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February 1954 THE CHOWANIAN Page Three CHOWAN BRAVES TAKE THIRD PLACE IN TOURNAMENT IS CHOWAN BRAVES STARTING FIVE—With a record of 18 wins and 14 losses in all games, and 12 wins with five loses in the conference, Coach Herb Appenzeller has thrown this hard fighting five against all classes of competition. Hilliard Greene is leading the Braves in scor ing with a 27.2 average, with Kenneth (Goose) Haswell close behind. Reading from left to right are Aubrey Edwards, guard from Knight- dale; Kenneth Haswell, forward, from Knightdale; Hilliard Greene, center from Zebulon; Roy Futrell, forward from Severn; and Vance White, guard and forward from Bethel THE BRAVES FINISH WITH EXCELLENT RECORD By CHARLES R. FULCHER Chowan College Braves fin ished the season with a very impressive record. Twelve wins and 5 lost in conference play and an over-all record of 18 wins and 14 lost. Losing to such teams as North Carolina State, U. N. C. Freshmen twice, and William and Mary Dividison, Chowan can justley be proud of its record. Chowan had the hardest sched ule of its history and harder than any other Junior College in the conference. Nov. 20, 1953: The Braves lost their first game of the season to a hard fighting Atlantic Christian J. V. team at Wilson, 73 to 71. Being the first game everyone was jittery and nerv ous. Bill Buckley was the big gun for the Braves by scoring 23 points, with Hilliard Greene runr ning second with 19 points. Charlie Hester for the A. C. J. V.’s was high scorer for the night with 24 points. Nov. 25, 1953; The Braves trav eled to Pembroke State College just before Thanksgiving and came back with a very easy victory. Chowan 87. Pembroke 38. Coach Appenzeller cleaned his bench to let everyone get a shot at the basket. Greene was high scorer with 22 and Vance White and Buckley running second with 16 each. Hunt scored 13 for Pembroke. Dec. 1, 1953: Chowan moved to Raleigh after returning from Thanksgiving and lost to the North Carolina State Freshmen erage on field goals and a 79 90 to 58. The Braves shot ex- per cent average on free shots, cellently with a 49 per cent av- They had to play a possession ball game, for after one shot State controlled the back hoard. Greene looked very small a- gainst 6-10 Seitz of N. C. S. Bill Buckley scored 15, Hilliard Greene 14, and Ken Haswell 13 to lead the scoring for Chowan. Haffer was high for State with 19. Dec. 2, 1953: Staying on the road Chowan traveled to P. J. C. to win easily 85 to 48. The Scot ties just couldn’t get going and were out lasted by the tall and fast Braves. Greene started hit ting and dumped in 13 field goals and four free shots for 30 points. Buokley scored 22 for the Braves. Dec. 5, 1953: After four games on the road the Braves came home for their first home game of the campaign and trounced E. M. I. 77 to 63. The points were equally distributed, with Greene getting 21, White 18, Haswell 15, and Buckley* 10. House got 18 for E. M. I. Dec. 8, 1952: Chowan then ventured to Norfolk where they lost by a narrow margin to William and Mary Division 65 to 61. The two teams were evenly matched with the Braves coming out on the losing end. Greene brought his average up by scor ing 30 points, Roy Futrelle scor ed 16 with his jump shots. Jack Casey was high for W. & M. with 20 points. Dec. 11, 1953: With all the games being on the road that week the Braves then traveled to University of North Carolina where they played the Freshmen. Chowan lost by only 14 points, 84 to 70. There was no stopping big Lemmie Rosenbluth who scored 29 points from push shots, hooks and tap ins. Hilliard Greene was the big man for Chowan and scored 25 points. Roy Futrelle stood out on his jump shots, with White, Edwards and Buckley doing all the floor work. Dec. 12, 1953: To round out the week of traveling the Braves lost to a strong Louisburg squad at Louisburg 77 to 69. Hampered by bad officiating and poor shooting the Braves were never ahead during the game. Greene poked in 29 to lead the scoring for the night. Dec. 15, 1953: Coming back home the Braves went to work on Pfieffer College to win 120 to 82 to set three different re cords in shooting. There was no stoping the Braves who were win hungry. Ken Haswell and Hilli ard Greene were the major men in the scoring bracket with Has well getting 33 and Greene 39. The bench was cleaned by Coach Appenzeller with everyone on the team getting a try at the basket. Dec. 17, 1953: Chowan went down before a strong Wingate five 82 to 77. The first quarter proved to he the downfall for the Braves, who scored only 13 points to 17 for Wingate. Es- trado, a 5-11 Cuban, played the best game of his career in dump ing 36 points in the goal. There was just no stopping him, his drive in shots and jump shots were tops. Greene was high for Chowan with 27; Buckley run ning second with 24. Jan. 5, 1954: Chowan lost its first game after returning from Christmas holidays to Wilming ton 79 to 69. The Braves just couldn’t get started, scoring only 12 points in the first period and 11 m the second. Greene sunk 11 field goals and six free shots for 28 points. Charlie Niven was high for Wilmington with 29. Jan. 9, 1954: The Braves got back into the win column when they trounced P. J. C. 107 to 35. In this game Coach Appenzeller was easy on his first five with substitution being plentiful. Everyone scored except one player on the team. Greene was high with 23 points and Haswell second with 19. Jan. 13, 1954: Cho'wan didn’t want to stop wth the P. J. C. win, but wanted to launch a winning drive for the conference leadership. They threw every thing against Louisburg and came out on top by a score of 105 to 95. Hilliard Greene just couldn’t miss—he scored on hooks, push shots and tapins to break his own record and score 42 points. Vance White was the most progressive player during the night and scored 22 points. Gary Morris scored 30 points for Louisburg. Jan 14, 1954; University of North Carolina Freshmen then moved to Murfreesboro and won very easily 100 to 83. Lemmie Rosenbluth went wild for the Frosh to break his own record, the Gymn. record, and the Uni versity of North Carolina scoring record, in scoring 51 points. His team mates scored 49 points between them. Ken Haswell and Greene were high for Chowan with 24 and 23 respectively. Jan 15, 1954: The Braves then traveled to Salemburg where they beat E. M. I. very easily the very first of the game with 90 to 70. Chowan was ahead at the half ending at 41 to 27. Hil liard Greene scored 30 points on 13 field goals and 4 free shots. Ken Haswell dumped in 20 for the Braves. Charlie House was high for E. M. I. with 27 points. Jan. 20, 1954: Newport News Apprentice School was the next foe for the Braves and lost a hard fought battle 86 to 79 at Newport News. There was no stopping Coach Jack Smith’s hard scraping team who had three boys scoring over the 20 point mark. High scorer for Cho wan was Hilliard Greene with 26 points trailing was Bill Buck ley with 19 points. The margin of lost was at the free shot line for the Braves. Jan. 21, 1954: The following night Chowan was host to Wil mington College in a conference game. The Braves was ready for the Seahawks and Charlie Niven the conference scoring leader, and came out victorious 129 to 76. Again Greene was high scorer for the night by scoring 35 points. Goose Haswell and Vance White were also great by pitching in 29 and 28 respectively. Niven for Wilmington was held to only 26 points, for one of his lowest scoring games of the season. Jan. 27, 1954: The Braves rnet Oceana Air Station the following week for a non-conference tilt at Murfreesboro and won very easy, 94 to 66. Haswell led the scoring with 30 points and was trailed by Greene with 28. Joe Avard was high with 22 for Oceana. Jan. 30, 1954: Fighting hard to come up in the conference standing the charging Braves downed Campbell 80 to 79 in one of Chowan’s most thrilling games at Murfreesboro. Froni the very beginning it was nip and tuck with the Braves leading at the first quarter but behind at the half 44 to 39 and back a- head at the third quarter 62 to 60. The score was tied many times during the contest and in the last quarter there was 15 fouls called on the two teams. Ken Haswell scored 30 points for the second consective time dur ing the week. Lanky Hilliard Greene got 26 for the cause. Jim my Campbell was high for Camp bell with 27 points. Feb. 1, 1954: After a hard fought Campbell game the Braves traveled to Ahoskie and played Norfolk Navy, where they lost 82 to 67. The out-class- ed Braves could not stop the Navy men who hit with all kind of shots. Greene, Haswell and Buckley did most of the scor ing. Callehan was high for Nor folk with 25 points. Feb. 3, 1954: Chowan hit the road and traveled to Oak Ridge Military Academy where they lost to the cadets 80 to 79. The cadets hit for one more field goal than the Braves to win by one point. John Kiser third high scor er in the conference hit for 22 points for Oak Ridge, with help from Joyce and Dillon. Hilliard Greene hit for 28 and Haswell scored 26 for the Braves. Feb. 4, 1954: The second game on this road trip the Braves won shrdl taoin shrdlu cmfwy shrdl easily over Gardner-Webb 75 to 67. Vance White was played spar- ently during this game due to back injury and was lost from the team for a while. Bobby Davenport proved to be a very good substitute while scoring 13 points and Greene helped the cause very much by dumping in 27 points. Thomas scored 20 for G. W. Feb. 6, 1954: The Braves were back home the following week to play Guilford J. V. team. Cho wan 79, Guilford 68. There was never no threat by the hustling Guilford squad who were just out-classed. Coach Appenzeller cleaned his bench with everyone getting a shot at the basket. Greene pushed his scoring aver age up by scoring 32 points, Has well got 15. Feb. 10, 1954: Back on the road the Braves traveled to Pfi effer College where they won 92 to 86. This was no run away game for the charging Phieffer team was fast and good shots. Bob Butts was the high scorer for the night for both teams with 28 points. Greene came through with 25 and Haswell dumped in 22. Aubrey Edwards was the hot- est thing on the court with his push shots, he ended up the night with 20 points. Feb. 11, 1954: On to Charlotte the following night where the Braves won very easy 86 to 51. There was no threat by the Char lotte team who ended up on bottom in the conference. Has well and Greene was the two high scorers for the night with 31 and 24 points respectively: Every player on the squad got the nod to play except Roy Fut- By CHARLES R. FULCHER The situation changd this year from a year ago when Chowan met Louisburg in the first round of the North Carolina Junior Col lege Tournament at Buie’s Creek. The score this year was the Braves 81, Louisburg 73. Louisburg was in the lead at the end of the first quarter 22 to 16, and was ahead at the half 40 to 33. Kenneth Haswell scored on a hook shot with four minutes to play in the third quarter to bring the favored Braves into a 47-47 tie. The Braves then took the lead with two minutes to play in the period on another goal by Haswell. Once ahead after two minutes of the final quarter Chowan was not challenged seriously. They won by eight points. Ken Haswell, Hilliard Greene and Aubrey Edwards each scored eight field goals in leading the victory for the Appenzeller crew. Scoring honors for the night went to Louisburg’s Gary Morris who scored 28 points. CAMPBELL, CHOWAN GAME Chowan lost to a stubborn Campbell team in the semi-finals to send Campbell into the title game where they won over Win gate to take the championship. A tight Campbell defense “held” Hilliard Greene, Cho wan’s high scoring center to only 17 points while his hot handed teammate, Ken Haswell fared even worse, while losing to the Camels, 80 to 63. Vance White did his best to keep the Appenzeller men in contention by tossing in 23 points but his efforts weren’t enough to offset the well-balanced Camp bell offense. NIVEN vs. GREENE Sharp shooting Charlie Niven and lanky Hilliard Greene were out to prove that they were the one and two conference scor ers when Chowan defeated Wil mington 99 to 97 in the conso lation game at Buie’s Creek. Niven set a tournament record for individual scoring in a single game when he scored 57 points on 24 field goals and nine free shots. He scored 123 points in the three games that Wilming ton played in the tournament. Hilliard Greene, Chowan’s spark plug center, poured in 43 points on 18 field goals and seven free shots. He was the chief threat in the rough fourth quar ter as Chowan battled to stay in front when the Seahawks out- scored the Braves 32 to 26 points. The Braves led, 52-40, at half- time and had an 18-point lead, 73-55, after three quarters. The Seahawks closed the gap to one point in the fourth period, 87-86, but were never able to assume the lead. Kenneth Haswell and Vance White dumped in 19 points to aid the victory for the Braves. rell and Vance White who were on the injuried list. Feb. 13, 1954: After two long road trips the Braves returned home to play Oak Ridge who had previously beat them by one point. The score this game was 87 to 66. Hilliard Greene and Goose Haswell was on fire this game and dumped in 35 and 32 points respectively. John Kiser was the big gun for the cadets by scoring 22 points. Coacli Appenzeller again gave the bench a chance to get a shot at the basket. Baseball Schedule Released Today A 16-game baseball schedule was released today by Coach Herb Appenzeller, for the 1951 baseball season. Schedule: March 30, New Bedford Institute, home; April 2, Hargaraves Mili tary Institute, home; 3, Presby terian Jr. College, there; 7, Louisburg College, home; 14, Newport News Apprentice School, home; 16, Campbell Col lege, home;23 Campbell College, there; 24, Edwards Military In stitute, there; 28, Presbyterian Jr. College, home; 30, Hargraves Military Institute, there; May 5, William and Mary College, home; 8, Gardner- Webb College, home; 10, Wingate College, there; 14 Edwards Military in stitute, home; 18 William and Mary, there; and 21, Louisburg College, tnere. Home Games begin at 2:30 P.M.
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