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PAGE FOUR THE CLARION September 5, TORNADO WARNING! By JOHN COLLINS Guest Columnist Sophomores To Be Key To 1969 Soccer Hopes For those of you reading this little column for the first time, I share your, confusion, simply o®cause I’m as new to this newspaper bit, as you are to tne sport I’m about to introduce. If you notice in the next few weeks a group of dirty, sweaty young men lumbering into tho cafeteria to spoil your delicious meal, don’t judge them to harshly, for they are a strange breed, pese tel lows run for hours on end chasing a checkered ball just to prepare for what they believe is the ultimate victory — winning! By LARRY LANIER “This team’s success will de pend upon the returning sopho mores,” commented rookie soc cer coach Larry Burch. Coach Burch was speculating upon the prospects of the 1969 team. “Few players can provide the depth that a championship team needs, so this means Training Theory Being Practiced In all honesty, I can say they’ve been called a ^ottdrunncrs lot of things. However, sharing their enthusiasm, 1 ^ prefer to call them soccer players. In the past, the image of soccer at Brevard Col lege has been that of men who don’t exactly resemble the wholesome American athlete. Their failure to produce has been blamed on things as varied as the length of hair to distasteful dress. These factors are irrelevant when the game starts if the players are entirely dedicated. But, from my brief_ experience in playing soccer, I can truthfull ysay its a in which a man can be an individual and not a molded form. With this short introduction, the Brevard Col lege soccer team is going to revive soccer like never before! Add the strength of eight returning lettermen along with a promising crop of experienced men, the soccer team has a new spirit. A spirit that desires to winning and is prepared to sacrifice all. Then combine these men with a young sandy-haired man known as Coach Burch, you then arrive with a new formula that the soccer team heretofore was not usually accustomed — winning. This is the enthusiasm and the spirit that is go ing to carry this soccer team to unbelieveable heights. Use our Rental Service for your next Formal Affair ^ For good taste « and perfect fit, use our Formal Wear Rental Service. Tuxedos and Dinner Jackets in all sizes 1» suit your taste I It will be our pleasure to help you wi'& your formal wear ne'^. Tuxedos 11.88 Dinner Jackets 11.88 Strollers 14.95 Ouitaways 14J8 FuHdress — — —- — -— — 14.96 Pabtermed Diimer Jacket 19.69 Above complete wMi all accessories except dioes Coach Witek claims he has a new theory of training for the cross - country team. Starting Monday afternoon and ending September 20, the team will be running 9-10 miles in the after noon workouts. The team will also be dragging themselves out of their restful l^eds around 6 o’clock in the morning for 6-7 miles of running in Brevard’s beautiful mountain weather. These workouts are to build up the endurance and stamina of the runners. The workouts will change af ter September 21 and continue on a different schedule until October 18. The team will run only six miles every day. If the team performs well in their first race and if the roadrun- ners are in good shape, there will be fewer morning work outs. Starting October 19 until the end of the season, the team will concentrate on speed work outs. The team will be running 100, 220, and 440 - yard dashes every day on the grass. This is to ready the team for the na tionals. The toughest meet will be the first one. It will run on Fur man University’s home course. There will be several confer ence meets held at Brevard and other colleges. On October 19, the Galloway Gardens meet will be held. This is a six mile run with some of the toughest senior colleges par ticipating. This meet is similar to a national meet with push ing, shoving, and elbowing be ing a big part of the race. we’re hoping for a big fresh men turnout,” he continued. “Anyone is welcomed to the team even if he hasn’t played soccer before.” The first meeting and prac tice was held Tuesday after noon. Tri - captain Ralph Lundy said, “With hustle, desire, and Coach Burch’s discipline, the team should vastly improve the 6-5-1 record of last year. The experience of the sophomores teamed up with all the good freshmen players should pro duce an exciting team.” Another tri - captain, Mike Michner, said with sureness and confidence that “the players on this year’s team have the abili ty, enthusiasm, and spirit to have the best season ever at Brevard. All we need now is the full support of the stud ent body.” Returning veteran John Col lins added to Mike’s prediction “We’re going to need all the support of all the students. The spirit on the team is riding high.” Sophomore Bob Haase also stated, “We’d like to win every game but to do this we need a good turnout of fresh men and the support of every student.” Brevard’s record on the soc cer field has been under steady improvement over the past sev eral years. The popularity of the sport has been on the uprise all across the nation, in foreign countries, and has picked up greatly on the Brevard College campus. Others returning from last year’s team are Cedric Guthrie, a tri - captain; Bill Barfield, Charlie Skyes, and Chuck Walk er. Hopes Are Running High For Brevard’s Thinclads and a 1:52.2 half mile. Coming from Trinidad are Sennonx Stewart and Roland Yearwood. They have both run a 3:57 in the 1500 meters. Pete Jensen, the Virginia mile champ has run a 4:21 mile. Coach Witek concluded by saying, “We will certainly be aiming for the nationals which will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, instead of Law rence, Kansas. But, he added, the team has a long, hard fall season ahead of them. AVs Drive-In RESTAURANT & COFFEE HOUSE Everything In Good Food From A Sandwich To A Steak Specializing In Short Order & Steaks Coffee To Perfection Phone Your Order in And We Will Have It Ready When You Arrive For Prompt Service Call 883-9978 408 N. Caldwell St.. Brevard, N. C. Another year and another summer have rolled by. This rolls in a new season of sports —cross - country and soccer. First, the scoop on the road- runners. In the past several years the cross - country team missed winning the na tional championship by one big point. This past year the team finished sixth. In both years, Brevard’s All- American Bob Gray was the first to break the tape. Before this year, the course was three miles long but it has been changed to four miles. The course is basically the same at Brevard but the starting and finish lines are different. Also the direction of the race will be reversed. The team has even greater hopes this year. According to Coach Norm Witek, “Brevard has one of its strongest teams ever assembled in its history of cross - country.” The team can claim only one veteran — Willie Davidson from Greensboro. Willie didn’t get to finish the season last year, however, because of an injured knee. He was the con ference champ in the mile and half mile. Larry Lanier from Hocks- ville also comes from the track team. Other sophomores on the team are Tommy Anderson from Charlotte and Randal Es- sick from Lexington. “There are some really good freshmen prospects,” said Coach Witek. Regional McAfee, an Ohio high school boy, is rank ed fourth in the nation in the mile. He had run a 4:08 mile For Your Back To School Needs Come and Browse Through Our Suitably Priced Merchandise AYERS Phone 883-4331 S3 W. Main St. Tracki Team In Nationals Several members of the Bre vard College track team went to the Junior College National track meet held in Garden City, Kansas at the first of the sum mer. “Brevard had its best year in track in 1956,” Coach Witek said. “The team finished eighth overall in the Junior College National meet.” It was a cold rainy day — with the tempera ture in the forties. However, with the determination of Gregg Bowen and Forrest Broom, the team came through. Bowen placed third in the 1000 - yard dash with a 9.7 ana fourth in the 330 with a time of 21.7. He ranked sixteenth m the nation in the 100 and twen tieth in the 220. Broom placed second in the discus with a toss of 1^’ • This was eleven feet farther than he has ever thrown. Bow en and Broom racked up six teen points between them. “The 440 relay team was out of the running with a puUeo Achilles tendon by hurdler Tom Bingley,” continued Coacn Witek. Our 440-yard dash man, Tom Cahill, made it to t semi - finals by placing thi “All these boys will be vet erans on this year’s track which is again expecting a s year.”
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