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February 23, 1954 THE CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN Page 3 CC OWLS MAY BE TOURNEY PARTICIPANTS The Charlotte College Basketball team has not fared too well thus far this season. The Owls still are not out of conten tion for a tourney berth, however. C. C. has won only two con ference games so far this year, and they have four remaining conference games to be played. Two of the games will be played at home, and two will be played on the road. The two home games are with Chowan and Louisburg, both being first-class ball clubs. Pfeiffer and Wilmington will be met on foreign soil. OWLS - (Conti nued From Page 1) Coach Sparger substituted freely as the Owls romped merrily along. Brown canned 16 and Martin dropped in 11 to lead the attack. C. C. 40, Gardner-W'ebb 78 On Jan. 18, Charlotte College took to the road and returned a visit to Gardner-Webb. Revenge was indeed sweet for the Bulldogs as they defeated the Owls 78-40. The first quarter was close; but as the game wore on the story was evident. After playing an inspired first half, the Owls faltered again due to shyness in the reserve de partment. John Kilgo paced the C. C. attack with 14 points. C. C. 49. Tech 52 Charlotte College moved across town on Jan. 19 to play Tech High School and was defeated in a wild and rough contest, 52-49. The Owls jumped to a quick lead, and maintained it hroughout most of the game; but scrapping against the Wolfpack and the referee was too much to cope with. In all, C. C. had 6 technical fouls called against them. Brown with 15, Carter with 12, and Keever with 8 led the Owl at tack. Big Jim Moyle, Tech’s high scorer, bagged 19 points; but Rob ert Knox and Ronald Patterson did a beautiful job of guarding Moyle as they repeatedly took the ball away from him. C. C. 76, E. M. I. 74 On Jan. 20 the C. C. Owls racked up their second conference win of the season as they edged Edwards Military Institute, 76-74. The game was a real thriller from beginning to end. For the first time in over a month George Sparger’s “Owls” looked like the team they were sup posed to. Edwards pulled away fast in the first period, and built up a 9-point lead. But the never-say-die lads from Charlotte College fought back. PHYSIC SCALES The hapless sergeant was wait ing around the station for the train that would take him back to camp. To while away the time, he inserted a penny in the weighing machine. Out came a card which read: “Your name is Sergeant Martin, your weight is 190 pounds, and you are going to Fort Eustic, Virginia.” The sergeant was astounded. Determined to solve the mystery, he plunked another penny in the slot. Again came the same infor mation. Going to the men’s room, he bor rowed the colored attendant’s cap and white coat and also blackened his face. Out on the scales again, he in serted his coin and got his card: “Your name is Sergeant Martin, your weight is 190 pounds, and while you were horsing around in the washroom you missed your train to camp.” and by halftime the score read E. M. I. 44, C. C. 41. After a spirited halftime ses sion the Owls charged onto the court and literally tore the Cadets apart. Then in the waning seconds, with the score knotted 74-all, John Kilgo calmly stepped to foul line and dropped through two points. That was the game except the celebrat ing; for the Owls had walked away with their fourth win of the season. Keever hit for 20 points and Brown for 24 to lead the winners. Martin and Graham also played well. C. C. 52, Wingate 70 Smarting from their win over Edwards, the Charlotte lads enter tained their old rivals from Win gate and were nipped by the fabu lous Bulldogs, 70-52. The Owls jumped off to a fast start and the Bulldogs were soon to find out that they were in a real ball game. The score at intermis sion read Wingate 34, Charlotte College 28. In the third period the Wingate coach began to substitute freely and the valiant Owls fell behind; with the issue then being decided. Glen Keever and Brown dropped in 17 points apiece to pace C. C. C. C. 86, Wilmington 100 On Jan. 25 the Wilmington Jun ior College Sea Hawks spanked C. C. 100-86 in a high-scoring thrill er. It was a dog-eat-dog battle from the beginning, with both clubs hitting with unbelievable accuracy. The Hawks maintained a small lead throughout the game, but the Owls remained within striking distance until the final quarter. In the scoring department John Kilgo and Brown led the Owls, with 16 and 38 points, respectively. Morton with 31 and Charlie Niven with 25 points paced Wil mington. We “old-timers” here at Char lotte College warmly w'elcome all those who have come to join us in our struggle toward higher learn ing. Those who have joined our great institution are: John B. Ad cock, Fletcher Marks Arnold, Ben Joseph Broadway, William A. By rum, John Ford Carter, Armand T. Daniel, Glenn Eugene Davis, Mer- win Edsel Ford, Walter Darden Hampton, Jr., William Harold Hendley, Frances Ruth Horne, Walter T. James, Jr., Nancy Caro lyn Kiser, Sammy Harway Kunkle, Daniel Kinse Marlow, Addison Berkley Martin, Charles 0. Saun ders, William Franklin Saunders, George Henry Talbot, James Ed ward Walker, and Laurice White. We also welcome back the fol lowing people who have been here before, but weren’t here last quar ter: John Kendall Eaves, Velma McKnight, Mary M. Metier, and Harry McCall Venable. In order to qualify for the annual tournament to be held at Campbell College late in February, the C. C. team will have to place as high as eighth in the conference standings. If the Owls take three of their re maining four games, they will defi nitely be a tourney team. If two of the remaining games are won, a tourney berth is a possibility. All of the teams remaining to be played have beaten the Owls once already this year. I, for one, think that the Owls will have to hustle and be at their peak for all of their remaining en counters if they are to qualify for the annual dribble derby. The C. C. team is good enough to win all four of these games if they wake up and play some ball. No team in the conference, w’ith the exception of Wingate, has shown any great superiority over the Owls. Pfeiffer, Louisburg, and Wilmington can be taken if the C. C. team plays the ball they are capable of playing. If the C. C. team qualifies for the tournament they have an excellent chance of winning the conference crown. Qualifying for the tourna ment will give the Owls all the confidence they need to go on to higher laurels. If Keever, Knox, and Martin put a good night to gether anything could happen. No team in this league is unbeatable by any means. C. C. has the mate rial and the coach to place them selves in the top eight in the league. It would indeed be an honor to the school if this year’s squad could carry the Maroon and White ban ners into this year’s tournament. Like I said, if Keever, Martin, Knox, and some of the other boys put a good night together anything could happen. If the Owls make the trip to Campbell, a trip to Wichita, Kansas, would not be an impossi bility. Come out and back the team as they head down the home stretch drive. How would you like the head lines of the paper to read something like this? “CHARLOTTE COL LEGE NEW JUNIOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL C H A M P I 0 NS.” Sounds good, doesn’t it? JOHN KILGO SYMPATHY The student body extends its deepest sympathy to Harriet Mc- Sheehan in the recent death of her aunt, and to James Pearson on the recent death of his father. ALLURING ALUMNI Robert Stone, seen at the Liberty Life Soda Shop, says that we shouldn’t let Richard Stone ruin the family name. Jimmy Thaxton. seen uptown, is recuperating from Clemson’s engi neering exams. L. A. Spake, pulling good grades on recent exams, has jumped to junior status at UNC. Wellene Hodge, now with Gen eral Electric Co., attended a recent Spanish meet. Charles Brice, a last year grad uate, has attained senior rank at UNC. Velma Raye, secretary-treasurer of the Spanish Club, was back for a tango-rhumba session. (Surely was fun.) Bill Braswell, only a few weeks out of the Air Force, is considering UNC. Marilyn Daly, former vice-presi dent of the Student Council, as vi- cationing at the Memorial. (What a lucky break!) Sula Flores, now at UNC, con tinues to pull top grades there. Fred Morrison, spied socializing at the Christmas Dance, is at Da vidson now, diggin’ a history major. Harry Dellinger and the moun tains are at Western Carolina Teachers College. (Pass the jug, Harry.) Jerry Duncan is majoring in Business at UNC. He didn’t say what business. JIM GUNNELLS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION The Charlotte College Alumni Association held its midyear meet ing on January 30 in the Home Economics Kitchen of Central High School. A spaghetti dinner was served and a short business meet ing was held. The association was told of the Annual staff’s problem concerning funds and promptly made plans to purchase an eighth of a page ad. Among those present were Sula Floros, Demetrios Nixon, David “Cotton” Cash, Harriet McSheehan, Carolyn Reichard, Mary Camp, Dor sey Mcllroy, Miss Mary Denny, Miss Bonnie Cone, Mrs. Frances Hoyle, Mrs. Edyth Winningham, and Dr. Herbert Hechenbleikner. The next meeting is to be held the 8th of June, 1954. Amendments to the constitution will be the main (Continued On Page 4) SAM SMITH NEW STUDENTS
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