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► THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Monday, September 16, 1957 The Western Carolinian » SPORT SECTION JERRY'S SPORTS SHORTS By Jerry Fuller, Sports Editor Hello, there! Here is a very special welcome to you new freshmen students from the sports staff of your student newspaper, THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN. Before telling you something about the athletic situation here at Western Carolina College, I'd like to say that this column is based a great deal on the opinions and observations of the sports editor, while the stories are factual accounts of recent happenings. Therefore you may sometimes disagree with things read in this column, which is good because this column is essentially for the purpose of keeping interest in athletics on the campus aroused. As you may know Western Carolina College is a member of the North State Conference and engages in a regular schedule of football, basketball, and baseball games against other members of this group. Also some of the strongest independent schools in the south are played by the Catamounts. These include Carson- Newman, Emory & Henry, East Tennessee, and Wofford. This past spring tennis was added to the athletic program as a minor sport. Although the Catamount tennisters didn't win a match, they did quite well for a newly organized team and did a lot to interest the school in a more expanded minor sports program. Wrestling and track may be added in the near future. Before you arrived on campus the Dan Robinson-coached edition of the 1957 football Catamounts have ajfcendy seen combat when 'they opened on September 14 a- gainst Wofford. The 1956* squad had a very poor season, but many fine young players gained valuable experience which will surely show up in the coming campaign. Mixed with transfers and new students, the 1957 Cats give promise of more gridiron success. Cats To Battle Eagles Saturday i The football team is coached by Dan Ribonson, who is no stranger to WCC fans since he played tackle on the 1949 team which won the North State championship. On his broad shoulders rest the hopes of improved football at WCC. With the coming of winter, Coach Jim Gudger will send his basketeers to the hardwood in an effort to maintain and, if possible, better their fine 1956-1957 record. Despite losing seven good men from last year's squad, Coach Gudger, the only man ever to letter in all three major sports in a single season, will be able to field a tall, talented five with bet- ter-than-average experience and ability. One thing is sure: the Catamounts are to be reckoned with when the 1958 North State Conference championship is decided. Come spring and the crack of hickory against horsehide will be a familiar sound on the campus as Coach Gudger, a former Cat pitcher himself, sends his baseballers through drills. The 1957 baseball team was somewhat of a disappointment because it was expected to make a serious bid for the conference championship. But the team got off to a poor start and was never able to catch up. We'll have to wait until spring to get an accurate line on the prospects, but if Coach Gudger can get the pitching he never received last season, it looks from here as though the 1958 "diamond Cats" will give us the kind of successful baseball team WCC fans expect. In closing I'd like to say that anytime you read anything on this page that you think is erroneous or unfair, or if you know of some way this page can be improved, please feel free to speak to me a- bout it. Again a hearty welcome to you all, and "Happy sports at Western Carolina College!" Football Schedule With the big one under their belt (this paper went to press before the Wofford game so results can not be reported), the Catamounts settle down to a nine game schedule with one open date. Four games will be played here in Memorial Stadium. Here's the schedule: Sept. 21 - Carson-Newman - in Asheville Sept. 28 - Appalachian - There Oct. 5 - East Tenn. - There Oct. 12 - Catawba - Here Oct. 19 - East Carolina - Here - Homecoming Oct. 26 - Lenoir Rhyne - Here Nov. 2 - Elon - There Nov. 9 - Emory and Henry - Here Nov. 16 - (Open) Nov. 23 - Guilford College - There Game time for all of the games but Guilford is 8:00 pjn. The Guilford contest will be played at 2:00 p. m. Admission is $2.00 for adults and $1.00 for students and children. WCC students will be admitted to all home games upon presentation of their class schedule cards or student identification card. Welcomes Squad Members of the football squad were officially welcomed to Cullowhee and Western Carolina College on Sunday night, September 1 with a picnic supper in the picnic area. Sponsored by the local Lions Club and the Athletic Committee of the College, the program included an introduction of each player by head coach Dan Robinson. Mr. David Brown, President of the Lions Club gave the welcome adddess. Approximately 100 players and fans were on hand for the occasion. W. C. C. Takes On Carson-Newman In Asheville Catamount Captains Bulletin The Catamounts took on the Wofford team in Spartanburg Saturday night. Because this paper went to press last Wednesday, we are unable to bring you the news and activities of that game. However our sports department will endeavor to bring you photos and a complete coverage of that game in our next edition as well as that of the W.C.C. vs. Carson- Newman game in Asheville Saturday. We hope you will read our sports page to keep abreast of all Western Carolina College sports events. Hendrix Byrd Robinson Heads Coaching Staff Western Carol ina Grid Roster NAME Class Age wt. Ht. Position Home T. Keith Howell 3 20 168 5-11 End Yadkinville Jack Stuart 2 19 205 6-2 Tackle Gastonia Gerald Lewis 3 21 210 6-2 Tackle Tigh Point Charles Byrd 4 21 200 5-10 Guard Spindale Jon Carswell 4 21 195 6-1 Guard Granite Falls Jerry Hawkins 4 20 180 5-8 Center Shelby Bobby Cooper 2 19 165 6-0 Q back Andrews Lowell Jennings 2 19 185 5-11 F back Hephzibah Jack Hendrix 4 20 170 5-11 H back Asheville Bobby Watts 2 19 152 5-6 H back Hildabran Phillip Royal 2 19 169 5-9 H back Hayodan Aaron Gibson 2 21 150 5-10 H back Waynesville Billy Franklin 3 21 190 5-6 Guard W. Robbins Arnold Isaacs 3 20 157 5-9 H back Cornelius Beauford Gilliland 2 165 5-8 H back Waynesville Michael Massey 1 18 180 6-0 Guard Greenville Bill George 1 18 180 6-0 Guard Topton Johnny Slater 1 19 170 6-0 End Winston-Salem Robert Cranford 1 20 205 5-9 Tackle Albemarle Jerry Lowder 1 18 200 6-0 Tackle Albemarle Richard (Bear)Turner 1 19 279 6-3 Tackle Waynesville Parker Yyda 1 19 190 5-9 G. Hendersonville Cecil Smith 1 19 190 5-6 Guard Elberton John Spady 1 19 185 6-1 End Gastonia Kennon Mashburn 1 18 190 5-8 Guard Blue Ridge Ronald Keith Stillwell 1 20 185 5-11 Tackle Copperhill James Turner 1 18 170 6-0 End Valdese James Phythyon 1 18 230 5-11 Tack. Fairless Hills Virgil Pipes 1 24 158 5-10 End Murphy Jackie Conrad 1 18 180 6-0 Center Canton Bobby Holden 1 18 185 5-11 Center Sylva Francis Boogy Bass 1 18 151 5-6 H back Chadbourne Tom Broadwater 1 19 160 5-11 H back Fairless H. Jerry Compton 1 18 160 5-10 Q back Greenville Coney Tobe Childres 1 18 150 5-11 H back Hickory Gary Bailey 1 18 175 5-8 Q back Hartwell Jamie Wilkes 1 19 180 5-8 F back W.-Salem Hugh Grasty 1 18 192 6-1 F back Waynesville Russell Pope 1 23 185 6-0 Tackle Mooresville Gary Miller 1 18 195 5-11 Tackle Greenville Coach Dan Robinson By Mike Jolly Western Carolinian Sports Writer The men who loose sleep, get thin on the dome, and worry over the schedule are not the Monday morning quarterbacks, but the coaching staff. The man behind the whip is head coach, Dan Robinson, who served in the Navy during the second World War and upon being discharged, entered Western Carolina College to begin an outstanding football career. Coach Robinson made all conference and All Southern teams in 1948 and 1949 plus being mentioned on the Little AU-American eleven. The huge but friendly gentleman coached the Western Carolina line in 1950 and afterwards coached the Morganton forces to several outstanding seasons. He is now in his second year as head coach here at Western Carolina. Coach Tom Young, our well- known Athletic Director, is coaching the ends along with being the scout for the team. Coach Young has a very outstanding record in the field of athletics. Not only did the man play professional baseball but he was selected on the All-Time Great U.N.C. Squad. Our Athletic Direc tor has put twenty-eight years in to coaching football and has come up with such outstanding teams as the Lexington team which won the Southern Championship and the 1949 Western Carolina squad which won the North State Conference. Bob Setzer has not returned to the Cullowhee campus to play football -again this year, but to coach the line and instruct in the Industrial Arts Department. Coach Setzer graduated from Waynesville High School in 1951 and entered W.C.C. where he played football through 1952 and then entered the Army Airborne where he played service football. The well known guard then returned to W. C. C. in 1955 and 1956 he made all conference. He was captain of the 1956 squad. Behind The Scenes Members of the football staff who are; continually working behind the iscenes include the managers, trainer and the sports publicity director, RonnieT'witkins ^rom Mayodan heads the managerial staff and is assisted )by Fred Scott of Morganton. Watkins transferred from East Carolina College following his freshman year and is in his second season as Catamount manager. Scott was sidelined with an injury last season and is now serving the team in his present capacity. Mike Jolly from Black Mountain is the trainer for the team. Jolly was sidelined with an injury in his freshman year and last year he was trainer in additoin to help- ng Coach Young with the line. This season, Jolly is giving his full time to training duties in our modern training room. A new addition to the staff is the Sports Publicity Director, Charlie Smith. Charlie graduated from Lee Edwards High School in Asheville last spring. He has had some good experience in the field of sports writing. While at Lee Edwards, he was Sports Editor of their newspaper and for the previous year he has been a sports writer for the Asheville Citizen. Leading the Catamounts into battle this year are captains Charlie Byrd and Jack Hendrix. Byrd, a senior who plays right guard, is expected to be one of the top guards in the North State Conference this year. Charlie played high school ball at Rutherfordton-Spindale where he received several high school honors. The 5' 10", 185 pound guard lettered the last three years here at W.C.C. He is majoring in Physical Education and Biology. This past summer, Charlie took Marine Officer's training at Quan- tico, Virginia. Hendrix, the left half flash from Oakley, received many honors while playing in the Buncombe County Conference. The hard running half-back was injured the majority of the season last year. The 170 pound 5' 11" scooter is majoring in business. Jack plans to join the Marines upon graduation. The 1957 Catamount Football Squad Blue Ribbon Shoe Shop Jarman Factory Worn Shoes Expert Shoe Repair Here's a run-down on this year's football squad. Numbering forty at the present time, the squad is composed mostly of freshmen. Lettermen Jack Hendrix . . . One of the best backs in the state. Hampered by injuries last year, Jack is expected to show great stuff this season. Charlie Byrd ... A man with plenty of desire and drive, Charlie will be one of the best guards in the conference. Lowell Jennings ... A speedy fullback who will explode in the faces of the largest. Bob Cooper ... A transfer from UNC, Bobby should do well at the quarterback slot. Keith Howell ... A scrappy end, Keith has come a long way since taking ewer the end position last season. Jack Stuart ... A very effective blocker, Jack will hold his own with any other tackle in the conference. Jon Carswell ... A rough rock and sock type, this should be Jon's year. Jerry Hawkins ... A transfer from Gardner Webb, Jerry played a lot of ball last year and is one of the best men on the field. Bobby Watts ... A small man, Bobby has a lot of desire and fighting spirit. Phil Royal . . . This speedy halfback came out of the woods last year and is showing good form and excellent potential. John Mugford . . . This 6' 2" 195 pound quarterback is all business when on the playing field. Freshmen Mickey Massey ... a promising end from Grenville, S. C. Virgil Pipes ... A G.I. who scouted for Cherokee last year. "Stump" Turner ... an outstanding end in the East-West All- Star game. Jackie Conrad ... An outstanding center on Canton's State Champions. He won All-State honors. Russell Pope ... a good scrappy ex-service man. Bobby Holden ... an All-Smoky Mountain Conference blocking back from Sylva who is playing center. Johnny Slater ... A six foot end from Winston-Salem, N. C. Jerry Lowder ... A 200 pound Beat Carson-Newman All-State tackle. "Bear" Turner ... a 279 pound tackle. Jack Cranford ... a flat land tackle from Albemarle, N. C. Ronald Stillwell ... A tackle from Copperhill, Tenn. Jim Phythyon . . . 230 pounds of promising Penn. tackle who made lineman of the year in the Delaware Valley. Kennon Mashburn ... a guard who was mentioned for All-State in Georgia. Bill George ... an outstanding lineman from Andrews High. Parker Lyda . . . one of the best blockers to come out of Hendersonville. Jack Spady ... an All-Southern end who played one year of prep- school ball. Cecil Smith ... an All-State player and the most valuable blocker in the Georgia All-Star game. Hugh Grasty . . . Waynesville's most valuable player last year. Jamie Wilkes ... 180 pounds of romping, stomping fullback who played in the N. C. All-Star game. Gary Bailey ... a promising passer from Georgia. Tob Childers ... an All-State halfback who should give added reserve strength this year. Jerry Compton ... a fine quarterback from Greenville, S. C. Tom Broadwater . . . another Penn. prospect. "Boogy" Bass . . . one of the most valuable players in the eastern part of the state last year. Back on the squad this year and expected to give the lettermen a fight for their positions are halfback Arron Gibson from Waynesville, Beauford Gilliland, a good kicker, and Arnold Isaacs, an All- State Junior College halfback. By Mike Jolly Western Carolinian Sports Writer A great gridiron rivalry will be renewed Saturday as the Catamounts travel to Asheville Memorial Stadium to take on the Fighting Eagles of Carson-Newman in what is classified as our first home game of the season. Traveling by chartered bus, the students will be on hand to see the game which starts fit 8:00 p.m. Coach Dan Robinson of the Catamounts and Coach Roy Harmon of the Eagles will send their troops out to face each other with the Eagles having the edge of experience over he Cats, who are lacking in experience this year, but hope to make up for this in desire and fight. The big threat for Carson-Newman will be Johnny Bryant, the Tennessee sprint champion, who plays tail-back for the Eagles. Bryant is one of the best runners the Catamounts will face this year. The Eagles will be running out of the powerful single-wing formation while the Catamounts will be using the tricky split-T attack in which Jack Hendrix is probably one of the best left halfs in the state. According to Coach Robinson, there's a new type of spirit in the Catamount camp this year and if the spirit that has been shown up to date is any indication of what is to come, the Cats should give every club on the schedule a rough time as they get smarter with experience. The rivalry between the Catamounts and Carson-Newman has been outstanding down through the years. Since 1956, the Catamounts have won six games to Carson-Newman's five. The Eagles will be out to tie up the series while the Cats will be battling it out to keep ahead as they square off against each otner Saturday. Here's the scores: W.C.C. C-N 1946 6 14 1947 7 17 1948 32 13 1949 13 6 1950 'W 7 1951 34 41 1952 6 0 1953 0 7 1954 6 7 1955 0 9 1956 19 13 Fire destroys ^ his trees. J PREVENT FOREST FIRES ! Selective Service Tests To Be Given Plans to limit the Selective Service College Qualification Teste to one in the 1957-58 school year instead of three per year as in the past have been announced by Lt. General Lewis B. Hershey, Director of Selective Service. Scores on the tests, and student class standing, are criteria used by local boards in the consideration of requests by college students at both the undergraduate and graduate level for deferments from induction in order to continue their studies. The single test planned for the next school year probably will be held in the Spring. Three tests per school year have been provided for students each year since the 1951-52 school term. In the Spring of 1951 when the testing program was initiated, four tests were given within a three-month period. Main reasons cited by the Selective Service Director for offering only one opportunity next year for students to take the test are: 1. The number of students taking the tests has fallen steadily from 74,327 in the first full school year under the program to 11,122 in the school year just ended. 2. Induction calls are presently cast for men 22 years of age and older. The student who progresses normally through school will complete his four years of undergraduate work by that age, thus the demand for the tests has fallen. i ^bkerMte* SYLVA WHEEL BALANCING - $1.25 - Weights Included you mvs thhk vou«c witu \wt P«sser! ( *1P '/**( MOTMC«"\ SfiLr .'■ '—

The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University’s student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

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