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"Marching Rams" The ASC Marching Band, under the direction of Messrs. Lamar Smith and Warren Bryant, was earmarked as a source of pride and spirit for the "Rams" this football season. The band experienced a "Boom" in both morale and membership. This influx and enthusiasm was re flective of our newly discovered freshmen ialent being teamed with our seasoned veterans.
Although the band has already gained recognition for its dazzling half- time shows, things promise to become even better. This season we featured Kaleidoscopic patterns, dancing majorettes, featured twirlers, and some of the best music ever heard in this region. Our music was highlighted by the "Now Sounds", in the music world.
To augment these skilled performances the bandsmen were "Good- footing" in all its new uniforms which were as "Now" as the sounds that we featured. The marching Rams proudly saluted and supported this year's very appropriate homecoming theme: "ASC . . . Together Let's Find Love." STEWART MARTIN — FEATURED SOLOIST 86 72
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LAMAR SMITH. BAND DIRECTOR WARREN BRYANT. ASST. BAND DIRECTOR Rams ROW 1 — DEBORAH MARSHALL, TWIRLER, HAZEL WILLIAMS. HEAD MAJORETTE, GAIL FAIN, TWIRLER. ROW 2 — MAJORETTES — WANDALYN GROOMS. JANICE WRIGHT, VIVIAN PITTS, JACKIE , ZENOBLE BLAKE. ROSA JACKSON. JESTINE THOMAS. Marching Rams Hey! 88 Funky Key' Get Down! Get Down! Hit the Field ACDD Chartered May 4, 1974 91 93 Captain Sherry Hill Pa r-ty 94 Co-captain E. Charles 95 96 CT3 99 Maconite Club AKM 100 101 Student Leaders 102 601 uosqio fOI A.S.C. Community Gospel Choir 'Lift Every Voice and Sing" ASC Jazz Band 107 Concert Choir 108 1973-74 ASC CONCERT BAND SGA President Prince Brown SGA Vice President Shirley Hodge no Student Government Banquet in Student Voice Editor Art Editor Photographer 112 ^K ***%^fe*>^^? lY.'XT ^ ^. Vv i^ " 'A.*^ 4 *- -n^ ' f ^-Tr • jWt'sswP^S' ^vi t*'*£~-*'i * r'^.£$lrJ&&' b ~ y W- . t" » ;V T The Best Season Since 1960 This Is the Way It Was . .. 1972 Football Results The ASC Golden Rams OPPONENT OUR SCORE OPP. SCORE Kentucky State U. 3 27 Alabama A. & M. U. 8 22 Tuskegee Institute 17 10 Bethune Lookman 14 14 Alabama State U. 20 14 Morris Brown 31 20 Clark College 21 6 Savannah State 15 0 Fort Valley State. 30 14 Florida A. &M.U. 21 6 114 FIRST ROW SECOND ROW THIRD ROW FOURTH ROW 31 — Reese. W. 45 —Thomas, 0. 80 —McNeal. T. 43 — Sampson, M. 23 — Sherman, L. 33 — Moss. R. 82 —Little. H. — Kellam.D. 42 —Jefferson, R. 65 — Robertson, M. 81 — Bradley, V. — Flucker, A. 22 —Davis. L. 62 —Brooks. L. 72 —Bailey. J. — Merritt, A. 34 —Traylor. C. 24 —Marlin. L. 83 — Cameron, A. — Tice.J. 44 —Gail, J. 67 —Kigler. L 55 — Roberson, J. — McKinley, M. 50 —Gibson. W. 14 —Walker. R. 64 —Traylor. C. 64 — Seabrooks, J. 25 —Hill, H. 60 —Ross, F. 63— Barrance, M. — Meadows, C. 12 —Burns. W. 28 —Taylor, A. 77 _ Wells. G. — O'Neal.K. 40 — Lott, G. 51 — Richardson. E. 87 — Lester. J. — Hagins, J. 52 —Whaley. M. 16 — Jackson, M. 54 — Nichols. F. 75 —Hatcher. R. 11 — Frazier. T. 10 —Burke, G. 79 —Wooden. C. — Fluellen.G. 53 —Pope. R. 85 —Daniels. E. 71 — Cummings. J. 78 — Johnson, L. 21 —Scott. R. 70 —Calhoun, L. 73 —Gaines, D. 86 —McConnell, J. 66 — Thompson, W. 26 —Nelson. R. 74 —Pittman. I. — Thompson, W. 44 — Coleman. W. 19 115 I I The 1972 Ram Coaching Staff Percy Butler Asst. Coach Robert Cross Asst. Coach John Wilson Asst. Coach Hampton Smith i Head Coach 117 This Is the Way They Were Four Seniors — Sang Swan Song Lucious Davis Free Safty Johnny Seabrooks Linebacker Iriad Pittman Offensive Tackle Robert Hatcher Defensive Tackle 119 XI 4 'Voice of the Golden Rams" Doc Suttles Vault to 23-6 Season With a rookie head coach and several inexperienced players, the Rams stormed through the season to finish 23-6 Overall. Coach Jones, his first year at the helm, used his "little" brothers, 7'2' Caldwell and 6'9" Major added to 6'9" Robert Rhodes, 6'5" Robert Bennings and 6'2" Rufus Williams, directed an awesome scoring machine that literally swept through the opposition. In addition to the awesome first five Coach Jones relied heavily on his freshman recruits, Wayne Taylor, Willie Green, Mike'Hubbard and Bernard Pinckney to fill the gaps in his scoring machine. The Rams opened the season with back-to-back wins over Daniel Payne College and the Southwest Georgia Invitational Crown before dropping their first game to SWAC power Alcorn A&M in the Chicago Xmas Classic. Following the Alcorn loss the Rams reeled off eight consecutive wins, bringing their overall record up to 12-1 for the season. Then suddenly three consecutive loses before the Rams swept through the remainder of their season. The Rams avenged earlier loses to FAMU and Alabama State in route to their first SIAC championship since their acceptance in the league three years ago. LEFT: Playmaker, Rufus Williams looks to setup for another Ram basket. ABOVE: Major Jones and Mike Hubbard control the boards for the Rams. ' LEFT: Caldwell Jones and Robert Rhodes insure the Rams of at least two points. ' » ! 123 Rams Finish 9-3 in S.I.A.C. Playing one of the toughest schedules in the SIAC, the BONUS Rams easily out classed nine of their opponents, while drop ping only three conference games. The Ram starting five supplied the opposition with more than they could handle, as they opened conference play against Alabama State and PERIOD reeled off five straight victories before suffering defeats ffllR PLflV •••• •••• at the hands of FAMU. Savannah State, and Alabama State. With a 9-3 overall conference record, the Rams were seeded HOME VISITOR number two in the conference tournament. Playing the cali ber of ball that the Rams are capable of playing, the Rams FOULS PLAYER FOULS knocked off Knoxville College, demolished FAMU and domi nated Alabama State in route to the SIAC crown and NCAA berth. SIAC tournament coach of the year Oliver Jones barks out a play to the Rams 4 I 124 Super freshman. Major Jones hits for two against Alabama State. TOP: Robert Rhodes breaks away and goes for two. BOTTOM: 7'2" Caldwell Jones all alone for an easy bucket. 125 All Was Not Bright, As Rams Drop Three Straight It appeared as though the Rams were surely in trouble, it was on to Montgomery, Alabama t*o take on the because everything was going wrong. It all started down Hornets of Alabama State, a team the Rams had beaten in Tallalassee; the FAMU Rattlers playing before an earlier in the season. Nothing went right that night overflowing crowd, out ran, out shot, out hustled and as the Rams fell behind and could never gain any out played the Rams. Then it was back to Sanford momentum. The Hornets just kept pouring it on and Hall to take on Savannah State College. With only five when the buzzer had sounded the score stood ASU seconds remaining in the game, the score tied, no 79, ASC 69. timeouts remaining for the Rams, disaster struck . .. The Rams called timeout ... a technical foul, a point So quick and so sudden the Rams had dropped three and the ball for Savannah State. back-to-back games. Then it was just a matter of time before the Rams regained their composure and got The Rams had now lost two straight ball games. Next back into winning form. TOP: Coach Jones sets up strategy during a crucial time out. RIGHT: The shot is up . and suddenly we drop three straight. Caldwell Jones and Major Jones jockey for position in a battle for a rebound. TOP: Willie Green puts defensive pressure on a tough opponent. BOTTOM: Bernard Pinckney beats his man for an easy lay-up. 127 Jones, Jones and Rhodes Spark Rams LEFT: Mike Hubbard stalks a Rattler ball hand ler. TOP: Coach Jones hands out instructions to two of his guards LEFT: Willie Taylor. superb freshman, goes up for an easy two points. 129 Rams Clinch SIAC, but Falter in NCAA 1972-1973 Basketball Scoreboard ASC OPPONENTS 101 .. Daniel Payne ...... 64 110 . Daniel Payne ...... 86 93 * Paine College ...... 71 91 * Bethune-Cookman ...... 65 78 '* AlcornA&M ...... 107 92 '* Fayetteville State ...... 85 95 . Miles College ...... 87 81 . Alabama State ...... 73 105 . Paine College ...... 74 109 . Fort Valley ...... 78 78 . Clark College ...... 52 98 . Knoxville College ...... 81 105 . Fort Valley ...... 74 69 . Florida A & M ...... 73 92 . Savannah State ...... 95 69 . Alabama State ...... 79 101 . Florida A & M ...... 85 84 . Knoxville College ...... 83 91 . Clark College ...... 70 105 . Morehouse College ...... 84 84 . Savannah State ...... 83 108 . Tuskegee Institute ...... 68 71 . Tuskegee Institute ...... 68 69 . Miles College ...... 76 1972-73 Statistics 118 Morehouse College ...... 76 73 '* Knoxville College ...... 65 Player FGM FGA PCT. FTM FTA PCT. RBD PTS AVG 99 '* Florida A&M ...... 68 Jones. C. .. 239 470 .508 91 134 .639 633 569 19.6 78 "* Alabama State ...... 61 Jones, M. .. 252 488 .516 61 100 .610 461 565 19.5 71 ** Transylvania College ...... 72 Rhodes ... 225 48f .461 39 48 .813 306 489 16.8 Bennings . . . 75 169 .444 3 8 .375 54 153 12.8 Southwest Georgia Invitational Taylor .... 119 287 .415 47 70 .671 47 279 9.9 Chicago Christmas Classic Green .... 80 209 .383 18 26 .692 43 178 6.4 SIAC Tournament Williams. R. 38 114 .333 21 29 .724 29 97 5.7 NCAA Regional Playoofs Williams. L. 60 167 .359 11 19 .580 35 131 5.0 Pinckney . . . 15 41 .366 9 13 .692 8 39 2.4 Little ...... 11 25 .440 3 5 .600 27 25 2.1 Hubbard .. .. 17 50 .340 7 10 .700 51 41 1.9 Wright ...... 14 61 .229 10 19 .526 55 38 1.8 Williams, R. ...3 20 .150 0 0 .000 9 6 0.5 130 LEFT: Head.Coach Oliver Jones •",* BELOW: A dynasty reunited. (L to R), 6'10" Oliver Jones, 6'9" Melvin Jones. 6'9" Wilbert Jones, 7'2" Caldwell Jones, 6'9" Major Jones FRONT (L to R) B. Pinckney, C. Givens, W. Green. W. Taylor. L. Williams BACK (L to R) R. Williams. H. Wright. M. Hubbard. R. Rhodes, C. Jones. M. Jones. B. Wright, R. Bennings. R. Williams 131 "SuperCM AIIS.I.A.C. 1970, 1971. 1972. 1973 S.I.A.C. Tourney MVP 1973 G.I.T. All Tourney 1971, 1972 B.A.S.E. All Star Team 1973 G.I.T. MVP 1972 Team MVP 1972. 1973 Sowega Invit. All Tourney 1971. 1972 Universal Sports (second team) Sowega Invit. Tourney MVP 1971, 1972 All-American S.I.A.C. All tourney Team 1973 2nd round draft choice Philadelphia '76ers 3rd round draft choice Virginia Squires Aqua Rams appear to be off to a good start. Swimming Team (LEFT TO RIGHT): Coach Sam Roberts, Gordon Pledge, Nathaniel Wilcox, Danny Jordon, Curtis Williams. Crawford Bill Rivers, John Brown, Kenneth Cox, Marcus Smith and Tommy Jackson A. S. C.'s first "4" lettermen: Kenneth Cox, Crawford Rivers, and Curtis Williams Aqua Rams Finish Second in S.I.A.C. Another first for the A. S. C. Aqua Rams Senior, Crawford Rivers: Practice makes perfect State's swimming team continues to improve steadily this year under the leadership of coach Sam Roberts and seniors, Kenneth Cox, Crawfors Rivers and Curtis Williams. Losing only to Morehouse College and Ala bama State, the Aqua Rams went on to finish the most successful year in the history of swimming at ASC, by finishing the year with a 6-3 overall record in dual meet competition. With only a ten man squad, the smallest in the conference, the Rams rose from a third place finish in the conference to a second place finish in this years conference meet, behind always powerful Morehouse College. 135 Coach Robert Cross and his "Road Running" Rams did it again. For the second straight year. Coach Cross led his cindermen to the SIAC Conference Track and Field Champion ship and an impressive overall record. The Ram-cindermen opened the season with a very impressive showing in the Auburn Invitational Track Meet by capturing three first place finishes and several second and third places, in a thirty-team field which in cluded top SEC power houses as Tennessee. Georgia and Alabama. They also finished second behind Florida State in the Florida A & M University Relays and then took another second behind tough Mississippi Valley State in the Alabama State Relays. After two second place finishes and victories over Florida A & M. Fort Valley State. Ala bama State and Clark College, the Rams went on to demolish runner-up Florida A & M in winning the SIAC Conference Track and Field Championship. This year was not only highlighted by strong finishes in the relays and invitational meets, but saw several individual performances ac counting for new school and conference re cords. Coach Robert Cross set the place by garnishing the conference coach of the year award. Then his freshmen recruits went to work on the record books. Anthony Brown carried out an assault on the pole vault mark that didn't stop until he had topped the SIAC mark with a record leap of 14'4". Following his marks. Henry Lamb, another freshman, shattered the school and confer ence marks in the 120 yds. high hurdles with a time of 14.2 seconds and Freddie Nicholas flipped the discus a distance of 162' 4" for a new school mark in that event. Upperclassman. Rudolph Nance, joined the record assaulters by setting a new school and conference mark in the 440 yd inter mediate high hurdles with a time of .54 seconds and Johnny Scott tied the existing mark of 1:54 seconds in the 880 yard run. Together with a great team effort, another first at ASC. back-to-back conference cham pionships. 136 -•f I 1973 Track ndividual Recognition for Individual Excellence 137 1973 Scores (8-7-1) ASC 7 . Georgia College ...... 7 15 North Central College ...... 5 1 North Central College ...... 9 0. Bethune Cookman ...... 6 8 Georgia Southern ...... 6 4 . Morris Brown ...... 3 8 Savannah State ...... 9 6 Florida A&M ...... 5 8 Georgia Southwestern ...... 10 2 Florida A&M ...... 11 17 . Morris Brown ...... 11 0 . Morehouse College ...... 9 4. Alabama State ...... 5 6 . Alabama State ...... 2 9 Bethune Cookman ...... 8 9 Savannah State ...... 0 3rd places. I. A. C. 138 1973 Baseba Take a gaint step. That is just what the 1973 Base ball team did. Not only did they win more games in one season, than any other team in ASC's history but they also finished above .500. Coach Joe Brown used his best ballplayers in an attempt to produce a championship team. Although they fell short of the mark and only placed third in the conference, several outstanding performances were turned in by the team and individual players. The major highlights of these young team were the 15-5 rout over North Central College, the squeaker over Florida A & M, 6-5 and the squeaker over Bethune Cookman, 9-8. Ike Harvey, a sophomore, led the team in batting with red hot .490 average and also led the team in pitching with a 4-1 won-lost record. 139 ust As We Were . Sports Football 7-2-1 A 2nd place S.I.A.C. ranked 3rd nationally by Black Mutal Network Sports Lester Sherman— 1st 1.000 yard gainer S Harold Little — 1st authenic All-American c Basketball 23-6 Swimming 6-3 1st place S.I.A.C. 2nd place S.I.A.C. berth in the N.C.A.A. Playoffs Baseball 8-7-1 Track 4-0 1st season over .500 1st place S.I.A.C. 2nd place Florida A & M relays 2nd place Alabama State relays 141 142 JJHMJOTlllUU Staple Singers The Staple Singers swung into the Hearts of many as they sang some of their spiritual and rock hits. "I'll Take You There, Are You Sure, and Be Care ful of the Stones You Throw." Memphis Temprees A moment that has been long awaited by the Students atASC. Happiness was . . . Grooving to the sounds of the "to tality together" Temprees. The Impacts proceeded to entertain the the impatient audience until the Temprees finally arrived. Even "Gene" left his game to appear on the Temprees show Detroit Emeralds Together we found the "Detroit Emeralds" to "Do Us Right," for our 1972 Homecoming Show and Dance. All the king's horses couldn't have pulled the crowd away from our own Tripplette as the sound of their melodious voices filling the. gymnasium. After a whole week of anxious anticipation, students reached a peak of satifaction while listening to these sensational groups. Spurrlows Something new? The Spurrlows, a new and exciting brand of entertainment, rocked Sanford Hall and thrilled the many listeners that were present. Hard rock, acid rock, soul or top 40, you name it and you got it. It was definitely "together" and "sho 1 nuff outta sight." 147 Ramsey Lewis Trio A master of the "ivories", a tickler of the keys, Ramsey Lewis, turned on an overflow crowd in Sanford Hall. His trio shook the house, as they grooved with familiar jams that really sent the crowd reeling. On occasion Ramsey Lewis changed from his elec tric piano to his baby grand and even gave his bassist and drummer a little bit of the spotlight. 148 KOOL and the GANG They're still funky. From "Funky Granny" to "Funky Thang", a standing room only crowd packed into Sanford Hall and dug the sounds of Kool and the Gang. On flute or on the congos Kool was still funky. 149