Friday, March 17, 1978
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“Baseball Outlook"
State Championship Sighted
First it was Whirlie football,
Coach Vansant, and Glenn Ford,
an all-American one-two cham
pionship combination. Now it’s
Whirlie baseball. Coach Johnson,
Glenn Ford with Rod Elkins, and
the result could be the same.
Another Championship for Grim-
sley.
Coach Raymond Johnson, who
was a standout pitcher at A&T,
will try to improve on his club’s
dismal 4-12 season of a year ago.
“We have no key losses,’’ said
Johnson as he prepares his team
for their first game, March 7 at
Williams.
Returning for Grimsley will be
all conference standout of a year
ago. Rod Elkins. He is backed by
Glenn Ford, Willie Baynes, Tom
Williams, Andre Blount, Don
Dempsey, Ashley Apple, and a
host of other strong players.
“The team looks good on
paper,” says a confident coach
Johnson. “We improved in our
defense” and if we can hit the
ball this season, the team should
have a good season.
The Whirlies look to challenge
Dudley, the defending conference
champs and runner up in the
state. Parkland and West Forsyth
also will be deep threats in the
Whirlies quest for a state cham
pionship.
Bringing to the plate power
hitters like Don Dempsey and Rod
Elkins, and adding such speed
sters as Glenn Ford, Andre
Blount, and Mauride Jolly, offen
sively, Grimsley should be a
threat to any team in the state.
With the exception of the third
base area, the defense is no
“piece of cake” wither as Grim-
sley shows off a wealthy pitching
core that includes Glenn Ford,
Willie Baynes, Tom Williams,
and sophomore Billy Livingstone.
So, excitement fills the air, or,
should we say, “the diamond” as
head coach Raymond Johnson
and Assistant coach Dennis Bar
bour look ahead at this year’s
schedule with optimism,
Grimsley 1978 Baseball Sche
dule;
Mar. 7 at Williams; Mar. 10 at
Western Guilford’"; March 14
WILLIAMS; Mar. 21 Ragsdale’";
Mar. 22-26 Tournamenf"*; Mar.
29 Reynolds; Mar. 31 at Kanna
polis; Apr. 4 at Dudley; Apr. 6
West Forsyth’"; Apr. 11 Parkland
away; Apr. 18 Andrews’"; Apr. 20
at Ragsdale; Apr. 22 Western
Guilford'*; Apr. 25 Kannapolis’";
Apr. 27 Dudley; Apr. 29 at Page’";
May 2 at West Forsyth; May 4
Parkland'*; May 10 Page*; May
11 at Andrews;
WHIRLIES MAKE IT
IN CONFERENCE
by Bryan Smith
Grimsley’s balanced scoring
attack, all five starters in double
figures, led the Whirlies to a
Amp Long free throw.
93-72 victory over Raleigh Enloe
in the quarter finals of the state
championship at Grimsley, Wed
nesday evening, March 8.
Bug Anderson and Eric Sum
mers paced the Whirlies with 22
and 20 points, respectively. Dick
Gilbert has 14 points, David Cox
12 points and Rod Elkins dumped
in 10.
Amp Long came off the bench
in the first quarter to help the
Whirlies get the ball moving. He
did just that and Grimsley led
28-18 at the end of the first
period.
Early in the second period,
Grimsley widened their margin to
12 points and Grimsley seemed to
be in total command of the game.
But Enloe’s outside scoring
threats, William Wilson and Dan
ny Young, kept the Eagles within
striking distance. The Eagles
outscored the Whirlies 22-18 in
this period and Grimsley led only
46-40 at halftime.
The third quarter was much
like the first as the Whirlies
outscored the Eagles 22-10. Grim
sley reeled off 11 unanswered
points to go ahead 68-50 and put
the contest out of reach.
Grimsley led by as much as 22
points, 90-68 in the fourth quar
ter. Coach Weaver was able to
clear the bench with just over two
minutes remaining.
Rounding out the scoring for
Grimsley was Amp Long with 7
points, Jimmy White with 5
points. Tommy Arthur with 2 and
Kyle Neve with 1.
Raleigh Enloe was paced by
Danny Young with 17 points and
William Wilson with 13.
Surprisingly, Raleigh made 33
baskets and Grimsley only made
32. But the foul line made the
difference as Grimsley hit 29 of 38
free throw attempts, and Enloe
hit only 6 out of 8.
Rebounding was also a big
factor. The Whirlies out-reboun
ded the Eagles 44-25. Bug Ander
son led the Whirlies in rebound
ing with 15.
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Girls End With
Satisfying Season
Pat Addison sits back in her
chair, surveys her small office,
and sighs. A bonquet of daisies
takes center place on her desk.
Her eyes mist over as she recalls
the stunning upset of her girls’
basketball team by the West
Forsyth team in the first round of
the Division 7 Conference Tour
nament.
The shots “just wouldn’t fall,”
she says. “We only made 11 of 43
for 26% (field goal shooting
percentage),” she goes on, in the
31-30 loss. “We couldn’t buy a
basket! We played real well the
first half, but the second half we
just went cold.”
The daisies sitting on her desk
are from her protegees - the
members of the Grimsley girls’
basketball team, who went 14-4
on the season, ended up as the
number one team in the confe
rence, and achieved a Top 20 prep
ranking in the state. The flowers
are only a small token of apprecia
tion to a woman who was named
Division 7 Coach of the Year.
Coach Addison is quick to
praise the girls. “We had a good
team when we started. We had
six players back from the previous
season. We started out with a
good nucleus,” she stated.
The four new girls on the squad
blended quickly with the six
veterans to form a powerhouse
squad. Their biggest strength
came from their playing as a unit
rather than playing each woman
for herself.
By running the wheel offense
with Rita Barrett and Player of
the Year Teri Wallace as the post
players, the twelve-year coach
hoped to gain more balanced
scoring and give the girls confi
dence to shoot.
And, although that style of
fense proved successful in most
cases, the team ended up with a
35V2% field goal accuracy.
But Coach Addison is not really
in the mood to discuss the
technical points of the season
The close hard fought wins and
the losses are memories now. She
sighs once again and concludes,
“When you end up in the first
place, you can only say you’ve
had a good season.”
And although it was not the
best season it could have been,
the 1977-1978 basketball season
was a season the coach and girls
■vill long remember.
Satire:
Anthony Beard
It’s pennant chasing time again
and Grimsley looks this year to be
in the running. So bring out your
balls and gloves, bring your
bench pillows and caps and
prepare for another year of Amer
ica’s favorite past time, baseball.
As coach Johnson and troop
prepare for their first game,
March 7 at Williams, let’s review
our knowledge of the game. Now,
the lead-off batter is known as the
leading lady is the first batter in
the lineup or in any inning. He
receives the ball firom a member
of the opposing team called a
pitcher. Now there are other
names for pitcher, such as hurler,
twirler, flinger, slinger, flipper,
chucker, tosser, and moundsmen
to name a few. Now what he does
is throw the ball to the batter.
There are numerous names for
batters - usually for the style of
effect they have on the job they
do.
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For instance, weak hitters are
called, banjos, flackey, goats, and
mop-up men.' Power hitters are
called blue darters, peppers, and
sluggers. They hit singles, dou
bles, triples, grandslams, home
runs, Texas Leaguers, Baltimore
Choppers, Big Bills, bleeders,
blue darters can of corns, and
Chinese Homers. It’s a dangerous
job being a batter, they get
collared, beaned, handcuffed,
they go through the cycle, and are
very often used as Deeks, or
decoys.
There are nine defensive posi
tions. They are played by the
pitchers, catchers, first, second
and third basemen, short stops,
right, left and center fielders. 'The
third base area is also known as
the hot corner.
Baseball has become known for
its famous nicknames. Such
names as Red, Whitey, Lefty,
Dizzy, Bugs, Sad Sam, Slim
Sallee, Fats, Stubby, King Kong,
Moose, Ducky, Hawk, and there
are a million others. Grimsley has
“Smilin’ ” Willie Baynes, Dandy
Don Dempsey, Maury “The Fol
ly” Jolly, “Silly” Billy Living
stone, “Rhymin’ ” Raymond
Johnson, “Bashley” Ashley Ap
ple, “Mod” Rod Elkins, and
Andre “Bunt” Blount.
The baseball fans are more
intense, more exciting than any
other sports fan. Buying hot dogs,
pizzas, sodas, beer, peanuts, pop
corn is normal in every sports
arena, but is sold more in
baseball than in any other sport.
Baseball equipment includes
bats, balls, gloves, stocklings,
basses, caps, jerseys, belts, rou-
sin bags, tar, and knickers. All thi
this makes baseball, America’s
favorite past time.
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