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HILLTOP Sports
HIWASSEE,
HERE WE COME !
James Walker, Si>orts Editor
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Lions Play Hiwassee at Newport Today
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MARS HILL COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM
Sporting With
The Lions
By Jimmy Walker
ckie. After facing vastly superior
’'ease* teams for the past two weeks our
Cions this week step down into
i their own class in an attempt to
1 lick the Tigers of Hiwassee col-
lege in the Tigers’ liar at New-
la Tennessee. The game will
ibe between two evenly matched
^n'y,j teams and should be well worth
'ck
^^vel -^^ter today’s game the Roberts-
h • a next week-end be-
ha'll facing the Tornado of Bre
vard Thanksgiving day on the lo
, cal gridiron,
ted (,
s who have not yet
become acquainted with the Bre-
^vard-Mars Hill rivalry let me say
in I
that this is, for us, THE game of
^dic^jthe year.
! The teams have met four years
dvan"^^^ a record of two Lion wins
^^^and two scoreless ties. Last year
^j^^jthe Brevard lads held the local
j boys to a scoreless draw on a rut-
. lilted, pitted field at Brevard. It
lit hi , ,. ,
can''"^^® a game we should have won.
gp|The Lions advanced to the Tor-
^jy^nado three-yard stripe once be-
^^jjjfore yielding the ball on downs.
. |The greatest Brevard threat end-
i^il^jijjed on the Mars Hill 22.
othel Brevard team has been im-
jproving steadily in recent games.
glLast week end the “Big Wind’’
it to'^^®^^ before the Wingate eleven
ore i®*' Maxton field. It will be
I .j.]|remembered that the Lions were
gran]P“®^®^ to eke out a 6-0 win in
ve backyard over Wingate.
^gjjNevertheless we hold to our early
so prediction that Mars Hill
praWill take the “Turkey-day” clash
tions'^y a margin of AT LEAST two
jllevi>*°'ichdowns.
ed b Tornado will again enter
pgg^he game as the underdogs but
standings and past records mean
Iso clothing when the Golden Tornado
lin against the Mountain Lions,
s in LIONS!!!
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GOOD NEWS FOR THE
jGIRLS! Miss Sallie Allen tells us
jperi^^** a girls’ tennis tournament
! 4)
Five Varsity Players
Return to Gage Squad
Basketball prospects for the
coming season are very bright,
with five lettermen returning to
the fold. Two other hold-overs
from last year’s varsity are ex
pected to report at the close of
the football season.
Light scrimmages have been
held nightly for the past three
weeks under Coach Fred Dicker-
son and several of the new men
are showing themselves as poten
tial stars. In the last practice
session Clyde Peek and C. G.
Ray, varsity forwards of last
year, appeared to be in mid-sea
son form and ready to go while
Hubbard, Charles, and Heading
looked improved over last season.
Hood, D. Sams, Hensley, Ponder,
Hill, and White, all new men, will
give the lettermen a fight for
their positions.
“B” squad members and C-II’s
who look fairly well are Leather-
wood, Gary, Ellis and J. Hay.
While the schedule is as yet
incomplete, it is understood that
Mars Hill fans will get a chance
to see the ’38 Lion Cagers in ac
tion very soon after the close of
football season. The schedule will
call for about 20 to 26 games and
will include games with all the
leading college teams of this sec
tion and at least two road trips
that will take the Lions off the
campus for at least four or five
days each. One of these trips will
take the Dickerson-men down-
state for tilts with Big-Five Frosh
teams.
is definitely planned for the
spring season. Our money is still
on Bunker! (Note to our credi
tors: We’re bluffing! We ain’t
got none!) Miss Allen also tells
us that she and her girls may
have a surprise in store for us
sometime around Christmas.
Football for 1938 will all soon
be in the record books. Consider
ing the opposition, it has not been
such a bad season.
With football behind us. Mars
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By Pigskin Pat
(Editor’s note: This was slipped
under my door sometime during
the night of November 8. I am
passing it on to you in its origi
nal, uncensored form. I will not
be responsible for any riot or
riots that may arise over its pub
lication.)
Last Thursday, the Little Citi
zen’s club of Greater Mars Hill
had the rare privilege of hearing
an address by Prof. Freddie E.
Shanks of the Department of NY A
. . . Prof. Shanks is touring the
smaller colleges under the auspi
ces of the Freddie E. Shanks Fan
club ... He was last seen this
morning bumming toward the
Forks of Ivey where he will stage
a Republican rally in the rear of
Snyder’s barn tonight . . Mr.
Shanks stated that the length of
his stay at the Forks depended
upon the frequency of the chit
lin’ suppers . . . From McCon
nell Gym . . . “Simple Simon”
Picklesimer is being heralded as
a flashy basketball prospect . . .
they say that he is pushing C. G.
Campus Basketball
Is Well Under Way
The intramural bask etball
season has been under way for
the past two weeks with games
being played each afternoon in
McConnell Gym. Two leagues of
six teams each have been organ
ized. So far, according to C. G.
Ray, who referees all games, the
teams representing Hay wood
county. Brown II and Melrose II
have been outstanding.
The most exciting contest to
date was the one played Monday
afternoon between Haywood and
Brown II. Tied at 20 all at the
end of regular playing time the
game lasted four extra quarters
and was called for supper with
the score still deadlocked at 26-
26.
The standings up to and in
to the sidelines . . . ’Tis rumored
that “Casanova” Culpepper is run
ning hogwild in the “Battle of
Personality” with “That’s Him
Papa” Whitaker . . . TIME—six-
thirty P.M. . . . PLACE—Dining
Hall, (third table) . . . OCCA
SION—the installation of Mrs.
Shaw’s new plates which she
found necessary to procure for
four boys who have a collosal ap
petite. The plates are conven
iently ankle-deep and are equip
ped with detachable side-boards
. . . Francis (Six Roll) Saunders,
Sam (Biscuit) Huskins, Colonel
(Pass ’Em Down) Buie, and Bill
(Mo’ Peas) Trevathan, have ex
pressed their appreciation for
these accommodations . . . Tern-
pus fugit . . .
Tennesseans Favored
Over Lighter Locals
Revenge For 13-6 Defeat Of
Last Year Being Sought
By Mars Hill
The Lions journey over to New
port, Tenn., today for a tilt with
the Hiwassee college Tigers.
The Tennesseans will enter the
game highly favored over the
lighter lads from North Carolina.
The visiting Lions, however, will
be out to avenge a 13-6 defeat
suffered last year at the hands of
the Tigers, and, since the W.C.-
T.C. game, the Lions are known
to be good at upsetting dope buck
ets.
Ball, injured since the kickoff
play of the Wake Forest Frosh
game, is improving and may be
able to see action today. This fleet
footed halfback’s absence has
been felt keenly in the last two
contests.
Hiwassee, a junior college, has
played a majority of their games
with senior college teams, and,
as a result, has not run, up any out
standing scores; but they have
played good steady ball all season
and should be able to give the
Lions a real scrap this afternoon.
The Tigers present a constant
threat in their passing attack and
Coach Roberts has been drilling
his charges on pass defense all
week. The Lions, too, have been
brushing up on their own passing
and, given a dry ball, fans at the
game this afternoon will probably
see a good many aerials. Coach
Roberts gave out several new
plays, designed for Hiwassee and
Brevard, early this week and
these new plays are scheduled to
make their initial appearance this
afternoon in Newport.
Intramural Pennant
Won By Melrose
Julius Jordan, manager of the
Melrose intramural softball team,
was presented with a pennant for
his team in chapel Monday, No
vember 1. The Melrose boys won
the championship in the intramur
al league here this fall. They won
all their scheduled games.
The pennant was presented by
Coach Oren E. Roberts, who stat
ed in presenting it that he hoped
the students would show as much
interest in all intramural sports
as they showed in softball.
The pennant has been hung in
the assembly hall of Melrose dor
mitory.
eluding Monday, November 7:
American League
Team Won Lost Tied
Town III 10 0
Haywood Co. 2 0 1
Brown I 10 1
Melrose I 0 10
Town II 0 10
Town I 0 2 0
National League
Team Won Lost
Smith House 2 0
Melrose II 1 0
CII 1 0
Cl 1 1
Brown I 0 1
Town IV 0 2
Mars Hill Loses 20-0
To Davidson 'B’ Tearn
Bolin And Hunter Score In
Line Plunges For
, Visitors
The strong Davidson “B” team
swept to victory over the Lions,
20 to 0, in a loosely played affair,
Saturday, November 6.
The Lions played heads-up ball
throughout the game repelling
three distinctive scoring threats
by the Wildcats in the second per
iod.
Before the game had been un
der way very long, the “Cats” be
gan their scoring with Bolin and
Hunter maneuvering a steady
march down the field to the Mars
Hill 16-yard stripe. After the
next three plays the ball rested
on the 2-foot line, where Bolin
plunged across for the initial
score. The kick for extra point
was unsuccessful, being blocked
beautifully by Whitaker.
The teams battled somewhat on
even terms through the second
period, but early in the third
quarter it was Bolin and Hunter
again who started a steady down-
field march from the 42-yard line
which brought them to the one
yard line. On the next play, Bolin
stepped across for the second
touchdown of the day. Hunter
successfully plunged through the
line for the extra point.
And again in the last period
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