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The Panther PI T
March 6, 1995
CAU’S Baseball Team’s Without A Home Field
By Sherri Day
Staff Writer
With a record of 2-7 and inad
equate practice facilities, Clark
Atlanta University’s fledgling
baseball team has gotten off to
somewhat of a slow start.
Perhaps this slow start has
something to do with the fact
that after nine regular season
games, the baseball team does
not have a home site.
All practicing for the team has
been done in the CAU gym and
at local high schools, where the
fields are alternative rather than
regulation fields.
Baseball Coach Dwayne Scott
said, “The first time the pitchers
threw off of a mound was in a
game.”
The baseball team’s lack of a
regulation playing field has
nothing to do with the lack of
preparation on the part of CAU
officials, but reportedly the lack
of cooperation from landowners
around Atlanta.
After realizing that the city of
Atlanta does not have up-to-date
baseball fields, CAU athletic
officials began to search sur
rounding counties in hopes of
securing a playing field for the
university’s first baseball team.
In June 1994, CAU athletic
officials paid the College Park
Recreation Department $78,000,
and signed a contract stating
that CAU’s baseball team would
have the first privilege of play
ing on the field. The money was
supposed to be used to renovate
and upgrade the playing field.
Scott said, the field was “in a
nice location and just needed
upgrading.”
However, as of Feb. 13, the
field was not complete and
CAU’s baseball team began
their season without a home.
According to Scott, the city of
College Park has a “brand new
playing field and have just
recently planted grass seeds” on
the field paid for by CAU.
Despite the lack of a playing
field, enthusiasm among the
baseball players is high.
Junior David Macer trans
ferred to CAU from Morehouse
College just to play baseball.
Macer describes his experiences
as having been “fun,” and
believes the team is “starting a
little slow, but will come
around.”
With more than thirty games
left to play in the regular season,
Scott said, “The guys are
improving each and every day.
A lot of teams that might get us
now are not going to get up
later,” he said.
Baseball Coach Has High
Hopes For Fledgling Team
By Dionne Reynolds
Contributing Writer
With a 2-7 record, the Panther’s Baseball
Coach Dwayne Scott explains that he has a
young team and they “still have a long way to
go-”
However Scott is optimistic. “We have play
ers that live, eat, and sleep baseball,” said Scott.
“They take it serious.”
Despite the youthfulness of the team, Scott
said he has more athletic players on the team this
year, as opposed to last year. “We have three
batters hitting over 300, " said Scott.
Scott's goal for the team is to “be successful
and to win as many games possible.” Scott
wants his team to improve everyday and to go
into the tournament “on a hot streak.” By the end
of the year, he wants the players to be at their
peak of performance.
Currently, Scott is unable to do recruiting, but
plans on getting some new players for next
year’s team and said, “Hopefully this year.”
Scott explained that he has a friend involved
with the Atlanta Braves, who will help him find
some potential players from other areas.
Clark Atlanta University has only played one
conference game, so they do not have a feel of
the competition or rivals. “It would have been
Morehouse, but their program was cancelled,”
said Scott. He believes that as the season moves
along, the Panther baseball team will soon find
where its competition lies.
The baseball team is currently playing at
Woodland Middle School, but plan to move to
Bill Evans Field in College Park, which will be
their home field.
SGA Continued
From P3
“There is only five percent
of graduate students’
involvement in the student
association,” Robinson said.
“Five percent of students
participate in events and
only five percent come by
the SGA to express their
concerns,” he said.
First-year graduate stu
dent, Yolanda Callaway
agreed students need to be
more involved in the associ
ation. However, she said
the events need to be more
publicize.
Former SGA Executive
Committee Member Nikki
Thornton said a lot of stu
dents don’t know what’s
going on because there isn’t
a lot of posted information.
However, Robinson said he
has posted flyers on campus
and often goes from door to
door distributing information.
In effort to eradicate the
problem. Robinson said he
neld the first graduate stu
dents’ “First Friday Out
Networking Social” last
Friday to enhance relations
between the graduate stu
dents. The social, to be held
the first Friday of each month,
was initiated and hosted by
graduate students and board
members Melissa Smith and
Jennifer Talley, respectively.
In addition to the social,
Robinson said he hopes more
graduate students will partici
pate in. Project Success, an
SGA graduate mentoring pro
gram for children in the John
Hope Homes housing devel
opment.
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