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CAROLINA JOURNAL Mar. 15, 1937 Page 5 Hustling Fuzzballers Practice Doubles Play BY DONNA HUGHES The name of the game is tennis. It is an exciting game played with rackets and a ball on 3 large court by players who swat the ball over a net. Representing the Forty - Niners in the game this season are Art Meyer, Ron Satterfield, Barry Webb, George Lloyd, fencer Edwards DATE Tennis Schedi OPPONENT March 24 St. Andrews March 27 College of Charleston April 7 Pembroke April 8 Belmon-t Abbey April 13 N.C, Methodist Apri 1 14, 15 N.C. Wesleyan April 18 St. Andrews April 21 College of Charleston April 22 Belmont Abbey April 25 Methodist April 28 Lynchburg May 2 Pembroke Golf Schedule DATE OPPONENT March 14 Wolford, Belmont Abbey, Erskine March 24 St. Andrews March 27 College of Charleston March 31 St. Andrews Api'D 7 North Carolina Weslyan, Charleston, North Carolina Methodist April 24 Methodist April 28 Lynchburg IVIs^y 2 Wolford, Belmont Abbey May 4,5 DIAC Tournament Denny Harold, and Suzannah Smith. According to Professor William Walker, who is coaching the team this season, most of the matches will be on the road because ‘dt Is hard to find good courts in Char lotte.” The home matches will be held at Freedom Park, where the team is presently holding practice every afternoon. LOCATION Laurinburg Charleston Pembroke Belmont Fayetteville Rocky Mount Charlotte Charlotte Belmont Charlotte Lynchburg Pembroke LOCATION Spartanburg Laurinburg Charleston Charlotte Pinehurst Charlotte Lynchburg Charlotte Charlotte ‘‘We’ve made quite a bit of pro gress despite the weather and bad courts,” Coach Walker said. ‘‘This is mainly because everyone is working real hard and trying to improve. ‘‘I’m really not in a position to say how th^ players line up right now, but they’re all doing well,” he explained. Presently Coach is emphasizing doubles because it is not as impor tant to have outstanding individuals, he says. “We might be hurting a little in the singles, but I hope to recover in the doubles,” he said. “In prac tice I’m working mainly on strategy and on changing strokes.” Art Meyer, the only returning letterman, has high expectations for the team this season. “Everyone has a lot of hustle, and we really hope to have a winning season,” he said. Suzannah Smith, the only girl on the team, “is going to be used to distract the opposition” according to Walker. “Actually, it’s not a new feeling to be the only girl,” said Suzannah, “because there aren’t many girls in Charlotte who play tennis.” “Everybody’s enthusiastic and I believe we will represent the school well,” the new coach said. “We have a young team and with work it could develop into a very good one by the end of the season.” The team’s first match will be held on March 24 at St. Andrews College in Laurinburg. Art Meyer is the only returning letterman for the tennis team. Charlotte Places Fourth In JCSI BY JOHN LAFFERTY The track team participated in the second annual Johnson C. Smith Invitational track meet Saturday afternoon, March 11. Also running were South Carolina State College, Allen University, Benedict College, and Smith. The meet was run for experience and practice and to give the team an idea of how it stood. The Forty- Niners learned they had a long way to go. The Forty - Niners scored four points in the meet in which Smith’s Bulls were victorious. Two of the points came on a third place fin ish in the 440 yard relay, run by Mike Ridge, Maurice McClettie, Ben Chavis, and Ron Bassinger. One point came on a fourth place finish in the 880 yard event run by Larry McAfee. Another came in the fourth place finish captured in the 880 yard relay, run by Chavis, McClettie, McAfee, and Lafferty. The next meet is scheduled for March 22, also at J. C. Smith. Track Records Will Be Posted BY JOHN LAFFERTY BGcausG this is the first track season here, new school records will be posted nearly every week. These will be given weekly in the Journal, and compared with the best times of that week and the conference re cord times. Therefore, Mike Ridge, Larry McAfee, and John Lafferty race toward Journal photographer Fred Jordan’s camera. All three men placed well in the Smith meet, -inthe background, CoachBrenton Steele shows amaze ment as he checks their times. this policy will be followed. EVENT SCHOOL BY BEST BY RECORD WEEK 100 yd. dash 11.8 Chavis TIME 220 yd. dash 29.1 Parker 440 yd. dash 880 yd. dash 2:10.4 McAfee 55.6 McAfee One mile run Two mile run 440 relay 5:05.5 11:58 50.8 Lafferty Ridge Ridge 5:05.5 11:06.5 50.8 Lafferty Ridge Ridge Lynchburg Loses To Appalachian -3 Lynchburg College, the represen tative of the Dixie Conference in the NAIA basketball playoffs, lost to Appalachian in its bid for the district 26 championship last week. The Hornets from Virginia trailed the Mountaineers, who tied for second place in the regular season Carolinas Conference race, by just three points at the half, 51- 48. With four minutes to go in the high scoring tilt, Lynchburg still lagged by six points. At that time Coach Aubrey Moon decided to press in an attempt to reduce the deficit. The strategy failed, however. The Mountaineers padded their lead at the foul line and Lynchburg got only one field goal. Lynchburg’s Wayne Proffitt, who terrorized the Forty - Niners and all the other teams in the DIAC as well, struck fear in the hearts of the Carolinas Conference dandies, also. He led the losers with a game high 36 points. Pugh added 19 for Lynchburg. Prolific Proffitt, who won a berth on the third team small college all- America, began his career with Appalachian in 1961 before going to Lynchburg, Appalachian’s Allan Price led the winners with 25 points while foil ing the shorter Hornet defense. The Mountaineers hit 54 per cent from the field to 45 per cent for the Hornets, Okay, so now Ron Bassinger is hurdling. Look For Golf Coverage Plus Other Sports The golfers participated in their first match yesterday against Wof ford, Belmont Abbey, and BJ'skine in Spartanburg. Watch the Journal sport page next week for story and pictures on that match. It’ll just be a part of the Journal’s expand ed sports coverage. The tennis team will be swing ing into action soon, too, and we’ll be having stories and pictures on them shortly. And of course, the track edition of the Forty - Niners will get plenty of coverage. What a difference four extra pages make!
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