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Page Eight PANTHER October, 1974
South Tops CC
case of a deepcut or
broken bone the game will
continue until play stops.”
But under most rules,
play stops after a person
is injured, according to
Coach Griffith.
The loss was Clark’s
second in a row against
the University of the South.
The score for the other
game, played in Sewanee,
Tennessee was 5-1.
Despite the two losses,
Coach Griffith feels the
team can have a good
season. The most import
ant game will be the game
against Tuskegee Institute.
Tuskegee is the toughest
team in Division 3. More
house will also be a pow
erful opponent.
Standouts on the soccer
team are Ayd Ipaye, and
John Pratt. Both scored
goals in the game against
the University of the South.
Coach Griffith believes
soccer is not as important
to Clark as football and
basketball. Student support
is poor.
The coach also feels
that more American
students should be on the
soccer team. At the pre
sent, most of the members
of the soccer team are
foreign students.
Clark is in its first
year of play in Division 3
NCAA. There are 25 other
schools in the Division.
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John Pratt scores a goal
in losing game between
Clark and University of
the South.
By Bruce Fletcher
Clark College’s soccer
team disputed their 3-2
loss to the University of
the South last Saturday.
The dispute arose as the
South scored the winning
point while a Clark Col
lege player was lying on
the field injured. Accord
ing to head coach Ray
Griffith, one of the rules
of soccer means stopping
play after an injury.
The Clark player was
injured in the final period
with the score tied 2-2.
While he was sprawling on
the ground, the South
scored the go ahead goal
to make the score 3-2.
Coach Griffith tried to
get a rnling on the play.
The referees claimed,
‘‘unless a player is seri
ously injured, as in the
Most Valuable Player
Arthur ‘‘Art” Allen (front) is shown here making one
of his fast runs that led to his being voted valuable play
er in the recent Clark-Miles game.
Arthur (Art) Allen has
been selected as the play
er of The week. This se
lection was made by the
football coaching staff of
Clark College.
Allen, a senior sociolo
gy major from Savannah,
Georgia, was one of the
key playersinClark’s34-
11) win over Miles College
on September 14. He
caught five passes for 156
yards, two for touch
downs; one for 53 yards
and the other for 30 yards.
Rough Season Ahead
For SIAC Teams
By Ron Jenkins
Although the SIAC is not
well publicized, the com
petition and skill is still
present. Here is how the
top SLAC teams look.
BETHUNE-COOK-
M AN- - Bethune-Cook-
man, the 1973 Division I
champions, are rated
third in the conference.
The tigers will be hard to
stop with an almost com
plete offensive unit re
turning from last year.
Bethune-Cookman will
not make an appearance
in Atlanta this year, but
Morris Brown will
wrestle them in Daytona
Beach Sept. 28.
ALBANY STATE--
Among the top contenders
for the Division I crown
will be Albany State Col
lege. Albany State is com
ing off a 7 - 3 -1 season with
A11-SI AC running back
Lester Sherman and tight
end John Lester return
ing. Gerald Burke, a sen
ior quarterback, will
lead Albany State along
with the help running
back James Stancil.
FORT VALLEY STATE
--Coach Stan Lomax:,
Fort Valley State's ten-
year man, has a highly
rated squad. Fort Valley
has claimed the Division
II title three of the last
four years. Last year
Fort Valley took second
place behind top ranked
Fisk University.
FISK UNIVERSITY--
Fisk is number one in the
conference and rated
number seven in the na
tion’s small colleges by
Black Collegiate maga
zine The Bulldogs could
easily win the SIAC again.
CLARK COLLEGE--
Here at home, Clark Col
lege and Jessie McClardy
seem to have the edge
over the other center
schools. Coach McClardy
is in his third year as head
coach and he will have 28
players returning of those
are All-American James
“Blood” Wilson and Pro
hopeful Greg McCrary.
MOREHOUSE COL
LEGE-Across the street,
Coach Michael Gray will
have a team of inexperi
ence with 26sophmores
on the team. Gray, a 1
three-year head coach,
will look to veterans An
drew Hicks and Dwight
McCrary to lead the team.
MORRIS BROWN COL
LEGE--On Hunter) Street
will be the less than fero
cious Wolverines of Mor
ris Brown.
Morris Brown had a 1-8-1
season and this year is not
too promising. Joe Polite,
a former All-Marine, will
quarterback the Wolv
erines.
The highlight of this
year ’ s football season
should be the game be
tween Morris Brown and
Morehouse. These two
teams have not met on the
gridiron in three decades.
MBC Faces
Powerhouses
Morris Brown College
has the most difficult
schedule among the foot
ball teams in the Atlanta
University Center. This
is not saying that MBC has
the best team in the cen
ter, but they will be facing
such powerhouses as FA
Winston Salem, and Tus
kegee Institute. Maybe
this year the Wolverines
can put it all together and
produce a better record
than last season’s.
Morehouse head foot
ball coach, Michael Gray
ball coach, Michael Gray,
said the Tigers will be up
against somepower-
houses in the SIAC such as
Fort Valley, Fisk, Clark,
and Morris Brown Col
leges. Gray said his team
has the potentials of being
an excellent football team
and producing a 9-0 re
cord. But their first game
of the season against FV
SC has squelched this
hope.
The Clark College Pan
thers have added two
more games to their
schedule for this season.
They will play Federal
City of Washington D. C .
and Baptist University of
Tampa, Florida. Both
games will be played a-
way. The Panthers head
football coaches said,
their entire schedule will
be tough for them. M c -
cardy said Clark’s team
has improved since last,
year along with other
teams that Clark plans to
play in football. The team
that can hold out during
the last quarter of game,
will probably be the most
successful team said Mc
Clardy.
What all students are
concerned about now is
who will be the champion
in the AU Center for 1974.
The first rivalry begins
on October 12 whenMore-
houses takes on Morris
Brown. The second clash
is between Clark and
Morehouse on Novem
ber 2. The final game is
the Annual Thanksgiving
Classic between Morris
Brown and Clark on No
vember 28.