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Wilson league's the second game of the double header with Concordia. Clackamas had a runner on base and up stepped Mickey Wilson, who promptly hit a two-run homer to give Clackamas its one hold on first place in the 1977 season. This "clutch" hitting is something the Cougars have learned to expect from Wil- son, who is perhaps the greatest hitter to put on a CCC uniform. Cougar Coach Gene Peterson shares this opinion. "He's simply the best hitter I've ever seen from here and he goes about it in i such a professional manner that I honestly Mickey Wilson feel that he could hit up with any Triple-A . . .league leader with .429aven ball player right now." Wilson's 1977 season may also go down By the time he entered Tigar By Randy Frank as one of the best in the school's history. School in 1970, he was ready fore Sports Writer He was voted to the Oregon Community of pitching, the more challenging, College Athletic Association first team all- ter. He had four good years at Tigs It seemed to be a typical situation for star as a third baseman and designated year hitting .450. Mickey Wilson, Clackamas Community Col hitter. His .429 batting average and his 48 After graduating from Tigard i lege baseball star, two out in the last of the hits tied school records, while his 38 RBI's Wilson was approached by CCC. fifth inning and the score tied at three in established a new school record. possibility of playing for the Couga partial scholarship basis. Wilson enjoyed a good freshma paign for the Cougars in 1975 as he on 32 hits, with one homer and 12 At one point he had 19 hits in 23 After missing the 1976 year t until the board meeting, "where we imme- mainly one and to heal his injured knee, he retil diately ran into problems, By Randy Frank 1977 to attempt to achieve hisf Ralph Groener." leading the league in hitting. From I Groener felt that "this agreement was "It seemed like a pretty good deal at the > game, Wilson simply "burned" the establishing a dangerous precedent whereby time and it still does," said Bill Hargadine and by the time Clackamas playeq other groups could construct facilities on in explanation of a deal he made with the Benton on April 12, Wilson was hl campus and that they would be used by the North Clackamas Softball Association on torrid .417. constructor to the exclusion of others." the construction of two new softball fields Starting with the second game-’ Larry Wright had much the same opinion on the Clackamas Community College cam- Linn-Benton, Wilson proceeded to gq as he said that, "public relations would be pus. 11-game hitting streak which wasclj negative as other athletic teams in other Hargadine said, "The whole thing began by a three game streak (April 23and parts of the college district who needed sometime during the first part of April getting nine straight hits. When this playing fields would feel they had not been when the NCSA contacted Clackamas' Rec ended on April 26, Wilson had rai given a fair opportunity to request schedul reation Supervisor Tim Hundley about the average an even 100 points, and was ing time." possibility of constructing two fields to .517, getting 30 hits in 58 at bats, The board also questioned the legality play on." of the agreement in that the scheduling time the season ended, Wilson vy league batting champion, and the seemed to favor one group, and that this "They said they would do all the major group would have indefinite preference in its best hitter in the nation. construction, plus they would take all the For all his hitting success, therem responsibility concerning the fields in re scheduling. some explanation. Wilson says, "I As for Hargadine's explanation, he said, turn for preferred scheduling for their league most of it is due to my natural "People ask for the use of the fields only games." said Hargadine. "They would also ability. As a result I have very little use all three fields (two new ones plus the occasionally - usually on a two or three culty in doing the basics; watching th night per week, summer - long schedule." existing field) for three nights a week (usual and making contact without trying He further said, "I admit that this agree ly Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) and it. Also I think the fact that I played for any scheduled make-up games on Mon ment does eliminate some of the other time as a kid, and had hitting classes leagues and teams from using the fields be day nights." helpful in my success as a hitter." Hargadine said that he took the issue to cause of the scheduling, for certainly other CCC President Hakanson and Athletic Direc As for the future, Wilson said th teams would use the fields if we didn't. The would like to play college ball fori tor Chuck Hudson and others and after fields and scheduling still belong to the col looking into possible problems, we decided lege and all the responsibility for the fields Oregon State or University of Por with the hope of playing pro-ball som to go ?head under conditions and under is on their shoulders not ours." Somehow it doesn't seem too unr "Besides," he said, "the board is discus standings. Hargadine felt that matters were settled sing the possibility of two additional fields." leading batter Board argues softball personal STUDENTS TRANSFERRING TO OSU! Could you use $2,500 in financial assistance over the next two years? If so, the Army ROTC two- year program may be for you. 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