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PAGE THREE THE PILOT SEPTEMBER, 1949 With A Clash otLeather^ _ iG-WSparkles : Hams Assists Promising Gridiron Season Opens Jn First Stab Coach Bradburn By RED PAINTER Another year—another football season. The 1949 football squad is shaping up and looking like a spirited team. With 11 lettermen re turning from last year, and 31 freshmen making up the squad, we expect to have this year punch that will take a stone wall to stop. Among the lettermen, we have two hard working centers — Prank Ar- nette, who is a demon backing up the line, and Jack Cannon, a good all around player. They will get plenty of competition from Bob Mauney of Shelby. Guards, led by Teddy Wicks Guthrie, Scott Uz- zell, and Edgar Teague, all letter men, backed by Jim Chapman, Tom Fisher, Conrad Thorpe, Bill Beason, and Ray Brackett, should be very Dick Foster, the only returning letterman at tackle, will be ably assisted by John Gamble, a 200 lb. man from Miami, Florida, and Ed win Jones, a little boy of 260 lbs. from Gastonia, N. C. Behind them will be Teddy Hope and Leroy Big- gerstaff, who are looking very good- The ends, led by Red Painter, the only returning flanker, should be the best down field assembly in the state with Horace Cline, a sopho more getting a late start, Julius Pinkston, Tom Parker, Pete Raw lins, Prank Wilson, J, C. Ti'ammill, Julian O’Daniels, and Tommy Bar- The backs look great with Buddy Gantt and David Peeler and Bill Cashion here again this year. Bud dy is the fastest running back in i^ulldogs Get Mew Manager Football fans, the faithful kind that come to every grinding and gritting practice session, are hav ing a little difficulty making out the occupant of that big pair of cover alls that trot out on the field with the water bucket every afternoon. Inside of it all is the Bulldogs’ new manager, genial, hard-piUTgln-- Bill “Buggs” Dodge from Miami, Florida, often called “Shirt” by those who know him. Bill is a second semester fresh man with no particular major in mind, unless perhaps it is sales manship eventually, a line he should tall right into with the natural flow of gab and what have you. Manager Dodge has never played football, though it is his favorite sport. Coaching is not ■" ambitions, however, foi almost instinctively to talk, that he was not cut out to be a coach. Although he has never taken any active interest in sports before. Dodge has found the answer to a hidden talent in managing the 1949 Bulldogs, and by mid-season should be one of the best water bucket jockeys in the business. As a student. Bill is well hked by everyone because of his genuine per- HAMRICK and BAILEY FURNITURE and ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES Gardner-Webb Students Always Welcome Boiling Springs, N. C. the conference, and David is one of the best passers. Cashion keeps the doctors in busi ness with his vicious tackles. With them will be Bill Puckett, a high stepping halfback; Anderson Par ker, a bone crushing fullback; Tom Jennings, a running halfback; “Pe- blo” Heafner, a promising fullback; Alfred Homesly, a neat running back; Jack Ware, a sharp one car rying the ball; David Allen, a free trucking back; and Ray Smith, trotting with speed to spare. Wal ter Oakes, who won his letter last year as a tackle, will be surging from the halfback spot. Ervin Shook, out part of last year with injuries, will be back to work under the center. Ervin is rated as the best kicker in the conference. These are your 1949 Bulldogs. Let’s all get behind them and give them our support. HAWKINS and RAMSEY GULF SERVICE • GAS • OIL • CAR SERVICE Welcome to All College Students Boiling Springs, N. C. The G. W. Bulldogs defeated the Gaffney Big Chiefs, a South Caro- 'ina semi-pro football squad, by a score of 19-12 in a pre-season game last Saturday night, a week ago. The Bulldogs had control of the game from the beginning when Gantt took the first play from scrim mage and galloped 61 yards for the first tally. The Big Chiefs got both of their tallies through the air. Ramsey com pleted a pass in the end-zone for the first score, and Rollins caught another of Barrett’s passes to la teral to Gredler who scooted across the double stripe. The 1000 fans watched the pass ing attack of the Bulldogs who toss ed with perfection. Peeler threw with deadly accuracy as he completed 9 out of 12. Painter, who had a perfect night at end, caught 6 for 6, and one for a touchdown in the second quarter. Walter Oakes took a pass from Peeler on the five- yard line, and scooted over for the The front wall with Guthrie, Gamble, Painter, Pinkston, Poster, Cline, Hope, Mauney, Arnette, Tom Parker, and big Ed Jones carry ing the heavy load, was hard to move on defensive stands. Cashion made the point by placement after the second touchdown. Gardner-Webb racked up 15 first downs to the Bib Chiefs’ 6. COACK NORMAN HARRIS This is football weather; the team is on the field practicing. Who is in the center of the circle put ting everything he has into his work? It is Coach Norman Harris, our new assistant coach, a former High Point star and a Ridgecrest native. Coach Harris will assist Coach Bradburn with football, coach the “B” Squad in basketball, and sonallty. Many of the ball players say they have never seen a manager work as hard as Bill does. He never leaves a job undone; in fact, he hunts work to keep himself busy. In school work, the scholarship kmd that is. Dodge is a good student, above average. Assistant Manager of the ’49 Bull- dogs is Jim Hadden of Cliffside, N. C. Jim is a transfer from Mars Hill College. He also looks like a lost pigeon in his coveralls, and like Dodge is a hard working manager is well liked by the players, managership of any athletic team is an unsung job, and the ef ficiency of two such men can make or break a team in many respects. Hats off to Bill, “the shirt,” Dodge, and Jim Hadden, his good man Fri day. September 24^WCTC “B”—There October 1—Belmont—Here October 8—Asheville—There October 15—Mars Hill—Here October 22—P.J.C.—Here October 29—Lees McRae—Here :mber 5—Brevard—Here November 11—Campbell—Here November 19—Open GET ALL YOUR DRUGS SEE ALL YOUR FRIENDS HAVE A SODA AT THE Boiling Springs Drug Store SCHOOL SUPPLIES STATIONERY GIFTS PHONE 853 OFFICE FURNITURE TYPEWRITERS BUSINESS FORMS COLLEGE STUDENT MEET YOUR FRIENDS AT THE THE COLLEGE SNACK SHOP will head the ’50 baseball prospects. Coach Harris started playing foot ball while in high school in Ashe ville, N. C. He was captain and blocking back on the famous high school squad that featured today’s All-American Charlie Justice. He played junior varsity ball at Duke University while there under the V-I2 Program of the Navy. After a hitch in the Navy, he went to High Point College. In his senior year, he headed that squad as cap- This is Coach Harris’ first crack at full-time coaching, but no one would ever guess it after seeing him work on the field; he looks like a veteran. By the way he gives cali sthenics, you would think the needle is stuck. He plans to get his Mas ter’s degree in the near future and to go on with his coaching. Baseball is another one of his specialties. At High Point he caught, and playe.d in the outfield. He will be head man on the diamond this spring, and we have no doubt that he will produce another cham pionship ball club. Although he is working the boys hard, Coach Harris thinks they have a wonderful spirit. He says that it is a pleasure to work with boys that put out and work as hard as this squad .does. He likes foot ball and likes to be around where it Is played. Coach Harris, we welcome you to our campus! We sincerely hope you will enjoy being here as much as we are glad to have you. Good luck to you in all your undertakings.
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