DECEMBER 19, 1961
THE PILOT
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Lose To Wfn^afe 82-67
G-W BOLLO0GS EVE^ RECORD F0i SEifOH
Four Bulldogs Make iUI Conference
Furmcoi Has
Too Much For
G-W Bulldogs
Furman Freshmen basketball
team had too much height for a
scrappy G-W team as Furman
won 77-68 at Greenville Decem
ber 7.
By the end of the first ten min
utes of play the Baby Paladins
moved to a 20-14 lead on the
strength of the backboard’s Skit
ter Oelschlager and 6’8” Dick
Schaefer.
Ronnie Robinson, G-Ws center,
hit for six points to pull the Bull
dogs within seven points at half-
time 33-26.
Steve Daves and Phil Wood
ruff hit two field goals apiece to
cut the Frosh margin to four
points early in the second half.
Furman’s Dick Day began to hit
from the outside, and Furman
opened up a 12-point spread with
ten minutes left in the game.
Oelschlager hit four points and
Schaefer hit six to push the Pala
dins to a 16-point advantage with
seven minutes left.
Bulldog guards Woodruff and
Tommy Simmons contributed ten
points in G-W’s final surge to
narrow the count to nine points
with the final whistle.
P^irman pulled down 54 re
bounds to G-W’s 35. Robinson led
the Bulldogs with seven; Wood
ruff and Pike Pearson had six
each.
From the floor Furman hit on
27 of 73 attempts ft>r a 27 per
cent, while G-W managed 26 for
76 for 34 per cent. Furman cash
ed in on 23 of 32 free throw at
tempts; G-W hit 16 of 22.
G-W scoring: Johnson 6, Daves,
7, Robinson 14, Woodruff 16,
Byrd 4, McSwain, Thrower 4,
Pearson 2, Simmons 10, High 3,
Harris 2.
Furman scoring: Day 20, Oels-
chlagar 20, Schaefer 19, Byler 10,
Lipp 4, Dupre 4.
Gardner-Webb Bulldogs bowed to Wingate College Bu’l-
dogs in their second Conference loss of the season Saturday
night. The score: 82-67.
Wingate, loser of only one game, led all the way in
chalking up its tenth straight basketball victory of the season.
G-W now holds a 3-3 record, 2-2 in the Conference.
Wingate ’d-ogs got off to a 6-0 start before G-W manag
ed to score. After G-W began to score they narrov.ed the
Wingate margin to 18-11 — the closest they came in the
first half.
With five minutes left in the half, Wingate began pulling
away again, taking a 41-32 half-time lead.
In the first five minutes of the second half, G-W caught
fire behind the shooting of Ronnie Robinson and Phil Wood
ruff, who hit a couple of baskets apiece to narrow the count
to 48-52.
But Wingate immediately rebounded with a scorirg jag,
with Cliff Gibson hitting two field goals and two free throws
to hike the score to 54-42.
Wingate outscored G-W 20-16 in the final period;
G-W Guard Woodruff hit 17,.
points. Center Ronnie Robinson
contributed 13. Tommy Simmons,
with 11, also hit in double fig-
Bulldogs Take
Season Opener
Gardner-Webb Bulldogs opened
the 1961-1962 basketball season
with a rousing 68-63 win'over
Charlotte College December 2 at
Charlotte.
Ronnie Robinson led the Bull
dogs’ attack with 23 points, get
ting assists from Phil Woodruff
with 20, and Roy Johnson with
eight.
Ronnie Greene paced the Owls,
scoring 28 points. He got help at
crucial times from Marshall
Greene, who finished with 24.
During an exciting first half,
Charlotte led at times by nine
points, but the Bulldogs caught
fire behind 6-5 Robinson to make
a game of it just before the in
termission. The halftime score
ended 32-30 in favor of CC.
In the third quarter Charlotte
continued to lead 46-45. With 8:23
left in Ihe game Woodruff'hit a-
gain from the outside to give the
Bulldogs a 49-48 lead, which they
never gave up.
Ronnie Robinson hit 10 points
in the. fourth quarter to ice the
victory for the Bulldogs.
G-W scoring: Daves, Johnson
8, Robinson 23, Woodruff 20,
Byrd 5, McSwain 2, Thrower,
Pearson 6, Arthur, Simmons 2,
High 2.
Charlotte College scoring: Ow
ens 4, M. Greene 24, R. Greene
28, Rlon, Levine 3, Payne 4.
; AU five of Wingate’s stajting
five t'.it in double figures, with
Gibson getting 21 to capture high-
scoring honors.
Satuiday night’s clash was the
last until after Christmas holi
days. The Bulldogs return home
Jan. 5 for a return engagement
with Furman Freshmen, who
whipped the ’dogs 77-68 earlier
in the season.
G-W scoring: Robinson 13,
Woodruff 17, Pearson 15, Byrd 2,
Daves 1, Simmons 11, High 9,
McSwain 2, Johnson 5.
Wingate scoring: Davis 13,
Stone 17, Gibson 21, Byers 12,
Parish 15; McAdams 2, Galyas 2.
Bulldogs Drop
111-96 Game
To Brevard
G-W Bulldogs dropped their
second loss of the season to Bre
vard College 111-96 December 11
at Brevard.
Brevard grabbed the lead right
from the start, going ahead 7-0 in
the opening minutes. Ronnie Rob
inson, Phil Woodruff, and Roy
Johnson hit to put the Bulldogs
ahead, but with the help of two
give-away buckets by Chuck
Rogers, Brevard caught up at 28-
28.
Wayne Forte, who had 30
points for the game, replaced
Rogers, hitting four straight
goals to put Brevard ahead at
half-time 39-31.
Brevard came back for the sec
ond half and poured on the points
to hike the score to 46-31 before
G-W could muster a point.
Robinson, who had 28 for the
game for G-W, led his team in
{joints and had seven assists. But
in the third period Brevard had
a 70-55 command of the game.
From that point until the end the
teams played on even terms. G-W
scored 45 points in the last 10
minutes of play, but the lapse
after intermission had already
done its damage. G-W bit the
dust — 111-96.
G-W scoring: Johnson 10, Rob
inson 28, Pearson 14, Woodruff 7,
Byrd 4, Simmons 8, Daves 3, Ar
thur 4, High 10, McSwain 2, Har-
Brevard scoring: Allen 6, Hunt
ley 10, Morris 8, Harris 6, Har
bour 12, Forte 30, Bradbarm 11,
Rogers 16, Hoxit 2, Cort 4, Sum
mery 4.
Gardner-Webb College Bulldogs
and their long-standing rivals,
Mars Hill Lions, dominated All-
Conference football picks in the
Western Carolinas Junior College
Conference.
Selections were made by head
coaches: Norman Harris, G-W;
Don Henderson, Mars Hill; Bill
Connell; Wingate; and Fred Dick
erson, Lees-McRae.
G-W Bulldogs named were
three sophomore veterans: All-
American Halfback Nominee Ken
Sanford, Halfback Lionel Brooks,_
bell.
Mars Hill placed Halfback
Larry Honeycutt, Ends Richard
Famigilietti and Larry Bruce,
and Guard Cyril Rice.
Rcynding out the 11-man team,
picked for performance rather
than position, were Russell Tur
ner and Bob Nunnery, tackle and
fullback respectively, from Win
gate; and Guard William Frank
lin, Lees-McRae’s only represen-
w
f
G-W Downs M H
In 72-64 Game
G-W Bulldogs used superior
foul-shooting to notch their sec
ond Conference victory here
Thursday night by whipping
Mars Hill Lions 72-64. The Bull
dogs hit 32 free-throws, vsdth
five players maintaining 100%
shooting accuracy. Terry Byrd
hit 10 of 10.
G-W jumped to a quick seven
points wiht-sharp-shooting Mike
Pearson leading the way. The
Lions roared back with a quick
burst led by Scott Conner and
Steve Young to come within two
points of the Bulldogs early in
the second quarter.
Pearson contributed one field
goal and two free throws to
lengthen the Bulldog spread. Hu
bert Thrower and flashy Reggie
High, G-W guard, came off the
bench to score Important bas
kets to give Gardner-Webb a 39-
29 half-time lead.
Excitement hit a high peak
when Mars Hill came back in the
second half and whittled away at
the G-W lead, finally going a-
head 56-55.
Clutch foul-shooting by Byrd,
Roy Johnson and Ronnie Robin
son put G-W back in command.
Robinson and Phil Woodruff
contributed two field goals to put
the Lions out of reach in the
closing minutes of play.
G-W scoring; Robinson 20,
Woodruff 10, Byrd 10, Johnson 2,
Pearson 10, High 8, Thrower 6,
Daves 6.
Mais Hill scoring: McLendon
6, Eller 18, Lowen 6, Conner 13,
Young 12, Ceague 6, Tucker 3.
Blackburn Lads Top A. Biltmore
Phil Woodruff, Ronnie Robin
son, and Reggie High scored in
double figures to pace Gardner-
Webb to a 76-67 basketball vic
tory over Asheville Biltmore De
cember 9.
Reserve Guard Reggie High
came off the G-W bench to score
three big field goals for the Bull
dogs in the third period to give
them a 55-54 lead.
G-W out-rebounded the Ashe
ville lads 58 to 38 and hiked their
shooting percentage to 40. Ashe
ville Biltmore had 34 ,per cent.
The Bulldogs hit 27 out of 67 at
tempts from the floor, Asheville
24 of 75.
Coach Bob Blackburn was
pleased with the play of his re
serves. “We were in for trouble
early and all the boys came la
and played well,” Coach Black
burn also indicated that G-W re
bounding was more effective than
in previous games.
G-W scoring: Johnson 2, Rob
inson 16, Pearson 6, Woodruff 19,
Byrd 2, High 11, Arthur 4, Daves
8, Simmons 2, Thrower 2.
A B scoring: Baldwin 21, Smith
2, Wolfe 9, Elinburg 7, Ballard 8,
Grindstaff 15, Stevens 5.
Grid Team Elects Three For Honors
Gardner-Webb College football
team has named Ken Sanford,
twice - nominated All-American
candidate, as most valuable play
er for the 1961 season. This marks
the second year that Sanford has
been recipient of the award. Last
year he shared it with Coley
Brannock.
Named best lineman was Ed
gar Cox, who was a standout dn
the G-W forward wall for two
seasons.
Roy Crisp was the recipient of
the best sportsmanship award.
Crisp was a consistently good
performer for the Bulldogs the
last two seasons.
All three gridiron honorees
will be recognized at a sports
banquet next spring when foot
ball and basketball players will
be feted.
Sanford, named most valuable
player at his Hart County (Ga.)
High School, received honorable
mention for All-State honors his
sophomore, junior, and senior
years. He was tagged best back
his junior and senior years.
For his freshman season at G-W,
Sanford was an All-Conference
selection.
He is president of the G-W
Monogram Club, and president
of HAPY Dormitory.
Best Lineman Cox, played in
the North-South game his senior
year in high school and was re
cipient of best sportsmanship
trophy at Honea Path {S. C.) High
School.
Crisp, named most valuable
player at his Greenville (S. C.)
High School, played on the 1959
winning South Carolina Shrine
Bowl team. He received honor
mention for South Carolina All-
State.
. Cox, Crisp, Sanford