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APRIL—1953 THE CHOWANIAN, CHOWAN COLLEGE, MURFREESBORO, N. C. PAGE THREE Baseball Team Wins Three Conference Games The 1953 phenomenal baseball team of Chowan College is prov ing to be one of the most outstand ing in the N. C. Junior College i^onierence. The first game of the baseball season brought a defeat by Camp bell College, 6-3. C. E. Alligood was the losing pitcher. John Broaawell took the batting honors. In a tight and interesting game with Louisburg, Chowan emerged victorious by a score of 15-14. The game was tied up in the last inning, when Frank Gibson broke the tie by hitting one of his usual long range sluggers, thus giving the game to the Braves. The second conference victory occurred when Chowan defeated K. M. I. 11-6. The pitcher for Cho wan was C. E. Alligood. The third victory was over Pheiffer, 11-6. Chowan has also won two non conference games. The Braves defeated the Newport News Ap prentice School 5-3 and Frank lin High School 6-0. Those who display the Chowan Blue and White on the Diamond are: Bobby and C. E. Alligood, pitchers; John Broadwell, first base; Larry Saunders, second base; Federal Mizelle, third base; Aubrey Edwards, shortstop; Henry Kitchings, catcher; Frank Gib son, left field; Kenneth Haswell, ceenter field; and Billy Lee, right field. Also on the team are Bobby Jones, Joe Butler, Billy Jones, Buster Winborne, Hilliard Greene, Watson McKeel, C. E. Thomas. All regular players except one are batting over .300 for the season. All of the players possess excel lent athletic ability and the fu ture of this team looks bright at this point in the season. Hats off to Coach Herb Appenzeller for de veloping such a great team. John Parker, Jr. Gets National Honor and Award John Parker, Jr., of Windsor, a Freshman at Chowan, recently received the trip of a lifetime and a handsome award of $100. He went to New York with the North Carolina 4-H gardeners, on a trip sponsored by the Burpee Seed Co. The award was by the A & P food stores of America. During the trip he toured the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, Columbia University, the Hayden Planetarium, the liner Independence, St. John’s and St. Patrick’s Cathedrals, and Radio City where an excellent Christ mas stage show was presented. These tours were under guides with groups of fellow Junior Veg etable Growers. The youths at the convention frequently went shop ping on nearby Fifth Avenue, and went to the movies on Broadway. At the 18th annual National Junior Vegetable Growers con vention he received $100 of the $10,000 which was presented to boys and girls from 46 states. The judges decide upon the winners by their school, church, and com munity activities, and the knowl edge about vegetables and the profit from the truck crops a member has received during the year. During high school, John was the 4-H president, vice president, a class officer, FFA treasurer, county JVG president, and a member of the Monogram Club, football and baseball team. An nual staff, and Glee Club. In church he was the Young People’s BTU president. He has also been awarded the Star Chapter FFA Farmer De gree, Carolina Farmer Degree, County 4-H winner in Entomol ogy, garden and forestry. He was the State FFA winner m Soil and Water Conservation, w GROUND BROKEN FOR GRAPHIC ARTS BUILDING—Eastern C arolina Press Association members watch Dr. F. O. Mixon, Chowan College president, and their association president, Sam Ragan, turn the first ground for the graphic arts building expected to be ready at the college by commencement. In the picture left to right, are Josh L. Horne, Rocky Mount Evening Telegram; J. Mayon Parker, chairman of the Chowan Graphic Arts Advisory Committee; Dr. Mixon; John J. Hill (face hidden) vice president of Parker Brothers, Inc.; John J. McSweeney, editor of the Northampton County News and graphic arts instructor at the college; J. Roy Parker, president of Parker Brothers, Inc.; Ragan; (in background James L. Bond of the Roanoke Beacon, Plymouth; Charles Bond of The Hertford Coun ty Herald, Ahoskie); Henry A. Dennis, of the Henderson Dispatch; and F. Grover Britt of the Sampson Independent, Clinton. Chowan BasketballT earn Is Honored At Banquet The basketball team held a banquet on March 25 in the col lege dining hall. Roy Futrell served as toastmaster. Welcoming the visitors was Vaughan Fow ler, assistant coach, and Gloria Cox responded. Coach Herb Ap penzeller introduced the basket ball team and said a word about each player. Dr. Mixon presented a trophy to Hilliard Greene for outstand ing accomplishments on the hard wood. Guest speaker for the eve ning was Mr. J. M, Jenkins, prin cipal of the Murfreesboro High School. Those attending were Dr. and Mrs. F. O. Mixon, Coach and Mrs. Herb Appenzeller, the bas ketball team and their guests, the cheerleaders, and a few guests from Murfreesboro. Chowan Bunches Five Runs For 5-2 Win Over Marines Chowan College continued its v/inning ways this week as the team bunched five hits for as many runs to turn back the Eden- ton Marine Base 5-2 in a seven- inning affair at Edenton. The victory was the sixth for Coach Appenzeller’s boys, who have been undefeated after drop ping their opening contest to Campbell. Gooseeggs held undisputed sway of the scoreboard, Monday, until the fifth when the bottom fell out for the Marines pitcher, Clements. Henry Kitchings opened the inning with a single, and Gibson and Edwards both received free trips to first, filling the bases. leceiving a $100 award, and won $100 at the Bertie County Fair also. His 1952 projects were 72 hogs, two beef, 440 fruit trees, 250 grape vines, two acres peanuts, 11 acres corn, eight acres truck crops, poultry, and 11 acres of forestry. Last fall he was a member of the Chowan football team. After Broadwell went out, catch er to first, scoring Kitchings, however, Winborne walked to fill the sacks again, and Mizelle, Lee, Haswell, and Alligood all singled in that order to tally five markers. The Marines’ two runs both came in the last of the seventh on two hits. In all, they managed only five safe blows during the afternoon against Bobby Alli- good’s offerings. Next game for the Chowanians will be a conference contest against Pfeiffer on home grounds Saturday. In the first meeting of the two teams at Pfeiffer April 14, Chowan emerged winner by a 11-6 count. Federal Mizelle, with 12 hits for 23 times at bat, currently is lead ing Chowan batters with a .521 average, followed by Broadwell with .427, Aubrey Edwards with .427, and C. E, Kitchings with .406. The scoring: Chowan 000 050 0—5 Edenton Bass 000 000 2—2 Alligood and Kitchings; Cle ments and Burke. A smile takes away nothing of value. 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