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FEBRUARY 24, 1956 QUAKER SPORTS Basketball In Review The Quakers completed their basketball season on Saturday night, February 18th, as they bow ed to a strong Elon five. This end ed what most likely will be re membered as the worst basketball season in Guilford College history. Their final record showed 1 vic tory and 22 defeats. Administration policies forced the retirement of Coach Meredith and it is with deep regret that we will not see him guiding the Quak er fortunes in the years to come. Guilford loses a fine coach and an even finer man. We all wish him luck in whatever ne wfield he might embark. Improvement Noted The last few weeks of the bas ketball season showed a gradual improvement in the Quaker bas ketball team. Three men, namely, Don Hemrick, Oz Schmidt, and Bill Abernathy, were chiefly re- Sports Equipment For All Sports "It Pays To Play" COBLE SPORTING GOODS CO. Greensboro, N. C. DICK'S BARBER SHOP facing the campus 3 barbers to serve you Deal Printing Co. 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Spring Practice On Thursday afternoon, Febru ary 9th, spring football practice got underway with some 32 strong taking part. Coach Maynard ex pects to run the drills for a period of three weeks. Next year's team will be built around the 13 re turning lettermen. Also, the addi tion of Dan Marcone to the back field is expected to greatly in crease the Quakers' ground game. STAMPER'S 206 N. Elm St. Phone 3-9286 MANUEL'S RESTAURANT Inc. 112 West Market Street PIZZA Italian Spaghetti Chop Suey Open Until 11 P. M. Closed Tuesdays W. A. A. News By Imogene Poole Due to publication difficulties this story is coming to you a little later than usual. The game with Guilford High was the big thing on the calendar for the basketball enthusiasts. Gerta Wright, basket ball chairman, took a trusty crew over to the high school to give them some practice. However, the advantage of continued practice, and workouts with their own teammates helped the Guilford High team to defeat the Guilford intramural team by a score of 59- 49. For the first quarter it was tit for-tat with the intramural scor ing capably in the hands of Pat Estes, Gerta Wright, and Betty Key. The absence of Carolyn Pip kin was greatly felt in the guard position, but Lucy Herrin, Bar bara Jackson, and Joan Kellis worked with never-ending persist ency. By the half the score had risen to 20-26 in favor of the high school team. At the end of the third quarter during which Ruth Ham mond, Jo Flinchum, Anne Hulin, Ann Rollins, Mary Cashwell, and Erline Ingram were sent in as sub stitutions for the original six, the intramural team was fighting hard to close the gap. Through the entire game a de termined spirit was evident in the Guilford team, but they were out paced by the rapid-fire shooting of the high school forwards, who had gained valuable experience by a 20-game season. This contest evened the score because the Guil ford intramural team soundly de feated the high school team earlier in the year. Each girl put her en tire self into the game, and a spirit of cooperation was shown. A mass meeting of the W. A. A. is planned in the near future, and a council meeting in town is on the agenda. A game with W. C. is scheduled for Friday, February 24, in the gymnasium. Basketball in tramurals and practice are going ahead in full swing. Interest has been shown and a good number have turned out for the games. A. game was played last Tuesday be tween the teams of "Mutt" Wel lons-Peggv Withers and Clarita de la Garza. Clarita's team came out the victor. Steele's Department Store Student Supplies of All Types Page 3
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