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Lack of quickness, silent bats, andpoor fielding combined with inexperienceto spell doom for the hardbailers.The Bisons came from a 13-9season in 1976 to a final record of 7-7in the AIC and a 1(}-15 record over allin 1977. They had hoped to look tothree sen iors and a host of underclassmenin a quest for the 1977Arkansas I ntercollegiate Conferencebaseball crown.The hard bailers started the seasonoff by splitting a double-header withChristian Brothers, thus getting off towhat appeared would be a good seasonby making a good showing, accordingto Coach Richard Johnson . In their firstconference game, the Bisons split apai r with the College of the Ozarks togive them a season record of 4-2 and 1-1 in the Ale. The Bisons then lost thenext 7 out of 8 games but still were incontention for the AIC race with a2-2 record.The hard bailers Gould not seem toput together the wins that counted andwent into their fi nal games witha 5-7AIC record. They dropped both gamesof a doubleheader in their last outingand failed to make it to the finalplayoffs.Freshman outfielder Mike Beam wasnamed to the AII-AIC baseball team.Bison first baseman Vince Adams andsecond baseman Ordis Copeland werenamed honorable mention. Adams wasalso named to the NAIA District 17 AII­Star team.190 • Baseball