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December, 1937. THE S. N. S. MESSENGER Page Five THE SPORT PARADE STATE NORMAL LOOKS AHEAD IN ATHLETICS / Now that we are a four year college it is only to be expected that our athlelic program will un dergo a change to keep pace with our other activities. We have long matched our musical organi zations and dramatic organizations with those of other colleges. If we secure the co-operation of our students, alumni and friends we can put over a comparable athle tic program. In the past our teams have competed chiefly with the strong er high school and semi-pro teams in eastern and central North Carolina and Tidewater Virginia. There were several reasons for this. Little athletic money has been available. We have had few male students. We need only to go back five or six years to find the male students at State Nor mal totaling only about half the number we have now. Again we are located in a section ihat is quite removed from most of the schools in North Carolina and the neighboring states. For example a team that travels from here to Charlotte to play Johnson C Smith and returns must cover over eight hundred miles on the trip. That is quite a jump. Naturally, the school can’t jump into college athletics with a big splash. The change must be a gradual one. O her colleges in the state have had to make the transition from athletics on a ®all scale to large scale athletics, ^ey have done it gradually. We shall have to continue to play some of the teams we have been P-aying. (Moreover, if w’e judge by our records for the past three years, we can’t be too sure that some of the high school and semi- Pro teams wont beat or tie us now and then.) We shall have to add colleges one or two at a time. Even if we were able to play ®ight college football games next year where could we ge; the games? other colleges have two and three year contracts with 0am. They can’t break these contracts just to play us. Cer am games have grown tradi ion- The Shaw-St. Augustine foot- all game is an example. There ^re others that have been played w years. Each school has several, hus most schoo-s have schedules hat vary little from year to year. We Would have to range far afield ° pick up eight coLege football Sames by nexi year. Despite obstacles we are going ^nto athletics on a larger sea e. More equipment has been ordered for the women’s basketball squad and the men’s squad also. We plan to play Fayetteville again his year after having had to cancel last year’s games with them because of no" being ab e to secure an available place to play. For the first time we meet Saint Paul in basketball this year. Through the Herculean efforts of Mr. Clark a section of bleachers has been erected on our footbal field. We expect to do some grad ing on the field next year. Plans are underway o erect a fence around the field. Perhaps, more bleachers can be added next year. —State Normal is looking ahead and is going ahsad. Plans ". on foot. Some have not been u m- pleted. As the year rol s on fur ther announcements will be made from time to time. D. G. BRANDON. GRIDIRON LOYALTY The scene late Thanksgiving afternoon in the greal S. N. S stadium at Elizabeth City, N. C. could not have been more drama tic by a parade of bands and co eds from our C. I. A. A. colleges. It would have swelled the heart of the most fanciful coach. The Fayetteville Greyhounds and the S .N. S. Buccaneers had locked in a s ruggle, and woe to he man that went under. One thousand visitors and stu dents watched in a rigid silence. S. N. S. had the ball on Fayette- vil e’s ten yard line and was driv ing with all its streng h and might to cross the goal line. The team made six yards in three downs and goal to go. The ball was snapped to Reece, and that smashing fullback, with speed and ferocity of a jungle cat, ■strength of an e'ephanl horde, charged through the forward wall of the opposing team, smashed their line to smitherans and went across the goal line standing up. The extra point was made by the c ::mbinaticn, Woodhouse and Cur is. The grandstand fairly rocked, the coach was nearly stricken with apoplexy and the team settled down to the business of keeping the seven point lead. Fayettevil'e came back in a whirlwind of fury. They ripped :narled, sent the migh y Graham in on y to be thrown for a loss. They sent speedy Harris in a series of trick p ays and field reverses, and he, the fastest of them, was caugh’ and snuffed under. Not a weak spot could be found on the field. The game kept in this heated spirit of charges and counter charges until the last half of the .ast quarter, when the Grey hounds by a lucky chance was able to score and made a field goal for the extra point. Thus the game ended, a tie— 7-7. In the wri e-up that was sent to the various papers, what hap pened to the fellows that made that line a well of steel? Why was it that their names were not mentioned? Is i‘ a fact that cer tain fellows controlled the spot light, regardless of their playing ability? In the Thanksgiving game there was Mizel e, the mightiest guard of the past season. A mountain tha. moved with disastrous results to the victim. He did so much damage that the opposing coach instructed his men not to run plays over the side of the line. All that Mizelle needed was a chance. He got it, and made good. There was Morgan, the most scientific franksman S. N. S. has ever produced, a slashing, pass snaring end always on his feet. On offensive and defensive, he was there, meeting force with force, going down, getting up and send ing down, charging, charging with the speed of a striking cobra and just as deadly as a jungle stalker. There was White a quarterback who called play after play from a scientific angle, and used as much stra egy as any first class C. I. A. A., quarterback. Always a danger ous man when ever a pass is in ;he air. There was Coefield, one of the fleetest on the field, a slippery, hurdling back who is always will ing to run. There was Dickens, a famous bench holder, a bag of air that al ways let go with enough force to tear down any opposing wall. He hits them hard and they know it. Woodhouse played the greatest game of his career McClease, a halfback is the best blocking back, the season has pro duced. He is a charging second ary tackier that never fails and a ground gainer always depend able. Crowder, a tackier, similar to a modern tank in action, attack ing from every angle. S. Ganderson & Sons Men’s and Boys’ Clothiers After the action and fighting spirit displayed by these fellows why is it, they are never mention ed in write ups? This writer doesn’t wish to take credit from the others, but it seems that credit and praise should be given to those who get on the gridiron and work and sweat for it, not to those fellows who sit around and talk for it. If these blowers deserve praise, then those unrecognized players should be famous. During the last season, some players held their position accord ing to he amount of talking they could do for themselves. While he player who didn’t resort to self-praise stayed on the bench and was seldom given a chance to make good. This condition which exist among the football players is something that should be correct ed. Unless each player is given his ability to talk, there will be some very serious trouble in the football squad next year. But regardless of this trouble, we the football squad of ’37-’38, will not see the old school go down. This we pledge. THE Y. W. C. A. Why worry when all of us can belong to some club—especially this one. There are no special re quirements asked of you. So why not attend the meetings that are held every Sunday afternoon, in the chapel at three o’clock. You have nothing to lose but so much to gain. President, Ezel Johnson; Spon sor, Miss Jones. Patronize those firms that ad vertise in The S. N. S. Mes senger. Overman & Stevenson “Drugs With a Reputation” 412 East Main Street Elizabeth City, N. C. Compliments of RAY L. TWIDDY Meats - Groceries - Fruits Front Street Telephones 431—423 SAWYER & COMPANY Real Quality Clothiers MT. VERNON SERVICE STATION Cor. Main and Road Sts. Phone 800 GENERAL TIRES — BATTERIES Radios on Terms to Suit You Texaco products washing and greasing and Haberdashers Elizabeth City, N. C. for Men Main Street YOU HAVE TRIED THE REST NOW TRY THE BEST Out of the five hundred garments we sent out last week, we would be glad if any one, whose c othes are not properly clean to let us know and we would be glad to do the work over. L. W. SMITH CLEANING WORKS 613 South Road St. Phone 840 Elizabeth City, N. C.
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