January 19,1946
QUAKES
By CARL COCHRANE
We've got a lot to say in a little
space, about this year's fast-moving
Guilford basketball team. Those boys
get around so fast you'd have to use
jet-propulsion to keep up with their
games—but we do know that they are
looking darn good thus far.
They've dropped a couple to some
better-than-average semi-pro and ser
vice teams but they have also managed
to win a few over some fairly good
clubs. The important thing, however,
is that the boys went down to Hickory
Tuesday night and, led by "Bunk"
Leonard's 15 points, racked up an im
pressive win over Lenoir-Ilhyne's five
in their first conference game of the
season. The gentlemen from the moun
tains were supposed to be a tough
bunch—certainly no pushovers, but the
Quaker five handled them easily in
piling up a 38-24 win. It looks like we
have got a "hot" ball club on our
hands at Guilford —so what do you
say we get out and give them some real
backing, and who knows? we might
end up with a conference crown which
isn't a bad idea at all!
We would like to throw a bouquet
of congratulations at Bin Farlow and
Bunk Leonard this issue. "Long Bin,"
who is playing his second season at
the Quaker's pivot position, was elected
varsity captain by his teammates
votes while "Bunk," who is the regu
lar (and we might add—''high scor
ing") forward on the first five, was
elected alternate-captain for the time
when Uncle Sam calls Bin. Nice going
fellows, we couldn't have done better!
This is a good place for a word of
thanks to Coach Bob Jamieson, too.
Bob, who is athletic director at Greens
boro Senior High, has been taking up
his free night time of late to come out
and help Coach "Curley" Dickerson
with the squad. We've had the privi
lege of serving a little under Coach
Bob ourselves and we know him to he
a really "right guy" as well as one of
the state's leading coaches. His help
ought to be invaluable to the boys.
We would like to say a word here
about tile greatest exhibition of un
beatable spirit and pure "fighting
heart" we have ever heard of in the
sports world.
Probably a lot of you, who aren't
interested in the light game, never
heard of "Hammering Henry" Arm
strong. Henry was a small Negro
whose love of fighting completely over
shadowed his stature and carried him
to the holding of three world cham
pionships, at different weights simul
taneously—feat which has never been
duplicated.
Henry is an old man now in the
fighting world. Two of his titles ar>>
gone and by all rights he should have
been sitting back on his laurels and
enjoying life, but his competitive spirit
wouldn't let the "little man" rest and
he had to try one comeback. So he
was matched with Fritzy Zivik (if
our memory serves us correctly) for
a title light. For 12 rounds Henry
showed that he still had the ability to
go out and throw his whirlwind —buzz
saw attack, and for those lirst 12
rounds the fight was all Armstrong.
But in the twelfth Fritzy landed a
terrific right on the Negro's one good
eye and closed it completely.
Any fighter, even with a champion
ship crown at stake, would throw In
the towel and call It a day when they
couldn't see their opponent. But not
Armstrong—armed with nothing but a
large overdose of "heart" and fighting
Instinct, the game little battler went
back out into the ring—back into a
rain of blows from a man he couldn't
see. For three rounds he stood up
under all that Fritzy could give, fight
ing back blindly and mumbling through
smashed lips, "If I could only see him."
Finally, in the final stanza, Frltzy
landed a terrific right and the little
man hit the deck. But before the final
count, Armstrong dragged himself to
his feet and was standing, on wobbly
legs, in the center of the ring trying
vainly to locate Zivlk's attack when
the final bell rang.
This may seem a little pointless to
some —but to us it seems to add a
little potency to the scoffed-at adage
"That a man can win—even in losing."
THE QUAKER CAGERS
This new column was instituted for
the purpose of acquainting Guilford's
children with the backgrounds of some
of the flashy men on the basketball
court. Sports lately have been boom
ing at Guilford, and greater fields to
be conquered loom on the horizon.
Of the present basketball quintet,
only two veterans of past years re
main on the first team; the rest of
the squad is composed of players who
have just left a sports career at high
school and of returned servicemen.
This column will deal with men from
both of these fields.
Clinton "Pee Wee" Ingram, the Qua
ker guard and Aribbling sensation,
hails from Thomasville, where he
played varsity basketball for two years
for the Bulldogs. Pee Wee has al
ways been a big little man —strange
as it sounds—on the ball field, and
proved his ability at halfback during
the football season. lie seems to have
a permanent right guard position all
cut out for himself in the Quaker
lineup, now that the helmets and pad
ding of the football season have been
discarded for the tight shorts of bas
ketball. Tee Wee is a Physical Edu
cation major, and hopes to be an all
around college conch when he com
pletes his education.
Fred Bray—"Frisco" to everyone but
the scorebook—is a Greensboro boy,
and has spent four and a half years
in the army. He spent 42 months of
this time overseas in Europe and the
Caribbean areas, and took part in the
Normandy and Belgian campaigns. He
rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant, and
was discharged 011 points during July.
During high school days, Frisco played
varsity ball for the Purple Whirlwinds
for his first three years.
"During my senior year I fell mad
ly in love, and my sporting career
dwindled considerably," says Frisco.
He brings us the good news that he
has a brother in the service named
Tommy who is headed for Guilford's
hallowed halls. Tommy is an ace ball
player, according to Frisco, and will
be discharged in a few months. All
of you sports - minded Guilfordians,
make note of this. The two brothers
should make a pair hard to beat.
The last Quaker eager to l>e men
tioned in this installment will be Irie
"Bunk" Leonard, another ex-service
man welcomed to Guilford. Irie also
comes from Greensboro. He has spent
three and a half years in the Air
Force, having served as a gunner on
a flying fortress. He was released a
month ago with 50 missions and 81
points.
In prewar days Irie attended ltan
kin High, where he played forward
on the basketball team for two years.
However, he gained most of his ex
perience at the White Oak "Y," hav
ing played on Y teams since lie was
12 years old.
Irie has an announcement to make
which will parallel the amazing news
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THE GUILFORDIAN
Lenfz Returns To
Alma Mater As
Newton's Assistant
Paul Lentz, assistant coach under
the late Block Smith, has returned to
his alma mater to take tip where he
left off when he entered the marines
June 0, 1942. His official "title" is
assistant athletic director and coach.
"Killer" Lentz, as he was known on
the gridiron, graduated with the class
of 1940, and is regarded as one of the
best all-around athletes ever to attend
here. In addition, and take heed, "foot
ball heroes," he was regarded as an
outstanding student in the class room.
In four years under Block, Lentz won
varsity letters in football, basketball,
and baseball. He repeatedly took first
place in the 100, 220, and 440 events in
track for his fourth letter. After con
sulting former GUII-FOBDIAN sports
pages, we feel free to say that he
scored 15 points per track meet.
Following graduation Lentz was a
high school teacher and coach before
returning to Guilford in 1941 to assist
Block Smith.
He served in the Facific theater
from 1943 until last fall. He saw
action in the invasions of Guam and
Okinawa before entering Japan on the
island of Honshu with Mac Arthurs
occupation forces.
So . . . welcome home Lentz, and we
welcome too the return of the dorm
section basketball tournament, which
you promise to promote!
Basketball Schedule
January 15 Lenlor Rliyne at
Hickory.
January 18 Catawba here.
January 19 W. C. T. C. at
Cuilowhee.
January 26 Airborne Center
(Ft. Bragg) here.
January 29 Appalachian here.
January 31 Atlantic Christian
at Wilson.
February 1 E. C. T. C. here.
February 2 High Point at
High Point.
February 4 W. C. T. C. here.
February 7 Lenior Khyne
here.
February 12 Elon here.
February 15 E. C. T. C. at
Greenville.
February 18 or 25 Appala
chian at Boone.
February 20 Eloti at Elon.
February 21 Lynchburg here.
February 26 Atlantic Christian
here.
February 27 High Point here.
of Frisco Bray. He has a brother,
also in the service, who will show up
next year in a Quaker uniform if he
is discharged next summer, as he ex-
lects to be. Irie insists that liis
>rother can put him to shauie on the
rasketbali court —and this statement
.vill cause excited interest in many
luarters, especially coming when Irie's
superb conduct at forward is so fresh
n the minds of Guilford's sport fans.
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Carolina's White Phantoms
Lead State in Basketball
North State Conference
Won Lost Pet.
Elon 8 2 .800
Appalachian 3 1 .750
>V. C. T. C. 3 1 .750
E. C. T. C 2 1 .667
Lenior-Rhyne 1 2 .333
High Point 2 5 .286
GUILFORD 1 4 .200
Catawba 1 6 .143
Quakers Win Over
Lenoir-Rhyne In First
Conference Game
The Guilford five traveled to Hick
ory last Tuesday night to chalk up a
Quaker victory in the first conference
game of the season. The final score
showed that the Quakers had a total
of 38 points to the Lenior-Rhyne's 24.
"Bunk" Leonard was high scorer in
the contest making a total of 15 points
toward the victory. At no time did the
Lenoir-Rhyne team have the lead.
The line-ups follow:
GUILFORD (38)
Pos.—Player G F PF TP FTM
F—Leonard 7 1 3 15 1
F—Chatham 114 3 1
F —Bray 2 2 5 6 1
F—Kinza ; 0 0 10 0
C—Farlow 1 2 2 3 2
G—White 0 0 10 0
G—Hirabayashi 1 2 3 4 2
G—Hansard 112 3 1
o—lngram 2 0 2 4 0
Totals 15 8 22 38 8
LENOIR-RHYNE (24)
Pos —Player G F PF TP FTM
F—Ritchie 2 0 14 3
F—Walker 113 3 4
C—Entzl 4 2 3 10 1
G—Michael 0 0 0 0 0
G—Elliott 0 12 1 1
G—Rogers 0 10 1 0
G—Thomson 0 0 2 0 0
G—Miller 0 5 4 5 1
Totals 7 10 15 24 10
Half-time score : Guilford 21; Lenior-
Rhyne 13.
Ollicials : Jamieson and Chambers.
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Page Three
By CURTIS RATLEDGE
Our own North State conference
teams are standing up well in the state
listing released yesterday. Of course
the Southern conference has two of
its members on top, the White Phan
toms of Chapel Hill, and the Devils of
Duke.
As for the other end of the list, Guil
ford is fighting gamely for the cellar,
but Catawba is at present the occu
pant with six defeats against one win;
Guilford with only four defeats against
one victory.
As for the U. N. C. cagers, they ap
pear to be without a doubt the sole
choice for the Southern conference
championship. Duke, however, with an
upset victory over the Phantoms last
week, leads the conference pace for the
time being. That is, probably until the
Duke-U. N. C. game which is scheduled
for Feb. 9 at Durham. Then and
there will the White Phantoms, who
have beaten two of the top teams in
the east, show the Devils up. Carolina
just tops Duke in almost every phase
of the game.
Now for the North State. Accord
ing to the records so far this season,
Elon seems to have just about what it
takes to take the top spot in the con
ference. Appalachian should rank near
the top, too. Catawba, although it has
not shown up good in pre-conference
play, will also be in there, aud can
be rated the "dark-horse."
Guilford should finish in the first
division, or better, you know Guilford.
As the season progresses, and the
teams have had a chance to play
around in the conference, we will see
what the North State has this year,
and IT's going to be good!
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