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JUNE 1, 1948 THE POINTER Page Three BISON TRACKSTERS TAKE SECOND PLACE IN MEET After winning the Queen City relays, and later taking second place in the Western Conference meet, the High Point Bisons went to Durham to see what they could find in the state meet. They found plenty', plenty of points, not "enough to take top honors, but enough to cop second place under Durham, which took first billing. Dur ham had 43*/2 points to the local’s 231/2. The Bison sprinters took three first places in the afternoon’s events, with Charlie Jones rnnning the 440-yard dash, Dewey Beck copping the 120 high-hurdles' and Clyde Garrison run ning away with the 880-yard event. The mile-relay team took a second place in that erent, and Charles McConkey tied for second place in the pole ^•ault. Richard Crowder held third place in the shot put. Earlier this month, the locals took second place in the W’estern Confer ence meet. Re\'nolds, which tied Raleigh for third in the state meet, walked off with top honors in the Con ference meet. The track team this year has been sparked with ne\s' faces, who, aided by the \eteran members of the team, will undoubtedh' make the Bison one of the strongest teams in the state next vear. Coach Simeon gISON REVITIES By Tony Teachey School is now drawing to a close, and while many boys are merely put ting away their uniforms, others are handing them in for the last time. Therefore, at this time, it seems fit ting in this column to pay a final tribute to those boys who have played their last games for the “old blue and white.” Such is the case of Richard Crowder, a well-rounded young man who has distinguished himself on the athletic field as a good sportsman and a hard player. Nelviri Cooper is another boy who is worthy of our praise. He has played both baseball and basketball with the skill and agility which come only from many' hours of practice. 'T'hcn there are Bill Hunsucker, Rich ard Harris, T. C. Isom, and Jack White, who will become legendary figures in the world of High Point high school sports. It sounds strange, but when we leave high school and go on into col lege and business life, w'e shall always remember these rarsity heroes. Many years from now, as w'e watch other young athletes participating in various sports, we shall compare them, most likely, with the athlete who was our favorite in high school. Regardless, howe\er, of each boy’s successes or fail ures in the field of sports, we realize that athletics are fundamental in the building of team spirit in life, whether it be commercially, industrially, or sociallv. Let's give the sports our support always. That’s all. folks! In this, the final edition of the Pointer for the school year, it is only fitting that we pav tribute and offer our sincere thanks and gratitude to Coach A. J. Simeon for his unexcelled work in heading the athletics of HPHS during the year now closing. A truer friend and a finer man no student could e\er find. Here’s hoping that for many more years Tony Simeon will continue his work as coach in High Point high school. This Year’s Sports At A Glance Another r ear has passed and athletic events at High Point High School are now at an end. The various teams this term hare had a variety of all kinds of fortune, ranging from the best, dorvn to the very lorvest forms of misfortune. In football this year, at first misfor tune had her rvay. Starting from the beginning of the season, the team won the first game but then took a tumble losing or tying all the games until the tilt with Asheville. After that one vic tory, a new burst of energy flowed BASEBALL COMES TO AN END FOR THIS SEASON Coach Ishee It is proper at this time to pay tribute to a coach who, rvithin trvo rears, has made himself knorrn and liked throughout all sport circles iu High Point. This man is ex-army Lieu tenant Cuthbert B. Ishee. Since he has been at senior high, he lias pro duced two top-notch junior varsitv football teams, a sophomore basket ball team, and is norv coaching the speedy Bison track team. Many stu dents, perhaps, will have the oppor tunity of rrorkiug under Coach Ishee next vear, and rvill find, as others hare done, rr hat a splendid teacher he really is. J. W. Sechrest & Son Since 1897 AMBULANCE SERVICE Phone 3349 WE SERVE WITH CARE at the Redwine Hardware Co. NELSON FLORIST PHONE 3265 222 N. Main St. “Nelson’s Flowers Are High School Favorites” LESTER’S JEWELRY Elgin Watches Wood Art-Carved Diamonds Keepsake Diamonds 224 N. Main St. BECKER TAILORING 104 W. Washington TOMMY LANGLEY (left) slammed that little white ball to a state title last week — that of medalist in the high school tournament. Scene: Emerywood Country Club course. On the right, Charlie Jones, who made a •140- yard track record at Charlotte in then Queen City relays, outshines them again in a local meet. No more this season rrill the ball sound against the bat or glove. There'll be no more razzing of the umpire or of the opposing pitcher. Yes, baseball at High Point High has come to an end rrith the close of another school rear. Tough luck caught up rrith the locals in the final games of their sea son. .\fter an unusually successful rec ord in the district plavoffs, the locals met rrith trro consecutive defeats at the hands of the Green Ware from Gastonia. The first defeat in the plaroffs rvas the 'rvorst the local team had suffered this season, losing by a score of 12-0. In the second game, played at Finch Field, they lost by a score of 8-3. That final score in the second game, howerer, rras not so one-sided as it_ seems. The High Point team came out from a 3-0 count in the third inning to tie the game up. A bad sixth inning, rrhen Jack Powell, Bison pitcher, lost his control, let the remaining Gastonia runs cross the plate. Probably the most outstanding player in the conference playoff ryas Perrr' Jones, better known as Pete. real scrapper and an example of a good ball player. Pete turned in one of the best records of the team, and he is expected to do more of the same thing next r ear rr hen he will be back to play ball. Intramural Sports To Be Resumed GYM SHORTS... through the team, and the seemed to take on a nerv vigor. game Representing our alma mater in the state-rvide Plar Dar recently held in Greensboro rvere the follorving girls: Betty Jean Carter. Barbara Spencer^ Ellen Gay, Polir- Eadr-, Bettr- Jo Brorr n. .Anne Shiprrash, N’ida Snrder, Coleen M'ard, Nancr Beck, and Butch Har- rr orth. .And did they get their share of erenthing (including food)! In doing the job rrell. ther- topped first place in softball and came out eren in both horseshoe and rolleyball — rrinning one out of trro contests in each. Norr-, if rou rrant to see a team really click, come out to rvatch them in practice. Reynolds recently found it impossible to defeat the local team in a close game; therefore they carried the burden of an 11-8 loss back to AA’in- ston-Salem. .Although competitire sports hare almost reached an end for this year, interest is still high. -As the year drarvs to a close, one can look back and see a job rr ell done, for this has been a most successful term in the girls’ physical education depart ment. Heretofore this program has been lacking in the building up of support. But norv, at last, one can see much progress in the rvell-organized activities. .Aside from student participation, the credit for this progress is due chiefly to the outstanding leadership of Miss .Ann Upchurch. With the good begin ning made this year, returning students are anticipating even greater accom plishments in the future. Basketball brought back some of tbe school spirit that football had let slip. .A perfect season was marred by only one defe;tt. and,th2i_lij;,Jthe_Green- ville, S. C., team in a tournament there. .As for the regular schedule, the locals bowed to no one and took the state championship with fl\'ing colors. Baseball, which has just finished, gave some of the ardent supporters a thrill up to the final game, when the locals lost to the Green Wave from Gastonia in the play-off for the AVest- ern Conference title. In the track and field events, the locals won the Queen City relay meet and a triangle meet with Raleigh and Greensboro, later placing second in the AVestern Conference meet. Tom Langley swatted the Bison golf team to victory and the state cham pionship earlier this month to give the school two state championships in one year. In wrestling, the locals held a good schedule of matches, winning several but losing about as many as they won. There was no state meet in wrestling this year. The tennis team had perhaps the worst year of all the teams, winning only two games out of a scheduled 15. BLACK BISON ARE GOLF CHAMPIONS RINGS ESSO SERVICE ATLAS PRODUCTS Phone 2153 English & College Sts. Paced by Tommy Langler-, w'ho toured the Emerywood Couutr^■ Club C0.urse in one^ovet par figures, the High Point Black Bison captured the state golf title for 1948, topping the defending champions of Charlotte Central High by a scant five strokes. By putting together scores of 73-72, Langley capped medalist honors for the 36-hole grind.- Ray Hamlet of High Point was runner-up to his team-mate. Langley. Bobby Padgett and Paul Har din rounded out the championship team. Once again, after a lapse of some years, intramural sports will be restored to the athletic program of senior high. For both girls and bor s there will be softball and \ ollevball leagues and pad die tennis games. .Also on the slate there are horse shoe and tennis tournaments, as well as paddle-tennis meets. Tliis program is not e.xptcted to get into full swing until next year, at which time other activities will be added. BETTER FOODS AT YOUNTS CROGERY 790 N. Main All the gang wear and J J t SA»m»tgse> J J they know pAHRon^i always means Come in and us for the favorite men’s of U, S, High Schools. Also snazzy Can be had for $1 up. WRIGHT-WOMBLE-PITTS NOW WMFR-FM 38,000 WATTS 99.5 MEGACYCLES
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