The Pendulum
Thursday, Feb. 3,1983
Sidelines.
by David Temple
Now that the spring term is about to begin, it is time to
catch up on what happened in the world of sports during
the past two months.
Football
Unless you’ve been in inner Mongolia for the past two
weeks, you know that the Washington Redskins captured
the Super Bowl with a win over the Miami Dolphins. The
telecast, which ranked as the second most watched television
show in history behind the “Who Shot J.R.?” episode of
Dallas, turned out to be more interesting than the game.
The NBC sports team is innovating, accurate, colorful and
a bunch of showoffs. It is a shame that so much hype is
associated with the Super Bowl. Certainly this year’s game
deserved a leading role in the extravaganza.
Basketball
The North Carolina Tar Heels have been reinstated as the;
number one team in college basketball after reeling off 14
unanswered wins. Even the most avid fans of the team must
admit that a few of those games could have gone the other
way and probably should have. It remains to be seen
whether Dean Smith’s talented young players will stay intact
as the ACC title race nears completion.
After a good start, the Elon College basketball team has
experienced some disappointments in the past month. The
Fightin’ Christians have a fine team this season with
scorers such as Joe DeShazo and Bengie Tate leading the
way. Unfortunately the majority of the teams in the
Carolinas Conference have proven to be better and Elon
will be in for some tough games in the coming weeks.
In NBA action the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles
Lakers have been virtuaUy unbeatable in the past month.
The Lakers are benefitting from the play of two former
UNC stars, Bob McAdoo and James Worthy, while the
Celtics are benefitting from perennial stars such as Larry
Bird and Danny Ainge. The NBA season has been unusually
exciting this season with close rages in nearly all of the
divisions, and the outlook is rosy for the upcoming NBA
playoffs.
Miscellaneous
Recently I watched Ivan Lendl take John McEnroe
completely apart in three sets. Lendl appears to be
challenging McEnroe’s two-year dominance of the men’s
pro circuit while it has been announced that Bjom Borg,
who did more than anyone in recent years to keep the game
on network television, has decided to retire. I welcomed the
announcement because Borg really gave up the game about
a year ago and it has been difflcult to watch him being
beaten by lesser players.
The PGA kicked off its 1983 season two weeks ago with
the Bob Hope Desert Classic and the ratings were good.
The tournament featured a sudden death playoff along with
excellent rounds by stars such as Craig Stadler and Jack
Nicklaus. Television in general and CBS in particular is
doing a better job in broadcasting the intricate game of
golf. Vin Scully, the ageless baseball announcer, is lending
his skills to CBS along with former players such as Ben
Venturi and Lee Trevino.
Spring intramurals get underway
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Sports Editor
The intramurals Winter
Term sports program wrap
ped up its season with the
waterpolo and one-on-one
coming to a close. Intramural
Director Coach Karen Car
den says that the demand
for waterpolo is high and
that she may make it avail
able for fall semester play in
1983.
In the waterpolo tourna
ment, the results for the
men’s division was the
TKE-B 4-0 along with the
Ritchous Brothers with a 4-0
record. The Beer Bellies, KA
and TKE-A all finished 3-1
in their division. Other
teams for the men were the
Lobsters and the Foads.
Overall there were 14 teams
entered in the men’s divi
sion. Coach Carden said,
“The Beer Bellies are an
independent dorm team and
they are the first team ever
in the past six years to win
the men’s waterpolo tourna
ment; the fraternities usually
win.” The Beer Bellies won
by defeating the Foads in
the first game 6-3, then they
played the TKE-B and won
10-1 and the final match was
won by defeating the Rit
chous Brothers’ 5-2.
There were five women’s
teams entered in the water
polo tournament and the
final winner was the Sharks
who defeated ZTA 6-3.
Other sports results from
Winter Term were the one-
ing the spring term—karate.
This new program will be
under the instruction of
Roimie Harper who is an
Elon Student. Harper has
had three years of study
under Wayne Pollard. He
has a green belt, one year of
Goju Ryu, six years of
weapon training, a
Nunchaka and one year of
Sai’s.
If anyone wants more
information they should
contact Harper at 584-9096
in room-A in Brannock
dorm.
on-one basketball over six
feet tall; the winner was
Barry Kozak defeating Jay
Johnson. Under six feet, the
winner was William W.
Kfoury defeating Kenny
Rogers. For the
women’s play Alicia Gaddy
was the winner.
In the three-on-one bas
ketball tournament in the
women’s play, the Spice
defeated the Three Stooges.
Winning team members were
Beth Carder, Alicia Gaddy
and Sandra Reid. Losing
members were Rhonda Pen-
son, Lelia Gentry and
Tamra Cash.
The intramural program is
offering a new program dur-
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to Ski Hawks Nest at Seven Devils
Saturday, Feb. 12
$26.00
Includes:
Lift ticket
Ski rentals
T ransportation
$5 deposit required
Registration ends
Feb. 11
For more info call 584-2330
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