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6, ember 6. 1954 the hilltop, mars hill college, mars hill. N. C, Pa^e Three The sy. mi Lions Den cen ded, bi^ Leon "Rooke wee state It Only Makes the Pain Last a Little Longer iving n jii roni i not — ou know, it is rather tiring to continually view the Lions defeat aakes us all a little unhappy. It makes this writer unhappy for t^o 9 «ns. One reason is pride and the other, even more human is that resents hardships. No man loves failure (un ess t e price * . Q what is more and worse, no man likes to write o ai ure , . ut a game your team loses is like brushing a tooth when it is ach g. dilljnly makes the pain throb a little longer and a little harder, and he kes a few more nerve cells at the same time. It is difficult to say whose nerve cells this will for sure it will hit someone. Mars Hill lost the eleventh of its past twelve games when it lost two weeks to , 14-0. Thev came back the following week and puUed an up*et tie with Lees-McRae, the conference kingpins, IJ-IJ. ^lars Hill is the largest college in the WCJC conference ^t it loses constantly to schools of 200 students or thereabouts. One might say something is amiss. It may not matter to some peop e t a their team does not win at least occasionally, put ^ ° Saxon proverb which teaches that it isn t Who wins t e game hut how it is played that counts” is hard to swallow and believe game after game. It only makes the pain ast a i longer. Now Let’s Get Preachy * *INo true player likes defeat and no coach likes the taste of defeat. ^ ,ars Hill is fortunate in that its coaches do not have to produce a nning team year after year to keep their jobs. The absence o is essure, I daresay, is pleasant. But, on the other hand, it ^ ^J^st as much unpleasant for a coach to watch his team fa regar e ttel ... . . .1 . _ ..i-_ hp has. MHC Grid-men Meet Bulldogs In Return War Lues Eupl flooi Mars Hill Upsets L-MWithl3-13Tie A return scrap between the jVIars Hill Lions and the Bull dogs of Gardner-Webb College will be fought tonight at 8:00 on the G-W field at Shelby, with the home team rating a slight edge. The Lions presently are situat ed firmly in the WCJC confer ence cellar with an unenviable 0-3-1 record. Mars Hill has scored one win thus far this season, that being a 32-7 victor)- over Hiwas- see. fou» t in Ce( isfer s 1 in. Lees-McRae, top man on the totem pole m the West ^^Mille^*scored^oth touchdowns for the Lion squad with TD jaunts of 25 and n yards. He also pulled the longest run of the affair with a 70-yard jaunt that set up one of The Bulldogs scored twice in the first half to gain a 13-0 half- lead. But the Lions came time t as mucn unpleasant tor a coacii lu , ,,— , i, i, . ~,^^all he can do—fall because for one thing, the football gu)s e as. au ne can ao—tall oecause ^^k football but don’t play it. , t • > j .Certainly, there are some good ball players on the Lions squa rfth in the line and in the backfield. No coach would ask for a runner ir L . . rM _ A Tor*!"!#* nati pm lu Liic line aiiu in me utiuicnciu. iiw ^ -\ t*ii T 1-’ ;ith more “guts” and more willingness than Mike Miller or Jac'ie iiiwic (iiiu iiiuic vv^ • ' owers, to mention a couple, but there are a lot of others out t ere ■ ho are not reallv taking the game seriously. They couldn t be, av en ice _ 1 . , ' . *=* 1 1 KtaoIt crnp^ apainst no are not reallv taking tne game sciiuuMy. ^ . >y let down or give up as some do when the first break goes against Acm. When they give up, this leaves the others with two jobs— ‘"“leirs and the fellow’s own. And they can’t do both. Then on goes le opposition. ev’Ci tl You guys out there on the field have got to fight. You \e got to give it vour all. For what—for the pure love ot the game. If you Ln’t love the game enough to fight your heart out, then you’re not a football player you re ju>t a crea '> old machine that will not work. A lazy ball player is not muc good to anyone. He pays off in TDs for the ot er team. roaring back in the near freezing weather of the third quarter with a TD and added the clincher just before the final gun sounded. Quarterback Bobby Robinson threw an aerial to end man Fred Bibb which carried the ball to the enemy 25 yard marker. 1 l^n Miller showed his stuff. He plowed around end and broke through the secondary to paydirt. Jackie Powers added the extra point. The Lions final score came late in the game. Lees-McRae was forced to kick after they bogged PingPongKing To Be Decided Some five girls and forty-five boys were entered in the ping pong tournament which ^was begun Monday, October 25, with play taking place in the student center, announced Jim Long and Larry Austin, co-ordinators of the tour nament. The co-ordinators said that un der the rules established all sets would be the best two out of three. The winners for the first round The Bulldogs are one spot above them. They sport a 2-2-1 mark. In the previous engagement be tween the two teams this season Gardner-Webb won 14-13. They were saved from destruction in that game when the clock ran out with Mars Hill knocking on the TD door—two yards from pay dirt. Lees-McRae is conference king pin and has already clinched the crown with a 4-1-1 record. Mars Hill head coach, Don Henderson, will probably stick with his starting combination of George Seel and Fred Bibbs at ends, Tolley Roberts and George Krueger at tackle positions, Paul Shaw and Shag Hughes at guard, and Sonny Stillwell the center man. Mike Miller and Jerry Crowe will be running from the halfback slots, and Jackie Powers at full back. Bobby Robinson and Harry Johnson will work alternately as quarterbacks. forced to kick alter tney nogg 97 nre* Georue J„w„ in mid-Md. Miller received Bob Gray, the punt on his nine-yard line and, Seel, Kalpn ^ Soine men on the Lions squad ^'ight rekntlessly. ^^Some^ men, ^m , oome men on the Lions squaa iignL icicuciw. Sincerity, plead to be left in the game even after they av broken rib or a cracked skull They love ^^“.houldered re the men that are football pla>ers not t *‘Ypnh ;t!'Hgnoramuses” who walk proudly around the ” play football, four-year letterman in high school m g . ■ behind good blocking, returned the ball 70 yards before he was finally brought down on the Bob cat 11. Then before the screaming fans could settle themselves after that he broke over tackle on the run, se« fib Tournament Closing Out isoji I he fall tennis tournament is - ,.ow coming to a close with only i*^hrec contenders for the cham- ‘’pionship remaining out of 17 en- *^rants. They arc Jim Simmons, :>*-Todd Kittrell, and Harris Mc- • Girt. Tab Clevenger had to pull :^ut of the tournament, but will .gt'P’’obably be ready for action in the spring. ■ The general W. A. A. enjoyed an hour of fun and fellowship at a Halloween party Thursday eve ning, October 28, at 6:30 m the college gymnasium. Several at tractions were in progress during this hour including a house of horror and an apple bobbing con- next play for the game-tying touchdown. I he Bobcats rallied to block the all-important extra point. Statistics MH First Downs 10 Yds. gained rushing. 217 Passes attempted 8 Passes completed 3 Yds. gained passing— 70 Punting average 24.4 Yds. kick returned Opp. fumbles rec’d— Penalties 22 3 40 L-M 10 188 6 1 10 26.3 18 0 35 Jose Arias, Dave Britt, Ralph Hardee, Joe Boyd, Larry Tucke^ Gayle Brown, Buddy Clar^ Jeff Owens, Flay Reid, and Harris McGirt. ^ „ Also, Cliff Poteat, J. Surrey Joe Bartlet, Grover Shuler, Todd Kittrell, Jim Southern, Jack Gross, Jack Sellars, and Boddy ^ The second round playoffs com pleted to date are thus: Timker defeated Brown; while McGirt, of the tournament favorites, G-W Edges Lions 14-13 one test. ou- i^IcGirt will play the winner of htthe Simmons-Kittrell match to de- gh* the championship for the sin- ril^ S}cs. \o doubles play will be held, since the singles are late in finish- re- uig. )V r. ,^( Coach J. V. Howell is getting ^ ^ pretty good idea of what the ^IHC squad will look like in the spring. Although fall competition jO j not finally decide the mem- ,if “''"si'ip of the team which will ’■ep resent -- Mars Hill in next j,t ^P^’ing’s intercollegiate schedule, it Pas ;i big bearing on the selections. Also each girl present had the opportunity to “look into the fu ture” with Shirley Ledford as the fortune teller. Aside from the physical activities of the part), Molly Fennell, W. A. A. presi dent, led the group m devotion after which refreshments of apple juice and ginger cookies were *^*The W. A. A. held its regular meeting Friday morning, October 29 during the chapel period. Sev eral business mattep were dis cussed. The pigeon-holes for the eirls’ dormitories will be installed soon. Final plans have been made for the re-decoration and addition of several games for the Stroup Score by periods: MH 0 0 L-AIcR .7 6 won over Poteat. Southern over came Kittrell, and Gross edged past Sellars. Seel won over VYil- liams; Grey shaded past Anas; and Owen downed Clark. In the quarter finals played, Owens de feated Tucker and Southern whipped Gross. These two have advanced to the semi-finals. 6 0 13 13 play room. The W. A. A., with the help of the M-Blem Club, are working hard to make this project worth while for every girl in the dormitor)'. Plans are still under way for the intercollegiate play day which will be held the latter part of November. WYATT’S GROCERY delicious cakes. CANDY. AND COOKIES Chowan CoBege Braves W To Monntam Men The Mountain Lions of MHC will journey across the hills to the coastal plains section of east ern Carolina on November 13 to do battle against the Braves of Chowan College at Murfreesboro. The Lions, sporting a 1-1-4 rec ord this year, and that win the only one in the past 14 games, will enter the contest as the under dog. . The Braves are undefeated in 14 games though they were held to a 6-6 tie by Gardner-Webb early in the season. IVIuch of The jinx of the Mountain Men of Mars Hill seems to hold over from last year. The Mountain Men have lost 7 straight home games. The Gardner-Webb Bull dogs dealt them their last loss by a 14-13 squeaker. The ball game appeared to be a runawav for M ars Hill as Mike Miller ran 75 yards for a 6 pointer on the first scrimmage play. The Bull dogs fought back to score two touchdowns and take a 14-7 lead, Jackie Powers went 43 yards in the fourth quarter for the touch down but his try for the tying point was blocked. Miller almost broke the game wide open on the last play as he ran 28 yards before being pushed out of bounds on the 8 yard line. Dean Upton led the Bulldogs, scoring both touchdowns on runs of 10 and 2 yards. He scored one extra point on a plunge and 3Ic- Carson kicked one. Reid and Long led the line play lor the visitors while Paul Shaw, with 32 tackles, and George Krueger played a fine game for the Lions. Mike Miller had 196 yards for the night on offense, Jackie Powers ran well as did Jerry Crowe for Mars Hill but they did not have quite enough. Chowan’s power lies in the per sons of two fleet-footed halfbacks, Jook Crenshaw and Dan Deaton, and end man, Jim Gravely.
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