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THREE OF THE FOUR Brayboy brothers who have played baseball for Pembroke State are, left to right, Tee. Ray,and Tim. Ray is co-captain of this year’s PSC team, and he is leading itin hits and doubles.Ray Brayboy May Be Best Of Brothers At PembrokePEMBROKE - As an outfielder or first baseman, an extremely multi-talented Pembroke State College baseball plnyer is Ray Brayboy, a Lum-bee Indian who unsuperstitious-ly wears No. 13bats in the important No. 3 slot in the lineup.Brayboy is equally skillful as a left-handed first baseman orin baseball. Bobby finished college in three years and is now working on his doctorate in Education at the University of New Mexico. He was a pitcheroutfielder, alternating betweenthose two positions. It depends' at PSC. Tim is working with on whether the Braves are fac- the government in its pover-He is the last of four brothers in8 right or left-handed pitch- ty program at Waynesville asa supervisor. He was all - Marine as a baseball infielder and football halfback at Cherryto perform for the Braves’ in£;. , „ , ... He rarelv strikes out. fanningbaseball powerhouse and could onJ once*in hjs {irst 48 timesbe the best of the lot.Two years ago. as a sophomore. Ray was an honorable mention NAIA All-America outfielder when he sticked .346. Last year he suffered an ankle injury after eight games — and missed nine contests. He could never regain Ivs batting form and wound up with a .267 average.This campaign as a 5-10. 170-pound senior whose mannerisms resemble James Cagney's, Brayboy is blazing away with a .369 average and leads Pembroke in hits and doubles. Heat bat. Like former star Yogi Barra of the New York Yankees, Brayboy is a sticker who always hits the ball somewhere. He bats right - handed despite being a left-handed thrower.And like Enos Slaughter, former St. Louis Cardinal great, he is a tremendous hustler. If a ball can possibly be caught,Point, a consistent .300 hitter. Ht played shortstop and second base at PSC. Tee was a catcher at PSC and is now athletic director of three high schools in West Chester. Pa.Not only is Ray a fine athlete, but a campus leader as well. He has made the Dean’s List and is a member of Who’s W7ho in American College andthe speedy Brayboy will get to1 Schools. He is athletic repre-it. , sentative to the Student Govern-His brothers arc Bobby, 30; . ment Association and also stu-Tim, 28. and Tee. 27. Each ' dent representative to the intraworked his way through Pern- mural and intercollegiate com* broke State College and starred mittee.
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Sun, Apr 20, 1969
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