Page Ten — THE GRYPHON — May 31, 1977
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RM vs GreenviUe
The Gryphons have had a
difficult time at home winning
only three of ten home
appearances, but winning on
the road is nothing new as the
Gryphs defeated Greenville
Rose 6-3.
Lee Cooper had his first
varsity start for the Gryphs and
performed well allowing only
five hits. The Gryphons
themselves only gathered five
hits, but three Greenville errors
helped the Gryphs cross the
plate.
The first run of the game was
scored in the second inning off
an unearned run. In the third
inning the Gryphs ran up three
more runs. Greg Clark beat out
an infield hit and was forced to
second on Dee Rich’s grounder.
Rich moved up when Mike
Upchurch was hit by a pitch.
Jake Lassiter reached first when
a throw to third went wild.
Luther then grounded to
Chapman who threw too late
resulting in Bob Horne and
Linwood Silver scoring making
it 4-1.
Upchurch hit a perfect triple
in the fourth to score Dee
Rich. Horne running for
Upchurch then beat a throw to
home to finish the scoring at
6-3.
RM vs Northeastern
Against Northeastern the
Gryphs collected seven runs in
the fifth inning for their third
win in a row and Linden Willis’
first win of the season.
Willis held Northeastern to
just two hits, a double and a
triple and had two hits of his
own. The Gryphons had 10 hits
including three by designated
hitter Jake Lassiter.
The Gryphons didn’t ac
complish much except for seven
runs in the fifth inning. Lassiter
opened with a single, Luther
then bunted down to third, and
Dee Whitley walked loading the
bases. Linwood Silver then
singled to score Lassiter. Willis’
infield hit then scored two
more runs after a fielder tried to
throw Luther out at home but
the ball hit his foot and the
catcher then threw the ball over
the pitcher’s head allowing
Jayvees Finish Year
The Rocky Mount Senior Hign
Jayvees “B” team ended their
year of playing Monday with a 5
to 3 win over Greenville Rose.
This game was the 11th one the
boys won out of 14 games.
All the runs for Rocky Mount
were made in the first inning.
Batting first was an advantage
for the team as Greenville made
several errors.
Marty Hendershot opened the
game. He was moved to third on
a double by Dennis Battle. The
next player was Matthew Deans
who also made a run. Timmy
Tucker did not make his run but
he was followed by Robbie
Coats who walked the base. Lee :j:j
Cooper made his run and :i:j
enabled Deans to make the third S;
run for the inning. William 5$
Lawrence also walked, and right
afterwards both Cooper and
Coats scored runs.
In the game with the
Farmville Jayvees the score
ended for a great victory for
Rocky Mount, 12 to 6. Rocky
Mount grew from a small 2 to 0
lead at the first inning to whip
the Jayvees out because of
several errors by the opposing
team. This was a particular
lucky game with Farmville’s
mistakes as Rocky Mount got
only 8 hits. Rocky Speight
opened the sixth inning and
carried out the big win.
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Whitley to score. Clark’s hit
then scored both Willis and
Silver. Clark advanced to second
on a stolen base and on to third
on a passed ball. Upchurch’s
shot down third scored Clark,
and Lassiter got his second hit
of the inning that scored Horne
who ran for Upchurch. That
finished the scoring for the
Gryphons.
RM vs Bertie
Bertie’s Marshall Bennett
slammed a 380 foot homer
against Gryphon hurler Jess
Eberdt to lead the Falcons to a
3-1 victory.
Bennett’s homer scored
another runner who was on
base. Except for that one hit
Eberdt pitched a fairly good
game allowing only six hits and
no walks. It was Eberdt’s
second game in a row without a
walk. But Falcon pitcher,
Donald White, only gave four
hits and two walks.
The Gryphons Mike Upchurch
scored after he singled, and
Billy Luther gathered a hit.
Sporting Views
By Clifton Barnes
I should like to print some words from Oeye Osterkamp to you.
But I don’t. Seriously here’s Oie: “I would just like to thank ail the
people who supported the 1976-77 basketball team, as well as other
sports. We couldn’t have won the Christmas tournament without
the fans’ support. Hopefully, the 1977-78 team will do better than
we did this year, and with the support of the fans, this is not un
likely. We had more support at home and especially away than most
of the other teams. I’m sure I’m speaking for my teammates as
well as myself when I say ‘Thank you.’ ”
Sincerely,
Oie Osterkamp
Senior Olin Wilson went the farthest in the tennis sec
tionals a couple of weeks ago. He lost to a Southern Wayne
player 6-4, 7-5 in the third round. If he had won, he would
have advanced to Chapel Hill. At this time I would like to
apologize for the newspaper's misspelling of Olen’s ah . . .
Olyn’s ... ah .. . Wilson’s name.
Jacob Lassiter who was in a batting slump for most of the
year while playing first base, switched to designated hitter
and hit over .500 over a stretch of six games. The baseball
team had two games to play at this writing. If they won at
least one, they ended up over .500 but if they lost both they
ended up below .500. So “congratulations” or “too bad”
guys. The Jayvee baseball hasn’t been getting much
recognition this year and they won’t get one here either
although they did have a good year.
In a few more weeks the Major league baseball All-star
game will be played. I’m looking for an upset. The
American league needs to win one, and I believe this will be
the year they do. Of course I’ve been saying that since 1969.
But I’ve figured out why the American League’s going to
win this year, because the National League has traded a lot
of their stars to the American League.
Boxer Duane Bobick said before the 58 second losing
effort against Ken Norton “I’ll set the pace and it will be a
tough pace. I won’t give up time and room. I don’t think he
can handle the pressure I’ll put on him.” I’d like to com
ment on the fight, but I blinked at the wrong time.
Well, this is my last column of the year and . . . bow about
holding the applaase? . . . and I’d like to thank all my fans ont
there, if there are any. Fve tried to bring oat intet«sting new facts,
fresh ideas and opinions, and make It an enjoyable for you, the
reader, as possible. If I’ve done these to jost one person it was
worth it. Again thanks.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
(Continued from page three)
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