OCTOBER 28, 1961
the pilot
PAGE FIVE
Enthusiasm High
Harris’ Bulldogs Face Wingate Kennel In
Homeooming Tilt Tomorrow Night At Eight
Bulldogs Gain
Win Over 'Cats
Gardner-Webb whirled over
two TDs in the second half of
fteir battle against Lees-McRae
September 30 to win their only
game of tlie season thus far, 19-
13.
The 'dogs unmuzzled a hard
hitting offensive attack against
the Bobcats and overcame an
early L-M lead.
In the first quarter the Bob
cats’ Bob Farris pounced on a
G-W fumble and raced 40 yards
flown to the G-W two before be
ing hauled down. On the next
play L-M scored.
During the second half the
Bulldogs rammed the ball down
the Bobcats’ throat with Ken
Sanford going over from the four
for the TD. Lionel Brooks’ con-
rersion was good, giving the ’dogs
a 7-6 lead, which was short-lived,
as the Bobcats bounced back
with another TD to lead at half-
time 13-7.
Brooks and Sanford led the
Bulldogs in the third quarter.
Crisp plunged over for another
TD. The extra point tied the game
at 13-13. The G-W defense with-'
stood a hard-hitting and determ
ined Bobcat attack.
The Bulldogs capitalized on a
L-M fumble in the fourth frame
to gain the final and winning TD
Lany Hyder was the man who
pounced on Farris’ fumble.
But the Bulldogs had to stiffen
their defenses and withstand an
other Bobcat drive before the
game ended. The Bobcats moved
to the G-W 18 befoer they were
halted.
Seek To Break 19-19 Deadlock
There’ll be a heap of growlin’ when two Bulldog kennels
meet tomorrow night in George Blanton Memorial Stadium
at 8 o’clock.. Two rival football elevens, G-W and Wingate,
battle it out to settle a 19-19 tie game played on October
14.
The Bulldogs from Boiling Springs have a 1-3-2 record
over-all and 1-1-2 in the Conference. The Wingate kennel
has a 3-1-1 record over-all and 3-0-1 in the Conference. The
G-W Bulldog win was a 19-13 game over Lees-McRae, the
losses were at the hands of Chowan (6-0), Furman Fresh
men (13-2), Mars Hill (13-12), and the ties were with
Wingate and Lees-McRae (0-0).
ENTHUSIASM
Last Saturday Wingate beat
Mars Hill 14-6 for their latest
win. Wingate has another win
over Mars Hill, one from Lees-
McRaa, and a defeat from Cho-
Lions Tame G-W
Bulldogs 13-12
Mars Hill College Lion^ eked
out a 13-12 defcision over Gard
ner-Webb Bulldogs October 7.
Mars Hin soared what proved
to be the winning margin late
in the third quarter when Buddy
Postell crashed over from the
two-yard line. Larry Honeycutt
swept around end for the extra
point.
The Lions scored first when
they took over the ball on their
own 35-yaxd line afier the open
ing kick-off. They drove 65 yards
in nine plays for the TD.
G-W’s first tally came with one
minute, 20 seconds left in the
first half It took th.a Bulldogs
eight plays to score, with Bill
Smarr hitting Lionel Brooks with
an 11-yard aerial, to aid the
cause. Harold Billings spotted
Richard Bankin in the end zone
for the six-pointer. The score: 6-6.
LIONS DRAW BLOOD
The Lions drew first blood in
the third quarter, driving 80
ytards on five first downs to the
G-W .tvw-yard line. On third
down Postell broke through for
G-W will go into the game to
morrow with one of the best
backfields in the league — Ken
Sanford. Fnv CHsn, RHl Smnrr,
and Lionel Brooks. A fine Bull
dog line will pave the way for a
bruising ground attack and a
good passing game.
Coaches Norman Harris and
Bob Blackburn report that en
thusiasm is high in his kennel
and that the G-W Bulldogs are
Eired-up and ready to show
Wingate who’s boss among the
Bulldogs.
With less than four minutes '
remaining in the game, G-W took
the ball on their own 12-yard
line. Boy Crisp and Smrarr carried
to the 28, and then Smarr un
corked a 42-yard pass to End
Larry McEntire on the Lion 28-
yard marker. Several plays lat
er Crisp butted his way through
the line for the TD. The kick for
the extra point was wide. The
final score: 13-12.
Underdog Pups
Bulldogs To 19-
The Harris-Blackburn-coached
Bulldogs battled Wingate Bull
dogs to a 19-19 tie October 14 at
Wingate. It was homecoming for
the favored kennel.
Ken Sanford scored two of G-
W’s TDs and passed to Lionel
Brooks for the other score.
Sanford tied the score early in
the first quarter when he drove
through the left side of the Win
gate line and ran aVer two tack-
lers, completing a 20-yard TD run.
Wingate scored fiv3 plays after
the opening kick-off on a 45-yard
pass from QB Tommy Stewart to
FB Bob Nunnery.
Stev/art scored again on the
next series of plays after G-W’s
TD by going wide around right
end. After a successful extra point
try, Wingate led 13-6.
BULLDOGS SCORE
Wingate staged another march,
but “Pee-Wee” Chrisweil inter
cepted a Stewart aerial and re
turned it to the 25-yard line. Af
ter moving to the 20, the battl-
Battle Wingate
19 Deadlock
ing Baptists, behind Sanford,
pushed across another score.
Brooks received a Sanford pass
on the 13 and side-stepped two
defenders to reach Touchdown
Territory.
Early in the second half Win
gate recovered a G-W fumble on
the G-W 16, and three plays later
Stewart dashed around end from
the eight-yard line for the score.
G-W came back after the
kick-off and marched to the Win
gate one-yard line, with the help
of a 30-yard pass from QB Bill
Smarr to Chrisweil and some
hard running by Roy Crisp and
Brooks. Sanford carried the ball
over tor the TD and also made
good the extra point on a hand-
off from Smarr, with a pass to
End Larry McEntire. The score:
19-19.
Neither team scored in the
fourth quarter, but G-W drove
within the Wingate 15-yard line
twice in the Icist five minutes of
play.
. Roy Crisp
Bulldogs And Bobcats Fight
To Scoreless Tie October 21
TD against Wingate .
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Gardner-Webb College Bulldogs
and Lees-McRae Bobcats battled
to a scoreless deadlock October
21 at Banner Elk. Statistics in
dicate that the Bulldogs domin
ated play, but they were unable
to push across a score.
The Bulldogs took the first
game- between these two clubs
on September 30, with a 19-13
Eai-ly in the game the Bull
dogs drove as far as the L-M
14-yard line before they were
stopped by a fired-up Bobcat de
fense.
Lees-McRae’s offense spurted
and stalled all day, gaining only
B1 yards on the ground, compar
ed with 218 for the Bulldogs.
- The Bulldogs threatened to
score several times in the first
half but their sluggish offensive
could not scrape together a scor
ing punch. The half ended with
G-W on the L-M 20-yard line.
After Intermission, the Bull
dogs made a quick drive Into
the opponent’s territory before a
tumble recovered by L-M called
a halt to a potential TD.
The Bulldogs kept the Bobcats
in their own territory of the
game until near the end of the
third quarter, when G-W began
another drive but was stopped
again by a fumble.
Both teams made desperate at
tempts to score as the clock ran
out. The Bulldog defense check
ed a Bobcat drive spearheaded
by Billy Birtchfield on some wide
sweep plays.
Leading the Bulldog defense
were Lionel Brooks, Ken Sanford,
Edgar Cox, Enoch McCarter, Jer
ry Campbell, and Calvin White.
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