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GARDNER-WEBB PILOT PAGE THREE HULLDOGS END SEASON WITH 13-13 TIE The Gardner-Webb Bulldogs ended their 1947 football season in Shelby on Saturday, November 22, when they fought the Presbyterian Scotties to a 13-13 tie. The Bull dogs ended the season with a total of 5 wins, 2 losses, and 1 tie This marked the third time of the year the Scotties had tied their opponents, while they had 4 and lost 1. The second time the Bulldogs were in possession of the ball, they drove 76 yards for the first score of the ball game. Carroll “Rubber Legs” Raines made before Blocking Back demon Smith flipped an aerial to End Joe Sherrill on the 10 yard line, smith bucked the line for 3, Raines passed incomplete to Sher rill and then Raines handed off to John Arndt, who scooted around left and for the score. Sherrill converted and with the g minutes old the Bulldogs ahead 7-0. In the waning moments of the first quarter, G-W’s Pullback Gene Black punted to the Scotties’ 15. Knox received the punt and be hind beautiful interference truck ed 85 yards for their first Hodge’s placement was good and as the second quarter got under way, we had a new ball game with a 7-7 score. Midway of the third period, the Red and White team from Max- ton, N. C., sparked by Knox and Prevatte, drove 59 yards for their second score. Knox passed and ran his team to the 20 yard line, where Prevatte took over and drove to the 1 yard line. Knox went over for the score. Hodge’s kick was blocked. The two elevens exchanged three punts before the Bulldogs came to life again. Led by Raines, the Baptist boys drove 53 yards in 7 plays for the tying touchdown. Short running plays climaxed by a 26 yard gain by Raines placed the leather on the 10 yard line, from where Raines tossed to End May nard Austell for the score. Sher rill’s kick was blocked. Raines, Arndt, and Black were standouts in the backfleld, while Pettigrew, Rudisill, Jones, and Austell were powerhouse on de- Knox, Mohn, and Bowman sparked the Scotties in the back- field. Bizzell, Vance, and Jones played well in the line. “Rabbit’ Prevatte, PJC blocking back played a bang-up ball game on defense. STATISTICS GW PJC First Downs 8 5 Yards rushing 162 113 Yards lost rushing 7 31 Forward passes attempted 20 2 Forward passes completed 5 1 Yards forward passing 123 21 Fumbles recovered 1 1 Interceptions by 1 3 Yards lost penalties 30 55 LINEUPS Pos. Gardner-Webb PJC LE—Sherrill Bondanella LT—Rudisill Vance LG—Jones Laney C—Pettigrew McKee RG—Parker Bizzell RT—Keever Morgan RE—Austell Jones QB—Smith Prevatte TB—Arndt Knox WB—Norton Bowman FB—Black Mohn Are The Sports Seers Calling Them Wrong? It’s the custom of sports writers at this time of the year to pre dict that on the third Saturday in November, Upsilon U. will de- feate Omega Tech by a score oi i3-0. This is also the season ir which the scribes name all thf names that will appear on the All baseball, basketball, foot- i lists. this, Bud Spencer, sports editor of the San Francisco Daily iMews, has one answer: “Experts," lie says, "beware! Everybody’s try- D get ii j the a he only requirements for the position ol sports seer, Bud claims, e an unfailing belief in one’s self, typewriter, and newspaper, maga- ae, or radio outlets. As a result, ,e predicted racket is as crowded a college dorm—and the aver- :d of hit-or-miss guesses is about seventy per cent on the •'miss” side. StKlliS GUESSES I'-THr GARDNER WEBB CAGERS IN WIN0VEMSHaBYNATS47-37 The Gardner-Webb quintet, • . sparked by Guard Buck Page and I ~ ^ uenter Jim Scruggs, defeated the I " I V ohelby National Business uollege I nve on Wednesday night, Decem- Der 10, in the college gymnasium oy a score of 47-37. Page, in addition to bagging 9 points, played a magnificent de fensive game, intercepting a nu merous amount of Nat passes. i Jim Scruggs, G-W’s towering I center, was nigh scorer with ijj points. I Dixon, Wright and Williams were high for the Nats with 13, I lO and lU points respectively. In a preliminary game the Uard- uer-Webb ‘B” team squeezed out i a ‘AA-21 victory over the Uliffside jill-Stars. Paul Ramsey was high scorer with 6 points. FIRST GAME NER-WEBB Whittington, f Martin, f Jiridges, f . I Kaines, g [ I Kamsey, g _ '• V/omak, g . Iviccrraw, g \farsity, the voung iud cited facts what’s happen- the crystal-ball world, i-iast year’s victory of the Cards over i one Red Sox, for example, caught something like nine out of ±iunr,. c, “experts” ofi base—because, Si cer explains. National League porters had only the box-scores of; American League to go on, While American League reporters! rp ^ , had only the All-Star game and - newspaper reports as a basis for , their judgments. | B'ggerstafI, f Spencer concludes that there’d i ’ better be a stop before the public I "latneney, c - gets wise. On the other hand, that ^ ® issue of Varsity carries-a * ^ - football predictions. Caswell Adams, the noted ^sports | iiolick, f Hullender, f ► g AFT.ai SCORING HONORS—The 5! Bullaogs bid for conference Q ing noiiors this season will be _ Scruggs shown here with Coach 22 BradDurn. Scruggs stands 6 feet, xp 6 inches, and plays center for the Bulldogs, SECOND GAME writer, went out on the limb in ; report. Says Adams; it will Notre Dame all the way, get- j its toughest opposition from Army. North Carolina and San Francisco will mix in the Sugar Bowl, while Michigan and UCLA will meet at Pasadena. The other four teams that loomed impor tantly were Tennessee, Duke, Columbia, and Pennsylvania. Only time will tell which side has the right on its side; Caswell t, , ■ IS, who looks into the future l ^ confidence—or Bud Spencer,!,,,.^®, thinks it’s high time - - - I Wriehl Moon, f _ Scruggs, c Keever, c Hamrick, c itooinson, Wallace, g Cabaniss, Sophomore Class Elects Superlatives superlatives in a meeting,on Wed nesday, November 20. Dot Morris from Winston-Salem and demon Smith from Cram?r- ton were elected as the be ' " round members of the class. G-WBEATENBY EAGLES41-33 I Wright, f 3 H. Hendrick, f 0 McKee, f 2 Williams, c 2 Dixon, g 6 Morrow, g 0 The Gardner-Webb cagers bowed 0 a fast and experienced semi- )ro quintet in Cramerton, N. C., in Wednesday night, December 3, ! Bulldogs played a bang-up BULLDOGS BOW TO STANLEY Playing their first game of the season on the home court on Saturday night, December 6. the Bulldogs bowed to the Stanley AU- ,i Stars, one of the fastest and most experienced basketball teams in the state, by a score of 44-36. The two teams played on even terms until the last 2 minutes of the game when Stanley surged ahead on field goals by Hamilton and Gaston. The Bulldogs led at the half-time by a score of 16-15. Jim Scruggs was high scorer for the G.-W. quintet with 10 points. Gaston and Hamilton led the Stanley Blue Birds with 18 and 12 points respectively. Sadler, Stanley’s star center, was injured in the early minutes of the first period and remained on the sidelines the remainder of the game. In a preliminary game the Stan ley “B” squad defeated the Bull dog “B” squad by a score of 48-35. “Chick” Wallace led the scor ing for the Bulldogs with 9 points. Gardner-Webb journeys over to Stanley for a return game on Monday, December 15. ^RDNEK-WEBB G F TP Hullender, f 2 0 4 W. A. A. MAY EARN LETTERS The Women’s Athletic Associa tion is really “on the ball” this year. Plans have been made for all girls to participate in basket ball, volley ball, skating, hiking, bawling, and various other acti vities. It has been arranged for girls to acquire points and work toward a school seal or letter. In a recent meeting the follow ing officers were elected; Dot Bostic, president; Helen Goodwin, vice president; and Margaret Mc Kinney, secretary and treasurer. M:rs. Raines is our able faculty sponsor. The club is planning to : twice each month. It is remark able to note the interest and spirit and enthusiasm which the asso ciation has within it this year. We are really happy over our club and hope to make it the best ath letic group that Gardner-Ai ever had. Intramural Sports Program Begins With Six-Team Basketball League - - - - „ Thursday, December 11, with; Games are being plaved on defensive pme,_ but were off on, the opening of the basketball | Tuesday and Friday afternoons at their shooting; however, they were , league, never behind more than 8 points. ^he league is Ed Robinson, with 7 points, Jim ; ^ J “ Sriin ® Scruggs, and Buck Page with points each, shared the scori honors for G-W. “Nig” Cunningham and Ji: Brendle paced the Eagles with 15 and 10 points respectively. Cramerton plays a return here on December 17. GARDNER-WEBB G F TP Bolick, f 1 Moon, f 0 Sherrill, f 2 Willis, f 0 Hullender, f 0 Bush, f 1 Scruggs, Hamrick, c Rotan, g — Robinson, f Cabaniss, g Totals . Other : CRAMERTON Cunningham, f . Brendle, f be5;-aTl- S. Brendle, f I B. Cunningham, c classmates were Margaret Morris, Winston-Salem, and Jack Brown. Winston-Salem, friend liest; Margaret McKinney, High Point, and Cecil Bolick, Cramerton, most athletic; Betty High, Dallas, and Charles Mack, Cramerton, best-looking; Dot Morris, Win ston-Salem, and Joe Smith, Mount Holly, most intellectual; and Ruth Warlick, Casar, and Paul Willis, Shelby, wittiest. anored by; Sol- Brendle, ( Thomas, g . Z. Brendle, g 0 0 0 Jenkins, g 0 0 0 B. McKeown, g 0 0 0 A. McKeown, g 0 0 0 M. Fletcher, g 10 2 M. Fletcher, g 10 2 Totals 19 4 41 Score at half-time: Cramerton 16; G-W 13. Referee. Ed Maxwell you people want up of six to have some fun and still see including two teams from some good basketball, be down at the Vets’ Dorm, two teams from the gym every Tuesday and Fri- the Boys’ Dorm, one team from day afternoon to see these exhi- the G. I. Apartments, and one bitions. team made up of day students. m addition to seeing the man- Nicknames and managers of the ogers perform, you wUI also see teams are as follows; s^ch stars as Sam Freeman, Clax- Vets’ Dorm — Terrors—Clemon ton Hall, Carroll Raines, Fred Smith; Dragons—Tommy McGraw. Crisp, Paul Gordon, Joe Swing, Boys’ Dorm — Spitfire—John Bill Norris, Tom Brown, Lewis Arndt; Tornadoes—Paul Ramsey. Barnes, Zeb Lowery, and many Day Students — Raiders—Gene : Black Bolick, f 1 Sherrill, f o Bush, f 0 Keever, c o Robinson, g 2 Page, g 1 Hamrick, g i Cabaniss, g o Rotan. g 0 Totals 15 STANLEY G N. Cannon, g l Hamilton, f 5 “B” GAME GARDNER-WEBB G Ramsey, f 1 Womak, f 1 Wallace, f 4 Raines, f 1 Whittington, f 1 Barkley, c 1 Brown, g 1 McGraw, g 1 Martin, g 1 Bridges, g 0 Totals 13 STANLEY G J. Grissop, f 4 Caldwell, f 2 Homsely, f 5 Stroupe, c 3 " Cannon, c 2 Grissop, g 3 Garrison 1 Wallace, g 0 Withers, g 0 Totals 20 Each team will play five games, and then a tournament will be held with each team competing for the championship. Every one is eligible to partici- AN OPEN LETTER Dear “Windy”; It has been brought to my at tention that in writing about the characters of “Magnificent Obses sion”, I completely left you out. This was a careless error on my part, and I now ask your forgive ness. I would also like to make the public 'Statement that I thought your performance was great. You portrayed the rple of the friendly and philosophical Dr. Pyle with I’ll be looking for you in future productions by the college. Sincerely yours, , The Dramatics Reporter* BEST WISHES FOR A MERRY CHRISTMAS from THE VETERAN'S GRILL ' • WE SPECIALIZE IN PLATE LUNCHES . . SANDWICHES . f)RINKS CURB SERVICE Boiling Springs, N. C. BEST WISHES FOR THE HOLIDAYS from MARTIN 6c FITE GROCERY . GROCERIES . 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