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March 5, 1947 Guilford Courtmen Climax Season With Three Upsets By ROY CUNEO, Staff Reporter Guilford College's courtmen finally came to life by snapping an 11-game losing streak and coining up with three-consecutive upsets over Confer ence foes. The first victory was over a supposedly strong Western Caro lina five, 58 to 49, and two nights later they dumped highly touted Elon, the North State Conference's third place club. The triumph over the Christians was comfortably tucked away with a 10-point margin, to the tune of 49 to 39. This latter Quaker win avenged the 55 to 48 defeat suffered on Elon's home court the previous Saturday. The third team to fall in one week before the attack of the Quakers was the arch-rival High Point Panthers, the score being 48 to 42. Guilford's conquest over Elon was' precipitated by a second half attack which saw them overcome a 22-17 deficit, at the half time. The home team's attack was led by scrappy Jack Chatham and versatile Jimmy Mann, who racked up 11 and 10 points, consecutively. Bill Byatt, who perhaps played his most bril liant game of the year at guard, also tallied 7 points toward the Quakers' score. In general, how ever, the team's performance was marked by excellent performance by all members of the squad, and there was no doubt as to the superiority of the Quakers' play over their ri vals from the opening whistle. The only bright spot in Elon's efforts was the conference's leading scorer, lanky Ronnie Cates, who tucked away 17 markers to keep the visi tors in the game. Elon Larks Spark Elon's offense lacked the spark which they displayed on their home floor contest, and which gave them a seven-point win over the Quakers on February 19, the score of which was 55 to 48. In this exciting bat tle the Christians bottled the Qua kers up with an impregnable zone defense, which is most favorable to their "band box" of a court. This fray was climaxed in the second half when the Quakers chopped down Elon's 10-point lead and pulled up to within one marker of their rivals with seven minutes re maining. It was here that the rally fell short, however, and the Chris tians put the game on ice with some fine shooting by Cates and Burns. Cates led the scoring with a formid able 25 tallies, outgunning the Qua kers' Jirnui Mann, who scored 15 points himself. Quakers Win Tile Quakers' first conference win of the season, 58 to 49, over West ern Carolina on February 18, was earmarked by "Bunk" Leonard re turning to the form whieii made liim the leading conference scorer last year. Bunk's play, and also that of George Halls, was the spark plug which helped the Guilfordians completely smother the Wildcats with 10 points in the final four min utes of the second half. The Teach ers' College, led by big Jim Gudger, enjoyed a 25 to 21 lead at half time, but this was soon narrowed down by the deadly shooting of George Ralls, who wound up with 10 mark ers, and Leonard who edged out his teammate with 11 points. It was undoubtedly this stunning victory which gave the Quakers the confi dence aiid inspiration to display their masterful showing against Elon two nights later, as they at The Quaker House- =now open Dairy Products Our Specialty SANDWICHES BREAKFASTS ...OPEN... Week days 8:00 A.M. to 10:30 P.M. Sundays 3:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. CHAS. COBLE, Owner TOMMY PLEASANTS, Manager last proved to themselves and their coach that they had the stuff to pull some ball games out of the hat. That the Quakers were soon due for a win could be seen in the su- I>erb skill they displayed in losing a home game on February 11, 44-43, to the formidable Appalachian Mountaineers, who led the confer ence. This tournament was cli maxed in the last 10 seconds of play when the Gnllfordians muffed an opportunity to tie the game when George Ralls failed to throw in a technical foul. This court bat tle was closely contested throughout the whole 40 minutes and was spot lighted by admirable performances from Jack Chatham who netted 15 points, and George Ralls who shone with his floor play. Tight Match Two nights later a stubborn Guil ford quintet dropped another hard fought contest to the High Point I'anthers on their floor to the tune of 50-49. The 2."i points dropped in by Sheets and the 14 tallied by Moran of the I'anthers proved too much for the Quakers, who had difficulty in rimming the basket. The points were evenly distributed for the visitors with Bunk Leonard, Jimmy Mann, and Dick Hall all collecting seven apiece, and were closely followed by Brooks Hansard, Bill Leonard, and George Kalis, each with six markers. Final Win The Quakers ended their regu larly scheduled basketball season in a wave of glory by skinning the second place High Point Panthers in a home game on February 22 to the tune of 48-42. This scrap badly scorched all expert predictions by being one of the major loop upsets of the season, and saved the club from the cellar position in the con ference, beating out I.enoir-Bhyne for seventh place. This game was ir nip-and-tuck affair throughout the first period, with Guilford holding the lead at the half 29-25. The frantic Pan thers never could get the range, however, and Guilford forged to a 12-point lead at one time during the second half. However, the locals tired near the end, and the visitors managed to whittle the lead down to six points when the horn liii]>- pily sounded the game's finale. The only Quaker grief to come out of the contest was the loss of Jimmy Mann for the tournament, when he badly sprained his ankle in the closing minutes. However, he man aged to bucket eight points before the accident, just one point behind Dick Hall and George Ralls who were high scorers witli nine apiece. THE GUILFORDIAN Graduating Guard . . . BILL "POUCH" BY ATT i ' INDIVIDUAL SCORING RECORDS For Guilford Players (Including tournament play) I Mann 157 I. Leonard . 100 | Chatham .9!) j Ralls 95 Hall 8!t i XV. Leonard 8 Hansard 73 Hyatt. 62 liunan 33 Lawhorne 14 • TEAM STANDINGS (Excluding tournament) Team Won Lost Pet. Appalachian 11 2 .846 High Point 10 4 .714 Elon 8 4 .667 Catawba ... 5 6 .455 \V. C. T. C 2 5 .286 A. C. C. 2 5 . 'B6 Guilford 3 8 .27$ Lenoir-Rhyne .3 10 .231 Visit Our COLONY SHOP For Your Correct Fashions In College Clothes MONTALDO'S Day Hops- Archdale Lead Fast Intramural League Going Into the final round of the intramural basketball program last week, it was the Dap Hop team of Coach Benny Newell that was ahead by a nose. Or should we say a game, because that was all they led the close-pressing Archdale "Rats." Heading the scoring for the first place Day Hops was the 32 points of Coleman. The rest of the total of the team's 148 points was spread out among the well balanced team members. Keeping the second place Arch dale quintet in the running has been the sharp shooting of l)ancy and Itakestraw, who are among the top 10 scorers with 42 and 35 points, respectively. After getting a late start in vic tories, the potent Married Vets team lias been advancing steadily, and they are assuring themselves of a spot in the elimination tourna ment coming up. Led by the tour nament high scorer, Tommy Riddle, the Vets have so far maintained the highest team scoring record. At the time of this writing. Riddle had gathered 70 of the team's total of 14.S points. PUshing the Vets for the third position in the final ratings is the rapid-firing Old South team which was in close second place in team scoring with 181 points as of Feb ruary 28. Most of tlie markers have been chalked up as a result of the accurate eyes "of Jimmy Nance and Wally Maultsby, holding down the second and third spot of the indi vidual scoring record. Next in the lineup in the team record was Old North and New South, the former having a possi bility for a spot in the top four so as to be in the final tournament. Old North is represented in the scoring column by the 45 points of Coward, and the disappointing New South has been depending on the sharp-shooting of Short to bring them through. Dragging along in the last places behind New South were Dockery T —— Major and Household Electrical Appliances Home of XU-EXAMEL RITZ APPLIANCE 210 S. Greene St. Phone 2-2782 For All Kinds of REPAIR WORK TO YOUR CAR TRY Lamb's Garage GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. 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Intramural Team Standings (As of February 28) Team Wins Losses Points Day Hops 6 0 148 Archdale 5 1 119 Married Vets 6 2 185 Old South 4 3 181 Old North 3 3 137 New South 3 5 131 Docker}' Hops 2 5 104 New North 1 5 78 Center 0 8 15 Individual Scoring Record (As of February 28) TOP TEN Name Team Points Riddle —Married Vets 7(3 Nance —Old South 58 Maultsby—Old South 47 Coward—Old North 45 Dancy—Archdale 42 Kaufman—Old North 37 Short—New South 35 Kakestraw —-Archdale 35 Coleman—Day Hops 32 Kinch —Old North 20 The Time Is Coming From the 1919 faculty regulations for MEN students: "Students not members of the junior or senior classes wishing to go to Greensboro or to any place at a distance from the college must obtain jierinission from the proper authorities." Cheer up, women students! Guil ford has emancipated her men; there's still hope for you! Gladys Lingerie Shoppe I I 118 North Elm Street I ! EXCLUSIVE UNDERWEAR i | AND ACCESSORIES ! Greensboro, N. C. } EVERY THING FOR THE i! 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