Wednesday, February 28, 1962
THE CAMPUS ECHO
Page Seven
Sportscope
By John B. Henderson
Why is our sports program here at North Carolina College so
inconsistent? It is true that our sports program is unbalanced. This
is primarily due to a lack of finances. Our football, basketball and
(track coaches continue to plead for more and more financial aid for
scholarships. Are they pleading to a deaf ear?
For example, Coach Leroy T. Walker, head of the track team,
had to let two potential track men return home because of insuffi
cient scholarship funds. Things of this natvire could be avoided if
(there were available scholarships at North Carolina College.
TRACK MEET THIS SPRING?
Our track team always has been and still is a standout in indoor
or outdoor competition. However, the track team cannot practice
effectively on our “weed” track. There are no available sawdust
pits. In general, the field is not kept up as it should be. Coach
Walker had to go to nearby Duke University for “timed” trial
practices.
For this and other reasons, Dr. Walker stated, “I cannot invite
any team or teams to come to North Carolina College for track com
petition simply because the track is in a poor condition. Every
team wants to perform before their fellow students. This, in part, is
the answer to why we can not perform at home!
The last track meet on this campus was held in 1960. Unless
some adjustments are made, that will be the last meet for some
time.”
NO MORE FIRST CLASS BASKETBALL?
How long is everyone going to sit around complacently and
watch our basketball program dwindle to almost nothing?
North Carolina College basketball mentor, Coach Floyd Brown,
has put it this way, “Although we have had losing teams for the
past seasons, basketball has continued to make money. In fact,
basketball makes enough money to pay for itself. In short, North
Carolina College has not yet experienced a financial loss. Neverthe
less, the basketball program does not get its proportionate share for
athletic scholarships.
Coach Brown continued, “If the basketball program does not
get more money for scholarships next season (it takes $725 to cover
an out-of-state player) we will probably play only 14 games next
season.”
He concluded by saying that, “A&T, TC, and JC Smith may be
dropped because we cannot compete with our present setup.”
—Dr. Pauling—
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the American Chemical Society
in 1949 and vice president of the
American Philosophical Society
(1951-54). He has even received
the Grotius Medal for contribu
tions to international law, as
well as the Presidential Medal
for Merit “for exceptionally
meritorious conduct in the per
formance of outstanding services
to the United States.”
He has written many books,
including The Structure of Line
Spectra, General Chemistry,
College Chemistry, The Nature
of the Chemical Bond, as well
as about 300 scientific papers.
He has written also many
articles on political and social
questions, and the book No More
War.
At North Carolina College Dr.
Pauling wiU speak at the vesper
hour, 3:00 p.m., Sunday, March
4, in B. N. Duke Auditorium;
Upperclassmen’s Assembly,
10:30 a.m., Monday, March 5,
also in B. N. Duke Auditorium.
Thinclads Record
Shows 14th Victory
Philadelphia—North Carolina
College’s mile relay team re
corded its 14th «traight win,
over a two year period, on the
cinderpaths recently in a time of
3:25.6 in the Philadelphia In
quirer Track Meet of February.
The Eagles foursome beat out
Georgetown University, Univer
sity of Maryland and Syracuse
University in posting their win.
According to NCC’s track
coach, Leroy T. Walker, the
Eagle’s quartet of Joe Good-
water, Wanza Poole, Tom Burke
and Andrew McCray is expected
to run even better in meets to
come.
It was a spectacular evening
for McCray. Besides anchoring
the mile team in a blistering
49.6 finish, the New Jersey na
tive posted a 2:18.6 time in win
ning the 1000 yard run. Mc
Cray’s quarter time on the relay
was one of the best racked up
during the meet.
With the exception of Good-
water, Walker has a new crop of
men on his mile relay team. He
feels that with a little more ex
perience as a baton-passing com
bination, their time is expected
to come down. In fact he pre
dicts that this crew will break
3:20 before the indoor season is
over.
Walker was also elated over
the performance of his sopho
more high hurdler, Dickie
Hearn. Hearn won all of his
heats in the 50 yard high hurd
lers and semis. In the finals he
was clocked in a 6:2 finish, an
eyelash behind Villanova’s
Charley Hammack.
In the AAU division of the
meet, ex-NCC high hurdler,
George Hearn won the 50 yard
high hurdles in a time of 6:4. It
was Hearn’s first major victory
as an AAU performer.
Several of NCC’s thinclads are
set for an appearance in the Na
tionals at New York, February
24.
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McCray Lauded As
‘Athlete Of The Month’
By John B. Henderson
Andrew McCray, 6’1”, 166
pound sophomore track sensa
tion from Colonia, New Jersey,
,is the honored ATHLETE OF
THE MONTH for February.
During the month of Febru
ary, McCray burned the cinders
at record breaking speed. At the
Philadelphia Inquirer Games,
he won a medal for the best time
(2:18.6) in the 1000 yard run.
His time was best against Mor
gan State College, Villanova
University and Fordham Uni
versity. The North Carolina Col
lege mile relay victory team
consisted of Joe Goodwater,
Wanza Poole, Tom Burke and
Andrew McCray, who ran the
anchor leg in 49.6 seconds. The
North Carolina College quartet
won first place in this event over
Georgetown University, Syra
cuse University, and the Univer
sity of Maryland in a time of
3:25.6.
Last year McCray won a me
dal in the mile relay event at
Quantico, Virginia. He won
three medals in the CIAA meet
at Petersburg, Virginia. The
North Carolina College sprinter
gathered medals in events of the
mile relay, sprint medley, and
the 880 yard event. At Raleigh,
in the Carolinas’ AAU meet, the
New Jersey native grabbed a
medal for the 440 yard event.
During his senior year at
Woodbridge High School, the
lanky speedster collected a gold
medal for the best time in the
440 event at the Central New
Jersey track meet which is held
in Asbury, New Jersey.
He is the second of seven
children born to Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew McCray
Lawrence McCray, who reside
at 735 Inman Avenue in Colonia,
New Jersey.
McCray is majoring in Health
Education and minoring in
Physical Education. His hobby is
tinkering with mechanical de
vices.
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