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? Old Town Rec honors legend, finishes summer games BY ANTHONY HILL I* THE CHRONICLE y A Winston-Salem living leg ? end of sorts was honored recently. ^ Don Cardwell ? former '* Philadelphia Phillie. Chicago '* Cuh. Pittsburgh Pirate. New York Z Met and Atlanta Brave - was hon * ored by Old Town Recreation , Center with the Real Hero/Liv ing Leg e n d Award last week. What does . an athlete have to do to be hon Jelani Biggs ored with the Real Hero/Living Legend Award? First, the athlete had better be a part of the card collection of Art Blevins. director of Old Town Recreation Center, and maybe have won a champi onship or ~1 two. "I was recently going through !my base ball cards and I found two of his (Card well's) p :i r H ? Corey Moore Blevins said. "I said to myself. 'I'll be darned.' I knew he was still in Winston, so I decided to call and tell him what I was doing. Photos Courtesy of Art. Blc\ ins Old Town center supervisor Art Blevins and summer camp director Jennifer Norby present former N.Y. Met star Don Cardwell with a "Living Legend" award. I've been meaning to get him out here to talk to the campers during our summer camps. "He spoke to the kids for about an hour. Then he watched some of the teams play tee ball. This was great for the kids. We also had a lot of older people in attendance. One gentleman came from Boone and brought his grandson to meet Don. Many people around here still remem ber him and the things he did on the baseball field." After spending three mediocre seasons with the Phillies. Cardwell was traded to the Cubs in mid-1 %() and pitched a no-hitter against St. Louis in his first start for his new team. He's still the only pitcher to ever do that. The durable pitcher led the National League with 38 starts for the 1961 Cubs and won a career high 15 games. He sandwiched two tine seasons in Pittsburgh around severe arm trouble in 1964. His 13-10 mark in 1965 was dragged down by six one-run losses. Cardwell was also a valuable member of the Mets (1967-70) and helped them to their 1969 World Series championship with his experience. After going 3-9 by late July, he won five straight games, including a 1-0 game against the Pirates in which he drove in the only run. "He was a great hitter," Blevins said. "He was the only pitcher to hit a home mn off Sandy Koufax. He said that Hank Aaron was the best hitter he ever faced. That was just some of the information he gave the kids. He also brought his championship ring and signed anything the kids wanted him to. Everyone had a great time, and it was good for the kids to have him here." Dimitria Shore and Ray Penn were two of the most improved players in the Old Town Black top Summer League. Footnote: The summer basketball games on the blacktop at Old Town Recreation Center are over, but the memories and highlights of the kids who played will last forever. Blevins along with summer workers Jason Beeson and Jelani Biggs and volunteer workers Carl Dunlap, Brenda Robertson and Corey Moore had two competi tive leagues and eight teams play ing in the hot summer sun on the blacktop. The leaders of the 7-12 age group were: Michael Butler. Brit tany Tate, Sam Daley. Kyle Jones, George Moore, Carl "CJ" Tyson, Jared Smith, Kyle Onuma, Jovani Blair, Brandon Forney, Daven Gray, Quashan Young, Eric Sin clair, Cozy Jackson, Dante Camp bell, Emon Abbott, Michael Har ris and Shantel Psalm. The leading scorers in the 13 16 age group were: Dearon "Dea con" Smith, the sharp-shooting Jake Claffe, Ray Penn, Stephon Royster, Dimitri Shore. Brandon Patten. Kenny Young, Chris But ler. Tony Lawson, Alvin Gentry, Ervin "Fatty" Moser, Tyrone "Cowboy" McLaurin, Rich Duhon and Jess Claffe. "The basketball season was great," Blevins concluded. "I was impressed by the way the kids performed in that hot sun. We had some real good ballplayers in our older league. Some of the guys are either playing school ball or trying out for a team. The younger league is mainly a learn ing experience. The season went well." - WSSU makes tailgating plans chronicle Staff report The feeling of football is spreading around Winston Salem. especially on the campus of Winston-Salem State Univer - sity. The WSSU athletics deparl ? ment is making sure the Ram Z fans have a place to party before Z football games. J The WSSU Department of - Athletics announced that it will I rent a limited number of VIP tail ? gating spaces for cars/trucks and ? recreational vehicles (RVs). The Z spaces will cost $90 per J car/game and $110 per RV/game ? and will be available on a first ? come, first served basis. The ' spaces may be purchased for a ' single game, or in a season-long ? package (all five home games) J for a $5Q discount. ' The VIP spaces will be locat ' ed in the south paved parking lot ? and will make up only a small i portion of the overall spaces J available, as only 20 spaces will > be designated for reservation. I This plan will not interfere with tailgaters in any other lots, or on the hills along the perime ter of Bowman Gray Stadium. This plan allows people to pay in advance for a reserved tailgating spot and does not prevent other WSSU fans from tailgating uti lizing the free tailgating spaces around the perimeter of Bowman Gray Stadium that they have used in the past. "All the individuals that have been tailgating outside of the fence, as they have been for years, will not be affected by this new reserved tailgating section, as it will remain a free tailgating area," said Dr. Chico Caldwell, WSSU director of athletics. "This is merely a plan that will allow those farp, who want a paved lot, and a reserved tailgat ing spot, to rent a space for their pre-game festivities." 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