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GOLDSBORO WINS FIRST ATHLETIC VICTORY OVER WILSON IN SEVEN YEARS!
LOCAL SEXTET PULL BIG SURPRLSE
BY DEFEATING WILSON 46 TO 39
IN FASTEST GAME of SEASON
Blue and Gold Tossers Are
Unable to Check Golds
boro’s Offense. Par- /
sons, Smith, and /
Isler Feature
Miss Ipock’s Lady-Earthquakes
broke Wilson’s athletic jinx on Fri
day night, March 8, by defeating the
Blue and Gold sextet 46 to 39 in the
latter’s own gymnasium. This was
the first time in seven years that a
Goldsboro High School athletic team
has triumphed over the Wilsonians.
Goldsboro, doped to lose at least ten
points, displayed wonderful team work
and completely outclassed the:'r an-
cient rivals, who appeared to be some
what over-confident at the beginning
of the game.
Miss Ipock presented a very effect
ive combination in Parsons, Smith,
and Isler. Captain Parsons played a
great floor game; the speedy forward
also accounted for nine points. Smith
was the scoring ace of the evenin.^
with 22 points to her credit. A large
share of the victory is due to Isler,
who clearly outplayed the opposing
Centers and also scored 15 points.
Goldsboro took the lead in the very
first play of the game when Parsons
dropped in a neat shot. On the next
play Smith repeated the scoring act,
Wilson soon lost their over-confidence,
but could not stop the locals’ offense.
Goldsboro was leading 13 to 8 as the
initial quarter ended.
The smooth running Blue and White
team continued its offensive drive,
scoring almost at will. The trio, Par
sons, Isler, and Smith, completely baf.
fled the Wilson guards, and Goldsboro
was scoring at the rate of two points
rainute.
At the intermission, the Lady-Quakes
were holding a 29 to 19 advantage.
Smith opened the second half with
a nice shot from near the side of the
court. In this quarter the locals de'
fense tightened and allowed the To
bacconists only one point. The quar
ter ended: Goldsboro, 37; Wilson, 20.
As the flnal quarter started, Wilson
began a rally, in which Walston and
Ruffin played a prominent part. In
this period, for the first time in the
game, Wilson outplayed the locals, and
scored 19 markers.
Per Wilson, Walston and Ruffin fea
tured. Both showed undanny accu
racy in their shooting.
LETTERS AWARDED TO
QUAKES IN CHAPEL
JIM SPICER AND MERRETTE
MOORE RECEIVE CAPTAIN'S
LETTERS, FOUR MEN
RECEIVE STARS
Jimmie Spicer, Edgar Bain,
Hobson, Joe Parker, Alex. McLean,
Needham Crow, Joby Mathews, Monk
Mason, Walter Gardner, John Peacock,
Robert Kelly, George Edwards, Wal
ter Grey Pike, and Merrette Moore
Were presented football letters, Tues-
•iay, March 13, at assembly, by Dr.
William iS'mith, who takes a great in
terest in high school athletics.
Seven of these lettermen, Jim Spi
cer, Joe Parker, Adex. McLean, Need
ham Crow, John Peacock, Walter Grey
Pike, and Merrette Moore are seniors
and most likely will not be with the |
Earthquakes next season.
Letters were also awarded the boys
basketball team which was composd
of Merrett Moore,HenryLiiles,BillySlLi-
mons, John Peacock, Mark Best, Loyd
Fonville, Joby Mathews and Jim Spi
cer of which five will be lost at this
J’!ears’ commencement.
The letters given were plain, white
felt, iG s except for the captains’ which
Wag black with a white border. The
Captains of the teams were Jimmy
Spicer of the football and M^errette
Moore of the basketball.
Sinete^ the girls’ games are not over,
the letters were not awarded; but
will be at a future date.
PARSONS STARS AS ^
GIRLS LOSE TIGHT
GAME TO CLINTON
Clinton Girls 28; Goldsboro Girls 27;
SO ended the last half of a double
header played on the local court Tues
day, February 22. Thrills a plenty J
were afforded the spectators as the
score bobbed back and forth never
stopping long enough to insure a win. '
The contest was the best girls’ game :
ever witnessed on the local court; both |
teams showed their spunk by contin- ^
ually fighting until the final whistle 1
blew, giving Clinton the right to say I
that they had the better of the two j
teams. i
The first quarter was rather slow, I
but picked up fire and speed as the |
minutes whizzed by. The second quar-'
ter showed that both teams meant bus
iness, but the Clinton girls led at the
hlf 15 to 17.,
Coming back in the third quarter
in true G. H. S. style and Coach Ipocl?'s
advice still ringing in their ears, the
Blue and White colors worn by the
locals were seen darting everywhere
over the c’ourt; consequently the lead
held by Clinton was quickly overcome.
At the end of the third quarter, the
score stood 25 to 18 in favor of Golds
boro.
It seems that the two minute rest
period between quarters stopped the
locals winning streak and started Clin
ton’s; the seven point lead held by
the Quakes stowly diminished until
the score stood knotted at 25 all.
Time was called by the locals and it
was evidently decided that the locals
had better set some of their own fire
works off. Immediately Sessoms for
Clinton, made good a foul shot giving
the Sampson County lassies a one
point lead. With only one minute
left to play, Parsons for Goldsboro,
shot one of the prettiest long range
shots of the season and gave Goldsboro
the one point lead. But it took only
a half minute for Sessoms again to
ccme into prominence, this time with
a field goal that spelled defeat for the
local sextet.
For Goldsboro, Captain Parsons at
tracted practically all of the limelight.
Not only did she shoot 18 of her
team’s points, but was in every play
of the evening. In every instance she
led the rally that put the locals ahead
of their opponents. Isler was second
in the scoring of the weaker Quakes
with 9 points to her credit.
For Clinton, Peterson, was the main
illumination and second high scorer
of the .evening with 17 points.
I SIDELINES
If By
|l Billy Simmons
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After the basketball game in Ben
son, and after visiting the drug store
the boys were ready to go, but just
as Mr. Bullock started the car it was
found that a seat recently filled by
; Joby Mathews was vacant. Everyone
' proceeded to looic under the seats, uni
forms, and tools, but no Joby could
be found. Finallj^ Merrette Moore
I looked across the street iii the drug
store and there sat Joby reading the
“Benson Special”. You can use your
imagination as to what was said to
“Tabe” when he finally got settled in
the car.
Martha Parsons certainly did star
in the Clinton game. That last min
ute shot of hers was exactly like the
movies, but to make it even more
movie-like her shot was closely fol
lowed by a Clinton goal which spelled
defeat of the locals.
Where was that school spirit when
Goldsboro played Dunn in spring foot
ball here Friday, March 11. It Is es
timated that about or 100 people
saw the game. Every student would
have been glad if the Quakes had won,
but evidently he cid not think enough
to stay out to root for them. At the
beginning of the 3rd quarter Dunn
started a winning rally. If the Quakes
had seen the student body out in full
forcle to cheer them on instead oi
about one-fifth of their classmates,that
rally might have been checked, but
they saw only about one-fifth of the
students standing on tihe sidelines
and that one-fifth was mighty quiet.
Some promising material was seen
in the Dunn game. For the first time,
Mathews played in the backfield, an.1
to him goes most of the credit for the
locals’ lone tally. In the line. Matt
Howell looked fine at end, and Ed-
niunson shone brightly at center.
G. H. S. BASKETBALL
SEASON REVIEWED
TRACK PROSPECTS
BEGIN TRAINING
EQUIPMENT HAS ARRIVED AND
IS VERY FREQUENTLY USED
BY AMBITIOUS STUDENTS.
All the track equipment is here, and
every day at the recesses and aftoi
school, ambitious lads wno are striv
ing to put G.H.S. on th3 athletic map
can be seen exercising diligently.
The shot put arrived first and many
boys have tried putting it; but so far
Fred Mason, with a record of about
41 fee tis the best.
Next came the hurdles! Most of
these were broken the first two days,
so for this reason, the best prospects
lor this event cannot be mentioned.
High jumping and pole vaulting oc
cupy the boys’ minds now. John Pea
cock, Frank Hicks, Ed Evans, Archie
Pate, and Ed. Outlaw are the leading
prospects here.
Mr. Bullock says a pit will be dug
soon and broad jumping will be start
ed then. He hasn’t started practice
with the discus and javelin yet, "bnt
expects to shortly. Joseph Mathews
will probably throw the javelin for
this season.
The dashes have not been run yet;
therefore the best prospects cannot
be mentioned. However, it is certain
that George Edwards will be one of
the chief dash men.
It’s old news, but it sounds mighty
good; the Goldsboro girls let the Wil
son down with small end of a 46 to 39
score The locals took things into
their hands at the beginning of the
contest, and in their hands it remain
ed throughout the game. Every girl
was in perfect fovm, and almost every
shot that Avas tried added 2 points to
the score, Isler never failed to get
the tip off, Parsons never failed to re
ceive it. and Sniith seldom failed to
shoot as her share of the honors in
dicate. Smith shot 22 points, Isler 15,
and Parsons 9.
It would be unfair not to mention
the outstanding guarding of the locals.
Manv times the ball went deep into
Wilson’s territory only to be broken
up by either Spence, Wilson, or Harts
horn. Anyone that saw the game
f'ame away satisfied that that was one
same that had no individual stars.
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“Oh look, can’t those little boya
play basketball, and haven’t they a
lot of fight in them.” This was a re
mark which was heard often at the
boys basketball games, and which .was
proved in every game to be true. The
boys were little, very little for high
school players and they were good
and had plenty of pep.
But now that our minds will soon
be turned to spring football, track,
' and baseball, let us review briefly the
past basketball season.
call FOR CANDIDATES.
The first call for candidates was is-
sued very late due to the flu epidemic.
The result was one week’s practice
before the first game, practice bein?,
called the first Monday evening after
the Christmas holidays,
Coach Bullock came out at that time
with a new supply of balls and other
equipment and surveyed the pros
pects. The material which presented
itself would have been thought then
to be a hopeless crew. There were
“Midjet” Simmons, “Half-pint” Math
ews, “Petite” Fonville, “Dwarf” Be^t,
“None-too-large” Peacock, “Perpendic
ular” Moore, and a few others; all
green, inexperienced, but eager to
learn and put G.H.S. on the basketball
map. This thought, however, was
proved untrue, as, with the addition
of Henry Liles to the line up, later on
in the season. Coach Bullock turned
these boys into a winning team.
GAME WITH FAR.MVILLE.
The first game of the season was
played with Farmville in Farmvllle.
On a type of court that the local boys
were unaccustomed to, but a type
which they were destined to become
more accustomed to later on in the
season. Farmville won this gam© by
a decisive margin. But later on in
the season the locals met Farmville
again on the Community Building
court and the result was a victory for
G. H. S.
’QUAKERS LOSE TO GREENVILLE.
The Quakes’ second game was play-
on the home court with Greenville
furnishing the opposition. Greenville
had the strongest team in tlie Confer
ence this season and the result was
that the Quakes dropped both of their
games to the conference champions by
overwhelming scores. Greenville fin,
ished the season without a single Con-
ferencQ defeat, although Farmville
did nose out a slight victory over them
in a non-conference game. Credit for
this game goes to the Farmville court
which proved to be a problem which
no team in the conference successfully
solved.,
LOCALS SWAMP WA'SH’INIGTON
The Quakes found Washington their
easies opponent this season, winning
both of their conference games from
them handily.
LOCALS ATTEND
INHOOR TRACK MEET
George Edwards, Frank Hicks, Egev
ton Baker, and Edward Denmark at
tended an indoor track meet held in
the “Tin Can” at Carolina University
Saturday, March ?. There were three
meets, varsity, freshman, and scholas
tic. George participated in the 60 yd.
dash, Frank in the high jump, and
Egerton in the 880 yd. run. None of
them placed, but George, however,
made the finals.
George and Edwards stayed with
Hyman Meyers; Frank, with Lionel
Weil, and Egerton, with Derrick
Hartshorne, all three former students
of G.H.S’., Derick and Hyninn having
graduated last yer.r, and T.Ionel the
year before.
The first year French students have
started work in the second year books.
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