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Vi, April, 1964 THE CAMPUS ECHO Page Five Thin-Cldds Cop Five Firsts In Penn Relays North Carolina College’s track and field team climaxed a month of seasonal meets this month With five first place awards in the 70th annual Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pa. The Eagle thin-clads won first places in the 440-yard relay, 100-yard dash, triple jump, 880- yard relay, and the broad jump In the two-day Penn Relays. The victories in the 440-and 880-yard relays earned NCC “championship of American” citations. NCC’s Norman Tate was nam ed the outstanding individual collegiate performer in the Fri day and Saturday Philadelphia meet. A sophomore physical educa tion major, Tate won the broad jump and the triple jump and Was anchor man on the 440-and 880-yard relay team. SUMMARY High jump—1) Ken Borg (NYC); 2) Norm Curt (Kent State); 3) Bruce Hoffman (Cor nell); 4) Ken Bryant (Bowling Green(; 5) Thomas Norman (NCC). Height: 6 ft. 6 in. 440-yard Relay — 1) North Carolina College (Edwin Ro berts, Robert Johnson, Terreill Amos, Norman Tate); 2) South ern University; 3) Maryland State. Time: 41 seconds. 100-yard dash, invitational— 1) Edwin Roberts (NCC); 2) Odell Barry (Findlay); 3) Bob Mattis (Manhattan); 4) Samuel Coach Says Amukun (Colgate); 5) John O- wens (Penn). Time: 9.7. Triple jump—1) Norman Tate (NCC); 2) Byron Lewis (Mor gan); 3) Julio Lleras (Puerto Rico); 4) Eugenio D a v i 11 a (Puerto Rico); 5) Henry Keller (Boston College). Distance: 50 ft. 8V4 in. SVi in. 120 high hurdles—1) John Bernhea (Morgan); 2) Cliff Nut- hall (Michigan); 3) Richard Hearn (NCC); 4) Joe Friend (Pittsburgh); 5) George Barnhill (Penn State). Time: 14.2. 880-yard — 1) NCC (Edwin Roberts, Rouert Johnson, An drew McCray, Norman Tatei); 2) State Of Ohio). Distance: 24 ft. 11 in. The North Carolina College Eagles in a tune-up for the Carolina Invitational April 18 and Penn Relays the following week won the Winston-Salem Invitational Relays Saturday with a total of 65 Va points. Coach Leroy Walker sent his charges through their paces by having them run several races during the afternoon. Edwin Ro" berts was double winner in the 100 yard dash in 9.4 and the 440 yard dash m 47.7. Andrew Mc Cray, who is recovering from injury, stepped up to the mile run and won easily in 4:26.7. Richard Hearn skipped over the 120 high hurdles in the credit able time of 14.4. Other first-place winners were Norman Tate in the broad jump (23 ft. 8 in.), Evan Fraser * NCC’s 880-YARD RELAY TEAM POSES for cameramen after it captured the 880-yard relay event in the Penn Relays with a time of 1:25.6. The “winged-feet-four” are Edwin Roberts, Robert John son, Norman Tate and Andrew McCray. in the mile run (10:12), Thomas Norman in the high jump (6 ft. team composed of Robert John son, Donald Jenkins, Samuel Rhoades and Richard Macafity. North Carolina College set four new' records at the South Carolina State College Invita tional Track Meet this month, but was outpointed for first place 58-49 by the Florida A & M University Rattlers. In the 100-yard dash, Robert Hayes of Florida, who has been called “the world’s fastest hu NCC TO WIN CIAA TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP “We’re going to end up visita tion champions,” is the confident prediction of James Younge of the North Carolina College Ea gles as he eyes the CIAA tennis ■ tournament scheduled for May 14-16 at Hampton, Va. Younge’s netmen have won 11 of the 12 matches they’ve par ticipated in this season, losing only to the Hampton Institute Pirates, with whom they are tied for first place. Hampton has lost once to the Johnson C. Smith’s Golden Bulls, who have In turn lost to the Eagles. Joe Williams, the top-seeded member of the Eagles, continues to add to his unbeaten record and now lists 46 individual victories to his credit in three seasons. The NCC netters, whose last victory was over Johnson C. Smith University Friday, will meet the Winston-Salem State College squad in Durham Thurs day, May 7. NCC TROUNCES A & T North Carolina College’s Ea gles swept every set in trounc ing the A & T College Aggies 6-0 in a tennie meet in Durham early this month. Joe Williams, NCC’s sensatio nal ace, upped his victory total to more than 30 consecutive CIAA wins. A junior, Williams has never lost a match in college competition. The victory was the third for the season in as many starts for the 1962 and 1963 CIAA champ ions, who earlier defeated Liv ingstone and Fayetteville col leges. The summary: Singles—Joe Williams (NCC) over Orson Kirk, 6-0, 6-1; George Logan (NCC) over Cleveland Riddick, 6-3, 6-1; Al fred Poe (NCC) over Ruskin Faison, 6-2, 7-5; Gilbert Bigsby (NCC) over J. C. Hayes, 6-2, 6-4. Doubles—^Logan and Poe We SeU GUITARS, TYPEWRITERS, LUGGAGE, SUITS, OVERCOATS & RECORD PLAYERS We Make Personal Loans PROVIDENCE LOAN OFFICE 106 E. Main Street Phone 682-4431 man,” equaled his world’s record of 9.1 over fleet-footed Edwin Roberts of NCC, who posted 9.2. Pertoi mlng imder sunny skies, the NCC Eagles, coached by Le roy Walker, set records in the following: — Broad jump—Norman Tate jumped 25 ft. 9 in. —High jump—Thomas Nor man leaped 6 ft. 6 in. —Sprint medley—Terrell A- mos, Richard Macafity, Robert Johnson and Andrew McCray, were clocked at 3:36.1. Allen University, with 25 V2, and Johnson C. Smith Univer sity, with 25, were third and fourth place contenders in the competition. Beat Morehouse ATLANTA, Ga.—NCC’s track and field team posted ten first place honors and made a clean sweep of two events to defeat Morehouse College 84-56 in an intercollegiate track and field meet here Saturday, April 6. Two members of the Eagla squad were double winners. Ed win Roberts took first place in the 100 and 200 yard dashes, and Norman Tate took first place in the broad jump and triple jump. Mile relay — NCC (Amos, Johnson, McCray, Roberts). Time: 3:15.1. Broad jump—1. Tate (NCC); 2. Sutton (M); 3. Norman (NCC). Distance: 24’ 5”. High jump — 1. Norman (NCC); 2. Harris (M); 3. Cobb (M). Height: 6’ 4”. Triple jump—1. Tate (NCC); 2. Hall (NCC); 3. Harris (M). Distance: 47’ 7”. Javelin — 1. Jackson (M); 2. Hall (NCC); 3. Ellison (M). Dis tance: 151’ 8”. Two mile run — 1. Walker (M); 2. Fraser (NCC); 3. New ton (NCC). Time: 9:47. (NCC) over Kirk and Riddick, 6-3, 8-6; Montgomery and Holt (NCC) over Faison and Hayes, 6-4, 6-3. HAMPTON DEFEATS NCC North Carolina College’s ten nis team suffered its first loss in two years to Hampton Insti tute which won 5-4, taking three singles and two doubles matches, late this month, April 27. Joe Williams, the top-seeded player for the NCC Eagles, kept his xinbeaten record in tact easily beating Douglas Smith, 6-1, 6-4. THE RECORD BAR Finest Variety Latest Releases Satisfaction Guaranteed ALL LFs 25% Off Comer of Church & Parrish Streets Downtown Durham 108 Henderson Street Chapel Hill WHILE IN DURHAM We invite you to use the facilities of Mechanics And Farmers Bank Two Convenient Locations 615 FAYETTEVmLE STREET AND 116 WEST PARRISH STREET Resources Over $11,000,000 Member: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation WELCOME STUDENTS Welcome To THE YOUNG MEN’S SHOP DOWNTOWN AND NORTHGATE SHOPPING CENTER Two Stores — Two Convenient Locations STOCK WITH THE LATEST IN AUTHENTIC UMVERSITY FASHIONS VISIT US SOON The Young Men’s Shop James Williams^ Rep. N, C. College
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