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The Red and Black. Thursday. August 8. 1974 Page 3II
The tennis court
s ituotion * Geor9ias courts amon 9
poorest in the Southeast
By ROBERT LIGON
Georgia has one of the best,
| if not the best tennis team in
the South — while offering its
students some of the poorest
tennis facilities when compa
red to other major Southern
colleges with or without pro
ductive varsity tennis squads.
Drawing from a student pop
ulation of about 22,000. the
University boasts an unimpres
sive total of 11 tennis courts for
student use. This deficiency in
facilities is further aggravated
by competition for their use
among the women’s tennis
team, intramurals, P.E. class
es, state high school tourna
ments, Athens residents, and
finally regular students.
The situation seems to be
uniquely UGA. A recent survey
of tennis facilities at several
major Southern college cam
puses showed that the Univer
sity leaves much to be desired.
Clemson University with an
enrollment of 11,000 presently
has 14 lighted courts and plans
for 20 more, eight in the
immediate future The Univer
sity of South Carolina, offers
its 17,000 students a total of 18
lighted courts. Rival Georgia
Tech is the most cooperative
as far as catering to the tennis
buff in Georgia, as it supplies
36 courts for 8500 students
THE BEST facilities? At the
Chapel Hill campus of the
University of North Carolina,
there can be found a virtual
tennis player’s hog-heaven
Forty-one courts, lighted with
no charge to the student, adorn
this campus of 19,000 Howe
ver, according to UNC officials
they are now deficient in
facilities — several years ago
they lost nine courts to the
construction of new residence
halls, but plans for a new
indoor complex should resolve
this problem in the forseeable
future.
Dr. Ronald Hyatt of the
Physical Education department
at North Carolina attributes
their successful program to
"excellent administrative sup
port and the general belief in
the P.E department that phy
sical conditioning should ex
ceed the initial physical educa
tion requirements of the Uni
versity."
It is evident that for now our
University is holding on to last
place. Unfortunately, it is des
tined to remain in the cellar
for years to come. In a recent
interview. Director of Campus
Planning Bill Hudson said that
although the administration is
"sympathetic” to the student's
dilemma, a "tight money”
situation exists that makes
future planning impossible.
Hudson also ruled out the
direct allocation of state funds
in fear of tax payers looking up
on the University as a four
year country club. However,
Clemson Intramural Director
Banks McFadden and Univer
sity of South Carolina Sports
Information Director Tom
Price have found no adverse
implications about their future
plans or present facilities. In
fact, they both stated that such
facilities add to the overall
attractiveness of their campus
and enhance their student and
athletic recruiting capabilities
The University has seeming
ly been caught up in the recent
tennis boom that is sweeping
the country. The growing popu
larity of tennis with the stu
dents has resulted in a con
stantly increasing deficiency in
courts The lack of initiative to
resolve the problem by those
who have the power to do so is
not a result of their ignorance
of the situation, rather it is due
to their attitude toward the
situation — they just don’t give
a damn.
THE CATCH-ALL phrase
"tight money" doesn't really
explain the problem. It is
difficult to imagine that schools
like Georgia Tech, Clemson
and South Carolina have deve
loped some secret formula for
producing money in these hard
times that the University has
not yet figured out.
It seems that the University
could at least inquire into the
matter of how these other
schools are able to produce the
revenue for their facilities. But
as Hudson said there is sympa
thy toward the problem.
So, as the summers get
hotter, the waiting lines get
longer and the tempers flare,
there remains but one consola
tion for the twice-a-week hack
er — the administration's sym
pathy.
by NANCY BLACK
and
the wait
goes
on...
Photo by NANCY BLACK
Braves look good under King
By TIM McBRAYER
In this, my last column of
the summer, I must confess
surprise over the changes
which can be seen in the play
of the Atlanta Braves since
Clyde King became the mana
ger of the team.
I was not in favor of the
firing of Eddie Mathews but
that by now is simply some
thing he and the rest of his
supporters have to accept. I
said two weeks ago that the
Braves' players were the ones
who needed to change and that
no manager could do that.
I must now admit that I was
partially wrong The players
do seem to be hustling more
and to be playing better de
fense This apparently stems
from the managing of King
BY WAY OF his third base
and first base coaches he has
been giving orders to the
players to be more aggressive
in their base running Singles
have turned into doubles Hit
and run plays are becoming
the usual instead of the unusu
al. The defense is improving
because the players sense that
if they do the job well, they’ll
stay on the job They won’t bo
taken out of the lineup because
of a particular pitcher oppo
sing them on a particular day.
Also, the team as a whole is
playing more together because
the players, all the players,
are becoming a part of the
action One good example is
Vic Correll. He has not caught
that much this past season
until King put him into the first
game that he managed Since
that time the Braves have won
the four games that Correll has
caught He has even produced
with the bat including a grand
slam on July 31 against San
Francisco
THE BRAVES should finish
ahead of Houston and I think
they may be only a game or
two behind second place Los
Angeles at the end of the
season Cincinnati will get hot
down the stretch, but Atlanta
will be in a respectable position
by the season's end.
King will probably stay on as
manager for next year if he
can show some signs of im
provement towards the end of
this season
Trades will probably include
Danny Frisella and Joe Niekro
for another pitcher or for a
good left handed hitter who
could play the infield.
Ralph Garr has said he
would like to be traded but the
Braves would be stupid if they
let him go.
THIS HINGES upon the im
provement of Garr in the
outfield and on the improve
ment of his base running
abilities. If he cannot be taught
how to steal bases and if he
can’t be taught the necessary
moves he will have to make to
get to a ball hit to him in either
left or right field, then perhaps
there is no other recourse but
to trade him. And without a
doubt many teams would like
to have him.
Norm Miller might be traded
because he hasn't produced
that well and the Braves have
two good first basemen in
Davey Johnson and Mike Lum.
The rest of the team will
probably remain the same. I
doubt if any of the other
pitchers would be traded unless
it would be Roric Harrison.
Harrison has had more than
his share of troubles this year
I would at this point predict
that no Atlanta Braves pitcher
will win 20 games. Only Buzz
Capra and Phil Niekro have a
chance.
FINALLY in this column, I
would like to devote some
space to the Braves' greatest
player, Hank Aaron.
I will not argue whether
IVolo by TIM McBRAYER
E VMM V I ES CONOR YTl'L.VTK IH STY BAKER tIN HOME Rl’N
Hr a \ cs liriiefH from King's inanagrilieiil
Babe Ruth was better than
Hank Aaron I think it is stupid
to compare two men who live
in different times and played
under different circumstances
Aaron never received the
attention he deserved until
only recently. Part of the
reason for this is Aaron's
calm, reserved manner He’s
never been a publicity hound
and I really respect his ability
to retain his composure
He was and still is hounded
by autograph seekers, national
reporters and those small town
or beginning reporters like
myself, but he has been able to
answer every question with
unparalleled equanimity.
In conclusion I want to relay
my high regards for Hank and
wish him the very best of luck
in whatever field he chooses
after retirement. I don’t think
he will manage in the near
future simply because he lacks
experience This is probably
why, among other reasons, the
Braves management did not
ask Aaron to fill their vacated
manager's role.
I BELIEVE the Braves are
one season and a couple of
trades away from winning the
pennant. With their fine pitch
ing coach and their wealth of
strong, young pitchers there is
no reason the Atlanta fans
cannot expect an even better
season from the pitchers next
year.
The rest of the team should
develop. They need a leader
and Darrell Evans may be the
man for the job
With the right type of man
agement and with considera
tion of the strengths and possi
ble future problem areas of the
Braves, 1 think they will in the
future go much further than
they have gone this year.
Join Woodsy.
Give a hoot. Don’t pollute.
Work out ways to
make wastes useful.
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