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. . . By JIMMY MANN
last week's gamp with Elon closed the 104f> baseball season for the
Quakers and also ended the college careers of five starters, "Toad" Davis,
liard-hitting catcher: Bill Powell, versatile mound man; .lack Chatham,
first baseman; Bill Stamey, middle-man in the double plays; and the
North State Conference's own Tommy Jones.
This season's aggregation has done a fine job and, with the exception
of Catawba, has defeated every team in the conference at least once.
Coach I'aul Lenta, who took control after Coach Newton's resignation,
has brought the boys through with a better conference record than in
the four previous seasons.
Walter "Derb" Simmons has proven to be an important asset to the
local mound staff this year. On several occasions, he has been called
on to relieve, and has gotten the starting nod from Coach Lent?. twice.
Last week, he held the Iligh Point Panthers to three safeties and no
runs during the short five-inning game . . . While dressing before the
Catawba game, Tommy Jones was talking in his usual half-joking man
ner. Suddenly, he noticed that he needed clean socks, so he went to the
Indian supply room and came back with a pair that looked as if they
were torn off the feet of Catawba's fullback, Lee Spears, in the 1&48
Tangerine Bowl game; however, Tom did manage to get them on. In
his disgust, he said something to this effect : "I think I'll hit that ball
right over the fence the first time I come up." The first inning of the
game saw Ballinger, Balls and Hall go down in order, then the Indians
were retired in succession. Top of the second, no score, Jones twitting,
first pitch called strike, then a ball, the third offering from Catawba
Ace Bill Greene came in, letter high, and split the heart of the plate.
Tommy swung and watched the ball disappear far over the center field
wall.
In their return trip to High Point, the baseballers soundly defeated
the Panthers 7-0 in a short four-inning contest which, according to the
record book, were four outs short.
The Quakers, having rallied for one tally in the first, were held score
less in the second and third; however, they belted everything that was
thrown at them in the fourth for five tallies. This, strangely enough,
was the rally that defeated the purpose, for Coach Ralph "Jesse" James
and his pupils were set to stall for rain.
STALL? they did . . .
RAIN! it did . . .
Four Teams Tied
For Softball Crown
By TOM EVAUL,
Four teams remained in the run
ning for the Guilford College Inter
mural Softball championship at the
time of The Guilfordian deadline.
In the Dorm League, Archdale and
Center vied for the championship
while the 111-Toms and the Married
Vets remained in the Independent
league. Archdale fought their way
till the fifth round in their division
by beating Center in a close one,
12-11. Center returned to beat Old
North in another close one, 10-15,
to get another crack at Archdale.
Old North had previously eliminated
New North by a 16-7 count.
In the Independent round, the
Hi-Toms won out in the winners'
bracket by defeating the Married
Vets, 17-10. The Vets, however,
bounced back to beat the Jockeys,
who had eliminated the I'ick Ups
8-5, winning by an 11-9 margin.
The division finals were played
last week with the playoff for the
campus championship iieing held be
fore exams.
The Hi-Toms swept through a
doubeheader, defeating the Mar
ried Vets and Archdale to win the
campus championship last Tuesday.
Batting Averages
(At bat 7 or more times)
riayer and Team AI! H Avg
Mira, Old North 8 6 .750
Scott, Archdale 8 0 .750
Kvaul, Old North 11 7 .030
I'ost, Archdale 8 5 .025
Kaufman, Clowns 7 4 .571
Skinner, Old North 12 7 .588
Cook, Center 12 7 .588
A. Alexander, Archdale 7 4 .571
Carson, Archdale 7 4 .571
10. Teague, Vets 11 0 .545
Yarborough, Jockeys __ 11 0 .545
1949 Football Schedule
September 23—Appalachian at
Winston-Salem, 8:00 P. M.
September 23—Hampden-Kyd
ney at Greensboro, 8:00 I'.M.
October I—Open.
October 8 Kitndolph-Macon
at Ashland, Va., 2:00 P.M.
October 15 Eknory and
Henry at Bristol, Va.. 8:00 P.M.
October 22 Atlantic Chris
tian at. Wilson, N. C\, 8:00 P.M.
October 28 High Point at
Greensboro, 8:00 P.M.
November 5 l/enoir-Khyne
at Greensboro, 8:00 P.M.
November 12 Catawba at
Salisbury, 8:00 P.M.
November 24 Elon at
Greensboro, 2:00 P.M.
Quaker Grid Squad
To Go to Mountains
The Guilford College football
team will go away for practice
next fall, ('oacli Teague an
nounced thai plans have been
completed to take the team to
Camp Carlyle, near Hemlerson
ville, N. C„ on September Ist,
They will remain there till the
15th when they will return to
play their first game of the sea
son with Appalachian in Wins
ton-Salem.
Chatham and Byrd
Are Pictured
Intramural sport fans, meet Bill
Byrd. Bill is the manager of the
Jocks softball team. As Chief Jockey,
he looks most
■ like the man to
I take Head Clown
George Poggi oil's
I place in the cam
pus sports whirl.
Hi 1 I PoggioiiV touch-
jH football Clowns
Hr : took the intra
mural champion
ship fall.
"sM Byrd's Jocks
H v \ missed the soft
j|m ball champion
ship this Spring,
but wait until next year. Bill in
tends to lead the Jocks to a clean
sweep in the Intramural tourna
ment program for the 1949-50 school
year.
0
Jack Chatham has been a main
stay of Guilford baseball teams for
four seasons now. I-ast year he was
"Doc" Newton's
regular
I baseman until
■RM his
1 broken for the
third time. This
season. Coach
Paul Lenta has
used Chatham as
■ a general handy
man. Jack
proven himself
7 equally capable
i lal guarding the
initial sack and
patroling the outfield. His ability
at the plate cannot be overlooked
either. Sporting a ..'!27 batting aver
age, he is one of the leading hitters
on the strong Quaker diamond squad.
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Track Is Included
In league's Plans;
Cheek Is Assistant
Coach Teague has announced that
he plans to bring track back to the
cinder paths of liobbg field next
year. The sport, absent for the
past few years because of lack of
competition within the conference,
will not only include the spring
meets, but if enough material is
available, a fall cruse country squad
may be organized. Plans have al
ready been completed to fix up the
'track and jumping pits for next
yea r.
The Quaker coaching staff was
completed last week with the ap
pointment of Emmett Cheek, former
Carolina football and baseball star.
The coaching arrangement will be
as follows. In football, Teague, head
coach, will handle the backs; Cheek
will work with 'the line: and I>entz
will coach the centers and ends. In
basketball, Lentz will lie head coach
with Teague handling the J. V.'s
Ha*>ball will be managed by Cheek
and Lentz. If track is initiated,
Lentz will be given charge.
Several other new moves have been
made to bring about a better ath
letic reputation to our college. The
football team will go to Camp Car
lyle near Hendersonville next fall
for training. Teague believes that
this move will enable him to whip
his men into tip top shape for their
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EMMETT CHEEK
. . . New Assistant
opening battle with Appalachian.
He plans to stick with the split
"T" that was used in spring prac
tice. The Quakers will not only
be one of the most hustling clubs
in the North State, but also one of
the best dressed. A complete set of
new uniforms have been ordered.
They will be silver-grey with red
stripes and numerals and silver grey
plastic helmets. Also, to allow for
big Southern Conference games
nearby, several of the Quakers games
have been moved to Friday night
when the High School is away. All
home games will be played in the,
new stadium now being constructed
in Greensboro.
Kesides building strong intercol
legiate teams, the new staff is also
quite interested in a good intramural
and physical education program.
Coach Teague said that with the
aid of his new assistant, Cheek, he
is going to build up a strong intra
mural department. He is planning
to hold a school for officials and
make them qualify before they offi
ciate any games. He also plans to
have better awards for champions
and all campus teams.
With the cooperation of the stu
dent body and it's whole hearted
support this will be the beginning
of a great new era in Guilford ath
letics.
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Above are thrw Guilford haseballers who have just finished a Ruwess
ful season. Lower left: "Jeb" Stuart, first sacker; tipper left: "Toad"
Davis, star catcher; Right: "Derby" Sinuuons who has had enough hard
luck for the entire team this year, but has done some very effective
pitching.
Post-Mortem of Baseball
Given; Lentz Is Successful
The baseball season has come to
an end so far as the Guilford Col
lege diamond squad is concerned.
The Quaker Conference record for
the season stands at > wins against
7 losses. This record puts Guilford
in fifth place in the North State
Conference standings.
Now for a backward glance over
the season. Before the season got
underway, the Quaker baseball scope
seemed to be somewhat confused.
No one was sure whether or not
Guilford would even have a base
ball coach. There was a lot of talk
of "Doc" Newton's resignation and
whether or not he was to handle
Guilford's Spring sports program.
During early season baseball prac
tices, "Doc" was the baseball coach.
I'aul Lentz was handed the Job just
before Spring vacation on Newton's
departure from the Guilford campus.
Coach Lentz handled the baseball
team rather well in spite of numer
ous difficulties. Outside of having
the Job thrust upon him so suddenly,
Lentz's biggest handicap was Jim
Phillips' sore arm —Jim is one of
the ablest pitchers In the conference.
.This left Lentz with only two good,
experienced hurlers, Bill Powell and
1 >ewey Wolfe. Another handicap was
the lack of competent outfielders.
I/etz remedied this by making an
outfielder out of third baseman Sam
Venuto and alternating Jack Chat
ham between left field and first base.
In spite of all these troubles, the
Quakers managed to maintain a .800
average until the final game of the
season against Elon. They lost a
3-1 heartbreaker to the Christians
even though the Quakers outhit the
Christians 10 to 8.
In the past week, Guilford also
lost to Appalachian and Davidson
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by scores of 12-8 and 11-9, respec
tively. In the Davidson game, Guil
ford got off to a quick start by
scoring six big runs in the first
inning. The Quakers held on to the
lead until the last inning. Earlier in
the week, Dewey Wolfe pitched Guil
ford to a 7-0 win over Elon, and
I Hill Powell beat Lenoir Uhyne 9-1.
Guilford's Conference record is
as follows:
Guilford 4 E.C.T.C. 3
Guilford 3 E.C.T.C. $)
(hiilford 5 A.C.C. 3
Guilford 1 A.C.C. 3
Guilford 5 Lenoir Ilhyne -- 6
Guilford 8 Appalachian 5
Guilford 8 High Point 7
Guilford 9 Lenoir Rhyne 1
Guilford 3 Catawba 6
Guilford 7 Elon 6
Guilford 8 Appalachian 12
Guilford 5 Catawba C
Guilford 1 Elon 3
Following are the Quakers' indi
vidual seasonal batting averages:
2O or more times at bat)
Player AB H Avg
Wolfe 23 8 .348
Jones 58 22 .345
Chatham 32 17 .327
Davis i.„ 28 9 .321
Hall 66 21 .318
Ralls 4) 11 .275
Stewart 38 10 .263
Maultsby 46 17 .261
.Stanley 59 13 .220
Rallinger 58 11 .190
Ferrell 21 2 .095
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