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THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Saturday, November 1, 1958 The Western Carolinian SPORTS SEC TION People And Sports By Larry Phillips, Sports Editor The old saying, "A team is only as strong as the men it has sitting on the bench," was proven true again last Saturday night. Western Carolina went to Hickory a two touchdown underdog, but. for three quarters the Catamounts literally pushed the Lenoir Rhyne Bears all over the football field. Leading 30-14 when the final period began, the manpower advantage began to take its toll, and when the gun went off the score stood 36-30 in favor of Lenoir Rhyne. The Bears have three good teams with plenty of lettermen sitting on the bench, and this advantage was just too much for the sophomore-studded Catamounts to overcome. Western Carolina played tremendous football and the entire student body should be proud of them. The Bears did not outplay them, they just wore them down. In praising the Catamounts, however, we should not overlook the fact that Lenoir Rhyne has a great team. After all, a team that can score 22 points in one quarter and overcome a 30-14 deficit is a great team. Without a doubt WCC gave the Bears their toughest game of the year in the North State Conference. Welcomo To The Old Timers I would like to take this opportunity to extend my welcome to all the alumni. Tonight the Catamounts will meet the Elon Christians in a conference battle. The home team will rate the favorite and should give you "old timers" something to remember. I am sure you will be pleasantly surprised at the improvement our team has made over past years. Coach Robinson's crew has faced a tough schedule this season, meeting some of the stronger small colleges in the South. Until two weeks ago they were very much in the conference race with a 1-0-1 record. The past two Saturdays, however, they have dropped a 18-7 game to East Carolina and a 36-30 battle to Lenoir Rhyne, the two teams currently tied for the conference lead. The Catamounts will appreciate your support tonight and I am sure they will not disappoint you. Odds And Ends Jerry Bishop, an All-State guard from Lee Edwards in Asheville, was sorely missed in the Lenoir Rhyne game. Jerry suffered a broken jaw in the East Carolina game two weeks ago and will be out of action the remainder of the season . . . Another man hampered by injuries is All-Conference tackle Jack Stuart. It is hoped Jack will return to top form for the Cats' last three games of the season . . . Anyone who does not pick Bobby Cooper for All-Conference honors after his performance last Saturday night should have his head examined . . . This is the Catamounts' first home game in a month. In their last Memorial Stadium appearance the Cats defeated Appalachian 32-22 . . . Coach Jim Gutlger is starting his eighth season as head basketball coach. His teams hold 128 wins for those eight years for a 16-wins-a-year average . . . The basketball team will open its season November 29, against Carson-Newman in Jefferson City, Tenn. . . . The alumni should be interested in the Holiday Tournament planned for Reid Gym, December 15, 16, 17. Coach Gudger plans to make this tournament an annual affair if he can meet the expenses . . . If you are down at Reid Gym today, take a look at the Catamount trophy case, and especially the intramural trophies to be awarded at the end of the year. Cats Meet Elon In Homecoming Tilt STAR QUARTERBACK BOB COOPER WILL LEAD THE Catamount attack tonight against the Elon Christians. The versatile junior has repeatedly displayed exceptional prowess as the Cat field-general and he Is being groomed for All-North State Conference honors by coaches and sports writers. The highly touted Cooper reached an apex In guiding WCC to a near upset victory over top running Lenoir Rhyne last week. Coach Dan Robinson appraised his quarterback as being "an excellent quarterback. I only called one play during the entire LR game." Cooper leads the Catamount offense. He bas completed 33 of 59 tosses for 441 yards while gaining 168 yards rushing. In his total of 609 yards gained, Cooper has crossed the double stripes four times and made seven extra point passes. His punting average is 38.2 on 27 kicks.—Photo by Whltaker. Lenoir Rhyne's Bears Rally, Overcome WCCs 16 Point Lead Capacity Crowd Expected For Local Battle By Woody Needham The Catamount football team returns to Memorial Stadium tonight when they dig in against the onslaughts of the Elon Christians. This is the annual Western Carolina College Homecoming game; and with post time at 8 p.m. the stadium is expected to fill to overflowing by the advent of grads and dads to the Cullowhee campus. WCC has been on an exhaustive 3000 mile series of weekend trips the last three games. Though success hasn't been the WCC pigskin story, the team wants this one bad. They are smarting and fighting mad following the Lenoir Rhyne encounter. Neither Western Carolina nor Elon have compiled imposing won-lost records during the '58 campaign; but these statistics don't tell the true gridiron power and the contest could easily re- rolve around the play of these two outstanding gridiron foes. Up front, Elon his two top notch players capable of playing in any league. Tackle J. B. Vaughn has been all conference the past two years. He's big, strong, and rugged. In short he's a mighty fine player. And end Tony Carcatera is nobody's fool. This exceptionally talented athlete is a senior but he has been selected as all conference for three years. He's easily comparable t o Wofford's Richardson. Head Coach Dan Robinson has this to say: "Elon hasn't played a gmae this year which they should not have won except the Presbyterian encounter. They've been a tough luck ball club all year; and we aren't going to underestimate them." The records show that Elon has The clash tonight dropped their last five games in The Lenoir Rhyne Bears got their biggest scare of the season last Saturday night when they edged the Western Carolina Catamounts 36-30. The Bears rallied for 22 points in the fourth quarter to remain undefeated in the conference and tie East Carolina for the circuit lead. Western Carolina literally pushed Lenoir Rhyne all over the field for three quarters and held a 30-14 lead at that point. When the fourth quarter opened however the sky seemed to fall on the Catamounts. That period saw fumbles, onside kicks and just plain old hard football which all added up to touchdowns and defeat for the Cats. Lenoir Rhyne entered the game with Western Carolina a two touchdown favorite, but under the leadership of Bobby Cooper the Catamounts soon made it known that they were not to be "Bear Meat." At this point in the season the'Bears have had only 50 points scored on them, and Western Carolina got 30 of those last Saturday night. Cooper played tremendous football against Lenoir Rhyne, completing nine of ten passes for 129 yards and one touchdown. PICTURED HERE ARE THE INTRAMURAL Trophies that are to be awarded at the end of intramural competition. These trophies will be presented to individuals and teams who win in the various activities of the intramural program.—Quinn Photo. Weekly Scoreboard Of North State Conference Conference Standings W L Tied Pet. Lenoir Rhyne 3 0 0 1.000 East. Car. 3 0 0 1.000 Appalachian 2 2 0 .500 WCC 1 2 1 .333 Catawba 1 2 1 .333 Elon 1 3 0 .250 Guilford 0 2 0 .000 All Games W L Tied Pet. Lenoir Rhyne 5 1 0 .833 East. Car. 4 2 0 .666 Catawba 3 2 1 .600 Appalachian 3 3 0 .500 Guilford 2 2 0 .500 Elon 1 5 0 .166 WCC 1 5 1 .166 (The tied game is not counted in the standing). Scores October 18:— East. Car. 18, WCC 7 Presbyterian 34, Elon 6 Lenoir Rhyne 30, Guilford 0 October 25:— Lenoir Rhyne 36, WCC 30 Catawba 14, Elon 8 Newberry 28, East Ear. 6 Emory & Henry 7, App. 0. The last two weeks brought many important changes to the North State standings. First Lenoir Rhyne caught up with East Carolina and tied the Pirates for the conference lead. This development makes that ECC-Lenoir Rhyne game, in Hickory, next Saturday night even the more important. Currently the Pirates and the Bears are tied with 3-0-0 marks. The most outstanding game during the last two weeks was the Lenoir Rhyne-WCC game which the Bears won in the last 35 seconds 36-30. The conference race is now a two team affair with the big game next week probably deciding the champion- Boodleville Wins National League The weeks October 20-29 have been very exciting ones in the world of Men's tag football Intramurals. On Oct. 20 the Tom Cats defeated Boodleville 27-19. On the same afternoon the Black Knights won with a 34-0 landslide over 3rd Robertson. Kappa Sigma met the Day ship. Tonight's games:— Elon at WCC Lenoir Rhyne at Maryville Guilford at Hampden-Sydney East Car. at Appalachian Presbyterian at Catawba November 8:— WCC at Emory & Henry at Bristol, Va. East Car. at Lenoir Rhyne Newberry at Elon Guilford at Appalachian Catawba at Wofford Bobby has completed 50 per cent of his passes for a total of 441 yards in seven games. The interesting thing about his record is that he has had only 4 passes intercepted. It appeared the Bears just out manned the Cats in that fourth period as their tremendous bench power began to pay off. Two Bear backs literally tore the Catamounts line to shreds in that last quarter. Lee Farmer had a total of 116 yards for the game while Tommy Simmons got 129 for the night. This fact is interesting when you notice that the Bears had 333 total yards rushing. Most of these yards came in the fourth quarter because the Cats were in the drivers seat up to that point. Coach Robinson was well pleased with the Cats showing at Hickory. He had high praise for his entire team, but singled out the work of Wilkes, Cooper, and Aughtry. Robinson is Cooper's number one supporter for All- Conference, and he also thinks Aughtry out - played Lenoir Rhyne's highly rated center Murphy. The Catamounts seemed to have the game in the bag going into the fourth quarter, but a WCC fumble on their own 19 yard line set up a touchdown in that period. Moments later an onside kick by the Bears worked to perfection and they hit pay dirt again. With only 35 seconds left in the ball game, Lenoir Rhyne pushed over their final score, which gave them a 22 point fourth quarter and the victory. Farmer and Simmons were the big guns for the Bears, scoring all their points and gaining most of their yards rushing. Even these two scatbacks were held in check until that fatal fourth period when everything went wrong for the Catamounts. Without a doubt this was WCC's best performance of the year, and is greatly responsible for having them in the role of the favorite in tonight's game with Elon. of these teams. promises to be a rock 'um, sock 'um affair. Pointing up the WCC offensive is the accomplished quarterback, Bob Cooper. Sparkling Bob has so impressed sports writers and opposing coaching staffs that he ranks the the most versatile signal caller in the North State Conference. Backing him up with a swarm of talent are Jamie Wilkes, Boogy Bass, and Arnold Izaccs. All three are running demons when they want; and each has earned the praise of WCC opponent coaches at one time or another. Substitute Joe Heverin, Tobe Childers, and Tom Broadwater have displayed outstanding potential. The Western Carolina line has molded into a solid front rank. Talented ball players are holding down every position from end to end. Jack Spady, Cecil Smith, and Ron Aughtry have played brilliantly. Olin Sisk, Dean Turner, Jack Stuart, and Gerald Lewis are hustling terrors of rugged football. The visiting Elon Christians have a big and rough ball squad. Their beckfield has an average weight of 187 pounds; while their line outweighs WCC some six pounds per man. Elon runs from the split-T. QB Maiden is hazardous on the tri- optional hand-off, run, or pass play, an attack they've utilized for good results this fall. Elon's chief offensive threat is quarterback Maiden. He's comparable to Cooper in passing, running, and ball-handling ability; Students for an important game at 4:15, Oct. 21. Kappa Sigma was victorious in this contest by a score of 13-12. At 5:15 3rd Reynolds easily won over Lambda Phi by a score of 12-0. Oct. 28 found Kappa Sigma 3rd Buchanan for a semi-final tag football game. The result was a victory for 3rd Buchanan—17-12. The second game of the afternoon was a 20-0 win for Kappa Sigma over 3rd Robertson. 02ct. 28 found Kappa Sigma and 2nd Reynolds engaged in another semi-final battle. Kappa Sigma won 2-0. On the same afternoon another tight game was played between Boodleville and 3rd Buchanan. At the end of the regular game neither team had managed to score. Boodleville finally won in the over time to make themselves the National League Champions. a row; but they are better than that. Against Catawba, Elon sported an 8-6 lead midway in the third quarter when Catawba sprang a man loose on a 55-yard TD gallop and the bal game. In the Eastern Carolina contest, Elon was again leading by the same score going into the fourth stanza when another honest mistake cost them victory Wofford topped Elon 22-18 in a good ball game. The Mountaineers of Appalachian managed a 32-20 win over the Christians in a free scoring fight. Elon operates one of the most mystifying offensive attacks to be found anywhere in college football. Watch it. Watch for both half-backs to line up inches behind the tackles. It affords a tremendously effective and tight offense. Coach Sid Varner's team is going to supply a unique homecoming opponent. It has been the same story with the Catamounts. WCC has compiled a weak one win, five lost, one tie season—so far. But here again, statistics belie the quality of the ball club. The Catamounts have carried a small squad this year; and when injuries plague a 33 man team it hurts. The main reasons WCC has not rated better in Monday morning quarterbacking are the lack of depth and the team inexperience. These two shortcomings are no ones fault: They point directly to the reason WCC has not been able to play 60 minutes of football. Injuries certainly haven't help ed. Jack Stuart has been bothered all season with a bad knee. Bob Cooper'6 absens* in the Carson-Newman and Wofford (2nd half' games may have stopped WCC from bringing the bacon home. The loss of Jerry Bishop, Don Gray, and the minor injuries have seriously handicapped the Cats. Spunky Cecil Smith has played tremendous ball with a bad left arm and elbow. But WCC isn't smarting under any "excuses." They've played great ball; and they've played miserably. Honest mistakes have cost them more times than ten; but they still keep fighting. They are a young ball club with a great deal of potential. Coach Robinson and his talented staff of Tom Young and Bob Setzer cited the team this past week for its rare character. "We think the Catamounts have demonstrated tremendous character. It takes guts to come back week after week and still keep fighting. They've shown exceptional team effort and spirit. And we feel this group has kept other teams from becoming great." Robinson continued, "Every boy who has played very much has distinguished himself. I'd like to make particular reference to Ron Aughtry. Lenoir Rhyne's Joe Murphy was considered throughout the conference as one of the all time great conference centers. But Aughtry out shown Murphy all night offensively and defensively. Ron out - tackled Murphy three to two." The probable starting lineups tonight: WCC Jack Spady 185 lbs.—LE Olin Sisk 195 lbs.—LT Cecil Smith 185 lbs.—LG Roy Gray —RG Ron Aughtry 200 lbs.— C Sam Watkins 190 lbs.—RT Dean Turner 180 lbs.—RE Bob Cooper 165 lbs.—QB Boogy Bass 160 lbs.—LH Arnold Izaacs 160 lbs.—RH Jamie Wilkes 190 lbs.—FB Elon Mallory 200 lbs. Vaughn 210 lbs. Hendrix 205 lbs. Ruggeri 185 lbs. Hunter 210 lbs. Rayburn 210 lbs. Carcatera 210 lbs. Maiden 190 lbs. Delgais 185 lbs. McLean 180 lbs. Markosky 190 lbs. Catamount Cagers To Participate In Holiday, LeJeune Tournaments This Dec. The Western Carolina Catamounts will see activity in two tournaments before the first of the year. December 15, 16, and 17, they will participate in a Holiday Tournament here at Cullowhee. The Cats will also see action in the Camp LeJeune Invitational Tournament December 29 and 30. In the Camp LeJeune affair Georgetown College of Kentucky, East Carolina, and Camp LeJeune will join the Catamounts for that tournament. The Holiday Tournament is a new thing here at Western Carolina, but Coach Gudger hopes to make it an annual affair if he can get enough support to break even. This tournament will be a Round Robin Tournament, with every team playing each other. That will mean that there will be two games a night; the first at 7:30 and the last at 9:00. Coach Gudger urges that you give your support to this tournament. The teams taking part, along with the Catamounts, will be Rollins College of Winter Park, Florida, Univ. of Tampa, and Catawba College. Final arrangements will be announced in the near future. Basketball practice has been underway for three weeks, and Coach Gudger says he is well pleased with the team's progress. He said, "Teague is doing a real good job for us and will see a lot of action this season." Gudger also had high praise for two freshmen, Pryor and Ehle, saying, "They will be a big help to us in the near future." The Catamounts open their season November 29, with Carson- Newman in Jefferson City, Tennessee. As it stands now the first home game will be December 10, with Piedmont College. Coach HERE ARE THE MEN WHO WILL MAKE UP THE 1958-59 edition of the Western Carolina College basketball team. Front row (L-R): Eddie Rudeen, Jackie Teague, Harris Pryor, Buckey Pryor and Dink Dillinger. Second row (L-R): Dave Elmore, David Ehle, Jack Frauson, Randall Shields, Dave Jones and Clyde Barnwell.—Quinn Photo. Field Hockey Tournament By Nancy Harmon The Woman's Intra-Mural field hockey season reached its climax with a real Trogen War, Wednesday, October 22. However," this battle didn't have one winner, but two. The Trogens had been victorious in all their games until Oct. 20 when they were defeated by THE BROWN CO. Groceries - Feed - Notions Cullowhee, N. C. Gudger is trying to get games with Georgetown College for December 2 and 3 here at Cullowhee. Coach Gudger also praised the work of his freshman team. He pointed out Harold Wilholt is being very outstanding for the Kittymounts. Others he mentioned as looking good were: Linwood Oaks, Wayne Pope, Ken Weeks, Larry Davis, and L. D. Hyde. Coach Gudger said that the team looked good, but still had a lot of work to do before the opening game. He added however, "We have plenty of time to get ready so we are not worried yet." the Greeks in the first game of the championship series. The final game was one of great enthusiasm. Both teams were playing with all their might and heart to win. After a nip and tuck battle, the triumphant teams emerged as co-champions. Even with playing an extra quarter the score was still tied two-two. It would be impossible to say that either team had a best player—all of them were good. The Greek players included Sumney, Greer, Clary, Maness, Dillingham, Martlett, Masten, Jones, Carr, and Cothran. The Trogen team was composed of Redmond, Crawford, Edwards, Davidson, Carswell, Brown, Wright, Kling, and Mcintosh. Now with the field hockey season safely behind them, Western Carolina College women launched into speed ball intramurals this past week. They are looking forward to another exciting league in womens sports.

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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