SATURDAY, OCT. 23, 1954
THE CAMPUS ECHO
PAGE ELEVEN
Eagles Seek First Win Over Maryland
Score 12-6 Win Over Virginia State
After a scoreless first half, the
North Carolina College Eagles
caug’ht fire in the second half to
whip the stubborn Virginia State
Trojans, 12-6 at Rogers Field in
Petersburg last Saturday, Oct.
16.
Albert Montgomery, brilliant
sophomore quarterback of Gas
tonia, and John Baxter the 300
pound Raleigh freshman full
back, accounted for the Eagles’
scoring. The air minded Trojans
scored the first touchdown of the
day as Clint Freeman, senior
quarterback flipped a fifteen
yard pass to end Lee Mack for a
touchdown that climaxed an 80
yard march. John Nash failed to
convert, and the Trojans enjoy
ed a 6-0 lead.
However, this was short lived
as the Trojans seemed to have
aroused the Eagles. A1 Mont
gomery on a keep play skinted 27
yards around left end, Co-Cap-
tain Jerome Evans found a hole
at left tackle and squeezed
through for 14 more. Big John
Baker moved for six, and the
oval laf^' resting on the 1 yard
line, from which point “Money”
Montgomery sneaked over Web
ster failed to convert and the
score was tied at 6 apiece.
Otto Harvey, NCC center, in
tercepted a Freeman fourth
quarter pass on the Trojan’s 19
yard line to set up the winning
T. D. The Eagles line, bolstered
by the spectacular play of Big
Jim Crawford, and Guard Fran
cis McGee, opened holes that
sent Evans, Alexander, Mont-
fy, and Baker on succepsive
plays down to the one yard line
where the 300 pound Baker bull
ed through for the score. Web
ster again failed to convert.
Montgomery was the bright
spot in the rock-em, sock-em af
fair. After the Eagle spark was
ingnited> the potential all-ClAA
quarterback did everything
right. He was one of the four
men who played sixty minutes.
Guard Francis McGee, Claude
Mayfield the 235 pound Suffolk
tackle, Otto Harvey, 205 pound
center of Elizabeth City, were
the other full times. Co-Capt.
Jerome Evan’s, the spunky half
back of Goldsboro, was carted
off the field with less than a
minute to play, thus missing full
time service.
This was the Eagles’ first vic
tory over the Trojans in four
years. Injured in the fray were
Matt Boone, the Eagle all-CIAA
tackle, and Charley, Floyd, an-i
other all-conference end of 1952.
Both are expected to be ready to
day for th Eagles’ Homecoming
scrap against Maryland State.
Also expected to don equipment
will be ends Henry King and
Linwood Jones,
Today’s game on O’Kelly Fifld
may well decide the 1954 CIAA
championship.
With the perennially danger
ous A. and T. Aggies nursing a
poor season and the Morgan
Bears limping at best, the game
between the two undefeated
teams — NCC and the invading
Maryland State Hawks — takes
on special significance. Looming
in the background, however, is
powerful Virginia Union, coast-
Gridders Rout St. Aug., Hampton In Opening Pair
Saint Augustine Bows 25-0;
Hampton Swamped 31-0
The North Carolina College
Eag'les, winners of their final
three games last year and cham
pions of their conference, amas
sed a total of 53 points in whip
ping the Saint Augustine’s Fal
cons and the Hampton Institute i
Pirates in their first two ’54 out- ^
ings.
The Falcons were the first to
bite the dust as the Eagles, scor
ing in the first, third, and final
periods, gave H. H. Riddick his
fifth straight victory over R. D.
Moore on O’Kelly Field, Sep
tember 25.
All-American Amos Thornton
on the opening' kickoff raced 49
yards to the Falcon 30 yard line.
It looked as if the Eagles were
on their way, but back A1 Mont
gomery, attempting a pass to end
Charley Floyd, saw it fall into
the hands of Falcons’ back James
Giles. A fifteen-yard clipping
penalty moved the ball back to
St. Augustine’s 5 yard line. Mc
Donald, attempting a kick, got
off a poor one that only came to
the 14 yard line. Thornton and
fullback Fred Ponder combined
efforts in the TD drive, with
Ponder getting the score. Jerome
Evans missed the try for the ex
tra point and the Eagles led 6-0.
That was the halftime score.
MONTY SCORES
The third period saw a Mont
gomery kick to Falcon Sam
McGuire fumbled on the two-
'Steve' Is Okay, Statistics Show
By BOB JAMES
When Ben Whaley, former
Los Angeles Ram star, left North
Carolina Colleg’e this year to ac
cept a coaching position at
Hampton, Coach Herman Rid
dick termed him “irreplaceable.”
Sports scribes who had seen the
Eagle forward wall the season
before, were inclined to agree
with Riddick.
sports writers’ minds when the
Eagles met St. Augustine at
Durham on September 25 .After
the game the Falcons had absor
bed a 25-0 defeat and statistics
were checked. Records showed
that St. Augustine had been held
for a total of 36 yards rushing.
Compare this with last year’s
records when the Falcons punc
tured a Whaley-coached line for
112 yards rushing.
yard line. Big Claude Mayfield,
the Eagles’ senior tackle, pounc
ed on the oval. Diminutive Leon
Holley slipped into the end zone
from this point. Deral Webster’s
conversion made the score 13-0.
Another fumble proved costly to
the Falcons. A. C. Eldridge, con
forming under the commands
of the onrushing Eagle line,
didn’t quite get his hands on
the handle of the ball, and he
dropped it on his own 21, Fran
cis McGhee was first to get to
it, and hid it under his 200
pounds.
Eagle backs Ralph Curry,
Ponder, and Oscar Turner on
successive drives, left the oval
resting on the one, from which
point Turner carried it over.
Webster failed to convert as the
Eagles led 21-0. The final tally
came as a result of an intercept
ed pass by the brilliant Mont
gomery. He ripped off 31 yards
before he was brought down on
the visitor’s 22.
Drives by Curry (13 yards);
Turner, (5 yards); and Bob
Price (5 yards) carriecj the ball'
to the one yard line. Price won
the Oscar on the next play, and
the score read 25-0 as Webster
missed his second conversion.
Ag’ainst the Pirates at Hampton
on October 3, the Eagles were
held scoreless throughout the
first period, although Little Leon
Holly, Eagle fullback, saw a 70
yard gallop nullified.
83 YARD SCORE
Taking a punt in the second
period, co-captain Jerome Evans,
behind perfect blocking, raced
83 yards to a touchdown. Deral
Webster, the 285 pound Raleigh
guard converted and the Eagles
were on ther way with a 7-0
Persons who were still op
timistic looked forward to the
Hampton-NCC game when the
two lines would clash, thinking
that perhaps this would decide
the answer.
Whaley, a line coach, had de
veloped one of the most power
ful front lines in sepia circles,
even surpassing those at Prairie
View and Tennessee State.
Teaching alone did not account
for the fact that the line was so
great, but one of the primary After the one-sided contest
factors was Whaley himself, who ^ which saw the Eagles register a
was a great morale booster. j 28-0 win, fans were convinced'
About mM-summer, I. G. New- | that Stevens can hold his own in
ton, athletic director, informed the coaching world. The Eagles
thepressthat James A. “Jimmy” held the Pirates to 66 yards
Stevens, assistant coach at rushing, not as much
A. and T., Greensboro, had been
elected to succeed Whaley.
Though Stevens had an excellent
record as a coach, producing
championship teams in football,
basketball, and track in the, ’40’s
while at Prairie View, some
writers fell he was incapable of
stepping into the big shoes left
vacant by Whaley.
Whether or not Stevens can
continue to produce a line that
is recognized throughout sepia
circles was the question in the
as one
Eagle back, Jerome Evans, who
rushed 161 yards against the
Pirates, managed to gain.
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lead.
The third quarter ‘ saw the
Pirates gamble on a 4th down
play with one yard to go. They
lost - and the ball remained on
the 30. Thornton, Holly, and
Fred Ponder carried it to the
one. Thornton got the prize, and;
with Webster’s second conver
sion, the score read NCC 14,
Hampton 0.
BAKER TALLY
The third score against the
Pirates saw Montgomery go 25
yards on a keep play. Ponder,
15 yards throughout the middle,
and Big “Six-Yard” Baker, 8
yards to a touchdown. Baker, in
rare form for the day, ran the
point after TD to give the Eagles
a 21-0 advantage.
The final touchdown came
as a result of a pass interception
by George Alexander, sophomore
from Salisbury, N. C. Alexander
ran 35 yards into the end zone,
and Webster concluded the day
with his third conversion as the
Eagles took the 28-0 affair. It
was the Eagles’ fourth straight
victory over the Pirates, but the
Pirates hold a 9-4-0 lead in the
series.
ing along on its best record in
recent years.
But they must yet meet Mary-
land and Morgan, either a con
siderable de-railing threat.
That leaves the field to the
two principals in today’s tangle
— the Riddick-coached Eagles
and the McClain-coached Hawks.
And the fact that Maryland is
playing for the first time in the
CIAA as a member organization
adds considerable fat to the fire
of interest and speculation.
Riddick is seeking his first
win over the Hawks, having suf
fered defeat at their hands on
two occasion—in 1952 by a 20-13
margin and last year by a 20-7
score. Last year’s victory by the
Hawks, Riddick believes, was
just an example of the breaks
going wrong. The Eagles outdid
the Hawks in every department
except scoring.
Leading up to today’s skir
mish, the NCC machine has
crushed St. Augustine’s 25-0,
Hampton 28-0, and/eased by Vir
ginia State last week, 12-6. The
Hawks, on the other hand, have
dealt merciless 26-0, 34-13, and
46-0 defeat-portions to Hampton,
A. and T., and Fayetteville re
spectively.
This gives Maryland an over
all scoring edge, but puts the
Eagles slightly in front in the
scoring over Hampton, the lone
team they’ve both met. In that
encounter, the Eagles rolled up
319 yards rushing, while hold
ing the Pirates to 46 yards. The
Hawks, on the other hand,
amassed only 228 yards, while
holding the hapless Pirates to
58.
Overall, the Eagles have gain-
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