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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1956 THE CAMPUS ECHO > PAGE ELEVEN SPORTSCOPE By JOSEPH BECTON In the wake of Lee Calhoun’s arrival from the Olympic the 110 meter high hurdles and set a new Olympic record with a time of 13.5 seconds with Jack Davis, his toughest competi tor on his heels, the North Carolina College cagers suffered their first defeat by the hands of coach Tom Harris’ Panthers of Virginia Union University of Richmond. The details of the story may be seen in the last column on this page. It was seen that thfe biased crowd disliked the caliber of play shown by the Eagles on that evening and even more so the playing of Charlie Badger, who had one consolation of making the longest field goal seen on the Eagles’ flat. This actually kept him from be ing the goat of the first half of play. Since coach Brown reyealed that he doesn’t have a first team, it was surprising to see that he used only eight players dCiring the entire game. The best of the three alternates that didn’t start the game was by far Gil Riley, who replaced' Badger, midway the first half and played a stellar game throughout the evening. Eagles Go South During Christmas Cagers Dump Three, Upset By Union JOE BECTON NCC 89 — V. S. C. 68 DECEMBER 7 James “Chip” Sligh sank a 12th field goal for the first two : xui pointers of the evening as North 38 points in the first half and 34 College cagers trounced points in the second half. James Trojans of Virginia State Col- ‘Chip” Sligh followed closely be * v,.. oxigwiuiiuwcu ciosciy oe- lege on the Eagles’home court by hind Jones with 15, and Carlton 89-68. This was their - -r-v li. - C’ft'oi rtV»+ ^-C 4-'U^ The Olympic’s representatives of this area were honored during the past week as the Chamber of Commerce, Durham Business and Professional Chain, North Carolina College Stu dent Government, and Duke University united their efforts to_ show Lee Calhoun and Joe Shankle just how much they ap preciated the fine sportsmanship that they exhibited in the 16th Olympiad held in Melbourne. The Americans captured the first three places in which these two participated as Cal houn, Davis, and Shankle finished in that order in the 110 meter high hurdles ... As it was made known over NBC that Lee had been victorious on the morning of November 28, the talk of the town was not how he won butjthat Jack Davis had said that Lee didn’t have the stamina to go the distance after he had beaten Calhoun in their first outdoor meet of the season at the Marine Corps Relay in Quantico, Virginia. In the December 1 edition of the AFRO-AMERICAN, the sport editor, Sam Lacy, proclaimed the Eagles’ the cham pions of the CIAA football season for the third time in four years. He highly praised coach Riddick on a building a champion team with the small squad that he had during the past season ... It is nice to know that the Holland regime has lived up to one of its campaign promises—that of giving the football players and their guests a banquet during the past week. Actually it was a job done by a few members of Hol land’s cabinet .... The Intramural program for the men on the campus has gotten under-way and there seems to be a lot of enthusiasm displayed by the competing teams for the basketball crown . . . daily one may go by the practice field and see track coach Leroy Walker drilling his charges through their daily prac tice in preparation for the winter and spring track season. He is one who works unceasingly to bring a representative track team to this school yearly. And he has done a great job thus far. (Contined on Page 12) DURHAM’S HEADQUARTERS for INSURED SAVINGS AND HOME LOANS Current Dividend Rate 3§% MUTUAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION 112 West Parrish Street Durham, N. C. 12 MONTHS OR 20,000 MILE WRITTEN GUARANTEE ON PASSENGER RECAPS. Kraft System Balanced Recappin Let our Visualiner show you why misalignment may be robbing you of up to 50% of the wear in your tires. Free wheel alignment check. ' Ingold Tire Co. 202 S. GREGSON STREET 3-3641 “Ding Dong” Bell and Gil Riley had 10 points each. The stalwarts that stood out for the Bulldogs of South Car olina were Martin, who was the high point man for the evening with 21, and Wright, a guard, who had 17 points. The Eagles had 24 field goals and 24 free throws, whereas the Bulldogs had 15 field goals and) 26 free throws. NCC 83 — HOWARD 53 DECEMBER 4 Lanky John Keels came off the bench to share the scoring honors of the evening for the Eagles with James “Chip” Sligh. The two scored 14 points each as the North Carolina College Eagles scored a 83-53 victory over the Howard University Bisons of Washingotn, D, C. in the North Carolina College Gym nasium, It was NCC’s first conference tilt of the season. The Eagles opened the current indoor cam paign on December 1 with a 72- 56 non-conference win over South Carolina State College. John Syphax, the leader in scoring for the evening with 17 points, played a startling game but it wasn’t enough for the Bisons to overpower the high flying Eagles, Howard cashed in on 17 out of 25 charity shots while the Eagles sank 9 of 17. The Eagles Around The City- (Continued from Page 10) either but I can’t think of any better time to start figuring out how to live twenty-four full rewarding hours a day than now. Here’s to a joyous Christmas for each of 'you and a success ful New Year. SPEIGHT’S AUTO SERVICE “A Business With A Soul” PHONE 6-2571 Theodore and Charlie Speights, Props. * ROAD SERVICE * STEAM CLEANING SERVICE * RECAPPING * WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND BALANCING CORNER PETTIGREW AND FAYETTEVILLE STREETS made 37 shots from the field as the Bisons made only 18. Gil Riley and Bill Eaton were' NCC 72 — S. C. S. 56 DECEMER 1— North Carolina College cagers the other players to hit into the officially opened their 1956-57 double column for the evening, basketball season in the Men’s They had 12 and 13 points re- Gynasium against the South spectively. Carolina State College Bulldogs and defeated them by a score of 72-56. Sad Sam Jones led the Eagles in the scoring colimin with 18 points as the Eagles exploded for third straight win of the young season and their second in CIAA competition. The Eagles jumped into an and were never headed as they early lead after Sligh’s basket moved into a 21 point lead at intermission, 49-28. The Trojans played the Eagles to a stand-still in the second half as each team score 40 points a piece. This was done because Coach Floyd Brown used his re serves more intensively during the second half than in the first. Although Virginia’s Percy Oliver tallied 20 points to cop individual scoring honors in the game, NCC had five men to score in double figures. Carlton Bell and Sam Jones hit 16 points each for the Eagles^ Chip Sligh tallied 12, and Char les Badger and John Keels each scored 11. The taller and faster Eagles outrebounded the visitors, 46-32. After getting off to a good in and out-of-conference start, the NCC Eagles will go into the heart of Dixie luring the Christmas vacation to play three strong non-conference, foes. The local cagers, sporting a 3-1 record, will engage Savan nah State College on Dec. 22 in Wilmington, N. C.; from there they journey southward to Jackson, Mississippi, for a ^ilt with Jackson College on Dec. 31, and on to Grambling, La., for a scrap with.the Bayou ca gers of GrainDling College. The Savannah State-NCC fra cas is a benefit game sponsored by the Booster Club of Wilming ton, N. C. However, by that time, the Eagles will have played two games in the state of Maryland against Maryland State, last year’s tourney champs, and Morgan State. Cliarlie Badger, Sam Jones, Gil Riley, James Sligh, and Carlton Bell will probably make up the starting five for each of these contests, with Don Burke, Calvin Alexander, and John Keels serving as chief al ternates. Jackson College and Gramb ling are two of the most power ful quintets the Eagles will face all season. The two finished with fine records last season, and the neucleus of both teamsi remains in tact, although Gramb ling lost its scoring ace, Bob “Li’l Abner” Hopkins, who holds the all-time scoring re cord of 2,380 points scored in three years of collegiate play. Eagles Nipped 65-63 By Union Uniy Led by Junius Pretty, forward the Virginia Union Panthers came from behind to hand the homestanding Eagles of North Carolina College their first de feat on the hardwood by the score of 65-63. This came before the largest crowd of the season on December 10, 1956 in the gymnasium. Coach Tom Harris’ charges went out in the first half and scored the first two pointers and Sam Jones tallied after Pretty, who was the high scorer with points and gained the most re bounds, 144, to tie the baU game. It remained nip and tuck throughout the half, though the Eagles failed to score for a period of seven minutes and during this time the Panthers went into a seven point lead, the biggest of the evening 21-14. 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