1969-70 New York Knicks 6022 

Totals 225-187
1962-63 Harry Gallatin, St.
Louis
1963-64 Alex Hannum, San
Francisco
1964-65 Red Auerbach, Boston 

1965-66 Dolph Schayes, Philadelphia. 

1966-67 Johnny Kerr, Chicago
1967-68 Richie Guerln, St.
Louis
1968-69 Gene Shue, Baltimore
1969-70 Red Holzman, New
York

HOLZMAN'S COACHING RE-
HOLZMAN'S COACHING
RECORD
William (red)
Holzman, who guided the New
York Knicks to their winningest 
season in history,
Monday was named Coach of
the Year for the 1969-70 season 
in the eighth annual poll
of selected writers covering
National Basketball Association 
games.
Holzman received 17 votes
from a 40-man committee.
Los Angeles Lakers' Coach
Joe Mullaney was second with
nine votes. Richie Guerin of
Atlanta and Larry Costello
of Milwaukee each received
five votes. Chicago's Dick
Motta had three and Player
Coach Lenny Wilkens of Seattle 
one.
This was an especially gratifying 
season for the New
York Knicks' fans. New York
won more games (60) than
ever before, including an NBA
record-setting 18 in a row
and 23 of their first 24 for
the fastest start in Association 
history. Their 11 road
losses (in 41 games) tied an
NBA record for fewest setbacks 
on the road.
More importantly, this
season produced New York's
first Eastern Division Championship 
since the 1953-54
season. Holzman becomes
the first knickerbocker coach
ever to receive the Coach of
the Year Award.
"Gee, I never expected this,"
Holzman said in a typicallycandid 
remark upon learning
of his selection. "It's quite a
thing to win this because
there are so many goal
coaches in the league. I'm honored." 

Holzman was born 49 years
ago in New York City. He
starred on Nat Holman's CC—
NY clubs of 1941 and 1942 in the
National Invitation Tournament. 

After Naval service in
World War II, Red became
a 5-foot-11-inch guard for the
Rochester Royals. From 194546 
until 1952-53 Red established 
himself as a dedicated 
team player a floor
general and, when the occasion 
arose, a good shooter.
The following year he went to
Milwaukee and before the season 
ended, Red was the Player-coach 
of the Hawks.
The following season, 195455, 
he was strictly a coach,
leaving behind a record of
3,668 points and 7.4 points
per game average.
The following season, 195455, 
he was strictly a coach,
leaving behind a record of
3,668 points and 7.4 points
per game average.
The Hawks made the playoffs 
in 1956 despite a 33-39
record and eliminated a Minneapolis 
Lakers' team that ineluded 
Clyde Lovellette, Vern
Mikkeisen and Slater Martin.
Then Fort Wayne ousted the
Hawks in five games.
Martin, like Holzman a veteran 
guard with leadership
qualities, replaced Red midway 
during the 1956-57
season. Holzman joined the
Kaicks on April 29, 1957 as
chief scout.
Holzman became happy with
this role, and the Knicks were
happy to have him too. He
scouted Willis Reed at Grambling 
and Walt Frazier at Southera 
Illinois, then recommended 
drafting them to the
Knick's braintrust. Less obscure 
as collegians ware Caz
zie 
Russell of Michigan and
Bill Bradley of Princeton,
Holzman wanted them in Knick
uniforms, and saw his hopes
come true.
Meanwhile, New York had
gotten off to a alower start
(1522) than anticipated in the
fall of 1967. The front office
felt a change was necessary.
Holzman, motivated more by
the best interests of the Knicks
than his own personal ambitions, 
took the job.
The Knicks won 28 of their
last 45 games under Red and
finished third. They came in
third last year, too, then
routed Baltimore, the Eastern
division champs, in four
straight playoff games. Boxton
stopped the Knicks in six
games in the Eastern Division 
playoff finals, then went
on to beat Los Angeles for
the championship.
The 1969-70 NBA season
from the start was earmarked
as a crucial year for Holzman
and the Knicks.
Here's how Knicks' forward
Dave DeBusschere, the only
New York Player with NBA
coaching experience, explains
how Holzman met and conquered 
a big challenge:
"We were picked as the team,
to beat, the team of the future, 
the greatest lnaup ever, 
you name it," DeBusschere, 
the only New York
Player with NBA coaching experience, 
explains how Holzchere 
recall. "Most Coach of
the Year winners come from
nowhere to win it, with no
pressure on them from the
start of the season.
"But Red's major hurdle
was blending everybody together 
to get the most out
of each man. The 18-game
winning streak gave us confidence. 
We knew we could
play Red's way and win."
Holzman, a man of simple
pleasures, simple pleasures,
simple tastes and sry humor,
has many philosophies, such
as:
"Never worry about anything 
you can't control.
"Never accidentally, raise
your hand when the check is
coming.
"Never get your hair cut
by a bald-headed barber."
Holzman will receive the
Coach of the Year Trophy from
Commissioner Walter Kennedy 
during a forthcoming NBA
Game of the Week telecast on
ABC-TV.
1956-57 Milwaukee Hawks 1016 

1954-55 Milwaukee Hawks 2646 

1955-56 St. Louis Hawks 3339 

1956-57 St.
1956-57 St. Louis 14-19
1967-68 New York Knicks 2817 

1968-69 New York Knicks 5428 

1969-70 New York Knicks 6022 

Totals 225-187
1962-63 Harry Gallatin, St.
Louis
1963-64 Alex Hannum, San
Francisco
1964-65 Red Auerbach, Boston 

1965-66 Dolph Schayes, Philadelphia. 

1966-67 Johnny Kerr, Chicago
1967-68 Richie Guerln, St.
Louis
1968-69 Gene Shue, Baltimore
1969-70 Red Holzman, New
York

COACH OF THE YEAR
WINNERS
William (red)
Holzman, who guided the New
York Knicks to their winningest 
season in history,
Monday was named Coach of
the Year for the 1969-70 season 
in the eighth annual poll
of selected writers covering
National Basketball Association 
games.
Holzman received 17 votes
from a 40-man committee.
Los Angeles Lakers' Coach
Joe Mullaney was second with
nine votes. Richie Guerin of
Atlanta and Larry Costello
of Milwaukee each received
five votes. Chicago's Dick
Motta had three and Player
Coach Lenny Wilkens of Seattle 
one.
This was an especially gratifying 
season for the New
York Knicks' fans. New York
won more games (60) than
ever before, including an NBA
record-setting 18 in a row
and 23 of their first 24 for
the fastest start in Association 
history. Their 11 road
losses (in 41 games) tied an
NBA record for fewest setbacks 
on the road.
More importantly, this
season produced New York's
first Eastern Division Championship 
since the 1953-54
season. Holzman becomes
the first knickerbocker coach
ever to receive the Coach of
the Year Award.
"Gee, I never expected this,"
Holzman said in a typicallycandid 
remark upon learning
of his selection. "It's quite a
thing to win this because
there are so many goal
coaches in the league. I'm honored." 

Holzman was born 49 years
ago in New York City. He
starred on Nat Holman's CC—
NY clubs of 1941 and 1942 in the
National Invitation Tournament. 

After Naval service in
World War II, Red became
a 5-foot-11-inch guard for the
Rochester Royals. From 194546 
until 1952-53 Red established 
himself as a dedicated 
team player a floor
general and, when the occasion 
arose, a good shooter.
The following year he went to
Milwaukee and before the season 
ended, Red was the Player-coach 
of the Hawks.
The following season, 195455, 
he was strictly a coach,
leaving behind a record of
3,668 points and 7.4 points
per game average.
The following season, 195455, 
he was strictly a coach,
leaving behind a record of
3,668 points and 7.4 points
per game average.
The Hawks made the playoffs 
in 1956 despite a 33-39
record and eliminated a Minneapolis 
Lakers' team that ineluded 
Clyde Lovellette, Vern
Mikkeisen and Slater Martin.
Then Fort Wayne ousted the
Hawks in five games.
Martin, like Holzman a veteran 
guard with leadership
qualities, replaced Red midway 
during the 1956-57
season. Holzman joined the
Kaicks on April 29, 1957 as
chief scout.
Holzman became happy with
this role, and the Knicks were
happy to have him too. He
scouted Willis Reed at Grambling 
and Walt Frazier at Southera 
Illinois, then recommended 
drafting them to the
Knick's braintrust. Less obscure 
as collegians ware Caz
zie 
Russell of Michigan and
Bill Bradley of Princeton,
Holzman wanted them in Knick
uniforms, and saw his hopes
come true.
Meanwhile, New York had
gotten off to a alower start
(1522) than anticipated in the
fall of 1967. The front office
felt a change was necessary.
Holzman, motivated more by
the best interests of the Knicks
than his own personal ambitions, 
took the job.
The Knicks won 28 of their
last 45 games under Red and
finished third. They came in
third last year, too, then
routed Baltimore, the Eastern
division champs, in four
straight playoff games. Boxton
stopped the Knicks in six
games in the Eastern Division 
playoff finals, then went
on to beat Los Angeles for
the championship.
The 1969-70 NBA season
from the start was earmarked
as a crucial year for Holzman
and the Knicks.
Here's how Knicks' forward
Dave DeBusschere, the only
New York Player with NBA
coaching experience, explains
how Holzman met and conquered 
a big challenge:
"We were picked as the team,
to beat, the team of the future, 
the greatest lnaup ever, 
you name it," DeBusschere, 
the only New York
Player with NBA coaching experience, 
explains how Holzchere 
recall. "Most Coach of
the Year winners come from
nowhere to win it, with no
pressure on them from the
start of the season.
"But Red's major hurdle
was blending everybody together 
to get the most out
of each man. The 18-game
winning streak gave us confidence. 
We knew we could
play Red's way and win."
Holzman, a man of simple
pleasures, simple pleasures,
simple tastes and sry humor,
has many philosophies, such
as:
"Never worry about anything 
you can't control.
"Never accidentally, raise
your hand when the check is
coming.
"Never get your hair cut
by a bald-headed barber."
Holzman will receive the
Coach of the Year Trophy from
Commissioner Walter Kennedy 
during a forthcoming NBA
Game of the Week telecast on
ABC-TV.
1956-57 Milwaukee Hawks 1016 

1954-55 Milwaukee Hawks 2646 

1955-56 St. Louis Hawks 3339 

1956-57 St.
1956-57 St. Louis 14-19
1967-68 New York Knicks 2817 

1968-69 New York Knicks 5428 

1969-70 New York Knicks 6022 

Totals 225-187
1962-63 Harry Gallatin, St.
Louis
1963-64 Alex Hannum, San
Francisco
1964-65 Red Auerbach, Boston 

1965-66 Dolph Schayes, Philadelphia. 

1966-67 Johnny Kerr, Chicago
1967-68 Richie Guerln, St.
Louis
1968-69 Gene Shue, Baltimore
1969-70 Red Holzman, New
York

Stokes' Estate
Left To College





Alcindor Wins Unanimous
Acclaim As Rookie Of Year
"Early in the
season we were standing
around watching Lew," said
Milwaukee Bucks' forward
Greg Smith. "What can you do
about a ballplayer like that
except watch him in amazement?" 

Fans throughout the National 
Basketball Association did
what they could – turning
out in numbers to watch
Lew Alcindor, Milwaukee's 71 
center, as he helped lift
a last-place club to second
place and, in so doing, finished 
second to Jerry West
of Los Angeles in scoring
average at 28.8 points per
game.
Writers and broadcasters
throughout the NBA also did
something – they voted Lew
the Rookie of the Year Award
for the 1969-70 season. And
with a special flourish in the
award which was announced
Tuesday, they voted it to him
unanimously. He will receive
a check for $500. For the
award.
"I'm very happy about winning 
this award," Alcindor said.
"The challenge of playing against 
the best basketball
players, in the world has been
a teemendous experience. I
didn't set any personal goals
because I didn't want to be
disillusioned if they didn't materialize. 
I only hope our club
can get past New York and
into the playoff finals."
If the Bucks do, it will
be only if Lew has a super
series – like the rookie season 
he had.
He had 1,190 rebounds for
a 14.5 per game average. Only 
second-year men Elvin
Hayes of San Diego and West
Unsold of Baltimore had more.
Alcindor led all NBA
centers in assists. He had
337, indicating his ability to
feed open teammates for easy
shots when, on many occasions, 
a second defender
double-teamed him.
And in the Philadelphia
playoff series, Lew had five
superlative games, of which
Milwaukee won four. In the
third game on March 30, the
Bucks piled up 156 points,
a preliminary playoff record.
They also set other playoff
team marks, such as most
assists (46), most field goals
amde (67), most points in
a half (79), to name the most
significant.
Alcindor dominated the
game, hitting on 13 of 16 floor
shots, grabbing 17 rebounds,
and scoring 33 points.
And that was his lowestscoring 
game of the series.
He finished with 181 points
in five games, an outstanding 
36.2 average.
Alcindor, who has been nationally 
known since his high

school days at Power Memorial 
in New York City, is
the great rebounder the Bucks
needed to escape last place,
but he also has the grace and
agility of a guard. He has
proven his stamine over an
82-game schedule, and intimidates 
the opponents with his
shot-blocking talents.
"I'd like to think I've improved 
in every way,"
Lew said. As for my hook
shot, I dinn't have to use it
much in college. Now I hook
more because they're forcing
me farther away from the basket." 

"When he hooks," says
Richie Guerin of the Atlanta
Hawks, "he's actually avove
the rim."
Willis Reed of New York,
the Most Valuable Player in
the Association this season
told Milwaukee sports writer
Bob Wolf, "Nobody od his age
has comparable talents. He
has the ability, he has the
speed and he's agile."
Alcindor, who will turn 23
on April 16, has had rave
notices, not only at Power
Memorial where his team
had only one loss in his last
three years, but also later
at UCLA.
The Bruins won an unprecedented 
three straight national 
championships. And
Lew is the only player in
college history to be selected
as the outstanding NCAA tournament 
player all three years.
He averaged 26.4 points per
game for UCLA's varsity, not
because that was the peak
of his scoring potential, but
because Coach John Wooden
stressed team play. Alcindor
was surrounded by other fine
college players and blended
his skills with theirs as the
Bruins won 88 of 90 varsity
games – losing only to Houston 
and Southern California.
Lew finished his college
career as the sixth greatest
major college scorer ever.
He broke every significant
UCLA basketball record except 
the individual game rebounding 
mark of 28 which
Willie Naulls still holds.
1953-54 Don Meineke, Fort
Wayne
1954-55 Ray Felix, Baltimore
1955-56 Maurice Stokes, Rochester 

1956-57 Tom Heinsohn, Boston
1957-58 Woody Sauldsberry,
Philadelphia
1958-59 Elgin Baylor, Minneapolis 

1959-60 Win Chamberlain,
Philadelphia Warriors
1960-61 Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati 

1961-62 Walt Bellamy, Chicago 

1962-63 Terry Dischinger,
Chicago
1963-64 Jerry Lucas, Cincinnati 

1964-65 Willis Reed, New York
1965-66 Rick Barry, San Francisco 

1966-67 Dave Bing, Detroit
1967-68 Earl Monroe, Baltimore 

1968-69 Wes Unseld, Baltimore 

1969-70 Lew Alcindor, Milwaukee 


ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
AWARD WINNERS
"Early in the
season we were standing
around watching Lew," said
Milwaukee Bucks' forward
Greg Smith. "What can you do
about a ballplayer like that
except watch him in amazement?" 

Fans throughout the National 
Basketball Association did
what they could – turning
out in numbers to watch
Lew Alcindor, Milwaukee's 71 
center, as he helped lift
a last-place club to second
place and, in so doing, finished 
second to Jerry West
of Los Angeles in scoring
average at 28.8 points per
game.
Writers and broadcasters
throughout the NBA also did
something – they voted Lew
the Rookie of the Year Award
for the 1969-70 season. And
with a special flourish in the
award which was announced
Tuesday, they voted it to him
unanimously. He will receive
a check for $500. For the
award.
"I'm very happy about winning 
this award," Alcindor said.
"The challenge of playing against 
the best basketball
players, in the world has been
a teemendous experience. I
didn't set any personal goals
because I didn't want to be
disillusioned if they didn't materialize. 
I only hope our club
can get past New York and
into the playoff finals."
If the Bucks do, it will
be only if Lew has a super
series – like the rookie season 
he had.
He had 1,190 rebounds for
a 14.5 per game average. Only 
second-year men Elvin
Hayes of San Diego and West
Unsold of Baltimore had more.
Alcindor led all NBA
centers in assists. He had
337, indicating his ability to
feed open teammates for easy
shots when, on many occasions, 
a second defender
double-teamed him.
And in the Philadelphia
playoff series, Lew had five
superlative games, of which
Milwaukee won four. In the
third game on March 30, the
Bucks piled up 156 points,
a preliminary playoff record.
They also set other playoff
team marks, such as most
assists (46), most field goals
amde (67), most points in
a half (79), to name the most
significant.
Alcindor dominated the
game, hitting on 13 of 16 floor
shots, grabbing 17 rebounds,
and scoring 33 points.
And that was his lowestscoring 
game of the series.
He finished with 181 points
in five games, an outstanding 
36.2 average.
Alcindor, who has been nationally 
known since his high

school days at Power Memorial 
in New York City, is
the great rebounder the Bucks
needed to escape last place,
but he also has the grace and
agility of a guard. He has
proven his stamine over an
82-game schedule, and intimidates 
the opponents with his
shot-blocking talents.
"I'd like to think I've improved 
in every way,"
Lew said. As for my hook
shot, I dinn't have to use it
much in college. Now I hook
more because they're forcing
me farther away from the basket." 

"When he hooks," says
Richie Guerin of the Atlanta
Hawks, "he's actually avove
the rim."
Willis Reed of New York,
the Most Valuable Player in
the Association this season
told Milwaukee sports writer
Bob Wolf, "Nobody od his age
has comparable talents. He
has the ability, he has the
speed and he's agile."
Alcindor, who will turn 23
on April 16, has had rave
notices, not only at Power
Memorial where his team
had only one loss in his last
three years, but also later
at UCLA.
The Bruins won an unprecedented 
three straight national 
championships. And
Lew is the only player in
college history to be selected
as the outstanding NCAA tournament 
player all three years.
He averaged 26.4 points per
game for UCLA's varsity, not
because that was the peak
of his scoring potential, but
because Coach John Wooden
stressed team play. Alcindor
was surrounded by other fine
college players and blended
his skills with theirs as the
Bruins won 88 of 90 varsity
games – losing only to Houston 
and Southern California.
Lew finished his college
career as the sixth greatest
major college scorer ever.
He broke every significant
UCLA basketball record except 
the individual game rebounding 
mark of 28 which
Willie Naulls still holds.
1953-54 Don Meineke, Fort
Wayne
1954-55 Ray Felix, Baltimore
1955-56 Maurice Stokes, Rochester 

1956-57 Tom Heinsohn, Boston
1957-58 Woody Sauldsberry,
Philadelphia
1958-59 Elgin Baylor, Minneapolis 

1959-60 Win Chamberlain,
Philadelphia Warriors
1960-61 Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati 

1961-62 Walt Bellamy, Chicago 

1962-63 Terry Dischinger,
Chicago
1963-64 Jerry Lucas, Cincinnati 

1964-65 Willis Reed, New York
1965-66 Rick Barry, San Francisco 

1966-67 Dave Bing, Detroit
1967-68 Earl Monroe, Baltimore 

1968-69 Wes Unseld, Baltimore 

1969-70 Lew Alcindor, Milwaukee 


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GOLDEN GLEAMS
Pain pays the income of
each precious thing.
-Shakespeare.
An hour of pain is as long as
a day of pleasure.
-Thomas Fuller.
Pain wastes the body, pleasures 
the understanding.
-Benjamin Franklin.
Pleasure and pain are the
only springs of action in
man, and always will be.
-C.A. Helvetius.
There is a pleasure, which
is bom of pain.
-E.R. Bulwer-Lytton
Pain is life—the sharper the
more evidence of life.
-Charles Lamb.

Flood gets
day in court
on May 18
Curt Flood will finally get
his day in court.
Judge Irving Ben Cooper
has set May 18 as the day
when Flood's fight to overturn 
baseball's reserve
clause will officially open
in federal court.
Flood previously had
asked Judge Cooper for an
immediate injunction preventing 
the St. Louis Cardinals 
from trading him to
the Philadelphia Phillies,
but on March 4 the judge
denied Flood's request on
grounds that it "would
work the type of unfair surprise 
and carry the same
sort of sudden effect" that
the U.S. Supreme Court
took pain to avoid in its
earlier decisions.
Flood, and his lawyer, former 
Supreme. Court Justice
Arthur Goldberg, had the
decision of whether to appeal 
the injunction or press
for a full trial and decided
to ask for a trial since an
injunction would delay the
case over further.
Flood, who hit 265 for
the Cardinals last season,
plans to sit out this season
and possibly next season,
too, while the suit is held.
It is possible a decision
will be reached in District
Court before the season is
over but the loser will then
appeal to the U.S. District
Court of Appeals and then
to the Supreme Court — a
process which could take
two years.

Whitney Young
Yankee Pitcher
Whitney M. Young Jr., a
prominent civil rights leader
accepted an invitation from
the New York Yankees and
threw out the first ball at their
1970 home opener April 7
against the Boston Red Sox.

ECSU's Oliver
$55,000 Signee

Oliver, who averaged 23
points per game and pulled
down over 20 rebounds per
contest, led the ESCU Vikings 
to the 1969 CIAA visitation 
and tournament championships, 
the NAIA District
29 championship and in 1970
to the CIAA Southern Division 
championship.
Oliver, is a resident of
Chesapeake, Va., where he
attended Crestwood High
School. The pact with the
New NBA expansion club is
reported to be the largest
initial pro contract ever signed 
by an Elisabeth City State
University graduate.
Jethro Pugh (Dallas Cowboy's), 
Eugene Snipes (Atlanta 
Falcons), Oscar Smith
(Atlanta Hawks) and Johnmy 
Walton are some of the
more recent Viking alumni
to endorse professional contracts. 


Pro-Files
By Bob Sudy
WHAT'S HOCKEY'S
TOUGHEST GOAL?
T' s'LL
NEVER
BELIEVE
ME
6 HOURS 25 MINUTES...
IT TOOK TO SCORE THE ONLY
GOAL.... DETROIT SCORED ON
THE MONTREAL MAROONS
AT 16:30 OF THE SIXTH
OVERTIME AT 2:25 A.M.
MAR. 25, 1936