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i. Klars Hill Loses 14-13
A large crowd saw the Mars
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In the first quarter the Lions
arried the ball to the Red Jackets
Biltmore Gives
Mars Hill Hard
Fought Battle
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^en-yard line twice, but lost it
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ach time by fumbles.
U Belmont Abbey’s only threat in
»ugh fhst quarter was a spectacular
d is Hudacek, which placed the
m Lions’ twenty-yard line
, Popn the next play Gastello inter
ither‘®P*®^ ^ carried the ball
irork mid-field.
Airheart’s brilliant kicking con-
t herfistently kept the Catholics in
L-adujheir own territory until the half.
[ N( In the third quarter Harris re-
Ls Mp^ned the kickoff thirty yards,
liverpnt the Lions lost the ball on
at ^owns. Hamm scored for Belmont
a n,m a reverse from Hadacek. Wil-
;ate pn kicked the extra point. Score :
. L^elmont 7; Mars Hill 0.
Geq The Lions received and on the
Octifirst play, a pass from Alexander
mofo Kelly, prospect for all-state
3nd, netted thjrty yards. Harris
theicored on the next play and Kelly
tonade the extra point. Score: Bel-
■e innont 7; Mars Hill 7.
ang Beginning the fourth quarter
colBrantley kicked off and on the
Bnext play Hudacek heaved a pass,
singntended for Myers, but it was in-
mbeiercepted by Harris who raced
collixty yards to place the Lions in
coring position. Airheart drove I
sclver for the touchdown but failed
ofo make the extra point. Score
V pl^elmont 7; Mars Hill 13.
Mi The stellar playing of Hudacek
Hay.nd Hamm featured a long drive
ht lown the field that placed the Red
nes ackets deep in Mars Hill territory
igedver for the touchdown. Wilson
f Ikas sent in and kicked the extra
nesmint. Score: Belmont 14; Mars
chafill 13.
In a desperate attempt to score
f during the last few seconds of
5 n«lay, the Lions took to the air.
IS ilexander reeled off thirty yards
round end. A pass, Alexander to
.^regory, was completed for thirty
Heiore yards. Another pass was in-
ell omplete, and the game ended with
ofhe Lions on Belmont’s 17-yard
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4 Students Attend
B.S.U. Convention
A scrappy little Biltmore eleven
gave the Mars Hill Lions an un
expected battle in the Asheville
Memorial Stadium last Saturday
before a handful of spectators.
The game ended in a scoreless tie.
The Lions offered several scoring
threats but were never able to add
the needed punch to push the ball
over.
From the opening whistle the
Lions found their offense checked
to a standstill when they neared
the goal. Costly fumbles marred
the powerful plays exhibited by
the Robertsmen. A sure score van
ished when Airheart fumbled on
the Bulldog’s two-yard line. The
Bulldogs made one serious threat
during the afternoon’s battle.
The Mars Hill line was out-
chai’ged during most of the game.
The Biltmore linesmen were alert
and stopped several threats dead
near their goal. The Lions seemed
to be dead on their feet before
lighter opponents.
Both teams took to the air fre
quently, but with little success. A
Lion pass was completed into the
end zone at one time, but was
called back because both teams
were off-sides. Miller ended an
other Lion threat by intercepting
a pass deep in his own territory,
returning it to mid-field for the
longest run of the day. Mars Hill
completed another pass for a
touchdown but the receiver
stepped out of the end zone.
For Mars Hill, the play of
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(The editor of this column is happy to present this issue a guest
columnist Bill Webster, popular student of the Cl I class, member of
the football team, and sports commentator for the North Carolina
Dailies.)
(Continued from Page 1)
, president; David K.
^«lton. Mars Hill, enlistment
ice-president; Anne Huggins, W.
• T. C., extension vice-president;
®3well Sandoman, Chowan college,
ewardship vice - president; Bob
)»ortner. Wake Forest, summer
rogram vice - president; Lucille
artley, Appalachian State Col-
ge for Teachers, devotional vice-
'esident; Faye Crisson, W. C. U.
. C., secretary and Thoman Mc-
qiarland, university of North Caro-
ja reporter. Misses Huggins and
artley and Bob Costner are for-
er Mars Hill students.
Those attending the conference
ariorn Mars Hill were: Beryl Stok-
, Pearle Chatham, Betty Elliot,
L 3len Kirk, Juanita Waugh, Jewell
tkynne, Marie Compton, Ruth El-
ver, Betty Cousins, Saintie White,
nsenn Cagle, Harry Hand, Billy
» ’teat, David K. Shelton, Profes-
mTs S. 0. Trentham and P. C.
Bringfield.
Appalachian State Teachers
ihege, Boone, was designated
the 1937 meeting place.
Brantley and Goodwin stood out
in the line, while Gregory and
Harris were the stars of the back-
field. Miller, of Biltmore, carried
individual honors for the Asheville
eleven.
Eight first downs were made by
Mars Hill. Biltmore made two.
Mars Hill Line up Biltmore
Hurst LE Sevier
Godwin LT Jewell
O’Quinn LG Simpson
Brantley C Baker
Wright RG LeMieux
Ed. Robinson-__RT Drake
Webster RE Hazeltine
Airheart QB , Miller
Harris RB Herman
Alexander HB Gray
Gastello FB Wheelon
Subs: Mars Hill: Ball, Gregory,
Stone, Gordan; Biltmore: Parris,
Spence, Reynolds.
Officials: H. Colemen (U. N. C.)
referee; Weir (Wake Forest) um
pire; Karleskint (Wake Forest)
head linesmen.
Playing at Memorial stadium in
Asheville, last Saturday, the Mars
Hill Lions displayed their worst
football of the season as they were
held to a scoreless tie by the much
weaker team from Biltmore Junior
college. Playing a fair defensive
game, the Lions managed to hold
the Biltmore lads, but their of
fense was a miserable failure.
Coaches Roberts and Dickerson
were more than disappointed with
the showing of the team and plans
were made to have the team in
xetter shape by this Saturday.
The squad held a meeting Mon
day morning and resolved to keep
strict training rules until the end
of the season. Some of the boys
admitted that they were not in
condition last Saturday, but they
promised not to break training
again this season. Any football
boy seen breaking training before
Thanksgiving will be asked to turn
in his uniform.
The team has shown excellent
spirit this week and will be in the
best of condition Saturday when
they stack up against Coach
Tubby Hand’s Scots from Presby
terian junior college. The game
will be the climax of a Dad’s day
program here, and several of the
players fathers are expected to at
tend.
Among the C I’s on the squad
this year are: Allen, Ball, Haire,
Valentine, D. Alexander, Airheart,
Mansfield and Michael in the back-circles
field with Brantley, Harris, Mar
tin, Therrill, Ripple, Valentine S.,
Robinson, E., Robinson, R., God
win, Wright, Jordan, Kelly and
Bennet playing in the line. Gene
Alexander and Wimpy Airheart
have been two of the big guns in
the backfield this year and really
should go places next year. Both
boys are excellent passers and are
rated among the best kickers in
junior college circles. The line
play of Godwin, Wright, Robin
son, and Kelley has been outstand
ing this season and if these boys
return, the coaches should have
few worries about the line.
In the next three games against
P. J. C., Boiling Springs and
Brevard the students are offered
a good football program, as two
of the games will be played here.
The team goes to Shelby Saturday
to play Boiling Springs, playing
Brevard here the following Sat
urday.
By losing to Belmont Abbey,
the Lions were eliminated from
the state junior college champion
ship race, but a championship
team is not expected every year.
After winning the state champion
ship for the past two years and
losing all but two regulars, by
graduation, the prospects looked
pretty bad at the first of the year,
but the coaches got together and
made up a team that has made an
enviable record in junior college
Ball, Harris, Gregory And
Mansfield Lead Mars
HiWs Attack.
8113 A. D.
High School Forensic
Meet Here Dec. 11-12
The eleventh annual Readers
and Declaimers contest, sponsored
by Mars Hill college for high
schools of Western North Caro
lina, will be held here December
11-12.
One girl and one boy will repre
sent each of the participating high
schools in the western part of the
state. While here, the two con
testants, together with one chape
ron from each school will be given
free entertainment and will re
ceive tickets to see “Green Pas
tures.”
Last year, from the 34 schools
which sent representatives, Ruth
Hull of Flat Rock high school won
the cup for the girls, and Lee
Suttle, W^ilkesboro, took the boys’
trophy.
Assistent Dean Ralph N. Lee,
who has had charge of these con
tests since they began eleven years
ago, is pleased to see the increas-
ing interest that is being shown.
(News Item: Oglethorpe Uni
versity, in conjunction with Sci-
■entific American, will cache hugh
store of records for future gener
ations.)
8113 A. D.
The world held its breath today
as the most prominent men from
all its four corners gathered at
the motley ruins of Marsia Hill-
urn to witness one of the most ex
traordinary events since the be
ginning of time. The occasion was
the long awaited opening of the
sealed crypt in which have been
stored numerous records of the
ancient and almost forgotten twen
tieth-century civilizations.
The first thing to reach the ears
of the enormous multitude which
filled the campus of what had for
merly been the seat of learning of
the ancient world, was the voice
of the president of the college in
the years of the burying of the
records, 1936.
Di. R. L. Moore, whose voice
came booming forth in salutation
from a primative contrivance
known by the ancients as a phono
graph, was, according to the in
scription on the machine, an em
inent scholar of his age. The pro
fessor went on to inform the world
of today about the life in the world
of sixty centuries ago.
The food at that time was very
plain, and the students thrived,
for the most part, on a very staple
diet of peanut butter and zip. It is
that, where in our age we
use a calendar, the ancient Marsia
Hillums used the food served to
tell the day of the week. Bacon
and eggs for breakfast meant
Monday; sausage and grits Tues
day, and thus it went, on into the
week. It didn’t take the students
any length of time at all to learn
this unique system thoroughly. As
a matter of fact, they became so
proficient at this fine art that they
could tell the day merely by snif
fing the fumes which drifted forth
from the kitchen. The students de
veloped this as a daily habit, how
ever, and as the prolonged snif
fing before each meal seemed to
annoy the faculty, it had to be put
to a stop.
It was hoped that the opening
of the crypt would throw some
ight on the mystery of this insti-
-ution, which has been puzzling
listorians for centuries.
There was a certain place on the
campus called the circle, which is
generally conceded, through the
study of the ruins recently uncov
ered, to have been worn down by
continual walking. Several theories
have been expounded. One of
these is that the college maintain
ed enemic cows which were kept
there for the purpose of trimming
the grass. Others would have it
that the faculty, in seeking some
sort of amusement and recreation,
would go romping on the circle
every other Tuesday. They would
at these times indulge in the finer
things of life such as playing mar
bles and “duck-on-the-rock.”
These theories, however, have
been generally disregarded in view
of what was discovered in the seal
ed crypt today. The archaeologists
who were in charge of the open
ing, came across a deteriated
newspaper bearing the quaint ti
tle “Hilltop,” which manuscript is
to be placed in the Oglok Museum
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Displaying a versatile attack,
and showing strength in every de
partment, the Mars Hill College
Lions ran roughshod over the
Presbyterian Junior College Scots
and defeated them 45-6 Saturday.
The Lions played their best
game of the season in defeating
the Scots handily, for, although fa
vored over the P. J. C. boys, such
an easy victory was not anticipat
ed. Coach Oren Roberts used every
man on the squad in scoring the
win.
The Lions struck early in the
first quarter when Luke Harris,
veteran back, drove over for the
touchdown. Kelly place-kicked the
extra point. Coming back again
after the kick-off they scored on
a pass from Airheart to Mansfield,
but the play was called back by
a penalty. P. J. C. gained the ball
on downs close to their own goal
line, and, an attempted pass was
intercepted by Luke Harris, who
again scored. The try for extra
points failed.
Again at the end of the first
quarter the Lions tallied when Air
heart, hard driving fullback, took
a lateral from Ball, circled his
own right end, and scored from the
15 yard line.
Unable to tally, the second team
nevertheless held the Scots on
even terms during the second quar
ter, allowing but one first down,
and staying in Presbyterian terri
tory most of the time.
The first team took the
field again in the third quarter
and again got their scoring mach
ine in action. Gregory, the lad
from Virginia, galloped 50 yards
behind perfect interference for a
score, and Harris carried the ball
over for the extra point.
A few plays later, after the
kick-off. Ball, shifty freshman,
back ran a punt back 70 yards
for a score.
The first string line was almost
entirely replaced with substitutes
but continued to outcharge Pres
byterian Junior College, and
break up any offense they at
tempted. On an end around play,
Webster steped off 40 yards for
the last score in the third period.
Valentine dropkicked the extra
point.
In the fourth quarter, with an
almost new team on the field, the
Roberts-men again scored on a
pass from Michael to Therrell,
right end. This was the final score
of the game for the Lions, al
though they crossed the P. J. C.
goal line subsequently. The play
was called back, however, on a
penalty, and the score was not
counted.
The Scots took to the air in an
attempt to score, and succeeded in
gaining a first down, and a score
on two successive plays and a pret
ty run by Leach, the receiver of a
pass from Campbell.
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Lions Play Saturday
In Shelby Stadium
Coach Oren Roberts will take
his Mars Hill Lions to Shelby on
Saturday, where they will tangle
with the Boiling Springs outfit in
a state junior college conference
tilt in the Cleveland county cap
ital.
Coaches Roberts and Dickerson
were pleased with the spirit shown
jy the Lions in their triumph over
;he P. J. C. team last Saturday,
and have put their charges to
work this week in an effort to
duplicate last week’s scoring spree.
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