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MAY, 1951 THE PILOT PAGE FIVE Scoop 'em Up “SCOOP” KISER With another school year coming to an end, we look back o\ record books and find that the Gar- dner-Webb Bulldog Athletic teams did all right for themselves in 1950- 51. The football team was seconc only to Lees-McRae while the bas ketball Bulldogs played second fid- aie and once again it was Lees-Mc Rae in the No. 1 position. Taking a glance at the football season, we find Campbell was the third place finisher with Asheville- Biltmore, P. J. C., Brevard North Greenville, and Mars Hill following in that order. The Gardner-Webb- ers scalped Brevard 39-0, P. J. C. 54- 0, Mars Hill 32-13, Campbell 12-" and N. GreenviUe 21-19 while bo\ ing only to Freddie Dickerson’s Bol cats 19-0. Against non-loop compe tition, G-W smothered the Western Carolina Jayvees 15-0 while bow ing to Appalachian Jayvees The Bulldog basketballers won eleven of sixteen games during regular season, but then lost to powerful Pfeiffer Panthers in the first round of the state fii Shelby. With Tom Barrow, Trammell, Bob Bush, A1 Homesley, and Banks Miller forming the first five, the Wayne Bradburn-coached lads slipped past Spartanburg, Bre vard, and Mars Hill twice each, and North Greenville, Lees-McRae, and Abbey. Charlotte College also bow ed to the locals twice. Oak Ridge (2), Abbey, North Greenville, and Lees-McRae were victorious over the home forces. Pfeiffer at halftime 32-26 but then faltered badly during the final ten minutes to drop out of the state tournament. Spartanburg, Mars Hill, N. Green ville, Asheville - Biltmore, Abbey, Charlotte College, and Brevard fin ished behind the Lees-McRae club and G-W with Wingate edging Oak Ridge in the finals of the state meet. Danny Miller’s outfit went on to place fourth in the national tourna- Coach Norman Harris’ diamond squad lost three games early this season, and are now tailing Wingate by two full games in the league race. G-W has conquered nine foes in cluding their arch rivals, Spartan burg and Abbey, against the trio of setbacks. In addition to the two wins over Spartanburg, and the one over Abbey, the Bulldog nine has posted two wins over N. Greenville, and one each over Pfeiffer, Oak Ridge, Brevard, and Mars Hill. Abbey. Win gate, and Pfeiffer have defeated Gardner-Webb. At the time of this writing, three games remain on the schedule. Oak Ridge, Wingate, and Mars Hill remain on the card. The G-Webbers still have a chance at the state crown. The undefeated Wingate team plays Campbell Sat urday. May 19 after games with P. J. C. and G-W. If the Wingaters drop two of their contest while the Gardner-Webbers cop their remain ing three tilts, both clubs will finish the season with .800 percentages. The present standings follow Wingate Gardner-Webb Campbell Oak Ridge Spartanburg Mars Hill P. J. C. North Greenville Louisburg Belmont Abbey Pfeiffer Pet Harris' Bulldogs Bow to Pfeiffer; Finished Third Pfeiffer’s Panthers rallied for three runs in the eighth inning April 21 to down the Bulldogs of G-W 5-4. Three days later, however, the local diamond outfit launched a victory skien that has now extended through six games. Spartan burg, Brevard, Mars Hill, Oak Ridge, Belmont Abbey, and the Pioneers for the second time were the victims during the recent win streak. G-W, with Charles Morton on the mound, led Pfeiffer 4-2 after seven frames, but in the eighth, N. E. Lefko’s nine broke loose for three runs against Morton and Joe Anthony. Morton, the losing pitcher, pounded out a triple and single in two tries. Ray Hovis and Bud Ward topped the Misenheim- er lads' nine-hit attack. Steve Kostow was the winning pitcher April 24, the Gardner-Webbers launched their win streak, Spartanburg’s Pioneers 8-1 the seven-hit pitching of Prank Wilson. Andy Sealey’s double anc A1 Homesley’s single was good fo] a first inning tally while a base or balls, a fielders’ choice, and Sea ley’s one-timer produced a fourth frame run, a single and stolen basf a hit batter, and Bob Blackburn’ double gave them two more in the , an error. Bob Bush’s single, a couple of stolen bases pro duced two more in the seventh, with another bobble, and singles by Blackburn and Tom Barrow giving them their final pair in the eighth, lealey and Homesley each had three or five to pace the Bulldog a1 tack on Spartanburg righthandt Jerry Donald. Two days later, Gardner-Webb journeyed to Brevard and with Anthony and Jerry Merrill tossing four-hit ball, they slaughtered the celler-dwelling Tornadoes 16-1. G-W pushed over four runs in the sec- d, two in the fourth, four more in B fifth, two in the seventh, three the eighth, and a singleton in the ninth for the lop-sided win. An thony was the winning pitcher with Tom Newton’s two for three and Merrill’s two for two pacing the -ocals’ fifteen hit attack. Anthony fast-balled the Mars ill Lions into submission 5-1 there May 2. Hits by Bush, Sealey, and Travis gave the Bulldogs a one-run lead in the first frame. The Gard- :-Webbers tallied another in the rd, two in the fifth, and one the sixth with the Lions manu facturing an unearned run in the second. Anthony limited the Mars Hillians to four base knocks while G-W obtained eleven off MHC righthander Bob Roberts. Bush and Homesley topped the hitters each ith three for five. The defending state champion Oak Ridge Cadets were next on the list of victims. Wilson, the top moundsman in the Carolina Junior ;ollege Conference, spaced nine hits or the well-earned 11-8 triump. The Bulldogs’ scoring went like this: Two walks, an error, and a stolen base gave them two in the with another base on balls, and singles by Howard Gamble, Tom ■ow. Bill Stout, and Wilson giv- them a trio in the second, a free ticket and two errors pro ducing one in the sixth, two walks, Sealey’s single, an error, and an outfield fly giving them another trio in the seventh, and singles by Sea ley, Travis, Blackburn, and Bar row for two more in the eighth. O. R. got one in the initial frame, two in the third, one in the fourth, and four in the seventh. Sealey’s two for four and Barrow’s two for five topped the batsmen. Donnie Montgomery with two for four led the soldier nine with Rodney Heath, star portsider, being charged with the defeat. Spartanburg, coached by C. B. Mooneyham, came to Boiling Springs May 8 seeking revenge, but with Wilson again on the hill, revenge was not the order of the day. The 'ittle Gastonian hurled four-hit ball, and with his teammates garnering eight off Donald, hung up his sixth victory against a single defeat a 3-2 decision. Sealey, Bush, Travis paced the Gardner-Webbers at bat with two for four while Dick Carneal homered with a man for the Spart’s two tallies. R H Spartanburg 000 000 200 2 4 G.-Webb 010 001 lOx 4 8 The Bulldogs made it six in a row here May 10 with a smashing 10-2 triumph over the Belmont Ab bey Crusaders. The Harrismen gar nered sixteen for three Abbey pitch ers. Meanwhile, Charles Morton was hurling six-hit ball for his initial victory of tlje campaign after a lone setback. The Gardner-Webbers jumped on Crusader starter Tom Da- ”or four runs in the first in ning. Singles by Bush, Travis, Bar- ', and Gamble plus Blackburn’s ible and Newton’s triple pro duced the quartet of tallies. Gene Hanna relieved Davis in the first stanza with Pete Dudley coming to Hanna’s rescue in the sixth. Ab- ‘5 ace righthander was forced save the game when struck on pitching hand with hard line drive from the bat of Sealey. Travis and Barrow topped the locals’ stick- work with three for five while Jim was the only Crusader to get : than one base hit. R H E B. Abbey 000 100 100 2 6 5 G.-Webb 411 100 03x 10 16 2 Davis, Hanna, Dudley, and Helms. Moi'ton and Travis. COMPLETE BATTING AVERAGES Merrill 3 2 3 0 1.000 Travis 41 16 16 5 .390 Homesley 48 17 17 7 .354 Sealey 50 13 17 6 .340 Barrow 49 7 15 15 .314 Bush Newton Anthony Hats Off To Bradburn-Harris For Fine Season Now that our school year is com ing to an end, we would like to say congratulations for a fine season to our coaches, Wayne Bradburn and Norman Harris. Bradburn and Har ris deserve a lot of credit for the work they have done this past sea son with the football, baseball, and basketball teams of Gardner-Webb College. Bradburn, an all-star athlete (football and basketball) at Mar shall High School and Western Carolina Teachers’ College, guided the football team to a second place finish behind Lees-McRae. His bas ketball squad also placed second to Lees-McRae. Last season, he guid ed the footballers to a third place finish and the basketballers to a fourth place finish during the sea son and a fourth place ranking among North Carolina Junior Col- ■ ;es. The ’49-50 court outfit bowed state champion Wingate in the first round of the state finals. Harris was a football and base- ill star at Asheville Lee H. Edwards High School and High Point Col- vas one of the top hitters institutions, also captain of the Lee Edwards football team of 1942, which featured Charlie (Choo Choo) Justice in the back- field. Fresh out of High Point, Har- me to the local campus at the of the 1949 school year. He has acted as assistant football and coach and head base- for two seasons, and the way he has been turning out base ball clubs, it looks like the well-liked Asheville boy will be here for a couple more seasons. His 1950 dia mond outfit won the Western Con ference crown with a 12-4 record. They edged Spartanburg for the title by fourteen points. This sea- Harris’ nine has won nine and lost three with three to go. Two of those defeats have come in the ninth inning when Wingate and Pfeiffer rallied. Both those outfits have defeated G-W by one run. This season’s baseball nine also owns an 11-8 victory over the defending ‘ate champion Oak Ridge club and VO important decisions over their ■ch rivals, the Spartanburg Pion- We also want to offer our con gratulations to Bradburn and Har ris for staging a grand field day. This was the first Field Day ever held on the Gardner-Wbeb campus, ce it was a huge success, prospects are bright for a Field Day every year. "■ there were awards made to the coaches of the year in the Caro- Junior College Conference, our would go to Coaches Wayne Bradburn and Norman Harris. PITCHING RECORD 53 7 16 5 Wilson Morton Lawrence Nix Bromir Blackburn Gamble Stout Shelton Kiser Bradford Harris 51 7 12 10 .235 Wilson Anthony Morton Shelton Merrill Bradford 12 23 21 15 WIN & LOST RECORD Wilson Anthony Morton Shelton Merrill Bradford
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