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High Life
April 2, 1954
Whirlies, High Point Co-Champs In Meet
The Sporls Corner
By Fritz Apple
With the G. G. O. in full swing,
everyone’s mind is on the little
white pill and the long black
sticks, but here at Senior other
spring sport attractions are in ac
tion and again GHS is well repre
sented by its athletic teams.
Over on the track side, Coach
Lody Glenn has his boys drilling
for their first meet today over in
Winston-Salem. Heading the list
this year will be Harry Lee Moore,
Dave Scurlock, Claude Ward, Louis
Glascock, and Arthur Baldaracchi.
Buddy Dcbruhl, another trackster:
spends about as much time on the
baseball field as he does running.
The other day Coach Julian Smith
had him catching in the place of
Tommy Nance.
In the golf department, chal
lenging matches have begun and
many new faces can be seen on
the links. Heading the returnees
are Gene Smith, Bill Rightsell,,Ed
Morrisett, Ed Sweetman, and
Tom Wagg. A promising junior is
Steve Talley.
On the baseball diamond things
are taking shape with the first
conference game scheduled for
Tuesday with Burlington.
The probable starting lineup will
find Bill Lewey, a sophomore, at
first base; Norm Odyniec, a hust
ler at second base and either Wal
ter Williams or Teddy Burcham
at third. At shortstop will be an
improved fielder and a competent
hitler in the form of C. L. Nabors.
This year’s outfield will be the
same with Jack Purgason in left,
C. W. Bolling in center; and David
Thompson in right. Bob Barnes is
also fighting for starting berth
in outfield. Bob’s hitting has im
proved and this should serve the
other boys warning.
Tommy Nance will do the catch
ing and he should again be the
leading hitter. So far this spring
he has been hitting at a hefty
clip.
Danville Defeats GHS
In Season Opener, 7-0
Coach Julian Smith’s baseball
team opened the season last Thurs
day with Danville on the home
field but they were shutout 7-C
by the hard-hitting Virginia out
fit.
The visiting team jumped to a
three to nothing lead in the first
inning and went on to score two
more in the third and two in the
fifth.
Lefty Jerry Purgason pitched
the first five innings for Greens
boro and Fritz Apple finished up.
Left hander Dave Smily limited
the Whirlies to 4 hits with Jack
Purgason collecting two of these.
Smiiy seemed to get stronger as
the game progressed. After the
first inning, the Whirlies never
again threatened.
A dispute on a caught line drive
led Danville to their last two runs.
Dave Thompson appeared to have
caught the ball, but the umpire
ruled it a trapped ball and two
runs later scored.
Everyone knows the Whirlie
swimming team tied for the state
crown, but everyone does not know
that they almost didn’t make it
in time for the meet. It seems the
Whirlibird had some engine trou
ble and the boys had to thumb
part of the way.
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Opening Rounds Today
Today is the first day of
the seventeenth annual Greater
Greensboro Open Golf Tourna
ment at the Starmount golf course.
Sponsored by the Junior Chamber
of Commerce, the event will last
through Sunday, April 4.
John Hughes, former Whirlie
golf star, has entered the tourney
and will be playing against ama
teurs such as Frank Stranahan
and Arnold Palmer. Among the
professional players are Art Wall,
Jr., Dave Douglas, Earl Stewart,
Lloyd Mangrum, Tommy Bolt. Bo
Winniger, A1 Besselink, Cary Mid-
dlecoff, Ted Kroll, Johnny Palmer,
and possibly Sam Snead. They tee
off today in hopes of winning some
of the $15,000 prize money.
Charlie Farlow, pro at Star-
mount, commented, “I think a 275
or 276 will win the match this
year. The course will be as tough
as ever. Over the past several
weeks the greens have been clip
ped closely which will make them
fast. Also the tee boxes are in
excellent shape. This week the j
golf course has been closed to the i
One of the most infrequent
events in the sporting world, a
tied swimming meet, occurred
on Saturday, March 20, to make
Greensboro and High Point
schools co-winners of the an
nual high school swimming
championships held at Chapel
Hill.
The Whirlies came from behind
to tie with the High Point team
after trailing for most of the meet.
The 200-yard free style relay of
Kelly Maness, Bob Hubner, Bill
McIntosh, and Tom Hudgins fin
ished well ahead of the three other
teams in the last event of the
meet to pull their team into con
tending position with six valuable
points.
Greensboro, the defending state
champion of the 1953 meet, com
pletely dominated first place po
sition in six out of nine events,
while High Point capitalized on its
depth, takng most of the seconds
and thirds.
High Point Coach Bob Ousley
and Pat Earey of Greensboro
agreed. “It was about as close as
it could possibly be,”
Individual honors went to a pair
of Greensboro boys, Tony Schiff-
man and Stewart Colson, who had
wins in two events each.
Schiffman, who is the 200-yard
freestyle Southeastern champion,
won the 200 yard event and came
back to take the 100 yard free
style in :56.4.
Col§on edged out Buddy Shep
pard bf High Point in one of the
closest races in the meet for the
100-yard breast stroke in 1:12.4.
His second win was the 150-yard
individual medley in which his
time was 1:49.
Greensboro’s other first was Bob
Sawyer, challenging the year old
state record 1:06 in the 100-yard
backstroke with the winning time
of 1:07.
Of the six teams Raleigh was
third with 40 points, Wilmington
was fourth with 22 points, Tarboro
fifth with nine, and Asheboro last
with two points.
public to allow the groundkeepers
to perfect it.”
Farlow also added, “Those who
get by the first four holes without
any trouble will come out all right,
Our greens are short but wide. A
golfer who hooks or slices much
may have trouble.”
Season^s Second Tie Plagues Team
As Tankmen Clash In Duke Meet
{North Cairolina’s high school
swimming season reached a stale
mated climax at the Duke Univers
ity indoor pool on Saturday, March
27 as High Point and Greensboro,
co-champions of the state, left the
Duke Invitational Swimming Meet
again deadlocked in a tie.
The WhMie’s freestyle relay
team, one of the stronger points'
of the year, came in well ahead of
the two other clubs, Raleigh and
High Point, in this , last event
which has proved so vital to
First Inning Jinx Fata!
ils Senior Drops Second
The first inning jinx proved fa
tal to the Whirlies as they suffered
their second straight loss 6-2 at the
hands of a strong Reidsville High
baseball team in Reidsville, March
25.
The Whirlies again had trouble
in the first inning as Reidsville
scored three runs to take the lead.
Bob Roberson, Reidsville pitcher,
did a good job in taming the Whirl
winds. He allowed only four hits,
which were well scattered so he
was never in trouble.
The Whirlies only big blow came
in the sixth inning when catcher.
Tommy Nance, stepped up to the
plate and sent the horsehide fly
ing over the fence more than 350
feet ,away. The Whirlies had scored
one run earlier in the fourth in
ning but couldn’t overtake the lead
Reidsville built up in the first
inning.
Jim Lewey, C. W. Bolling, and
Norm Odyneic each got one hit
for the Whirlie effort. Bob Miller
was the starting pitcher for the
Whirlies, but he had to be relieved
after two outs of the first. Here
Wilson Carruthers took over until
the sixth inning. Fritz Apple fin
ished the last two innings for the
Whirlies without any trouble.
Greensboro in its last two meets.
This ended the met with a 64-64
tie.
Coach Pat Earey had switched
the original line-up of his relay
team but this one proved to be as
effective. The members were Wil
liam McIntosh, Bob Hubner, Jim
Atwater, and Raddy Holton.
Raleigh finished third behind
the winners with 32 points.
High Point entered the after
noon finals with the advantage of
14 men to Greensboro’s 11 con
tending for positions. The locals
picked up several points on their
rivals as Buck Carson and Elliot
Hole finished second and fourth
respectively in the diving with
High Point taking last place. Ned
Meekins, the Raleigh senior who
is undefeated in North Carolina
competition, won this event.
Tony Schiffman of Greensboro
starred individually with victories
in the 100 and 200 yard freestyle
races.
Greensboro’s other firsts were
Stewart Colson, 100 yard breast
stroke, and Bob Sawyer, 100-yard
backstroke.
The trophies from the State and
Duke meets are being displayed
in the front hall trophy window
this week.
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