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Successful Game Concludes Homecoming By TERRY KNIGHT THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 14, 1968 Homecoming at Gardner- Webb was a beautiful occasion. It was a slightly cool night with much excitement and anticipa tion. The time was right for GWc to glorify herslef with a win over East Tennessee State. Everyone knew thatGardner- Webb had suffered a few de feats among her many triumphs. Against Chowan Gardner- Webb’s ferocious Bulldogs dis played on of their better games of the season. Halfbacks Lynn Matthews and David Gibbons, fullback Ted Luckadoo, quar terback Sid Bryson and the foot of Bruce HarHs proved to be “bad news for the Braves of Chowan”. Having a great game oi defense were A1 Jacobs, Ray MUler who blocked a punt, Tom my Tate, Richard Peeler, Duke Burnette, and others. The Bull dogs rambled for 250 yards rushing and skinked Chowan 21 - 0. The next three game sin which the Dogs were engaged were hard to get used to. Gardner- Webb became the victim of Injuries and halfback David Gib bons wasn’t up to par due to a bad knee injury. Also injured was Ted Luckadoo, the Bull dog bread and butter man. Against Newport News of Virginia the Bulldogs were cal led for many penalties and got a rough game from the offi cials. The Bulldogs fought hard but the 100 yards of penalties proved to be too much. It was a penalty which knifed a score for GWC early in the game and it was penalties which up set the ballgame. The Bull dogs remained undefeated though with a 0 to 0 tie with the Virginia team. The next two games were actually the ones which seemed to make this Homecoming game so very Important. On October 19, Gardner-Webb played host to the fourth ranked team in the nation, Ferrum. Playing a great game it seemed certain that the Bulldogs were back on the victory road, but in the last two minutes of the game, Gardner-Webb had a bad break and suffered the second defeat ever in Spangler Stadium. A- gainst Lees-McRee on Octo ber 21, Gardner-Webb had her worst game of the season. Due to many injuries and below freezing weather the Builders dropped their second game of the season to a team which they had tied only a few games before. The next week Gard ner-Webb College started pre paring for homecoming. We had floats, dorm decor ations, open house and many returning friends here at Gard ner-Webb to display some of her greatness for her loyal friends and students. Jimmy Rodgers, getting the call from Coach Harris to replace in jured halfback David Gibbons, put on a thrilling show with his pass receiving and fancy footwork. The Bulldogs hit pay dirt on the third play of the game on a 55 yard pass from quar terback Sid Bryson to Jimmy Rodgers. Rodgers also scored two other times on a 30 yard pass from Bryson and a 19 yard run. Charles Eakes scored two times on runs of nine and five yards. Lynn Matthews also had a fine game with a pair of TD’s on runs of 14 and one yards. Other scores were made by Ed Lawrence on a 19 yard pass from Bryson, Don Stiles on a two yard plunge and Bill Howell on a five yard ramble. Bruce Harris kicked eight extra points. The Builders rolled up a total of 457 yards rushing while over-powerful defense held East Tennessee to minus 38 The Dogs scored 41 points in the first half then added 28 in the second half for a 69-0 romp. The victory was number 100 for Coach Norman Harris. Al so the point toal was the high est in Coach Harris’ coach ing career. Basketball Scrimmage It was old home week at the basketball scrimmage heldSat- urday at Gardner-Webb College as part of Homecoming festivi ties. The Mars Hill basket ball squad scrimmaged the Bulldogs and many well-known faces wore Mars Hill blue. For mer Bulldogs, Rudy Reeves of the class of ’67, Jim Wilmoth, David Brown and Dick Mazo- yer of the class of ’68, re turned to play against their former coach Eddie Holbrook and fromer teammates. All of these men played well during the workout and should be an asset to the Mars Hill team this season. The Builders, with superior height, were able to contain the Lions most of the afternoon. There were periods when de fense broke down and the Lions were able to take advantage of their good outside shooting. The Lions are a fast ball club and performed well against the Bulldog press. Artis Gilmore, at 7 - 2, used his great jumping abil ity to block many of the shots from the smaller Lions. Gil more and the Builders found the Lions’ inside men to be scrappy and tough on the boards. Ernie Fleming, 6-5 sopho more forward, was on target with his fine outside jumper from 15 feet and George Adams from Kings Mountain revealed good ability on the boards for the Bulldogs. Coach Eddie Holbrook is still taking long looks at hi cagers in preparation for the opening game with Friendship College of Rock Hill, S. C. ,on Nov ember 21 in Bost Gym. Hol brook is looking for a start ing five from such candidates as Steve Kebeck, a 5 -11 sopho more guard from New York; Jack McGill, 5-11 sophomore guard from Statesville and Ke vin Cantwell, 6-1 sophomore guard or forward from Queens Village, N. Y. Other candidates for the guard positions are Allen Land, 5-8freshmanfrom Lenoir, N. C., and Dennis Hig gins, 6-0 freshman from New York. At the forward positions are Ernie Fleming, 6-5 sopho more from Falls River, Mass. has improved over last sea son. Freshman George Adams (6 - 4) has shown promise in early drills, as has Tony Spag- nola from Patterson, N; J. One surprise has been the play of the freshman Willie Rogers from Greenville, S. C.' who is improving rapidly. Rick Brown, 6-9 from Long Is land, N. Y., has shown im provement and with his height should be a real asset to the Bulldogs. Coach Holbrook says that the Bulldogs need much more work to get ready for the opener on the 21st. 1968-69 Cage Schedule NOV. 21 FRIENDSHIP JR. COLLEGE HOME 23 WINGATE THERE 26 SPARTANBURG HOME 30 WARREN WILSON HOME DEC. 5 WAKE FOREST HOME 7 CLEMSON THERI 12 ANDERSON HOME 14 UNC home 20-21 GW HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT HOME JAN. 4 INDIAN RIVER, FORT PIERCE, FLA THERE 6 MIAMI DADE, FLA. THERE 8 ABRAHAM BALDWIN - TIFTON, GA. THERE 11 CLEMSON home 14 NORTH GREENVILLE THERE 17-18 GW & MERCER HOME 21 SPARTANBURG THERE 23 WINGATE HOME 25 BREVARD THERE 27 KINGS THERE 30 LEES - McRAE HOME FEB. 4 GASTON THERE 7 ANDERSON THERE 11 LEES - McRAE THERE 13 KINGS HOME 15 NORTH GREENVILLE HOME 17 GAINESVILLE HOME 20 BREVARD HOME 22 WAKE FOREST THERE 27-28 - MAR. 1 CONFERENCE TOURNY FOREST CITY Do you have an opinion to express? Write a letter to the PII to the PILOT
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