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December 20, 1963 THE PEN Page Five Falcon Outlook In Basketball As the 1963-64 College Basketball Season swings into action, so swing St. Augustine’s Falcon, The team and the student body feel optimis tic about the upcoming games. With only a few hold-overs from last year, this will primarily be a builcQng season. The team aver ages about 6’2” in height. This is, of course, a comparatively small team; but the Falcons plan to make up for this disadvantage with speed and determination. The season’s schedule includes 18 games, aU of which the Falcons plan to win. Although enthusiasm does not always win games, it does inspire the team to execute its plays with more precision, and this does win games. When asked about last year’s record, the team said, “Let by gones remain by-gones and think of the present and the future.” The team members this year have quite a bit of basketball knowledge. This combined with the experience of the returning letter-winners, should prove to be an exciting and win ning combination. The coaching staff has not made many remarks about the team’s chances this season, but as we learn from history, “Watch the man who speaks softly, for he might carry a big stick.” Well, Coach Clements does speak softly and we hope that the “big stick” itums out to be the Falcons. Everything seems to be in oxir favor — know how and experience, as well as a competent coaching staff. We only hope that in the end Saint Augustine’s Falcons will be separated from all the others — at the top! Gladys Gray The Bear Falls Once again Turkey day rolled around. The arena was Chavis Park; the gladiators, the Falcons and the Bears. Charlie Belvin returned the open ing kickoff 35 yards and the show was on the offense, spearheaded by co-captain Bennie Mack’s running and Sinclair King’s passing, made shambles of Shaw’s defense. Our defense gave nothing up without a fight and the boys from across town fought desperately to avoid a shutout. Mack accounted for the first score on a 7 yard plunge and King got the next on a quarterback sneak. Ed Chester ran a perfect pattern and wound up free in the end zone where King passed to him for the third touchdown. Matt Fisher, the fine sophomore end of the Falcons, accounted for the last touchdown. He intercepted a Shaw pass on the Bears 40 yard line and carried it across for 6 points. With two successful conversions the score was 28-8 at the final whistle. Congratulations to the mighty Falcons and the entire student body for a victory on the field and in the stands. Joe Ormand Practice Good Sportsmanship! Support Your Team The Classic GLADYS GRAY Shortly before the Thanksgiving Classic between the Saint Augus tine’s Falcons, and the Shaw Uni versity Bears, Coach Clements gave his views on the football squad’s 1963 season. The team has expectations of staying and finishing in the first division. This goal is well deserved because of the hard fought opposi tion the Falcons have shown against teams in the C.I.A.A. Con ference. After the first game against Morris College, in which the Falcons suffered a lost, they battled back in a string of tough weekly contests. At one point the Falcons had de feated Saint Paul’s, Fayetteville State, and Elizabeth City. The squad tied with Winston-Salem Col lege, and then suffered a 22-2 de feat in a big game against John son C. Smith, which dropped the Falcons from a previous second place position in the conference standings. The game against Dela ware State was cancelled, and the squad was left with one more op position; the arch rival Shaw Uni versity Bears. Coach Clements has said that the Falcons have changed the results of last year’s contest, by defeating the Bears in the Thanksgiving Classic. Congratulations to the Falcons for a very good season, from the PEN’S Staff. The Falcons And The Bulls On Saturday, November 16, 1963, in the sixth game of a rugged schedule, our Falcons met the Golden Bulls of J. C. Smith Uni versity in Charlotte. After three minutes of the first quarter, Plush of Smith, recovered a Falcon fumble in the end zone. The BuUs’ conversion attempt fail ed. J. C. Smith’s second touchdown came as a result of a bad snap from center. The resulting slow punt was blocked and recovered on the 20-yard line and run back to the Falcon 7-yard line by the Gold en Bulls. They scored the touch down on a 6-yard run and complet ed the 2-point conversion on a roll out around end. All of this action was jammed into the first quarter. In the second quarter, John Tis dale, the Smith quarterback, sneaked up the middle for 75 yards and 6 more points. The conversion attempt failed. Dovra by 20 points, the Falcons pulled their mighty de fense together and began to give the Bulls what for. (The Falcons dominated the entire second half with rugged defensive play. In the remaining minutes of the [fourth quarter, a tremendous rush by James “Lunch Bucket” McRae and Joe “Sleepy” Rourks separat ed Smith’s alternate quarterback. Miller, from the baU and his senses. A Smith player recovered the ball and was tacMed in the end zone, giving the Falcons two points. Ozzie Dunn, the senior Tri-Cap tain from Miami, Florida, seemed to feel that the bad snaps and fumbles in the first haK were the big factors in the loss. Junior Tri-Captain Ed Chester, from BrooksviUe, Florida, who along with Dunn made the most tackles in the Smith game, stated that minor mistakes in the first quarter took a lot of steam from our guys. Jesse Clements, head coach of football and basketball here at Saint Augustine’s CoUege, says '“the thing which hurt us most was the blocking. Our men were getting confused on their blocking assign ments and they missed key blocks.” This probably accounts for the six interceptions of Falcons’ passes by Smith. Our quarterback, Sinclair King, is possibly the best passer in the C.I.A.A. and it is hard to believe that he would throw six interceptions, even with an average amount of protection. Basketball Schedule HOME GAMES Jan. 13 ... North Carolina College Jan. 18 Shaw University Jan. 25 Livingstone College Feb. 1 Fayetteville State Feb. 15 Saint Paul’s College Feb. 19 Winston-Salem State GAMES AWAY Jan. 11 Saint Paul’s College Jan. 28 Winston-Salem State Jan. 30 A&T College Feb. 7 Shaw University Feb. 21 Livingstone College Feb. 22 .. J. C. Smith University Cheer Falcons Victory The Spirited Falcons JOE ORMOND The high spirit of the student body has been very noticeable this sea son. It may be because we have 'a winner on the gridiron and it may be that this year’s freshman class has brought with it a spirit which Saint Augustine’s has missed for the past few years. At any rate, this espirit de corps is contagious and the entire student body is to be commended for their support of the football team. We can only hope that this same student body will stand squarely behind all organizations as we did the football team, win, lose or draw. The basketball team, the track team, the tennis team, the choir, even the drill team; they all have represented us in the best manner possible. Let’s show our appreciation through wholehearted moral support. SENIOR FALCONS Congratulations to senior members of Falcon squad for work well done. ADRIAN DIXON OZZIE, DUNN WALLACE LEE BENNIE MACK LORELL WELLS JOE ROOKS FREDERICK DOUGLAS, Trainer BENNIE MACK Congratulations For Work Well Done Tri-Captains EDWABD CHESTER Compiled By Gladys Gray Joseph Ormond & Clement Price Sport Pourri Having one of the best football seasons in recent years, our migh ty Falcons posted a 3-2-1 record. A tremendous defense coupled with a well-balanced offense are the fac tors involved in the team’s fine showing. After literally rolling over Saint Paul, Fayetteville, and Elizabeth City, our Falcons, met a scrappy T.C. team that managed to salvage a 6-6 tie. The J. C. Smith game followed a week of injury-ridden, rain-inter rupted practices. Add these fac tors to poor transportation facilities and the final score of that crucial game is very understandable. Joseph S. Ormond, Jr. Sportsmanship Now that the football season has drawn to a close, and another sport takes the spotlight, it is important that we take into consideration an important ideal in the world of sports, which so often can be re lated to life. Every game doesn’t begin with the first whistle, nor does it end with the final buzzer. It is the pre paration before a contest and the appreciation of a well fought and good game that makes the begin ning and the ending. The cham pionship does not necessarily go to the best team because it takes more than skiU to be a good player. The game and our lives are center ed around sportsmanship, which is a slow process of training and ac ceptance of fair play. Whether or Inot this presence of fair play goes out with a team on the playing field really decides the champion. The championship team wants to win, but only the right way, and not the slick and easy method to the vic tory. We should examine the victor carefully and judge him not always by the score and his loud boast of superiority. For it is in this evalu ation that the true sportsman is found. PRACTICE GOOD SPORTS- MANSfflP. Clement Price s.; ''kA OZZIE DUNN
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