Page Six COLUMNS Thursday, April 8, 1976 LC Baseball Team On Winning Route m By JONATHAN PHILLIPS the games.” Sports Writer They kicked the ball around The Louisburg baseball team some on defense (Frazier at­ was referred to in the preseason tributed it to “Freshmanitis” ), as a “Question Mark,” but it now but the Hurricanes hit the ball appears that there may be well and stuck to the preseason nothing new after all in plan of running a lot. “We stole a Hurricane baseball. With a cast lot of bases and did weU running” almost completely different from noted Frazier, “and we’ll con­ last year, when the Canes tinue to rely on speed for a lot of finished third in the nation, the our runs.” 1976 edition has nevertheless Power is being supplied by started the year in characteristic freshman leftfielder Mark fashion — winning. Funderburk. Funderburk has This is not to say that the LC awesome hitting power and has baseball situation is not un­ been a pleasant surprise for certain, however; nor should Louisburg. “He’s about as green w Hurricane fans get their hopes as any kid I’ve seen,” said unrealistically high. The Canes Frazier, “but he can do more swept through their first four doing things wrong than most games of the season — players can by doing things right. doubleheader wins over He looks awful sometimes, but he Southeastern and Sandhills — but has amazing potential and can the caliber of the opposition really give the ball a ride. In 1976 Hrricane Baseball Team: First Row: David Hicks, John Ferrell, J. C. Daniels, Billy Peavey. wasn’t the best. practice,” he continued, “the Warrick, Kelly Heath, Kelly Miller, Craig Fourth Row: Bobby Beard, Larry Dugger, “Those first two weren’t real other players will stop to watch Wiesner, Tommy Warrick. Second Row: John Keary Hicks, Jerry Brown, Larry Strickland. strong,” admitted coach Russell Mark hit. I think I’d even pay to Gorley, Ron Peeples, Max Raynor, Bill Lucas, Fifth Row: Ray Shines, Kenny Randolph, Gene Frazier after the game. “Nothing see him play.” Roger Sutton. Third Row: Kevin Staley, Steve Sessions, Rudy Fletcher. like what we’ll run into later, In ad^tion to Funderburk, anyway. Still, we played pretty Craig Weisner is set in left field, Tommy Warrick and John Gorley well despite some freshman Kelly Heath is the starting will split the catching duties, and jitters, and it’s a good sign that shortstop, and J. C. Daniel looks the rest of the positions are up for we came from behind in three of like a probable fuUtimer at third. grabs. Unless someone takes command, the lineup wiU be New Navy Scholarship shuffled according to opposing pitchers. Pitching is still a question Sports Scene mark. The staff performed fairly well in the early going, but wildness has been some what of a By Jon ath an P hillips problem. The stopper of the mound corps appears to be Kevin Louisburg College is becoming widely recognized as a burgeoning Staley. Staley is a hard thrower powerhouse in women’s junior college athletics. The girls’ volleyball that Frazier compares to Ron team, under the direction of coach Terry Pettit, finished tenth in the Musselman, the star pitcher of nation among junior colleges, while the team under Wayne last year’s team. Ellington put together an excellent record, losing only to powerful “We need to get some more Peace College in the regular season. They bowed out to Anderson in games under our belts,” mused the district playoffs. Frazier, as he awaited the Canes’ first major test, the March 27 SIGNINGS: Don Whitaker, point guard on the LC Cavalier-Tar Heel doubleheader against Ferrum. conference championship team, signed a grant-in-aid with East “The players need the game experience and I need more time Carolina on March 24. Also, coach Enid Drake has signed two to look at them. It’s hard to tell prospects to play for the Hurricanes next season. They are Mike anything this early.” Young, a 6-6 forward from Durham Jordan High, and 6-3 James In the first game March 20 at Simmons, a product of Indian River High in Chesapeake, Virginia. Southeastern, the Canes had to go Recruiting is not quite completed, and Drake reports that he is in the to extra innings to win, with Billy market for a big man. Come to think of it, though, just about Peavy’s home gaining them a 5-4 everybody is in the market for a big man. decision. The nightcap saw Carl Carlile and Roger Sutton com­ bined for a two-hit, 6-0 shutout. College basketball fans in this area are given to stating that Provides full Scholarship for Jr. and Sr. years . . . basketball as played in the ACC is the best there is. There is no In the first game of the March 23 twinbill at Sandhills, tuition, books, educational fees. Plus . . . *100 a denying that ACC cage play is of the highest caliber, but it would be Louisburg pushed across two hard to convince one from another area that the ACC is the top league. runs in the seventh inning to win month living expenses. For one thing, not a single ACC team made the final four, while the Big 6-4, and they came back in the Ten had two representatives — Indiana and Michigan. Nor did any of second game by scoring three To qualify, you must have completed a minimum of one them even reach a regional final. The only team from the Carolines or runs in each of the last three Virginia to get very far was surprising VMI. North Carolina got innings to capture a 12-6 victory. semester each of college physics and integral calculus or knocked off in a first-round regional game, as did tournament two semesters of integral calculus with a C average champion Vu-ginia. Also, the ACC representative to the NIT, N. C. CLASS, MEET YOUR NEW or better. State, got themselves knocked off in the semis by UNC-Charlotte. PROFESSOR, HARVEY Despite the record of ACC teams against outside opposition this year WALLBANGER and in the past, fans arguing against ACC supremacy have a fair case. (CPS-ZNS) - Nobdy at Illinois Depending on your interest, you can select aviation, State University is arguing about the lab fee in professor Jack line, or supply and look forward to four years or a The state of North Carolina does have a fair claim to the title of Beno’s class. They use it to buy career in one of these exciting fields. putting out the world’s best basketball players. If asked to name the gin and tonic, you see. five best basketball players in the world, regardless of position or any Beno teaches a class on Alcohol other factor, most sportswriters and coaches would name the and the Accident Phenomena” For more information, write or call collect: following five: , , Kareem Jabbar, Robert where a passing grade depends MacAdoo, and David Thompson. There would be differences of on a student’s ability to get opinion, of course, but those five would likely be the consensus. Of looped and then safely negotiate those five, two are native North Carolinians. No other state can make a road test. Most students flunk a similar claim. McAdoo was bom and raised in Greensboro, while the test, Beno says, and that’s LT John Gordon Thompson hails from Shelby. Others of note include why he started such an unusual Pinewood BIdg. class. P.O. Box 18568 (Raleigh), Lou Hudson (Greensboro), Bobby Jones (Charlotte), “ Most students don’t un­ Tommy Burleson (Newland), Randy Denton (Raleigh), Henry Bibby derstand how even minimal Raleigh, NC 27609 (Franklinton), and Globetrotters Meadowlark Lemon and . amounts of alcohol affect their (919)872-2547 Also, although Charlie Scott was raised in New York, he played his performance,” explains bar­ high school ball at Laurinburg Institute. tender, er, professor Beno.

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