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March, 1956 PIRATES DEFEAT FRIENDSHIP and voorhees in tournament play A magnificent display of sfiooting and rebounding by their 5 ft., 11 in. center, Shirley, almost spelled victory for an underdog Friendship College team who pushed the Pirates from Elizabeth City to their limit in the 81-88 quarter-final game. Henry F'ields with 21 points, 21 of which he collected in a come-from - behind second half, paced the mighty Pirates’ attack. Tootle and Morgan with 14 points each, and Hubbard who registered 12, contributed to the up hill victory. Melvin Boyd, shooting with deadly accuracy, led the Pirates to a 101-68 romp over the Voorhees College Cag- ers in the semi-finals of the EIAC Tournament. Pointing for their fourth straight Tournament title, the Pirates broke the contest wide open in the second half, Boyd with 25 points was followed by Billups with 16, and Tootle who toss ed in 14. intramural basketball SEASON NEARS END Trotters Lead League With Perfect Record The Trotters of Landon Miales are the leaders in the tight intramural basketball league. The Trotters re mained in first by turning back the tough Wildcats of John Miller. In second place are the high scoring Blues of Billy Hodge. Below is the standing of the var- ious clubs: Won Lost Per. Trotters 6 1 855 Blues 6 1 855 Vikings 3 3 500 .Buccaneers 3 3 500 Trojans 2 3 400 Knights 2 4 333 Monarchs 1 4 200 RANDOLPH TOOTLE LEADS PIRATES IN SCORING Fields Has Highest Average Randolph Tootle, Ronnie Hubbard, and Henry Fields are the leading scorers on the Elizabeth City basket ball team. Each player averaged in double figures. hi 21 games Tootle scored 279 points to post a 13.75 average. Hub bard averaged 12.30 by scoring 279 points in 23 contests. Fields’ 2 3 6 points in 17 contests enabled him to register a 13.90 scoring average, the best on the Pirates’ squad. The remaining Pirates’ scoring to tals and averages are listed below: Games Ave. Richard Morgan 23 9.00 Robert “Bony” Simmons 22 8.63 Samuel Billups 17 7.63 ^lelvin Boyd 17 6.99 Vernon Jones 19 5.10 Joseph Edding 18 5.83 Robert Moody 11 2.75 Irvin Gordy 21 2.07 Aaron Chesten 6 4.33 Hector McNair 15 5.00 STATE TEACHERS ELIZABETH CITY ENDS REGULAR SEASON WITH 12 WINS AND 13 DEFEATS Season Marked With Upsets The 1955-56 Elizabeth City Pirates ended their regular basketball season with a record of 12 wins and 13 losses. Their record of 5 wins and three losses enabled them to finish in the first division. The won and loss record for the Pirates is as follows: STC 86 St. Paul 75 STC 88 Bowie 37 STC 94 D. C. Tchrs. 73 STC 56 Md. State 105 STC 78 Md. State 98 STC 71 Hampton 70 STC 95 - Shaw 94 STC 70 Hampton 93 STC 66 W. Salem 93 STC 65 ... - St. Paul 72 STC 97 Norfolk 99 STC 67 Fayetteville 65 STC 87 Norfolk 91 STC 102 Livingstone 58 STC 87 Voorhees 41 STC 101 Livingstone 54 STC 56 W. Salem 87 STC 60 Bowie 47 STC 83 St. Aug. 97 STC 63 Shaw 61 STC 58 Fayetteville 91 STC 66 Voorhees 71 HAWKS CAPTURE C.I.A.A. TITLE The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Title was captured by the unbeaten Maryland State Hawks. The victorious Hawks defeated Winston- Salem Rams by a wide margin of 107-67. Sonny Lloyd of Maryland was jredited with 39 points. This basket- jall title marks Maryland State as the winner of two C.I.A.A. titles in -56 with an unbeaten record. —Sterling Lennon Left to right, 1st row—Jones, Bij Chester, Boyd, McNair, Peele. ^ NEWS LETTER PIRATES WIN ONE OF LAST FOUR GAMES The Elizabeth City Pirates finished their regular season schedule playing St. Augustine, Shaw, Fayetteville, and Voorhees. Their only win was over the favored Shaw University. The three losses were to St. Augustine, Fayette- ille, and Voorhees. The Voorhees con test was a conference game. Burkes and Stirrup were the big guns in St. Augustine’s 97-67 victory over the Pirates. Jones contributed 17 points, Morgan 13, and Hubbard 10 to the Pirates’ cause. Randolph Tootle hit for two points with only seconds left to give the Pirates a 63-61 victory over Shaw. Hubbard and Edding had 14 points each; Morgan 12, and Tootle 11. Spears lead Shaw scoring with 14 points. Morgan with 19 points, Evans 18, and Kilpatrick 16, were leading scor ers in Fayetteville’s 91-58 victory over Elizabeth City. Hubbard and Tootle got 18 and 13 points respec tively for Elizabeth City. In their conference contest the Pir ates lost to Voorhees 71-66, after leading at the half 34-31. Five of the oorhees regulars hit in double figures. Powers registered 14 points, James 13, Washington 11, Jenkins and Shute 12 each. Billups scored 14 points to lead the Pirate’s scoring. Hubbard with 13 points followed in scoring. —Branch SPORTS IN SPOTS Ba.«eball Connie Mack, grand old man of baseball, died at the age of 93. He served for 50 years as manager of the A. L. Philadelphia Athletics. Altogeth er he spent 62 years in baseball as player and manager. E. I. A. C. CHAMPS — 1955-56 ups, Simmons, Hubbard (Co-Ca id row—Morgan, Fields, Gordy Page Tliree ' LEAP YEAR BALL Attraction of the Month Symera Hall was the scene of a colorful and spectacular Leap Year Ball on the evening of February 11. It was given by the young ladies re siding in the hall. The Valentine theme was carried out in decorations and refreshments. The Lounge was beautifully decorated with red and white streamers and a mass of colorful balloons suspended from the center of the room. Valen tine hearts and Cupids were every where. Refreshments, in the “serve yourself fashion”, were cranberry punch, club sandwiches, Valentine candies, peanuts and popcorn. Dancing to a variety of musical numbers was greatly enjoyed by the seventy-six guests. The traditional Leap Year custom of having young women escort the men to and from the ball was carried out. —Vivian Burke NEWS IN BRIEF A Butler Hall Dormitory Council was recently organized with John Bias a senior, as chairman. The following representatives were chosen: George Goode and Phillip Smith, freshmen; James Horne and Eugene Stallings, sophomores; Ephriam Green and Al bert Horne, juniors; and Darius Brown and John Sharpe, seniors. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mar tin, on February 6, a son, Keith Lam bert. Both parents are members of the Fine Arts Staff. Santiago Burrell, ’54, now in the United States Air Force was on the Campus recently. 1 ■ itain). Tootle. 2nd row—Moody, Edding and Porter.
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