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THE COMPASS
may, 1961
Pirates Drop Double-Header To Shaw
Shaw University’s Bears took two
games from the Pirates on the Eliza
beth City State Teachers College base
ball diamond behind two magnificent
pitchers and an air-tight infield.
In the first game, Waddell pitched
a brilliant no-hitter. The Pirates got
their runs on five walks issued by
Waddell. Johnny Richardson, Pi
rates starting pitcher, gave up four
hits before Jasper Evans came on in
relief. Even though Waddell pitch
ed a no-hitter, Elizabeth City could
have won the game with a tighter
defense.
The Bears picked up three runs on
six hits, making the final score 3-2.
Bassett got two of the Bears six hits.
Fayetteville's Cotton
Loses Heartbreaker
Cotton pitched brilliantly for thir
teen innings only to lose the game on
a passed ball by his catcher. He
struck out fourteen Pirate batters.
Instead of tiring in the late innings,
Cotton seemed to get stronger as
the game progressed.
Elizabeth City’s Jasper Evans came
in to pitch in the 7th inning with
one out. He relieved starter James
Henry. After retiring the side by
fanning the two batters he faced in
the 7th, Evans went on to strike out
eleven Broncos. With the score tied
at five apiece going into extra in
nings, both Cotton and Evans tried
very hard to get the victory. Evans
finally picked up the victory.
Shortstop Woodson Pearson got
two timely hits for the ECSTC Pi
rates. First-baseman Joe Hand also
collected two hits. The hard fought
game lasted for three hours and a
half before the Pirates took the 6-5
win. This gave the Elizabeth City
team their second win of the season,
both against Fayetteville.
Second Game
The Pirates out hit the Bears in the
second game 5-4. However, they lost
the game 4-3. Brady Johnson, the
starting pitcher for the Pirates, ab
sorbed the loss. Baker went all the
way for the Shaw University Bears.
Shaw’s infielders again and again
robbed the Elizabeth City Pirates of
hits. At the same time, the Pirate
infielders were making easy outs in
to base runners for the Shaw Bears.
Johnson soon began getting wild.
James Henry came on to relieve him.
He retired the last two men of the
fourth inning on strikeouts and went
on to pitch a good game. How
ever, the Bears touched him for one
run which proved to be enough to
take the victory.
Pirates Over Hampton
Elizabeth City State Teachers Col
lege’s Pirates sneaked out a 5-4 vic
tory over he Pirates of Hampton In
stitute on the home grounds. George
Kitchen went all the way and was
credited with the win.
Woodson Pearson drove in the win
ning run in the bottom of the ninth
inning. William Melton set up the
winning run by starting the inning
with a pinch single then stealing sec
ond and third bases. Pearson then
hit his game winning single.
The Elizabeth City team played
their best defensive game of the sea
son. They made three double plays.
The outfielder made some key catches
that got Kitchen out of trouble at
times.
SOFT BALL TEAMS
NAMES CAPTAINS
Fabulous Nine Joel Howell
Pistons Ro'ocri Lee
Muscle Majors Nathaniel Grant
Faculty Robert Vaughan
Seniors George Long
Rattlers Marvin Trotman
City Slickers Elwood Williams
Molecules Jasper Evans
Scanning the Major Leagues
Although most of the Major Lea
gue baseball teams made good off
season deals, the Milwaukee Braves
got the best deal. They acquired
infielders Frank Bolling and Roy Mc
Millan in winter trades. A weak
infield was the Braves’ major prob
lem last year. In view of their much
improved infield in addition to the
National League’s leading catcher in
Del Crandall, sluggers Hank Aron,
Ed Mathews and Joe Adcock, the
Milwaukee team should win the pen
nant. They also have two of the
League’s top pitchers in southpaw
Warren Spahn and right handed Lew
Burdette.
The Los Angles Dodgers with the
best pitching staff in the League and
the team that boasts the fastest team
in the League should finish a close
second. Rookie Willie Davis is hailed
as a speed demon. Other Dodger
speedsters are Maury Wills and Tom
my Davis.
Rounding out the National League’s
first division should be last year’s
dhampions the Pittsburg Pirates and
the San Francisco Giants coming in
fourth.
In the American League, those
power packed New York Yankees
should win the pennant. Although
their pitching and defense are average,
their power men: Mickey Mantle,
Roger Maris, Yogi Bera and Bill
“Moose” Skowron are just too much
for opposing teams. They also have
a good all-around player in Elston
Howard.
The team that almost won the
pennant last year, the Baltimore
Orioles, should give the other teams
enough trouble to finish second. They
have a good young pitching staff and
some other young stars who seemed
to fade a little when the going got
rough in the latter part of the 1960
season. With a Year’s experience,
these young players could prove to
be the Yankee’s most fierce competi
tors for the title. Jim Jentile, Marv
Breeding, and Ron Hansen made the
all-star rookie team last year.
Coming in third should be the long
overdue Detroit Tigers followed by
the Chiago White Sox and the Min
nesota Twins.
Facts In Figures
According to the Census Bureau,
50% of last June’s high school grad
uates had plans for to college. In
1940 the figure was only 15%. Dr.
W. W. Hill, Jr., research director of
the College Life Insurance Company,
has estimated that freshmen at pri
vate colleges and universitties now
face a four-year cost of $8,300 for
their education, compared with
$3,700 in 1940 and $6,300 in 1950.
The Ford Foundation last year sam
pled a representative group of parents
planning to send their children
college, and found that only 4(
of them had saved money for the
What It Takes
There are two kinds of sucess.
One is the very rare kind that comes
to the man who has the power to do
what no one else has the power to do.
That’s genius. The average man who
is successful is not genius. He is
man who has merely the ordinary
qualities that he shares with his fel
lows, but who has developed those
ordinary qualities to more than ordi
nary degree.
“Reading proof on an editoral I
found that my fingers on the type
writer, keyboard had birthed an appro
priate new word; givernment.’ ”—
“The story of 4-H is a solid case
for optimism. The Farm youth or
ganization and its work make the ab
horred roving, black leather-jacketed
packs of delinquents seem almost un
important by comparison.”—Thomas
Knight, Mooresville (N. C.) Tribune,
M. McKnight, Mooresville (N. C.)
Tribune.
Elizabeth City State Teachers College
1961 Football Schedule
September 23, Norfolk State College Away (Fish Bowl)
September 30, Winston Salem Teachers Home, 7:00 p.m.
October 7, Virginia Union University Away
October 14, Shaw University Home, 7:00 p.m.
October 21, St. Paul’s College Away
October 28, St. Augustines College . Away
November 4, Fayetteville State - Homecoming, 2:00 p.m.
November 11 Open
November 16, Howard University Home, 2:00 p.m.
Howard University
Crushed Pirates Twice
Suffering their fourth and fifth
straight losses, the Elizabeth City
State Teachers College Pirates were
defeated by the big bats of the How
ard University baseball team, 12-2 in
the first game and a runaway 20-7
the second game.
Gaither pounded out four hits in
the first game for Howard. His team-
;, Ellerbe, got two hits. The
Pirates were outhit 12-3. Phillips
coasted to an easy win handing Jas
per Evans the loss.
Second Game
The charges of Howard really went
1 a rampage in the second game
; they pounded out seventeen hits
which were good for 20 runs. Eliza
beth City’s Pirates made 7 runs on
eight hits. Heyman was the win
ning pitcher. Henry was the victim
of the 17 hit attack. As if Henry
did not have enough trouble with
Howard’s big bats, his fielders made
costly errors.
Three of Howard’s players com
bined for ten hits — Ellerbe get
ting three; Plater, four; and Carter
three. Winton Fenner went two for
three, and William Melton got two
hits in three times at bat including
a home run.
A. & T. Defeats Pirates
On Grand Slammer
After going hitless for seven in
nings, Evans, A & T’s shortstop, un
loaded his big bat with the bases
loaded to give the Aggies of A & T
9-6 victory. Edwards went the
Jte for the Aggies and got the win.
James Henry took the heartbreak
ing loss. Henry pitched very well,
but some sloppy fielding by the in-
fielders let in some runs that proved
to make the difference. A & T got
twelve hits, and Elizabeth City pick
ed up eleven safeties.
Holding a five to zero lead going
to the fifth inning, the Aggies were
pretty comfortable. However, the
never-say-die Pirates battled back to
take a 6-5 lead with 3 runs in the
seventh inning. A & T had three
players with more than one hit. Mc-
Adoo went two for five. Gordon
also got two hits in five at bat.
Faulkner collected the largest number
of Aggie hits, getting three. Cam
eron “Bucky” Curtis was the batting
star for the Pirates. He connected
for four hits. Woodson Pearson
picked up two hits in five times at
bat.
Hampton Downs Elizabeth
City in Slugfest
In a wild and wooly battle of bats,
the Pirates of Hampton Institute out
lasted the Pirates of Elizabeth City
State Teachers College and won 11-
7. The pitchers seemed to be help
less; at times their best pitch was
not quite enough.
George Kitchen was held responsi
ble for the defeat, and Powell came
on in relief to get the win. Both
teams scored in the first inning.
Hampton took a 4-1 lead in the sec
ond inning, but Elizabeth City had a
big third inning to go ahead 4-5.
It lasted a very short period as the
Hampton Pirates tied it in the next
inning and took over from there.
The leading batsmen for Hampton
were Turner, three for five; Hart
man, four for five; Tyler, two for
five, including a home run; and Pow
ell, two for three. Elizabeth City’
Mickey Harper and David Trotman
got two hits apiece while Joe Hand
got three.
The Elizabeth City Pirates got
their runs on nine hits while Kitchen
yielded only five hits to the Broncos.
Seven of the Pirates hits were col
lected by Joe Hand. 3; Winton Fen
ner, 2; and William Teel, 2.
Cl A A Track Meets
The members of State Teachers
College CIAA track team are as fol
lows: Riddick Parker, junior, from
Hobgood, N. C.; Captain, Ray Fen-
derson, sophomore, Beaufort, N. C.;
Walter Thomas, sophomore, Wash
ington, D. C.; Earl Moore, freshman,
Morristown, N. J.; Berry Samuel,
freshman, Detroit, Michigan; Stanley
Franklin, freshman, Detroit, Michigan;
Jamie Griffin freshman, Detroit, Mich
igan; Broadus Cox, freshman, Ral
eigh, N. C.; and Colin and Colbert
Minga, twins, freshman, New York
City, N. Y.
The CIAA has had four track
meets: First, Virginia State College
in which ECSTC came out in third
place; Second, Hampton Institute,
third place; Third, Fayetteville State,
fourth place. Earl Moore, a fresh
man from Morristown, N. J., came
out in first place in Hampton and
Fayetteville running hurdles.
Captain Ray Fenderson, and mem
bers of the track team think that
they have been doing well consider
ing the fact that the college does
not have a track field and most of
the members are freshmen. The fin
al CIAA track meet will be held in
Petersburg, Virginia.
The members of the ECSTC team
have great confdience in themselves.
They believe they will come out in
first or second place in the final CIAA
Why can’t we as members of
ECSTC give our track team more
support!
Mother, hearing a great clatter
and banging on the porch where
little Bobby was playing, called out,
“What are you doing?”
“Nothing”, came the reply.
“What are you doing it with?” de-
manded the mother, and a small voice
answered: “With a hammer.”
Pirates Have
Disappointing Season
With the ability of his players and
the good showing of the players in
Spring training. Coach Caldwell had
anticipated a successful baseball sea-
He even considered winning
the championship; however, as the
season progressed, the Pirates seemed
to be making the same mistakes over
and over again.
The pitchers performed rather well
but the Pirate defense marked the
difference between victory and loss
in more than one game. Shortstop
and second base were very weak po
sitions making the middle a constant
spot to be chosen by opposing hit-
rs.
Though there are many members
of the Pirates team who carry big
bat, none of them got hot during
the season. The Elizabeth City Pi
rates lost two of their top players,
Marvia Trotman and George Long;
but if George Craig and Joe Hand
had produced as they did last year,
the season would have been a little
more successful.
Pirates Open Season
With Victory
Even though it took 10 innings to
do it, the Pirates of Elizabeth City
State Teachers College made their
baseball season opener a success by
defeating Fayetteville State’s Broncos
George Kitchen received credit
for the win while Cotton suffered the
Kitchen held the Broncos scoreless
until the 7th inning when Fayetteville
picked up two runs. They added one
s to that in the next inning. The
Pirates held a 3-0 lead going into the
bottom of the 7th. Coach Cald
well’s Pirates rallied for 3 runs in the
top of the 10th inning to tuck the
game away.
Congratulations
and
Best Wishes
to the
Graduating Class
of 1961
The
Compass Staff