four
Baseball Prospects Good
“This is very much a plus
year for St. Andrews base
ball,” says Dr. Julian Smith,
head baseball coach and also
athletic director.
The Knights have already
posted a 10-13 record, with at
least two games remaining,
and possibly one more-Tues-
day’s rained out game with
Gardner-Webb College, which
Smith is trying to reschedule.
If they could play and win
all three, St. Andrews would
post its first non-losing season
since 1971 when they had a 13-
12 record. And since institu
ting the sport in the spring of
the college’s first year the
Knights have had only two
winning seasons. In 1970
they were 13-9.
Smith came to St. Andrews
in 1972, and “we really only
had three baseball players,”
he says. Every season was a
struggle because of lack of
talent, and in 1975 when the
record stood at 0-8-and St.
Andrews had scored a total
of seven runs while the op
position was averaging 13
runs a game, they called the
rest of the season off. A
double header with Metho
dist with scores of 20:0 and
19-1 were the crowning blows.
Traditional opponents said
they would wait for a decision
in the fall before tightening up
their schedules, and Smith
says when John Barber,
Ricky Bland and Butch Kell
er showed up, along with
others, they decided to re
vive the diamond sport.
That year saw an opening
game defeat to Salisbui^
State of Maryland, 25-2, but
the Knights played better
ball, hitting double figures a
couple of times themselves,
and ended up 3-24.
Last year it was 6-16, but
John Ferrell, Rick Scott, Jim
Worley, Rick Gamble and Bill
Downs all renewed Smith’s
faith, and he saw better
infielding and particularly
better pitching wito Worley on
the mound.
“And this year we opened
with nine freshmen and three
transfers on our roster, giving
us the best collection of talent
the college has probably ever
known on the diamond,”
Smith adds.
“We are so much stronger
defensively, and the pitching
of Eric St. John and Eddie
Dean has put new life into us.
In fact, we have more pitchers
than can easily be satisfied
with the 29-game schedule we
began the season with. All of
them are clamoring for more
work.
“For the first time,” says
Smith, “I’ve got a bench that
has talent, and that makes a
big difference.
He adds that the hitting is
100 per cent better than last
year, and that the outfield is
vastly stronger defensively.
“It looks like another year
we may need a catcher
(Gamble’s status is a question
as to when he will graduate),
we need more strength at
short stop and we can always
use a good hard-throwing
pitcher,” says Smith.
Eric St. John, with a 4-3
mound mark, is the best of the
pitchers now, but Worley and
Dean are doing well, and
Randy Odom has proven to be
a very capable reliever. (The
last three games have been
complete games, however).
Other newcomers who have
performed well include John
Carrigg, designated hitter;
Mike Poison, reserve short
stop; Pete Lazzari, right-
fielder; Keith Betts at first
base; Rod Whitby in cen-
terfield.
“With Betts and Ferrell at
first and third, our infield is
securely anchored, and the
move of Scott to second from
short, has toughened up that
area,” Smith adds.
“Early this year,” con
cludes Smith, “we were
leaving too many runners
stranded, but we’ve begun L.
move them well and to hit in
the clutch. Scores are closer,
and we have only *'een shut
out once this season.
“I’m looking ahead to next
confidently, and 1 think the
players are too. Everyone is
returning, unless some
transfer. And I look forward
to a very competitive season
in 1978.”
The Knights close out in
their regular season Friday
with a doubleheader at Rocky
Mount against N.C. Wesleyan.
Julian Bond
Rights and Reviews, Motive,
Life, Freedom Ways, Ram
parts, Reyond the Blues and
elsewhere.
Bond’s visit to the St. An
drews community will be
tonight at Harris Courts. He
will be sponsored by_ the
Black Student Union. The
banquet will begin 6:30 p.m.
Tickets for both Dinner and
Lecture are |
St. Andrews runners gave it
their best last weekend in the
District meet, pulling down a
second place finish. More
photos and stories next week.
(Photo by David Swanson).
Now these look more like
solar panels, to us anyway.
The display of solar techno
logy was held yesterday in the
Liberal Arts Courtyard.
(Photos by David Swanson
and Michael Reeve).
Governor’s
School
normal classroom day will be
from 8; 30 to 3.
Students for the school have
already been selected from
all over Eastern North
Carolina.
St. Andrews’ two summer
sessions will run June 12 to
July 14, and July 17 to Aug.
18.
Dr. Stephens says that
some shifts in normal
■procedures have had to be
made to accommodate the
Governor’s School, including
some of the football practice
sessions normally held in late
summer.
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