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Fage Four HIGH UFE SPORTS SECTION December 14,1956 few- >'i'. f 4" Whirlie Star Talks Shrine Game; Wins Valuable Player Award BY BERT WILDER (Bert, a star tackle on the Whirlie football team, played in the Shrine Bowl game December 1 in Charlotte. Larry Gill, an end from Senior High, also played in the contest. Here we invited Bert to write about some of the things that they did for the game. Bert was selected as the Most Valuable Player in the game and received the Lee Kirby Memorial Award.) We arrived at Hotel Charlotte between 10 and 11 a. m. Saturday, November 24. Larry’s dad took us dovm in his new Chevy. After meeting the North Caro lina team, we got bedded down three to a room and made for the dining room where we found our places at the training table. The food was great, and we put it away. (agers Play Raleigh Seeking RevengeWin With three games under their belts and revenge in thetr hearts, the Whirlies will take on Raleigh’s Caps tomorrow night at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh in a game to start at 6:30. It will be a preliminary contest to the North Carolina State- George Washingon game. The Caps handed the Whirlies a defeat in their opening contest with a 52-51 overtime victory. The Whirlies would like to get another chance to show what they can do. especially in front of the folks in Reynolds Coliseum. Doug “Elvis” Albright, Larry Gill, James Spence and Company will be out to get their first vic tory over a AAA foe. Albright was impressive against Raleigh as he scored 16 points. Gill got 11 in the loss. There are two home games next week as the team winds up its pre-Christmas schedule. Monday night the Whirlies meet Tri-City’s Black Panthers. Tuesday, Ashe- boro sends its Blue Comet team to Senior High gym. Both of these games are AA foes. The first Western AAA contest for the Whirlies will be January 4, when they journey to the moun tains for a game wdth the Ashe ville Maroon Devils. We spent the afternoon taking physicals and trying on the new green and gold uniforms. That night we saw the Charlotte Clip pers hockey team perform. Sunday we visited the crippled children’s hospital in Greenville, S. C. and found out the real pur pose behind the Shrine bowl game. The weekly schedule was eat, rest, practice two hours in the morning: rest, eat, practice three hours in the afternoon; rest, eat and §0 to a show or some other entertainment in the evening. The big occasion was the banquet Thursday night, which featured a r'.iinoer of the big coaches fr^ir various Ar-lantic CO'«st Confererce school.®. Shrine Pageant Friday night the Shriners gave a pageant depicting the crippled children’s hospital. The king and queen of the Shrine Bowl, who had been healed at the hospital were present, and the co-captains were introduced in full uniform. It was a big thrill to be one of the captains, but the pressure didn’t come on until we saw that crowd at the field and 24 bands parading. Larry and I felt that we had a big responsibility in represent ing Coach Jamieson’s Whirlies be cause it was a once-in-a-lifetime event. Butterflies were numerous and permanent. AH Played Well The boys were all good and real ly played their hearts out. It sure ly made us feel secure to know that Larry was on the flank. It seemed like the longest game in the world as far as the score went, but no matter who lost we knew that the crippled children jw'ould win. It never once entered my mind that I would receive the Lee Kirby Award, but I’ll never forget how I felt when they told me—it’s something that you can’t explain. I know that Larry agrees with me that we got our big chance because of the training given us by Coach Jamieson and his staff Whirlies Whip Bessemer; Jamieson Uses 16 Boys Every member of the Whirlie basketball squad was given a chance to show what he could do last Friday, as the Whirlies won their first contest of the year over a Bessemer team by a 54- 38 score. Coach Bob Jamieson was very liberal as he used 16 men in the win over the cross-town rivals. The first-stringers warmed the bench most of the night. The Whirlies, much taller than the Whippets, managed to control the backboards and therefore most of the game. The Whirlies jumped off to a quick lead in the first quarter, finishing that stanza with a 16-9 lead. Had GHS’s Blue and White- been hitting with more regular ity, the Whippets would have been trailing by a more substantial margin. The second-string boys started the second quarter and finished the half with a lead of 28-20 Bessemer stayed within eight points because of their accuracy from the foul line. Their shoot ing from the field was atrocious during the first half. Late in the third quarter Coach Jamieson released his starting quint, and they stretched the lead to the 16 point margin that they had at the game’s end. James Spence, Whirlie forward, was the high scorer for GHS with 11 points. Doug Albright had eight points. The rest of the scoring was rather evenly divided among the rest of the squad. CAROLINA OFFICE MACHINES NEW Remington — Royal — Smith-Corona PORTABLE TYPEWRITERS New and Used Standard Models 205 E. SYCAMORE PHONE 4-1041 The Whirlies in action ... At top left, Dave Aubaugh tries a jump shot from the right. Other Whirlies in the photo are Jim Eskridge and E^dgar Soekwell. In the center is a ballet of arms and legs as Peaches Brewer of Bessemer tangles with Lee Cory and Bill Cannon of the Whirlies, In the picture at right, James Spence drives in for a layup. The two individual shots are of James Spence and Doug Albright, two of the top performers on this year’s cage suad. T. N. BOONE, Tailors 126 W. SYCAMORE STREET PHONE 3-6617 BALLARD MUSIC COMPANY 319 N. AYCOCK ST. Phone 4-7889 BAND and ORCHESTRA INSTRUMENTS MUSIC — PhANOS For Anybody From 10 to 100 ROBERTA E. LEE By BURKE DAVIS Illustrated By JOHN OPPER The Sad, but Almost True, Story of The Rabbit Who Longed To be Prettier Than Scarlett 0”Hara or Anybody Else $2.75 For Autographed copies of Roberta E. Lee, Telephone STRAUGHAN’S BOOK SHOP 116 W. Market St. 910 Summit Ave. Telephone 4-1995 SHOP EARLY See Dick Lambeth LET DICK HELP YOU PICK OUT GIFTS FOR THE MEN IN YOUR FAMILY AT: Cornatzer and Mock 121 W. Market St.—Ph. 4-2394 qrccnsboro's finest ckatiers
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