October, 1955
STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE NEWS LETTER
Page Three
Pirates Win Over Broncos 20-15
fourth quarter
SCORES BEAT BRONCOS
The mighty Pirates had to come
from behind to beat a fired-up Fay
etteville eleven 20-15, Quarterback
)ames Godfrey and End Ephriain
Green clicked for all three of the Pir
ates' scores. Godfrey also kicked 2
points after touchdowns.
The Broncos scored first when they
canght Godfrey in his own end zone,
and tackled him for a safety. The Pir
ates came back to go ahead 7-2 when
Godfrey hit Green all alone on the
Broncos 35. The lialf ended with the
Pirates leading 7-2.
The fighting Broncos, after receiv
ing the kickoff, continued to pass and
run for yardage, A one-yard plunge
put them ahead 9-7. Minutes later
they scored their last touchdown, after
recovering a fumble on the Pirates’
45. The Pirates , with time running out
came fighting back as Godfrey took
to the air lane again. Finding his fav
orite receiver open and heading for
the goal, Godfrey hit Green with a 40
yard scoring heave to cut the Broncos’
lead to one point. With about 5 min
utes left, the Elizabeth City eleven
began to move for their final and win
ing touchdown.
Smith, taking a pitchout from God
frey, raced 35 yards to the Broncos’ 32.
Picking out his favorite target, Green,
again Godfrey tossed to him in the
right flat. Shaking off a would-be
tackier. Green sprinted 29 yards for
the score with only 2 minutes left to
play.
This was the Pirates’ sixth win.
They have lost one.
ELIZABETH CITY PIRATES
UPSET BY ST. AUGUSTINE’S
FALCOiNS 13-0
A tough Falcon eleven, taking ad
vantage of every opportunity, handed
the battling Pirates their first defeat
of the current campaign, before the
largest crowd of the season at College
Park. This defeat leaves the Pirates
with a record of five wins and one de
feat.
After a scoreless first quarter, the
Falcons reached paydirt after a series
of running plays, highhghted by a
20 yard dash for the score.
Trailing at halftime, the Pirates
came back with plenty of fire the
third cjuarter, but a drive was stopped
by a penalty.
St. Augustine began to move again
late in the third quarter with its
ground attack moving in high gear.
The Falcons scored their final touch-
dow'n when their (quarterback skirted
the Pirates right end for the score.
Fumbles, penalties, and intercept
ions hurt the Pirates’ attack as drive
after drive was stopped ending a 13
game defeat win strc'ak for the Pirates.
SPORT HIGHLIGHTS
A FOOTBALL PLAYER
It is the second cjuarter in one of
State’s tight football games. The ball
is on State’s 35 yard line. The Pirates
rash out of their huddle to the line of
wrimmage. In the ciuarterback slot is
* short, small and almost skinny young
man. He confidently barks out the
®ap number Ready! Get set, hike one-
i"o, and the ball is snapped. He fakes
smoothly to the fullback, then fakes
a pitchout to the halfback. While the
Opposition and fans are trying desper-
i'tdy to find the ball, he' drops back
Mto the slot, cooly looking for a pass
receiver. E.xpertly, he finds an end
leaking into the
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Buz and Tillie
Sport in Spots
Baseball
The big payoff for the National
Leagvie Dodgers was October 4th in
Yankee Stadium before 64,465 fans.
The Dodgers captured the best of
seven seiies over the New \ork Yank
ees 2-0 behind Podre’s gritty pitching.
This marked the 52nd World Series,
the Dodgers 8th attempt, and the first
team in history to win Series aftei
losing the first two games.
Stick men for the year are: Willie
Mays (NL) 655 and Stan Musial (AL)
611.
Football
October 15th games were upsetting.
Pirates won over the undefeated Shaw
Bears; ties for N. C. State and Vir
ginia State. Notre Dame lost to
Michigan State; Syracuse rolled over
Army; Duke U. remained undefeated
and ranked 5th in nation.
Tennis
Miss Doris Hart retired after twenty
years of gritty playdng. She has toured
twenty countries and traveled over
200,000 miles during her career. She
will make her honre in Florida and
teach tennis.
Osie Robinson
openmg.
Th(
owrng with precision, which comes
“n y with constant practice and years
experience, he connects on a si.xtv-
fi'e yard scoring play.
^linutes later, the opposition has the
l>reaks
Suddenly their big 219 fullback
into the clear, looking as if he
®'ght go all way. But wait! a tiny
i^sh of lightening rushes up from the
"■ates safety position. The fans shout
lis courage; but how can a 135
pounder stop a heroic demon almost
'^ce his size? You can hear the sound
the collision all over the park, but
fullback is down, and the
e nian is smiling and helping him
Many of the fans are astonished,
st^''^rl and take it
^ If you knew the “Hawk” \'OU
'^'ould, too.
PIRATES SPOIL MORRISTOWN S
HOMECOMING 38-0
Unveiling an explosive offensive,
the mightly Pirates turned an under
dog Morristown Homecoming into a
rout. Taking the opening kickoff, the
Pirates from Elizabeth City, set the
pattern of the game by marching for
a touchdown. Coach Bob White empt
ied the bench after the first 3 touch
downs had been scored as the reserves
kept the scoring parade going with 3
more touchdowns. Morristown fighting
gallantly all the way was held to 3
first downs.
End Ephriam Green led the scoring
with 2 touchdowns, Stallings, Blakey,
n! Godfrey and Brown had one each,
Godfrey kicked for the two e x t r a
Wallace Bud Smith remains world
lightweight champion by decisioning
Jimmy Carter, the former Champion in
a 15 round title match in Cincinnati
Garden October 19,
Smith who won the title from Carter
June 29, on a split decision came
storming back in the last two rounds
to decision Carter, The former Chami)
put up a good fight, but the decision
was not his way.
Tennis
Tony Trabert, the world’s best Ama
teur tennis player, has turned pro, and
United States Tennis is on the spot.
Meanwhile, the Davis Cup Captain
looks at the future and comments on
some good prospects.
The Amateur Tennis King, caught
the scent of cpiick easy gold. The De
cision to turn i^ro makes Trabert the
highest guarantee of any player in
history. His former team has a fine
crop of players coming up, but how
soon they can be toughened for in
ternational competition is another
question.
Motorboating
Guy Lombardo’s blue and yellow
Tempo VII, with speed-loving Danny
Foster at the wheel, roared down
wind-swept Pasquotank River a n d
Outsped Joe Schoenith’s Gale V by
more than 300 yards to win the In
ternational Cup Regatta at Elizabeth
City, North Carolina on October 9.
Baseball
Larry Doby, the first Negro player
in the American League, has been
traded to the Chicago White Sox for
Carrasquel, a shortstop, and outfielder.
Jim Busby, the slugging centerfielder,
who has played for Cleveland nine
vears, will have hope of giving the
^Vhite Sox the long ball which they
need.
F ootball
The Pirates have just received high
appraisal from Gal Jaycox, sports edi
tor of the Journal and Guide. Mr. Jay
cox,, a nationally known sports writer,
has placed the Pirates in four-way tie
for the National football championship
honors. This is a great honor to re
ceive and a great inspiration to the
team and rooters.
We of State Teachers College that
have wholeheartedly supported our
team have something to boast about.
This honor has been well earned as
the Pirates’ log shows a record of 31
wins, five loses and two ties for a
period of four years. We also have
three E,I,C,A, Championships consecu
tively. This record has not been sur
passed by many teams in the country,
—Sterling Lennon
PIGSKIN PARADE
points.
South Carolina State
Shaw University
Morristown College
St. Augustine College —
Fayetteville State
Winston-Salem Teachers
Norfolk State
(Homecoming)
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PIRATES CAPTURE 12th
STRAIGHT VICTORY
Stop Shaw University 19-18
in Thriller
The amazing Pirates of State Tea-
hers College, led by their pint-sized
Quarterback C 1 e v e “Little Hawk”
Godfrey, who handles the ball with
“now you see and now y'ou don’t”
mastery, kept their unbeaten and un
tied record clear by edging the Tough
Shaw University Bears 19-18 on the
latter’s field.
The Pirates drew first blood in the
grueling battle on a 40 yard touch
down toss from Godfrey to End Eph-
rian Green who raced over to score
untouched. Godfrey drop-kicked the
extra point and the Pirates led 7-0,
Not to be outdone, the Bears took
the kickoff and marched 81 yards into
paydirt, led by their all C,I,A,A. cand
idate Laverne Hunter and Fullback
Killings who bulled over from the 3
yard hue to score. Wilder’s placement
was wide, and the score stood 7-6 in
favor of the Pirates.
The Pirates’ offensive power took
over with Fullback Dick Branch
paving the way on a 47 yard end
sweep, which placed the ball on the
Bears’ 22 yard line. After a series of
plays Godfrey again took to the air
and hit Halfback Oscar Blakey in the
End Zone with a touchdown strike,
and the score stood 13-6 with the Pir
ates still on the long end. This ended
the first half.
The second half produced many
thrills, W’ith 5 minutes of the third
quarter gone, Shaw’s Quarterback
Wilder gave Hunter a hand-off on the
Pirates 58 yard line, and ;ic snake
hipped all the way in the End Zone
to score. This tightened the score to
13-12 count as Wilder’s placement
was again wide.
Going into the fourth period the
pepped-up Shaw eleven again turned
on its offensive power and marched
51 yards into paydirt with Halfback
Lewis going over from the 7 yard line
to score, and the Bears led 18-13 with
10 minutes to play.
From this point the Pirates took over
on their own 25 yard line, with
Branch, Blakey, and Brown alternating
the ball-carrying duties and moved the
ball to the Bears’ 18 yard line, God
frey then hit End Rodney Tucker in
the End Zone to put the Pirates out
front 19-18,
Mo\ing the ball to the Pirates’ 35
yard line, Shaw tried desperately to
score in the last 3 minutes of the game,
but Fred Brown, Pirates’ pass defend
er, intercepted a Shaw iiass and the
Pirates took over. After a series of
line-bucking plays, the final whistle
blew, and the Victorious Pirates were
on top 19-18,
Outstanding both offensively and
defensively for the Pirates were Backs:
Godfrey, Blakey, Branch and Brown;
Linemen: Gordy, Davis, Tucker, W^ill-
iams, and D, Brown. For the losing
Bears: Laverne Hunter, Wilder and
Killings were constant threats through
out the game. A thriller indeed!
—Billv Hodge
BEAT!
WINSTON-SALEM