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Braves Get Second NCAAChance
“The Battle of New Orleans”
may hold more significance
than merely a song out of the
past for the Braves this
weekend as they take on the
nationally ranked University of
New Orleans Privateers on
their home court in the first
game of the NCAA South
Central Regional, Friday night
at 10:05 p m
“We are delighted for the
opportunity to compete in a
regional tournament,” head
SPORTS
Editor: Bob Foley
Editors Scorecard
Judo Club Shafted
Once again the Judo Club has been stuck holding the dirty end of
the doggie doo stick. It seems the club was using a building on
campus for practicing, when the administration decided to cut the
electricity off in that building. That leaves the Judo Club out in the
cold with no mats.
This is by far not the first incident that has happened to throw the
Judo Club out of accomodations for practice. The administration
obviously does not feel that the Judo Club warrants any facilities to
better their skills.
I feel that this is a gross injustice to some of these who practice
as hard as any other athlete in their particular sport.
The administration should take stock of the situation and make
an added effort to find the club a practice facility.
Batsmen Open Season
Doubleheader On Tap
Temperatures are hovering
slightly above the freezing
mark during the day, but for the
West Georgia College base
ball team springtime is in the
air. Coach Archie White’s 1975
edition officially goes on review
this Sunday afternoon when
Appalachian State University
comes to Carrollton for a l: 30
p.m. doubleheader.
The Appalachian State
contests open a 43-game
schedule for the baseball
Braves, with 23 of those games
coming on the West Georgia
diamond.
For Archie White and six of
his returning veterans the
upcoming baseball campaign
will be a chance to make
amends of last year’s night
mare season that went from 36-
12 to 22-21 after the playing of an
ineligible player forced the
forfeiture of 14 games.
“Potentially,” and White
emphasized the word ‘poten
tially,’ “this should be the best
team that I have had at West
Georgia as far as talent is
concerned.
“However, with only six
players coming back, their
talent and that of some real fine
recruits is going to be offset by
the lack of experience as a
playing unit, especially during
the early part of the season.”
coach Roger Kaiser said, “but
of all the eight regions and the
teams that are involved, West
Georgia probably finds itself in
the toughest of them all.”
Joining the Braves and
Privateers in the two-day four
team tournament is Southern
University and Lincoln
University,two college division
powerhouses that have ranked
among the nation’s elite this
season.
The Jaguars of Baton Rouge’s
Southern University will bring a
Sophomore shortstop Barry
Evans, who hit .277 last season
and whose fielding was tops in
the South Atlantic Conference,
leads the returning vets, while
Bob Giddens, a junior college
transfer catcher from South
Georgia College, is the prime
recruit out of a covey of out
standing newcomers.
Track Meet
Set March 15
The United States Track and
Field Federation is sponsoring
this year’s All-Comers meet on
March 15. Their sanction and
publicity, along with highly
competitive results from last
years meets, have enticed a
number of the top NCAA and
club athletes come to the West
Georgia campus.
Ten full squads including such
track powers as Duke
University, and Ohio University
are planned participants.
Partial entries have been
received from Auburn,
Clem son. Foystate, and several
prestigious track clubs.
This year’s meet will have
four divisions: The college and
club athletic division; the
women's division; the master
division for athletes over 30:
and the "kids” division for
children 12 years old and
younger.
-19-6 mark to New Orleans and
one of the country’s most ex
plosive offenses Southern is
averaging more than 100 points
per game.
Missouri’s Lincoln University
sports the top regular season
mark among four teams at 20-6.
The won and loss slate has been
achieved at the expense of
several outstanding squads
notably, number one ranked
Kentucky State <23-2) and
Tennessee State, Armstrong
State’s first game opponent in
the South Regional that will be
going on in Chattanooga this
weekend.
NOT BIG
Coach Ron Greene’s high
scoring squad, currently rated
tenth in Associated Press’s
national poll, is not an ex
ceptionally big team, but
Tennis Preview
Team is Young But Talented
A lot of talent, but very little
experience sums up the West
Georgia College men’s tennis
hopes this spring, according to
Braves tennis coach Tom
Learning.
West Georgia took the South
Atlantic Conference by surprise
last season by upsetting
national power Columbus
College for the conference’s
initial tennis title. However,
Learning lost five seniors from
that 1974 squad which turned in
a 14-8 mark.
Larry Schnall and former
Carrollton High state singles
champ Steven Holmes are the
only returning veterans, but
they will be joined by an out
standing crop of new recruits.
The number one and three
performers on last year’s state
junior college championship
team at Abraham Baldwin
College in Tifton signed with the
Braves, and another former
Carrollton state champ, Harold
McLendon, will also be wearing
the Braves colors this spring.
“We probably have as good,
or possibly the best tennis talent
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quickness, shooting, and
agressiveness have given the
New Orleans school a 19-6
record against one of the
country’s toughest small
college schedules.
A 6-2 guard who averages 26.1
points per game is the big gun
for the Privateers. Wilbur
Holland, the Most Valuable
Player in last season’s South
Central Regional currently
ranks fifth in the nation for
scoring average.
Surprisingly, New Orleans
has only one other player
averaging in double figures, 6-3
forward John Carneley, at 10.3.
However, as a team UNO is
scoring at a 92 1 clip which
denotes a balanced team that
utilizes its bench.
On the backboards the
Privateers appear to be ex
that has ever been at West
Georgia,” Learning explained.
"But with only two returning
players, the lack of experience
will be a big factor. Our eight
man squad does not have a
single senior and six of them
are either sophomores or fresh
men.”
The West Georgia coach also
cited the toughness of his 1975
schedule as another factor in
determining the Braves net
fortunes. Such major university
powerhouses as Western
Kentucky and Auburn and
small college powers like
Florida Tech, which finished
ninth nationally last season, and
the University of Tennessee-
Chattanooga make the schedule
one of the roughest ever for a
Braves squad.
“But like I said, we have the
talent,” Learning reem
phasized, “players like Schnall
and Holmes will give us the
leadership and the junior
college transfers from ABAC,
Elmer Adamson and Pat Child,
will provide some new
strength.”
ceptionally tough, averaging
49.2 per game to their op
ponents' 40.1, but it is out on the
floor that New Orleans is at its
best. Coach Greene implements
a full-court press that has
forced opponents into an
average of 22 turnovers per
game.
“They have the experience
too,” Kaiser “New
Orleans has been in the regional
playoffs for the past four years,
and last season they went to the
nationals and finished fourth.”
So the Privateers look tough
with great talent that includes a
powerful offense, phenomenal
quickness, strong rebounding, a
good bench, and playoff ex
perience But there is another
asset that may outweight all of
the above—the tournament will
be played on the University of
New Orleans homecourt.
“I am also very pleased to
have two local tennis stars on
the team. Holmes and
McLendon are examples of the
caliber of tennis that is being
played and the type players that
are being developed in
Carrollton,” he said .
As for the South Atlantic
Conference title race, Learning
forsees his Braves and
perennial power Columbus
College as the only two bonafide
contenders.
“We play Columbus twice
during the regular season, but it
is the conference tournament at
Savannah in May that counts,”
Learning explained.
“Hopefully, we will have
gained a lot of experience by
that time and will have a good
shot at defending our con
ference championship.”
West Georgia has scheduled
11 home matches this season as
part of its 22-match slate. In
addition to the SAC tourney, the
Braves will also compete in the
Georgia Intercollegiate
Championship Tournament in
Athens.
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