LAKRY SHRADER
Shrader Is Strong
Basketball Reserve
By DALE GADDY ,
It was a cold, windy night ;
about two years ago when the
Appalachian Mountaineers en
countered the Crusaders of Bel !
mont Abbey The last half of
the nip-and tug basketball game j
was down to its final seconds :
with the Boone team two points
behind.
Just as the final buzzer
sounded, a Crusader fouled ,
Larry Shrader of the App j
quint The referee indicated
that it was a one and one shot.
The crowd hushed. Shrader
stepped to t.'ie free-throw line,
drew a deep breath, and with
the finesse of a pro, sank the
first shot, putting the Apps
within one point of the oppos
ing team.
Shrader bounced the ball
once or twice as he stepped to
the line again The ball was up
in the air, hovered momentarily
above the rim, and fell through
the nets to send the hotly con
tested game into overtime.
The Apps lost the gam^ in
the extra minutes of play, but
to Shrader the game has been
his most unforgettable one
thus far.
Now a senior. Shrader is one
of Coach Bob Light's strongest
reserves. At 203 pounds, the
6'4 ' center is the heaviest man
on the team.
Although he has seen only
limited action this year. Shrad
er has managed to push through
four points and snag five re
bounds in two games. His
shooting average stands at 50
percent, "but that doesn't mean
much, considering I've played
in only two games,'' he laughed
one evening during the Christ
mas holidays.
However, records show that
during Shrader's second sea
son with the Mountaineers
(when ne first lettered in bas
ketball), he made 47 percent of
his shots. Last year, though
hampered by injuries, he made
42 8 percent of his field goal
attempts for a 66 points per
game average.
At his Hardin Street apart
ment, Shrader related how he
"more-or less" became a basket
ball player by chance rather
than choice. "1 enjoy basketball
a lot," he said. "But until re
cent years football was my
sport."
At George Wythe High
| School in Wytheville, Virginia,
Shrader was a four year partici
pant in football, basketball, and
track. He played the guard,
tackle, and end positions; ac
cording to some newspaper
clippings at the college, he lit
: erally sparkeled on the grid
iron Among the several college
football offers made to him
was a scholarship at William
and Mary.
But, as fate would have it,
Shrader suffered a broken leg
during his fourth season with
the Virginia high schoolers.
Later a bone sisk appeared, and
Shrader was advised by his doc
tors never to participate in
; football again.
And so, Shrader shelved the
idea of attending college.
After being graduated from
high school in 1959, a friend
of Shrader's invited him to the
ASTC campus. Shrader made
the trip to Boone, became in
terested in the college, and en
rolled as a freshman that fall
"I liked sports too much to
just give up," the dark headed
senior said "I decided that if
I couldn't play football, I'd try
out for basketball."
As for the 1962-63 season,
Shrader says, "If we play team
ball, we will win the confer
ence race.
"Our games with High Point,
Elon, Western Carolina, and
Lenoir Rhyne will determine
Light Brigade
To Meet Bears
The Apalachian Mountaineers,
currently unbeaten in Carolina
Conference action, host the Le
noir Khyne Bear* this Satur
day in a showdown battle Tlie
test will be the toughest yet
for the high-riding cagers of
coach Robert Light, as the
Bears have lost only once in
conference action
Appalachian's last outing was
the Spindale Tournament in
which the Mountaineers lost the
opener to Erskine but came
back the second night to take
honors over Campbell College.
Guard Jack Lytton and forward
Wayne Duncan set the pace in
the win.
Lenoir Rhyne also took part
in a tournament last weekend,
| winning both games in its own
j tournament in Hickory.
1 Both teams have games on
Thursday night Appalachian
will be seeking revenge here at
home against Wofford for the
opening game defeat by the
iTeniers Lenoir Rhyne hosts
I Western Carolina, another con
I ference power, on Thursday
Appalachian officials are ex
pecting standing room only for
I the Saturday night game. The
two teams have played before
packed houses for the past two
seasons in their annual tilt in
i Boone and this year should be
| no exception.
Know The
Weather
By E. H. SIMS
Is snow white?
No, snow is not white but
looks white because of the great
. reflection of light Likewise, the
j sky is not blue. Space and air
are actually colorless and if
I one goes far enough into space,
I and gets away from sunlight,
1 everything will be black.
The reason the sky looks blue
is that blue, of all the colors,
refracts most easily, and there
j fore the light from the sun
| makes the sky blue.
Dust refracts red. which ex
I plains why the sun's light makes
j the evening sunset, quite often,
appear to be a rich red.
the outcome of the season," he
added.
Shrader is married to the
former Miss Pat Ellington of
Cherryville. (The couple has a
daughter who was born the day
following the interview with
Shrader.)
j He is president of the ASTC
National Educatie 1 Associa
tion, is president of the North
Carolina colleges' NEA, is active
! in the "A" Club, Chi Lambda
Chi, intramurals, and house
' council. This autumn he was
named to the national publica
tion Who's Who Among Stu
dents in American Universities
and Colleges.
"We have eleven lettermen on
our squad this year," Shrader
said as he walked to the door
of his apartment. "Again I say
we can win the conference title
if we play team ball."
ED WINTERSTE1N
New York Grappler
Is Promising On Mat
By DALE GADDY
I
Coming to ASTC fresh from j
a 13 2 season on the mats,
wrestler Ed Winterstein of
Binghamton, New York, is one
of Coach Frank Meyer's most I
promising freshmen.
Winterstein, holder of vari I
ous wrestling awards, is fast,
aggressive "and knows wrest
ling," according to Meyer. A1
ready this year Winterstein has
won two matches out of two at !
tempts for the Mountaneers. |
"I like to wrestle," Winter- !
stein said in a recent inter- 1
view "It's a good sport."
The 1962-63 season is his !
fifth year on the mats. Wrest
ling last year for a military
academy in Virginia (where he !
posted the 13 2 mark), Winter- j
stein faced "what likely will be 1
Appalachian's hardest team to I
beat this year" ? Virgir.l* Mili- !
tary Institute. "Fort Bragg will
be a tought team, too," he add
ed.
Prior to attending the Vir
ginia school, the beefy New
I Yorker worked for a year with
I ?
IBM. He was graduated from
Binghamton's North High
School in 1960 where, during
his senior year, he posted a 12
5 season.
"I was out for the season my
sophomore year because of an
ear injury," Winterstein recall
ed "But I wrestled during my
freshman, junior, and senior
years."
The not-boastful ASTC stu
dent accumulated at least three
notable awards during his
three preceeding grappling sea
sons. In 1958 he finished second
in the Windsor (New York)
Christmas Tournament. The
following year he placed third
in section 4 of the New York
state finals.
And last year, at Augusta
Military, the six-footer finish
ed third in the AAU meets held
at Richmond.
In addition to wrestling,
Winterstein was active in high
'school football and track.
He is majoring in social 3tii
dies at ASTC.
Comment
On Sports
By PETE FRITCHIE
Washington, D. C. ? The bowl
oromoters in places like Phila
delphia and New York are brave
men. Some years theae new bowl
efforts find the big day one of
?.lush and snow and bitter cold
Sometimes the games art
'lops. Few teams want to play
n these northern bowls Bui
he promoters keep going. The
Liberty Bowl staged a contest
between Villanova and Oregon
State December 15th, and 17,000
'ans turned out for it Reporters
vrote they were "frost-nipped"
'ans.
Up in New York, that most
tubious of all bowls, the Goth
am Bowl, staggered through its
?second year. The effort was be
7un in 1960, but no game was
ichieved that first year This
vear the temperature in the
Gotham Bowl was a mild and
oleasant eighteen degrees.
The game, however, was red
hot ? almost as hit as the fires
lit in the stands by the freezing
fans. Miami managed to lose
the game to Nebraska by the
count of 36-34, which almost
rounds like pro stuff, which it
almost was because of a couple
of gifted quarterbacks. Nebraska
also had great scat backs
Miami had a fellow named
George Mira, who is being pub
licized as another all-time great
His job of quarterbacking got
Miami 34 first downs and 502
yards gained but wasn't enough.
(Nebraska had 12 first downs.)
The game, therefore, was
good enough if the weather
wasn't. And the weather wasn't.
So the question remains: "Will
the northern bowls make it
after all?"
They might if each year they
could feature a George Mira
(Gotham Bowl) and a Terry
Baker, who starred in the Lib
erty Bowl in Philadelphia the
other day. But the years ahead
will not bring perhaps college's
greatest passer (Mira) and its
greatest back and Heisman
Trophy winner (Baker) to these
bowls. This year they were un
usually blessed.
The sports writing fraternity
refers to these bowl game: with
such acolades as "lamentable
nonsense" and to playirig condi
tions as "Tropical Splendor."
The promoters, in the face of
all this, persist. They are brave
men. They have seen financial
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Dwight Critcher Winner In
Holiday Bowling Tourney
Dwight Critcher hit games of
205, 199 and 167 for ? scratch
set of 571 and a handicap set
of 655 to win the Holiday Bowl
ing Tournament at Uw Skyline
Lanes. Critcher's 571 set was
the high scratch set posted in
the tournament and along with
his handicap got him a 85 pin
lead over runner-up Joe Kaples.
Maples had games of 201, 147
and 188 and with the three
game handicap of M turned in
1 a 620 for second spot. Third
place prize went to Dean Dan
ner on a 618 set which includ
ed games of 199, 188 and 170.
Clarence Cole posted the sec
and high scratch set of 562.
Individual single game hon
ors of the tournament went to
Horace Dowling with 220.
The leaders in the men's di
vision were D wight Critcher
653, Joe Maflec 830, Dean D?t>
ner 8X8, Clarence Cole 816, Ma
jor Thomas 009, Erneat Lyons
888, Horace Oowlinf 867, Tom
Winkler 987, Howard Poiodex
ter 576, Frank Triplet! 975, Max
Moody 574 and Stan Smith 372
Rubye Smith copped first
place in the ladies division with
games of 132, 148 and 167 and
a handles? total of 543. Gilma
Brown scored 523 followed by
Jane Greene 512 and Catherine
Cole 500. Jane Greene posted
the ladies high single game of
206
World War I Veterans Seek
Inereased Pension Program
An effort to increase and ex
pand the pension program for
veterans of the First World War
is the major objective of the
Veterans of World War 1, Inc.,
when the new Congress con
| vents January 7.
Edward J Neron, of San
Diego, California, National Com
mander of the Veterans of World
War I, urges all eligible veter
ans to contact the National
Headquarters of the VWWI, at
40 G Street, N. E., Washington
2, D. C., in order to be informed
on just what plans are being
made for the proposals which
will be presented to the new
Congress Neron asks that all
men who served in 1917 and
flops before. They may see
them again. It must be a love
of football, and pride of geo
graphy, no less.
1918 forward their names, ad
dresses and serial numbers to
the headquarters and in return
they will be supplied with com
plete and specific information
concerning the legislative pro
gram of the Veterans of World
War I.
The latter organization is a
comparatively new veterans
group but on December 31 had
enrolled over 225,000 members
It was given a Congressional
charter by the Congress in 195fl
and now ranks as the third
largest veteran organization in
the country
If the alumni of our institu
tions exhibited as much interest
in scholastic affairs as they do
in football prospects, the nation
would be on the verge of a re
vival of learning.
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