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Page Four THE HILLTOP. MARS HILL COLLEGE. MARS HILL. N. C. November 21. Seahawks Second On Lion Schedule Tonight The Mars Hill basketball Lions are in Wilmington for a game to night with the always-tough Wil mington College Seahawks. Last night the Lions opened the season against the Braves of Pembroke State College. Defense Tops In Grid Finale “The defense was magnifi- cant!” That was the consensus of fans who witnessed an exciting game at North Buncombe High School stadium Nov. 7 between the Lions and the Maryville Scots. The hard-fought battle, won by Maryville 6-0, was the final action of 1964 for the Lions. The loss left them with a season’s rec ord of 3-5. Maryville came into the contest a heavy favorite, but Mars Hill put up a strong defense and held the Scots to only one TD. Mary ville had been averaging over three touchdowns per game. The Lions went to the Mary ville one-foot line early in the first quarter before the Scot de fense tightened. Maryville fum bles gave the Lions excellent field position for much of the game. Maryville took advantage of the only Mars Hill fumble of the eve ning at the Lion 43 and moved into the end zone on QB Benny Monroe’s 8-yard pass to end Son ny Webb. The extra point attempt was wide. After intermission Mars Hill recovered a fumble at the Mary ville 36. The offense clicked mo mentarily, but the Lions had to give the ball up on downs at the Scot 14. A tough offensive line opened large gaps for the Mars Hill backs during much of the game. Halfback Boyd Perry, recovered from a leg injury, ran well. Freshman quarterback Danny Shook got in some valuable ex perience for next year as he shared the signal-calling duties with Jack Reece and Bill Smarr, who were playing their final game for MHC. Punter Johnny McLeod again proved that he ranks among the best as he booted several beautiful punts. Senior defensive end Dave Liv- engood, playing in his last game, did an outstanding job in helping hold a usually potent Maryville scoring attack to only one touch down. Tommy Nix of Marshall, also an end, proved that the Scot scoring drives could be stopped. Tackle Kees Auer made some tac kles which were heard in every corner of the stadium. Lineback ers Bill Lewis and Bo Dishman and tackle Jim Epps also played an outstanding game. Intramural Football Champions of 1964 Undefeated, un(cored-on champions of intramural football are the men of Myers Dorm (1. to r., first row): Joe Prevette, Ron Harvey, C. K. Caldwell, Skinny Strong, Charlie Fox, John Mahoney, Steve Holcombe, Tim Babb and Johnnie Edwards; second row: Don Love, Manley League, Doug Pickard, Jake Brown, Bill Harvey, Buddy Brumbach, Tom Shoe, Terry Powell, Tom Haslett and Robbie Vess. m Lion’s Talc The starting five for tonight’s game will probably be Duke Fish er, 6-5, at center; Doug Pickard, 5-9, and Harry Alban, 5-11, at the guard positions; and Hobie Harmon, 6-4, and Bill Loven, 6-4, at the forward posts. Other team members who may see action are Andy Good and Bob Pierce, forwards; Manly League, center; and Bill Reeves, Dave Beaman and Pat Sams, guards. Coach Harrell Wood’s Lions have looked good on several oc casions in the pre-season games. They toppled the highly-touted Western Carolina Cats in two out of three contests at Cullowhee, and lost two close games with Wofford by three points each. “I feel like we’re going to have a good season,” says Wood. “We must become more aggressive on the boards to equal some of the competition we’ll have this year.”. On Nov. 13 the Wofford Ter riers of Spartanburg came to Mars Hill for two practice games. The Terriers tripped the Lions by 15 points in the afternoon ses sion, but the Lions came roaring back in the nightcap before fall ing 95-92. In the night game the Lions trailed by 15 points in the sec ond half but rallied and went ahead 70-68 with 7:48 left. The Terriers again found the range, however, and finally took posses sion of a small lead and held it for the remainder of the contest. Offensively for the Lions Al ban stripped the net with long outside shots for 18 points. Loven was not far behind with 16, and he added some valuable rebounds. Pickard dumped in 13 points. Fisher and Hobie Harmon each tallied 10. The Lions have more height this year than in any recent sea son. With some strong rebound ing they should be able to give a lot of teams considerable trouble. Having only seven home games in the “Crackerbotx” and 13 on the road, the Lions will be at a slight disadvantage when facing strong teams like Appalachian and Wil mington. Tuesday, Dec. 1, the Lions travel to Bristol for a game with King College. The home season opens on Dec. 5 with the Lions meeting the Indiana Independents in an afternoon contest beginning at 2 o’clock. 1 DUKE nSHER Adds Rebounding, Shooting Strength Duke's Comeback Continues by Chris Pappas . The Lions surprised a lot ^ people on Nov. 7 when they most pulled one of the big sij ,V college upsets of the year. M, bk ville managed to hang on edge Mars Hill 6-0. The Mars Hill High Sc Wildcats are currently engi in the state playoffs. They led by Charles Tolley, a topi lege prospect. Ernie Jones is spending free afternoons squirrel hunium Jones is a bow and arrow en iast. Many boxing fans were dij pointed when Cassius Clay came ill shortly before last wi fight in Boston. It was fel many that Sonny Liston w| KO the “Louisville Lip.” i Mars Hill could have a real star this year in transfer Duke Fisher. The 6-4% junior (he in sists he’s not 6-5) hails from Tryon, where he was an all-dis trict and all WNC basketball player in high school. Fisher has made a great come back since an almost fatal auto accident in the spring of 1961. His body was badly burned and doctors were doubtful whether he would live. In fact his heart stopped beating for three min utes, but determined doctors mas saged it and brought the cage star “back to life.” Fisher spent 9 weeks following the accident in the hospital as the slow process of skin grafting was done by Drs. William Bosein and John Bradshaw. His weight drop ped from 214 to a mere 140. Prior to his accident Duke was captain for the UNC Tar Babies (freshmen) in 1960-61. Bryan McSweeny and Mike Cooke were teammates that year. After the accident Fisher spent a year recuperating and adding weight to his big frame. He then enrolled at Gardner-Webb and played basketball for two years at that Baptist school. He led the team in scoring and rebounding both years. When asked why he chose Mars Hill, Fisher replied, “I like the people up here, and its a great little school.” Duke, who is 21, has a brother, Ed, who starred for Tryon High this year in football. He is re ported to be headed to either Fur man or Clemson to play next year. Fisher has shown in pre-season LEDFORD’S GROCERY •* * Is the Place To Buy Your Candy, Nuts, Fruits, Cookies, and Other Delicious 4* •3> 4* 4* •3- >3- 4* Goodies"! FOR CORRECTIONS OR REPAIRS MARS HILL SHOE SHOP Located Behind Mors Hill Hardware play that he’s going to be rough under the boards as he goes all out to get the rebounds. At West ern Carolina he received a cut over his eye which required 6 stitches and still wanted to play. “I think we’ll have a pretty good year,” Fisher says as he looks ahead to the 1964-65 sea son. “We really have the poten tial.” The track in the new stad is nearing completion. If continues, we’ll be seeing meets at Mars Hill next sprin| Our Lions launched their ketball season at Pembroke, j C.) State College last night, night they are in Wilming where they play the Wilmind College Seahawks. This shoulq an exciting season for Lion lowers. ■4> MARS HILL SKATING RINK (Behind the Theatre) Now Open Under New Management! Open Monday — Saturday, 6:30 to 10:00 P.M. Saturday and Simdoy, 2:00 to 5:00 P.M. Slec 5 Ft lasu] hele Parties at any Time — Special Prices College Students Welcome! 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