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Page 4, THE PILOT Friday, October 24,1975 GWC Schedules Girls Basketball Practice has begun for Gardner- Webb’s girls basketball team, the first women’s varsity squad in the school’s history. The Lady Bulldogs, coached by Phyllis Littlefield, will open their season, Tuesday, Nov. 18, against Claflin College. The ladies wiU play in Bost Gymnasium prior to the men’s game. The Bulldogs also play their first game Nov. 18 against Claf lin. The schedule has not been com pleted, but Ms. Littlefield expects to play 12-14 games against local colleges including Catawba, Lenoir Rhyne, UNC-Asheville, USC-Spartanburg, Pfeiffer, and Limestone. Fifteen players will be carried on the roster for both home and road games. The ladies wiU play the same rules as the men, and Ms. Little field expects the team to be excit ing. “I haven’t had time to become familiar with the girls, but I al ready know we have several players who were on state cham pionship teams in high school. A lack of height may be our biggest problem,” she said. “The men’s teams have already established a great winning tra dition at Gardner-Webb, and it will be a challenge to use to main tain that tradition. ” Ms. Littlefield, a Gardner- Webb graduate, has coached for one year at Shelby High. “We’re already nervous and ex cited about the season. I told the girls that since we’d be playing before the men’s game, the gym would be packed. We’ve already got butterflies; the coach too.” CATAWBA DEFENSE GANGS UP ON BULLDOGS’ OBBIE TODD (25) Todd Scored One of Two G-W Touchdowns in 13-12 Setback ’Dogs Still Seeking First League Win Offensive line coach Jim Gudger measures the Bull dogs’ football progress be tween his thumb and fore finger. “We’re that close to being a good football team,” he states, indicating Gardner- Webb is about an inch away. The 'Dogs will attempt to close that gap Saturday afternoon when they play host to Carson-Newman on Homecoming. After four un successful attempts, Gard ner-Webb will be playing for its first victory in the South Atlantic Conference. The Bulldogs’ lone win was over Georgetown, a non-league rival. Carson-Newman has fared little better in the SAC-8; however, the Eagles have put together a winning re cord overall. For the year, Carson-Newman is 4-2, 1-1 in the conference. The Eagles clobbered Mars HiU 42-14 Saturday for their first league win. The Bulldogs lost to Mars HiU 40-12 last month. Each team lost to Newberry, their only other mutual opponent. Leading Carson-Newman is quarterback Tony Lingen- felter, a 6-4, 215-pound freshman who has the Eagles third in the con ference in total offense. His favorite receivers are Wil liam Black and Larry Neese, a pair of 5-7 speedsters. Tailback Andrew Pittman heads the rushing attack. The 190-pound junior is averaging clo^ to 95 yards per game, and is the SAC-8’s leading scorer with ' 72 points. Gardner-Webb will once again be without its most explosive offensive weapon. halfback Po Rogers who re mains sidelined with a bone chip. Yet the Bulldogs indi cated against Catawba that they are capable of moving the ball. Paced by Johnny Walker, .who ran for 102 yards and caught four passes for 36 more, the ’Dogs totaled 361 yards. Freshman quarter back Dermis Stilley com pleted 10 of 21 passes for 121 yards in his second starting assignment. He was inter cepted once. The Bulldogs continue to show improvement on de fense where the team statis tics were mis-leading. Al though gaining 379 yards last week, Catawba man aged but 13 points against Gardner-Webb. In addition, the defenders forced four turnovers. William Peppers and Bill Salyers had inter ceptions and Mike Starnes and Frank Taylor recovered fumbles jfS Golfers Share * Crown At Elon Gardner-Webb and Campbell College finished in a first- place tie in the rain-shortened Elon Invitational Golf Tour nament last weekend at the Alamance Coxmtry Club. • The Bulldog golfers shared the lead with a team score of 303 after the first day of the 36-hole event, and a steady idownpour on the second day cut the tourney in half. Hampden-Sydney’s Scott Worsham shot a par 71 for the individual honors. Campbell’is Bill Stafford was one shot be hind. Danny Phillips led Gardner-Webb with a 74 and Jimmy Franklin posted a 75. Rodney Morrow was at 76 and Wayne Myers followed at 78. Twenty schools participated in the tourney. Trailing Gardner-Webb and Campbell were Atlantic Christian at 304, Elon Maroon at 305, and Coastal Carolina, Elon Gold, Hampden Sydney and Madison all at 306. Cagers Scrimmage Saturday Brimberry Wins Reunion Tourney Twenty-two present and former Gardner-Webb ten nis players met Saturday on the campus for a reunion and tournament. The alumni players, coming from as far away as Arlington, Va., and Talladega, Ala., gathered for what reunion chairman Tommy Bell hopes will be come an annual affair. Bert Brimberry of Al bany, Ga., a senior and No. 2 man for the Bulldog netters, won the tournament by de feating teammate Randy Alexander, 8-5, for the title. In the semifinals, Brimberry came from behind to down Roddy Dulany, 10-8. Du- lany, a 1967 graduate, is a teaching professional in Ar lington, Va. At a cookout following the tournament, the alumni pre sented coach Jim Taylor a plaque of appreciation for his 10 years of service to the Gardner-Webb tennis pro gram. Bell and Arnold Phillips, both members of Taylor’s first team, also outlined plans for construction of new tennis courts and for re surfacing the ones currently in use. The alumni, under Phillips’ direction, plan to take an active role in raising funds for the new facilities. PAT Kick Boots ’Dogs An extra-point conver sion, the only one of the game, provided the differ ence in Catawba’s 13-12 victory over Gardner- Webb Saturday in Salis bury. At the time, Tom Sex ton’s point-after-touch- down put the Indians ahead 7-6, with 6:30 left in the first half. Catawba had tied the game on a 34- yard pass. Catawba’s second toiichdown came early in the third quarter when Ron Adams ran five yards to cap a 69-yard drive. Sexton’s kick was wide. Frank Taylor gave the Bulldogs a 6-0 lead in thee opening period, scoring on a six-yard run, and Mike Dover’s kick for the point failed. The ’Dogs’ final touchdown came on a three-yard run by Obbie Todd. Quarterback Den nis Stilley’s pass for the two-point conversion was incomplete. Basketball fans will get a sneak preview of the 1975-76 Bulldogs Saturday, when the team will run through a 10 a.m. scrimmage. Gardner-Webb compiled a 23-3 record last season, but gone from that team Returning is pointman John Pait, a sophomore who worked his way into the starting lineup late last sea son. Lester Stinson, side lined last year with a broken ankle, is out with a bone chip in the same ankle. Among the newcomers are a pair of versatile freshmen on the wings, Lew Young and John Borders. Dave Borman, red-shirted last season, is an excellent shooter. On the inside, 6-10 fresh man Will Franklin and Win gate transfer Carl Martin wiU operate in the double post offense. TOMMY BELL (L), CLASS OF ’71, MAKES PRESENTATION TO COACH TAYLOR Tennis Alumni Plan to Take Active Part in Constructing New Courts
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