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THE PANTHER - Page 12 • March 1974
Photo by Kenneth Hodges
Clark players gear up for a winning baseball season.
Baseball Team Spirited, Coach Says
By VERNARD HOWARD
Clark produced a fine
football team and a very
outstanding basketball
team this year, both high
ly recognized in their re
spective divisions. The
baseball team, now wind
ing up their pre-season
training, is determined
to have a better season by
being the most exciting
team in the SIAC.
The Panthers will start
their season on March 8
on the road against Flori
da A&M in Tallahassee,
Fla. “We are forgetting
the past baseball seasons
and thinking of our future’’
Coach Elmer Mixon said.
“We have a very aggres
sive team with enormous
speed and we plan to uti
lize our speed by taking
the extra bases and steal
ing bases. We’re really
going to gamble,’’ he said.
Coach Mixon said “All
the guys are practicing
very hard. There were
some guys who didn’t have
all the potentials but they
were giving it all they had
and more by working on the
areas that they are weak
in, such as batting and
fielding.”
He also added that this
baseball team has shown
him more team spirit than
any other team around the
school. Mixon feels that
their pitching will be pret
ty good but they won’t
really know until the sea
son starts. The infield is
looking good except for
second base, and left field
is the biggest problem for
the outfield, but for the
team to have a winning sea
son they must play aggres
sive ball, both defensively
as well as offensively.
diet, they beat “em” by
ten points. This second
meeting saw Clark go down
by four. The game with
Miles also ended in defeat
for Clark but it really
didn’t dampen the spirit
of the players
The last game of the sea
son was played on Clarks
home court against A. U.’s
Morris BroWn. Many stu
dents felt that the first
meeting was a fluke win
for Brown; so the theme
of this second meeting was
the “Big Payback” James
Brown’s song: while Doug,
Barry Fletcher, Dennis,
Ray and Vincent shot.
But after five minutes of
overtime the scoreboard
flashed Clark 72 - Morris
Brown 73. The Morris
Brown contest was as close
as a game can get. Which
really seemed to have been
the story of Clark’s sea
son this year.
CC Cagers Yield
Winning Season
By Tony Jones
Clark’s “Red Machine”
sure has been turning out
a lot of points lately. The
last four seasonal games
were played against More
house, Benedict, Miles and
Morris Brown. The final
meeting with Morehouse
proved to be one of the
most exciting as well as
rewarding games that
the “Panthers” played this
year. The atmosphere in
Morehouse’s Archer Hall
was electric. Clark’s stu
dents and cheerleaders pro
ved to be one of the most
enthused and spirited bunch
of fans that the Atlanta
University Center has ever
seen.
The lead changed hands
several times in the first
half. While the second half
saw Morehouse leading for
most of the third & fourth
quarters. With only six
minutes left in the contest,
Clark could have easily
been mistaken for the “New
York Knickerbockers.”
They devoured that lead as
only a machine could do;
and they made fewer mis
takes than an IBM com
puter. Clark won the game
that night, and in so doing
proved that they could beat
the Tiger basketball squad
consistently.
The next two games were
played in Columbia, South
Carolina and Birming
ham, Alabama. The first
time Clark played Bene-
Phyllis Wheatley YMCA
Offers Karate Classes
By BRUCE FLETCHER
Karate, one of the new
est and most exciting of
the martial arts on the
market, is hitting the scene.
People all over the At
lanta University Center are
being turned onto the Orien
tal form of self-defense.
Classes for karate in
struction are being held
every Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday at 7:30 p.m. at
Phyllis Wheatley, YWCA
on Morris Brown’s cam
pus.
Classes are taught by
Don Kato.
According to Kato, karate
originated in Japan in the
house of Chsillum in 1936,
and from their it migrat
ed to Okinawa, and now
in many parts of the world
Kato’s class is compris
ed of 12 to 13 students.
“One originates as a
white belt, and from these
you are promoted to a
green, brown, black,” Kato
said. “After you have been
a superior Black belt, you
jbs>■ be promoted to a sec-
•x-T sailed tenth,” he said.
People take karate “for
everyday living, to keep in
shape, to learn a new sport,
and also for religion, ’ ’ Kato
said. “Discipline of mind
and body is the real reason
for taking karate,” he add
ed
“In tournament partici
pation, he said “the way
a tournament is set up, is
by weight classes, similar
to boxing, a light weight
class, middle weight class
and a heavyweight class.
Also, once a light weight
or any weight defeats every
one in his given class, he
may move up to the next
highest class.”
There is a difference be
tween judo and karate. “Ju
do is the throwing of an op
ponent and karate is the
striking of an opponent.”
Kato said.
There are no limits on
taking a course in karate,
“from age seven up, as
long as your body take the
treatment karate offers
one,” Kato explained.
Kung Fu? It is the disci
pline of judo, karate and
aikido, with combined mind
and body control from the
house of Chsillum that make
mixture into KungFu.
Karate is fascinating
and well worth looking into.
PHOTO by Kenneth Hodges
Don Kato instructs student in the martial art ol Karate at Fhyuss Wheatley gym.