Fiebruary-Marehj 1958
THE PILOT
Page Five
From Sports Desk
By Dillard Morrow
The 1957 year in sports has long
since passed under -the wire and
everyone has long since reviewed the
outstanding happenings and forgot
ten about them. However, let us take
a brief look at the picture with a
Bulldog in It.
As 1957 began, 4'he Bulldogs were
Just beginning their basketball sea
son. The freshmen will not be fam
iliar with the basketball record nor
the baseball record. However, the
Bulldcgs last spring compiled a 12-2
record in baseball, good enough for
the Western Conference title. The
team went undefeated in 12 games
only to lose the last two.
Next came the gridiron season,
which everyone will recall. The
Bulldog eleven finished the season
with a 3-3-3 record. As the season
ended, I was not surprised to find
that I was not the only one that
would have voted KEITH ELLER
the lineman of the year. DON MIL
LER came through with his predict
ed season as he led the team in
rushing. GERALD FREEMAN and
REID ARMSTRONG rate a special
mention as they were brilliant per
formers in the pass receiving de
partment. REID pulled several
games out for the Bulldogs with his
brilliant catches. GERALD can not
be singled out for any one deed as
he caught passes all over the field
and also performed as an outstand
ing defensive player.
Most certainly,' these were not the
only outstanding performers on the
squa/d. The Bulldogs were rated to
top the conference, but were hit
hard by the injury bug. The past
season is gone, but not forgotten. No
season is ever really forgotten.
It is best that we move on to 1958
before someone gets the.idea that
Father Time is hplding a convention
in the room.
The basketball Bulldogs settled
ior third in the conference and also
third in the tournament at Spruce
Pine. Dean Bridges brought home
his second “best sportsman” trophy.
Have you heard the one about the
star quarterback who could do ev
erything with a football except auto
graph it? Isn’t it a fact that a hero
of a thousand perfect plays becomes
a bum after one error? Have you
noticed that football is a great kick
ing game. However, the best kickers
are in the stands at $3.60 a seat.
As the semester is over for the
majority and the stay at GW ends
for a few, have you ever thought
about the question—“What have I
accomplished?” If you can’t do any
thing well, try to become an exec
utive.
Just remember that all quitters
are good losers—Most games are
won or lost before they are played—
When it rains. It rains on both
teams—the undefeated team is not
always the strongest, it might be the
luckiest.
BASKETBALL
ROUNDUP
The Bulldogs played host to Bre
vard on anuary 6 and turned the
visitors away 82-72. The Bulldogs
were leading 14-13 at the end of the
first quarter and were trailing at the
end of the half 36-37.
Bolick was the high scorer for the
Bulldogs with 21. Dean Bridges fol
lowed closely with 20, and Bobby
Jones had 17.
On January 9, the Bulldogs trav
eled to Mars Hill only to lose a
heartbreaker 55-51. The Bulldogs
led the Lions untU the final 50 sec
onds of play. The Bulldogs had a
four point lead at the half and led
as much as 12 points during the
third quarter.
Bolick tallied 18 for the Bulldogs
and was high man for the night.
Reid Armstrong scored 11 for the
■rhe Bulldogs traveled to Western
Carolina January 11 to win their
last outing before semester exams.
The Bulldogs downed the Western
Carolina “B” 61-45. The Baptists
never trailed in the one-sided con
test. With three of the regulars out,
the Bulldoys got everyone into the
act as four of the starters hit in
the double figures. Bolick scored 22
points to lead the Bulldogs. Dean
Bridges tallied 14, Floyd Wright
sank 13.and BiU Beason dropped 11
in.
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Lawson Allen prepares to sink a basket.
Faculty Wins One; Loses One
The Faculty-Student basketball game ended much in the
same manner as it did last year. The Gardner-Webb lassies
came through with flying colors as they downed a hard fight
ing faculty team. However, the men’s team led by the hot
handed James Garrison gave a repeated performance as they
mobbed a shaky Monogram club teani. Garrison tallied 27
points for the winners as he did the greater part of the re
bounding.
Squad Down to Nine
As the Bulldogs took up the hard
wood woes after exams, the roster
contained the names of only nine
players.
The Bulldogs downed the Western
Carolina “B” team with a four man
bench crew on hand.
Three players did not make the
trip to Western Carolina-
Morrow Candidate
For Scholarship
Dillard Morrow who left the Pilot
staff last month is under con
sideration for a scholarship to Van
derbilt University.
Each year Vanderbilt University
grants one scholarship to prospec
tive sportswrlters. The TRA Grant-
land Rice Memorial scholarship is
given .each year in memory of the
famous sportswriter.
The scholarship provides for a
four-year stay at the University,
and summer time employment. The
total scholarship is $1,800 a year.
N. G. 30 Trips
G. W. 108-68
Beane New
Sports Editor
Ken Beane, a freshman from
Charlotte, assumed duties as sports
editor of the Pilot last month, Beane
took up the duties of Dillard Mor-
Morrow has been sports editor
since September of 1957. He has
doubled as the sports editor for the
Pilot and also as sportswriter for
the school. He is planning to con
tinue school in September at either
aVnderbilt University or Western
Carolina.
Beane came to Gardner - Webb
from Harding High School, where
toe was a sportswriter for the school
. TRACING THE
BULLDOGS
As the Pilot goes to press, the
Gardner-Webb Bulldogs have com
piled a 9-8 won-lost record. To go
along with this, the Bulldogs are
5-5 in conference play. However, the
Bulldogs have lost two key men in
Is Steve Bolick, the boy that paced
the Bulldogs through the first half
of the season. Until the academic
subjects had hit him, Steve had
stripped the nets for 245 points in
13 games for a 19 point aperage.
Along with his scoring, Steve was
one of the top rebounders qf the
Gardner-Webb cagers. His name will
be greatly missed in the G. W. start
ing five as the season progresses.
The other ‘big” man lost to the
G. W. line-up is Dillard Morrow.
Dillard, the sports editor for the
Pilot, always pushed G. W. spirit
with his personal interest in the
Bulldog teams. His tireless efforts
to reach the students with his full
from near mid-cout't, and Quick hit
a one-hand push from the corner
before the G. W. boys could again
find the hoop. From here on in it
was all North Greenville. Carlisle
led North Greneville with 34 points,
followed by Wilson’s 19 and Quick’s
16. G. W. was led by Steve Bolick’s
29, followed by Wright’s 16, and
Dean Bridges’ 10. Little Bridges and
Bolick were standouts on defense for
G. W.
G. W. 68 N. G. 108
Bolick 29 Milton 6
Beason 4 Hiott 9
Bridges, D. 10 Wilson 16
Wright 16 Quick 19
Carver 2 Carlisle 34
D. ones 6 Long 8
Bridges, 1 Flynn 4
McAliste 4
Bolton 4
Barnwell 4
Score by periods:
G. W.. 18 15 22 13— 68
N. G. 34 28 28 18—108
descriptions of the games, will long
be on the minds of those who fol
lowed the Bulldogs through the
Pilot. To try to reach the perfec
tion that Dillard reached would be
putting myself on the free-throw
line with the score tied ,and three
seconds left in the game. However,
I shall try to bring to you, the
reader,' a full account of the games
as possible. If you are through with
your Spanish, English, and math,
which are so essential to getting out,
stretch across the bed and relax
with your Pilot—because here we go.
. Using the fast break to perfec
tion, along with some deadly shoot
ing from the fingertips of Pete Car
lisle, the Spiders of North Green
ville overwhelmed the G. W. cagers
108-68. The Spiders got off to a fast
start by pouring in 33 points in the
first quarter, while holding G. W. to
18 points. A jump shot by Carlisle,
followed by two layups by Long sent
the score to 39-21. The Bulldogs
fought back with the shooting of
Steve Bolick, who was G. W.’s high
scorer with a total of 29 points. Hit
ting two quick one-hand jumps,
Steve pushed G. W. within 13 points
at 39-26. However, the North Green
ville cagers put on the steam to run
the score to 62-33 at halftime.
Determined to fight back, the
Gardner-Webb quintet fought to 64-
39 on two shots by Wright and one
by Bill Beason. Then the race con
tinued as North Greenville, under
the guidance of Wilson, Carlisle and
Quick, ran the score up. Dag Wilson
toit a hook, Carlisle hit a jump shot
G. W. Sails Past
W. C. C. 88-56
After playing a stale first half, the
Gardner-Webb Bulldogs broke loose
in a wild and wooly second half to
trim the Catamounts of Western
Carolina by the scorg of 68-56.
Trailing 26-24 at intermission, the
Bulldogs broke loose for 44 points in
the second half under the shooting
of Steve Bolick and Bill Beason. In
the third quarter Beason connected
on two 20-footers, one lay-up, along
with a free-throw to shove the
Webbers in front. Two shots by
Dean Bridges, and two free throws
by Wright sent the score to 43-40 at
the end of the period. The J. V.'s
of Western Carolina came back at
the start of the fourth quarter with
Game hitting two-set shots to send
the Mountaineers back in the lead.
However, this lead was brief as Bo
lick and Wright got hot to push the
final 'score to 68-56.
The first half was slow and found
neither team able to connect from
the floor. In the first quarter, Gard
ner-Webb hit on 4 shots from the
floor, 4 from the free-throw line
for a total of 12 points. Of these 12
points, Bolick had six. On the other
hand, W. C. found the rim even
harder to hit than their opponents.
They hit only two shots from the
floor and one from the free-throw
line for a five point first quarter
total. In the second quarter. Dean
Bridges came through with 5 points,
along with Goodman’s 3 to run the
halftime score to 26-24.
(Gardner-Webb was led by Bo
lick’s 20 points, Wright’s 14, and
Dean Bridges’ 13. W. C. was led by
Game’s 15, Spady’s 11, and Hill’s :
G. V
C. 56
Game 15
White 10
Dillinger 10
Bolick 20
Wright 14
D. Bridges 13
Di,xon 4
Beason 11 Hill 10
Goodman 3
D. Jones 7
Score by periods:
G. W. 12 12 I’f 27—68
W. C. 5 21 14 16—56
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