Friday, February 7,1947
THE POINTER
Page Three
Simeonmen Journey To
Asheville For Game Tonight
With the record of five confer
ence wins and one loss behind
them, the Black Bison basketball
team is now journeying to the
hill country, hoping to cop an
other conference victoryi.
The Asheville Maroons came to
th« lowlands on January 18, only
to lose by the score of 54 to 33.
This game was the second confer
ence tilt for the locals and was
among the first for the Maroons.
Action was fact and furious in
this game, in spite of the out
come. The Asheville team has
many good players and potential
power.
As some of the football enthu
siasts know, the trip to Asheville
last fall started a landslide of ties
which caused the football squad
to fall short of the conference
crown. Local fans hope that the
same luck does not overtake them
on this trip.
Undificovered power for both
teams is expected to be found.
' The reserves of the local team, if
all goes well, will probably see
action during the progress of the
game. Again if all goes well the
local basketeers will make the
journey home on Saturday with
light hearts and high spirits.
Bison Defeat
Boyden, 55-28
Points piled up fast and furious
for the local cagers last Tuesday
night to the score of 55 to 28 in
favor of the High Pointers. The
Boyden team of Salisbury were
held at a standstill by the air
tight defense set up by the Black
Bison team.
Captain Bill Hartley led the atr
tack by scoring 10 points. His
ability to sink pot shots from al
most any position of the court was
equalled by his skill in prevent
ing personal fouls from being
marked up against him.
Bill Hunsucker and Jack Hawks
tied for second place with eight
points each.
The weight of the game during
the second period rested on the
shoulders of the second and third
teams who upped the score until
it read 29 to 10 when the half
time buzzer sounded.
The sophomore team of H. P.
H. S. set the Boyden Jr. Varsity
down in the preliminary game by
the score of 30 to 17. “Wheat”
Miller and Dewey Beck led the
local players with 12 points each.
Black Bison Attempt Score
SPORTS
REVIEW
BY KISSER BLACKBURN
The basketball season is now
almost half over. For the sup
porters of the team who have asked
for the information here are the
scores of the games that have
been played to date;
High Point 40 Mt. Airy 23
High Point 30... Wilmington 29
High Point 51 Wilson 24
High Point 44 Lynchburg 45
High Point 44 Raleigh 25
High Point 49 Lexington 33
High Point 54 Asheville 33
High Point 39 R. J. Reynolds 24
High Point 36....Carolina Frosh 28
High Point 58 Gastonia 38
High Point 20 Greensboro 29
High Point 55 Salisbury 28
High Point 520 Opponents 359
Richard Crowder, following in
the footsteps of his brother John,
a member of the 1941 team, is
again bringing the family name
into the limelight by building up
this season a fine recocrd for
himself.
Jack Hawks, who has recovered
from injuries received in the
Lynchburg gam^, is back in action,
and is expected to keep up his
record of last year.
BARRIER TO COACH
NEW TENNIS TEAM
Hubert Barrier, after a year’s
absence, will coach the netmen
of the High Point high school
this spring. Last season he was
slated to be coach, but owing to
an automobile accident he was not
able to do the work.
The 12-man Bison tennis team
will be selected from the 14 can
didates now out for practice.
Coach Barrier is looking forward
to a full schedule with possibly
18 to 20 matches.
The H. P. H. S. netmen will
start their own season on or
about the first of April.
The team has been invited to
attend the Sedgefield Invitation
Tournament.
Shown above is Bill Hartley in the air trying for an important field goal in the game last week.
Anxiety is shown on the face of Richard Crowder, while disgust is featured on the countenance of Don
Lanford and Larry Dempsey, two Greensboro boys.
BISON ARE DEFEAIED
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BISON GRAPPLERS, 26-11
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Last Friday night the Black
Bison team went down in defeat
at the hands of the Greensboro
Purple Whirlwinds in their first
conference defeat, 29 to 20.
Fouls started both teams off,
but the locals jumped to an early
lead, gathering in five quickies
while limiting the Whirlies tp.one.
However the Gate City boys soon
pulled out in front and did not
lose the lead the rest of the night.
Trailing 18 to 12 at the start
of the third period, the Bison
scored only one point because of
THE FACTS OF THE CASE
It seems that some people have
jumped to the conclusion that the
high school students got a raw
deal in distribution of the tickets
for the Greensboro basketball
game. The facts are:
60% General admission went to
High Point High.
40% General admission went to
Greensboro High.
None went to general public.
40% Reserved seats went to High
Point High.
25% Reserved seats went to the
Greensboro High.
35% Reserved seats went to
High Point drug stores.
the tight defense that the visitors
wove around the basket.
Highlights of the game were
the technical fouls called on the
Greensboro bench. Coach Bob
Jamieson and his assistant seemed
unable to keep quiet. The calling
of these techinacl fouls was some
thing new to most people and it
reqquired courage from the offi
cials to do it. In the fourth quar
ter, one of the players, unable to
stop, ran into one of the Greens
boro cheerleaders and knocked
her out.
REHEARSALS START
(Continued from Page One)
Betty Sue Coletrane (Adele); Bet
sy Baker (Grace Poole); Betty
Draughn (Jane Eyre); Bill Gray
(Edward Rochester).
Jane Roach (Bessie Leaven);
Barbara George (Bertha); Lama-
rie MacArthur (Dowager Lady In
gram); Dorla Stephens (Lady
Mary); Walter Tice (Dr. Carter);
Nancy Greer (Lady Blanche);
Tony Teachey (Sir Wilfred Lynn);
Sophia Steffan (Zita); Herman
Coble (Richard Mason); Paul Har
din (the Rev. John Rivers).
LOCKER ROOM
STEAM
By PAT MELLONAS
Bouncing their way through
strenuous practices, the local cag
ers have gained enough steam to
engineer themselves into._a .jaear
win over their next opponents, the
worthy Greensboro girls’ team.
However, whether or not their tal
lies will outnumber those of the
Greensboro girls remains to be
seen. This game promises to be a
thriller . . .
Plans are now under way for or
ganizing the Girls’ Athletic Asso
ciation. At a recent meeting, Phyl
lis Wall was elected president of
the local group . . .
Betty Darby and Maxine Col-
trane, in previous practices and
games, have shown a fine brand of
guarding . . .
The local high school girls’ team
is indebted to Mrs. Kenneth Smith,
athletic director of last year, for
starting competitive sports with
neighboring schools. The girls are
thankful for the opportunity to
continue these sports again this
year. Here’s hoping that they win
in the coming games . . .
Tennis plunkers should be get
ting the yen to knock the old ball
around again. The weather at
present certainly seems to be on
their side . . .
STUDENT COUNCIL
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be held in February. Bo'b Renfrew,
president of the central district,
will meet with other representa
tives of this district on Saturday
morning. The purpose of the dis
trict meeting will be to exchange
ideas concerning student govern
ment.
Another project which the Stu
dent Council has successfully car
ried out has been the placing of
posters on each table in the cafe
teria. Credit for the clever car
toons goes to Tommy Garst and
Kent Jackson who gave their time
and effort to the project.
Last night the High Point Black
Bison were losers of a wrestling
match with Greensboro’s Purplo
Whirlwinds by a score of 26 to 11,
High Point started off in true
Pointer style with Bobby Baird
decisioning Cross of Greensboro.
Next came Sherrill Auman who
did likewise with Beaman. That
brought the score, up to six to
nothing.
Charles Long Casey of High
Point was pinned by Faulconer,
upping the score to 6-5. Aslinger
of the Whirlies ran the score up
Announcement was made ear
ly this week by Coach A. J.
Simeon that the state-wide
wrestling meet will be held in
High Point this year. Teams
from the eastern part of the
state and also from Charlotte,
High Point, Greensboro, and
other cities in the western part
will meet here to contend for
the state championship.
This event is usually held in
Chapel Hill, but because of the
efforts of Coach Simeon, it will
be held here this year, going
back to Chapel Hill the follow
ing year.
to eight for Greensboro by decis
ioning Harold “Zeke” Cox. Tom
my Garst was pinned next by Ve-
reen.
Then came the battle of the
night when Paul “Fireball” Hulin
grappled with Crawford. The
boys mixed it enough and after a
real struggle Hulin pinned him.
Again they were at it and the
“Fireball” knocked him so dizzy
he didn’t know where he was, but
he was game to continue the fight.
Dick Davenport was pinned by
Finison and Donald Hooper was
decisioned by Jerry Clapp. In the
unlimited class Zander Sherrill
pinned Roy Bragg of High Point.
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