One of the more popul Y ee pl y­
en and manager over the yean,
BILLY MA TIN helped the tearn to
several pennants in the 19 Os ... Like
fe pI y of ordinary ability .. he
seemed to hine in important ,am"
and clwdt .ituations ... He a hero
in the 'S2 W d Seri when hi lung­
in, caleh of J kie . nson 's popup
saved the seventh game ... In 'S3 he
ned in the Seri ain, batting.SOO
with a sill- arne Seri record 12 hits
and drivin in the wiMing run in the
ninth innin of the finale ... Modem
f know him a fiery, ful
manager ... ThiJ 19S4 Red Heart card
i. a $6S item in mint condition ...
The I t "dynasty" in b eball w the
Oakland A's � of three World Series
title, 1972-14 ... With Hall of Famers
Catfish Hunter and Rollie Fingers, plus
slugger Reggie J kson, th A' were
the great team of the 19105, alway
goodfora tory r a controversy , of ten
bauling with owner Charle Finley ...
A future at third w steady team co­
captain AL BA DO ... The hard­
hitter mad F ur All-Star teams, and
was ad pendable clutch hitter in post­
season play, driving in or scoring vital
runs in th League Championship Se-
rie and World Serle ... Bando i
One 0 the all-time great ba eball
pitchc:n. GROV CL VELA 0
ALEXAND had his moment of
World en glory in 1928 ... After
wiMin, ,arne sill on a three-hitter v,
the Y eel, the Cardinal pitcher
w called on in game even ... With
the bale. loaded and two ut in the
seventh innin ,"01' Pete" came in,
hun, over and not expecting to pitch,
and, dramatically, true out ew York
Ilu Tony Lszzeri ... Alexander
bad • Hall of Fame career, and w
by Ronald Rea an in TM Win-
,.;,. T�am ... HIS 1916 Collin -
cCarthy card i orth S 1
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HPCC Panthers
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Front row (left to right): Coach Byron Willis, Sean Smith, Roland Eason, Kevin Tye, Timothy Weathers, Shawn
Goodman and Assistant Coach Gregory Thomas. Back row (left to right): Andre Gregory, Lawrence Carter, Pierre
Brooks, Damon Jackson, Anthony Daniel, NeaJ Shackelford and Christopher Harris. Not pictured are: Kenny
Patterson, Artis Cleveland, Kevin Moore and Assistant Coach Darrell Williams.
Catholi ) Kevin Ty (South astern),
Kevin Moor (Chadsey) and Timo­
thy Weathers from Tilden, llLinoi .
"All of th m played their part in
the program" Willis aid."lt took
team togeth rn to get th job
done. I thank God for making aAi all
happen."
As forthe future of HPCCB k t-
ball?
"I hope orne more funding comes
through," Willi con luded. "I want
to let the HPCC Board and the State
Of Michigan that thi program and
uther athletic programs and worth
saving at this chool. With a little
luck and respect we'll get the funds
and repeat as State Champions
again."
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m HIA D P - T current
financial picture t Highland P
Community CoUeg h n't n
ood. Th effec hav carried into
the athl tic program. But d pit th
fina i I bortcomin , u w
obtained this n for th HPCC
Men' Bas etball Squad.
In only hi econd year, former
Wayn Sta istant Co h Byron
\yillis h kept a po itiv howing
for th Panthers and their loyal tu­
d nt dy. After a 16-12 reco rd I t
on, the Panth improved on
their r cord with a 20-9 bowing
which also includ winning this
year's Michigan Junior College State
Championship.
"The budget problem w a main
concern this son," Will' aid.
"We didn't know if we were going to
have a eason."
Willis explained that the budget
i sue caused a couple or pl ers to
quit which hurt th team' playing
chemistry. The incident left Willis
wi th thirteen players, 10 of them
freshman. Willi wondered if he
would have a team to I t the season
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d. "I at lot d t
m ling and attend tudent ralli to
get the kids support. It was hard for
my players to go to practice and get
ready for the cont t."
But a Light came at the end of the
tunnel for the Panthers when orne
funding finally kicked in at one of th
chool' board meetings. After that,
the res t was academic.
"We won the last 13 out of 15
games" Willis aid. "Seven straight
during the end of the regular e on
which included three games at borne
and four during the state tourna­
ment."
Setting th pace for HPCC were
freshmen Andre Gregory (Detroi t
Central) and Kenny Patterson (De­
troi t ortbem). Gregory led the Pan­
thers in scoring and rebounding
averaging 242 points per gam and
133 rebounds per game. Patterson
aver ged 22.7 points per game and
12.2 rebound per game.
But Willi also had praise for
fr hening players Sean Smith
(Chadsey), Anthony Daniel (East
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By Harry M. Ander on Jr.
Spec'.' to the Mlchlg.n Citizen
DETROIT- After it looked just
like another average eason, the
WSU Men' Basketball Team fin­
ish trong at the NCAA Divi ion
II B ketball Championship held in
Springfield, Mas husett March
25-26-27.
The Tartars, unranked and the
number eight- eed out of eight
teams, up et 0.2 ranked Philadel­
phia Textile 7 -76 on Thursday
March 25, advan ing to the Divi ion
II Final Four on Friday March 26·
.against the number one ranked Cali­
fornia-Bakersfield Road Runners.
The Tartars threw everythi ng at
Cal-Bakersfield be ore comin up
hort 61-57 eliminating them from
the tournament.
"I think we howed th nation the
quality of playe in t tate 0
Michigan" aid WSU Head Coa h
Ron Hammye. "We al 0 howed
how trong the GLIAC really) ."
I D D that
th team finally found it elf and
h wed how g d they r Ily were
dunn the GUAC and CAA Tour­
namen .
"They finally j lIed tog ther," he
aid. "Thi group i a great bun h of
kids. Out of 220 CAA Div) ion II
teams, the Tartars were th fourth
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HAFRY � ,.R
WSU's Danny Lewis in a recent game 8981n9 Hili
be t t am in the nation and that' n t
bad figurin on how far thi program
h com." I
.w '22-1 r rd i now the
. t r rd und r R n Ham-
myc who co h d the Tartars to a
2 -8 record last eason. Th Final �
Four appearance i th best bowing
.of any Tartar h p quad .
STAN SMITH'S TENNIS CLASS