PAGE THKEE
THE PILOT
OCTOBER, 1949
Time Out
With Red Painter
THE BULLDOGS ARE ON FIRE
After suffering two losses, one tc
a conference club, the Gardner-
Webb Bulldogs have really come tc
life. A look at the team in practice
will tell anyone that they are prim
ed for the coming games. The leath
er has been cracking so hard it
makes one wonder how the boys
stand up to it. The team is in good
shape, and will be hard to run down
or block. Coach Bradburn has
working on speed for the last ’
His theory is to get there first and
pick up the bacon. Hitting first and
hitting harder can mean the dif
ference between victory and defeat.
The Bulldog backfield has been run
ning like a demon, with speed and
deception as the main factor. The
lines have been rolling like tanks
over each other in scrimmage.
The team does not like to be hu
miliated in the fashion of the Bel-
mont-Abbey defeat. So keep an eye
on the Gardner-Webb Bulldogs; they
are through fooling around.
INJURIES HURT BULLDOGS:
The presence of injuries is very
evident in the line-up of the Gard-
ner-Webb Bulldogs. The backfield
was hit the worst. David Peeler,
with promises of being the best
I Bulldog Of
The Month
ference, will n
the (
le or maybe two
games because of a twisted ankle
received in the last minutes of the
Abbey game. Bud.dy Gantt, while
still playing, is not up to his capa
bility as a ball carrier because of
a bad ankle. Ervin Shook, bruising
his already weak collar-bone, was
out one game and will only be back
in the next to do the kicking. Ander
son Parker will miss one or two
games with a bruised shoulder. Ed
gar Teague, the only lineman mis
sing with injuries, will be out the
rest of the season with a broken
shoulder.
INTRAMURAL FOOTBALL:
Gardner-Webb has really got the
football spirit. Not only do the Bull
dogs take to the field on Saturday
afternoon, but the students who do
not play on Saturday take to the
field through the week. Each day
on the gridiron there is a game
between opposing floors from the
Vhitey Cline, com-
e football program,
a schedule that will
e who wants to
2 this playing
g the games means
1 lot to the players, and they put
everything they have into coming
out the victor.
This play and similar programs
tend to pull the boys together, get
ting them to appreciate their fel-
lowman. Sportsmanship has its
foundation in games of this sort.
The boys learn to play the game
and at the same time to appreciate
the sport that Americans love, but
so few really understand.
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BULLDOGS TIE
Bradburn’s eleven moved from their
own 40 all the way to the Mars Hill
9, but were turned back when the
visitors’ Bill Treat Intercepted a
fourth down pass. The second time
they reached the 10, the Mars Hill
forward wall stiffened and held.
The scoreboard read 0-0 at half-
time.
Mars Hill, who had picked up only
one first down during the first half,
began to move in the third period.
With four minutes remaining in the
quarter, the visitors (the game was
played in Forest City with G-W the
home team) drove from the mid
field stripe to G-W’s 5, but a fourth
set of china, obtained by both the
Each month the Gardner-^
football team and its coaching staff
pick from its ranks one
they think has helped i
done most for the team during the
month.
This month’s choice was Buddy
Gantt, a fleet-footed halfback from
Lancaster, South Carolina. Buddy,
a sophomore, has been an important
factor to the team for two years,
and is improving more and more
h day. Rated as the fastest man
the conference this year, he is
hard to catch when he skirts around
through the middle on
those effective quick-opening plays.
Suffering a twisted ankle in the
first conference game, Gantt car
ried the ball eight times for a
total of 32 yards. This gives him
- ge of four yards per try
■ence competition. We are
waiting to see what he will do on
VO good ankles.
Buddy performed the unusual in
le first game of the year with the
Gaffney Big Chiefs. On the first
play of the year from scrimmage,
■ ;he ball on a quick open
ing play for 61 yards and a touch
down. There is no better way to
Gantt does not claim to be a
triple-threat back. He seldom pass
es and never kicks, but with his
speed and maneuverability he can
muster enough running to make up
for all the rest.
Liked by all who know him. Bud
dy has a wonderful personality. He
should be complimented on his
sportsmanship, both on and off the
field. When he puts his 165 lb. frame
■ ) a football uniform, there is
denying that the uniform was
made for him.
We think the team and coaches
made an excellent choice for “play-
month.” Good luck. Bud
dy. i
The Gardner-Webb Bulldogs suf
fered their first defeat at the hands
of the W.C.T.C. “Kittymounts” of
Cullowhee, N. C., by a score of 20-
13, Saturday night, Sept. 24.
The Bulldogs fought the hard-
charging “Kittymounts” up and
down the field with all the power
they could muster; but with a lot of
breaks and a boy named Hooper,
"’le “Cats” came out on top. The
ime went into the final minutes
ith the “Cats” leading by a one
3int margin when one of Peeler’
isses was intercepted in the fla
Id carried over for the score.
Buddy Gantt, although knocked
It in the first play of the game,
ime back and played an outstand
ing offensive game. Ervin Shook^
playing superbly at the tailback
spot, came out with a bruised
shoulder. David Peeler, working
under center like a seasoned veter-
was well supported by Bill Cash-
and Bill Puckett, as they pick
ed up valuable yardage.
The Bulldog line made it possible
for the backs to run by opening up
holes big enough for a truck to go
through, with Guthrie, Gamble,
Teague, Jones, Oakes, and Painter
looming mighty big in the line.
Edgar Teague will be out for the
season with a broken shoulder re
ceived in the game.
down pass fell incomplete with the
Bulldogs taking over. On the first
play. Shook punted from his own
■ 50ne to the 40, Treat return
ing it 20 yards to the 20, with M. H.
going the remaining distance for the
touchdown. On the initial play of
the fourth and final chapter. Treat
bucked over from the 1. An at
tempted pass for the extra point was
incomplete. With about six minutes
of playing time remaining, G-W
took possession on the 50, and
promptly marched the distance in
six plays. A pass from Shook to
Smith launched the drive and the
twisting 25-yard jaunt by Gantt
chmaxed it. Bill Cashion’s attempt
ed placement was no good, leaving
the score deadlocked 6-6. Gardner-
Webb was in possession of the ball
their own 22-yard line when the
game ended,
Ted Guthrie, John Gamble, Scott
zzell, and Prank Arnette stood
at in the line for G-W, with Gantt,
Smith, Cashion, Shook, and Puckett
carrying most of the offensive load
the Bulldogs.
istics G-W M. H.
First Downs 8 4
Yards Rushing 131 94
Passes attempted 9 4
Passes completed 3 2
Yards Passing 21 20
Passes Intercepted 1 2
Opp. fumble recovery 1 0
Yards penalities 25 25
G-W LOOKS GOOD IN DEFEAT
SOMETHING NEW
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sturdy table and chairs harmo-
ize with the homespun room.
The kitchen is equipped with a
refrigerator and electric range,
given by our considerate president,
complete set of cooking utensils,
given by the girls, and a partial
girls and boys through saving cou
pons received from purchases made
at Crawley’s. The silver being used
is that of Miss Baldwin. We are in
deed grateful to those making it
possible for us to have a kitchen and
Miss Baldwin for letting her
silver be used in the kitchen.
Miss Baldwin said in chapel,
Gardner-Webb College is concern
ed with the social life of the stu
dent as well as the physical and
spiritual life. We students need to
acquire social graces along with the
other phases of life.
Since there is only one kitchen
) be used by a hundred girls,
there must be cooperation on the
part of everyone. To have coopera
tion most satisfactorily, it is neces
sary to have a system. The kitchen
will be open for use each Sunday
afternoon from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
a girl wishes to have boys
; kitchen, she must sign a book
for that purpose in the Dean of
Women’s office indicating the day,
’-our, and the list of those who
>e with her. One hour will be
the maximum time allowed for each
group. If she wishes to plan some
thing special at other times, she
should contact Miss Baldwin for
working it out.
Boys, here is your chance to see
what kind of housewife your girl
friend will make. Let’s put “them”
" the test!
G-W Drops Opener
To Abbey, 13-0
by RONALD KISER
Coach Humpy Wheeler’s Belmont-
Abbey Crusaders pushed across
touchdowns in the second and fourth
quarters in Gastonia, Oct. 1, to de
feat the Gardner-Webb Bulldogs
13-0. It was the Western Conference
opener for both teams.
ABBEY THREATENS TWICE
Abbey threatened twice during the
initial stanza. They drove to the
G. W. 25 shortly after the kickoff,
and almost scored when on fourth
down, Fi-ed Snider, who was easily
the star of the game for the vic
tors, dropped back and arched a
pass into the end zone to Bel-
; right end A. C. Hollar who
got his hands on the ball, but drop-
1 it. Later in the same chapter,
ider broke off tackle and gallop-
40 yards for a touchdown, only
have it called back and Belmont
„_jessed a 5-yard penalty for off
side. A few moments later, Snider
again went over, this time from the
4, but again Abbey was penalized.
BULLDOGS MARCH
Peeler, G. W. quarterback,
intercepted a Belmont pass on his
own 20, midway of the second period,
and raced to the 50. The Bulldogs
then marched to Abbey’s 39, but
here Coach Bradburn’s Gardner-
Webbers were stopped by the beefy
Belmont forward wall. Bill Pletch-
rammed over from the 7 to cap
68-yard touchdown drive for the
Belmonters late in the second quar
ter. Quarterback Ted Reese place-
kicked the extra point, putting Ab
bey ahead at halftime 7-0.
ABBEY FUMBLES COVERED
Charles Howell gave G. W. a
break shortly after the third quar-
r got un.der way as he recovered
_ Belmont fumble on the Abbey 36,
but again Abbey’s strong Une rose
to the occasion. Ted Guthrie and
John Gamble recovered another Ab
bey bobble midway the same quar-
■)ut once again they couldn’t
goalward. The B A boys still
held a 7-point advantage at the
of three quarters.
COSTLY INTERCEPTION
After about five minutes of play
in the fourth and final period. Ab
bey Pullback Alex Ulasiewicz inter
cepted a pass and raced 45 yards to
pay dirt. Reese’s attempted con
version was wide.
STATISTICS TELL
Buddy Gantt, Bill Puckett and
Peeler carried the offensive load
for the Bulldogs, who made two first
downs to eleven for Abbey, and 60
yards rushing to 166 for Belmont.
Gantt carried the ball 8 times gain
ing 32 yards for an average of 4
yards per try. Peeler attempted 14
aerials, completing two for 13 yards.
Pinkston, Painter, Gamble, Guthrie,
Uzzell, E. Jones, and Foster played
outstanding defensive ball for the
Bulldogs.
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