MAY, 1968
THE NEWS ARGUS
PAGE SEVEN
RAMS POST 7-5 RECORD
BASEBALL TEAM
Ram Nine
Eye Future
The future of the Rams looks
very bright. The baseball team will
lose only two players. They are
seniors Alfred Hall and William
Farrow. The loss of these two men
will create a minor problem in the
infield, but freshman William Har
ris can fill in one of these spots.
^ The Rams will retain powerful
hitters like William Harris, Ronald '
Brandon, Melvin McNair and Ve-
linza McKoy. McKoy, who was in
jured most of the season, led the
CIAA in batting last year. Remain
ing also are Robbin Kirkland and
Lawrence Izzard.
The entire pitching staff will stay
intact. The Rams have a seven-
man pitching staff which includes
Harold Dunovant, Cleveland Cau-
then, Johnnie Morris, Isom Mullins
and Dwight Matkins.
The future is indeed bright for
the Rams with the new players
who will be coming in. These in
coming players, with the return
ing team members, make Winston-
Salem State’s baseball team a fu
ture winner.
WSSC Finishes Second In Tournament
On Sunday, May 5, the golf team | the championship. Led by medalist
left for the CIAA Golf meet being
held in Baltimore, Maryland. Rep
resenting WSSC were Hobart
Jones, Johnnie Watkins, John La
tham and Leslie Kimbrough. The
meet took place on Monday and
Tuesday at Mt. Pleasant Golf
Course.
On Monday, led by Hobart Jones
(80) and Johnnie Watkins, the
April 2—Hampton, Virginia
The Ram nine split a double-
header with Hampton. With Harold
Dunovant pitching, the Rams won
the first game 2-L Dunovant pitch
ed a two-hitter.
In the second game with Cleve
land Cauthen pitching, the Rams
lost 3-L Cleveland pitched a very
good game, striking out 6 and walk
ing one. The Rams last the game
on three key errors in the fourth
inning.
April 27—Fayetteville State at W-S
Freshman pitcher William Har
ris went 3 for 3 driving in three
runs as the Rams defeated F.S.C.
7 to 3. Freshman Ronald Brandon
also collected two hits in three
trips to the plate.
April 28—N. C. A&T at W-S
A&T collected ten hits as the
Aggies defeated the Rams 14-3.
Pitcher Robert Cummings of A&T
struck out ten and scattered 3 Ram
hits.
May 1—Norfolk State at W-S
The Rams split a double header
with Norfolk, losing the first game
9 to 2 and winning the second
game 11 to 5. In the second game
the Rams shelled Norfolk's pitcher
Howard Jones, Union picked up
shots on the back side and won
going away, with the Rams beat
ing Howard University for second; for 15 hits in 30 times at bat.
place.
Howard Jones, the medalist for
the third straight year, had rounds
of 81-75 for a total of 156.
The order of finish for all teams
in the meet was as follows: Vir-
May 2—St. Augustine at W-S
The Rams swept a double-header
from St. Augustine winning the
first game 12 to 2, and taking the
second game on a 9-0 forfeit by St.
Augustine. In the first game fresh
man Ronald Brandon and pitcher
William Harris led the attack.
Brandon collected five hits in six
trips to the plate, and Harris col
lected three hits in four trips to the
plate.
May ft—Fayetteville State at
Fayetteville
The Rams crushed F.S.C. 13 to
5 as Melvin McNair hit two home
runs, his third and fourth home
runs in five games. Pitcher Foster
Epps scattered seven Bronco hits
and allowed only three earned
runs.
May 8—N. C. A«&T at Greensboro
The Aggies demolished the Rams
25 to 1 as the Rams committed 14
errors. Pitcher Johnnie Quick
struck out seven and scattered
seven Ram hits.
May 15—Sh^w at Raleigh
Shaw U. took advantage of three
sacrifice flies and defeated the
Rams 5 to 2. Pitcher Robert Garri
son of Shaw struck out 12 Ram
batters. The leading hitters for the
Rams were Robbin Kirkland, who
went three for three, and Velinza
McKoy, who went two for four.
Ram found themselves trailing a ^ ginia Union, Winston-Salem, How-
surprising North Carolina College ^ University, Morgan State,
North Carolina College, St. Augus
tine's College, St. Paul's College,
team by four shots. In order to:
have a better match, the four top
teams (WSSC, Virginia Union,
Howard University, North Carolina
College) were paired together for
Tuesday's play.
After nine holes of play on Tues
day, North Carolina College, the
Cinderella team, had fallen by the
wayside and Virginia Union and
Winston-Salem were battling for
Delaware State College.
Next year's team should be a
strong contender, with Jones, La
tham and Kimbrough returning,
along with Ralph Punches and
Michael Watkins of this year's
team.
—Leslie Kimbrough
Baseball Statistics
Leading Batters
Harris, William
Brandon, Ronald
McKoy, Velinza
McNair, Melvin
Izzard, Lawrence
Farrow, William
Team batting average
Pitchers
Harris, William
Epps, Foster
Dunovant, Harold
Cauthen, Cleveland
Morris, Johnnie
22-12 — .545
30-14 — .466
15- 6 — .400 *
33-12 — .363
23- 8 — .347
27- 9 — .333
.312
Won Lost
3 0
1 1
1 1
1 2
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Tennis team poses for Argus cameraman.
RAM NETTERS HAVE 5-4 RECORD
The Winston-Salem State Tennis | in the number 2 flight of the CIAA.
team finished the 1968 season with ^ He finished the season with a 10-2
a 54 record. This was an excellent j record in singles. He reached the
Golf team members posing with trophy for Argus cameraman are
Johnny Watkins (Left), Leslie Kimbrough, John Lathan, and Hobart
Jones.
record considering the high quality
of competition faced by the Rams.
This year's tennis team consisted
of Reginald Isley, the captain;
I' George Packenham and Donald
Mebane, all from Graham, N. C.,
John Michaels from Lexington,
N. C., and John Young of Eliza
bethtown, N. C. The team was
coached by Mr. Hugh Smith.
The Ram netters journeyed to
the CIAA tourney on May 5. The
tourney was held in Hampton, Va.
The top four Ram netters were
carried to the tournament. Regi
nald Isley was ranked number 4
SPORTS SHORTS
Earl (The Pearl) Monroe will go
to Tokyo this month, have a knee
operation in June, conduct several
basketball clinics in Virginia this
summer and finally end up at a
basketball camp in July.
* ♦ *
Leon Coleman was on the Los
Angeles Striders team which set
a world record of 55.4 seconds dur
ing the Dogwood relays. He re
cently returned from Trinidad
where he was a member of a six-
man United States team giving
track clinics and competing against
teams from the area.
Big Jim Reid was on campus re
cently renewing old acquaintances.
♦ * *
The Rams crushed St. Augus
tine 12-12 in a morning game May
15. St. Augustine forfeited the after
noon contest because of an injury
to a pitcher.
Displaying trophies presented during Awards Day Program are Jona
thon Williams (L.), Eugene Smiley and William English.
semi-finals of the CIAA tournament
before being defeated. John (.Buck)
Michaels finished the season with a
64 record in singles, playing at the
tough Number 1 spot. George Pack
enham was seeded number 4 in the
number 3 flight of the CIAA. He
finished the season with a 64 in
singles. George was defeated in
the quarter-finals round of the
tournament. Donald Mebane, the
number 4 man on the team com
pleted the regular season with a
5-5 record and reached the quarter
finals of the tournament. The fifth
man on the team, John Young, fin
ished the season with a record of
2-6.
The doubles team of Michaels-
Packenham finished the season
with a record of 5-6. and was
ranked number 4 in the number 1
flight. The players were eliminated
in the first round of the tourna
ment. The doubles team of Isley-
Mebane finished the season with a
record of 74. They were ranked
j number 4 in the number 2 flight.
They were defeated in the quarter
final round of the tournament. The
CIAA tournament was won by
Johnson C. Smith University.
—Reginald Isley