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October, 1945
The Panther
Page 5
Sport News
Clark Panthers Bow To 'Force
Green Wave By 8-6 Margin
Clark Panthers went down in de
feat after a valiant struggle in the
initial encounter of the 1945 season
against a strong Wilberforce eleven,
8-6 before more than 6,000 fans Sat
urday, September 29th at Ponce de
Leon Park. It was the opening game
for both teams who performed bril
liantly despite intermittent showers
that made it difficult for the player
to handle the ball. Even so, the two
elevens made an impressive showing
both on the offense and defense.
The game opened with Thurman
Boddie of Wilberforce kicking off to
Reginald Haynes of Clark, who re
turned the oval to the Panthers’ 36-
yard line. Small and Colquitt hit
the Green Wave line for short gains
and Haynes punted to the Wilber
force 38-yard line. After fearful
gains in Clark territory a ‘Force
place-kick dropped short of its mark.
Clark Opens Up
In the second period the Panthers
opened up. Haynes shot a pass to
Talmadge Owens which netted 12
yards and first down. On the next
play Miles picked up three yards.
After an exchange of punts, the
Clark Machine started rolling again
with Haynes, Owens and Colquitt
featured in a neat forward lateral
for another first down. Haynes then
fired an 18-yard pass to Jennings
placing the ball on the 'Force 22-
yard line. With a beautiful aerial
from Haynes to Jennings, Jennings
went across to score standing up.
Blye’s try for conversion was wide.
Throughout the remainder of the first
half, it was Clark all the way knock
ing consistently at the Green Wave
goal. ’Force in last' minute despera
tion attempted a field goal, but to
no avail. .Clark led at the end of
the first, 6-0.
Wilberforce Scores
The second half began with Bolton
kicking to ’Force and a clipping pen
alty placed the ball within scoring
distance for ’Force. They scored from
the one-yard line after a series of
plays and a pass. The try-for-point
was blocked. After setting up im
penetrable wall against the Green
Wave and recovering the ball on
downs, an untimely fumble behind
the Clark goal gave the Green Wave
a safety, putting the score at 8-6.
The last quarter found Clark bat
tling against strong opposition try
ing desperately to score again, but
the ’Force wall was impregnable. At
the end of the game Clark held the
ball and was moving downfield.
It is impossible to single out any
star player since the performance of
the entire squad was superb. Joel
Smith, of the Atlanta World, how
ever, cited .Colquitt, Haynes, Owens,
Miles, Jennings, Bolton, Small, How
ell, and Henry for special mention.
LINE UPS
Clark
Wilberforce
Jennings
L.E.
McGill
Howell
L.T.
Miller
Bolton
L.G.
White
Henry
C.
Gates
Jackson
R.G.
Burke
James
R.T.
Gibbs
Owens
R.E.
Boddie
Colquitt
Q.B.
King
Small
H.B.
Hall
Haynes
H.B.
Card
Hatchett
F.B.
Tipton
Substitute for Clark were Miles,
Gray, Garmon,
Clements,
and Blye.
Clark and ’Skegee In
Scoreless Tie
Cecil Blye
The Clark Panthers invaded Birm
ingham, Alabama Friday and engag
ed Tuskegee’s Golden Tigers in a
battle that will be remembered by
many fans for a long, long time.
The entire game was a thrilling dis
play of power, cunning, strategy, and
beautiful aerial tosses by both teams.
The game played on a muddy rain
soaked field was exciting from start
to finish. Clark and Tuskegee dis
played an array of flashy backs, and
powerful forward walls. All of the
scoring threats were by virtue of
passes. Only once did the Tigers
from Tuskegee penetrate deep into
Clark’s territory, but they were
quickly turned away by the fast
charging, powerful, and determined
Clark line. Truly living up to the
viciousness of their name, the Panth
ers were snarling and clawing at the
Golden clad lads of Tuskegee
throughout' the entire game.
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Severely handicapped by the loss
due to an infury of Johnny (The
Bird) Colquitt, the Clark steam roll
er continued to push the Golden
Tigers all over the field at will. Many
potential scoring thrusts were ended
due to unfortunate fumbles by the
Panthers. The inclement weather
made the handling of the ball diffi
cult.
Tuskegee displayed a bit of of
fensive power in the closing minutes
of the game, but the alert backfield
of Clark smashed their powerful
passing attack with a colorful inter
ception by Roscoe Garmon who re
turned the ball for fifty yards. At the
sound of the gun ending the game,
Clark’s mighty Panthers were driv
ing down field.
The Panthers on October 20th will
encounter the Tennessee State Eleven
at Ponce de Leon Park at 8 p. m. It
will be the first night' game of the
season to be witnessed by thousands
of Clark’s loyal supporters.
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Freshmen Strengthen
Panthers
A group of fine freshmen athletes
has strengthened the Clark Panthers
of 1945-46. They hail from various
parts of the country and according to
their personal comments, they are
honored by being added to Clark’s
powerful grid machine.
On September the tenth Coach
“Sugar Mac’’ sent out the first call
for practice and twenty freshmen re
sponded. Many of them participated
in the thrilling game against Wilder-
force on September the twenty-ninth,
and according to Coaches McPherson,
Watts, and Harper, heir showing was
indeed commendable.
The Panthers leading the fresh
men parade in the backfield are Wil-
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
October 5 .Tuskegee (Night)
Birmingham, Ala.
October 18 Tenn. State (Night)
Atlanta, Ga.
October 27 Alabama State
Montgomery, Ala.
Nov. 3.... Morehouse (Homecoming
Atlanta, Ga.
Nov. 10 Knoxville College
Knoxville, Tenn.
Nov. 17 Florida A. & M.
Atlanta, Ga.
Nov. 22 Morris Brown ,Thank’ving)
Atlanta, Ga.
Bobby The Freshman
Guess Who? ? ?
Dear Mom and Dad,
Well, I’ve finally finished register
ing. The Dean would not let me
take what I wanted which was psy
chology, bacteriology, zoology, soci
ology, and anthropology; instead, he
gave me a schedule which includes
English, mathematics, French, social
science, orientation, and Old Testa
ment. I thought when you went to
college you were supposed to take
all those “big” word courses ending
with some kind of “ology.” Oh!
well, maybe they’re just trying me
out in these first. Please do not
write Willie up at Howard and tell
him what I’m taking.
Remember you told me not to get
into any fights because I’m not a
high school boy any more. Well, 1
almost “dood it.” During my first
week on the campus I fell for a cute
little girl named Mary who was an
upper classman. A week later a guy
from Texas came to the campus. He
was wearing a curious looking pin
that looked like one that Mary wore
and when she found out that he was
a college graduate studying for the
ministry and he was liking her, she
gave me the air. I found out later
that this guy was some kind of a
frat man or her brother, and she was
a Soror or his sister, but I can’t see
how he could be her brother when
they don’t favor one another any
more than day favors night and she
didn’t even know him until he came
to the campus. If he is her brother,
why are they sweethearts ? Please
answer me, as I am puzzled.
A week later I met Doris, but I
made sure that she wasn’t wearing
one of them curious looking pins
’cause I didn’t want to lose her as
easy as I lost Mary. We’ve been
going around together quite a bit,
but I ain’t serious. Please send me
some money as the money I earned
milking the cows and plowing for
the neighbors was just enough to
buy a football pennant and a fresh
man cap. The pennant cost $1.75
and the cap cost $1.50. Now don’t
quarrel. I admit that’s a mighty
heap of money to put on my head
and wave in the air but Doris kept
talking about how sharp we would
look at’ Ponce de Leon waving our
ilam Myles, Roscoe Garman, Wilson
Johnson, Rufus Hill, Ralph Ferguson,
Frank King, Cecil A. Blye, Johnny
Strong, Thomas Brown, Sullivan,
O’Neil, and Huff.
The powerful linemen are headed
by Ray Washington, Hornsby
Howard, and Jackson. All are con
tenders for berths on the Varsity
Team. Other linemen are Hamilton,
Gray, Donato, and Kay. The Varsity
members on the squad have accepted
the freshmen Panthers with the spirit
of brotherly love that is exhibited at
all times in the Clark College Family.
Delta Sigma Theta
Fun galore! and divine heavenli-
ness! characterize the Rush Party of
the Delta ladies when over two-
hundred fifty freshmen and new stu
dents hilariously lived, danced, and
sang while eating hot dogs in the
scorching inferno of Hades. A typical
feature in Hades was the swift pre
sentation of talent found among
twenty of its inhabitants, two of
whom were prize winners. Vivian
Alixson who lazily enchanted her
audience with, “Embraceable You”
and “If You Are A Dream;” Emma
Howard who made the piano keys
talk with “After Hours.”
To the amazement of the inhabi
tants of Hades, they found them
selves drifting into a shifting scene,
a heavenly atmosphere. A Bright,
cool, tranquil atmosphere in which
was found the Sorors and Pyramids
of Delta Sigma Theta. It was in
Heaven that the President, Soror Ora
M. Williams, made known the history
of Delta; it was there that Irene
Whitefield, an acting angel revealed
the many outstanding personalities
and ideals found in Delta Sigma
Theta; and Heavenly were the hymns
sung by the Delta Sorors and Pyra
mids.
Among the visiting Sorors were
Sorors Cecil Posey, Wilhelmina Gil
bert, Dovie Touchstone, Mildred
Touchstone, Irene Wilson, Alverna
Green, Mattie Briscoe, Anna Jackson
and Vivian Smith.
Climaxing the events of Heaven,
souvenirs and delicious refreshments
of ice cream and cokies were served.
With time on his hands, everyone de
cided to end the night with more fun
in Hades.
pehnant, and of course I wanted to’
see her have what she wanted. I’ll
try to follow your advice next week
and put my mind on my books and
think of girls only after my lessons
are done.
It’s time for me to study some
English cause we’re going to have a
test to-morrow. My English teacher
looks like a little girl. I wish the
city had sent us some cute little
young teachers to Low Water Creek,
Ga. instead of those big, buxom old
maids who always wanted me to
carry them home from P.T.A. The
Profs, really keep us busy around
here, taking it for granted that we
know everything. They have us writ
ing something called term paper for
the semester. They are about four
or five thousand words long; in fact,
they ain’t papers, they’re books. I
don’t know what Pm going to do
cause I never was an author. I’m
getting sleepy and I must go to
the library and get Doris before I
study.
Your sweet son,
Bobbie.
P.S.—Don’t send me anymore long
underwear, it is burning up
here.
(Keep up with Bobbie’s thrilling
escapades each month).
New Members of The
Faculty and Staff
Mrs. Hattie Carmichael, a forme!
“Thayer Hall Girl” who attended
Clark University during the years
that Miss Mitchel was Superintend
ent of the original Thayer Hall on
the old campus in South Atlanta,
joins the Clark College staff this
year as assistant director in Merner
Hall.
Miss Leadie M. Clark of Urbana,
Illinois, a graduate of the University
of Illinois where she received the
Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in
English, joins the Clark College fac
ulty this year as instructor in the
Department of English.
Mr. Norman R. Dixon joins the
Clark College faculty this year as
instructor in the Department of Edu
cation and Psychology. Mr. Dixon
did his undergraduate work at Hamp
ton Institute. He received his Master
of Arts degree from Columbia Uni
versity. He has had much experience
as an instructor in the field of Edu
cation.
Mr. Paul G. King joins the admin
istrative staff of Clark College this
year as Business Manager. Mr. King
is a graduate of Hampton Institute
where he received the Bachelor of
Science degree in Accounting. He has
had years of experience as Business
Manager.
Mrs. Ethel P. Martin, a graduate
of Ohio State University with a B.
S. degree in Home Economics, joins
the Clark College staff this year as
Manager of the newly established
campus SNACK SHOP.
Dr. Bernard H. Nelson who has
been connected with the Clark Col
lege Faculty for a number of years
returns to the Department of Social
Science after two years leave-of
absence, during which time he re
ceived his doctorate in History from
Catholic University. The subject of
Dr. Nelson’s dissertation, now in pro
cess of publication, is THE FOUR
TEENTH AMENDMENT AND THE
NEGRO SINCE 1920.
Mr. George W. Shearard joins the-
Clark College faculty as instructor
in the departments of Mathematics
and Physics. Mr. Sherard received
his Master’s degree from the Univer
sity of Cincinnati. He has done ex
tensive work in research for the
Government during the period of
World War II.
Miss Olivia E. Speed, a graduate
of Hampton Institute with a B. S.
degree in Physical Education, joins
the Clark College faculty as instruc
tor in the Department of Physical
Education.
Miss B. LeOntyne Traynham joins
the Clark College faculty as instruc
tor in the Department of Physical
Education and Health. Miss Trayn
ham received the B. S. degree in
Physical Education from Wilberforce
University. She has done a year of
graduate study in her field at the
University of Minnesota.
■Cecil A. Blye ’49.
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