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  • Surles on sports by Steve Surles I hate to change the subject but since the football team doesn't play this weekend I'd like to remind everyone of the official beginning of basketball season October 15. That's the day the NCAA allows basketball practices to begin. The Catamounts will be right on time...they'll have a full scrimmage the 15th at 4:30 p.m. in Reid Gym with refs and everything. The early season peek at the Catamounts is open to the public and should be interesting, if not exciting exhibition. Even though the Cats will be very young and inexperienced they have the most raw talent a Catamount team has had in many years. The regular season begins November 30 against Maryville College at 7:30 in Reid Gym... Alright, already I made a mistake...I predicted ASU would upset UT-Chattanooga...oh well, I was close. The Western coaches don't say much about it, but the officiating in the WCU-Citadel game was mediocre...or at least questionable. After looking at TV games and others I'd say that the Southern Conference officiating is not the worst but is a long way from the best. I'd like for the refs to explain their definition of holding or illegal use of the hands, and I won't even mention ball spotting...that's a joke on every level of football... Who can figure the SAC-8...the South Atlantic Conference NAIA. So far against the NCAA Southern Conference teams they have a 2-1 record. Presbyterian whipped Furman and the Citadel early in the season and then the Cats just held off 1 Ion two weeks ago. NAIA affiliate Wofford also embarrassed Furman, and the Southern Conference with their 27-17 victory... Former WCU basketball great Bubba Wilson seems to be close to making the Golden State Warriors pro-basketball team insiders say. He was farmed out by the Warriors last season (o a minor league team in Fresno, California. Last season the Warriors just had too many shooing guards for the 6'4 native of Shelby to get a place on the roster. Bubba's been called an "animal on defense" by Warriors club officials...that is a real compliment In pro ball...He's a testimony to hard work, class and patience. This year's World Series should be a good one...both teams seem to be evenly matched |on paper at least]. Both have good pitching, fielding and good power hitting. I give the Orioles a slight edge...their starting pitching is a little stronger with Flanagan, Palmer, McGregor and Dennis Martinez as starters. :!S* Ed Murphy, Director Outdoor Discovery Menlo Park, CA •:* "We guide educational expeditions into the Sierra for young people. So eating is important. Besides I've always been interested in creative wilderness cookery. To me, the Peak 1 stove is the best. "It's much more adjustable than others, and there's no central hot spot. It cooks like the range at home. And it does put out the heat. "Even though we've been over 10,000 feet, with temperatures well below freezing, I've never had to prime a Peak 1. "Its cooking efficiency and fuel efficiency actually save weight and hassle on the trail." Find out more about Outdoor Discovery, Ed Murphy's cookery-and Peak 1. Send for free Trail Notes: "Trade in Value'1 Hll'llpl ~^H^^^^H $5.00 trade in value on your old stove— works or not! C=Q£KU 19 N. Main St. Franklin, NC October 11, 1979/THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN/P«ge 15 Gerald Harp Injuries, size no obstacle By KENNY BROWN Staff Writer This story has been whispered around Western North Carolina and the Southern Conference for some time. But until now it has never been told. Until now. Now jt can be told. When Gerald Harp was growino. ud in the town of Red Oak. Georgia, he was usually too small to play football with the rest of his friends. Truly loving the game called football, however, the coaches allowed the little man to make the team-with Gerald Harp not knowing his role was to be observing from the reserve standpoint. Well, this didn't suit the little man from Lakeshore High School too well. Determined to prove his capabilities were more important than size. Harp's attempts led to injury during a practice, which lead to the "gnat" severely damaging his limbs and supposedly ending his career forever. Surgery was required, but the fee that was needed skyrocketed over the Harp family budget. Somehow or another, two men by the names of Steve Austin and Oscar Goldman found out about Harp, (sound familiar?). Well anyway, the operation was successful and very costly. The National Defense Budget paid the fee which was required~a mere $4 million by their standards, but alot for a young man from Georgia. To repay the loan, Gerald Harp would have to attend Western Carolina University and play football. If he was to develop into a standout performer, the university agreed to pick up the tab. The doctors accepted the IOU and after weeks of rehabilitation, Harp was sent home. One thing the doctors failed to inform Harp was that power and strength the pair of bionic limbs possessed. They had rebuilt him to become faster...stronger and quicker than any man living (except Steve Austin of course). Now possessing impressive speed, Harp had something that only one other person could match. Racing at speeds up to 55 mph, the rebuilt man could once again play the game he truly loved, with no problems at all. Head football coach, Bob Waters found out about the remarkable event and immediately tabbed him as the team's number one wide receiver. Utilizing his blazing speed on occasional situations, opposing secondary coaches constantly wondered how to stop a person that could run a 2.9 hundred. For opposing head coaches, their only question was, "Where in the world did you get him?" Okay, so I exaggerated a little bit. Maybe I made the whole thing up. But his performance against Marshall this year backs me up. The five times Harp's hands grabbed'trje ball, the legs did the rest in churning out an amazing 156 yards. These figures average out to an eye shocking 31.2 yards per reception. His longest reception coming on an 86 yard touchdown bomb. If that isn't enough statistics, let's go back to 1978 when Harp caught a record-setting 94 yard touchdown pass against VMI. Now let's go to the 1978 upset over the UTC Moccasins. In the game, Harp caught 10 passes for 164 yards, including 3.touchdowns, that helped him win the Player of the Week. I would talk about Harp being named Southern Conference Football Player of the Year of his 1,145 yards on 62 receptions, but I think I've made my point. But what makes his statistics look so impressive? Besides having the quickness to run a 9.8 hundred, is it the ability to break into the open after beating a defender? "I think my size works in my favor. I would | rather play a bigger secondary, than one that's about the size of ours," Harp said. Only in his junior year majoring in recreation, Gerald Harp now ranks fourth on WCU's all-time pass reception list with 110 catches; fourth receiving yardage with 1,879 yards; touchdown receptions. Let the figures speak for themselves, the stage of his career where respect from opponents has long been acheived. Ranked third nationally in pass receiving this year, this statistic backs up the assumption. So what more can be said about the quick receiver that stands 5'9 and weighs 152 lbs? About the best thing, is that Gerald Harp will soon be another chapter in Catamount history for his breath-taking heroics in ♦he Cats thrilling air attack. in career pass and third in Harp is now at
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