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The Red and Black
Wednesday April 14. 1962
Pag* 12
It’s spring and the Braves are winning
The Russians are in
Afghanistan, we are in El
Salvador, Iran and Iraq are
still fighting it out over who
knows what, Israel and
Egypt still can't decide who
owns what, Japan makes a
better car than Detroit, and
now England and Argentina
are preparing to square off
over a bunch of sheep in
some distant place called the
Falkland Islands
But am I depressed,
worried or even a bit con
cerned? No way! It’s April,
the weather is slowly war
ming, and best of all, it's
baseball season Going into
Tuesday night's game with
Cincinnati, our Atlanta
Braves are 6-0!
Since 1876, through
Boston. Milwaukee and
Atlanta, no Braves team had
ever won its first six games.
The last year they won the
first five, 1957, the
Milwaukee Braves won the
World Series
Have you gotten your
playoff tickets yet?
Okay, granted, six games
does not make a season But
spring is the eternal
designated season for op
timism in baseball, so please
forgive my premature
gleefulness And hey, the
Braves are indeed (cross
your fingers and knock on
wood) playing great ball
Atlanta's fast start comes
as no surprise to me. I've
been saying the Braves were
improving for several years
now, so I’ve been on top of
things the whole time. It’s
always such a great
rationalization
When a skeptic would ask
how or why I would pull for a
61-101 team, I would look the
poor fool in the eyes and
calmly say, “They’re im
proving." In addition to
making me feel better, my
response always gave the
skeptics a good laugh
I don’t think the Houston
Astros were laughing when
they left Atlanta Sunday.
The Sunday afternoon
shutout completed the
demolition of the same team
that won the second half of
the National League's
Western Division last year
Coupled with the season
opening destruction of the
San Diego Padres, the
Braves now have swept two
series this year — the same
number as the entirety of
last year.
Who are these guys and
why are they playing so well
all of a sudden? At the risk of
facing a barrage of mental
stability tests, I must admit
that the Braves have been
improving for some time.
After four consecutive sixth-
place finishes, Atlanta
placed fourth in 1980 and
fourth and fifth in the two
halves of the strike-
shortened 1981 season. Even
in this age of the free agent,
it simply takes time to build
a winning ballclub.
Although Atlanta has two
free agents on its roster, the
front office has wisely
chosen to depend on its
minor-league system. This
means bringing up players
who are young With youth
comes inexperience and
inconsistency, which have
been the trademark of the
Braves in recent years
Luckily, Ted Turner, the
late Bill Lucas. John Mullen,
Henry Aaron and other
executives in the Atlanta
organization have stuck with
the youngsters through the
hard times instead of
panicking.
The youth of the Braves is
evident throughout the
roster The starting rotation
includes Rick Mahler,
named National League
Player-of-the-Week for his 2-
0 start, 29; Tommy Boggs,
26 Bob Walk, 25; Steve
Bedrosian, 23; and Phil
Niekro, a comparative
senior citizen at 43.
The bullpen is a bit more
experienced with Rick
Camp, 29; A1 Hrabosky, 32;
and Gene Garber, 34, on
hand to clean up after the
starters.
Counting Monday's 6-1
laugher over Cincinnati, the
staff has an earned run
average under 1.40, and
Niekro, for years the ace of
the staff, has yet to see
action because of an injury
Dale Murphy, Claudell
Dog swimmers qualify for Seventeen meet
Washington and Brett Butler
form one of the best outfield
combinations in baseball All
can cover the ground and
have strong arms Murphy is
just 26, but already has five
years experience in the big
leagues Washington is an
eight-year veteran at age 27,
and Butler should be a rookie
of the year candidate at 24.
Chris Chambliss, 33;
Glenn Hubbard, 24; Rafael
Ramirez, 23, and bob
Horner, 24, make up the
infield. Bruce Benedict, an
All-Star at 26, will again
catch for the Braves.
Obviously, the Braves are
a young team sprinkled with
veterans. Are they too young
to expect great things from?
Only time will tell. However,
if these first six glorious
games are any indication of
what lies ahead ... I hope the
weather is good in Atlanta in
October.
Ahhh, it's spring and all is
well with the world.
Charles Odum is a staff
writer for The Red and
Black.
Murphey helps form the best outfield in baseball
Georgia's Beth Cuddeback
and Mary Jane Billheimer
qualified for the Seventeen
Magazine’s Meet of Cham
pions at the U S. Swimming
Shortcourse Championships
(formerly the AAU) ir
Gainesville, Fla., April 7-10.
Both women will receive ex
pense paid trips to Mission
Viejo, Calif., where the
championships will be held
June 11-13.
Led by Cuddeback and
Billheimer, who both finish
ed in the Top 16 in the coun
try in their events, the
women’s swimmers set four
school records in
Gainesville.
Cuddeback set a new mark
in the 200-yard breaststroke
at 2:18.65, and in the 200-
yard butterfly with a 2:01.2.
Billheimer finished with a
time of 16:39.0 in the 1650-
yard freestyle, Barbi
Sumner recorded a 4:40.01 in
the 500-yard freestyle and
Ann Fitzgerald raced to a
58.8 in the 100-yard
backstroke.
The Lady Bulldogs just
recently finished ninth in the
Association of In
tercollegiate Athletics for
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Women National swimming
meet. Seven Georgia
swimmers finished in the top
eight of their events and
were named All-Americas.
In addition to being
pleased with the success of
his team in the AIAW
Nationals and the U.S.
Shortcourse Championships,
Coach Jack Bauerle was
thrilled with the per
formance of some swimmers
who were not competing for
Georgia, but soon will be.
"This was the first time
we've scored in the Senior
Nationals," Bauerle said. "I
am very happy with our
swimmers and the recruits
we have signed. Next year,
two of the top eight
breaststrokers in the
country will be at Georgia.”
Virginia Diederich of
Kennesaw, Ga., and Lisa
Geiger of Glenside, Pa.,
were outstanding swimmers
in the meet who are com
mitted to Georgia for next
year.
—Charles Odum
Former UAB assistant
named Ole Miss coach
OXFORD, Miss. (UPI) - Ole Miss
had hoped to hire Chattanooga
basketball coach Murray Arnold
when Bob Weltlich resigned to
become head basketball coach at
Texas, but settled for Alabama-
Birmingham assistant Lee Hunt when
Arnold turned down the Rebels' offer.
Hunt, an assistant to Coach Gene
Bartow at Alabama-Birmingham the
past four years, Monday was named
basketball coach and assistant
athletic director at Mississippi.
The announcement was made by
Ole Miss Athletic Director Warner
Alford, pending approval by the state
college board. Hunt succeeds Bob
Weltlich, who resigned recently to
become coach at the University of
Texas.
“We’re happy to announce that Lee
Hunt is joining Ole Miss to direct our
men's basketball program,” Alford
said. “Lee brings to this program
great basketball knowledge. He is an
outstanding recruiter who has been
involved with some of the finest
basketball programs in the country
and was very instrumental in the
success of those programs."
The new Ole Miss coach said
recruiting would be the first order of
business. “We’ve got to move
quickly,” he said. “I hope to be able to
sign some players in the next few
days.
“A good foundation has been laid
here in basketball and we want to now
continue to build from that foun
dation," Hunt said. "I am familiar
with the players returning and feel we
can add to that nucleus. We can be
very competitive next year." Hunt
was named to a four-year contract at
an unannounced salary.
A graduate of Central Missouri
State University, Hunt has been
coaching for 22 years. He compiled a
136-66 record while coaching in
Missouri high school ranks.
His first collegiate coaching job was
as an assistant at his alma mater,
Central Missouri. Central Missouri
also was the school where Bartow got
his start.
Frisbee Week ’82 kicks off today
with ‘Student Day’ at Myers Quad
By NANCY COHEN
Itrd and alack Staff Writer
Springtime has arrived
and what better way to
start than with Frisbee
Week ’82. The activities
begin today with "Student
Day" from 1 to 4 p.m. at the
Myers Quad
All students, experienced
or not, are invited to take
part in the action. Men and
women can separately test
their skills in distance, ac
curacy and freestyle
events.
Other scheduled activi
ties for the week include a
professional freestyle
group, The Jammers, who
will perform at the Reed
Quad Thursday. The week
culminates with Ultimate
Bowl I, the largest Frisbee
tournament ever held in
the Southeast at the in
tramural fields Friday
through Sunday.
Ultimate frisbee is a
rapidly growing, fast
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On-campus interviews-April 15-16 Internships
available for all students and all majors.
Come to Career Planning and Placement in
Clark Howell Hall to sign up for a interview.
For further information contact Ray Easterlin
- 542-3377.
This in/ormation has been prepared and submitted
by the office of Student Affairs
paced team sport. Two
teams of seven men face-
off on a 120 x 40 yard play
ing field. The game begins
with a throw-off (equiva
lent to a kick-off in foot-
bail).
Upon receiving the
throw-off, the offensive
team attempts to work the
frisbee down the field into
the opponents' end zone
scoring in one point.
Anytime the frisbee hits
the ground, is intercepted
or is caught out of bounds,
the offense immediately
becomes defense. This
makes for the fast-paced
excitement of the game
Teams participating in
the tournament include
Michigan State, Miami
(Ohio), St. Louis, Florida,
Alabama. North and South
Carolina and Georgia.
A total of 16 men's teams
will compete along with
four women's teams.
Georgia football Coach
Vince Dooley will throw out
the first disc for Sunday’s
final game.
Ultimate Bowl I is spon
sored by the UGA Frisbee
Disc Association, Atlanta
Frisbee Disc Club and
Stroh's.
Davidson, Van Buren
named as G-day coaches
The two coaches for the
annual G-day football game
have been named by Coach
Vince Dooley. David
Davidson, the college editor
of the Atlanta Journal, and
John Van Buren, sports
director of WSB-TV in
Atlanta, will be in command
of the Red and Black teams
on April 24.
Previous coaches for the
annual spring game include:
1976, Jesse Outlar, Atlanta
Constitution, and Harley
Bowers, Macon Telegraph;
1977, Jim Viondi, WSB-TV,
and Ted Turner, CNN and
WTBS-TV; 1978, Lewis
Grizzard, Atlanta Con
stitution, and Phil Schaefer,
WSB Radio; 1979, Art
Eckman, WXIA-TV, and
B.J. Phillips, Time; 1980,
Ducky Wall, WALB-TV
Albany, and Bill Hartman,
WAGA-TV Atlanta; 1981,
Blake Giles, Athens Banner-
Herald, and Billy Harper,
Athens Daily News.
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