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THE CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN
March, 1956
BASKETBALL FACTS AT C.C.
It was leained not lonji' ago that
Buddy Smith, ('hai’lotte (’olleKe’s
basketball coach, miRht not return
next year. This is a j^reat blow to
all students involved in athletics
at C.C.
Althoujrh Buddy’s record at C.C.
is not sensational, what other coach
could have done better under the
same circumstances? There was
surely no other coach in the leag'ue
more respected by his players
than Buddy was. He taught good
hard clean basketball all the way.
With every defeat it seemed to
take something out of him, but the
next game he would bounce back
with even more encouragement. He
always had the spirit and never
once gave up.
It was only two years ago that
Buddy was a member of the Green
ville baseball club, where he played
first base. He led the Tri-State
League in batting for most of the
year and finally ended up by hit
ting almost 300.
We pass on a story that our
coach used to tell us. Says Buddy:
"While I was at Greenville we were
battling for first place with Ashe
ville. At that time everyone in the
city was our friend. We would be
offered free meals, could get into
the shows free, and we often re
ceived gifts. Everyone had a smile
for us and everyone was more than
friendly. Howevei', towai'd the end
of the season we went into a terri
ble slump. We went straight to the
cellar. At this point the people
would not even speak to us. No
meals, no shows, no nothing was
offered us. In fact, they even
brought tomatoes or something
siniiliar out to the ball park and
threw them at us." Thus Buddy
concludes, “When you win you win
with everybody, but when you lose
you lose alone.”
How true this statement is. Of
course, it may be that the students
at C.C. are tired of having a loser.
But the fact still remains that C.C.
will probably never have a winner
unless they change conferences or
change their policy toward ath
letics. Some of the schools in the
conference give as many as ten or
eleven scholarships for basketball
per year. All this plus regular
practice, training rules, regular
times to eat and so on makes a
team. Then, also the students are
behind the boys. In the game play
ed at Wilmington, both C.C. and
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RECORD ROUND-UP
Well, hi there, anil here we are
aK'ain with what’s tops this month
on the air and in the juke boxes
all around the country. Well let’s
Ket the ball rolling- with a hot one.
It’s a matter of discussion
whether the record should be called
"the devil is a woman”, the devil
is an omen”, or “Lovely Lies”. Of
course, the title is “Lovely Lies”.
Whatever you may wish to call
it the fact is not changed that it Is
one of the hottest platters making-
the circuit this month. Your beliefs
on the name of this record may be
fully explained because the voca
lists on this disc are from Africa,
yes I said .Africa, and their Enfflish
is limited.
Someone has given us a hot tip
that there are a couple more hot
discs to keep an eye on. These are
Billy Eckstine’s “The Bitter with
the Sweet” and Frank Sinatra’s
“FI owe IS Mean Forgiveness.”
We’ve heard both and they seem to
be what the public wants. While
speaking of Frank Sinatra by the
way, he’s not such a bad actor just
as he is a great vocalist. If you
have seen his current picture you
will probably comflrm this state
ment.
We’ve been listening to several
of Jerry Southern’s records during
the past weeks and have come to
the conclusion that she should rank
among- the top female recording
stars of the day. All her tunes are
quick and simple little ditties with
a sentimental background. Watch
this girl because one of these first
days she’ll get the right record
and will set the record shops buz
zing.
It has been quite a long time
since we’ve heaid anything- from
the Hilltoppers but now this group
has come up with a new recording
which promises to be a large sel
ler. We’ll wait to see if our prog
nostication is correct.
This column would not be comp
lete without mentioning one of the
most popular stars of the record
ing world today, Elvis I’ressley.
There is a varied opinion of this
fellow but this column gives him
our vote. He has a mixture of hill
billy, popular, and rock and roll
styling-. We are going to go out on
a limb and predict that he will make
a million. (Dollars or recoids).
GOLF TEAM PROPOSED
Since the basketball season has
concluded and athletic events are
a thing of the past, there has been
talk around the school of foi-ming
a golf team.
The people that want a golf team
say that it can be a success with
the school’s assistance. They say
that the golf team was a success
last yeai- and that it can be again
this year.
We believe In the stuff we are handing out, in the firm we are
working- for, and in our ability to get results. We believe
that honest stuff can be passed out to honest men by honest
methods. We believe in working, not weeping; in boosting, not
knocking; and in the pleasure of our job. We believe that a man
gets what he goes after, that one deed done today Is worth two
deeds tomorrow, and that no man is down and out until he has
lost faith in himself. We believe in today and the work we are
doing, in tomorrow and the work we hope to do, and in the sure
reward which the future holds. We believe in courtesy, in kind
ness, in generosity, In good cheer, in friendships, and In honest
competition. We believe that there is something doing, some
where, for every man leady to do It. We believe we are ready
right now.
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