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THE LANCE THE BY KIM PHILLIPS Wild Corner PAGE FOUR TENNIS In an effort to stimulate more interest among fans during playoff time, new systems to find more con tenders got a look and see this season in both the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League. The NBA decided to place a wild-card r team from each conference in the playoffs in addition to the top two finishers. The NHL split into four divisions with the first three teams in each qualifying for the playoff berths. In both leagues the firstround con tests were to be bet twv out of three matdi'es, and in ooth leagues’ play ftere turned up a few surprises. The New York Knicks, decimated by the retirement of both Dave DeBusschere and star center Willis Reed, had to rely heavily on the talent and experience of back court men Frazier and Monroe and a lot of pride too in order to squeeze into a wild card spot against Houston. The Texas squad, the league’s best offensive team but one just learning to play defense, was sparked by for ward Rudy Tomranovich and 5’9” Calvin Murphy to make their home court advantage stand the test as they routed the Knicks by 32 points in the deciding game. In the Western Conference the home court advantage again held up as the Seattle Supersonics rode the brilliant performances of All- American Spencer Haywood, guard Freddie Braun and for mer NC state star Tommy Burleson to 13 and 7 point wins over the Drtroit Pistwis. The Pistons, who had been ex pected to finish hi^er than Bill Wilmot was St. An drews’ representative at the sixth annual National Student Symposium on the Presidency April 11-13 in Reston, Va. The symposium was sponsored by the Center for the Study of the Presidency, a non^rtisan, non-profit research and study organizatiMi founded during the Eisenhower Ad ministration. The symposium, in accordance with the primary objective of the Cen ter, attempted to examine the trends and the specifics of the changing American govern mental structure. Wilmot explained that the purpose of the symposium, as articulated by its director. Dr. R. Gordon Hoxie, was to “build better bridges between the campuses and the govern ment.” To this end, students representing over 250 in- stitutiMis heard almost 40 speakers and participated in extended question-and-answer sessions. The theme of the conference was ‘ ‘Leadership and National Priorities.” Senator Barry Goldwater , R-Ariz., '^elivered the keynote address in tiie Senate Caucus Room in Washington. “His thesis was that our fiirst national priMity they did this year, managed to grab the wild card berth three games behind Seattle’s 43-39 record. Detroit just didn’t get their offense roUing outside of Bob Lanier’s in games one and three an as Ray Scott’s charges aided a latterly disappointing season marred by injuries and dissensim. In NHL {day, the Toronto Maple Leafs were the major surprise of the Stanley Cup’s first round of competition, dumping the Los Angeles Kings two games to «ie. Toronto only made it to the Stanleys because they were in a divisiai which included the weak California teams, but made the most of it. Another surprise occurred at the Chicago Black Hawks dispatched the BostMi Bruins in three games. The New York Islanders climaxed the iqjset ridden first rounds by napping Denver. How will the 2 of 3 winners fare in the final competition? In the NBA East, Houston sliowed fair to the incumbent champs, the Boston Celtics. In the West, if superstars Haywood and Barry neutralize each other. Seattle stands a good chance of beating th Golden State Warriors. In hockey, the Maple Leafs will have to redouble their performance if they are to take the Stanly Cup, and in both sports the key element seems to be youth beating the establishment. While in the long haul the underdogs will probably lose out, it is nice to see the new teams prospering. is freedom,” Wilmot recalled. “He said, ‘Unless we are free people, it doesn’t matter what problems we solve.’ Gold water also said that he sees the trend toward government intervention into the privacy of the citizens as a danger greater than communism or Fascism. He state specifically, ‘Unless we stop this trend toward centralized government, our days as a free nation could well be num bered.’” After the excursion to Washington for Goldwato^’s address, the delegates retur ned to the Sheraton Inn in nearby Reston for the remain der of the symposium. This consisted primarily of five “Round Tables” which, ex plained Wilmot, “were speeches by ei^t panelists, atfter whidi the floor was opened for questions.” The topics of the Round Tables were as follows; 1. The Presidency and the Congress 2. National Security Policy 3. Economic Policy at Home and Abroad 4. Women in American Political Leadership 5. The Government and the Media. Thursday, April 17 Lance Sportswriter Richard Hudson dazzled the judges last weekend as he easily capture the Annual Philadelphia Weightlifting Meet’s light heavywei^t diampiwiship. One of the six competition classes, the light heavyweight division included contestants weiring 165 1/4 to 187 1/2 pounds. Hudson, who weighed in at 167, lifted 300 pounds to defeat his nearest rival by a 110 pound margin. Knights Knick Nets 3-1 Bob Latshaw psyched i^) at the right time registered a hat trick carrying the Winter Soc cer team to a very important 3-1 road victory over the powerful Fayetteville Nets mi April 13. The leading scorer from the 1974 Varsity team pushed the Laurinburgers into a first half deadlock at 1-1. Fayetteville had broken into the lead early in the game on their first shot of the day. Latshaw iced the game with two second half scores which took all the stardi out of the Fayetteville Club. Fine defen sive play on the part of the Laurinburg Qub aloig with a well patterned and hard hitting offense trought the team to an important victory. As a result of the win the Laurinburgers have an ex cellent chance to advance to the State idayoffs oi May 3 and 4 in Chapel Ifill. Fayet teville still must face Camp bell and Goldsboro, while the Laurinburg Qub has only one match left against Campbell to be 'played at the St. An drews field on Sunday, April 27at2;OOP.M. A big crowd is expected for the last home match. The team has been doing well recently and deserves the school’s support. Many of the players will be seeking revenge for a loss to Campbell earlier in the season. The Campbdl team sports many of its varsity players. The mental aspect of this last game wiU be extremely im portant and Coach (^illen knows his forces must control the action for the full 90 minutes in order to reap the benefits of dtory. The acticHi begins Sunday April 27 at 2:00 P.M. on the SA field, so go out and support the team in their final home mat ch. BOB'S jewel SHOP The Place to go for all yout Jewelry needs Main St, College Plozo Women^s The \wqmai’s tennis team continued their winning this week with victories over Queens and Sandhills. The lady Knights won the Queens matdi by a 6-3 count, and knocked off Sandhills last Tuesday by a 7-2 score. Freshman Page Linton con tinued her outstandii^ play during the week and extended her victory string to three. She defeated Sendel of Queens, 6-0, 6-2, and Lewis of Sandhills, 7- 5,6-2. Lee Morgan, Ju Ju Murphy, and Karin Clarke also won both of their matches this week while Colby Gordon and Eve Phelps split their contests with both losing at Queens. The doubles team of Linton and Murphy suffered their fir st defeat of the season against Sandhills after capturing a 6-2, 2-6,6-1 victory at Queens. The team of Morgan and Gwdan won both of their matches. The number three doubles team lost on both occasions. Coach Williams expressed satisfactiffli with the team’s victory and pleasure at their 3- 0 season mark. She also stated that the team will have a tough match coming up again st Campbell. The next matdi will be an exhibitiffli against the Laurinburg women toni^t. Men’s St. Andrews tennis team continues to reel from loss to loss, its most recent defeats being at the hands of con ference favorite NC Weslyan and ’74 champion UNC- Greensboro. Coach Tom Whitely told The Lance that Weslyan’s Bishops are the best team in the con ference “down the line”, and the match results seem to bear this assessment out. Tom Gaines knocked out Kim John son, 6-2,6-3 for the number one spot, and Ed Stiller blew Bob Latshaw off the court in four games. Positions three throug six suffered as they have all seasonr as Jeff Beales lost 64, 6-1, Scott Poole lost 6-3, 6-1, Williams lost 6-1, 6-2, and Menius, who had just assumed the number six berth, lost 6-2, 6-0. The doubles teams bit the dust without much of a con test Three days later the scene was much the same. “They really aren’t that much better than we are,” Coach Whitely remarked. “If we can draw one of their men in the tour nament we might be able to pull off an upset.” Facing the netmen yet is a road tour during which a crucial match will be played against Virginia Weslyan. The results there will determine the team’s seating in tour nament play. COLLEGE GULF Across From South Entrance to Campus Free Car Wash With Fill-up. Mechanic on Duty Drive Safely! SA Student Attends Symposium
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