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THE FULL MOON
Tuesday, May 27, 1952
SPORTS PARADE
Henry Carpenter
Juniors Win Field Day;
Slight Margin Over Seniors
Jimmy Skidmore
In this final issue of the Full
Moon for the class of ’52 we will
try to bring you the highlights
of the past year’s athletics.
FOOTBALL.
Football was the big sport for
AHS this year. Coach Webb had
his first undefeated team since
his arrival in 1947. With only
two starters returning from last
year’s team, Coach Webb built
one of the finest teams ever to
take to the gridiron for AHS. This
team under the leadership of its
CO-captains, Leslie Swanner and
Doug Knotts, rolled up 162 points
to its opponents’ 31 points.
Doug, ace defensive man for
AHS, accomplished something
this year few boys have ever
done. After being elected co
captain for AHS and showing up
very well, he received an invita
tion to the Shrine Bowl, where he
also served as co-captain. Pol
ling 12 out of 13 votes for All-
Conference, he became honorary
captain for the All-Conference
team. Doug has become a real
star in high school football, as
he made All-Conference, All-
State, All-Southern, and All-
American. Doug plans to con
tinue his career in football next
year at his one love, Duke Uni
versity.
Leslie Swanner, co-captain for
AHS, has also made a great name
for himself, making both the All-
Conference and All-State teams.
Leslie, a 192 pound, 5 foot 10
senior, showed his real heart for
football in the Barium Springs
game, as he carried the ball nine
times in succession to score and
make one of the greatest drives
ever presented in high school
football. He was also elected the
most valuable player and attend
ed the UNC vs. Notre Dame game
at Chapel Hill. Leslie is unde
cided where he will attend col
lege, although Catawba is a
strong prospect.
The great pass catching of
Bruce Lowder, Keith Byrd, and
Tub Russell will also be missed
from next year’s team. Keith
and Bruce were both standouts
on offense as well as defense
and both were honorable mention
All-Conference.
The strong line play of Johnny
Youngblood, Bud Griffin, and
Ham Morton was also a great
contribution to this undefeated
team of ’52.
We would like to thank these
boys for the great work which
they did in this past football sea
son. Thanks also to '‘Bear”
Knotts and “Goo-Gk)o” Gantt for
the valuable time which they
spent helping coach our team to
victory.
BASKETBALL.
The basketball skill which the
seniors showed very much this
year will be missed next year.
Leslie Swanner, who did a fine
job holding down the position of
fullback in football, also did an
equally fine job as guard on
the basketball squad. Leslie
won his fame due to his calm
ness during a game, *and was a
fine ball-handler who was a
threat for the basket from any
position.
Bruce Lowder was also a dou
ble threat, in football and bas
ketball. Bruce played the other
position as guard on the basket
ball court. He was a wide-awake
player who did his share of
stealing the ball and setting it
up for crip shots.
The only south-paw on the
squad was Keith Byrd. Keith
made great progress by faking
his opponents and pulling them
out of position in order to set
up for a play.
Jimmy Skidmore and Henry
Carpenter, two outstanding boys
on the team, contributed much
to the spirit and playing of the
team.
I These boys also scored count
less numbers of points and aided
greatly in winning certain games.
We hope that the team next
year will hold down the posi
tions that the seniors held down
so very well this year.
BASEBALL.
Coach Webb’s diamond nine
have shown great skill this past
season, as they won 4 and lost
7. After winning the conference
last year. Coach Webb had only
two boys returning. He has built
a team from underclassmen who
will be looked to as one of the
strongest teams in the confer
ence next year and in the fol
lowing years. Lots of luck next
year, and may you again become
conference kings.
TENNIS TEAM.
Since the school was not sup
porting a tennis team this year,
a group of boys decided to get
together and.get a team of their
own. The team, consisting of
Harold Smith, Jimmy Skidmore,
Henry Carpenter, Keith Byrd,
Joe Gaskin, Junior Josey, and
William Litaker, defeated Salis
bury 6-3 matches. The matches
were played at Boyden High
School in Salisbury.
The team had to fix up a court
of their own since the school
courts were not fixed up. They
are planning a return match with
Salisbury and have several other
teams lined up to play.
INTRAMURALS.
The intramural program un
der the direction of Coach Webb,
was a great success at AHS this
year.
Glenn Almond was the out
standing intramural athlete. He
received an award for having the
highest number of points during
the year.
The seniors were declared win
ners of the intramural trophy by
Coach Webb at the annual
awards day. The trophy was pre
sented to Harold Smith, president
of the senior class.
We would like to thank the
coaches of Albemarle High School
for the fine work and time which
they have contributed to our ath
letic program.
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An uncoached tennis team
composed of six AHS seniors trav
eled to Salisbury May 7 to defeat
the Boyden High tennis team
coached by J. P. Morgan, Jr.
Albemarle took all but two
singles matches and one doubles
match to win easily, 6 to 3. In
the singles matches Pat Davis
(Boyden) defeated Harold Smith
6-2, 6-4; Dan Smiley (B) defeated
Jimmy Skidmore 6-3, 3-6, 6-4;
Keith Byrd (A) defeated Johnny
Goodman 6-2, 6-2; Henry Car
penter (A) defeated Jerry Se-
christ 6-2, 6-2; Junior Josey (A)
defeted Pete Coleman 6-0, 6-0; Joe
Gaskin (A) defeated John Cross
6-2, 6-0.
In the doubles Smith and
Skidmore (A) defeated Davis and
Sechrist 6-3, 6-1; Carpenter and
Byrd (A) defeated Coleman and
Cross 6-0, 6-1; Goodman and
Smiley (B) defeated Josey and
Gaskin by forfeit.
A return match was to be
scheduled soon in which the
Boyden team would come to Al
bemarle.
Yellow Jackets
Defeat Bulldogs
Lexington’s Yellow Jackets
stung the Bulldogs on the home
field May 7 by a score of 10
to 3.
Raygene Smith started off the
game for Albemarle and was the
losing pitcher. He was relieved
with two away and two on base
in the fourth inning by Claud
Lawhon, who finished the game.
Covington, the winning pitcher
for Lexington, and Atkins led the
visiting team at bat with three
for five each. Wade Hearne led
Albemarle in the hitting with a
perfect two for two.
New Cheerleaders
Have Been Chosen
Three new cheerleaders, Lydia
Hall, Ellen Palmer, and Jerry Vis-
mor, were chosen from approxi
mately twenty students who tried
out for cheerleading for the next
year.
The old cheerleaders next year
will be Martha Rae Harris, Mona
Rae Crotts, and Marilyn Greene,
seniors. Margaret Brunson, jun
ior, and Elaine Mills, sophomore.
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The fifth annual Field Day v/as
held Thursday, May 8, and was
won by the eleventh grade with
the twelfth coming in a close sec
ond. Not until the final event
was over did any one know who
had won.
The eleventh grade rolled up
1210 points; the twelfth, 1150;
the tenth, 1020; the ninth, 460;
and last place, the eighth, 100
points. .
The first place winners in the
day’s events are as follows; soft
ball throw, Raygene Smith; foot
ball kick, Jimmy Skidmore; shot-
put throw, Leslie Swanner; broad
jump, Randall Plyler; high jump,
Keith Byrd; three-legged race,
Ralph Setzler and Larry Talbert;
fifty yard dash. Gene Snuggs and
Keith Byrd (tie); sack race. Bill
Huckabee; one-hundred yard
dash, Claud Grigg; potato race,
Glenn Almond; two-hundred
yard relay, Larry Tucker, Ralph
Setzler, Claud Grigg, and Victor
Drye, and Bill Freeman.
The winners of the girls’ events
were high jump, Marjan Stiller
and Anita Mauldin (tie); broad
jump, Carolyn Miller; softball
throw, Frances Ross; three-leg
ged race, Dixie Schadt and Janet
Glover; fifty yard dash, Betty
Brunson; sack race, Carolyn Wil
liams; potato race, Peggy Jo
Lowder; rolling pin contest,
Katherine Blalock; two-hundred
yard relay, Carolyn Miller, Bettie
Gantt, Martha Harris, Mona
Crotts; two-hundred yard boy
and girl relay, Emily Milton,
Bruce Lowder, Henry Carpenter,
and Betty Brunson.
The competition was very keen
this year among the grades and
should be very close next year.
Coach Webb said that he had
never seen the events in Field
Day go off so easily.
Concord Deieats
Bulldogs Twice
The Bulldogs went to Concord
to play the Spiders a double-
header and lost both games by
scores of 19-4 and 10-0.
In the first game Larry Chance,
Raygene Smith, and Ken Smith
got the only three hits that the
Bulldogs got.
Smith was the winning pitcher
for the Spiders and Lawhon was
the losing pitcher.
In the second game the Bull
dogs got six hits. No one on
Albemarle’s team got over one
hit.
Lapish was the winning pitch
er for the Spiders, and Raygene
Smith was the losing pitcher for
the Bulldogs.
These two games finished the
Bulldogs’ season with four wins
and eight losses. '
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