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THE GRYPHON
MARCH 27,1974
Practice makes perfect (Photo by Murray)
SPORTSLIGHTS
by Bill Matthews
Well, it’s spring again and
time for the Gryphons to start
trying to win another 4-A State
Championship. It’s not going
to be easy, as five key players
were lost off of last year’s
championship team. But on
the bright side for Coach
Jerry Carter is the fact that
there are fourteen returnees
off the same team, and their
experience will help the
Gryphons very much.
In the practices I have
viewed, the players have
shown a lot of hustle and
desire. The bats are starting
to swing again in good form
and their fielding looks very
good.
The infield will be ex
cellent. Phil Ford will be back
playing shortstop. He has
g6cid range and speed. Ford
was also one of the top hitters
on last year’s team. Tommy
Warrick, another outstanding
senior player will be playing
second base. Tommy is a good
fielding second baseman and
can hit with power. He led the
team in runs batted in last
year. Tommy Crocker, who
played an outstanding outfield
last year, will be holding down
third base. Crocker has a good
arm and is also a good hitter.
In the backstop position will
be Hilton Sykes. Hilton has a
good arm and can hit with
authority. Senior Jeff Collins
will get the nod at first base.
Collins shows good range and
will hold down the position
quite well.
The outfield will be an
chored by senior Burton
Robinson in center field.
Burton provides the team’s
long ball threat. Marvin
Dancey will be playing left
field this year. Dancey has
good spe^ and plays out
standing defense. The other
outfield position is up for
grabs. Doug Griffin is the
most likely candidate for the
job, however.
The pitching staff should
be one of the best in the
conference. Doug Henley,
Greg Procter, and Doug
Griffin are probably starters.
Henley has good speed and
exceptional control as he
showed last year. Procter,
another fine pitcher has good
control and mixes his pitches
well. Griffin has great
potential. He has great speed
and knows the strike zone.
A big factor on any team
is depth. Carter does not need
to worry about that. If a
starter should get hurt, he has
a good squad of substitutes
capable of coming in and
doing an excellent job.
This team will make a
great show in the conference.
But last year’s State Cham
pionship is now history, and to
win another one the team
needs the support of all the
students at RMSH. Get out
and support the Gryphons. It
promises to be a great year.
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Well, the new fad around
the country is “streaking”
and the Sports Department
just had to say something
about it. After all, can’t
streaking be considered a
sport? One has to be “in
shape” to streak, and it
certainly requires alot of
courage. So what could be
more appropriate than a
feature on streaking on the
sports page?
In case you haven’t heard,
streaking has hit the sports
world. At a collegiate baseball
game in Alabama, a pitcher
was working on a no-hitter,
when, rather suddenly, a
streaker dashed onto the field
and ran around the bases. The
streaker shook hands with the
astonished second baseman,
shortstop, and third baseman,
then streaked out to left field
and jumped over the fence.
This so unnerved the poor
pitcher the next pitch he threw
was hit for a double. There
went the no-hitter.
A RMSH pitcher said that
if it had happened to him, he
would have walked off the
mound. He also stated that it
would definitely upset his
pitching. So streakers, please
stay away from Gryphon
games at Municipal Stadium.
State Championships are hard
enough to come by; we don’t
need any bare-bottomed thrill
seekers upsetting our players.
So, it seems that
streaking, whether in
stadiums or across parking
lots, is here to stay for a while.
And we are sure it will soon
become the number one
spectator sport in America.
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SPORTS SHORTS
Spring has sprung, and what does this mean? For sports fans
it means headaches. Professional basketball championships are
underway, pro hockey play-offs continue, major league baseball
is startii^, golf tournaments are in full swing (that’s a pun, son)-
and the list goes on. On the high school level here at RMSH things
are just as busy. March marks the start of tennis, baseball, track,
and softball for the year. So students, you’ve got a wide variety of
sports to choose from. Get out and support the sport of your
choice.
Mrs. Williams, American Literature teacher, should be
pleased. There is a guy playing minor league baseball whose
name is Hawthorne Nathaniel Wingo. There’s another fellow who
plays semi-pro basketball in New York whose name is Emerson
Ralph Waldo. Now that’s class.
Some people stereo-type athletes as a rather intellectually
inferior group. This may be disputed by the example of Wilt
Chamberlin. Wilt speaks French, German and Italian fluently,
and understands Spanish and Persian very well. That’s all well
and good. Wilt. It must be nice to cuss out the officials in a
language they can’t understand.
We never did answer the question “Is chess a sport?” Keep
those cards and letters coming.
Keeping up with the major-league professional teams that
are dribbling, skating, kicking, running and jumping across the
country these days can drive a true sports fan crazy. Do you
realize that there are 106 professional Hockey, Baseball,
Basketball, Football, and Soccer teams across the U. S.? This
does not include tne new World Football League or the numerous
minor-league teams. As Marvin Dancey says, “There IS a future
in sports.”
Question? Why is a baseball like a cold?
Answer: Both are easy to catch.
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