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

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June 8, 1934 THE CHALK LINE 25 BASKETBALL SQUAD ’34 BASKETBALL With the coming of the basketball season the Teachers again were in the spotlight. Seven let- termen were on the squad which made it a dan¬ gerous contender for the basketball crown. The Teachers met every team in the conference at least once. Cumberland was the only team to be played only one game. A total of nineteen games were played with fifteen being with conference teams, which was the greatest number played by a Smoky Mountain team. After battling all kinds of odds and bad breaks, the Teachers pulled in home in second place to again lose a championship by a small margin. Eight members of the squad won their letters and five were given berths on all conference teams or honorable mention. Dean Bailey, Jake Seaton, Bud McCall, Wayland Crouch, Lynn Massengill, Archie Hoss, Earl Nidiffer, and John Oakes stood out among the basketball performers. Only Bailey, Seaton and Nidiffer will be missing when the next campaign comes. With the five returning letter- men the Teachers are expecting several promis¬ ing freshmen to carry on as the basketballers have in the past. Teachers 37—Union . 31 ” 58—Alumni . 22 ” 41—Cullowhee . 43 41— Cullowhee . 20 ” 37—Boone . 34 ?? 37—Carson-Newman . 21 40—Maryville . 39 ” 43—L. M. U. 30 42— King . 44 ” 35—Carson-Newman . 28 39—Cumberland . 31 44—Tusculum . 26 32—L. M. U. 30 ” 25—Milligan . 29 ” 38—Boone . 34 ” 31—Maryville . 52 ” 29—Tusculum . 31 ” 42—Milligan . 39 ” 38—King . 35 Won 14; lost 5.

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24 THE CHALK LINE June 8, 1934 FOOTBALL SQUAD ’33-’34 FOOTBALL The Teachers are winding up their most suc¬ cessful year in the field of athletics. Last fall the Teachers put a football team on the field that surprised the most loyal supporters. They not only played the hardest schedule a T. C. gridiron team ever encountered but turned in the best rec¬ ord of any team to represent the college. In meeting three S. I. A. A. teams, five Smoky Mountain Conference teams, and one from the Little Seven in North Carolina, the Teachers met and defeated some of the leading institutions of this region. Of the nine games played, T. C. had the enviable record of six games won, two ties, and one heart-breaking defeat to cost them the conference championship. Carson-Newman had the distinction of being the only team to turn the trick. Coach J. G. McMurray, in his second season with the Teachers, also turned out two all-con¬ ference players in Dean Baily, halfback, and Ed¬ mond Bull” Congdon, tackle. Pryor Hunt and Lynn Massengill were given berths on the sec¬ ond all-conference team, and several were given honorable mention. The past season saw the return of Milligan to the T. C. schedule. T. C. took them for a 19-0 ride to assure them of second place in conference standing. Now that you know something of the past sea¬ son you must hear of the coming schedule and prospects for a more powerful team than ever. Of the eighteen lettermen last fall, fourteen will return to competition in ’34. Captain Pryor Hunt, Bill Anderson, Albert Boyer, Bernice Burleson, ' Charles Miller, and Clyde Bales will be available for backfield duty. These stellar performers of 1933 will sparkle even brighter in the coming sea¬ son. Led by “Bull” Congdon, Lynn Massengill, Clyde Wayman, Nelce Taylor, Junior Parsley, Eu¬ gene Peters, and Lawrence Miller, the line will i have a sound nucleus around which to build a great forward wall. Numerous high school stars have signified their intention of enrolling at T. C. this fall to make them a most dangerous contend¬ er for the conference honors in 1934. Teachers 14—Union, Ky. . 0 7—Morehead ... 6 7—Carson-Newman . 20 0—East. Kentucky Teachers 0 26—West. Carolina Teachers.. 0 ” 32—Maryville .. 13 ” 20—King . 0 6—Tusculum .. 6 ” 19—Milligan . 0 Won 6; lost 1; tied 2.

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26 THE CHALK L I N E June 8, 1934 ATHLETICS ■ h-—---+ BASEBALL Still battling for a place in the sun the T. C. baseball team took the practice field after a de¬ layed start with prospects for a championship brighter than the football or basketball teams. Once the practice got under way the team began to show real class. Carson-Newman defeated the Teachers in T. C s first games, a duble-header at Jefferson City. A few days later T. C. trimmed the Eagles 18-0 and 3-0 and then kept up the good work the rest of the season. Maryville was the only other team to score a victory over the 1934 baseball cham¬ pions of the Smoky Mountain conference. For that one defeat the Johnson City institution handed Maryville three straight setbacks, scor¬ ing not less than eleven runs and as many as twenty-three. The team turned in the impressive record of ten victories and three defeats. In winning the championship the Teachers presented one of the most powerful teams the Appalachian region has ever seen a college put on the field. They possessed everything a great ball team should. They had hitting, pitching, and fielding. Nearly every man on the club, includ¬ ing the pitchers, was batting over the .300 mark. Twelve men completed the season as letter- men. Those winning the coveted honor were: Seaton, Bailey, Acuff, Thompson, McCall, Hoss, Byrd, Shull, Chambers, Taylor, Todd and Sams. Teachers 2—Carson-Newman . 3 ?? 4—Carson-Newman . 7 18—Carson-Newman . 0 3—Carson-Newman . 0 ” 7—Emory-Henry . 4 6—Emory-Henry . 4 ” 3—Maryville . 8 ?? 11—Maryville . 9 ' 23—Maryville . 9 13—Maryville ... 8 6—Milligan . 5 ” 9—L. M. U. .. 1 ” 7—L. M. U. 3 Won 10; lost 3. TENNIS The tennis prospects were anything but bright with the opening of the practice season. Only two lettermen were on hand to form a nucleus for the team. John Oakes and Edly Rogers were the returning veterans. Several new men began to show form and be¬ fore the season was well under way the team was among the leaders of this section. To go with the lettermen were Shelton, Sams, and Clark. These five men carried the team through a suc¬ cessful campaign against the toughest tennis schedule the college has had. The feature of the tennis season was a seven- day trip, taking the team to T. P. I., Murfrees¬ boro, Cumberland, Sewanee, Chattanooga and Maryville. INTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES The Intramural Department has closed one of its most successful seasons in that its pro¬ gram has been more varied, and more girls have participated in the events than ever before. The year’s program was carefully planned and carried out by: Virginia McCorkle, man¬ ager; Wilma Dean Sherrod, assistant manager; and Hannah Worley Massengill, Beatrice Earnest, Evelyn McCray, Mary Lee Carrier, Betty Bristol, Alyne Smelcer, Lillian Jones, and Bernice Hodge, acting as Heads of Sports. The winners in the various tournaments were: Volleyball, Freshmen; Basketball, Sophomores; Baseball, Freshmen; Foul Shooting, Wilma Dean Sherrod, Hannah Worley Massengill, Lillian Jones, and Virginia Boyd; Ping Pong, Ann Bryant and Nancy Hale. Awards were made to the following: T. C. Monograms : Betty Gastiger, Faun Farm¬ er, Orlena Campbell, Almeda Converse, Jessie Rutledge, Jewel Harper, Oleta Rambo, Beatrice Yelton, Hazel Bowman, Pauline Young, Mae Sells, Ruby Hunt, Mary Lee Carrier, Ann Bryant, Dava Williams, Jo St. John, Ruth Rutledge, Aline My¬ ers, Muriel Longhead, Bernice Hodge, Beatrice Earnest, Mary Agnes Donnelly, Joyce Cloyd, Jo Cloninger, Nancy Hale, Lillian Jones, Mable Wil¬ son, Dessie Payne, Mattie Lee Jones, Lucile Gray. T Sweaters: Verna Bacon, Eva Bray, Betty Bristol, Hannah Worley Massengill, and Bernice Hodge. T Blankets: Virginia McCorkle, Jo Chapman, Alyne Smelcer, and Wilma Dean Sherrod. Miss Matthews: “George, you should be more settled; you know a rolling stone gathers no moss ’ George Allatch: “Yes, and a setting hen lays no eggs.” Juanita Graves: “Where are all the men that can dance?” Greely Bray: “In with the girls who can dance, I suppose.” Jack Swan: “It isn’t the original cost of a sil¬ ver flask; it’s the upkeep that is so expensive.”