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UNIVERSITY PRESS March 30,1964*4
Sports
Sportsline
White Sox, Dodgers
teams to beat in 1984
By JOE RUTLAND
UP sports editor
Last season, the American League’s
Baltimore Orioles defeated the National
League’s Philadelphia Phillies in the
World Series.
This season, though, don’t look for both
teams to make it that far.
This reporter picked the Chicago
White Sox to win the seven-game series,
but the Orioles sent the ChiSox to an ear-
ly retirement from the 1983 season.
Both Chicago and Baltimore should
make it back for another go-round in the
American League Championship series.
In the National League, both East and
West divisions look tough.
Philadelphia, the defending Eastern
champ, has traded or let go most of the
“Wheeze Kids” from last year’s squad.
Gone are Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, Tony
Perez and pitchers Ron Reed and Larry
Christenson. The Phils can’t depend on
third baseman Mike Schmidt’s leader-
ship alone to win its division.
Over in the National League West, look
for the Los Angeles Dodgers (as much as
I hate to say it) to win the crown.
Don’t look for “America’s Team,” the
Atlanta Braves, to be that powerful this
season. The best Chief Noo-a-homa’s
team will finish is third.
Who’s going to be in second place?
Good pitching, a great defense up the
middle and improved hitting should
carry the Houston Astros to the runnerup
spot.
Right now, the Astros are third in ex-
hibition play during spring training and
look good enough to compete for top
honors in the NL West.
Now that some of my favorites have
been named, let me tell you who will not
be in the hunt for a division crown by the
fourth of July.
I’m sorry, Cleveland Indians. You are
going to be the doormat of the American
League East one more year.
And it’s the same sad story for those
Seattle Mariners and Minnesota
Twinkies.
Wrigley Field baseball fans will get ex-
cited around May 25th, when their
Chicago Cubs are holding first place in
the NL East.
Too bad the Cubbies won’t be around to
taste some champagne this season. The
New York Mets will not even be in the
first division on May 25th.
Fans who still believe the Mets’
“Magic is Back” from their 1969 and 1973
champ:.:-jhip seasons in Shea Stadium
better take some sleeping lessons from
Rip Van Winkle.
Another team in the major leagues
who will be good, but not good enough, is
the Montreal Expos, who signed Pete
Rose, by way of Philadelphia, for this
season.
Rose, who has to get almost 200 hits
this season to break Ty Cobb’s long-
standing record of 4,191. Rose, who has
3,990, can accomplish this feat but he will
have to have a good season at the plate.
The Expos, managed by former
Houston Astros’ skipper Bill Virdon, also
have All-Star catcher Gary Carter
speedy outfielder Tim Raines in their
camp.
Another player that cannot be left out
when speaking of Montreal is Andre
Dawson. His totting technique is one of
the best in the major leagues.
Last season, the Miami, Fla., resident
hit .299 from the plate with 32 home runs
and 119 runs-totted-in. Dawson led the
team with 189 hits in ’83.
Well, now that I have taken an over-
view of my favorite and the not-so-
favorite teams for the upcoming major
league baseball season, here are my
fearless predictions.
Remember—these are just my per-
sonal picks. If you differ with me in any
way, that’s your prerogative. But please,
no wagering.
AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST
1) Baltimore Orioles
2) Milwaukee Brewers
3) Detroit Tigers
4) Toronto Blue Jays
5) New York Yankees
6) Boston Red Sox
7) Cleveland Indians
AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST
1) Chicago White Sox
2) California Angels
3) Oakland A’s
4) Texas Rangers
5) Kansas City Royals
6) Minnesota Twins
7) Seattle Mariners
NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST
1) Pittsburgh Pirates
2) Philadelphia Phillies
3) Montreal Expos
4) St. Louis Cardinals
5) New York Mets
6) Chicago Cubs
NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST
1) Los Angeles Dodgers
2) Houston Astros
3) Atlanta Braves
4) San Francisco Giants
5) San Diego Padres
6) Cincinnati Reds
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Lamar head women’s basketball coach
Pat Ramsey has submitted her resigna-
tion, effective May 31.
“I’m not sure what the future holds for
me, but basketball is not involved in it,”
Ramsey, who compiled a 37-48 record over
three seasons as the Lady Cards’ head
coach, said.
“Twenty-four of my 35 years have been
devoted to basketball as either a player or
coach, and I think the time is right for me
to direct my energies into another field
such as teaching.”
Ramsey also said the stress and
pressures of coaching and recruiting have
contributed to some minor health pro-
blems over the past few months.
“I love Lamar University, and I will con-
tinue to recruit for the program and do
everything else I can to assure a smooth
transition,” she said.
Ramsey, who came to LU in 1981 after
compiling a 105-30 four-year record at
Seminole (Okla.) Junior College, had her
best season as the Lady Redbirds’ head
coach in 1982-83.
That season, her squad finished with a
15-12 mark. But Lamar finished with an
11-18 record for the ’83-’84 campaign.
A native of Tyler, Texas, Ramsey earn-
ed All-America honors at Ouachita (Ark.)
Baptist College in 1970.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in
physical education at Ouachita and added
a master’s degree in secondary education
from Oklahoma University.
“I want to commend Coach Ramsey for
the fine job she did at Lamar,” Dr. Alice
Bell, associate athletic director for
women, said.
“She took the program when it was at
perhaps its lowest point in history and built
it to where it was well respected within our
conference and around the nation,” Bell
said.
Bell also said the school would start an
extensive search for Ramsey’s successor,
with the hope of corralling a coach with
NCAA Division I experience.
“We have not set a particular timetable
for the selection process, but we hope to
name a coach as soon as possible so that
everything will be properly organized for
next season,” Bell said.
Porche
takes
fourth
Houston freshman Anita
Porche brought home a
fourth-place finish in the
women’s division 105-pound
class at the National Col-
legiate Powerlifting Cham-
pionships, held last weekend
in Philadelphia.
Porche set a new Lamar
record in the squat lift for
the 105-pound class with a
187.5-pound effort.
“I think she did well for
her first time in nationals,”
Dr. Freeman King, head
powerlifting coach, said.
“Now that Porche has a
taste of the competition she
is up against, it will add in-
tensity to her practices.
“If she wants to strive for
better things, it will all be
up to Porche herself,” he
said.
"The other girls from
schools all over the nation
were just awesome,” Por-
che said, “but I did set a new
Lamar record which I’m
happy about.”
The LU team will be par-
ticipating at the Ark-La-
Miss meet in Monroe, La.,
on April 14.
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