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Mananer T(im Roach looks on as John 1-iles long jumps against N. C.
Ucslt'van.
AC Finishes Second In District
12, 197,
The 440-relay team anchored by Senior Rodger Easley.
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Barrv Sheier shows classic form in pole vaulting.
Thin dads Place Fourth
In Conference Meet
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Atlantic Christian placed
second in the NAIA District 29
Track and P'ield Championship
at Pembroke State Monday. The
mighty Pembroke squad
amassed 173 points, with AC
scoring 35 points in which turned
out to be a rain drenched af
ternoon. Lynchburg finished
with 26 points, St. Andrews 23,
and Campbell 13.
Pembroke took 15 of 17 first
places with the remaining first
places going to Dan Smith and
John Liles. The field event men
collected 24 of the teams 35 total
points. Smith set a new District
record in the long jump with a
22 foot 9-‘4 inches effort, and he
narrowly missed first place in
the triple jump. Liles won the
•Atlantic Christian's baseball
team was defeated by Elon
Saturday, 6-4, on a four-run
outburst in the fourth inning.
Going into the fourth inning, AC
led, 3-2. The lead was not to last
long, as Jim Hourigan of Elon
singled to lead off. Scot Rush
followed with a double to score
Hourigan with the tying run.
Rob Facette then drew a walk
to pul runners on first and
second. Elon's pitcher. Bill
Shultz, attempted a bunt which
rolled to the mound. Rather than
go for a double play, the ball was
thrown to first to put Shultz out.
Two more Elon runs scored as
Morris singled to score Rush and
Curly Haslett singled to drive in
Faucette. This pushed the lead
in Elon's favor, 6-3.
Jimmy Rivers was charged
with the loss, the Bulldogs'
fifteenth of the season. Rivers
worked for six and one-third
innings before being relieved by
Robert Speight. Speight went the
final one and two-thirds innings.
javelin, placed fourth in the
triple jump and in the shot put.
Other place finishes went to
Jerry Minton in the discus (5th);
Marty Baird 5th in the shot;
George Bancroft 5th in the triple
jump. Berry Scheir 5th in the
pole vault.
Kenn Cady placed 4th in the
high hurdles with Ron Bowen in
5th place, Cady also placed 5th in
the 100 yard dash and 3rd in the
400 hurdles.
Both relay teams finished 4th
in the respective events. Jim
Boykin ran his fastest 880 ever
with a time of 2:02.8; however he
finished 6th which did not place.
This track meet ended the
thinclad's best season of their
fifteen year existance as they
finished with a 5-3 record.
giving up one hit, no runs,
striking out none and walking
one.
The Bulldogs jumped off to a
quick lead as Joe Brogden
walked. Harry Moser sacrificed
him to second, and with two outs
Sonny Bass was hit by a pitch.
Tommy Rackley hit a single to
score Brogden and Larry Moser
drove in the other two runs with
a double.
A mild comeback was staged
in the eighth inning as Jimmy
Robinson led off with a double
that bounced off the center field
fence. Sonny Bass walked and
then Rackley singled in
Robinson for the Bulldogs' final
run.
The .-\C baseball team will
participate in the District 29
tournament which opens three
days of play on the Pembroke
State diamond Thursday. Other
teams in the double-elimination
tournament are UN'C-
Wilmington, Pembroke, and
Methodist.
THE COLLEGIATE
What’s
Wrong?
Mv TOW HKHMAN A.M)
HOY WINSLOW
Since we are approaching the
end of the '72 school year at AC
there are four main areas in
which there needs to be some
self-evaluation as they relate to
the Physical Education
Department. These four broad
areas are: the administration,
maintenance, teachers and
students.
First of all, let us consider the
administration. Thre are several
areas of dissatisfaction with the
Adminstration as Physical
Education majors. These are as
follows: we feel that the Ad
ministration thinks that the AC
campus ends at Woodard Street,
thus leaving out the needs and
interest of the Physical
Education Department. Since
the P.E. major has more
required major hours than any
other major we feel that the
Administration should try to
work closer wth P. E. majors in
certain load limitations and
privilges and disregarding
certain irrelativent regulations.
Secondly, we are confronted
with the maintenance depart
ment as it relates to the physical
education facilties. There seem
to be a lack of interests and
repsonse from the Maintenance
Department in the following
areas: the intramurals field has
need to be properly landscaped
for a long time yet this has been
continually put off. Now that
they have removed the tree at
the end of the field they have left
roots, holes, mounds and lakes
which makes the field virtually
unuseable for physical ac
tivities. They also need to in
spect the cleanliness of the two
gv’ms in operation, and it is also
the job of the maintenance
deparment to sweep w'ater off
the tennis courts after it rains,
yet this duty has been left to a
teacher. There needs to be some
constructed walkway from the
back door of the department to
the tennis courts so as to do
away with tracking mud into the
gym.
Thirdly, we need to consider
the problems wth the teachers in
the Physical Education
Department. The majoirty of the
teachers in the P.E. Dept, try
to stress professionalism among
the majors, yet they lack this
quality themselves. Some of the
teachers in the department need
to update their material,
resturcture their teaching
methods, exercise more student-
teacher relationships, and
emphasize more practical public
school experience in relation to
their teaching. A few teachers in
the department have shown
incompetance in their duties by
missing too many class
meetings by allowing too many
class cuts and free classes on
rainy days, yet they do not
hesitate in giving failing grades
for what they consider in
competent performances. There
needs to be some overall
changes in the attitude of the
teachers in the department
which must start and be con
stantly enforced by the
Department Chiarman. The
chairman of the Physical
Education Department must be
the person to take the initiative
and a firm stand in getting the
ball rolling in the right direction.
We have hit on several areas
of dissatisfaction in the
department and other related
areas; although we have not
mentioned them all, we do hope
this will start each and everyone
on the right track toward self-
evaluation. With self-evaluation
of the administration, main
tenance, teachers and students
this combined effort will help
build the type of physical
Education Department we all
desire.
The Carolina Conference track
meet was held Tuesday, May 2,
at Catawba College.
Although they didn’t finish or
top, the thinclads of AC provided
several exciting moments as
Danny Smith set a conference
record in the long jump with a
leap of 22 feet, 8 inches. Smith, in
addition to his record-breaking
long jump, captured first place
in the triple jump with a distance
of 43 feet, 5 inches.
John Liles, strong man on the
AC squad, also won a first place
for AC as he took first in the
havelin with a toss of 198 feet, 2Vz
By KENN CADY
Billy Potter led the Atlantic
Christian golf squad to a third
place finish in the Carolinas
Conference at Salisbury. Potter
was AC's medalist, and placed
third overall in the two day
event. He shot 77-72 for a 149
total score.
Garey Pittman shot 78-76 —
149; Sid Bruton 79-76—154; Mike
Benton 84-78 —162; Jackie
inches. This distance topped the
AC school record of 189 feet
which Liles set earlier this
spring.
This was not all though, as
Roger Easley took fifth place in
the high jump for AC. In the mile
run, Jim Boykin of AC crossed
the finish line in fifth place. Ron
Bowen, a strong contender in the
120 high hurdles, captured fourth
place in this event.
In the mile relay, AC came in
fifth place and also finished fifth
in the 440 relay as High Point,
winner of the meet, swept both of
these events.
Turlington 79-85 — 164;
Steve Jones shot 82-87 —169
cap off the scoring.
The golf team had one of its
best seasons, and as of
publication, are in second place
during the opening day of the
District 29 golf tournament m
Conway, South Carolina, Care)
Pittman was the first day
medalist for AC by shooting a
three over par 75.
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Elon Defeats Bulldogs
Sports Editorial
By JIM BOYKIN
Monday, May 8, 1972 the Atlantic Christian Track
team concluded its season with the best record in the
team’s history, 5-3 overall, third in the Carolinas Con
ference and second in N.A.I.A. District 29. Presumably
the school’s athletic committee and coaching staff
would be pleased with such a show'ing, however, this is
apparently not the case.
At a meeting of the Athletic Council Sunday night, the
committee voted to cut the allocation for track
scholarships from one full scholarship to three quarters
of one.
The irony of the matter is that the one-quarter taken
from track will be used for additional grants in baseball
and tennis. Even more shocking is th fact that the
measure was proposed by outgoing baseball coach
Larry Thompson. This year’s baseball team ranks last
in the C.C., and is struggling to achieve a .333 season.
Since neither the track or baseball teams bring in
any revenue, and since both squads are comparable in
number, it is hard to realize why one team should
receive more aid than the other, especially when the
team with the worse record is given the upper hand.
Since I am a senior, I have no personal interest in this
matter. However, I do pity all of the hard working
members of the track team who will not receive
financial assistance next year because the money is not
available. Many will probably choose not to compete. So
don’t be surprised if next year’s track team leaves a
little to be desired.
Golf Team Finishes
Third In Conference