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f THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Friday, December 11, 1959 SPORTS SECTION Guest Column By Dillard Morrow Ole man football is drawing his last breath—thp-- bowl games are yet to be played—all of the ooal es had their bad days—-JJBLA htd theirs^mighty Syraome generoui ly^gave jthe Brums a minus yards ru >hing Xvetyge—most the honor s have been bestowed- Western Carolina's Catamount! didn't geu invited to a bowl game! but Coach Dan and his horsemei came in tor their share of tV ison was recenj rfch Of The Yearfor NAIA—he was gyven~a lonor ijflafie Chlrlotte vhefyAht. was chosen 7%/Year in the Nortl erice on a b©11 of^loop roses—Re chosen C^ trict 26 similar/ Observe* Co^ch State Co| coaches. Robinson directed mounts to its best; years and the | history of th post only one wTmUin 1958—Desnjgf the loss af -^everH regulars bjj/way of the injury route, thAbrtghty Cats blasted out a mack-fii 7-2-1 to end the 1959 versi Cooper Adds Another And he darn well deserved it, too—Bob Cooper, WCC's outstanding senior quarterback was voted a tie with Lenoir Rhyne's fine tailback, Lee Farmer, for Most Valuable Player in District 26 of NAIA —DENNY WILLIAMS and Bob Cooper were voted first team on the ALL-DISTRICT team. Sport Reflections School spirit was at a new high this past season at the football games and all indications are that the spirit will touch the usual mark at the cage games—Gone will be big "Swede," lanky Shields, scooter Pryor—Back will be Cap-^ tain Dave Jones and play-maker ■Dave Elmore — Teague, Rdaeen saw plenty of action lasL-year. Elmore led the Cats^asafnst an out- manned Pie^kfiont — HOLIDAY OUR>IAM*5NT flashes—Decem- meets^Pfeiffer—out- >ec*fnber 15—WCC fighting Union team 16—WCC edges a -Newman five. oler spirit — and — LINE REARING dp/not go hand in hand. State Cage Notes Point is off to a flying i—two wins and no losses in conference play; three wins overall. Appalachian running second with one win and no setbacks in conference play; two victories and no losses overall—The other conference games played—East Carolina holds a one and one record in conference play; a one and one record overall. Western Carolina travels to Catawba tomorrow night. Cage Powers Kansas State, Kentucky, Louisville and NC State got theirs last week. Listed as the big boys to beat, the four cage powers fell to St. Louis, Southern Cal, Georgia Tech and Wake Forest respectively. ^A. WCC Travels To Catawba, Via C=N Gudger Announces Tourney Pairings Pairings were made earlier this week for the second annual Holiday Tournament which will be played in Reid Gym from December 14-16. Western Carolina College sponsors the event. Catamount Coach Jim Gudger said the pairings for the first night bf action were drawn from a hat. Games on the following two {lights were then made accordingly. Two games will be played each night, the first game beginning play at 7:30 o'clock. In the opening round of play, Union College of Kentucky will take on. a hot Carson-Newman team. WCC then meets Pfeiffer College to wind up the first evening's activity. The remaining schedule appears below. The tournament stacks up as a "take your choice and flip a coin" event since the four teams entered are fairly evenly matched and no pre-tourney favorite has been posted. At press time, Carson-Newman had tucked one victory under its wing, as had WCC. Pfeiffer dropped a last second contest to Appalachian 69-68. The Catamounts won their opener in a breeze over Piedmont College of Georgia, 67- 45. Coaches for the event include WCC's Gudger, Dick Campbell of Carson-Newman, Herman Bush of Union College and Don Miller of Pfeiffer. These four coaches and the attending sports writers will vote on the All-Tournament Team. Tournam«nt Schedule: December 14 7:30—Union vs Carson-Newman 8:30—WCC vs Pfeiffer December 15 7:30—C-N vs Pfeiffer 8:30—WCC vs Union December 16 7:30—Union vs Pfeiffer 8:30—WCC vs C-N Open NSC Crown Defense On Road; C-N Game Previews Holiday Tournament fedha tarn took the ^sketball team this past "th^up and inament*"boi WCC Frosh Off To Fast Start The Western Carolina freshman basketball team got off to a fast start last week end when they upended the highly touted Lee Edwards High School Maroons, 63- 58. The Maroons were undefeated' in 12 straight home games until the loss to the Kittymounts. Coach Jock Martin's freshman crew raced to a 19-8 first quarter lead before Lee Edwards got hot to gain a close 31-30 half-time lead. The lead was shortlived, however, as the Cats surged ahead with a 23-point third quarter output and then coasted home with the victory, 63-58. Melvin Gibson highlighted the WCC attack with 29 points. Coach Martin and varsity coach Jim Gudger said Gibson's performance was one of the finest shooting exhibitions they had ever seen. Three other freshmen scorers hit the double figures, as Padgett, Randall and Clements singed the nets with 16 points each. Peterson and Fitchett completed the freshman scoring for the evening with two points each. Coach Martin was well pleased with the opening game victory. The Catamount freshman team plays a 17-game schedule this season. Martin commented after the game, "We'll surprise a lot of people this year." The next freshman game will be against Lenoir Rhyne junior varsity, on January 7, 1960. WCC Frosh: FG FT PF TP Gentry 8 2-2 0 18 Hipp 0 0-0 1 0 McDevitt 0 0-0 1 0 Auer 10-0 0 2 Totals 25 8-12 11 58 Robinson, Young Attend Greensboro—The North State Conference held its winter meeting last Tuesday, and, according to advance agenda information, only routine business will come before the faculty fathers. Head Coach Dan Robinson and Director of Athletics Tom Young were in attendance. The conference was highlighted by the annual banquet and presentation o" awards. Lee Farmer, Lenoir Rhyne tailback and All- American selection, was presented an award as the North State's outstanding player. Jim Hickey was guest speaker at the banquet. Mr. Hickey is the head football mentor at University of North Carolina. Eddie Kesler, football star at Salisbury High School, received the award as the outstanding gridiron performer in the Central 4-A Conference. Ballots were tabulated for the famed Kirkland Blocking Award. This award is annually presented by Catawba College. Members for the various conference committees for the coming year were also appointed. (Editor's Note: The Western Carolinian was unable to secure further information concerning the above conference due to its early deadline date.) NSC Standings The standings of the schools in the North State Conference follow below. The schools are listed, then conference games won, conference games lost, conference percentage, then all games won and all games lost respectively: High Point, 2, 0, 1000—3, 0. Appalachian, 1, 0, 1000—2, 0. Lenoir Rhyne, 1, 0, 1000—1, 0. East Carolina, 1, 1, 500—1, 1. Atlantic Christian, 0, 0, 000— 3, 1. Catawba, 0, 0, 000—3, 2. Elon, 0, 0, 000—1, 1. Guilford, 0, 4, 000—0, 4. WCC, 0, 0, 000—1, 0. North State Conference Action WCC 67—Piedmont 45 Appalachian 69—Pfeiffer 68 LR 89—Wofford 72 High Point 106—Guilford 54 Elon 85—Pembroke 84 Catawba 45—Mercer 41 Appalachian 64—Guilford 62 LR 101—Giulford 67 Rollins 78—ACC 65 Catawba 64—Fla. Southern 53 C-N 68—Belmont (Tenn.) 56 Saturday Games WCC at Catawba LR at ECC Pfeiffer at High Point Appalachian at Charleston Wofford at Elon Cats Rough - Shod Piedmont; Elmore Hot, Jones Boards 'Gem' Demorest, Ga.—The Western Carolina College Catamounts opened their basketball season last Saturday with an easy 67-45 victory over outclassed Piedmont College. The Catamounts grabbed 60 rebounds in the contest. Dave Elmore, junior forward, paced the Catamounts to the opening game win. He popped the nets for 22 big points on the strength of 10 goals and a two for two effort from the foul line. Dave Jones, a consistently outstanding performer for the Cats last year, tipped the boards for 14 points in the contest. Jones was hot on the defensive boards, picking off 26 rebounds. Gaston Seal, freshman import from Indiana, got, off to a creditable start for Western Carolina. He sank five goals for 10 points during the game and was invaluable under the offensive board for the Catamounts throughout the non-conference battle. Jackie Teague, veteran guard, came into his own against Piedmont in racking up 10 points. Teague is one of the better outside shots in the North State Confer - Bruce Stroud and Gerald De loach shared scoring honors for Piedmont with 15 points each. Piedmont has dropped three games this season. Including the loss to WCC, they have lost to Oglethorpe College of Georgia, 61- 24, and to Newberry, 101-85. By Woody N Coach Jim Gud, Western Carolina to Carson-Newma Thursday in a serve a,s a previe £oming)Holiday T teamsare entered for the Cullowhee affair which begins Monday, December 12, and runs through Wednesday night. The Carson-Newman five is a veteran ball club. There are six men standing 6'4" or better on the club. C-N has gotten off to a strong start this season. Last week end they won their own Invitational Tournament, going through it undefeated. Coach Gudger's crew will not only have a difficult time with the extraordinary overall height, but also the pressing zone defense which is reportedly one of the toughest WCC has ever faced. They will have been extremely hard to play against. Saturday night the Gudgermen go against an improving Catawba team. The Indians are off to a wee Seal Padgett Elmore Gibson Jones Ehle Rudeen Pryor Teague Daniels Crawford Totals Piedmont Alderman Vickers Stroud Deloach Black Cantrell Dill Totals WCC Piedmont FG FT much better start than anyone in the North State Conference had expected. Last week end they managed to cop third place in the Florida Citrus Invitational Tourn- ment. The basketball fracas tomorrow night will be played in Mooresville and the game is being sponsored by that city's Junior Chamber of Commerce. Following the Holiday Tournament next week, the Catamounts will adjourn for a short Christmas vacation. They will return to the campus on December 26 to prepare for the important Lejeune Tournament, an event WCC participated in last year. There will be four North State teams featured in the Lejeune Tournament,, including Atlantic Christian, Elon, East Carolina and WCC. Other teams filling out the tourney list are West Virginia Tech, University of Baltimore, Camp Lejeune and another unnamed te"am from West Virginia. West Virginia Tech has been tabbed the pre-tourney favorite. Cooper Scares Farmer For Offense Title Gibson Randall Padgett Clements Fitchett Peterson Smart Totals Lee Edwards Thompson Oelschlager Beal Rowe 13 5 4 5 1 1 0 27 3-4 0-0 2r3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 5-7 2 3 1 1 3 1 0 10 29 10 10 10 FG FT PF 8 4-5 0 2 1-2 2 5 0-1 2 1 1-2 5 0 63 TP 20 5 10 The Civil Service Commi; earching for scientists/frf^the of chemistry, mathe: metallurgy and physics. Salaries range from $4,490 to $12,770 a year. College graduates may qualify for positions paying a beginning salary of $5,430, if they have a superior scholastic record or through passing an appropriate written test. GOOD MOVIES at the MACON THEATRE and FRANKLIN DRIVE - IN Franklin, N. C. Bullet! By Woody Needham Talented Lee Farmer of Lenoir Rhyne's championship football team was declared the North State Conference's individual total offense leader in final seasonal tabulations for 1959. Farmer eked out a narrow victory over Western Carolina's versatile quarterback, Bob Cooper. Both Farmer and Cooper played in nine games. The Lenoir Rhyne tailback compiled 1,178 total scrimmage yards to 1,152 yards for Cooper. However, it is to be noted that the winning Farmer required 24 additional plays to out-distance Cooper by only 26 yards. Glenn Bass, East Carolina speed merchant, won the individual rushing crown with a total of 833 yards. Elon's Charlie Maidon copped the passing crown on a total gain of 908 aerial yards on the strength of 76 completions in 160 attempts. Tom Broadwater, Western Carolina junior halfback who skyrocketed to national recognition this year, was the top pass receiver in the North State Conference. His title was gained as the result of 24 receptions and 413 yards. Lenoir Rhyne, declared the number one small college team in e nation, won the team total of- ense crown with a 363.6 average. They also paced the conference in rushing with a per game average of 254.1 yards. East Carolina, guided by the strong pitching arm of Ralph Zehring, won the team passing title with a 119.6 average per contest. Western Carolina was the best defensive team in the North State. The strong Catamounts held their opposition to a total average of only 188.2 yards per game. The final tabulations for the various individual leaders follow: Total Offense Player, School Farmer, L-R Cooper, WCC Zehring, ECC Maidon, Elon Bass, ECC Speight, ECC McClamrock, L-R Ball, Catawba T. Wilson, App. Meroney, Guilford ^Glendenning, App. Harvey, App. G. Plays 9 189 9 11 165 125 9 213 11 100 11 9 10 10 8 9 10 131 110 156 123 101 89 97 Yds. 1,178 1,152 997 977 833 805 727 676 606 565 494 477 Rushing Offense Charwood Barbecue "Where There's Delight In Every Bite" Pit Cooked Barbecue and Other Foods Monday - Saturday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Closed Sundays "Sandwich or Meal — You Get A Good Deal" East Main Street Sylva, N. C. MIDDLETON'S ESSO Regular 31.9c Golden 37.9c High Test 33.9c JUST ADDED—ACCESSORIES STANDARD GAS FOR LESS THROW RUGS—TV LAMPS All Sizes and Colors Player, School Rushes Yds Avg Bass, ECC 100 833 8.3 Speight, ECC 131 805 6.0 Meroney, Guilford 101 565 5.5 Farmer, L-R 118 546 4.7 Glendenning, App. 89 494 5.5 Harvey, App. 97 477 4.9 Broadwater, WCC 77 477 5.8 Simmons, L-R 74 442 6.0 Wilkes, WCC 74 399 5.4 Cooper, WCC 60 385 6.4 G. Wilson, App. 63 381 6.0 Jennings, WCC 56 375 6.6 McClamrock, LR 62 361 5.3 Kemp, L-R 66 357 5.4 Passing Offense Att. Comp. Int. Yds. TD Maidon, Elon 160 76 13 908 2 Zehring, ECC 107 58 8 1028 9 Cooper, WCC 105 57 7 767 8 T. Wilson, App. 96 44 8 528 7 Farmer, L-R 71 43 2 632 7 Ball, Catawba 102 33 12 589 1 Baker, Guilford 74 28 5 304 3 McClamrock, L-R 48 27 366 7 The 21-vear-*3ld senior hails from LeicerCar, Ni CI. Teague is a Physical Eflymtiom and Social Science major/ tfp/k son; /f I/r. and; Mrs. James Tpague. While playing basketball Leicester High School, Jackie won letters in basketball and baseball for four yeras. He was named to the All-State and All-Star Team in Greensboro for his outstanding performance on the hardwood. He was also selected to the All-Conference basketball team for three years. Teague is a good dribbler and possesses a deadly outside shot. He is a returnee from last year and should see a good deal of action this year. In the Catamounts' first game, Teague hit in 'the double figures. Bulletin Edward W. Endzel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Endzey, Sr., of High Point and Lawrence D. Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Davis of Hazelwood, have completed 18 weeks of intensive training in the Naval Sciences. They were among 722 personnel to successfully complete the Officer Candidate School. Both men are graduates of W- CC. Williams To Coach Starting with the volleyball games, two new teams will be participating in the intramural activities. The faculty, coached by Max Williams, will enter the National League, and 3rd Reynolds South, with Eric Holcomb as captain, will join the American League. afct year, Rudeen saw a good deal f / action on the hardwood. The 5'f" guasd hails from Asheville, ere/he placed basketball foj^, efc JHv^rdVHigji SchooLHs-fifst began-'Trts f*nrrTr tit—Tort Knox High School in Kentucky. While playing for Lee Edwards, he was selected to the AAA All- Star Team and played in the Blue- White game. In addition to basketball, Rudeen played football, golf and track. Rudeen is a good dribbler and plays control ball. His play helps hold the team together in offensive and defensive formations. Eddie is a Business and Industrial Arts major. He is married and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Rudeen, Sr. BELK'S DEPT. STORE "The Home of Better Values" JU 6-2015 Sylva, N. C. 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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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