Math 52-
Bulldog Cagers Fourth In State
Wingate Wins Tournament In Shelby;
Campbell Runs Close Second
Gardner-Webb’s Bulldog cagers, seeded sixth in the an
nual junior college tourney after ending the season with a
10-10 record, walked off with the fourth place award in the
event this year held in Shelby’s modern community center,
February 28, 29, March 1.
By the skin of their teeth, the boys of Wayne Bradburn
paved a route into the second round i —
with a stirring 64-61 triumph over and consolation matches were set.
Coach Tee Frye’s Oak Ridge Ca- EDGED BY LOUISBURG
dets, the third seeded outfit. This of the most thrilling tilts of
vvin automatically put the Bulldogs the Jaycees sponsored tourney was
m contention for the championship the Gardner-Webb-Louisburg tiff
and/or the consolation match. played Saturday, March 1, This was
Oak Ridge had licked the Bull- the consolation match deciding
dogs twice in seasonal play. G-W’s third and fourth spots,
sudden punch initiated an upset. It was forty minutes of hairrais-
In the contest, the scoring totals ing basketball, but the Louisburg
were evened up. Center Bobby outfit, paced by center Glendel
Blackbi-rn threw in 16 markers in Stephenson and forward Buck Plem-
Ihe Oak Ridge contest; Henry I mg, who clipped in 27 and 24 points,
Smith bucketed 15; Don Elliott 12; I respectively, eked out the locals 71-
4U:d Don Bailey 11. j 69.
It was a see-saw battle from be- Louisburg managed to hold a
ginning to end. Forward Jack Powell; three-five point lead over the Bull-
blasted the nets for 28 points, pac- i dogs throughout the first three
mg the Cadets’ drive. Powell was the quarters, but a steamed up crew of
leading O. R. scorer in loop games; j nradburnmen made things hot in
ako an all-stater. the final ten minutes, but were
CAMELS GO ! never able to overcome the small
In the following match, the Bull- deficit,
dogs took on second-seeded Camp- Center Bob Blackburn threw in 17
the teiim which surprised
champion Wingate with a blistering
battle in the finals. Wingate won,
however. The Camels shellacked the
Bulldogs in short order, 100-65.
Guard Smith Langdon, voted the
most valuable player in the tourney,
paced the Camels with 23 points,
while forward Sam Frazier dropped
The Bulldogs were unable to mas
ter the boys from Buies Creek after
che first quarter. However, at the
end of the first period, Campbell
had established a 26-14 lead. By
halftime it was 50-34; 77-54 after
three periods, and when the final
horn sounded, the locals were be
hind by 35 markers, 100-65.
Wingate’s high-riding cagers, en-
markers for the Bulldogs’
while Don Bailey notched 15. Black
burn was high man for the locals in
the tourney, with 52 tallies. How
ever, Henry Smith, Bulldog guard,
was selected best sport in the event
Dy a secret committee.
Wingate edged Campbell 70-67 in
the final match, a thriller, taking
their second championship in a row.
Darrell Floyd, Wingate All-America
forward, garnered 75 points in the
three-game set to take high scoring
honors for his team. The Wingate
ace was also selected to the All
tourney team, along with Langdon
and Frazier of Campbell; Granger
of Wingate; and Stephenson of
Louisburg.
The tourney terminated the cage
tourney with 16 wins and j season for the Gardner-Webb five,
no losses m the conference, dropped I Only two men will be lost to the ’52-
Louisburg in a run-aw^y affair the j 53 squad, Bob Blackburn and Banks
same night; therefore, the finals, Miller.
Shown above is the Gardner-Webb College Basketball team that
began the ’52 season. They are left to right;
First row: Bay Lyles of Spindale; Banks Miller, Fallston; Bill
Stout, Ramseur; Henry Smith, Stanley; Bobby Nix, Summerville,
Ga.; Jerry McKeithan, Spindale.
Second row; Coach Bradburn; Alex Bromir, Miami, Fla.; Bob Bush,
Summerville, Ga.; Don Elliott, Fallston; Don Bally, Spindale; Bob
Blackburn, Mooresboro; Ernie Beheler, Gastonia; Clinton Spencer,
Ramseur; Howard Gamble, Miami, Fla.; Coach Harris.
Volume V MAECH, 1952 Number 6
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'52 ANCHOR Goes To Press
Saturday, Feb. 16, the 1952 Anchor was put together in
the Reading Room of the 0. Max Gardner Building. From 9:00
A.M. to 5:00 P.M., with time out for lunch and an after
noon snack, two girls from Gastonia (especially one of them),
a girl from Lenoir, a boy from Summerville, Ga., and Mr’.
Mitchell from the Dowd Press in
Charlotte, worked both controversi
ally and concordantly—with a happy
ending.
The beginning was a happy one
too. Back in the summer of ’51 Doris
Adair, the Editor-in-Chief, filled
with sparking enthusiasm and ideas
of originality tripped off to Char
lotte to see the publisher and was
then able to begin formulating her
dream. Then school was resumed in
September: business affairs to at
tend to, staff to be organized, ads
to be sold, pictures to take, plans to
make, difficulties, new inspiration,
all brought her to the glorious day
in February.
Bobby Pettyjohn, the capable and
successful business manager con
tinually brought news of large sales
throughout the fall. When you see
the large number of advertisements
in this year’s Anchor, you will get
an idea of how and where Bobby’s
afternoons were spent. He deserves
credit for much of the financial
success which has been the an-
The photography, thanks to Jim
\ /eaver and Hord’s Studio, is supurb.
Some of the best annual picttires
ever. All aspects of the photography
are quite original.
I won’t disclose any further in
formation concerning the book;
when it is in your hands it will
speak for itself. That day will be
sooner than you may think. The
proof is expected in April and the
books are expected to be in your
hands around May 1.
The editorial, and business staffs,
typists and photographers are proud
of the 1952 Anchor and when you
see it you will be too. Miss Mor
gan, faculty advisor, agrees that it
IS one of the best annuals Gardner-
Webb will ever have.
I.R.C. News
At the last February meeting of
the International Relations Club,
the club had as its speaker, Mr.
Grigg, Superintendent of the Cle
veland County Schools.
Mr. Grigg, who is well known
by the students of Gardner-Webb,
talked on the origin of names. He
has had history of names for his
hobby for ten years. His list of
names goes into the thousands, with
a special origin for each one.
’The club was overjoyed because
many of the members found out how
their names originated. Mr. Grigg
pointed out that before the 12th
century there were very few last
names. As the years rolled by all
the people were ordered to take last
names. Many of them just looked
out the window and saw an animal
or a tree and used this for a last
Many of the people were given last
names by physical features or emo
tional traits. There were also many
people named after their occupa-
The club truly enjoyed the dif
ferent but yet interesting talk. Mr.
Grigg was swarmed under by a
group of students after the meeting
trying to find out the origin of many
of their names.
C. D. Hendrix was elected Chair
man of the Program Committee at
the third meeting of the new se
mester. Along with Mr. Hendrix on
the Programs Committee will serve
Catherine Prince and Ray Snyder.
They have planned a very interesting
group of programs for the next
six weeks. We invite anyone inter
ested in the club to visit us and
join if they wish.