Friday, October 5,1973
COLUMNS
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Rugby Club In Practice Session Photo by Gaingan
Blue Goosers Out To Goose
Who are these madmen who
look like they’re trying to kill
each other out on the softball
field? Who are these strange
creatures who come in for
supper every night hot and
sweaty and ready to eat? Why!
It’s none other than the 1973-74
Louisburg “Blue Goose” Rugby
Club.
What?
For all you laymen out there,
rugby is a cross between
football and soccer. There are
fifteen men on each side and
they use what looks like a
pregnant football. Forty
minute halves are played. This
is purely a running game, so
there is very little time used
between the set-up and
execution of plays. And the
plays don’t take so long, either.
It’s a hard hitting, fast-running,
sneaky-passing, shirt-ripping,
pants-dirtying, lip-splitting,
heavy-hittinsr p-ame. And these
guys love it. A standard play of
rugby consists of “Ungh”,
“Ooff, “3!?*/, “Ouch” and
“Aghhh.” This last sound is
involuntarily made by guys
who are trying to remove a
finger which has just been
rammed down their throat.
This is otherwise known as a
severe glottal attack.
The returning veterans
(along with war wounds) of this
fleet-footed infantry are: Presi
dent, Brad Senter; Captain,
Wally Ashburn; Match Secre- '
tary, Dick (Giese) Gieselman;
Trainer and Manager, Steve
Brady; Social Co-ordinator,
Johnny McClean; Mike (Tiny)
Phillips, Roger Dickerson, Ed
Johnston, Little Willy Wise.
Tim Machia, Mike (Leper)
Leonard, Lee Pearce, Winn
Graham, Charlie Beck, and
Monk Clary.
The greenhorns (who either
don’t know what they’re
getting into, or don’t they don’t
want to know) are: Randy
Wimberly, David Horton,
Ronnie Barnes, Bill Russo,
Jimmy South, Dave Goodstein,
Henry Long, Scott Traynum,
Opponents
Bill Roughton, Henry Hayes, R.
C. Hunt, Tony Tharrington, D.
B. Lancaster, Robert White,
Lee Lloyd, and Ricky Hinnant.
The non-playing members
(the smart ones) are: Dennis
Donahue, Paula Drake, Gwen
Ball, Emit Camp, and Connie
Maxwell.
Seriously though, folks,
rugby is a fantastic game - full
of thrills, chills, and sometimes
spills. The parties after the
games are the same, too.
In the immortal words of the
invincible Havelmyer Phoofen-
foper from Padooca, Pennsy
lvania, “Give Blood - Play
Rubgy.”
Dixie Classic
Time Again
One of the high points of the
fall intramural schedule is the
Dixie Classic basketball
tournament to be held the first
week of November. For the
benefit of the people who have
never heard of the Dixie
Classic, it is a highly
competitive, double-elimination
tournament open to any
formulated team. That means
that any group of guys can get
together and make up a team.
The only requirement is that
each turn in a roster (which
allows any number of players)
into Coach Lanier between the
17th and 25th of October.
Many of the teams in the past
have consisted of high school
players who are not playing
here at Louisburg. Therefore
the competition has been on the
level of good quality high school
basketball. Some of the winners
of past tournaments have been
the Chicago VI, Wells Fargo,,
and the Stoned V. This year’s
winner will be invited to the
intramural banquet at which
trophies will be given, pictures
taken, and a dinner (hopefully
steak) will be served. Win or
lose, it’s a lot of fun, so start
making plans for a winning
team.
♦Editor’s note: This year a
Women’s Dixie Belle Classic
tournament will be held for all
of the girls who like to play
basketball. It will be held on the
same format as the men’s
tournament. Keep an eye out
on the bulletin boards for
further information.
Baseball
Players
Get Rest
Would you believe that the
Louisburg College baseball
team played a fall schedule of
baseball as well as a spring and
summer schedule? Well, they
did - against the likes of
Atlantic Christian College, Elon
College, Sandhills Community
College, and East Carolina
University. The purpose of a
fall schedule was not necessar
ily to win but to give the
freshmen piayers college
experience and teach fun
damentals. Each game usually
lasted about four hours so that
all players could play. Coach
Russ Frazier was pleased with
the performance of the Canes
and feels there is great
potential if the new players
adjust to college baseball. But
for now, the baseball players
will get a chance to rest and
prepare for next spring’s
season, which opens in March.
Cheerleadlng
Now that school has been in
session for a month and most os
us have adapted to the
academic life on campus--we
turn our attention to the
extra-curricular activities
about us. Almost everyone on
campus is involved in sports at
Louisburg. From the organized
school teams to the competition
between dorms and P.E.
classes, enthusiasm and excite
ment builds.
A very important asset to the
athletic program are the
cheerleaders, a team of six girls
and six guys. Many hard hours
of practice and performance
The 1973 Louisburg College
intramural program is off to
one of its best starts interest
wise in years, according to
Coach Jim Lanier, intramural
program director. Franklin 3
has already emerged as winner
of the softball competition and
has taken over an early lead in
intramural standings between
dorms. They beat a determined
Kenan 2 in an exciting best ol
three games series. Men’s flag
football and girls softball are
now into full swing with games
being played in the late
afternoon on the athletic field
Freshmen
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courses are not too hard yet.
My boyfriend is here, so I’m
seldom lonely. I don’t think it is
fair to have visitation in thie
boys’ dorm and not the girls’.
The food is okay considering
what they have to work with.”
Gwen Coppedge: “It is a very
friendly place, but if can get
unpleasant at times. The
faculty seem to be interested in
the students, and it’s good not
to have to walk miles to get to
the classes. I think the side
doors of the dorms are closed
too early, and the visitation
policy isn’t fair. I believe I’ll get
a good education at Louisburg
though.”
Jim Anderson: “My main
criticism of Louisburg is the
entertainment. The things they
have on week nights are all
right, but something should be
done about weekends. Also,
there should be more tennis
courts. Three courts for a
school the size of Louisburg is
pretty bad. I like the people
though; most of the students
are friendly.”
Sallie Hilliard: “The school is
okay at times, but sometimes I
feel I could run away. I think
the rules are horrible for the
girls. I guess after I get
accustomed to this college... I
hope that it will be better.
sessions are put in by these
students-but the rewards are
limitless.
With very few members of
the squad returning this year,
there are many openings for
students wanting to participate
on the squad. Interested
persons should contact Nanette
Newton or Coach Drake for
try-out dates and details.
adjacent to the gymnasium. If
you aren’t into any of the
programs, there are still many
opportunities for floor to floor
competition in basketball,
tennis, cross country, and many
other planned activities in the
future.
Coach Lanier feels everyone
on and off campus can
participate in the intramural
program if the interest is there.
“The girls have just been
super,” says Lanier, “and I’m
looking forward to tennis and
football.”
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