Srave Bravos
By BILL ROLLINS
Chowanian Sports Editor
LAMAR CLARK
best all-around gridder
ROLLINS
The mark of a good team captain is the type of leader
ship he instills. The 1963 football Braves selected Lamar
Clark to share this post with two others, and the general
opinion is that they couldn’t have gotten a better man.
Lamar led ’em with his mental attitude, his exception
al two-way performances, and an undefinable element
which “got him up” for every game. And, he’s the choice
here for “Best of the Braves” for all-
around performance.
Selections can’t, or shouldn’t be
made without sound backing, and La
mar has left a trail of outstanding cre
dentials. He led the team in pass
catching, pulling down ten tosses for
224 yards and five touchdowns. His
36.2 average for five kickoff returns
was also a team-leading figure, and
he tied for tops in interceptions with
four. One pilfer was returned sixty-one
yards for a score.
Lamar placed third in the rushing derby with 248 yards
while averaging 4.9 yards per carry. He was second in
team individual scoring with six TD’s for 36 points.
Defense was a phase of the game in which Lamar ex
celled also, combining his desire and love of the game
with hard-nosed hitting and sure tackling to make him
a stalwart on the unit. Adjusting to a mid-season change
which moved him from the defensive halfback slot to
the position of outside linebacker, he lost little time in
mastering the new post, intercepting a pass in the first
half of the Ferrum game which sent the Braves rolling
to a 29-0 win.
The ’63 Braves probably had more impressive offen
sive and defensive players, but none who combined both
duties in a fashion which measured up to Clark’s steady
showing.
It’s hard to see how Lamar was excluded from the
first unit All-Region team. Bob Blevins of Lees-McRae,
the guy who got the berth, scored but one TD all year,
and averaged but 2.9 yards per carry against Chowan.
His second team nomination, however, was a fine tri
bute to a really good season.
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SIDELIGHTS: Ronnie Wallace led the Braves in rush
ing with 91 yards in the finale against Richmond Frosh,
a night when Matthews wasn’t at his best, though he
surpassed the seasonal rushing record. It would have
been interesting to watch the pair operate at full strength
as an inside-outside punch all season. Ronnie missed
three-and-one-half games due to a leg injury . . . Mike
Pintz was one of the real iron men this year, playing
practically every minute of every game at about the
toughest position on the field ... all that kept Mike from
All-Region honors was his freshman status—wait ’til
next year . . . Special congrats to Bill Ballowe for his
first team all-star berth . . . No one works harder at
playing the game, and the recognition couldn’t have been
directed to a more deserving cource . . . Tommy Gray
son did an excellent job at quarterback in the close-out
game with UR Frosh, Dave Whaley missing virtually
the entire game with a shoulder ailment . . . Whaley,
Tom Fish, Dave Witten, Lamar Clark and Jim Pulling
were all partially hobbled by injuries in that one . . .
Potomac State halfback Bobby Diaco had the bset run
ning game against the Braves this year, rolling up 105
yards in nine carries. Larry Zunick of Richmond was
next with 94 yards in 17 carries . . . Quarterback Jack
Beckler put on the best aerial show, hitting 8-11 passes
for 133 yards and two TD’s for William and Mary . . .
W&M piled up 348 yards of total offense fort he season’s
high defensive yield, Richmond finishing a close second
with 347 . . . UR Frosh had the most yards gained by
rushing, garnering 231 yards . . . Potomac State ground
out 227, W&M Frosh had 215 . . . Lees-McRae and W&M
Frosh tied for most passing yardage at 133, and Rich
mond Frosh was next with 116 .. . Braves’ best game
against rushing was their 13 yard yield versus Ferrum,
next was ECC Frosh, who managed only 48 on ground.
L-M could muster but 132 in two games . . . Best rush
ing games for Chowan were the opener with Lees-McRae
and the G-W encounter in Shelby, 348 each . . . Best
passing show was 223 in the romp past ECC Frosh.
NEW AT CHOWAN-Head Basketball Coach William AAcGraw looks over the record of last year's
Chowan Braves with President Bruce E. Whitaker, right, and Ben Sutton, business manager.
Coach McGraw Begins First Season
With Chowan’s Basketball Squad
Coach Bill McGraw's Chowan
College Brave cage team made
their season debut at Louisburg on
Thursday. November 28 and Nov
ember 29 in Louisburg in a twin
bill session.
Coach McGraw is in his first year
with the Braves as head basket
ball coach. He came to Chowan
last fall from Norfolk. Coach Mc
Graw said, “We have a little below
the average height, although there
are two or three boys who will be
of great help to the team.” He
added, “We have a chance of doing
fairly well provided the defensive
side of the lineup is effective and
a good performance is rendered by
the returning lettermen.”
Returning Lettermen
The returning lettermen are the
three tricaptains of the Brave team.
They are Jay Reed, Togie Payne
and Bob Riggs. Freshman Mike
Hynson and John Jenkins are hope
fuls. They are expected to render
a superb performance in their first
year.
M
TWO POINTS—Chowan's Jay Reed scores a field goal to lead
the Braves with 29 points in Wednesday night's game.
McGraw stated that since he had
not been in the conference long
enough to know the strength of
other forces, he is unable to pre
dict to any great degree of accu
racy of what success the Brave
club may have. The cagers at Cho
wan are still hoping, however, to
come up with that one good suc
cessful season. The cage coach did
add, that there was a good chance
of improving on last year’s record
on 7 wins and 15 loses.
Newport News
Apprentice
Tops Chowan
The Newport News Apprentice
School pulled away in the closing
minutes Wednesday night to down
Chowan, 71-63, in the Braves’
first home game. It was the third
consecutive loss for the Braves.
Jay Reed paced the Braves with
29 points, with Jenkins scoring 14
points to claim runner-up honors.
The home team could not make
up for the Apprentice School’s ad
vantage gained at the foul line,
21 points to 8.
Chowan G F T
Hynson 4 19
Jenkins 5 1 14
Reed 14 1 29
Riggs 3 0 6
Bowen 113
Totals 27 8 63
Newport News G F T
Andreoli 0 8 8
Bofden 4 3 11
Rew 2 3 7
Vaughan 2 0 4
Gaully 8 2 18
McKinney 5 5 15
Carmean 4 0 8
Totals 25 21 71
Score by periods:
Newport News 30 41
Chowan 29 34
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HE DOESN.T UNDERSTAND
(ACP) — Michael Inn, foreign
student from Kowloon, Hong Kong,
speaks English, but one thing bo
thers him at Cornell College, Mt.
Vernon, Iowa. THE CORNELLIAN
reports that he can’t distinguish
between “Uh huh” and "Huh uh.”
THE CHOWANIAN