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Shown above are the conference champion Mars Hill Mountain Lions, who closed their season last
night with the Carson Newman Jayvees. Front row, left to right: Jerry Ball, Tommy Bell, Bill Long,
Jim Harris, Conrad Keesecker, Dicky Kirby, Walter Lysinger, J. C. Pope and Jay James. Second row:
Thomas Cooper, Smith Danielson, Mac Caldwell, Ed Morton, Ken Horton, Mickey Conklin, Jim Ken
nedy, Johnny Mac Brown, Russ Bowman. Third row: Ross Knowlton, Claude Sitton, Laurence Ponder,
Gerald Lankford, Gene Hall, Jerry Brown, Charles Todd, Mac Thacker, Buck Lyda. Fourth row:
Jim Charles (manager), John Wright, Wayne Whitson, Clifton McClure, Bill Self, Haskell Ezell, Jim
Lankford, Ronald Singleton, and Bruce Phillips. Absent when the picture was made were Red Sudderth
and Judd Force.
Sports Cfiattcr
By LESLIE TIMMS
Lions Not On Backs
The Mars Hill Mountain Lions are again the conference football
champs, but they did not win by lying on their backs and resting
was stated in some area publications. Although they were
awarded the title when they were idle due to the flu, they most
certainly had to win out over the other conference squads before
they could be named champs.
Coach Henderson had to do considerable lineup changing due
to injuries and the flu. The changing of Mack Thacker back
jo his old post of halfback and moving freshman Ross Knowlton
tiUo the quarterback slot put in a new backfield and enabled the
Lions to pour on the steam and win the first game in which this
Rrouping was tried against Lees-McRae. Thacker seemed at
home in his old ]>osition, at which he earned many honors while
m high school. Knowlton jnit on a fine passing display to end
.)olin Wright, who also came in with some fine catches.
Flu Attacks Teaun
The flu which hit the campus hurt the Lions chances at probably
attaining national ranking and also having a better record. Since
had to be held off for a week with one game being can-
celled, the team missed some of the peak iierformances of the
i*eason.
• p hhe fans at a football game could possibly enjoy the game more
* a scoreboard and clock could be installed at one end of the
*^hl. Certainly this would not be a big burden and it would
jiiean a lot to the fans to be able to tell how much time remains
in the game and also what the score is. Although this isn’t the
mie for an all out reform, I imagine that the visiting teams would
enjoy the use of dressing room facilities during the halftime, since
most visiting .squads have to sit out behind the stands; during
eolcl weather, it isn’t too comfortable for the players to have to
out in the open after playing a hard game throughout the half.
Successful Season Ends
£^Last night’s game with Carson-Newman ended a successful season
.'■.the Lions, with the whole team deserving a big accolade for
-pf"- performances whether they were subs or the front line stars.
. m subs deserve praise for sticking it out during the season, and,
St • °tigh they did not get to play too much, they helped the first
'^mgers get ready for the coming games.
g ^ith the coming of basketball season the Mars Hill students
I'Crninded to keep up the good spirit and sportsmanship which
shown during the football season.
Bulldogs Top
MHC, 14-0, In
League Play
Gardner - Webb’s Bulldogs
caught the Lions right after their
attle with the flu and the Lions
Came out on the short end of both
bouts. The Bulldogs came through
with a 14-0 win over Coach Hen
derson’s men in the final confer
ence game played at Shelby.
The Bulldogs shut out the
Lions, although the Lion line
threw the home town runners for
losses on several occasions. Mars'
Hill’s whole squad was hampered
by lack of practice the preceding
week as the flu epidemic knocked
out practice and also several of
the football players.
For the Lions the running of
Ken Horton, Gene Hall and Mac
Thacker was outstanding. In the
forward wall captain Buck Lyda,
Johnny Mac Brown, Dicky Kirby,
and Tommy Bell were impressive.
In two games with the Gardner-
Webb squad the Mounties tied
the first one on their home field
and lost the final one at Shelby.
Flu Buq Halts
Intramurals
Intramural football league play
was halted by the flu epidemic
which hit Mars Hill’s campus
several weeks ago. One week of
play had been going on when the
league was halted.
Actual championship play had
not gotten underway when the
league was halted. Seven teams
were entered in the league.
The Block-M club was in
charge of the operation of the
loop and will handle the intra
mural basketball league which
will begin after the Christmas
holidays. Jack Chalmers is in
charge of the football league and
will make further announcements
as to whether play will be re
sumed.
Edwards Announces
18 Game Cage Slate
Coach Bob Edwards announced an 18 game schedule for his Mars
Hill Mountain Lion cagers. The card is split evenly with nine home
games and the same number of away tilts. The Lions will also par
ticipate in the Western Carolina Junior College tournament late
in February.
Horton Races
But Lions Lose
Mars Hill’s Lions ran every
where but across the goal lines
at Monroe last Saturday night as
they lost to Wingate Junior Col
lege 13-6, in a hard fought game
before a sparse crowd of chilly
spectators.
The Lions threatened several
times but were hurt by penalties
and fumbles in key situations as
they outplayed the homestanding
lads in every department but the
scoring.
Coach Don Henderson unleashed
a single-wing attack at the win
ners in the first half and the pow
erful offense had the Wingate de
fenders guessing at every play. In
the second half the Lions went
back to the split-T formation and
continued to rack up the yardage
over the Wingate forward wall.
The Lions scoring play came,
ironically, on an intercepted
pitchout when Ken Horton cap
tured the misfire from the Win
gate quarterback and scampered
45 yards for the score in the third
period.
The winning Wingate gridders
tallied twice in the second period
as Sonny Basinger went over for
three yards and H. T. McManus
tallied from one yard out.
The Lions had driven inside
the 10 yard line in the first period
until a pitchout went astray on
what looked like a touchdown
and was recovered by the Win
gate squad. Still another drive
was halted by bad breaks as the
Lions again drove down within
striking distance of the Wingate
goal line when two successive pen
alties of 15 and five yards put
a halt to this drive.
Coach Henderson would not
single out any player for an out
standing job but said that the
entire team played a heads up
game and played together with
real spirit.
One confused fan has defined
some football terms:
INTERFERENCE: Cheering
so loud it prevents me from hear
ing the other ballgames on my
portable radio.
(QUARTERBACK: What I
don’t get from the program sales
man, who never has any change.
—Ed. note: Taken from the
Black and Gold, Wake
Forest College.
The schedule lists lour games
before tbe Christmas holidays in
cluding three home games. In ad
dition to the seven conference,
teams there are two non-confer
ence foes. They are Bluefield,
Va., and Ferrum, Va.
Two lettermen are returning
from last year’s squad. They are
John Wright and Tommy Sher
man. There are several promising
freshmen and returnees from last
year who have also shown promise.
The schedule:
Dec. 3—^Asheville-Biltmore—here
Dec. 5—Lees-McRae—here
Dec. 10—Spartanburg—there
Dec. 12—Bluefield—here
Jan. 6—North Greenville—here
Jan. 8—^Asheville-Biltmore—there
Jan. 9—Gardner-Webb—here
Jan. 11—Ferrum—here
Jan. 14—Lees-McRae—there
Jan. 16—Brevard—there
Jan. 18—Spartanburg—-here
Jan. 30—Wingate—here
Feb. 1—Brevard—here
Feb. 4—Wingate—there
Feb. 8—Gardner-Webb—there
Feb. 11—North Greenville—there
Feb. 19, 20, 21, 22—Conference
Tournament
Feb. 2-1—Ferrum—there
Feb. 25—Bluefield—there
LIONS TOP
WCJC LOOP
Coach Henderson’s Lions cap
tured the Western Carolina Junior
College championship for the sec
ond year in succession and with
only one game remaining has a
3-1-2 record.
The Lions have only one con
ference loss and this came after
a layoff-due to the flu epidemic.
The final game of the season was
last night with the Carson-New
man Jayvees.
Two games were cancelled due
to the flu and one game postponed.
The cancelled games were with
Marion Military Institute and the
Appalachian Jayvees. The Carson-
Newman game was postponed
from September 27 till November
15.
The results:
Mars Hill 27 - Ferrum 0
Mars Hill 7 - Lees McRae 6
Mars Hill 7 - Gardner-Webb 7
Mars Hill 17 - Lees McRae 14
Mars Hill 0 - Gardner-Webb 14
jVIars Hill 6 - Wingate 13
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