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JANUARY - FEBRUARY, 1968
9
Basketball Season Returns
by Dwight Ellison
This year’s version of the Clark Basketball Panthers is made up
of 14 men. Seven of these 14 are returnees; five of these 7 are
lettermen. Potentially, as was the case with last year’s team, Clark
has a good squad, and it could develop into something big. The
primary and biggest problem facing head coach Epps is depth.
The first five men ore sound, proven, and true performers, but
what happens when they get into foul trouble? This will have to
be dealt with by Coach Epps and his assistants because chances
are they will have to substitute freshmen who are six in number
on the team.
Among the returnees are James Walls
and Jonny Epps who both made the All-
City Team, the All-S.I.A.C. Team, and
various other tournament teams for their
outstanding play. Other veterans return
ing are Charles Byrd, Tommy Ward, and
Morris Stroud. These are either regulars
or the crutch the team leaned on last year.
Larry Bolton and Henry Earls are the
other two upperclassmen.
Although the freshmen crop is inex
perienced, they have shown a lot of talent
and desire. Several of them show a great
deal of poise, and, if they give it a little
more, just might get a shot at a starting position. Roger Elston and
Hurley Harris probably lead the group. Roger drives real well and
jumps like a seven footer. Hurley jumps well and has a good out
side shot. Both of them have a good knowledge of the game.
Marcus Booker, Norris Clemmons, Efriam Rosado, and Anthony
Taylor should provide more thrills for the fans after they get a
little more experience.
Basketball has a rich tradition here at Clark. Since Coach Epps
came here, his teams have competed in 13 G.I.T. Tournaments,
missing only the 1960 round. Also, for the last seven years, Clark
has played in either the championship round or the consolation
game of the annual S.I.A.C. Tournament. This is truly history
making for Coach Epps and Clark College.
Congratulations Coach Epps and the Panthers and best wishes
in your upcoming games.
A new sound is coming to
radio —• laughter. Bill Cosby
has signed to do a nightly, all
new, all-Cosby, five-minute
comedy series created expressly
for The Coca-Cola Company.
THE BILL COSBY RADIO
PROGRAM will be aired Mon
day through Friday evenings on
the leading Top Forty radio
stations throughout the country.
The venture will cost The Coca-
Cola Company one million dol
lars, an invesment of unpre
cedented magnitude in radio
nowadays.
The series will present all
new material, none of which has
been used previously on records
or in concert and night club
appearances. Each five-minute
program will consist of one ma
jor comedy feature. Among the
regular features will be: “Spooky
Stories,” a spoof on terror tales;
“Animal Interviews,” in which
Mr. Cosby is interviewed as
though he were an animal —
anything from an insect to an
elephant; “OH WOW,” in which
he answers imaginary letters.
Mr. Cosby will usually be the
only performer, although he will
sometimes be assisted on the air
by Frank Buxton, producer of
the radio series.
The premiere broadcast in
each market will take place
Monday, January 15, 1968.
Production has started. The
series will be taped in Holly-
Bill Cosby
Radio
Program
wood, or wherever Mr. Cosby
happens to be — on location
obroad for his 1 SPY television
series or touring the U.S. for
concert or night club appear
ances.
The radio series is produced
by Campbell, Silver, Cosby Cor
poration. The radio program has
no connection with the produc
ers, network or characterizations
involved in I SPY.
Mr. Cosby expressed his en
thusiasm for the opportunity to
create for radio. “Radio is a
wild, unfettered medium that is
just right for contemporary hu
mor. The medium is an open
invitation to the listener’s ima
gination and a blank check for
the writer,” he said.
The program is being pro
duced under the supervision of
McCann-Erickson, Inc., adver
tising agency for Coca-Cola.
The brand will continue its use
of spot announcements and spe
cials in TV, such as “Charlie
Brown,” NCAA Football, the
Beatles’ “Hard Day’s Night,”
and sponsorship of the Orange
Bowl.
BE A
PANTHER
BOOSTER!
SPORTS
and
SPORTSMANSHIP
By RUBYE JEAN JACKSON
Almost everyone likes sports.
Next to the weather people prob
ably talk more about sports than
any other topic. We discuss a
winning game, and after it is
over we replay the excitement
of a winning goal, a touchdown,
or a home run. The wide ap
peal of sports is shown by the
large amount of space given
them in newspaper and maga
zines and on television and ra
dio.
Sports demands a combina
tion of physical skill and
strengthen, an alert mind, en
thusiasm, purpose, and usually
teamwork. They represent ac
complishment for which the
body must be trained and for
which a person must work to
become skillful.
The purpose of this article, as
dull as it may seem, is enhance
your feelings about sports. Sports
is good for the health as well as
for the heart.
Clark's Wins
and Losses
Clark College has had a very
exciting basketball season this
year and the best is yet to come.
It has been the teams earnest
effort to retain both the spirit
and the content of Clark for the
purpose of strengthening and
clarifying all arguments of vic
tory. The reactions of teachers
and students show that the ma
jority of Clarkites are sports
fans. Of course we are going to
have a few squares around and
about. Their concepts grow
through exploration. Basically
speaking, Clark has played a
very good season and I only
urge you to cheer them on
whether they win or lose. We
all know that the Panthers’ main
song is, “We’re a winner and
everybody knows we gonna keep
on pushing—cause we’re mov
ing on up.”
Below are listed Clark’s wins
and losses:
Wins
Miles College
Morris Brown College
Tuskegee Institute
Fort Valley State
North Carolina College
Lewis College
Alcorn A&M
Albany State
Bosses
Albany State
Bethune Cookman
Oglethorpe College
Berry College
Morehouse College
Albany State
Shorter
As you can see the Panthers
are moving on up so let’s get in
there and help them push.
LISTEN TO
WPLO-FM
HEAR
JERRY LAMAR
Every
TUESDAY
and
THURSDAY
at
10:00 P.M.
Panthers Selected To All-City, S. I. A. C. Teams
Each year the cream of the crop from the football teams of
Clark, Morehouse, and Morris Brown are selected to the All-City
Team for that year. This year, Clark was fortunate enough to
place 5 men on the offensive and defensive teams.
Offensive Team Defensive Team
Stroud—Tight End M. Harris—Tackle
Rhodes—Fullback Johnson—Back
Ellison—Quarterback
The All-SIAC Teams are chosen the same way. Clark is in
division “B” in this conference. Of the 9 or 10 odd teams in divi
sion “B,” we placed 5 men.
Offensive Teams Defensive Team
Stroud—Tight End (1st Team) Harris—Tackle (1st Team)
Rhodes—Halfback (2nd Team) Johnson—Back (1st Team)
Ellison—Quarterback
(1st Team)
Harris—Tackle (2nd Team)
Morris Brown Takes To The Air
To Drop Panthers, 21-14
On this sunny, but still
wet, Thanksgiving Day, Morris
Brown Wolverines and Clark’s
Panthers matched claws again
in the tradiional Turkey-Day
Classic, this one promised to be
one of the thrillingest clashes to
date — and it was just that.
Getting the show on the road,
neither team seemed willing to
give up too much by air or on
the ground. The Wolverines re
ceived the kickoff and attempted
to grind it out on his small Pan
thers, but the Eppsmen would
not give. Then Clark got its
chance. The Panthers came out
throwing. Ellison was able to
connect with big Morris Stroud
on several quick short passes
and Rhodes and Fargins romp
ed for maybe 2 first downs.
MBC began to jell. Play went
like this for all of the first quar
ter and most of the second until
a hustling Panther defense plus
a few good breaks gave Clark
good field position deep in
Brown terriory.
From there, Clark punched
and threw whenever necessary
until galloping Eugene Rhodes
took it over from the six yard
line. The first half ended with
Clark on top 8-0.
Brown came out after the half
rejunevated. They started to
throw some more until they
backed Clark up against its own
doorstep. They scored once,
twice, and a third time to clinch
the victory.
Batered and dejetced, the
fighting Panthers roared back
wih high spirits. Rhodes and
Fargins ran, Ellison playing on
a badly injured knee, threw, and
Stroud, Mclllwain, Bolton, and
Fargins caught. Unfortunately,
Clark could only conjure up
one more score. Stroud caught
a pass from Ellison and ran 51
yards to score. The point after
failed.
Several Panthers played good
football, even in a losing cause.
So we would like to salute the
Fighting Panthers. Remember:
It’s not whether you win or lose,
although everybody likes to win,
it’s how you play the game. We,
the Sports Editors, think you
played well, so fight on.
HEY, YOU FORGOT ME !