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Track Places Second The St. Andrews track and field squad got off to a flying start last Saturday in placing second in the St. Andrews In vitational Track meet. SA, along with Francis Marion ll^ege, Atlantic Christian coll^«^d Methodist College, rounded ou^ the four team field. Francis'^lWai’ion’s Dean and Stafford took 6 of a possible 15 first place finishes in leading their team to vic tory. Their efforts accoui^ed for over 40 of their teams 100 points. SA did extremely well and received points in every event except three. Senior Jim Thwaite led the Knights as he dominated the field events, taking a first in the shot put with a heve of 41 feet 1 1/2 in ches, and finishing second in both the discus and the javelin. Mike Jones, a four year man and school record holder in the triple jump, placed second in that event and took a fourth in the javelin, giving _ him the second hipest point total on the squad. Most impressive in com petition for St. Andrews were Don Rookard and Lin Potts. Rookard was beaten by a split second in the 120 high hurdles and missed setting a school record by five tenths of a second. Potts, on the other hand, turned in an excellent time in the 440 yard dash, placing second with a time of 56.4 seconds. “These two per formers should set new school records by the end of the season, ” says coach Floyd Blackwell. Two other strong per formances were turned in by veteran track stars Jacob Houge and Bob Pelon. Pelon finished second in the mUe run behind Stafford, while Houge placed second in the 880 yard run with a time of 2:05.5, again just seconds off the school record. Two surprise performances were turned in by Hampton Peele and Butch Keller. Peele, who has been hampered by health problems which have cut down tremendously rai his training, placed third in the pole vault and fourth in the discus. Kellffl-, on the other hand placed third in the discus, havii^ no previous traihing in the event. Ac cording to team members, ^“he just stood there and threw it.” With some practice and some training in style, Keller should become the team’s top discus man. The Knights also took a first in the one mile relay and a second in the 440 yard relay on the strength of team sprinters Jake Jacobs and Bill Owens. Coach Blackwell was over whelmed by his team’s per formance. “I have never seen team morale and enthusiasm as high as it was Saturday” explained the coach. “I am very optimistic about this season and feel we have a realistic chance of taking the conference title away from Lynchburg.” On a five points for first place, three points for second, two points for third and one point for fourth place basis, the Knights scored 50 team points. Their closest op position was Atlantic Christian College with 27 team points. Ihe team record is now two wins and one loss on the year and they hope to improve their record this weekend in another four team event which may take place at St. Andrews because the Francis Marion track is not yet completed. K this is the case, the Knights will compete Saturday on their home track. The track and field squad is off to a fast start and hopefully they will continue their winning ways. Baseball Team Outscored 25-2 The SA Knights had their hands full on Thursday March 4th as they played host to the Sea Gulls of Sdisbury State. The Sea GuDs scored two runs in the first inning and were never challenged after that. They increased their lead to 7- 0 in the second, 9-1 in the four th, 10-1 in the fifth, 15-2 in the seventh, 23-2in the eighth, and 25-2 in the final inning. The Knights first run came in the bottom of the fourth when Bowman hit a long double to left center and scored on a base hit by Rookard. The Knights other run was scored in the bottom of the seventh when Sawyer walked, stole second and scored on Bland’s single to left center. TTie Knights collected seven hits but were also victims of the strikeout route going down fifteen times. Another problem was that they com mitted eight errors. The Knights will have to improve their hitting and defense if they are to play in closer games. On Friday March 5th the Knights proved that they came to play ball with Salisbury. After spotting the Sea Gulls 4 runs in the first two innings the Knights went to work in the bottom of the second. Thwaite was hit by a pitch, Rookard walked, and Stoecker was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Home then hit into a double play scoring Th waite from third. Kdler then bounced out to the pitcher to end the inning. In the bot tom of the third the Knights began to work again. Dosal lead off by striking out. Sawyer and Bland walked and Bowman hit a shot to right field that scored Sawyer and Bland. Thwaite wasted no time in smacking a base hit that scored Bowman and ty ing up the game atr4iall. Rookard foltowed with a fly out to center and then with two out Stoecker hit a double io left center that scored Th waite and pushed the Knights ahead for the first time 5-4. The Knights still were threatening as Home walked but the inning ended as Keller flied out toleft. In the top of the fourth the Sea Gulls came back with four runs and the lead 8-5. The Knights got their last run in the fifth as Bowman hit a home run to left center making the score 8-6. The Sea Gulls added two more runs in the sixth making the final score 10-6. The Knights were plagued again with too many errors and strikeouts. In these two games the Knights play in the field improved vastly. The hit ting has started to come around and the pitching has been steady. This week’s games are: Wednesday Mar ch 10th at home against Fran cis Marion 3 p.m., Saturday March 13th at home again^ Virginia Wesleyan 1 p.m., Wednesday March 17th at Coker. Thursday March 18th Pembroke here 3 p.m. THE RED LION pr©s©nts What to Do If We’re Out Of Your Favorite Yogurt NUMBER 4. CHERI-SUISSE To 8 oz. of Yogurt Add: 1/2 tsp. of Cheri-Suisse Artifical Sweetner as Needed THE RED LION Open nightly in the College Union 8-12 jimmy thwaite practices his javelin toss before last week’s track meet. (Photo by Lisa Wallman.) Tennis Team Has Mixed Results This past weekend, SA’s ten nis team met with six other teams to partricipate in Cam pbell College’s Annual In vitational Tennis Tour nament. Of these theam five were from the DIAC con ference; Atlantic Christian College and Salisbury State College are scholarship schools. The tournament draw was done in the following manner: All number one seeded players from each team played in the same bracket as did all number two players and so on. Doubles com binations were done cm the same basis. This sytem was established in order to keep the competition fair and to keep obvious miss-matches from occuring, (the number 1 player from one team from playing the number 6 man from another team). Play began Friday morning at eight with Tom Ager dropping his match to Campbdl’s num ber one seed, 4-6, 1-6. Faison Hester lost by the score of 2-6, 2-6, while Kim Jdinson drop ped his match 2-6,1-6. After his poor morning showing, the Kni^ts’ first doubles team, Ager and John son, defeated UNC- Wilmington 6-7, 6-2, 1-0 default, for SA’s only win of the day. As was the case last year, the tournament was cancelled on account of rain Saturday morning, eliminating the con solation rounds to determine third and fourth place finishers. The team as a whole fared well against stiff com petition but more importantly game the young Knights good experience for the regular season which starts this weekend. Golf Team Takes Second The golf season officially opened for St. Andrews this past Friday, March 5th at Scotch Meadows Countiy Qub in Laurinburg. The Knights made a fine showing in their four team match defeating Christopher Newport and Averett College, while losing to a far superior Francis Marion club. The low score of the day was registered by Jim Musante, a freshman who shot a 79. ^b Pelon followed with an 82 while Jim Chapin scored an 85 and Ben Horsfall finished with an 986. On Sunday, the linkers jour neyed to Charlotte, where they participated in the sixteen team North Carolina In vitational Tournament. In Monday’s opening surprising David Niblock led the Knights with an excellent 80. Chapin was close behind with an 83. Ho-sfall and Mark Weithen- dorf both shot 86’s whUe iwm Musante and Pelon were and above. Poor playing con ditions hampered all in the second round o Tuesday. Chapin app^ be least affected by the pw weather and shot ® . two day total of 164. Ho rest of the teams soared. Niblock fin-sh^J second with an 89 ^ rest of the team y The Knights finish^ it should be noted that ^ competition in the to^( was very intense with the finest golfers m Carolina competing. Presently, the record stands at t^ j onelos.-melrnej'”"^ scheduled for nth against Methoist, sboro College and AUd* Christian College.
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