East Tennessee State University - Buccaneer Yearbook (Johnson City, TN)

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Page 30 THE CHALK LINE 193 5 BASKETBALL The season opened in Mountain City with the great Emory and Henry Wasps. The Buccaneers dropped this game to the Virginia team by the score of 56-27. As usual, Roberts did the greatest dam¬ age for the Wasps. The home season opened with Cullowhee in two games. The Buccaneers showed great form in dis¬ posing of the Catamounts 40-37 and 44-39. Crouch and Massengill were the leading scorers in these games. Massengill scored 21 points in the last game. The L. M. U. Railsplitters visited the State cam¬ pus next. The Buccaneers captured this game by the score of 44-34. Todd played well at guard. Crouch led the scoring. The Appalachian Teachers of Boone, N. C., were next to fall victim of the fast-breaking Blue and Gold attack. In this game Freshman Dyer broke into the limelight to follow in the steps of his brothers, former stars of the hardwood at T. C. In Jefferson City the Buccaneers dropped their first conference game 47-45 to the Carson-Newman Eagles. The professors were leading until the clos¬ ing seconds of the game. McCall played a steady game at guard. The next game was played with Tusculum on their court. The Buccaneers were never able to get going in this game and the decision went to Tus¬ culum 36-21. The Conference Champions, Maryville took the next game from the Teachers 37-27. The Bucca¬ neers played well in this game but could not over¬ come the superior play of their hosts. Over at Boone in North Carolina the Buccaneers proved they could win on road trips. In this game the Buccaneers played one of the best games of the season. They put up a great scoring attack to win 49-29. McCall played his best game of the year. Kilday played well at center. Once again at home the Blue and Gold hopes were smothered again by Emory and Henry. They lost by the score of 44-20 in a game featured by the appearance of one “Lightening Bowen popu¬ lar T. C. freshman who jumped against the great Roberts in the last few minutes of play. Tusculum visited the Buccaneers next and were handed at 56-42 defeat by the Buccaneers. This put the Teachers back in the win column again. The Buccaneers were invited to take part in the Lincoln Day festivities at Harrogate on Feb. 12. They contributed their part in the program by lick¬ ing the Emancipators 43-41. Todd played a great game. Milligan, that ancient rival, was next. The buc¬ caneers moved on to Milligan followed by the fac¬ ulty, student body, cooks and janitors, determined to avenge that defeat which they did to the tune of 32-17. Milligan did not score a field goal the first half. Crouch led the scoring for the Teachers. In the next contest the Buccaneers lost to Mary¬ ville 43-29. The services of Crouch, one of the best offensive men ever to don the Blue and Gold, was greatly missed in this game as well as the ones to follow. He was unable to play the remaining games of the schedule due to an attack of flu. The Buccaneers took the next game from Carson- Newman 29-26. In this game Thornton and Oakes, reserve forwards, played well the entire game. The end of the season came with a defeat at the hands of Milligan. The Buccaneers were badly crippled in this game; Crouch was out and McCall was playing with an injured back. The Buffaloes won 36-21.

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1935 THE CHALK LINE Page 29 BUCCANEERS, 1934 FOOTBALL Coach Gene McMurray and his assistant. Har¬ vey McCall sent out the call for football candidates on Sept. 10. Among the 40 men responding were Captain Hunt, Massengill, Congdon, Wayman, Taylor, Boyer, Parsley, Peters, Burleson, Ander¬ son, Graves, Miller and Bales, all letter men of previous seasons. Along with these were a host of last years reserves and freshmen with brilliant high school records. Among those were Jamison, Smith, Lucas, Shields, Clark, Jones and others. The season opened in Bristol on the night of Oct. 5, against the “Red Tornado” of King College. The Buccaneers were never able to hit their stride in this game, being handicapped by the ankle deep mud and being unaccustomed to the floodlights. The crew got their only touch down on a pass from Boyer to Massengill. The final score was 14-7. Hunt and Boyer played a great game in the back- field. The play of Bowman and Massengill was best in the line. On the following Saturday the Carson-Newman Eagles were met at Keystone field before a large crowd of spectators. The Buccaneers were in strik¬ ing distance of the goal at different times but were unable to push the oval over until the closing min¬ utes of the game when the Teachers blocked a punt and Hunt carried the ball over on a one yard drive through the line. The Eagles had scored earlier in the game, and the game ended in a 6-6 deadlock. The play of Hunt in the backfield and Peters in the line were the best of the day for the Blue and Gold. On Oct. 20 the Buccaneers moved on to Cullow- hee where they completely outplayed the Tar Heels in all departments of the game, but were able to put only one marker across the goal line. Wayman scored on a pass. The Catamounts scored a safety for two points. Wayman and Massengill played brilliantly at ends. Congdon was oustanding at tackle. Coach McMurray pitted his charges against his Alma Mater in Maryville on Oct. 26. This was perhaps the best play the boys exhibited during the season. They completely whipped the Highlanders to the tune of 19 to 6. It would be hard to pick the stars of a game like this. However Hunt, Boyer, and Anderson were the most consistent ground gainers. On Nov, 3 Union College of Kentucky furnished the State professors plenty of opposition at Key¬ stone Field. Neither was able to reach the coveted line on the gridiron. Jamison and Burleson did some beautiful ball toting that afternoon. Smith, Clark, and Graves were best in the line. The game ended with the score just as it started 0-0. The Blue and Gold colors were carried into the land of pretty girls and fast horses on Nov. 10 at Morehead, Ky. The Buccaneers were able to pile up a 12-0 lead in the first half, but the blue grass team came back strong the second half to win 13- 12. Hunt made both of the State Team’s touch¬ downs. Other outstanding players for the Teach¬ ers were Massengill, Parsley, and Burleson. The next game was played at Tusculum College. This was a great pigskin battle. The score of 6-0 in favor of the Teachers lacks much showing the (Continued on page 33)

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1935 THE CHALK LINE Page 31 BASEBALL With McCall, Todd, Chambers, Miller, Taylor, Boyer, Sams and Cartwright all lettermen of for- mer years and Hilton, McNabb, Bailey, Kilday, Garland and other new comers it looked as though the Buccaneers would duplicate the feat of last year again and again wear the championship crown of the Smoky Mountain Conference. However, rec¬ ords to date do not show that the Buccaneers have any claim to the laurels. The team was greatly handicapped by the rain and cold until well up into the season. The pitching of McCall has been excellent. Sams, Garland, and Todd have pitched fair ball. The fielding and hitting has not been what it should be. The season opened with Carson-Newman here in a double-header. McCall held the Eagles to two lone hits while he and his mates got four hits off of Layman, yet he had to lose through costly er¬ rors 3-1. Sams pitched the second game and let the Eagles down with four hits. He lost 7-3. The Buccaneers were able to muster only three bingles. Maryville came to town the following week for a two game series. In the first game the High¬ landers were able to get nine runs out of 10 hits and two Teachers Colleges errors. The professors collected 9 hits which was good for only 4 runs. The next game was the poorest exhibition of base¬ ball a Teachers College team ever was known to play. Maryville hit four T. C. slab men for 14 hits. This connected with five miscues by the fielders gave the Scotties 17 runs. The Buccaneers got 6 hits that resulted in five runs. The first road trip was to Harrogate where L. M. U. took a double header from the State team 7-6 and 4-3. In the first game the veteran hurler McCall held the Rail Splitters to five base blows. He and his mates collected 11 hits which were good only for six runs. Todd pitched the next game. He gave only 7 hits, while his team hit 9 times, yet we lost another 4-3. It was down in Jefferson City, the nesting place of the Carson-Newman Eagles, that the ice was finally broken. Bud McCall did some fancy pitch¬ ing and made the Eagles be satisfied with three hits. The Buccaneers hit the horse hide to all corners of the park to win 11-1. Todd contributed two triples and two singles for five trips to the plate. The Buccaneers were unable to hit in the night¬ cap of this series and lost the second game 9-0. The Emory and Henry Wasps were the next to wallop the Buccaneers. They made a clean sweep of the two game series at Emory. Winning the first 8-7, and the next 8-6. In the first game the Sta te boys out hit the Old Dominion team, the Buccaneers hit safely 13 times while the Wasps hit only 8 times. Unnecessary booting of the ball in the field cost the game. The Wasps made 13 hits in the closing fray, which was good for 8 runs. The professors got 10 hits but crossed the plate only 6 times. Perhaps the best baseball team the Teachers have played was the Bemberg team of Elizabethton. Sams held the Bembergers to four lone hits, while he and his mates hit safely 10 times to win 8-0. Six more games remain on the Teachers schedule. Two each with Emory and Henry, Maryville and Hiwassee. McCall, star pitcher, and Miller, third baseman, are playing their last year for the Blue and Gold colors.