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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. # 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. « 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. YATES and MILTON DRUG STORES Store No. 1 — Auburn at Butler Store No. 2 —— Fair at Chestnut Store No. 3 — Fair at Roach For Quality „ COLLEGE CLEANERS All Work Guaranteed Pressing —— Altering — Dyeing — Cleaning . . . . 140 Chestnut Street A. B. Wright, Prop.