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November 23, 1948 THE POINTER Page Three B ISON REVITIES Bison And Bulldogs In Title Tilt Friday Grappl ers Begin Practice Sessions BY JIM NEELY Now that bowl officials are out window shopping, let s look around and see what sort of foot ball “dishes” we can find down un der the counter. High Point High students are getting a good chance to select the top back and lineman the 48 Bison squad and also of the “ign Point College Purple Panthers. Let’s use that ballot that’s pnnted elsewhere on this page. . . . Charlie Bryant tops the Western Confer ence in extra - points kicked. . . . The longest run from scrimmi^e by a Bison this year was Tg El lington’s 60-yard gallop down the Gastonia sidelines. . . - The top punt return wa.s Ig 'Ellington s 85-yard touchdown run which left Reidsville baffled. . . . Ig’s heave to Allen Smith in the end zone was good for 50 yards. Asheville still wonders how it happened.... Charlie Jones’s interception, good for 45 yards in the Greensboro game, was tops. . . . The top kick off return was Wheat’s from the 8-yard line to the 48, finally being stopped by half of the I^xmgton team. . . • Scrappy back Bobby- Joe Mickey is top ground gamer for the “Big Blue” and, as of the Reynolds game, leads Bison scor ers. Right here-we would like to ex tend an individual pat-on-the- back to one of H. P.’s greatest lines for their top brand of ball this year. Their great defensive power was shown in Salisbury, where they held the Yellow Jack ets to a mere 60 yards. Truitt Grant is the Bison’s top letterman. He has earned nine let ters in three sports and is in line for two more. . . • The big blue bus of High Point High has been making regular Saturday tnps to outstanding college games in the state. On trips to Duke, bus driver Sergeant Shields, who sits with the Blue Devils, looks as though he might be furnishing personal po lice protection to Coach Wallace Wade, but actually the two are personal friends. . . The unheralded Bison reserves have established one of the finest records for that group this high school has ever had. They ve smashed Gray High of Winston and walloped Thomasville twice. Although they have won the ma jority of their games by the great defense of the fonvards wall, the second Thomasville game told a different story, when the offense went wild to score a 43-0 victory. Buddy Sechrest has consistently led the reserves. These boys, along with members of a scr,appy junior varsity, will fill the shoes vacated by graduating seniors in years to come. > BISON DOMINATE CONFERENCE TEAM High Point’s Bison topped the Greensboro Daily News all Con ference selection announced last Thursday. At end Ken Yarborough beat out his teammate, Illard, for that post. At tackle was placed Truitt Grant. Coaches throughout the conference voted for Grant. At guard, Harold Auman edged teammate Saunders. Jim Allen was named best Bison center in many years. Fullback Bill Elling ton was hard to stop on Coach Simeon’s pitch-out pla-ys. Speedy and dependable Bobbie Joe Mickey completed the Bison representa tives. HOME BAKERY 812 Lindsay St. Cokes—Banana Splits Ice Cream—Milk Shakes Sundaes—Donuts VOGUE CLEANERS 24-Hour Service 753 N. Main—Phone 5613 All School Supplies CECIL’S OFFICE EQUIPMENT CO. 304 South Main St. Phone 2929 INGRAM’S PHARMACY 1301 North Main St. Phone 3313 American Business Club's Host Valuable Player Awards Persons may vote only one time. Each vote must be on an official ballot. Deposit your ballots in boxes at Mann Drug No. 2, JefPs Drug, The Enterprise, High School or High Point College. M you prefer you may mail to: American Business Club’s Football Awards, c/o Beeson Hardware, High Point. Your ballots must be In or postmarked no later than Wednes day, November 24, 1948. HIGH POINT HIGH SCHOOL Please Print Most Valuable Linesman • • • Most Valuable Back HIGH POINT COLLEGE Please Print Most Valuable Linesman Most Valuable Back Your Name Please Print Shoe Leads All-Opponent Team Bowl Contests To End Season About this time of year a young man’s fancy lightly turns to bowl games, and there are to be found two high school bowl games in this state. One is the annual Shrine Game in Charlotte, sponsored by the Shriners for the benefit of crippled children; the other, the Optimist Bowl right here in High Point, sponsored jointly by the local Optimist Club and Jaycees. The game in Charlotte is an all-star contest between the top high football talent in North Car olina and those from South Caro lina. A committee chose the boys, who are all seniors. The northern lads are to be coached by Bill Dole of Wilming ton and Tom Cash from Gray High of Winston. These coaches will have a week to get their team in shape for the inter-state tilt on December 4, at Memorial Sta dium in Charlotte. Here in High Point, Joe Caruso of Henderson High and Raleigh’s Lee Stone, a returning coach of the Optimist game, represent the East as coaches. Jimmy Mauss of Lexington and Dave Diamont of Statesville were named western coaches. High Point’s Tony Simeon and Carroll Bowen are the athletic directors of the Optimist game to be played at Albion Millis Sta dium December 3. ^ Quite a few football seasons have come and gone since Bison gridmen last selected an “All Op ponent” team. To renew the prac tice again this year. Pointer sports editors have sponsored the contest, in which each High Point football er had a chance to select his opin ion of the top player at each posi tion who represented a team op posing the Bisons. The Greensboro Whirlies and Salisbuiiy Yellow Jackets domi nated the “All-Opponents,” plac ing 3 men each on the ballot, while Burlington’s Bulldogs, Win ston’s Demons, and Charlotte fol lowed. The line-up follows: E. Shoe—Salisbury. E. Keziah—Burlington. T. Siler—Greensboro. T. Kincaid—Salisbury. G. Alexander—Reynolds. G. Guard—Greensboro. C. Whiteheart—Reynolds. B. Attayek—Greensboro. B. Leach—Burlington. B. McCubbins—^Salisbury. B. Evans—Charlotte. Shoe was acclaimed the best de fensive man the team faced, while Greensboro’s burly tackle, Siler, and Reynolds’ Alexander, who suffered a broken leg in the H.P. game, were hard-hitters. Carson Leach of Burlington and Joe Atta yek received the most votes from the Bisons in their backfield spots and figured prominently in all- state selections. Evans of Char lotte and McCubbins, Salisbury, were touch customers who round out the opponent backfield. LINDALE PRODUCTS MILK—ICE CREAM West Lexington Ave. COLTRANE & GRAHAM CONTRACTORS 245 S. Hamilton Phone 2695 UNION CREDIT CLOTHIERS 114 E. Commerce Street GREENE DRUG COMPANY 610 N. Main Phone 5618 WEST END ESSO SERVICE ALL ESSO PRODUCTS 1500 English Street ROYAL CLEANERS We Call and Deliver 212 E. High St. Phone 2126 CITY SHOE SHOP We Repair Shoes Like New Phone 2090 Opposite Rear Security Bank Deciding Game To Be Played In Winston “East is east, and west is west,” and the Bow man-Gray was chose. Let’s go down to Winston town where they’ll tell a champ by the ones most ‘on their toes,' And the Western Conference Championship’s closed!” * * * Now that the muddle has been cleared over just what was to be done to determine whether High Point’s Black Bison or the Bur lington Bulldogs would meet Fay etteville for the state champion ship football title, the two western teams are eager to “give ’er the guns” Friday night at Bowman- Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, a neutral field, in the play-off. Burlington moved into its tie for top loop honors with High Point last Friday night by trouncing the Asheville Maroons by the exact score that High Point, at the same time, was walloping Reidsville— 33-0. Incidentally, witnessing the muddy H.P.-Reidsville affair was Head Coach Bill Dole of Fayette ville High School fame. The Bulldogs and Bison will see intensive practice sessions this week, both probably making a thorough study of their opponents’ bag of plays, but how effective that will be depends on how many new plays turn up at the tilt Fri day night. Paydirt could depend on breaks, speed, deception, force or just dogged determination! What will be done about a state championship game had not been definitely decided at the time the Pointer went to press. NCHSAA officials and coaches and authori ties from both High Point and Burlington High will call the final plays. Grant, Auman Play In Bowl BY JIM NEELY Two letters from down Charlotte way on stationery marked Shrine Bowl have informed two big-built lads of the Black Bison football squad that they have been invited to play in the Shrine Bowl classic, which pitches the top in high school football talent in North Carolina against the same from South Carolina. The two men, stalwarts on the rorward wall, are bushies Truitt Grant, tackle, and Harold Au- nmn, guard. Better known as Flappers” and “Roughhouse,” respectively, they have built out- standing records in defensive and especially, offensive ball. “Flap” is completing his third year as a starter, and, although injured early in the year, he re covered sufficiently to play his greatest season of ball. “Rough- house has played “first string” at guard for two years, hitting his peak this season and remaining in top shape. Both weigh over the 200 pound mark. The Bison men will leave for the Queen City on Thanksgiving to begin practice for the game, to be played December 4. So, to two deserving Bison gridmen, go official congratulations and well- wishes. To most people the word “rook” stands for a card game or a bird that resembles a crow, but to High Point High wrestling fans, it means something different. “Rook” Sappenfield has once more reported to work with the H.P.H.S. wrestlers as coach of a team he hopes will cop another State Championship title. This year Coach Sappenfield has eight top lettermen with which to work. Each is in a different weight division, which is an ad vantage. Donald Roger, C. L. Corn, Don Slayton, Bob Baird, Glenn Hudson, Bill Seckler, ■ Kenneth “Charlie” Bryant, and Roy “King Kong” Bragg are the lettermen. Also oiit for the team are Bill Foster, Jerry Daniels, Nolan Brewer, Ray Hayworth, Alan Bahler, Ken Andrews, Bob Mc Leod, Doug Stephens, Jim War ren, Bud Blackwell, Eugene Hyde, and Jimmy Johnson. In an interview, “Rook” re fused to commit himself as to the chances his team will have to re peat the performance of the crown-winning squad of ’47. Last year the Bison were considered state champs, even though no tournament was held. With a long roster of returning lettermen, and a high interest by both the squad and student body in wrestling matches, the coach could afford to be somewhat optimistic, but his only comment was “We play on concrete facts!” High school wrestling in the state has hit a low in recent years, but since the war there has been a renewed interest in the sport. Since comparatively few N. C. high schools offer wrestling competition, the Bison matmen will probably take on several col lege freshmen teams. In future years, however, when wrestling moves back in full swing in high school circles. High Point will claim a definite advantage of ex perience over ite opponents. S. P. 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