THECHOWANIAN
Volume 1 — Number 2
Murfreesboro, N. C., November 19S5 — SPECIAL EDITION
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We Are Proud of Our Braves!
ALL-STATE END—Jim Gravely, Chowan’s unamimous choice
for All-State End. is a 180-pounder. Gravely runs with the power
of a back twenty pound heavier and the speed of a back, twenty
pound lighter. He is the workhorse of the Braves, catching five
touchdown passes and setting up for nine others on long pass
completions. Gravely’s outstanding performances has been the
determining factor in several of Chowan’s victories. His out
standing game was against the University of Richmond when he
caught two touchdown passes and kicked three extra points. The
passes were good for 32 yards and 17 yards.
ALL-STATE BACK—Chowan’s All-State left halfback Jack
Crenshaw has scored five touchdowns for 30 points. The five-
foot, ten-inch, 170-pound speedster is from Victoria, Va. His out
standing single-game performance of this season was against
Elon College. He gained 123 yards, including a 35 yard sprint
for a touchdown through the entire defense of Elon. He scored
another touchdown from 12 yards out and dragged three tack-
lers into the end zone. When the going is tough, when the odds
are long, the time is short, and the game about to be lost, there’s
always one guy on whom Chowan can call.
Four Players
On Ail-State
Junior Squad
The student body is very
proud of its great football squad
and this special editon of The
Chowanian is being issued to
say just that.
Outmanned by a Bullis Prep
squard, the Braves of Chowan
showed great fighting spirit in
its only loss thus far during the
season.
Proudly it is noted that four
Braves are on the All-State
Junior College team; five others
were given honorable mention
by the nominating board.
Pictures of the All-Staters are
shown on this page. They are
Jim Gravely, end; Jack Cren
shaw, back; Ben Rich, center;
and Herman Clark, quarterback.
(See outlines for further details
concerning these All-Staters.)
The five given honorable men
tion are listed below.
Fletcher Baker of Kinston,
N. C. is one of the top linemen
of the squad. As a freshman
this season he has attained
honorable mention on the All-
State team. As only one team
is picked, it is hard for a fresh
man even as rugged as Baker
to make the frist team. He is
one of the top line prospects in
the state for next year’s first
team on All-State.
Ted Rollins is the backbone
of t^e M 5 d 3'^'^ I'
Chowan line. His play and
spirited determination has be.in
an inspiration to the entire
squad. Offensively, his line
See FOUR PLAYERS. Page 4
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Appenzeller
Tops" Sports
Writer Says
By MARTY DONOKOS
The story on Chowan's campus
after the first eight games is
that the Braves remain one of
the leading junior college elevens
in the nation.
Behind them are victories over
Baltimore College, 21 to 0; Wes
ley College of Del. 25 to 6; Elon
College, 25 to 13; Hargraves. 32
to 7; Newport News, 26 to 7;
University of Richmond. 40 to
26; Fork Union, 19 to 13; and
the only loss was to Bullis Prep
7 to 18.
Coach Herb Appenzeller is a
master recruiter and organizer,
as well as one of the best
coaches in the state. He is also
great at dealing with sensitive
minds of football players. That
is why he says; “This is one of
the greatest teams we have ever
had at Chowan.”
A master at preparing his
team’s talent, Appenzeller has
personally hand-picked every
member of the team from re
ports of high school coaches and
personal interviews.
The big gun on the Big Blue
team is quarterback Herman
Clark, the Braves No. 1 field
general. Clark, a 185-pound soph
omore, who hails from Victoria,
Va., passes and runs with poise
and confidence, and is and out
standing defensive player. Des
pite the fact that Appenzeller’s
version of the Split “T” is assen-
tially a running game, Clark
completed 23 out of 37 passes,
seven of them going for touch
downs.
Newport News Apprentice,
slowed down Chowan’s running
game, thus Clark called on his
passing arm, and tossed for two
scores. The other Brave score
also came on a pass by Hard
ing Wood.
Chowan uses the backfield
unit system. And in Clarks crew
is Jack Crenshaw at left half.
See APPENZELLER, Page 4
AT.T.-STATE O'^^ART'ERBA.CK—As natinr.ol'y nnked Cho-'a'^
College wdues tnrough tfie heart of its tough schedule in quest
of a second state championship and a bid to the Golden Owl
Bowl in Georgia, one of the capers in the 1955 All-State Quarter
back, Herman Clark a sophomore from Victoria, Va. Clark’s
a real football player. He’s a clutch guy, one of the very great
est, and does everything. And everything he does, he does well.
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ALL-STATE CENTER—Ben Rich has established himself as the
best center in ^^orth Carolina junior college football, by his out
standing line backing, and his superior play at offensive center.
As a linebacker he is one of the very best in the state. It probably
suits Rich that he gets little rest during the games.