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WEST GEORGIAN
Sports /
Braves Whip Yellow Jackets;
Ray Davis Pitches A Six- Hitter
The West Georgia Braves,
riding the strong right arm of
Kay Davis, defeated the
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Friday 3-2, WGC’s second
straight win over Tech in two
years.
Davis limited the Jackets to
only six hits as he pitched the
full nine innings to collect his
second win of the year against
one loss. Braves coach Archie
White, proud of the way Davis
and the rest of the Braves
handled Tech, said, “We always
get up emotionally for Tech,
and it was definitely a big lift
for us to win this one.”
The Braves, like Tech, had six
tuts but made theirs count for
one more run than the Jackets
could manage. Bill Fortenberry
led the West Georgia offense
with three hits in four trips to
the plate, including one RBI and
a double. Tucker Sinatro also
doubled in a run.
The Jackets jumped out to an
early lead Friday when Jacket
football All-American Rhiono
crossed the plate in the first
inning. West Georgia countered
in the liottom of the third with
two runs, which chased Tech
starter Ronnie Pearce. The
Braves scored what turned out
to he the eventual winning run
in the bottom of the seventh,
making the score 3-1.
Tech tried to rally in the ninth
and managed one run before
Davis snuffed out the firsjj,
making the final 3-2.
White had high praise for
Davis and his battery mate,
catcher Bob Giddens, after the
game.
"Kay’s a fine pitcher, there's
no doublt about that,” White
said. “And, he’s a hot weather
pitcher, the hotter it gets, the
better he is.”
Tech came into the game
Friday noted for speed on the
bases, mainly in the person of
centerfielder Randy Rhino. But,
the Jackets didn’t even attempt
to run on Giddens. “They didn't
Bob Giddens, Brave catcher, received praise from Coach Archie
White (left) after the Braves 3-2 victory over Georgia Tech.
try to run on Bob,” White said.
“He’s just a real fine catcher.”
THREE IN
A ROW
The Braves extended their
win streak to three in a row
Saturday with a 12-inning 4-3
win over Elmhurst College.
West Georgia pounded out 14
hits in the game, by far their
best offenseive showing of the
season, a fact which left White
optimistic.
“I feel like all we need is some
more playing lime before we
really start hitting,” White said.
“The more we play this year,
Linksmen Defeat Jackson ville State;
Smith and Aim on Set A Victory Pace
The West Georgia golf team
won two games over the
weekend upping the team’s
record to well over 20 wins in
rounds played thus far. The
Braves have lost only six
rounds.
In action last Thursday, the
Braves claimed an easy win
over Jacksonville State. West
Georgia, led by Bob Smith and
Carrollton’s Kandy Almon,
defeated the Alabama school by
41 strokes on Jacksonville’s own
Racketmen Drop Two;
Columbus Wins 6-3
West Georgia's trackslers
continue to improve, both as a
team and as individuals, as
evidenced by the Braves’
outstanding showing in the
Florida Relays held at Gaines
ville, Fla last weekend.
The Braves competed in the
event with more than 50 other
schools and track clubs, which
included several Olympians and
world record holders. One new
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the better we hit, just like
against Elmhurst.”
The Braves battled Elmhurst
on even terms for 11 innings.
Then, in the 12th, catcher Bob
Giddens homered to give West
Georgia the 4-3 win.
The recent spree, which
has seen the Braves climb from
2-5 to 5-5, has also seen the team
batting average jump 50 points
Prior to the weekend action, the
Braves were hitting a weak .202
as a club. Now, following the 14
hits against Elmhurst, the
Braves are batting a strong
.252.
course The final score saw the
Braves ahead 381-422.
Smith shot a very fine 74 on
the rugged course which is a par
73 , Almon shot a 75.
The Braves stayed on the
winning track Tuesday when
they knocked off the University
of Tennessee at Chattanooga in
a close match. The Braves
edged Tennessee by a slim five
strokes.
Ronnie Prichett led the
Braves with a 74 on the
world record, in the pole vault,
was set at the relays.
For the Braves, several
school marks went by the
boards during the competition.
Athletes for West Georgia set
three new school records in the
long jump, the sprint medley,
and the distance medley.
Westley Brown of Carrollton,
jumped to a third place finish in
the long jump with a leap of
24 8 ”. The mark is the best ever
recorded in the event for a
Brave.
In the sprint medley com
petition. Willie Cox, a
sophomore from Villa Rica, let
the Braves to anew school
record with a run of 1:54.4. The
team ran a blistering 3:28.2,
well ahead of the previous mark
of 3.33.5. The run also gave the
Braves fourth place in the
relays.
The final school record to be
eclipsed by West Georgia
runners was in the distance
medley. The Braves ran to a
new school time of 10:23.0,
which betters the old mark of
10:30.7.
The distance team consists of
Jim Finney, Larry Turner,
Greg Smith, and Jim Gaines.
This week will see the Braves
competing in the Western
Carolina Relays, which begin
Saturday in Cullowhee, North
Carolina.
TrackTeamlmproves;
Brown Breaks Record
West Georgia’s tennis team
dropped two matches over the
weekend, including a resoun
ding defeat at the hands of
Columbus College, which is
expected to be the Braves
stiffest competition in the race
for the South Atlantic Con
ference crown this year
West Georgia has two mat
ches scheduled this week. The
team is home today to play
Shorter College at 2 p.m. The
final game of the week is
Wednesday when the squad
travels to Macon to meet
Mercer University.
The Cougars knocked the
Braves off 8-3 Monday af
ternoon in Columbus. In singles
competition, the Braves
dropped five of the six matches
with only number four seed
Judson Adamson, a sophomore
from LaGrange, winning his
singles match Adamson beat
Charles Gunter 7-6. 1-6, and 6-0
for the win.
In the doubles competition,
the Braves fared better, but the
Cougars had already wrapped
Treasure Lake course in
Carrollton. The score, which
appears only average, is ac
tually outstanding according to
Coach Skip Yow, who said the
win and rain Tuesday “made
scores for almost all the players
jump way off the normal pace. ”
This week the Braves have
only one match scheduled. West
Georgia will travel to Auburn,
Ala., to play Auburn University
in a match that has developed
into quite an interstate rivalry.
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Larry Schnall, sophomore from Marietta, won his doubles match
in West Georgia’s tennis match with Columbus College last week.
Schnall’s partner in the match was Judson Adamson. Schnall is the
number one seed on this year's team, he also is a one year veteran.
the match up with their play in
the singles. West Georgia took
two of the three doubles mat
ches, again with Adamson
showing the way. The
sophomore teamed with West
Georgia’s number one seed,
Larry Schnall, to win their
match easily. Adamson and
Schnall, a sophomore from
Marietta, easily defeated Rob
Serapham and Tom Milburn of
Columbus 6-4 and 6-4.
In the other doubles win, Rick
Highsmith and Steve Holmes
won 6-4, 3-6, and 7-6. Highsmith,
a sophomore from Atlanta, is
the number three seed for the
Braves and Holmes, a
sophomore from Carrollton, is
West Georgia’s number two
player.
The Braves second loss last
weekend was at the hands of the
University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga Tennessee dealt
the Braves their second 9-0
shutout of the season. As Braves
coach Tom Learning later said,
“The loss was a wipe out.”
Learning expressed little
“premature worry” over his
team’s 2-5 record He feels one
of the main reasons for the
Braves less-than-outstanding
play thus far can be attributed
to the fact the season is still
young and his players, a
relatively young, inexperienced
group, have not yet had the
playing time that is needed to
round into top form.
Learning expressed his op
timism after the loss to
Columbus, a team which could
knock the Braves out of the SAC
title that they won last year.
“This was about what I ex
pected,” he said following the
loss, “especially this early in
the season.”