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THE LEXHIPEP
Friday, March 24, 1950
Jackets, Jackettes Ousted First Night In Tournament
Asheboro Boys, Concord Girls Whip Hapless Insects
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Shy tie Makes Final
Bid For All-State
TIME GET!
SHYTLE—ALL STATE?
JIM REDWINE
A guy who knows a guy who knows says that Bobby Shytle, the Jackets’
talented ball-hawk, has only a slim chance to draw all-state basketball hon-
ofs. Why? Not enough publicity!
It’s hard to say whose fault this is—perhaps it’s no one’s. But it is a
regrettable oversight. It’s no secret that Bob is one whale of a ball player
as far as Lexington basketball fans are concerned.
Bob, a junior at Lexington High Schol, is not a big boy as far as basket
ball players are concerned—in fact, he’s not big anyway you look at it. But
he is a little boy with a big eye for that bucket. Lanky Bob tallied 306 points
this past season, an average of over 14 points per game!
The Jackets suffered some lean nights this season—on these nights Bob
was the only consistent scorer. His nineteen point debut in the South Pied
mont Conference tourament at Statesville brought praise from all corners.
Publicity or no publicity, the straight-shooting stringbean is tops on our
All-State list.
STATISTICS
It’s strictly unofficial, but here’s the way we compile the season’s scoring
records:
Name Points Average
Everhart 10 0.9
Sink 4 0.8
Carter 242 H-4
Crowell 47 3.3
Shytle 306 14.1
Purdee 157 7.0
Crow 95 4.1
Leonard 2 1.0
Redwine 35 2-0
Conrad 28 1-1
Haynes 4 0.8
Robertson 0 0.0
Morgan 1 0.5
DEVIL’S DUE
Billy Eanes, Lexington’s backfield sensation B. C. (before Carter), appar
ently isn’t going to remain out of the limelight for long. Latest reports from
the Devils’ practice camp are that the “Lexington Lobber” is running at the
first team tailback slot. Glen Wild and Billy Cox are on the inactive list
due to injuries. • * • Plans, are now being made for a joint Football-Bas
ketball banquet. It seems that Choo-Choo Justice, tentative speaker for the
gala event, keeps fumbling the ball! » » * Report from Wake Forest: The
Kappa Alpha Terrqrs, “the most powerful fraternity gridiron machine ever
to assemble at Deacon Hollow,” boasts a goodly share of Lexington talent
in Tinker Williams and J. L, Peeler. Charley “Slug” Williams, it is reported,
serves in the capacity of chief scout, strategist, par excellence, and assistant
coach. • ♦ • Is Harold Carter Cat-a-wa-ba bound? Just wondered. * * *
Harry “Slugger” Gore, Lexington’s gift to the boxing game, has recuperated
from his Hickory fling. He reports that he has “just begun to fight.” Wanted:
Good ten-second men—contact Coach Jimmy Mans. • • • Rumor: “Bullet
Billy” isn’t passing like he should be—scholastically speaking, that is. Ahem.
* » * The Jacket golfers are planning a seven match schedule this season—
Badin, Greensboro, High Point, et cetera. * * * Someone who knows someone
who knows said: Bobby Shytle is definitely an All-Stater, but he didn’t have
a chance. Why? No publicity. (It’s worth repeating.)
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Bob Shytle and Peg McCulloch look over the season’s records. Both were
chosen on the All-Tournament team compiled at Statesville this season.
Perhaps Bob is showing her that he really did score 306 points this year.
Spiders Bind Jackets
In Return Contest
—Gaither Walser
February 28 ended the shortest
month in the year, and something else
was also short; it was Lexington in
their final game of the regular sea
son with Concord. The locals, who
started out like the March wind, end
ed up on the short end of a 47 to 42
count.
The best show was put on by Bobby
Shytle, who rang the bell for 21
points. Shytle continued to hit all
through the game, to keep the Jack
ets within fighting distance.
Harold Carter,.who is usually good
for around 15 points, had one of the
worst nights of his career, getting only.
2 points.
Erwin, a big and rangy center for
Concord, didn’ stop till he had pock
eted 19 points for runner-up honors.
Green, a guard, seemed like he
didn’t know what the word “miss”
was, when it c^me to sinking foul
shots.
After the 25 to 25 tie at halftime,
it was definitely Concord all the way.
In the first meeting at Concord, the
Jackets took the Spiders 44 to 45 in
one of the most thrilling contests this
year.
Lexington will be minus two starters
next year, Carter and Crow, but they
are again expected to come up with
another fine team.
Concord 47 Lexington 42
F—Doggett 4 Carter 2
F—McCachem Shytle 21
C—Erwin_19 Purdee 10
G—Green' 15 Crow 4
G—Deaton 4 Conrad 2
Substitutions: Concord—Miller 5;
Lexington—Everhart, Redwine, Crow
ell 5.
Halftime score: Lexington 25, Con
cord 25.
Jackets Drop Elkin
Twice, 40-36; 57-40
While waiting for the drawings for
the 1950 Conference Tournament, Lex
ington’s Jackets coasted to two non
conference warm-up victories over El
kin High School.
'The Jackets journeyed to Elkin for
the first one and were behind 12
points before the game was well un
derway. Paced by Bobby Shytle, the
insects slowly began to pull ahead and
by the end of the first half had man
aged a 21-15 lead.
Thereafter the visiting Lexmgton-
ians had little trouble and won hand
ily 40-36.
The second encounter was even
more brutal as the Jackets sjaugh-
tered the visitors 57-40 with every
body but the water boy playing. Har
old Carter found his eye of old and
tallied 21 points for the victors. Bobby
Shytle managed 10. The Elks’ right
guard, Nance, hit 20 to aid the losers’
cause considerably.
In preliminary games the J. V.’s
of Coach Vernon Price, former Lex
ington great, handed the baby Jackets
two defeats.
The Lexington High Yellow Jackets
suddenly went to pieces in the second
half of their inaugural contest in the
South Piedmont Tournament here in
Statesville tonight, and were thrashed
soundly by the Asheboro Comets 47-31.
A close game seemed to be in order
as the Jackets left the floor at the
end of the first half behind the
Comets only 2 points, 21-19. Bobby
Shytle proved to be the cosmic factor
in the Jackets second-quarter attack.
The second half was another mat
ter. ’The Jackets of the second quar
ter had disappeared; in their stead
were five boys who just couldn’t seem
to hit. The Comets’ crack center,
York, hit his stride, and his stride is
a high scoring one. The giant center
hooked the Jackets to death with his
22 points. His running mate, Pat
terson, a guard, pushed in 13.
Bobby Shytle, the Jackets’ All-State
candidate, hit nineteen points for the
losing Insects, and ran his total up
to 306 points for the season, but all to
no avail. The Comets managed to
elevate their lead to 33-27 at the end
of the third quarter. The finish found
them coasting with a 47-31 margin to
rest upon.
Jackettes Drop An
Overtime Thriller
The Concord Spiderettes managed
to get some superfluous revenge here
in Statesville tonight as they con
quered the Lexington Jackettes 46-38
in an overtime thriller in the S.P.C.
tournament.
The Spiderettes, who had fallen
before the Jackettes twice in regular
season play, managed to take the local
lassies in a sudden-death play off
after an overtime period had ended
in a tie. The Concord girls led at
the end of the first half 22-20, but
the lead see-sawed considerably all
night.
Carpenter’s 18 points and McCul
loch’s 13 points were high for the
Jackettes. Scott and Barnhardt led
the Spiderettes with 20 and 16 points
respectively. Miss Burkhardt dropped
the crucial, game-winning bucket for
the Concord girls.
This loss ousted the lassies from
tournament play, just as, hours be
fore, the Lexington boys had fallen
before the onrushing Asheboro Comets.
Gore Gets Gloved
In Golden Gloves Go
Harry “Gory” Gore’s pugilistic as
pirations suffered a momentary set
back here at Hickory, North Carolina,
on 'Thursday, March 2.
The “one man juggernaut” lost by
a decision to Armond WUes, a fight
ing fancy-dan from Kannapolis,
North Carolina. Wiles fought his way
to the welterweight championship,
and won the Spyortsmanship Trophy
on the concluding night of the Golden
Gloves sanctioned Western Carolina
Boxing Tournament.
(jore tipped the scales at 147 pounds
in this his inaugural match. Wiles
had a two pound advantage on Gore.
In a post game statement here to
night Gore stated that though he had
no definite plas for the near future,
“he had just begun to fight.”