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THE MERCER CLUSTER
May 27, 1966
All-Stars Top Champions
9-7 in Post-Season Game
Here' is the (luster-sponsored All-Star softball tram for the
1955 season. From left to right, front row, Lehman Lindsey, Hobby
Itrown (the only unanimous choice on the squad), Fran Riviere,
Delano Maurice, Buck Whitfield, and Warren Kennett. In the bark
row are Gerald Thompson, Sonny Crosby, Red McDaniel, John
Hughes, John Mancin, John Peterson, Woody Richardson, Bubba
Tanner and Frank Bullock.
Heavy-hitting by the All-Star*
broke the back of Intramural Soft-
ball Champions Phi Delta Theta, a*
the All-Stars copped the Cloater-
sponsored All-Star (tame 9-7 Wed
nesday. The All-Star* jumped to
7-0 lead, but saw it tighten aa the
Phi Delta scored six runs in the
sixth, mostly off walk* by Wood}
Richardson.
For five innings Richardson had
the Champions eating out of his
hand. But the hazardous sixth near
ly proved fatal for him, as he
weakened and walked eight bat
ters. The end of the inning saw the
score read 7-6, All-Stars.
In the top half of the seventh,
the All-Stars added two insurance
runs on Richardson’s bunt, Sonny
Crosby’s single, and John Hughes
single The Phi Delts could produce
but one run in their half of the
seventh.
John Hughes was the hitting star
of the day as he had two for five,
including a home run over the ten
nis court fence, and drove in four
runs. Mac Smith led the Phi's with
two hits and two RBI’s.
The All-Stars got to Phi pitcher
Fran Riviere for two runs in the
PINKSTON ELECTED
Hobby Pinkston was voted
captain of next year's baseball
team at a supper given for the
team by Coach Claude Smith last
Wednesday night.
Pinkston follows in his father's
footsteps, as his father. Bob
Pinkston Sr., was captain of the
1926 Mercer baseball team. Now
30 years, Bob Pinkston Jr., will
serve as captain of the 1956 edi
tion of the Bear diamond squad.
Pictured above is the Phi Delta Theta championship softball
squad. The Phi Delts have won the softball crown for the past four
years in a row. Kneeling, left to right, is Dean Johnson, Bobby
Brown, John Peterson. Fran Riviere, and Mar Smith. In the back
row are Roger Shadburn, Red McDaniel, Maurice Hilliard, Rabbi Ben
• Whittaker and Billy l,ee.
Lee Topples Bolton
In Tennis Tournament
Freshman Billy Ia*»* defeated Ro^ar Bolton for tht* 11155 Individual
Tennis t'bampionship yesterday afternoon. Lee won in straight sets
from Bolton 6-0, 6-1. Both Lee and Bolton hail from Atlanta.
The winner wjl) receive a trophy ■ ped Bill Jago in a hard-fought
from the sch oI. Last year’s winner match 6-3, 7-5, and Bolton won over
was Homer I^assiter.
In tin* semi-final play, Lee drop-
11 GET LETTERS
Baseball players lettering this
year are Richard Miles, Hobby
I’ink^lon, Tommy Mixon. Reggie
Wilkes, Gene Harrelson, Bud Cul-
breth. Tony Sansone, Danny
Hobbs, Ilarrold Scott, Frank
Worth>. and Robert Norton.
Bob Braswell 1-0, 0-3, 0-1.
Quarter-final matches saw Bill
Jago win over George ^lerritt 4-6,
d-2, 0-1. Ivee won over James
Hughes 6-4, 6-1, while Bolton top
ped .John Hughes 0-6, f>-3, 6-4. Boh
Braswell decisioned Walt Godwin
6-1, 6-1.
A planned mixed doubles tourn
ament did not materialize because
of the lack of time to play it in
before school would he over.
Bears Drop Petrels, 9-0,
In Second Court Meeting
Whitewashing Oglethorpe for
the second time 9-0, Mercer’s vars
ity tennis squad completed their
regular season, with a 7-5 won-loss
record. The only other competition
for the Bears will be the Georgia
Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament
in Athens today and tomorrow,
May 27 and 28.
In the tournament play, which
is the first of it's kind in Georgia,
Buddy Moore, Carter Smith and
Bill Causey will enter the singles
play. The Bear’s cr*ck doubles team
of Moore-Causey will also enter
the doubles.
Mercer took every set of the day
from the Oglethorpe Stormy Pet
rels in the final match of the year,
which was played in Atlanta.
Moore, Smith and Don Lash, the
first three^men for the Bruins, all
won their matches by identical
scores of 6-1, 6-t). The only real
close set of the day was between
Bill Causey and Jack Smith of
Oglethorpe, which Causey finally
won 7-5.
kKM'I.TS
Singlm Moor* (Ml b**t Flf»yH Hopkia*
(01 4-1, A-0. Smitk (MV b**t T*rry Cannon
(0) 4-1, fi-0. I,«.h (Mi b*«t Jo* Whit* (0)
§•1. 4-0. Caomry (Ml b*«t Jack Smith ft)
4-1. 7-5 Malv*t n Hrown (Ml h*«t 8am
Edlama n <0| 4-0, 4-2. Hill Naah <M) drop-
pad Barn Turrantina 4-4. 4-0.
Double*. Moora-Cauaay (M) baat Hop-
kins-Smith (0) 4-1. -4l. Smith I.aah Wat
Cannon-Whit* 4-J. 4-1. Brown-Naah baat
Edlafnan-Jack burke 4-2. 4-2.
second inning, on two walks and
a triple by Richardson. They added
three more in the fourth, two in
the fifth and their final two in the
seventh.
The Phi Delts sent 12 hatters to
the plate in the sixth, with eight
walking. The only hit of the inning
was an infield hit hy Mac Smith. In
all the Phi Delts could garni" hut
four hits, while the Stars blasted
away for eight.
Ben Whittaker, Bobby Brown
and John Hughes all turned in
fielding gems during the closely-
played contest. Whittaker had to
go deep to haul down John Mancin’s
hard-hit ball to left field in the
seventh. Brown spared Bubba Tan
ner’s sharp grounder in the second
and threw out the runner easily.
Hughes went deep behind third
base on at least two occasions, and
then threw out the runners.
Riviere struck out five Stars
while Richardson whiffed only one
Phi.
The only other long hit of the
day belonged to Frank Bullock, who
led off the sixth ihning with a triple
to center field, only to be stranded
on the base.
All-Sum i)
AR K H r» A K
Cro.by. cf S 2 2 1 0 0
Hullock. It ,',01200
Hughn, »» S 1 2 S H 0
WhltfWd. c 4 0 1 J 0 0
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lb, p, lb 2 10 4 0 0
T.nnfr 2b 2 1 0 7 0 0
KrnnHt. rf 2 1 0 0 0 0
Tb«*mi>«*on. rf 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 2»
rhl Wti -T
AB
Johnson 2b 2
P*t*r»on. c 2
McDaniel. cf
Brown, 5b 2
1.**. as 2
Shadburn. rf 1
Hilliard, lb 2
WbitUkar, H 1
Smith, rf. m 4
Rivi*r*. p S
TOTALS 24
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Huns Battad In: Balloak, Hughe* 4.
K*nn*tt 2. Richardson t. Johnson, Paiar-
aoh. Hilliard. Whittaker, Smith, t. RJvier*.
Triplaa: BuUoak. Rkkardaon. Hama run:
Hue baa. Ht bataman RM*r* (Tanner).
Baa* on ball* Riviera 9. Richsrdaon It.
SO • Rivlar* |, Richardson 1. W-Richardson.
L-Riviera. Umpiraa: Moor* and Woodall.
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Baseball Most Successful
Sport of This Year
Baseball at Mercer turned out to be the most successful of Mercer's
varsity sports this year. The charges of Coach Claude Smith finished
the season with an eleven-won-eight-lost record. And from the looks
of things, baseball will be strong here again next year if replacemanta
for only three men come through.
Reggie Wilkes, Harold Scott, and Captain Tommy Mixon will be
lost for the 1966 squad.
This means that regulars Gene Harrelson, Bobby Pinkston, Tony
Sansone, Richard Miles, Bud Culbreth and Frank Worthy will be back
to wear the Orange and Black next season. Catchers Robert Norton and
Danny Hobbs and pitchers Furman York and Ken Crane plus infielder
Robert Norton (another fellow—no relation) will also be Bears for
'66.
Wilkes and Mixon will be especially hard to replace. Wilkes led
Bruin batters with a -392 average this season and Mixon was breathing
down his neck with a .382. And Wilkes and Mixon covered a lot of
ground in left field and shortstop, respectively. Do not overlook ‘‘Coon"
Scott in right field, who really pulled a few catches out of former Macon
Mayor Lewis B. Wilson’s magic hat in his right field position.
Talking with Coach Red Dog Smith (r&iamed the Maroon Puppy)
about the team, he remarked, "I”ve had better hitting teams, but naver
a team to score as many runs as this year’s team did."
The Maroon Puppy got to talking about the good games that the
team played this year. Naturally the Georgia Teachers-Mercer game
played here, which Mercer took 2-1, was one of the best of the season
in Coach Smith’s estimation. “The boys played good, tight ball, and
were alert all the way.” Another game mentioned was one the Bears
dropped, the 5-4 loss to Georgia Tech in Atlanta. In that game the
team tied up the game in the late innings, and Tech came right back
in their half of the ninth to win by one run. Tony Sansone was tba
hitting star of the day with a life-saving home run.
Singling out his vastly improved players, Coach Smith called
attention to Reggie Wilkes, Harold Scott and catcher Robert Norton,
who Coach Smith said “improved as the season went along." Gene
Harrelson is a much better than average first baseman, the Red Dog
added.
As to next year's schedule, Coach Smith says it will be about
the same as this year’s possibly with the addition of Howard. I wonder
if the SEC schools, Georgia, Auburn and Tech, will want to get back
on his scheoulc after their weak performance against the B*M*f
Tennis Should Be Good
Speaking of next year's teams, one must not overlook the tennis
squad of Coach Melburn Mayfield. Not one player will be lost and
most of the squad will have two years of competition under their belt.
Buddy Moore should again run over most everyone he meets, if
not everyone. Carter Smith has improved and will be a tough number
two man after his experience. Don Lash will be entirely capable of
handling the number three position. Bill Causey, playing under the right
conditions, could swamp his opposition. And Bill Belmont, Malvern
Brown, Bill Nash, and George Merritt can add more weight to the
squad now that they have had this year's play. And who can tell, we
may have some new student to crack this stone wall of tennis Stars!
Again I want to emphasize the need for a good tennis schedule
for a team with as much potential as Mercer has now. There is probably
an element of truth in “a tram is only as great as it's achednl*."
'Mix' Signs Contracts
Students will he pleased to know that Tommy Mixon haa signed a
contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National J,eague to play
baseball with their organization. Mixon signed after the last game of
the season. The Brooklyn scout who signed Mixon said, “He’s the kind
of ballplayer we want—a fighting son-of-a-gun.” Earlier this year,
Mixon inked a professional basketball contract with the Fort Wayne
Pistons, who drafted Mixon in the annual draft of college players.
Mixon plans to play both pro baseball and basketball this year, pro
viding Uncle Sam will let him.
Orchids All Around
THANKS . . . . to Col. Harry Moody and Sgt. William Kendrick*
for helping me around the gymnasium this year. May ya’ll evermore
rest, like vou usually do to Ann Kinnett for keeping
Coaches Vance, Smith and Cowan in working order to the
printer for accepting my copy late (most of the time) to you
scowling reader* for putting up with me most of the time.
It’s been fun. As Billie Clair* Stratfor dsays, “It’s better to have
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