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ToncMownClub tagte Gridders The Morehead City Touchdown Club it one of the most active or ganizations currently helping to support football in the county. Boasting a membership of nearly 160 football fans, the club has come a long way in the five months since it was first organised. As early as the 1957 season, a group of business men had worked together to help the football team. Treats such as steak dinnefs were given the players during the sea son. After the Eagles won the state championship last year, the men collected enough money to buy Coach Norman Clark an outboard motor and assistant coach Walter Taylor a watch. Nick Galantis, unofficail presi dent of this group, began a mem bership drive during the last week of March. Assisted by Dr. Russell Outlaw and other civic-minded football fans, Mr. Galantis signed up 76 members at $3 per member during the first week. In less than two weeks the boosters (now known as the Touch down Club) reached their member ship goal of 100. As soon as this goal was reached a general mem bership meeting was called for the election of officers. Officers elected were Bernard Leary, president; Thomas Oglesby, vice-president; John Baker, sec retary; Mr. Galantis, treasurer, and Bob Seymour, public relations director. A six-man board of directors was also elected. Its members are Dr. Outlaw, George R. Wallace, Dom Femia, James Smith, Skip Willis, and Frank Cheek. Since the organization has been in existence, it has helped pay the coach's summer salary, donated $50 toward helping build restrooms at the football field and voted to give $200 to the school for equip ment. Seadogs (Continued from Pace 1, Section 2) Havelock put the first blemish on the Seadog record in the fourth game of the season. A rugged game resulted in a 13-13 tie be tween the two teams. The roof caved in on the Seadogs in the fifth game of the season. The Beaufort squad, hopeful of an upset, faced the power-packed Morehead City Eagles at Beaufort. The Eagles, in hot pursuit ,qf a (tate championship, had litfl# ?fflrr cy on the Seadogs as they rolled to a 4/-6 victory. End Calvin Jones broke his right arm during the game and was lost to the Seadogs for the rest of the season, a severe blow to Beau fort chances. The Seadogs, in their only slump of the season, dropped their sec ond straight game the following week, a 22-20 decision to the Wil mington Jayvees. Pull Big Upset The Beaufort gridders pulled off their biggest victory of the season as they got back on the beam the following week. The Seadogs hand ed an over -confident band of Jones Central Rockets a 12-0 shellacking. Jones Central, an AA-C school, waa rated as one of the top teams fa) eaatem North Carolina In pre season palls. Their fullback, Ray mond Conway, was building a ter rific reputation. The Seadogs played a defenaive system that allowed defensive star Clayton llunnings to devote his full time to Conway. The big full back was held in check all > night by the efforts of Hunnings and members of the Seadog line. The next Seadog victory came at the expense of the Pamlico Cen tral eleven. When the dust cleared away, the Seadogs had wrapped up a 26-0 victory over the Hurri cam*. When Swansboro c 1 o t e d its school doors due to a flu epidemic, the Seadogs scheduled a game with Clayton to fill in for the 9wanaboro game. The Com eta cam* to Beaufort with a record of five victories and two losses in competition with strong Class A schools in the piedmont section. Snail Crowd The Seadogs romped to an easy 29-6 victory over the Comets be fore a sparse crowd. Beaufort fans seemed too busy talking about coming games in the state play offs to bother with seeing the Sea dogs' last home game of the year. The Seadogs clashed with Farm ville in the opening round of the play ? offs Beaufort, depending heavily on a strong aerial attack, was unable to move the ball con sistently because of rain and high winds. Fsrmville, with a powerful run ning attack, rolled up good yard ace even though the Seadogs kept them away from' the and aene. When the game ended la -a score leas tie, officials announced that rannville would advance in the pUy-efis since they had gained ?are yardage from the line of aeriauaage. Figures were 20* yards for Farmville aad 1M for ^gloet of Ihc ^players who sparked year have graihiatod, leaving, CjjMk V^M. IfosTloMjthBjtoagji experiencedfjajrw. Climbs Support Grid hwfrems Photos by Bob Seymour )imn Potter, left, representing the Morekeud- Beaufort Elks Lodge, presents SIM checks to princi pals of the Molrtiwul City aid Beaufort high schools, ienvood Lee, center, and Bruce Tarkington. The money Is to he used for the schools' football programs. Bernard Leary, left, president of the Mon-head City Touchdown Club, gives a 60 check to Ixmh Russell, co-chairman of the Jaycee football committee. In the center Is Jaycee president Jerry Willis. The money will be used to help build restrooms at the football field. The picture was taken at the field where a new ticket booth was nnder construction. Faithful Morehead Fans Include ' Characters' , Prominent Citizens By NICK GALANTIS Thorp is much more to watching a football game than seeing who has the ball or which player made the last tackle. The fans along the sidelines are more interesting (sometimes) than the game. A few loyal fans never miss a Morehcad City game? at home or away. Things wouldn't look right, for instance, if Dom Femla weren't sitting on the bench beside the coach. Dom's tan topcoat and brown hat are trademarks of the cheering section Just like Coach Norman Clark's baseball cap is a trademark of the Eagles. Mayor George Dill, though not as conspicuous as some of the others, is one of the most regular fans it the games. The mayor was a member of Morehead City's first high school football team in 1922. Who Kiih Fastest? Dr. Russell Outlaw, a died-in the wool (an, wants to know Who runs the fastest? Gerald Jones or Skip Willis. When Gerald took off I through the Massey Hill team for a 75-yard run last year, Skip kept [pace all the way and was stand ing behind the end zone yelling .his head off when Jones crossed 'the goal. Everyone appreciates the job done by Bernard Leary and Jimmy Wallace as they operate the public address system for all the home game*. Warren Beck got Ms reputation for being a "die hard" at the 1t?? head-Beaufort game year be fan last. It rained so hard that night he waa the only man left In the bleachers. He said he didn't want to watch that game through the windshield of a car pulled up alaag the sidelines. Principal Backs Team School principal Lenwood Lee is behind the team 100 per cent. He even rides to many of the games on the aame bua with the players and coaches. Mr*. Lee goes along with him ob most of these jaunts. Basketball coach Gannon Tal hert is one of the most faithful faculty members at the gamea. He did everything from taku up tickets during the play-off games to giv ing impromptu pep talks to the fans. At the Mount Holly game he was overheard to say, "I'll be glad when the Eagle* win the cham pionship? I don't even have time to get my nerves back to normal before basketball season starts." Parents of (fee players are al ways in evidence along the side line*. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Oglei by ttont hesitate to leave their eaats when the Eagles are knock ing M that touchdown door James OothrieVdad takee things Mflr *a?. Mmh teaan* hide hi* excitement when hit boy breaks away for a long run. Now* that "Little Tony" Seamon has graduated, Ted Garner has taken Capt. Tony's place in the stands. Ralph Wade and the Morehead City band are some of the noisiest fans at the game but when it comes to yelling everybody has to take a back seat to Jimmy Smith and Wade Bell. There is always at least one doc tor in the stands just in case one of the boys gets hurt. Dr. Brady, Dr. Hatcher and Dr. Barnum are usually on hand for every game. Malcolm Reid and Headon Piner are a pair of the faithful "play followers" who walk up and down the sidelines following the action. The Jaycees, as a club, are always evident at the home games? wiling tickets, "working the concession stands and distributing programs. Other faithful fans include George Wallace. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Edwards, Clarence Pelle tier and former football stars like Kemp "Baby" Wicklzer. Kent Brown, Danny O'Neal and Horace Willis. Not ererybody can get out to the games, but if they can read there is always an account of the action In THE NEWS-TIMES. For those who can't read, there are always the pictures! Janes Fodrie . inkkCoadl James Fodrie. Seadoz mMint coach, to one of the belt athletes to be graduated from Beaufort High in the past 10 years. In high sdhool he played basketball, base ball and football. A graduate of Atlantic Christian College, Coach Fodrie has a major in physical education. In addition to taking courses at ACC, he stu died at the UnlTerslty of North Carolina and East Carolina Col lege Fodrie'a college education was interrupted for two years while he was In the service. In the Army he was In ipeclal services, coach ing baseball and acting as man ager of the post football team at Camp Henford. He played on the district championship basketball team while he was at the camp. Back In college, Fodrie played semi-pro basketball with the Thurs ton Motor Lines team that won the Eattern North Carolina champtan *U>. This It 'foarie'a first year as a coach and teacher. He will teach MM Willi gratis. He (to tthe Bo* at Mrs. Grace fodrto, Beaufort. Eagles (Continned from Page 1, Section 2) the goal line. The Eagles missed their attempt for the extra point and Wallace-Rose Hill left the field with a 14-13 lead at the half. A fourth-down pass from Olancy to Guthrie was good for the final Eagle touchdown, ft came with less than two minutes remaining in the game. This was the nearest the Eagles came to tasting defeat daring the long trail to the state title. They slaughtered Mnssey Hill 31-7 in a game played*at Wallace Rose Hill the following week. Jone and Guthrie scored three and two touchdowns respectively and Glan cy scored the extra point. The Eagles won the eastern championship with a 33-12 romp over Fuquay. The Eagles rolled to a XM lead in the first minutes of the third quarter and Coach Clark began to substitute freely. Fuquay managed to push two last-quarter touchdowns across, but It was too late then to stop the Eagles from taking the eastern championship. I Scares of layal tm drove I* m Mir (?MD-'Onftottx) to ate Mr Ra*t<i play Ike Mt. Holly Ihwfci far toe Mate M-C cbini ptonshtp It had mined ao much Ml when Ike game began. It m to I Km to lee by the time Ike |me m tnr. Eagle fans kept plenty warm, though, as they yelled for their team to pull the .game out of the fire. The Hawks were holding a 13-7 lead at the end of the first half. They scored on a TO-yard ran hy fullback James Helton an the first play from srrlimtare aad sewed an a 20-yard paas play. James Guthrie had scared all seven of the Eagle points on a' short plunge through the line and an extra point h Ike second half Ike Eagles roared back to aeare 2* points and wrap np the victory going away. Co-captains Richard Pow ers awl Gordon Patrick were presented with the state A AC Irapkj by 'Htp Perry executive secretary of the North CantUaa ?llh School Athletic Assorts Unrt than -MOO ta*?radted the Eaglaa when thay returned from lagksSdJkw Scoring Record WMi 375 Points ? JbmM Guthrie Leads Eagle Scoring Parade With 147 Points The Morehead City Eagles set a school scoring record last year with a total of 375 point* scored in 11 games. That was good tor an average of better than 34 points per contest. They held thetr oppo* nents to a mere 58 points or less than one touchdown per game, i The year before that the Eagles racked up 257 points while winning nine and losing two. They gave up a total of 110 points during the campaign. James Guthrie was the leading scorer for the Eagles last season. The flashy halfback crossed the goal line enough times to score 147 points. Guthrie was selected by his teammates as the best Of fensive player on the team. Gerald Jones, Guthrie's running mate at halfback, ran for 123 points. Jones was selected by the Eagles as the outstanding player on the squad for the second con secutive year. All -Conference Choice Quarterback John Glancy, who seldom ran with the ball, scored 28 points over the season. Olancy, an all-conference selection and Gerald Jones are the only mem bers of last year's starting back field that will not be back. Glancy's understudy last year, Jackie McQueen, was scheduled to direct the Eagles from the quar terback slot this season, but may be used as a halfback. He scored six points last season. Fullback Freddie Oglesby will be back for his senior year this year and will be out to improve on his record of 21 points scored last year. The big fullback will be called on more often this year than he was last since that was his first season at that position. Oglesby was a tackle his sopho more ?year. Snags Three TD Passes End L i n w o o d Swinson, now graduated, caught three touch down passes last season for 18 points. Alert, heads-up football gave guard Richard Powers and tackle Sherman Salter one touch down each last season. Both men have graduated. The otlier two touchdowns scored by the Eagles were scored by Craig Willis, another senior last year, and Johnny "Baker, who is fighting for a first string Job this J season. Coach Norman Clark says his | backs were terrific last year but I that they had superb blocking fori, most of their scoring runs. "With Richard Powers, Lynwood Durham and Linwood Swinson up front, a j play nearly had to go," the coach j declared. "Center Gordon Patrick was one of the beat men on the line, along with Jackie Simpson, Sherman Sal ter and Russell Guthrie. The boys on the left side of the line didn't i get the credit that was due them last year but I really miss them : now," Coach Clark concluded. | Bucket (Coo United from Page 1, Section 2) . The Eagles turned the tables the ollowlng year, winning by scares of 6-0 and 25-7. Since that time the Mullet Bucket has remained in Morehead City. Because of that, the Mullet Buc ket ran into hard days. While eveyrbody talked about the "battle of the Mullet Bucket", no one seemed interested in the ceremony involving the bucket. When the idea was new, the captain of the losing team would bring the buc ket to the first chapel program of the winning school after the game. The custom now is for mem ben of both teams to go to Don's for their free hamburgers and drinks after each game. The buc ket, in the custody of THE NEWS TIMES, is brought out to be filled with hamburgers and autographed by members of the two teams. Scores of the Mullet Bucket games after 1K2 follow: 1MB, 32-0; 1864, 7-0; 1965, 34-0; 1MB, 25-7; and 1857, 47-6. Mount Holly. The team w? met ?t the nee track west of More head City. The bai ?? escorted Into town by police ?rs, ? (Ire emflme and decorated cars. la treat of Chalk aad Gihbs, an Arendell Street, the parade stsppsd aad formal welcoming ceremonies took plaec. Jimmy Wallace, matter of cere monies, introduced Jasper Boll, Morehead City town commissioner who took the place of Mayor George Dill. Commissioner Bell praised the team for its sportsman ship and spirit of cooperation. The crowd (are load roaads of spplaase to toe team, fta coach md to "flto MkA's wife, Mrs. Nanna'CMk. Bmri Ledry and A. 8 Caapar were in chaqps ml tha watrami^f Coach, Fans Pick Outstanding Eagle Plays for last Season Managers Play Vital Hole The Beaufort Seadogs will hare ptrnty of atteattaa tnm "assist ant coaches" this year. Pictured, left to right, are axhMat %all boy L. C. Swain, ball boy Alton Hill, waterboy Walter Ham, 'ben8 man ager Johnny Hasscll and assistant manager Cecil Maori. Managers Donald Oglesby, Ir ft, and BUI Fox play an Important role In the Morehead City football program. They are responsible for equipment and do the always necessary chores aroud the field. I Ex-Seadog Coach Joins Morehead Citv Eagles After coaching on the east side-< of Newport River for the past four years, Hugh Gordon accepted a position as assistant coach to Nor man Clark at Morehead City this season. Coach Gordon left Beaufort with a record of 19 victories, 17 losses and four ties. Last season he led the Seadogs to the state Class A play-offs for the first time in the history of the school. The Seadogs tied Farmville in the play-offs, only to have Farm ville advance in the play-offs be cause it gained more yardage dur ing the contest. The Seadogs won six, lost two and tied two in their last year un der Coach Gordon's supervision. Taking Gordon's place at Beau fort this year is Coach V. M. Mor rison. Coach Gordon says the primary duty of a coach is to make men from boys, physically and socially. Hugh Gordon His emphasis on clean play and clean living has earned respect from players, parents and opposing teams. Eagle players will make quite a record if they match that of Coach Gordon. He was an all-state bas ketball and football player at High Point High School. He also earned letters in track and baseball while in high school. Gordon hit his stride during his freshman year of college and earned football letters all four years he played for High Point College. Though he played both in the line and in the backCeld in high school, Gordon was used ex clusively as a halfback in college. A speedy, shifty runner, Gordon ran and passed his way into the record books of lllgh Point. He earned a position on several hon c ary teams and was high on all conference lists every year he played. Gordon went Into the Mar!ae Corps immediately after hia grad uation from eollege. He played football on the Camp Lajaune team lor part of his M months in the Immediately aftar getting out af the Marian, Gorton Mtepted a position >m assistant aba* at Bur ???, atcM -He stayad <or > Eagles to Meet five '57 Foes IWs Season The Morehead City Eagles will meet five of the teams they faced last year during the coming sea son. Swansboro, Jones Central, Wallace, Pamlico and Beaufort are the repeaters. Newcomers to the Eagle schedule are New Bern and Cary. The other Eagle game is with Havelock. The teams were sche duled to meet last season but the game was postponed due to a flu epidemic. Last year the Eagles romped to a 42-0 victory over Swansboro but the year before the Pirates low ered the boom on Morehead City by a 7-0 margin. Have Roagh Going Jones Central, one of the atrong er teams the Eagles face, has had rough going against Morehead City for the past two yean. The Eagles took a 25-6 victory last year and. a 38-6 decision the year before. After edging Pamlieo Central by a 20-13 score in 1S56, the Eagles rolled up a 52-0 acore over the Hurricanes last seaaon on the Morehead City field. The Eagles did not meet Wallace in 1956, but last year the two teams met in the AA-C play-offs with the Eagles taking a 19-14 decision. The Bulldogs gave the Eagles their stiffost battle of the leason before allowing a Morehead City score in the final two minutes of (he Eagle' Bold Edge The annual "Battle for the Mul let Bucket" Is one of the high lights of the Morehead season. Last year the Eagles took a 47-? vic tory. In the seven-year history of the series, the Eagles hold an edge of eight victories to two for Beau fort. The first game ended in a scoreless deadlock. The two teams met twice a year during the 1950, 1961 and IKS sea sons. In 1953, more teams were available for scheduling and the schools cut their series to one game per year. The Eagles will be looking for their first win over New Bern when the two teams clash Friday night. In 1922, the Morehead City footbaU team played its first game against the 'Bears and dropped .? 6-0 decision. The Bears swamped the Eagles by ' S2-1B margin in their last meeting in 1952. There Is no record ot a previous meeting of Morehead City and Cary. The complete Eagle sche dule follows: Sept. s? New Bern, away MpL a? Cary, away I Sept' Oct. 3? Ha *4) oak, home Oct. lfr? Wtilaaa, ?wa y Oct SI? Beaufort, home ' Two offensive plays stand out the minds of the football 'fans w watchM the Morehead City Elgl sweep through an undefeated se son last year. A 75-yard run Gerald Johes against Massey I and a 48-yard screen pass th went from John Clancy to Jam Outline against Wallace-Rose H were picked as the outstandi plays of the year. Persons questioned were Coa Norman Clark, Dr. R. O. Barnu Nick Galantis, Bernard Leaty a Dr. Russell Outlaw. TTiese hi saw the Eagles in every gal from their first victory over t Camden Rams to the state chal pionship tilt at Mt. Holly. Coach Clark says, "Without doubt, the most brilliant run the season was turned in by Joiu The Eagles were on their own S yard line in the second quarter the Massey Hill game. "Jones took a hand off fro Clancy and cut off tackle. Ti men had him as he crossed t line of scrimmage but he ma aged to break away into the seco dary. Drags Man Along "The Massey HOI linebackc couldn't stop Jones on that tr All they did was slow him enough for the safety man to fi a shot at him. The last man h him by the right arm but Jon pulled him right along for abc 10 yards. "Just as a couple of Massey H players were coming up to be pull him down, Jones broke aw from that last man and legged to the goal? still some 35 yar away. "That stands out in my mind the outstanding individual effc of the season," concluded Coa Clark. Dr. Outlaw added, "That pi goes to prove that a little m with a lot of drive can go a lo way in high school football. M< of the men who had a chance Jones were larger than he was b they still couldn't bring him doi until they stopped that driving ( fort. Jones scored three tout downs that night and turned in terrific performance defensively well," Dr. Outlaw said. Eagles Win 31-7 The Eagles beat Massey Hill : 7 in the semi-finals for the easte championship. The other play that was m< tioned by everyone questioned w the screen pass used by the Ejagl on the last play of the first h against the Wallace-Rose Hill B? dogs. ' The Eagles were trailing by a ] 7 score and were on the Bulldog < yard line. There were 12 secon remaining in the half when Coa Clark sent in a substitute with t big play. It was the first time the Eafl had been called on to use t screen pass all year. 'That ii play we call only when we real need it," Coach Clark explained "We used it a couple of tim the year before and had practici the play all season. The Bulldo had a fast, hard-charging line ai were crashing through on eve; nU? F?" J ? Perfect Situation "It was a perfect aet-up for 1 screen pass. Glancy took the snq from center Gordon Patrick faded back with the whole Wall line after him. "The Eagle line re-formed front of Guthrie JuSt behind line of scrimmage. About the tin the Bulldogs got to Glancy jumped and flipped the ball Guthrie, who set sail for the go "The blocking on the rug w deadly and Guthrie did an standing job once he broke the clear. It wis a well-exe play for high school boys where," the coach declared. Dr. Barnum called it "the mol perfectly executed play I've evf seen in high acbool football." Fourth Down Pass Mr. Leary mentioned one othfl play as being one of the top plafl of the year. It was a fourth-do^ pass to Guthrie that gave Eagles a 19-14 victory over Bulldogs. The Eaglet were on the Wallfcf seven-yard line with a fourth five situation. Lass than two I utes remained in the game Wallace held a 14-13 lead. It w or never for the Morehef City eleven. Guthrie took a past from Glanf in the flat. Bahiad perfect Wool ing he scored the biggest tinffl touchdown of the season. That wj| the only game the Eagle* won lets than two touchdowns While these were the plays th| stood out, the Eaglet played tacular football all aeaton. Ev touchdown was a thrill to the fail ful fans who sat through ral [cold and snow to watch tlx Eagles on a march to the stafl title. Another season it here and year's crew of Eaglat will be ?| to make more pleasant nkamoriJ far the fans to ditcutt neat OifaalK Team The W. S. King High School < Morehead City will feld a footbi team (or the first time this yea The M anarchs have ? tough > ?he?d but their coach, Jo) ^SJT3i 55?* **' Ws te"
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