THE BLACKBIRD, ROCKY MOtlNT fitdfl SCHOOL
Wednesday, April 22, 1953
Good Sports To Honor Teams
Club Pb ns Banquet
For Athletic Teams
Football, basketball, baseball,
t«aiis, golf and track teams will
be tne guest oi ti e Gcod Sports
Club at the annual banquet
honoring all the athle::i3 groups
tottiorrovv night. The Lit .quet will
b% held at Riverside Park.
Pledges to the club will provide
thfe program. A king, chosen by
members of the club will be
crowned. The teams v. ill select the
queen and two attendant,;.
Sretial Cue-lr;
Mr. and Mrs. Gy Eison, Mr. and
Mrs. Kel Landis, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Lundy, Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Cleetwood, anl Tv'^r. and Mrs.
"Knocker” A'^klns will be special
goests at the banquet.
Sheila Robbins and Jme; Wil-
Uattis are co-chairman of the food
eemmittee. Barbara /nn Drake.
Neva Taylor, Betty /nn Hed?e-
peUi and Claranda Mangum are
aJso on the frod com'nittee. Vivian
WlUlams, Marie Ty’e’’ and Alice
Dtehl Barnes ar'9 in cha'"Te of
ratitrements. Oorclon Wiikin-^on
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Beryl teters. Sheila Robbins and Barbara Ann Drake, senior mem
bers of the Good Sports Club, are pictured above getting food ready
for the annual banquet honoring all athletic teams.
Photo by Barringer
Girls Plan Day’
’'''e’rbers of the GAA will leave
pril "4 for the annual High Point
'ay Day. The local students will
n-acipate in voile;ball, basket-
softball, tennis and other
?9mes with students from all over
the state on the “day.” The girls
will travel to High Point by bus
hopirj to win eri&ugh points to
Tet their letter awards.
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Softball Postponed
Intra-mural basketball games
have ended for the year with ex
cellent student participation and
interest.
The softball schedule was set
up with two senior, two junior
and four sophomore teams par
ticipating. Although April 6 was
the date set to start, thus far it
has been postponed.
The GAA girls are to referee the
sophomore, junior and senior
games. Miss Sadie Patterson and
Miss Katherine Williams will be
in charge of the freshman teams.
The teams play each other, then
the winning teams play the win
ners and the losers play the losers
in championship games.
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GAA Picks Jr.,
Mildred Leggett
As Girl Of Month
In way of recognition of the
members of the Girls’ Athletic
Association, the Blackbird ha;
chosen an outstanding member
the GAA each month.
This month's GAA is Mildred
Leggett, a junior who has been in
the organization for three years.
She has participated in her home
room 207 sports. Her homeroon
won this year’s basketball cham
pionship and last year’s volleybal'
championship. She plays on al'
;>AA teams, but likes volleybal!
best.
Last year Mildred was on thr
volleyball team that went to Pla>
Day, a girls’ sports event fm
GAA’s over the state, at High
Point. She plans to go again this
year.
Although there are no girls’
"^eams .'.n RMHS which compete
with other schools, the GAA pro
vides an opportunity for girls to
take an active part in sports.
There are twenty-seven girls in
the GAA. They form volleyball,
basketball, and softball teams
Once a year they travel to either
■’■f'-h Point or Greensboro for Play
Day.
Ed. Chooses Green
Snagging hot line drives over
short stop is the job that Willie
Oreen who is this issue’s Bird-of-
the-Month, holds on the Black
bird baseball team.
Willie is a senior and this year
marks his fourth season on the
team. Besides playing short stop.
Willie U'orks as a relief pitcher
when the going gets tough, and
his pitching has won one game
this year.
He will have a tough lob hold
ing down the hot spot of the in
field against the powerhouse con
ference teams. If anyone can do
It though, Willie Green should be
able to.
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On Sunday afternoon about
5:00 o’clock, one of the youngest
oportcasters in the buoiness goes
on the air. I guess you all know
g’s George Newby, who was a
member of RMHS sLudent body
and starting fullback on the 1950
football team before he was stric
ken with polio.
During George’s program, he
interviews big guests who are as
sociated with sports. He has had
tennis and football players,
30aches, wrestlers and other
sports announcers with him so far
on his broadcast.
■Anyone who is inter2:'ea in
sports is sure-to be intore.te' in
leort-e’s program, so listen in ] .e”-
Sunday.
The Blackbirds have a fine
baseball team this sea'^cn and
Coach Cleetwood and his boys
have worked hard to get in shape.
However, to get st’-dents to sut)-
oort the team, they have to get
out of school before t'-ey wiU go
to the game. What’s our trouble?
Baseball is the big spring sport,
50 let’s get together and ."^wpport
them. Everyone goes to football
basketball games ard school
spirit is high. Let’s sho'v that
same school s’^irit during bi.'^eball
season. Attend the home games!
Know These Facts?
Did you know?—
That the father cf our nation
al sport, baseball wao tiot an
American by birth but an English
cricket player?
That there are three varieties
of football Association cr Soccer,
Rugley and American football?
That basketball was invented in
1891 by James Naismith at the
YWCA college in Springfield,
Mass.?
That the maximum weight of a
golf ball is 1.5, oz. and the mini
mum diameter is 1.6"! inches?
That tennis was originally play
ed by bouncing a ball off a stone
wall.
That originally the pole vault
was for distance not height?
That the Harlem Globetrotters
played 300 games last season?
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