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V CLARK PANTHER, NOVEMBER-DECEMBER, 1949 PAGE FIVE College Coaching Xavier Gold Rush Nips Clark Panthers Upset Fisk Bulldogs In Homecoming Tilt Johnny Richards of Meridian, Mississippi, paced the Clark Pan thers to an amazing 26-7 upset over the Fisk Bulldogs during the Pan thers’ homecoming. Richards looked like an All-Amer ican as he romped up and down the field on several punt returns and scored two T D’s in the Clark vic tory. Some 6,000-howling home- eoming fans gathered in Herndon Stadium to witness the Panthers in their eighth straight homecoming triumph. The Panthers tallied twice in the second period and once in the third and fourth periods to take a lead that never was relinquished. It was Charles Ponder’s timely passes that paved the way for the Clark tallies. Richards Opens Clark’s Scoring Richards registered the first six points for Clark by diving over from the one-yard line after Wil liam Rogers had moved the oval to the one on a pass from Ponder. Samuel Sanderson scored on a pass interception from his own sixteen, and Ponder passed to William Neely for the extra point as the Panthers held a 13-0 lead at the half. The Panthers scored their last two touchdowns in the third and fourth quarters. Henry Collins, freshman from New Orleans, spear headed the third Clark score with his powerful drives which placed the ball on the Fisk 29. Again Pon der faded back and heaved a pass to William Rogers who scored easily. The final Clark tally was scored by Johnny Richards on a handoff from Joseph Eberhardt from the Bulldogs’ ,28. The Panthers’ con versions were made on a pass from Ponder to William Neely and a kick from placement by quarterback Sanderson. Austin Tallies for Fisk The lone Fisk score came in the third period. Sam Austin dashed off tackle to pay dirt and Roger Moore converted for the visitors. The final score: Clark 26, Fisk 7. The Bull dogs piled up 19 first downs to 10 for the Panthers. Clark Quintet Drills for 1950 Season Staff Increased The past football season brought two new faces to the Panthers’ coaching staff in Coach Leonidas Epps of East St. Louis, Illinois, and Coach William Jones. Both men tors are veterans of World War II and have had coaching experiences previous to accepting assignments here at Clark. Mr. Epps is formerly of Gilbert Academy, New Orleans, La., where he produced several championship teams in basketball, football, and track. Most outstafiding were his track teams that won the state track and field titles for four suc cessive years. During the past football season Coach Epps was assistant line coach, but has been assigned duties as head basketball and track coach. He is also responsible for several players coming to Clark to partici pate in athletics and to pursue an education while here. Coach Jones, sometimes referred to as “Biff Jones,” hails from New York City, and was a former star halfback while attending Clark. He is a student of Atlanta University and expects to receive the Master’s degree in June. Coach Jones re turns to his alma mater as an as sistant backfield coach. These men have aided Athletic Director Marion Curry and Coach Carlton Hamilton in handling the coaching chores here and have shown a keen interest in the devel opment of championship teams. Panthers, 14-13 By D. C. Collington NEW ORLEANS.—The Xavier Gold Rush chalked up their first conference win by edging the Clark College Panthers 14-13 here in Xavier Stadium. The game was played before some 4,000 howling homecoming fans. The underdog, but stubborn, Gold Rush eleven cashed in on every op portunity, while the visiting Pan thers booted several threats. The Gold Rush was very reluctant in giving ground to the powerhousing of Johnny Richards and Benjamin Lloyd of the Panthers. Richards and Lloyd were successful in rip ping off several long gains thru the Xavier line. Xavier Scores Early The bold Xavier followers braved a chill wind all afternoon to witness their team nip the highly favored Atlantans in the second half after trailing the visitors 13-7 for the first half of play. The Gold Rush lost little or no time in registering a seven-point lead in the early mo ments of the first period. The first period tally was spearheaded by a rifle-like pass from Eddie Flint to Louis Miller, who danced to the Clark 15. On the next play Clark was penalized, and the ball was placed on their one-yard stripe. Willie McKee then plunged over for the TD on a handoff from Flint. Kunklen Vavasseur converted. Score: Xavier 7, Clark 0. The Panthers roared back in the second stanza to overcome the 7-0 lead held by Xavier as “Big Johl” Richards sparked the two touch downs scored by Clark. Richards returned Vavasseur’s kickoff back from the 20 to score only to have the play nullified by a clipping pen alty. According to the officials, the foul took place on the Xavier 46. The Panthers marched from there to tie the score 7-7. Lloyd set the TD up on a pass from Charles Pon der to the Xavief 2. Joseph Eber hardt sneaked over from the two for the tally, and Samuel Sanderson split the uprights to even the score at 7-7. Clark Takes Lead The Panthers continued to amaze the local fans with dazzling runs and long passes which set the stage for the second Clark TD. Charles Ponder was in the pitching role with Eberhardt and John Cannon receiving and Lloyd galloping all the way to the Gold Rush 2. Pon der went off tackle to the one-foot line and Richards climaxed the sus tain drive by smashing into the end zone for the second Clark touch down. The determined Gold Rush re fused to settle for the short end of the 13-7 count and came fighting back in the third quarter to score seven more points and emerge vic torious in their homecoming game. Lloyd Jackson pulled down Eddie Smith’s pass in the end zone in the closing moments of the third period to tie the game for the second time during the afternoon. It was then that Vavasseur sent the oval sail ing thru the uprights to give the Gold Rush their one-point edge. In the final minutes of the game the Panthers were on the march again when Vavasseur intercepted Ponder’s pass deep in Gold Rush territory. The Xavier rooters went wild as victory became certain. Final score: Xavier 14, Clark13. The 1950 edition of the Clark College Cagers has begun practice for its season. The Panther Quintet has a tougher schedule for this season than it has had in recent years. The team is playing twenty- two games throughout the SIAC conference and one or more inter sectional tilts. This year the Panthers hope to bring a trophy and the first cham pionship team since 1945 to Clark College. The team is under the tutorship of Coach Leonidas Epps, former head coach at Gilbert Acad emy of New Orleans, La. Coach Epps is from East St. Louis, Ill., and was a former star hardwood performer with the Xavier Gold Rush. In addition to the numerous high school stars, the squad possesses several hangovers from last year’s team. Key players from last season are Harry Atkins, Robert Barahm, Avery Burress, Charles Ponder, Papl Sweeny, Bennie Lowe, Robert Phillips, Schley Williamson, James Pace, Clearance Williams and Fred McCoy. McCoy is nursing a foot ball injury and is expected to report for practice later. Patterson Is Eligible This Season Forrest Patterson, who was ruled ineligible last season due to his playing with Lincoln University, Penn., seems to be the most prom ising of the newcomers. Patterson kept in condition by playing with the Baby Panthers and the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity last season. He should be a major threat on the hardwood as he is an exceptionally good guard and a set and crip shot artist. Oglesby May Return Ernest Oglesby, local cage star from Washington High School, is out of school this semester, but is due back next semester. Should Oglesby return in January, he would be back in time to play the second half of the schedule. During the latter portion of the season the Panthers meet the Florida A. & M. Rattlers, Tuskegee Golden Tigers, and the Morris Brown Wolverines. These three teams finished first, second and third in the tournament play at Logan Hall in Tuskegee last spring. The Clark cagers clash with the Rattlers twice in February, and it may be noted that the Rattlers are pre-tournament champions of 1949. The Morris Brown Wolver ines won the tournament crown, with Florida second and Tuskegee third. BASKETBALL SCHEDULE JANUARY 6 CLARK COLLEGE VS. LANE** AT LANE JANUARY 7 CLARK COLLEGE VS. FISK AT FISK JANUARY 13 CLARK COLLEGE VS. LANE** AT CLARK JANUARY 14 CLARK COLLEGE VS. MOREHOUSE AT CLARK JANUARY 17 CLARK COLLEGE VS. TUSKEGEE AT CLARK JANUARY 20 CLARK COLLEGE VS. MORRIS BROWN AT MORRIS BROWN JANUARY 21 CLARK COLLEGE VS. ALABAMA STATE AT ALABAMA STATE JANUARY 28 CLARK COLLEGE VS. FORT VALLEY AT CLARK JANUARY 30 CLARK COLLEGE VS. ALABAMA STATE AT CLARK JANUARY 31 ’ CLARK COLLEGE VS. BENEDICT** AT CLARK FEBRUARY 4 CLARK COLLEGE VS. S. C. STATE AT S. C. STATE FEBRUARY 7 CLARK COLLEGE VS. FLORIDA AT CLARK FEBRUARY 10 CLARK COLLEGE VS. MOREHOUSE AT MOREHOUSE FEBRUARY 13 CLARK COLLEGE VS. MORRIS BROWN AT CLARK FEBRUARY 17 CLARK COLLEGE VS. TUSKEGEE AT TUSKEGEE FEBRUARY 18 CLARK COLLEGE VS. FLORIDA AT FLORIDA FEBRUARY 22 CLARK COLLEGE VS. S. C. STATE AT CLARK FEBRUARY 25 CLARK COLLEGE VS. FISK AT CLARK FEBRUARY 28 CLARK COLLEGE VS. BENEDICT** AT BENEDICT MARCH 1 CLARK COLLEGE VS. ALLEN** AT ALLEN MARCH 3 CLARK COLLEGE VS. ALLEN** AT CLARK MARCH 4 CLARK COLLEGE VS. FORT VALLEY AT FORT VALLEY ** TENTATIVE Panthers Smash’ House, 13-0 ATLANTA.—The Clark College Panthers smashed the Morehouse College Tigers 13-0 in a thrill- packed game here October 29. The grid clash between these two across-the-street rivals was held in Herndon Stadium and was wit nessed by an estimated 4,000 fans. The Panthers of Clark pushed across two tallies in the first half to ice the game. Joseph Eberhardt of Athens, Georgia, scored the first Clark TD on a quarterback sneak from the one-foot line with only a minute of playing time left in the first period. The first Clark sus tained drive began on the More house 43. Charles Ponder’s kick from placement with Elijah Poy- thress of LaGrange, Georgia, hold ing was good, and the Panthers took an early 7-0 lead. The highly geared Panthers in creased their narrow 7-0 lead in the late moments of the second period as Charles Ponder spearheaded the Clark aerial attack by completing successful passes to William Rog ers of New Orleans, La., to place the oval on the Morehouse 6. From the opponents’ 6-yard stripe Pon der hit John Cannon of New Or leans, La., in the end zone for the second and final TD of the after noon. Ponder’s attempted kick for the point after touchdown was blocked. There was no scoring in the sec ond half, although both teams threatened. The Morehouse threat was stalled on the Clark 24. The Tigers recovered a Clark fumble on their own 15 to stall another Clark drive. Benjamin Lloyd made the Clark fumble after taking a pass from Ponder and attempting to lateral to Richards. Johnny Richards, Clark’s candi date for Mythical Honors, continues to amaze fans with his powerful runs and his spectacular perform ance on offense. 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