Friday, May 5, 1939
Clifton Overcash
Sports Editor
THE POINTER
Page Three
Bi - Weekly Bison Sports AiSsS
REPORTERS: M. Snyder, H. Forrest, Grady Morgan, Emerson Gray, B. Thomas
Bison Baseballers Journey
To Burlington For Contest
SPORTS TO DATE
By Bus Overcash
The black Bison baseball team
tangles with the Bulldogs of
Burlington. The Bison will close
their season Tuesday afternoon
when they engage North high of
Winston on the local field.
In this afternoon’s engagement,
Coach Scott will send to the
mound either Ja,ck Hussey, the
big right hander, or “Bus” Over
cash, a lefthander. If Hussey
gets the call, he will depend up
on his fast ball and wide break
ing curve and a change of pace
to stop the opposing hitters.
Should Overcsh be the choice, he
will depend upon speed and con
trol to carry him through the
route.
Several changes in the infield
will probably be made in order
to get a tighter inner defense.
These changes will include the
sending of Bill Lackey to first,
the shiftii^g of Lewis Hayworth
from second to third and replac
ing at second with his brother
Jim. Captain Brantley H,ucks
will be at short, while ihe catch
ing will be taken care by “Fat”
Land.
The ojutfield will be James
Kivett in right, Clyde Hedrick
in center, and either Hussey or
Overcash in left, depending upon
which one is the pitching choice.
Previous Box Score:
Burlington: Ab R H O
Linberry, If 2 0 0 1
Simmons, c 4 0 0 6
Murphy, ss —A 0 0 4
Maness, 2b 4 110
McAteer, cf 4 10 2
Brooks, rf-p 2 111
Madden, rf 1 1 0 0 0
Smith, 3b 4 0 2 1
Ross, lb -1 10 8
Murray, p 1 0 0 0
Miller, rf 3 0 11
Bookout, p 0 0 0 0
LIFE SAVING HELD AT “Y”;
SIMEON, STALLINGS PRESIDE
Under the sponsorship of the
American Red Cross, Coach A.
J. Simeon and Miss Nell Stall
ings, girl athletic director, eight
people passed life saving tests,
while two boys passed a swim
ming test. Coach Simeon stated
that a life saving club will be
formed in the near future in the
city. Anyone interested please
see Mr. Simeon or Miss Stallings.
Strokes, holds, the breaking of
Serena Moore Riser, Herbert
Speas, Thurman Homey, and Ro
bert Green passed their senior
life saving test, while Warner
Lewis, Carrel Speas, Garland
Hill, and Reitzel Morgan passed
their junior tests. Don Michael
and Pete Hill passed swimmng
tests.
RAOQUETEERS MEET
The “Racqueteers” of High
Point high school battle Salis
bury at Salisbury.
After tangling Greensboro here
last Wednesday, the Tennis Team
travels to Salisbury today to try
and neutralize the game lost.
Last week’s game with Oak
Ridge plans to attend a game
here next week. Defeating North
High in Winston-Salem with 6-3
score, the Bison plan to win the
final game after showing an ex-
cellant fight in Winston-Slaem.
The games scheduled next week
are with Greensboro, there; Oak
Ridge, here; and Southern Pines,
here.
GOLFERS END YEAR
Totals
30 4 4 24
Ab R H O
High Point:
L, Hayworth, 3b 4 110
Hedrick, cf 3 112
Land, c 2 10 2
Hucks, ss 4 0 12
Hussey, If-p 3 0 2 8
Lackey, lb 3 1 2 10
J. Haywor th, 2b 4 0 0 3
Overcash, p-rf 4 0 13
Whitt, rf-lf 3 112
Totals
__30 5 9 27
SWIMMERS IN ACTION
The Bison swimmnig team
captured third place in the State
Swimming Meet held at Duke
University Saturday, May 29.
Richard Hartley took third
place in the hundred yard breast
stroke race. Thurman Homey
captured third place in the 100
yard free style contest. The re
lay team, composed of Hartley,
Preston, Venable, also took third
place in the 160 yord medley re
lay. The team, composed of Val
entine, Speas, Venables, came in
third in the free style relay.
The State Swimming Meet is
held annjually.
STATE MEIt results
Emerson Gray, chief point get
ter of the High Point Track
squad, added six more point to
his recrd as he scored all but one
of his team’s points in the State
meet held in Chapel Hill, April
22.
Gray finished second in the
100 and 220 yard dashes to score
his points while Davis, scored
the other lone point for High
Point by finishing fourth in the
mile run.
Durham High swamped the
The High Point High School
golf team will play the Richard
J. Reynolds High School golf
team of Winston-Salem today on
the Emerywood Country Club
Course.
The Bison golfers are complet
ing a very successful year that
includes victories in all dual mat
ches excepting two, those being
Greensboro and Lexingd;on; fin
ishing fourth in the South Atlan
tic Meet held in High Point on
the Blair Park course; and trail
ing only Raleigh and Charlotte in
the State Meet held in Chapel
Hill.
This year’s team, composed of
Ansel Snow, Bobby Sappenfield,
Henry Baker, Frank Garrett,
Paul T. Bryant, was couched by
by Thomas R. Baldwin.
other high schools competing by
walking off with 60 points, set
ting a new record for the State!
meet, while Winston-Salem fin
ished second with 34% points.
Other team scores were as fol
lows: Charlotte, 23.20; Rural
Hall, 9; Greensboro, 6; Clem
mons, 4.20; Seaboard, 3; Ker-
nersville, 2; Mineral Springs, 2;
Shelby, 1.20; Walkertown, 1.20;
and Beaufort, 1.
Well—now that this is the last
issue of the Pointer—this ole
journalist and sports writer (if
that is what describes me, if not,
supply your own dscription) will
venture forth from his place of
hibernation and try to again
write a sports column. Having
discontinued the column for a
number of issues, I am now
afraid that the “brain” that lies
in my cranium, is now rusty.
Here we go into the work that
has for the past three years
been a desire to many uprising
columnists—to strive to write a
a column as condensed and as
well as Eddie Breitz.
Sports, up to date, have been
fairly successful; football and
basketball being the major win
ter sports, and I can truthfully
say, very sucessful in their com
petition, have closed their acti
vities until the reunion of the
fellows on the days set aside for
their first practice. Soccer and
Wrestling, faired well in their
competition. The baseball team
track team, tennis squad, and
the golf team have not won as
many games and meets as they
expected, but have been fairing
well in their tough schedules.
Although the swimmers of the
local institution for higher learn
ing have not had at ther conven-
.ience a swimming team, they en
tered in the state meet at Chapel
Hill.
Everyone expects to read a
good article from the graduating
seniors and the subscribers
should, for after all, this is
the last article that they will
write for their dear ole
alma mater, and they should
strive for their best. So don’t be
expecting too much from me—
for I’m no graduating Senior. Al
though this is the fifth year of
“study” in this school for your
sports writer, the school doesn’t
seem to be able to function next
year without me—so I again en
ter as a Senior—and I hope by
the end of next year, someone
will venture to give their ser
vices to the “laming house on
Jones and Chestnut Streets,” so
that I might be able to seek en-
.trance into a ‘‘bug house” or
Well—^until next year, I say—
good-bye, girls.
Black Bisons To Compete
In Annual Civitan Meet
The Bison track m?n are com
peting in the Seventeenth An
nual Civitan Relays track and
field meet which is being held to
day in the Memorial Stadium in
Greensboro.
Captain Bob Truesdell, in spite
of his broken arm, will be lead
ing the team once more, broad
jumping for his first time this
year in a highly competitive
meet and continuing to throw the
javelin which he has been doing
all year. Emerson Gray, high
scorer for the team this season,
is rounding into shape for his
much loved high jump, and who
has been running excellently in
the two dashes this year, will
continue his conquest in the
dashing events. Emerson will
have a record to protect in the
high jump. W. H. (Swift) Da
vis has shown that he is the
most improved man on the team
and is favored to win or at
least place in the 880 yard run.
Thurman Homey will probably
do well in the 440 yard dash
and the relay. Johnny Jones is
out to draw blood in the hurdles,
for his ankle is almost well.
James (Pete) McGhee star mil-
er and incidentally one who has
got the stuff it takes to place
in this last big meet of this sea
son. Other members who stand
a chance to place in this meet
are J. R. Newton, in the dashes;
Jim Saunders, pole vault and
javelin; Bill Craven, low hurdles
and broad jump; and R. B. Soss-
oman, 440 and broad jump.
Next year’s varsity cheerlead
ers will be chosen May 12.
These will be selected from
tbe approximately thirty mem
bers of the cheerleader’s club.
At this time letters will be
awarded for golf, tennis, baseball
swimming, and track. Letters for
girls’ spors will also be given.
This will be the last regular
chapel program of this school
year.
“Abie” Short and Bill Simmons
are representing the high school
at the annual meeting of Mono
gram Clubs of North Carolina
today.
The meeting is being sponsor
ed by the University of North
Carolina. This is the second
meeting of this kind to be held.
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