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Thursday, March 25,1976
Thinclads Open
Season Today
The Gardner-Webb Bulldogs open their track season to
day in Florence, S.C. in a four-team meet that includes
Francis Marion, Presbyterian and Atlantic Christian. Coach
John Taylor is looking forward to a good season, but admits
that the schedule is the toughest the thinclads have faced in
several years.
The ’Dogs should be strong in the short distances but
Taylor expects problem in depth for the longer races and
some inexperience in the field events.
Coach Taylor will be relying on the likes of Obbie Todd, Po
Rogers, John Mallory and Johnny Walker in the 100-yard
dash, while Marion Bruton and Richard Simpson should
be strong in the 440 dash and javelin. Todd Blackwell should
be the maip man in the hurdles and Gary Threatt will be
G-W’s strongest entry in the long-distance events.
In the field events, Mike Baria will be strong in the pole
vault and David Underhill, who set the state record for the
discus in high school, is expected to do well in that event.
The Bulldogs’ key to success will be how well the team
can jell as the season progresses.
Gardner-Webb’s first home meet is Tuesday at 2 p.m.
Catawba will provide the opposition.
Gardner-Webb Track Schedule
March 30 Catawba
Aprils WCU Relays
Catawba
Davidson Relays
G-W Invitational
Presbyterian, L-R
Elon, Francis Marion
April 15 Wofford, Presbyterian
April 20 SAC-8 Meet
April 24 District 26
BOB BOLICK
DAVE BORMANN
ZIM ZIMMERMAN
3 Athletes Honored
April 6
April 10
April 13
Home—2 p.m.
Cullowhee— 1 p.m.
Davie Co.—2 p.m.
Davidson—TB A
Home—2 p.m.
Home—2 p.m.
Carson-Newman— 3 p.m.
TBA-TBA
Three Gardner-Webb ath- as excelling
letes received' Certificates of lar sport.
Merit at the annual Shelby
Chamber of Commerce
Ssports Banquet Monday
night.
Honored for their indivi
dual accomplishments were
Bob Bolick, Dave Bormann
and Zim Zimmerman.
1 their particu- He averaged 23.2 for the sea-
A four-year starter for the
Bulldog football team
A member of the All-Dis-
trict team, Bormann ■
Bolick was named to the ^oted to the all-tournament
NAIA All-American team team at the Elizabethton
= QolorfoH Tip-Off tourney and the
"^?DfsTrict WBTV CaroUna Classic. In
addition, he was named
last fall. He v
the District 5
squad for the second year
and was a member of the “ost valuable player of the
The certificates are
awarded by the Chamber of
Commerce to those athletes
who have brought publicity
and attention to the Shelby
area by being recognized
outside the immediate area
ALL SAC-8 team.
Bolick is expected to be
selected in the National
Asheville Tip-Off and G-W
Holiday tournaments.
Zimmerman was a mem
ber of the All-District and
Pitching And Power Prevail
As 'Dogs Triumph Twice
FootbaU League player draft All-America teams
which has been delayed due ^ sophomore,
to a legal hassle. .... . .
A junior playing in his
first season at G-W, Bor
mann became a crowd favo-
finishing eighth
NAIA national tournament
and five strokes behind the
national champion. He
rite with his deadly shooting played an important role as
touch from the outside. Dur- G-W won the district tour
ing the Bulldogs’ 27-4 bas- ney and placed third in the
ketball campaign, he was national competition.
Gardner-Webb’s baseball ago as he hurled a three-hit
team picked up a pair of vie- shutout against Slippery
tories during the first week Rock. Huff fanned 10 in his
of the season while losing season’s debut and walked
only (
The Bulldogs opened on
the road, winning at Cataw
ba 11-4, they split a double-
header at home against Slip
pery Rock, taking the first
game 1-0 but dropping the
nightcap 6-3.
A pair of strong pitching
performances highlighted
the two victories.
Lefty Larry Irvin turned
in four scoreless innings and
allowed only one hit during a
sparkling relief stint at
Catawba. Irvin came on
after starter Dale Gant had
been touched for five hits
and four runs during the
first five innings.
Catawba broke on top
with a three-run homer in
the first inning and an un
earned run in the third for a
4-0 lead.
The ’Dogs struck for a run
in the top of the fourth when
a sacrifice fly by Bill Salyers
scored Frank Cauthen, then
tied things in the sixth when
Robbie Moore, Salyers and
Brian Florence had run-scor
ing hits.
A three-run homer by
Mark Rivers in the eighth
accounted for the winning
runs. Gardner-Webb put the
game out of reach with a
four-run ninth.
Salyers and Cauthen led
the ’Dogs hitting attack,
each with two hits in three
at bats.
Righthander Tim Huff ap
peared completely recovered
from arm problems of a year
only three.
G-W managed only five
hits in the 1-0 duel, arid
scored the game’s lone run
in the bottom of the fifth
when Moore scored on a
single by Eddie Tyndall.
Cauthen again had two
hits for the Bulldogs.
Solo homers by Cauthen
and Rick Young plus a RBI
single by Moore put the
’Dogs ahead 3-2 in the se
cond game. Slippery Rock
went ahead to stay in the
third inning when a pair of
errors by G-W led to two
runs. The visitors scored
two more in the fourth.
Gant took the loss for G-
W despite striking out seven
and not allowing a walk.
the team’s leading scorer in
20 games, finishing with a
50-point performance
against Guilford in the Dis
trict 26 championship game.
He is captain of this year’s
Bulldog team and was the
low scorer in Gardner-
Webb’s first two dual
matches.
Furman Tourney
Next For Golfers
1976 Baseball Schedule
March 25
GlenvilleState(2)
Home
1:00
March 27
Furman
Home
2:00
March 31
Lenoir Rhyne (2)
Away
1:00
April 1
Catawba
Home
3:00
April 3
Milligan
Home
2:00
April 7
Lenoir Rhyne
Away
3:00
April 10
High Point
Home
3:00
April 13
High Point
Away
3:00
April 23
Allen Univ. (2)
Home
1:00
April 24
Pfeiffer
Away
3:00
April 29
UNC-Wilmington
Away
7:30
April 30
UNC-WOmington
Away
3:00
May 1
Pfeiffer
Home
3:00
May 3
Lenoir Rhyne
Home
3:00
Netters Prepare
For Busy Week
Gardner-Webb’s tennis team, winless after three
matches, has a pair of weekend matches on the road before
facing a heavy schedule at home next week.
The Bulldog netters travel to Lenoir-Rhyne Friday and
Belmont Abbey Saturday.
After a match at Limestone Monday, G-W meets six op
ponents on the home courts over a seven-day period.
Tuesday, March 30, USC-Spartanburg visits the campus,
followed by Lenoir-Rhyne on Wednesday, Limestone Thurs
day, Belmont Abbey Friday, and Guilford Saturday. The
’Dogs play host to Catawba the following Monday. All
matches begin at 3 p.m. except Friday’s 2 p.m. start and
Saturday’s 1 p.m. time.
Gardner-Webb’s golfers,
who finished sixth in the
Try on Invitational tourna
ment last weekend, wiU com
pete in the 33-team Furman
Invitational Tourney this
weekend in Greenville, S.C.
The three-day event be
gins today with all 33 teams
participating today and
tommorrow. Only the top 23
teams will play in Satur
day’s final round.
“I’m hopeful we can make
the cut,” says golf coach Dr.
Garland Allen. “We’U be up
against some good teams.”
Among the entries are all
seven ACC schools, Fur
man, Memphis State, about
six SEC schools. South
Carolina, Virginia Tech, and
several Northern collegiate
teams.
It will . be the second
straight week of stiff tourna
ment competition for the
Bulldogs.
“There’s no better compe
tition than what we faced in
Tryon,” Dr. Allen said.
“And the Red Fox course is
one of the toughest in the
state.”
Gardner-Webb posted a
team total of 1200 after
rounds of 398, 401 and 401.
Clemson won the team title
with 1146. Kentucky fin
ished second, followed by
East Tennessee, Tennessee
and Eastern Kentucky.
Jimmy Franklin had a
three-round total of 229,
best among the Bulldog
golfers and six strokes be
hind medalist Jimmy White
of Clemson. Franklin fash
ioned rounds of 76-80-73,
and placed fourth in the indi
vidual competition.
Zim Zimmerman finished
sixth at 231 with 76-77-78
rounds. Rodney Morrow
finished at 243 and Wayne
Myers at 244.
Trustees Hear
From Students
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mation about the CLEP
tests was expressed. The
lengthening of hours for the
student use of the data
processing area and the lib
rary was stressed explicity
also.
President Trexler re
flected on the meeting: “I
was really proud of all the
students on the committee.
I thought each did a good
job. It was great to be able
to talk with the trustees and
advisors and let them know
that we want to know who
they are and what they
think.