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Page Four THE PILOT November, 1954 SPORTS DIGEST “Football- By MAC HILL The local gridders completed their ’54 campaign by losing to the Ap- plachain State Junior Varsity 14-7 at Marion last week. This defeat gives the Bulldogs an overall record of three wins, four losses, and two ties for the year. In conference play, the Baptists have compiled a 2-3-1 slate, good enough for un disputed possession of second place in the WCJCC. Coach Harris’ el e v e n rolled through Mars Hill, 14-13, Asheville- Biltmore, 26-7, and Western Carolina JV’s, 19-6, prior to the Applachain State encounter. They dropped de cisions to Lees McRae, 7-0 and 20-7, and Mars Hill, 12-0. The first two games of the season ended in ties, Chowan 6-6, and Asheville-Biltmore, 0-0. Co-captains Ronald Burns and Dean Upton proved worthy of the honor bestowed upon them by their teammates in their performances this year. Upton led the team In practically every offensive phase, while Burns was outstanding on both offense and defense. Upton scored a total of 31 points plus accomplish ing a 5.7 yard average per carry. Burns was undoubtedly the most valuable blocker on the team. Boys clad in red and black for the last time were, James Parker, Alfred Stepp, Johnny Beal, Horace Broome, Ronald Burns, Henry Fogle, Dean Upton, Bill Fitzpatrick, and Ted Turner . . . hats off to these fel lows, who have given the Gardner- Webb citizenry a mighty fine taste of football. - Basketball- Coach Harris has been drilling his sage aspirants the past few weeks in preparation for their rugged sched- Hams has expressed pleasure with the drills thus far, however he is disappointed in the small turnout of freshmen. The nucleus of this year’s quint will be built around the eight returning lettermen. Leading this group are co-captains Bill Bo- vender and Bill Norris. Other letter men returning and expected to fig ure heavily in Coach Harris’ plans are. Dean Upton and Lewis Bal lard, guards. Carlisle Hostetter, Bill Bell, and Mac HUl, forwards, and Larry Von Cannon, center. Two freshmen, Lowery Kendrick and Jimmy Camp, have looked im pressive in workouts. The local basketballers opened their 54-55 cage season at Cullowhee Tuesday night, losing to the WCTC JV’s 67-63. Bill Bovender and Bill Norris led the Bulldogs with 16 and 14 points respectively. The Baptists quint will make their first home appearance here Satur day, Dec. 4 against the Black Mountain All-Stars, a fast semi-pro outfit. The remainder of the 20 game schedule; Dec. 8—North Greenville; Dec. 6— Open Date; Dec. 11 —Open Date; Dec. 13—Open Date; Dec. 16—at Spartanburg Junior; Jan. 7—at Davidson Freshman; Jan. 8 — at Brevard; Jan. 15 — at Mars Hill; Jan. 17—Davidson Freshman; Jan. 20—Asheville-Biltmore; Jan. 22—at Cullowhee JV’s; Jan. 24—Furman Freshmen; Jan. 26— WCTC JV’s; Jan. 29—at Lees McRae; Feb. 2—at Asheville-Biltmore; Feb. 5—Lees Mc Rae; Feb. 7—at Furman Freshmen; Feb. 9—Spartanburg Junior; Feb. 11—at North Greenville; Feb. 14— Open Date; Feb. 17—Brevard; Feb. 21—Mars HUl. Intramural Football Bovender, Hostetter, Carlton Co., waltzed through the intramm:- al football schedule with only one setback in seven games to capture the championship. Athletic director Norman Harris presented the championship trophy to Bill Bovender, captain of the team. Ihe winners rang up 117 points in seven games. Bovender led the team in scoring with a total of 60 points, Hostetter was close behind with 48. Carlton was the offensive standout, completing 50 passes, 15 for scores. Larry Jones, Irving Wag ner, Tommy Poston, and Richard Hedrick were the defensive stars for the group. The fmal standings: Team W L T First East 6 10 Second East 3 2 2 *Second West 13 0 First West 14 2 *—dropped out Sports Feature By MAC HILL Guarantees for the typical college football game At one of the gates a guy with tickets in his hat-band will hold up the line while he frisks himself trying to locate them ... No matter how warm it may be, you will spot a guy who brought two blankets apiece for himself and his date . . . Some loudmouth will begin riding an official the minute he makes his first appearance and continue to do so throughout the game . . . Two guys, who never attended any col lege at all, will whack one another on the back after each touchdown . . . The mascot will break away from the student assigned to guard it and race on the field or into the stands . . . One loud-mouthed guy will count off the official’s strides after each penalty . . . One of the cheerleaders will pull up her woolen socks before going into each cheer ... A back who has a clear field will slip and fall whether the day is dry or rainy or will trip over one of his teammates . . . There will be a bench-warmer who will spend the afternoon pulling a slipping blanket back on his shoulders . . . At least one bottle of bourbon will be dropped and smash ... A spec tator will be taken out after being jabbed in the eye with a pennant cane . . . The public address system ed at the main gate ... A mother will close her eyes every time her son carries the ball ... A co-ed will be staring into her mirror, drawing on a new mouth of lipstick, during the game’s longest run . . . Any time a pass receiver is knocked down there will be scattered yells of "in terference” . . . There will be an announcement on the public address system giving the license plate of a car with the motor running . . . The coffee will be pale, sweet and cold, the lad selling the product will accidently spill some on a fan ... At least one punt will fall Into the crowd. The person who heaves it back will receive a round of ap plause . . . Some father will criticize the coach for not playing his son ... At least one fan will be es corted from the stadium by a per sonal convoy of cops ... A major ette will drop her baton while per forming at half-time . . . The play ers will form a human dressing room on the field for repairs to a players’ damaged uniform . . . The band will strike up a peppy number just as the opposing team has gained pos session of the ball . . . The score board clock will fail to stop for at least one timeout ... A co-ed will faint when he beau fails to rise im mediately after being tackled ... A group will demonstrate, wanting their buddy to enter the game . . . Both coaches will stand with their arms around a substitute giving him instructions, then have him sit back Trip To The Farm By DEREE MAYBERKY Virginia Singleton, Joyce Stephen son, Ray Jimison, and Bill Sitton loaded up in the oar of John Rob erts, associate director of public re lations of the college, for a merry ride to the country to visit the farm owned and operated by Gardner- Webb College. Even though these students knew that our eggs and farm, they had never actually had a chance to visit the place. The farm itself occupies 1,100 acres and is located about two miles south of the college. Ralph Hendrick, the farm manager, is kept busy looking after the 400 turkeys and 1,400 chickens there. This area of land was given to the school by the Gardner family. When the students arrived at the farm, they piled out of the car and began searching for a turkey that would suit their purpose. Ray caught a big, healthy tui’key and Joyce grabbed an axe with which to do her deed. Virginia tried to con sole the turkey, but to no avail. He made a frantic escape. The turkey was retrieved and Joyce again rais ed her axe threateningly into the air. Virginia looked on alarmed, but there was little she could do about the matter. Bill Sitton step ped up to the scene saying, “Hold that pose,” and snapped a picture of the group. The poor turkey was then let loose with no damage done to his neck. The picture taken ap peared in many of the newspapers in North Carolina during the Thanksgiving holidays. Business Teachers Conference The teachers of business educa tion in North Carolina’s seven Bap tist colleges held their first annual conference at Gardner-Webb Friday and Saturday, November 19 and 20. Robert Boston, director of the de partment of business at Chowan Col lege, was elected chairman of the group. Carl G. Vickers of Chowan is vice-chairman. Eugene Vosecky, head of the de partment of business at Gardner- Webb, told the group that the prim ary function of the business teacher is to give his students confidence in their ability. This helps them realize their full capacities. “The whole purpose in teaching,” he de clares, “is to change people into per- Representatives were present from Wake Forest College, Campbell, Chowan, Wingate and Gardner- Webb. down ... If his team loses, an old graduate will say to his companion, “this coach just doesn’t fit in here.” . . . There will be at least one penal ty no one understands . . . The coach will kick at an imaginary rock when something goes wrong . . . There will be a guy with a portable radio in the stands who yells scores to the people around him. Another will laugh at the radio announcer for calling the wrong ball carrier or tackier . . . The winning coach will say after the game that the losing coach did a good job and has a fine bunch of boys ... A man who never saw Charlie Justice will remark af ter a long run “. . . if you think this guy can run, you should have seen Justice” ... At least one mar riage will have broken up because of the husband’s behavior the night before the game at the fraternity dance . . . the losing coach will catch himself reading the want ads at breakfast the next morning. Statistics On Professions Do college students know what profesison they want to enter after college? According to a survey made among the 371 students at Gardner-Webb College, only 26 per cent indicated they are undecided about their life’s Out of 26 professions named, only five made the double bracket. As mighty be expected at this Baptist institution, religious work leads the list. Fifty students are studying for the ministry while 49 say they will go into religious education. Other professions high on the list are commercial (secretaries, ac countants, business management), 56; engineering, 25; and teaching, 33, No other profession is even close to these, according to the survey. Careers in automotive design, art, civil service, dramatics, forestry, printing, physical therapy, sales manship, social work, and textiles drew only one student each. Five students are studying journ alism and five are training as lab oratory or X-ray technicians. Nine have chosen music with six select ing nursing as their life’s work. Medicine and law drew eight and fom- students respectively. In the world of sports, seven have indicated they want to be coaches or work in physical education. Other careers listed were chem istry, two; home economics, three; pharmacy, two; and two people list ed “housewife.” Baptists lead in the religious af filiation of students at Gardner- Webb. Thirty Methodists are attend ing the college. Other denomina tions include Christian, one; Con- gregationalist, one; Episcopalian, one; Lutheran, one; Presbyterian, three; and five unaffiliated. Of the 371 students, 81 are veterans. A total of 68 of the college students are married. Missionaries Visit G-W Ml-, and Mrs. Harold Stevens, missionaries to South Africa, pre sented an inspiring and informative program to the students of Gard ner-Webb College on November 19, 1954, at the morning chapel ser- The missionaries previously spent five years in Africa from 1949 to 1953, They have been in the Unit ed States for the past year, but plan to sail for Africa again on December 1. At the beginning of the program, Mrs. Stevens spoke briefly on her college days, her former wish to become a Home Economics teacher, and her decision to serve in the foreign mission field. Stevens showed a film, “Africa Calling,” explaining as he did so, the significance of the locations pictur ed and relating some of the cus toms of the African people. He men tioned such African cities as Dur ban, Mseleni, and Joharmesburg, an industrial city with diamond and gold mines in addition to a large airport. According to Stevens, prospective bridegrooms in Africa purchase the young lady of their choice with cat tle. An ordinary girl may be bought with 10 head of cattle, but the chief’s daughter costs 22 head of cattle. The missionary stated that it is never a problem to get an audience in Africa to listen to the preach ing. They wiU abandon whatever else they may be doing to hear the words of the missionary. Neverthe less, immorality and vile living re main prevalent, presenting the mis sionaries with a never-ending prob lem. He told of the Bible classes which have been organized, the small hos pital, the schools and dormitories, and the 22 orphan children that he and Mrs. Stevens have cared for. In closing, Stevens emphasized the urgent need for more mission aries in the African field and urged the college students to consider the matter seriously. Intramural Athletic Program Volleyball, in the form of a double elimination tournament, is now un der way and will be followed by basketball and softball. A trophy will be given to the championship intramural team at the end of the year. This will be chosen on a point basis—each team will receive 6 points for 1st place in any given intramural sport and 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6th places. Additional trophies will be given to teams for the championships in each separate sport. New Trustees Named For G-W College Seven new trustees were appoint ed to four-year terms on the board of trustees for Gardner-Webb Col lege by the general education board of the Baptist State Convention. Two other trustees were appoint ed to fill unexpired terms. The new trustees are: Mrs. O, Max Gardner, Sr., of Shelby, John Moore of Tryon, Dr. H. S. Plaster of Shelby, D. W, Roy ster of Shelby, Mi'S. L. L. Self of Cherryville, J. L. Suttle of Shelby and the Rev. Harold White of Spin- dale. Appointed to fill unexpired terms are Felix Hamrick of Boiling Springs and Bruce Hildebrand of Marion.
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