MARCH 9, 1961
On the Quaker Sports Scene
By SID HART
A meeting yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon determined whether
Guilford will have a track team this year. The decision on having a
team was left up to the boys.
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Regardless of whether Guilford has a team, there will still be
Quakers represented in both the North State Conference meet at High
Point and the NAIA meet at either Catawba or High Point. Herb Ap
penzeller, the coach of the thin clads, says that Harold James and Frank
Bailey will be two that will definitely enter both meets.
James, the defending champion on the high jump, will be entered
in that event as well as the javelin. He might also be entered in the
broad jump, an event Bailey captured last year.
Bailey, other than the broad jump, will participate in the javelin,
sprints and the 440. Buzz Faye will enter the 220; Ernie Pascual, the
100; and Frank Smith, the shot put. Smith, last year, was able to toss the
put 40 feet, only four feet shy of the conference record.
There are others that could form a good nucleus for the team. If
Guilford has a team this season, it will work out at Guilford for a while,
and then move to the track at Senior High in Greensboro.
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The golf team will begin its matches March 30 against Rensselar
Polytechnic Institute. Depending on the outcome of a request, the
match will be played on the Starmount course. When arrangements are
made, the linksters will begin practice. Coach Clyde Parrish will have
Charlie Abernathy, John Wily, Tom Fletcher, Wally Harris, Wayne
Henley, Brinley McDaniel and Carey Reece on his team. There might
also be some freshmen who will help the team.
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Although the basketball season is past history, it is still of some
interest to go back and make a few comparisons.
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The only disheartening fact about this season's team is that the
record was the same as last season's, both winning only one while losing
19. However, this year the defense was 10 points better. The point
spread between the offense and defense went down from last year's
24-25 points to this season's 15. Last year the Quakers managed to
average only 32 rebounds a game. The 1960-61 Quakers improved by
11 rebounds per game, hiking the average up to 43.
On the foul line Guilford this season connected on 72.2 per cent of
the charity tosses. This is compared to last season's 65 per cent. Only in
shooting from the floor did the Quakers decline. Last year the field goal
shooting average was 42 per cent. The immediate past team cashed in
39 per cent of the shots from the floor. There was better all around
scoring this campaign as six players hit over 100 points.
And speaking of 100 points, last year the Quakers had the century
mark scored on them six times. This total was whittled to two this time
around. Last year Guilford opponents enjoyed victories to the tune of
30 or more points on nine occasions, one of them a 71-point humiliation
at the hands of East Carolina. This year Guilford was beaten by Lenoir
Rhyne over 20 points, the only time the point spread was that big.
There were several games that the losing margin was less than 10
points.
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Overall, Coach Parrish was fairly well satisfied with the improve
ment, and expects more next season. The return of Jon Burwell, Wayne
Wyckoff, Dan Kuzma, Kenny Ward, Howard Braxton, Monte Milner,
Mike Allred and El wood Parker will give Parrish a good nucleus with
which to work.
And Parrish also has some excellent prospects on the line. The
1961-62 caging Quakers will be playing a 25-game schedule, with Camp
bell College of Charleston added to the line-up and the possibility of
Pembroke and St. Andrews. Next season promises to be much more of
a success than the one just completed.
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Spring Sports
Schedules
Baseball
March 17—Catawba Home
30—Rensselar PI Home
April' I—Williams Home
6 —Lenoir Rhyne Home
7 —Univ. of Maine, Home
11 —Elon Home
13—Atl. Christian Away
15—Atl. Christian Home
17—Wm. & Mary (Norfolk)
Away (2)
20—High Point Away
22—Lenoir Rhyne Away
25—Pfeiffer Home
27—Elon Away
29—High Point Home
May 2—Catawba Away
4 —Pfeiffer Away
B—W. Carolina Home
9—W. Carolina Home
11—Appalachian Away
12—Appalachian Away
Golf
March 30 —Rensselar PI Home
April 4—Lenoir Rhyne Home
11—Elon Home
13—Atl. Christian Away
17—Wm. & Mary (Norfolk)
Away
20 —High Point Away
24—High Point Home
25—Pfeiffer Home
27—Atl. Christian
and Catawba Home
May 2—Catawba Away
4—Pfeiffer Away
9—Lenoir Rhyne Away
Tennis
April 11—Elon Home
Quaker Racquete
The arrival of warm sunny
weather heralded the starting of
the work outs for the Guilford
tennis team.
With Coach John Manning, a
member of an investment firm in
Greensboro, at the helm, the mem
bers of the team have been work
ing out for the past two weeks.
The season begins April 11 with
Elon the opponent in the home
courts.
With the absence of the num
ber one player from last year, and
the loss of another due to a broken
cartilage in his foot, Manning has
to fill these gaps.
No. 1 Battle
A battle for the number one
nian this season will be waged be
tween the veteran Eddie Giles and
the rookie Richard Derr. It has
been said that Giles could have
wrested the top spot from Brooks
Haworth last year had not his
knee slowed him down. Derr last
year was the Delaware state high
school tennis champion. Regard
less of where they stand on the
team, this pair should give Guil
ford a lot of top flight tennis this
season.
The number three man on the
team will most likely be Dave
Edgerton, a junior. A senior, Ray
Sharp, should fill the number four
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BASEBALL SEASON WILL OPEN
MARCH 17 AGAINST CATAWBA
With Coach Stuart Maynard
calling the switches, etc., the base
ball squad has begun to work
toward the coming season, open
ing with Catawba here on March
17.
Maynard greeted over 20 pros
pects for the baseball team last
Wednesday and has been putting
them through their paces to get
them in shape and see what kind
of team to expect this spring.
Veterans
Going around the infield finds
four lettermen providing Marcus
Allred comes out for the team.
Bobby O'Daniels is the veteran at
first base, Ed Kelly at third, Brodie
Baker at short, and Tom Whiteley
in what might be a utility role.
The infield, however, will prob
ably have this as a starting line
up: Mickey Faulk (freshman, with
a good glove and possibilities as
a hitter) at first base, Lee John
son (freshman, with quick hands
making him a good fielder, as well
as a good man with the stick) at
13 —Atl. Christian Away
15—Atl. Christian Home
17—Wm. & Mary (Norfolk)
Away
20—High Point Away
25—Pfeiffer Home
27 —Elon Away
29—High Point Home
May 4—Pfeiffer Away
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berth.
The fifth and sixth positions will
be fought for by Bob Boonin and
Steen Spove. Both of these are
sophomores.
Others
There are two others that will
be battling to get into the top six.
One is Chris Lotz, a freshman. The
other is Joe Benson. A sophomore
this year, Benson is the champion
of last year's intramural tennis.
It is probable that the top two
doubles teams will be Giles and
Sharp, and Derr and Edgerton. It
remains to be seen who will make
up the third twosome.
In summary, Guilford should be
strong on the tennis courts this
year.
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second base, Baker at short, and
Kelly at third.
Dave Odom and El wood Parker,
both of them first year men, will
also see action in the infield.
Stutts Alone
Behind the plate Jim Stutts will
have to handle all the chores. A
tough man at the plate, Stutts has
been a mainstay as a catcher all
his previous three years at Guil
ford. There is little lacking in his
ability to handle a pitcher and
everything thrown at him . . . both
behind the plate, and at the plate.
On the mound Larry Gill should
prove to be the ace. A right
hander, Gill will probably be the
man Coach Maynard will call on
for the important games of the
season. Charlie Little will also be
counted on to go the distance.
Others that will see duty on the
mound are Dan Kuzma, Jim Pen
dry and Ken Griffin.
Outfield
In the outfield the mainstays are
Conrad Parker and Bobby Hodges.
Those two will anchor the outfield.
Both have capable arms, good
range and carry potent bats. Dick
Hall, a freshman, can possibly
make the outfield.
There are at least four others
that could fill in some of the posi
tions on the team.
Overall, the baseball Quakers
this season should be strong at the
plate. They should be better
defensively.
Some Weaknesses
But, Coach Maynard will have
to work hard on his mound corps.
He will have to find someone that
can rest Stutts behind the plate at
times. And he needs more depth
in the outfield.
Still, when everything is taken
into consideration, baseball this
spring on the Quaker campus
should be better than last year. If
things develop as they might,
Guilford could become a pennant
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