SPEAKING ABOUT
SPOUTS
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GIL RILEY
Brains Behmd The Brains
Coach Nelson B. Higgins is
always creditably called the
brains behind the Hillside Hor-
nets, but always forgotten is the
very capable assistant to coach
Higgins, Carl L. Easterling.
Coaches Higglxis and Easterling
came to Hillside together in
1944 and took charge of the
athletic activities at the school
and since that time the Hornets
have been in the sports lime
light of the state almost every
season.
Coach Easterling, although
one of the top coaches in the
state, majored in mathematics
at Shaw University where he
was the “terror of the CIAA for
the Bears. His terrific play earn
ed him the nickname "Bear’
Easterling, which still sticks to
day.
Coach Easterling Is the head
coach of the girls' basketball
team of the school and the ten
nis team, which have accumu
lated records compared to any
team in the state. His girls’ bas
ketball team has won 60 games
and lost 4 in the past three sea
sons to give them the best re
cord in the state against the
calibre of competition that they
encounter. The tennis team,
coached by Easterling, won the
state championship last year,
and was runner-up in 1953.
Coach Easterling is also assis
tant football coach and has pro
duced some of the greatest line
men in Hillside History. He has
definitely been successful in em
bedding the fundamentals of
the game in the minds of his
subjects.
Coach Easterling is very In
terested in the progress of
young people in the community
as well as in the. school. To pro
vide the opportunity for exer
cising his desires during the
summer, he worlcs with the re
creation department of Raleigh.
During the past summer he
coached his softball team to the
state championship.
Because of his inspirational
work in the community, his ver
satility in the field of coaching,
-'1ile_ke6B,*slre for the advance
ment of you^h, we salute him.
First Class Football^ Third Class
Stadium
The North Carolina College
Eagles, under the excellent
leadership of their coach Her
man Riddick have again shown
their power on the gridiron by
sHccagrfailly—defending Iheic
CIAA championship this season.
The team is rated by yours
truly as one of the top small
college eleven in the nation, yet
they have a third class stadium
in which to hold these spectacu
lar contests. It seems that for
the price of admission to one
of these contests a seat could
be obtained, but not at O’Kelly
Field. Of the magnificent crowd
that turned out for the cham
pionship game with A and T
College, approximately 20 per
cent had to stand. Wake up,
'NCC, big time football requires
a bigtime stadium.
It seems that a championship
team is not enough to inspire
the people of Durham, because
the crowds have been very
sparse at the first two Hillside
3asketball games, which were
won decisively. When the Hor-
.lets are down and losing, the
fans cry, “What’s the matter
with Hillside?'’ but now the
.-lornets are riding high. “What’s
.he matter with the fans?”
Deral “The Toe” Webster, the
margin of NCC’s CIAA cham
pionship, is definitely destined
for greatness on the gridiron at
NCC if his toe continues its
clusively for the art in which he
guard, should see more action
next season unless he is kept ex
clusively for the art which he
has shown himself capable.
Kicking. Webster’s great mo
ment as well as The Eagles’
was when he trotted onto the
turf at O’Kelly Field in the
game against A and T and split
the uprights with his tie-break
ing extra point to give the Ea
gles the CIAA championship.
The question has been sub
mitted to youfs truly many
times before as to why there
isn’t a YMCA or gymnasium
available for Negroes of Dur
ham? As the tempo of the bas
ketball season quickens- the
question comes before us fresh.
There are many groups of
youngsters in this City who like
to play basketball and engage
in other Indoor sports, but
can’t because there is no gym
available. ,
It ia kenerally conceded that
that athletics are important in
building character and making
good citizens. If this is true, then
why not furnish our boys a
building in which to play? Why
not give them the facilities es
sential to making good citizens?
Ilaals you, Mr. Public, Why?
Harvey*Heartley, 6’2% senior
forward on North Carolina Col
lege’s basketball team is one of
the two veteran mainstays per
forming for the Eagles tWs sea
son. Heartley is expected to be
in the N.C.C. quint starting
lineup in their December 9
clash with Maryland State Col
lege in Durham and again in
Durham and again in Durham
•on December 13 lohen the Ea
gles entertain Bluefield State
College. Heartley, on all "A"
student, is a physical education
major who is a native of Clay
ton
John Avery Boys'
To Participate In
Pong Tourney
The John Avery Boys’ Club
Ping Pong team will travel to
Newport, News, Virginia Sat.,
Dec. 11, 1954 to participate in
the Boys’ Club Ping Pong tour
nament. The Hampton Roads
Boys’ Club which has won the
championship for the past two
years will serve as the host
team. The local Club team has
placed second the past two
years, but they are making
every effort to win top honors
this y«ar. Meml>ers of the local
team are as follows; Walter Mc
Coy, Chester Jenkins, Roosevelt
Hairston, Lorenzo Bell and
Randolph Reid. Lee W. Smith,
Jr., Executive Director will ac
company the team on the trip.
Nortii Carolina College Eagles Defeat Tennessee
State University Tigers 19-6 In National Classic
GREENSBORO
Herman H. Jtiddick’s North
Carolina College Eagles, cham
pions olW&e CIAA, defeated
Henry A. Kean’S^ imbeaten and
untied Tennessee Tigers, cham
pions of the Midwestern Con
ference, 19 to 6 here today in
Grensboro Stadium to claim the
national football title among
Negro college teams.
The Tigers, undefeated in
their past 27 contests over a
three year period and first
ranking team In defense among
the nation’s small colleges,
scored only in the dying
minutes of the fourth quarter.
Some 2,500 fans were stun
ned at the power of the Rid
dick eleven which scored in the
first two minutes of play again
st the Tigers who earUer licked
the Eagles 13 to 3 in Nashville
last October 30.
The Eagles ended the season
with a record of 7-1-1. Only
Maryland State airiong CIAA
clubs were able to tie the Eagles
in Dturham 7 to 7. Kean’s Tigers,
featuring the work of some of
the country’s fanciest ball
carriers, were outplayed by the
inspired Eagles.
The North Carolina College
Eagles hit paydirt in the first
two minutes of the ball game as
A1 Montgomery, the quarter'
back, hit Amos Thornton with
an aerial covering 61 yards who
scampered across the goal line
untouched. The drive started
from the 17 yard line following
the kickoff. Thornton and
Montgomery had alternated in
plays up the middle to bring the
ball up to the 37 yard stripe.
Deral Webster's try from place
ment was blocked.
The Eagles scored their
second TD midway the second
quarter as Claude Mayfield,
229 pound tackle, intercepted an
intended pass by Tennessee's
quarterback, Fred Valentine,
which was knocked from his
hands by a vicious tackle, and
SATPRDAT, DEC. 11, li54 TfTE CAROLWA TIMEi
ran the Iremaining 30 yard*.
Webster split the uprights .to
put his team out front, 13-0.
The Eagles went ahead 19-0
just before the end of the half
as big ;J«hn Baker, 290 >pound
fullback, crashed over from the
TennesMC quartertMidc, to Mit
chell who wa* tl^rown oat of
bounds on the 7 yard line. Val
entine's try from pUccment was
wide.
The entire fourth period was
2 yard line. The drive began on played in the Eagles’ territory
the North Carolina College fum
ble on the latter’s 37 yard line.
The drive featured a 29 yard
and the losers muffed three
other scoring opportunities in
the "final stanza. They were
pass from Fred Valentine, the j held for downs by a rugged Ea-
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A&T CAGERS IN WIN AGAINST
FAYETTEVILLE STATE, 85 TO 62
GREENSBORO
The A and T College Aggies
opened the cage season Wednes
day night December 1, with a
85-62 win over Fayetteville
State Teachers College, here at
the college* gymnasitmi.
Playing under a brand new
coach, Cal Irvin, who joined
the staff in September, the Ag
gie hoopsters went out front
from the opening whistle and
were never overtaken. The team
led 40-24 at halftime which was
shortened by nine points mid
way the second half. A rally
during the final few minutes of
the game more than resorted the
first period lead.
High scorer of the game was
Aggie sophomore, Boyd Smith
of Concord, who bucketed 22
points. His teammate, Wyatt
Minton, dropped in 18 pointers.
Leading Fayetteville were
Ralph Mack with 17 and close
behind, William Lewis who
registered 16.
The conference clash drew
one of the largest crowds ever
to see a basketball game in the
local gym, opened last year.
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