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ACC Basehallers Open Season Here Today
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BV JOHNNY C'OLONKS
It lb batterup time again and
the di;imond hopefuls of Coach
Bflb Reynolds are taking thi-ir
sprinn training, tunir.K up on the
Mdwood floor of the g/m. The
^ildogs aren't wasting any
time for th.^ir work Is already
ciit out ,'"ach Bob Reynolds
Mfuld like to see his first team
a (winner !t couldn't hap
pen to a nicer fellow. ..Plus Ihe
pleasant feeling of having our
old friend • Bohunkus ’ with us.,
ni is a i{redt challcncje for a
yoitaK team to mak.', and plenty
ef (hustle A’ill bo shown before
the curtain ^.oea up or M irch
3M ^^•hen I comes Uj tJ.e
MuiUcipa! Stadium.
5 ickwnrJ /■>ce
Daseball season when
the final out was made. 'Ihe
fdbrebonrd rea i six win’s, ten
loses, »nd five for th » weaiher-
man Tu* chirnPJ of Coc*ih
Blythe did mauaKe t»i win
l0Uk'h games lo kef^p them out
of |the cellar Put they lost
HiiDUgh close ones that would
h^e put them a great deal high
er | in the conference standings.
The causes of the poor 3'ear
could be attributed to several
ns, but lack of power at
the bat probably proved their
greatest weakness.
Th«- places of several star
pluyers on last ye'ir’s team will
have lo be filled. Jpck Allsbrook
and J. D. Thorne, both ?00 ,)lu3
hitters have left school and
gone pro. Buck Jones, the ACC
fixture in right field, and Catch>
er ^-rmtley Aycock, both reli-
men, have left school via
graduation. MOUNDSTAFF RE
BUILDING....With J. D. Thorne,
J<iby Griffin, and Raymond
Suggs departed to the pro ranks,
COach Reynolds will have to call
on oldsters, Ronald White, Lefty
Boykin, and Dave Bryant, for
most of the moundsmen’s
chores OUTFIELD STRONG-'
T3R .Patrolling the outer gar- !
den.? lor the Bulldogs will be
swiior.s, Harold Bain and Peevie '
B» two young men who can I
the ball jump along, with t
jrob' more. Pete Hardison, and I
>re of new aspirants.
JAST INFIELD: The
Bfll first line of defense is
sh«iping into form with little
men with speed to burn. There
ian t a six footer from the left-
over^ and unless some bean-
itrlnc newcomers move in, it
pcumises to be the smallest in
thie circuit. Down at the "Hot
O^m-r " Tom Callahan, a letter-
man. will be back. He was the
fl»l.v returning infielder who
farted a 300 average last year.
The fight for the double play
ctebination will be the keenest
cfe petition, with Sparky Mc-
Cpkill, Nicolas Siganos, and
llprren Barnes leading the con-
t^tants. McCaskill, a senior and
an AllConference keystoner in
. may ride the bag with his
weal’.h of experience It’s a
we it rebuilding job for the easy
Coach Bob and a terrific
cfclienge to a young team; but
a little rejuvenation, some time
ly J pitching and hitting, plus a
**Whole lot of histle” could do.
SUCGS AND STOTT DEPART.
This fiepartment has heard a lot
of rumors going around that
will definitely be loaded
in'future years with basketball
talent. Don’t know about the
Tb, but it is the truth that
mighty respected talent
hi.' been unloaded at ACC and
n|t for future years in Paul
Qazer, Raymond Suggs, and
•bby Stott. All three men have
l^'<me permanent fixtures and
^11 be sorely missed at ACC.
ACC Nine
Sets Game
Meets Guilford
Quakers In First
Game Of Campaij?^n
■ ? Possiwilty that there
wi 1 be only one veteran on Ihe
A?i «f^«rnoon when the
Atlantic Christian college Bull
dogs take to the field in search
?• if. win against the
. Guilford collecr Quakers.
For the opening game of the
season for the BuJldogj, Coach
Bobby Reynolds said that h e
may have to choose between
four outfielders to hold down the
garden spots in this afternoon's
fracas.
Bain Will SUrt
Harold Bain, veteran perform
er on the ACC diamond outfit, is
considered for one of the outer
ring spots.
Three rookies, Ed Lane. Ken
Haselden, and Peevie Bass, are
able contenders for starting po
sitions for the opening North
State conference scrap today.
McCaskill U In
Definitely tabbed for a start- '
ing berth on the field this after
noon is Sparkle McCaskill, able
second sacker and one of the
most valuable men on the club
last year. Sparkie, one of the
fastest scooters on the team, is
not a long power hitter, but does
well with the hickory in the
clutches.
Only other veteran tabbed for
possible beginning duty on the
ACC varsity is Gene Driver,
who with Cohen Tart are the
best pair of receivers on the
squad. Tart, says Coach Rey
nolds, has a slight edge over
Driver to receive the starting
glance for the conference affair.
Two Pos.iibiliUes
One of two men will get first
duties on the mount. Jack Boy
kin, a lefthander with a lot of ;
speed and deception, and Reid '
Ingraham, a Dunn Freshman :
with much stuff on the pill, are '
the two choices for the starting
hill work. |
Duty at the first base position '
will probably go to Milburn Fel
ton, a newcomer to the club
who is rangy and dangerous at
the plate.
Coach Reynolds said that he ,
will probably start Neil Carle-
ton, a newcomer, at the short- I
stop post, with veteran Nick!
Segonis ready to stand in his
place. Careton, who transfered
from Campbell college this
year, has been looking well in
practice fielding and is a good
man at the plate.
McCrary Or Callahan
At third base, Scoop McCrary
will draw starting work. Tom
Callahan, who has been held out
of practice a number of days
with the flu, may replace him
at any given inning.
Other outfielders who may see
action in the opening 1950 affair
are veteran Pete Hardison, Bob
Parron, Bobby Tart, and David
Green.
Not much information has
been garnered about the Guil
ford outfit, but they were power
ful and potent In the North State
circle last year, and are expect
ed to repeat as top contenders
for the loop crown again this
season.
About the whole of the Atlan
tic Christian college student
body was expected to turn out
at Municipal stadium today for
the opening diamond battle of
the year.
ASTC Captures
Tourney Crown
ACC Bulldo>r.>
Drop First Game
In Cape Affair
STATESVILLK — The 1 e d
leading High Point Panther* vI.
feated Atlantic Christian RuU-
dogs 91*53 to end first round
pluy in the North State
ference T i^ketball tournament.
Sixth ranked the Bulldogs
were no match for the High
Point Panthers
Led by a couple of Indiana's
sharpshooters, Bill Wait with
> point.' and Leonard Hunt
with 18, the hard fighting Pan
thers were never behind with a
lead at half time 44-28 only to
add a 20 point margin in the
second half.
Bobby Tart md J^^ck A I 1 »-
brook had 14 points each for
the Crutchfield men playing f»»r
the last time.
In the opening game <»f the
night’- pair, Applachian d<*f<*nt-
ed Guilford by the score ot 70-
59. Glen Caufey ha<l the winners
with 22 {>oints
In the afternoon Lenoir Rhvne
defeated ECTC 52-34 and Elon
downed Catawba 69-58.
Lenoir Rhyne pepped up in
the last half to trounce KCTC.
They were leading 24-18 at half
time. Warren Russell led the
losers with 13 points. Leo Kan-
torski was best for I.enoir Rhy
ne with ten pomts.
Don Haithcox led Klon with
24 points, Ifl of them in the
first half. It was a close fast
game. Catawba led 6-3 early in
the contest but Elon got hot
Just before the half and lead at
halftime 35-3U. Larry Graham,
Catawba forward bagged I 6
(Continued on Pa>fe Four^
Aliev Mar hie Plans
Visit To Local I\els
Alice Marble, one of the great-
:-st tennis players the world has
e.^T known, who will appeiir
here in Wilson on April 10, itt
municipal stadium under the
kuspiers of the Department of
reatton mnd Parks was borti
in IMumas county, California,
fourth child in a family of five
When she was still a child the
family moved to San Francisco
and Alice ma^ her debut in
the sports fiWtt, It was a
' field." literally, and when she
was thirteen Alice had already
achieved some local fame as
“The LitUe Queen of Swat.” The
game she played so well was-
b{--'.*ball!
It Was her brother, Dan, de
stined to be her mentor and
guide for years, who persuaded
her thr.t she would give u p
b.iseball and take up tennis, b^
cause the latter sport was more
"ladylike”. Alice thought tennis
w ; : ‘ ^tiasy’*, to«)k her first ten
nis racket in her hand with
great reluctance; it was only
after she had won her ( i r s t
match that she began to love
the .-jpirit of comj>etition of the
tennis c»»urt. Her first trophy
wa.H a cup two and a hiilf inches
tair
The young “champ” found
te'tiius an expensive game with
tennis balls costing thirty-five
rt-nls rach SO she became a
baby - sitter, worked behind the
counter at a neighborhood
Candy - shop, got a job in the
Kt'hool cafeteria and played ten-
ni.s between these assorted
chores. The "prize*' Alice won,
of whit h her mother was most
proud, was the. candy - making
competition in the San Francis
co high schools. Mrs. Marble
^ftss Alice Marble
wiis not nearly so inij)ressed
when Alice won the national ten
nis championship at Forest Hills
some years later.
Her climb to the top as tennis
champion - she won six major
championships in « single year
(1939) - gave Miss Marble a lot
of opportunity to learn why
some tennis players are great
and some always remain mere
ly "also rans”.
Alice Marble* believes that
g(Mxi tennis boils down to two
thingft. Strict physical training
and equally strict mental train
ing. You have to practice every
day • on hot days as well as
when the weather is cooi. And
when you’re a championship
Cm ham Leads
Leaiiue Scorers
Larry Graham of Catawba
fittisheil his regular season as
Ihf* North , Stiite Conferetn'e’s
No. 1 scorer. Ctraham, a Junior
forward from Ulla. complle<t a
15.34 average for 23 games.
Kd Sueta of High Point forced
to sit «»ut thrrr games bec.iuse
of a severe I'hurley horse was
sri tifid at 14 55 with two <»ther
High Pi'lnferti trailing, Hill Walt
at 14 27 and t.eonard Hunt at
14 2.^ I'ony Sdlari t>roke the
Panther string for fifth place at
13 52 Jess J«»yce <»f High Point
came back f«>r sixth at 13.52.
Hunt aUo Ird total scoring
with 356 (Mtinti, itu’ludlng 79 In
three games during the past
werk
player, you train ft»r at least
four mtfnths, playing every day,
before that imtxirtant match
Miss Marble, who n«» longer
plays rom|>etllive tennis. Is one
of the popular stni« of exhibi
tion niatch<‘s in thi?< country and
.ibrt>.Ml Last year she went ti»
England and Sw«*den with Don
Hudg<* and Hobby Higgs to play
exhibition matches in both coun-
trifs The King of Swe<1en aske<l
her to come to hJs country In
order to revive interest in imisI-
war tennis. The King, royalty’s
m«)st ardent tennis player and
fan. is "very k«*en** to help
youngsters in his own country,
Miss Marblr says, and she
ppent months traching "young
, hoprfuls*’ the fundamentals of
American tennis.
England has more gfMKi tennis
players than we have in the
United Stjites. Miss Marble
says, but fewiT great "stars"
nf Ihe court. It was to help und
develop "star material" that
Miss Marble wmt to England
last yrar.
Major Roy Car/son,
Traiti/fig SxeeuHxe, (/.S./lir^reef j
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