Friday, Jan. 27. 1967
THE BLACKBIRD
Pa*:e 7
SPORT LIGHTS
Many colleges and universities
are adopting or, at least, mov
ing toward the 'adoption of poli
cies which will Ido-empSiasize
athletics on thie college campus.
This de-empbasizing to them
means the removal of the bar
riers athletics offer toward
scholarship land learning. Many
boys, according to them, are
spending more time on the >ath-
Irtic field than in the classroom
or in the dorms studying. But
this is not the major reason for
this new fad'—'the real reason
lies more in scholiars'hips than
anywhere else. Top high school
atWetics have their choice of
any number of scliools that they
can attend on full athletic
scholarships. Many of these
boys lack the grades and or
college bo'ard scores to make
the top-ranked academic schools
but they somehow do it anyway.
Even so, the defenders of col
lege athletics and the adver
saries of de-emphiasis have
many solid 'arguments in their
favor. They say that athletics
are responsible for the rounded
education of students and that
they provide major character
building experiences. Boys learn
to co-operate with their coaches
and teammates, to follow the
playmakeir or quarterback, to
act unselfishly, to learn to meet
crises and laot cooly under pres
sure, and even to overcome the
temptations of life.
One major college, noted for
its ouit'Standing 'academic re
cords and basketba.ll teams,
which is considering >a slow de
emphasis of athletics iis Duke
University. The heads of tlie
school believe, for some reason
not exactly clear, that the
school has ibecome too lathlctic
minded and they evidently feel
Uiat this is liarmful.
No doubt. aiw_immediate do-
ffipbasis wauld result in ithou-
siands of irate Duke lalumni and
Duke supporters. It would also
take Duke out of the spotlight
of a very important national
sport and the school would lose
valuable publicity — publicity
which would draw well-rounded
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Sports and athletics provide
an irreplaceable and all im-
portaait facet to college life.
Without them, miany schools
would fall into a humdrum reg
ularity which would do more
to retard education /than poor
athletic policies could ever do.
Let’s just hope 'that our colleges
realize the importance of ath
letics and scholarship in their
relation to one another.
At Midseason
Babybirds Win Some, Lose Some
After starting the basketball
season in 'a blaze of glory and
victory, the RMSH junior var
sity basketball team has since
felt the sting of defeat too of
ten.
The Babybirds of coach Ray
Durham started the season with
easy wins over Northern Dur
ham land Wilson, displaying hot
shooting, alert defense, and a
minimum of errors. But for
tunes have changed!
Decem,ber 19 the JVs met
Raleigh Enloe, suffering their
first loss, 57-36. Buddy Edger-
ton’s nine points and Tommy
Delbridge’s and Greg Copley’s
rebounding were bright spots
in the loss. The winning ways
continued when the Birds de
feated the Fayetteville JVs here
50-44, two days later. Powell
Jenkins iwith eleven points, and
the rebounding of Copley and
Delbridge were major factors in
the victory.
January 4 was the first game
of the new year, but the Baby
birds got off to a bad start, los
ing to Durham, 55-34. Suffering
a terrible first half and plagued
by mistakes due to Durham’s
press, the Birds just weren’t
enough for the hot^shooting
Bulldogs.
January 6 Goldsboro felt
Ba'bybird nevenge as the Birds
won their fifth game of the
season, 37-33. Page Lea with
eleven points and Ken Thomp
son with eight rebounds were
the leaders for the JV team,
which hit on forty-seven per
cent of its shots from the floor.
Following this game the JVs
Babybird Statistics
PHOTO BY KILLEBREW
DICKIE BERRY (20) fights
for the rebound against
Broughton player in the Ra
leigh-Rocky Mount game.
Player
FG FT Rebo
Thompson
17
21
27
Delbridge
32
11
52
Jenkins
24
15
25
Johnson
3
3
24
Alford
5
•1
11
Copley
15
3
36
Wlatson
1
0
9
Firth
0
1
2
Edgerton
28
27
35
Lea
28
27
15
Woodiard
1
1
2
Brown
1
0
1
Joyce
5
1
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felt the pang of defeat three
games in a row, losing to Wil
mington 42-40, Raleigh Brough
ton 50-41, and to Jacksonville
45-30.
The Wilmington game was a
thriller, the Birds losing in the
last few seconds. Tommy Del
bridge’s twenty pointe, Ken
Thompson’s ten points and the
rebounding strength of Del
bridge was not enough to offset
Wilmington’s fast break.
Poor shooting was the down
fall as the Birds lost to Brough
ton. High scorer for the lucL
less JVs was Powell, Jenkins>
with eleven points.
January 18, despite ithe shoot
ing and rebounding of Buddy
Edgerton and Ben Alford, the
Babybirgls lost to Jacksonville.
The Birds were never in the
game as Jacksonville led from
the start, and the Babybirds
hit another shooting slump.
Powderpuff Game Features
Battle Between The Girls
February 3 the students of
ROVISH will be afforded the op
portunity of watching one of the
wildest, funniest, rip-iroa'ring
sports events to ever appear in
the Rooky Mount area. The
Student Organization will spon
sor a powderpuff football giame
that day. For those who do not
comprehend the term “powder-
puff”, it simply means a foot
ball contest between two teams
consisting entirely of ... FE
MALES! !!
The giame is to be held in the
RMSH gym during activity
period on that Wednesday.
There will be a slight admission
of fifteen to twenty cents charg
ed each student who attends.
Attendance at the game is not
m'andatory. Those wishing to do
so may stay in an assigned
study hall for the duration of
activity period. Proceeds from
the game will go to the Student
Organization.
This year’s game features tlie
senior all-stars from the gym
classes against a team com
bined of .both junior and sopho
more “grid stars”. Coach Dud
ley Whitley, RMSH’s own head
varsity football coach will prac
tice with and coach the senior
girls. The “underclasswomen”
wlU be coached by Coach Dale
Thompkins, head junior varsity
football coach. The game is ex
pected to consist of some hard-
hitUnig, swift-moving football
play as well as some humorous
action.
Although the teams and start
ers have not yet 'been named,
try-outs have been held and
practice is currently underway.
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