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llLI, FUGATE, No. 44, of the Bulldogs, puts in a foKow shot against
Ilf Appalachian Mountaineers Monday night. Looking cn is ACC’s
Jion Hill, No. 42. The Bulldogs lost the game 91-81. Fugate
cored 31 points in the game.
julldogs Drop Three;
1 ose Homeeomin e Tilt
H'hu Bulldogs ended a three
I*’, ■ home stand Monday night
^^ing to High Point, Western Car-
and Appalachian, by scores of
^75, 104-66, and 91-81, respective
ly.'
Iflie Bulldogs tied the score 6-6
a^nst the High Point Panthers
W 16:52 left in the first half. Bill
^Ii:i connected for two and the
fit;rs were never threatened
)i Bill Fugate led scoring hon
ors for the losers with 27 points.
il( Neel bucketed 24 points for the
-TS.
c Homecoming game with Wes-
ri* Carolina was a crushing defeat
for the loyal ACC alumni and stu
dent supporters. Alton Hill netted
16 points for the Bulldogs with
jtmr'iate Ekner Hobbs scoring 15.
[wr rel Murray led the WC Cata-
buits with 29 points.
Igain the Bulldogs were dealt a
le;<‘ at the hands of Appala-
pa State Teachers College last
Ii^|nday night. The score was tied
36jiat half time, but the visitors
(J)p ;! away in the final seconds to
pxit an end to Bulldog growl. Fugate
and Hobbs led the losers with 31
and 29 points, respectively. J i m
^h; 'ison, John Dobbs, and Jim
Gof:' of Appalachian had totals of
20, 19, and 19, resepectively.
^ ’ ACC Cagers played host to
thf Panthers of High Point College
on]Thursday night. After forty min-
ute! of playing time, the Bulldogs
W' themselves on the short end
cflia 95-75 score.
Falling behind by four points in
the first three minutes of play, the
ftilldogs came back to tie the score
at (six — all with 16:52 showing on
the clock. The Panthers went ahead
on (a field goal by Bill Fallin and
igrc never seriusly threatened
vi as they went into a well
|w> lined 3-2 zone defense.
the end of the first stanza, the
' s had run up a 16 point
to go to the dressing room
a 48-32 score showing on the
»*'■' Bulldogs could never catch
J^P,;as the Patnthers ran up as
as a 24 point lead in the last
half.
Bill Fugate again captured the
scoring honors for the game with a
27 point performance. He was also
top rebounder for the Bulldogs clear
ing the boards nine times. Other
AC players who hit double figures
were Elmer Hobbs with 11, and Al
ton Hill with 10. Leading scorers
for the Panthers were Dale Neel
with 24, and Barry Smith with 19.
The AC five bowed to Appala
chian State Teachers College in a
91 to 81 defeat Monday night. The
game was played on the Bulldogs’
home court, and after the first
few minutes of play it looked
as if the Bulldogs would have no
serious trouble with the visiting
team.
Bill Fugate led the Bulldogs to a
seven point advantage in the clos
ing seconds of the first period and
had twelve of the team’s twenty
points as the second period began,
He then added ten more in the
second period to have a tatal of 22
of the team’s 36 points at half-time.
Although the entire AC team put
on a sparkling performance of ball-
handling and scoring ability, the
game was 36-all at half time.
At the outset of the second half
it was apparent that Appalachian
had come to win. Wayne Duncan
sank a two pointer which put the
Bulldogs in the hole, and from
that point on the home team was in
trouble. Appalachian continued to
build their lead and at the final
horn the score was Appalachian 91,
ACC 81.
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SPORTSCOPE
by JERRY ELMORE
On last Thursday morning preced
ing the High Point game, the cheer
leaders planned and held a pep
rally in the gym. This was the‘first
such event of the year and was
planned with the idea of creating
an increased amount of enthusiasm
for the homecoming week-end.
The attendance at the rally, which
was voluntary, was paltry and
thoroughly disgusting in light of
the many complaints about the lack
of school spirit. This reporter stood
at the front steps of the gym and
saw many of the worst complain-
ers and gripripers turn their head
and look to the sky when they were
invited in by the cheerleaders.
Such characters, and they are char
acters, as these are the very ones
who are killing school spirit by con
stantly ciritizing the players and
school officials for the condition of
school spirit and the quality of the
athletic program.
Admittedly, something is wrong
with the athletic program at Atlan
tic Christian. After reaching the
peak of performance in 1955, the
program has gone steadily downhill
until now it is a fight to make the
conference tournament each year.
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Who is to be blamed for this situa
tion. Certainly not the players them
selves. Each of them came to At
lantic Christian when a winning
background and it takes many loss
es and many bad years to subdue
an athlete’s desire to win. Tlierefore,
the blame must lay in the adminis
tration of the athletic program.
Homecoming
The humiliation suffered by the
Bulldogs at the hands of Western
Carolina in the homecoming game
was bound to have some effect on
the alumni outlook toward athletics
at Atlantic Christian. The home
coming event was originally planned
for the weekend of February 15 but
was changed to last weekend for
reasons unknown. H.ad it been
held when originally planned, Bull
dogs would have had to play Pfief-
fer, a team which it almost beat on
their home floor after being down
by 24 points early in the second
half. This means that the Bulldogs
P.E. Club To Meet
The Physical Education Qub will
meet Wednesday night, February
12, in room 211 of the Classroom
Building at 7:00 p.m. This is club
fr Physical Education majors and
minors with a “C” average. The
turnout for the last two meetings
has been disappointing and Presi
dent Don Brubaker requests that
all elegible majors or minors at
tend.
would have had an excellent chance
of defeating the Falcons in Wilson.
The date changed to the Western
Carolina game. The Catamounts are
a perrenial power in the Carolina’s
Conference and everyone knew that
the smaller and less experienced
Bulldogs had little chance of beat
ing them. Was the homecoming
date changed to alert the alumni to
the situation of the athletic program
at the college? Or was it changed
in an attempt to humiliate some
members of the staff and effect a
change in athletic policies at Atlan
tic Christian?
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