Monday, February 23, 1970
Quaker Oj The Week
Tommy Clayton
TOMMY CLAYTON
Overlooked due to the record
setting streak of the Quaker
basketball team has been the
superb 9-1 record run by coach
Arthur Bluethenthal's Guilford
College wrestling team.
The Quakers won their first
eight meets of the season before
losing to Southern Conference
power VMI last Saturday. The
Guilford grapplers rebounded
though with a convincing victory
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M. L. Carr, Teddy East, and David Smith seek the elusive
basketball as High Point's John Kirkman looks on.
over Furman and nowareprimed
for Wednesday's NAIA District
26 Championships to be held at
Guilford.
Leading the way for the Quaker
squad has been sophomore stand
out Tommy Clayton. Clayton is
still undefeated and on many
occasions has not really been
severely tested.
Despite the loss to VMI,
31ayton won on a fall in one
of the most exciting matches
of the season. For his efforts
this week, and all season long,
Tommy Clayton is the Guifor
dian's Quaker of the Week.
Against the Keydets, Tommy
was nearly pinned in the second
period. The way the meet was
progressing, the Quakers could
ill afford a defeat in Clayton's
126 pound class. So what Tommy
did was rally and eventually pin
his VMI opponent in the exciting
third period and gain five points
for Guilford.
Success though, is nothing un
usual for Clayton. His record
at Burlington's (N.C.) Walter
Williams High School was out
standing. Coach Bluethenthal's
summation of Tommy takes only
one word, "dedication"
Tommy Clayton now has his
sights on a district title and
possibly even further. Somehow
the Nationals in Wisconsin don't
seem too distant at all.
THE GUILFORDIAN
Conference
Tourney
Begins
Guilford's top-seeded Quakers
begin their quest for the Car
olinas Conference championship
Wednesday evening at 7 p.m.
in the opening game of the
league's 27th annual tournament.
The Quakers of coach Jerry
Steele, who finished the regular
season 14-0 in league play,
will battle the league's eighth
place team, either High Point,
Presbyterian, or Pfeiffer, (this
had not been determined at
press time) in the event's
opening game inWinston-Salem's
Memorial Coliseum.
Tickets will be available in the
Guilford College Business Office
at specified hours. Tournament
books may be purchased for ten
dollars with individual evening
sessions costing three dollars.
Student tickets are available for
$1.50--but only for the first
round, Wednesday and Thursday.
If the Quakers win the first
round test, their semifinal game
will be set for 7 p.m. Friday.
Saturday brings the consolation
game at 7 p.m. with the title
tilt set for 9 p.m.
The Guilford five is the defi
nite favorite but Elon, Lenoir
Rhyne, and Newberry must be
given consideration. This season
the first division looms far
above the bottom four and it would
take a monumental upset to
dislodge the above four schools
from Friday's semi-finals.
1968 saw Guilford's first and
only tournament title as Bob
Kauffman and company led the
Steelemen past Lenoir Rhyne
82-61, Appalachian 92-83, and
Catawba 80-73.
The Quakers have added in
centive as a three-game sweep
will give Guilford 24 straight
victories, tying Lenoir Rhyne's
league record set in 1956-1957.
The Quakes also want to im
prove their overall conference
tourney won-lost record from
the present 11-17.
All the action starts Wed
nesday in Winston-Salem with
all Quaker games on WCOG
Radio.
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♦ This Week ♦
I WRESTLING ♦
X Wednesday, February 25
♦ NAIA District 26 Championships at Guilford ♦
J Wednesday, February 25 X
♦ Guilford in Carolinas Conference Tournament, ♦
+ V'lnston- Salem Coliseum, 7 p.m. +
? Thursday, February 26-Saturday, February 28 ♦
♦ Conference Tournament 4
X March 4-3 ♦
♦ NAIA District Playoffs. Winston-Salem ♦
♦ Last Week
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X Guilford 26 UNC-Wilmington 14 ♦
X VMI 27 Guilford 11 ♦
♦ Guilford 23 Furman 17 f
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♦ February 14
X juilford 93 Livingstone 75 ♦
♦ Appalachian 105 Catawba 69 J
J Newberry 81 Pfeiffer 76 ♦
♦ ACC 115 UNCWiIm. 99 X
X Lenoir Rhyne 93 High Point 81 ♦
X El° n 62 West. Caro. 61 *
4 February 16 ♦
X Guilford 87 Lenoir Rhyne 78 J
♦ Campbell 97 ACC 81 ♦
♦ Elon 59 Presbyterian 50 X
X Va. Commonwealth 105 High Point 77 ♦
♦ February 17 ♦
X Guilford 95 High Point 65 X
Pfeiffer 88 UNC-Charlotte 72 ♦
X February 18 ♦
♦ Elon 76 N.C. A&T 74 (2 OT's) ♦
j Newberry 89 Wofford 87 ♦
♦ Catawba 106 ACC 82 +
♦ CC STANDINGS *
+ (through games of Wed. Feb. 18 £
♦ CC Overall PF PA ♦
X Guilford 14-0 23-2 2298 1873 X
♦ Elon 10-5 18-6 1871 1700 ♦
♦ Lenoir Rhyne 9-5 18-6 1846 1734 X
X Newberry 7-4 20-6 2128 1956 ♦
Catawba B_6 10-15 1842 1922 ♦
X ACC 4-8 7-18 2241 2527 $
♦ High Point 3_H 12-16 2328 2346 ♦
Pfeiffer 3-12 7-19 1842 2049 J
X Presbyterian 2 -9 10-14 1687 1715 ♦
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Guilford's Fred felevins battles VMI opponent during recent meet.
VMI ended Quaker's unt aten string at eight.
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