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February 22, 1979 The Maroon Tiger
McFarlin Takes Over As Head
Coach of Baseball Team
William McFarlin, Head Coach of the Baseball Team.
by Walter L. Parrish, III
Mr. William McFarlin, director
of housing, has taken over as head
coach of the Morehouse College
Baseball Team. In a recent inter
view with Mr. McFarlin, 1 found
out that the team is in good hands
this year.
Mr. McFarlin talked freely
about this year’s team saying, “We
have ten veterans returning, and
thus far, we look good inside. We
have been concerned with getting
in codition since practice started
on Jan. 10. However, because we
have no more scholarships to give
out we will have to carry a larger
squad and do an extensive amount
of in-breeding.”
The veterans who are returning
are outfielders Edwardo Harris,
Jeff Hammond, and Arthur Neal;
and infielders Mike Strong, Frank
Ellison, and Ralph Stackhouse.
The returning pitchers are Eugene
Hickson, Perman Thomas, Cha
rles Bell, and Ricky Rawls.
Although coach McFarlin has a
starter at just about every position,
his hope is to be three deep at every
position.
Mr. McFarlin went on talking
about how he hopes to continue
the winning tradition of Baseball
here at Morehouse by saying, “Our
goal is the division championship.
Baseball was the first sport organ
ized here at Morehouse and it was
the Baseball team that was the first
championship team Morehouse
Had.”
Unfortunately for Mr. McFarlin
and the club, some thieves found
their way to the team’s equipment
last summer. “Most of our equip
ment was stolen over the summer,”
said McFarlin. However things
work better when you struggle for
them. At this time, the Administra
tion is seeing to it that we will have
a season, and uniforms and equip
ment. I realize that right now Base
ball is in a position where it is
spending more money than it is
making. We want to put Baseball
My Turn
Major
by Walter L. Parrish, III
Baseball season is rapidly
approaching and as it does, some
of the same old questions are being
asked again. Will Reggie Jackson
be as tempermental as ever? Will
the Orioles be able to wrestle the
pennant away from the power
houses in the American League
East? Who will win the World Ser
ies? Which team will be this year’s
surprise-or will there be one?
As we all know the New York
Yankees are the reigning cham
pions and the search has begun to
find someone who can beat the
Yankees. If Catfish Hunter and
Ron Guidry, last year’s Young
Award winner, stay healthy this
could prove to be an almost impos
sible task. But who will be the Yan
kee manager this year? Last year,
Billy Martin was replaced in the
middle of the season because of
some remarks he made against
George Stinbrenner, owner of the
Yankees. Steinbrenner gave Mar
tin the rest of the summer off and
Bob Lemon became coach of the
in a position where it benifits
Morehouse.”
Mr. McFarlin talked on about
the team and the selection of the
players in saying “The team will be
made up of members of the More
house College Baseball Club. The
club is open to anyone who is inter
ested in playing Baseball. It is a
charter organization and Ricky
Rawls is the president.”
“We have a lot of youth on the
team, but I believe it is going to
work to our advantage. Of course,
because we are young, we will
make mistakes, but I don’t believe
they will be too costly.” McFarlin
also spoke of the kind of team play
to look forward to this year by
saying,“I am one who believes in
playing defense. We will try to get
our pitchers to keep the ball low so
if it is hit it will be hit on the ground
and we will pick it up.”
“Last year’s team was a very
disenchanted Yankees. However,
Steinbrenner promised that Mar
tin will be back in 1980. Right!
Elsewhere in the East, people are
wondering if Philadelphia has
begun to buy itself a pennant also.
The philly owners are hoping that
Pete Rose will be able to bring
them a pennant after ninety-five
frustrating years. The Phillies got
Rose fora “mere”$3.2million. His
contract has been spread out to
$800,000 each year for the next
four years. The Phillies got Rose
after a flurry of bids including an
offer from Ted Turner of the
Braves who offered $4 million; $1
million a year.
One wonders if L.A.’s reign in
the National League West will con
tinue. Now that Cincinatti no
longer has “Charley Hustle”, Pete
Rose, the Dodgers should breathe
a little easier. It is San Diego’s hope
that the Dodgers don’t breathe too
easily, the Padres will do all they
can to suffocate the Dodgers. But if
the Padres don’t, will the Dodgers
finally be able to win a World
offensive team. They won games
by scoring fifteen or sixteen runs. I
am one who believes that if we
score one run and the other team
scores none, then we have done our
job. It’s nice to score a lot of runs
but I don’t want that to be
necessary.”
When I asked Mr. McFarlin for
some closing thoughts on the
upcoming season he said,“Our sea
son opens on March 17 against
Fort Valley State. We are waiting
for the weather to break so we can
go outside. I hope that the student
body will get involved in our sea
son just as it does with the Football
and Basketball teams. We need the
support, and I think we will be
playing some interesting Baseball.
Incidently, it’s free to everyone so
the fellows can bring a blanket,
pack a lunch, and bring a friend
and enjoy an afternoon of Base
ball, free.”
Series?
While we are out on the West
Coast let us consider the American
League. Now that the California
Angels have Rod Carew will they
be able to prevent Kansas City
from playing the Eastern Division
champ? Carew should prove to be
the power that the Angels lost in
Lyman Bostock last year. And
what about Charley Finley’s Oak
land A’s? Will the team return to
the glory days it enjoyed only a few
years ago?
As this year’s hardball season
approaches these questions and
more will be asked and answered.
One more question I can’t get out
of my head is, “Will the American
League finally be able to win an All
Star game or will they save their
All Star play for the World Series
again?” I feel that the Yankees will
take it all again this year. The Yan
kees just seem to get better as the
turmoil surrounding the team
increases. Maybe if we move them
to Tugaloo. Mississippi and make
Mickey Mouse the coach the other
teams stand a chance.
League Baseball
Page 15
SPORTS
Intramurals
All-Stars Is
Team To Beat
by Lerone Bennett, III
The Intramural Basketball sea
son has been progressing steadily,
and as the playoffs come into view,
the teams are playing better and
better. A few weeks ago, more than
five teams were tied for first place
with undefeated records, and three
teams were tied for second. Pres
ently, there are only two teams
with>no losses. The two teams who
are undefeated are the All-Stars
with a 5-0 record and the Sigmas
with a 4-0 record.
The All-Stars have played con
sistent team Basketball and they
will be very hard to defeat in the
weeks to come, so their upcoming
opponents had best be prepared
for a battle. The All-Stars must
stay at the top of their game
because the lone team is second
place, the Sigmas, could prove to
be a very worthy opponent for the
All-Stars, along with the Alphas as
the fraternity teams could be the
teams that might just beat the All-
Stars.
In third place there is a three way
tie. The tie is between the Rock
City Rollers, Hoop Stars, and
Robert Hall. Teams that still have
a good chance to make the playoffs
are the Hubert Hallers who have
beat their last two opponents by
twenty points or more. Plan X, and
New York which has a .500 record.
Augusta Psi Phi, with a 3-2 record,
can make or break itself in the final
weeks with a couple more wins,
barring any losses.
The Intramural Basketball sea
son is over for teams such as the
Morehouse Players, and Duly
Elected —they would need a mira
cle to rise to the top.
Feb. 18 the North All-Stars will
square off against the South All-
Stars in a game that could even the
score for the North All-Stars which
they lost to the South All-Stars last
year.
Intramural Standings
Feb. 8, 1979
All Stars
5-0
Phi Beta Sigma
3-0
Rock City Rollers
5-1
Hoop Stars
5-1
Alphas
5-1
Football Team
3-1
1st Floor Graves
2-1
Hawks
5-2
Plan X
4-2
Augusta
3-2
Hubert Hall
4-3
New York
4-4
Bainbridge
3-4
1st Floor Jocks
1-2
Penthouse
1-3
T-State
1-4
Sunshine Boys
1-4
Company D
0-3
American Dream
0-4
Duly Elected
0-4
Morehouse Players
0-5
T I6ER