Baseballers try for summer encore
by R.L. Bynum
Sports Editor
After placing third in the College World
Series, you wonder what Carolina can
possibly do for an encore. After taking a
week off, the Heels tried to take on the
challenge of the North Carolina
Collegiate Summer League, with what
they had left.
In addition to loosing the coaching
services of aggressive young skipper Mike
Roberts, five players, including an Ail
American pitcher departed for the
summer.
Roberts has been recruiting, and
counseling at two FCA camps, while his
assistants Randy Warrick and Bobby
Guthrie have been coaching the squad.
"Bobby and I enjoy coaching," says
Warrick, "and we are glad we had this
opportunity."
Warrick and Guthrie are both former
All-ACC performers for Carolina.
Guthrie wa9 an all-conference pick at
second-base in 1974, while Warrick was
chosen at third-base in 1977.
A pair of main cogs in the Tar Heel
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North Carolina's baseball team will play
six games in Honolulu, Hawaii next
spring as a part of a 55 game schedule. All
of the games will be against the
University of Hawaii. The team will stay
there March 6-13.
"We're looking forward to a great trip
and a tough series with Hawaii," said
Roberts. "We are hoping this trip will be
the first of several for us to Honolulu."
Hawaii led the nation in team earned
run average this spring, while posting a
38-14 record. Leading the Rainbows is the
Ail-American pitcher Derek Tatsuno,
who led the nation in strikeouts.
Roberts is also trying to schedule an
exibition trip next summer to play in a
semi-pro summer league in Alaska.
However, that is still in the planning
stage.
The remainder of next spring's
schedule will be announced at a later date.
Karen Croake of Lafayette, Indiana has
been named assistant sports information
director at Carolina. The appointment
was announced last week by director Rick
Brewer.
For the last three years, she has worked
in the SID office at Purdue University,
where she received a masters degree in
Mass Communication. There, Miss
Croake was completely responsible for
publicizing Purdue's non-revenue sports.
Tommy Dixon has been named
assistant tennis coach at Carolina. The
announcement was made last week by
tennis Coach Don Skakle.
Dixon won six flight championships in
his playing days at Carolina. He compiled
an overall record of 72-16 in singles and
81-13 in doubles play in his career.
Since graduation, Dixon has served as
professional at the Hollow Rock Racquet
Club in Durham. He will still retain this
job while coaching the Tar Heels.
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machine this spring are playing in the
Valley League in Virginia. Second
basemen Roy Clark is leading the league
with a blistering .551 average and has
swatted 3 grand slam home runs for the
Madison team. Hard hitting rightfielder
Greg Robinson is playing with the
Waynesboro squad.
Third-basement Jim Atkinson, pitcher
Blaine Smith and catcher Dwight Lowry
are competing in a semi-pro league in
Colorado. Lowry, a great defensive
catcher, sat out the spring season.
But perhaps the most interesting
excursion was made by ace hurler Greg
Norris, who played for the US All-star
team in Japan. Southern California's
coach had seen him pitch in the College
World Series, and invited him to play.
With all of those players gone
elsewhere, Carolina has had to rely on
some players that have little varsity
experience. A few players on the squad
didn't even play in the spring.
Most notable of the newcomers is
basketball center Rich Yonakor, who
pitches and plays first base. However a
hurt back has limited his pitching duties.
Most of the others are players who
were on the JV team this spring. Among
them are Vernon Cheek, Craig Piland,
Larry Gates, Roger Griffith, and Ricky
Spoon.
One of the regulars who decided to play
here during the summer met with some
misfortune. At the Tarboro field, they
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centerfield. On June 19 Brad Lloyd was
running after a fly ball against Atlantic
Christian when he ran into the pole and
broke his arm. That ended his season.
That left four regulars from the spring
to lead the team. One of those who has
taken charge in the hitting department,
Senior Kevin Caddell is hitting over .400,
second in the league. Others returning
from the spring are Phil Griffith, a
vacuum cleaner at shortstop, durable
catcher Lloyd Brewer, and JD Henderson.
Warrick says that pitching has been a
problem, "We thought at the beginning,
that pitching would be our strong point,
it's still strong for us, but we've been
having a lot of untimely injuries with our
pitchers. Mike Brewer is hurt with a
strained back, and Charlie Beverly is
leaving for home." Beverly says that he
will probably transfer to Louisburg next
year.
The Tar Heel pitching staff will get
some good help tomorrow, when Greg
Norris returns from Japan, "He should
really bolster our pitching," says Warrick,
"we are really looking forward to that
(him coming back)."
"We feel like we should be the first place
team, but it's our own fault that we're
not," said Warrick. "We've had a lot of
mistakes that have cost us. In fact in the
last 2 or 3 ball games, we would be ahead
and then we would kind of have a lapse,
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and the defense plays poorly, and it cost
us.
"Last Friday against Louisburg, we had
a 6-3 lead with two out in the ninth
inning, and our defense just collapsed. We
ended up gettin' beat 7-6 in the tenth.
"Our boys know that it's (the second
half of the season) like a new season to
them," says Warrick. "Plus all this time all
the JV guys are getting a whole lot more
experience."
Almost everyone believes that the
summer league is more relaxed than the
spring, "It's a lot nicer," says Kevin
Caddell, "a whole lot more casual. We play
to win, but it's a lot easier than worrying
about exams and everything, and trying
to play too."
"It's definitely looser," agrees Warrick,
"during the spring you've got a
conference your trying to win, and trying
to get into post-season play. During the
summer the atmosphere is more relaxed,
people are in summer school or working,
or doing nothing.
"It's just a more relaxed atmosphere,
and you just come out and have fun, and
you can work on things that will make you
better for the following spring. Last year
our summer league team went 29-3 and
we had everybody coming back into the
spring, and it just carried over real well,
and I think that's a major reason why we
did so well in the spring."
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