. 28. iPct. 28, 1949
THE HILLTOP. MARS HILL COLLEGE. MARS HILL, N. C.
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B-y iPav’L B, IBatwtdlC'
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Althou fourth down, deep in our territory, and yards to go to
‘ are ^ first-down. A lanky six feet two inches of man dashes on the
ampuswearing a big numlber 24 on his back, and the official picks
and tlj^ walks off five yards against Mars Hill for delay of the
with game.
non, b Just in case you are wondering
not hSvho this 160 pound football player
f shor^, it is Garvin “Blind” Martin, 19,
d anowrom Richmond, Virginia. Garvin
. s the lanky player who carries a
on’t’s powerful foot on the right side of
teachP^® body. Although it appears that
(1) has been punting the foot-
ly and’®'^ for several years, this is his
'his gifooond year in football. Back in
and hi^'o'^^ond he did not play the
? with ®ort. However, when he came to
If Hill, he went out for foot-
lework^®"^^ under coaches Ramsey and
rd cout^’^^^i’ds. It was noticed that Mar-
I or thP*' a talent in that he could
it regu^'®^ the football far and high. The
the started working with
babbli'^artin, and now he is one of the
ythingPunters in the nation; but he
and ”ot recognized because he is in
ass the^ Junior College.
attenh it jg j^,gj.g]y saying that
ese luVIartin is one of the best punters
anywaJn the nation, but figures prove
1 aio this fact, and “figures do not lie.”
^rstandMars Hill was playing the W.C.T.
^ IV • ' 0*1 ttie Mars Hill
arms jridiron on October 8, and Martin
ingeiBpunted a wet and soggy football
5 yards. Martin has kicked several
,t I woPoots 65 and 60 yards for the
ions. He has been called on to
punt 19 times for the Lions in
their first four games of the
season. In the Milligan game Mar
tin averaged 43 yards including
one 61 yard punt.
It was not until the W.C.T.C.
game that Martin really started
kicking the bull- Forced to kick
many times, Martin sent ball after
ball over the opponents heads to
keep the Lions out of trouble. His
punting average for this game was
48 yards. Martin was forced to
kick eight times in the Garner-
Webb football game. He had a
total distance of 360 yards and a
punting average of 45 yards. In
other words, Martin is kicking with
the leading punters of the United
States in that he has an average
of 45 yards per kick.
Not only has Martin been active
in football since coming to Mars
Hill, but he has been the number
one relief pitcher for Coach Ram
sey. Coach Ramsey said that he
was banking on Martin to lead his
pitching staff during the coming
baseball season. Martin was an
outstanding player for the Eutha-
lian intramural basketball team
last year. He scored a total of 82
points in nine games.
“ ° Lions Look Good
—Initial Gage
Practice
basketball practice has
farted at Mars Hill College. The
of Ramsey and Edwards
e farii'*^^'*'®*^ Basketball practice on Oct.
ountieSj ’ about 50 boys showed up
500 practice. The squad has
'arm to 20 players however,
0 chic/ ,, team is developing very
proxim'
three weeks of practice
velopni^be^r„i’-^’ the boys are
ability. Only Shaver,
The f^sauan’ / year’s
ind dfexpected^T forward, is
-u ,, to come out for basket-
while Ug/ ’ BoBerts, and Howell are
irkers ,'*P well in practice. Other
dent Players are Young,
ar is PWestlo’, English, Wells,
Benn Buckner. Other than
® t to come out from the
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MOUNTAIN UONS, PUTMAN PLACES FIRST IN MEET
BUUDOGS BATTLE
TO 6-6 TIE
football squad are Moore, Gam
mons, Butler, and Bowmen. Coach
Ramsey said that the squad would
be composed of 18 players this
year.
Something new is going to be
added to the basketball team this
year. A “B” team is going to play
high schools at all home games as
preliminaries. This is the first time
Mars Hill College has tried this
system.
The Mountain Lions of Mars
Hill and the Bulldogs of Gardner-
Webb fought to a 6-6 deadlock in
a sizzling Junior College Con
ference football duel that kept
3,000 fans in a constant dither.
The game was played in Forest
City’s American Legion Stadium
on Saturday night, October 15th.
Sponsored by the Americaw
Legion, the game was the first
college contest ever performed in
Forest City. Mars Hill and Gard-
ner-Wehb were chosen because of
the many Rutherfordton County
students who matriculate at these
two Baptist schools.
The game itself was fought in a
downpour of rain that continued
on through the first two quarters
of the battle. Gardner-Webb em
ployed the straight T-formation
while the Lions functioned from
the winged T and the singlewing.
The rain hampered the precision of
both attacks.
A punting duel between.Garvin
Martin of the Lions and Ervin
Shook of the Bulldogs highlighted
the initial half. Martin had an
amazing 46.6 average for the
night. Neither team threatened
seriously during the first two
periods even though Gardner-Webb
totaled six first downs to none for
the Lions. At half time the score-
hoard showed 0-0.
The Lions looked like a different
team the second half as the bulls-
eye passing of Bill Myers and the
hard running of John Whitehead
and Billy Threat marched steadily
down the field. Early in the fourth
quarter Threat returned a Bulldog
punt 30 yards to the opponents
9 yard line. Four plays later.
Threat tallied the only score for
the Blue and Gold. An attempted
pass for the extra point was no
good.
Following the kick-off, Gardner-
Webb marched 65 yards for a
touchdown with Gantt carrying
Ping Pong Meet
At MHC
IT SEEMS THAT Ping Pong is
one of the greatest pastimes on
Mars Hill Campus, and a large
numlber of the students are par
ticipating in the sport as players
or spectators.
Since so much interest has been
shown in the sport, Paul Barwick
and Winston Francis-Law are or
ganizing a Ping Pong Tourna
ment which is to be held in the
Student Center. The Tournament
will take place around the first of
November, but all those who are
going to enter the tournament
must sign one of the lists which
are posted on the campus. The
dead-line for entering the tourna
ment is Octbber 31. Lists are
posted in the gymnasium, on the
bulletin board by Spilman, and in
the Student Center.
Girls will also be allowed to
enter the tournament if they
would like to do so. As soon as
possible, a schedule will be drawn
up and pairings will be fixed.
Come on out and enter the tourna
ment either as a player or a
spectator, but by all means enter
in the entertainment which is de
signed to make your life on Mars
Hill College Campus more com
plete.
over. The extra point was wide
and the game ended in a 6-6 tie.
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ALLEN “Bud” PUTMAN breez
ed in in first place with the time
of 19.56 minutes for the three
and one-fourth mile track. “Bud”
made an average of 6.2 miles per
minute. This is a very good mark
for Junior College runners. M.
Lowdermilk and B. Preswell of
Pfeiffer placed second and third
respectively. David Wells, Mars
Hill runner, placed fourth. Al
though Mars Hill ran ten men,
only the first four in were con
sidered. Mars Hill tallied a total
of 19 points and Pfeiffer tallied
17; therefore, according to scoring
rules. Mars Hill lost.
The other Mars Hill boys run
ning were Fernly Horton, Prank
Barringer, Charles Cottingham,
Charles Palmer, Mike Haynie, and
Ray Rogers. Earl Baily and J. C.
Mainer were the other placing
boys on the Mars Hill team.
The next meet will be held at
Lees McRae on October 28. Mars
Hill will entertain Lees McRae on
October 31. The Lions travel to
Pfeiffer on November 11.
LIONS BOW TO
LEE’S McRAE ELEVEN,
25-0 FINAL SCORE
MARS HILL’S FUMBLES, pass
interceptions, and penalties com
bined their efforts and sent the
Mars Hill College Lions down in
defeat 25-0 at the hands of Lees
McRae chargers on Saturday night,
Octoiber 21, at Spruce Pine, N. C.
The Lions were never in the
running for the game. Lee’s Mc
Rae got off to a flying start. Soon
after the kick-off, the boys in
green and gold marched down the
field to the Mars Hill five yard
line. With first down and goal to
go, the Lee’s McRae eleven hit the
Lion’s line for three times, but
they were held. However, with the
football resting on the two yard
line, Peters went over into pay
dirt. In the second quarter the
green and gold pushed another
touchdown over the Mars Hill goal
line and -the score ran to 12-0.
The extra point attempt was not
good, and the second half ended
with the Lions on the short end of
the score.
Soon after the second half got
underway, Peters, Lee’s McRae
back, took the ball from the center
and scampered 83 yards around
the Lions right end to paydirt. The
extra point attempt was good and
the Lee’s McRae chargers led 19-0.
Late in the final quarter, the
leaders pushed another tally across
the goal to increase their lead to
20-0.
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