Hampton University

Morgan State left little doubt which team is third best in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.The Bears (10-15, 10-7) last night locked up the third seed for the conference tournament in Richmond, Va., next week by crushing Hampton University (13-12, 10-7), 97-64. As a first-year member of the MEAC, the visitors are not eligible for the tournament.While the Bears were having a big night scoring with five players in double figures led by Tremain Byrd's 27, it was their defense that made this one a stroll.

The long wait for the official announcement of Donald Hill-Eley's appointment as Morgan State's new football coach ended yesterday, 19 days after it was reported in The Sun that last season's offensive coordinator would be named boss of the Bears. Morgan athletic director David Thomas said Hill-Eley would replace Stanley Mitchell, who had a 5-27 record in three seasons at Morgan. "I was impressed with the way Coach Hill related to our young team last season," said Thomas yesterday. "He made substantial contributions to the program last year, and the players seemed to identify well with him. "I feel he brings a winning attitude and solid experiences to the Morgan State football team.

Robert J. WeissBusiness consultantRobert J. Weiss, a business management consultant who was active in Kiwanis International, died Sunday at his home in Timonium after a heart attack. He was 60.Mr. Weiss had owned Daruma Management Inc. for about 10 years. Earlier, he had been president of ENSEC Service Corp., which provides security and janitorial services in federal buildings.The New York City native served in the Air Force in Japan in the 1950s before moving to the Baltimore area.He was a board member and a former president of the Towson Kiwanis Club, and had been chairman of the Baltimore Science Fair for many years.

WASHINGTON -- Call it a tale of two quarterbacks. There was Howard University sophomore Ted "Sweet Flight" White tying a school record for the second time this season with six touchdown passes. And there was Morgan State senior Otis Covington, who spent much of yesterday afternoon scraping himself off the Greene Stadium artificial surface.Call it a tale of two Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football teams heading in opposite directions. Howard (8-2, 5-1), with a 49-0 victory over Morgan, recorded its sixth straight one-sided .. decision and probably secured a New Year's Eve date with Southern in the Heritage Bowl in Atlanta.

The legacy of Dr. Samuel P. Massie, who 32 years ago became the first black civilian professor at the Naval Academy, will continue at nine historically black colleges with the establishment of nine professorships in his name.The Dr. Samuel P. Massie Chair of Excellence Professorship in Environmental Disciplines, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and several Fortune 500 companies, will provide each of the schools, including Morgan State University in Baltimore, with a grant of $1.6 million over six years.

Calvin W. Lowe, a top administrator at Hampton University in Virginia, has been named the president of Bowie State University. The physicist will be introduced to the campus today and begin his $165,000-a-year position in May. He is the ninth president of the historically black university in Prince George's County. Lowe, 45, takes over from Wendell L. Holloway, who became interim president shortly after Nathanael Pollard Jr. resigned in late 1998 after a dispute involving allegations of misuse of the school foundation's funds.

BOWIE -- Punter Jason Herold stepped into a muddled Bowie State quarterback picture midway in the second quarter and directed the Bulldogs (1-1) to a 17-14 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association victory over Hampton University (0-2) at Bowie Field yesterday.Herold, a senior making his first college appearance as a quarterback, put some order back into an offense that had been hurt by freshman miscues in the first five quarters of this season.The Pasadena native, who last played quarterback at Northeast High School in 1987, completed 13 of 22 passes for 164 yards and directed the offense, which was held to less than 100 total yards last week, to 320 net yards, including scoring drives of 65 and 67 yards in the second half.

David Alexander Echols Sr., who helped establish what now is Carver Vocational-Technical High School in West Baltimore, died of cancer Saturday at the Stella Maris Hospice Unit at Mercy Medical Center. He was 95 and lived in Baltimore.Born in Atlanta, he moved to Hampton (Va.) Institute when his mother accepted a job in the residence of the school's president. In 1923, he received a certificate in automotive mechanics from the institute -- now Hampton University -- and went to work in a filling station in New Jersey.

Charles Wilbur "Stretch" Crisp, a retired distillery supervisor and collector of vintage Jaguars, was pronounced dead Saturday at Chester County Hospital in West Chester, Pa. The Woodlawn resident was 66. Mr. Crisp was attending a Cars of England at Oakbourne Mansion classic automobile meet in Westtown, Pa., when, while accepting an award for one of his Jaguars with his wife, he was stricken with the massive heart attack that took his life,...

BOISE, Idaho - They catch your eye as soon as they enter the gym, not just with their basketball skills, but also because of the marching band and cheerleaders. It's a show inside The Show. Not only has No. 15-seeded Hampton University captured the hearts of fans in Boise, of all places, with their stunning, 58-57 upset of second-seeded Iowa State on Thursday night in the West Regional, the Pirates are the essence of what the NCAA tournament and college athletics should be all about. It's a tale of David vs. Goliath.