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the LANCE THURSDAY, APRIL 10,1975 PAGE FOUR Knights Whip Pembroke I THE BY KIM PHILLIPS The St. Andrews tra* teaoj is on the go for another strong season, stronger than it has been in several years. Opening against Methodist on March 22, the Kni^ts dealt their opponents a humiliating defeat. The 90% - 26% margin indicates the caliber of talent with whidi St. An drews will contend in this year’s conference. In the rain-shortened Methodist meet, weather hampered both times and distances, but not team strong men Jimmy Thwaite and Hampton Peele. Thwaite threw the javelin 118’5” to capture first place and finish second to Peele’s 98’5” fling in the shot put competition. Peele also edged Rob Holmes in the pole vault, clearing the nine foot mark, and team mate Qiff Summers placed third in the javelin and shot as well. In one of the two events the Kni^ts swept, Mike Jones won the triple jump, covering 31’8”. He also hit 5’10” in the hi^ jump and ran the 440 in 56.9 seconds. Greg McCain pjimp in third in three events, Eric Clark w«i the high iump with a 6’6”, and “Doctor” Cyril Spann edged Methodist’s Smith in the quar ter mile, clocking in at 56.8. Coach Sandy Quillen repwts that the Wheelchair Olympics meet to be held here on April 26, is in need of additional volunteers to serve as fidd of ficials. These officials are needed to supervise the con duct of the various events whidi cranprise the Olympics schedule. Further information can be obtained by calling Mr. Quillen at extensiwi 207. Jacobs ran a 2.32 half mile and Bill Owens beat Shekh Jagne by a tenth of a second in the 100-yard dash. Smitti, Larry Robinson, and John Young scored the majority of Methodist’s poin ts, all of which came before the heavy showers washed out the intermediate hurdles, the 220, the three mile, and the mile relay. The Knights depth paid off handsomely, enabling them to pick up a h(^ of seconds and thirds. Both of the coaches are very pleased with the renewed into-est this year has brought in track. Coach Floyd Black- well, acting as team spokesman, said “We have a great deal of new talent-only two people are back from last year’s squad. If we can keep these new people and build on than we will be in very good shape indeed.” Wild Corner Women’s Tennis Wins, 9-0 The college’s wranen’s ten nis squad began their season^ with a decisive win over Pem broke, 9-0. Coach Jo Ann Wiliams called the home vic tory an excellent performance for the Knights. “It was a good chance for our players, especially our freshmoi, to gain needed experiaice. We were especially pleased with our doubles performance,” she said, noting that an overlong singles matdi made a last minute reshuffling of the doubles players necessary. Top seed for the Knights is freshman Page Linton of Win ter Park, Florida. Five years (Ml the women’s sijcteen and under circuit served her well as she dispatched Pembroke’s Chaus in two sets, 6-0, 6-1. Following Linton in the lineup was JuJu Murphy. Lee Morgan, Cooly Gordon, Eve Phelps and Karen Clarke. Morgan, a junior let- terwinner who played the top slot most of last year, defeated Griggs, 6-0, 6-1, while senior Murphy knocked off Coim, 6-0, 6-2. Colly Gordon, a freshman with three years of high school play under her belt, was pressed into a thiid set but still came out on top over Taylor, 6-1, 6-7, 6-1. Sophomore Phelps also went three to topple Davis, 6-3,4-6, 6-3, and Clarke downed Miler, 6-1, 6-1 to complete the Knights singles sweep. Linton and Murphy teamed up in the doubles competition to swamp Chaus and Griggs, 8-2. Gorgan and Morgan rhymed their way to an 8-0 shutout over Conn and Taylor, as Barbara Whittier and liz Bowlin, who sat out the singles, won over Miller and Davis, &-4. Even in victory Coach Williams remained cautious, noting that tougher days lie ahead as the netters p'epare to meet traditionally tou^ ad versaries at Francis Mariai and Queens in Charlotte. Golf Team Loses The St. Andrews golf team continued its losing ways last week with a pair of painfully decisive defeats. The only real bright spot to emerge from the action was the play of first ranked Dave Cox, who scored rounds of 81 and 85. Panbroke met the Knights at Scotch Meadows last Friday and left with a 34 stroke victory. Trailing Cox on the SA roster were Gardner with an 85, Pelon with a 92, Morton scoring a 96, and Eskridge and Williams bringing up the rear with 99’s. Cox missed a chance for medallist honors by scoring a double bogey oi the final hole for an 81. Taking to the road against Methodist on Maiday last, tiie Knights were defeated by an appalling 62 strokes, 456-394, Backing i^) Cox’s 85 were Mor ton’s 88, Pelon’s 91, Gardner’s 95, Williams’ 97 and Eskridge’s 99. Tomorrow finds the linksters at home against UNC-Wilmington and still seeking that dusive first vic- toy. Wheelies Drop Last Last Match St. Andrews’ wheelchair basketball team lost the last matdi of its first season last week to the Palmetto Spinners of Greenville South Carolina 37-14. In the early minutes of the game the Kni^ts took a 6-5 lead and appeared headed for a strong performance, but the Spinners cranked up a devastating full court press that proved fatal to the Kni^ts’ hopes. By halftime they were down 20-6, the vic tim of a 15 point shooting spree. While the St. Andrews squad COLLEGE GULF Across From South Entrance to Campus Free Car Wash With Fill'up. Mechanic on Duty Drive Safely! It would be wdl for all of those who belittle the coaching staff at St. Andrews to consider what Coach Julian Smith has been through as his baseball team dissolved before his very eyra two weeks ago. To his credit, Smith did the best he could to make his team a respectable ball club. Working under considerable duress, he firmly stood his ground during the first ei^t games of the season. Could many others-the St. Andrews student body induded-have stood up to the situatiffli Smith faced? When three of the team’s players decided to give i^) the ghost. Smith and his team reveiwed their optiwis and came to the only decision ■available to them^ang up the gloves for this season. Even though enough players remained to constitute a team, the Kni^ts would have had no depth whatsoever, and the remaining schedule was cancdled. Competiveness cannot be substituted for talent. There was just no reascm for the team to remain on a dead horse. In answering my earlier comments, try to picture yoursdf as the coach of a con sistently bad team. Coach Smith probably aged con siderably in the first d^t games this season. All you armchair coaches out there who think coadiing is easy mi^t wdl think again. A note of waming-be prepared for anything. Your audience will expect you to have a plan for every eventually. True men and true coaches survive; Coach Smith has.Could you make it without a severe breakdown? The average per son gets a bettCT break than most coaches. He stays at his job longer and works harder for less than just a bout anyone. Think these things over before you decide you could to better in the same circumstances than the people who have now. You probably couldn’t. Soccer Team On Comeback Trail A strong second half rallyi earned the winter soccer team a hard earned victory over Pembroke last Sunday. Pembroke’s team scor^ a goal in the first fifteen minutes in play, rattling the Laurinburgers into a more combative approach to the game. Shekh Jagne sent in his own rebound for the Knight’s first point of the match. With about fifteen minutes to go in the first half. The Laurinburgers roared onto the field in the second half to break the scoring im passe under the expertise of Mike Dunn, who culminated a brilliant effort with a dazzling left-footed shot. Flip Rodgers gave the winners some in surance by scoring the game’s final goal off a comer kick, playing with the wind at it’s back, the Laumburg team dominated play for the rest of the game. Victories over Fayetteville next week and Campbell in the final home Coach contest April 20th would put St. An drews in the state play-offs. Fayetteville goes into next week matdi with a 2-1 victory over St. Andrews in an earlier contest, but Sandy Quillen is confident that,the team can meet the test. we’re your Lunch Bucket reassessed its game plan during halftime the Spinners put on an impressive display of “wheelchair wrestling,” football, and curb-hopping. Returning to the courts unaf- feded by the workout, the Spinners revved up the press again and handcuffed the Knights’ scoring game for the rest of the evening. The Knights managed to pick up eight points in the second half, but counld not offset the seventeen point barrage mounted by the visiotrs. Although ttie Knights have suffered two lopsided losses this seas(xi to Carolinas Con ference teams, they have crane out of the with the experience they needed to get Oie hang of the new sport and expect to be able to mount a m«e serious challenge to the other teams in the confo'ence next year. good frifo For Lunch You know how delicious tlie Colonel’s “finger lickin’ good” Kentucky Fried Chicken is for dinner. Well, it’s just as good for lunch because it’s hot, light, thrifty and fun. Stop by tomorrow and let us be your lunch bucket. Haveabanelof fun K^Hdki) fHed
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