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THE NEWS ARGUS
MARCH, 1963
Rampaging Rams Roll
To Visitation Title
By John Tobias
Sports Editor
In spite of the disastrous be
ginning of the basketball season
where the Ram basketball team
lost five consecutive games, the
tide turned as the Rams clob
bered J. C. Smith’s Golden Bulls,
107-80. This bombardment of the
Smith quintet was led by the su
perb outside shooting of Willie
Intramural Sports
Coach John Miller is in charge
of the intramural sports found
on our campus. The three intra
mural sports on our campus are
bowling, basketball, and track.
Trophies are awarded to the
two top bowlers in the ladies
/-I j oo and men’s divisions of the Intra-
Curry who scored 38 POints and Trophies
the effective mside shootmg of the basis of the
Richard Glover who scored 31 ^^^al pins for each week
points.
After winning this game, the
team proceeded to go on a nine-
game winning streak, mowing
every would-be challenger by
executing the running game that
is a Ram tradition. Some scores
were: a 76-68 beating of Elizabeth
City and an important 92-59 wal
loping of the Trojans of Vir
ginia State, then number one
team in the conference.
The winning ways continued
as the offensive attack continued
to click with a 92-64 beating of
St. Augustine, 72-63 beating of
J. C. Smith and a 68-60 beating
of the Aggies of A. & T. This
was a game in which the bench
strength of the Rams was shown.
Gil Smith, freshman jumping
jack from Philadelphia, Pa., re
lieved Richard Glover who
fouled out with 13:27 of playing
time in the game and did an able
job. Luther Wiley, veteran
senior back court man, replaced
Teddy Blunt who also fouled out
in the final stages, and turned
out to be the game’s hero, scor
ing four of the last points on
free throws.
Following this thriller with
the Aggies, the Rams continued
to roll as they avenged an early
season defeat to Virginia Union
by beating them 87-69. This game
saw Richard Glover score 28
points and snatch 26 rebounds.
Also able assistance was given
by Willie Curry and Mickey
Smith with 18 and 14 points re
spectively. Fayetteville suffered
with a 62-50 loss to our team.
Going into Durham with a
chance to take over sole posses
sion of the conference lead, we
tangled with the Eagles of NCC.
With slow-and-run tactics, the
Eagles whacked up our offense
and managed a 71-64 victory.
This defeat did not slow down
the championship hopes of the
team; their forces were gathered,
and they walloped the Falcons
of St. Augustine 92-71. In this
game the team was without Rich
ard Glover, who dislocated a
small finger on his left hand in
a practice session. In his place,
Gil Smith did an adequate job.
Teddy Blount, playmaker, turned
scorer and bucketed 21 points.
He put on his usual exhibition
of setting up plays with sharp
passes to open teammates.
On the following night the
Rams journeyed to the pastures
of the Golden Bulls of J. C.
Smith. Many people felt that this
was a certain defeat because of
six beatings on the Smith court,
but that was to be a night of
no denying the Rams.
The game was nip and tuck
with the Bulls leading 36-33 at
halftime. This was by far not the
end for the Rams. Midway
through the second half the
Rams caught fire and raced to
a 75-66 victory. Teddy Blount
again led the scoring with 24
points, 12 of these were free
throws. Willie Curry and Mickey
Smith did excellent defensive
work on the sharpshooters from
Smith.
far
the bowlers bowl.
The leading bowlers so
this season are as follows:
Barbara Purdie 539 pins
Dorethea McKnight 371 pins
613 pins
Clifford Grady 609 pins
A bus leaves the gym at 6:30
p.m. Thursday for the bowling
alley. All young women and men
are welcome to go bowling. The
league will end February 21.
In basketball, trophies are
awarded to championship girls’
and boys’ teams, most valuable
player, girl and boy. The Basket
ball League began January 14.
Two games are played nightly,
one for girls and one for boys.
The Intramural Track League
opened Feb. 16. Competition is
open to both girls and boys.
These events will begin at 9 a.m.
Saturday morning Feb. 13. All
team entries must be in by Feb.
13. Ribbons will be awarded for
the first four placers in each
event of the track meet.
The Intramural Council is
composed of Elsie Hardin,
senior; Frank Bowens, senior;
Lucia Daniels, junior; Marty
Robinson, junior; and Shane
Washington, sophomore.
Coach Miller has asked that
you support your intramural
program.
FLASH!!
TC Rams were eliminated
64-60 by Transylvania of Pike-
ville, Ky., Tuesday afternoon
in the NAIA Tournament at
Kansas City, Mo.
Coach C. E. Gaines receives outstanding coach trophy from Dr.
Jack Brayhoy.
TED BI.OUXT
most valuable player
Track Team To
Open Season On
March 16
The Winston-Salem Teachers
College Rams track team will
have the following schedule:
March 16 — Elizabeth City
Teachers College at Winston-Sa
lem; 23—four teams at Fayette
ville, N. C.; 30—^Triangular Meet
at Ft. Lee, Va.
April 6—Four teams meet at
Virginia State College, Peters
burg, Va.; 9—Dual meet at J. C.
Smith University, Charlotte,
N. C.; 12—Virginia State Invita
tion Meet, Petersburg, Va.; 20—
Winston-Salem Invitational meet
—Livingston, Norfolk State, J.
C. Smith University, St. Augus
tine’s College, Shaw University;
25, 26, 27—University of Penn
sylvania Relays — Philadelphia,
Pa.
May 3-4—Q u a n t i c o Marine
Corps Relays or J. C. Smith Re
lays; 10-11—C. I. A. A. Track
and Field Championships—Ra
leigh, N. C.; 25—N. C. A. A.
Track and Field Championships
(small colleges), Petersburg, Va.
Rams Win Tourney
The mighty Rams proved to be
the mightiest of them all in the
CIAA during the 1962-63 season.
They won the 18th annual CIAA
Basketball Tournament 75 - 68
over the Virginia State Trojans
Saturday, March 2 before 8,000
fans in the Memorial Coliseum.
Coach C. E. (Bighouse) Gaines
was voted the outstanding coach
of the tournament. Sophomore
Ted Blount was named the most
valuable player of the tourney.
He and Richard Glover were
elected to the all-tournament
team.
To reach the top the Rams
ran and ran in the second half
to overwhelm Elizabeth City
101-81 in the first round. They
slowed down the game in the
second half to take Johnson C.
Smith 54-49 in the semifinals.
Virginia State eked by Nor
folk State 86-83 in overtime in
the first round and topped A. &
T. 77-70 in the second round.
To beat Virginia State, the
Rams had to be at their best.
The Rams held a 10-point lead in
the second half, but Virginia
State tied the score 63-63 by the
end of regulation time.
The Rams made their free
throws in overtime and held
their stall to win.
Next goal of the mighty Rams
is the NAIA (National Associa
tion of Intercollegiate Athletics)
Tournament in Kansas City, Mo.
Tourney dates are March 11-16.
An Inside View
By Charlie Simmons
The battle of the eight first di
vision teams in the Central In
tercollegiate Athletic Association
will turn the basketball spot
light on Winston-Salem’s (Coli
seum February 28, for the 18th
annual basketball tournament.
The A. & T. Aggies, tourna
ment champions a year ago, will
be out to retain their champion-
s h i p. Winston-Salem Teachers
College Rams, remembering last
year’s tournament, are out to
even the score with the Aggies.
Other teams in the tournament
are Johnson C. Smith Golden
Bulls, Virginia State Trojans,
North Carolina College Eagles,
Elizabeth City Pirates, Maryland
State Hawks, and Norfolk State
Spartans.
Several of
brightest stars
vidual honors.
Winston-Salem
sensation, will
of the CIAA’s
Teddy Blount
the conference’s
will bid for indi-
Richard Glover,
Teachers junior
be backed by two
finest guards,
and Willie Curry.
A. & T. has one of the best for
wards ever to wear an Aggie
uniform. He is James Jackson.
Many things are expected from
Hugh Evans and Nevil Shed, the
team’s outstanding rebounder.
Johnson C. Smith will present
one of the tallest teams in the
CIAA with more than five play
ers averaging 6-5 or better.
Stoney McMorris and Ray Hin-
nant are the most outstanding.
They also have one of the better
guards, Freddie Neal.
Virginia State can be counted
on to supply the fans with some
thrilling basketball. They have
good personnel in 6-8 Frank Ste
vens and Jim Cunningham.
Maryland State cannot be
counted out as a championship
contender. They have good per
sonnel and the best of them
seem to be 6-7 Albert Santio and
Eddie Williams. Williams is cur
rently leading the conference in
scoring.
North Carolina Eagles could
be the sleeper in the tournament.
This is the team to watch. They
have played exciting basketball
this season. They proved them
selves capable of being true
champions by defeating the
Rams once in tournament play
and once in conference play. The
amazing thing is that they beat
the Rams in Whitaker Gym
nasium which is a difficult task
for any team.
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ALPHAS DOWN OMEGAS
In a recently played basket
ball contest, the hustling nien of
Alpha raced to a 61-58 victory
over the flashy men of Omega.
The victory charge was led by
Sphinxman Thomas Ivy, whose
brilliant defensive tactics on ex
varsity man Tim Autry proved
to be the major factor in the vic
tory.
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