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An active paper edited by an active school THE POINTER Trade Wltli the .Merchant* Who Appreciate Your Child Thru the POINTER VOL. 4, siliiii HIGH POINT, N. C., FEB. 29, 1924 NO 19 H. P. H. S. IS ELIMINATED BY REIDSVILLE SCORE OF 21-14 The local high school basketeers were eliminated from the state high school championship race Tuesday night when they were defeated by the the crack Reidsville outfit by the score of 21-14. The game was play ed on the Greensiboro Y. M. C. A. court and-was one of the hardest fought basketball battles ever wit nessed there. ticked by outsiders to win by a margin of from 20 to 30 points, the reidsville aggregation had to put forth every ounce of energy that was in them to win at all. The High Point team fought like Trojans throughout the entire con test. Although they were never in the lead, they were never more than two or three points behind. The Pointers played a defensive game that has seldom been surpassed by any high school quint in this sec tion of the state. Miller, their crack captain and center, who has b^n caging nine and ten field goals in every game he played, was guarded so close that he was able to annex only three field baskets. Hedrick was detailed to guard him and he did a good job of it; very seldom letting the elongated center get away from him. Whenever Miller went, Hedrick was there to guard him. The game opened with a rush. Captain Miller caging a field goal in the first few minutes of play. As he made the shot, Hedrick fouled him and he was therefore entitl^ to two free throws, both of which he made good. Ingram shot a long field goal and the score stood 4-2 in favor of Reidsville. Miller aug mented it by tossing in two from the 16-foot mark. Ingram tied the score when he shot two pretty field goals in rapid succes.sion but Reids ville forged ahead when Pettigrew and Nance each dropped in a field basket. Fuqua caged one from near the center of the court and Nance shot one from under the basket. In gram tossed in his fourth field goal and Miller added another two points to his total. The half ended with the Reidsville team on top of a 16- 10 score. Pettigrew was banished from the game in the second iquarter after making four personal fouls. In the second half both quiints played a .great defensive ,game, Reidsville scoring only five points while the best the locals could do was to annex four. The defensive playing of both teams was the outstanding feature of the contest. So close was the guarding that open shots were few and far between. Ingram, the local scoring ace, shot five field goals and two fouls for a total of 12 of his team’s 14 points. Het ran wild in the first (Continued on Page 2.) LOCAL SOPHS DEFEAT GREENSBORO The sophomore class team of the Iwal high school defeated ,the Greensboro sophs last Monday night by the score of 19-15, the game be ing played on the Ray Street school couri. Although the game was not very fast, it was interesting from start to finish. Greensboro started off with a rush and scored two field goals before the local quint was able to tally a sin gle point. Captain Bryant, however, tossed in two pretty field goals and tied the score. From then on the two teams battled neck and neck with neither one never more than two ■or three points in the lead. The first half ended with the score standing 11-S in favor of the Gate City five. 4SBI aq; pauado ;uioj qSjH with more fighting spirit than they had previously shown and at the end of the third quarter they had tied the score at l3-13. Kearns, local forward, broke loose in the final quarter and shot two pretty field goals, giying the Point ers a four-point lead. Forsythe cag ed one from the center of the court and the visitors were onlv two points behind. Bryant then shot two fouls and H. P. H. S. ggain had a lead of four points. Captain Bryant and Kearns, the two forwards, played the best game for the locals, caging four field goals apiece. They also played a good floor game as did Combs, the lan- key center. The guards played a good defensive game. Captain Brewer and Forsythe were the outstanding performers for the Gate City five. Forsythe was an adept at long shots and also gave a clever exhibition of dribbling. These two teams will play a sec ond game Friday afternoon when they line up in action at the Greens boro Y. M. C. A. Line-un and summarv; Greensboro. H. P. H. S. Forsythe R. F. Bryant (C) Wrenn L. F. Kearns Solomon C. Combs Brewer (C) R. G. Allred Spalchums L. G. Wall Scoring—Field goals: Bryant (4), Kearns (4), For.sythe (4), Brewer (21), Solomon. Foul goals: Bryant (21), Allr^, Brewer. Substitute.s—H. P. H. S.: G. Rag an for Wall. Greensboro: Hill for Brewer; Fine for Wrenn; Fife for Solomon; atterson for Spalchums. Referee—^Fuqua (H. P. H. S.) He: (over phone) “What time are you expecting me?” She: (icily) “I’m not expecting you at all.” He—“Then I’ll surprise you.” \ LOCAL GIRLS DEFEAT SOUTH BUFFALO SCORE OF 39-21 High I^int Defeats the South Buffalo Girls By Score of 39-21 rhe loCcil high school girl baske- tees v/on their ninth game of the season Tuesday night when they de feated the South Buffalo lassies by the score of 39-21, the game being played on the Ray street school court. The game started off slow but gained momentum with each mmute of play. Miss Winnie Gordon, local for- ward; shot 12 field goal and one foul for a total of 25 points, which was four more than the combined score of the entire Buffalo sextette. She was all over the court and found little difficulty in eluding the oppos ing guards. She was by far the out standing star of the contest. South Buffalo scored first when Miss Cox tossed in a pretty field goal from near the center of the court. Farlow tied the count with a two-pointer but the visitors forged ahead when Miss Stedman caged a long field basket. Hewitt and Cox each addled a field goai to augment Buffalo's score while Farlow caged one from the floor, making the score 8-4. The Pointers were not playing in their old time form. But all at once they took a new lease of life and ran roughshod over the visiting girls. W. Gordon showed a sensa tional burst of speed and caged five field goals in rapid succession. When the end of the first half put a stop to (he slaughter the score stood 18-8 in favor of the “Red Devils.” Ibe second half was much faster than the first, both teams playing a much better brand of basketball. W. Gordon continued her sensational shooting while the other members of the team played a great defen sive and excellent floor game. Substitutes were rushed into the local line-up in the last few min utes of play and showed up excep tionally well. Miss Stedman’s playing featureil for the visitors. The speedy forward shot four field goals, several of them being of the spectacular va riety. S. Buffalo High Point Cox (6) Wood (4) F Hewitt (6) Goixlon (25) F Stedman (9) Farlow (8) G Smith McEwen G Hamilton N Gordon G Pamperia Marsh G Substitutes: Welbom for N. Gor don; Hutchinson for Marsh; Steph enson (2) for Farlow. Referee: Hartley (Y.)
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