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  • page 6 THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Thursday May 10, 1973 CAROLINIAN SPORTS AN"| S I Gaines Western Carolina University track star Jerry Gaines has been invited to participate in the Martin Luther Games in Durham. The Games, held on Saturday, May 12, are considered to be highly prestigious as they attract top track ■ and field talents from around the country. Gaines will be participating in the triple jump and is considered to be among the top ten jumpers in the nation. Gaines has been one of Western's top individual scorers this year in the triple jump, broad jump, and relay events, gaining outstanding perfromer recognition in more than one meet. The Cats will be on the road for their last dual meet of the season on Saturday, May 12, as the WCU runners travel to Athens, Ga. and the University of Georgia. Intramurals In the horseshoe competition the all - campus intramural champions have been decided. Taking the singles title was TKE Hal Beaver who beat runner up John Moose of the Grads. In the doubles tourney Randy Barnett and Tommy Ledford of G-l Albright edged out Gary Wallace and John Mullis, 4-5 Harrill, to place first. IM softball play has also determined league champions. In the Fraternity League Pi Kappa Phi finished first followed by TKE's in second. National League champions G-l Benton earned their title by besting runner - ups Reynolds South, 1-2. The American League's 3 Moore toppled second place 1-T Moore to grab their respective championship. In the International League the Grads bested the Animals for first place honors. Rounding out the list of league champions were the Triffids, who triumphed o- ver S.D.S. in the Independent League. Intramural director Coach James Bryant is also reminding all interested that the track meet for all leagues will be held on Tuesday, May 15. Field events will begin at 3:30 p.m. with the running events scheduled to get underway at 4:00 p.m. Football The 1972 Western Carolina University Catamount football team received recognition at the 15th annual Western North Carolina Sports Award banquet in Asheville Sunday night, as the grid squad received the Pepsi-Cola Award for the outstanding college football team. The award was based on the Cats' 7-2-1 record of last year and eighth place national ranking in the final Associated Press poll. * Gymnastics On Tuesday night the WCU Gymnastics team will present its Annual Spring Show. The program, ending the year, will be presented at 8:00 p.m. in Reid Gym. ~l Profession MBJORN, i PtrOXR 388-8413 •X DRUG .HON. H.Pa, EH? STORE C. 3877P 4r' S For Those Special Gifts, Cards, Cosmetics and All Health Care Needs. He's That Good! By Harry Morrow The Charlotte Observer Jerry Gaines hates to jump first. Most of the guys he competes against hate to see him jump at all. He's that good. A special triple jump mark was required in the Davidson Relays just to make sure that Western Carolina's Gaines would land in the pit. Normally, it's 50 feet to the back edge. Gaines' career best is 51-4 3/4. He's also long jumped 25-7. "I just want to get in some (good ) jumps before the Martin Luther King Games," the 5- 9, 152 pount junior from Chesapeake, Va., had said before the Davidson meet. "There's going to be some real studs there. "Last year in the last meet-I was at the point I am now. I'm going for 53 this season. I don't know how it's going to go. I feel good. I just haven't got! en it all together. "I'm waiting for a good day. It doesn't look like I'm going to find one." Gaines, an honorable mention All-America receiver in football last fall, didn't really find one at Davidson despite setting at pair of records. He had come for his teammates' sake. He would have gotten better competition in the Dogwood Relays at Tennessee, The News-Piedmont was the first time Jerry ever put three jumps over 50 together in the same meet," the Catamounts' new coach, Paul Jones, pointed out. "I think he does well under pressure. Jerry's not the type of person to let defeat get him down. He wants to be a success. I couldn't have asked for anything better, I was apprehensive because I knew he was doing good. "If you'll watch Jerry, he gets tremendous spring off the board. He gets a great deal of height. He has tremendous speed, which is characteristic af a good triple jumper and long jumper. And he doesn't mind practicing. "We've worked on strength this year. He's done a lot of hill work and lifting weights. This is the first year he's been well." Gaines got his 25-71ongjump in qualifying at the National Association of Intercollegiate H «5> onky Chateau $£■00 Fr'i , -Sat. coved cr\&f{ae. & Sat. NIGHT CLUB 0?EhJ n z* - la/n Old Roller Skate Rink Med. - Fnl - S*t. <5?.m. - 1 dfn. West Marshall Street, Waynesvilie ©na k y id ft 4 ® 0 opecTa/ TV/'ce-s 3*~><9 on C«a^t V\tcVxe.rs ...*i.a5 Athletics (NAIA) meet last season. He pulled a hamstring muscle on his next try. He couldn't compete in the Olympic trials. He did long jump 23-9 and then tripled 48-4 1/4. The runway, at about 124 feet, was about 15 feet shorter than Gaines likes. His events took longer to complete than the time schedule showed. The long jump was supposed to start at 12:30 p.m., but by 1:40 Gaines had long jumped only once. He still had to stay loose, which was a slow leak on his energy. There wasn't as much pressure as he often faces, not like there will be in the King Games May 12 at Duke. "It gets kind of hectic sometimes," he conceded, "especially when you're expected to win and blow it." Gaines doesn't make a habit of that. He was the outstanding athlete in the News-Piedmont Relays at Furman, where he recorded his triple jump best. He finished second in the long jump at 24-4 3/4, losing when Norfolk State's Aaron Heard set a record of 24 10 3/1 on his final jump. His freshman year he had suffered an ankle injury. However, he has remained a quality jumper and an electrifying football player. Many observers believe he's the best athlete Western has ever had. Gaines, a marketing major, is always studying and jumping or studying and playing football. Cullowhee, a mountain town, has a population of around 1,500. Western's enrollment is about 5,000, but only about 85 students are black. "That's not enough," Gaines said. "We're trying to get a lounge now for blacks. That's not saying that only blacks can come there. "There's not that much for the black student. I'm not saying it's dull. If you want to have a social life you can. But it's not staring you in the face like at the University of Tennessee." Gaines might have gone to Tennessee "if I could play football. Western was the only school that would let me play football and run track. All the rest just wanted me for track. He caught 44 passes last fall for 921 yards and five touchdowns although he missed two games with an ankle injury. His two-season totals are 769 catches for 1,821 yards. This spring scouts from the Raiders, Jets, Cowboys and Giants have all found their way to Cullowhee, stop watch in hand. Which sport does Gaines like best? "It's half and half-I never answer that question," he replied. "I'd like to play pro football. I think I could play. It's just whether they think I can play. I'd line to see pro track survive because I'd like to have a chance at it. You've really got to be good." At Davidson Gaines didn't have the best situation to prove how good he is. But his record jumps did salvage a poor day for the Catamounts. "I started jumping when I was a junior in high school, Gaines said, picking up the thread while staying limber. As a senior he went to the Golden West Invitational in Sacramento and won the triple jump at 49-7. "I've been watching a film of a guy in the '68 Olympics. I don't know his name, but I've leaned a lot from him. There's a lot to learn about the triple jump. It's a lot more complex than people realize. "It's hard to recover (from the step) and jump. It feels natural around the last third of the season. You keep shin splints until the middle of the season, I do, anyway." Stadium Won't Be Finished For Opening Game 1-1). Requited Head football coach Bob Waters has released some more information concerning the availability of the new stadium for next year's fall season. According to Waters, the stadium will not be ready for the September 8 game with Tennessee Tech jr the September 22 date with Appalachian State, and the two *ames will be played in Memorial Stadium. The next scheduled home game will not be until November 3 and the Florida A&M con« test, There is a possibility, however, that Western Carolina will fill one of two open dates left on the Cats' schedule, meaning either a game on October 13or 27. The stadium could be ready for one of these dates. Western was left with the two open dates when Livingston State University (Ala.)canceled out on their previously committed date with the Cats. Coach Waters is still hoping to find a replacement to fill one of the open slots. Waters may already be suc- sesful as it was learned that the Cats have lined up a game to fill the October 27 date. Providing the opposition at that time will be the University of Nebraska-Omaha. The game will be in Omaha and will make five away games and a total ten contests on the season for for the Catamounts. /WTO&RflPmo Sf\)D|0 >4pplicoflON Anc( •pftSS^ORT "PHOTOS Oi/ERWW C«!l : 586 - 2&1 * 4 ifoemted 9ehmt/ rue %IG 4Z>f{ANG£ sneer p«o/*> we L^» S'/LVA.' 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