BOWLING Bowlers continue dynasty; Burt • Nationals wIns SINGLES NAIA champion Charles Burt eyes the ten pins prior to roll ing his ball as teammate Gory Mortin awaits his turn. UNIQUE camero angle catches a view of left-handed Lorry Sadler's bo ll just be fore it comes into contact with the p ins. Consis tent team effor t rathe r than indi vidual standouts among H ardin g's bowler s r esulted in a third stra ight AlC tille and Di stri ct 17 r epresentati on at na tional s. They fini shed fourth a t the NAlA m eet in Kan sas City, the high es t fini sh n a tionally by any Harding team . Freshman Charles Burt, h igh Bi son a ll yea r, won th e national singl es title at th e tournament. H e ave raged 195 to t ake top honor s. H e and Cha rles ' ' ' 'ebb, a lso a freshman , teamed to fini sh second in na tional doubles. Outs tanding per sonnel gave credence to the p rediction th a t th is was the year for the Bisons to m ake their bes t na tional sh ow ing. F ive lettermen return ed to anch or the club . Johnny Beck, a twoyea r letterman who set an all-time Al C ma rk for total pins as a freshman , returned, as di d ve terans La rry Porter and Jim Brown . Juni or Jeff Stitt, also a Bison eager , and several to p freshman prospect s wer e counted on for strength, as we r e sophomores Gary Martin and Roy Smalling. H arding 's n ew h ead coach and manager of the College Bowl is Ed Burt, Cha rl es' fa ther . A native of Ba tesville, h e r epl aced Joe Stou t in the position . LETTERMAN Lorry Porter strides forward with determination beneath the watchful eyes of teammates Martin and Poteat. 215
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