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THE HILLTOP. MARS HILL COLLEGE. MARS HILL. N. C.
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Softball Hits Stride;
LC 'Team to Beat'
The MH Lions proved the
hard-luck Lees-McRae Bobcats
should have stayed in bed last
Friday 13th as the Lionmen took
both ends of a doubleheader,
played partially in a snow flurry,
5-2 and 7-1.
The Luke Wood-Jack Hughes
pitcher combination that routed
Milligan in the season opener
again proved effective as Wood
took the initial game and rookie
Hughes turned in a brilliant 4-
hitter. He struck out 14 as the
’Cats mustered only one run.
In the opener Mike Ferrell led
the offense with a double and a
triple in three times at bat to
score twice and drive in two more
runs. Bill Clark turned into a
defensive demon in left field and
grabbed two-for-four at the plate
while Sonny Rice got a triple and
a single in two efforts. In the
nightcap, Ferrell and Rice again
led the hitting attack while Rice
ended the day batting a perfect
1.000.
Larry Honeycutt, big first base-
man, turned in a good defensive
performance filling the cleats of
last season’s All-American, John
Riddle, but Honeycutt had trou
ble swinging the bat.
Dick Ward grabbed his initial
starting chore in right field and
he and Doc Altizer split the play
ing time. Shortstop Terry Furr
turned in his usual steady per
formance.
Veteran catcher Charlie Young,
recovered from a virus infection,
should be ready for action behind
the plate next week. This will
give added depth to the outfield
as Rice will be switched there.
The team hosted rugged Win
gate yesterday and next week’s
action slate includes a double-
header with Asheville-Biltmore
and a game with Brevard.
The intramural softball league
swung into action last week with
the Lower Cottages appearing to
be the team to beat. In the soft-
ball premiere, the LC romped
Brown 14-11 behind pitchers Josh
Pritchett and Ross Kilpatrick.
Third baseman Squirrel Eure led
the hitting attack with a homer
and a double. Later in the week
the strong Lower Cottages crew
routed their Upper Cottage rivals
16-3 led by Eure with 2 homers,
a triple and a double, Lum Oates
with a homer and two doubles
and A'lanley League with a homer
and a double. Terry Dills and
Mann Drumheller paced the UC
team while Josh Pritchett went
the distance for the win.
In other action, Eu romped
their society rivals Phi, 11-6, with
Jerr}' Grant toeing rubber for the
Gold team. Shortstop Mackie
McLendon led the hitting attack
for Eu.
Melrose grabbed easy wins over
Brown and the Upper Cottages
with 1-0 forfeits.
NG Mounties Grab
Double-Header
The North Greenville Moun
ties knocked the Lions off a 4-
game winning streak to take both
ends of a doubleheader at Tiger-
ville Tuesday.
MH Netters Lose
Despite dropping two season-
opener matches with the strong
Wake Forest and UNC frosh,
both 7-0, the Lion netters showed
flashes of brilliance as no. one
man Doug Pickard proved an
able competitor and the Lions
played Wake all the way although
the score was 7-love.
Pickard played especially well
against UNC’s no. one frosh,
O. H. Parrish, Virginia state
champion who played in the Na
tional Finals in St. Louis this
past summer.
Bubba Bell nosed out Charlie
Wliite for the no. five spot on
the ladder. Coach Hart stated
during last week’s practice.
In the first game Don Raines
doubled Lou Hill in and Sonny
Rice put Luke Wood across in
the 6th to take a 2-1 lead but
in the final frame NG’s Jack
Marler doubled to score Harvey
Tankersley and then Marler was
knocked in by Jerry Johnson to
take a 3-2 victory. Wood, taking
the loss, pitched a 5-hitter and
15 men were left on base. Raines,
Bill Clark and Terry Furr led
the batting attack with 2 hits for
3 times up.
Golfers Score Win
The Mars Hill Linkmen
dropped the Asheville-Biltmore
crew on the Beaver Lake course
last week 11-9. Sam Williams,
playing the lead spot for the Lions
lost 0-3 while teammates Carl
Conley, Fred Day and Bill Eure
won 3-0. Kermit Eller also lost
liis match 0-3, while both
Williams-Conley and Eller-Day
lost the foursomes. The linkmen
play next in a triangular junket
with Brevard and A-B.
In the nightcap the Mounties
rolled to a 13-6 win after NG’s
Crook hit a grand slam homer
with three men on to break the
game wide open. Jack Hughes,
tabbed for the loss, hit Tankersley
with a wild pitch in the opening
inning and allowed 8 runs before
Dave Livingood, getting his first
mound chores, came on in the top
of the 3rd to turn in a good per
formance. Rice, with a double
and a single in three times up and
former Hickory All-Stater Charlie
Young, who missed the first four
games due to illness, was credited
with 2 RBI’s to lead the offensive
attack.
In the last game to date, Myers
trounced Eu with pitcher Hedge
peth picking up his second straight
win with a three-hitter while
Jerry Grant took the loss. Ben
nett, with 8 RBI’s and first base-
man Bob Dodson, turned in spec
tacular performances.
Tracksters Romp
LM: Place Second
Coach Harrell Wood’s cinder-
men routed their Banner Elk
rivals but fell to mighty Milligan
College in a triangular meet last
week. Milligan tallied 81, fol
lowed closely by Mars Hill with
71 and Lees-McRae with 9, which
averaged one point per man on
the Bobcat squad. The times were
sluggish because of the heavy rain
fall. The track, although packed
one hour before the meet, was
hardly in running condition.
Don Martin grabbed first in
the 100 and 200-yd. dashes with
10.5 and 23.2 followed closely by
Johnny Webb. Morris Mason
took the 440 with 57 while Ralph
Epperson took the mile run.
Bowen Stars
Frosh George Bowen proved to
be the star of the day as he won
handily both the high and low
hurdles. Bowen ran the 180 highs
in 16.5, one tenth of a second off
the conference record. He also
nabbed second place in the javelin
throw. In the 880-yd. run, C. J.
Goodman finished third with
Morris Mason a close fourth. Bob
Dodson also finished second in the
high jump and the broad jump
while Tim Cowin took second in
the pole vault. Weightman Neal
Gruetter placed third in the shot-
put and the Lion mile relay team
placed second.
Furman Meet Rough
The Lion tracksters hit stiff
competition in the annual Furman
Relays as Dade County Junior
College ran away with the junior
college crown. Hurdler Bowen
and dash man Martin along with
the sprint medley relay squad,
composed of Johnny Webb, Mar
tin, Mason and Epperson picked
up the points for the Lions.
April 24 Tuesday
April 28 Saturday
1 Tuesday
Mery
May
May
Thursdery
Friday
TRACK
Milligcm
Home
BASEBALL
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Asheville-Biltmore
BASEBALL
Brevard
There
BASEBALL
TRACK
(2)
Spartanburg
Milligan
Home
There
BASEBALL
TENNIS
Wingate
There
BASEBALL
TENNIS
Gordner-Webb
There
Jenlally
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By JOHN BASKIN
The strong Myers Raiders
romped the Spilman Virgins 10-6
mainly due to the efforts of Virgin
pitcher Henson who walked in
7 runs in the bottom of the 5th.
Third baseman and relief pitcher
Steve Michaels led the losing
cause while outfielder Jabbo Ben
nett and pitcher Carey Hedge
peth paced the Raiders.
INTRAMURALS, ANYONE . . ?
This is written in defense of our unsung campus athletes-
intramural ball-players. Sure, even we core about introinuf'.
sports. I even remember days of glory on my high school intf^,
mural bean-bag team. But the objective is to see that every^,
gets some exercise other than pushing away from the dini’',
table, which, incidentally is becoming easier with every
And seeing that everyone cannot participate in varsity spo**
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organized intra-campus sports seems to be the answer.
isn't it? . Vjj I
Intramurals have branched out from intra-campus taffy puE®
to the well-organized progreon Coach Fish has now. This r.
marks the first time on intramural trophy will be given wb*.'
in turn has produced a strong campus rivalry between ^
Myers Raiders and the Spilman Virgins, (who should chc®-
names because of losing their virginity in two of three outii’'
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To Be
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at the hands of the Raiders. Spilmcm did field one of the Ae rc’
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intramural cage teams in school history,
this spirit on campus.
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Fault lies in many directions. Intramurals can be impr°''. 15, .
and will be, but like anything else on campus, the studed' es Cai
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one to remedy it. More students should participate ■ ' ‘ "ss La
maybe we should give a trophy for intramural hill-climbing ^ book
that seems to have a large participation. And intramurals ^ Flet
lacked publicity, which is my fault. But they're improving.
next year should see on even better balanced program. ^ ^
So for all you guys who don't want those beachboys kicpj
sand in your face this summer or would like to become a can't
hero by carrying a shot-put to class, get some conditioning
come out and toe the mark for your intramural team.
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GETTING ACROSS THE POINT . . .
Manager Jimmy Dykes fractured the banquet circuit last
with a discourse on his job at Baltimore. All season V yg
of the owners kept second guessing him, making life unbeeff^ stea'
One day he come into the dressing room and started berS'g piou
Jimmy for all the things he was doing wrong. J
Just before the game was about to begin. Dykes tumed^^^] of “b
started leaving the room. "Jimmy," the voice nagged, ^
your imiform is dirty. Why don't you get the grass off the
of your pants?"
Dykes turned and stared at the nag.
"That's not gross," he muttered, "it's mistletoe."
FACES IN THE CROWD
Last year's All-American first sacker, John Riddle, is
the cover off the ball down at Campbell College
"Red" Lawson, catcher on the same MHC team,
behind the plate for VPI
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Dave Beck, Furman second^^^^jc pa
man, pitched the last innings as Furman tripped George ^
ington for first place in the Southern Conference - ^
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career best as Furman grabbed a close second to FSU f
Furman Relays . . . former high school teammate on
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Spartanburg JC basketball and baseball flash, Eddie q.
catching for USC . . . Grosso was the first four letterinp^ US
Hillcrest High in Simpsonville, S. C. . . . NG's ALL-Am® p
center, Big Jack Halford, recently inked a grant-in-aid t® ^ ^
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ington lor iirsi piace in me ooumem »..>omerence . . bu* ' ,
Miller, former Lion distance man ran a 1:56 half mil© 7 j ’’'i.
man . . . saw Bob Hembree, a standout 230-lb. tackle on
tb®
.he indicated returning to MH next A
Bloke Davis, rugged three sport star here last year, and his ,
squad last week
former Joyce Pinto, narrowly escaped death from carb©'' ^ [“as Ash
oxide poisoning from a gas heater in a cabin on Lake S jj be
Friday night . . . they were on a weekend fishing trip with ^ |{ jae ^ Se
couple ... all four were listed in satisfactory conditi® ^ 'st q, ^rosi
week. . . . There's one on every team: I asked versatile ^ ,1 Ji ^*'©h
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by the office the other day cmd remarked that now was ih®
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