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THE -CLARK PANTHER, SEPTEMBER, 1949
PAGE THREE
Fair Store
Offers Prizes
With the opening of the 1949 grid
season, more has been added to
stimulate interest among the local
colleges. In the Fair Clothing Store
at 107 Whitehall Street are three
boxes representing the three col
leges of the Atlanta University
Center which engage in athletics.
Whenever a purchase is made at
the store, the purchaser is allowed
to cast a vote for his favorite
school. If it is a dollar purchase,
it counts as one vote; a fifty dollar
purchase is counted as fifty votes.
At the end of the grid season the
college with the largest number of
votes will receive a gift of its
choice—something like a television
set, sound projector or radio,
phonograph or wire recorder. And
this is not all — each individual
member of the football team of
the winning college will receive a
gift for his sportsmanship—some
thing like a pair of slacks and
sweater.
So, football men, if you want
some pants—get your friends to go
down and vote for Clark. It’s up
to the students to make purchases
and talk to others so that Clark
might win. How wonderful it would
be to have a television set in
Davage Auditorium. There would
be something to do on lonely
nights.
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HEALTH FACILITIES
EXPANDED
By Marie Young
Each year the Health Depart
ment strives to perform better ser
vice for the Clark College family.
This service took a sharp rise with
the recent physical examinations;
for in maintaining better service
Clark usually adds a new phase to
physical examinations each year.
However, with this year’s physi
cals, not one but several new pha
ses have been added.
Realizing that many failures in
college are due to poor health, the
Clark College Clinic has endeavor
ed to offer the best service avail
able. The clinical service not only
begins with the physical examina
tions during freshman week, but
continues throughout the entire
academic year.
Judging from last year’s figure
of 2,407 clinical cases, one cannot
help but surmise the effectiveness
of our health program. The college
can now proudly boast of having
one of the best college health pro
grams in the city.
Clark is fortunate in having Mr.
Robinson, a local health educator,
to work as a promoter of better
health service. In addition to Nurse
C. B. Chandler and Dr. W. N. Har
per, he is also responsible for
Clark’s bigger and better health
program.
THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY
The scarcity of jobs, which made
it impossible for many students to
obtain work this summer, seems
to have its good features, regard
less of the grumbles from the stu
dent body. For instance, the mem
bers of the Philharmonic Society
seem more relaxed, willing, and
ready to commence hard work in
contributing their individual talents
to make this year a successful one.
Most of the members arrived
early to render music for the first
communion service of the term and
for the candle-light induction of
the freshmen. Certainly such a
good start is impressive. To con
tinue effective organization the new
officers for the ter mof ’49-’50 were
elected. They are as follows: Presi
dent, Alfonso Levy; Vice President,
Julius Conway; Financial Secre
tary, Dorothy Grant; Correspond
ing Secretary, Xanthene Sayles;
Treasurer, Lorenso Manns; Busi
ness Manager, Cubell Johnson;
Chief Librarian, Frederick Hobbs.
Under the leadership of Dr. J.
DeKoven Killingsworth, our direc
tor, and Mrs. Marian Sykes, our
pianist, we, as a group, feel that
our hopes and aims for this term
will be successfully fulfilled.
Captain Hilliard Baskin (left) and Co-Captain Aubrey “Cue-
ball” Chatters (right). Both are Seniors. Co-Captain Chat
ters is a contender for All-American honors this year at
center. Baskin is a halfback.
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 1949
Date Team Place
Clark College vs.:
Sat., Sept. 24 Louisville Municipal College — Atlanta
Sat., Oct. 1 .—Tuskegee r . Birmingham
Sat., Oct. 8 Open
Sat., Oct. 15.— South Carolina State College.—Atlanta
Fri. (Nite), Oct. 21 Alabama State College.—Montgomery
Fri., Oct. 29 Morehouse College Atlanta
Fri., Nov. 5 Xavier University^ New Orleans
Fri., Nov. 12 Fisk University
Fri., Nov. 19 (Homecoming) Atlanta
Fri., Nov. 24 Open
Morris Brown College Atlanta
SPORTS IN BRIEF
By HARRY ATKINS
The Clark College Panthers opened their 1949 grid season
by dropping a 7-6 thriller to the Louisville Municipal College
Bantams. The game was played in the new Herndon Stadium,
September 24.
The Purple and Black Wolver
ines of Morris Brown College are
heading for their first SIAC foot
ball crown since the heydays of
John “Big Train” Moody. Now if
the Wolverines can get by the tough
Florida A & M Rattlers they may
be well on their way; and if they
do annex the football champion
ship they will be the first team to
hold the basketball and football
crowns at one time since the Rat
tlers of “Famcee” did it in 1947.
HOMECOMING
The two teams played as though
they were evenly matched with
Louisville earning a total of 12
first downs to the Panthers’ 10.
Johnny “Meridian Express” Rich
ards returned the opening kickoff
back to his own 45 and later picked
up three more yards for the Pan
thers before the ball changed hands.
The Bantams took possession of
the ball on their own 25-yard line
as the results of Schley William
son’s 40-yard boot. Then Stanley
Tabor, June Brown, Robert Walk
er, and All-Midwestern Marshal.
Clay went to work for the Bantams
moving the oval down to the Pan
thers’ 18-yard line with two suc
cessful passes as the first quarter
ended.
The Louisville eleven came back
in the second quarter with the ball
resting on the Clark 18-yard line
and executed a deceptive hand off
from quarterback Tabor to fullback
Clay. Clay went all the way
down to the Panthers’ 7-yard
stripe before he was finally pulled
down by a host of Panthers. On
the very next play Stanley Tabor
concealed the ball and faded back
with a long pass which end Wil
liams pulled down out of the end
zone.
The Bantams yielded the ball to
the Panthers on downs. Schley Wil
liamson’s plow thru center was
good for about four yards. Benja
min Lloyd punted the Panthers out
of danger with a punt that carried
35 yards. The Panthers opened
their first drive of the game in
the second period after taking pos
session of the ball on their own 40.
Schley Williamson picked up a yard
placing the ball on the 41 and
Harold “Blind Bob” Barrett, fresh
man sensation, dashed off 22 yards
thru tackle to the Louisville 37.
Richards went down to the Louis
ville 26 off a hand off from Charles’
Ponder, and, on the next play,
Richards moved the oval to the
Bantams’ 20-yard stripe. Ponder
carried the ball to the Bantams’ 19,
but a penalty against the Panthers
for clipping set the ball back to the
Louisville 34. A pass from Ponder
was intercepted and Louisville took
over on their own 20. Neither team
was able to score as the first half
of play ended.
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LOUISVILLE SCORES IN
THIRD PERIOD
The Louisville Bantams came
back strong in the third to push
over the first score of the after
noon. The sustained drive started
from the Clark 35-yard line. Quar
terback Tabor handed off the ball
to June Brown and Brown went
all the way down to the Panthers’
6. Later Brown went over for the
touchdown off a pitch out from
Tabor. The kick from placement 1
by James Williams with Stikes
holding split the uprights and
Louisville took a 7-0 lead over the
favored Panthers from Clark.
SANDERSON SCORES FOR
PANTHERS
The Panthers roared back in the
final stages of the game in an at
tempt to overcome the 7-0 lead
held by the Bantams. The Clark
drive began on their own 22-yard
line and was spearheaded by triple
threat halfback Charles Ponder.
Ponder, Elijah Poythress, and
Schley Williamson alternated to
move the oval to the Louisville 39
where Ponder sped the distance to
place the ball within inches of a
score for the Panthers. Quarter
back Samuel Sanderson tallied for
the Clark eleven on the next play.
Ponder’s kick for the point after
touchdown was wide. Poythress
was holding.
The Panthers staged a final
threat as the game ended with
Charles Ponder pitching a series
of passes. One was good for 27
yards. Louisville lost 105 yards in
penalties, while the Clark eleven
was set back 40 yards. Outstanding
linesmen for the Panthers include:
Jerry Hobbs, Harvard Jennings,
Co-Captain Aubrey Chatters, Fred
White, former Captain Fred Mc
Coy, William Neely, Larkin and
Patrick Bell, Walter Hunley and
Odum. The Clark backfield con
sisted of the following oustanding
players: Charles Ponder, Johnny
Richards, Schley Williamson, Eli
jah Poythress, Harold Barrett, Roy
Wolfe, Sam Sanderson and Benja
min Lloyd. Players for Louisville
that merit mentioning are Capt.
Charles Brown, Marshall Clay,
Stanley Tabor, and James Williams.
IS
NOV. 5
So far this season the Morris
Brown eleven has piled up huge
scores in the SIAC circles, com
piling 73 points to their opponents
6. They have dropped only one
game this season and that one was
to the' Hampton Pirates of the
Cl A A. The Wolverines rolled over
the Tuskegee Golden Tigers 35-6
and the Maroon and White Tigers
of Morehouse 48-0. If the score is
any indicator we can certainly say
that the Wolverines are really
rough on Tigers.
The Morehouse College Maroon
and White Tigers defeated Dillard
University 9-0 in New Orleans, La.
prior to losing to Morris Brown
48-0. The Clark College Panthers
have lost two games is as many
starts. The Louisville Municipal
Bantams edged the Panthers 7-6
September 24 in the Herndon Sta
dium and the Tuskegee Golden Tig
ers defeated the Panthers 14-0 at
Legion Field in Birmingham Oc
tober 1.
Harold “Blind Bob” Barrett (24) steppping off 22 yards for the'Panthers in Clark-Louis-
ville Municipal game, Louisville won 7-6.
CLARK
Panthers
FISK
Bulldogs
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