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The Western'Carolinian SECTION From The Sidelines By Ernie Trubiano Sports Editor "Lexington, here we come." The Gudger crew face Elon tomorrow in the only remaining game of the regular season. Regardless of the Elon outcome, the tall ones are now playing their best ball of the season, and undoubtably the best in the league. For this reason I see Western as the team to beat in the Carolinas Conference Tournament. The ideal situation, of course, would match us with Lenoir Rhyne in the Tournament final, for as most realize by now, the two stand as the class of the conference. Elon and Catawba, however, may yet prove troublesome. Both of these clubs have to be considered the darkhorses because of their upset potential. Early season loses to Lenoir Rhyne, High Point, and Catawba hurt the Cats in their bid for the conference title. However, the tournament is the gold ring (it's outlasted the Dixie Classic) in peak form, and we wouldn't want it any other way. Momentum is a nice thing to have going for you. The Bear and his forces are ready, and I hope, the students are also. Last year's tournament victory was helped along by the chanting, shouting, just generally "hungry" basketball fans. It means a lot for the boys to know there is somebody in the house on their side. Rabid attendance at this affair makes it tougher on the opposing team and officials, thus easier on the boys wearing the purple and gold! I Through a pure oversight (I am sure) by Mrs. B. and by the Admiinstration (a Lyceum on Thursday night and upperclass registration on Saturday), some may have to choose between six of one and a half dozen of the other. But just think, people, you have a chance to escape the clamoring traffic of Lily-scented Cullowhee. Let's make Lexington, (for one week-end anyway) the dearest spot of all. Cullowhee Garage "WE FIX' MOST ANYTHING" Odell-Mgr. — Ph. 2188 BELK'S DEPT. STORE H. J. Landis, Manager "The Home of Better Values" "Entire line of popular priced Clothes for all College Students" JU 6-2015 SYLVA, N. C. CLYDE'S DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT 1231 Balsam Rd. — Waynesville, N. C. "Where the Home Folks Eat" PRIVATE DINING ROOM AIR CONDITIONED Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Green — Ph. GL 6-9135 JUST ARRIVED New shipment Hallmark Greetings Cards, Note Sheets, Playing Cards . . . See Hallmark's book, "FLOWERS OF THE HOLY LAND" Beautifully Illistrated THE BOOK STORE 12 EAST MAIN STREET — PHONE JU 6-2465 Cats Upset; Look To Tournament Host Elon In Finale By Ernie Trubiano Appalachian, the conference "spoiler" team, did it ag. they upset the visiting Catamounts by a score of 66-i. ways tough at Boone, the Mountaineers jumped to an early 14 point lead in the first minutes of play as th were unable to untrack. Although Western did man cut the gap to six points, Appalachian led at the halftime buzzer 41 to 32. Coach Jim Gudger shuffled men in and out of the lineup in an effort to find a combination that would click. The loss of playmaker Danny Tharpe, due to early foul trouble minimized the Catamount's famed fast break. The rebounding and foul shooting of big Tommy Lavalle and the deadly floor accuracy of Mel Gibson kept Western in the game during the first half. The same Lavelle-Gibson combo guided the 2nd half Cat comeback. Finally at 16:38 of the 2nd half, after the Gibson filed goals, "Tiny" climaxed the long uphill battle by sinking a free throw to bring the score to a 46-46 tie. "Tiny" quickly connected on a long jump shot and Western held the lead for the first time. The lead then changed hands several times before the Apps kept it for good with 2:38 remaining, and ended all hopes for the conference title for the Catamounts. Where the five starters in recent games had all scored in double figures, only Mel Gibson and Tommy Lavelle proved consistent in the surprise upset. "Tiny" rebounded furiously throughout the contest and drew fouls all evening, sinking twelve of his fifteen free throws. "Hoot" swished the nets for 20, 14 in the first half. Foul trouble and lack of the usual balanced attack proved fatal to the Gudger - men who host the Christians of Elon College Saturday night in the regular season windup, before engaging in the Carolinas Conference Tournament at Lexington, N. C. next week (February 20, 21, 22, 23) where they will seek revenge against the Mountaineers and also hope to successfully defend the biggest prize of all. Here is how the standings look after Wednesday night's games. CONFERENCE STANDINGS Team W L W L Lenoir Rhyne 14 3 20 4 High Point 13 3 19 5 Western Carolina 12 4 20 5 Catawba 10 5 14 6 Elon 9 5 17 6 Appalachian 10 7 14 10 Atl. Christian 4 11 9 18 Pfeiffer 3 14 8 17 Guildford 2 15 5 18 Newberry 1 11 6 16 PE Club Picks Officers At the recent meeting of the Physical Education Club, officers for 1963-1964 were elected. Tommy Lavelle, a junior from Charleston, S. C, was elected President. Danny Tharpe, a junior from Cocoa, Florida was elected to the Vice Presidency Hilda White was voted Secretary, Fran Bowman, Reporter and Brenda Bradley, Historian. Joe Via, who also serves as Intramural Manager, was elected Treasurer. Tommy Lavelle and Danny Tharpe, who were elected to the two top officers, are also outstanding members of the basketball team. 'Catamount Floor General' By Ken Hux Every basketball team needs a "sparkplug." Likewise, no hardwood quintet should be without a "crowd pleaser" and a "holler guy." Put all of these characteristics together and the product is Danny Tharpe. Flashing a steady grin and a "never say die" attitude, Danny holds down the play-maker guard slot for coach Jim Gudger's Catamounts. From the time of his steaming dash onto the court at pre-game introductions to the last second of the game fades from the clock, Tharpe is six feet, 180 pounds of scrapping eager. Well liked by Catamount partisans, Danny's hustle and antics on the courts are in good taste and mark him as a great competitor, not as an intentional "showboat," often frowned upon by local fans. Besides being the "take- charge" member of the cat five, Tharpe also gets his share of points. Most of his buckets come on long jump shots from around or beyond the circle, but when the opening presents itself, and it often does, Danny does not miss a chance to notch two points on a driving layup. Currently averaging around 12 points per game, Danny excells under pressure. Tharpe has established him.-elf as a tournament standout as he was voted the most valuable player in this season's Spindale Invitational two-day classic. In the final •?ame of the Spindale tourney Danny turned in a stellor 28 point performance to cap the d MVP award. In last year's conference dribble derby at Lexington, Tharpe collected a total of 60 points for the three-day affair, and came within a controversial hair of receiving the much-debated most valuab'e player trophy, which went to Phil Garrison of High Point. In addition to his honors at Western, Danny has a colorful past as athelete in his home town of Cocoa, Florida. Tharpe holds the Florida schoolboy scoring record in basketball and scored 45 points as his school won the state iaurals in its class. Aside from basketball, Danny was a standout in foot- bail and also on the diamond. In general, he was an all-around athelete in his high school days. Danny Tharpe has been called "Showboat," "crowd-pleaser," and "sparkplug" are just a few. But whatever the term used to describe this Catamount starter, it can be just a mere trivial compared to the valuability of Danny Tharpe to this year's edition of Gudger's Cats. Intramural Highlights The il Bas- game is to :>e held on oruary . m. The be the Moore and the Barbarians. The iugh the for the Mauls were 23, 28 The lints. The ton with 11. forwards with the high- team eom- ' mination were: [Tors, Judy Pool — 15.0, Barbarian . Brenda Mock - 14.6, tsy Thomas — 12.7, Moore Maids, Jean Dow- ell — 9.3, Dizzy Dames, Jessie Jurbinson — 8.5, Indestruct- Fran Bowman — 8.0, Delta Zeta, Sharon Powell — 6.2, Los Ruras, Hilda White — 4.0. Ail intramural participants are urged to be present to vote for the basketball All-Star team. Cups and awards will also be given to the teams and individuals who have won championships in other sports. The public is invited to the Championship game. All Star Volleyball Teams AMERICAN LEAGUE Chuck Honea—Delta Sigma Phi Jim Roane—3rd Madison Earl Crotts—Day Students Dclmar Wigley—2nd Reynolds North John Stovall—1st Robertson Ken Sanford—Theta Xi NATIONAL LEAGUE Ken Drury—T.K.E. Bill Choate—• T.K.E. Jerry Caskey—3rd Reynolds North Earl Ellinburg—2nd Robertson Mr. Spilker—Faculty Raymond Benton—2nd Reynolds South Ramblin' Around Jo Anne To Be Missed By Dave Howell Last September in Chicago, *>rts Oddity of th ■ orik place, in which the encounter lasted only two min- of the first round. Challenger Sonny . battered champion Floyd Patterson to the floor and the heavyweight championship Is. Since that has h i guy, who never had the sbfli win ■ ridiculed and most of all embarrassed. He in a from day to day, with tl of Sonny Liston staring at him. before the fight, Liston was very sports itterson. He was for Ins enormous size, of timing and Liston was cocky in his remarks and made fun of the . np. The public never mj,' from Patterson's -amp, only that he was working to defend his crown from the number one challenger. Up until the "Chicago Boom," bets were favoring Liston and Floyd had the pressure from the public a- gainst him. The fight was quick and decisive. Patterson dazed and on the canvas bleeding, could not believe that he had been beaten. The crowd was on its feet shouting and screaming. The champ had taken the worst defeat of his boxing career. Patterson only remembers the face of Liston staring down at him, with his hands raised as the new victor. Floyd was literally wiped from the floor and taken to the dressing room where he was doctored and dressed. Reporters were screaming for comments and raving to see Patterson. Policemen were trying to calm everybody down. Floyd just wanted to get away from the horrible thought of the ring. He was shocked while he was bleeding and crying. His associates had a fake costume and beard for him to put on to escape in one of the two cars that was waiting for him. He knew that the fight might take a turn for the worst. Floyd had arranged this escape. He jumped into the car and it hustled him toward The Loop to be lost in the stunned town of Chicago. The immediate rumor came out that Patterson was through and was thinking of retiring. After staying in hiding for a while, he came out and faced the public. He made a firm statement that he was not through and wanted to challenge n to a re-match. Both parties have arrived in Miami to start working out for the April fight. Liston has fin- iLsented to the match and demands a huge share of the profits and rights. Patterson has only named the place and that is all that he has in his favor. Liston, a bull-like fighter, to have everything going for him ex< hing, Son ny knows that Floyd will know his moves better this time. Ingemar Johannson fought Patterson three times. He was the only man that the public thought was enough competition for Floyd to have trouble in beating. The Swede was floored in the first fight. In the second, he was fortunate in being the only person to beat the champ. In the sixth round of the third meeting, Patterson lowered the boom on Johannson and regained the title. Champion Liston may spend a few sleepless nights thinking about what happened to Inge- mar. Sonny figures that he is better, and from all indications, he is right. Miami Beach will be the battleground. An ex-champ that has worked hard to be worthy of the title, comes into the ring as a challenger to face tough opposition once again. Patterson will be out to defend his name and pride. He will have to prove to himself that it was all a dream, and that Liston was lucky. Maybe he will be counted out in trying, but he must know. It's going to take guts to face the crowd, but Floyd realizes that he cannot be the favorite. Everyone and everything is a- gainst him. Only his courage, determination, and past experience with Liston will be on his side. The nightmare may fold out of sight or it might become darker. He will either live with it the rest of his life or die once again trying to defend his name. Good luck Floyd, I hope that you can do it. o TREES. GROW JOBS Raforeit 7 STATES IN 7 YEARS Back The Cats! w**^ Jo Anne Garrett, the only senior member of this years cheer-leading squad is an elementary education major from Durham, North Carolina. She is a member of Sigma Kappa Sorority and the National Education Association. When asked about the school spirit this year Jo Anne replied, "I think the school spirit has been real good this year, especially in basketball. I think we have a great basketball team, and I feel that we will win the conference championship." Jo Anne was asked how she liked cheerleading, and she was quick to reply, "I enjoy cheer- leading very much. It is very rewarding to me and I'm sorry this is my last year." Jo Anne's pretty face will be missed on campus next quarter. She will be doing her student teaching, but just where, she does not yet know. Asked about her plans for the future, Jo Anne answered, "I want to teach next year but I'm not sure where." There were also some plans she would not reveal. One thing is for sure; Jo Anne's graduation will be I a great loss to both the cheer- leading squad and the student body of Western Carolina. The Western Carolinian hails Jo Anne Garrett, senior cheerleader, for a job well done. Visit The F&P SUPER MARKET * Groceries * Fresh Meats * Frozen Foods Open 7 Days A Week-7 a.m.-9 p.m. Cullowhee Road at Cope Creek Intersection PADGETT McCOY MEAD CORPORATION Sylva Division PROFESSIONAL DRUG STORE Nationally Advertised Drug: and Cosmetics Hensley and Hooper Recapping NEW AND USED TIRES Member 1st Union Charge Plan Phone 586-2619 Ask About College Discount GAS FOR -at- LESS Sylva Hi-Way Service TIRES — TUBES — WASH GREASE — BATTERIES — ODL Dave Stevens—Owner Sylva N. C.

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
  • Date original: 1963-02-15;
  • Date digitized: 2017-10-02
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  • Pages: 6 pages
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  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
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  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
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