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  • Friday, May 8, 1964 Page 10 The Western Carolinian SPORTS SECTION Spectators Standpoint By Vernon Abernethy, Sports Editor Baseball season has come and gone again to the Western Carolina campus. But the game's leaving has marked a more spirited throng of baseball fans cheering from the bleachers. The WCC students displayed a great deal of interest in this usually disregarded phase of the athletic program of the college. But from where does this new interest stem? When the new Coach Blackburn first began working with his new team, he immediately won the deepest appreciation of all the men he was working with. The team knew he was a real leader. He had a winning way about him that made the boys want to do their extreme best to give him a winning season with his first Catamount team. Thus the nine' hustling Catamounts have gone a long way to prove their desire by holding a big chance to go into the tournament at the close of this week. COACH BLACKBURN builds the Cat's spirit. — Photo by Parrish. By charging up the spirit of the players, and opening the season with a long string of victories, the students began to patronize the sport and helped along the baseball morale to an even greater extent. The worth of a team rests on its coach. From this; it can be seen that the spirit and hard work demonstrated by the baseball team shows that the new coach can be considered the number one man for the job. By talking with a few of the baseball players during the season some of the comments received pertaining to the coach were, "He's the type of coach who knows how to get what he wants out of us." "Everybody wants to please Coach Blackburn so we naturally want to throw in every thing we've got for him." When a team is playing for their coach in this manner, it has a whale of potential stored up that will push the team a long, long way. By all these indications, the team to beat in the '65 baseball season will be Western Carolina. High Point Defeats Cats VISIT THE F&P SUPER MARKET it Groceries it Fresh Meats it Frozen Foods Open 7 Days A Week Cullowhee Road at Cope Creek Intersection PADGETT McCOY Baseball Team Well-Rounded Usually when one reads a write-up of an exciting baseball game, the pitcher and hitters who won the game are very built up. With all due respect to the pitchers and power hitters, for they too are as important to the team as the ones this article is all about. How many times does the article say that the infielders and outfields played errorless baseball? If the fielder hasn't done anything spectacular like socking a grand-slam homer or making a fantastic grab or if the infielders have made a record in double plays, seldom do they get the headlines. But each player is dependant on the other and the pitcher therefore is just as important as the third baseman. This is why the nine players are called a TEAM. This is exactly what Western Carolina has. The Cats can boast a strong infield and outfield because of the all-around hustle which is evident if one has ever seen the Cats in action. In the outfield WCC has two seniors, two juniors, and three freshmen. Representing the Cats from the senior class is Danny Tharpe from Asheville and Earl Crotts from Cullowhee. The juniors; Ronnie Young from Marion and Bill Haynes from Asheville. Those finding a spot in the outfield in their first year are Doug Pen- land from Clyde, Joel Whitfield from Gastonia, and Ken Wilkerson from Pineville who is also a first-socker. The infield is young but has plenty of experience with 1 junior, three sophomores, and two freshmen. The only junior on the squad is Bill Rrinehart from Canton. The sophomores are Doyle Mintz from Hendersonville, Lonny Hollifield who hails from Asheville and shortstop Phil Tate from Belmont. Danny Jones and Rodney Edwards (also a pitcher) are from Gastonia. These team members have given much support to the fine pitching staff which is said to be the strong point of this year's squad. Some of these faces will be seen on the diamond next year. Some others won't. But all have served well. Home Team Bows To Panthers In Hard-Fought 5-1 Contest C-R-A-C-K ! That was the sound that was heard Friday, May 1, as the Panthers of High Point attempted to beat the cover off the ball. The sun was shining bright Friday but it was a "plenty" dark day for the Catamounts of Western Carolina as they bowed boldly in a 5 to 1 duel. Ahh yes, the passionate, panting, purple panthers were relentless with their wrath but they cannot say that the leather dusters from the Valley of the Lilies didn't put forth a spirited college try. Spirited must be the correct word because the bleachers bellowed most any kind of hoot that could be thought of. But, try as they did, the fans couldn't pull this one out of the bag for the Cats. A tremendous effort was made to come from behind in the ninth inning but it was to no avail. The WCC-9 fell behind and just couldn't make up the dificit. The power hitter from High Point was Tom Dingnan who slugged a triple and two singles. The next batter in the line-up for High Point belted a triple just after Dingnan's tri-sacker. Those two long hits were very impressive and it shows that High Point has the ability to win a game by brute strength alone. "Hammer" Ivie was delivering the shots from the mound and was displaying good control. But the rans realizecr that it was just one of those days when nothing goes right. The infield showed good form as they enjoyed pulling off a coupla' double plays. The Cat's infield is fast enough to make the play almost a pleasure to watch. The High Point Panthers seemed to relish hitting the ball back to the pitcher, "Hammer." Sure enough, the ball pitched to the batter would be a beaut right in the strike zone, but just as soon as it was hit to Ivie, his throw to first would be low and inside, causing Freshman First Sacker Roddy Edwards to stretch, and giving the fans a little thrill. The Baseball season this year thus far has proven to be quite interesting and action-packed. The old saying goes, "It doesn't matter whether you win or lose, it's the way you play the game." The Catamounts may not win them all, but by Golly, once a team has visited this Valley you can bet your bottom dollar that they won't forget it. The fans won't let them!!! The Catamounts appeal to the students and the reason is simple: Western Carolinas' Catamounts are "Stout." Western Carolina 000 000 001 1 10 1 High Point 000 300 002 5 12 0 Pitching, Catching Staff Prove To Be Outstanding This Year Who are the pitchers and catchers on the Catamount baseball squad this year? Many fans are wondering and would like to be in the know. So here goes! The following information is some facts about the players that fill these positions. The catching position is made up of a from Asheville, North Carolina. His record now is 3 wins and 1 loss. The junior is Rod Rodgers from Leaksville, North Carolina, his record is 5 wins and 1 loss. The only sophomore is Glen (Hammer) Ivie. Glen is from Haversham, Georgia and his mound performance is 4 wins and no losses. First of the fresh- ECC Joins S. Conference East Carolina College became the Southern Conference's tenth member Friday, May 1, and the school's president, Leo Jenkins, promptly pledged that "our objective is to win some Conference Championships." The rapidly growing college in North Carolina's eastern area was voted unanimously into the conference during the annual Spring meetings effective immediately but with sports competition not counting until the 1965-66 school year. Jenkins told the conference "we will emphasize athletics. I feel that if we are going to do anything, we ought to do it as well as we know how." THE CATAMOUNT INFIELDERS PICTURED ABOVE are top row: Bill Rhinehart, Rtddy Edwards, Doyle Mintz, Danny Jones. Bottom row: Phil Tate, and Lonny Hollifield.— Photo by Parrish. junior and freshman. The junior is Scotty Smith from High Shoals, North Carolina. He is currently batting 220. The freshman is Bob Maska from National Park, New Jersey. These two players will be back next year to boost the Cat's attack. The pitchers are composed of one senior, one junior, one sophomore, and three freshman. The only senior on the Cat's mound staff is Danny Tharpe men is Jim Raleigh, from North- port, New York. His record is 1 win and no losses. Rod Edwards from Gastonia and Ronnie Logan from Winston-Salem round out the pitching staff with (1-1), (0-1) records respectively. Next year's pitching and catching staff should be strong with good experience with the loss of only one outstanding player on the pitching staff and no losses on the catching staff.
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