University of Arkansas Monticello - Boll Weevil Yearbook (Monticello, AR)

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UAM has had only nine winning seasons in its 34 years of basketball. A total of seven coaches have combined for a 341-457 record or a .427 winning percentage. The Weevils own only one AIC championship (1955-56) and enjoyed their best season under Coach Leslie Beard in '59-60 by winning once before being eliminated in the NAIA national tournament at Kansas City. There hasn’t been a winning team since the '62- 63 squad that posted a 15-9 mark. Athletics 189

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Left to Right: Jeff Johnson, Connie Cobbs, Larry Robinson, Mike Bragg, Karl Smith, Danny Simpson, Frank Walker, Joey Anders, Mitch Myrick, Barry Taylor, Darrell Rhodes, Theodis Bealer. 188 Athletics Theodis Bealer goes after a loose ball. = Coach Barnes gives instructions during a time out. BARNES LEADS | ys i} nes. He guided th oe playotts ie ar 11. yeaa aa was also selecte to coach acai = = ————T

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190 Athletics BASEBALL WEEVILS DROP CLOSE DECISIONS UAM opened the spring baseball season by sweeping a doubleheader against Baptist Christian College, but the Boll Weevils managed only two more victories in the remaining 21 games. As a result, the team suf- fered one of its worst years by finish- ing 4-19. The Weevils had trouble early with the bat and dropped some close de- cisions. Of the 23 games, 13 were one-run outcomes and UAM was on the winning end only three times. Eddie Harper, Steve Prestridge, Rick Owens, Chester Ashcraft and Darrell Rhodes were all chosen to play in the all-star game. The five did not get to participate, however, be- cause the contest was rained out. The Weevils nailed down 6-5 and 8-3 victories in the season opener. The first game took extra innings and UAM won it in the eighth as Rhodes and Farrell Knight reached on hits and Steve Strahan followed with the winning hit to score Rhodes. Monticello relied on the three-hit pitching of Robert Cham- bers and a key-bases-loaded double by Mitchell Goldman to take the sec- ond game. The University of Missouri at Rolla visited the campus and carried away 3-1 and 7-2 triumphs. UAM came up with only eight hits in the -two games. UA-Pine Bluff swept a twinbill from the Weevils next by scoring the winning runs in both games in the bottom of the sixth inning. UAM left 17 men stranded on the bases in losing 3-0 and 3-2 to Hen- derson in the opening conference games. The Reddies went on to win the league crown. Pitching was the story against Ouachita. Prestridge held the Tigers to one hit through nine innings, but OBU’s Bosco Selchow was also keeping UAM’s bats at bay. The Ti- gers finally broke the ice in the 10th inning and held on for a 1-0 win. The second contest was scoreless for five innings before the Weevils tallied three times on consecutive hits by Owens, Brown, Knight and Harper. Chambers relieved Ashcraft in the seventh inning to hold off a Ouachita threat as Monticello won 3-2. The Weevils had trouble scoring at Little Rock as they dropped 1-0 and 3-0 decisions to UALR. UAM outhit the Trojans seven to five, but UALR won the contest with a run in the bottom of the ninth. Steve Strahan only allowed four hits in the night- cap, but his teammates could only Cary Qualls slides into third base in a race against a Tech player.