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THE CHOWANIAN
November 1955
1955 Junior College All-Staters
Left Guard
Jerry Hawkins
Gardner-Webb College
Left Tackle
Elwood Limbaugh
Lees McRae College
Left End
Jim Gravely
Chowan College
Left Halfback
Jack Crenshaw
Chowan College
Center
Ben Rich
Chowan College
Quarterback
Herman Clark
Chowan College
Fullback
James Johnson
Gardner-Webb College
Right Guard
Tommy Sheets
Gardner-Webb College
Right Tackle
Paul Shaw
Mars Hill College
Right End
Harrel Lambert
Lees McRae College
Right Halfback
J. T. Davis
Gardner-Webb College
Al Vaughn Scores Three T D's
As Braves Top Richmond 40-26
MURFREESBORO - A mag
nificent, inspired Chowan foot
ball team entering the game on
the crest of a five-game streak
displayed a flashy offense as
they downed University of Rich
mond 40-26.
Chowan scored two touchdowns
with less than five minutes in
the first period. Chowan’s Ben
Rich kicked off to Richmond.
Leon Tucker returned the ball
five yards to his own 30. On the
first play from scrimmage the
Spiders fumbled and Emmett
Wadford recovered for Chowan
on the 30. Herman Clark then
passed to end Paul Blake for 24
yards. Warren carried for 2 and
then scored from 4 yards out.
Jim Gravely added the PAT.
Albert Vaughn returned a punt
73 yards for Chowan’s second
touchdown of the game. Gravely
added the PAT. The first per
iod ended 14-0.
Al Vaughn scored in the open
ing minutes of the second quar
ter on a 22 yard run through
the entire Richmond defense.
The Spiders got their first
score on a 67 yard pass and run
play from Francis Gagliano to
Don Brown. Robert Soffee added
the PAT.
Richmond kicked off to Al
Pierce who returned the ball to
Richmond’s 31. Harding Wood
passed to Jim Gravely for the
distance, giving the Braves a 27
to 7 lead at halftiine after Wood
added the PAT.
Al Vaughn, in the third quar
ter, went over from 13 yards out
for the powerful Braves giving
them a 33-7 lead at the end of
the third period.
Coach Appenzeller played all
of his Braves in the last period
as Richmond scored 19 points
and Chowan scored 7. Don
Brown scored all of the touch
downs and PAT’S for Richmond.
He scored from the 12, 4, and 2
yard lines. Jim Gravely scored
the Chowan touchdown on a 17
yard pass from Herman Clark.
Gravely added the PAT.
Ben Rich, Ted Rollins, Jack
Crenshaw, Fletcher Baker, Em
mett Wadford, Ike Gay, Joe Ho
neycutt and Bill Mooneyham
showed up well for the Braves.
Braves Feature Long
Runs in Wesley Win
Albert Vaughn scooted 78
vards with a punt return and
Jack Crenshaw went 65 yards
with another punt as Chowan
defeated Wesley College of Dela
ware, 25—B. in a game played
in driving rain at Ahoskie.
'i*his was Chowafi’s second
straight varsity victory of the
season. It was plain to see
that the Braves could have
beaten Wesley as decisively as
they wished, but Coach Appen-
zeller’s Braves were riddled
with substitutes after the second
touchdown. The second touch
down was scored after 10 min
utes in the first period.
John Warren made gains of
11, 6, 5, 25, 13, 19, and 56 yards
in that order in seven carries
for a total of 125 yards and an
average of 18 yards per carry.
Tlie 50 yard carry was good
for a touchdown. This touch
down gave Warren 4 for the new
season. Jack Crenshaw has car
ried the ball five times
this season for 124 yards and an
average of 24 yards per carry.
Crenshaw has scored two
touchdowns this season. Albert
Vaughn carried the ball four
times against Wesley College
for 38 yards, caught a pass for
10 yards, and returned a punt
65 yards for a touchdown. This
was Vaughn’s first touchdown of
the season, but he is credited
with setting up two other scores.
Herman Clark passed 22 yards
to end Jim Gravely for the other
score.
Coach Appenzeller played eve
ry man on his squad. All showed
up well and several fourth
quarter substitutes showed signs
of being capable of helping the
Braves to future victories.
Harold Willis, the fourth team
fullback, showed the first three
teams and the crowd that stay
ed for the fourth period a fine
job of faking. The befuddled
Giants from Delaware had no
idea who had the ball and many
were faked into going for Willis.
Braves Average 351
Yards Against Foes
The Chowan Braves averaged
351 yards per game in routing
their first five opponents, of
ficial statistics from the games
indicate.
The Braves, more successful
on the ground than through the
air, struck for 231 yards per
game while they stuck to rush
ing. Quarterbacks Wood and
Clark uncorked their pitching
arms for 143 yards per game.
Newport News furnished the
most leaky defense for the
charges of Coach Herb Appen
zeller as the Braves rolled up
some 436 yards against the
Tars. The Baltimore defense
proved to be the stingiest with
Chowan making only 313 yards
against them.
Hargraves moved against the
Braves for 260 yards to prove
the most troublesome team for
Chowan to handle. The Cadets
also amassed the most ground
yardage with 147 yards.
Gridiron Wisdom
Coach Herb Appenzeller has done a fine job wtih the
football team this fall.
The team tackles hard, blocks downfield as well as many
college teams, and plays a solide game grounded on the fun
damentals of the game as laid out by such adherents of rock-
em-sock-em football as Major Bob Neyland of Tennessee and
Wallace Wade of Duke.
Anyone who was in school in the early days of school
knows Appenzeller’s secret weapon. Condition anl more con
dition has been the rule of the club. Run to the lake; run back
in the dawn’s early light.
Head-on tackling drills with imperfections penalized by
another try at it. A constant drill to get the many varieties of
he tricky split T formation “down pat” and spring Warren,
Crenshaw and so fourth down the field for long runs.
It is hard to tell yet wherther Chowan will have an oppo-
feated sea?on, but win, lose, or draw, all of Chowan's oppo-
nets can tell by the charley horses and the bruises that they
have been on the field with a surperbly conditioned and train
ed football team.
But even with an undefeated season, Appenzeller’s chief
claim to distinction lies in yet another sphere. Not a man has
been cut from his squad this year.
In these days of participation from the grandstand, it
seems to us that here is a marked departure from the policy
of many large universities who demand a barrel of press
clippings from a player before they will let him remain a
member of their squads.
The policy of letting a man remain on the squad in spite
of previous experience and early ineptness is one which will
certainly pay heavy future dividends. It may give a player
the necessary strength and coordination to pue him through a
tough marine or partrooper basic training course. It may on
the other hand equip another player with the necessary
stamina, leadership and other qualities developed on the foot
ball field to stand up to a crisis in civilian life.
Athletics and the values gained from them certainly
rank among academic and social training as a chief benefit
of a college. Coach Appenzeller is to be complimented for
letting the ‘differs’ gain its profits along with the ‘prose’.
Summary of Games
CHOWAN — WESLEY
Cho. Wes.
HALF THE WOMEN hired by
men are as smart as the men—
at least so the women think.
First downs
11
4
Rushing yardage
237
114
Yards lost rushing
8
51
Passing yardage
93
56
Passes attempted
8
7
Passes completed
7
4
Punting avei'age
29
37
Fumbles lost
1
1
Yards penalized
40
15
Chowan 13
6 6
0—25
Wesly 0
0 6
0— 6
CHOWAN — BALTIMORE
First downs
Rushing yardage
Yards lost rushing
Passing yardage
Passes attempted
Passes completed
Fumbles lost
Yards penalized
Chowan
Baltimore
Cho.
Balt.
12
6
233
110
5
28
80
7
7
8
3
2
0
2
125
50
7
7 7
0—21
0
0 0
0— 0
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COACH LOOKS ON—Coach Appenzeller, forefront, ppses for a shot as his Braves score their
fourth touchdown of the game over the Newport News Shipbuilders. On the right is line coach Paul
Davis. Members of the squad are 21, John Warren, 27, Don Deaton, 30, Emmett Wadford, 31,
Daryl Allen. In the back ground on the right is Vaughn Fowler, former line coach. On the left is
Harold Brown one of Chowan’s student managers.
Greetings
And
l?esl Wishes
To
Chowan College
Pure Food Store
Murfreesboro, N. C.