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Fage 6 sports The Pendulum Thursday, April 28, 1983 Topsy—Tnnrey Game If you’ve been watching any television at all lately you have seen sights which make you want to believe in some sort of parallel universe. While baseball games were being snowed out almost daily, football games, if we believe the news reels, were being play ed under clear blue Ap^ skies. I knew that summer time football would take some getting used to, but I never expected anything like this. When I think of football, I picture brown gridirons under icrav skies and cheer leaders with bare legs turned blue from the cold. At the same time, I have always held that baseball is the' summer game” — not like arctic ice hockey. SoBc Gettiiig Used To Of course the clincher to all this will come when the powers decide to move hockey and basketball out doors. The Stanley Cup playoffs might be held in mid-July while the ACC tournament would be played Sidelines by David Temple in snow so deep that only the top of Ralph Sampson’s head would be visible. I have known for a long time that sports are undergo ing some radical changes but I didn’t suspect that one day baseball’s top hitter might be Frosty the Snowman and that the Super Bowl will be renamed the “Super Broil.” Certainly if die-hard sports fans are not already a dying breed, they will soon a very sick breed. A Rebuttal In a passing note, a mem ber of our distinquished philosophy faculty disagreed with my labeling of the Houston Astros as a “dark horse” in a recent look at the pennant races. At last count the Astros were 6-13. I was suprised that such optimism should come from a man who has pushed determinism so well in class. Oh, well. Maybe the Astros are not such a dark horse, but I’m told that very little light Alters into the National League cellar! Thanks for the feedback, BW. Graham leads Gold The Elon College Gold golf team competed in the District 26 and Conference tournament last week at Buies Creek. The Fightin’ Christians played well but were beat out by two strokes by the Guilford College team. Eton’s Danny Graham shot a 77 on the first day of play but came back strong the following day with a 72. That was good enough to make him the individual medalist with a total of 149. Barry Pilson also played well for the Gold team as he shot a 74 on the first day ^but slipped to a 77 on the last day. Pilson and Graham were both selected for the All- Conference and All-District 26 honors. The team will compete in the NAIA Tournament June 6 in Dallas to defend their national championship. r Are you an aspiring leader? Step out and attend the Student Leadership Training Workshop •Sat., May 7 •8:30a.m.- Noon •Large Lounge (Student Center) •Call Pat Morgan (Ext. 217) Reptiles improve record with two home victories by Tom Westenhiser Sports Editor The Elon College lacrosse club is on a roll as they beat Clemson and Davidson last week at home to create a three-game winning streak. “Our defense has come on real strong the last three games,” said faculty adviser and coach Dr. George Tay lor.” That has been the key to our victories.” Taylor also noted that with Richard Enos now playing defense the club harder to score on. The Reptiles beat David son last Thursday 10-3 in their first home game per formance. The offense was led by Billy Davis with three goals. Mike Stork and rookie Joe Scholl each scored twice. With a hard hitting defense in front goalie Ken Markosky was able to save 22 shots on^ goal. Steve Burke, Harry Watson and Enos were able to intimidate Davidson all day. The Reptiles won nine face-offs to Davidson’s two and Elon picked up 30 groundballs to Davidson’s two. This was a key factor as Elon controlled the ball and applied offensive pres sure during the whole game. It was overcast and drizz ling last Sunday as the IS Reptiles took on Clemson. The game was much the same as Elon’s defense dom inated and the offense pro duced plenty of points on their way to a 11-3 victory. “We have three midfield units that really work hard,” said Taylor, “and our man down defense has not let up a goal in the last three games.” Elon’s well-balanced offense produced eight play ers who all had one goal but Art Griffin took top honors with three goals. Pete Fanell did score once but he had a game high three assists. Markosky once again played tough in the goal as he saved 20 shots. The Reptiles won 16 face-offs to Clemson’s five and Elon picked up 42 ground balls while Clemson picked up 19. The club’s record is now 5-2 and their next game will be at home on Sunday against the Triad. KAPPA SIGMA'S BEACH PARTY •Thurs., April 28 •8:30-? #$300 door (Lighthouse Tavern) All you can drink •Wear your favorite Beach Outfit and come ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ { ready tp be burned. Student Union Board presents Kirk Edwards * •K ■K * * Tuesday, May 3 7:30-10:30 Varsity Grill Patio Under the stars ^ ^ - Rain- Varsity Grill, inside * J ★ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ t ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥
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