,«Iovember 24, 1939 THE FULL MOON
A. H. S. SPORTS
BULLDOG
BARKS
e only foot-
Who is the president of the 12th grade homeroom? Creel Low-
'r, our star quarterback. Then, there is vice-president. Bob Young,
'^If-back; secretary, Buck Mabry, full-back; treasurer, Bill Furr, half-
,ck; and home room representative Thomas Hatley, end.
One of the highest honors in school goes to another of our
‘aighty eleven,” Jack Castevens, a guard. Jack is now president
* the student body and was King of Field Day in 1938.
i One of our school musicians, Wade Denning, plays a winning
f-me of football at right tackle, and Oron Rogers, another school
usician, plays center. If you have ever heard Mr. Fry’s chorus
loup sing, you will remember the voices of Ted Wallace, right guard,
:,d Max Morton, left tackle.
In the recent election of senior class officers, honors were again
^rarded to Tom Hatley and Bill Furr, president and vice president
,^pectively.
These are not the only outstanding members of our “mighty
*5ven” but these illustrations prove that good football players are
50 good leaders.
■ The midget team has many outstanding boys on it too. Most
, of the boys are leaders of their home rooms. Reid Gaskin, end,
is pre.sident of his home room and of photography club; Bill
|Helms is president of his home room; and Lloyd Skidmore, cap-
, tain of the team, is a member and treasurer of the Athletic
|*club. Other outstanding members are Pete Kems, treasurer of
1.9-1; J. B. Long, vice-president of his homeroom; and John Ken-
'‘Tiedy, president of 9-II. Newell Almond upholds the musical side,
being a member of the band.
r Among the Albemarle boys who have been boosted as possibili-
j}S for the all-star high school football team this year are Buck Mabry,
r’eel Lowder and Bill Furr, all back-field men. All the people in
•bemarle know the high school has the best coach in the state. Coach
mipe, who has a record that is hard to beat. The students in the
?h schools are proud of their coach and agree with the Stanly News
d Press that he should be one of the coaches for the all-star game.
" Aside from us, lots of others are commenting on our spry lit-
'tle midget ceam. For instance Burke Davis, the Charlotte News
jiSport.s editor, ventured to take in their game with Concord. We
uljelieve Burke, who was over in these parts to address the Lions
jclub, found the Bulldogs just as interesting and even more feroc-
*ious than the Lions. He spent the afternoon “seeing a beautiful
-little 130-pound midf^et team mow down Concord. Marking
adown the fine work of Eddie Gehring’s team, a college club in
i, minature, and making sure to remember the looks of curly-haired,
»freckle-faced little William Morrow, a blocking back who lived
#:iip to his name. And a pair of brothers, running backs, Lloyd
land Owen Skidmore, who scored enough points between them to
»win a whole schedule.”
j. Found in our local newspaper was this comment by Horace
l|Hor.^e, “Albemarle’s Midgets are another reason why North Caro
lina college teams will become better as the years pass.”
From the looks of things, several boys are getting struck on
'■ncord. A couple of boys came back from the midget game in Con-
■'Td with rings adorning their fingers. It looks like “Woody” fell
*etty hard,
ir.
Those midgets are going to town with their scoring this year,
the game with Monroe and the two games with Concord, they
ve scored 119 points to the opponents’ none. They will meet the
, it of the year when they play Barium. Reports have it that Barium
)({S not been defeated in the past eight years.
Instead of the usual scrimmage at the first of the week, the var-
^ played soccer. The midgets had taken the helmets with them
d it looked like about half of the varsity, and so football was out
Gt the question.
Who was the handsome football player out of the dressing
room the other day without his shoes on? That wreck must have
rhad some effect, eh Jimmy? . . . “Stop,” if you have heard this
'vbefore, but there is an All-American guard whose name I can
not call but his jersey number is 33 . . . Coach Murray, the coach
at Children’s Home said that Albemarle has the best tackles and
••guards that he has ever sent his team against.
nt .Several boys who are not out for football have started working
fjik*" coming basketball season. The prospects
md, star on
Bill Furr Leads
Bulldog Scoring
With 61 Points
Sixty-one points in eight games,
that is the record that Bill Furr,
the hard-charging back of the Bull
dogs, has hung up so far this sea
son. The Bulldogs have scored 167
points in all, to only 33 by the
opposition.
Creel Lowder stepped into sec
ond place by scoring two touch
downs against Monroe. He has a
total of 41 points. Buck Mabry has
39 points, but has played in only
six games. Tommy Hatley has
scored 12 points and Lafayette
Blackwell and “Hootchie” Morgan
have scored 6 points each. Max
Fesperman brings up the rear with
two points he has made by place
The Midgets have more than
proved their worth, also. They
have scored 151 points to only 6
by the opposition. The leading
scorers are Lloyd Skidmore, Bob
Furr, Owen Skidmore, and Bill
Helms. J. B. Long and Roy Har
wood have also scored touchdowns.
Voted Best
wo player
ed the best
|uad by th
, Creel Lowder and Rich-
>reman were guests of Dr.
the Duke-Caro-
lina game last Saturday. Dr.
Shaver offered the two tickets
to the players who in the esti
mation of the squad, had done
good play-
W. T. Shaver
r this
r. Dick, i
and Cree
Smart Fellowl
You’d run just as proudly if you
were outfitted in some of our sports
equipment.
Morrow Bros. & Heath Co.
Squad Of Veterans
To Make Up Girls’
Basketball Team
The prospects for a good girls’
basketball team in Albemarle High
School this year are very promis
ing, according to Miss Holt, girls’
coach. There are quite a number
of girls back from the last year’s
team and squad. Such stars as
Grace Cranford, Ann Gilliam, Ra-
melle Burleson, Gatha Sells, Jo
sephine Whitley, Hazel Starnes and
several others will play again this
year.
In fact, lost from the first team
are only Hazel Mauldin and Vir
ginia Gilliam. This is a great loss
and they will be missed, but the
oncoming group of freshmen and
sophomores look good. One of the
most promising of these is Inez
Russell, from Badin, who played
guard for their team and will be
added to the A. H. S. squad.
Last year’s midget team also
makes good prospects, because they
were given good experience in their
games.
The freshmen entering high
school from Efird this year who
played for Mr. Swaringen give
promise as good material because
they all seem to be well trained
and are experienced players.
All in all. the school may well
look forward to a successful sea
son with such pleasing prospects as
G-r-r-r!
“O.K., you prima donnas, cut
■out the foolishness!” quoth Coach
Canipe as he directed the Bull
dogs through a tough scrimmage.
The prima donnas include “Moon”
Rogers, “Timber” Knots, “Bull”
Furr, “Monk” Foreman, “Zachinni”
Morgan, “Beau” Young, “Kate”
Albright, “Dog” Wallace, “Pee
Wee’ Fesperman, “Fluffo” Morton.
Sounds like a tough team, wot?
Bullpups To Close Season
Against Barium Springs
Two Undefeated
Teams To Clash
On Local Field
The Albemarle high school Bull
pups will be risking an undefeated
record for the season when they
meet the 130-pound team from
Barium Springs on the local field
Tuesday afternoon.
The midgets have been working
hard for the past week in prepar
ation for the anticipated tustle.
This game will match two midget
teams that have been undefeated
this year, and the Barium team
has not been defeated for the past
eight years. By virtue of this
record, the Barium boys hold the
mythical state title.
The Bullpups have had their
3st successful season this year,
winning three of their games and
playing Badin to a 6-6 deadlock for
the other one. Victories have been
overwhelmingly scored over Mon-
Concord, and Badin. The Bull
pups will not be favored in the
Tuesday tilt, for the reason that
they do not have the impressive
past record that the Orphans have,
but local supporters are confident
that the Bullpups will be able to
fight the little Orphans on equal
There has been some trouble in
securing competition for the Mid
gets, for a great many schools
have abandoned this team for lack
of cooperation. Interested busi
ness men of this city have raised
enough money to make good the
guarantee for the Barium tilt, and
a large crowd should be on hand
to see the Bullpups close their
Bulldogs Third In
Conference As
They Face Barium
Opponents Stand In Sixth
Place With .500
Percentage.
As the standings are, prior to
today’s games, the Bulldogs are in
third place in the conference, with
their opponents for the day. Bari
um Springs, in sixth place.
The season’s record of 4 wins for
the Bulldogs against one loss, en
ables them to be right behind Lex
ington and Childrens Home, who
are tied for first, neither having
been defeated in conference com
petition. The Orphans from Bari
um have a record of two wins,
two losses, and one tie in confer
ence competition.
The two important conference
clashes last week-end resulted in a
7-0 victory over Barium Springs
for the rampaging Lexington high
team, and a 25-0 rout of Concord
by the loop-leading Orphans from
Childrens Horae.
The standings:
Team W L T Pct.
Childrens Home .... 5 0 0 1.000
Lexington 5 0 0 1.000
Albemarle 4 10 .800
Lincolnton 4 3 0 .571
Concord 5 4 0 .555
Barium Springs ... 2 2 1 .500
Spencer 2 3 0 .400
Hickory 2 3 1 .400
Kannapolis 2 5 0 .286
Mooresville 0 6 0 .000
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