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APRIL, 1951 THE PILO T PAGE SEVEN Scoop'em Up with “SCOOP” KISER CHEBKYVILLE PLANNING BIG THINGS Thursday, May 10 at 8:00, Gaj ner-Webb’s Bulldogs will battle Bel mont Abbey at the high school park in Cherryville. The Cherryville Lions Club once again sponsoring "’*■ event, are planning to have a night. Plans are under way to ry a busload of students from here and also from Abbey to the Cher ryville Park for the contest. Last season, righthander Blaine Frone- berger hurled G-W to a 4-2 vic tory over the Abbeymen on the (jherryville diamond. G-W will be ai; out for this one on account of the lop-sided 11-3 spanking they took in Belmont several weeks ago. HOMESLEY TOPS HITTERS Leftfielder Al Homesley tops the hitters with a .383 average after the first four games of the ’51 sea son, The Stanley kid has collected seven base hits in eighteen tries. Tom Barrow and Andy Sealey are the other .300 clouters. Barrow has a .358 average with five safeties, in cluding a home run, in fourteen trips. Sealey has garnered six hits in nineteen tries for a .318 mark. The Shelby lad is tops in the all- important RBI column with five. Prank Wilson, one of the hit-crazy pitchers in the Carolinas Junior College Conference, has a .375 mark with three for eight. WINGATE TOP STANDINGS Standings of games through April 18 show Wingate top the Carolinas Junior College league race with a 3-0 mark. Danny Miller’s nine hold victories over G-W, Pfeiffer, and P.J.C. Oak Ridge is second wtih a 3-2 record followed by Belmont Ab bey at 3-1, Gardner-Webb and Spar tanburg at 2-2, P.J.C. and Louis- burg at 1-2, and Campbell, North Greenville, Brevard ,and Mars Hill REMAINING GAMES CARDED The Bulldogs will have three more contests on the college diamond after April 20’s contest with Greenville. All three will be portant loop tilts, and the students are urged to go out and back the team as they attempt to follow pattern set by Gardner-Webb teams for the past three seasons, capture the Western Division flag. Spartan burg Junior College comes to towr Tuesday, May 8 while Oak Ridge’f defending state champions come a- calling Saturday, May 12. On the final day of the campaign. Mars Hill’s Mountain Lions will play the local field. That game is set for Thursday, May 17. The Spartan burg and Mars Hill tiffs will under way at 3:30 with the Ridge affair starting at 2:30. Thurs day. May 10, Belmont Abbey scraps G-W in Cherryville, a G-W home game. Games away from the friend ly confines of Boiling Springs April 24—Spartanburg, April 28— Brevard (tentative), May 2—Mars Hill, May 4—Oak Ridge, and May 14—Wingate. Wife (intense with excitement) — “Well, what happened when you asked the boss for a raise-” Hubby—“Why, he was like lamb.” Wife—“What did he say?” Hubby—“Baa.” “And this, I suppose, is one of those hideous caricatures you call modern art.” “Nope, that’s just a mirror.” Bulldogs Open With Bang; Suddenly Cooled Off Coach Norman Harris-Bulldog (diamoiKi outfit opened the 1951 season several weeks ago with two victories, each taken with comparative ease. North Greenville and Pfeiffer were the early season victims, but since then the ’Dogs have take it on the chin, bowing to Wingate and Belmont Abbey. Little Frank Wilson and Charles Morton combined to hold North Greenville to eight base hits April 10 for an 8-2 vic tory. The game, played in Tiger- Gardi a 2-2 deadlock with a five-run blast Jn the seventh. Wilson, the Gastoni- an, pitched six frames limiting the Greenies to seven knocks. Andy Sea ley, Sam Travis, and Tommy Bar- had two hits apiece for the Gar- ner-Webbers. Elders and Masters ad two eajch for the losers. Wilson was once again called up- ti four days later to quiet the bats of the then league-leading Pfeiffer Panthers. The Panthers, who had previously beaten Oak Ridge, were ’ ’ to nick Wilson for three hits, of which were of the scratch variety. Harris’ nine banged out thirteen safeties to defeat the East- 1 outfit 11-3. Al Homesley, with •ee hits in five tries, topped the locals while Barrow, Bill Stout, and Bush collected two hits apiece. Steve Kostow homered for Pfeiffer. batters while walking two. Catcher Jack Musten’s double and 1 error in leftfield by Bob Black- jrn gave Wingate a ninth inning ■6 decision over the Bulldogs. Blackburn, a Mooresboro lad, homer ed with the bases empty in the sec- blasted a homer with two in in the sixth. Gardner- Webb held a 6-3 lead going into the seventh, but then came the crash. Danny Miller’s club scored two in the seventh, tied the score in the eighth, and won the game in the top of the ninth. In the bottom half, G-W loaded the bases with two away, only to see Alan Lawrence, pinch-hitting for Bill Stout, called out on strikes. Morten and Wilson hurled for Gardner-Webb’s outfit with Wilson the loser. Harris’ crew fell completely apart after five innings in Belmont on April 18, Abbey going on to regis ter a lop-sided 10-3 triumph over the Bulldog team. Homesley’s single, Sealey’s triple, and an outfield fly gave G-W a 2-0 advantage in the "irst frame. After five stanzas, the Harrismen led 3-1, but here again the crash came. The Crusaders, tak ing advantage of G-W miscues and COLLEGE STUDENTS Meet Your Friends at the College Snack Shop kirg good use of their own b§^e ;, racked up four runs in the :h, and then finished with a :-run seventh inning rally. Home'- sley. Bush, and Tom Newton two each, and Sealey collected Gardner- Webb’s seven hits while Jim Pat Ros paced Abbey with three for four. Gene Hanna went the distance for Abbey while Charles Shelton, Amos Kiser, and Earl Brafford divided hill duty for the local nine. Shelton charged with the defeat. Hamrick & Bailey FURNITURE and ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES A FRIEND OF GARDNER-WEBB Boiling Springs, N. C. Boiling Springs Drug Store Get All Your Drugs See All Your Friends Have A Soda HERE The hostess of a large party, ther proud of her voice, rendered ‘Carry Me Back to Old 'Virginee’ in a rich and throaty tremolo. She was touched to notice a distinguish ed, white-haired man bow his head and weep quietly as the last notes floated over the room. As soon as she could, she went “No, madam,” said the elderly man, brushing away a tear, “r a musician.” Field Day Big Success; B'Dogs Beat N. Greenville From the moment President El liott called for order at 8:30 a.m. in the chapel meeting until James Go- wan, North Greenville shortstop, skied to Alex Bromir in the ninth inning to give the Bulldogs a 14-0 victory over the Greenies, Friday, April 20, was a very busy day on the campus. At 9:00, the musical events for this big Field Day got under way in the E. B. Hamrick Auditorium. The Freshmen contested the Sophomores in piano and organ solos, duets, trios, quartets, and various other num bers. The literary events began at 10:00 in the various classrooms. At 11:00, the many high school students on the campus as guests, the judges, and the students went to the college athletic field for the athletic activities. Such stars as J. C, Trammell, Ken Brady, and Sam Travis were the stars in a few of the events. President Elliott presented the fol lowing awards just before the North " ‘nville-Gardner-Webb baseball ;: Most outstanding Freshman -Ken Brady, Most outstanding Sophomore Boy—J. C. Trammell, outstanding Freshman Girl — Sara Cooke, Most outstanding Sophomore Girl—Agnes Mull, and outstanding in group part^i- pation—Bob Bush. The group awards ;re given to Sara Cooke for the inning Freshman Girls and Al Homesley for the winning Sopho more Boys, who were the victors by four points. Other boys who merited honorable mention were Ray Phillips, Bob Mul- linax, Jim Trantham, Bobby Nix. Jack Holt and Andy Sealey, Girls winning honorable mention were Jo Lena Bridges, Mary Sud- dreth, Sara Blanton, Frances Rhyne. Mollie Hawkins, Jonelle Teague, and Nell Grantham. Little Frank Wilson, with the help of a first inning three-run home run by Tommy Newton and a sec ond frame two-run circuit clout by Al Homesley, decisively defeated North Greenville 14-0. ’The Bulldogs collected fourteen base hits with Sam Travis leading the way with 3 for 4, Tom Barrow, Newton, Home sley, and Andy Sealey collected two apiece. Leon Elders obtained two of the visitors’ three safeties. Wilson fanned ten while walking six in hanging up his third win of the season. G-W scored three in the first, two in the second, three more in the third, one in the sixth, and five in the eighth. Six New Members Initiated Six new members were initiated into the local chapter of the Sigma Pi Alpha Honorary Language Fra ternity on April 12th. in a cere mony held in Mrs. Pollock’s class rorm at 10:30 a.m. Those admitted were; Andy Sea ley, Bryan Gillespie, Jim Trantham, Bobby Howe, Martha Coffey, and Zeb Wright. These people were chos en for their high scholarship in a foreign language and for their gen eral character and leadership abil ity. The officers of this club are: presi dent, Marion Benfield, Jr., and sec retary, Mary Prances Howard.
