By~Prof* M, L. Turner
In the January issue of the Hoover Rail we de-
Voted some attention to what the Piedmont boys and
girls vjere doing on the basketball court. At that
stage of the game the girls had lost one^ contest to
the Grover se:ctet. The Piedmont boys had not, at
that time, lost a gnme.. Recently both the boys and
girls have engaged in some very thrilling games.
Take the game with the Number Three School, With the
giris the affair v/as a nip-and-'buck one from the be
ginning to the end. Finally, the Number 3 g^.rls eked
out a one.-point-margin victory, * Our boys took the
second game of the doubleheader rather easily.
About ten days ago Fallston camo over go Piedmont
to engage our boys and girls in a doubleheader. You
recall, no doubt, that a game betweqn FaU^ston and
Piedmont always attrr.cts a good deal of attention®
This game usually draws our largest crovjd of the year,
/md that is the way it was the other night, A splendid crowd was on hand to cheer the
respective favorites. Piedmont won the first game from Fallston lassies. Then came
the boys* game. From time inmemorial the boys from Fallston have seemed a Jonah to
the Piedmont boy^. Three times L:ist year it appeared tha.t Piedmont might defeat Falls-
tor. Our boys would run up I’ather impressive leads durirg the early stages of the con
tests, But in each case thesepleads would be oyercome during the final quarters of
the three games referred to above. It didn’t seem to be in the books for our boys to
win over the Fallston quintet. It may not happen again, but*, mirabile dictu,'Piedmont
defeated Fallston in a doublchcader the other night in the Piedmont gymnasium. Some
times history reverses ..itself, In‘the game the other night the Fallston lads were
leading at the end of the first half. And at the end of the third quarter the score
i.as still 13 to 16 in favor of Fallston^ This time our boys splurged in the final
quarter. The game ended with a score of 25 to -16 in Piedmont’s favors
Just after the game with Fallston the Piedmont teams paid a visit to Casar to
tangle v;ith Mr, Dodd’s boys i;nd girls^ It T/as in this Piedmont-Casar ^game that the
boyy from Piedim:»nt tasted, defeat for the first time this school yeai?i Both the boys*
?Jid girls* contests v/ere thr.iiHers, At the conclusion of the girls* game the score
was tied. The tie was not p^layed off^ IVhon the smoke of battle had cleared at the
end of the boys' melee it was found that Casar had defeated Piedmont by the narrow
margin of one pointy •, ' . ’
A. few nights"ago the Piedmont boys v/ent over to Charlotte to play a game with the
Charlo,tte T6--h High, In the game with Charlotte Tech -the following boys started for
Piedmont: Guards, Harvey Bowen and Hugh Gantt; center, Hugh Towery5 forwards, Clyde
Seism r.nd Billy Norman, -Tech scored first after tv:o rrdnabes of playo Piedmont took
the bail up the courtworked it under the basket and evened the count at t^-’o all. At
this point Tech got busy and racked up four more points in short order. Time was callec'
by Piedmont, As play was' resumed Piedmont scored a field goal just as the first quart
er ended,, The score-theni^ stood-6 to L in-favor* of Techo During the second quarter
Piedmont scored four poii-its while holding Tecli^to one lone point; The score at the
®hd of the .first half was Piedmont 8 and Tech 7, The tnird quarter v;as all Tech.’s,
iho score at the end of this quarter y^as. 19 to 9 in favor of Tech, During the, final
quarter the teams appeared to be pretty evenly matched*, Final score: Tech 29, Piedmont
17, ' ^
In closing v^e should like to let. you,‘knov;. that'Piedmont’s teams have accepted in
vitations to play in the Valdese .Tourn£^Qnt j.which gets under way February 15th, Also,
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