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THE NEWS ARGUS
JANUARY, 1969
Homecoming Disappointment
The Rams, handicapped by
fumbles and four intercepted pass
es, were held to a 12-12 tie by
Shaw University. As usual the
Rams completely dominated the
first half’s statistics, rolling up 21
first downs to the Bear’s eight, and
amassing 356 yards in total of
fense to 102 for Shaw. The second
half was a totally different story,
the Ram’s rising a two quarter
back offense. The Rams were in
tercepted four times, one which
proved to be a critical touchdown
for the Bear’s. The Ram’s fought
back, scoring once in the third
quarter with an off tackle run
from the five yard line by George
Smitherman, in the fourth quarter
on a 62 yard march. Shaw made
the score on a four-yard run giving
State a 12-6 lead. The Bear’s came
back quick and tied the score 12-12
on a pass from Leroy Jones to
Embra Sease advancing the ball
to the three, and Roderick Wyne-
coff backed over from the one for
a touchdown. Robert Shaw, voted
the game’s most valuable player,
accumulated a game total of 114
yards. Bernt Cromwell, another
standout, caught 10 passes for 120
yards. A homecoming crowd of
about 5,000 was on hand. This
was a truly disappointing day, but
a tie is better than a loss.
Ending Up Right With The Ram's
The Rams, figuring they gave
their fans a disappointing year,
decided to end the season right
against Fayetteville. Dominating
the game from the beginning, the
Rams scored early and threw up
a stonewall defense, clinging to
an 8-0 win. The Rams defensive
line, which has been but a breath
away from being a top-notch de
fensive unit all year, held the
Broncos four times within their
own 10-yard line. The Ram’s scor
ed when two penalties were called
against the Bronco’s and 16-yards
were churned out by Ben Wade,
putting the ball on the Bronco’s
four. Robert Shaw then ripped off
left tackle for the Ram’s score.
then ran the conversion giving the
Ram’s a 8-0 lead. Then the Ram’s
threw their tenacious defense on
the Bronco’s, holding them for the
final three quarters.
A defensive standout of the day
was Calvin Stith who played both
ways in the game — tackle on
offense and end on defense. He
saved a score when the Bronco’s
were in scoring position on the
11-yard line. He turned into a one
man gang.
The Ram’s ended the season with
a 3-6-1 record. We have a young
team and are looking forward to
next year. Thank you Rams for
this final victory.
i
Dora Thompson
FLU . . .
and use the library to do so.
A surprising number stayed. Al
though some classes were com
pletely deserted, others had about
half their normal enrollment.
Many students were genuinely
concerned about missing classes.
“Two girls came to me with
tears in their eyes and said they
were too sick to come to class,”
said Mr. James Galloway, associ
ate professor of social science.
“But they wanted the assign
ments.”
Although many suspected that
what hit the college was Hong
Kong flu, no one knew for sure.
Blood samples from stricken stu
dents were taken to Raleigh for
study, but tests were inconclusive
and had to be done over early in
January.
So as the first semester drew to
a close, students and faculty alike
were still wondering what they had
had
Dora Thompson Is
‘‘Miss Freshman”
The freshman class has elected
the young lady who will represent
them as “Miss Freshman”. She is
the very lovely, quiet, shy, and
reserved Dora Thompson. Miss
Thompson is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Thompson of
Canton, N. C.
Before coming to WSSC, where
she is an English major and his
tory minor. Miss Thompson attend
ed Pisgah Senior High School in
Canton. While in high school she
played the piano and the clarinet.
She was also a 1987 debutante of
the Zeta Phi Beta sorority of Ashe
ville, N. C. She prefers people who
are kind and considerate of others.
Asked how she feels about being
chosen as Miss Freshman, Miss
Thompson could only say, “I feel
that it is truly a great honor to
have been chosen over so many of
my wonderful and charming class
mates. This is the first time that
anything like this has ever hap
pened to me, and I am at a loss for
words. I will do my very best to
serve my fellow freshman class
mates to the best of my abilities.”
—Billy Richardson
Whoopee!
It’s Exam
Time
Rams Win Debut
By 16
The Mighty Rams opened their
season on a good note by defeating
Livingstone College 76-60 in Whit
aker Gymnasium. An outstanding
offensive game by Ram guard
Vaughn Kimbrough and Bill Eng
lish carried the Rams to an im
pressive victory.
Trailing 5-4 after three minutes,
the Rams uncorked their fast
break in the next three minutes
for an early 19-5 advantage. The
quick scoring spurt was sparked
by three baskets each by Vaughn
Kimbrough and Donald Williams.
During the next three minutes,
Ram forward Enghsh and center
Luthan swept both boards and
shattered the Bears’ defense.
The Rams raced into a 44-28 lead
at halftime and Coach Gaines sent
his reserves to finish the job on the
taller visitors. Livingstone's last
effort was stopped by the aggres
sive reserves with Allen MacManus
hitting from the outside.
Kimbrough, hitting on 11 of 17
field goals led the Ram attack
with 25 points, followed by Bill
English with 18 points and Mac
Manus with 12. Big Bill English
hit at will and easily controlled
both boards.
Archie Dawson paced the losers
with 19 points, canning nine of 15
plus a free throw. James Berry
the high scoring Livingstone center
was held to 13 points by Big John
Lathan, who himself pulled down
17 rebounds.
David Spell and Allen Mac
Manus appear to be the two top
reserves for Coach Gaines this
year, giving the Rams a “John
Havlichek” look. Hustle and good
shooting will make our Ram team
a winner this year and one of the
best in the CIAA.
—Terry Howard
Ray Burgess (left) and James Blair award the seventh annual United
Trades Independent trophy to Robert Shaw, outstanding football player
at Winston-Salem State College. Burgess is president of the union and
Blair, director of the division of civil rights for the state of New Jersey,
is a labor consultant for the union.
Shaw Is Ram's Most Valuable Player
Robert Shaw, Winston-Salem
State College co-captain and half
back, was awarded the seventh
annual United Trades trophy No
vember 16 for the most valuable
player.
The presentation came after tlie
State College Rams fought Shaw
University to a 12-12 tie in the
WSSC homecoming game.
Shaw, a senior from Wilson,
N. C., won the prize, coach Clar
ence Gaines said, because of “the
leadership and direction he's given
the whole team and because he’s
contributed a lot to our games.
He plays both defense and ofense,
and he’s a good man,”
The trophy has been awarded to
an outstanding Ram for the past
six years by United Trades Inde
pendent Union, local 18, a 6,400-
Rams Trim Virginia State 84-78
In a tense two-minute scramble
at the close of a hard fought match
with Virginia State, the Winston-
Salem State Rams pulled ahead
Saturday, December 7, to win
their second game of the season
84-78,
Badly off in shooting, the Rams
couldn’t break away from Virginia
State until the third quarter. The
first half was neck and neck, with
Virginia State holding a 43-42 edge
at half time.
But then the Rams heated up
for a few minutes and built an 11-
point lead that put the score at
69-58 going into the last period.
Virginia began to hit from the
outside, and State’s shooting chill
ed again as the visitors closed the
gap, tying the score at 72-72 with
just less than seven minutes to go.
From that point on it was a
wild scramble with the Rams
outscrambling their rivals on the
boards and in the fast break. With
two minutes left and the score
locked at 78-78, Don Williams of
the Rams got a rebound and charg
ed down the floor ahead of the
pack for a layup. With a minute
to go, Williams grabbed another
rebound and tossed the ball to
William English, who dropped it in
for two more.
Then, with eight seconds left.
Rams On The Warpath
Playing a dead first half but
coming alive in the second half
with a surge from William Eng
lish, (The Big “E”), the Rams
took a thrilling 72-70 victory from
the Quantico Marines.
Dennis Featherston, a new-comer
to State’s campus, played a strong
defensive game, grabbing several
important rebounds. The Big E
began hitting and the Rams out-
scored Quantico 44-29 in the sec
ond half after being 13 points be
hind in the first half. A1 McManus,
fresh off the football squad, did
a tremendous job in controlling the
ball in the second half. John
Lathan, jumping better than ever,
aided on the boards, and with the
aid of David Spells, who comes
off the bench with a strong desire
to play, we took the game.
English snatched a rebound and
passed to Vaughn Kimbrough for
the final two points.
High scorers for the Rams were
Bill English and Vaughn Kim
brough with totals of 23 and 21 re
spectively. English got three out
of five free throws, but only 10 of
26 field goal attempts. Kimbrough
hit on 9 of 21 field goal tries and
missed half his six free throws.
The Rams won the game on Vir
ginia State's fouls, because both
teams had 33 successful field goal
attempts. But Winston-Salem State
got 18 points out of 34 free throw
attempts, while Virginia hit on
12 of 14.
Rams’ Coach Clarence Gaines
wasn’t enthusiastic about h i s
team’s performance.
“We played good enough to
lose,” he said. “We were badly off
in our shooting. Both English and
Kimbrough were missing close-in
shots "
FG
10-26
3-10
1-8
9-21
3-8
4-7
2-7
1-1
W-S State
English
Williams
Lathan
Kimbrough
Deubrow
McManus
Spell
Featherston
FT RB
3-5 16
member organization in Newark,
N. J. The group awards another
trophy to the outstanding basket
ball player at the college each
year.
The connection between the
Rams and the Union Is Ray Bur
gess, WSSC alumnus and presi
dent of UTI local 18,
"The school was good to me, and
I love the place,” said Burgess,
who closed out his own college
football career as a halfback with
the Rams during the famous 1949
season. “So, I wanted to do some
thing in return,"
In addition to the two annual
trophies, Burgess has shown his
alumni spirit by arranging for his
Union's director, Sol Steinberg,
to personally give tliree $500 ath
letic scholarships a year to the
college,
“Burgess has shown real interest
in his school," coach Cleo Wallace
said, “And I know the team and
the whole college appreciates it.
We need more supporte.s i i k e
hirn ”
Too Much, Man! Too Much!
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Marilyn Reid
Miss Colson Hall
Marilyn Reid, daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. Elizah Reid of Berlin,
New Jersey, is a very petite and
conservative young lady who loves
fun and people.
The women of Colson Hall think
quite a lot of Marilyn. They
thought so much of her that they
chose her to represent them as
“Miss Colson Hall” in the corona
tion ceremonies of Miss WSSC.
Miss Reid is a graduate of Edge-
wood Regional High School in
Berlin. While in high school Mari
lyn was considered a very pro
mising track star. She has com
peted against such female stars
as Wilma Rudolph and Wyomia
Tyos at Madison Square Garden.
Here at WSSC, Miss Reid is an
elementary education major with
a minor in physical education.
After finishing college she would
like to teach.
—Billy Richardson