')r.TOBER 3, 1968
the collegiate
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Bulldog: netters Jim Adcox and Ed Gwaltney watcn liary JWcMalian’s forehand, while just above
•f,he tennis courts, Gene Harrell breaks loose in Alpha Sig’s 6-0 loss to Hackney II. Tennis ended
ind intramural football bep-an this week.
Tennis ^^Okay”
Stian tennis coach Rarid has this tpr-h.
Ki
It Atlantic Christian tennis coach
isf’om Parham closed out fall
tennis practice yesterday with a
Promising nine -man team of
%o superstars, two scrappers,
ind Gary McMahan. 1968’s num
*"ier five. Jim Adcox, Henry Yan-
®:ey, Rodney Boldin, Joe Har-
vood, and George Konstant com
/ilete the squad.
'^1 “These are good kids”. Par
lam says of his fifth team at
C. “They’ve got an all-around
”;ood attitude. We’ll do okay,”
The biggest reason they’ll do
kay is Rand, a sophomore "vvith
:ood form who lacks the size
0 be a power hitter. Rand, who
layed number one at Ra-
igh’s Broughton High, makes
p for his lack of power with a
variety of effective serves and
1 devastating cross court back-
land. Parham contends, however,
ghat Rand’s biggest weapon is
Ills ability to psychout oponents.
I
Rand has perfected this tech
nique so thoroughly that last sea
son he used a feigned almost
apologetic attitude to life him
self past the top player in the
Carolinas Conference.
Frosh Star
Pushing Rand for his number
one spot is freshman Thompson,
half of last season’s top high
school doubles team in Nortn
Carolina. Thompson will team
with Rand to establish AC’s num
ber one doubles team as a defi
nite threat for the next three
years. Thompson's twist service
is probably the best part of a
singles game which Parham as
serts “needs a little work.”
The two “tough competitors”
enter their last year as A. C.
netters. Gwaltney and McMahan
will probably make - up Par
ham’s other doubles team. “Both
ooys have given me three good
years,” says Parham. “Ed and
Intramural F-ball Opens
I Intramural football opened its
£ine-month stand at A.C. Monday.
Sig Ep dropped Hackney I,
^‘13-0 and Delta Sig upended the
Day Students 9-6 in Monday’s
peners, while Hackney H pop-
led Alpha Sig 6 - 0 and Sigma
'i tied New Dorm I 7-7 Tues-
ay.
Each team in the eight-team
league plays nine games. The
four-and-a-half week schedule
_'eatures double-headers starting
at 4:00 Monday through Friday.
tviAll games are played on the
wo athletic fields adjacent to
'A.C.’s tennis courts.
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THE DELTA IOTA CHAPTER OF THE
DELTA SIGMA PHI FRATERNITY
EXPRESSES APPRECIATION TO
DR. J. P. TYNDALL WHO SERVED
THE CHAPTER FAITHFULLY AS CHAPTER
SUPERVISOR FROM 1958-1968.
Gary will be tough again this
year. Gary’s doubles have im
proved a lot.” McMahan, inci
dentally, was runnerup in his
flight in last season’s Carolinas
Conference Tennis Tournament—
the highest finish any of A C’s
players made.
The fifth and sixth spots on
Parham’s team are still tossups
By BILLY DIXON
Collegiate Sports Editor
If Atlantic Christian’s basketball Bulldogs are to win big —as
they should — this year, that pcculiarily American institution known
as school spirit will have to rear its ephemeral head around old
Lee Street U.
Success in small college basketball, unfortunately, depends on
home-coiirt success. An integral part of success-at-home is the
support of a frenzied crowd.
2,500 people, screaming their heads off not two feet from the
court, can be quite disconcerting. For the home team, up-liftingly
disconcerting. For the visiting team, disastrously disconcerting.
Support for the Bulldogs in recent years has been less than
frenzied. More like polite. Much of this apathy has arisen from
student disinterest in a team with a reputation of dying about
midway through the season. Of course, A.C.’s cheerleaders aren't
exactly famous for expending great amounts of energy for the most
pubhcized team on campus. Adding to this student-cheerleader
apathy is a relative lack of support from Wilson’s 35,000 residents.
Wilson’s apathy can't be helped. A.C.’s can. For example, the
cheerleaders could arrange a few mass pep rallies on campus the
days of big home games. The cheerleaders could also concentrate
on a few simple but excessively loud cheers during games (noiso
is woe to a visiting team).
Students can alleviate A.C.’s apathy simlpy by using their
privilege of getting into all home games free. The apathy will
vanish as soon as the Dogs start playing their inspiring run-and-
gun game.
PICKS
My first week as a predictor was a crashing success.
Five out of seven right. That’s 71.4 per cent. If this keeps up.
I’ll become a bookie.
My two misses came when Purdue wiped-out Notre Dame, and
Detroit upset Green Bay. Purdue won because Leroy Keyes is un-
although Parham indicated that believable on offense and defense. Who knows why Green Bay has
Adcox and Yancey, both in their
first year out, had been impres
sive.
Wants Winners
Parham, who had admirable
11-6, 13-3, and 14-6 records
in his first four years as coach,
has devoted his practices to
round robin matches to pick-
out the winners on his squad.
“I want people who can win;
form is secondary.” Parham has
been concerned enough about
form, nevertheless, to drill his gjajg Qhio.
lost its magic — this is the first time since 1958 that the Packers
have lost two of their first three games.
One off-the-subject pick before I go into this week’s predictions.
Don’t be surprised if Detroit takes the Series from St. Louis in
seven games.
Now, here are my prognostications:
WILSON FIKE 28, ROCKY MOUNT 10—Fike started late in last
week’s 17-7 win over Broughton. This week, the Cyclones will
start early.
WAKE FOREST 35, MINNESOTA 31—Freddie Summers finally
gets warmed-up.
N. C. STATE 20, S.M.U. 14—Mustang Q.B. Chuck Hixson hit 37
of 69 passes in losing to Ohio State. But he had five intercepted,
all inside the State 20. State, of N. C., will do at least as well as
Teams from all four campus
fraternities, both men’s dorms,
:;nd the day-student body play
each other under the rules of
flag football.
Sigma Phi Epsilon won the
intramaural football title last
year.
beginners constantly on their
backhands.
Since Parham’s arival as
coach, A C’s tennis team has
accomplished a great deal with
less than world class players.
MISSISSIPPI 14, ALABAMA 7—Ole Miss will roll back the Tide.
SOUTHERN CAL 24, MIAMI (FLA.) 14—California O.J. is much
better than the Florida variety.
LOS ANGELES 21, SAN FRANCISCO 17—Roman Gabriel will
outfox the 49’ers.
BALTIMORE 31, CHICAGO 21—The return of Johnny Unitas
will spark the Colts over the resurgent Bears.
The Fraternity of Engineered Leadership
The Brothers of Delta Sigma Phi
take pleasure in announcing their
Rush Party for the year
at Wedgeivood Country Club
on Saturday^ October 5, 1968
from eight until twelve o’clock
Entertainment by “The Entertainers.’
All potential rushees invited.