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Thursday, April 6, 1939 THE POINTER Page Three Clifton Overcash Sports Editor Bi - Weekly Bison Sports UrJTS* REPORTERS: M. Snyder, H. Forrest, G. Morgan, E. Gray, Bradford Thomas Baseball Western Conference Opens Tuesday WESTERN CONFERENCE TRACK MEETING Black Bisons To Clash With Trinitv Tomorrow SPRING SPORTS Western Conference Meet Held Here On April 13 th High Point High School’s Black Bison baseball team clashes with the Trinity nine tomorow after noon on the local high school field. The Black Bisons, having won two games and lost two, open their Western Conference schedule Tuesday afternoon with Greens boro on the College field. The Bisons, wining from Trin ity and Asheboro, and losing to Oak Ridge Military Institute and Mills Home, will have on the field the strongest and most balanced team of the season when they clash with Greensboro. Coach Scott has made a general shift-up in order to have the team strong in all places instead of strong in some places and weak in others. The probable starting lineup will be: Land, catching; Lackey, first base; L. Hayworth, second base; Captain Hucks, shortstop; Lester Webb on third; while the outfield wil be composed of Whitt in left, Hedrick in center, and Overcash or Hussey in right. The pitching burden will fall on big Jack Hussey or Bus Overcash, port-sider. In case Hussey pitches. Overcash will probably go to the right field position and with Over- cash pitching, Hussey will take over the outfield berth. Ready for action will be: In fielders —Dennis, Hayworth, Mor gan and Amick; outfield—Frith, Kivett, and Hartley. In reserve will be three pitchers: Brown, Linthicum, and Craven. IKTRAMURU WINNER Dwight Upton, sophomore, won the intramural free throw con test medal after a play off with Walter Halstead. Tying with Halstead 32 out of 50 shots, Upton victimized Hal stead in the playoff, 29-28. This ended the free throw season for the Intramural Sports. Room 310-203 wn the foul shoot ing contest for the room. The team was made up of Brown, Holmes, Lambeth, Halstead, Cran ford, and Powers, The average was 13 out of 50 for each man. The next Intramural Sport will be softball. Tennis The Black Bison tennis team, hindered by the lack of experi ence, lost to the fine polished team of R. J. Reynolds of Wins ton-Salem last Thursday by the tune of 9-0- Although the score seems to give the idea that the Bison iveie practically trampled under fcut, they in reality ware hard to beat. With the polish added that is needed the tennis team is reported to be ready for all invasions. Jake Steele, Earl Frazier, Thurman Homey, Bill King, and Roy Highfill composa the ever improving Bison tennis team. Thomas R. Baldwin announces that “^Mississippi” and ‘ The Lives n'f the Bengal Lancers” both bit films produced by Para mount Pictures will be run here within the next two months. Each -will be accompanied by selected short subjects and the latest edi- ttono^JI. P. H. S. News. Vi ' C'-V ^ ' - w. .S ■ liii Siilil The annual Western Confer ence track meet will be held here Thursday, April 13th. Heading the list of entries, which includes Greensboro, Win ston-Salem, Salisbury, Charlotte, and High Point, will be Char lotte, the defending champion and odds-on favorite to repeat. Charlotte annexed the champion ship last year by nosing out the strong Winston-Salem team by the score of 61 to 58, in the closest conference meet ever held. During this meet records fell in the 120 high hurdles, half- mile, mile, and mile relay. Tay lor of Winston-Salem ran the high hurdles in 15.3 seconds thus lowering Copeland’s, of Charlotte, mark by seven-tenths of a second. By winning the half-mile in 2:9.1, Wise of Charlotte, broke Sprye’s old record by three-tenths of a second. Vawter, of Winston-Sa lem, lowered Hendrix’s, of Greensboro, running the mile run in 4:43.7. The Winston-Sa lem relay team composed of Glowers, Thomas, Reese, and Vawter, broke the mile relay record, held by Winston-Salem, when they ran it in 3:41.6. Spring is in the air! But that’s not all. In the above picture you find John Jones and James Saunders taking to the air, John as he goes over the high hurdle and James as he clears the bar. Abie Short is just ready to heave the discus and Bob Truesdell has just let the javelin fly. (Pictures by Billy Barker, Pointer Staff photographer.) eOLFERS SEE ACTION Toady, the golf team will jour ney to the Forsyt'n country club to meet the Winston-Salem golf team. Frank Garrett, the number one man for High Point, is playing golf for his fourth year with the team; Ansel Snow, number two man, is playing for his third year; Bobby (Rook) Sappenfield, number three man, and Henry Baker, number four man, are competing for their second year on the squad. The golf schedule will include Lexington Raleigh, a mid-Atlan tic meet and a four day tourna ment at Chatanooga Tennessee. GIRL RESERVES TO HAVE SONG FESTIVAL THIS MONTH (Continued From Page One) are to take place are: the spring dance, an outdoor supper for the Hi Y hoys, a lecture by Mr. A. C. Jones, and a farewell party for the senior members of the clubs which will terminate the Girl Reserve activities for the current year. The Mother-Daughter Banquet which was scheduled to take place the latter part of last month, has "been indefinitely postponed. GENERAL BUSINESS CLASSES CONDUCT CHARACTER SURVEY (Continued From Page One) Along With People?”; the third was, “Are You 100% Honest?” The questionnaire, “A Dozen Desirable Traits of Character,” consists of twelve sets of ques tions concerning honesty, depend ability, leadership, cheerfulness, courtesy, unselfishness, generos ity, democracy, independence, good sportsmanship, neatness, and personal appearance. Each stu dent rated himself or herself on each question. An oral questionnaire, “In What Direction Does Your Personality Flow?” was also taken by the classes. In conjunction with these sur veys, a class in manners is being planned. Each student was given a copy of “Personality Chart,” which shows the qualities businessmen look for in hiring employees. This chart was prepared by the Tran scription Supervisors’ Association of New York City as a guide to students who intend to seek em ployment in business offices. SUPERLATIES ELECTED AFTER SENIOR MEETING (Continued From Page One) Deal. Best All-around: Bob Truesdale and Kathryn Al len. Best Looking: Henry Baker and Ronda Se bastian. Best Dressed: Charles Green Dean Davis. Cutest: and Dorothy Ross Caudell Langley. Best Leader: and Frances Aker^ Hutchens and Kathryn P. E. CLASSES VENTURE OUTSIDE FOR OPERATIONS Allen. Most Studious: Jean Davis and Kermit Albert son. Most Dependable: Steve Clark and Jean Davis. Most Ambitious: Steve Clark and Ruth Griffith. Best Personality: Jack Paul and Sara Sears. Most Athletic: Bill Wagner and Geneva Crow der. Most Original: ' Charles Ivey and Betsey Saun ders and Amy Lou Holmes (tied). Friendliest: Jack Paul and Frances Lang ley. Physical Education classes of ficially opened the spring soft- ball season this week. A great show of vim and vigor was the results of the Gym clas ses’ starting the outdoor season. Turning from the monotony of the gymnasium to the exciting field sports brought a fresh exhibit ion of interest from all the boys. Those boys who are not inter ested in baseball will have a chance to show what they can do in various track events. On days when the weather will not permit the classes to play outdoors, curses in American Red Cross first aid will be taught. These courses include the apply ing of bandages, treatment of wounds, artificial respiration and other phases of first aid. Cheerleaders To Be Announced Later On Varsity cheerleaders for 1940 will be announced by Miss Mc Cain when awards for the winter sports are made. Miss McCain told the Pointer that all seniors had been elimin ated and only Juniors and Sopho mores remained for further com petition. The elimination is headed by Miss McCain and this year’.? varsity cheer leaders, who select from each group of five the most outstanding and from these com pose another group until the i940 cheerleaders survive. The club would like to see more boys out for the honor of cheering the Bison on to victory. This year there are only eight boys while the girls have thirty-six aspirants for the job.
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