Ncrranber, 1957
:T H E .* P I L O T
Page ePoar
Continued from Poge 3
If It were ethical, a column could
be written about the trip to Geor
gia. However, we will refrain from
saying too ■ much about the trip
south. The Bulldogs were held to a
tie, but I might add that they didn’t
come home etilpty-'hajided. The last
report was that Paul Cline and a
few others had a total of 40 address
es and a suitcase full of pictures.
Since the trip to Georgia was irly
first, I was very Impressed by the
friendliness of the residents.
Seriously speaking, the record
might not indicate a great season,
but all in all, the Bulldogs did them
selves credit as they completed the
final lap as they ended a .500 sea
son. With the considerable amount
of jnjuries and bad breaks, the.
Builders did a very good Job, and
the entire student body should con
gratulate them.
With tJie gridiron season fading
in the distance, a lot of things are ^
brought back to mind. Such things
as the QUiteness of a dressing room
before a game the alcohol smell
BUI Garrett’s comments as some
of the boys come in for their pre
game tape the ride to the ball
park____and win or lose, the trip
home.
At this point, I would like to say
something that might make a few
people a little angry. Right or
wrong, here It is. How many stu
dents attended the last home game
of the Bulldogs? Yes, the one
against Ferrum! It has been esti
mated at around eighty students
were on hand tfc see the Bulldogs
thrash the Panthers. Yes, It was
cold enough, I’ll go along with that.
Wouldn’t it be nice if our school
spirit was like that of a small school
in our state which had only 22 boys
in the school? ’That’s not too as
tounding, but it is when all 22 boys
were on the football team. There
were only a hundred and twenty-
five students, but every one took
part in the game as cheerleaders,
band members, or helping with the
concessions.
Basketball season is coming up.
Let’s fill the new gymn when the
Bulldogs take the hardwood. A team
can come closer to bringing home
the bacon if they have someone at
home whom is behind them.
Prospects for a successful basket
ball season are very good as we have
a number of boys returning from
last year’s team Let’s give them all
the support that we can. When you
say, “I’m a Bulldog bom, and a
Bulldog dead,” mean it.
Wingate 27—G. W. 14
In Monroe, Wingate College jam
med 13 points Into the final quarter
Saturday night to pick up their
sixth win of the season at the hands
of Gardner-Webb, 27-14.
Don Miller scored for Gardner-
Webb on a one-yard plunge in the
first period and Dean Turner tal
lied in the fourth on a 20-yard pass
from Bob Webb. Reg Turner kicked
both extra points.
Wingate scored in the first and
second quarters on Jerry Carpen
ter’s sneak and H. T. McManus’
plunge, both for one yard.
’The last two were scored on Ken
ny Smith’s two-yard run and
Sonny Basinger’s 23-yard aerial to
George Stafford. Carpenter kicked
three extra points.
L. M. 33—G. W. 26
A third quarter touchdown proved
to be the decider at Shelby High
stadium Saturday night as Lees-Mc-
Rae’ edged Gardner-Webb 33-26 in
Western Jimior College action. ’The
nine touchdowns marked up by the
two clubs set jsome sort of single
game scoring record in this area.
The defeat eliminated the Gardner-
Webbers from the 1957 chase.
Haiftime score in Saturday’s weird
offensive show was 21-19 with the
accurate toe of guard Jack Taylor
the difference. Both teams pushed
across a six-pointer in the fourth and
Individual stars graced the rosters
of both clubs Saturday as an esti
mated 1,200 fans saw the Gardner-
Webb homecoming festivities fea
tured at halftime by the crowning
of Miss Rachel Greene of Norfolk,
Va. as homecoming queen for the
’57 season.
Dave Morgan, 160-pound scatback
from Big Stone Gap, Virginia, paced
the Bobcats to their initial league
win with is lightning-like thrusts
through the middle. Morgan topped
the ball carriers with 120 yards in 15
carries for an eight yard average.
John Slagle, Bob Hamilton, and
Paul Laws were other offensive
stickouts for Lees-McRae with, Don
Miller, Richard Ripley, Robert
Webb, Earl Martin, and Cody For
rester for the losers. Miller, the
Reidsville speed merchant, lugged
the leather ll times for 75 y^rds
^ good for a 7.5 average. Miller almost
shook loose for the tying touchdown
before the final whistle.
Webb, Hickory sophomore, com
pleted 11 of , 19 passe for 160 yards
and one ’TD. His aerials set up two
more markers for the fighting but
injury-riddled Gardner - Webbers.
Gardner-Webb rolled for 13 first
downs to 12 for the winners with
the Bobcats from Banner Mk grind
ing out 238 yards rushing to G-W’s
The contest was one minute old
when the Bobcats hit pay dirt. Mor
gan sped 40 yards, lateraled to Sla
gle who went over from the three.
Taylor kicked the extra point. After
an exchange of punts, Webb took
to the airlanes and the Bulldogs
moved 85 yards in 10 plays for their
first marker.
Webb passed 30 yards to Forrester,
then heaved a 28-y?,rder to Reid
Armstrong putting the baU on the
one. Armstrong, incidentally, made
a brilliant catch, taking the pigskin
away from two Bobcat defenders.
Martin scored from the one but Reg
Turner’s kick was wide of the cross
bar.
Guard Jim Tomblin, who played
a bang-up game for G-W, recovered
a Lees-McRae fumble on the 40
and the Gardner-Webber^ went
ahead on the sixth play of the sec
ond stanza with Webb going over
from the one. Martin, the ex-Gaff
ney High ace, added the point after
from replacement.
Lees-McRae took the kickoff and
four plays l£^ter, quarterback Slagle
went off tackle, cut to the middle
of the field, picked up blockers, and
zoomed 51 yards to tie the score at
13-all. ’Taylor’s true kick put the
Dickerson-coached lads back out
Jront.
Midwa,y the second period, Webb’s
strong right flipper again paid off.
Armstrong, playing one of the great
est games of his career, recovered a
Bobcat bobble on the 3 and Webb
passed to Gerald Freeman putting
the ball on the two. Miller went over
but the try for PAT was no good.
A few moments later, Morgan
broke loose for 51 yards, Taylor
booted the extra point for.the 21-19
halftime advantage.
Hamilton, speedy right halfback,
scored what proved to be the win
ning touchdown In the third quar
ter as he plunged over from the two-
yard stripe caping a 26-yard march.
End Wayne Wyrick blocked a G-W
punt setting the stage for the score.
With two minutes gone by the
boards in the fourth and final chap
ter, Slagle passed 38 yards to Mor
gan making the score 33-18. Again
the try for point was no good.
As time ran out, the Bulldogs
launched a drive on their own 25
and eight plays later, Webb tossed
10 yards to Freeman for the score.
A 33-yard dash by Miller highlighted
the drive and "Turner kicked the
extra point.
Gardner-Webb took over on their
own 0 with one minute remaining
and With Webb tossing to Freeman
and Miller zooming 15 yards,
marched to the Bobcat 10-yard line
where time ran out.
G.W. 14—M. H. 0
-The Bulldogs of Gardner-Webb
Junior College unleashed an offen
sive Saturday night which proved
too much for the previously unbeat
en Lions of Mars Hill, the Bulldogs
turned on the power for a 14-0 win,
the second of the season, in a bat
tle of the Baptists at Shelby.
Along with a powerful ground
game, the Bulldogs threw up one of
their strongest defensive walls of
the season. A rugged defensive unit
limited the Lions to a meager 64
yards rushing and only five first
The Lions had the pigskin for
only three plays before the Bulldogs
got into gear to march for 65 yards '
for their first taUy. With Don Mil
ler, Richard Ripley and Ken Easier
powering their way for yardage, the
Bulldogs climaxed the drive with
Easier carrying over from the one-
yard marker.
Robert Webb, the cool-headed
field general, directed the Baptists
on their first march to pay dirt as
he hit for three passes and 46 yards.
In the first half the Mountaineers ,
could not get into gear against the
spirited Bulldog line led by Jack An
thony, Keith Eller Jim Tomblin and
Dean 'Turner.
AS' the Bulldogs kicked off for the
second half, the Lions came back
strong, but were let down by a
hard charging forward wall. Keith
Eller recovered a Mack ’Thacker
fumble at the start of the second
stanza to take the spirit out of the
strong Hons.
Late in the third quarter, Wesley
Hughes made a spectacular pass in
terception oh the Lions 35 and gal
loped to the six-yard marker. From
the six, Richard Ripley outran the
entire Lion forward waU for the
second Bulldog touchdown. Reg
Turner was up to the occasion as he
split the uprights for both extra
points.
’The lions could not get their of
fensive machine rolling and did not
penetrate the twenty-yard marker
of the Bulldogs.
No one man could be singled out
for the tremendous victory as the
second win of the Bulldogs was a
team victory aU the way.
The entire forward wall of the
Baptists with 'Turner, Eller, Tom
blin, Anthony, Roper, Cline and
Easier was unmovable as they halt
ed the Lions backs time and again.
Don Miller led the Bulldogs in
yardage gained as he rolled up 86
yards against the Lion forward wall.
Miller came through with his most
outstanding game of the season as
he gained on the ground as well as
an outstanding pass receiver.
Ripley and Easier were also the
workers in the Bulldog backfield'as
they ate up chunks of yardage down
the middle of the Lion forward wall.
The only bright spot in the Lions
forwfard wall was John Wright as he
•played a tremendous game both on
offense and defense.
Mack 'Thacker, the chief ground
gainer for the Lions, could not break
away at all and was limited for a
meager 10 yards rushing average.
The win over Mars Hill brought
the Bulldogs record to a 2-3-2 show-
tooth directed the Bulldogs with a
cool calculated attack. Webb side
lined by the flu did not dress for
the game along with Reid Armstrong
who also was out with the flu.
The Bulldogs took a Ferurm punt
in the early minutes of the game
and with Miller Easier and Ripley
alternating, literally blasted the
Ferrum line for 75 yards. The Bull
dogs drove to the Panther ten where
Ripley knifed over for his first
touchdown of the night.
Toward the end of the first stan
za, Bm Gamble charged through to
block a Panther pimt on the 20-
yard marker. Don Miller, playing
the greatest game of his career,
blasted for 5 to the 15 and picked
up blockers around the left end on
the next play to score standing up.
Both extra point tries in the first
quarter were blocked.
In the second stanza, the Bull
dogs tallied again as they staged a
70-yard drive to pay dirt. Gerald
Freeman put on a pass receiving
show and some iilgh stepping of his
own as he sparkplugged his team in
the second quarter. Mantooth, look
ing every bit the part of the old days
with Jim Johnson at quarterback,
launched a calculated attack for the
third taUy. Again -Miller rose to the
occasion as he sprinted 11 yards for
his second touchdown. Reg ’Turner
split the uprights to put the Bull
dogs out in front 19-0 as the half
ended.
The statistics might well tell, the
story of the Bulldogs’ success in t9ie
first half as the Baptists rolled for
174 yards to the Panthers 47 yaxds:
Two big plays tell the story of the
Bulldog’s fourth touchdown. After
Miller and Ripley had hit the Pan
ther line for nine yards apiece, Rip
ley spotted Miller in the open a.nd
laid the pigskin in his waiting arms
for a 20-yard gain. On the next play
Ken Easier did a sensational piece
of broken field running for 35 yards
to the Panther 25. The r^ceSiorses
carried to the one of the Panthers
where' Ripley plunged over. The
Bulldogs were off to the races as
they went ahead 26-0 after Turner’s
conversion.
The Bulldogs tallied again in the
third as a cool-headed Mantooth
directed his charges for 72 yards for
the score. Fullback Ken Easier did
the honors on the fifth tally as he
carried over from the one.
The big forward wall of the Bull
dogs was a terror to the Panthers.
Mickey Byers scored his first college
touchdown as he raced over from
backfield composed of Mickey By
ers, Wesley Hughes and Fred Snipes
the length of the field to end the
scoring for the night. The final
score was 38-0.
Not enough can be said about the
Bulldog forward wall as they limit
ed the Panthers to 105 yards nuh-
Ing, fifty of these in the final mo
ments of the game. Keith Eller, Jim
Tomblin, Dean 'Turner, and Paul
Cline proved to be the big stoppers
in the line. Jerry James, Jack An
thony, Maurice Mauney and Pred
Heavner also did themselves credit
in the forward wall.
G. W. 6—G. M. C. 6
The Bulldogs of Gardner-Webb
closed out their 1957 grid schedule
Friday night as they battled a stub
born Georgia Military eleven to a
6-6 tie. The Bulldogs were definitely
not up for the offensive most of the
The Bulldogs struck early in the
game as Reid Armstrong made a
spectacular grab in the end zone on
a Robert Webb pass. The Bulldogs
were not able to make the point af
ter and it proved to be a big factor
in the rugged contest.
The soldiers were not able to put
together a scoring drive in the first
half as a stubborn Bulldog line
fought back. Doug Williams did a
creditable job for the soldiers .as he
carried for short gains.
Eton Miller was the leading ground
gainer for the Bulldogs as he got
off to a 23-yard run and the night’s
longest nm for either team. How
ever the passing of quarterback, Ro
bert Webb, was highly effective as
he connected for 91 yards.
In the third quarter the soldiers
pushed iiie Bulldogs to the one-foot
line where a stubborn defensive unit
held. ITie soldiers had a first and
ten On the four, but could not strike
pay dirt.
In the fourth quarter the soldiers
got the largest break of the game
as Reg 'Turner dropped back to his
own thirty to boot out of danger.
ITie snap from center was over "Tur
ner’s head and the soldiers took over
on the nine-yard line. A stubborn
defense held for three plays, but on
fourth down Jerry Wllcoxon passed
to end, Roy Heafi, for the tying
score. Terry Whisnant hroke through
to block the extra point try and the
scoring was complete.
The Bulldogs were on top in the
statistics as they rolled to nine first
downs to seven for the soldiers. ’The
Bulldogs could not move into sol
dier territory but one time and that
was in the first quarter.
■The Bulldogs completed their grid
iron season with the soldiers and
finished with a 3-3-3 record. Don
Miller was the leading ground gain
er for the season with 720 yards
rushing.
G. W. 38-Ferrum O
The Bulldogs of Gardner-Webb
combined a high powered offensive
attack with a concrete defensive
tdrward wall Saturday nigiit to
trounce the Panthers from Ferrum
Junior. College 38-0. A strong light
ning-like Bulldog backfield unit
composed of Richard Ripley, Don
Miller ,and Ken Easier under the
direction of second string quarter
back, Charles Mantooth, proved to
be too much for the Virginians as
the Bulldogs scored in every quar-
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