Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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gram here and left it in great shape, said Hamilton. til just had to walk in and take over. He left good talent. Hamilton has led the Eagles through five division championships, two OVC titles, two NCAA appearances and has . been voted OVC league, Coach of the Year, four times. This year Hamilton took over the posi- tion of athletic director. He has many plans for the athletic department; most importantly, he plans to raise more prie vate money to support the teams. AC- Cording to Hamilton, last year $60,000 was raised by all the University sports. He hopes to elevate that figure to about $200,000 a year by selling advertise- ments, holding sports camps, and host- ing tournaments. Topping the list of HamiltOIfs priori- ties for the athletic department is the simple desire to turn out students that this school can be proud of. iiI will not feel like a success ifwe turn out graduates that are not good sports- men and citizens, he said. live done a lot of things and now I have no more burning goals. Ijust want to make each year a good one for MSU. . Four time OVC Coach of the Year, Steve Hamilton, has taken his winning past to the job of Athletic Director ofMSU. Steve Hamilton 67

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The 'Folly Floater ' Lands in Morehead Story By: Karen Craigo teve Hamilton, Director of Ath- letics at MSU, had two dreams as a youngster growing up in Charleston, Indiana. One was to play basketball in Madison Square Gar- den and the other was to play baseball in Yankee Stadium. Un- like most people, young Hamil- ton made both of his dreams come true through hard work and perseverance. Baseball was Hamiltonis sec- ond sport in college. He came to MSU in 1954 from Purdue Uni- versity on a basketball scholar- ship; and during his four-year career he established some long-standing records. Under Coach Bobby Laughlin, he set the school records for most re- bounds in a game, t38l, most re- bounds in a season, t543l, and most rebounds in a four-year ca- reer, 06751 Thirty years later he can still boast of the best re- bounding average in a season, at 20.1 per game, and 0f the best career rebounding average, at 16.4 per game. Hamilton also holds a fourth-place career scor- ing total at MSU of1829 points. Hamilton played baseball un- der Coach Sonny Allen, who is still his close friend and advisor. He began pitching his sopho- more year. The young man, who was elected most popular stu- dent and student council presi- dent, probably did not realize that he would end up playing as a reliefpitcher for 11 seasons in the major leagues. In 1958 Hamilton was se- lected as the second-round draft Choice for the Lakers basketball team, whose home was then Minneapolis. He played two seasons with the Lakers, and even participated in the championship finals against the Boston Celtics. A knee injury forced Hamilton out of basketball after two years, but he could not be kept away from sports. In 1961 he was picked up by the Cleveland Indians baseball team. He joined the Washing- ton Senators in ,62 and then was traded to the New York Yankees. There he Features 66 played with such prominent sports fig- ures as Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle. iiMickey Mantle was undoubtedly the greatest athlete I have ever played said Hamilton. iiHis impact on his Xvi? Kvni' HQ Ring. with, f3 teammates, the crowds and the sport ite selfwas absolutely phenomenal. Hamilton has made a great impact on sports himself. Out of eight players to play both professional baseball and bas- ketball, only Hamilton and Gene Conley have played in championships for both sports. Perhaps the thing baseball fans re- member most about Hamilton is his fa- mous Folly Floater,, pitch. He refers to this pitch as being primarily a crowd Photos By: Kevin L. Goldy pleaser and not a baseball tactic. l II wondered what would happen if Il threw the slowest pitch I possiblyl could, said Hamilton about the Floater. It was about 17 to 20 feet high and only traveled at about 1 5 miles pe hour. I guess you could com- pare it to throwing an egg! Hamilton only threw his fa mous pitch to veterans of the sport, never to rookies. Hi wife, who holds an Englis degree, came up with th. name; iiFolly,i because i looked like a mistake ano iiFloater because of the mo- tion it made while travelin through the air. Hamilton pitched in tw World Series games with th Yankees in 1963 and 1964. HI achieved both of m dreams? Hamilton reflected iiYankee Stadium was ever bit as majestic as I had pic tured it. Even now when I g back for old-timers, games i get a real thrill thinking abou how the great Babe But once played there? Hamilton found his othe , dream, Madison Square Gar den, disappointing. uI remember that th locker rooms were a mess! couldnit even keep my shoe Clean. Dribbling was eve diflicult, because the 1100 W had dead spots in itfi he said. Vlj In 1971 Hamilton wa 3 traded to the San Francisco iii Giants. During his time in th i g; National League, umpires re r t 4 fused to call the Floater . strike. He spent his final season, in 1972 with the Chicago Cubs, then retired. H had a career earned-run average of3.05 and had appeared in 421 games, in al but 1 7 as a reliefpitcher. In 1'3 he managed the Yankees far team, then sold insurance for a year. H became the Detroit Tigers, pitchin coach in ,75, then returned to Morehea to take over for retiring baseball coac Sonny Allen. Coach Allen built an excellent pro

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Features 68 Keep it clean Story By: Christie Sheppard 8: Teresa Johnson 0e Planck, director of the physical plant, said the plant,s purpose is to provide an atmosphere iiconducive to teach- ing and to learning? This entails custodial work, garbage collection, the purification of campus water, and the maintenance and production of the campusis utilities, except for electricity. All of these services must be provided on a yearly budget of approximately five million dollars. Though this may sound like a great deal of money, most of it is already allocated. Two million is spent on utilities and another two million provides the salaries for the employees. This only leaves one million for supplies, service contracts, etc. In addition this money is just for initial maintenance. There is no additional money for addi- tional costs such as vandalism or storm damage repair. The plants number one project for the next four years is the utility project. The utility tunnel is a two mile underground passageway con- taining the universityls cable tele- vision, phone, computer, electrical and steam lines. Due to the erosion of these lines, insulation by the leaking steam lines, a new tunnel is needed. Planck stated that it iicanit be put into words how bad it ithe tunnell is. As of now, $150,000 has been received from Frankfort in emer- gency maintenance money for em- ploying an engineering firm to de- sign the new tunnel. The new tunnel will contain the cable televi- sion, phone, computer and electri- cal lines, while the steam lines will remain in use in the old tunnel. The project has been divided into three phases. Phase I involves the instal- lation of the separate tunnel and the replacement of the PCB con- taminated electric transformers. Phase II is designed for asbestos re- moval, and Phase III encompasses the replacement of steam lines in the old tunnel. This project will cost approximately $7.5 million. It is hoped that it will cause only a minimum level of inconvenience to the MSU community. Most of the work will be done during the summer semesters, but there will be unavoidable periods of down time. The PCB treated transformer replacement has become a top priority because the Environmental Protection Agency iEPAl Unifbmis are needed on campus too. Rosina Sue Woodrow is a Udrapery specialistfrom Morehead, whoshas work here 11 years. has ordered their replacement by 1990. The need is due to the fact that if PCB leaks into food sources it is cancerous, and if PCB catches fire, it produces lethal fumes. Fortunately, the physical plant has taken preventative measures and MSU resi- dents are not in danger. A total of thirty PCB transformers are located throughout the campus. During the fiscal years of 1986-90 a $2 million roof repair project will be in progress. Lakewood Terrace, the older sec- tion of the library and Breckinridge Hall have already been re-roofed. Other buildings that are to have roof repairs are Alumni Tower, Regents, Wilson, Waterfield, and Normal Halls. $400,000 will be spent on air conditioning and heating repairs. The chiller in Baird Music Hall, which cools water for the air conditioning system, will be completely replaced. $200,000 will be used to up- date fire safety devices in the buildings. Combs, Lappin, Breckinridge and Baird Halls will receive new fire alarm sys- tems. Repairs will be made to the systems in other buildings. Projects to make the buildings on campus more accessible to handicapped students have al- ready cost $200,000. Elevators have been installed in Combs and Radar Hall and additional ramps and handicapped en- trances have been installed. Ac- cording to Planck, more funds have been requested to continue making the buildings accessible to the handicapped. He said that Breckinridge Hall is a problem, since it has no elevator, and more ' ramps need to be built on cam- pus. He also said that the re- stroom facilities need to be up- dated to accomodate the handicapped and hand door con- trols need to be installed. The replacement of boiler and water controls are also in pro- gress. These replacements are estimated to cost approximately $495,000. Other proposed projects are replacing the bridge at the golf course and replacing the lighting systems in Button Audito- rium, Duncan Recital Hall and, if enough money is left, Kibbey Theatre. Sandblasting and painting on Jayne Stadium has been started and renovations, to increase office space, are planned for Combs and Lappin Hall. . Photos By: Kevin L. Goldy 8r Tim Conn