Newspapers / Gardner-Webb University Student Newspaper / April 6, 1971, edition 1 / Page 4
Part of Gardner-Webb University Student Newspaper / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
PAGE 4 THE PILOT, GARDNER-WEBB COLLEGE Bulldog Linksmen Eligible For NAIA District 26 Playoffs In ’71 In announcing the 1971 golf schedule, Coach Garland Allen noted that this year’s slate is the toughest the Dogs have ever encountered. Included in this year’s schedule is a trip to the Furman Invitational Tournament. Last year the Bulldog linksmen managed to finish field of twenty-one and Allen is optimistic about finishing even higher during this year’s tourney. The reason for Allen’s op timism is the fact that six of the first seven are returning from last year’s team, which includes four seniors and three juniors. Gary Dobbins, who played for the Bulldogs during 1966, has also returned to sc hool and this should give the Dogs additional strength. Terry Florence, a senior from Charlotte, N.C., will hold down the number one spot, foll owed by: Sophomore, Mike Stewart of Charlotte; Senior, Bob Hines, Greenville, S.C.; Sophomore, John Kyle, Rock Hill, S.C.; Junior, Benjy Ad ams, Greenville, S.C.; Junior, Gary Dobbins, Trinity, N.C.; and Greg Gault, Greenville, S.C. Other team members are: Tim Moss, Forest City; Vardaman Banks, Fairfax, Va; and Jack Moore. Stanley. Packer’s Dale Speaker For ’71 All Sports Meet BOILING SPRINGS, N. C.,. . Carroll Dale, outstanding pro fessional football player of the Green Bay Packers, will be the principal speaker at the Sixth Annual All Sports Banquet sp onsored by the Bulldog Club of Gardner-Webb College. The affair will be held Saturday night, May 8th. Tickets will be placed on sale in a few days at Smith Drugs in Shelby and Boiling Springs Drugs and the Athle tic Department in Boiling Sp rings. The cost will be $3.50. Dale has one of the most outstanding records in profess ional football as a wide receiver. He has played professional ball for eleven years and during that time has always been a leading pass receiver. He is a native of Wise, Vir ginia and played his college ball at Virginia Tech. He made the Look All-American team and was named NEA Player of the Year in the Southern Con ference in 1959. During his pro career Dale has caught 47 touchdown pass es and has the second highest per catch average in the Na tional Football League, more than 20 yards per catch. Last season he caught 49 pass es for 814 yards, highest on the team. He caught one pass for 89 yards and a touch down. Dale has seen his hours of glory in professional football. He caught nine passes for 195 yards and two touchdowns a- gainst the St. Louis Cardinals and he caught the winning touch down pass in the 1970 Pro Bowl game. An interesting side light is that Dale played against the present Gardner-Webb Head Football Coach, George Litt on, when both were in high school. Litton vras a mem ber of the Big Stone Gap, Va. High School team and Dale was a star on the Wise, Va. High School team. Tennis Team Flexible In Starting Six BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.. . “We have some question marks,” Jim Taylor, Tennis Coach at Gardner-Webb Coll ege said when announcing the 1971 Bulldog net schedule. “Although we have letter- men returning to fill the first four spots, the fifth and sixth positions are still up for grabs. How well we do could depend on how consistant our first players perform and it we are able to get some help at the fifth and sixth positions,” he The Bulldogs will face a rug ged 20 game schedule and Tay lor is somewhat optimistic about the chances of improv ing on last year’s record of “Our kids are very hard workers and if we are able to fill the fifth and sixth spots, then we could have a better than average season,” Tay lor said. Four seniors, Larry Smith, Denmark, S.C.; Barry Naney, Asheville; Billy Walters, She lby; and Tommy Bell, Suffolk, Va., are expected to carry most of the burden. Smith, Walters, and Bell have all been number one on the Bulldog net teams during the past and at the pre sent time Naney is occupying that slot. Battling it out for the fifth and sixth postions will be: Ric hard Granger, Columbia, S.C. Charles Nixon, Charlotte; Joe Mickey, Winston-Salem; Debb ie Wilson, Charleston, W. Va.; Janet Vaughn, Shelby; and Ric hard Jessen of Mt. Holly. Bryson’s 9 Face CC Foes On Diamond BOILINGS SPRINGS, N. C. Gardner-Webb College’s base ball team will play a 26 game schedule this season, includ ing road trips into South Carolina and Georgia. Coach Jerry Bryson’s team will have a veteran outfit which won 22 and lost only 2 last year. Included on this years schedule are such powers as Elon, High Point, Catawba and Guilford of the Carolinas Con ference. The full schedule is as follows: April 6, California State, Home; April 7, California State, Home; April 8, CalifomiaState, Home; April 10, Piedmont, Away; April 12, Catawba, A- way; April 15, Davis-Elkins, Home; April 20, Lincoln- Memorial, Home; April 24, Guilford, Away; April 26, Milli gan, Home; April 30, Lin coln Memorial, Away; May 1, Guilford, Home; May 4, Broy- hill, Lenoir; May 5, Winston- Salem State, Away; and May 8, High Point, Home. Adams Studies, Practices Preparing For A New Year he was only four years old and George had to depend primarily on his grandmother for supp ort. Despite his grandmothers efforts to provide the young ster with the necessities of .life, George had to learn what work was all about at an early age and this has undoubt edly carried over into his basketball career. vVhile many college students have plans to head for the beach, play golf, or just take it easy this Spring, “ Big Geor ge” has only two things on his mind, studying and pract icing. “I wish we were still play ing. Although it is nice |o have a couple of days off to rest. I’d still prefer to prac tice. About the only nice thing about not playing now is the fact that it gives me more time to study,” Adams said. Many of those chosen to All-American teams will relax and socialize this Spring, but for Gardner-Webb’s George Adams, it’s a time for more work. Studying and Practicing. BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.,. . What does an All-American basketball player do when the season is over? For many it means that there is more time to socialize and relax, but for Gardner-Webb Co llege’s George Adams it sim ple means more time for stud ying and practicing. Adams, a 6-5 junior from Kings Mountain, N. C., was recently named to the U.S. Basketball Writer’s As sociation College Division All-American Team. He is one of ten players from across the nation selected and one of five from the entire South. Perhaps one of the most gratifying aspects of Adam’s selection stems from his de cision to remain at Gardner- Webb, despite an opportunity to go with ex-teammates Artis Gihnore and Ernest Fleming to Jacksonville University. Gil more and Fleming transferred to Jacksonville while Gardner- Webb was a junior college, but Adams chose to remain and help the Bulldogs get their four year program off the ground. Prior to the start of the 1970-71 season, many people felt that the Bulldogs, even with Adams, would be lucky to break even in their first year as a four year institu tion. However, “Big George” as he is affectionately called by his teammates, just wouldn’t believe that the Bulldog quin tet had to play second fiddle to anyone. In fact, Adams set the pace for the entire team by pump ing 28.2 points per game and 15.3 rebounds and led the Bull dogs to a season’s record of 20-4 and a berth in the Dis trict 26 NAIA Playoffs. For many youngsters, being named to an All-American team would be the ultimate goal, but for Adams it just means more work and perhaps a chance to play on a national championship team. Hard work and George Ad ams are synonomous. Unfor tunately his mother died when Adams Makes NAIA 1st Team Selected By TV Guide Also BOILING SPRINGS. ..George Adams, Gardner- Webb Coll ege’s high leaping post man has been named to the first team National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) All-American squad. Adams, a 6-5 junior from Kings Mountain, led the Bull dogs to a seasons record of 20-4, while hitting 28.2 points per game and collecting 15.3 rebounds. This is the second All- American team Adams has been selected to this year. He was also named to the TV Guide All-American team which is selected by the United States Basketball Writers Associa tion. One of the more unusual as pects of Adams selection stems from the fact that this was the first year that the Bulldogs com peted in the four year college circuit. “Fm real thrilled about it,” Adams said. “I had no idea Fd make it. but I’m very happy about being chosen. It is indeed a great honor.” “I was satisfied with my play most of the time during the season, but I hope lean improve and play evenbetternextyear,” he continued. When asked if he would con sider a contract with the pros, Adams remarked. “I would like to play professional basket ball, but not until my college eligibility is finished. Coach Eddie Holbrook who has guided Gardner-Webb’s basketball fortunes for the past seven years had nothing but praise for the junior eager. “George did all any coach could ask of one man this past season,” said Holbrook. “He came through some pretty rough places when two or three men would be assigned to guard him. When this happened he would pass off and some of our other men would pile up the points. He was agressive and fought for every inch he could get. “I feel that this honor could not have been given to a more deserving young man. He doesn’t know when to quit when it comes to practice. He never complains and is willing to try anything the coaches suggest to Improve his game.” Holbrook said It is a plea sure to coach Adams. Hol brook has coached some great ones in his day including an other All-American, Artis Gil more, Jacksonville University. Holbrook’s teams have won 161 games and lost 40 during his seven years at the Webb. Dogs Finish 7th NAIA Number 20 In AP Poll BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.. . . The Gardner-Webb Bulldogs finished their first year as a four year college with an over all record of 20-4 and were ranked seventh in the nation in the final NAIA National Poll. They were also ranked 20th in the nation in the Associated Press Small College Poll. Head Coach Eddie Holbrook is in his seventh year as head coach of the Bulldogs and dur ing his tenure he has com piled a record of 161 victories against 40 defeats. Last year the Bulldogs were 19-7. This year’s Bulldogs would have to be called somewhat of a Cinderella team. Injur ies and lack of experience at the beginning of the season made many observers feel that they would be lucky to finish with a respectable record. Tennis Dates April 18, Wofford, Away ; April 15, Mars Hill, Home; April 17, Emory & Henry , April 19, Lenoir Rhyne, Home; April 21, Mars Hill, Away ; April 26, Elon, Away; April 27, UNC-Asheville, Away ; Ap ril 29. Catawba, Home and May 1, Catawba , Away. Leading the way for the Bull dogs is All-American George Adams, a 6-5 junior post man from Kings Mountain, N.C. Ad ams pumped in 271 field goals in 23 games for an average of 28.2 points per game and in the final NAIA Poll was 17th in the nation in the individual scoring One of the big reasons for the success of the Bulldgos this season comes in the form of Henry Boyd, a 6-11 freshman from Winnsboro, S.C. points per game and was high scorer for the Bulldogs with an aver age of 18.8 points per game and was high scorer the last time the Dogs faced Guilford with a season high performance of 35 points. Golf Schedule April 6, UNC-Asheville, Boi ling Springs, N.C.; April 16 UNC-Charlotte, Charlotte,N.C. UNC-Charlotte and Appalach ian State U. , Charlotte N.C.; April 22, Presbyterian, Guil ford, Boiling Springs, N.C., April 26, Guilford, Guilford, N.C.; April 29, Lenoir Rhyne, Pfeiffer, Hickory, N.C.; May 3, UNC-Asheville, Asheville, N.C.
Gardner-Webb University Student Newspaper
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 6, 1971, edition 1
4
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75