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PAGE 7 THE CAROLINA JOURNAL .Hay 3, 1967 Forty-Niners Humble Davidson’s Wiidkittens ,BY JOHN LAFFERTY The track team warmed up for ,|he Dixie conference meet by de- jteating the Davidson Frosh 73 to |67, last Thursday afternoon on the |Davidson track. This, the team’s first win fea- |tured a well balanced attack, and jremarkable depth for a 14 man Isquad. i The Forty - Niners took seven first places in the meet, including forfit by the Wiidkittens in the ;|330 intermediate hurdles. The fmargin of victory came from a jjaood of second and thirds. ' Ben Basinger and Steve Bolt Skeld down the field events, with i|iome able assistance coming from wlaurice McClettie and Charlie ’Parker. Bassinger broke his own ... |record in the high jump,,clearning !,)’ 8” for a second. In the triple • Ijump, he also broke his own re- ! cord, with a first place leap of Iij8’ 9 1/2”. Charlie Parker took BULLETIN LYNCHBURG, Va. - UNC-C finished third in the DIAC confe rence meet, Monday, May 1st, here. The teams entered in the meet, and their final scores were: Lynchburg College, with 8 7 points, St. -Andrews with 37, UNC- C with 36, and College of Char leston with 25. Larry McAfee set a new DIAC record with his 2:01.4 in the 880. ;.a third in the event. I: Bolt and Basinger placed first hand second in the Javelin, respec- ijUvely. Bolt placed second in the ;|shot, tossing it 36’11”, bettering !l|iis old record. Basinger was third ;!in the discuss, and second in the ijbroad jump, an event won by Mc- liclettie. ;| Charlotte lost both relays, but Lcame on strong in the other run- !|ning events. Larry McAfee placed ■Ifirst, and Woody Frick third in l^lhe 880 yd. run, Mike Ridge fin- I|ished first and Frank Sausser L; tliird in the two mile run, Harold ..jlcohen and McClettie were first jand second in the 120 high hur dles, and the Forty-Niners took all three positions in the 330 hurdles by forfit. The other four events were taken by Davidson, with Charlotte plac ing second and third. “We were very happy with the win. I believe it wiU give us a little I more incentive on Monday, when we close the season.” These were ^comments of a team spokesman. ' Because this is the end of the season, and becau^ this is the last issue of the paper, a brief siun- mery of the season would be in order. Practice began on January 24th, with six boys. The team picked up a few boys each week, and lost a few. Mr. Steele, Coach of the first team, set a goal a team of 12 men who would work hard, but have a good time. By the middle of March, the team had swelled to a record 17 men, plus several part-time man agers and a student coach. 15 men will go to the conference meet on Monday, with a good chance to do well. The team ran ten meets this season. They won a duel meet against Davidson, and placed sec ond in a tri-way meet with Cat- waba and Elon. The record is not impressive, but the team is proud of itself. This is because constant improvement has been shown, and because the boys have built for themselves a tremendous team spirit. As a member of and spokesman for the team, I would like to thank Coach Steele for the time and energy he has put into this team. Without his constant interest the team could never have come this far. In summery, any person who is interested in track or field is urged to contact Mr. Steele, or any per son on this year’s team. Mike Ridge is relieved as he finishes a distance run just ahead of team-mate John Lafferty. Frank Coley Photo. Racketeers End Season, Face Championship BY ELLISON CLARY The fuzzballers met Lynchburg College in the Hornet’s nest last Friday and were stung, 7-2. A major factor in the buzzing the Forty-Niners suffered was Ron Payne’s car. It failed to make the entire trip and Payne was sorely missed by the short - handed netters. 6-1 and 6-2. After the forfeit of Payne’s match, Barry Edwards produced a bright spot for Charlotte by wip ing out Griffin 6-4 and 9-7. How ever, Lynchburg forged back in the last singles match when Her ron vanquished Barry Webb by 6-2, 8-6. terday and are now looking ahead to the Dixie Conference Tourna ment in Charleston this weekend. “We’re planning on pulling some upsets in the tournament,” said Art Meyer. “We’ve done this in the past and we hope to do it again.” “We had to forfeit the number four single and number one doubles because Ron wasn’t there,” said Art Meyer. In singles play, Lynchburg’s Crossweller bested Art Meyer 6-2 and 6-2. Woodland was victorious over Charlotte’s Ronnie Satterfield 6-4 and 6-3. George Lloyd of the Forty-Niners fell to McMilUon In doubles play, Charlotte was led by Satterfield and Lloyd who beat McMilUon and Griffin of the Hornets by 6-1,3-6, 10-8. Lynch burg’s Jetti and Patrick defeated Edwards and Webb in the other doubles match, 6-4 and 6-5. Art says he still remembers how Scott Treadwell and Robert Burns surprised the pride of the conference last year. They upset College of Charleston’s pre-tourn ament favorites, Mickey Beil and Gerald Lominac. The netters have suffered through an 0-8 season. They faced Pembroke at Freedom Park yes- “We’re just hoping tor a good draw when they pair off this year,” says Meyer. Barry Webb smashes a serve while he adds * ' a little mouth English to the ball. Fred Ronnie Payne comes off the ground as he racks opponent. A Fred Jordan Photo. a return to his Jordan took the picture.
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