North Carolina Central University - Eagle Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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The N. C. C. EAGLE Football 1927-1928 In the fall of ' 27 the College was blessed with the entrance of several new athletes, who had much experience before they came to its. This season our practice started early, and it was seen in this pre-season training that we had a good team, in the making. This season we went serenely to the football champion- ship of the state, so decisively did we defeat our opponents that there was no dis- pute in awarding the championship cup. Some of our defeated opponents were Livingstone College, Brick Junior College, Kitrell College, St. Augustine College, and Johnson C. Smith University. So successful had been this campaign that we made an application for entrance into the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Asso- ciation. In the association meeting which was held early in January we were accepted with little opposition. Football 1928-1929 The fall of ' 28 found us as infants in the Colored Intercollegiate Association ; however, it is true, we had already played a season of basketball and baseball as a member. This fall we entered into the campaign with much zest and pep 1ml it was short lived, for in our first encounter, which was against Virginia State, we were defeated 13 to 0. This was not our only defeat; we suffered several. We were defeated by A. T. College, Hampton, Virginia Seminary, anil Virginia Union University. This was considered as the worst season the College had seen for a long time.

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TheN. C. C. EAGLE Baseball Team of 1929 First row — Left to rigr, Clarence Thompson Theodore Stroud t hi irge Vinson Bennie Hawkins William Moore J. Francis I .ong :cond row — Left to right : St. Julian Walker Roberts Nicks James ( rrimes Emmet Caldwell Marion Johnson

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The N. C. C. EAGLE ' Basketball 1928-1929 The basketball season of ' 2S found us members of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association. It was in basketball that we started our campaign in the Association, and our tirst encounter was with Hampton Institute of Virginia. At the hands of Hampton ' s Warriors, we suffered a most disastrous defeat. We played several other institutions, hut it seemed that we were unable to cope with them. Siime of the worst defeats were suffered from Lincoln University, Shaw University, and Hampton. We had a wonderful aggregation of girl hasketeers, and would have had a tine team to represent the Institution, hut fate was against them. They were only able to participate in very few games; however, in the these few games, they dis- played much skill mi the floor and won every game they played by a decisive score. The season of ' 29 opened with even man, new and old, ready to venture again on the basketball held of battle ; fate, however, played the better hand and we were unable to have a team to represent the school. This was heartrending to many players for they had turned out in large numbers with a determination to win games. Although our spirits were dampened we did play intramural basket- ball. In these intramural games the Seniors made the best showing. So ended our basketball career. [32]