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m i — da. ses and ling the re. re. led lent ed- Ws,: on,’ eir; not; SS, I si- :all his he ! Notes From The Sidelines By John Lafferty Musty Old Tradition And All That Trash There has been bom, in our midst, a tradition at UNC-C. The last lecture. Much like ringing the bell to celebrate coming achievement such as University Status, Accre ditation and when athletic events occur on campus, victories, the last lecture marks an occasion which otherwise might go un noticed. Thus, my last lecture will add itself to a collection which is not gathering dust and moss, the very stuff of which traditions are made. This Was The Year That intramurals took a promi nent position in the lives of Char lotte students. That the Cross Country team brought athletics onto the campus, and finished 2nd in the DIAC. That the Basketball team suf fered through misfortune for half of a season, finally jelled and in the immortal words of Pete Donahue, “became hell”. Thatthe wrestling team never got its mat, and was finally axed by Mid-semesters. That the bowlers led the Con ference for a brief spell, and still has a good chance in the tourna ment. That the gold and tennis team hope to rebound from last sea sons “unblemished” record. That the bearded wonder of the cinders hoped to guide his fleet- footed squad to its first title. That everyone waited tor word on the gym. . . And that showed promise of things to come. The Foggy Past It is fortunate that the 49ers do not have a tradition to over come. For example, a school such as Alabama is looked at with mixed awe and wonder by oppo nents. If they have an oft sea son, their defeat is magnified. And Davidson is built upon the notion of gentlemen. Of course gentlemen never win. Magically, Lefty Disell has overcome most of this as the wildcats made an unprecedented ride to national pro minence. “ What’s Davidson?” is no longer a byword for the uninitiated. And someday, “What’s Charlotte?” will not be, for we have no set standard of performance. Moral Victories Moral Victories are much like kissing one’s own sister. But every university mustgothroughaperiod of these before gaining anything better. Thus the teams here will stumble, haltingly for a while. But finally UNC-t will abandon the non-scholarship conference af filiations. And athletic facilities will grow. Even these have had important results, for by remaining in a non-scholarship conference, the school has been able to gain an academic reputation. And lack of facilities make each victory, and each gain that much better, because it hasn’t come easy. It may seem a little slow at times, and very frustrating. But the 49ers are building. And its been great watching, and hopefully helping. . . LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS ''Look- stupip when t saip we'p poa painting IN TH€ NUC^ — . " The Carolina Journal Wednesday, Febnuiry 21, 1968 Page 5 49’ers Fall In First Round Of Tourney By ROD SMITH A buzzer. A shout of triumph. A crowd of fans on the court. The lost reminders of a bid for the D.I.A.C. Tournament crown that fell just two points and thir teen seconds short. The UNO— Charlotte 49ers, coming off a hot streak of six well-played games had just been beaten in the first round of the Dixie Conference Tournament by the North Caro lina Methodist Monarchs. The 76-71 score in the lights failed to reveal the story behind the heartbreaking defeat suffered by Coach Murphy’s squad. The 49ers jumped out to an early lead in the first half, but, Methodist slowly caught up as Anthony picked up three quick fouls. The Monarchs pulled ahead to stay, 33-32, on a field goal by Efeve Bowman with four minutes remaining in the first half. Methodist lead 40-34 at the half as Bowman hit eleven, How ard Hudson fired in nine points, and John Murray creased the nets for thirteen points. Ben Basinger (9 notes) Bob Lemmond (8 points) and Robbie Snipes (8 points) lead the 49ers in the first half. The difference in the first half was Methodist 10-12 from the charity stripe. The 49ers came out hustling in the second half and cut the Metho dist margin to a slim 48-46 on six points by All-D.I.A.C. Jerry Anthwiy and two crucial streaks by Basinger. Basinger, having his hottest night of the season, locked up the score at 52 all with eleven minutes remaining. Robbie Snipes, playing his last game in veridian and white threads, dropped in a 20-footer with seven minutes showing to put the 49ers ahead 62-61. The score was knotted twice before Methodist took a 69-67 lead on Bowman’s layup. The Monarchs were ahead to stay. Basinger hit a free throw and a field goal to pull Charlotte within one with 00:13 showing on the clock. Anthony then fouled Hudson but Hudson dropped in the free throws, sealing the fate of the 49ers. Charlotte committeed an other intentional foul in a last ditch effort to get back in the game but it was all over but the shouting. The 49ers manager only There Was Bright Spot In Tragedy BY ROD SMITH For the UNC-Charlotte 49ers, the D.I.A.C. Tournament in Laurinburg Was a tragedy - at least. The team was primed and fired up, but the Methodist Monarchs succeeded in extinguish ing the spark. There are several comments that can follow such a tournament. The officiating could easily be im proved upon. The disconcernofthe Charlotte student body was in evi dence as the 49er crowd was among the smallest present. Ben Basinger had a great night. All but Snipes will return next year. UNC-Charlotte could use a pep band, even a couple of drummers and a bugle would be helpful. Jerry Anthony is going to be a hard man to stop next year. With the right breaks, we could have won that game, and the tourna ment. Next year . . . Meanwhile, Craig Hannas was leading Saint Andrews to the tour nament championship with such performances as a 31-point night against Weslyan. The tournament scores were as follows: First Round Lynchburg 77 - College of Char leston 55 Saint Andrews 81 N.C. Weslyan 76 N. C. Methodist 76 - UNC-Char- lotte 71 Greensboro College bye Second Round Lynchburg 88 - N.C. Methodist 60 St. Andrews 96-Greensboro Col lege 88 Championship Saint Andrews 77; Lynchburg 75 Consolation Greensboro College 100; N. C. Methodist 87 Despite the 49ers loss Thursday night there were a few bright spots later on in the evening. 37% from the floor in that fatal second half, as the Monarchs hit 46%. Basinger led the 49ers with 24 points and Snipes, the only gradu ating member of the squad, came oft the bench to hit eight field goals for sixteen points. Basinger also grabbed sixteen rebounds, followed by Lemmond with ten. Charlotte held all-DIAC Jim Dar- dent to 7 points, but Bowman and Murray each hit 22 for Metho dist as Darden swept the boards for twelve rebounds. Charlotte won the battle of the boards 47-31, but to no avail. Murray, who has averaged 19 points per game against Charlotte, killed the 49ers chances with his shooting from the floor in the first half and his 5-6 from the line in the second. UNC-C FG FT P Reb. TP Anthony 4 5 5 11 Cress 0 3-4 2 5 2 Donahue 2 2-2 2 6 4 Lemmond 6 2-4 4 10 14 Snipes 8 0-0 3 4 16 Basinger 9 6-8 4 16 24 24 13-18 20 47 71 UNC-C 34 37 71 Methodist 40 36 76 not the least of which was the performance of St. Andrews’ Phil Blundell - number 44 on your program but number one in your hearts! Blundell started the St. Andrews-Weslyan game with a few startling plays and immediately captured the hearts of the Char lotte fans. Blundell picked up three fouls in the first six min utes of the game. But the St. Andrews coach didn’t letthis ham per Blundell’s playing. He didn’t let Blimdell play for a long time. Late in the second half Blundell came off the bench and kept the crowd on its feet for the five minutes it took him to foul out. With a Stirling 4 point perfor mance under his belt and wide smile on his broad face, the radiant redhead of St. Andrews left the floor to a standing ova tion with three minutes remain ing. Mighty Blundell had fouled out. To the astonishment of his de voted fans, the fair-haired Mary lander did not make the all-tourna ment team. Another pastime of basketball fans, whose team has already been eliminated, is to observe and com pare the cheerleading squads of each school, few of which com pare favorably with Charlotte’s. Under the direction of Carolyn Campbell, Charlotte’s cheer leaders have provided support and inspiration for the players this year. The other cheerleaders are Gerry Westburg, Joy McKinney, Louise Napolltano, Terry Wester- field, Julia Lonon, and Vickie Cald well. Bill Billups, team statisti cian; Mark Conrath, team manager; and Lane Hurley, assis tant coach seldom receive the credit due to them for the mar velous job they’ve done this year. To the cheerleaders, Mark, Bill, and Lane - THANKS!! Anthony Makes All Conference Five Dixie Conference colleges contributed players to the all conference squad announced today. Methodist, Greensboro, Lynch burg, St. Andrews and UNC-Char lotte were represented by one player each on the dream squad selected by Dixie coaches. Big Jim Darden, the mainstay of the Methodist attack all season, was the leading vote getter, and thus became the all-conference team captain. Darden polled 57 out of a possible 60 points in the voting. The Methodist star has led the Dixie Conference in scoring all season, finishing the year with an 18.3 average. He was named to the All-Dixie team in 1966 and 1967. The only other repeater on the first team is Greensboro’s Dean Oldham. He helped guide his team to the league championship with an 11-1 record in the school’s second year in the amateur conference, first squad include Ernie Guill of Lynchburg, Craig Hannas of St. Andrews, and Jerry Anthony of U.N.C.-Charlotte. Guill missed his team’s last three regular-season games with an ankle injury. Hannas, a 6-3 forward from Crenbury, N. J., is the only fresh man to be named to the starting unit of the all-star squad. Randy Hunter and Stan Morgan of Greensboro, Harry Coffee of Lynchburg, and Chris Felts of N.C. Wesleyan grabbed berths on the second squad of the all-conference outfit. Three players tied for the fifth spot on that squad — Bill Cook and Gerald Lominac of the College of Charleston and Ronnie Mason of Lynchburg. New Books -Out Of Print Search Service- THE CHAILOTTE lOOXSHOP Phone 332-4696 Ch*rlolt«town M*ll CWW>N«, N. C. OUR FINE FOOD - FINDS FRIENDS “ Tkr w«rM*» peraa p**" Jiiiif Aw4rr»aa 1417
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