Hartman was a BU graduate, a benefactor in the construction of the Castellaw Communications Center and an unconditional booster of Baylor athletics. The award is named for the late Fred Hartman, once the chairman of Southern Newspapers, Inc., and editor and publisher of The Baytown Sun.
The Texas Daily Newspaper Association has presented its Fred Hartman Excellence in Sports Writing Award for 2002 to veteran journalist Bob West of the Port Arthur News. For more information contact Perry at 25 (office) or 25 (cell phone). Arrangements are being handled by Ben Perry, David Bell and Doug Still. The second annual tournament is scheduled for April 26 at Waco's Cottonwood Creek Golf Course. Ward has Huntington's Disease and last year the first Cary Ward Golf Tournament raised almost $15,000 for research into the causes and possible cures for the nervous disorder that destroys a victim's ability to feel, think or move.
GOLFING FOR A FRIEND - Yet another Baylor golf event is scheduled for April and this one holds a special place in the hearts of former teammates and friends of Cary Ward, who played football for the Bears in the mid-1980s. Contribute news about you or your teammates via e-mail to Dutch Schroeder Reba Cooper or Jack Loftis The mailing address is Baylor "B" Association, P. This is another "B" Line column, a periodic collection of news items of interest to members of the Baylor "B" Association.