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Betsy King is not in the LPGA
Hall of Fame. Neither is Beth
Daniel, Or Amy Alcott. Perhaps the
requirements for induction need to
be examined.
It's the only sport in which pre
determined statistical achievements
are set. In baseball, there's no cer
tain number of victories by a
pitcher, no required number of
home runs, no specific lifetime bat
ting average. In basketball, it's the
same.
But in ladies' golf, to be inducted
into the LPGA Hall of Fame re
quires a player to notch thirty career
victories,of which at least two must
be 'majors'. Right now, King has 29
victories including five majors.
Daniel has the required 30 wins, but
Jones looks for draft
By VETO F. ROLEY
Sports Editor
Just four years after helping the
Panthers win a state championship
in 1991, former Perry standout Sy
Jones is starting his junior year
with the Eagles of Georgia
Southern.
After seeing limited duty last
year, Jones captured the starting
catcher's position, and played nearly
every game behind the plate. He
appeared in a dozen games as the
designated hitter, giving him a start
in every game for the Eagles.
This year, Jones was one of the
leading Eagles in Southern
Conference play, collecting a bat
ting average of .321 in league play.
He also collected his first college
homer, finding the other side of the
fence against South Carolina in
Columbia, one of four homers he
had on the season. Another homer
came against Georgia in Athens.
In addition to playing over 60
games for the Eagles, Jones also
played in the Virginia Valley
League, where he appeared in an ad
ditional 45 games. There he fin
ished second in the league in dou
bles with 10 and stole 10 bases,
while batting .275.
Playing in the Virginia League
also gave Jones a chance to demon
strate that he could hit with some
thing other than a metal bat. The
Virginia League, like the profes
sional leagues, uses wooden bats.
"I'm trying to prepare myself for
the next level," said Jones. He added
that the Virginia League gave him a
chance to prove he could play over
100 games in a season, as well as
hit with a wooden bat.
"I love the game," he said. "I had
the opportunity, and I took it."
Jones said that there was "big
difference" between the aluminium
bat he used in college and the
wooden bat he used in the Virginia
League.
"The obvious difference is that
the sweet spot in the wooden bat is
smaller," said Jones. A ball hit off
the end or jammed against the hands
could be a single with a metal bat,
he said, but would be an out with a
wooden bat.
Jones said his goal this year was
to get drafted as a junior. He was
not drafted coming out of high
school. He said that several scouts
said he had a chance to get drafted if
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The Perry Athletic Karate team
will host the third annual Hae San
Regional Fall Championship at the
New South Arena at the Perry
Agricenter Sept. 17.
Proceeds from the championship
will go to the Weapons and
Violence Education Foundation,
which was developed by Perry
Police Chief Frank Simons and ap
proved by the Houston County
Board of Education.
The tournament will feature
championships in the forms compe
tition, women's black belt and
men's black belt. There will be six
rings of competition during the
championships.
Panthers,
from 7A
And, the momentum behind
Perry's second half surge continued
over the spring, summer and fall.
Stephens said getting a good
start to the season was very impor
tant. "The better start you get, the
better off you will be."
just one major, while Alcott's
record is the same as King's, twenty
nine wins, five majors.
The sad part is that today, there
are so many more good players on
the LPGA, quite frankly it's harder
and harder for the older players to
win a tournament. King, for exam
ple, won twenty of her tournaments
between 1984 and 1989, but has
had trouble winning since. She did
win once last year.
But the other golfers are getting
better, so there’s always that threat
of one of them overtaking the lead
ers in the last day of a tournament.
That happened to King in March in
the Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament
of Champions when she led by four
strokes after two rounds, a stroke
behind going into the last day, but
finished tied for seventh after a fi
nal round 76.
For players like Daniel, Alcott
and King, who have meant so much
he developed more. "I’m working as
hard as I can to get stronger, to go
on to the next level."
In addition to setting high goals
for himself, Jones also sees his
team making some noise next year.
"We would love to win the
Southern Conference tournament.
That would give us an automatic
bid into the N.C.A.A. regional
tournament."
Jones said that seven of nine
starters would be back from last
year's team, which finished second
in the conference. In 1990, the
Eagles just missed a trip to the
World Series, getting knocked out
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concessions stand at Panther field honoring the 1991
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the way for today’s young lionesses
it's a pity there's a prerequisite for
induction into the hall. It shouldn't
be that way. Overall career accom
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whether a golfer has 25, 30 or forty
victories.
In Betsy King's case, she proba
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thirty tournaments. She has been
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tant things, giving up chances to
win back during her glory years.
Today, she continues that same
charitable attitude.
And she is a deeply religious
person who devotes much time to
things like Habitat for Humanity,
spending not only money, but pre
cious time in helping to build a
Habitat for Humanity house near
her Scotsdale home. She did a lot of
the work herself.
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of the regional tournament by
South Alabama.
Jones said that Georgia
Southern's classification as a small
school would not hurt their chances
to go all the way, since "the talent
was pretty much the same through
out the schools." Last year, the
Eagles beat Georgia twice.
Even though the talent level be
tween the schools is equal, Jones
said he still took a little more satis
faction in beating a Georgia,
Florida State or Clemson. "You
prove to yourself and others that
you are capable of playing with
those schools athletes."
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her golf game, trying to get that
elusive 30th win. Other things are
too important to Betsy King. Sure,
she wants the win, she wants the
Hall of Fame induction. But she
won't give up everything else she is
involved in just to get it.
Just like all other sports,
women's golf has changed in the
past decade. Competition is
tougher. There are so many more
good players today than when the
rules were set, so many more ca
pable of winning on a given week.
And it's getting tougher, espe
cially for a 39-year old. Can she get
that 30th win? One certainly hopes
so. Even if she does, even if Beth
Daniel gets another major, and
Amy Alcott wins again, the rules
ought to be changed. There won't
be many more 30-toumament win
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Hornets, from 7A-
off. However, the Cavaliers were
not able to pick the pass off until it
went through the hands of a Hornet
receiver.
Not only did Shepley play well
on offense, but he also turned in the
play of the game as a punt returner,
returning a Mt. de Sales punt 99
yards, setting a school record
Late in the second quarter, after
exchanging punts, the Cavaliers
drove the ball inside the Hornet 40
yard line, where the Westfield stiff
ened, forcing a punt. With the ball
around midfield, Jones sent nine
members of the receiving team into
the Cavalier punting backfield to
block the kick.
Mt. de Sales got the kick away,
with the ball coming to a rest on
the Homet one yard line. With his
coaches yelling for him to stay
away from the ball, Shepley picked
up the ball and headed for the left
sideline. After the Hornet 20,
Shepley was in front of all Cavalier
defenders and on his way for the six
points.
The extra point was good, giv
ing the Hornets a 14-0 lead going
into the half.
The Hornets showed early in the
game that they had come to
Henderson field to play, scoring on
their opening possession.
On Westfield's third play from
scrimmage, Michael Davis found a
huge hole in the Cavalier defense,
exploiting it for 53 yards to the Mt.
de Sales eight yard line.
Allen then tested the middle of
the Cavalier, finding it soft enough
to go for over seven yards, putting
the ball inches outside the goal
line. John Morton completed the
drive with a one yard plunge for
two. Alex Gambill added the point
after.
After getting only one first down
in the first half, and that on a
Homet facemask penalty, the
Cavaliers would find their offense
in the second half, taking over just
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In fact only thirteen golfers are
in the Hall of Fame. Far too few.
And with Betsy King spending so
much time with Habitat for
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third. However, the thirdbaseman's
throw to first was wild, with
Shipes crossing the plate. Gilbert
crossed the plate when the first
baseman tried to cut her down at
home.
In the sixth, the Panthers again
went on the attack. Emily Mathis
started the inning with a single up
the middle. One out later, Laura
Coffee walked and Griffen singled
to load the bases.
April Fendley lifted a single to
on their side of the 50 after a
Homet fumble.
Greg Burney ripped a 30 yard run
to get the Cavaliers to the Westfield
22. However, Mt. de Sales started
going backwards, and was soon
faced with a fourth-and-15 from the
27.
The Hornet defense had been
coming hard all night long, and
Cavalier coach Robert Slocum
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zone for the only Cavalier score of
the night. The extra point cut the
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penalty first down in the first half.
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left that scored Mathis and Coffee.
Christy Fowler, running for
Griffen, was able to cross the plate
when the leftfielder misplayed the
ball.
Shipes and Gilbert had three hits
each to pace the Panther attack.
Mills and April Fendley had two
hits each.
Jensen had two of Houston
County's four base hits on the
afternoon.
Homet lead to 14-7.
Westfield answered the Cavalier
score quickly. Taking over at their
own 33 following the kickoff, the
Hornets, behind the running of
Brian Staines (20 yards) and Morton
(29 yards), advanced the ball to the
Mt. de Sales seven. There Shepley
scored on a rollout to the left on the
ninth play of the drive.
Davis led all rushers with 56
yards, despite being taken out of the
game with an injury early in the
second quarter. Staines had 54
yards, while Morton had 51 yards.
Brian Nash caught both of
Shepley's completions.
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