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with Bryant Curlay
Softball Appraisal
The Fraternity Intramural Salt*
il league la ready to begin. Ba
the drill field is bring eeed-
[ everyone feared that eoftball
gU not be played. However, a
keridft ecbadide bM been worked
All fraternity games wifi
after sorority games tin-
ends. Than, dou-
wfll be scheduled due
file longer days caused by day-
kt savings time.
Is has been customary in the
It, the fraternity league win
divided into two divisions. The
i two teams of each divisions
k play each other at the end
the season. The first place team
m both dhrWons wifi play the
place teams from the other
The winners of these
games will play for first place
the losers will play for third
Division I consist s of ATO, 8N,
I, KA, and the UnaflOiatm. ATO
deflnittely the favorite in this
rision because they have all but
b starters back from lest year's
an which came in second place.
I seems to be the second strong-
I team although they had an off
ar last year. They haw a strong
kball traition and should be hard
handle. KB came in fourth last
ar, but they lost their pitcher
d a few other top players. Their
an is a question mark, but they
aid be a dark hone.
KA has many good ball plsyers
lorning from last year but pitch
ing is a gnat problem. If they get
the pitching, they could be a strong
challenger. The Uneffiliates did not
participate lari year so their chan
ces are unknown. However, they
could pull an upset on one or two
Division II consists of SAE, Phi
Drit, Lambda Chi, Pi Kappa, and
MIMA. This division will haw a
much closer race, but Phi Drit
appears to be slightly stronger than
everyone else. They finished third
in the league last year and haw
moat of their starters back
SAE will probably win the dog
fight for second place They had
an off year last year and lost many
starters, but they should be able
to find enough good ball players.
Lambda CM is the darkhorae
in this division. Their pitching is
fairly sound and they could win
it all if their defense comes through.
PI Kapp had a miserable season
last year but their chances should
brighten considerably this year.
MIMA won the league title last
year, but they only have one start-
er returning. Their pitching ap
pears questionable, but they could
cause problems for someone.
ATO appears to have the beet
chance to win the league. Phi Deit
and SN will be their strongest
challengers. KS, A, SAE, and
Lambda Chi all have problems,
but one of them will be a jeal dark-
bone. However, no team appears
to have the depth nor the strength
to bat ATO for first place.
Tennis Team Needs Support
by Ben
[ercer University’s tennis team,
tnig lack of experience, has
mad three early in the
year of 1968. The de-
moat coming at the hands of
onents well into their own sea
schedules, are indicative of the
ht of intercollegiate tennis at
leer Uniwnity. Two of these
lets wiw at the hands of Wil-
i and Mary and Auburn,
tola mneh larger and much
le able to support a team is
riamhips and grant-in-aids,
rear’s netmen must sacrifice
r to practice with no reward ex-
I that of representing their
Mitcham
coach Bob Wilder and law student
assistant coach. Bob Sikes.
The remainder of the season
promises to be interesting as Mer
cer entertains Georgia State, Co
lumbus. North Georgi sand West
era Kentucky on the home courts,
the best support Mercer can give
a tthe present time is good attend-
nace at the matches and only you
as a student can provide. If you
haw never witnessed a tennis
match, you owe it to yourself and
Mecre rto drop by the next home
match, Wacth the Cluster for
schedules.
rhcwgti the Bears will be
most of the tiroes they
i to file court this season, we
expect the matohae to be keen
impetiti w. As of the last match,
bmn Charles Bowen played
l, George Welch No. 2. Dennis
den No. 3, David Hudson No.
tevid Lefsey No. 5, and Gene
No. 6, with Bob Collin,
some action. Bun are
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April 33,
THE MERCER CLUSTER
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National League Outlook
by John Kidd
The 1966 Baseball Season looks aa if w& are in for some
real excitement. After the results of last year’s World Series
with the Cards coming out on top and Boston, a second divi
sion team for many a year, opposing them, leads me to believe
we might see some upsets in mis year’s standings.
Tne National Leagug looks safe and easily predictable
and therefore I will work with the first division in that section.
Next week I will attack the American League »nd certainly
find some surprises.
1. St Louis Cardlaak —
The Cardinals how to he the fav
orites again. They haw everyone
back and pitcher Bob Gfiaeon is
whole again The RadMids haw
stood pat with last year’s team
which is good. MVP Orlando Ge-
peda. World Seriea hero Lou
Brock, Qtbeon. allstar catcher Tim
McCarwr, and hard hitting Curt
Flood, phis an outstanding sup-
oprting cart of fine young pitchers,
the Cards will win again but not
with such a Wide margin as last
yuar.
2. Pittsburgh Pirates —
The Bucs finished a poor sixth
last year, but this year they haw
moved to solw their two biggest
problems, another starting pitcher
to go along with Bob Veaie and a
new manager. Pitcher Jim Bunning
is one of the beet of all modern day
pitcher* and new manager Larry
Sheppard inherits the finest hitting
in the major leagues in batting
champ Roberto Clemente. Matty
Alou, Manny Motu, Maury Wills,
and Willie Stargell. Hie Bucs also
haw a tremendous double play
combination in Gene Alley and Bill
Ted Abernathy to pull them out of
a tough spot The submarine bailer
had a 1.27 ERA last year and
seems to get better with age. The
Rads should haw a go at the pen
nant in a tight race.
Maseroaki plus veteran reliever El
roy Face. The Pirates should be in
the race all the wway with Bun
ning winning constantly
3. San Francisco Giants —
The Giants had the league’s best
pitching last year with comeback
player of the year Mike McCor
mick, ace Juan Marichal and Gay
lord Perry pins reliever Frank
Tinsy who sported a 1.60 ERA
last year. Add this to clutch hitting
in Jim Hart, Willie McCowy, Ron
Hunt, and of course wonderous
Willie Mays and you have the
makings of a pennant contender.
The Giants might Just do it if their
defense shows up and they ean
break their jinx of finishing sec
ond three yean in a row.
4. Cincinnati Reds —
Cincinnati has the overall talent to
go all the way. They haw power
and consistent hitting from Pete
Rose, Tony Perea, Vada Pinson,
and Lee May. The Reds are bank-
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inf on a strong rookie being their
catcher, John Bench. He’ll have to
learn to handla the Rad’s good
mound staff: Milt Pappas, Jim
Maloney, Gary Nolan who present
ly is fanned out with a sore arm.
The Red’s starters often rely on
S. Chicago Cuba —
Lest year the Cube were the most
shocking chib in baseball, rising
from 10th place to fight for the
pennant The Cuba hope to cash
in this year on their strong hitting
led by Billy Williams, Ron Santo,
and veteran Ernie Banks. The
pitching is young but talented. Joe
Niekro, Ken Holtxman, Rich Nye
and Ferguson Jenkins came from
nowhere to pitch the Cube into
third. The Ckibe have a formidable
double play combination in Kes-
singer and BeckeL The Cubs are
establisher at every position and
their fiery manager Leo Durocher
has won before and has instilled
the winning spirit.
Drugs
(Continued from Pag* 6)
following observations were made
by this reporter: 1. Dr. Doorenbos.
though by far the beat technically
informed of the three, may find
Ms dogmatic nature a stumbling
Mock to reaching the youth^ 2. Dr.
Ermultu presented the most honest
lecture through his obvious objec
tivity, but could haw been better
informed statistically in order to
back his statements properly; 3.
Dr. Lopes seemed closest to the
students, though Ms advocacy of
alcohol in general student opinion
on drugs, moderation may limit hie
speaking engagements at small
Baptist schools.
The raspome by the audience
wes extremely favorable to file gen
eral organization of the
which enahled the speakers to im
press several valuable facts upon
them. First of all, research on the
majority of drugs either conclu
sively proves or strongly implies
that casual use can be harmful.
Secondly, if drugs must be taken,
mature and enlightened use will
insure that they are not abused.
Finally, it is the responsibility of
every person to discover all avail
able information on a drag before
he advocates its use or abstinence.
Future seminars of this type would
appear to be wry valuable if (he
precedent set in fins one is fol
lowed.
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