nEC EMBER 12, 1969
THE COMPASS
PAGE 7
FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
ECSU Surprises Delaware 31-6
Lawrence Harrell (No. 12) spots an open receiver
down field as two Fayetteville tacklers apply the
pressure.
SOPHOMORES SPARKLE
IN HOMECOMING WIN
ECSU (27) FSU (6)
Fighting off a hard and
determined Fayetteville
State University football
team, the mighty Vikings
of Elizabeth City pulled
off a 27-6 victory. It was
the sixth victory in a row
for the Vikings, How
ever, Fayetteville suf
fered its second straight
setback.
With the high spirits of
Homecoming in the air,
spirits seemed to die un
til sophomore quarter
back Lawrence Harrell
ran for a touchdown of
81 yards to give the Vik
ings their first score of
the game. Trapped in his
own backfield, Harrell re
versed his field run
ning behind key blocks of
the Vikings offense.
The Broncos of Fay
etteville were “red dog
ging” and blitzing all af
ternoon crying to stop the
potent passing game of
the Vikings. In doing so,
they gave ECSU only 109
yards for the contest. But
they failed to contain the
running game which has
the third best rusher in
the CIAA, in O. J. Rey
nolds. George Cross, a
210 pounder, Reynolds
and Harrell are all sopho
mores.
Cross, one of the gift
ed out of a multiplicity of
running backs that Coach
Tom Caldwell has, has
seen limited action and
™ost of that action has
been on defense. But he
came into his own as he
pwished the Broncos with
his authoritative running.
After the first half had
expired, the Vikings led
by the slim margin of 7
points. Although the
Broncos tried desperate
ly to stop ECSU from
scoring early in the third
period, they failed. The
second time the Vikings
had the ball, they scor
ed, driving 93 yards on
the dynamic running of
O.J. Reynolds and George
Cross. Cross ripped
through the Fayetteville
State line from the five to
score and Moore added
the extra point. This gave
ECSU 14-0 lead going in
to the fourth quarter.
To bring the game
tenseness to its highest
point since the first score
by the Vikings in the first
period, the Broncos scor
ed on a one-yard run by
Ephram Thomas. Their
try for the extra point
failed.
However, O. J. Rey
nolds made things more
comforatble as he plunged
over from the one; after
the Vikings had gotten
good field position on the
kickoff and two pass com
pletions to Bowie Totten.
Moore’s conversionmade
the score 21-6 with less
than six minutes to play.
To put the icing on the
cake, Harrell spotted
sophomore Alvin Felton
open from 14 yards out for
ECSU’s final score. A
pass interception by
sophomore cornerback,
Lionel Miles, made the
score possible.
Elizabeth City State
University showed why
they are ranked ninth in
the NAIA in rushing de
fense as they held the Del
aware Hornets to only 19
yards on the ground on the
way to a 31-6 victory.
This was the seventh
straight win for the Vik
ings in eight starts and
they have a chance to fin
ish with their best record
in recent years this Sat
urday.
ECSU was placed four
th in the CIAA standings
and this decision should
move them even higher.
Delaware was ranked
seventh.
Elizabeth City put all
their scoring into the first
and fourth quarters and
held the Hornets score
less until midway the fin
al period.
The first Elizabeth City
touchdown cam e on a one-
yard plunge by George
Cross climaxing a 70-
yard drive. Cross and O.
J. Reynolds did most of
the running in the drive.
Later in the period
Cross scored again,thls
time on a four-yard run.
Darnell Moore kicked the
extra point.
Delaware drove to the
Viking’s three in the sec
ond period, but a fourth
down field goal try was
blocked by Ronald Dar-
don and Washington John
son. The Hornets also
drove deep into Viking
territory in the third
frame only to be thrown
back by defensive charge
led by John Brown and
Bill Anderson.
Reynolds opened the
final period with a three-
CENTENNIAL CAME ENDS SEASON
ECSU VIKINGS NIP
LIVINGSTONE 21-6
Oliver Reynold {No. 22) "Runs for Daylight' .
Coach John D. Marshall
had seen almost every
thing about the Vikings’
attack except sophomore
end, Alvin Felton. A
clutch pass to him, in the
left comer of the end-
zone, from sophomore
quarterback Lawrence
Harrell, provided the
margin of victory as Eliz
abeth City State Univer
sity defeated fifth rank
ed Livingstone College,
21-16. The toss to Fel
ton broke a 14-14 tie,
with only 1:34 remaining,
in the game.
A wildly cheering bi
partisan group of 800 high
school seniors, guests of
the University, watched
che determined Blue
Bears knot the score at
14-14, with 11:23 re
maining in the fourth
quarter. The victory by
Coach Tom Caldwell's
Vikings was a fitting and
timely tribute to 100
years of college football
In America, as ECSU al
so ended the season with
its eighth straight vic
tory after a 2-0 loss in
the season opener.
With two hard earned
tallies, one in each quar
ter, and two deep pen
etrations, the Vikings ap
peared ready to really
turn the Blue Bears
blue. The first touch
down climaxed a 70-yard
drive, with O. J. Rey
nolds racing 18 yards to
score. Darnell Moore
split the uprights, making
it 7-0 near the close of
the first period.
Each team settled down
to hard-nose defensive
play, with the Vikings get
ting three breaks and cap
italizing on only one of
them. It came when quar
terback Allen Hilton
pumped one time too
many. Billy Anderson and
Jackie Kennedy smeared
him in the end zone,jar
ring the ball loose. Ken
nedy recovered and
Moore’s conversion kick
sailed throu^ to post a
14-0 halftime lead.
The centennial cele
bration became hard work
for the Vikings when Pro-
dus Perkings took the
opening second half kick-
off and streaked up the
middle of the field to race
81 yards to score. Jos
eph Henderson converted
following the electrifying
run to narrow the score at
14-7.
Shortly after the third
quarter ended Acey Spen
cer intercepted a Har
rell pass, Livingstone’s
fifth of the day, giving
the blue Bears posses
sion on the ECSU 15 yard
line. Five plays later
Larry Kinney cracked the
stubborn Viking line from
the one. Henderson con
verted to start a brand
new ball game.
For eight minutes the
two team s were locked in
a tight defensive battle,
with ECSU again coming
out on top. Anderson re
covered a Hilton fumble,
the fifth Livingstone fum-
ble to be recovered by the
Vikings. Racing against
the time, Lawrence Har
rell ran out of the pocket
and danced 30 yards to the
15, before hitting Felton
in the end zone. Moore’s
third conversion made it
21-14, with 1:34 remain
ing.
Livingstone drove 50
yards, as the seconds
ticked away. On four
th and goal from the ECSU
four yard line, Anderson
intercepted a Hilton pass
in the end zone. Attempt
ing to run the ball out, he
decided to lateral it to an
un-identified player, giv
ing the Blue Bears two
more points on a safety.
yard touchdown run end
ing a 40-yard drive. The
kick for the extra point
failed.
Delaware then put their
only points on the board
with a 30-yard pass from
Gerry Kobasa to Sam Wa
ters.
Elijah Thompson setup
the fourth VikingTDlater
in the period as he in
tercepted a Hornet pass
on the 40 and ran it back
to the Delaware 25.Rey
nolds went to the final
18 yards to the score. A
pass for the extra points
failed.
The final touchdown of
the afternoon came on an
18-yard pass from Law
rence Harrell to Maurice
Harrod.
Our Lovely and radiant
Centennial Queen, Miss
Terry vVhite is crowned
by Darnell Moore.
People who reach the end
of their road are often sur
prised by what they find there.
—Joe Harrison, The Texas
(Dickens County) Spur.
THE
SURPRISER
(Continued from page 1)
It is the general feel
ing of the students that
the bookstore will contin
ue to grow in efficiency
through the dedicated
service or Mr. James
Sterling, for when he took
over the book store in
1968, he started improv
ing it in many ways. Books
were arranged into var
ious categories and the
ease with which books
could be found eliminated
the long lines which were
always seen in front of
the bookstore early in
Sept. In addition to this
improvement price lists
of certain books that came
in each week were posted
around campus. In this
manner students were
able to keep up with the
new books without having
to run to the bookstore
every week.
The ECSU family
gives praise to a deser
ving individual.