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THE DECREE
Hines, Watson Lead
Caters Over Albemarle
with the visions of sweet vic
tories dancing In their heads,
Wesleyan College’s basketball
Bishops have begun the 1965-66
season.
Wesleyan, In Its third year of In
tercollegiate competition, has
given a pre-season Indication of
breaking the school’s losing bas
ketball tradition with six letter-
men and a host of talented looking
newcomers on a squad that Coach
Don Scalf calls his “finest ever.”
Tonight Wesleyan travels to
Laurinburg to tangle with Dixie
Conference foe St. Andrews. Both
finished huddled at the bottom of
the regular season conference
standings last year. Wesleyan
will rate as the favorite.
The“finestever” label also fits
senior co-captain Don Hines, a
6-2 jumping jack from Selma.
Scalf has built his fast-break
ing offense around his tall-every-
where forward and the potential
shown last campaign by 6-5 soph
omore George Watson, a Rocky
Mount lad.
To go along with this one-two
scoring punch, the Bishops have
a covey of speedy guards In sen
iors Mike Pratt, co-captain and
David Barbln, and newcomers
Dana Dickens, a freshman from
Snow Hill, and junior Pete House
of Nashville, a transfer from
Chowan Junior College, to make
the running attack click.
In a pair of exhibition victories
over the Rocky Mount Men’sCity
League All Stars and the College
of Albemarle, Scalf s charges
have been able to run and score.
Defense has caused Scalf some
.headaches, however.
The Bishops, rolled by the All-
Stars, 76-63, and then edged Al
bemarle, 92-91. In both games
Scalf made liberal use of his
rookies.
In the exhibition performances
Hines lived up to his press clip
pings by scoring 44 points in the
two wins. Watson tallied 21 points
in the two games. Both played
sparingly.
These men join 6-6 senior Dave
Brady, one of the Dixie Intercol
legiate Athletic Conference’s top
rebounders, to make the Bishops
strong off the boards. Sophlet-
terman Wayne Brown (6-2) and
freshman A1 Horne (6-1) give
depth at the forwards. 6-6 fresh
man Bill Waters is developing
fast and spells for Brady in the
pivot. Freshmen Phil Harrell
and Bob Keyes give added front
court support.
Pratt and Barbln are regulars
from last season. House and
Dickens are giving both stiff tests
to keep their starting jobs. Rook
ies John Jenks and John Baker
are other guards.
Running ’n gunning is the way
Scalf hopes his boys will be able to
play. Outscoring the opposition is
his only goal.
Belk-Tjler’s
open nightly till 9
till Christmas
Presents
Miss Barbara Nelson, wearing a Bobbie Brooks
Heather A-line Skirt with Matching Ribbon Front
Sweater and Miss Mary Ann Proctor wearing a
Wondamere Heather A-line Skirt with Diamond
Pattern Pullover Sweater.
Belk-Tyler’s
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R. Wirin, J. Stover, N. Railey, B. Steams and J. Dubel
watch as Joe Boling executes a move on Bruce Harris.—
Photo by Boothe
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 10.
Present team members and
weight classes are:
Ray Martin-123, Mutt Kessel -
130, Joe Boling-137, John Dubel-
147, Bruce Harris and Jerry Eat-
man, 157, Nat Railey-167, John
Carson and John stover - 177,
Leon Anderson and Roger Wlrin-
heavyweight.
The first match of the season was
held December 6 at Pembroke.
Due to the fact that the new mat
was very late in arriving, other
matches have been re-scheduled.
The revised scheduled will be,
released later.
Bishops Place
Second In
D.I.A.C. Tourney
The first annual DIAC volley
ball tournament, held at Wesley
an recently, was won by the
Methodist College team In a close
championship game with the
Bishop squad, 21-18.
The Wesleyan team, composed of
Guy Turner, Don Hines, Denny
"Patrick, Tom Davis, Bill Hearn,
Blaine Adams, Timmy Troutman,
and .Stiles Livengood, easily won
their first two matches with
Lynchburg and St. Andrews.
Methodist also ran roughshod
over their first two opponents,
and thus set up a rematch of the
field day event which brought the
rotating trophy back to Wesleyan
last month.
The Monarch aggregation from
Fayetteville sported several
good set-up men and one ex
cellent spike r. It was apparent
that they had come to win, and win
they did.
Wesleyan was unable to play even
fair volleyball for the first half
of the match, and Methodist
jumped into a 14-6 lead. Then, re-
jniniscent of field day, the
Bishops came back strong, gain
ing an 18-17 lead, before Metho
dist called time out to cool off the
hot Wesleyan drive.
Following the time out, which ap
parently worked, Methodist pro
ceeded to drop in three straight
points to take the game and the
tournament trophy.
The Bishop squad, which was
coached by Dr. Bauer and Mr.
Music, had only three practices,
but displayed good teamwork and
hustle throughout the tournament.
Wrestling Team
Promises Good
’65-’66 Season
The Wesleyan wrestling team
has been practicing for the last
three weeks without a mat, and
last Monday a beautiful blue and
gold 36’ by 36’ ensollte mat finally
arrived.
The team has been shaping up
well under the guidance of Coach
Bill Music, and promises to pro
vide many exciting moments for
spectators at the three home
matches.
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Co-Captains Mike Pratt and
Don Hines. — Photo by
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Pratt, Hines Elected
As Co-Captains
Seniors Mike Pratt and Don
Hines have been elected co-cap
tains of the North Carolina Wes
leyan College’s basketball Bish
ops for the 1965-66 season.
Pratt, a 5-7 guard from Suf
folk, Va., has been a starter
at Wesleyan for two years,
averaging 14.8 points as a sopho
more and 7.8 as a junior. Pratt
quarterbacks the Bishops.
Hines, who transferred from
Cumberland (Ky.) College, play
ed second semester for the Bis
hops last year and averaged 12.5
in four regular-season games
(he played only minutes in two
of those games due to an ankle
Injury) and 25 points and 12
rebounds a game during the Dixie
Intercollegiate Athletic Con
ference tourment. He was named
MVP of the Conference tourna
ment. The 6-2 jumping jack from
Selma is described by coach Don
Scalf as the “school’s finest
basketball player ever.”
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