November, 1952
STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE NEWS LETTER
Page Three
SPORTS
CORNER
Faced .with a mass rebuilding job,
Coaches White, Caldwell and Vaugh
an worked hard to field an unbeat
able eleven for the opener, October
4th. Winning the first game, indicated
that the coaches with their new sys
tem have just about prepared their
boys for the 1952 season.
Confronted witli the problem of re
placing such men as John Jackson,
George Clark, Robert Scott, Clarence
Dowd, James Hoggard and James
Wilkes, the coaching staff has shifted
men from various positions in order
to compensate for the loss of these
stalwarts.
Returning lettermen are John
Bynum, Atlas Davis, Lee Booth and
Vernon Randall; linemen, William
Andrews- John Cashwell, Lonnie Da
vis, Jr., Dewey Clark, Richard Hale,
James Boyd, James Greer, Encis
Brown, Carroll Rodgers, Raymond
Reddrick, Earl Thomas, Santiago Bur
rell and Laadon Miales.
Donning S.T.C. uniforms for the
first time and expected to carry a
great deal of weight are back, Oscar
Blakely, and linemen, James Bell, Da
rius Brown, James Williams, Carl
Steel, Savians Walston- and Joe
Ward.
With the hard work put forth by
the coaching staff, the never-say-die
spirit of the members of the team and
the backing of the entire student
body, the Pirates of 1952 cannot look
forward to anything less than an
E.I.A.C. Championship.
’52 S. T. C. FOOTBALL ROSTER
RANDALL AND DAVIS
Co-Captains Elect of 1952
Name
Pos.
Age
Ht.
Wt.
Class
Home
Andrews, William
T
21
5-9V2 205
Junior
Raleigh, N. C.
Bell, James
G
19
5-9% 185
Fresh.
Wilmington, Del.
Blakley, Oscar
HB
18
5-7
159
Fresh.
Clifton Forge, Va.
Boyd, James
T
19
6-2
215
Soph.
Warrenton, N. C,
Booth, Lee
QB
24
5-6
155
Senior
Portsmouth, Va.
Brown, Darius
T
18
6
170
Fresh.
New Castle, Del,
Brown, Encis
C
23
5-11
180
Junior
Spring Hope, N. C
Burrell, Santiago
T
19
6-2
189
Junior
Norfolk, Va,
Bynum, John
HB
21
5-91/2 147
Senior
Portsmouth, Va.
Cashwell, John
T
19
190
Soph.
Covington, Va.
Chambeliss,Lawrence HB
20
5-8
130
Fresh.
Nashville, N. C,
Clark, Dewey
HB
19
5-8
185
Soph,
Wakefield, Va.
Davis, Atlas
HB
26
5-7
155
Senior
Covington. Va,
Davis, Lonnie
G
21
5-9
187
J unior
Petersburg, Va.
Greer, James
E
21
6-2
189
Soph.
Huntington, Va.
Miales, Landon
E
19
6-2V2 165
Soph.
Raleigh, N. C.
Miller, John,
E
20
6-
170
Fresh.
Clifton Forge, Va.
Randall, Vernon
FB
21
6
189
Senior
Norfolk, Va.
Reddrick, Raymond
HB
20
5-8
175
Soph.
Wilmington, N. C.
Robertson, Samuel
E
19
6-2
180
Fresh.
Gastonia, N. C.
Rodgers, Carroll
C
20
5-8
173
Senior^
Portsmouth, Va.
Steel, Carl
E
18
6
155
Fresh.
Mocksville, N. C.
Thomas, Earl
E
24
5-11
180
Junior
Vinita, Oklahoma
Walston, Savias
G
20
6-2
185
Fresh.
Suffolk. Va.
Ward, Joe
HB
20
6
170
Soph.
Wilson, N. C.
Williams, James
G
17
5-10
155
Fresh.
Wilmington, Del.
Hale, Richard
T
20
5-9
175
Soph.
Roanoke, Va.
ELIZABETH CITY
TRAMPLES SAVANNAH
STATE COLLEGE 31-0
ST. PAUL BOWS TO
ELIZABETH CITY 20-0
Vernon “Rocky” Randall and Atlas
Spud Davis were elected as Co
captains of the 1952 Pirates’ football
team.
Randall, a senior, comes to us from
Norfolk, Virginia, and owns the dis
tinction of being one of the best ends
in the Eastern Intercollegiate Athle
tic Conference (E.LA.C.) during the
years 1949-1950. This year having
shifted to the fullback position
to compensate for losses sustained via
the graduation and draft route, Ran-
all, with his mule-like plunges and
cvasting blocks, is a cinch to clinch
3 birth on the mythical eleven. The
ig, bruising fullback can also pass
""ith deadly accuracy and is an ex
cellent punter.
Atlas Davis, better known as “Spud”
comes to us from Nashville, North
Carolina. He, like Randall, is also a
senior. Despite his being relatively
small ;n size for college football, At-
3s has proved himself to be a giant
against opposing teams for the past
t ree years. From all indications the
swivel-hipped speed merchant will
make this year no exception. The di
minutive halfback also excels in bas
ketball and baseball.
What do you say gang! Let’s take
our hats off to two swell fellows who,
^ am sure, will put forth maximum
effort to lead the fighting Pirates to
and unbeaten season.
Lee (Slick) Booth Passes
Pirates to Victory
Elizabeth City, North Carohna, Oc
tober 4—A powerful, devastating at
tack by the Pirates, striking through
the air and on the ground, smothered
the Savannah State Tigers 31-0, to
take the first game of their 1952 sche
dule.
Lee (Slick) Booth scooted over from
the Tigers 10 yard line in the first
quarter, with Booth pasing 20 yards
to Rocky Randall in the end zone. In
the third quarter Booth rifled a pass
to Earl Thomas for the third touch
down.
In the opening minutes of the
fourth quarter, Thomas raced 22 yards
to set us for the fourth T.D. Two
plays later Booth passed to big James
Greer and the Pirates led 24-0. Cap
tain Atlas (Spud) Davis, with his jet-
propelled legs, dashed 25 yards for
the fifth and final touchdown. Miller
converted for the extra point. This
conversion was attempted twice, the
team having been called back for off
side penalty. After being off-side, big
James Miller drop-kicked the sensa
tional conversion for the second time.
The Tigers’ only threat came in the
last minutes of the fourth quarter,
when a pass was rifled from quarter
back Claudie Robertson to fullback
Willie Johnson, who took it on the
Pirates 30 and ran to their 5. On the
first play the Tigers fumbled, and the
ball was recovered by Burrell on his 3
yard line. The game ended with the
Pirates in possession of the ball on
their own 40 yard strip.
Captain Spud Davis and freshman
Blakely ripped and smashed all over
the field with the aid of the down-
field blocking from Thomas, Greer
and Clark. At the defensive post a
brilliant performance was turned in
by big (Cat) Andrews, “Fats” Brown,
“Iron Man” Cashwell, Burrell, By
num, “Porky” Davis, Greer, and Tho
mas, plus Co-captains Randall and
Davis.
Elizabeh City, October 11—Behind
a stalwart and fast moving line, the
State Teachers College Pirates work
ed their way through the mist and
chilled air to down St. Paul 20-0.
In the first quarter, after marching
down field. Captain Spud Davis
took the pigskin on St. Paul’s 10-yard
line and fled into the end zone for
the first TD. Miller’s conversion was
good. After receiving the ball deep
in their own territory, St. Paul kicked
out on the first play. The ball was
taken by Davis on his own 40 yard
line and returned to the 25 yard line
of St. Paul.
Quarterback Booth gambled on the
fourth down and handed off to James
Greer, who swept around left end 35
yards for the second touchdown of
the game. The conversion was good.
Battling head on during all of the
third quarter, the Pirates were unable
to score. The fourth quarter brought
many exciting moments with Rocky
Randall pitching 25 yards to Greer
for the third T.D.
Wyman Colona and Willie Under
wood turned in a beatiful job in their
respective positions for St. Paul. Co-
lona’s rushing ability enabled him to
break through the Pirates’ line a num
ber of times. With the kicking of
Underwood, the Pirates were found
a few times with their backs to the
wall.
The defensive team was knitted to
gether with the weight of John Cash-
well, “Cat” Andrews, Clark and
“Porky” Davis. With these big boys
in line, the Pirates moved to another
successful victory.
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MAZE’S FEMININE
SPORTS ANGLE
Mazor Slade
Yovu girl sports editor is back again
to bring you the news of women in
sports. Many of you have been out
standing athletically, and we are hop
ing that the recreational and athletic
games which you know will be a
carry-over to this year’s program.
—o
For your enjoyment the athletic de
partment is planning to set up a Co
recreation Night, on which the stu
dents will be able to participate in
Intramural activities. This will give
you chance to use up some of your
excess energy as well as to have rec
reation after classes. There will be
basketball, volley ball, badminton and
square dancing. We would like to see
all young ladies participate in the ac
tivities.
I predict that there will be a pro
gram set up for tennis and archery.
I am sure the girls would enjoy these
activities. Of course we miss our bas
ketball team, and are hoping that
there will be another one soon.
o
Congratulations to the 1952 foot
ball team. I am wishing you a very
successful year, and hoping that you
will come out on top with the E.I.A.
A. championship.
Girls, we have paid for our games,
so why not come and cheer our boys
to victory. We have a dashing group
of cheerleaders this year. They are
Jean Whitfield, Inez Davis, Fay Rich
ardson, Audrey Wyatt, Dimples Wil
liams, Dolly Best, and Mazor Slade.
Watch for them at the games. We
would like to see all young ladies
out to cheer our boys to victory. Why
not come so that we may have an
organized group of cheerleaders,
o
Here’s hoping you have a success
ful year athletically. So long for now,
girls. Will see you again next month.
o
“PIRATES”
1952 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Oct. 4—Savannah State College, here
Oct. 11—St, Paul’s Polytechnic, here
(High School Senior’s Day)
Oct. 18—Livingstone College, there
Oct. 2.5—Morristown College, here
Nov. 1—St. Augustine’s College, there
(Homecoming)
Nov. 8—Fayetteville State, here
Nov. 1.5—Winston-Salem State Teach-
Nov. 29—Norfolk State College, there
ers College, here
ALL GAMES AT COLLEGE FIELD
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