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Friday, March 24, 1939 THE POINTER Page Three Bradford Thomas gj Wcckly BisOIl SpOrtS Assistant Editor Sports Editor REPORTERS: M. Snyder, H. Forrest, G. Morgan, E. Gray Hack Elected Captain 1939 Football Team BISONS CLASH WITH HANES AT WINSTON “Abie” Short Elected Alternate Captain Brantley Bucks was elected captain of the ’39 football team by the lettermen of last season’s squad, March 14. Brantley Bucks was last sea son’s triple threat back whose passing worked with uncanny accuracy. Be was not only a triple threat back but also an excellent safety man on the defense and one who played almost sixty minutes of every game. Brantley is a two-let ter man in football and a four- letterman in baseball. Able Short who was elected alternate-captain of the ’39 squad played quarterback and has been on the squad for two years. Hartley Voted All-Western Conference Mr New Equipment Received Here Hartley Is Third Member Of Family To Attain This Award JUNE SCOTT HIS TEAM ML With the opening of the fall gridiron season, the High Point Black Bisons will be outfitted with complete new equipment. Coach June Scott announced that the following has been re ceived: 16 headgears, 20 hip guards, 20 shoulder pads, 22 shirts, 22 pairs of pants. The shirts are royal blue with white strips down the sleeves and white numerals; the pants are blue, trimmed in white; the headgear, blue, also trimmed in white. The shirts and pants are made of interwoven satin of the best quality. All the new equipment was manufactured by Goldsmith and is considered the newest and finest available. FIVE TEAMS REACH HICH PERCENTAGE Five teams inished the intra mural basketball tournament with a percentage of one thou sand. They are home rooms 105- 315, 209-301 A, with seven wins; 310-203, 304-312 with six victorys and 306—205 with five. However, according to the point system rooms 209—301A are the victors having at least seven men ready to play on the floor before £ach game. The other thousand percentage home rooms failed at one time or another to have the required number of men on the floor although five players represented them on the floor. Mr. Simeon would like to see more boys participate in intra mural sports especially sopho mores since the intramural grad uates help strengthen the varsity. The other home rooms finished in the following order: Home rooms 303-201A with five wins and 2 defeats, 313 with four wins and 2 defeats, 106-202 four wms and three defeats, 316 three wins and two defeats, 305-207-309 three wins, three defeats, 308-314 three wins and five defeats along with 208, 103-201-219 a single win and five defeats with 301 having the same number of wins with six defeats, and last is 206 with no wins and five defeats. The Bison tennis team will have a large schedule to play in this coming season. On March 20 the team played its first game with the Guilford College Fresh men at Guilford College and was defeated by a score of 5 to 0. The remaining schedule to be played is as follows: March 27—R. J. Reynolds High, Winston-Salem. April 11—Salisgury High, High Point. April 18—North High, High Point. April 20-21 — State Meet, Chapel Hill. April 27—North High, Win ston-Salem. May 2—R. J. Reynolds High, High Point. May 5—Salisbury High, Salis bury. Dates and place of the event with Greensboro High and South High, Winston-Salem, have not been set as yet. Richard Hartley, high scoring forward for the past two years on the Bison quint, was selected by unanimous choice on the All Western Conference team select ed by coaches at the close of the season. Hartley, third of his clan to attain fame on Bison hardwood teams, paced the Bison five in their twenty-five wins in thirty starts. Hartley, taking up where he left off last season when he scored 198 points, led the scoring again this season with 289 points. This little left-hander set an in dividual scoring record for a Bi son player when he tallied four teen field baskets and two free- throws for a total of thirty points in a game at Danville against George Washington high of that city. Hartley is probably the best offensive man in the history of the school. He has deadly accur acy on long shots and shots equally as well under the basket. Playing as membey of the Bin- dale team, which was composed of the high school players, in the Gold Medal Tournament, he was selected on the all tourna ment team. Hartley, along with six of his teammates, will be available for service on next year’s team. SCOTT RECEIVES OFFER June Scott, head football coach of the local high school team for the past season, has received an offer from Dizzy and director of athletics at Furman University, to return to his Alma Mater as back- field coach. Scott, acclaimed the best back ever developed at the South Carolina institution, guided the Bison to a very successful season this year. Coach Scott has stated that at the earliest it will be Sat- will be reached. Bison Tangle Hanes Men In Non-Conference Tilt SPRING FINDS THE Tl VARSITY TEAM TO BE CHOSEN E CHEERLEADERS’ CLUB Life Saving Class Red Cross live saving courses bega^ Wednesday night at the local'Y. M. C. A. These courses are sponsored by the National Red Cross Council. They are held to train live sav ing pupils and life saving instruc tors. This is the first of this type of work to be presented in this city. During the courses, a person must practice in the water a definite number of times before he can receive a Red Cross certi ficate. The life saving students are taught different ways to ap proach a drowning person, how to get the person to shore, and how to apply artificial respira tion after he is taken out of the water. Mr. A. J. Simeon, who is in charge of the instruction, states that anyone who can swim is welcome to attend these classes. The courses start at 8:30 P. M. and are open until the instruc tions are completed. Final selection of the cheer leaders for next year will be made later in the spring from the cheerleader’s club, which meets every Monday morning in the gym. Seniors have withdrawn from the club since they are not eligi ble for a varsity position and be cause it is easier to work with a smaller number of students. This leaves approximately thirty-five juniors and sophomores. This year’s team coaches the aspirants, putting them into groups of five as they may bet ter watch the work of each in dividual. The requirements for member ship are passing grades and an “A” on conduct. Next year’s varsity team will probably be chosen in May. The Bison track squad is now well into its practice and may have its first meet in the later part of March. The schedule of the track squad will be larger this year than it has been in previous years. R. J. Reynolds High will be the first team to meet this year’s cinder- burners. The state track meet will be held on April 21, the Civitan track meet will be held on May 5. While the dates and definite arrangements have not been completed the tracksters plan to meet Greensboro, Salisbury, and Forsyth County, go to the Western Conference meet and perhaps the Duke Invitational meet. Emerson Gray was out of prac tice last week because of a sprained back but is now in the pink of condition; Bob Truesdale is trying to get the feel of pole vaulting, which was his best event before he broke his arm two years ago; and John Jones is nursing a sore hip. With new material on the squad the track sters have high hopes. Victorious in their first game against Trinity Wednesday after noon, the Bison baseballers travel to Winston-Salem this afternoon to engage the strong Hanes High of that city. The pitching was the high light of the first game with Bus Overcash, Ed Brown, and Jack Hussey combining their efforts to give up but six hits and two runs, these unearned. The hit ting was none too impressive but should improve as the sea son progresses. The fielding showed plenty of room for im provement. The pitching today between these men, with Overcash, Brown, Linthicum, Sechrest, and Craven are ready for service. The catching will be taken care of by Harry Land and Hoyt Mor gan. The starting outfield will include Brantley Hucks, left; Clyde Hedrick, center; and Lloyd Whitt, right. *The ' infield will consist of Jack Hussey at first, James Hayworth at second. Bill Blackie, at short-stop, and Lewis Hayworth at third with Frank A.mick, Harold Butler, and Kent Dennis ready to offer relief serv ices. The schedule as announced is as follows: March 22—Trinity here March 24—North High there March 28—Oak Ridge there March 31—Allen Jay here April 4—Asheboro there April 7—Trinity here Aprl 11—Greensboro here April 14—R. J. Reynolds there April 18—Greensboro there April 21—Mount Airy there April 25—R. J. Reynolds here April 26—Asheboro here April 28—Mount Airy here May 2—Burlngton here May 3—Allen Jay there May 5—Burlington there May 9—North High here (Two games with South High of Winston-Salem and with Dan ville Military Institute, pending). PHYSICAL EDUCATION GLASSES GO OUT NOW The physical educational de partment has just completed its indoor schedule. During the winter months fun damentals of tumbling, gymnas tics, basketball, and a free throw contest have been fought. A course in First Aid has just been (Continued on Page Six) Intramural Sports The intramural foul-shooting contest, now underway, has been proclaimed as another intramural success. The boys who entered the fin als Wednesday afternoon were: Carl Bailey, James Saunders, Ralph Copley, Jack Teer, Dwight Upton, Walter Sink, T'hurman Albertson, Jack Cranford, J. A. Hulin, Lawrence Holmes, Sammy Lambeth, Walter Holstead, Elmer Powers, Gilbert Southern, Wayne Hoover, Richard Clapp, Jim Smith, Thurman Fox, Richard Ring, and John Jones. Soft ball will be the next intra mural sport. It will be followed by tennis and track. Mr. A. J. Simeon, director of the intra mural program, states that he would like to see more boys com ing out for these sports, although he has been pleased by the num ber out for the foul shot contest. GOLF BM CHOSEN FOR HOST MEN Eliminations for the right to represent the Bison on the fair ways this season were held last week on the Emerywood Country Club course. Frank Garrett won the honor, heading the golfers followed by one stroke by Ansel Snow and “Rook” Sappenfield who were tied. Then for fourth position were Paul T. Bryant and Henry Baker with Baker winning the playoff. This quartet will trot the links for Blue and White in the first match after which, in order to hold their positions, they will have to ward off bids every two weeks by the runner-ups in the match. A schedule to keep the High Point fairway trotters busy is be ing formed by Coach Baldwin and Athletic Director A. J. Sim- en although the plans are not complete as yet.
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