Page 4, THE PILOT
Monday, October 13,1975
Ouch! 1st Win
Cripples ’Dogs
Gardner-Webb’s Bulldogs can’t
enjoy the good news for the bad.
First the good news:
Gardner-Webb rallies for two
fourth-quarter touchdowns, tacks
on a two-point conversion, and
trims Georgetown, 21-20, for its
first win of the season.
Sophomore halfback Po
Rogers, playing with a sprained
ankle most of the game, ties a
school record with a 65-yard
touchdown run, finishes with 147
yards in 10 carries, and is named
the NAIA District 26 offensive
player of the week.
The sputtering Bulldog offense
totals 326 yards and generates
scoring drives of 86, 80 and 85
yards.
With an open date on the
schedule, Gardner-Webb has two
weeks to prepare for its next op
ponent, Catawba, on Oct. 18, at 2
p.m., in Salisbury.
Now the bad:
The Gardner-Webb starting
lineup reads more like a hospital’s
daily report, or vice-versa.
Rogers’ sprained ankle is actually
a hairline fracture of the fibula
and the 170-pound speedster is in
a cast for at least two weeks, pos
sibly longer.
In addition, right halfback
George Gilliam is sidelined with a
dislocated shoulder; left tackle
Jim Furlough is still hobbled by a
sprained ankle that has caused
him to miss two games already;
left guard Jeff Carter is doubtful
for the Catawba game with an in
jured knee; right guard Mark
Classen has a bruised shoulder;
right end Marvin Oliver has a
strained knee; Defensive tackle
Jack Yates has his thumb in a
cast; linebacker Marcus Trivette
is hampered with bruised ribs;
and defensive tackle Bobo Dun
lop remains in a cast with a hair
line fracture identical to Rogers’.
“This open date is really a
blessing,” stated Gardner-Webb
head coach Oval Jaynes. “With
all these injuries, we need the ex
tra time to regroup and find some-
people who are well enough to
play. It was great beating
Georgetown, but they were so
much bigger than we are that the
game took its toll physically.”
Jaynes had intended to spend
the extra week working on funda
mentals, but the first order of
business is to find replacements
for his two injured running backs,
Rogers and Gilliam.
Candidates getting a good look
are freshmen Obbie Todd, who
scored on a 51-yard run against
Georgetown, Gus Pittman and
Charles Villoch. Soph Johnny
Walker picked up 73 yards Satur
day and may have worked his
way into a starting slot.
“Johnny came in when Gilliam
was injured and did an excellent
job at right halfback, a position
he had never played before, not
even in practice,” said Jaynes.
One other halfback not to be
forgotten is junior Frank Taylor.
Taylor, Gardner-Webb’s all-time
rushing leader, has gained only
172 yards and has had problems
holding on to the football in re
cent games.
“Frank can take up the slack,”
Jaynes admitted. “And we’re
giving him an opportunity to
prove himself. No question about
it, he’s an excellent player. But
he’s gotten off to a bad start and
it’s become a mental thing. Every
week I’ve been waiting for Frank
to explode for a 200-yard game.
He’s got the ability.”
JajTies appears to have settled
on 6-2 freshman Dennis Stilley as
his No. 1 quarterback. In his first
start, Stilley rushed for five
yards, completed a 14-yard touch
down pass to Mark Morning star,
and directed three scoring cam
paigns.
“He didn’t do anything flashy,
but he got the job done,” said
Jaynes. “In all our scrimmages,
Stilley has managed some way to
move our offense and that’s all-
we’re asking him to do.”
To fill the vacancies in the of
fensive line, the Bulldog staff has
moved defensive tackle Kenny
Earnhardt to offense and shuffled
the reserves. Most of the backup
men have been promoted to
starters, and according to Jaynes,
the difficult search is finding
more backups.
Defensively, Dunlop is sched
uled to have his cast removed this
week and possibly could work his
way back into shape by the
Catawba game. Jaynes will be
keeping a close eye on Dunlop’s
recovery.
“Bobo has the same injury as
Rogers, so we should be able to
learn when Po will return by
Bobo’s progress.”
MARK MORNINGSTAR SCORES
On 14-yard pass from Stilley
Grid Teams
Kick Off
Intramiirals
The 1975 Intramural football
season began last week with Dr.
Bill Freeman expecting another
good turnout this year.
The six men’s football teams
will play a 10-game schedule
which should end with the play
offs near the last of November.
The four girls teams will be play
ing a six-game schedule. Their
season will end with a team of all
stars playing the champions.
Dr. Freeman is also planning to
have a coed volleyball tourna
ment starting shortly before
Christmas. ThiS will foUow the
same procedure as the coed soft
ball program which was held dur
ing the summer and early fall.
The teams taking part will be
Mauney I & II, Lutz-Yelton,
Myers, Spangler, Trailers,
HAPY, Stroup, Nanney and
Decker.
Owls Trim ’Dogs
In Cross Country
The Gardner-Webb cross coun
try team opened its season last
Saturday with a match against
Warren Wilson College. The Bull
dogs lost a close meet, 27-31, but
put forth a good effort indi
vidually, finishing second, third
and fourth.
Gary Threatt was top runner
for the Bulldogs with a time of
27:41, only two seconds behind
the first-place Owls runner. Tom
Miller and Ron Rash were the
other strong runners finishing
third and fourth with times of
28:50 and 30:02 respectively.
The ’Dogs are looking forward
to participating in the District
meet, Saturday, Nov. 1, at a yet
to be decided site.
GUARD JEFF CARTER (74) GETS HELPED FROM THE FIELD
Carter is one of many Bulldogs on lengthy injured list
Basketball Opener
Scheduled Nov. 18
Gardner-Webb will open its 1975-76 basket
ball season in Bost Gymnasium, Tuesday,
Nov. 18, against Claflin College, according to
the revised schedule released by athletic direc
tor and head basketball coach Eddie Holbrook.
The Bulldogs, 23-3 and third in the nation
last year, will play 14 games at home, including
the Gardner-Webb Holiday Tournament, Jan.
2-3. Wofford, High Point and Mars Hill will
join the ’Dogs in the two-day tourney.
“Several dates have been changed from the
schedule listed in the Handbook and the foot
ball programs,” noted coach Holbrook. “We
had some conflicts that had to be worked out.”
Bulldog Basketball 1975-76
November 18
Claflin
Home
November 21-22
Elizabethton, Term. Tip-Off
Away
November 26
Hanover
November 28-29
Asheville Tip Off
(Pembroke, Hanover, UNC-A
, G-W) .. Away
December 1
USC-Spartanburg
Home
December 6
Lynchburg
December 11
Belmont Abbey
December 18-19-20 Carolina Roundball Classic
Belmont
January 2-3
Gardner-Webb Holiday Tournament Home
January 5
Maryland, Eastern Shore
Home
January 7
Lenoir Rhyne
January 10
Catawba
January 15
UNC-Asheville
January 16
Morris
January 20
Chaminade
Hawaii
January 22
Chaminade
Hawaii
January 27
North Carohna Central
February 2
Limestone
Home
February 7
Belmont Abbey
Belmont
February 9
Catawba
Sahsbury
February 12
Livingstone Kmgs Mountain
February 14
Lenoir Rhyne
Home
February 19
USC-Spartanburg
February 25
Limestone
Gaffnev
Golfers Place 4th
Gardner-Webb’s golf team, third-place finishers in the NAIA National
Tourney last year, began its fall season with a fourth-place finish in the
fifth annual Etowah Invitational tournament.
Playing without All-America Zim Zimmerman, the Bulldogs trailed
Furman, Clemson and Appalachian State in the 11-team match. Indi
vidually, Jimmy Franklin finished fourth in the medalist competition
with a six-over 150 total. Three golfers tied for first at 149.
Gardner-Webb’s next outing is this weekend in the 18-team Elon Invi
tational Tournament. The ’Dogs will again be playing without Zimmer
man, who is recovering from a sprained ankle.
In the national tourney, Zimmerman finished tied for eighth at 293,
five strokes behind national medalist Dan Gray from Texas Wesleyan.
Franklin placed 16th at 298 and Rodney Morrow was 23rd.
The BuUdogs were the team leader after the first day, but fell to third
behind Texas Wesleyan and Sam Houston State.