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SPORTS SECTION THE CRYING TOWEl Woody Needham, Sports Editor Cullowhee: Coach Jim Gudger and his basketball team open the season tomorrow night against Piedmont College of Georgia, in the first of a 27 game schedule. The Catamounts will see action in at least three tournaments this year. The freshman team, under the tutelage of Coach Jock Martin, will play a 17 game slate. Last year the Catamounts copped about every championship available. This year, however, they will have a difficult time defending the North State Conference crown. The '59-60 team is lacking in height, experience and perhaps depth and speed. Due to graduation losses in all those departments, Gudger is having to rebuild this year. Dave Elmore and Dave Jones form the nucleus of a promising but thoroughly untried crew and it will probably be mid-January before anyone can say anything definite about the Catamounts—other than what Gudger said himself, "The only thing I'll promise is that we'll show up for every game, and we'd better have plenty of good effort." Elmore and Jones are two of the most highly touted basketeers in the North State this year. But it'll take some stand-out performances by freshmen and returning veterans like Eddie Rudeen, Jackie Teague and Bucky Pryor to give WCC the quality of team it had last year. Rudeen, Teague and Pryor have proven themselves strong and consistent court men. Their scoring potential will have to be realized however. Gaston Seal, new Indiana import, may be the surprise of the year. I'll be surprised if he isn't. There are three outstanding freshmen, Mel Gibson, Charlie Crawford and Pad Padgett, who may give the Catamounts a winner. I'll risk a wild prediction of a 18-10 season, figuring that both Jones and Elmore are worth four games apiece, Seal and Pryor two, Teague and Rudeen two, the freshmen one and Gudger's coaching five. Holiday Tournament And Admission Charge I'd like to bring your special attention to the Holiday Tournament and the admission charges to the games. The tournament is the result of Coach Jim Gudger. Each year Western Carolina basketball teams are invited to play in one or more of the various tournaments held in the South during the Christmas vacation. The importance of tournament play is to give experience to young college basketball players, the lack of which might be hurtful in conference games. Gudger felt this experience could be gained just as easily at home—as well as some intersectional recognition being gained by the sponsoring college. However welcome this "added attraction" is to Catamount fans it nonetheless costs money—money which is not included in the budget. The only solution, the only way the Holiday Tournament can be held is to have admission charges. Last year numerous students quipped bitter remarks about being charged fifty cents to see two games each night of the tournament. These charges are explained on the opposite page in the story about the Holiday Tournament. I hope this column will enlighten those students still holding doubts. I make an earnest appeal to the whole student body to attend at least one night. "Thanks" Thanks to the whole football squad for a damn good season. "Next Year" finally arrived! WCC Places Six On All-Conference Three Stars To N. C. Stale Team THE WESTERN CAROLINA COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH- ing Staff: (L. to R.) Line Coach, Bob Setzer; Head Mentor, Dan Robinson; End Coach, Tom Young. Bob Cooper By Nancy Harmon Western Carolina's football team climaxed a successful season by placing more men on the All- North State Conference Team than any other team in the conference. The Catamounts' six All-Conference gridironers were selected by "The Greensboro Daily News," which is officially recognized as the North State All-Conference selector. "The Winston-Salem Journal" selected an All-State team. WCC had three nominees for it. So far as we know, Art Bird, a 1949 W- CC gridiron star, is the only pre- Mystery Coed Guys and dolls, put your heads together and see if you can come up with the name of this young campus miss! Form a detective a- gency and see if you can get on the track of this campus cutie! The young lady pictured in the last edition was correctly identified as the red-headed Suzie West, first by Pris Redmon. Miss West, no doubt, has many admirers because many correct answers were sent in. Flash! The finals in the girls' intra mural tennis doubles were won by Phyllis Wright and Betty Westmoreland. They defeated runners- up Vickey Elliott and Beverly Kling. The Trojans of third floor Moore and the Beatniks of second floor Moore played in the speedball championship. The Trojans won he championship by a score of 1- 0. GOOD MOVIES at the MACON THEATRE and FRANKLIN DRIVE IN Franklin, N. C. Stovall's 5-10-25* Store FIRST IN QUALITY FAIREST IN PRICES "Where Your Dimes Have More Cents" SYLVA HOME OWNED WAYNESVILLE WE BACK THE CATSI 1 1 HEDDEN'S BARBER SHOP Sylva (under Velt's) Denny Williams vious all-stater WCC has produced. When he played for the Catamounts, he was recognized as one of the greatest linemen ever to perform here. Co-captain Bob Cooper, All- State and All-Conference selection, ran 1,156 yards this season. He is one of three players in the state to go over 1,000 yards. He is the only active player in the North Sate Conference to go over 1,000 yards for two consecutive years. Cooper, a senior at WCC, played quarterback for the Catamounts. Denny Williams from Belmont was selected for the All-State and All-Conference teams. He is one of the most feared and respected linemen ever to play at WCC. Williams was an All-American nominee as a freshman and is a poten- -.-aV Tom Broadwater tial professional football nominee. Halfback Tom Broadwater, from Fairless Hills, Pa., was nominated for both the All-State and All- Conference teams. The WCC junior is ranked as one of the top 10 pass receivers in small colleges throughout the nation by NAIA. During the season he rushed for 403 yards and received 23 passes. Cecil Smith, a native of Elberton, Ga., is one of WCC's All-Conference contributions. He is one of the fastest guards in Western Carolina's football history. Smith is also a fine tackier. Co-captain Dean Turner has developed this year into one of the best ends in the North State Conference. He received 15 passes and scored 6 points this season. Turner, a senior this year, hails from All-Conference Team Western Carolina College's six nominees to the All-North State Conference squad was more than any other school placed. The mythical football team is officially recognized as the selections made by The Greensboro Daily News. Lenoir Rhyne had five members from their championship team selected. Lenoir Rhyne was also voted the top small college football team in the nation. The team includes: Ends—Dick Lage, LR, Cal Burleson, Appalachian and Dean Turner and Jack Spady, WCC; tackles—Denny Williams, WCC, Ed Emory, ECC, Charles Sanders, LR, Wayne Henley, Guilford; Guards—Cecil Smith, WCC, Wade Teaque and Nevio Renzullio, LR; Center—Carl Mes- sere, Appalachian, Lyn Barnett, ECC; backs—Bob Cooper and Tom Broadwater, WCC; Lee Farmer, LR, Ansel Glendenning, Appalachian, Bob McLain, Elon, Ed Bass and Jack Speight, ECC, John Meroney, Guilford. Cooper, Farmer, Spady, Burleson, Emory and" Glendenning are repeaters from the 1958 all-star selection. Cecil Smith Henrietta. Jack Spady, a junior from Gastonia, is one of WCC's repeaters from last year's All - Conference team. The other one is Bob Cooper. Spady was handicapped by an early season arm injury but recovered to finish the season as a leading end. Part of the credit for the Catamounts' success this season is due to their coaching. Head mentor Dan Robinson coached the back- field. Tom Young coached end, and Bob Setzer coached line. Each sent two men to the All-Conference team. Mack Bowman, student assistant, completes the Cat coaching list. Dean Turner Jack Spady PICTURED ABOVE ARE MEMBERS OF THE PFEIFFER COL- lege basketball team which will see action here in Cullowhee during the Holiday tournament. The pre-Christmas hardwood event will be featured at Reid Gym on December 14, 15, 16. Standing, from left to right, are Pfeiffer players Thurston Frye (11), Leon Smith (4), and Jimmy Wentworth (3). Coach Don Miller, not pictured, will lead his team. Pfeiffer College Is located in Misenheimer, North Carolina. Thurston Frye, 6'1" guard and forward, is probably the best shot on the squad. Leon Smith is their best rebounder. He stands 6'3" and plays forward. Jimmy Wentworth is the fastest man on the Pfeiffer squad. He stands 5'8" at the guard post. HENSLEY AND HOOPER O.K. RUBBER WELDERS Recapping—Used Tires—Wheel Balancing NATIONWIDE GUARANTEE Phone JU 6-2619 THE TOWN HOUSE "Beside the Post Office" Fountain Service — College Supplies Breakfast — Hot Lunches — Sandwiches — Cosmetics — OPEN: Weekdays: 7:30 a.m. — 11 p.m. Sunday: 2 p.m. — 11 p.m. "24-Hour Photo Developing" Basketball Schedule North State Conference Champions DATE OPPONENT PLACE TIME Dec. 5 Piedmont College Demorest, Georgia 8:00 Dec. 10 Carson-Newman College Jefferson City, Tenn. 8:00 Dec. 12 Catawba College Mooresville, N. C. 8:00 Dec. 14 Western Carolina College Cullowhee, N. C. 7:30 Dec. 15 Holiday Tournament Cullowhee, N. C. 7:30 Dec. 16 Holiday Tournament Cullowhee, N. C. 7:30 Dec. 28 Camp LeJeune Tournament Camp LeJeune, N. C. Dec. 29 Camp LeJeune Tournament Camp LeJeune, N. C. Dec. 30 Camp LeJeune Tournament Camp LeJeune, N. C. Jan. 1 Spindale Invitational Tour. Spindale, N. C. 7:30 Jan. 2 Spindale Invitational Tour. Spindale, N. C. 7:30 Jan. 6 Lenoir-Rhyne College Cullowhee, N. C. 8:00 Jan. 9 Atlantic Christian College Cullowhee, N. C. 8:00 Jan. 11 Guilford College Guilford College, N. C. 8:00 Jan. 12 High Point College High Point, N. C. 8:00 Jan. 18 East Carolina College Cullowhee, N. C. 8:00 Jan. 14 Appalachian State College Boone, N. C. 8:00 Jan. 20 Catawba College Cullowhee, IM. C. 8:00 Jan. 23 Elon College Elon College, N. C. 8:00 Jan. 29 East Carolina College Greenville, N. C. 8:00 Jan. 30 Atlantic Christian College Wilson, N. C. 8:00 Feb. 3 Lenoir-Rhyne College Hickory, N. C. 8:00 Feb. 6 Elon College Cullowhee, N. C. 8:00 Feb. 10 High Point College Cullowhee, N. C. 8.00 Feb. 13 Guilford College Cullowhee, N. C. 8:00 Feb. 15 Piedmont College Cullowhee, N. C. 8:00 Feb. 17 Appalachian State College Cullowhee, N. C. 8:00 Entries in Western Carolina Holiday Tournament, Dec. 14, 15, 16t Western Carolina, Pfeiffer, Carson-Newman, Union College Basketball Coach—Jim Gudger > Assistant Coach—R. J. "Jock" Martin Manager-—Ronnie Wilson Captain—Dave Jones Alternate Capt.—Jackie Teague Sports Publicity Director—Charlie Smith TKE CONGRATULATES GAMMA TAU upon their National Affiliation with Delta Sigma Phi ART SHEPARD'S RESTAURANT Waynesville, N. C. GL 6-3579 Art Shepard honors as his guest each month a student or faculty member to have Sunday luncheon with him, chosen by the Greek Council as the outstanding "Person of the Month." Dave Anderson — Marie Pearce Mr. Maturo WATCH HERE! It Could Be You!

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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  • Date original: 1959-12-04;
  • Date digitized: 2017-09-20
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  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
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