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Scores Third Conference Win Of Season
My, but how have changed j
Do >t)U remember back when ba»e-|
igll was in its iifancy? No. pndj
fl^ior do I; bi.'t I have he;ird
tales conctmlng this groat
ijltive American sport o( ours. In
OK ' days the u-mpire was more
or less taken at his word, and that
—^ that. He wa? the boss, so to
and what he said went. It
X decs for that matter, but wliat
^ poiir 'ump’' i.as to take after
emir.f a close one— he g?ts every-
mZi thrown at him but tJie kitchen
And. today, if kitchen sinks
t cost a fortune and if there
a few more strong men in
jb, grandstands ’ feel quite con-
im.'nt that the pcor "ump" would
b* (collecting then . too.
•iKain. today a baseoall team
iX really played a game when
ithkuis by a score of 1 to 0. But
inlUie ole’ days a team just wasn't
idcred anything if it didn’t
■ .ut at least a coupla’ hund-
rujis. And wren those fellows
S.ed baseball, man. they played
1^1" Six. eight, ten hours and
K recently came Into possession
■ newspaper clipping which ori-
i;, [y appeared *n The News and
Tver many years ago. This
cular article was sent in to
^ N. and O. by Mrs. Henry
Denton of Route 2. Middlesex. It
(•iicerns a baseb'jll game between
Seven Paths — a little community
about 19 miles <'sst southeast of
Louisburg — and Gold Valley, in
Jul-. 1890.
I It Was \ Great Ball Game
■1,. Gold Valley boys left home
at (noon and walked eight miles,
barefooted, for the game. The
^ e started at 1:30 P. M. and
battle raged for six and a half
^ The final score? 240 to 169.
lb luote the story: "Ben Gay was
®Hhc mound for Seven Paths and
wp: in great form, allowing only
1|£ hits. But he did not receive
f- backing from his teammates.
1 ie Whitley did the hurling for
Id Valley and allowed only 93
tand got good support from
mates.
h'Scveral feature plays were
*ndc by members of both teams,
T. E>enton, better known as
Denton (for he wore pants
26 inches in the waist and 51 inch-
cc ng) made a spectacular catch
in cnterfield when he climbed a
fp to rob Ben Wood of a hit to
( woods. Peter Denton, who held
down second base for Gold Valley,
Was great in the pinches but oth-
f ’: r he had B3 errors to his
r:.t. Crad Brantley made the
test hitting average, getting 47
->it of 77 times at bat.
Umpire Nate Strickland’s deci-
ijt'i.s were fair and above reproach.
If 10 batter struck at a ball that
<kiii't go squarely over the plate,
be called it a ball and said ttiat
d be confound if he called any-
like that a strike; but that
utjht no protest from the oppos-
) team.
Tinker Denton came near caus
ing a sensation when he hit a
■ble home run. making two
s around the circuit. Umpire
II kland said ‘twas fair. Thus
game went for the whole aft-
: x>n. Umpire Strickland said
onl.v darkness could halt
h a wonder/ui game, which he
id was the finest he had ever
Nearly 300 people aitoiidca.”
rjy. that may be back in the
ole’ days but those days
axen t forsotten by the ones who
temember them. Besides, we have
■ime "Lulas” today just about
good. Kaseball is The Ameri-
jft: Sport! 'VTou can really have
at a good ole’ ball game. And
if you don’t believe it, then just
yourself out of the “mothball
1" awhile and come out and
watch. It won’t kill you. honest,
if it does, sc v'hat! Can you
nk of a better way to die than
itching good ole’ A. C. C, BuU-
igs wallop the pants off our op
ing teams?
ACC’s Bulldogs
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Coach Re no Id s’ Team
Defeats El on 8 - 5
The Atlantic Chnstiun Hulldo^.s bout a favored Klon
College busebiill team. 8 - 5, m a North State confer
ence K“Tie here. Saturday afiornotin. April 2Ist. in the
Wilson Municipal Stadium.
This ^ives the hard hitting HulIdoKs a won - lo.it con
ference record of 3 - 2 for the .season to date.
The Bulldogs started the »corinf{ with a lone run on
smiles by Bobby Tart, Kd Lane and Milburn Kelion.
They added two more in the third inning;. Armond Co
lombo singled to lead off: Jay Clark followed with a
single sending Colombo home and Tart triplet! to right
center field scoring Clark across home plute
In the fifUt iniunt: Kloii (it'd the
i-lfl !i * •*’® lUymond FI«minit. N>a! Carlton. Nick Slicanor, Tom ('iilUhan
Al? w u Bobby Horne, and ManaKer Hf*nry Woodard. Standlni: In lh«* MKond row art*
Reynoldi. UUbert K^rrell. •Sioop’ Mcrrary. Jay rinrk. I^roy Plttnian. Hobby TKrt and
KOCKy Ingraham. In the third row are Johnny Hr omn. mh KfUon. Hoy T;irl, K**id ln«raham, Kd
Lane. RoRer Phllyaw, and Manager Ed AUtou.
Bulldogs Win
Opening Game
McComas To Be
New Basketball
Coach At ACC
lyers Win
*ver ACC
Bulldogs Take
N. S. C. Win
Over High Point
The Atlantic Christian Bulldoga
chaUced up their jiecond conference
win of the sea«um Saturday, April
14th at High Point.
Coach Bob Re> nolds used three
moundsmen in the contest. Gilbert
Ferrtll. tht starting hurkr was
credited with the victory, his sec
ond of tlie season.
The Bulldog* grabbed tiie lead
in tliC fiist Inning and never relin
quished it. They scored two runs
in the opening inning, added five
more In the second, one In the
fourth, one more in the seventh
and five in the eighth and t w o
more in the nin’h.
High Point was held scoreless
until the third i.ining when they
tallied twice. They scored four aiKi
six runs in the seventh and eighth
innings respectively.
First Inning:
Colombo singled and went t o
second when Siganos walked.
Ann Clark struck out Then Carlton sin-
ACC, who also gmdcd the basket-, Colombo and .Siganof
Atlantic Christian College has a
new basketball coach.
Dr. D. Ray Lindley, president of
ACC, recently announced that Jack
McComas, tormer North Carolina
State college cage star, has signed
a contract to become the new
coach of the Bulldogs basketball
team.
Besides coaching basketball, the
26 - year old nati/e of Shelbyville,
Ind., will teach in the dep.irtment
of physical education here.
EtafldinjC Procraii)
Having dropped football, A. C. C.
hopes to import some Indiana cage
talent in order to build up its bas
ketball team.
McComas will succeed Bill
Crutchfield, head football coach at
ball team for two seasons.
The new ACC coach is one of
the players res,x>nsible for the
birth of big time basketball at N.
C. State in Raleigh. He was a
member of the first Southern con
ference basketball team that
State’s mentor. Everett Case, turn
ed out in 1947. He also played on
the State champions of 1948 and
1949.
McComas forfeited his final year
of eligibility at SUite when he sign
ed a professional baseball contract
with the Boston Braves.
Will-O-lbe-HIsp
During his three years with the
Wolfpack at Siatc. McComas be
came one of the famous "Hoosier
Hotshots" who brought bigtime
basketball to the south. He played
both forward and guard on the
State team. Known for his speed
he was often referred to as "will-
o-the-wisp” by jports writers of
North Carolina.
A good shot and strong on fun
damental play, McComas was best
known for his diiving lay-up shot
that propelled him in the air al
most the full length of the foul cir
cle and lane as ne went in for the
basket.
Bastball Player
across home plat^-
Second innini:
Colombo drew a bas«' on balls
and went to third on Sigano:;>
single. Clark walked filling the
bases and Tart walked scuHni'
Colombo. Then Fleming cleaned
the bases with a tingle and went
to second on the throw to home
Fleming went to third on Felton -
single and scored on Morgan’s er
ror.
Third in:tini:
High Point’s R dge singled and
went to second on Fleming’s er
ror. Ridge scored when Davidson
tripled. Daviuson scored wlion IX-ti-
nis grounded out at first.
Fourth Innlnc:
Carlton tripled and scored on a
triple by Fleminir.
.Seventh inninc:
Callahan walked to open the in
ning and then stole second and
thirf bases. He scored on Siga -
nos's single.
Kirhth :nnin(;
Tart singled and stole second
then went to third on an ermr
Pittman walked and stole second.
Felton singled dnving in Tart and
Pittman and scored himself on a
hit after going to third on a wild
piteh. Brown stole second and scor
ed on Colombo's jingle. Ingraham,
who had walked scored on Mc
Crary's single
who relieved Gil
Marines Defeat
Bulldogs
The Atlantic Christian Bulldogs
suffered their first defeat of the
ball sea.v>n on Monday, April Z.
when they lost U> the Cherry Point
Marines 2-0. Ten Langston pitch
ed a three - hitter game against
the Bulldog.s to aid the Marines
in their win. In their first encoun
ter here the Marines lost to the
Atlantic Christian team. 7-3. The
Bulldogs played tlieir opening base
ball game of U'C season ugainst
tlie Marines here in tlio Wilson
Municipal Stadium.
Both Marine runs were unearn
ed — a fielder’s choice and an
error leading to one sc<*re in Uie
third inning, and a wild pitch and
passed ball leac'ng to the other
in the fifth inning.
Reid Ingraham was tlie losing
pitcher for the Bulldogs.
It Happens
Every Spring
Bt "PRO"
This is a term used in after
winter sports. By this. 1 mean
activities which will take place in
doors and outdoors. ’The college in
tramural dirpartinent has a well-
rounded program the whole year
round. Football itouch). basket
ball. and volleyball have been tak
en up thus far.
There are many students who
tlo not know the aim in Intramural
.sports. To make a long story short,
the aim is to give the sludenU
who do not participate in organl7.ed
.sports the ability to aquiant them
selves with the fiindamentai* deal
ing with activities within tlie
school.
Why not participate In the pro
gram? Ping - pong badminton,
tennis, horseshoe, and softJ)ull still
remain on the program. Coach
Bob Reynolds and Ted Ingraham
enjoy seeing individuals participat
ing in their intramural programs.
J
h'lie Atlantic Christian College
iogs came out on the bottom
the scrap between Norfolk Navy
in the Wilson Municipal Sta-
lum, Tuesday night May 1st. The
ng Navy team won the game
- 3.
he Flyers jumped off to a quick
nm lead in the to^p of the
inning and never relinquished
"Ihey added two more runs in
third and one in the sixth he
re the A. C. Bulldogs tallied.
•The Bulldogs scored one run in
bottom of tie sixth on Jay
Ink’s double and Neal Carlton's
‘gle. They scored twice again in
seventh when Bobby Tart doub-
after Nick Siganos singled and
i' rk had walked.
INick Siganos was the only A. C
player to hit safely twice. He
'■me to bat officially five times,
aj' Clark, who got a double in
trips and scored twice, and
•>by Tart, with a double in four
■mpts 'ind two runs batted in
his credit were other Bulldog
tting leaders.
big guns in the Flyer’s bat
age were Johnny Dalessio.
ith two safeties and three REI's
credit in four official times
f*at. and Ronny Zadla, who
e in two runs and hit safely
five officiiil trips to the plate.
Zadla and Dalessio tallied
®oce. Between them they account
for seven runs.
Softball Begins
The intramural department o f
A. C. C. has announced the open
ing of softball. Director Ted In
graham has stated that all tlie
gatres will be played on the new
athletic field, now known as Hack
ney Field. Coach Reywild's Skills
and Sports class will furnish un-
, Reid Ingraham who relieved Gil-' piroj. During the past few years
was ^l«o a member of' bert Ferrell on the mound in the! *,iftball has Ijeen a very good gam^e
North Carolina State college seventh inning, walked four Pan-, to participate in as well as wateh.
He Dlaved during thers in succession, allowing two
- more runs to score. Swiggett drove
in three mare runs with a timely
single.
Ninth inninc
Tart was safe on Lisk's error
and scored when Carlton lashed out
his second triple of the day. Neal
Carlton scored on Felton’s infield
the
baseball team . .
the 1948 and 1949 seasons for coach
Vic Sorrell. Batting right - handed,
he slammed out 13 homeruns dur
ing the two seasons with State.
After signing his contract with
the Boston Braves he was sent to
Denver. Colo. From there he went
to play with Des Moines in the
Western League. Last year he play
ed part of the season with toe
Capitols of Ralei:jh in the Carolina
League.
McComas has his degree m ra-
ral and industrial recreation at N.
C. State.
He is married and has one soi^
McComas is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred McComas, Shelbyville,
Indiana.
He is an army veteran of World
War II. having served in Europe.
ACC Defeats
Guilford
’The respective intramural direc-
UtTt request that everyone possible
take part in this sport since it will
be the last iport on the Intramural
program. In this spfjrt. the direc
tors also state that spikes will not
be worn on the new athletic field.
out.
In their first North State Con
ference baseball game of t^ Ma
son. the Atlantic Christian College
team edged out Guilford. W. ^[>
by Home pitchcd a six-hit baU-
game. Good team - work support
ed Home throughout the gafne-.
A home run by Neal Carlton with
Bobby Tart on base tied the sc^
with Guildord in the last of the
fifth inrin/. Guilford had pi^
viously scored single runs in the
third and fifth frames. .
In the last of the ninth the rorf,
caved in. Nick Siganos sm^ed
leftfield. ••Honest" Jay Clark si^
led to bring Siganos home with the j
winning run
WITHERS
THEATRICAL
BOOKINGS
•The Atlantic ChriiUaii Ctillrgr
Bulldogs got off to a good start
here Friday aftcriHion. March 16th
by taking an easy vlcttir>’ of 7 - S
over the Cherry Point Murii>es in
the Wilson Municipal Stadium
At the cloae of Uie seventh in
ning the Bulld<igs had the game
on Ice. so to speak, and Uie spec
tators were wishing the game
would end in a hurry so they
could get home out of the cold
wind. In spite of the March brwe
tlie majority of the A. C. C. stu
dents remained to see tlie Bulldogs
march off the diamond in Jubilant
victory.
F'trld - day for A.
That heaulltul and ev«r so wol-
comed three - run homer by Bob
by Tart in the seventh, the hitting
of Jay Clark, who had a perfect
day at the plale. senaatlunal raU h-
ing and fielding by Raymond Flem
ing plus the fine hurling of Gil-
liert Ferrell, who went the full
nine inn.ngs. were tlie big factors
in the Bulldogs’ <>|>enlng day win.
’Tlie Murines got off to a quick
start by scoring a run in Uie first
hming on two hits. Francis Good
year was the first Ijatter up for
the Marines and pounded out a
single to centerfield ’The second
batter up. Hector Faberlle, clouted
a hard ball deep in centerfield to
bring Goodyear across home plate
for their first nin of the game.
They scored twice in the fiftli in
ning on tliree iN'ses on balls and
two more hits. The fifth was tlie
only inning In which Ferrell was
in any trouble at all. But from'
there on he was complete master i
of the mound with tiw situation |
well In hand
Tied in Fifth
Tom Callahan started off the fif
th inning with a gnxl hit to left- i
field for a single. Armond Colom
bo made it to first base on a.
grotinder to second, which Faber-'
lie missed Nick Siganos got a i
single on a bunt and Callahan high-
twlled to Uiird and on across tlie I
plate when A1 Strouse missed a
pitch to third. When Jay Clark hit
a single to rightfield, Colombo and
Siganos burned Uie pay dirt across
home plate U> tie the score 3-3,
Klemliic HUrs
Raymond Fleming was really in
tlie game — right in tliere under
Uie ole’ ball, t<xi. He made the
l>est play of the day. a sensational
running catch to snng down Al
Stnmse’s long line drive t/>ward the
leftfield fence and doubled Good
year off second. He showed real
grace and form by getting that
left hand high in the air Just in
the split second to make a l>eau-
tifui catch. ’The drive was bound to
hit the fence if not possibly gone
over it. Fleming did O. K. at the
plate. Uk), getting two safeties in
five times at bat
Four Runs In Keventh
•The ballgame was tied. 3-3.
until the last of the seventh in
ning when the Bulldogs really got
hot and sent four men acrou the
good ole' paydirt at home plate.
Armond Colombo started things
rolling when he drew first base
on tialls Nick Siganos made it to
first on a bunt Colombo plow
ed over to second. •Then dependa
ble Jay Clark rappea out his third
single of the day — a gofxl ground
er deep in rightfield — driving Co
lombo across hrjtne plate with the
tie breaking run Bobby Tart was
next up in the batter^s box, and
' with the form and grace of a
, "Pro" he really socked that piece
of horse - hide. Boy, what a beau-
' ty it wat, tool A homer right out
^ of the ball park cleared the
right - center field fence by at
least 3 feet Tart 5 homer bnmght
Sig.inos and Clark across the plate
ahead of him to pul the game In
the bag for the Bulldoga.
Tom I’nlls a Callahan
Tom Callahan had a couple of
argi.ments with the umpire. Ted
Ingraham. After one of these he
was reprimanded br Coach Rey
nolds. One of the A. C. C, boys
ssure wiui a ihrw rviii rall> ’Hie
big blow in this inning wa» a
homerun by I>m* QuackrnlHish
with Carroll Rrid on tiase Hunk
DeSimone druvc in J C Brewer
with the third run
Atianlic ChriiUai' c«;ne right
back in the txittom of Uie same
Inning to srorr (wo runs and go
ouV ahead again Tart started the
inning off wlUi a dt>ublr and Neal
Carlton and Mil Kelion walked to
load Ihe Imiies Tart then Moreil
on a parked tuill and CarltiMi came
acmss when the pitcher. Jimmie
Weaver, made a bad throw at
home trying to i . u-h Tart
In the sUlh InnlnK Klioi brored
another run on a double by Quack-
enbush and a single by Riley.
Coach tte\nolilR lluUdncs put
Uie game in the oag in the eighth
inning with three additional nins.
Felton lead off with a walk Then
Tom Callahan and BoWiy Horne
singled loading the sscks Colom
bo then singled foi Uie setond
time driving In Felton and Calla
han with the ;.)(lh and seventh
runs Colombo then scored on
Clark’s Uiird sinule of the day.
F.loii rcorod one lukt run in the
ninth inning in a ho|>eless attempt
to possibly tie the -core but failed.
Bobby Home '>'ent the full nine
innings against Klon to get credit
for his second win of the season.
I'reviously this year he l>eat (Jull-
ford. 3-2, and suffered his only
loss at Uie handu of E. C. C., 10-8
Tom Callahan, who started off
the baselwll sea.on in the Infield
position, did a fine Job as catcher
again Tom really looks goxl lio-
hind Uie plite. iind A. (' should
be JusUy pnnid i f this promising
young catcher.
Bulldogs Return
BohunkusTrophy
To ACC Campus
On Wednesday af1enw«Mi. April
25. In the Wilson Muniripul S (
dium hete Uu* Kn’»t Carolina Col
lege IMr^tes defeiitcd tl»e A. C. ('.
HulkU gs 10 - M In their firi^t cn-
count<*r of the* IwvImiU seanon It
was a hjmlliuti’:.'; defeat that llie
DuUdogs wouldn't f>^K>n forget so
naturally they were Junt waitjtjg
their chance to w*ek revrnte in a
return match. The Bulldogs had
that chance Wednntday aft<*rnc»em.
May 2, in Greenville wlwn they
played 'Jio K. C. C. IMrateii, Witii
the lust for vicUjry in their ml»>ds
the i)ulldogs had ^wivt rcv«*nge in
the end when Uiey v skillfully won
the game. 6-5. ovrr the* l*iratcs.
In this particular victiiry the
nulldr>gs had th'- honor, privilege
and joy of returning the ISohunkus
trophy — an ole' onker bucket
painted blue and white, u »ymU)l
of victory t>etween these tw«i arch
rivalf — Ui the A. C campus, Tl»r
Pirates Uwk the troi>hy back to
Cr«?envllle with them this past
winter at the cloRe of Uie )>aAket'
ball season Tne I*ir;itei» wtm f/»B-
sessi^m .'f Bohur.kus when U*ey
l)eat A. C. in their last lwij.kell>all
('ontlnui*d on Pax** 4
asked what the umpire said nUiut
hli chewing tobacco. Tom said that
the "ump" said, "I d^m't miiKl the
wind, but this rain '« Uk> much."
l.«et*s C«o iit.fldofs
Tilt Marinen land<*d. but they
certainly didn't havi* the situation
well In hand. We nave sh</wn them
once, fellows, let s go to town.
Rulldf>gs!!
Runs batted in — Cherry Point:
Faberlle. 3: AUantu- Chrtstlan:
Clark, 2 Tart. 3. Two - base hita
—Faberlle. 3 Home run; H. Tart.
Ba^ - on - k>all» off — Cherry
Point: Fenn, 2; Pes<ivlch. 4; Al-
blnnai. 2: A. C C : Ferrell. 9
Hits ••ff — Cheriy Point Buchan
an. 2 in 3 Innings; Fenn. 4 in 2
innings; Pesfwlch, 4 In 2 innings;
Albinnas, 1 in 1 mning; A. C. C.:
FerreU. 7 In 9 Innings. Winning
pitcher — FerreU. losing pitcher—
PefoWch.
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