St. Paul recorder., 1963-12-19

The
BELL
By Jesse Bell

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young Minnesota basketball team
established a new school scoring
record by downing an outclassed
University of South Dakota team
1O7-62.
The lopsided score may be mis-
leading. The young men from Da-
kota just didn't have the manpow-
er or the finesse to compete with
the fine Minnesota five.
Tt would appear that Coach John
Kundla does have something to
work with. He has a classy pair of
guards in (6'3") Terry Kunze and
(61h") Archie Clark. Up front
(66") co-captain, Bill Davis, is
joined by (6'5'D sophomore, Louis
Hudson, and (6'8"O center, Mel
Northway, is strong and aggres-
sive. The TRANSMISSION of the two
newcomers Clark and Hudson with
the three veterans should make a
pretty sound basketball team. AS
the season develops this young
team should be able to play with
the best. OF the starting five only
Bill Davis is a senior, SO the next
couple of years should provide ex:-
citing and red hot entertainment
on some of these chilling Mime
sofa evenings.
Our Minnesota Vikings ended
their third season in the tough
National Football League with a
decisive 34-13 victory over the
punchless Philadelphia Ea giles.
With this win the youngest fran
chise in the league was able to
amass a very respectable 5-S-1
record.
The future of professional
football in this region looks
bright. The Vikings were able to
land their two top draft choices
and should be able to move these
men into areas where they are
needed.
The Vikings have two OF the
better young quarterbacks in the
NFL. Ron VanderKelen's perform
ance last Sunday was simply su-
perb. He guided the young Vikings
like an old pro. The defensive line
has to be the most improved in
the Western Conference. The de-
fensive secondary still needs a lot
of help, however the offense needs
just a man here and there.
1868 was a good season for the e.
Minnesota Vikings however 1864
looms even bigger and better.
Prairie View College was the
first all Negro school to be selected
to play in the NAIA Camellia
Bowl. Last Saturday the Panthers,
coached by William ]. Nicks,
proudly battled strong st. Johns
team from Collegeville, Minnesota
only to go down in defeat 1927.
One more touchdown and the Pan
theirs would have become the first
Negro team to win the Camellia
Bowl.
The young Prairie View team
showed they have lot of class.
They ran out of gas in the sec
Ond half but certainly should be
mighty proud Of their showing.
A little side light on this fine
Prairie View team. On December
7, 1868 the Panthers played Ne
braska State Teachers College at
Kearney, Nebraska. I suppose it
is almost always assumed when
you have a group of more than one
Negro assembled there will be
trouble. Well the townsfolk of this
small Nebraska town had nothing
but praise for this group of young
sters from Texas. The manage
ment of the hotel in which they
stayed and the school officials
praised Coach Nicl1s and his squad
for their fine conduct.
Another side light :. E. Coach
Nicks was named District 6B
Coach of the Year for 1868. Our
hats off 10 a fine squad and
coach from Prairie View, Texas.
The University of Oklahoma's
all opponent team for 1868 includ-
ed five tan gridders.
Bernie Casey, the fine San
Francisco 49er halfbacl1, also
finds time to paint and does It
well. A few weeks back Bernie
previewed some of his handi-
work at his own. art show at
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