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STRESSING A POINT—Coach James Garrison talks sternly to the Braves during halftime of the Chowan-Lees-McRae game. The pep talk helped—for Chowan won 32-26. Braves Battle Bobcats; 'Big Blue Ends Season By Trouncing Bulldogs The Chowan College Braves dipped into their bag of tricks and came out with a trick in the form of a 33-26 victory over the Lees McRae Bobcats. It was Halloween at its finest as the Braves displayed a great rushing attack and the Bobcats the fireworks through the air. Both teams displayed a mighty offense in one form or another as 59 points crept up on the scoreboard. The scoring started early in the first quarter with the Braves drawing first blood on a 74 yard touchdown drive with Dave Kelly sweeping left end for the score, Tom Grayson added the point after, and the Braves had a quick 7-0 lead over the heavy Boocat team. After another drive in the first poi iiKi quarterback Clarence Murphy hit Robert Vernon with a four yard toss for the Braves second tally. Grayson converted and the Braves lead increased to 14-0 at the end of the first period. The Bobcats got their offer'-.e rolling in the second qua’ter with quarterback Freddie Wal ton plunging over from the one yard line. The point after failed. The Braves recovered quickly and added another touchdown on Gary Tolley's four yard dash around the end. Grayson con verted to give the Braves a lead at the half. In the final half the Bobcats fillet! the air with pa.s.ses. three resulting in touchdowns. Walton threw three touchdown passes, two to the hands of Chris Mal- iska and one to Wayne Myers. Chowan's final touchdowns in tlio second half came on runs by Murphy of one yard and Dave Kelly of 12 yards. The offensive line of Chowan time and lime again cleared out gaping holes in the Bobcats sec ondary to spring Braves backs for long gains. The fine blocking was credited to Jonedwin Wat son, Dave Whitten, Rick Dudley, Mike Pintz and Earl Cleghorn for helping make possible the 337 yards picked up on the ground. Dave Kelly quarterback filling in for the injured Tom Grayson at. halfback proved that he can run as well as pass as he racked up 126 yards in 21 carries to lead the Chowan ground forces for the night. It was not all Chowan however as a Bobcat rifleman named Freddie Walton filled the air with so many footballs, it looked as though rain might come be fore it was all over. He threw 40 times completing 20 of these for 283 yards through the air. This fireballing right hander from Kingsport, Tenn. turned a runaway into a great football game by throwing for three touchdowns and runnin;j for one. By TOM FOSTER RICHMOND — Larry Taylor ran the opening kickoff back 98 yards for a touchdown and the Chowan Braves never let up as they walloped the Richmond Frosh team 40-20. The game was played at Richmond on Satur day, October 24. The Braves scored the second time they had the pigskin too. Clarence Murphy saw Gary Tolley all alone and fired a 40 yard touchdown pass. At this point it looked a s though the Braves would run the Richmond team right out of their own stadium, but the Baby Spiders gained enough control to stop several Braves’ scoring drives in the first half. Late in the second period Richmond made the score-board. oim Helm, quarterback for the Baby Spiders, guided his team 64 yards. He then threw a 6 yard pass to Jim McKenna for the score. Mike Bragg, their young kicking specialist, added the extra point and the f i r st half came to an end, with the score 14-7 — Braves favor. In the second half the Braves really showed their muscles as Dave Kelly ran 15 yards for a touchdown that capped a scor ing drive of 57 yards. Chowan's next touchdown came on a one yard plunge by Tom Grayson, who played the key role in this drive, Richmond got back on the scoreboard as Tommy Dickens ran around the left end to make it 27-14 in the third quarter. Chowan's final two touchdowns came on a 25 yard pass from Murphy to Tolley and a one yard plunge by Bill Daugh- teridge in the final period of play. Playing outstanding defense Win 32-26 The game was finally decided ■vhen Tom Grayson picked off a desperation pass with 24 se conds left which enabled Cho wan to run out the clock. The Bobcats downed the Braves in their first game of ihe season at Banne.- Elk, 9-7. The Braves squeezed dry the Bulldogs in their first meeimg this season at Shelby, 9-6, for the Braves were Gary Wiles, Rick Dudley, John Arnetts and Jeff Howard. the big show however was put on by the Braves offensive unit which gained a total of 307 yards. Murphy. Grayson, Kelly, and Daughteridge paved the way for the Chowan offense. After the game Coach Garri son was quite happy about the win. He said that he felt the boys were that good and could have won the game against Ferrum if "we had just had the breaks," Penalities were not as preva lent in this game as they were in the Ferrum game, Chowan lead in penalities with 57 yards, Richmond had only 20, In one statistic both teams were tied, each team had 12 first downs for the game. Chowan rushed for 132 yards, and gained 175 yards through the air route. Richmond rushed for a total of 147 yards, and passed for only 56 yards. Tom Grayson had a good day in kicking. He added four points after T,D, for the Braves. Next Month Due to the lack of space, THE CHOWANIAN was unable to carry the picture of the 1964 Chowan Braves Football squad. In the December issue, com plete statistics will be published along with the team picture and a "wrap-up " review of the sea son. By TOM FOSTER Gary Tolley picked up a block^ punt and raced 18 yards to pay dirt for the first score as Chowan walked over Gardner- Webb 35-0. The game was played here at the Chowan College .ath letic Stadium on Saturday, Nov ember 7. The Braves tallied in every period but the first. They built a commanding lead at halftime of 21-0 to make even the Bull dogs’ coach worry. The Braves defense was cre dited with the majority of the Braves’ slaughter of toe Bull dogs. Players on the defensive team recovered fumbles, blocked punts, and intercepted several passes to set up touchdowns for the Big Blue Offensive team. The only bright factor in the Bulldog loosing cause was the fact that they managed to pick up 15 first downs and 227 yards rushing though unable to pro duce a scoring threat. The Braves got on the score board early in the second period as Gary Tolley, 5-10 Freshman Back from Richmond, Va., picked up a blocked punt on the 18 yard line and hurried off to the goal line. Tom Grayson, the magic kicker fo.- Chowan among other things, added the point after and the Braves jumped off to a 7-0 lead. The Bulldogs received Cho wan’s kick after the T.D. and coul i do nothing but retain the orginal line of scrimmage. The Biavej then took over posses sion of the ball and were off to p^y dirt again. Halfback Dave Kelly fired an 18 yard pass to quarterback Clarence Murphy on an unusual play with the quarterback being an el i g i b 1 e receiver. With the Bulldogs in a state of con fusion over the play allowed Muri'h ' to scamper in for the six points. 1 ing a fine night, Grayson cot.rerted and the Braves’ mar- gi.i inc. eased to 14 points. With the Bulldogs in posses sion of the ball, Chowan end Jeff Howard hit the Bulldog quarte. back causing him to loose his grip on the ball. Cary Slade, a defensive tackle for the “Big Blue” picked up the lost pigskin and raced 15 yards for the score. Grayson converted for the third time in the half for the point after T.D. As the end of the first half came the score stood 21-0, Chowan. The Braves were not done yet and the second half proved to be as bad for the Gardner- Webb team as the first. Tolley, along with some ex pert blocking, snatched the sec ond half opening kickoff on his own 10 yard line and raced 90 yards to “pay dirt.” It was Tolley's second touchdown of the night. Grayson added the point after to make it 28-0, Chowan, An 85 yard drive proved to be the last scoring for the Braves. The Chowan eleven started on their own 15 yard line and with brute force went down for the score. The drive was climaxed when halfback Grayson, plunged over the goal line from the one yard marker. The final T.D, for Chowan came in the fourth quarter of play. As the crowd waited, Tom Grayson made it a perfect five for five as he booted over the point after touchdown. The final stood 35-0. One big boy who must be sin;Ied out for great offensive and defensive play is big Rick Dudley, a sophomore from Me- bane. He has been a major factor in every game for the Braves this season despite an a^m injury suffered in preseason practice. This was the last game for the Chowan Braves who finished second in the Regional 10 Con ference with a 3-2 record and a 6-3 record for the season. Ferrum won the Conference title with a 13-0 football victory over the Lees-McRae Bobcats, that Saturday afternoon in a game at Banner Elk. Chowan College’s head football coach James Garrison attended Gardner-Webb. He played foot ball there and later was an as sistant coach under the present head coach that he beat. According to the record books. Garrison has met his old coach in grid action six times. Gar rison has won five out of the six meetings with the Nov, 7 game being his largest margin. TR.ACK TEAM—Chowan's winning cross-country team is pic tured. They are. left to right, kneeling. David Brown, Charles Twiddy and Jimmy Holt. Standing, Ross Whitfield and Don Griffin. Taylor Sparks Braves To Win Over Richmond PAGE FOURTEEN THE CHOWANIAN
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