Pryor Scrapbook Clippings, 1983-1997

- · 10wo Bison Booster Club, the ban– quet, which was held in the Heritage Ceatm: on the campus, featured long– time Harding Board of Trustees ~r Jim · Bill ·Mclnteer as speafa. teer had some humorous iecelmclions of his own athletic for the Jal' 300 persons in ·IUIIIIIIM:e:· '1 played baskelball in .ICbool, but I rode that bench so Ibey called me 'judge'." And of: . aact exploits, Mclntcer said he tro-yant dash, but a ~•cop m•d me for loiaaing." die resident of Nashville, Ten– also ucl 80l1le serious words of far the inductees. "You lcnow bat it is to blin - you had na...-.amlldes.. but ~ shalpened diem. Your • th there fm the ~ of Pame) charting a course... you forilld111." And a ...,._t.pmvOUII COIi._ for _,,._ iQ the audi- • as if JOI med to k, !!~ti~~• IIIIIIIOCI iL. .b a Mr. Berryhill, woo died in 1972, is remembefed as the driving force behind tile intacollegiatc and intra– mural a~etics programs at Harding. Through his effmts, the intramural programs were expanded and grew to include the.participationofmore than 90 percent of the students. WhenHarding resumed intercolle– guate •~lies in-1958, Berryhill was named baseball coach and athletic director. He also was responsible fer developing Searcy's Little League baseball program in 1951,. the first of its kind in AmnSas. Mr. Benyhill's widow and four childmn were on hand to accept his honor. His eldest son Don said in·his emodonaJ: a~ptance, "I wish Dad could be here." He noted that he knew · his father was in Heaven urging us to •'keep oil keeping on." · Ned Boaz A fooner sparkplug for two Bison basketbaJI teams in the 60s, Boaz, a transfer from Lubbock Christian, - 1 averaged 18.9 points a game a..a. made All AIC bis senior seasoa. In 1973, he was honored as lb; Neil Gibson Martin AAU Athlete the Year A ward for his participatia on the Carder Buick AAU basketball· teams. However in his acceptance Friday night, he quipped that · gaptest claim to fame was that coachedfellow inducteeButch Ow ner as an eighth grader. Cliff Clark A native of Shelter Island, New Y ~ Clark was the first HanU-. track performer to win an NAIA national title with his victory in 3,000-meter steeplechase in 1965. Ho was also the school's first All- 1 America selection and was inducted : into dae N~ National Tract and Field Hall of Fame in 1975. He too l received the Neil Martin Awant in 19(;6. I CJmt said that he •dido 't have the words .fO express the impact that peo– ple ill thil room have bad on mo." Ho 1bed H~~•-~-.a1fl«beforelle~ i Clark thanked John Prock, then the ·· :school's cross country coach, for get.. \ting him into running and Ted Lloyd :"who was like a father to me." Clark also mentioned the impact the late Dr. R.T. Clark was on · his life. He recalled telling Dr. Clarka short time before he died, "Coach, I can never · thank you enough." Dr. Clark's reply was that life is like a relay. '1've handed you a baton; now you pass it on." ·. ' . Jim Crawford · . The first runnez from an Arkansas school to break the four-minute barri– er in the mile-run, Crawford is now a· field engineer with the New Balance Shoe Company working in London and coald not be present for the event. Clark acceptedfor his buddy and ack- · ,nowleHged tliat while •Crawford, a IWest Millington, New Jersey, pro– !duct, did'-'march to the beat of a diffe– rent drum" when he came to Harding, the school never gave up on him and ultimately the environment around Jim began to have a marked effect on his life. Clark said that Crawford is still a top-notch competitor at 41 (in the 30-mintite range for 10 kilom~ters) and would likely be the number one distance runner today for the Bisons' cross country and track teams. ... Edd Eason l Genenlly regarded as the finest [ offensive tackle in the school's his- tory, Eason was a unanimous choice . for All-AIC and NAIA District 17 honOIS- and was named Harding's Outstanding Senior Athlete for 1972-73. He said, "I want:to thank you very much for this honor."TheFortWorth nalive went on to thank a 11umber of individuals for their help in his life and CIIeel' including Betty Ulrey who "got me though freshman English." .._;Ee~~~ eightli"l~di~g· .. ~ketball ~ m the nauon m 0 1978-79 with a mark of 26.2 points per game. The Brinkley product led , the AIC in scmng both his Junior and senior years and made Honorable Mention All-America his final year to go along with two NI AIC selec– tions. He is the. third leading scorer in the school's history and·made it to the final cut of the Portland Trailblazers of the NBA. "This means a great deal to me," , Eckwood said. "I'd· like ·to thank coach Jess Bucy who taught me everything . I know." Dr. Clifton L. Ganus, Jr. Appr~ · · tely kn . . own as the Bisom' one fan, former pres- ident a . now hancellor, Ganus, aloog w· Bezii,hill and Dr. Pryor · were .the catalys behind the move in 1957 fqr Harding's resumption of intercollegiate .~etics. During his · administration, t,he school's athletic · facilities were greatly improv~ including the constructioo of the 82,000-square foot athletic complex that bean bis name and the Jerry Moore M~ Baseball Field, which is ~gatde,d ~ one of the top three fields · in the state. I Ganus recalled his love ofathletics \ during his accepwtce. "I found a wooderful intramural program (at -- ..,.- ... I, .,,, - - Harding). I participaled in every sport all four yean.' I'd chase any kind of ball any time. "When we were able to reinstate . intercolle~ athletics, it was a · , dream' come true."