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  • Friday, March 20, 1964 Page 6 Sports Section Baseball Is Here! Spectators Standpoint By Joe Wray, Guest Editor Yes! There is a baseball team! A couple of weeks ago, when the trees began budding and the robins began inhabiting our campus, 20 of our boys and a fine new coach began to take this "'National Pastime" seriously. As Western Carolina's third major sport, our baseball team supercedes our football and basketball teams. It can safely be said that our football and basketball teams afforded a considerable amount of disappointment to sports-minded and school-spirited students. But even though the ventures of these two teams didn't fulfill the expectations and dreams of many of us, it can also be safely said that the students were behind these teams through thick and thin. There was the Homecoming shutout which darkened many school-spirited students—but the support remained—the band continued to dazzle under the lights—the spirit was still there. There was the shocking news of our first basketball defeat during the Christmas holidays—but the spirit remained—Reid continued to be filled week after week—the spirit was still there. There have been articles and comments on the fine school spirit at Western Carolina, but these articles and comments seem to fade away when nine of our boys take up the serious business of representing our school on a baseball diamond. Is it the sport itself? Certainly not. Baseball is linked with American Sports tradition as the "National Pastime." Is it the participation and enthusiasm of the players and the coach? Wrong again. A new coach of high caliber was selected to lead our team into the sport that will climax our major athletic activities for this year. Our players have been hard at work for a couple of weeks now, devoting the major part of their afternoons to a sport which they enjoy and, greater than this, devoting their time and efforts to a school which means a lot to each one of them. Then, what is wrong? Why don't these devoted people enjoy the support of their fellow students? If these basic factors aren't at fault, where does the conflict lie? Is it due to the large quantity of activities which engage the student's time during the Spring months? Are the fraternity socials, the trips to the lake and the campus love-making more important than supporting our baseball team? There are only 14 home games this year. Maybe, as an incentive for attendance, we need the construction of a multi-million dollar baseball stadium—but this is delving into illusion. Is attending a few of these games really to much trouble for a member of a student body which considers itself school- spirited? I personally don't think so. If 20 of our fellow students are willing to engage the majority of their spring afternoons in baseball, is it too much to ask of us to devote a small portion of 14 days to the promotion of our athletic program? I don't think so. There are students who don't' know that our baseball field has any purpose except a place to throw snowballs or a place to walk by on a Sunday afternoon. This reflects some sort of bad school spirit—a sort which shouldn't be a characteristic of our school. This all means only one thing. We have a fine baseball team which deserves the support of our student body. There is no reason for a lack of support toward baseball—and I hope that the 1964 baseball season will see our support and interest. MEAD CORPORATION Sylva Division 1964 Racing Season Holds Big Surprises By Bob Mayhew With the close of winter and the end of the sound of basketballs on the hardwood floors, our thoughts begin to turn to other areas of sports. (Some think of baseball, some think of boating and skiing and many think about getting out in the good old sunshine. But to many, the coming of spring brings to mind the sound of roaring engines and the smell of burning rubber. Yes, that's right, it is race time again! To most people the new racing season starts with Speed Week at Daytona, Fla. This year's Speed Week took place in late February. It began with everyone talking about what Ford would do this year, and who might be in the position of catching the fast Fords. It didn't take anybody very long to change his topic of conversation because it was soon evident that Plymouth and Dodge had come to Daytona to run with, and surpass, anything that Ford had to offer. Chrysler had kept its racing equipment under wraps until just before Speed Week got under way. No one knew just what Chrysler had to offer, but most experts were still betting on Ford. When Chrysler did decide to make their move, they introduced an engine with hemispherical combust ion chambers, which came to be known as the hemi-head engine and they surprised everyone with the speeds they were able to obtain from them. Richard Petty, who has been a Plymouth driver for the past years, seems to be the pace setter with speeds of nearly 175 mph. Yet the fastest single lap was by Paul Goldsmith, driving a Plymouth, at 175.029 mph. Goldsmith, Petty, Junior Johnson, Jimmy Pardue and David Pearsom, all in Chrysler engineered cars, averaged better than 170 mph in time trials, while no Ford engineered car reached the 170 mph range. After Ford realized that they were 5 to 8 miles per hour slower than Chrysler products, they announced that they were Season Opens March 23 With Western Maryland Game Here If one ventures toward Reid Gymnasium on a pretty spring evening, one will more than likely hear the sound of leather popping and baseball cleats digging deep in the dirt of the diamond. With a closer inspection, one will find that Western Carolina is readying itself for the 1964 baseball season. Coaching this 1964 team will be Ron Blackburn. Replacing Jim Gudger, Coach Blackburn is the new addition to Western's fine team of coaches. In a thought Mr. Blackburn said, "I'm real pleased with the team." Coach Blackburn says the team has very good speed, which, when coupled with improved hitting, should mean much trouble for the opposing catchers when the Cats get a man on base. The team has experience with 10 veteran players, and several Freshman prospects. Much o'f the hitting department is led by Tharpe, Crotts and Young, who are all powerful hitters. Now that the squad has been cut to the proportioned number, the fielding is expected to improve. The team as a whole is turning out very good. Coach Blackburn seems to think the strong point of the '64 Catamounts is the pitching staff. Veterans Rogers and Ivie will see mound action frequently, along with the other pitchers now on the team. Roddie Edwards, a promising freshman, is expected to alternate at the mound and first base. Doyle Mintz, returning to Cullowhee after some time in the service, is also expected to give much help to the Cats in hitting as well as in fielding. The prospects for the 1964 Western Carolina baseball team look promising. The opening game is March 23 with Western Maryland. The Catamounts also have new uniforms which are based on those of the New York Yankees. Let's all back thfe Cats! coming out with a new overhead cam type engine which will be used at the Indianapolis 500 later this year. However, NASCAR and Bill Frence would not let them use this engine due to the fact that it was not a producion engine and that the cost of such an engine would be from 5 to 6 thousand dollars, a NASCAR official said. This year, with FIA sanction on many of NASCAR's big races, we may get the chance to find out who the best stock car drivers are. These sanctioned events are the Daytona 500, the Atlanta 500, the Rebel 300 and the Charlotte National 400 in October. These events will bring to the NASCAR-sanc- tioned races such drivers as A. J. Foyt, John Rutherford, Don Gurney and Parnelli Jones of Indianapolis fame to the world of stock car racing. With the surprisingly good start at Daytona for the Chrysler cars, it looks as though this will be the year of a new leader in racing. Yet, even now, Ford has announced plans for a modification of the present engine on a 116-inch wheel base with a lighter body. If all STOVALL'S 5-10-25* STORE Next to First Union Bank Welcome to All New And Old Student Customers HALLMARK CARD Headquarters Cards for All Occasions THE BOOK STORE 12 East Main — Phone 586-2465 "Your HALLMARK" Card Center Come In And Browse Around! OPEN ALL DAY WEDNESDAY goes well and NASCAR allows the engine to be used, it will be ready for the Atlanta 500 in early April. This car, it is hoped by Ford, will send Chrysler back to the shops for some changing of their cars before the year is over. As for the yet unmentioned General Motors, they are not participating at all in racing this year. If the horsepower race between Ford and Chrysler continues and brings the sales that are anticipated by both companies, General Motors will definitely be back next season. But for now we will have to settle for Fords, Plymouths, Mercurys and Dodges for our racing thrills. What can we look for in the way of speeds this year The Atlanta 500 should produce speeds at about 145 mph. The World 600 at Charlotte, which will be run on May 24, can expect speeds of 147 to 149 mph. With the experience and advancements made by July 4, the Firecracker 400 should see speeds at 180 mph. Stock car racing is no longer the bangum-up, push-em-out- of-the-way sport that it was a few years ago. It has become a scientific sport with professional drivers leading the way. It's also a world of big money, with many drivers winning over $50,000 and some, such as Freddy Lorenzon, winning over $100,000 last year. With the increase of money and the improvement if equipment, this year should see racing draw the biggest crowds in its history. WCC Catamounts 1964 Tennis Schedule April 3 High Point Away April 4 High Point Away April 7Wofford Home April 9 Carson -Newman Home April 11 Appalachian Away April 15 Appalachian Home April 17North Georgia Home April 25 Mars Hill Home April 29 Wofford Away May 1 North Georiga Away May 5 Mars Hill Away May 11 and 12 Carolinas Conference Tournament at Pfeiffer College.
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