'Big Blue Braves Battle
Catamounts; Win 32-6
By CHARLES BROWN
Chowanian Sports Writer
Despite the ill omens of twice
losing, the “Big Blue” Braves
toppled a heavy Potomac State
eleven, 32-6. The game was
played Saturday night, Septem
ber 19 on the Murfreesboro cam
pus.
Clarence Murphy and Dave
Kelly were the winning punch
for the Chowan eleven’s first
win of the season. The Cata
mounts of Keyser, West Va.,
found the airways filled with
footballs as Chowan’s quarter
backs completed nine of 18 at
tempted passes.
The first quarter started to be
a punters duel as Potomac State
punted three times and Chowan
two. Murphy, however, hit “pay
dirt” within five minutes from
the starting whistle of the first
quarter to put the Braves on
the score board.
Murphy found Tom Grayson
all alone, as he threw a 6 2
yard pass. Grayson simply skip
ped across the goal line for the
score. Grayson, a 5-10, 170
pounder, then kicked the extra
point to make it 7-0 Braves.
In the second period Potomac
State finally made the touch
down route. Starting from the
37 yard line the Catamounts
drove to the goal. Chowan put
up a great goal line defense
stopping Potomac State for six
downs inside Chowan’s three
yard line.
Bill Mabbitt, though, could not
be stopped and he plunged over
for the score. The kick that fol
lowed failed and the Braves
were ahead at halftime 7-6.
Murphy uncorked his arm
again early in the third quarter
and found Gary Tolley to com
plete a 70 yard pass to touch
down land. The kick failed to
get the P. A. T., 13-6, Chowan.
A 13 yard run by Tolley end
ed the scoring for the Braves
for the third quarter of play.
Blocked Punts Give Wesley
College Victory Over Chowan
By PETE DAY and ROY ALLEN
Chowanian Sports Writers
DOVER, DEL.—Wayne Tuck
er’s blocked punt, early in t h e
top period, set up what proved
to be a winning punch as Wesley
beat Chowan 27-20. The game was
played Saturday, September 19 at
Wesley College.
The undefeated Wesley team
handed the Chowan Braves their
second straight defeat in a close
game going down to the last
whistle.
The Wesley eleven opened the
scoring in the first quarter with a
ten yard touchdown. The point aft
er was good giving the Wesley
team a 7-0 lead.
Wesley came across again in
the first period on another ten
yard plunge. The extra point was
good and they moved further
ahead of the Braves.
Chowan’s eleven were not to be
stopped though and late in t h e
first quarter they made a move.
Quarterback Murphy passed nine
yards to Grayson for the Braves
first touchdown of the game.
The point after was good and
the Braves narrowed the Wesley
lead to one T.D.
Chowan opened the second peri
od with a score on a two yard
plunge by Manning for the
score. The extra point failed and
the score stood 14-13 Wesley.
The Braves managed to squeeze
ahead at the end of the second
quarter to lead at halftime after
the Braves defense recovered a
fumble on the Wesley nine yard
line.
Two plays later Pulling crashed
over the goal line for the score.
Again the extra point attempt
was no good and the Braves had
a 20-14 halftime lead. This is simi
lar to the week before’s game
when Chowan went to the dress-
ingrooms at half time with a
score of 7-0 Chowan.
The third period of action saw
the lead turn into defeat. Tucker
was back to punt for the Braves.
The whole Wesley line crushed
through to block the punt. A Wes
ley defensive man picked up the
loose pigskin and dashed 18 yards
to score.
The extra point attempt was
good and the Wesley team took
the lead 21-20.
Again in the forth quarter with
Tucker standing on the one yard
line to punt he was stopped. The
Wesley defense pulled him down
on the one yard line.
On the first play from scrim
mage the Wesley team provided
the final score. The extra point
failed giving the Wesley eleven a
27-20 victory.
The Chowan defense held t h e
Wesley team to only 91 yards on
the ground while the Braves pick
ed up 130 yards rushing.
The Braves attempted 19 passes
which were good for 98 yards.
The Braves were penalized 110
yards. Wesley was charged 20.
READY FOR TRAINING—Wayne Myers of Richmond, Va., is
busy unloading his gear when he arrived on campus in August.
Wayne is a member of the Braves’ defensive unit.
Tolley swept around right end
to make the score. In the ex
citement of their first win the
kick failed to get the point aft
er, 19-6, Braves.
In the fourth quarter Coach
James Garrison felt he was far
enough ahead to put freshman
quarterback Dave Kelly in the
game. This was the first game
the Harrisonburg player has
played in because of pre-season
injury.
An orgy of maladies plagued
both eleven in the final qu£u-ter
of play, but Kelly completed
for the talented 195 pounder from
several passes to set up a scor
ing drive. Grayson, who was at
his best, then raced around
left end for the score. He con
nected with a good boot next
for the point after touchdown,
26-6, Chowan.
Late in the fourth period Cho
wan was on the move again.
Despite an offensive holding pen
alty of 15 yards, which recalled
a T.D. off the right side, the
Braves went on the warpath
and connected with a pass play
down the middle for the final
six points.
Kelly threw 35 yards to James
Pulling, a 5’8” sophomore from
Richmond, Va., for the final
scoring of the night.
Chowan’s defensive unit final
ly jelled into action. They held
the Potamac State team to 46
yards rushing and 78 yards pass
ing. The Catamounts could only
make six first downs. The game
showed the the “Big Blue” was
now ready and will be tough to
deal with in the future.
The offense for the Braves
was also hot. They rolled up a
total of 168 yards on the ground
and 250 in the air for a total
of 416 yards.
Chowan Loses
To Lees-McRoe
In Grid Opener
By TOM FOSTER
BANNER ELK—Halfback Tom
Grayson’s three yard plunge
proved to be the Braves only
scoring as they dropped their
‘64 football opener to Lees-Mc-
Rae 19-7. The game was played
Saturday night, September 12 at
Lees-McRae College in Banner
Elk.
The Chowan Braves, who de
feated the Bobcats last year
and the year before, found the
shoe on the other foot this
season.
Chowan, ranked 10th in pre
season pick by the NJCAA,
drew first blood with a 90 yard
drive in the second quarter be
hind the running of Jim Pullin
and Tom Grayson. Pullin car
ried four times for a total of
64 yards, but a penalty set the
Braves back five yards. Pullin
made a right end run for an ad
ditional 31 yards and Grayson
slammed over from the 3 yard
line for the score.
In the first half Chowan roll
ed up eleven first downs to the
Bobcat’s one. The Bobcats had
over 25 yards rushing, as they
had the ball only 16 plays in the
first half.
Chowan dominated the first
half by executing 35 plays and
rolling up a ground game of
165 yards rushing. The Braves
went to the dressing room with
a 7-0 lead.
The Bobcats roared back in
the second half and completely
dominated play as Freddie Wal
ton fired two long passes to hit
Chris Maliska for both TD’s.
Captain Steve Tate cut back on
a wide end sweep and raced to
pay dirt from the eleven yard
line for the finishing touch.
'.N':
LEADING THE WAY—Rick Dudley, No. 75, blocks for ball-
carrying Tommy Grayson in the Braves-Catamount game recently.
Grayson reached “pay dirt” several times in Chowan’s victory.
SPORTS
TEPEE
BY TOM FOSTER
Sports Editor
For those who wish to know, this column will differ
from most College Newspapers’ Sports columns. In the
next few months I will try to go into many different
angles and sidelines on the sports trails.
While one month we might go into a story about a
fishing trip, the next might be about the game of win
ter baseball.
Well, let’s see what was written on the Tepee wall
this first month of school.
Don’t Let The Cat In
If it smells fishie around Cabin I its because an old
sailor living there by the name of Captain Ben Brooks.
Ben and his brother own and operate the chartered
boat Ocean Spray out of Harkers Island, N. C. They
operate the boat in the summer for fun and profit.
Cap’t Brooks can claim some records in the fishing
books. In 1963 he caught the biggest Cobia fish in the
waters off North Carolina for that year. The fish tip
ped the scales at 65 pounds even.
As Ben tells it he and his brother had taken a fishing
party out one day. It was windy and the tide was high
and choppy. He said, “The only reason we went out
was because they n a g g e d us and we could use the
money. Only for the money.”
One of the members of the party got a bite but
couldn’t hold on to him. Some others tried but the big
fish kept getting away. When our fearless Chowan Cap
tain tried his luck he snapped the big one and took the
prize.
Ben says that as far as he can remember they were
fishing along the beach about two or three miles out
in the water. The official records show that the fish
measured fifty-six inches long. Whow. what a fish!
When Ben gets your ear he keeps it and tells one of
his fishing stories. No, not about the one that got away,
about the one that jumped in.
It seems that Brooks and his party were fishing just
east of Cape Lookout. Just about 22 miles from the
Cape on an old tanker ship wreck.
They were catching King Mackeral in a plenty. They
were using a type of a Man-o-War lure for bait with
Mullete tied to it. Ben claims that he was holding a
mullete over the side of the boat when a 15 pound King
Mackeral jumped up. The Mackeral grabbed the fish
and fell into the boat.
Ben says that if he hadn’t jumped out of the way,
the fish would have bitten him.
Anyone else got a good TRUE fishing story? If you
do, why not drop it by the Sports Office of the Cho
wanian.
Six Man Football?
Has anyone heard of six man football? Well if you
haven’t then talk to Person Chrisman, in the Gibbs
House. Person played halfback for Bath High School
in Bath, N. C.
The school only had 200 students so a small squad
was only natural, I guess. The team was the N. C.
State Champion for six man football when Chrisman
was there and he remembers helping his team by trip
ping over the goal line eight times.
Another of the Sportsmen in Cabin I is Jim Mercer.
Jim is a transfer student from Randolph-Macon Col
lege in Virginia.
First squad, right guard was the position for Jim
last year when he played for the R-M eleven. Jim took
the blocks and tackles hard that year and ended up
being benched with water on the knee.
Coach, sir: “I’ve cleaned off all that writing on the
Braves Tepee wall so may I go back to my dorm now?
Thank you.”
FOR OCTOBER, 1964
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