DCTOBER—1947
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CAMPUS ECHO
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BY
WALTER BROWN
A look below the surface of our
grid team might promote a logical
viewpoint for some, and a change of
attitude for others. Who doesn’t like
to be a winner? On the other hand
there are always conditions that de
termine the fate of any team.
Take a look at the squad of ’47
which was shattered due to gradua
tion, new scholarship requirements or
otlier reasons. John Brown, Hubert
Robinson, ,Tames Greenlee and
Rudolph Roberson were among the
graduating class of ’4(i. We also lost
men like Louis Randolph, Welman
Britt, Leroy Ledbetter, Morland
Bucker, John Pippin, Roy Lee and
Rdward Allen.
A single thought with reference to
the above boils down to the fact that
we lost 26 of 43 players from our
1946 team. Eight were first string
men and seven were members of the
second team. No coach can very well
start from scratch each year and pro
duce a championshi]) team in a con
ference as tough as the C. T. A. A.
No one can justifiably say that the
Riddickmen performed poorly in the
the contest with Delaware though the
latter performed a little better than
the Eagles.
tion mark in the line does not have
so great a modification as that of the
backfield. We find men like Whit
field, Moore, Hines, Woods, Lynch,
Person,
Armour
line.
Mitchell,
constitute
Middleton and
quite a healthv
Even those who knew little or
nothing about the college’s athletic
activities last year were familiar with
the names. Bethel and Galbreath.
Upper Ciassmen keenly sensed the
blow when they returned and saw
both men on the casualty list.
We are destined to meet teams
this year that really play football for
keeps. The writer has pity for those
who have lost their tiny sparks of
school spirit already. Stay with the
boys at least until we beat A. and T.
and Shaw.
Men of superior caliber donned the
the M-u-oon and Gray Saturday but
some were players who lacked collegi
ate experieiice and men who had iK)t
worked together in a regularly sched
uled contest before hand. When that
problem • is - Ironed out, focus your
attention upon Albert Jones, Thomas
Allen, Charles White, James Lineber-
ger, Willie Bradshaw and Butler
Taj-lor in the backfield. The ques
1947 SCHEDULE
October 11 — Motf;-.-in State College,
New York, New York.
October IS — Virginia State Col
lege, Durham^ N. C.
October 2,5 — Union University,
Richmond, Va.
November 1 — Tennessee State
College, Durham, N. 0.
November 8 —■ Johnson C. Smitli
LTniversity, Charlotte, N. C.
November 15 — West Virginia
State College, Institute, AV. Va. I
November 27 — Shaw University,'
Durham, N. C.
December 6 — A. and T. College,
Durham, N. C.
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Shown watching the 1947 N. C. C. football sqnad during a practice session are the members
of the versatile coaching staff. Kneeling is head coach, Herman Riddick. Standing are George
Mack, assistant line coach; E. C. Turner, backfield coach and Leroy T. Walker, line coach.
—(Photo by Stanback)
DELWARE STATE
EDGES N. C. EAGLES
By Elaine Mooue
SPORTS EDITOR
The North Carolina College Eagles
were turned back by a score of 7-0 at
the hands of Delaware State, one of
the strong contenders for the 1947 C.
L A. A. championship, in their first
game of the season at O ’Kelly
Stadium here Saturday, September
27.
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Delnwaro’fi oomT'Jnption of
“T” formation and single wing whs
bogged down by a rugged Eagle do
fense; however their spread forma
tion caused the Eagles a great deal
of trouble. Plays coming from the
spread formation accounted for most
of Delaware’s yardage and the ad
vancing of the ball from their O'wn
20 to the Eagle’s 10. At this point,
late in the second quarter, Hutchin
son Hart of Delaware picked up
Claude Epps’ fumble and ran around
his own loft end for the lone tally
of the game. David Harmon’s con
version was good.
In the final phase of the fourtii
quarter, Thomas “Red” Allen in
tercepted a pass on his own five
and returned it to the Delaware 20
. before being stopped. The Eagles ad
vanced the ball to the ten for a first
down, but lost the ball on downs on
the four yard line.
Delaware kicked from here on their
own second down. Charles “Spike”
White, who did a good job of carry
ing the ball all afternoon, received thj
ball at the mid-field stripe, circled
into his own territory, picked up
blockers and left would-be tacklers
standing in their tracks. He was
stopped on Delaware’s tw'enty yard
line.
Butler Taylor completed a pass to
Whitfijld on the ten where he was
stopped as the game ended.
THE SCORE
AND
ELAINE MOORE
It was exactly two years ago, Sejj-
toinhor 27, that J>dtiwftre Stata de
feated a green North Carolina Col
lege team in the first game of the
1945 season. However, in spite of
that 13-12 defeat, this same green,
all-fre.shmen team came within one
point of capturing the CIAA champ-
ionshij) for that year.
Practically every sportswriter on
the ‘ ‘ big three ’ ’ newspapers pre
dicted defeat after defeat for the
Eagles, but all of their predictions
wont up into thin air that season. I to complete only 1 out of 8.
Coach Herman Riddick’s freshman
squad played heads up ball through-! Y. M. C. A.
cut the 1945 season.
I am aware that the Eagles defeat
ed Delaware 32-6 in 1946, and that
was because a competent coaching
staff made that green timber pay off
after a little maturity. Well we have
almost the same set-up this year.
Newaomers make up approximately
90 per cent of the Eagles’ 1947 squad
and these freshmen must become ad-
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Carl Galbreath, stellar halfback and all-ClAA halfback for
two years was shelved with an injnry he sustained early in the sea
son. His absence from the Eagle backfield was missed greatly in
the first game. He is expected to come around however shortly
to burn up the gridiron and help toss a monkey wrench in the
plans of many teams who expeCt'to'defeat North Carolina College.
GAMES TO BE
BROADCAST
Our publicity department has ar
ranged for three of our home football
james to be broadcast this year. It is
definite that the homecoming game
against Tennessee State A. and I.
College will be broadeart November 1
from Durham Athletic Park as will
the game against A. and T. College,
December 6 at O’Kelly Field.
Tentative arranpements have been
made to air the contest against Vir
ginia State College here October- 18.
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justed to playing college football!
In TicTV of these factors wlia't Will
the Eagles do this year? Here’s hop
ing that our opening loss to Delaware
is going to be the same good omen
that it was in 1945. The Eagles arc
slated to w'ake up and dazzle the en
tire conference with their rejuvenated
offensive.
Butler Taylor was hot in the Dela
ware game, completing 2 o\it of three
attempted passes. Lafayette managed
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