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PAGE 4 THE PILOT, GARDNER-WEBB COLLEGE, DECEMBER 15, 1970 Bulldog Bulldogs Start Season With Win Holiday Tournament Will Pit Top Teams In Small Colleges The Fifth Annual Gardner-Webb Holiday Basketball Tourna ment will feature some of the finest basketball which can be found anywhere in this part of the country among small college fives. The tournament will be held Dec. 28-29. The line-up this year includes Elon College, Western Caro lina, Eelmont College of Nashville, Tenn. and our own Bulldogs as host team. Elon was a power last year in the Carolina Conference and should have an outstanding team this year. The Fighting Christ ians are big and have plenty of speed. Western had a fair season last year winning 13 and losing 18, but this year is caUed “The Cats Are Back.” Even though only four lettermen are on the squad the Cats have picked up five transfers and four of them have earned starting positions. These transfers came from VMI, Kansas State and Dayton. Belmont is a Baptist owned school in Nashville. The Rebels won 15 and lost 17 last year, but all of their stars return for this season. Severals transfers could make the Belmont squad a power this season. The Bulldogs will have to fight to regain their Holiday Tour nament crown that they lost last year to Louisiana College in the finals. The first game will be Friday night, Dec. 28th at 7 o’clock and the finals will be Saturday night. i Defensive Coach Cole Proctor (left) and Head Coach George Litton (right) ended first full senior college season against Elon. Gridiron Wrap-up It was a long season for Coach George Litton and the Gardner- Webb Football team. The ‘70 campaign ended on a losing note 30-12, to Elon’s Christians. The loss was the eighth in ten games for G.W. This marked the first full season of senior college status for G-W, also it was Coach Litton’s first year. Litton left the head coach job of Lees McRae Junior College in January to come to Gardner-Webb. At Less McRae Coach Litton guided several top ranking and post-season bowl-teams. Although, arriving here late, Coach Litton rolled up his sleeves, went to work, and recruited 19 boys. As it turned out, some of those frosh were his best players. To say that the ‘70 Bulldogs were an injury-riddled crew would be an understatement. After the season opener with Lenoir-Rhyne, the Dogs were never again a healthy unit. How ever, the Bulldogs played pretty good football in spots. Remember Mars Hill and the goal-line stand. The experience obtained by the 10 to 12 frosh who saw service this season will pay off. Litton played a lot of frosh through out the season, and he and his staff feel they could have won two or possibly three more games if the players had stayed healthy. Daryl Corley, of Union S.C., one of Litton’s bright frosh, was the clubs’ top ground gainer with 340 yards in 102 carries. Steve Carswell of Morganton, Jody Anthony of Elkin, Tom Fahey of Bricktown, N.J., Mike Godfrey of Forest City, Terrell Carter of Marion and Jim Becks of Staunton, Va. also played leading roles during their frosh seasons here. Next season, the Bulldogs will be dropping Millsaps and Bluefield from the schedule with Carson-Newman and pro bably Catawba of the Carolinas Conference moving into these slots. The Spangler Stadium card next season lists Presby terian, Georgetown, Newberry, Samford, and Carson-Newman. The schedule gets under way at Lenoir-Rhyne, Sept. 11. Capture Winner’s Cup At High Point BARBER-SCOTIA All-American center George Adams and forward Tony Spa- gnola pulled Gardner - Webb away from stubborn Barber- Scotia in season openers for an 86-77 victory. Adams, an All - American candidate, scored 16 of his 30 points in the second half. Tony Spagnola accounted for 11 of his 16 points in the final period. Until a late surge by Adams in the closing minutes,Barber- Scotia stayed close to the Bull dogs. G-W led at the half 49- 47. Besides Adams and Spa gnola, Richard Thomas poured in 16 points and A1 Graves add ed 12. Thomas and Jack Mc Gill played good defense fortlie Dogs. TIP-OFF George Adams hit 17 of his 25-point total in the second half and Tony Spagnola got 13 big second-half points to lead the favored Gardner - Webb Bull dogs to an 84-80 victory over Pembroke State University. The game with Pembroke was tlie first game of the Optimist Tip- Off Tournament in Asheville. The Dogs got good rebounding from Tony Spagnola and A1 Graves along with Adams. The next night G-W went into the championship game with UNC-A, and lost 74-65. George Adams, G-W’s high scoring center, was held to 15 points, lowest total in two years. In foul trouble, the All-American left the game in the second half after only about five minutes of play. A tough UNC-A zone- defense and a few bad calls relieved the big center of ac tion. Gardenr-Webb led at half-time 40-38. Tony Spa gnola put in 14 points for the Bulldogs in an effort to pre serve a win. Jack McGill and Richard Thomas added 10 and 16 points respectively. Adams and Thomas were named toAll- Toumament Team. HIGH POINT In the High Point Invitational Runner-Up In Tip-Off Classic Torunament in High Point, N.C., the Bulldogs showed their awesome ability by cap turing the Tournament Title Paced by George Adams’ 40- points, G-W blasted for a 98- 83 win over Fayetteville State in the first round. Adams had 19 points in the first half and 21 in the second half for his torrid 40=point in the first performance. The Bulldogs led the Broncos 47-38 at the half. Behind Adams in the Bulldog scoring department was David Burke with 16 points, including eight-of-nine at the free-throw Adams, in addition to lead ing the scoring, set the games rebounding pace with 13. All five Bulldog starters hit in double figures. “Big George” hit on 17 field goals and six- of-nine free-throws. The Bulldogs thus captured the tournament championship against the High Point Panthers in the final game 103-84. This game brought out a great per formance by another Bulldog, David Burke. Burke pjurod in 30 points for the victorious Bulldogs. G-W led 48-41 at the half. Jack McGill greatly disturbed the Panthers with his smooth defensive play. George Adams was voted the Tourna ments Most Valuable Player. George and A1 Graves were also named to the All-Tourna ment team. The G-W Bulldogs took com plete control of the game tempo in bombing Tusculum of Green ville, Tenn., in a 94-52 romp. Center George Adams scored 22 points for coach Eddie Hol brook’s Bulldogs, and guard Richard Thomas added 18. Thomas looked especially good, coming off the bench, driving for numerous shots and drav/- ing fouls. Thomas hit several buckets from the 25 foot range. Thomas along with Den nis DeSanctis played good de fense in the backcourt. Tojiy Spagnola and A1 Graves added nine points a piece and Jack McGill contributed ten. Doug Jolley and Ben Dugger, two bright freshman products, saw action in the game, Jolley hit the boards for many re bounds and got two points while Dugger hit for ten points. LOOKING AHEAD Coach Eddie Holbrook looks forward for the second semes ter to start. Coach Holbrook will take his cagers to the Virgin Islands for a bout. This trip is not, however, the coach’s main reason for his antici pation. The second semester will welcome 6-11 Henry Boyd to the Bulldog line-up. Boyd will become eligible and probably will move into the double post with Adams. Boyd is tremen dously agressive off both boards and very quick. Henry .“Wilt” Boyd weighs 235pounds and hails from Winnsboro, S.C. Holbrook also will be looking forward to seeing Ken Long, a 7 foot freshman from Hamp ton, Tenn., develop. The pro cess will be slow, maybe a. year, but Holbrook will even tually have the big Volunteer lad in the game. Ski Buffs Get Special Rates From Club Spagnola Names Rates Headlines At G-W And Arizona State Tony Spagnola, a junior for ward for the Bulldogs, has a brother involved in collegiate athletics, Tony’s brother is Joe “Spaghetti” Spagnola, star quarterback of the Arizona State Sun Devils currently rank ed 9th in the nation. “Spaghetti Joe” has led Arizona State to 15 straight wins and is one of the most touted quarterbacks in the nation, Tony and Joe have both been consistant competitors during their college campaigns. Tony averaged 10 points and 6.5 re bounds last year leading G-W to a 19-7 season. Hopefully ’’onv will help carry the G-W club tnrough another banner season and NAIA playoffs. The other Spag, Joe that is, will guide his Arizona team into the Peach Bowl in Atlanta, Ga. against UNC and Don McCauley. The Student Ski Association has designed a program to bring down the cost of skiing, there by enabling college students a- round the country to ski more, or take up this growing winter sport. Says Chaffee, older bro ther of Olympic skiers Suzy and Rick Chaffee, and himself a former college ski racer: “As an undergraduate at Har vard and later as a graduate student at Berkley, I saw how disheartened college students were over the high cost of skiing. So, last year I set out to do something about it.” That something is the Student Ski Association. Chaffee admits thatthe Asso ciation’s college rate program and Student Ski Card system was inspired by the airline youth fare card concept. “Through our national Stu dent Ski Card program,” says Chaffee, “we are now able to provide college students across the country with a large selec tion of prominent ski areas of fering special low rates on lift tickets, lessons, rentals and lodging.” Last year Chaffee signed up thirty-four ski areas around the nation, all granting half-price skiing to his first year membership of over 8,000. Information on the national program and the Ski Cards themselves (sold for $4) may be obtained by writing to SSA’s National Office in West Dover, Vermont 95356, , .or by writ ing directly to the Regional Office, . .
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