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6 SEPTEMBER, 1965 The Panther Panthers Get Ready For Big Season The Clark College 1965 football team has high hopes for a better season this year. Like last year the football squad consists mostly of freshmen and sophomores with good potential and fortitude. Without the help of last year’s senior football players the Panthers are somewhat handi capped. To replace Elmer Mix on as quarterback will be the 5’11” 165 pound junior from LaGrange, Georgia, Dwight El lison. Ellison has proven over and over again to be quite capa ble of taking over the big re sponsibility as head quarterback. Ellison has had two years of ex perience and is one of the team’s most valuable players. Ellison is a fairly good passer but most of his work will be done through ground coverage. Veteran players who will be playing end positions on the team are as follows: Alphonso Richardson from St. Louis, Mis souri. Richardson will be play ing offensive as well as defens ive end. Richardson is a senior and has had four years of ex perience. The 6’4” 205 pound bomber should prove to be quite an asset to the team’s victories. Raymond Ruffin from Chi cago, Illinois will be returning for his third year with the Pan thers. Ruffin from his previous experience with the team is ex pected to show a great deal of action this year. Ruffin is also playing both defensive and of fensive end. Robert Simmons, a 190 pound sophomore from Brooklyn, New York, is another good man ex pected to total up many points for the team. In his second year with the roaring Panthers is Richard Bol ton from Atlanta, Georgia. Bol ton with his determination and vigor should see a great deal of action also. In the division of veteran tacklers the Panthers will have the 6’1” 212 pound senior from Atlanta, Georgia, William Trice. Trice is playing in the guard position also on both offense and defense. Joseph Strawbridge is another huge tackier that should throw a great deal of power against opposing teams. The 6’2” 225 pound senior from St. Louis, Missouri will be another terror ist on the rampage. Richard Lee who will also be playing offensive and defensive tackle is in his second year on Clark’s gridiron. Lee is a soph omore from Chicago, Illinois with good prospects for a good season. James Peeks of Atlanta, Georgia will be presenting his muscles at their best and will surely be bull-dozing the way to victory for the team. Peek is a 5’11” 215 pound senior with an enormous amount of experi ence. An important man for all games is Ronald Lovings from Chicago, Illinois. Lovings is a sophomore with good hopes for the future. Veterans playing position as guards are as follows. William Peoples, a strong and powerful sophomore from Birmingham, Alabama. Peoples will see quite a bit of action and should prove to be a real valuable player. Drajah Morrow from Little Rock, Arkansas is a sophomore who is competent in filling his position as guard. In the full-back position are three very rugged as well as hard-working stalwarts. They will be starting in the following order: Eugene Rhodes, a 5’10” 180 pound sophomore from Syl- vania, Georgia. Rhodes has demonstrated his capability of filling the position many, many times. Larry Adams, a freshman from Gary, Indiana has shown some storming action in prac tice and scrimmages. Adams runs well and is expected to be a big blaster for the team. Another hard running full back from Rome, Georgia is the 186 pounder John Roberts. Roberts has really worked hard in practice and should build a great deal of experience for him self by playing in quite a few games. Albert C. Nevett from Bess- mer, Alabama will be filling the position as center. Nevett is a 6’2” 180 pound sophomore with experience and a great deal of confidence for helping the team on to success. A big threat in the running- back position will be Wayman Docks from Chicago, Illinois. Docks is a 5’10” 190 pound sophomore. Docks has reassured the coaches as well as his team mates, by his running and co ordination, that all of his best effort will be set forward in bring victory and fame to our oncoming winning team. Elijah Nevett a 6’1” 185 pound senior from Bessmer, Alabama has the running-back position. This year should be his most outstanding season. Nevett will see more than enough action and is expected to be one of the high point men. The freshmen this year are overwhelming with enthusiasm for football. They feel very sure that they will make the great ac complishment in bringing glory and honor back to the “Mighty Panthers.” Some of the out standing freshmen are as fol lows: In the position as guards are Melvin Jenkins of Colum bus. Georgia, Hayward Daniels of Decatur, Georgia, Sam Hill from New Orleans, Louisiana, and Donald Lisby of Decatur, Georgia. Andrew Crump and James Baskin, both of Texarkana, Ar kansas, will have the positions as quarter-backs. James Curb of Clarksdale, Mississippi will also quarter-back. Playing position as tacklers will be Byron Jones from New Orleans, Louisiana, Willie Grant from Texarkana, Arkansas, Lon nie Malone of Rome, Georgia and William Lavett of Atlanta, Georgia. There is only one freshman end and he is Mack Gettis. Get- tis is from Florence, South Car olina. The same applies for the only freshman half-back, he is Eddie Johnson. Johnson plays both half-back and wing-back. The wing-backs are Ronald McDonald of Texarkana, Ar kansas, Matthew Shopshire of Griffin, Georgia and Prentices Cook from Bessmer, Alabama. L. S. Epps, Head Coach is looking for ward to a great season. The center will be Jessie Childs of Marietta, Georgia. With the good coaching staff the team has, there is no reason why the Panthers are not capa ble of a perfect season. The head coach (Coach Epps) has spent a great deal of extra time working on and designing up setting techniques. Mr. Jesse McClardy, the de fensive line coach, has shown untiring efforts to bring the team up to par. Mr. Leroy Hambrick, back- field coach, carefully arranges devastating moves for the com ing opponents. Mr. Robert McFadden also works diligently in developing a masterful backfield of stone. Mr. Elmer Mixon will aid the quarter-backs while Mr. Curtis Crockett will be acting as the offensive line coach. Both Mr. Mixon and Mr. Crockett are previous football players of Clark College. With the support and cheer ing from the student body at all games, the Panthers will be even more inspired to bring sure victory for the school. Panthers to Renew Old Acquaintance Clark College’s Panthers will renew football competition with two colleges in Tennessee this season for the first time since the forties. Their games this year at Lane and Knoxville will mark the first time the Clarkites have invaded the state since a series with Fisk was discontinued nearly ten years ago. The game with Lane—Clark’s opener—is scheduled for Sep tember 25 and will mark the first time these schools have competed against each other on the gridiron since 1942. The series will be renewed against the background of a 12- 0 victory for Lane in the last encounter twenty-three years ago. Three weeks later, on Octo ber 16, the Clarkites will make their second trip to Tennessee for the resumption of competi tion against Knoxville College. Their last meeting with the Bull dogs, in 1945, resulted in a 27- 0 victory for Clark. Clark opened practice in early September with a roster hard- hit by graduation losses. The Panthers are scheduled to play eight games, only three of which will be in Atlanta. Following the opener with Lane, they meet Fort Valley at Griffin, Georgia, in the Textile Classic on October 2. The Knoxville game comes next, to 1965-66 PAHTHER LINEUP No. Name and Position Ends Ht. Wt. Hometown 82 Alfonzo Richardson 6-4 210 St. Louis, Mo. 86 Robert Simmons 6-3 210 Brooklyn, N. Y. 83 Richard Bolton 6-1 200 Atlanta, Ga. 84 Mack Gettis 6-3 185 Florence, S. C. 87 Raymond Ruffin Tackles 6-0 180 Chicago, Ill. 75 Joseph Strawbridge 6-1 220 St. Louis, Mo. 76 Willie Grant 6-1 225 Texarkana, Ark. 77 Richard Lee 6-2 225 Birmingham, Ala. 79 Lonnie Malone 6-1 225 Rome, Ga. 72 Ronald Lovings 6-0 220 Chicago, Ill. 73 William Lovette Guards 6-0 220 Atlanta, Ga. 66 James Peeks 6-1 215 Atlanta, Ga. 54 William Trice 6-0 210 Atlanta, Ga. 67 Drajah Morrow 5-11 180 Little Rock, Ark. 64 Walter Burton 6-0 200 Rochester, N. Y. 63 William Peoples 6-0 180 Birmingham, Ala. 65 Donald Lisby 6-0 180 Decatur, Ga. 60 Haywood Daniels 6-0 210 Decatur, Ga. 61 Melvin Jenkins Centers 6-0 190 Columbus, Ga. 52 Albert Nevett 6-1 190 Bessemer, Ala. 53 Bryon Jones 6-2 220 New Orleans, La. 50 Jessie Childs Quarter Backs 5-11 180 Smyrna, Ga. 12 Dwight Ellison 5-11 165 LaGrange, Ga. 11 James Curb 5-11 175 Clarksdale, Miss. 15 Andrew Crump 6-2 190 Texarkana, Ark. 16 James Baskin Half Backs 5-11 165 Columbus, Ga. 22 Waymon Docks 6-0 190 Chicago, Ill. 29 Ronald McDonald 5-11 165 Texarkana, Ark. 43 Eddie Johnson 6-0 170 Greensboro, Ga. 21 Elijah Nevett 6-0 182 Bessemer, Ala. 27 Prentis Cook 6-0 180 Bessemer, Ala. 44 Clemsy Woods 6-2 190 Atlanta, Ga. 45 Matthew Shopshire Full Backs 5-11 165 Griffin, Ga. 34 Eugene Rhodes 5-11 185 Sylvania, Ga. 32 Larry Adams 5-11 190 Gary, Ind. 33 John Roberts 6-1 190 Rome, Ga. College President V. W. Henderson Athletic Director L. S. Epps Head Football Coach L. S. Epps Head Line Coach Assistant Line Coach Backfield Coach Assistant Backfield Coach ___ Sports Information Director Student Trainer Jesse McClardy Curtis Crockett . Leroy Hambrick Robert McFaddei^ Alfred R. Johnson Craig Morgan Panthers to Meet Tuskegee Clark lays a record of one loss in their last twelve homecoming games on the line against Tuskegee on October 9. It will be the third contest of the season for the Clarkites who played Lane in Jackson, Tennessee on September tile Classic" on October 2. It will Clarkites before they move against Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tennessee on Octo ber 23. Clark lost to Tuskegee 21-14 last year. Tuskegee has played Clark twice in a homecoming game and was tied 12-12 in 1961 and Clark won 42-0 in 1963. We look forward to win ning this one. “More than statistics,” says Coach Epps, “is the question of personal injuries, we should be in good shape for the Tuskegee game.” It should be an interesting game, because Clark will be doing a lot of passing and run ning. be followed by a meeting with Savannah State College at Sa vannah on October 23. This will be Clark’s only excursion away from their S1AC rivals. October 30 is the date for the annual Clark-Morehouse clash in Atlanta. Alabama State will provide the opposition for Clark as they play host to the Panthers on November 13. Homecoming for the Panthers will be against the Golden Ti gers of Tuskegee at Herndon Stadium on October 9. The Clarkites will close their season on Thanksgiving against Morris Brown. 25, and Ft. Valley in the “Tex- be the first home game for the “We have a good first unit even though some were lost through graduation, but in gen eral our depth is as good or bet ter than it was last year. If we can go through the season with out side-line injuries, we have a chance for a good season.” Homecoming Record Yr. Clark Opponent ’64 34 6 Savannah S. '63 42 0 Tuskegee ’62 12 12 Tuskegee ’60 14 12 Alabama State ’59 28 12 Savannah S. '58 8 12 Alabama State ’57 25 19 S. C. State ’56 13 6 Alabama State ’55 21 21 Benedict ’54 12 7 Alabama State ’53 20 9 S. C. State ’52 7 22 Xavier ’51 7 19 Fisk ’50 6 20 Xavier ’49 26 7 Fisk ’48 19 12 Xavier ’47 12 0 Morehouse ’46 Morehouse ’45 20 0 Morehouse ’44 13 0 Morehouse ’43 6 0 Morehouse Sum : Won 15; Lost 4; Tied 2.;