PAGE FOUR GOLDSBORO HI NEWS May 14, 1937 GHS Swimmers Win State Title at Duke Edge Out Victory From Kannapolis Win By One Point. 33 to 32; Crone, Casey. Britt, Dawson Star; First State Win Winning the first state high school championship in the history of GHS, coach Ealph Casey’s tank- sters edged out a 33-32 victory over last year’s champs, the strong Kan napolis team, to win the State Swim ming Meet, held at the Duke Uni versity pool April 17. The two-year-old tank team brought to Goldsboro High School the first state athletic championship that it has ever won. Goldsboro’s ace divers, Crone and T. Heyward easily captured first and second as Crone set a new state rec ord of 90.3 as compared with the 77.15 record he set last year. With the divers gaining an eight-point lead, GHS never fell behind in the scoring. Captain Casey continued his rec ord-breaking performance in the breaststroke by gliding through this event in 1:17.6. The old record was 1:22.8. Casey was also high scorer of the meet with seven and two- thirds points. In the most thrilling event of the day, Goldsboro’s medley relay, com posed of Dawson, Britt, and Casey, cut five seconds off the 1 ;42.8 old record, to swim this event in 1:37.8. The finish was the closest of the day, as Dawson splashed to the bank only a few inches ahead of Kannap olis’ anchor man. Goldsboro’s scoring was as follows —100 yard breaststroke: Casey, first; 220 yard freestyle: Tilghman, fourth; 100 yard backstroke: Ken- Britt, third; 100 yard freestyle: Dawson, third; Diving: Crone, first; Heyward, second; 150 yard medley relay: Casey, D. Britt, Dawson, first; 200 yard freestyle re lay : Weathers, Daniels, Hood, Tilgh man, third. The scoring was: Goldsboro, 33; Kannapolis, 32; Ealeigh, 17; High Point, 16; Oak Eidge, 5; Wilming ton, 3; Durham, 0; and Greensboro, 0. QUAKES LOSE TO KINSTON The Quake baseball nine suffered a 14-1 defeat in the hands of the strong Kinston team, May 7 at Griffin Park, Eobert Dawson, Goldsboro’s lead ing batter, got two of the five GHS hits in three trips to the plate. Stal lings of Kinston got three for five to lead Kinston. Pollock, B. Powell, and Wynn got the other three Quake hits. Haskins of Kinston fanned 10 Quakes in winning his game. The following Quakes saw action: G, Johnson, E. Hollowell, B. Powell, F. Wynn, G. Lawrence, S. Watson, E. Dawson, J. Nickens, C. Pate, E. Pate, J. Crone, A. Barwick, D. Daughtry, F. McDowell, T. Pollock, E. Jernigan, E. Proud, and T. Snypes. COURTEOUS and EFFICIENT SERVICE HICKS DRUG STORE Portraits Kodak Finishing Frames TAR HEEL CAMERA SHOP PHONE 363-J Goldsboro's First State Champion Swimmers —Courtesy of Goldsboro Swimming Association First row: Eeading from left to right: Cliff Spruill, Thomas Heyward, James Kennedy, Earl Deshong, Buddy Crone. Second row: Ealph Casey (Coach), Billy Hood, Tommy Daniels, Lewis Tilghman, Clevia Balkum, Eobert Dawson, Bill ISTufer, Willis Casey (Captain), James Weathers and David Britt. Manager Eobert Bartholomew, Wilton Hollowell, Ed Shumate, and Eobert Bailey were not present when the picture was taken. Tracksters Get Third in State Track Meet Placing one state champion, the GHS track squad scored 24 points to take third place in the State High School Track Meet at Chapel Hill April 22. Charlotte and Durham came from behind in the last events to w^in first and second places with 28 1-2 and 28 respectively. Sailing 5 feet 6 1-2 inches into the air, Terry Pollock, GHS Junior, won the State Championship in the high jump. Clifton James placed second in the 440 and 880 yard runs. Walker Barr placed third in the 100 and 220 yard dashes. Co-captain Dick Daughtry took two fourts in the 220 yard dash and the broad jump. Garland Eich ended third in the shot put. The relay team, composed of Frank Farfour, Jim Manly, Maylon Mc Donald, and Horace Potter, came in third. Claiborne Pate and Eobert Thigpen placed third in the javelin and discus respectively. LOCALS RUN IN PENN RELAYS The GHS mile relay tearh com- I>osed of Co-captains Dees and Daughtry, Barr and James was the first N^ortli Carolina school ever to enter the Penn State Eelays at Philadelphia, Pennsylvana. Two hundred high schools from all over the nation entered the mile relay. It was run off in heats of 18 each. GHS came sixth in their section, which, incidentally, was the fastest of the meet, as the winners of this heat had a better time than any other foursome. We Carry a Complete Supply of Boys^ and Men's CLOTHIXG Ernest D. Smith DE SOTO - PLYMOUTH C.J. CARROLL 106 W, Chestnut St. - Tel, 1162 Sports Shorts Goldsboro’s state champion swim mers continued their victory march by whipping Wilmington 51 to 15, here, April 30. They will go to Wilmington today, favored to win by a similar score. When this column was written, GHS’s only undefeated pitcher was Sam Watson. Watson holds two wins over Mount Olive by scores of 11-1 and 18-1. In the first game, he gave two hits, and in the second only one. GHS’ other ace hurler, John Triece, holds the other Quake win by a 5-2 score over Smithfield. Gorman Lawrence, Quake first sacker, is a perfect fielder. ^^Eomeo” has played eight games and hasn’t errored yet. Although the Quake nine have lost more than they have won, Captain Floyd McDowell has proved to be a good field general. Coach Johnson thinks next year’s baseball prospects are very good, as no one on the team graduates. The GHS relay team, composed of Co-captains Dees and Daughtry, Barr and James, set a new record of 8 :35 seconds in the mile relay at the i)uke Invitational Meet April 17. The old record was 3 :36.7 seconds set by Daughtry, Dees., Janies and McClenny last year. 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In their 5-2 victory over Smith field, the Quakes acquired their first home run of the season as Arnold Barwick poled one over the left field wall with a mate on base. Triece limited Smithfield to three hits in this game. Try Quality as Well as Prices Get Your Meats at the Yellow Front Market Phone 1328 Waters and Hollowell Ask for Rath's BLACK-HAWK HAMS Distributors Cozart Packing Company Trackmen Fourth at Civitan Relays Daughtry Highest Scorer of Meet; Barr Ties Record in Dash; Junior Team Wins Goldsboro’s fast cinder team placed fourth in the fifteenth annual Civitan Eelays at Greensboro, April 30 with 26 points. Although the Senior team Avas nosed out in the final events, the Junior team won their division with eight points. Of Goldsboro’s 26 points, D. Daughtry scored nine for high scorer of the meet. He took these points by a first in the 220, second in the 100 and fourth in the broad jump. In the 100, Barr tied the 10-year- old record of 10.2 seconds. He also placed second in the 220. Clifton James placed third in the 440 yard run and second in the 880. Terry Pollock, Goldsboro’s state champion high jumper, took second in this event. The medley relay team com posed of Stith, Farfour, McDonald and Manly captured fourth place. In the Junior division, Horace Potter, who won this event last year, clipped .4 seconds off the old record of 9.2. His time was 8.8. The Junior shuttle relay team, composed of T. Edgerton, Sapp, Pollock and Potter took second place in this event to round out the Goldsboro scoring. WILSON DEFEATS LOCAL NINE In a game full of hits, errors, and runs, Wilson’s eastern North Caro lina Class A championship base ball nine whipped the Goldsboro boys 14-7 at Griffin Park, May 4. The locals lost by a score of 17-0 at Wilson, Expert Watch Repairing! 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