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COLUMNS
Friday, October 5,1973
Dignity Highliglits
Louisburg Golfers
The 1973-74 Louisburg Col
lege golf team is on of dignity
and one with a will to win. With
a past two year record of 41 and
1, the Hurricane golfers are
looking for another successful
season. Last year, with the loss
of much of the team’s power,
the golfers pulled and worked
together to finish a conference-
season of 20 and 1. The
successful year was largely due
to the talents of two freshmen
lettermen, Joseph Horne of
Fayetteville and Nim Brann of
Raleigh. Horne had a brilliant
second half of the season,
scoring medalist honors in
three matches; Brann played
the first position on the squad
and was a member of the
All-Conference team. These
returning sophomores are the
nucleus of the 73-74 team and
serve as co-captains.
As the new year get under
way at Louisburg, there have
been some interesting things
going on at Green Hill Country
Club, the Hurricanes’ home
course. One interesting point is
the female side of the golf team
- Marsha Person, a freshman
resident of Louisburg. Marsha
is a fine golfer and has
improved tremendously in the
past year. Although she will not
be playing in the top six places,
she is a great asset to the team.
Along with her is one of the
strongest groups of freshman
golfers Louisburg has ever had.
Coach Jim Lanier said, “One of
our recruiting points is that we
are recognized as a golf power
and we have a great team.
The incoming freshmen for
the 1973-74 season include Pete
Bobinson, Raleigh; Twig Wood,
Siler City; Jim Bromley,
Philidelphia, Penn.; Dorsett
Ward, Greenville; Bobby Miller
and Jim Scott, both of
Burlington. Four returning
sophomores that will be great
assets are Buddy Dowd, Wake
Forest; Paul Ussery, Raleigh;
John Romanus, Virginia Beach,
Va.; and Steve Holding, Wake
F\)rest.
The start of the 73-74 season
got off on the right foot
Monday, September 17, when
the Canes met the Sandhills
Spartans on the H2 course at
Pinehurst Country Club.
Louisburg defeated the Spar
tans by 20 shots.
Louisburg co-hosts later in
October with Sandhills for the
October Modress Invitational,
which will be held at the
Hend('rson Country Club for
the first round and the
Pin(‘hurst (>)untry Club for the
final round.
Th(‘ Louisburg College golf-
(>rs have a promising year
ah(‘ad and with a little team
work and the support of the
school, mixed with a winning
spirit, lh(‘ team may ever score
national honors.
IT MAY BE true that the
weak will always be driven to
the wall; but it is the task of a
just society to see that the wall
is climbable.
Hall Syndicate'
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Coach Enid Drake Drake
Coach Enid Drake Is Man Of
Skill And Dedication
NIM BRANN
One Of Louisburgs Fine Golfers
For the past eight years the
Louisburg College basketball
team has been under the reins
of Coach Enid Drake. His
dedication to coaching and the
high standards he sets for the
players have paid off in winning
teams as well as self-discipline
and self-improvement in the
hundreds of boys he has
coached.
Coach Drake was born in
Castalia in 1929. He first
attended college at what then
Campbell Junior College. It is
interesting to note that he
started for the basketball team
at Campbell the year it went all
the way to the national
tournament. He also excelled so
much as a catcher on the
baseball team that he signed a
pro baseball contract after his
graduation from Campbell in
1949. The next six years of his
life were spent playing and
managing pro baseball. During
the off season he attended
Wake Forest College and got
his teaching degree in 1954.
This enabled him to do
something he had wanted to do
most of his life - coach. In the
fall of 1954, he began coaching
both baseball and basketball at
Middlesex High School. His
high school won-loss season
record was 204-88. In 1965 he
completed the requirements for
a Masters Degree in Education
at East Carolina University.
This is quite an accomplishment
for a man who had responsibili
ties to both his job and his
family of six.
That same year Coach Drake
stepped up to the college
coaching ranks here at
Louisburg. His won-loss record
of 136-90 proves his ability as a
winning coach. During his eight
years here he has won the
conterence once, was second
five times, and fourth twice in a
conference of seven teams. His
teams have also attended the
regional tournament three
times, winning it once.
In the past eight years
Drake’s teams have also won
six non-conference tourna
ments. The Mount Olive Pickle
Classic has been won for the
past three years by Louisburg
College. Last year, the
Hurricanes won the Bulldog
Tournament at Wingate and
The Thanksgiving Tournament
here at Louisburg.
Coach Drake’s success is due
to not only toi his coaching
ability, but to his ability to
bring out the best in his
players. He stresses team
work, discipline, and condition
ing, not necessarily in that
order, as keys to a winning
team. Self-discipline and dedi
cation of the players both on
and off the court are necessary-
tools for a champion team,
according to Drake. Most of
practice time is spent in the
execution of fundamentals
which are useful in a controlled
type of basketball. Drake does
not like to have a fast breaking
team, but not in the sense of a
“run and gun” team. His teams
have also led the league and
region in defense for many
years.
As the basketball season
draws near, Columns would like
to take this opportunity to wish
the 1973-74 Hurricanes a
successful season, and to pay a
special tribute to a fine coach
and a great man.
Rec Room Holds
"Hidden” Entertainment
Louisburg College’s recre
ational room is usually
discovered too late in the
freshman’s first year for him to
adequately appreciate its facil
ities. This happens possibly
because of its slightly hidden
location under Holton Gynas-
ium and also its occasional lack
of patrons’ advertising. Some
may say this helps prevent
overcrowding on the ping pong
and pool tables, but this is not
apparent. To help expand and
enhance the students’ college
lifestyle, however, this
treasured underground won
derland of recreation will now
be revealed. The recreation
room’s many facilities are
available between the hours of
3:00 and 10:00 p. m. Monday
through Friday, 1:00 to 6:00 p.
m. Saturday, and 2:00 to 9:00 p.
m. Sunday. Nine ping pong
tables and five pool tables,
complete with accessories and
self-proclaimed hustlers, await
the gamesman. Cards, checkers
and chess sets may be checked
out.
The outdoor athlete’s equip
ment list includes footballs,
along with softball, soccer, golf
and archery equipment.
Basketballs may be checked
out when the Gymnasium' is
open to student use: between
3:00 and 10:00 p. m. Monday
through Friday, 4:00 to 9:00 p.
m. Saturday and Sunday.
During the second week in
October the rec room will
harbor the annual table tennis
and pool tourney, to be
sponsored by Ricky Crocker, a
known pool shark of third floor
Kenan Dorm,
The singles tournament for
ping pong will be a double
elimination affair, along with an
8-ball and 9-ball singles
tournament in pool.
All contestants must sign up
in the rec room before 6:00 p.
m. the day of the tourney.
Tourney matches start at 7:00
p. m. Ladies and gentlemen
alike are urged to participate
and watch. Many should enjoy
the social event since the
tourney’s suspense and com
petitive excitement always
entertain a large gallery.
Meanwhile, the rec room
managers welcome all students
momentarily retreating from
their studies to relax and enjoy
the many facilities offered.
MAN’S fear of ideas is prob
ably the greatest dikes holding
back human knowledge and
happiness.
Morris L. Ernst